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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1903

Page

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Convention of Iron Workers Adjourned Amid Tense Split

Samuel Parks walking delegate from New York triggered a split in the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers in Kansas City. President Buchanan adjourned the session without hour, while Parks supporters seated Brophy and demanded action before resuming talks with masters, pilots, and lake carriers this winter.

Kansas City Samuel Parks New York City International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Daniel Brophy Union No. 2 Scranton Parks Brophy Buchanan Coates House Warden Parke

Masters and Pilots Reach Settlement With Pittsburg Line

The American Association of Masters and Pilots and the Pittsburg Steamship company end their dispute. Captain Frank Rae of the Clemson is removed from command and replaced by association members. Rae must apply for membership within fifteen days, with the board to decide and a meeting planned after the season.

Cleveland, O American Association of Masters and Pilots Pittsburg Steamship Company Pittsburg Steamboat Company Frank Rae Clemson Masters’ and Pilots’ Association

Markets Report From Chicago and East Buffalo

Chicago market notes show hogs at 5.70 to 6.06 for fair to good averages and cattle varying with steers priced from around 4.50 to 6.60, plus sheep and lambs values. East Buffalo reports call cattle receipts dull at 18 cars, hogs strong with pigs at 6.25 to 6.50, lambs 5.80 to 5.90, and calves strong at 9.00 to 9.26, with grain quotes for wheat corn oats and rye mixed in steel city trading.

Chicago Cattie Texas East Buffalo N. Y Dunning & Stevens Live Stock Commission

Minneapiolis Mill Owners Stand Firm on Wages and Arbitration

Minneapolis reports the mill owners refuse arbitration and threaten to shut down rather than raise wages. Mayor Tinynes had proposed a five member arbitration board after worker pressure. Owners say they have previously increased wages and shortened hours but will not concede further. A Chicago man named Jon Worna is described as insane after a beating by Anton Pieketas.

Minneapolis Minn Tinynes Jon Worna Anton Pieketas

Conditions of trades show large volume despite issues

Dun and Co reports overall trade volume remains large with mercantile activity steady. Pig iron production curbs, ship and farm movement unsettled, rail earnings up, spindles resume in cotton mills, footwear busy, prices soft on staples. 252 US, 10 Canada failures. labor tensions emerge amid curbs and robberies noted in Berne and inspector Collier suspended with $3716 bond shortage claim.

New York K. G. Dun & Cos Weekly Review of Trade United States Canada

Armour plant to be rebuilt after winter fire

Sioux City Iowa reports the Armour plant destroyed by fire last winter will be rebuilt immediately and is expected to be ready for killing before spring with construction starting soon.

Sioux City Big Armour Omaha Nebraska Kansas Missouri Iowa Kansas City

Baseball scores from September games across the league

Chicago scores 8 in Philadelphia, 10. Detroit and Boston tied in 11 innings due to darkness. St Louis beat New York 8 to 2. Cleveland defeated Washington 14 to 5 in the American set of results with other city matchups noted.

Chicago Philadelphia Boston Detroit New York St. Louis Washington Cleveland

Weather And Crime Notes From Midwest And Iowa Trials

The forecast covers Illinois Indiana and Michigan with cooler conditions and brisk or shifting winds. In Indianola ex deputy US marshal W A Richards faces trial for a New Year robbery tied to Frank Baird, who is serving 17 years. $2000 was secured. Minneapolis reports Governor Van Sant will not seek the US Senate seat to replace Senator Clapp.

Illinoois Indiana Lower Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Indianola United States W. A. Richards Richards I’. Sullivan Hamilton Frank Baird Baird Minneapolis 8. R. van Sant Clapp

Roosevelt Endorsed by State League of Republican Clubs

Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania September 25 The state convention of League of Republican Clubs has heartily endorsed President Roosevelt.

Roosevelt Wilkesbarre League of Repubican Clubs

Disappearances and Open Lands Dominate Short News

Elmer Brintnall, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants bank in Aurora IA, has vanished though accounts remain correct. 750,000 acres of public lands in Chippewa country Minnesota will be opened to settlers. An omnibus strike in Berlin seeks twelve hour days with lunch break.

