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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1903
Page
4
The Roosevelt Loomis correspondence reveals disputes over Bowens Venezuela case and Hay’s strong criticism of Bowens conduct. Loomis claims Hay distrusted Bowen, while Hay regretted Bowens role and pressed for Loomis to stay. Loomis cites Hay's praise for his own cordialities and notes final hours with Hay before his death.
The president defends a New York newspaper report about his aide Fou and Hay relations. He states Hay supported Fou, regretted Fou leaving service, and opposed Taft's report on Bowen. He asserts Bowen's charges were aimed at Hay and that Fou faced no fault, with vindication for the aide.
Miss Alice Roosevelt reached Shinomiye harbor and boarded the steamer Minnesota for Yokohama. She was greeted by many launch boats displaying Japanese and United States flags as the harbor showed a lively scene until the Minnesota cleared.
Thousands greeted President Roosevelt in Washington on his return, cheering from the station to the White House as he acknowledged the spontaneous display. Mrs. Roosevelt shared the warmth, while Oyster Bay also rang with cheers and a chorus of girls singing God be with you till we meet again.
Milwaukee grand jury reports 157 indictments involving 35 persons. Carnelius DL Corcoran chief target with 24 indictments against him for city contract sales of hay and oats. Ex alderman William Murphy charged with bribery. Fred Schultz reporter accused. Frank G Blode charged with perjury. Jury urges periodic grand juries.
Chicago and El Paso dispatches report John Alexander Dowie, who calls himself Elijah’s reincarnation, struck by paralysis while on a train and en route to Tamaulipas. Dowie says he has chosen a successor but will not reveal the name after his death.
Washington dispatch notes Civil Service Commissioner Alford W. Cooley has welcomed a child. The president sent a message urging him to keep up the good work as he balances duties with fatherhood.
J M Chil ders, age 40, found guilty by a United States grand jury on two indictments for feloniously aiding two post office robbers to escape from LaCrosse county jail in Wisconsin. The escapees were H W Tarinor and An firey Cunningham.
A national Liberal party convention in Havana refuses to accept Jose Miguel Gomez resignation and maintains the candidate for the presidency.
Chicago October 2 report lists results from Saturday and Sunday: New York beat St. Louis 9 2. Philadelphia 15 defeated Cincinnati 2. Brooklyn won against Pittsburgh 8 in Pittsburgh, with a second game tied 2 2 at eight innings due to darkness. Chicago edged Philadelphia 2 0. Sunday Cincinnati edged New York 5 4 in ten innings, and New York won 3 4 in five innings. St Louis split with Brooklyn. Chicago split with Philadelphia. American League saw Washington 4 over St. Louis 2, Detroit 3 over Boston 2, Philadelphia 4 over Chicago 3, and New York 7 over Cleveland 5 with a later Cleveland 1 New York 6 in extra. darkness marked several games.
Six hundred fifty workers from Martinique aboard the French steamer Versailles balked at leaving the vessel and refused vaccination amid U S sanitary rules. Police clubbed many as Panaman officials moved to enforce landing while some leaped into the sea. By evening all were ashore and sent toward Corozal for work on the canal.
Odessa reports the body of Major General Kondratenko, commander of the Seventh East Siberian rifles, killed at Port Arthur, arriving by steamer. The ceremony drew civic and military demonstrators from across Russia and Manchuria. The steamer’s arrival contrasted with Stoessel’s reception. The hearse train carried Kondratenko to St. Petersburg for interment before Emperor Nicholas in the Alexander Nevsky monastery.
Trev A Lincoln Moore of Riverside Baptist church announced after a sermon that he will head a league to expose alleged misdeeds of insurance officials under investigation by a legislative committee. The league aims to secure resignations of President John A McCall and Vice President George W Perkins and to force restoration of diverted trust funds.
New York reports Senator Platt arriving from Washington stating he is against Governor Higgins for another term under any circumstances. He rejects any knowledge of a public printer decision and questions Odell's guaranteed support to Woodruff for mayor and governor, if offered.
