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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1903
Page
9
Reno Nevada September 20 Two fearful collisions reported on the Southern Pacific near Beowawe. Many were killed and injured. Details are not obtainable.
In Riga on September 26 a prison attack killed two guards and a policeman and wounded others. Police and authorities investigated the incident and sought the assailants.
In the case Calvin Clark versus Knox County Telephone Company the plaintiff seeks 6500 damages after a fall while in the company’s employ. The defense moved in court this afternoon to dismiss the case and remove it from the jury.
Professor Bohumil Shimek photographed Mrs. A. B. Cree’s night blooming scerens this forenoon. The plant blooms into daytime, a rare trait. Photos will join the university’s vast collection.
The grand jury will reopen its sessions tomorrow morning after a period of success since last Saturday noon. A well informed quarter hints at important matters may be considered, though no reports are expected tomorrow. If the Clark damage suit advances, County Attorney Fairchild may be unable to meet with jurors.
The treasurer's report to the school board last Monday shows improved funds. Cash on hand in the teachers' fund is $4,069.00 with overdrawn school house and contingent funds totaling $1,161.06 and $2,088.69 respectively, against prior year deficits. Interest paid on bonds $4,200 and principal \(£7,000\) reduced recorded bonds, with $65,000 remaining as outstanding bonds for the new school building.
Cedar Rapids Republican reports William Reese and A. J. Fowler were fined $30 each for alleged illegal fishing. Deputy Warden Frank Jp. Lamb and Tom M. Burns arrested them. they were arraigned before a North Liberty justice of the peace. Authorities vow to curb unlawful Cedar River fishing.
Jobo F Tanner son of Frank Tanner of this city forms a fruit business partnership in Davenport with Oscar C Woods.
Dr. D. H. Bowen former speaker of the House visited the city yesterday with his daughter Miss Mary Bowen who enters the university this year. Bowen represented the northwestern part of the state and was a strong friend of the university earning large appreciations during his term.
John B. Lee, an old Johnson county pioneer and father of J. J. and I B. Lee, is seriously ill at the I. B. Lee home in this city. Friends hope for his early recovery.
John Sigler was arrested after being found intoxicated and, after a hearing before Mayor Ball, given ten days in the county jail. Rev. O. Johnson arrived to arrange registration and plans to attend the Upper Town Methodist Conference next week.
This morning at Sotdock Katie Falls two years old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Falls of Tiffin died after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements not yet completed at press time.
Rev. Father T. A. Flannagan of Davenport is in the city today as a guest of his parents and other relatives and friends. J. G. Marner of the West Side has been reelected secretary of the West Lucas school board and RE. J. Hughes as treasurer.
The Citizen reports unofficial figures indicating a substantial rise in university registrations this year with estimates around twenty percent overall. Freshman totals show about four thousand three hundred enrolled, and engineering freshmen around fifty five to seventy, suggesting a forty percent increase in that college and a broad university uptick.
Conrad Hoffmas remains seriously ill at his Coralville home. A marriage license is issued to J. J. Miller and Ida M. Yoder. Mrs. Eden Pratt of Racine visits sister Mrs. Cr. Ranch in this city. Engineering building stonework nears completion visible from Washington and Capitol. A police court case over chickens ends with a $2 fine plus costs for Miss Emma Ricord, as Mrs. Mary Schriner’s suit is dropped. Grace Plummer of Des Moines visits Riverside then departs. she also stops at the Wambazagh home on North Dubuque Street.
The Congregational church women plan an annual fair on Wednesday December 13 at the opera house filled with entertaining acts. The Lyman Twins received hearty applause at last night’s opera house show as a local company staged a lively entertainment that delighted the crowd.
Mrs Eugene Jones shows little improvement over two days as paralysis in her lower limbs persists and stomach troubles continue. Doctors deem another operation inadvisable, reducing chances of ultimate recovery.
By order of the state board of control, prisoners sentenced from the county after September 30 will be sent to Anamosa penitentiary instead of Fort Madison. The district changes add Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson and Scott counties to Anamosa. The order will be communicated to local officials and judges.
Dean Teeters of the pharmacy department says the class will be the second largest in its history. He notes a strong rise in attendance based on current registrations.
Tomorrow evening at the Coldren opera house will feature Walker Whiteside with a strong company in Lieut. Gordon Sean's comedy We Are King. Whiteside, a Iowa City favorite, is expected to draw a large crowd as seats go on sale.
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