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NEVIS 422 NEWARK for their delicate charm. He died in New Haven in 1901. NEVIS, an island of the West Indies, belonging to Great Britain. It forms one of the Leeward Islands, and is 2 miles S. E. of St. Christopher, with which it has been since 1882 administratively con- nected. It is circular in form, rises in the center to a wooded ancient crater (3,200 feet), and has an area of 50 square miles. The lower slopes are culti- vated, the sugar-cane being the principal crop, though limes and oranges are grown to a small extent. The capital is the port of Charlestown. Nevis was discovered by Columbus in 1498 and colonized by England in 1628. In the 18th century it was twice taken and restored by the French. Pop. about 13,000. NEW, HARRY STEWART, United States Senator from Indiana. Born at Indianapolis, Dec. 31, 1858. From 1878- 1903 he served with the "Indianapolis Journal," beginning as a reporter and ending as part owner. In 1898 he served as a captain in the American Army in the Spanish-American War. In 1896 he was elected a member of the Indiana State senate. From 1900 to 1912 he was a member of the Republican Na- tional Committee, being chairman in 1907-1908. Elected United States Sen- ator for the term 1917-1923. NEW AliBANY, a city and county- seat of Floyd CO., Ind.; on the Ohio river, and on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, the Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis, the Southern, and the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louis- ville railroads; opposite Louisville, Ky. A bridge connects the city with Louis- ville. Here are the court house, hospital, library. National and State banks, street railroads, electric lights, and sev- eral daily and weekly newspapers. The city has manufactories of engines, auto- mobiles, cars, and boilers, planing, roll- ing, and flour mills, pork-packing houses, iron foundries, shipyards, and plate- glass works. Pop. (1910) 20,629: (1920) 22,992. NEW AMSTERDAM, the name con- ferred on the present city of New York by its original Dutch settlers. NEWARK, the largest city of New Jersey, and the county-seat of Essex co. It is on Newark Bay and extends to the mouth of the Passaic river. It is on the Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley, Cen- tral of New Jersey, Lackawanna, and the Erie railroads. The city has an area of about 24 miles. Surrounding it are a number of smaller suburban com- munities, including Belleville, Bloomfield, Montclair, the Oranges, Harrison, Irving- ton, and others. These are all connected with the city by trolley and steam railway lines. The city is pre-eminently a manu- facturing center. There were in 1920 over 2,300 manufacturing establish- ments. The total capital invested in manufacturing was over $275,000,000. There were nearly 125,000 operatives employed. The total value of the raw material used in 1918 was $230,000,000 and the value of the finished product was $375,000,000. There were over 250 distinct lines of manufacture repre- sented. In 1910 Newark ranked eleventh in the cities of the United States and in aggregate value of manufactured prod- ucts. It is the chief city for the manu- facture of fine jewelry in the United States. It produces the largest and best grades of leather for shoes, carriages, and upholstery. The first malleable iron produced was manufactured in Newark. Among the chief manufactures in ad- dition to those mentioned are cut glass, celluloid, patent leather, chemicals, paints and varnish, and foundry products. Newark is a great insurance center. It has three large important insurance companies, which had a total income in 1918 of $252,542,844. There were in 1918 nine National banks, one city bank, 10 trust companies, 5 savings institu- tions. There were over 150,000 deposi- tors in the savings banks. The total bank clearings in 1918 amounted to $950,000,- 000. There are 28 city banks and 6 county banks within the city limits. It has an excellent system of public schools. There were in 1918 67 of these. The value of school property was about $12,000,000. The number of pupils en- rolled in the schools constituted 75,000. In addition there were 26 parish schools and 7 private schools. The water sup- ply of the city is taken from the Pequa- nac river in the north Jersey hills. There are excellent hospital facilities in the city. Among the notable buildings are the home buildings of the life and fire insurance companies, banks, city buildings and a large number of hand- some private residences. Newark is ad- ministered by the commission form of government which was brought about by referendum on Oct. 9, 1917. The city was first settled in 1666 by a number of Congregationalists from Connecticut. Pop. (1910) 347,469; (1920) 414,524. NEWARK, a village of New York in Wayne co., 30 miles S. E. of Rochester. It is situated on the State barge canal and on the New York Central, West Shore, and Pennsylvania railroads. It