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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
8
The Iowa State superintendent reverses a county ruling in a case where teacher Rose Frank faced accusations of cruelty in punishing a director’s son. The appeal argues the board erred by restricting counsel and failing to address alleged bias. The county board is condemned for harassing the teacher rather than supporting her.
Government weather bulletin notes general frost in the central states and scattered damage to crops. Corn and wheat reports vary by region with northern plains and Dakotas affected. Missouri and Mississippi valleys see delayed thrashing. Favorable Pacific coast week. tobacco and potatoes show stress in several states. Frosts threaten apples and late crops. overall crop prospects mixed with regional losses.
Joseph Chamberlain born 1836, educated in London. He served as Mayor of Birmingham, member of Parliament for Birmingham and West Birmingham, led the Board of Trade and Local Government Board, and was a commissioner in the 1887 North American fisheries arbitration. He resigned as Secretary of State for the Colonies in June.
General refuses to deliver Sherman Parker and three others held by 800 militiamen with two Gatling guns and sharpshooters aboardable court in Teller County Colorado. Judge Beers orders delivery to sheriff. troops march out as Gov. Peabody respects the civil authority and says formal orders will follow.
The fastest European railway trains are now in France rather than Hagland. The Association of Railway Supervisors of Bridges and Buildings will meet in Quebec. The Roadmaster and Maintenance of Way Association holds its annual meeting in Kensan City, Minnesota. North Dakota millers urge merger roads to abolish wheat transit charges. Halifax to Vancouver by Canadian Pacific is 8,602 miles, the longest uninterrupted rail journey. US freight cars total 1,505,902 with 42,292,977 tons capacity. Transcontinental Grand Trunk Pacific bill debates in Dominion Parliament. Frisco and Big Four plan a double track Chicago to St. Louis route. New York Steamship and Atlantic Coast Line sign to run freight New York to Knoxville. The Snevn cut-off on Great Salt Lake route nears completion at an estimated $13,001,000.
The farmers national congress assembles at Niagara Falls for its twenty third annual session with about 800 delegates from 38 states. President H. Lancers of Albany delivers welcome, topics include reciprocity treaties labor questions and public utilities. Major I G Purse of Savannah discusses sugar supply and home production urges boosting sugar via cane and beet growing. Timothy L Woodruff discusses agricultural conditions in insular possessions while Cortelyon explains the new labor department. O P Austin notes farm exports and population trends since 1870. The group adopts resolutions for agricultural census every five years Oklahoma admission postal savings banks and graduated income tax and pledges delegates to the referendum movement. An invitation to the Industrial Conference in Chicago is accepted.
Reports detail Chinese coppersmiths earning one dollar daily, South African white labor demand rising, British and Canadian unions pushing for shorter hours, and US unions in several cities pursuing wage and recognition gains. Notable items include a Munich allied pension updates, German parliamentary labor representation, and a looming US Congress agenda on veterans' pensions and postal investigations.
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