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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1903
Page
4
Irregular trade conditions reflect fuel and labor strife delaying operations while New England textiles face strikes and idle capacity. Rail embargoes ease, maritime and iron and steel output improves with March gains of 12.8 percent over last year and 22.9 percent over 1901.
Market listings from Chicago to New York show varied price ranges for wheat, corn, oats, rye, potatoes, butter, and hogs, with bids in pounds, dollars, and mixed currencies. Cattle and sheep quotes appear alongside shipping grades and regional indicators, reflecting a broad price snapshot.
In St Louis a meeting of the exposition officials adopted the three day dedication program. The April 20 to May 2 events include a grand fireworks display and a presidential address by Roosevelt with Cleveland among speakers. Military parade and formal ceremonies mark the dedication with state governors laying corner stones.
Nationwide walkout by Structorol Tron workers and manufacturers begins May 1. Officials expect strikes to ripple through the textile mills of Lowell and iron works nationwide, with 200000 in the textile sector and many more in metal fabrication affected. Wages cited range from 4.40 to 4.80 a day. demands include union control over member orders and full national organization backing. Strikes threaten significant disruption if mills close beyond two weeks.
Judge Murphy handed down findings at Huffalo in the Burdick inquest, declaring the murderer's identity not proved. The report highlights letters between Arthur R. Pennell and Mrs Bardick with a threatening note, noting potential warrant grounds if Pennell were alive. Mrs Tine and Mise Protehingen are exonerated. Mrs Bardick is blamed for the tragedy albeit with lenient censure.
Cara Madge suicide noted with Columbus references while a trainmen strike denial circulates. A minister named Vewen shows anxiety to return to Veneanela as another fragment mentions St. Louis events and a suspenseful discovery in Missouri. Robert Or St. Joseph is referenced with a violent act and a related enemy case involving E Walter Linewinecer.
Congress approves 12.5 million dollars to double rural delivery next year beginning July 1. The Postal Service plans 35 000 new routes, rising from 14 095 in operation to about 24 000 by year end, expanding service across one third of the United States and needing 603 additional carriers at an annual cost near 24.0 million dollars.
The Chicago health department proposes the vacuum method for cleaning carpets, chair covers, tapestries and walls to remove dust and disease germs. A machine with vacuum pumps draws dust into an exhaust to an incinerator for destruction, reducing spread of illnesses like influenza and scarlet fever. A wreck in Arie, Texas, injured five people.
Announcement of the National Packing Company consolidating Swift & Co Armour & Co and others in Chicago with a $15 million capitalization aiming for over $70 million. Jesse D. Lyman elected president. directors include top officers of Swift, Armour, and Selwyn Moree & Co. firms from Chicago Omaha and New York joining to create a dominant packing trust.
Articles of incorporation filed for the Louis Vandalia and Eastern Railway. Lake Shore debuts observation cars on the 20th century limited Chicago to New York. Texas Legislature approves Rock Island consolidation bills. Fore Marquette unveils 30 million for new equipment including 5,000 freight cars. Western railroads seek to curb special theater company concessions under Tikins act. Largest roundhouse at Climton Iowa with 60 foot locomotives and 48 stalls. Canadian Northern buys Fort Garry Park Winnipeg to enhance passenger terminals. Nebraska tax reform proposals impact railroad property levies.
Cuban Senate approves the reciprocity treaty with the United States by a 12 to 9 vote. Confirmation cites Hay cable assurances for a special session and indicates amendments were dispensed with. Debate covers House passage, constitutional consults, and a substitute report urging prompt reciprocity without altering the treaty.
Reports cite Hartford carpenters seeking 3 4 day weeks, Milwaukee dock workers demanding eight hour days, and Nebraska City and Belgians pursuing wage hikes and home ownership through organized labor. Other notes include Belgium housing programs for workers, Pittsburg and Boston wage talks, and national painter and paperhanger union developments amid broader anti Asiatic labor sentiment in Hawaii.
A dated review recalls threats of secession by western states over river navigation and the Mississippi. It notes a banquet in New Orleans honoring Thomas Paine, land sales near Kanawha Virginia, sales of George Washington era land in Maryland and Virginia, Jefferson's militia law, and Ohio's early statehood proclaimed by Gen. Edward Titin.
Seventy five years ago John Les, a negro, was advertised for sale in Washington DC for prison fees and other expenses. The House refused hats removal as a rights issue. Malls were to be carried weekly between Monroe and Tecumseh in Michigan territory. Robbers attacked a mail stage between Princeton and Trenton NJ, driven off by an armed guard. A New York Lieutenant Governor appointed commission investigated the disappearance of William Morgan, believed murdered by Manona.
Washington reports a reign of terror as Gen. Buford’s pocket is picked of 1900 dollars and a Kee keeps Vermont segment finds a man murdered in a hotel. Milton Tennessee sees a defeat of Confederate generals John Morgan and Joseph Wheeler by Col. Hall’s small force. Forty enemy killed, 150 wounded, 150 captured. Washington churches become hospitals due to 6000 empty beds. officers resigning or dismissed are to be enrolled as privates.
John G Whittier braved March winds to reach Barton to aid friend Bumner whose censure he sought to stave off. Washington papers mock a $15000 pneumatics tube experiment appropriation as fey and fraud. George McDonald is jailed in New York over alleged Bank of England forgery links. New York M C A members offer $200 rail fare to San Francisco and back but are rebuffed as too low.
Secretary of the Interior Teller urged the land office to pursue charges against John Melbit trick and Kansas ranchmen paid to fence large tracts of government grazing land. Also notes Vanderbilt ball in New York with organizers in titled roles and a first telephone link between New York City and Cleveland amid near-future experiments to connect New York and China.
Ten years earlier Ex-President Thengamin Harrison commented on his defeat and urged Republicans to keep fighting while predicting Whert would again sit on the party banner. A New York mass meeting endorsed Gladstone’s home rule bill with Rourke Cochran as chief speaker. Tremont Temple in Bow ten burned, incurring a $509,000 loss.
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