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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1898
Page
2
In Toledo a rigid closing ordinance stops milk men and stalls. Aranguren’s brigade scout Romero, a Cuban reader, is commissioned as lieutenant in the Spanish army for betraying Aranguren. He was captured and faced machete options, choosing to guide Spanish forces to ambush Aranguren.
Toledo was shut up by order of Chief of Police Raitz restricting Sunday business. Saloon and black market operations halted. druggists warned to sell only prescriptions. Candy stores and cigar counters closed. The Barrie Band manager and smallmaster Vandota jailed for an afternoon concert. Crowd protested and booed police near playhouses.
Reports from San Francisco 237 note large shipments of beef and other meat to China as part of wartime aid. Involving British and American authorities with French and German agents also placing orders for meat supplies in Uiatia and Chicago.
A proposed measure by Cleveland representative Parker would require male citizens to undergo medical examination and obtain licenses before marriage. Failure could bring fines or tax penalties, with aims to regulate matrimony and protect national interests amid notices of political unrest.
Autry, a farmer, killed his father, mother, and a 10 year old son during a religious dispute at their Mulberry area home. He also severely wounded his wife and two other children before neighbors stopped him. he was found still ablaze and overpowered after a fierce struggle. The three fatalities were beaten and mangled beyond recognition.
The Kaiser declares that U S citizens who aided Prussia in the Franco Prussian war while still German subjects will not receive medals. Many Milwaukee residents who fought in the war requested medals, but their applications were rejected as they are now United States citizens.
Report describes a winter clash west of Glasgow near the Dakota line in Montana. Cowboys fought rustlers driving cattle across the border, one thief killed and stock seized. thieves had been deer stealing from Sontana stockmen before.
News from Washington hints at war talk as the Ciudad de Cadiz is slated in Barcelona to become a cruiser to guard Spanish torpedo boats toward Cuba. Congressmen fear a rupture while awaiting a swift settlement of the Cuban question and the Madrid government presses its merchant fleet into wartime service.
Lethbridge reports Dominion government orders all mounted police to stand ready to proceed to the Yukon at a moment’s notice for temporary duty. The move follows alleged serious trouble between Canadian and U S authorities in Alaska over provisioned relief, reportedly aimed at reselling supplies to the highest bidder.
A Kansas City criminal court jury could not agree in the case of J. V. Keith, a Christian Scientist, charged with failing to report a diphtheria case to the health department. The child died from the disease after medical treatment was withheld.
The item cites France Niger tensions and a claim of British imperial overreach, plus a Missouri damage suit against Bradystricks agency for 27002. It notes Wilson collecting agriculture data on fruit shipments to Germany, fraud charges against the defunct Merchants Bank leadership, a Scottish Clans treasurer case, a Virginia earthquake near Lynchburg, a Pittsburgh fire destroying the W A A plant, a ship voyage to the West, and several local incidents with deaths and damages.
A partial dispatch notes a 10 percent cut in Union Pacific shop forces from Gomba to Ogden with rail layoffs across Omaha and neighboring shops. An order reduces hop ferries between Canada and Ogden by 1 percent, and about 275 workers are dismissed across multiple locations including Omaha and Grand Island.
A Michigan Central freight train struck a sleigh near Saginaw killing one man and two women with another woman badly injured. No gate or crossing protection was observed and the diver could not stop in time.
A teen in Chicago details a disastrous fire and the aftermath, describing evacuations and the blaze that engulfed a building. Authorities investigate cause while residents seek safety and support.
An experimental mission by Seventh Day Adventists in Kansas City offers meals at a penny a dish and beds with baths. The large room houses 150 cots, with basements fitted for baths showers fumigation and clothes washing. Meals avoid meat due to expense and cooking burden, focusing on a vegetarian diet.
Friday the Lake Shore became the property of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. Central directors met to consider a union of the two roads into one system operating from New York to Chicago. Most directors favored the purchase, with proxies from those absent.
Commissioner Vermann in Washington decides that Archbishop Ireland may not convey 8000 to 50000 acres from the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line to his estate but affirms settlers’ rights. The ruling confirms a right to purchase under specific contracts and preserves settlers’ claims.
The fragment lists grain and agricultural item prices including No. 2 red wheat, corn, rye, No. 2 white wheat, and creamery butter. Various locations and shipping terms are noted such as Chicago, Saint Louis, Detroit, and Cadiz with quoted ranges and futures-like headings.
A collage of garbled excerpts from various papers recounting political jabs on senators and hotels, labor strikes, and humorous asides. It mentions Edison and Edison Jr signaling nautical interests, Mason and a Virginia legislature proposing dog and bachelor measures, and a range of odd editorials about hotel clerks and social cable dynamics.
Obscure dispatch reports Japan withdrew opposition to the proposed Hawaiian annexation. discussions over the status of Japanese residents in the United States and treaty relations with Japan continue, with talks between Japanese and U.S. officials aiming to clarify recognition and equal rights for Japanese people in the United States.
The Sunrene Tribunal of the Knights of Vythine of Indian appeals ruled against the New York decision in the Shanemer Kanski case. It held the grand tribunal overruled the differences and ordered the case removed from the docket, finding no authority to adopt a by law section for a laden not aligned with stated aims.
The House and Senate nemesis over the District of Columbia appropriation dominated a week of debate. The Teller silver resolution failed 132 to 182 in the House. Senate activity centered on army funding and fiscal bills while party tensions surfaced in remarks by Rep Clark and during discussions on Hawaiian annexation and Oregon Senate seating questions.
Fragmented OCR text appears to discuss costs and expenditures related to Cuba and Spain, but the readable portions are garbled. The fragment hints at financial figures or timelines tied to Spanish involvement in Cuba and indicates incomplete lines about dates and currency.
In a cryptic note the text references the Asiniel Spermids and a count of twenty focuses, suggesting a fragmentary historical record with unclear names and dates. Its meaning remains ambiguous within the readable OCR segment.
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