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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1900
Page
1
Massive crowds celebrate the Queen's jubilee with loyal badges and processions in London and Mafeking. Baronial scenes unfold as colonies and garrisons display fervor, while reports reach Britain of famine relief efforts and international response to India famine and Russian tensions with Britain and Japan.
London revelers celebrate in peaceful processions as crowds gather along thoroughfares. The home of Lord Baden-Powell at Hyde Park Corner becomes the focal point with visitors, congratulations, and a laureled portrait displayed from the balcony as the hero’s family and supporters watch proudly.
Paris reports show unexpected municipal victory shakes government hold. deputies may respond with bold moves. Nationalists gain momentum, aiming to confront Waldeck-Rousseau, while Moline appears as appeasement choice. Dreyfus issue stalls, Major Marchand seeks new African mission near Lake Chad.
The Chicago Times-Herald denounces Senator Clark of Montana as dishonest in his conduct and rhetoric. It condemns his tearful theatrics and resignation as a calculated trick to dodge accountability and purge the legislature of his corruption, urging removal from public life with universal contempt.
The Senate tabled a post office pneumatic tube bill after a 32 to 16 vote. Senators discussed Missouri statues Benton Blair and a Grant statue from the Grand Army of the Republic in the Capitol rotunda, with remarks by Hawley Turney Carter and others.
Salt Lake City May 19 A man who gave his name as Samuel Moser was arrested after an attempted self destruction failed. He claimed to have shot his wife and three children in Illinois before fleeing to Utah and confessing to police. The Desert News published his detailed interview describing the killings and his flight to Tremont via the train.
In a small Memphis cottage at 5 Jefferson Avenue Mrs Lily Vadakin and Henry Reichman were found dead in bed. Reichman 24 and unmarried lived with his father, a known attorney. Vadakin, wife of Edward Vadakin a Forest City Arkansas newspaper man, had separated from him and was in Memphis for several weeks. Vadakin returned to Forest City last night and was arrested there today denying knowledge of the crime.
Charles City Press asserts city editors joke at country editors expense but praises country writers for honest portrayals of nature and daily life. The piece argues both urban and rural voices chronicle common life, with country editors sharing simple, everyday tales.
William H. Hunt of Montana is named Ag secretary of state for Porto Rico after serving as attorney general for the United States government before the Chilean claim commission. He is the son of the late Secretary Hunt and a respected Montana lawyer. Sioux City reports South Dakota University defeated the University at Kansas 59 to 14 in athletic contests, with Kansas scoring 21 points.
London reports David Belasco has secured the American rights to Ibsen’s When We Dead Awake. The production has succeeded in Berlin and Vienna and will open in New York this fall with Mrs. Leslie Carter in the leading role.
Report from Clarksville Indian Territory states six persons died after drinking a Jamaica ginger decoction. Dr. Huffaker is among the deceased. In London, the Belgian king arrived by way of England aboard a ship.
Berlin reports show friction in the Reichstag over obstruction and a department store bill with 20 percent profit tax aims. The Goetherbund plans a large indignation meeting as the czar and emperor celebrate in Wiesbaden.
City auditor Frank B Hoffman and wife left Dubuque days ago for Excelsior Springs. Hoffman is wanted as a witness in the O Malley will case and a message was sent asking his return. The hotelkeeper reports Hoffman fell ill after arriving and cannot travel.
Morning’s Pews News section lists topics across pages including Mafeking coverage and the Hero of Appomattox with notes on murder story. social circles, churchgoing, and local notes appear in various columns. a wide array of topics from baseball to fashion and markets fill the paper.
San Francisco officials declare bubonic plague exists in the city as six deaths occur in three months. The board of health orders precautions andAssistant Surgeon A S Lloyd of the U S Marine Hospital is assigned to assist. Assistant Surgeon Amesse of Detroit departs for Honolulu on a related mission.
The relief column entered Mafeking on Wednesday night after a Boer officer withdrew, enabling progress. Johannesburg will be defended as neutral consuls are advised to guard citizens. Commandant Botha reports large burgher enlistment and parole prisoner exchanges discussed. Verde proclaimed capital of the Free State.
Judge Adams of the U S Circuit Court issued a temporary injunction restraining strikers from delaying or obstructing mail cars or the distribution of mails. There was no riot today as the company did not run cars this afternoon. Chief of Police Campbell feared trouble if cars and the parade collided.
Havana May 19 reports that Charles F. W. Neely sent money to a trusted agent in Venezuela who bought a concession to work six miles of road bed for gold. Indications appear that he intended heavy investment and possible settlement if trouble arose.
May 19 Washington observers witnessed the unveiling of General Grant’s statue presented by the Grand Army of the Republic. Mrs. Grant and Miss Sartoris drew the lanyard as Mrs. Sartoris and Gen. Grant’s descendants watched, with a large military political and social gathering in attendance. The statue by Franklin Simmons stands in the rotunda near the Surrender paintings and Jefferson Hamilton Lincoln statues.
The House hosted tributes from many members as Grand Army of the Republic veterans filled the gallery. A ceremony marked the presentation of a statue of Gen Ulysses S. Grant to the nation, modeled by Franklin Simmons and placed in the Capitol rotunda. The event referenced a joint resolution of Aug 14 1890 and noted Grant’s G A R ties and post alignment.
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