Hull Index Friday Publication Note
The Hull Index is published weekly in Hutt Iowa with Will Tamplin serving as editor and proprietor.
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1904
Page
14
The Hull Index is published weekly in Hutt Iowa with Will Tamplin serving as editor and proprietor.
The Japanese government signals impatience to Russia over its note to Muzeia and aims for a decisive action within days. Public mood favors a clear ultimatum or war if diplomacy fails, with secrecy surrounding the exact demands and potential seizure of Korea being discussed as likely strict options.
Chicago reports a grand jury action prompting arrests of Mayor Carter Harrison and several city and state officials. Among those seized were Will J. Davila and six others, with investigations into theater incidents and municipal duties continuing.
City officials in Green Bay, Wisconsin, including Aldermen A. L. Gray and George Schwarz, Guy Atker, FR Fontaine, and City Treasurer Tur chentier, were arrested after grand jury indictments. They were admitted to bail as the reform of the indictment followed an investigation into irregular municipal finances.
Whitaker Wright was sentenced to seven years but died in his cell after noon Thursday. A death by possible poisoning is suspected while awaiting a testimonial examination. Separately a collision near St Charles, Missouri damaged two cars and injured passengers as a fast express collided with a local mail train.
Mrs Minard Smith's daughter allegedly placed a hot hat on a bake oven, scalding and killing the baby while the mother was away. Separately, Baltimore treasurer Otte Berger was convicted of embezzlement in a case tied to the Musical Union, with arrest records at Joliet penitentiary. A murder indictment process in Clayton yielded no charges against George Schacier as prosecutors pursued other lines in the Father murder case.
Coroner's jury reports three weeks of evidence in the Troquoia theater fire and holds Mayor Carter Harrison Fire Marshal Musham Building Commissioner Williams Building Inspector Laughlin Fireman Sellers Stage carpenter Cummlings and manager Devis for grand jury action. Warrants prepared. police told to seize all named, no favors shown.
From Parkeraburg West Virginia comes word of extensive flooding. The river crested above Third Street, swallowing the business district and forcing hundreds from homes. Public buildings housed evacuees Monday night as Riverside, Westwood and Southside saw severe inundation. In Port Jarvin Ohio an ice gorge formed on the Delaware River below, creating a two mile jam upstream. The flooding left residents in second story shelters and displaced communities as crews assessed damage along the river corridors.
A Burlington road rear end crash near Charles Creek 40 miles north of the city killed three passengers and injured seven others. The Denver express train delayed by a blizzard stopped near the bridge to water when a northbound local train struck its rear. The Denver sleeper damaged but removed. the local engine and two coaches demolished and burned. wreckage reached St Charles for help.
Multiple cities report extreme cold, with St Paul noting a 27 degree below average on Sunday and Duluth recording 57 below zero at dawn. Ely 47 below, Milwaukee and Wisconsin towns seeing 30s to 40s below. Detroit and Kansas City also endure their coldest nights of the season with freezing forecasts.
At Seoul a deadly electric tram accident sparked a riot with Koreans attacking an American local. American guards attempted control with firearms to protect lives and property, while troops and police were mobilized to restore order amid tense relations.
Report from New York details two schooner wrecks near Hampton and Keckaway Inlet. The four masted ship Corsair Blair from Norfolk to Boston and the Haitian schooner Alexis from Maneselie to New York wrecked, one body washed ashore, two crew saved, fourteen men missing or dead. lifeboat crews struggled to reach the wrecks.
Chicago reports eighty five Armour Institute students suspended for failing to apologize to a ticket seller after a disturbance at Twenty sixth Street station. Separate items note a murder conviction in Sedalia, a fatal streetcar accident in St. Louis, a large fire in New York affecting weapon parts, a lamp explosion in Wilkes Barre killing one, a bingo incident in Cleveland, and four drownings near Sharon Virginia with a swollen stream incident.
The state strengthened its position in the Blydenburg murder trial at Eldora on Saturday with testimony from Mrs Harold of Wauseon sister of Blydenburgs wife. She described the wife vomiting convulsions and the alleged poisoning. Other witnesses testified about the couple and suspected poisons, detailing property discussions and Blydenburgs remarks about his wife. The defense presented about forty witnesses aiming to counter these claims.
Dawid Theip of Storm Poke Archiel Ne Amauleed Teacher faced charges after injuring a teacher. The case moved to the district court with plans to transfer a related matter for further action. The defendant’s second offense prompted prosecutors to seek a vigorous remedy in the best interests of the school.
