22 Jun 1898
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1898
Page
1
Reports from Kingston and Madrid describe Admiral Cervera prepared to risk a bold action to break Santiago’s siege. Cubans relay that wrecks like the Merrimac could be passed with careful sailing. In New York Madrid dispatches note Cadiz fleet recalled and McKinley’s pledge to send a U.S. fleet to Spain spurring alarms.
Washington forecast notes local thunder showers this afternoon unsettled but generally fair tonight and Thursday. The B Y P U installation at the Baptist church last night elected officers and committees for six months including Nellie Doolittle as president and Maud Brown as vice president with other officers listed. Members and visitors were noted in Keota and surrounding areas with various travel details for Mrs. Chad James and others.
J. M. Taylor departed this morning to Sigourney and Delta representing insurance companies. Mrs. Dora Downs and her daughter Grace stayed at the Carson Anderson home overnight on their route home to Brighton from Cedar Falls where Grace has spent the past year in school.
A collection of observations notes changes in law and customs. It mentions 1872 naval flogging abolition, French officials avoiding omnibus rides, Irish name origins, Suez canal shark entry, Rhind manuscript as oldest deciphered math text, Simla hillside housing, Paris theaters and electric footlights, Louisiana bilingual policy, amber inclusions of small animal remains.
A humorous moral quip catalogues selfishness as a spreading epidemic. It mocks self centered behavior as ruinous, comparing it to a delicate defect to be viewed under a glass and noting its social harm and anger when thwarted. The author attributes the worst outcomes to selfishness and ends with a devilish tease.
In Washington on June 22 the Hawaiian annexation debate grew tired as senators resumed closed door style remarks. White led opponents with a three hour plus speech while Mitchell of Wisconsin opened the day. The House passed bills on coast defense penalties and referred Confederate property claims to the court of claims. In Indiana a funeral accident in Terre Haute left Sarah Herbert dead and Mrs Sewar injured when a runaway team ran them down. Milwaukee saloonkeepers threaten to buy Chicago beer over tax rises, citing brewer rebates. Neenah Wisconsin reported the discovery of an unknown man’s body with tattoo initials J P W and an amputated arm, likely a Williams from Ngateneet on os cer Pele.
Firebugs set oil and flame in Geneva injuring D. P. Bold's stock at $5,000 after holes bored in a floor and oil poured into a dry goods store. Other items cover a wage strike in Oshkosh, forgery arrest in Comstock, Arabic suspects in Pepin cleared, and national appointments for Army paymaster and chaplain plus a London library's vast circulation.
Havana dispatches say 60 vessels believed to carry the American expedition arrived off Santiago de Cuba. General Blanco sends six battalions to guard the coast as Camp McCalla at Guantanamo Bay gains telegraph links with Washington. Transports with about 16,000 troops reach off Santiago and gear up for a landing in days amid Cuban troops and blockades. officials caution against over-optimism as operations unfold.
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