William Loeb wife of the secretary to the president is seriously ill at her Washington home. A physicians consultation has been held.
The imperial family, who had been cruising in Finnish waters aboard the Polar Star, has returned to Peterhof.
Secretary of war William Howard Taft and his Far East delegation traveled through Chicago yesterday on their journey toward the east. The traveling party included Taft and officials as they proceed with the schedule.
A major lockout in Berlin starts at three leading electrical firms affecting about 33,100 workers. The strike leaves thousands unemployed as negotiations stall.
A Soo Line stock train failed to brake sending cars over a retaining wall into a Soo liner in St Paul. One woman died and nine others seriously injured out of about a score hurt. Names include Clara N Cross and several Minneapolis residents. In Birmingham, a Louisville Nashville switch engine derailment killed three men including T P Bibb and Joseph Aaron.
Three new federal suits accuse western Nebraska cattlemen of unlawfully fencing 240000 acres of government land. The Ware group in Hooker county allegedly fenced 100000 acres in the Dismal River forest reserve. Black and partners fenced nearly 100000 acres in the Tistai forest reserve, and Albert and A M Modisett are linked to 40000 acres in Sheridan county.
Mrs. Mary A. O Hare aged 45 of Cherry Valley Leicester walks into Olneys pond with her 11 month old baby and drowns in a double tragedy. No cause given. The Cumberland Presbyterian loyalist committee opposes union with the Northern Cumberland in Nashville. At Michigan University President Angell calls for moral struggle as students depart home for college life. A Tokyo fire in Hiroshima storehouse causes $2 million in losses, destroying twenty temporary buildings and contents.
Consul General Gowdy was honored by the French government at a farewell banquet under the American Chamber of Commerce. Ambassador McCormick presented the Legion of Honor insignia as Gowdy noted a large U S France trade rise during his tenure. William Dalliba and William Seligman urged the reciprocity treaty. Gowdy sails from Paris to Liverpool aboard the Baltic October 4.
Newport Indiana October 2 Sheriff Stephen halted a scheduled twenty round boxing match after arresting two principals Kid Hubert from Kansas City and Carl Anderson from Hammond along with Anderson’s manager Brad Hennessey as spectators dispersed into the woods near the Indiana Illinois line. Blubert fled with the crowd. Most spectators were from Doneville.
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers will visit President Roosevelt in Washington to discuss averting a potential strike in the anthracite region next spring. Mitchell travels from Scranton to New York and then to Washington for the appointment. In a separate report, two Dudley brothers from Washington drown in the Potomac after one fell from a boat, the other perishing while trying to save him.
The Duchess of Devonshire launched the armored cruiser Natal in Barrow in Furness. Colonel Vickers, who presided at a luncheon after the ceremony, described it as the most powerful cruiser in the world.
In Chicago on October 2 the All-Chicago team, the city's top players, beat a British eleven 2 to 1 in the fastest association football match ever seen in the west.
J. A. Howells, Jefferson journalist, named consul to Turk’s Island. Congress begins an inquiry into the White River as a potential deep waterway. Jose Estrada Palma studies railway business. M. Prevost, VP of Pennsylvania Railroad, is dead in Philadelphia. Admiral Evans may take sick leave at his request due to ill health. Czar promotes Sergius Witte to count for peace services. Rev. J. Tu Williford of Taylorsville Free Methodist shot dead by Eli Green during a hunt. French Parliament to reconvene Oct 30. Chicago reports Typographical Union members kidnapping a man who refused to strike. Pope receives Right Reverend Herman Joseph Alerding in private audience. New yellow fever cases and deaths reported in New Orleans. French capital continues heavy investment in Mexican industries. William Gaie, Cardiff pedestrian, dies at 74 in Cincinnati. Budapest prefect bans torchlight processions amid political tension. J A McIntyre of Sheridan sells Grammarian trailer to Wisconsin Stock Co. for 3000 dollars.
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