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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
6
A crowded municipal campaign event at a city hall collapsed on Monday evening. Twenty four people are known to be killed and many injured as platforms and seating gave way under the crowd. Officials and aldermen struggled to restore order as fear and confusion spread.
On Christmas Day aboard the American liner St Louis tensions rose after a British steward lit a match to an American flag. The flag burned as a tumult erupted and several crew members face discharge from the service after an investigation into the incident.
The article notes New York City now as a second city of the world with five boroughs Manhattan Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Richmond. It describes the municipal legislature a council of twenty eight and a sixty member board of aldermen. The president of the council is elected by voters while the aldermen elect their own president. Mayor Van Wyek retains veto power except when five sixths of both houses override. The mid year exit and inauguration of Greater New York are described as fitting.
Cleveland reports a large scale mail box theft netting about fifty thousand dollars in checks and drafts. Twenty five firms deposited items in the robbed box on Water Street and post office investigators tie the crime to Richard C. Davis, under treatment in New York for prior mail box robberies.
General Weyler declares he will prosecute the publication of his protest to Queen Regent despite governmental ban. He says attacks on him honor his duty and blames El Correo Espanol Epoca and others for aiding rebels by publishing the document. Authorities withhold transmission of the protest through the war office.
The Stafford left Manistique Tuesday with flour bound for this port. No word has come since the storm Tuesday night and the lake has been calm since Wednesday noon, raising fears the steamer may be disabled or lost. The Ford has gone to search. two other steamers saw nothing of Stafford.
Night watchman Charles E. Cox of the De Kalb bank was murdered by two men aiming to rob the bank. They bound wounds and stole a horse and buggy, then boarded an eastbound train at Garrett. One assailant claimed he was shot but killed the watchman.
Grand jury indicts four Chicago aldermen Powers Wmn J O dirien McKenna and Hegers for gambling house involvement. Also indicted numerous tape machines and devices. mixed notices cover tariffs banks and political events, with reports from New York Chicago and Cincinnati on railroads, memorials and inaugurations.
In Grand Forks North Dakota remains of Mr. and Mrs. A C Howe were found amid debris from the burned Hotel Lakatah. The female lay atop the male indicating she may have died while trying to save him. The incident joins a string of tragic reports from across the country.
A reel of fluctuating market quotes lists cattle hogs and sheep in multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. Prices span cattle 2.50 to 7.00 plus hogs and sheep with assorted grain futures and dairy quotes.
Benton County Sheriff Metcalf arrested Frank A. Novak the convicted murderer of Edward Murray and life-sentenced. A Supreme Court stay expired and bail was set at 18000 pending appeal. Novak met his wife at Cedar Rapids in a brief, emotional scene before being moved to Anamosa.
Reports tell of Abe Balm killed after a mob conflict near West Point. Balm and his brothers shot at pursuing neighbors inside their home. Abe died, and warrants were filed against seven neighboring farmers. The article also notes dipping flu outbreaks, disputes over new codes, other local crimes, and a range of regional incidents.
A mortgage filing in the register of heads office references a $165000000 loan from the United States Prest Company of New York to eliminate outstanding obligations of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. The document notes the debt relates to Ag Town Pioneer Gene Caldwell a longtime Ramiton County resident and prominent Odd Fellows member who has died at forty years of age.
A survey of Iowa politics and legal notices mentions Grigsby seeking sergeant at arms in the Iowa House, Dubuque courting the Republican state convention, and several local races. It notes saloon policy, prison governance, a murder case in Davenport, a fatality in Cedar Rapids, and a wave of public notices on politics and law across counties with ongoing party debates and reforms.
The article recounts a pension case where a widow received regular monthly payments for her first husband’s Civil War service after remarrying twice, totaling about 3800 dollars. It also covers Secretary Wilson pushing for a foreign horse survey, reform of government plant distribution, cabinet marriage rumors, and trade figures with Britain and Germany in 1897.
Berlin has issued a new loan of 17 660 000 for gas and water works improvements. In 1896 thirty four storms reached French shores with only three forecast by the central meteorological office. Germany condemned 456 939 people for crimes and violations in the empire, 44 312 of them under 18. The Reichstag is said to be the cheapest parliament in Europe.
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