Elmer Brintnall Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank Aurora Yale University National Carriage Builders’ Association Milwaukee San Francisco Republican H. J. Crocker Roosevelt N. J. W. Lecato Nelson A. Miles Beaumont Tex Alfred Mosely London Charles B. Farwell Lake Forest Chippewa Minnesota Berlin Corbett Station Ore Barrett Consolidated Lake Superior Company Soo Aad

Gold Dominates Treasury Holdings In Roberts Address

National Treasurer Elliot Roberts spoke on gold’s prominence in U S money stock noting gold holdings near 1 27 billion dollars and a treasury gold total of about 653 million while bank notes are under 400 million and national banks own over 822 million in combined holdings. He warned that policy cannot greatly shift gold’s large share. The remarks came during a steamboat convention gathering on the Potomac with further focus on international gold comparisons.

Washington Elliot Roberts United States Maryland and District of Columbia Bankers’ Association Feld Potomac River Treasury Bank of England Imperial German Tank Austro-Tungarhin Bank England France Russia Germany Belgium Netherlands

Growth of World Bank Vaults and US Gold Reserves

An article contrasts national treasuries with the United States gold gains from 1808 to the present month, noting substantial increases in US gold and currency in circulation. It warns against inflating credit and highlights gold as the foundation of national prosperity, while mentioning other nations’ treasury shifts. Aurora, Sept 26, John Van Vleet is released after a grand jury declines to return a true bill in his case.

Bank of England National France Russia Bank of France Austro- Hungary United States Delilah Treasury Secretary of the Treasury Congress Gibraltar Aurora John van Vleet van Fleet

Timels State Fair Opens Sunday In Springfield

Springfield Illinois Sept 26 The Timels state fair opened with a first ever Sunday programme featuring a concert and a lecture on The Man of Galilee by George W. of

Springfield Ill George Ww

Stricken by Heart Failure in Kansas Doctor Dies During Operation

Dr. Chas Gardiner, a renowned physician in the west, collapsed from heart failure while treating a patient in Emporia. He had just completed an operation and was applying medicines when he faded, dying on the floor as the patient was left bleeding. A physician arrived and saved the patient with effort. Gardiner was a Chicago Roshe Medical College graduate.

Emporia Kan Chas, Gardiner West Gardiner Hecht Rosh Medical College Chicago

Foul murder and robbery shocks several states

A dynamite blast near West Middleton, Washington, kills contractor Ferguson and injures his bookkeeper Martin while $5,000 in payroll disappears from a satchel. Suspects are arrested or surrounded in an abandoned mine. Other items include county judge permit fees in Milwaukee, an anti Sunday baseball bill in Montgomery, cemetery officials meeting in Springfield, a Yonkers track record equaling the world mark, and sparrows fouling a farmer's haystack in Shelbyville.

Washington Ferguson Wabash West Middleton Martin

City financial probe finds missing vouchers and unapproved expenditures

City accountant report covering Jan 1, 1901 to March 31, 1902 alleges missing receipts totaling 22856 dollars, unapproved vouchers, no street contract records, missing license stubs, undisclosed water stubs, and treasury disbursements without council authority. Also notes absent remittances and misused loan interest amid broader fiscal irregularities.

St. Joseph John V. Starr

Balfour Explains British View on Macedonian Crisis

Premier Balfour, in a long letter to Archbishop Davidson, discusses the Macedonian situation. He emphasizes the complexities of race, religion, and taxation amid Ottoman rule and argues for a coordinated European concert to press reform, hoping concerted action could avert further horrors.

Tandon T Balfour Canterbury Davidson Macedonia Halfour Tle Balfour Europe Russia Austria

Great Britain and Balkan Policy Amid World Tensions

Balfour argues that the Porte delays reforms and that revolutionists push Turks to brutal reactions. He favors continued Russian-Austrian cooperation with signatories of Berlin and cautions Britain to offer suggestions aligned with interests. Nearby items note Missouri river flood relief talks, a suicide in Seneca Street, a hotel fire in Rochester, and troops at Camp Young for 14 000-man drills amid U.S. and labor concerns.

Balfour Porte Piay Nile Great Britain Valfour Russia Austria Turkey Peninania Greece Bulgaria Servia Rommania Near East George Howard Concord N. H Brunswick Rochester N. A Camp Young West Point Amalgamated Association Theodore Shaffer Payne Washington

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