Congress Clears Puerto Rican Bill and DC Appropriation
The House approved Senate amendments to the Puerto Rican bill by 161 to 153, with nine Republicans opposing and one Democrat voting aye. The bill moves to the President for signature. The Senate also passed the $5,000,000 cable appropriation for Honolulu, to be overseen by the Navy with American appliances. The DC appropriation was approved by the Senate.
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House
Senate
Honolulu
Navy Department
District of Columbia
Bloemfontein
Gatacre
Singland
Chermside
Hur
Col
Baden-Powell
Portugal
Beira
United States
Delagoa
Dublin
China
Shanghai
Japan
Leopold
Belgium
Colombia
Stuttgart
Shipping men push to extend navigation laws now
Shipping men seek immediate extension of navigation laws. The Queens County Grand Jury questioned Police Chief Deverey over conditions in Long Island City. Prof. FE Benjamin Andrews elected Chairman of the University of Nebraska.
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Queens County Grand Jury
Deverey
Long Island City
Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
University of Nebraska
Forgery convict Gustavius Bates surrenders after years in exile
Gustavius Bates, after evading authorities for 25 years, returns to Rochester to face charges for forgery. He pleaded guilty to an indictment from January 16, 1876, involving forged notes of 200 and 500 dollars using the name of Capt. James H. Wirren. Bates had fled after his partner, a Clarkson businessman, disappeared with the earlier case.
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Rochester
Gustavius Bates
Bates
Sid
Clarkson
Chicago
James H. Wirren
President McKinley to Address Ecumenical Conference
President McKinley will travel to New York City on April 1 to speak at the Protestant Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions in Carnegie Hall. He will stay in New York over Sunday and may visit Canton early next month to inspect repairs at his residence.
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Washington
McKinley
New York City
Protestant Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
Protestant Churches of the World
Carnegie Hall
New York
McNinley
Canton
Croker Seen Returning Home From London Trip
Friends of Richard Croker and Tammany Hall dismissed a London report that the Tammany chieftain disappeared from Wantage Jingland and traveled incognito. Croker’s latest messages indicate he plans to sail home late this month, with no new events changing his plans.
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Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
London
Tammany
Wantage
Jingland
Croker
Andrews Named Chancellor of University of Nebraska
Prof EF Benjamin Andrews former Brown University president and since 1898 Chicago public schools superintendent was chosen Chancellor of the University of Nebraska. The board of regents approved on the first ballot with four votes to two in Lincoln tonight and Andrews is expected to accept and begin duties in September.
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Omatia
EF. Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
Chicago Public Schools
University of Nebraska
Board of Regents
Lincoln
Andrews
Devery Before the Queens Grand Jury
The Queens County Grand Jury investigated Long Island City police conditions and the department's responsibility with Chief Devery as the key witness. A near daylong session ended with a calmer tone and a planned peace between the police and District Attorney Merrill as charges against several officials were anticipated.
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Queens County Grand Jury
Long Island City
William S. Devery
Greater New York
Grand Jury
Department
John B. Merrill
Queens County
Merrill
Devery
India's Threefold Famine Warns of Widening Crisis
Special to The New York Times. Washington reports from Consul William T. Fee in Bombay warn that India faces a famine of water food and cattle unprecedented in scale. Official relief rises to 3.5 million people with daily costs around 84000 dollars as a 40 million population in famine areas awaits monsoon relief and government resources. The worst period lies ahead and England's aid cannot be relied on as in 1897.
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New York Times
Washington
India
Department of State
William T. Fee
Bombay
All India
British India
South Africa
England
Fire in the Gilsey House on Broadway and Twenty-ninth
Smoke in the Gilsey House upper floors triggered a room search by servants. The fifth floor vacancy room housed a smoldering mattress and burned panel. Fire crews arrived after buckets quelled the blaze. The blaze is blamed on a long smoldering cigarette.
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Gilsey
Broadway
Twenty-ninth Street
Dady Loses Havana Paving Contract Bid
Col Michael J Dady the Brooklyn Republican is not to receive the paving and sewering contract for Havana. Gen Leonard Wood issues an order favoring lowest bidder and authorizes reimbursement of preliminary expenses. Ex Senator D Pavey and lawyer Walter J Moore await further advices as Dady is unlocatable in Havana.
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Havana
Michael J. Dady
Brooklyn
D. Pavey
Col. Dady
Gen. Leonard Wood
Automobile kills a man prompts fender talk in Chicago
Richard W. Kenney, purchasing agent for Carson Pirie Scott & Co., was killed after stepping in front of an automobile while avoiding a cable car. The driver, G. M. Green, was arrested. City Council may consider an ordinance requiring fenders on horseless vehicles. A firm began equipping delivery carts with front protectors to catch people.
