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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1898
Page
6
Sioux County newspaper the Hull Index reports local events and official notices with community updates and notices of public interest. The paper serves as the primary record of regional happenings and civic information for residents.
American and Spanish peace commissioners in Paris met to discuss the Philippines. The United States seeks retention of the islands under an open door for global trade and proposes mutual relinquishment of postwar indemnity claims. November 28 is set for a definite reply.
Allan Afford, 21, was arrested at the gates of San Quentin after gaining liberty from a two year forgery sentence in Los Angeles. He allegedly passed two $20 drafts on the First National Bank of San Francisco drawn on TV BH Allen of Philadelphia. Detective Cody says Afford is the son of a Texas millionaire and also faces forgery accusations in Beatrice Nebraska Chicago Joliet and Portland.
Rogmas James, a prominent Topeka figure, allegedly shot and fatally wounded neighbor Win H Hayes after a dispute over property boundary marks. Hayes was treated at a hospital and later died. James was arrested as the investigation began.
Frank Schaffer, a brakeman, secured 5000 in damages after a Norwalk circuit court verdict found Nickel Plate liable for blacklisting him for failing to issue a character certificate. The trial in common pleas court affirmed the decision, with Schaffer claiming loss of railroad employment opportunities.
A Tacoma to Cape Town shipwreck off Alssead yields twenty three dead and three survivors. Sailors clung to rigging as the vessel broke apart and capsized, Frazer and others reaching a lifeboat after a desperate swim to shore.
In Portsmouth Ohio a blasting powder blast wrecked a quarryman's home. Geo W Ferguson hunting wood for a fire saw a powder can spill. An explosion knocked down part of the house killing daughter Jen six and Cynthia eleven instantly. Wife and two other children badly burned, may die. The can contained coarse powder.
A Florida farm case details three children left alone when robbers demanded food and killed two of the youngsters as fire and violence erupt. A subsequent Ohio shooting leaves two dead or wounded after a quarrel with a North Carolina suspect.
A garbled report notes Saiful on trial in St Paul for selling forged government time checks. The case involves a $760000 theft and a separate $700000 sum linked to the Big Four. Describe disruptions at a Wood River bridge as a rail incident interrupts events on a late Saturday night.
A Pennsylvania rail accident near Jersey City left eleven laborers dead and six injured after an eastbound train struck a gang on the tracks at dawn. Foreman William Cork led rescue efforts as the engineer realized the collision, with smoke and engine noise masking the danger from the westbound train.
A cordial banquet aboard the battleship Oregon at Rio de Janeiro honored Brazilian naval officers with US Navy presence from the Iowa crew. Ambassador Charles Page Bryan helped host along with prominent diplomatic guests. Attendees praised Allied wartime victories and noted a visit to Brazil’s new president, Senor Salics.
The St. Paul sailed from San Francisco for Manila carrying thousands of Christmas packages for soldiers and sailors in the Philippines. Gifts have poured into the quartermaster’s department from across the country as Uncle Sam ships them free of cost. Soldiers enlisted to reenlist overseas and forty nurses have filed, with twenty of the nurses to follow to local areas.
A chaotic OCR inspired item records a meeting of labor and fraternal leaders in Chicago with names like W Parsons and H Picks. The article notes a Yale graduate dying in Green County jail and mentions various unrelated commodities and shipping items.
Mrs George Blood living five miles northwest of Wall shot and killed her husband at the breakfast table on November 16 in what coroner inquest ruled premeditated. Two 88 caliber rounds from a public safety pistol caused the fatal brain injury. Community sympathy centers on the wife and children amid long domestic troubles.
Fred St. Cisic guarding the grounds was charged by a three buck elk while Ila built a shelter in Greenwood Park. The animal mauled him for twenty minutes before a park keeper and a workman killed it with axes, likely saving St. Clair's life.
A train wreck near the Cedar Rapids depot involves track worker Petar Targen and others. The incident, on a curved east approach, caused multiple injuries and a fatality amid a Fifty Second Jawa unit’s release and ongoing investigations.
A highly garbled OCR page reports on a range of items from an obituary of Lucy Alexander to a bank safe robbery in Smithland Woodbury County, a youth horse theft case, a charity ball in Ottumwa, and assorted local notices with questionable dates and names. The text mixes aged claims, mispellings, and unclear details.
Citizens in Sioux City condemn authorities after a boy, reportedly a minor, was jailed for disobeying rules. The incident follows a theater outing without parental permission, prompting calls for clarifying limits on juvenile detention.
Fragmentary OCR cites Cate creamery, TL Mo Retley, Vil ad Theate VAI ks EMSUITARGE, and a $1,699 amount. No coherent event or names clearly established.
Two railway wrecks near Wilton in dense fog left one brakeman dead and nineteen injured. In Moscow a Rock Island head end collision fatally wounded brakeman John Donahue. Marshall Miller and others were seriously hurt. A following construction train struck by a fast mail injured seventeen aboard. Conductor Roberts was crushed and fireman John Neiswanger was hurt while jumping.
L A Sutherland of Boone, aged about eighty, was pardoned from Anamosa penitentiary after a year for manslaughter in defending his home. He traveled from Anamosa to Marshall town to enter the soldiers' home hospital, where his condition, worsened by age and illness, improved after the pardon. The report notes he shot a man attempting to break in and was convicted earlier in Anamosa.
A new 140 foot long boat built by the Town Iron Worksways in Dubuque was launched last week. Owned by Leonard Bref of Nat Chez Milas the craft is designed to draw about three feet of water and run on the lower river Tram Gat place with a focus on fast travel.
The board of supervisors granted a virtually PRE tax remission on cigarettes for out of state shipments. Upon applicants from family tobacco dealers the board waived the tax contention that the tax was paid on cigarettes only in original packaging and from the American Tobacco Company.
The Clinton community organized a charity event with local women acting as coordinators and helpers. A prominent lady led the effort with others to stage a performance at a local hall raising funds for soldiers, though the exact amount remains unspecified.
Letters demand assessors return all sales details for renovations with dimensions of property and payments made. Northern Iowa Poultry Show and Northern Farmstead Association events noted. Reports of a $25 Personal Injury Award, mail loss debate, and Spirit Lake fish stocking. Death of Major A W Anderson linked to Grand Army encampment. A boy struck by a train near Wilwaukee track reported.
In Paris the joint peace commission held a 45 minute session. Spanish and American delegates clashed over sovereignty and debt terms with a surprise call for arbitration on protocol scope. The United States pressed for a quick adjournment, arguing the Manila question falls under Paris commission jurisdiction.
Adorneph Jefferson announces a temporary retirement from the stage in New York. The event is read by theater folk as his farewell appearance behind the footlights. He retires with an estimated fortune of about $2,000,000 and reflects on securing his fame.
The article recounts the actor Dip Fan Winkle who starred in numerous roles. He performed Rin Vao Winkie five thousand times totaling substantial sums. He achieved wealth through hits like The Rivals She Cricket on the Hearth The Weir at Five and Lend Me Five Shillings.
New York society attends the annual horse show at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. About 200 attendees observe a display of fashion and jewelry alongside the event. The horse exhibition opens with a notable performance as the first night proves a Brent success.
San Francisco rider Cavers Pitter Mites dn 2 7 to 3.0 and Kragners lowered the fifty mile standard from 2 22 50 to 2 10 22. He also surpassed the American straightaway mark and the ten mile split in 2 18. A separate note reports a violent clash in Letene County Kentucky between US marshals and moonshiners. over 200 shots fired and officers retreat. A Libertad dispatch notes a revolution spreading in Balior Texas and the US Central American state.
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