Porto Rico Civil Government Act Of 1900 Details
The act sets up a civil government for Porto Rico effective May 1 1900. A Puerto Rican governor appointed by the president will head a two-branch legislature with a native-majority upper council, and a 35-member house of delegates elected biennially. The island will have a US district court and judges appointed by the president, with salaries listed for officials. Voter qualifications include residency and literacy, and a Washington representative will be chosen every two years. The act also authorizes taxes and licenses, no export duties, and a law codification commission.
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United States
Porto Rico
Spain
Senate
Secretaary
House of Delegates
Executive Council
United States District Court
Interior
Porto Fico
Jury Criticized For Mercy Recommendation In Slaying Case
Special report from Columbia describes John and Harvey Jackson found guilty of murdering Cassie Bean with life imprisonment after a nine hour trial. The jurors’ mercy recommendation drew sharp criticism from local papers as evidence showed brutal torture and arson on an isolated swamp island. Prosecution hints at further indictments against others connected to the crime.
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Columbia
Oolock
John Jackson
Harvey Jackson
Cassis Boan
Carolina
Cassie Bean
Chesterfield County
John
Jacksons
Sam Woodward
Havana Journal Exposes Vain Cuban Outbreak Claim
Havana April 12 The Havana Journal reports it received a flier claiming a June 1 Cuban army mobilization. General Wood dismisses it as valueless, based on a single woman’s tale about an unnamed captain. Holiday observed. offices closed. religious features dominate coverage. Treasury in Havana established to manage island revenues and disbursement.
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Havana Journal
Havana
Wood
United States Congress
Roberts May Make An Early Advance
London reports Lord Roberts hints at an early advance with mixed assurances from military men. Wepener holds. Methuen pushes east of Kroonstadt as Boer scouts lurk near Buller’s flank. Milner warns no compromise, while Italy only transmits proposals to London.
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London
Lord Roberts
Prince of Wales
Copenhagen
Roberta
Serapa
England
Wepener
Lord Methuen
Kroonstadt
Ladysmith
Dewdrop
Buller
Natal
Hart
Dyler WH
Portugal
Rhodesia
Great Britain
Lourenzo Marques
Fletcher
Italy
Marquis di Visconti-Venosta
United States
Alfred Milner
Cape Town
War Office
Africa
Hudyard Steyn
Sreyn
Bloemfontein
Cape Colony
Kimberley
Boers Refuse Inactive Stance In British Waiting Game
Bloemfontein April 12. Boer leaders Kruger and Steyn cannot keep forces together and refuse to remain idle. Burghers say they must be actively employed, believing the British are waiting. Boers intrench east of Brandfort beside the railroad and still hold Waterval drift water works as Roberts amasses major strength.
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Kruger
Bloemfontein
Steyn
Lord Roberts
Brandfort
German Professor Analyzes Neutrality and British Troop Transport
Berlin reports in The Nation by Professor von Bar of the University of Göttingen discuss international law around British troop transport through Portuguese territory. He critiques Lord Roberts forcing the Boera of the Free State to swear an oath, calling it a serious neutrality breach. He cites jurists who oppose such moves without a treaty, notes split views where treaties exist, and questions the Anglo Portuguese treaty’s applicability to the Transvaal.
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Belgium
Switzerland
Lord Roberta
von Bar
Kruger
Chamberlain
England
Germany
Berliner Tageblatt
Lord Roberts
Kroonstadt
Lokal Anzeiger
William
Nicholas
Dantzic
Garde du Corps
Potsdam
Berlin
Herr Sternberg
Great Britain
University of Gaetingen
Free State
von Har
Nsvaal
Republicans Push Shipping Subsidy Bill Through Now
Washington on April 12 the senate commerce committee announced plans by Republican senators to pass the shipping subsidy bill in this session. Democratic members lament possible June adjournment and fear extended debate. Hanna and Frye urged immediate action, while Democrats urged broader discussion of the bill and the Philippine measure's impact before voting. The bill would be set as unfinished business after Quay and Philippine oil matters are resolved, with timing tied to the Philippine bill's disposition by the fourth.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Republican Caucus Committee On Order of Business
Messrs
Hanna
Frye
Bir
Friends of the Shipping Bill
Smallpox Among Excursionists Reach Boston April 12
Letters to Boston report many excursion party members to the orient left at Naples by the New England. A cable from Liverpool to The Globe confirms smallpox broke out among the stranded excursionists in Italy with one death.
