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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
14
Washington correspondence portrays John Sherman as a methodical secretary who works 9 to 4, then reads novels. On Thursdays he hosts diplomats in the grand diplomatic room, receiving them one by one at the long ebony table while noting brief business summaries.
Ellie B. Roberts of New York has been named treasurer of the United States by President McKinley. She is president of the Franklin National Bank and brings bank leadership to the Treasury role.
A historical profile depicts Secretary Sherman’s work habits and reforms at the Treasury and State Departments. It notes his insistence on prompt action, delegation to experienced aides, and avoidance of desk clutter while detailing his political career and influence in early 20th century government.
A devastating storm swept near Lyle Minnesota on Thursday evening killing a prosperous farmer named Haneen and injuring fifteen to twenty others. The tornado path damaged barns, houses, telegraph lines, and scattered lumber. several cars were lifted from the tracks. A special train with surgeons and workers was sent from Waterloo within an hour.
The Old Granary cemetery on Tremont Street in Boston was opened for visitors during a special day when vandals struck three highly venerated tombs. The marble markers for Revere, Hancock, and Sumner show hack cuts and weathering, with the face of the stones badly defaced and the right-hand side broken.
In Whiting Indiana a clash between Deputy Marshals and a gang of robbers left one wounded and William Connor captured. About thirty shots exchanged in the Sand region near freight cars and highways. Town residents terrified as arrests followed and authorities blamed an organized gang pilfering freight cars.
The document lists four fiscal years of total revenue and total expenditures for the government. It notes deficits or surpluses in various years, with figures showing revenue and spending levels and a reported excess of expenditures over revenue for several periods. It also gives first half figures of the current fiscal year ending in March with revenues around 1.25 and expenditures near 0.65, indicating a deficit.
Wealthy Joseph Richardson, owner of the famous Spite House at the corner of Find recond and Lexington avenues, New York, died in his parlor. He was about sixty, valued at 20 0000, and leaves a fortune built on railroad stocks and steamship holdings. His family and neighbors recall a cautious, businesslike man who carried his bunco to his office daily.
A severe storm off the coast of China on March 6 left hundreds of fishing boats lost or damaged. The Empress of Tar… reports many crewmen missing or dead as large junks went down near Hanchoen Bay and across the eastern Chinese coast.
Nonsense garbles allege Mrs Langtry as payee of a solid silver bicerele mule. Northumberland’s old duke, aging STth year, governs amid oddquotations. Pennsylvania Railroad contemplates dog carrying passes. Chicago sends 300 Swelsha servants to King Oscar’s Stockholm jubilee. Bishop Merrill celebrated twenty ninth year in Methodism with a silver cup. Kentucky governor blocks a request from Indiana’s governor for a murder inquiry. Weradley fears social violence.
The Senate wrestled with the sugar schedule and restored lumber to the dutiable list at $2 per thousand feet. Bacon of Georgia pressed for a revenue tariff balanced for all industries, clashing with West over tariff doctrine. The cotton duty measure passed later, becoming the first tariff to tax cotton, while other items were tabled. The House adjourned after a day of debate as committees moved toward related fiscal actions.
A garbled dispatch echoes multiple newspapers noting sensational quotes about defiance and society, with stray references to an earthquake in Greece and forecasts. The jumble blends names such as Chapman Waremerers Logan-AlcGe Groker and mentions of Kentucky, South Carolina, and Chicago amid scattered political and social snatches.
A collage of quoted lines from Chicago and other newspapers comments on May weather, Turkish armistice hopes, polar ambitions, imperial politics, and upcoming jubilees with references to leaders like Czar, Emperor William, and McKinley, blending humor and critique.
The excerpt cites varied items from a chaotic mix of topics: alien laws in Canada and the U S marshall manhunt, Cuba flood impacts, a military halt in Haitly operations, and a U S Senate campaign law outline. It also mentions the trial of tobacco company officials in New York, Wilcox & White’s factory assignments in Meriden, a rowing challenge by Jake Gamblair, and a Kansas Supreme Court decision on Garfield County bonds worth significant sums.
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