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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
4
Publisher announces higher production costs necessitating a price increase to 1.50 after January 1, 1904. New subscribers receive THE LEADER at 1.00 from now to 1905, old subscribers paid ahead or in arrears keep 1.00. Also notes Drake University inheritance, Dowie bankruptcy, Zion City receivership, harvest weather, corn yields, and Malvern road proposal.
The text discusses a U S envoy stating that passage through Panama would cost little and reflects on missed chances to secure terms in a treaty before Congress. It critiques Panama’s independence and the canal project while noting credit and leverage lost by overestimating wealth and power.
Manila reports reveal Richardson & Co tied to a conspiracy to ship Chinese coolies as merchants in Amoy. Ballentine and Miller are implicated with Carl Johnson signing certificates. Officials uncover a contract naming Johnson and others. Senor Rios, Taybas leader, has been hanged. Toledo, Ladrone leader, is convicted and sentenced to death after surrender with thirty men.
About 40 000 visitors attended the International Live Stock exposition at the Chicago stockyards. Nebraska Agricultural College exhibited Challenger a two year seven month blue ribbon Hereford steer winning the grand championship breaking a pure bred hegemony. Minnesota's Clear Lake Jute I Aberdeen Angus placed second as Berkshire Swine association pledges 2000 dollars for St. Louis prizes.
Reading workers walk out as a 10 percent wage cut prompts 200 employees of the North Reading foundry to quit. The American Iron and Steel plant resumes full-time operation after five months of idleness, signaling a shift from partial to full production.
Chicago dispatch reports the Grain Dealers National Association selecting Milwaukee as the site for its next convention. The event is scheduled for October 4 to 6, 1904, under the direction of the association's board of directors.
Reports of excellent harvesting weather in Argentina and bearish statistics spurred liquidation of wheat. May closed fractionally lower after an early advance. May corn and oats slipped slightly. January provisions closed a touch lower. Cash futures showing varied values across wheat and corn grades, with listed prices for January and May contracts.
Chicago ledger shows cattle receipts 6000 including 1500 westerns with varied prices from 5.20 to 5.85 for good to prime steers and calves 2.50 to 4.75. Hog receipts 30000 with tomorrow's import estimated at 85000, hog prices from 4.25 to 4.60. Sheep receipts 15000 with wethers 3.25 to 4.23 and lambs up to 5.80, western and native varieties present.
Kansas City stock receipts total 18 600 cattle with varied classes priced from 1 75 to 8 25 and calves up to 6 00. Hogs receipts 7 000 with steady to higher close and top at 4 05 while most sales around 4 50 to 4 00. Sheep receipts 9 000 with native lambs 4 25 to 5 25 and western lambs 3 75 to 5 00.
South Omaha daily market report shows cattle receipts at 4200 with strong to fairly active demand. Cows, heifers, western and Texas steers priced up to 5.80, hogs at 4.80 to 4.35, and sheep receipts at 20,000 with fat sheep strong and feedera steady. Prices listed include range and common categories, with calves and stockers in demand.
St Joseph Pec. 1 cattle receipts 8 870 steady to 10c lower natives 3 50 25 paws and Helter Fiops 50 stock era and feeders 92 00 4 15 Hos Ros celpte $874 steady to 6c lowers. This fragmented OCR notes cattle receipts and price movements at St Joseph market with mixed adjustments.
Paris reports Japan and Russia near a settlement ending the Far East dispute. Russia would accept Japan Korea 1896 and 1898 treaties granting rights in Korea, including Seoul garrison. Japan would accept Russia China Manchuria treaty, with shared open door and integrity of China and Korea principles.
Dr Herran, Colombia's chargé d'affaires, visited the State Department to notify Secretary Hay of General Reyes arrival and to discuss the envoy's mission. Washington signaled readiness to aid peace talks between Colombia and Panama but cautioned it would not entertain proposals beyond organizing terms for settlement. The outcome hinges on Reyes meeting the department’s ground rules and purpose.
Paris reports strong public interest as a commission meets to advise Justice Minister Vallo on whether to grant Dreyfus a revision of his Rennes court martial sentence. The government expects a revision recommendation and may bring the case to the court of cassation. Dreyfus remains at his Boulevard Masherbales home, consulting lawyers and friends.
A Rome dispatch reports American ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer was knocked to the ground in a heavy rain near New York during a large hunting party and was left unconscious for a time.
In Bordeaux on December 2 a collision between striking dock hands and police left twenty strikers wounded as the mob was dispersed. At Clermont striking car employees also pelted empty cars, and numerous arrests followed.
The steamer City of Washington from New York docks at Colon with the treaty. Senor Pesprilia, Panama's foreign affairs minister, boards a train for Panama City to carry the document.
An unclear report notes a private car incident involving officials of Philadelphia and Read Jag. Details are fragmentary with references to a fatal outcome and urgent actions. Further readable facts are limited due to damaged text.
Iowa lawmakers will contend with requests for new laws including a state fire marshal system, an annual $5,000 Municipal League grant, a state humane bureau, a single board of regents over three state schools, and a juvenile court. Insurance and public welfare measures are also planned, with hearings starting after Jan. 1 and a Mason City encampment set for June.
The Franco System will inaugurate daily sleeping-car service from Kansas City to Jacksonville via Memphis and Birmingham, running through New sleeper trains to Jacksonville. The Southeastern Limited departs Kansas City at 6:30 p.m. daily, expected to take 38 hours to reach Jacksonville, with through sleeper cars and allied superior service. For details contact J. C. Lov rein asst. Gen. Passenger Agent, Kansas City.
The M K and T Land Bureau offers thousands of acres along the line of the M K and Ty Rail Way for sale. Lands suit corn, wheat, oats, fruits, vegetables, rice, cotton, sugar cane, and stock farming with access to schools and towns. Write for full information including preferred state or territory and budget. The Indiana? housekeepers excursion on the first and third Tuesdays invites a visit to the Southwest at low cost. Address George Morton, Gen. Pass. Agent, M K & Ry, Box Ont, St. Louis, Mo.
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