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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
15
Arrangements provide a valuable set of premiums with regular subscription priced at 60 cents. Farm News reaches over 60 000 families and remains essential to farmers. It stays in touch with progressive agriculture, is scientifically minded yet clear, and not stilted. Its 16 pages offer practical value with no filler.
A notice offers one year subscriptions to Heliox County Bee and another paper to every person who pays in advance. The publisher asserts customers will be pleased with either option and states they chose the papers because they believed readers would like them.
Our premium book Womankind Cook Pook presents prize essays by farmers wives and daughters who share how they feed cows care for milk and make butter. It promises the most valuable book covering culinary change with receipts selected from readers offering the best practical household tips. Price 25 cents.
New York marks the dawn of Greater New York with a parade led by the New York Journal and Advertiser. Citizens gather in City Hall Park as electric lights and flags illuminate the scene, signaling the transition to an autocratic mayoral power over department heads and a veto by Mayor Von Wyck requiring five sixths of the council to override.
A portion of the city’s governance outlined by the new mayoral powers, detailing appointment and removal of officials. The Greater New York celebration at Brooklyn City Hall drew about 10 000 attendees as the clock struck midnight signaling the new city era.
Lakewood Jan 4 Richard Croker said no official announcement yet but a broad forecast of Van Wyck appointees includes Chamberlain Grane Whalen York Sexton Hamilton Phillips Boyle Phelan Keenan Langtry Mulley Keller Edson Jenkins Scannell McMahon McCartney Fellner Patterson Sheehy Knowl. Also wheat future delivery rules set No 2 hard or red winter with 59 pound test and warehouse receipts for delivery.
Kansas City board of trade on January 3 decided to establish future trading in wheat in Kansas City. The move aims to regulate and start new market activity for grain contracts under controlled rules.
Mrs Isabella M Durrant and William A Durrant father and mother of Theslore Durrant sue ex juror Smyth for 30000 damages over remarks accusing Durrant of being a moral monster. Attorneys General John H Dickinson and W W Foote represent the plaintiffs in San Francisco.
The young Countess Castellane née Gould gave birth in Paris yesterday to her second son. The birth confirms the Castellane family’s continued lineage with the Gould connection noted in society circles.
Columbus Jan 4 The Ohio legislature organization shows Mark Hanna’s bid for senator likely to fail as Mason wins the house and Democrats take all officers The Senate vote favours Democrats 18 17 The Hanna camp fights back with protests and threats of resignations while Kurtz and McKisson Bushnell shift opposition to Hanna and gold standard candidates.
The Manchester Guardian reports Britain will not recognize special rights for any Chinese port granted to one power. A port opened to one power must be opened to all, or none, with Britain asserting equal wintering rights for its ships at Port Arthur if Russia has such access.
Klondikers arriving on the Corona from Skaguay and Dyea report extreme cold with temperatures from 50 to 70 degrees below. Ice on the river stacks up to 15 feet and only the best dog teams can cross. Lodging houses are full as streams of travelers flood Skaguay and Dyea. officials fear accommodations will run out in two weeks. Estimates of gold aboard the Corona range from $100,000 to $500,000.
Chinese authorities spent hours at the German legation over the recall of the commandant of Tsao Chou accused of using threatening language toward a German missionary. Pekin agreed to summon him to Pekin for examination and not to return to Tsao Chow, promising safety for the missionary and authorities.
A black hotel maid, likely Lillie Johnson, was found in an alley near Gate City laundry with a crushed skull and multiple wounds. A bloody hatchet and revolver lay beside her as police seek a wagon driver named John Sanders who may have aided the attack. witness Lucy Davis identified a man only by description due to darkness.
City of Mexico January 3 Eduardo Chostelas won a government concession to exploit natural products on several uninhabited Gulf of Mexico islands, including guano fruits woods and medicinal plants plus sponge and coral. It is believed the concession may be sold in the United States President Diaz approved packing houses at various points. The department of public works revived seven plans for a new legislative palace to house the senate and deputies costing 1 500 000 excluding land and foundations a decision will be given early January.
Boston Mass Jan 5 By order of the United States district court retaining assets of the defunct Maverick National Bank were sold at auction yesterday The sale corral notes executions and judgments totaled 1 095 800 but brought only partial sums Some notes reached 340 000 and one was 5402 236 which after collateral sale and receiver reductions stood at 376 090 Depositors have received 95 percent of their claims.
Sioux City stockyards show cattle and hog prices with various classes. Grain and provisions in Chicago reflect cash prices, futures, and nearby bids with mixed hog and cattle receipts and steady sheep demand.
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