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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
3
News reports a terrible mountain rockslide near Frank across the river from the town burying the mine and houses. Initial death toll ranges from ninety five to over one hundred with many workers trapped or dead and a rescue effort ongoing as conditions worsen.
A blaze Tuesday night wiped out the International Salt Company plant at South Chicago along the Calumet River. Loss estimated at 1.25 million dollars, with 800000 tied to the salt company. 400000 tons of salt stored in buildings burned, threatening nearby grain elevators and freight cars. Firefighters fought the flames as winds fanned the blaze, sinking boats and destroying road salt stocks.
A Monday blaze in Kimball Iron County destroys several homes and the Northwestern Railway depot while threatening local timber operations. Nearby aid arrives from Burler and Tranwoad as forest fires rage in Ashland Douglas counties burning timberland and impacting the Clark Lumber Company plant.
Washington dispatches say the Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin on rail accidents for the three months ended records 250 train deaths and 2,789 injuries. Including other accidents to workers and passengers total casualties reach 9,285 killed and 41,73 injured with damages of 632,460,950.
A Pekin dispatch quotes the Russian minister stating Russia would incorporate the three Manchurian provinces as a result of Japan's remonstrances. China reportedly refuses to meet Russia's demands on Manchuria amid rising tensions at St Petersburg.
A northbound Missouri Pacific freight derailed near Coffeyville area killing nine and injuring twenty five, ten seriously. Greek and Italian workers among the injured. cause listed as misread orders. Doctors from Buffalo to Coffeyville assisted the wounded. a battlefield scene as debris burned.
London reports China sends two formal refusals to Russia over Manchuria. Pekin protests against two features of the proposed Manchurian agreement that threaten American interests. Paris cites U S reactions noting Washington will safeguard its commerce while avoiding a coalition against Russia.
A federal court granted a temporary injunction restraining six railroad firms from discriminating against certain shippers. The action, presented to Judge Grosscup in Chicago, targets parries including Alton, Chicago Great Western, and others, amid a racial or collection of discriminatory practices.
Minx Jane E. Hawkins of Bridgeport, Nebraska, killed herself by laudanum as a misguided attempt to reconcile friends and prove her innocence in the breakup of a couple. She believed her death would unite the estranged husband and wife and wrote a letter explaining her motive.
New York reports the original United States steel syndicate liable for 175 million with $50.6 million in profits and a 200 percent return on $25 million cash. They have already received 12 44 percent of their deposit and a 20 percent dividend was declared.
Ananda Alexander and Thomas Stephens, aged 16 and 4, were arrested on Friday on charges of horsewhipping their mother and assaulting her after a correction. The incident stems from a family dispute linked to alleged misconduct.
Grace Molden and her father Malden sue the Illinois Central Company in district court for ."
Skeleton of Sal Roberta, missing since March 1870, unearthed near the city after a farmer’s plow exposed the remains. Details align with Roberta’s description, solving a long held murder mystery linked to a homesteader and a German girl.
An officer was removed from the force by Mayor Berg after he declined to disclose names of men allegedly linked to thefts. The mayor cited the officer’s inability to identify the northern city-based suspects, who were described by a man connected to the case.
Muscatine reports Frank Brown, a Black man accused of trying to murder Harry HolHaner, was acquitted after a judge halted the case due to lack of convicting testimony. A mob of about fifteen hundred men protested for two days, creating an intense atmosphere before the verdict.
Mrs. A G Bentz wife of a prominent local farmer was found in flames at their cob house on the Tents place near Memphis. A kerosene can lay nearby and the contents had been poured over her clothing before ignition.
William Johnson, 26, of Champlin Minnesota, reportedly hanged himself amid threats of lynching described as a mob action involving Frizter and Newton Northwest. The corralled man was found with feet hanging and death attributed to self-inflicted action as locals recovered the remains for burial.
Charles F. Rademacher, a prominent Sioux City bookkeeper and manager for Chaves H. Thornburg & Co., died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the left lung. Despondent after the company’s absorption by a trust, he reportedly planned to harm no one but himself. He was active in social circles and an Elk member. his finances were said to be in order.
Frank Liddle, former Northwestern engineer, killed himself with carbolic acid after a long crisis. The Perry special notes his prior insanity four years earlier and a plan to kill his wife and two children, who survived. He died Saturday after undressing and going to bed, found half an hour later.
Matt Hanter is found guilty of second degree murder in the Homer Halland case. Jurors reportedly voted before deliberations and afterward stood by the verdict despite defense claims of a fair trial. Life imprisonment is sought.
A Waterloo dispatch reports a midnight on Wednesday when an unknown highwayman attempted a hold up on the Fifth Street bridge. The suspect was thrown from the bridge by a citizen, Herman Guttke of 136 Ateyle Street, a Sibert & Puttke partner and owner of Lillard parlor and bowling alley on West Fourth Street.
Scribner dispatch reports the wife of farmer William Pasach was found drowned in a small stream about six miles north of Wer Home. The husband, district assessor, was away when the body was found. she reportedly went out for air with a headache and may have fallen from a nearby foot bridge into the stream.
Des Moines report says Bert Kendall nearly killed a boy during a barber shop visit on Thursday. The barber cut the hair then singed the scalp with oil, then lit a second flame when noticing an unfinished area. Wet towels saved the boy from further burns.
Dan Treen, famed Mississippi River steamboat pilot, was declared to have acted in self defense after killing Christopher and Ellsworth Leonidas on the Dubuque last July. The acquittal clears him of double murder charges and voids two $150,000 civil suits against the Diamond Joe Steamship Company. A separate note reports Jesse Pears’ death by gas after returning to Chicago, and Mitke Clack’s arrest and thirty day sentence for trousers theft from Burroughs’ store.
The article recalls Joseph Little Bristow in Kansas with ties to President McKinley, his role as Assistant Postmaster General, and leading the Cuban postal fraud investigation. It mentions Rev Milburn, Senator Ankeny, Gov Ramsey, and other political figures and positions in a rapid obituary style summary.
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