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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
1
Senator Spooner and his opponent Allen spar over responsibility for Manila hostilities and General Otis as they trade claims about General Otis, Judge Torres, and Aguinaldo. The exchange includes accusations of lying and misrepresentation amid a broader anti imperialist dispute.
Lansing reports a favorable weather crop bulletin noting wheat and rye progress, but wheat remains poor and some fields are being plowed. Meadows and pastures are generally good, oats and barley germinated, and bean ground plus sugar beets begun. Early potatoes emerge. fruit blossoms heavy though some worm damage on apples observed. In Minnesota, word comes of the main dam at Crow Wing river going out, jeopardizing log drive 40 million feet of logs stranded. prior dam blasts by farmers cited, cause unclear.
A transcription of parliamentary debate covers Spooner and Pettigrew disputing Lawton’s letters, Philippine governance, and U S policy. Allen defends civil liberty and warns against party bias while Spooner argues self rule requires American guidance. Also notes Detroit steamship condition and local efforts to form a band association in Michigan.
A mass meeting in Oshkosh Wisconsin outlined plans for a July Fourth celebration. About 24 military companies will take part and a sham battle will occur at the fair grounds. A balloon ascent will illustrate wartime balloon use. Tom Ryan presided and oversees the event with a planned automobile race.
Milwaukee on May 25 reports the re election of P M Arthur as grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers with several officers chosen. C H Salmons of Cleveland is second grand engineer and editor C T H Pearson of Richmond Quebec is first assistant engine and J C Currie of Jersey City is second assistant engineer. Arthur is expected to retire at the end of his term. In Frankfort Kentucky on May 23 Democratic leaders discussed Senator elect Blackburns speech backing policy changes. They showed division on including a plank for major changes to election law.
The Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly adjourned after eight days with education and missions topics dominating. An endowment drive for church colleges aims to raise one million dollars as part of ongoing efforts. In Chicago, Republican Chairman Fred I. Rowe returns from Jacksonville and calls a June 1 state committee meeting to announce sub committees.
W A Sitton S P Ridgeway and Henry O Malley of Litchfield were brought to Springfield charged with violating a United States court injunction restraining striking section men from interfering with workers on the Big Pour tracks, using intimidation to halt work.
In Havana and other Cuban cities the elections see mass abstention and party withdrawals. The National party gains in Havana under a new minority representation scheme, while Matanzas and Santa Clara tilt toward Republicans. In Peoria Illinois a trust dispute over the Hamlin and Harding interests prompts a potential reorganization to seize control of the $3 to $4 million Peoria plant.
Bishop Donato Sbarretti and a Catholic delegation petition General Wood with 81,000 signatures asking the Brooke decree be amended to permit marriages by any religion if properly recorded for civil registration within thirty days. The clergy argue the decree violates religious liberty and increases Catholic costs and friction with civil law.
Report from Rockford Illinois May 25 mentions a change of name for the Glucose Sugar Refining company tied to a planned plant shutdown and restart. The note implies uncertainty over the motive and potential impact on local operations and employment.
A Pueblo coroner refused an inquest, declaring the lynching victim not human and ordering the body buried without ceremony. The body was removed by city workers, loaded into a pesthouse cart, and interred in a pre-dug grave before the Denver-bound train arrived.
London May 25 The new turbine torpedo boat destroyer Cobra completed on the Tyne reportedly beat the Viper record reaching 38 886 knots per hour nearly forty seven miles Secretary Hay cables President to convey birthday congratulations to the Queen in London Ambassador Choate ordered to relay salutations John C Freeman of Wisconsin named consul at Copenhagen Nobles of the Mystic Shrine hold annual council in Washington
Market quotations from Chicago show mixed price levels across wheat corn oats pork lard and short ribs with bids and closes listed for July September and other contracts. Produce items include butter eggs poultry and potatoes with live stock at East Buffalo and St Louis noted and milk prices not shown.
A Maeking dispatch details the British relief of Mafeking on May 17, the town’s crowding triumph as troops parade through the market square and Lady Sarah Wilson joins the march. It notes Pretoria to Lorenzo Marques gold movement and Boer delegates’ peace talks in the United States amid rising tensions with Lord Salisbury.
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