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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1901
Page
4
The text mourns Prof John Fisk at Gloucester Mass noting his prodigious intellect from childhood and his evolution based scholarship. It also reports alleged Pennsylvania legislature corruption with charges of money distributed to sway votes for ripper style bills and criticizes Michigan’s Zant legislature for similar alleged crimes.
The Porto Rico legislature has funded island government and passed local taxation, signaling the president to end tariffs. The piece argues McKinley must cease duties as required, criticizing the sugar and tobacco trusts and labeling leadership as law breaking. It references Enamazoo College granting a doctor of laws and Burrowe, McKay, Hapba, Neeley in a broader critique of trusts and protections.
The piece references a Havana postal robbery, a Republican bank scandal, and a weather chief predicting endless heat. It skewers weather forecasts as unreliable, notes rising insanity in DC due to migration, mocks Carrie Nation, Porto Rico tariffs, and Morgan’s grasp on the situation. It closes with quips about Mark Twain’s father, a New York bank director, and Edward VII’s kingly status.
St Louis July 8 James E Yeatman noted philanthropist and respected citizen died Sunday at age 84 from uraemia after an operation. A Civil War figure he helped peace efforts and joined a commission to Lincoln. He led the western sanitary commission in 1864 creating hospital steamers soldiers homes and relief bureaus. He also organized the freedmen bureau advising leasing abandoned cotton plantations to freedmen.
In Washington in July the Russian minister of justice and Secretary Gage discussed tariff disputes. Russia proposed vacating duties on American goods in exchange for the U S sugar differential being dropped. Gage said the sugar differential is in court, preventing executive action. The exchanges were conducted via the Russian foreign office and state department.
Odessa July 5 Kharkoff Commercial Link fails with deficit estimated at 3000000 rubles The collapse triggers concern for a financial party in South Russia.
An explosion during a practice and torpedo drill in Cadiz, Spain, on July 4 or 5 killed one civilian and two sailors and wounded 17 others. Several injured were severely mutilated.
Oklahoma settlement proclamations spark livestock worry as 200000 cattle on leased ranges await potential market disruption. Telegrams urge delay to ship immature cattle to market, seeking extended registration and access to lands. Registration crowds form at El Reno and Lawton with six booths planned and officials promising rapid processing.
In Detroit on July 10 the National Educational Association held its first general session at the Light Guard armory. About 2,000 seated on the main floor, with large galleries filled, as addresses by President Green and Bishop Spaulding opened proceedings on education policy and progress. Governor Bliss and University of Michigan President Angell spoke, while Delos Fall and R. G. Boone delivered welcomes. The association reported year receipts of 16539 and expenditures of 16283, with a permanent fund of 44100 in bonds. An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 members were in the city by five o'clock.
Washington reports that through Wu Ting Fang the Chinese government claims fifty hundred thousand dollars for alleged cruelties against Chinese in Butte Montana. Hundreds testify to killed property loss and business ruin as rioters faced council support and local courts. appeal may rest with the U S circuit court.
A would be bank burglar blown to pieces Monday night at Renton Wisconsin by nitroglycerin exploded when a trap door fell as he climbed into a creamery to obtain tools to force a bank entrance. Debris and dismembered organs were scattered across the creamery.
The twentieth international Christian Endeavor convention opened in Cincinnati on Saturday and runs to Wednesday night with record attendance expected. Secretary Baer reported growth from 16,274 societies to 64,477, nearly one million members to four nations, underscoring the movement’s broad interdenominational reach. A biennial international convention plan was endorsed, Rev Clarence I. Eberman named as old secretary, and multiple auditoriums in the city hosted events with up to 1200 voices in the chorus each night.
Christian Endeavor delegates joined city churches in a broad welcome. City officials and international figures from Milwaukee Osaka Atlanta China Toronto Tirana Adelaide spoke at the event. Three services were held in Music Hall as part of the observance.
A Chicago disaster reveals half a million in investments largely unproductive with only 136.33 cash against 120,147.09 insurance. John A. Hinsey, once head of the claim department for the Knights, is accused as control collapsed in January amid reckless financing and misappropriation. The Illinois and Connecticut insurance departments began probing, implicating Winsey, H. D. Stolte, and W. D. Kennedy in the board’s alleged misconduct.
A passenger train derailed after a collision with a freight section near Nottingham Ohio ten miles east of Cleveland. No passengers killed. Engineer Frank Anderson and mail clerk G Afe Cullen died. Fireman William Millett badly hurt and likely to die. Several others injured. The engine was pinned and the train plunged into a gulley as two mail clerks escaped the wreckage.
A string of social items lists visits and guests across Michigan. Miss Charles Robinson and Harlow Davidson were in Kalamazoo Monday. Miss Annabelle Hayes and Lena Carver visited Kalamazoo. many others travel to Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Buffalo, and Battle Creek. Notable mentions include the death of Judge O'Brien K. Atkinson in Port Huron and Prohibition figure Fred E. Britton discussed as Detroit mayor candidate.
Probate court week starting July 15 lists hearings for estates of Shoupe Foudry Boyd Shower Skinner Rubbing Brooks Hill Foods Collier Castello Schu lusthia Fiur and other matters including proof of claims will appointments and sales. Excerpts note continued hearings last days and dates July 16 to July 18 with multiple estates and trustees appointments.
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