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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1899
Page
3
The Herald outlines subscription and delivery rates for daily and weekly issues in Ullyland County. Rates include per week ten cents for daily, with Sunday at higher rates, plus monthly and yearly options. Readers are urged to report any delivery issues to the office in Dubuato Iowa.
A garbled New Year greeting reflects on 1599 and anticipates the turn to the new century. It mentions progress in science, electricity, and hoped prosperity, with wishes for happiness from a herald to all readers.
At a Des Moines teachers association gathering, Dr Thwing argued higher community leadership shifts from church to school and college. He noted teachers becoming public figures, education expanding year round, and the rise of the teaching profession as more specialized and influential in society.
The article argues that educational conditions elevate teachers as central figures in shaping public opinion and spiritual life. It stresses teachers as morally influential, demanding deep study and intimate pupil contact to counter religious doctrinal doubt and the waning authority of the church.
Judge Shiraw in a Thm county Indiany case declares the state cannot appoint guardians for Indians on reservations. The husband petitions habeas corpus to free his wife from a guardian who sought to compel attendance at an Indian school. The decision holds an Indian woman over the age of consent may attend school by her own choice and that guardians cannot legally detain a married woman from her husband.
The Railroad Gazette estimates 4,667 miles of new railroad in 1899, the most in a decade. West and South lead in construction, with Minnesota 374 miles, California 205, Michigan 278, Arkansas 268, and Pennsylvania 170. Total railway investment nears 199 million dollars, signaling rapid development and agricultural shipping growth in these regions.
The passage notes that funds received for cultural products would reduce the national debt. If railway construction activity in 1900 matched 1899, the final two years of the century would see more track laid than in any two years of the previous thirty, marking a record expansion.
Comptr Dawes spoke on trusts in Springfield linking to presidential views. He urged dissolution of bad trusts and questioned how to distinguish good from bad. He noted the Industrial Commission report, tariff implications, and enforcement gaps under the Sherman Act. The piece mixes political commentary with poems by Belinda and a verse from St Nicholas.
A Des Moines area tussle over the Senate race heats up as Charles T Hancock critics accuse him of fueling partisan divides. Iowa papers grapple with editorial bias while cities consider railroad access and trackage deals, including Great Western's offer to Burlington. Public sentiment shifts amid claims Cummins supporters face suppression and “unpatriotic” labels as coverage varies across papers.
A list of January magazines received includes Cram's Magazine McClure's The Atlantic Monthly Century Illustrated Monthly Globe Quarterly Review and others. A separate note discusses cheese imports and production in America, citing Cheddar and Swiss origins, pasture effects on flavor, and historical European cheese types like Roquefort Parmesan and Gorgonzola, with references to dairy practices and transplanted cattle.
Trade reports show iron and steel exports rising sharply with wire exports up nearly 200 percent year over year. Ten months of 1899 saw wire shipments advance from 135 million to 219 million pounds, while steel sheets and nails also jumped and machinery export values grew from 12 million to 15 million dollars.
Des Moines dispatch reports political hostilities in Iowa pause for the holidays. Gear’s backers claim a clear working majority pledging to his nomination as speaker while Eaton and Bowen supporters maneuver for control, with most pledges formed after the speakership alignment. Dr Bowen and Mr Eaton depart Des Moines tonight returning next week to press their cases.
Brussels reports note a mining price surge and production halt in diamonds. Antwerp has seen two failures in its diamond trade with more suspensions likely, leaving about 2,500 workers jobless who marched through the city. Amsterdam cut 2,000 diamond workers as stockdepletion fears grow and Beers diamonds sale looming in March may bring a 100 percent price rise.
New York on December 30 reports the weekly bank statement with surplus reserves rising by 784000 dollars and loans increasing 373500 dollars. Specie falls 466200 dollars while legal tenders rise 1163000 dollars and deposits drop 348800 dollars. Circulation grows 45800 dollars, leaving banks with 115168074 dollars in excess of legal requirements.
A switch engine struck a street car in Chicago, hurling the car fifty feet and injuring three while the occupants escaped serious harm. The car was demolished and injuries to passengers were not fully identified.
A fragmentary report from Pittsburgh dated December 20 details a dynamite incident injuring Antonia and Italians with fatally and several others slightly hurt. No full names or exact locations are confirmed in the text.
In September a young man recalls choosing between two job offers in New York and Michigan. A last minute post office act changed his fate, sending him west to become a teacher and shaping decades of his life.
New York World reports Detroit Miss Etareth Carnes a physical culture teacher issued a quasi threat to teachers to discard corsets. She argues corsets hinder efficiency and public image, while some school board members resist interfering with personal rights. Mrs Richard Harding Davis is consulted about a broader campaign.
Percival Powell of Boston and Prof. David P Todd of Amherst College will depart in early next month for England to observe the total solar eclipse. They will tour major European observatories with a 24 inch telescope to obtain large scale sun pictures. The expedition plans to return in June.
Washington December 30 Captain Thoms M Rees chief of engineers was relieved from duty at Fort Totten after being ordered to sail to Tampa Florida to take seat as assistant to Captain Tees for 300 rate One-tar Trip.
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