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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1900
Page
1
A Baltimore American verse recalls a sunlit scene in which a man urges others to keep cool with a cheerful bow and friendly phrases. His repeated refrain is met with mixed reactions as bystanders respond to the heat and his odd street performance ends with a modest epitaph on keeping cool.
A fragmented column weighs in on Senator Clark of Montana and rumors of Chinese engagement. The piece muses on public figures, global turbulence, and a tongue in cheek view of weather and city life with literary digs and social sniping.
Delegates from the Textile council heard the Printers union plea for wage and work improvements and appoints Messrs Connolly and Convery to work with a printer committee to present the case to Agents Moulton, Pead, and Walsh. The council supported the effort and provided aid to coordinate activities. The meeting also set August 18 Bellegrove picnic events and noted a wage-cut pressure from woolen spinners, with full council support. Ayer’s gift to the Textile school was praised and a commemorative page was proposed.
Police Court at Pickman fined multiple individuals for a drunken row on William Street. John Lawrence John Foley William Riley Daniel Her nessy Annie Hoey Charles Bland John Griffin Thomas Reynolds John Gillis James Cuff each paid 2 dollars. Andrew Zarvissa Anthony Zarvissa John Christinae paid 3 dollars. Joseph Christinas paid 6 dollars. Mary Curley a second offender paid 5 dollars. Mary Morrison a second offender paid 6 dollars. Peter Hoey a third offender sent to state farm. Frank Lavecque sent to state farm for taking property. Thomas Smith’s case for exposing himself postponed to August 4.
General Stark Colony U O P F of Pelham held a picnic at Willow Dale on Wednesday. Supreme Treasurer A V Bugbee of Lawrence attended and spoke. Afternoon sports featured a potato race won by Henry Cogger, a 100 yard dash by Henry Cohen, a sack race won by Johnnie Peabody, and a three legged race by Jones and Myers. Committee in charge included William G Butler, D M Webster, A J Fox, D N Clough and W H Atwood.
Transacts general banking business and foreign exchange in English French German and Swedish money. Furnishes safety deposit boxes with coupon rooms and a savings department at 4 percent per annum compounded semi annually. Monthly interest. A ladies only banking section serves as a depository for the United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Banking hours 8 am to 4 pm weekdays and 8 am to 1 pm Saturdays. Banking rooms at Middlesex Street and Post Office Avenue.
The state department replies to Li Hung Chang that no agreement on legations will be made without free communication with Conger, insisting protection rests on the Chinese government. Gen. Sir Alfred Gaselee assumes command at Tien Tsin, while Admiral Seymour sails to Nankin to consult Liu Kum Yi. Reports say 50 missionaries massacred in Shan Si, with allied forces at 20 000 men and 170 guns advancing toward Pekin. A Russian despatch notes Hunghum fortress stormed, with guns captured and casualties. A Shanghai cable warns of murders in Ho Shan and rising Ning Po unrest.
London August 2 The Prince of Wales Duke of York and Duke of Connaught travel to Coburg for the Duke of Saxe Coburg funeral. Capt Sir Archibald Berkley Milner will represent the Admiralty. The move signals royal sympathy amid the Astor controversy.
An assailant broke through guards as Muzafer ed Din left his apartments in Paris this morning and tried to reach the royal carriage. He was captured and arrested with no harm to the Shah.
Mrs Lucy Parsons reports a world wide anarchist congress will meet in Paris next month with a map of action showing a perfect global organization and coordination across nations.
Washington Aug 2 The President arrived this morning and immediately called a cabinet meeting for 11 o'clock upon his return to Washington. This first act signals the administration's immediate agenda and formation of post travel policy discussions with senior ministers.
The July 4th committee will not hold a banquet with leftover funds. They intended to go to Lake View for a quiet city expense but could not find a volunteer to arrange it due to fear of responsibility if the bill came before the accounts committee.
The in grain department at Bigelow Carpet Company will be idle starting Monday next week. The shutdown is planned to last two weeks.
New York police raided the Tivoli at West Thirty-Fifth Street arresting 134 men and 82 women after a 10 45 pm operation. Detective units sealed the venue while captains questioned suspects. many detainees claimed homes in Boston Baltimore Cincinnati and Denver with several stating Cuban origins.
The mysterious disappearance of Mrs. M. H. Ballou from Boston and her son from the Long Beach hotel prompts police to search. They were last seen taking the 7:15 train to Wreck Lead to boat on Hempstead bay, planned for a fish outing, with untethered luncheon and no boats reported missing.
