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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1903
Page
22
An advertisement compares children to young plants and promotes Scott's Emulsion as a solution for weakness and growth failure. It claims the product feeds the child regardless of cause, offering a free sample and listing Scott & Bowne as chemists with a New York address.
In effect November 2 1802 railway timetables list routes north east and west with numbered trains. The document shows departures from Iowa City Station including St Paul Davenport Burlington Elmira Muscatine Cedar Rapids Montezuma and Riverside connections with arrivals and departures listed for freight and passenger services. Agent Breese of the C K I & P oversees the schedule.
A Chinese rebellion in Kwangsi and Ewangsi overwhelms imperial forces. Rebels besiege Lin Chow and Kweilin while three rebel armies close on Kereilin. Governor Wang Chi Chen retreats with losses. roads are held by rebels and commissary routes blocked. Rumors claim resignations and imperial secret dispatches as uprisings spread.
General Buddo, Prussian minister of public works, rode in a fourth class car from Berlin to Elbang for six hours to inspect conditions. He spoke with passengers and announced improvements to make future fourth class travel more comfortable. The emperor attended the 50th anniversary of General Von Schlieffen’s entry into service and praised his career.
Wayne circuit court rules against Walton Salt of Algonac Michigan in suit brought by Walton Salt against National Salt to enforce a contract dating from 1894 under which Walton would receive 4000 dollars monthly for remaining idle. Judge Donovan holds the contract violates Sherman anti trust and is void. Decision affects National Salt now in receivership and may annul related contracts.
In Effingham on April 2 a clash between Austin and Photography college students over a stolen cannon left several injured. Names include Harvey Shoemaker of Cairo Illinois R J Spencecragh of Orchard Nebraska John Hinehart of Effingham and Billy Morgany of Sault Ste Marie Michigan. Additional Austin students were hurt.
Berlin April 2 report confirms the German Empress will not accompany Emperor William on his approaching visit to Rome due to an injured arm. The emperor has begun his journey toward Copenhagen.
In St Louis on April 3 negotiations between Wabash railroad officials and its employees continued after several attorney conferences. They reportedly settled many minor issues and prepared for talks on the main grievances, aiming for a quick resumption of negotiations after the March 3 injunction.
The US cruiser Atlanta arrives and will land marines if needed as fighting erupts near Sam Antonio De Guerra. Government troops clash with rebels, leaving an estimated 145 dead or wounded and suspending interior communications and commerce. A rebel go boat carries arms, and 50 sailors guard the US consulate in Santo Domingo City. A Dominican shell hits the German consulate causing damage.
E H Harriman would receive a land and cash concession from President Diaz of Mexico if he constructs a railroad in lower California extending to connect with the Southern Pacific main line. A Mexican company to build the Gilf and Imperial line is to be formed. The railroad from Old Beach in the Colorado Desert toward the Colorado River shows 28 miles completed with surveys extending further south.
In New York on April 3 George Bothner of this city defeated American champion Tom Riley of England Louisville Ky. Marvin Hart of the city won the decision over Jack Bonner of Summins Hill Pa in a foul in the fourth round of a twenty round contest. Edward Corry former heavyweight champion of Indiana is dead at 36. Joe Walcott and Billy Woods fought 26 rounds to a draw in Los Angeles.
An organizer of the International Brotherhood of Metal Workers, Castleman, was shot three times at a meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor grievance committee and is likely mortally wounded. He had recently formed a local metal workers council aimed at displacing an older union, with recognition before the federation at the time of the shooting.
Senator James P. Clarke and Congressman Brundridge clashed on a street in Rock, Arkansas, on April 4. The fight ended after bystanders intervened with no injuries reported. Brundridge claims Clarke insulted him, sparking the altercation.
Lansing, April 3. L Judson Jammond was fined 2000 dollars or two years in county jail for soliciting a bribe on certain legislation. The fine was paid.
In St Louis on April 2 Judge Adams urged settlement of the Wabash dispute. He suggested the defendant’s counsel may propose arbitration under the 1898 act if both sides concede, signaling a rational fix to a business quarrel. George J. Gould may aid efforts as labor leaders weigh next steps.
Arnold of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen expresses satisfaction with the Wabash ruling and hopes for an amicable settlement. Commissioner of Immigration Sargent calls the decision a victory for organized labor and valuable to labor groups.
Philadelphia April 2 The strike commission award has gone into full effect across the anthracite region. In several towns parades and mass meetings marked the inauguration of new conditions with generally smooth readjustment of hours and other terms. Some friction reported but expected to be resolved in days. In the Reading area firemen protested three twelve hour shifts, alleging shift changes increased workload despite reduced hours.
April 2 hearing in Chicago alleges corruption by Edward J. Novak a city council member and state legislator. John G. Panoch former real estate partner accuses Novak of cash payments totaling seven thousand dollars plus six thousand and seven hundred nine for various votes and stock in a related ordinance.
Bids opened for the Jeffries Corbett fight with the Yosemite club of San Francisco offering 20 906 or 7 percent of gross receipts. The San Francisco club offered 67 12 percent. Paddy Car Toll of Chicago proposed 30 000 for the fight, in Ravana in Remember or 24 000 in Atlanta in Tune. No choice has been made.
A pig with eight legs and five lower jaws is on display at a local taxodermist's office in Sidney. The bizarre specimen has been started and is kept as a curiosity drawing public interest.
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