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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1895
Page
2
Washington reports officials in charge of income tax fear delays as May 1 begins the filing rush. Many heavy taxpayers do not file or delay, with an estimated 25 percent noncompliance nationwide. Officials seek a favorable Supreme Court rehearing and hope to prompt settlements to avoid penalties.
Report outlines a proposed settlement between Washington London and Nicaragua over a $7 000 000 claim. Britain would withdraw troops from Corinto within two weeks and a joint arbitration commission would assess damages. President Zelaya's cabinet reportedly unlikely to accept the terms.
Hailstones two feet deep blanketed Medina County and towns like Lytle and Castroville, destroying crops and killing livestock. The International and Great Northern railway track was blocked and trains could not proceed until hail was cleared. Subscriptions were started to aid storm sufferers as losses reached about two hundred thousand dollars.
An explosion and massive blaze at W C McDonald’s tobacco factory in Montreal injured many workers, with about 400 employees present and a $500000 loss. The building’s hot exterior, iron screens, and lack of internal firefighting gear hindered rescue as women and girls on the upper floors leaped to safety and ambulances rushed to hospitals. One death confirmed with others feared dead or missing.
London dispatch reports Russia France and Germany advising Japan through memoranda to abandon claims to the Lin Tong Peninsula. Ministers separately informed Japan’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs that possession would threaten China’s capital and Korea’s independence, framing the warning as a friendly directive from the three governments.
Reports from Wieconain Forest and Chippewa Falls warn of major fires raging near Anilmrg Iron Mountain Philips and Pronties. Dry weather and gusty winds threaten homes farms and the city of Frontier as firefighters rush to contain the blaze and prevent destruction.
Nicaragua was pressed by Guatemala San Salvador and Costa Rica to pay 375000 pounds to Britain. President Yglesias offered to pay one fifth, but strong anti English sentiment in Nicaragua led the administration to reject the demand and send no concession beyond its previous answer to the ultimatum.
AArkansas hailstorm in Camden damages crops and property with one death fear, a house destroyed and two men injured. In Lebanon Pennsylvania a furnace sparked a blaze at Reinoht Lumber causing over 103000 in losses and heavy insured content damage. In Duluth a missing business man George Dinwoodle prompts police searches amid typhoid fever illness of another local figure.
The piece describes a three-way tacit alliance among Japan England and the United States aimed at shaping postwar peace terms with China. It notes English and American support for Japan and questions Britain’s unusual stance while Japanese diplomats push for unified Western backing amid complex European alignments. It also reports a devastating fire incident where thirty girls leaped from windows to a warehouse roof, with several seriously injured and Marie Gagnon identified as the first to jump.
In Bartow Florida a newlywed Mrs W R Langford lies near death after an encounter with an unidentified hag who foretold her death in three months. Locals attributed the omen to witchcraft as the bride, famed for her cheerfulness at the Normal Institute, awaited a teaching position.
Report from Washington says Britain and Japan seek U S aid to shape the peace treaty between Japan and China. Officials deny US involvement and warn no interference will be accepted. Meanwhile a Russian-tinged prophecy unsettles a bride and her husband as an old augury circulates.
A Montreal tobacco factory fire trapped workers in a building with barred windows. The blaze started in the drying room around 4 and raged rapidly, causing panic as employees fought to escape through iron screens. Firefighters rescued many as the structure burned.
James McDowell, a man of remarkable height and strength, refused to bow to a jail door six and a half feet high provoking a crowd in Grayson. After lingering, he promised to appear in court and later pleaded guilty paying a fine.
The article notes repeated refutations of the Pope Joan legend dating to the eleventh century with claims she reigned in the ninth century. Parisian scholars challenge the tale as a medieval invention. It also reports Standard Oil pocketing about 511 thousand dollars in recent weeks despite rising petroleum prices.
The literary world reports shrinking Ibsen fever while discussions surge over art student life in Paris and new novels. Ray Galine’s Manxman sales reach 73,000 in six months, with a third in the United States, as Georg Brandes finishes a Shakespeare study for German publication.
A fragment from a 19th century piece laments widespread bird slaughter across Europe and Italy. It argues for harsher penalties on trappers and sellers and stresses birds' role in agriculture, warning that without protection many species could vanish within a century.
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