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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1899
Page
1
Mrs Kremms about 50 years old was found dead Thursday at 4 30 p m in her home on Fifth avenue near Rhomberg park Dubuque The coroner and jury ruled death from natural causes due to enlargement of the heart and valvular insufficiency Neighbors described her as eccentric but well liked She leaves a son in Chicago
Nine railroads long operated under leases by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy were sold to the Burlington outright. The move enables a planned $85,000,000 mortgage on the system and signals further absorption of affiliated lines, with Hannibal and St Joseph already eyed for sale.
The president reports the cashier faced strong temptation to steal the funds but locked himself with them and prayed all night. A detective waited at the doorway and guards at every window and roof chimney during the vigil, according to a statement attributed to the chief director of the Atlanta Constitution.
Biggsville, Illinois captures the seventh annual Illinois Interscholastic Athletic Association meet, with two athletes scoring the most points. The event sets a record for the association, with nine former records broken including the 60, 100, 440-yard dashes and more. Biggsville leads the team standings followed by West Aurora Hyde Park and Englewood.
Fire destroyed the heart of Dawson City on April 21 wiping out the business district. Estimated losses reach into the hundreds of thousands with some figures as high as 2 400 090. insurance is scant and material costs soar as a result of the blaze reported from Bennett via The Daily Alaska.
May 22 Lafayette Ind 300 university students clash with city spectators after a Nebraska Purdue game Nebrasks 13 Purdue 1. Underwood and Pottlaker beaten during escape friction grows over athletic support. Detroit dispatch notes Senator McMillan inquiry into US Senate candidacy and Alger's dispatch.
In Bloomfield Indiana on May 22 the jury convicted Dr Gray of murdering Mrs Melissa Skinner his former lover and divorced wife. The verdict of guilty life imprisonment followed a lengthy deliberation and sparked talk of possible lynching.
In Pittsburg on May 22 the general executive board of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Protestant church adjourned after electing officers including President Mrs Fr A Brown Cardington D and corresponding secretary Mrs D S Stephens Kansas City Kan The next meeting will be at Muncie Ind New York May 22 Mayor Van Wyck vetoed the by partisan elections bill which would separate the bureau of elections from the police department and appoint a four member by partisan election commission The mayor stated his reasons for action.
President McKinley and party traveled by special train from Hot Springs to Washington recalling Civil War memories on the Shenandoah valley route. The journey included stops at Cedar Creek Mount Hebron and Harper’s Ferry with cheers from mixed crowds of Union soldiers ex confederates and civilians.
President McKinley tours Civil War sites traveling from Cedar Creek through Middletown Kernstown to Winchester. He meets locals and a Confederate veteran recalls Jackson while visiting Hiram Lodge and the National Cemetery as security and ceremonial stops accompany the presidential party.
Peoria Illinois May 22 Mrs Lydia Bradley has given a large gift to the Bradley Institute totaling 1 500 000 in endowment concluding with a transfer of all Peoria county business and acre property valued at about 1 000 000 to the institute The Bradley Institute on the west bluff enrolls 300 students and welcomes all children regardless of ability to pay with aims to train hands as well as books Dr William R Harper of the University of Chicago presides as faculty head and helped launch the institute which is allied with the university
In Custer Park Illinois on May 22 J J Smill ie was robbed of 7500 by two strangers who lured him to a farm and forced surrender after a sale ruse and a Wilmington withdrawal of funds. Separate items report a Hammond judge sentenced for embezzlement and a London funeral for the Earl of Stratford, with royal attendance. Chicago reports a coroner's post mortem on John W Jorgenson noting skull injury and chronic meningitis.
The Phoenix fire company, England’s first, began in 1682. Early firefighting used short squirts or syringes no longer than two to three feet, with leather pipes for the water flow.
Manila and Washington reports show Major General Otis refuses to recognize a ceasefire while ordering restraint. Filipino leaders claim peace overtures but are suspected of playing for time as American forces tighten control at Iloilo and Jaro River approaches. The Manila commission lacks authority to negotiate peace, with Otis managing the matter from Washington.
The cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey aboard sails from Manila at 4 PM as Oregon Baltimore and Concord fire admiral’s salutes. Bands play Home Sweet Home and God Save the Queen while ships dip flags and crowds cheer.
Report from Suva says two Polynesians, claiming to be sole survivors of a 36 crew from the Andaman islands, reached Tagiuna in Fiji. They recount hunger, a night battle where two were killed, and four more deaths from measles.
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