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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1900
Page
4
The Herald delivers daily and Sunday issues with weekly and monthly plans. Subscribers may receive the paper by Mall or mail and are asked to support the office. All business and newsletters should be addressed to THE HERALD Dubuque Iowa.
A vivid critique portrays Hancock as a relentless political Juggernaut rolling through Dubuque's Republican landscape. The piece recalls past figures like Vandever and Cooley as casualties, noting the era's machine politics and the burden of ambition on local leaders in Cedar Rapids and Burling-ton connections.
The Methodist general conference schedules the election of four new bishops on Monday the Lith of May two to replace bishops who died in four years. Debate centers on women delegates and amusements as well as ongoing temperance plans aimed at prohibition. The session has been in progress for almost two weeks and will adjourn on the 23rd.
The article reports proposals to run religious services on trains on Sundays to appease objections to Sunday travel. Critics doubt the plan will succeed as most travelers prefer not to attend worship aboard or at all, and hymn selections reflect evangelical church traditions.
The piece argues that railway reforms to appease sabbath observers will not satisfy all faiths and may cause more discontent. It warns that railroad patronage includes diverse creeds and that Sunday services could anger travelers who must ride on Sundays. The author suggests Protestants are not united on the issue.
The New York Sun lauds William Jennings Bryan for his moral stamina and adherence to principle applauding his candor and courage. It contrasts him with expediency minded figures and praises his open honest style and refusal to abuse opponents.
Local Elks lodge plans a high ball tomorrow night to honor Vogel and Deming’s minstrels. The program features HKabot McCabe burlesque dances, W Patterson and Milt Willner burlesque, John Burke Irish reel, Dr Geo Hong operatic selections, and a closing burlesque by Wittmer and Raswat. Masters of ceremonies include Dr Blattery Harroun Rob son and Geo Barnard.
The Paris Exposition week features temperance protests over liquor sales in the American pavilion cafe amid foreign visitors at blue des Nations pavilions. American officials say no bar is planned while plans for athletic events and Sousa concerts draw praise from Parisians as open air music becomes a highlight.
London reports from Roberts describe Kronstadt entry at 1:30 pm without opposition. Steyn fled after failed opposition efforts as Transvaalers retreat toward the Vaal river. Free Staters accuse Transvaalers of desertion while Free Staters return home. British forces encamped by noon. capital gains from the occupation of Kronstadt, with Lindley to be contested. The Boers concentrate near Lindley and Ficksburg, yet Roberts’ rapid advance unsettles resistance.
A plan to open an experimental open air treatment camp for consumptives at Long Lake Wisconsin under Chicago physicians. The program aims to test whether raw atmospheric exposure benefits tuberculosis lungs and will require patients to inhale open air at least fifteen hours daily. Summer tests will record atmospheric effects for scientific study and could lead to permanent camps nationwide if successful.
St Boniface Young Men's Society of St Marys church presents a German play Rosa von Tannenburg in the parish school hall this Sunday evening May 1g. Cast includes Rose of Tannenburg May Potter Edelbert Phillip Gount and Count Kunrich among many others with members of the audience invited to attend.
Cambridge May 12 Harvard athletes upheld the college’s position in dual games with Yale winning easily final results stood 66 to 44. Boal broke the hammer throw record with 144 feet 2 inches. Marte Johnson of Yale cleared 11 feet in pole vault twice but knocked the bar each time. Yale’s Richards won the 100 yard dash final heat in 10.5 seconds. Richardson of Harvard won the two mile in 9 minutes 57.8 seconds.
A May dispatch from Hong Kong reports the Filipino Junta has been amassing money in Manila. In the last three months three shipments of arms arrived from Germany for the insurgent cause. A banquet celebrated the reorganization of their government and they vow to open aggressive hostilities when the rainy season starts.
Havana reports say Reeves and Reynolds, postal department auditors, are detained in their rooms under a detective in a defalcation case. Carrydon Rich admits numerous transactions implicating others including Neely and his Cuba partner. About 95 000 of the new issue stamps were arrested through Rich.
The Dubuque Saengerbund opens the Eagle Point bridge fair to celebrate the government backed bridge project. A lavishly decorated hall hosts contests between brewers and doctors, cake walks on May 17, Wisconsin day on May 19 with a grand mask carnival, plus Marquette Minstrel acts on May 24.
Vogel and Deming announce their Big Minstrel Alliance show at the Grand tomorrow evening. The act celebrates minstrel history with noted energy and originality. Deming has long been a popular favorite in minstrel venues.
An Omaha explosion caused by lighting a fire with gasoline leaves Mrs. Lena Anderson and Mary Oleson dead and Axel Oleson fatally burned. The incident occurred today with two fatalities and another serious injury.
Rock Island reports the death of Dr Olaf Ils son, president of Augusta College, from stomach cancer aged 59. His passing was announced today.
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