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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1912
Page
3
A Chinatown insurgent daily reports the Chinese Consul in San Francisco stripped of authority over the Chinese population as revolutionaries press for independence. The article notes calls to replace directors and asserts no external regime shall dictate China’s affairs.
A vice regal party led by the Duke of Connaught arrived in New York from Ottawa for a four day social visit. Ambassadors Reid and Feld hosted events including a luncheon and a dinner with prominent guests. The Duke will also make a brief Washington visit to see President Taft.
Reports from Washington, Chicago, Muskogee, and other locales cover a mix of political maneuvering, a proposed newspaper venture by Mrs. Oliver H. W. C., births in hospitals, a triple murder probe in Louisiana, a former trust president charged with false entries, meningitis quarantines, and public safety incidents.
Washington reports that after current builds and authorizations the U S fleet will reach 382 ships with about 1.5 million tons displacement. Eleven ships totaling 9 380 tons are unfit for sea. 32 ships are under construction and 24 more authorized totaling 944 57 tons. Germany would rank third in tonnage, Great Britain first.
Thurston countyNebraska seeks guidance on hundreds of acres of accreted land along the Missouri river in the eastern part of the county The land is claimed by abutting property owners and many cases involve Indians not taxed The attorney general rules that accretions belong to abutting owners and if attached land is taxable the accretions should be listed for taxation
Sioux City supplies hay to Plymouth Sioux and Lyon counties amid a short crop season. December shipments totaled 911 carloads at 14 to 18 dollars a ton, sourced from Nebraska, with multiple towns receiving freight. Through January 17 carloads were sent, and demand is expected to persist until the first hay crop of 1912 is secured.
Dr Harry F Webster of Chicago was sentenced by Judge Richard Farrand to life imprisonment for the murder of Hessle Kent Webster last October. The judge called the crime cruel and warned that only life in prison could atone for the offense with solitary confinement at first and hard labor thereafter.
At Kinmundy Illinois 23 miles north of Centralia four top Illinois Central figures died when the private car attached to train No 25 collided with the Panama Limited train No 3. Victims include James T P Harahan former IC president Frank O Melcheral Rock Island official R B Pierce Rock Island solicitor Eldridge El Wright Rock Island bridge company VP. Injured railroad workers and two IC engineers. Wreck blamed on water shortage causing trains to separate and fail to flag. Rescue operations aided Kinmundy residents as bodies moved to Chicago for inquest by deputy coroner Grant Lesthering.
D S M Unger of Chicago told the Kansas Theosophical Society that Christ will return to Earth within twenty years. He argued that a great religious leader appears when nations most need one, urging belief in an imminent return.
In Los Angeles on January 22, 11-year-old Willard A. Lewis, son of rancher John Louis Lewis, was killed while playing with a glass jar of slant powder at his home near Lankershim. The jar exploded, glass struck his head, and his burning clothing set his body aflame, cremating him.
Kansas City Jan 22 Taking of testimony in the state suit to oust 26 lumber firms for restraining trade by anti trust conspiracy resumed before Commissioner FR M Reynolds. All state direct evidence is in and defense witnesses begin today.
Washington January 22 The president today nominated P Malone as postmaster for Huron and G De.
Des Moines Jan 23 Iowa will be represented at the express rate hearing in New York before the Interstate Commerce Commission Cosson Iowa attorney general will intervene and attend the hearing on behalf of Iowa shippers the event involves 200 commercial organizations
Chicago announces a dramatic suit by Mrs Grace Guggenheim to annul the 1901 divorce from William Guggenheim amid accusations of fraud misrepresentation and conspiracy. The case centers on residency and alleged attempts to influence Judge Petit with political pressure involving Senator Guggenheim and Illinois leaders.
Chinese citizens from Lead Deadwood Rapid City Spearfish and others gathered at Wing Taue’s home in Deadwood to celebrate the fall of the Manchu dynasty with fireworks Chinese music and firecrackers in the Black Hills area.
Senator Albert B. Cummins announced his bid for the presidency after Iowa Republicans urged support. The statement notes likely multiple candidates for the national convention and Cummins’ readiness to serve the public. Born February 15, 1855, in Carmichaels and trained as a lawyer, he rose from carpenter to state legislator and governor before serving as U S senator since 1908. Married Ida L. Gallery in 1874 with one daughter.
Washington report states Dr Havey Wiley chief of the Agriculture Department chemistry bureau is vindicated by a House committee after a long food administration clash. The panel backs Wiley with minor technical caveats and urges broad enforcement power, with bipartisan support and a plan to publish the findings next Monday.
Vienna JaS 20 The condition of Count laig Lera Von Ashrenthal the Austro Hungarian foreign minister is pronounced by physicians to be serious. He is suffering from lenoccy?
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