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Boston
Mass
Orient
Naples
New England
Liverpool
Globe
Italy
Allen Named Civil Governor of Porto Rico in McKinley Era
Charles H. Allen, assistant secretary of the navy, chosen as the first civil governor of Porto Rico. He met with President McKinley to accept the post and will travel to San Juan to begin establishing the new administration. Allen is a 52 year old manufacturer and bank president with prior service in Massachusetts politics and Congress.
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Washington
Charles H. Allen
Porto Rico
Allen
Alien
San Juan
Secretary Long
United States
Congress
Navy Department
Massachusetts
Navy
McKinley
Freedmen's Aid Society Quadrennial Session Opens in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on April 12 the Freedmen's Aid and Educational Society gathers for its quadrennial session before the Chicago Methodist conference. Presidents, deans, and teachers of the society's schools will be elected and bonded debt refunding discussed. Attending officials include Rev. D. D. Thompson, Dr. J. M. Shummipert, Dr. W. H. H. Hickman, Dr. Joseph Courtney, Dr. S. H. Pye, Dr. J. E. Marley, Dr. C. W. Bennett, Bishop W. F. Mal Huey, Bishop Daniel Goodsell, with Bishop John M. Walden presiding.
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Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Educational Society
Cincinnati
Freedman's Aid and Educational Society
Chicago
Reedman’s
D. D. Thompson
Northwestern Christian Advocate
J. M. Shummipert
Columbus
Miss
W. H. H. Hickman
Green Castle
Ind
Joseph Courtney
Paris
H. Pye
St. Louis
J. E. Marley
Dayton
C. W. Bennett
Piqua
W. F
Bryan greeted by brass bands in Phoenix
Nebraska figure William J. Bryan arrived in Belneale Ariz April 12 and was escorted by two brass bands to a hotel where democratic clubs entertained him. A dying woman’s message prompted a meeting with him. He spoke to schoolchildren and about 50 attendees on silver trusts and imperialism, then left for Prescott by special train.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Belneale
Ariz
William J. B
Bryan
Prescott
Texas Reaches Hamilton Naval Visit Opens Bermuda
The United States battleship Texas the cruiser New York and the gunboat Machias arrived in Hamilton Bermuda. Admiral Farquhair and staff were greeted by British officers and a guard of honor then feted at government house and admiralty hall. The squadron travels to Hamilton roads next week. Princeton baseball heads south on a major league–caliber tour. John R. McLean hosts Admiral Dewey and guests for dinner in Washington.
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Hamilton
Island of
Bermuda
United States
Texas
New York
Machias
Farquhair
George Danby Barker
Bermudas
Government House
Admiralty Ball
C. Maxwell Gresne
Pensacola
Will Gall
Hamilton Roads
McLean
Deweys
Washington
John R. McLean
Admiral
Dewey
Perry Belmont
Adams
Brooke
Meisener
Oregon Populist Convention Seeks Fusion Platform
Oregon delegates to the populist state convention pushed for organization with a fusion platform and ticket, appointing a committee to confer with the democratic convention. Delegates were instructed to vote for W. J. Bryan for president at the national convention. Also notes a New York wedding notice for John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s engagement and a Chicago arrival.
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Oregon
Bryan
Portland
Ore
W. J. Bryan
Meeting of South Carolina Democratic Committee in Columbia
The South Carolina Democratic Executive Committee met in Columbia on April 12. The gathering, described as remarkably calm with no political discourse or campaigning, planned the state convention for May 16 and discussed fundraising as urged by the national committee. Colonel Jones announced the call for the state convention and proposed county district agents to solicit voluntary subscriptions with a central coordinator.
