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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1903
Page
1
Plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan choose Portsmouth New Hampshire as the meeting site for the peace conference sessions to be held outside Washington. The talks will take place in the government navy yards in the newly completed building.
On Sakha Island the Japanese force pursuing Russian troops captured four guns and a quantity of ammunition. The report details the ongoing pursuit and success of Japanese units in seizing weaponry amid the confrontation.
Two voluntary bankruptcy petitions were filed with Referee J. G. Marour. Fanny Bales lists liabilities of 61 052 with assets about 51 000, mainly notes. The other petitioner, J alsales, shows liabilities of 419 and assets of about 535 less than that. Both residents of Sharon township and locally named editors.
Catharine Suitel appears in district court this afternoon for preliminary examination. J. F. Ulich of Solon serves as administrator. bond set at 2,000.
The district court opened this afternoon with the widow of J P Barta asking to have the exempt property of the estate set aside for her. Judge Bying granted the motion. Application for other orders was set to September 17.
The article notes that heiphtheria quarantines were lifted for the Gybison family and others in Kansas as home conditions improve. Alder 2, Wilkinson, and W H Howard had been confined and will be released once household cases improve.
The court session opened this afternoon before Judge Byington. Several wills were admitted to probate and no case of negligence was found. A damage suit over water diversion affecting land was taken up, involving a spillover claim on a vessel in Flusson.
H W Curtis and A Egley salesmen for the Irgritable Company. Mrs A Newman returned from Edgewood and Manchester Iowa. Wm George of Aurora Illinois visited on business. Langenberg in temporary office at liberal arte building during institute. Dr Julius T Haller to practice in Davenport after August. city employs eight locals to handle ticket sales for New Parker Amusement Company shows with five percent gross receipts to city. Typographical Union of Iowa City announces officers John Keppler president B W Johnson vice president Albert Burger secretary treasurer Hermenegild Klima recording secretary and other officers and committees.
E Fenton reports poor clover stands due to storms with many fields uncut. Timothy hay looks variable. corn is good where land is not waterlogged. oats are heavy and filling well. apples nearly fail with wet season hindering harvest. Overall wet weather depresses prospects and may push hay prices higher.
Clarence Fart formerly served with the Salvation Army local company and was commissioned as lieutenant from the Chicago training home. He is appointed to take charge of the work at Correctionville.
Mrs F S Lantz received a Lakeside Nebraska telegram Saturday morning reporting her daughter Miss Loemma Swoyer seriously ill and urging immediate travel. Swoyer had been bookkeeping for Comstock Richards at the Sprade ranch. Mrs Gantz took the early Sunday train to reach the ranch.
Iowa City council last Friday night passed a resolution authorizing the clerk to advertise for bids to paint the roof cornices and gutters of City Hall. Citizens may see the offices of administration touched up with color in the near future. President G E MacLean expects to return home from the east about July 1.
Officials report the Barber Paving Company has informed City Engineer Magowan that work is ready to begin after a dispute delayed paving. The project aims for completion by November 1, with representatives of the party pressing for timely execution amid the stalled start.
Sunday evening a pony driven by Hersial Ruppert and James Anderlick became frightened and chased down Dubuque street at full speed. The buggy collided with another vehicle near the corner of Washington and Dubuque, throwing both occupants, though they sustained no serious injuries. The pony was recaptured shortly after.
Last Friday President MacLean told the Department of Higher Education that the western plan of admitting students by certificates from inspected secondary schools is superior to the eastern method of entrance examinations. He argued the western approach has proved satisfactory in every respect.
Chas R Nass formerly of Liberty Township died after an accident July 4 last year when a wheel struck him while riding in a spring buggy. He was 34, leaves a wife and two children, and had run a restaurant in Germania, Iowa. Funeral services are planned Tuesday at Nass homie with burial in Meizer cemetery.
In the county clerk office a marriage permit has been issued to George E. Clegg and Grace H. Vanden burg. The document confirms authorization for the couple to marry under local civil registration rules.
The will of the late Catherine Gahan was admitted to probate by Judge Byington. The appointed trustee named is Miss Dora Gahan.
F J Wicks buys the C Bothel property on South Johnson through A E Meardon Real Estate Agency and plans it as his future home.
This evening Dr and Mrs Lytle with Misses Jessie Walker and Elizabeth Davis depart for Spirit Lake for a week of amusements. Dr Lytle also attends the state Knights Templar convention as a representative of Palestine Commandery of this city.
The will of the late John R Heath is contested by his daughter Mrs Elle Burke alleging mental delusion at execution. The objections claim Heath was old and mentally unfit, and that insanity caused the will to be made, seeking to prevent probate admission.
Mrs James Williams died at her home near Windham last Saturday night from heart failure after attending a sick friend during the day. Born in Pennsylvania 46 years ago, she moved to Iowa over forty years ago and is survived by a husband and seven children living in Davenport and Burlington. Funeral services will be held at the residence Tuesday morning with Key Dever conducting.
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