The Hull Index Rabiaied Every Friday at Hal
WILL TAMPLIN editor and proprietor is noted as the publisher of The Hull Index, with weekly Friday publication at Hal.
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1904
Page
5
WILL TAMPLIN editor and proprietor is noted as the publisher of The Hull Index, with weekly Friday publication at Hal.
A 13 story hotel in Manhattan at 67 West Forty sixth Street collapsed its steel skeleton up to the eleventh floor trapping and killing five people and injuring about a score. Eight or ten workers are missing feared dead as rescue crews sift through wreckage. Foreman Frederick Storrilla and Frank Allison are named among the dead. Mrs Hila Laces Storrs, wife of a wealthy resident, was killed at lunch. Inspectors blame overloading and repeated building violations, with prior warnings ignored.
Report says two white men were killed and a white woman and two white men wounded near Hokashee Arkansas. Reported violence involved laborers driving blacks from town and a subsequent fight with whites fortified in nearby woods. Authorities fear further clashes as tensions rise between groups in the area.
A Washington special reports negotiations for the Patani canal property nearing completion. Within about thirty days the United States is to take full possession and the final price will be paid by Panama and the New Panama Canal Company after a conference between Attorney General Rinex and the president.
Du Tingne police captain Michael Grangh Goca Tanane was found wandering the streets in a violent mental state after his overcoat and clothes were seen near the Great Western depot. He was removed to a hospital Wednesday morning for treatment.
A Mexico City dispatch reports sugar entering the United States will see duties reduced from five to two dollars per two hundred kilograms, part of a move to join the Binaseis convention and secure English markets for Mexican sugar. The item also notes a deadly alcohol poisoning incident among soldiers, a diplomatic note from Venezuela, and Charles F. Dick’s confirmation as United States senator in Ohio.
Count Cassini expressed concern over hostile American press coverage of Russia and the war. He urged restraint as he discussed a potential Commercial Cable Company landing application to connect Guam and Japan, noting Washington’s denial of any such move. He warned the deterioration of U.S.-Russian goodwill could harm both nations.
A report shows 1071 killed and 172 injured on US railways in six months ending June 30 1905 versus 44 killed and 80 injured in Great Britain. Officials attribute differences to miles of track passenger and freight mileage and higher railway employment in the United States.
A one year old inmate at the state industrial school in Lancaster Ohio collapsed and died while being punished for an infraction. Officials and physicians tried to revive him but failed. A post mortem ruled death from heart disease. Crouch had been sent to Lancaster from Findlay.
A Milwaukee reporter notes James Colgate of Hintley, once a miner and now a millionaire, has been admitted to Sewherry Insane Hospital. Age 20, he inherited 1 009 000 after his grandfather James Colgate Jr. died in New Haven. His mind remained unsettled, and recovery uncertain.
Mrs. Arabella Marcum sues James Parrgis Alex Hargis Edward Callahan and R F Freneh in Winchester Kentucky circuit court seeking 100088 damages. She alleges a conspiracy with Curtis Tett and Tom White to murder her husband at the Inter RL Museum. Callahan a former Breathitt County sheriff Fett and White are jailed in Louisville.
A Feb report describes Japanese warships bombarding Port Arthur from dawn to morning, with Rus sian battleship Retvizan damaged and torpedo boats lost. The Bayan Askold and Bayan led a Russian response, but the Japanese withdrew in good order amid rough seas and repeated tactics.
James Bare a longtime figure at Woodbury County poor farm died at 107 years old. Born before George Washington’s death and living through every U S president, he was the farm’s oldest resident and known for kindness, wit, and habit of letter writing.
Gen Wood reports a brutal clash at Jolo with Moros near Sotta Meroa where Maj Ungh L Scott led the American expedition. Most Moros were killed or captured. only Hunan remained. Lt Ragene R Wert of the Eighteenth Battery was badly wounded. several transports were wounded.
Telegram from Kwa popmstad to Berlin reports a ten hour battle near ilhinenaka between German forces and Herero fighters. A German officer was killed and several Africans wounded as native troops engaged in northwest Kanera region. Four Germans died in clashes with probed local factions. The situation grows tense across German Southwest Africa with widespread unrest.
A paymaster at the Anchor mine near Centerville was held up Saturday afternoon by Hoy Rollins and James Blane. J F Jones resisted and Rollins shot him in the leg. Jones survived but in critical condition. The assailants fled. two men were captured and then released. one suspect identified as Moline.
A postal clerk was killed and another injured when a train robbery attempt near Meridian, Alabama, went wrong. A suspect named Jin Bacis was captured after the crash as the four robbers fled with a package of registered letters later recovered.
Janitor F. G. Deming of the Shel Ace School building was fatally injured Monday in the basement while working with a gasoline engine that powered the ventilating system. His neck was broken and skull fractured as he collapsed near the engine. he left a wife and four children.
Twelve lives lost as a St Felicien fire consumes the Guay home. Eight Guay children and three others perished. the fathers were away in the woods. Separately a Great Western Railroad ruling grants Omaha access via the Union Pacific bridge. In Melbourne a Dowie meeting was broken up by a crowd, and John Dowie seeks protection from the American consul. A printer’s union leader in Nashville dies of heart failure. British Army estimates for the coming year are set at 84,000,000 pounds.
Bartel Stone a respected Cedar Falls retiree was shot four times in the stomach and abdomen at his home by his son in law Charles Burns after a domestic dispute. Burns is jailed as county attorney investigates. Mrs Burns struck Stone with a poker during the altercation.
The Rigeneney woman Belle Lewis was found not guilty after a nine day trial in Sigourney. Crowds in the courtroom greeted her release as she prepared to receive her husband’s $2 insurance payout.
A large fire consumed the Kingsley opera house just before a Friday night rehearsal for a school entertainment. Firefighters battled the blaze but could not save the building, with extensive smoke and heat causing damage to nearby property. No reports of injuries beyond a few students rushing to safety.
R W Unger who built a Storm Lake gas plant two years ago has sold it to B C Thad ford after securing a city franchise. The deal includes two sections of land in the Red River valley Minnesota valued at about 20000 dollars net to Unger. A heating plant may be installed in Storm Lake using the capital from the exchange.
Grinnell College student Thomas Fuller is jailed in Oskaloosa on charges of using the mails to circulate threatening letters. He allegedly demanded 1 44 dollars from H W Spaulding, a carriage maker, under threat of seizing property. A trap captured him. he also served as a hotel night clerk in Grinnell and confessed writing the letters before federal officials closed the case in Des Moines.
Special election approvals grant the Council Bluffs Tabor and Southern Electric Railway Company a franchise to build operate and maintain an interurban line between Council Bluffs and Rockport Missouri for passengers baggage mail and freight despite a vote tally of 725. Frictional crime notes report jail break by Frank Nash and Frank Travis in Dubuque and several local accidents including a fatal shooting suspected in Ramnar and a boy accidentally wounding his brother near Sioux City.
Four persons killed in a late Thursday wreck on the Chicago Great Western near Dyersville. The rear stock train crewman E W Cressmoid died and three front section stockmen were cremated. Names not known, to be learned from shipment records. Endoapendent Telephone System planned for Soulier with direct farm line connections. One additional wreck victim dies.
The legislative committee on pardons heard Sarah Kuhn of Keokuk County plead for release from a life sentence. New affidavits connect the poison death to Kuhn and suggest premeditation, while Mrs Kuhn’s innocence appears supported by witnesses. The hearing touched on related legal questions and upcoming appeals.
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