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State Democratic Committee of
South Carolina
Columbia
State Democratic Executive Committee
Alebt
Not & Aingle
Tre
Campaigh
Colonel Jones
Mayléth
Henricksen
Chicago
National Committee
Jones
Gunter
Belmont Seeks Dual Routes in Nashville Connection
An official notice in The Herald outlines plans to absorb the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railway by the Louisville and Nashville through a stock swap. It notes L&N control of N C S L stock, anticipated dividend suspensions, and a proposed exchange ratio of two N C S L shares for one L&N share, with delivery by a specified date.
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Louisville and Nashville
St. L. New York
Herald
Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis
Louisville
Nashville
Read
Ita
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Laura
August Helmont
Coulsville and
St. Lows
Louisvile and Nashville
Chattanooga Railway
Chattanooga and St. Louis
Louisvile and Nashville Railroad
Big Reward for Two Negroes Gingerly Brothers Held
Deputies Andrew Crockett and Ira Barton of Lauderdale County Tennessee head to New Madrid Missouri to secure Reuben and Frank Gingerly. A reward of $2000 is offered for the apprehension of the two fugitives tied to the murder of two officers near Rinley weeks ago. Henry and Roger Gingerly were lynched amid mob fury. authorities now pursue due process.
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Gingerly
Tennessee
Memphis
Fenn
Andrew Crockett
Ira Barton
Lauderdale County
New Madrid
Reuben
Frank Gingerly
Rinley
Henry
Roger Gingerly
Nations eye Corea as buffer in East Asia dispute
J Sloat Fassett argues in New York that Russians and Japanese seek Corea’s coast, and its integrity as a buffer state could anchor peace. He says guaranteeing Corea’s political autonomy would benefit all interested powers and open a path to peaceful prosperity.
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Japan
Russia
New York
J. Sloat Fassett
Corea
Yaloo River
Port Arthur
Vlndivostock
Twelfth Annual Jeffersonian Dinner Held by Single Taxers
The annual Jeffersonian dinner of the Single Tax Club was held at the Marlboro hotel with McCracken presiding. About two hundred persons attended. Congressman Lentz responded to the toast honoring Thomas Jefferson. Attendees drank to the memory of Henry George and Father Glynn.
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Marlboro Hotel
McCracken
Thomas Jefferson
Congressman Lentz
Henry George
Ler Glynn
Sheffield to blast furnaces expanded at Sloss-Snemeid
Will soon be in blast in Sheffield Alabama as Sloss-Snemeid Company enlarges and repairs the furnace. Plans also call for blasting the last remaining dead furnace at Sheffield, signaling a busy and prosperous period for the town.
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Huntsville
Ala
Pecal
Sheffield
Sloss-Snemeid Company
Will Pat in New Machinery
Huntsville Alabama April 12 Special The Huntsville Railway Light and Power Company extends its power house and installs new machinery for electric street lighting An extension of the railroad to Monte Sano is seen as a likely immediate project top of the mountain would be two and a half miles distant by Incline President DuPont has the matter under advisement Monitors Out of Commission Washington April 12 The navy department plans to place in service burnout measures for Meanie harbor Monitors Monterey Monadnock released crews for service on other vessels where badly needed
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Herr Baumann
New York Life Insurance Company
Munich
Duke of Sagan
Sagan
Colonial
Zeitung
Dominik
Germany
Basutoland
London
Miail
Lourenzo Marquez
Pretoria
Wepener
de Villebets Mareuil
Dalgety
Bloemfontein
Times
Datgety
Rouxville
Nix
Koorn Spruitt
Free State Gazette
Cape Town
Monteray
Perry
Halfax
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Altwal North
Roberts
Copenhagen
Daily Mall
Lord Roberts
