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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1909
Page
7
Senator Palmer predicts Congress will exceed any previous session in laws enacted as lawmakers create more measures annually. The clerk notes a large rise in bills introduced and many reach the enrolled statute, reflecting growing public demands and court resources.
Ina Teter reports on John Burroughs and John Muir traveling the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Burroughs says petrified forest trees resemble giant ferns, not living trees, and explains that mineral matter replaces wood cell by cell to form stone replicas.
Prof Arnold of Sheffield University announced to the Royal Institution that within a year a new grilled steel with four times the cutting power will reach the market. The material, MMGVA Superior, is produced by Continental Steel Works of Sheffield and linked to the Hitimation Heth lehem Steal Company of Pennsylvania.
A survey of unions shows stonemasons forming in Mankato Minnesota and a workingmen's clubhouse rising in Newcastle England. New lodges open in Lawrence Massachusetts and efforts to regulate miner hoisting work hours emerge in Albany New York. Moving picture operators organize in San Francisco as auxiliary to Athens stage employes, while Seattle musicians push for the 1910 federation convention. An Ohio steel workers project and rising wage data in New York state reflect broader labor movement patterns.
The Chicago Dry Goods and Wholesale Trade review reports encouraging signs for the future, with rising demand for finished products and machinery, stronger retail absorption in apparel and home needs, and favorable freight movements. Distress cases decline to four failures in the district, with liabilities over 5 000 numbering nine, down from last week and prior years.
The report notes irregular weather and industrial activity with tariff talks creating uncertainty. Retail trade slows due to storms while Western shipments fare better than the East. Coal and lumber demand shifts appear tied to price movements and tariff certainty. weekly U S business failures are 226.
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices across Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Buffalo, and New York, with assorted grain quotes for wheat corn and oats. many figures appear partial or garbled but indicate a broad snapshot of market levels and commodities. Leading entries show cattle and hog ranges in multiple cities, with wheat and corn prices including No 2 and No 4 varieties and mixed oats prices.
Lorillard, a prominent Washington society figure, is alleged to have slain his wife by gas exposure after a Thursday morning discovery. A maid found Mrs Lorillard dead in her bathroom with an open gas jet nearby. The couple returned to their residence at 2080 Hillyer Place before her death was discovered.
President Taft approved Secretary Dickinsons order to dismiss Captain John C Fremont from the army. Fremont, son of the famed Pathfinder, faced a court martial with charges of false statements about superiors and contradictions during IG investigation. The finial result was dismissal as part of the pacification force in Cuba.
Chicago woman Sara Culbertton stood accused in a mystery tied to Mrs. Juncell. Police claimed Culbertton attacked herself to stage a crime, finding a cloth plate and bandage in her mouth, suggesting a staged murder. Vincennes police were seeking Culbertton for questioning.
TG BUILD SHA MONSTERS plans for a 24000 ton THemie Skipa will soon be completed. Plans for two 20000 ton battleships will be finished and sent to the Secretary of the Navy for approval before the end of the current fiscal year. Construction is not expected to delay. The new ships will exceed earlier battleships by about one third in size and reach 23.75 knots. Officials monitor the project with strong interest.
Lawrence Gibson, a boy about BF years old from Pittsburg, vanished overnight. A ransom note demanding 315000 arrived by special delivery Tetler, prompting police to suspect a prank by the boy and his friends. His parents, Mr Gibson and Mrs Dihsen, expressed worry while police continue searching.
Butte Montana reports an escape on a moving train as Belmont, alias Trof Avani, leaped from an open window at forty miles per hour and fled. Sheriff C. Jankter of Crawford County, UK, has engaged authorities to pursue.
A man admits stealing a safeblower valued at 1500 after being found in a straw stack two miles from Shenane. He confesses involvement in the First Natal Haok case and with officers located the straw stack. Another suspect was found twenty miles north at White Uland. The robber refuses to name himself.
The expedition led by Lieut Shackleton reached latitude 82.23, longitude 02 east with a motor car adapted as a sledge. A second party neared the magnetic pole at latitude 72.25, longitude 154 east. The British flag flew at both points as the voyage logged severe trials and new discoveries despite harsh polar conditions.
A report details bills and actions across states. Minnesota lawmakers debate taxes on dogs and supervision of workshops and dairies. Montana Senate kills primary bills. judiciary politics loosened. Gov Norris signs measure altering nominations. Texas calls an extra session for a state fund guarantee law amid corruption charges and expulsions. Speaker Kennedy pressured to resign. Thomas to seek re election.
Charles Murray, about years old, of Pittshore Pennsylvania, died an hour after release from a folding bed that collapsed trapping his upper body. His wife was seriously injured. The bed had been hastily assembled in the front room. A daughter heard groans and found both parents raised toward the ceiling.
The Interior Department settles the suit to recover lands valued at 4740 000, charged against Paton Pacific Railway for dummy entries. The company will reconvey the lands and pay 500 for coal already mined therefrom.
Biographical sketches of Cabinet picks: Whilander G. Knox of Pennsylvania shaping Attorney General leadership. Franklin MacVeagh of Illinois as Treasury head with reform ties. Jacob Dickinson of Tennessee as War Secretary. George W. Wickersham as Attorney General choice. Frank H. Wheelingck as Postmaster General. George Von Lengerke Meyer as Navy head. Richard A. Atlinger of Washington state to head Interior. Charles Nagel of Missouri to lead Commerce and Labor.
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