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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
4
A Daily Telegraph correspondent recalls a typic incident in Kharkoff where a boy approached a Cossack detachment and hurled a bomb. The explosion ripped the ground and left horses’ fragments nearby while several Cossacks suffered fatal injuries and blood stained the roadway.
Paris reports from December 27 describe another bomb at Vilna station as the German express arrived. The poorly made missile caused little damage though passengers near Moscow must transfer 37 miles outside the city to horse-drawn vehicles. A Riga-bound train carrying cavalry was derailed, injuring several.
Reports from Moscow on December 27 describe ongoing cannonading and swelling casualty lists. Rebels are active in three sections with about 1000 fighters in each, all armed with revolvers and rifles. Women participants are accused of severe cruelties amid the fighting.
London reports the war office, on the royal commission’s advice led by Justice Farwell, orders prosecutions of officers tied to the South African war stores scandal. Bribery allegations claim contractors profited by selling stores at huge gains, costing the government about 5 million dollars. The issues sparked last June as opposition attacked the Balfour ministry and led to the commission’s appointment.
New Bedford December 27 The shoe factory Hathaway Soule Harrington assigned yesterday for creditors benefit was running today. Assignee Thomas F Dolan named to run the affairs. Embarrassment described as liquidation not failure. All creditors including banks and large firms expected to be paid in full.
Hazelton Pennsylvania December 27 members of local union No 8 United Mine Workers decide to present Miss Alice Roosevelt with a carload of the best coal from the anthracite region. The gift honors her father for aiding to end the great strike of 1902.
Miss Alice Roosevelt will leave Washington tomorrow for New York for a stay of several days.
An antique advertisement extols natural stomach and liver remedies using Golden Seal Queen's root Stone root Bloodroot Mandrake Black Cherrybark with glycerine solvent. It claims to restore vitality and blood quality, praising Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a safe non alcoholic tonic for nervous exhaustion and poor nutrition.
Pittsburg December 27 The Chronicle Telegraph reports a new iron and steel combination likely to form with about 150 million in capital. Key players include Republic Iron and Steel Company and promoters John W Gates Co S Guthrie. Possible structures include a holding company with subsidiaries or a full merger retaining the Republic Iron and Steel name.
In Bridgeport Connecticut on December 27 the jury found Charles Barto 21 guilty of murder in the second degree for shooting Stephen Rinko on September 23 amid Hungarian clique feud. Judge Roraback sentenced Barto to life imprisonment.
Baltimore on December 27 marked the second session of the combined annual meetings of the American Historical American Economic American Political Science Association and the Bibliographical Society of America at Johns Hopkins University. Leaders included Frank W. Taussig Ira Remson Jacob H Hollander A B Hart and Joan C Rose.
James Barnes of Princeton, now editor of Appletons Booklovers Magazine, receives poems from a Nassau Lit alumnus. Notices cover Brendon Campbell illustrated covers, Neith Boyces Eternal Spring, The Grafton Postsage Dictionary edition What’s the Postage, and Henry Wallace Phillips Mr Scraggs tales.
Cable dispatches report new flare up between Colombia and Venezuela after Montilla fled from Cucuta to Colombia. Venezuela demands arrest and extradition. Colombia orders arrest but Montilla remains at large. Castro recalls consul and threatens to sever ties, risking rupture of relations.
Emerson hall, new home of Harvard's philosophical department, was dedicated in Cambridge with Pres Eliot and Dr Edward Waldo Emerson present. Hugo Munsterberg presided. conventions of the American Philosophical and American Psychological Associations opened, with Mary Whiton Calkins delivering the annual address. Delegates from leading colleges attended. events continue through Friday.
A Baker City Oregon dispatch said a 10 cent subscription would raise about 800000 for a wedding present to Miss Alice Roosevelt and Representative Nicholas Longworth. The White House release said the president disapproved the plan and hoped it would not be undertaken.
The four masted schooner Star of the Sea captained by Hempel arrived in Boston from Savanna La Mar on November 22 with 946 tons of logwood, over 130 tons aboard deck. After gales delayed the voyage the vessel sought shelter in New York before the weather moderated, sustaining a badly damaged rig and a missing stern boat.
Boston December 27. Gov Douglas proposed Thomas B Fitzpatrick of Brookline to fill the vacancy on the state board of education created by the death of Governor Conley who had also been Boston's superintendent of schools. His nomination was promptly confirmed under suspension of the rules.
A fire at the Calvary Baptist church in Westerly originated in the heating plant and largely ruined the auditorium and roof, causing about 7500 dollars in damage covered by insurance. The church had recently been repaired and a new organ installed, which was badly damaged.
In New York on December 27 a meeting of the typothetae decided to resist printers demands for an 18 hour day beginning January 1, with a practically unanimous vote in favor. Alumni versus Lowell High track meet scheduled for Saturday night at annex.
Beginning January 3 the through car to the Pacific coast will depart North station at 8 30 p m on Wednesdays instead of 10 a m Thursday. This creates through connections for all North Pacific coast points and the Canadian Pacific terminal Vancouver. The upgraded tourist car service will be maintained.
The Massachusetts Sunday School Association Lowell district held a home department conference at Worthen Street M E church with Rev J D Pickles delivering the principal address on the home department. The event featured a devotional, welcome remarks, solos, a round table, and an evening address by Dr Pickles.
Pekin reports indicate foreigners face rising Chinese hostility as the China for the Chinese movement grows. Promoters include students trained abroad and newspapers run by educated Chinese. The anti American boycott has widened to all foreigners, with Chinese noting conciliatory orders from President Roosevelt but claiming the boycott continues and harms American trade in Canton and Yangtze regions.
Grand jury returns joint indictment against representatives of leading Cincinnati coal companies. The 20 plus named defendants are charged with conspiracy in restraint of trade for fixing coal prices, alleging control of consumer prices by the companies and their representatives.
Mrs Robert Fitzsimmons arrives in Sioux Falls prompting chatter of a possible divorce suit involving the wife of the prize fighter, amid local gossip on December 27.
Local sellers in Lowell advertise Hindipo Kidney Cure as a superior tonic with claims of quick relief and tangible results. The undersigned merchants list addresses on Merrimack and Westford streets and urge customers to deposit cents to try the remedy, promising refunds if unsatisfied.
London December 27 John Burns president of the local government board spoke at Battersea opening the election campaign his first public address since joining the cabinet. He said the honor belonged to his constituents but the work was his and promised to serve the whole community denying pandering to any section of the population. He praised working class interests while criticizing loafer cadger and drunkard.
Rear Admiral C H Chester reports from Washington that August eclipse observations, though many good photographs were taken, will yield results only after thorough study. Full findings may take months to years, with hopes the corona will reveal new insights. Naval observatory teams in Spain and Algiers benefited from favorable weather. About 60 to 70 photographs captured in totality and in partial phases.
The article explains that spectroscopic plates are more important than telescopic images for learning the physical character of solar prominences and radiations. With 25 principal instruments, hundreds of exposures were taken, and every spectrum line must be counted and compared, a task taking long to read.
Worcester district attorney Geo S Taft ordered exhumation of John Hammond of Ware who died Nov 27 and was buried Nov 28 after a conference with State Detective P F Murray Relatives of the deceased demanded an investigation.
An old health ad explains how the heart’s rhythm mirrors a clock and warns that a weak heart may stop under stress. It promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as a remedy, sharing a testimonial of relief and a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co. in Elkhart Indiana.
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