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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1900
Page
3
Washington April 14 the House passed by 240 to 15 a resolution for a constitutional amendment directing United States senators to be elected by direct vote of the people. The measure sets six year terms and allows temporary presidential appointments to fill vacancies until the next election.
An explosion at John 2. Kites’s sawmill near Sylvester in Rapids Michigan on April 14 killed David Zimmerman, 70, and James Moffitt, 25. Spectator Oscar Zimmerman was severely injured and believed dying. The boiler and building were demolished. cause unknown.
The text lists diverse items from census pay increases for supervisors to political maneuvering in the United States and abroad. It notes Jamaica and China related shifts, railroad consolidations, and preparations for exhibitions in Paris, with references to labor unrest in Chicago and plans by populists to influence the 1908 presidential race.
Protestant missionaries from around the world gather in New York for a ten day ecumenical conference starting Saturday. About 2800 delegates are expected, including 500 from foreign lands, with leaders like former President Marrison and Governor Roosevelt slated to speak. Bishops and workers from India, China, and Japan will join, marking the third such gathering in Christian history and the first in the United States. The program emphasizes united missionary efforts and extending work to newly acquired U.S. territories.
An important gathering is planned for April 16 in Trouston Texas as the eleventh annual Trans Mississsippi commercial congress convenes with wide west of the Mississippi representation. Delegates will discuss irrigation rivers harbors the Nicaraguan canal Pacific cable and other issues shaping regional trade and policy.
Insurgents believed to be Mascado’s summit again operate around the Muarivales mountains opposite Manila. A 300-strong force attacked Bulunga where three companies of the Thirty-second infantry were posted Monday night but were repulsed. Earlier, near Orion, Goldman and 30 men of the same regiment engaged, killing two Americans before retreating.
From Santiago de Chili via Galveston dated April 16, reports that poor crops are driving up wheat prices and enabling large imports from California.
A severe storm near Winfield and Putnam causes two deaths and four injuries from overturned houses. Wires are down, access to Putnam and Newton limited, and damage includes farm buildings swept by a five mile long storm strip near Clearwater. Separate item notes Vanderbilt University receiving funds from Mary J. Furman, including Furman hall with a $100,000 goal.
Milwaukee April 1. The state convention to elect delegates to the Kansas City convention is to be held in Milwaukee June 12. The call invites Democratic citizens of the state to send delegates, supporting pure, commumiend and constitutional government, and favoring the republic while opposing the empire. Washington April 1. After routine business the house heard eulogies on Governor Morton of Indiana, whose statue was accepted for Statuary Hall with speakers from Indiana and Ohio. Burlington Vermont April 16. Waterbury Vermont report says John C Farrar, teller of the Waterbury National Bank, is missing and there is a $25,000 defalcation. the community is shocked as Farrar was considered a model young man.
Atlanta April 16 the Order of Railroad Telegraphers declared a boycott on the Southern railway seeking to include ticket and freight agents nationwide through the United States and the Federation of Labor. Telegrams were sent to organize routes via other lines. A separate note mentions Gov Nash appointing labor officials and a centenarian death in Pana indicating local news mix.
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