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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1897
Page
2
The report shows the United States had a large trade surplus in 1896 and 1895. Exports reached about 932,616,000 while imports were around 687,416,000. It notes the balance of trade was substantial, with manufacturing exports rising and agricultural products increasing, marking 1896 as one of the strongest years for American industry.
Members of the lower house of Congress feel there will be no opportunity to express sentiment on Cuban independence this session. They deem action unlikely before March 4 and note difficulties in achieving a Cuban government amid ongoing guerrilla activity, with debate citing historical revolutions and military strength.
Both houses convened after recess with fair attendance and routine business. Senator Peffer spoke against national monetary council formation proposing a five member commission to study the subject and report in a year. Peffer’s remarks touched on currency policy and the nation’s varying conditions. A Kansas editorial note promotes corn subscriptions with a 20 cent offer for both old and new subscribers, while one Arkansas paper reports building cribs due to the notice.
Officers return to Independence with another arrest in the Alfcon robbery case. George Bowlin, a young farrier unnamed in reports, reportedly confesses and corroborates Flynn's confession, naming Joel B. Kennedy as the band leader while three accomplices remain at large. A separate report notes a child found dead in a snowdrift during a highway search. Alfred Nebel’s will bequeaths funds to support scientific research and a public fund for exploration. A Japanese advance in the war is described with cautious phrasing and skepticism about allied claims.
The Commodore, sailing from Jacksonville to Cienfuegos with arms for filibusters, foundered twenty miles offshore near New Smyrna. Of 28 aboard, 17 accounted for, with seven more possibly alive. Survivors include Capt Murphy, Stephen Crane, and Higgins, while several men remain missing after lifeboats and a raft were overwhelmed by heavy seas.
The Supreme Court reversed the Lower Court in the case of Albert F. France et al. indicted for conspiracy to violate the national and interstate commerce act by trafficking in lottery lips and drawing between Cincinnati and Covington Kentucky. The decision, by Justice Peckham, rests on a technical point that the act applied to subsequent drawings rather than the preceding lottery.
Governor Altgeld grants clemency to seven murder convicts across LaSalle Cook and other counties. Kate Ford from LaSalle, Charles Hichter from Cook, Henry Schwarz from Shanly, Wille F. Morgan from Dike, Charles Myers from Kyis flan, Edivant J. Warren from Conk, and John W. Prantige from Tahcock receive pardons or reduced terms.
When Mayor Pennayer became chief executive of Portland, Gre, in July last he said he would take only half of the salary allowed by law. He later proved his intent by turning half of his salary into the city treasury. He declined to accept the full amount and directed a warrant for the other half totaling 1250 dollars to the city board of charities for expenditure for the needy.
Hart the Chicago colored athlete won the six day heel and ten walking match at St. Bovis, finishing with 308 miles 7 laps. Feangland was seven laps behind. Tinagiad totaled 805 miles, Stephens 273 miles and Ondiy 22 anfiess.
The Arbnckies met the Woolgen Company in a price war, Saturday cutting prices by a half cent and asserting they will undercut Arbnickien on any cent. Eddie Bald of Washington, champion American bicycle sprinter, plans races in France and Europe this coming season and departs within three months.
The Birthday of Kansas on January 1 will be proclaimed a state holiday to celebrate and rebuke critics from eastern papers and voices who spoke ill of Kansas after the Tate Topulist victory for free silver. International commentary from Leiden Daily News notes British revenue trends and hints at possible shifts under Sir Michael Hicks-Beach.
Madrid dispatches detail the disastrous defeat of 3008 rebels at Bulacan. General Rios led Spanish forces as they attacked Cacaron heights, seized a cartridge factory, and chased insurgents who feigned death then struck in the rear. Fire in brush killed about 200 insurgents.