Dr George Gislinger of Davenport leads a moral crusade denouncing gambling and saying the grand jury paused the investigation. City officials had ordered a gambling crackdown, prompting many gamblers to flee. Reopening gambling rooms is linked to possible indictments and prosecutions under the law.
Three linemen from the Johossu County Pelephone Company, all residents of Towa City, were seriously injured while repairing broken wires and downed poles after a sleet storm. William Bishop, Frank Vaughn, and Gat Lark fell during the effort, with extensive damage reported to lines and poles. Estimated repair costs in Towa City reach ten thousand dollars.
A Mitchellville murder case ends with a hung jury as Dr Protter faces trial for the death of 16 year old Cora Lacey. The couple had married secretly, and Lacey’s parents knew little of her whereabouts until her death was reported.
In Willey district southeast of town Joe Willey director blocked Grace Pulliam from teaching by taking the key and closing the Willey school The teacher reportedly planned a neighborhood dance and was warned against attending She returned to Carroll and threatened suit A compromise is reported with Miss Pulliam to take charge of the school.
The Sioux Valley Medical Association opened its eighth annual gathering in Sioux City with welcoming remarks by Mayor Caldwell. Papers of interest to the fraternity were read and discussed. Members concluded the evening with a smoker hosted by Woodbury County Medical Society at the West Hotel.
Kaijleoade sues the Heck Triund Hillroad Company for 20000 in a case alleging loss of property and injuries tied to a railway bridge construction near Little Mock. Plaintiff claims negligence led to personal and financial harm, seeking restitution and related costs in court.
Flood warnings rise as gorges form at the mouth of the Des Moines River and high water covers miles of sand bars. Overflow impacts Keokuk and the Illinois border area with rivers in the state showing rising levels and farmers enduring flood damage.
Dr. Harriman OFA AncocesCally formed 30 operations for appendicitis. John W. Tarvittan Iowa City head of the sanitamien department of the state university medical department died Monday after the weeks' ideas following any operation for appendicitis. He had been connected with the university fifteen years and was widely known in surgery. He had performed 300 appendicitis operations without a single death. AU sessions of the university were dismissed without. The body was sent in Tampa for interviews.
A group of four young women in a sleighing party near Deabuque suffered likely fatal injuries after the sleigh overturns on a steep hill. Several others sustained broken ribs and internal injuries while bystanders and hospital authorities report widespread distress and confusion amid the scene.
The item recalls Hayti citizens seizing fortifications as French troops arrived, while whites pulled back to interior locations. It notes Jacob Johnston of Philadelphia presenting modern printers in Vil, mentions Cape of Good Hope under British control, Jenner letters on cowpox vaccines, and a US Senate joint resolution banning slave import to Louisiana. Also lists banks by state and stereotyping revival in London, plus Maryland debates priests converting children.
Seventy five years ago Bolivar opened to imports of Spaniel goods aboard ships of neutral nations. Plans for a Turkey United States treaty were abandoned over navigation of the Dardanelles. The Linchet fled Norfolk with a load of free negroes for Tiberia. The Egyptian vicarate began a large arsenal at Alexandria. The pope recognized several South American independence movements and appointed officials. Western Austria Hungary was forged in the Prifiwh province with crewe appointed officials.
Fifty years ago reports claimed Willine Wakter proclaimed Kenora independence including Lower California. An Apenish captain general barred foreign papers in Epavish. Brandon Ohio was destroyed by a cyclone. President Bierce warned Americans about Alib watering in Lower California. Detroit and Huffalo connected by a Great Western Fail road in Canneda. Czar Nicholan called the Sultan of Turkey the sick man of Europe.
The fragment recalls daily wages in Chicago for Blackamitha workers and various trades, prices for meat and groceries, and coal. It also notes Secretary Gideon Welles challenging a world rate for a new side wheel steamer, a Senate resolution on French occupation of Mexico, Beecher’s salary adjustment, and historical budget figures for the Union.
A report recalls a request to Congress for a thirty thousand dollar subsidy to the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. The national transportation convention in Washington warns of legalized bands of robbers by panama and steamboat trusts to influence railroads. Also noted is the death of Siamese twins Chang and Ting at Mount Vernon, with Chang said to have died from drinking and Ting from fright. Morrison Waite, Ohio jurist and Geneva Arbitration head, is nominated by Grant for Chief Justice. Caleb Cushing’s nomination for Chief Justice is withdrawn amid opposition over atheistic views and suspicion of unfitness.
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