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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1903
Page
1
The conflict ended after plenipotentiaries and President Roosevelt secured an honorable peace. The war began Feb 5 1904 with Japan’s strike and included sieges at Port Arthur and Liaoyang, massive troop losses, and multibillion-dollar costs for both nations.
Friends of Clarence Moling misread a Rock Island matter as a dividend then learned it was a simple incident at the home of the friendly agent. Miss Caroline Schichtel arrives to take a ward one teaching post succeeding Miss Laura Rate who will attend the university this fall. Miss Antonia J. Stober returns from Brooklyn Iowa to begin high school duties after traveling in the Western states and Canada. J F Jack of the Northwestern railway underwent surgery at the university hospital. Grace Gatens, daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Gatens, strained her wrist after a stairs fall but the injury is not serious. Mr and Mrs Frank Fox have returned from Cedar Falls and Waterloo.
Portsmouth N H The peace conference adjourned without a scheduled meeting today Delegations led by Mr DeMartens for Russia and Mr Dennison for Japan met at three o clock to start drafting the treaty and plenipotentiaries may wait until this work is finished
Lux Lumber Company sues Frank De Clow and Maggie De Clow seeking judgment for a $77.69 lumber bill contracted last June. The lumber funded construction of a house and the plaintiffs pursue payment.
Alderman Chatham stepped on a spike while inspecting water works and was treated immediately, able to move with crutches. Miss Mabel Fox of Jefferson Iowa underwent an appendectomy at the University Hospital and is reported to be recovering well.
Mrs Josephine Dvorak through her attorneys sues the Rock Island and Pacific Railway for 20000 damages alleging permanent injury and partial loss of hip control after a June 24 train wreck from Iowa City to Chicago. She cites negligence by railroad employees for an open switch at Downy and for allowing the passenger train to follow a heavy freight at high speed.
A controversial settlement proposes Manchuria under Chinese sovereignty with Japan dominant in Korea. It calls for evacuation by Russia and Japan, open doors for all nations, division of Sakhalin, cession of Liaotung leases, and Japanese fishing rights from Vladivostok to the Bering Sea. Russia would compensate Japan for prisoners and surrender key rail and concessions to China.
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