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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
10
An inquiry into a complaint filed with The Goal Prices targets Hearst, with officials examining allegations and potential impacts on operations. The investigation seeks to determine facts, determine accountability, and outline any required remedies or actions by Hearst.
New York reports the Interstate Commerce Commission continued Hearst led probe into coal railroads for Sherman antitrust pooling. Witnesses testified profits hovered around seven percent with price hikes justified by trade needs and public necessity. The commission weighed reasonableness of freight and coal prices amid legal pushback from Reading system counsel.
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Blacksmiths on the Union Pacific reach a settlement with the railroad, striking off Monday and returning Tuesday. Reinstatement is offered to existing non-union workers who apply within thirty days. Pay increases average about 10 percent. Nine hours constitute a workday. Price work left to worker discretion. Terms announced as official by both sides.
Reports describe a Marconi wireless demonstration with tall 240 feet poles and nearby shelters. Instruments sit in small buildings near the towers as tests and experiments proceed, signaling a technical advance in long distance messaging.
Wholesale emigration of miners and workers from Austria's Iron districts to the United States due to iron industry stagnation. Hundreds discharged since year's start as furnaces run short time and wages fall below 40 cents daily. Many families suffer while hope for relief fades and colonies of workers depart.
Washington reports the general fund balances excluding the 160 million gold reserve. The Treasury notes a large surplus and outlines related federal financial positions.
More than 100 persons lost when the Liban and Insulaire collided off Marseilles. Liban sank after steering for shore. 117 saved, many rescued by Balkan and other Fraissinet steamers. Desperate attempts followed as boilers exploded and crowds clung to wreckage.
The great flood along Road fa and the swollen streams in the Piedmont region have caused widespread loss of life and property. Conservative estimates place total losses at not less than 3.5 million dollars, with Athfton reporting 110 missing operatives. Clifton’s mills face about 2 million dollars in damage, Pacotst about 1.6 million, and 500 Clifton survivors are destitute. Bodies and debris are found along banks as floodwaters recede.
Weather report from Boston notes heavy rain drenched New England, quelling extensive forest fires torching vast areas. The drought ending after fifty days brought relief as frost and heat posed earlier threats to crops and brush. A long line of regional reports follows.
Grand jury in Washington reported an indictment against a former head of rural delivery in the Post Office department. He is charged with sharing profits on government contracts for letter box fasteners. The case cites conspiracy to defraud the government and outlines bond details and related arrests.
Hong Kong reports Governor Wong of Kwangsi says one million natives in distress are starving with women and children offered for sale. Rice harvest looks good but local relief will be insufficient without foreign aid. Assistance from Hong Kong and Canton has been sent, but funds are running dry.
Floods and fires devastated Kansas City rail lines with cars and buildings burned or washed away. Officials estimate losses may reach over two million dollars, with many routes out of the city heavily damaged or severed.
The 1914 Ohio Republican convention favored harmony on the state ticket. Myron T. Herrick was named for governor without opposition, with Warren G. Harding as lieutenant governor and Wade Hampton Wilson as attorney general. Augustus Summers sought school commissioner, while George H. Watkins backed for other posts.
A dispatch from Colonel Miner at Fort Leavenworth reports ordering 10 000 rations issued to Kansas City Kansas last night urgent action needed. He warns destitution west of the fort and urges sending engineers and a pontoon train toward Lawrence. No department action yet on concentration of supplies at Fort Leavenworth.
New York Evening Telegram reports in current financial circles that control of the Erie Railroad has been acquired by a combine of Gould Harriman and Rockefeller interests. The eastern connection from the Burlington Union Pacific St Paul to Gould systems is crowded out though Pennsylvania shares remain heavy.
The University of Ruskin administration accepts the resignation of Walthy Vioortan devthistee amid unspecified matters. The board states the move is unrelated to hospital or business affairs and notes political associations in the context of internal governance.
Immigration to Canada shows a sharp spring rise with 40,672 arrivals in four months, led by British and American settlers heading to Winnipeg and the Northwest. Canada’s growth outpaces the U.S. in percentage terms, driven by agricultural potential and Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic populations, while U.S. grain markets face competition.
Advertisement details reduced railroad fares to Chicago Boston Saratoga and Detroit with return options and dates in July and June. Tickets valid via Wabash and steamers Detroit Buffalo with no extra meals or berth charges. Stopovers allowed at Niagara Falls and other points. Contact Barry Wise man toah and Moore for folders from Chicago east via the Northern Route.
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