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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
8
The Courier, established 1825 and daily since 1845, is Lowell Massachusetts based. Published every day except Sundays and holidays from the Courier-Citizen Building on Merrimack Street. Carriers deliver citywide at six cents a week.
Yesterday afternoon the temperature rose rapidly then clouds gathered and night brought heavy rain and mist ending days of fine weather. Rain continued into morning, shifting to drizzle by noon. Forecast for New England calls for fair in the south, rain then clearing in the north, cooler tonight, and fair, colder Saturday with brisk winds.
Patrons are asked to use care when calling Courier Citizen Company offices. Communications about advertising non delivery address changes and business inquiries should be directed to the business office at 31-2 31-3.
In Topeka and Boston the column surveys social meals and dining unions amid servant questions and wage shocks. It reviews debt markets with 12 percent bonds and high loan rates, and praises the Roosevelt era reforms while criticizing speculative excesses in New York finance. The piece also follows the Equitable insurance scandal, its investigative fallout, and the enduring value of life policies for beneficiaries and charities.
The piece notes Speaker Cannon’s authority as he argues the current era is better than the “good old times.” It mentions the last pre holiday session debating the state of the Union and asserts that legislative bodies, including the house, maintain a higher standard of honesty than in earlier years while acknowledging some contrary incidents.
A collage of sharp remarks and rumors. Mentions Gov Ode, Yale’s rumored $800000 gift, the president at Pine Knob, Judge Hamilton avoiding legislative dealing, Lou Payn’s return to the public eye, Joseph Wheeler as NY police commissioner candidate, the steel trust capital, Boss Odell’s alleged wealth, Moran funding his own office, a Fitchburg dentist claiming Franklin’s fund heirship, and the difficulty of securing such funds.
Excerpts debate the whipping-post as a punishment and warn it may brutalize society while failing to guarantee convictions for wife beating. A Salem News piece condemns poll tax delinquency among election officers as petty bummerism and evasion of public duties.
The piece surveys public figures such as James Foraker and John T. Chancey, notes ex-Representative H. Kirke Porter planning a worldwide Baptist mission fundraise, and mentions clergy and educators including Very Rev. J. J. Ryan. It also profiles Peter Lareen of Montana as a wealthy Scandinavian, details Meeker family facts, and records Garret A. Hebert’s clerical election, with assorted biographical glimpses.
Local golfers report an unusually mild late December stretch allowing daily play at Longmeadow and Vesper Country Clubs. Warm enough weather keeps sleighing active, with records comparing favorably to last December, while a goat steals sheets and pillow cases from a Belvidere clothesline, sparking humor among residents.
A survey of eclectic notes includes a Last Judgment altar in Tasow Russia with a foreground Hades scene and Tolstoi among the damned, Tsarskoe-Selo’s lapis lazuli room, Miss Ellen Pollock as the sole woman political registration agent in Britain, Chinese gun makers in London, German and Austrian trainees, Egypt’s costly saddle, and Newcastle under Lyme’s 750th mayoral proclamation tradition.
Captains Mogg and Amundsen discuss the Northwest Passage findings. Amundsen’s ship Gjoa faced navigation limits with nine feet six inches depth at Grea wreck site. Observations on North Magnetic Pole data are sealed and will reach London and Norway for analysis, with results likely a year away.
Greenwich Conn Dec 29 an explosion in a small building housing a gas tank on Charles H Mallorys estate killed coachman James Mackey. The blast shattered glass and conservatory frames as guests at Mallorys party remained unaware. Investigators deem a full inquest unnecessary. Mackey was married.
New York December 29 Lieut Gen Adna R Chaffee chief of staff of the army said he is in hearty accord with the army bill evolved by the general staff now with the secretary of war He added matters military mean the outlay of money but the bill will be worth all it costs to strengthen the armed forces.
A proposed military reform aims to form a 50,000 man reserve drawn from veterans of one three year term. These reservists would be trained, disciplined and proficient in marksmanship, enabling a war footing with seasoned troops. They would serve five years with pay and be subject to call, while in peace pursuing other work.
In a New York dispatch, Prof. J Edmund Woodman of Dalhousie University argues New Zealand rugby offers a substitute for American football. He notes the lack of mob tackling and favors back play dominance, warning that drastic changes to the American game could ruin it.
Washington Dec 29 The body of a soldier killed in active service cannot be sent home to relatives at government expense for burial if he dies in the United States. The body must be placed in the coffin issued by the quartermaster general's department in the case of Private Albert Laste 29th battery field artillery killed at Fort Riley Kansas last October.
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