Holyoke officials announced a tax rate of 16.40 per thousand with a total valuation of 40 247 760. Personal property totals 10 360 830 and real estate 29 374 720, with 11 278 polls. The tax warrant totals 665 240, up 53 657 from last year, driven by dam assessments for Holyoke Water Power and South Hadley.
Washington reports Mint Director Roberts orders thorough study of U S gold in all forms before publishing Muhleman findings. The review covers coin, bullion, imports and exports, with July 1 totals around 1 026 billion and potential revisions not expected to topple 1 090 billion.
Washington August 2 Secretary Long issues circular detailing six projected armored cruisers invites bids to be opened December 7. Vessel specs include displacement minimums 13 400 unsheathed 13 800 sheathed 22 knots speed and 2000 tons coal bunker capacity. Armor 2119 tons main belt five to six inches. Armament totals listed with multiple guns and torpedo tubes. Cost limits 4 000 000 for older authorized ships and 4 250 000 for newer ships.
The text explains eczema also called tetter or salt rheum. It describes symptoms such as redness itching oozing and scaling and notes local applications relieve but do not cure. It arises from inherited or acquired humors and lasts until those are removed.
An old ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilia as a radical permanent cure for severe skin eruptions and claims it removes them with no equal in all cutaneous eruptions. Also promotes HoOp's Pills as the best cathartic at 25 cents.
Four of the world’s fastest ocean greyhounds Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Deutschland New York and Oceanic race to reach Europe first from New York next Tuesday and Wednesday. Ships depart from North River ports in a bid to deliver American Canadian and Australian mails ahead of rivals. Shipping firms expect a record dash with plans to forward letters to gauge which vessel arrives London first.
At a heated school board meeting in Haverhill on August 2 Allison H. Tuttle of Chicopee was elected high school principal with a $2800 salary after a tense vote. The board split 12 to 4 with one illegal ballot. Tuttle is a Bates College graduate who has taught in Amesbury Milford New Bedford and Chicopee last year.
In Haverhill on August 2, Obadiah Smith of Fremont and his wife face illness and possible poisoning after two deaths in the household. Earlier Sarah Smith died after a brief illness, with the well later cleaned and three rat bodies recovered. Authorities now suspect rats ingested poison and entered the water supply.
In Lowell near 188 Perkins street two children show rash but doctors say no smallpox. The Frappier and Couillard families contributed to a surge of 20 hospital cases after concealing illness. Health inspectors evacuated households and tightened quarantine amid a deadly risk.
An editorial-style notice promotes Ayer's as the fastest and nicest cure for dyspepsia, asserting that a well functioning liver and regular bowel movement are essential for relief and that no other remedy acts so quickly.
Union groups totaling 33 organizations plan a Belle Grove outing on Saturday August 18 and a Labor Day celebration on Monday September 3 1900. The event aims to showcase unity with speaking, electrical displays, athletic games, and a parade of workers. The city has allotted 1000 dollars to support the celebration. Public notice calls for member names for parade carriage needs and attendance.
The Lowell post office salaries rise by 990 for the fiscal year beginning July 1 1900. No new positions or promotions. the 900 appropriation is covered by a 100 increase for nine employees. Names: James H Beede Wm M Burns George P Gately Hiram C Gordon Chas L Hodge John J Murphy Chas W Nevers James A Shore Albert H Sparks.
The steam roller appeared on Market Street this morning. The surface is smoothed for 75 yards and paving material will be laid. A 30 man force is at work. Supervising foreman Harry P Doherty says traffic will resume in about 26 days barring delays. Paving will start as soon as material arrives.
Inspectors Allen and Laflamme arrested James McKenna in Lawrence for alleged larceny of a watch from Harry S. Willard in Lowell about three weeks earlier. The watch was said to be left in Griffin's Wood Yard Appleton Street and later recovered at a local pawn broker's paid a high price. McKenna to be arraigned in police court tomorrow. no prior Lowell record.
Wires on Market Street delayed work twice by Electric Light Company. After lowering, inspectors found alignment off, street dug up again, and wires raised an inch. Wires in one manhole to be removed and replaced with conductors half an inch larger.
The water board will meet Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock to consider the matter of the new driven well plant. Saturday night at 7 30 the committee on accounts will wrestle with city bills in the auditor's office. The overseers of the poor meet at city hall Friday evening.
Joseph Marshall of 494 Market Street suffered a finger laceration from a saw this morning at the Merrimack Croquet company works. He was ambulanced to Dr. Faton's office for dressing. The piece notes a historic reference to a single hospital for the insane since the thirteenth century, claiming patient numbers have fallen from 800 to 500 and calling it an abomination.
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