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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
4
Reports from St Petersburg and Moscow describe growing unrest as telegraph workers strike and troops clash with crowds. Officials face a faltering regime, with guards deployed, Cossacks restrained, and calls for a constitution gaining momentum amid protests and student clashes in Moscow.
A deputation of thirty strikers presents five demands to the municipal council including constitutional liberty, subsidized food, halting supplies to troops and police, evacuation of water works, and immunity from arrest. Police arrest the deputation but release them after government officials intervene amid widespread panic and rumors. News lines report disrupted communications with the interior, with only the Nystad Sweden cable remaining as a link to the outside world.
The message notes a dire Moscow situation with widespread strikes and weak government response. It mentions Mharkoff and a governor retracting troops from firing, signaling limited progress amid ongoing unrest.
Seattle October 30 Prank 3B Hubbell capitalist and club man reputed to be worth near 250 pounds committed death by his own action in his Hotel Washington apartments by inhaling gas. He attached a tube to the gas jet lay on the floor and took the poisonous vapour. Found unconscious by his wife whom he married three months ago he was revived by a physician but died three hours after discovery. Friends and relatives could not explain the deed noting his finances were in first class condition. The dead man was 48 and owned valuable Seattle properties. relatives live in Ontario Canada.
The Methodist bishops adjourned without action on Professor Mitchells confirmation as Hebrew teacher at Boston University after a day of debate over the higher criticism of the Bible. Bishop Walden said the case involves church principles and laws beyond the mere confirmation.
United States Commissioner Ridgeway discharged Frederick Peckham and Moses Haas who were charged with conspiring with Edwin Holmes Jr to defraud the government by obtaining advance information of the cotton report. Ridgeway ruled no crime was committed under the statutes. In Lancaster Pennsylvania a blast near Cresswell caused rocks to crash into a shelter where laborers slept, killing one and fatally injuring a child beside its mother. several others injured.
New Haven authorities revoke the license to produce Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Hypreion theater. Mayor Studley acted on complaints alleging indecency and deeming the play unfit for presentation. The decision cites concerns about public morality and the theater's suitability for local audiences.
Donna Solosth aged 12 and Dorothy Solosth aged 16, daughters of Lars Solosth, jumped from a second story window to escape a house fire at Wealthy avenue and Straight street in Grand Rapids, as flames burst through the wall, destroying the home.
Forty five damage suits filed against leading coal companies in the bituminous fields here allege eviction of miners last winter. The total damages sought amount to 112000 dollars.
Chenoa Illinois October murder spree unfolds as William Leduc shoots his brother in law Chas Nickel mayor and bank president, wounds bystander Hugh Jones, then holds bank vault under siege. Sheriff Edwards quarters in Bloomington posse. Leduc, 45, may plead insanity amid domestic dispute motives cited.
Loren Barret and Mae Post, central figures in the Dudson tar and feather party, were issued a Toledo marriage license. Barret faced adultery charges after remaining loyal to Post amid humiliation. Post filed for divorce, and several women involved were prosecuted for rioting but found guilty only of assault and batters.
Stanley Ryan, 22, a local teacher from Bennington, was fatally shot by Jennie Moody at her home in Vevay Indiana. Moody claimed the shooting was accidental though Ryan doubted it, stating Moody had threatened to shoot him two weeks earlier if he ceased seeing her.
The Duchess of Arcos wife of the new Spanish minister to Italy arrived in Rome from St. Petersburg and reported that her trunk had been robbed of jewels valued at about 4000 dollars while in transit.
Ex Speaker of the state house W Cantwell dies at age 46 in Hartford after long tuberculosis of the kidneys. He had wasted to fifty pounds and required cotton supports, with periods of rational thought as his condition declined. He sought no further medicines as death approached, calling it a remarkable case.
Jacksonville, October 20. Cora Barton a young waitress stands to inherit an estate valued between 25000 and 50000 dollars. The property traces to her grandmother on her father’s side and includes part of a 60000 dollar real estate claim from her late husband’s mother. Mrs Barton and her husband were separated fourteen years before his death. Since news of the windfall spread, Miss Barton has received many marriage proposals from strangers and restaurant patrons, which she has rejected.
Ex President Cleveland unveils Nebraska’s monument to J Sterling Morton father of Arbor Day. He warns against worshipping money idols while praising Morton’s life and service amid a large Nebraskan crowd with officials present. Receipts report and Chicago horse show closing follow in separate items.
Walter Juna, 17, at Litchfield U1 was found not guilty of murder in the Willam Rothe case. The pension bureau reports 2,008 Civil War veterans died in September. A Spanish cruiser foundered off Villanova after striking a rock. General Dragomiroff, famed Russian war hero, dies near St. Petersburg. John Kelly Jr., 27, of Rochester NY, dies after a Lake Shore train fall in Porter Indiana.
Frank A. Vanderlip urged a pension system for labor at the Commercial club banquet in Chicago. He cited Germany’s model with employee and worker contributions and joint committees for sick and accident funds, arguing co operation between employers and workers supports a fairer social order and safeguards for aging labor.
An inquiry shows over seventy major U S corporations have adopted some form of old age pension plan with more than 400 evaluating it. Proponents cite employee retention and promotion, while warning against compulsory government supervised schemes. A separate Iowa incident reports Arthur Froyd of Mingo hanged himself using a cow’s halter in a farm building, his spouse discovering him.
Henry Sporleder marks nine months with Rummelhart grocery. Aélen O'Brien and Nangie Brennen of Cedar Rapids visited. Sadie Hess started as stenographer for the Equitable. Mrs. W. J. Hotz remains ill and not improving quickly. W. E., C. Foster and daughters Florence and Mabel returned from Chicago. Chas Wyman and John O'Connell visited from Atlantic, Iowa. May Liske will work as a Hatch's department store clerk next week. Prof J A Loos addresses Des Moines Women’s Club. Shimek to lecture for Cedar Rapids Minerva Club. J G Meyers from North Liberty active in stock business, recently moved cattle to Chicago and back.
Mrs. Thos. Cleland of Alliance Ohio says she suffered grip thrice and was left with a bad cough. She reports each time Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cured her and highly recommends the medicine. For sale by all druggists. Mon Fri
Superintendent H J Biderman of Pinkerton notes a $6000 missing in the Cunliffe affair. A baby carriage lining hid $5000 from Adams Express while Cunliffe confessed to giving his wife the funds. Mrs Cunliffe denies any confession or possession of the money and locates it with her father in Hartford Connecticut.
Report from New York shows Edward O Wolcott a former senator left a large fortune mainly tied to Colorado mining and western properties. He died in Monte Carlo on March 1 2005 with a New York estate valued at 567113. Half goes to brother Henry R R Wolcott while siblings and nieces receive smaller fixed sums and the remainder is divided among beneficiaries.
Washington dispatch reports Captain Wrook R. McCoy in a surprise assault near Dakwan Mindanao on Oct 22. Patto Ali his son and ten followers died. two of Ali’s wives and several children were captured along with forty followers. Seven rounds of ammunition and six guns were seized. Two U S soldiers L W Bobb and Martin L Bales were killed. Ob J Berke wounded.
Principal games reported with teams and scores including Purdue 3 Indians 11 in Indianapolis, Northwestern 0 2, Champaign Chicago Physicians and Surgeons 0 Hlingle 30, Minnesota 40, Wisconsin St at Madison Alumni 0, Pennsylvan = 66 over Carlisle 0, Columbia 0 over Princeton 12, Brown 0 over Harvard 10, Yale 20 over West Point 0, Drake 0 over Michigan 48, Tulane 6 over St Louis.
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