A major fire in Nashville Tenn started in Lebeck Bros dry goods house and swept through a block bounded by the public square and Union Market Streets. Ten buildings including Lebeck Bros Abernathy Landsberger Co Grimes Daly & Robertson Burns & Co were wiped out with losses near 100000. Six more structures were badly damaged. The city offices at the market house also burned.
Four of five accused train wreckers in Birmingham confess to forming a plot to wreck the Southern railway express from Washington. The decedents’ crash near McComb’s trestle caused one fatality and multiple injuries, with linked wrecks under investigation and more arrests pending.
Notices posted at Mines in Massillon Ohio district warn of a wage raise from four to six cents per ten for pick wining, with a plan to keep the higher rate under certain conditions. Separately, miners urge legislative action to establish state liquor restrictions and wage agreements amid broader labor and political tensions. The December coinage report shows $70,414,000 standard and $4,700,000 in silver. notable deaths and bank statements also appear, alongside market quotations for cattle, grain, and hogs across major cities.
New state officers were sworn in at Des Moines on Monday. Gen Dobson succeeded W. A. Melgarland as secretary of state, Archie Smith of Storm Lake becomes deputy, and A. T. E. Shipley of Marshalltown is appointed clerk of the executive council replacing Frank Landers. Nearly all staff will be changed within three months.
Dozen changes loom as B. E H Schell of Fort Madison will succeed Land Commissioner J. A. lites in April. State Treasurer Merritt Attorney General Remley and Auditor McCarthy keep their posts with minor shifts. TD B Davidson retires and is replaced by F I Herriott son of the treasurer.
Mr A Russell, an elderly soldier and farmer three miles southeast of Clearfield, while digging a stack well on Turkey Greek site hill, reported a rocky strata with gravel containing gold and silver in paying quantities. He sent five ounces of ore to Foreshean and Company in Denver, Colorado, who reported potential value around 695 dollars and advised further verification.
Fail Break af Hook Mapa. MM. Gardner and J. O. Sligman, confined to the county jail at Bank Raphis awaiting grand jury, faced larceny and illegal voting charges, and rape allegations. They escaped through a twelve-foot fence before being recaptured near Sibley a week later.
A Lyons family and three others were poisoned by bread made with flour containing harmful phosphorous intended to kill rats. A doctor examined the illness, and investigators found the flour mixed into the New Year meal. A temperance meeting in Fosragact formed an Iowa branch of the American Anti Saloon League with 105 attendees. Officers named. An accident near Garner left a man with a severe shoulder injury after a hunting mishap when a gun discharged. Oatmeal mill owners deny a cereal mill conspiracy, saying the group is unformed. A mortgage company receiver appointed in Topeka. The Iowa Mortgag Company organized, with offices in Hartford and Davenport, capital stock 100. Senator Allison fully recovered and returned to Washington.
A meeting at Atlantic discussed Sunday closing. A five person committee was appointed to enforce the Sanday closing and asked all shopkeepers to close their places on Sunday. Submissions by Miss Leita, a teacher, appeared in recent papers.
At the Town Soldiers Home in Marshalltown, elderly veterans enjoyed a joyful Christmas season. A WW C T A driven program led by Mrs. Nettie S. Chapin preceded a rural Christmas dinner with a blue and gold themed benediction. Souvenirs bearing a flag motif were given to each veteran as keepsakes of the season.
Fragmented OCR notes reference AU milkman wartime pricing in Cedar Rapids and repairs at Waterton. Mention of a pork Canty Dover purchase near Panara and a penny stock sale. Vague recounts of county votes and a Remidean candidate allegedly deleted by Typhi.
Newspapers debate President Cleveland and Secretary Olney over recognizing Cuba. Editors question the existence of a Cuban republic and insist the president cannot be bound by Congress. Opinions clash on veto power, executive supremacy, and constitutional limits amid the Cuba issue.
A garbled column merges boxing jabs, court talk, and stray wires. It notes a six day New York race, a naval Texas query, odd renamed crimes, and a U.S. steamer Adams voyage with crew details amid assorted misprints and fragments.
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