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New York
Chicago
Richard W. Kenney
Kenney
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
G. M. Green
Injured Through Telephone By Electric Shock
Chicago April 11 Physicians show little hope for Maude Turnbull an eighteen year old telephone operator after a Thursday electric shock at the Chicago Telephone Company switchboard The case lacks visible burns yet the shock seems to have wrecked her nervous system and she does not recall the cause While disconnecting repairman James Allen she felt a sudden collapse and could not be aided by fellow operators The company has aided her and she was noted for a free scholarship at Chicago Musical College from childhood talents.
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New York Times
Chicago
Maude Turnbull
Chicago Telephone Company
James Allen
Allen
Turnbull
Chicago Musical College
O'Neill's Millinery Ad Promises Fashionable Hats
An advertisement for O'Neill's on 6th Avenue and 20th Street touts stylish millinery with imported and domestic novelties at popular prices. The ad highlights fashionable hats and broad selection for town customers.
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O’neill’s
Tost St
Thirteen Year Old Hero Saves Boy From East River
Jimmy Dooling, a small thirteen year old from 38 Front Street, dived into the East River near Pier 5 to rescue nine year old John Hart from drowning. He pulled Hart to a board and later carried him to Hart's home. A longshoreman praised Jimmy's repeated bravery and noted his calm under danger.
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Front Street
John Hart
Stone Street
Pier 5
East River
Jimmy
Young Hart
Daniel A. Hart
Charlie’ Tague
Pier 4
Pop
Scanlan
Lower East River
Nather
President Delays Handshake Receptions At White House
Washington April 11 The President planned a 10 o clock handshake with about 150 Lowell Massachusetts visitors but was nearly an hour late due to official duties. Crowds of sightseers seek access and guidebooks wrongly claim regular Monday Wednesday Friday receptions which have not occurred for two years because of the Spanish war.
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New York Times
Washington
Lowell
Mass
Jerry Smith
White House
Vermont Democrats mull June state and district conventions
In Montpelier on April 11 the Vermont Democrats plan state and district conventions likely in early June. Leaders say Admiral Dewey’s name will not be considered for delegates to the Kansas City Convention, and Vermont’s eight votes will go to Bryan for president.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Louisville directors plan Dewey visit reception
At the Board of Trade meeting in Louisville on April 11, directors resolved to form a committee to coordinate with city authorities and the Commercial Club for Admiral Dewey's visit. The plan includes a formal invitation, with events at the hall built for the Confederate reunion and a drive through tobacco and distillery districts and nearby stock farms.
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New York Times
Louisville
Board of Trade
Commercial Club
Admiral Dewey
Cincinnati Will Invite Admiral Dewey to Visit
Mayor Gustav Tafel plans to formally invite Admiral Dewey to Cincinnati within a week. A Cincinnati Board of Legislation committee previously extended the invitation in New York, and the mayor aims to secure a definite acceptance with a Washington visit.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Admiral Dewey
Gustav Tafel
New York City
Board of Legislation
Washington
New Fast Train to Detroit on The New York Central
The Detroit Special departs New York daily at 4 00 P M with stops at Garrison Fishkill Poughkeepsie Rhinecliff and other stations. It offers sleeping and parlor cars and is illuminated by polished light. Advance advertisement notes a prompt schedule and comfortable travel amenities.
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Detroit
New York Central
New York
Garrison
Fishkill
Poughkeepsie
Rhinecliff
Pinish Light
Retired Tea Merchant Bequeaths Cooper Union Vast Estate
John Halstead, a long unseen donor and former tea merchant who died May 20 last year at his West Seventy-seventh Street home, leaves Cooper Union as residuary legatee of an estate valued near 300 000 dollars. His will, dated 1898, also directs gifts to multiple charities and leaves the remainder to his foster sister, Mrs. Hannah C. Wibert, with Cooper Union to gain when she dies.
