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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1903
Page
1
Bradstreet’s year end review says 1902 saw broad gains across trade and industry with export restraint and import growth, rail congestion and industrial unrest, yet higher wages and shorter hours without mass strikes. Bank clearings matched 1901 highs amid minimal business friction.
The Department of Agriculture shows 1902 averages for major crops. Corn 94,043,648 acres produced 2,628,648,312 bushels valued at 1,017,017,349 dollars. Winter wheat 28,? million acres produced 411,788,666 bushels valued at 266,727,475 dollars.
Cable dispatches show shifts in grain supplies from the United States and Canada east of the Rockies. Wheat totals rise by 15,000 bushels, while Europe experiences a drop of 2,500,000 bushels, bringing total supply down 2,186,000 bushels. Corn and oats also decline. notable increases include 306,005 bushels at Chicago and smaller gains at Davenport Lincoln elevators and Portland Maine.
Two inquiries into Chicago coal shortages began December 80. Attorney General Hamlin met with coal railroads and traders behind closed doors, while a city council railroad committee held a public session. Both probes proceed tomorrow with Hamlin aiming to prove possible unlawful restraint of trade and price manipulation by dealers.
At the Modern Language Association meeting in Baltimore a resolution created a committee to study English spelling. The panel, not a reform body, will report periodically on spelling matters. Members include Emerson, Brandt, Child, Greene, Hempel, Mead, Sheldon, Thomas, and Todd from several universities.
The mint notes a quarterly drop in silver value per ounce for the three months ending January 1 19v3. The patent office prohibits registering marks using the president’s name without consent. San tiago de Cuba sugar estimates place 1903 crop at 453000 bags, up 72215 from last year. Diphtheria outbreak on the Buffalo causes two deaths near Pensacola. Texas fever quarantine expands to Texas and Oklahoma starting January 1 with other states February 1. Supreme Court Justice Shiras to retire this winter. potential successor includes William H Taft.
Washington reports President Castro has accepted the allies proposal to submit the Venezuelan dispute to arbitration by The Hague. The full answer, being prepared at the State Department, will be transmitted to Europe and discussed by officials in London Berlin and Rome. Immediate steps toward settlement are unlikely for a day or two. The response is said to satisfy Washington and clear the way for arbitration.
Miss Stell Ewing died in Rome New York at age 39 after ten years of ossification leaving her completely immobile and blind since age 29. Her sister Mrs Emma Ewing Pearl shares the same affliction.
Dr. J A. Egan secretary of the state board of health urges the legislature to fund a state home for consumptives to care for the poor. He also proposes creating a state board of medical examiners to free the board of health for sanitary work.
A Battle Creek dispatch reports the Review and Herald Publishing company building suffered total destruction in a fire, part of a year of disasters including the Adventist sanitarium. Estimated loss is 350000 with 150000 insured. Only 25 of 375 workers were present. all but one are accounted for. Officials suspect spontaneous combustion in rag pile near the press room.
In Springfield Trinity church Dr L M Mills announces the Methodist church nationwide has raised over 20 million dollars for the twentieth century bank offering. Of this sum 9 million pays church debts, 8.15 million supports Methodist colleges, 2.75 million funds charities, 0.6 million builds a permanent conference fund, and 380 thousand aids church construction in destitute areas. About 1 in 25 of the total comes from ministers' sons.
Mexican railways cut freight rates on US wheat from border to Mexico City from 24 dollars per ton to 14. The move follows government requests and takes effect on New Year’s Day to stimulate imports.
Justice Scott of the New York Supreme Court granted a stay of sentence to Jesse Lewisohn the banker cited for contempt for refusing to answer questions about Richard Canfield and his house. Lewisohn was admitted to bail set at 500 dollars and the Canfield proceedings were paused for his case until the highest court rules on the appeal.
Judge Neal of the Hamilton circuit court in Noblesville Indiana grants a temporary injunction restraining the Indianapolis Gas company from cutting off natural gas to Indianapolis consumers. The city sought the order to prevent the supply loss as notices were served and city proceedings started.
In Memphis Tennessee a federal suit by the widow of Joel G Webb against two insurers sought 5000 dollars on each of two accident policies. The companies agreed to pay 6000 dollars jointly, settling claims arising from Webb’s death after a tick bite at his Arkansas plantation. The insurers had contended death was natural.
At the twentieth annual meeting in St Louis Missouri H A Kretschmar of St Louis was elected president. The treasurer reported $114000 paid in death losses over the past year leaving $86486 in the treasury. Since 1878 total death benefits paid reach $1682000.
Thirty railroad employees were injured, with four thought fatally, in a Fort Smith crossing wreck in North Little Rock Arkansas. The hood lum train struck a switch engine that darted onto the crossing. Emergency brakes failed to prevent cars from crushing workers as they jumped from the cars.
Government officials report the army has been cut to 50 000 men following a national decree. Rebels allegedly surrendered twenty three field pieces 8 823 rifles and over one million rounds of ammunition not counting cargo aboard steamers. Cable censorship has been abolished.
Andrew Carnegie notifies the provost of Creenock Scotland he will donate 50 000 to erect a memorial to James Watt in recognition of his engineering achievements or spearhead a transatlantic fundraising effort with Great Britain to support a broader commemoration scheme.
The Methodist Episcopal Church plans to establish a college in Louisville supported by a Speed bequest of about $225,000 from Mrs. Fannie Speed. Buildings are to be built at Brook and Breckenridge streets. A portion of the twenty million dollar twentieth century fund may be requested.
Report says natives and European prospectors in New Guinea suffer amid drought with cannibalism feared. Thousands reportedly starving or subsisting on roots as twenty five natives die in a tribal clash and more deaths feared among both sides.
Dispatches from Shanghai consuls report the Shanghai viceroy will not pay the January installment of the indemnity on a gold basis due to the silver price collapse. Foreign ministers demand payment on the gold basis.
A historic cable connects San Francisco and Honolulu after sealing a undersea splice. Messages pass both ways with Governor Dole greeting President Roosevelt and Hawaii sending thanks to cable pioneer Clarence Mackay. Spectators receive ribbon sections as the first words are spoken under the Pacific.
A January 2 conference at Union Pacific offices in New York on road labor differences ended with no final agreement, though progress toward settlement was noted. Attending were leaders from the International Association of Machinists and the Boiler-Makers unions plus road executives and boiler-makers’ helpers officials.
Witnesses representing mine operators wholesalers and retailers testified before a Chicago city council railroads committee inquiry into coal price increases. About 40 of 150 invited responded with testimony citing economic forces and supply and demand as causes of the current coal shortage and steep prices.
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