28 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
1
A miscellany item highlights a tall spike atop a town hall with a bird impaled on it amid misty weather, followed by notes on Brooklyn women professionals, tailors at a Richmond convention, and assorted short items: crimes, inventions, court cases, humor from letters, and local notices touching schools, entertainment, and regional life.
Des Moines records Wednesday to Saturday proceedings across both houses with bills on county and city civil service, bank examiners salaries, elections timing, printing reforms, and budget items for soldiers home and state institutions. A switchman, Morris, was injured in Ames in a yard accident.
Des Moines reports name governors such as Larrabee Boies and Carpenter as top potential appointees to a proposed Iowa board of control. Officials stress high standards, nonpartisan merit, and public confidence, with Kinne also discussed as a fit. Public sentiment favors careful selection over political bargaining. A sharp constitutional contest over representation in the legislature is noted, along with a bill to exterminate the Russian thistle threatening northwest Iowa. The medallions on the soldiers' monument remain a heated issue, with debates over whether to replace them with bronze tablets and how to honor Iowa’s war service.
Dubuque reports a remarkable incident as 18 year old Frank Leary was cleaning a well when a sand bucket fell from thirty feet striking his head. The crown was smashed over three inches in diameter and removed at hospital. Despite severity, he remains conscious and may recover.
In Hing Center Kansas on June 27 a rear end collision between two Rock Island freight train sections caused three fatal or critical injuries. Beakeman William Griffith died four hours after his legs were severed. W S Broughton suffered skull and jaw fractures and a broken leg and likely death. Rodney Seinteenig sustained a skull fracture and may die. Conductor Edwards was badly hurt as the rear section rammed the first at a crossing.
Des Moines reports the women suffrage lobby active with Mrs. Belden of Sioux City leading, aided by Miss Mary Hay of California and other supporters from across the state. Debate centers on constitutional amendment chances, with lawmakers cautious about voting for fear of defeat, amid broader talks of state textbook uniformity and budget fights.
Berlin reports that amid Japanese fleet tensions near Chinese waters the Neusse Nachrichten demands Germany dispatch two torpedo divisions to Kiao Chow Bay. Champion Fitzsimmons has won his wife's consent to another fight, a detail noted in local coverage.
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