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West Seventy-seventh Street
Cooper Union
Halstead
Young Woman's Christian Association
Young Men’s Christian Association
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Church of the Divine Paternity
New York
St. Mary’s Lodging House
United Relief Works
Society For Ethical Culture
St. Barnabas’s House
Christopher Street
Waverley Place
Hannah C. Wibert
Spe
New York Times
United States
Consolidated Gas
St. Louis and
San Francisco Railway
Union Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Pittsburg and Western Railway
Western Union Telegraph Company
Eagle Fire Insurance Company
Kanawha River
West Virginia
Montgomery County
N. C
Peter Cooper
Cooper Union For the Advancement of Science and Art
Trustees of
Wibert
Halstead House
Abram S. Hewitt
North Carolina
England
Carmine Street
Ates Young Halstead
Spring Street
Bowery
Dr. Sebury
Catholic Club Fire Damages Five Story Building
A fire at the Catholic Club at 120 West Fifty-ninth Street caused 8000 in damage. Police officer Newlands sighted flames from the top floor and Deputy Chief Duane and firefighters responded. Fifteen members slept on upper floors, all escaped. Watchman Dowling was rescued from smoke. Fire under control by 2340 hours. cause under investigation. Several paintings and rare books saved.
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Catholic Club
Newlands
Central Park
Duane
McCoy
Hook and Ladder No. 4
J. Fitzpatrick
Sweeney
Dowling
Shipping Men Protest Over Hawaii Navigation Amendment
Congressman Jefferson M. Levy received a strong protest from Hawaiian Steamship Company representatives against a bill amendment delaying application of U S navigation laws to Hawaii for one year. The letter warns of harm to American shipping as foreign vessels gain access to Hawaiian ports, and notes substantial Pacific Coast and Atlantic coast investments in ships for the trade. Levy discussed the issue with Senator Morgan and aims to push a conference to address the matter.
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New York Times
Washington
Jefferson M. Levy
Hawaiian Steamship Company
Cushman
United States
Hawaii
Honolulu
North Pacific
Seamerican Coast
San Francisco
Atlantic
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Rts
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Oceanic Steamship Company of
Atlantic Coast
California
Oregon
Representative Levy
Morgan
Hawaiian Commission
Levy
House Conferrees
Anglo American Rapid Vehicle Company Forms in Delaware
Philadelphia capitalists organize the Anglo American Rapid Vehicle Company to unite automobile manufacturers and transport firms. W. W. Gibbs of the Pennsylvania Electric Vehicle Company leads as president with a $75 million in common stock. Incorporators include H. B. Twyford Ernest Martin and James Virden. Richard Croker is named among projectors.
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New York Times
Dover
Del
Philadelphia
Anglo- American Rapid Vehicle Company
W. W. Gibbs
Pennsylvania Electric Vehicle Company
Anglo-American Company
H. B. Twyford
Windley
England
Ernest Martin
New York City
James Virden
Richard Croker
Ogden Gas Deal Denied by Officials
Special to The New York Times in Chicago reports officials of Ogden Gas deny a sale to People’s Gas Light and Coke for 5 million dollars. They say no 500,000 fee to Attorney Levy Mayer was paid and the deal has not concluded. Roger Sullivan, president, calls the fee claim a pipe dream and notes his one sixth share would make him a millionaire if the sale goes through.
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York and
Abell
Mackellar
Rhodes
Grand Jury
Devery
Mazet Committee
Kavanagh
Kelly
Kavanach
Police Board
Cant. Woods
White
Theng
McCarthy
New York Times
Chicago
Ogden Gas Company
People’s Gas Light and Coke Company
Levy Mayer
Ogden Gas
Mayer
Roger Sullivan
Sullivan
A Daylight Ride New York to Buffalo Feature
An advertisement touts the Lehigh Valley Railroad daylight service from New York to Buffalo as a pleasant trip with every comfort available to passengers.
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New York
Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Railroad
House Conquers Puerto Rico Bill in Major Vote
The House approved the Puerto Rico Tariff and Government bill by 314 to 325 with 325 members present, nine Republicans voting no and two Democrats paired in favor. The bill heads to the President tomorrow for signature after late debate and a lengthy session.
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House
Puerto Rico
Senate
Henderson
Frye
White House
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Maryland
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Heatwale
Minn
Crumpacker
Ind
Lane
Iowa
Littlefield
McCall
Mass
H. C. Smith
Mich
Warner
Ill
Fletcher
Lorimer
Davey and Meyer
Louisiana
Sibley
Penn
Devries
Stallings
Dem
Ala
Ichardson
Charles E. Magoun
War Department
Dolliver
Rep
Magoun
House Rules Shape Puerto Rico Bill Debate 1900
House leaders present a rule assigning the Puerto Rico tariff bill to be considered with Senate amendments by 5 pm April 11 1900 and allow ten days of printing. Debates center on civil government implications and imperial reach amid Republican opposition and calls for action over prolonged debate.
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Dalzell
Penn
Committee
House
Puerto Rico
Senate
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