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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
2
Delegates from Minnesota and nearby states parade with tin horns and flags as the People's Party convenes in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Major figures including Senator Butler Governor Lee and Mr Donnelly address the crowd while credentials and platform committees clash over representation and policy.
National populist convention at Sigur Failh opens with plans to address ownership and economic policy. Reports cover political clashes in Cincinnati and Chicago, canal legislation opposition in the Senate, and preparations for upcoming state and regional meetings amid labor and banking developments.
Amid disorder the convention amended a report by a 38 to 2516 vote to allow full state quotas. It adopted a rules plan to meet at 403 a.m. and stay in session until finished. Peck of Georgia named permanent chair with Walte of Colorado as vice chair. Williams of Indiana opposed. Texas split on chairman choice. Adjourned at 10:15 a.m. awaiting new session.
The morning program featured advocates for repealing the fifteenth amendment to the federal constitution and adopting an educational qualification. John Temple Graves urged racial separation as a remedy, while ex Governor McCorkle opposed repeal and supported education. A list of officers and officers elect was announced, including Hillary A. Herbert as president and Joseph D. Sayers as governor among others. The convention was described as a pronounced success.
Visitors arrive as coats of arms and Stars and Stripes adorn the Pistinan hotel for the convention led by Eix-Governor Northen of Georgia. Delegations from Southern states join great crowds. sessions begin Friday with Baptist Young People and American Baptist Educational Society activities. Dr J Z Taylor of Wir efild and Dr A J Barton of Arkin son will preach the forty fifth annual sermon.
The Forty ninth annual session of the First German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas adjourned in Brenham after a week with Salem Congregation led by Rev. Johannes Mycbrof ia. Next meeting will be held in Cuero in November 101. The body includes 50 pastors 57 congregations 7195 communicant members and 12007 souls. Eight business sessions were held and about $1800 was spent on home missions. Old officers were reelected: A Palkenberg president K F Gerstmanon vice president S Waedekin secretary and R I Jaeggi treasurer.
The Illinois Republican convention adopted the platform amid hisses as the credentials committee seating a majority of contesting delegates was approved. Millen Kehoe of Chicago urged sympathy for the South African republics as the ticket for governor Richard Yates and other officials was presented.
The Maryland Republican State convention met in Baltimore at the Academy of Music. Proceedings were orderly with a smooth session, endorsing Provident McKinley’s administration and denouncing trusts.
Hartford May The Republican State convention platform reaffirms the St Louis declarations and denounces trusts. Delegates many were elected to Philadelphia for the national meeting.
The Texas Episcopal church council gathered at Grace church Galveston for its annual meeting with Rev J R Tiding of Calvert delivering the opening sermon. Bishop G Herbert Kinston Wing presided as communion was celebrated and delegates toured Eaton chapel where hosts from Trinity and Grace welcomed them. The afternoon business session convened at Bacon chapel with about thirty clergy and fifty lay attendees.
At Chicago May 1 twenty two conferences petitioned for election of a colored bishop to oversee work among Southern Methodist colored congregations. The Washington conference supported Dr Bowen as bishop candidate. The petition was sent to the episcopacy committee without debate.
The Wace problem conference opened its second session in Montgomery at 10 o clock with a large audience. A. M. Waddell of Wilmington, N C, delivered a stirring account of events in North Carolina that led to the present movement for a reformed constitution, drawing enthusiastic applause from attendees.
Almost 1000 delegates from fourteen states have arrived in Hot Springs for the Southern Baptists convention. The gathering will begin in the next few days with attendees from several Southern states represented.
The Dallas Episcopal Diocesan Council enters a second day in May with Judge Richard Mor among attendees and discussions drawing considerable interest from council members and observers.
In Sewanee Tennessee the law department of the university celebrates the election of a secretary for the twenty ninth time. A ceremonial token accompanies the election as a patron and successor to a judge. St. Matthews Cathedral holds evening service tonight as amendments to new canons are set for vote tomorrow.
A Galveston Texas business case shows insolvency actions under U S bankruptcy law. Thorp and partners face no assets reported and seek court relief. Other filings name firms including Keller Houston Notion and Cohen companies with involuntary bankruptcy claims in Groveton and nearby counties.
A petition was filed in Dankia Paris Texas by P J Savoy of Fannin County formerly in Alabama. The case lists assets of 2736 dollars and details of the bankruptcy filing appeared yesterday evening.
Legal notice of motions for rehearing in a Galveston Texas court involving parties including J Smith Davis Cordell Ty and John W. Bohan against C C McCarthy et al from Polk and Galveston with references to St Louis Southwestern Company of Texas.
Notice from C. M. Walters of Doug asking for Nim Any Douglass whereabouts in Texas May 7 E. Last seen in the Nation. Community urged to provide information to aid locating Nim and any family members.
An ad claims a pile cure without doctors or drugs, promising instant relief for simple and severe cases. It states the remedy is sold by a tire supplier and delivered if a druggist does not forward payment, with the product manufactured by Paris Et. Loult, Mo.
Advertisement touts Dr. J Newton Hathaway as leading specialist in chronic diseases. It claims his scientific treatment builds nerve and muscle strength, revitalizes the body, and offers private confidential examinations. It mentions a guarantee and services for stricture and kidney urinary issues, with contact for J Newton Hathaway and R Hathaway Co.
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