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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
20
Reports from Odessa and St Petersburg on July 5 describe renewed attempts to revive the mutiny aboard the battleship Kniaz Potemkine. Royal sailors handed six leaders to authorities, while torpedo boats and destroyers pursue the vessel amid scattered orders and international concern.
Telegraph dispatches from Berlin Odessa and St Petersburg describe a German colonist village threatened by Potemkin forces near Odessa and a mutinous crew on the transport Prout, with officers released and inquiries opened. Additional notes mention mutinies aboard the Emperor Nicolas II and uncertainty over Kniaz Potemkine's location.
An official dispatch from Toklo dated July 5 describes dawn July 2 attacks near Zorpinok as Itus cavalry detachment of about 400 men approached the area in Manchuria and engaged.
A Japanese front report from Manchuria describes cavalry and infantry engagements near the Pianin river north of Kangpin. The clash continued to dawn with hundreds of enemy casualties and over ninety enemy officers captured or killed.
United States Senator Mitchell plans to appeal a jury decision from Portland Oregon. A motion for a new trial is set for Monday and, if denied, the case may go to the U.S. Supreme Court. District Attorney Heney questions ground for further hearing and notes the senator can remain in the Senate while appeals proceed.
Stockholm reports the Associated Press states an order for mobilization of the Swedish army may have been issued and a proclamation likely within a week. The move is to bolster any settlement proposal from the special committee of the riksdag to the Norwegian storthing.
Benfey reports from England that Leander Club defeated Jesus College by length and three quarters while Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia beat Christ College Cambridge, though with more trouble than expected.
Chicago reports multiple baseball scores from July 3 across leagues. Brooklyn and Pittsburg lead in their openers, with strong showings by Philadelphia and St. Louis in separate matchups. Rain disrupted several second games. many teams split or won decisively.
In Asbury Park on July 5 at the National Educational association gathering Mayor George B Medeljan of New York addressed educational administration. He urged defining fundamental subjects and promoting public sentiment to adopt three E’s for good citizenship and public education’s role in shaping society.
An editorial argues the nation needs new thinking and educated leaders more than action alone. It laments restless, thoughtless deeds and warns that pursuit of effort without clear ends leads to folly. Notes Secretary Fall and figures Taft and Roosevelt arriving in San Francisco.
A funeral departed from the Chamber of Commerce at 10 a m and took an hour to the cemetery five miles away. In the cemetery chapel a quartet sang the hymn For all the saints and Hay Tennyson’s Crossing the Bar. Rev H C Hayden read scripture and offered a short prayer as the service proceeded. Interment followed on the family lot with more hymns Still still with thee and prayers and benediction.
Antoinette Beldensticker a 14 year old girl was acquitted of killing Herman Shipp after a 30 minute jury deliberation. She cried on her attorney's neck as the verdict was read. The May crime followed her discovery of Shipp courting other girls and she attempted suicide by shooting and then by leaping before a moving train.
Chicago July 5 police and other law officers barred from joining the Industrial Workers of the World as socialist leaders organize the labor group under Eugene Debs.
Catherine Cowan, 25, leaped into the North River as trains were halted by two New York Central rail road signalmen who left their tower to rescue her in a rowboat. She was pulled from the water but died later at a hospital.
Market summaries show mixed moves across cattle and sheep with receipts logged for cattle at 27 000 and sheep at 16 006 plus a range of prices for hogs and calves. Grain receipts list wheat 63, corn 16 25, oats 460 with estimates for wheat 43, corn 92 34, oats 237.
Reports from Des Moines St Louis Cincinnati and Indianapolis tally injuries and at least one death from Fourth of July celebrations. Aedes include a seven year old killed in Dubuque and dozens more injured by toy cannons crackers and fireworks.
The Fourth of July celebrations across big eastern cities report multiple deaths and hundreds of injuries. Notable incidents include New York where a man was killed by a stray bullet, a shell explosion injuring a soldier, and a deadly accident in Wheeling. Newark saw about 100 casualties with no fatalities, while Philadelphia logged four dead and over 200 wounded.
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