Prince of Wales
South Africa
Prince
Brussels
Olivier
Smithfield
Cape Argus
Huntsville
Ala
Apri
Huntsville Railway, Light and Power Company
Monte Sano
DuPont
Washington
Navy Department
Meanie
Monterey
Monadnock
Vesnela
Louisville
Evansville
Evansville and
St. Louis Road
J. P. Morgan & Co
Southern
St. Louis
Gulf Ports
Atlantic Seaboard
Louisville, Evansville
New Albany
Ind
East St Louis
Southern and Southwestern Railway Club weighs questions
Rail officials discuss locomotive repair, Amber treatment, M C B rules, and smoke abatement at a large Southern and Southwestern Railway Club meeting in St Louis. Board actions include Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway annual report and Long Island Railroad director elections. Sales, mergers, and rate talks affect lines from New Albany to St Louis and Gulf ports.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati, Chicago and
Joseph Wood
George Wil'ard
Chicago
Briggs S. Cunningham
Cincinnati
Mother's Mercy: care for little ones through gentle laxatives
A promotional item extolling Cascarets Candy Cathartte as the safe laxative for children and nursing mothers. It warns against opiate-containing medicines, claims Cascarets purify the blood and regulate bowels, and urges purchase for a “magic face genuine” tablet with warnings against imitations.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Montreal
New York
Nicaragu a Canal Debate Clips Senate Action and Boer Sympathy
Fragmentary Senate transcript shows debate on Nicaraguan canal and Spooner bill, with votes on Alaska code and a controversial resolution on the Boer war. Reports mention Penrose, Quay, and Morgan, plus references to Great Britain and the Philippines in the era. The piece ends with notices about officials and railroad personnel changes.
Fragmentary political note from ninth district meeting
A damaged OCR fragment records a ninth district gathering with mentions of candidates, committees, and resolutions. It references Democratic rights, nominees declining, and assembly notes in Gainesville and related areas, with thanks to attendees and officers.
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BOAN
Treasury
Secretary of War
Fan Cranial Gore
Treasi
Methuen
Adberts
Porto
Rico
Secretary of the Navy
M’kinley
Long
Davis
Princeton
N. J
Hiss Rockefeller
John D. Hockzeler
Erie
Air Daughter Arms
Parmice Prentice
Belmont
Southern and Southwestern Railway Club
Southeastern Freight Association
Western
Kansas City
FE. Burton
F. H. McGee
W. H. Thomas
W. E. Symons
Pulaski Leeds
M. CB
J. M. Holt
J. W. Robider
W. Lo Tracy
W. H. Owens
The
Long Island Railroad Company
Jamaica
August Belmont
George W. Youne
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Walter G. Gakman
Frederick C. Bourne
Frank L. Babbott
Vument Clarke
James Timpson
Joseph §. Auerbach
R. Somers Hayes
Alfred C. Bedford
Wiliam H. Baldwin
Charles M. Pratt
Trunk Line Passenger Committee
Trunk Line Association
Canadian Pacific
Western Trunk Line
Eastern
Soo
Canadian Pacic
Farmer
Southeastern Freight Associ
Nicaragua
Massachusets
Burrows Eld
Corbett
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Quayhimeel
Wes
Morgan
Yous—Boon
Bate
Berry
Clay
Cub
Berson
Daniel
Foster
Haurris
Heitfeldt
Arkansas
Sones
Nevada
Money
Perkins
Taliaferro
West 15
Noel
Allison
Baker
Curd
Carter
Cullom
DeBoe
Depew
Fairbanks
Yeas
Bacon
Bard
Carver
Cockrell
Culberson
Dante
Mambrough
Harms
Heltfeld
Martin
Scott
Shoup
West
Warren
Noel—Allison
DeBos
Foraker
Fry Gallinger
Hawley
Herty
Hay
Howl
America
Ation
Samuel F. Parrot
E. B. Slahm.n
W. E
Rare Conferens Committee
Southeastern Pastel Association
Atata
Charles A. Boddeker
Mallory Line
Galveston
W. J. Young
Hous Points
Walter Nichols
Eieral
Cinco
United Agency. Co
Fifth Ave
the Apollinaris Co., Ld
Resoluy
Gale Satin
T. We
Gainesville
Horlack m
Dionif
Talegenta Rat
Calumbis
All the Farmers
Severa Democrat
Tumer Quitman Ge
Friends of
Got Up
Pety Neme
Candicaus Walker
Allen Feet
Legiaiat
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