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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
1
Subscribers are urged to examine the paper’s advertising pages before placing ads. The notice claims a wide, active business with the lowest prices and freshest goods. It asserts Valley dealers will feature in the paper’s outward pages and asks readers to patronize them.
Cedar Rapids reports intense rivalries over locating an Odd Fellows orphan home in Iowa. Jefferson offers land and free education, while Indianola counters. courts issued injunctions and the grand lodge split four to one backing Jefferson. Cedar Rapids calls a district conference October 18 to seek a peaceful, united path.
Centerville October 14 Dr Sawyers Governor Drake’s physician at home denies truth in a dispatch circulating in the state press Flo says General Drake is doing as well as could be hoped for and he expects that he will fully regain his lost health in time
Atlantic reports a Democratic mail carrier deposed by Postmaster Conerd has been reinstated by the postal department on civil service grounds. Adair County seeks missing auditor with bondholders offering 500 dollars for arrest as books grow worse.
Supreme court handed down several decisions this morning. Winchel versus the State insurance company reversed. Gongower versus Equitable Life Association affirmed in Wack Walker district. Pickering versus Cimereny affirmed in Page district. McWhirter versus Crawford affirmed in Jefferson district. Gibbs versus city of Oskaloosa affirmed in Mad district. Holiday versus American Mutual affirmed in Des Moines district.
A. B. Knox barn in Cherokee Iowa was set ablaze for the fifth time in a week. The fire ruined the barn after a quick discovery and a man was seen fleeing toward the river timber. A posse gave chase with little prospect of capture. Several tramps were arrested as suspects.
The second biennial session of the congress of the German Catholic societies of St Bonifacius began in LeMars yesterday with delegates largely from Mississippi River counties. Dyersville and Dubuque led the representation, resolutions urged a home for aged German Catholics, curriculum changes to include business and normal courses, and funds for study of the German Catholic priesthood and lay professions. Officers were elected, and a welcome address given by Mayor L Greer with response from C A Voelker. A pontifical high mass and a grand parade are planned, with seminars at Dalton's opera house in the afternoon.
Oct 14 report from Ottuthiva states 12 year old Frank Douzelain, son of Ric Pind near Charles City, died after rupturing while attempting to climb a fence at the Iowa college. His funeral arrangements are set. A separate note from Clemenky Urgeth means the CGocn murder jury returned a manslaughter verdict after forty seven hours deliberation and recommended clemency for the prisoner.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Vefer on Eriol in Leavenworth and an Oct date with name Oliver. Details are unclear but imply a local item or notice.
Des Moines reports Ole Olson near Williamsburg died after a mysterious assault and Emimet C. Gibson, jailed in New York for alleged fraud, is tied to Iowa and multiple states. He left Iowa City after 1883 or 1884 and later promoted irrigation schemes before involvement with Des Moines electric company consolidations.
A man found dead under a railway bridge eight miles west of Spirit Lake near the Little ux River Saturday night bears two bullet wounds and a powder burn. The body was brought to town with pockets turned inside out. no money or papers exist to identify him. Locals recall seeing a man resembling a threshers near Spirit Lake, but the victim's identity remains a mystery.
Williamsburg October 13 Ole Olson of Conroy was savagely assaulted, found unconscious on his farm shack Saturday and died Sunday. He allegedly faced torture three years earlier for funds, later depositing over $42 000 at a bank. Post mortem says back‑of‑car blow caused death. no crew noted.
Des Moines reports a string of supreme court rulings. Reversals include Dorland from Fayette district Merryfield from Keokuk district Schultz from Bremer district. Gillette from Polk district and Garnet Ogden from Harrison district affirmed. Farmers Crust Co. from Linn Woodbury district also affirmed.
Two St Paul travelers Frank Haupt and Anselment stopped at Burlington to view the river. Haupt was killed when the musket discharged as their craft left the levee. Anselment says Haupt fired accidentally and did not see the shot.
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