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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
2
George Lorenz and his wife appear on the latest indictments list as charged again. The postal investigation shows ongoing action against the couple, with authorities naming them among defendants in the new docket.
Washington July 31 four new indictments add to the postal graft case against Augustus W. Machen former general superintendent of the free delivery service. The batch names John Cupper Maurice Ankle Thomas W. McGregor Leopold J. Stern and Geo. B. Lorenz plus Wm Gordon Crawford and others in conspiracy and bribery counts involving contracts for letter carriers satchels and box painting. Warrants issued. arrests expected within 24 hours.
Four year old Harry Boardman fatally burned while playing near a bonfire on Polo street. He died at Woonsocket hospital later the same day. His mother sustained severe burns as she tried to smother the flames.
Congressman F H Gillett was seriously injured in an automobile accident at Wilbraham near Springfield. A broken front axle threw him over the dashboard, leaving him unconscious for an hour. He showed improvement this afternoon and is expected to recover after a few days of rest.
Report from Santa Fe headquarters says the east and west overland limited collided early today at Mellen twelve miles east of Needles California. The composite car and engines were derailed and smashed and three tramps were killed. No passenger deaths reported.
TOC LET Middlesex Street five rooms eight fifty per month Highlands three rooms downtown six fifty Corner Queen and Middlesex three rooms seven Concord Street three rooms five fifty and four rooms seven Centralville five minutes from Boott mills five rooms six Centralville Northern depot four rooms ten best repair offered call T H Elliott sixty four Central Street
Boston July 31 crowded courthouse as crowds sought entry to hear testimony on the Columbus Avenue Zion church meeting last night attended by Booker T. Washington. Judge Burke oversaw first municipal court session. Granville Martin M. Trotter and Bernard Charles discharged for disturbing the public meeting. Charles, in the dock, had torn clothes and razor slashes. Cases continued to Aug. 6. Maude A. Trotter arrested on assault and battery with a hat pin on Patrolman Malley.
A Drummond Tennessee merchant, T A Pinner, reports quick recovery from dysentery after one bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He praises its efficacy for all ages and claims no doctor is needed. Sold by all druggists.
Lewiston notices halt output at Bates and Androscoggin to four days weekly, affecting about 43,000 workers combined across Lewiston plants. Maine and Cabot mills in Brunswick join in shutting for two weeks due to costly cotton, with 1,000 workers affected and downtime slated for machinery and water wheel repairs.
Boston July 31 certificate filed with the commissioner of corporations for a new entity named United States Cotton Manufacturing Company of Boston. Capital stock set at 40 million dollars in 400 thousand shares at 100 each. H C Bacon president M Sumner Holbrook treasurer J J Rodgers director. Purpose to manufacture cotton goods and related activities. All capital to be paid in cash or by property before business starts. Charter notes business to be located in Boston.
Dominadnor Gomez, president of the confederate labor union, was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to six months in prison. The case follows the union’s bankruptcy and government seizure of its newspaper, after Gomez republished it. He had been arrested in May on embezzlement charges connected to arms and food for Rizal Province insurgents, with the union linked to the national party and sympathetic to the insurgents. This despatch marks the first Pacific cable news dispatch.
Fire at the Jarvis tobacco shed and Carey asbestos plant in Jersey City caused an estimated loss of 150000 to 200000. Captains Newly and Costigan and five other firemen overcome by heat appear to be in good condition today. Cause of the blaze is not yet learned.
London July 31 Senator Lodge completed preliminary arrangements for the Alaskan boundary commission meeting. He lunched with Premier Balfour and will dine with Colonial Secretary Chamberlain as the commission gathers at the foreign office. New York July 31 James McCormick longtime Gould Fisk Belden stock trader and noted art collector died at 68 in Brooklyn. He remained active on the floor until yesterday and had ships of European art in his collection. he was unmarried.
In Woonsocket Rhode Island on July 31 Edward Fitzpatrick a 57 year old shoemaker from North Uxbridge Massachusetts told his wife he had taken poison and would die within minutes His mustache shown a green substance and doctors said he had ingested paris green He died at six this morning
J P Morgan Co purchased about eighteen thousand shares of the North American company, most of it in the open market after the Taylor failure and the rest in a private sale. The average price was near $70 per share. Also notes a round trip to Old Orchard August 13 for $1.59 from here.
A discussion notes how famous lines have been misquoted over time from Butler to Milton and Pope. It cites examples such as It is the tongue an unruly evil and mercy dropeth as the gentle rain from heaven. The piece mentions widespread misquotations in sermons and marriage banns. It ends with stray notices on a Chamberlain remedy and historical details about British army surgeons.
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