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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
3
A historic political analysis notes how a few House leaders drive most business under Speaker Reed. It warns that consultation controls outcomes, while many members feel sidelined. Behind the scenes, constant caucusing and secret negotiations shape future leadership.
A large blaze swept through the Coliseum during an industrial exposition in Chicago. The fire, sparked by electric wires, destroyed booths housing X rays exhibits and spread rapidly. About 300 people were inside. quick evacuations minimized casualties. The building, once rivaling Madison Square Garden in size, collapsed within twenty minutes, causing substantial financial losses and insurance settlements.
A compact calendar of major 1897 happenings including fires in Canada and the United States, political inaugurations, floods and heat waves across the Midwest, European tensions over Greece and Crete, notable deaths, and wide scale natural calamities with dates and places noted. Named places include Chicago, Detroit, Crete, Greece, Indiana, Michigan, and Nebraska.
John W. Mackay’s grand tomb, a great mausoleum near the Nim... avenue entrance in Green-Wood, Brooklyn, will soon be finished at an estimated cost around 200000. The structure follows a modern fashion among New York’s prominent builders, mirroring tombs erected by wealthier citizens.
A fragmented account notes a sunlit interior with electric heating and space for at least fifty worshippers. The vault features marble walls and a green wainscot, with a Conerinara cap and a large slab roof segment quarried from Maine.
A Madrid dispatch reports Gen Parrado telegraphs Gen Blancas that the Santa Clara insurrection is triumphing and Gomez evades battles. Spanish troops face hunger while Havana mourns Col Ruiz execution. Concentrados executed by Aparote forces include women and children. Manzanillo troops of 18,000 lack food. Wen. Tande asks Blance to send relief as losses rise.
A Maryland man dodges a kiss charge with an alibi yet faces legal limits. Chaviva Ewald, 65, dies after being run over by train wheels at Daggett Michigan. London bankers Merton Rose & Co reorganize as Morton Chaplin & Co. William C. Woodward alias Big Hawtey jailed for five years on blackmail. Damages for La Canadienne collision with the Nantic cited near $10 000. Maine reports a surprise drop in Prudentines imports due to herring scarcity at the train coast.
A fragmented report outlines crop yields by county with winter and spring wheat totals and a total state wheat output around 14 million bushels, plus corn and other crops. It notes high weather impact, acreage planted, and average prices in December for wheat hay potatoes and livestock costs. It also mentions the Potawatomi county corn figure and a stray Washington Star quote and Shah of Persia cat obsession.
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