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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment shows vague notes of Thursday weather with shifting winds and clearing conditions. Mentions western and central portions and possible changes to south or northwest winds. No clear dates, locations, or measurable details are present.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a senate subject and democratic context with uncertain wording and scattered phrases. This item appears as a damaged political note or transcription fragment without clear names, dates, or events.
Washington April 14 Republicans block Morgan Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill. Morgan sought a vote but was denied as Lodge insisted Philippines bill. outcome aims to pigeonhole canal plan, with Huntington and Hepburn pushing House passage while Morgan fights to overturn Republican strategy. Quay case and Burrows address expand debate on constitutional authority and senate seating.
The Democratic National Committee confirms Kansas City will rebuild Convention Hall after the fire and hosts say funds exceed the original building cost. Contractors are bonded to finish before July 4, and no change in date or place is planned. Local officials, including Colonel John T. Martin, arrange seating and operations.
San Juan April 12. A public report shows many Puerto Rican districts with thousands of residents and no resident physician. Wayuya, a 1,500 population town, lacks medical care. Utado suffers a per cent annual death rate and is a day’s ride from Ponce. Physicians have been sent but refuse to stay due to insufficient town funds. The island resembles a vast poorhouse with charity opportunities everywhere. If $10,000 were spent now on medicine and aid, up to 3,000 lives might be saved. The government once considered assigning a physician per town at about $80,000 yearly, but funds are unavailable.
Frankfort Kentucky April 12 a hitch occurred in negotiations aimed at a swift resolution of contests for state offices Republicans refused to sign an agreement. The plan would have had an agreed case before the circuit court advancing to the Supreme Court with the governorship case. Some Republican officers objected to signing, leaving minor office contests to proceed through the courts.
A fragment notes an incident or project called Dewey Boom started by Herbert, tied to ambition. The terse line hints at origin and motive but lacks full context. No dates, places, or organizations are clearly readable.
Washington reports that Admiral Dewey's announcement for the presidency was guided by Colonel Hilary A. Herbert former secretary of the navy and close friend. Perry Belmont, who opposed the Democratic ticket in 1886, visited Dewey and pledged to push for a gold standard nomination at Kansas City. King Montgomery named postmaster at Ranger Union County.
The Oregon Republican State Convention endorsed McKinley policies and Philippine administration, backed fast construction of a Nicaraguan canal under government control, and nominated J. W. Bailey for supreme court. Four delegates at large were elected to the Republican National Convention. delegates are uninstructed and no Puerto Rico stance was stated.
Bombay April 12 reports plague civil unrest at Cawnpore where a segregation camp was destroyed. ten people are fatally hurt, five constables killed and their bodies burned in the camp. Business halted across the area.
Peculiar accident at Hoke's Bluz Alabama yesterday. A small child reached a loaded gun while outside playing. A nearby pet goat butted the child, causing the gun to discharge and injure the child’s leg with a dangerous wound.
A four story brick structure at Second Avenue and Wood Street in Pittsburg collapsed during remodeling. Three people were killed and six seriously hurt, including Martha Jones and Eugene Bernhardt. The Armstrong McKelvey Lead and Oil Company occupied the building, which buckled when a heavy load of oils and stock was centralized mid construction. The firm faces about $40 000 in losses as rescuers worked through debris.
A telegraph wedding linked Kansas City and Mulhall 200 miles apart. Groom Andrew M. Candell, entomologist in Washington, D. C., and bride Miss Penelope Cundiff of Perkins, Oklahoma, wed via wire after engagement six months earlier. The ceremony lasted twenty five minutes with Rev. Albert H. Linder officiating.
At a Huntsville Alabama county courthouse meeting for the legislative campaign candidate John H Wallace faced a violent disruption. Wallace was knocked from a table by a chair then struck. John Burke alleged a tie sparked the riot. J B Canfess was hit on the head by a tumbler as an unknown assailant fled. A $30 reward offered for the tumbler's identification.
Wharton Barker, Philadelphia native and Populist presidential nominee, spent April 12 in Birmingham. He held a Moris hotel conference with Alabama middle-of-road readers, urging continued middle-of-road party organization as the general welfare topic. Barker plans to visit Chattanooga the next morning.
In Georgia the populist convention agenda shifts as Barker asserts momentum for his ticket while distancing from Butler's faction. He notes Bryan lacks populist entitlement and avoids commenting on Dewey. The Cincinnati convention looms as a potential ratification or new nomination, signaling internal party divisions.
Congress passes and the President signs a law applying US customs to Porto Rico. Goods from foreign countries and Porto Rican products entering the US face duty levels, with coffee taxed and certain English language works free. Local taxation to be set by Porto Rican assembly, capital at San Juan, and citizens include former Spanish subjects.
Chattanooga Tennessee April 12 special reports fear for fruit safety in the region as strawberries were just starting and peaches budded. last night was clouded protecting the crops, but tonight is clear and cold and could reach freezing, endangering the crops before morning.
Reports from Houston dated April 12 say a heavy Wednesday night frost alarmed fruit and vegetable growers across northern Texas. By tonight most fear of widespread damage eased as only slight harm occurred, mainly in the far north. If no further freezes before Easter, prospects for a large fruit crop look promising.
Adjutant General Corbin releases a April first strength statement for the Philippines. Total officers and staff 2,730 with 2,610 regulars and 120 volunteers. Cavalry 3,507 with 2,411 regulars and 1,096 volunteers. Infantry 55,14 officers and men, 44,133 regulars and 20,987 volunteers. Overall regulars 31,382 with 968 officers and 30,414 enlisted men. Volunteers total 32,203 with 1,356 officers and 30,487 enlisted men.
Special arrangements are being made for entertaining delegates accompanying the transcontinental commercial congress April 1 to 21 in Houston. A barge ride along Buffalo Bayou displays San Jacinto Battlefield and Morgan's Ship Canal then to Galveston to view berber and jetties. The International and Great Northern will run a special train to Velasco on April 2. an Oriental parade by No-Tsu-Oh is scheduled for the evening of April 2.
George F. Willis Williams of Massachusetts was named as a vice presidential possibility by the Bryan Club of Massachusetts at a Quincy House banquet. Sponsor George F. Washburn, Populist National Committee member, outlined a plan to push Bryan for president at the convention and send four acceptable names to Democrats for selection as the populist running mate.
Montgomery April 12 The Alabama Supreme Court ruled an important tax case holds railroad stocks and bonds of foreign corporations owned by Alabama citizens are taxable where the owner lives even if kept in New York where dividends are paid. The decision means such property is taxed at the owner's domicile and the case may go to the U S Supreme Court.
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