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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1895
Page
7
The Des Moines area reports a census estimate showing Iowa’s population near two million. The article covers tax, crime raids, piano swindlers, rail and road notes, and local incidents across cities including Des Moines Dubuque Davenport Muscatine and Sioux City.
At a Monday meeting of the Eastern Town League directors Waterloo was dropped while Dulnque Burlington Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa remain. The report notes property disputes in Omaha and Sioux City and various local incidents, from thefts to legal matters and a new diocesan seminary site.
The Iowa Republican convention at Des Moines with 1,242 delegates and 2,000 visitors nominated Governor Francis M. Drake Lieutenant Governor Matt Parrott Superior Judge Josiah Given Superintendent Henry Sabin Railroad Commissioner George W. Perking and others after six ballots. The platform pledges party fidelity, prosperity, and support for veteran pensions and national policy, with delegation to Congress to include two Republican Senators and eleven Representatives.
A social hall on Wolfie Avenue in Atlantic City New Jersey collapsed during a gathering after the opening remarks of an Elke visiting group. About 200 attendees were trapped as timbers fell and lights failed. One man died and many were wounded, with fire and police rescuers evacuating guests to hospitals and nearby hotels.
Police seek C. O. Davis former cashier of the State Bank at Peru Indiana amid a suspected theft of about 15 000 including 6 500 sent from Des Moines banks before his departure. Davis vanished after changing the safe combination and may be out of the country. Separately Highland Park College at Des Moines faces sale by receiver with about 120 000 in bonds and competing bids from Des Moines College supporters and bondholders.
At Charles City, the servant girl, returning late from a dance, tried a rear window after doors were locked. Arthur Walker fired upon her, injuring the girl in the face. the victim’s identity remains unnamed. A separate report notes a train incident involving a girl pursued by a man named Alfred Benson, claiming to escort her to Kansas City for immoral purposes. Benson denied wrongdoing and continued toward Glenwood, Iowa.
A farmer reports an attempted instrument theft by a gang posing as American Piano Company representatives in Union County. A serious brickblock collapse injures mason William Knowles at Baxter. Weatherly traces a buggy and harness theft to a distant quarry, locating gear near Albion and Ziering amid a spate of thefts and detective work.
Receiver Ferd took Stillen sues Boston Investment for 21 million damages alleging officers swapped power to aid the Boston firm. Iowa Monument Commission adjourns in Chicago after selecting a 22 foot Victory statue by American Bronze Company. Fatal well accident near Manson claims 34 year old man after dynamite gas exposure. Incendiary Nabotelnik sentenced to 19 years amid Cleveland firebag connections. Sioux City dealer S August Anderson signs liabilities of 6 thousand. Sunstroke kills Dane farmer Christian Neillson near Independence. Concentrated lye incident forces a local wife to drink lye, a fatal household accident.
The excise law will be strictly enforced in New York. Brazil faces a new rebellion threat. Dr Kester of TEama and Tad faces life with chloroform. Thomas FR Micksell, murderer of Phil Metsinger at Alien Kentucky, has been captured. Receiver McNulin in the whisky tract can offer the St Paul property for sale.
A derailment crash at Craig's Road Quebec on the Grand Trunk line left thirteen dead and over thirty injured as a rear Pullman collided with the preceding section. The excursion party from Sherbrooke Magog and Windsor Mills had been en route to St Année de Baupré. The wreck destroyed ten cars and the engine with many passengers trapped or killed in their sleepers. The rear Pullman held priests and officials. The incident occurred after the first section halted for water and the semaphore signaled danger.
The article reports Cornell claiming victory in the long distance international host race. It notes English nobility and college crowds witnessing the feat as the Leanders and Carmella race contenders faltered at the start and the field broke for the Grand Challenge cup at Menley regatta.
The weekly Sienel Service report shows cooler than average temperatures across the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys with heavy rains in Oklahoma Missouri and the Gulf north. Corn growth is rapid and general outlook favorable except Michigan drought and southern wheat conditions are improving while winter wheat harvest nears completion.
The Chicago Board of Trade faced a nerve wracking session as wheat swung from 52 cents to 828 cents, traders chased fortunes near the pit while reports of crop damage from hot winds and storms circulated, bears controlled the day and prices opened around 675 and slid.
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