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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1903
Page
6
Des Moines and Southern railways plan a connecting route to link the Santa Fe with the Twin Cities, with a Des Moines depot access by April. John McGill, believed dead 25 years, returns to his family in Council Bluffs. Waterloo burglary yields 1,000 in treasures and a $1,000 deposit. Several Iowa towns report dueling crimes, funerals, bank and bank-note issues, and public notices across Perry, Davenport, Ottumwa, and Des Moines.
Veteran lawmakers retire after long careers as the fifty seventh Congress ends. Senator Jones of Nevada known as the father of the Senate has shaped national legislation quietly for thirty years. Senator Grow of Pennsylvania retires after nearly sixty years in public life and a Civil War spoke for the homestead act signed in Lincoln era. Senator Jones of Arkansas and Senator Tones of Nevada also exit as the Senate loses its seasoned leadership and experience.
Chicago carpenters seek 50 cents an hour while Sacramento waiters and Chinese cooks clash over pay. Streetcar workers in Switzerland earn 80 cents daily for twelve hours. New York unions report 20 percent membership rise in six months. Butte telegraph girls win $16 monthly after a strike. Baltimore clothing cutters gain 25 cents daily from April 1. Union growth climbs from 450 to 28,000 for boilermakers and shipbuilders over ten years. Birmingham trades form mutual protection alliance. labour temple planned in Providence. Belfast linen industry employs at least 70,000. Chicago electrical workers press for a one dollar daily increase effective April 4, with current pay at four dollars. San Francisco glove makers propose a March 1 wage schedule. Erie Railroad freight handlers see 17 to 18.5 cents hourly rise at Jersey City. Omaha engineers approve a new wage scale via Central Labor Union. Illinois Free Employment Bureaus report 24,000 men and 13,134 women aided last year. Virginia House bans factory labor for under-12s and tightens 12–14 work. Toronto painters seek 85 cents hourly from April 15. past wages 30 cents for eight hours. New York State Federation plans twenty measures, including blocking injunctive relief in strikes. Rail telegraph operator committees submit higher wages and new rules. AFL executive council backs commissioner to study labor in Hawaii, Philippines, China, Japan. Motormen, firemen, guards on Manhattan Elevated face wage-hour discontent. Union Pacific policy rejects place work as a strike settlement basis. Oldest trade union, Amalgamated Custom Tailors of England, cites arbitration board. Auburn Street Railway raises wages 10–20 percent by service length.
An overview of the Fifty seventh Congress outlines major acts and debates. Antitrust reforms, railroad merger actions, and the establishment of the Commerce and Labor Department feature prominently, with immigration, tariff, and pension measures shaping the legislative landscape. The report notes defeats including a ship subsidy bill, a statehood measure, and Aldrich’s treasury plan, while highlighting advances in militia organization and anti piracy provisions.
A summary of key 37th Congress actions including abolition of the department of commerce and labor, new Jersey publicity campaign, authorization of construction in Panama, tariff and tax changes, anti counterfeiting and anti inflation measures, reorganizations, civil government for eastern possessions, currency establishment for the Philippines, redemption of Hawaiian money, repealing war taxes, and various civil and diplomatic policy bills.
Tribute to retiring Speaker David B Henderson closes the fifty-seventh Congress. A sea of spectators crowds the House galleries as Speaker elect Cannon receives the gav el from Henderson. Majority Leader Payne reads a resolution thanking Henderson for his dignified chairmanship and service.
Federal Judge Adams in St Louis issues first sweeping court order against a strike by Wabash Railway employees. Prohibits quitting, interfering with business, or pressuring connecting mines to halt traffic. Demands include wage increases of 12 to 15 percent. about 2,500 directly involved, with up to 60,000 more potentially drawn into dispute.
A compact recounting of century old items notes a New York lottery aiding literature, slave trade suppression efforts, and a French shipment of bloodhounds. It also recalls neutral clashes over emancipation, presidential statements, and early railroad surveys alongside later 19th century political shifts and misadventures.
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