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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
4
At the Navy Yard the talk centers on another special town meeting before March to consider a bill to allow Lowell to extend its water main to Dracut via Parker avenue. Supporters aim to have the bill ready for the Legislature's early session, while some want to wait until March.
Attleboro December 7 Major William H Goff assistant commissary general of the second brigade M V M announces his intended retirement from the Massachusetts state militia He cites Gen Bancroft s imminent retirement and expects others to follow His 13 years of service include leading Company I Fifth Regiment and guiding the unit at the head of the regiment during his term. he then retired and was succeeded by Captain George H Sykes who later took the regiment into U S service in the Spanish war
The Attleboro figure sought a rifle practice inspector post in the fifth regiment after persuasion by a company member. He later backed Col Bancroft’s rise to general and retained his inspector role. He pressed for an Armory for Attleboro last year but failed, and has chaired the Attleboro board of selectmen for three years.
Harvard defeats Yale in the intercollegiate debate held at Sanders Theatre Cambridge. Roscoe Conkling Bruce wins the Coolidge prize as Harvard’s best speaker while Frank H. Sincerbeaux leads Yale and wins the Thatcher prize. The resolution favored keeping the Philippines under U S control. Harvard argued self governance was not yet possible for Filipinos, and the judges included Wm. B. Hornblower Addison Brown and Oscar S. Straus.
Rhode Island fire at Brown University heavily damages one of its oldest buildings. Discovered by an ice man who found the basement blaze, the alarm box key could not be located initially delaying help. The museum and biology department suffer smoke water damage and microscopical apparatus losses may push total to 2500 dollars.
In Greenville Michigan December 7, four months after Lew Campbell vanished a man named Aplin who bought Campbell's property disappeared. Campbell's body was later found packed in lime in a hotel haymow on Aplin's former property with the skull crushed and the body badly decomposed.
Lester Reiff the jockey said the English Jockey Club stewards were fair and would exonerate him, noting no grounds for Croker to sue over the charges. He declined to discuss the Sloan case.
Gen Isaac Khan Mofekhamed Develet, aide to the Shah of Persia and new Persian minister plenipotentiary to the United States, arrived on the steamship Deutschland. He said he comes to foster friendship and commerce, noting relations are harmonious. He was with the Shah during the Paris assassination attempt last summer.
A discourse on the disgruntled man whose mood reflects digestive illness. It cites Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets as cures for stomach and digestion disorders, sharing testimonials from Thomas G Lever and Geo Dorner about relief from indigestion, liver and kidney issues. It notes health improvements through proper nutrition and urges private consultations and a free medical adviser book.
Horace J. Hayden vice president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad was instantly killed at his West 70th Street home. Servants found him in the yard after a fourth story window was opened for fresh air. Hayden, 62, Harvard grad and Civil War major, lived with his wife and three children. He headed multiple rail and transport firms and was reputed a millionaire.
Found on the Wollaston golf links a battered steel cafe stolen Nov. 14 from a West End Boston lodging house. Officers McKay and Goodhue recovered the rusty safe. Contents valued at $5000, including watches rings and precious stones, had been taken by breaking out the bottom.
Hyde Park December 7 Harry H Miller of 8 Norton street shoterman on the West Roxbury and Roslindale street railway was struck by his own car at Readville and killed A passenger on the car says Miller leaned over the dasher apparently engaged with something on the end of the car when he fell to the ground and was mangled by the wheels
New York December 7 Roland Reed the actor is again in Br Luke's hospital and will undergo another operation for stomach trouble caused by an acute appendicitis attack from over a year ago. Reed is very ill and the family, as stated at the hospital, despair of his recovery.
Oliver W. Lull Post of the G. A. R. reports securing from the United States government a loan of two 2½ pounder Parrott guns for local display. The weapons will be sent from the Charlestown Navy Yard in Massachusetts to Milford, New Hampshire.
The notice promotes unlimited hot water from a Kenwood heater requiring no boiler, with automatic shutoff linked to gas. It also touts the new Welsbach Light with a Yusea Mantle offering 50 percent more light and triple strength, claiming long life and bright output, alongside gas cooking ranges for sale at a low cost.
New York New Haven and Hartford R R announces June 10 1900 changes with trains from Lowell Middlesex Street Depot to Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way stations at 713 1125 am and 625 pm. Connections at South Framingham with Boston and Albany R R for Worcester Springfield Albany and the west and at Concord Junction with Fitchburg R R. The 525 pm train links with the Stilington line for New York City and the south and west Sundays service 715 am to South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence and way stations. Peter Clark General Superintendent 4 C Kendall General Passenger Agent.
Train times list for Merrimack Street and Middlesex Street depots serving Boston and multiple destinations. Includes daily and Sunday departures with varying minutes, fares, and seasonal notes. Names: D. J. Flanders and H. Taft listed as general agents.
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