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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
10
Readers are urged to examine ad pages before sending to place orders. Advertisers claim best prices and most liberal terms, with Walley’s principal dealers featured in the paper’s column. Watch for bargains and patronize trusted local businesses.
Cedar Rapids dispatch reports a heated battle within Iowa Odd Fellows over site of a state orphanage. Jefferson and Indianola proposals clash. grand lodge ruling favors Jefferson. injunctions and recalls fuel a looming decision at a Mason City meeting. Cedar Rapids lodge calls district conference for October 18 to unify views and press for harmonious action.
Centerville October 14 Dr Sawyers physician to Governor Drake denies a dispatch claiming the governor is in danger. He says General Drake is doing as well as could be hoped and expects a full recovery in time.
In Atlantic on October 14 Moreland a Democratic mail carrier was deposed by Postmaster Connor a Republican incumbent but was reinstated by the postal department on civil service grounds Adair County seeks missing auditor Creston reports missing Davis official of Adair County and bondholders offer six hundred dollars for his arrest or charges (text contains readable fragments).
The Des Moines Supreme Court session released several decisions this morning. Winchel versus the State Insurance Company in Poweshiek district was reversed. Gongower versus Equitable Life Association in Plackawk district was affirmed. Pickering versus Cameron in Page district affirmed. McWhirter versus Crawford in Jefferson district affirmed. Gibbs versus City of Atopsa affirmed. Holiday versus American Mutual in Des Moines district affirmed.
A fire set yesterday at A. B. Knox property in Cherokee Indiana destroyed a large barn after discovery. A man fled toward the river as a posse pursued. this is the fifth arson attempt on the same property in a week. Tramps were arrested as suspects.
The second biennial session of the congress of St Bonifacius German Catholic societies drew many delegates to LeMars on October 14. Leaders from Dubuque Muscatine and Sioux City presided while resolutions urged aid for aged German Catholics and support for students and priesthood training. Officers were elected and a grand parade and lectures were planned with expected participation by over 3 400 attendees and six bands.
A twelve year old pupil at the Iowa college for the blind fell while attempting to climb a fence and died from injuries at the college. His father arrived to take the body home for burial, and clemency was urged in a separate murder case in Ottumwa with a manslaughter verdict after forty seven hours deliberation.
Leavenworth October 14 D J Oliver a veteran is charged with dynamiting the Fria facility in a case that draws scrutiny as investigators pursue motive and details.
Des Moines reports Emmet C Gibson under arrest in New York for alleged swindles totaling about 400000. A Towan by birth with Iowa City ties, he left the State University in 1884 and soon operated as a promoter. His career included land schemes in Garden City Kansas and an electric company consolidation venture with Lowry Goode in Des Moines.
In Spirit Lake an unidentified man was found dead near the Little Sioux river eight miles west of town after a passing trainman reported the body. He had two bullet wounds in the head, powder burns, pockets turned out, and no papers or money to identify him. Authorities deem it unlikely to be suicide. Some locals say they have seen a man resembling a thresh er near Spirit Lake.
Sih Nahicd ison Ole Olson, a wealthy, reclusive farmer near Conroy, was found unconscious and died after a suspected Friday night assault. Investigators note prior torture for money, a postmortem shows blunt force trauma behind the car, and no gang has been named.
Moines Oct 13 The supreme court handed down five decisions this morning. Ate versus Dorland Payette district reversed. Meryfield versus Swift Keokuk district reversed. Schultz versus Griffith Bremer district reversed. Gillette versus Meredith Polk district affirmed. Garnet and Psion versus Simsons Harrist a district affirmed. Farmers Trust Company versus Linn Woodbury district affirmed.
A pleasure trip from St Paul to St Louis ends with Frank Haupt killed when a musket fires at the Jevee Inn Burlington. R A Anselment says the shot was accidental and Haupt was struck while turning to check his companion. Separate reports note a Cherokee fire damaging the Simpson block and a bank case ruling on death by own action. In Des Moines a jury awards 21084 in a life insurance dispute. Also announced is the Iowa Women’s Suffrage convention opening in Des Moines with about 100 delegates.
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