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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1898
Page
4
Coupon tickets on sale for all points and baggage checked through to destination. Money saved by avoiding transfers. Write or call for any information desired. C W Jacobs, Agent C M and St Ry.
The Havana inquiry continues as divers provoke debate over the Maine wreck. Evidence points to a submarine mine, not an internal explosion, with the forward magazine intact and powder recovered. Officials in Havana, Washington, and Madrid weigh indemnity, diplomacy, and naval preparations ahead of any final conclusions.
Madrid reports a hurried naval buildup as a flotilla of three torpedo destroyers, three torpedo boats, and the steamship City of Cadiz prepares to depart for Havana this week. Other ships, including battleships Palace and Emperor Carlos V and armored cruiser Cristobal Colon, are under repair.
In South Bend Indiana police officer Lewis Keller was shot and killed during a confrontation with burglars who had entered a store. Suspects named include Jack Burke Robert Powers alias James Burns and another individual known as Prank, with the event dated March 1.
Ottawa reports petitions to Parliament including one for old age pensions citing wealth from laboring people and another urging man and womanhood suffrage as the mothers of the nation, arguing household prosperity and moral education depend on broader suffrage.
Washington March 2 The Supreme Court upheld the Utah eight hour law for miners noting it protects health and safety. Justice Brown stated the decision does not imply general WPA eight hour laws, but affirms state measures for community welfare. The opinion cites dangerous air in mines and smelters as justification.
Report covers live stock markets with Sioux City and Chicago data for March 1. Hog receipts and prices noted, cattle and sheep receipts and steady markets, with regional variations including Kansas City and Los Angeles area figures. Prices quoted for heavies and mixes, with summaries of supply and demand conditions.
Cash quotes from Chicago show flour steady and sugar unchanged while butter remains firm. Wheat prices advance for No. 2 spring and No. 2 red, with oats and corn mixed. Minneapolis and Kansas City reports mirror recent shifts, with cash and futures notes, receipts, and shipments across multiple grain grades.
Vienna reports that the czarina, wife of the Russian ruler, has developed smallpox within weeks of giving birth and despite officials attributing it to measles. The outbreak follows Count Muravieff’s illness after hosting the imperial family in St. Petersburg, raising court circles to debate the true nature of the malady.
At Cross Point Indiana a preliminary hearing probes the lynching of five outlaws last September. Charles Kelly a Versailles youth testifies he recognized masked assailants who dragged Slater Jenkins and Levi. Governor Mount mobilizes militia as crowds press for justice amid fears of further violence.
In Washington on March 1 the House considered sundry civil bills. Lewis of Washington offered an amendment condemning Minister Woolford for a Spanish cabinet banquet, opposing toasting those buried. In the Senate, March 1, Transbrough of North Dakota urged inquiry into navy freight to San Francisco across the Canadian Pacific, Gallinger sought Cuban insurgent communications, and Tygle spoke on Corbett of Oregon’s seat with Thurston opposing.
The Times praises American railroads for equipment and punctuality in a London report, attributing success to one man in control. It urges English railways to adopt stronger locomotives and larger trucks. The paper warns that one man power is effective only if the leader is capable, noting risks for English investors under boss control.
Topeka resident K. H. Fay cannot pay taxes on his Steele's addition property after learning the lots were vacated and merged into a twelve acre tract taxed as farm land. County and state treasurers refused Fay’s payments. a lawyer will seek relief. A clergyman famed for teaching ability once likened his congregation to sheep as he catechized a Sunday school class.
In Washington Star a boy faces his father’s stern rebuke for vanity and public name recognition. The dialogue reveals the boy’s admission that his mother says politics cost him time and money, leaving only the thrill of seeing his name in print.
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