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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1900
Page
1
A Chicago Times-Herald poem recalls a once brilliant boy now ragged and worn. He memorizes dates and maps the world yet feels life’s cold, cruel weight. His glib talk masks a shattered heart and unfulfilled hopes.
A quirky clipping notes that a drum owner does not guarantee musical talent and jokes about Mr. Roberts facing a divorce from Washington. It muses on England taking a Boer position as a skeleton key and Count Castelane owning 10,000 pairs of trousers. It also quips about an Iowa man who avoided water for 81 years and a hypothetical presidency if he lived in Kentucky.
Experiments with wireless telegraphy at Orange River South Africa succeed with perfect communication to De Aar, seventy miles away. Consular reports suggest Morocco as a promising field for engineers amid lacking roads railways and harbors. A gold watch and bangle found at Centralville await owner. Charles Dane in Hale street lost two fingers to a circular saw at Croquet factory Tanner street. he was taken to St. John's hospital by ambulance.
London reports show slow British progress around the upper Tugela as Boers retreat only to a new semicircular position. Word from Spearman's Camp details Gen Warren flanking left, infantry advance, and heavy shrapnel fire with limited gains. Capt Henley of the Dublin Fusiliers was mortally wounded leading his men.
Official telegrams report 200 Yaqui Indians killed and 80 Mexican troops slain in the final engagement led by Gen. Lorenzo Torres near Nomaled, Arizona, as the Yaqui resistance ends with decisive losses.
Bryan arrived in New York and met local politicians today. He will have dinner this evening with O H Belmont to discuss the situation.
Boston reports indicate fair and warmer conditions for Massachusetts with southeast winds.
The British steamer Sutton carrying iron ore from Cartagena to Philadelphia ran aground in dense fog eight miles off Fenwick Island. Crew of 244 were rescued by the revenue cutter Onondaga as a southwest gale raged. The vessel filled with water and may be a total loss.
George W. Frye the Merrimack Manufacturing still head in the weaving rooms retires to become overseer at Hyde Park Knights mill. He receives a purse from upper room workers while lower room staff present a silver shaving set and writing tablet. George S. Scott speaks. Another retiree overser B T Stevenson leaving for Knights receives an oak side board 25 in gold and a parlor rocker through J W Whalen.
The Royal Arcanum plans the third union meeting tomorrow evening at Knights of Columbus hall Associate building. The Father Mathew Temperance Institute with 25 members will present a grand minstrel alio, promising a first class show. Members are invited to bring a friend. meetings are free and for men only.
Boston Journal correspondent describes Lowell troops seizing Panay Island plaza. Fire and ruins greet entry. churches and a seminary used as headquarters. archives show Filipino Republic papers, post office, and state records. Padre resists but rooms reveal rice stores and war matériel.
Police inspectors in Cabot street arrested George Alary this morning on a felonious assault charge against Mary Bouénard aged 13. His case is scheduled for police court Tuesday morning. Alary is married and about years old, residing in Cabot street. The girl lives in the Wellman block.
The man who was nearly frozen to death showed improvement at St. Johns hospital this morning. Doctors believe he will recover and that amputation of the affected limbs will not be necessary.
A short marketing item touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a purifier and vitalizer for the blood, claiming to prevent disease and cure lingering ailments. A testimonial from Mrs. N. D. Kinney of Morris, Conn., describes recovery from cough, chestiness, night sweats, and consumption after using Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Peter Roark of Market Street survived a brutal freezing episode found by the roadside near Kenwood around 7 am. He lay near unconscious for hours as doctors at St John’s hospital treated him with ice rubs, ether, and stimulants. The man’s survival depends on infections and frostbite recovery while authorities note a broken ambulance log and unclear entry timing.
On Central Street a large square window in the First National building shattered when a china cup was thrown from a club room. George McGuire, found with bloodied hands at the piano, was drunk and not a member, having forced entry. officers removed him after he broke in and damaged furniture.
Joseph C. Lee, a hack driver, drunk and with a spirited horse attached to his coupe, created a frightening scene on Central Street near the Lowell Inn. The horse backed into a telegraph pole as Lee attempted a reckless maneuver, drawing danger and police attention.
Norah Smith aged 28 of Colburn Street attempted suicide in a police cell Saturday night. Drunk and boisterous after arrest at 8:30 p.m. she hung herself with an apron noose on the cell door. Keeper Holman cut her down in time. she had a faint pulse and soon recovered consciousness.
Thomas Mitchell, 30, was arrested at 2 a.m. Sunday on larceny charges after he and a friend sought liquor in Belvidere. Mitchell fled with a two dollar bill, leaving his companion puzzled. Police recovered clothing believed to belong to another person.
Officers Maher and Atkinson visited a Lakeview Avenue home near Lilley Avenue on Sunday afternoon and seized several pints of whisky. It took time to locate the article sought as a threshold and board were moved to reveal the contraband. The tenant will be summoned later.
In Hadley J. fourteenth drunk offenders were disposed of. Nazaire Comtois pleaded guilty to assault on two girls and was fined 25 dollars on each count and ordered to go to Canada. Joseph Desmarais liquor keeper fined action continued to Friday. Mary Wood and Michael Hayes fined 50 dollars each and appealed. Scarlett defeated High School 16 to 9 at the YMCA gym Saturday night.
Charles E. Adams of Lowell Massachusetts, chair of the state Pan American commission, visited Buffalo to study the 1901 Pan American Exposition. He met Pan American officials at Iroquois and Ellicott Square, toured the grounds, and discussed Massachusetts’ potential exhibit funding and building plans with state and local leaders. Adams noted Massachusetts may seek a state building or regional collaborations and cited a $50,000 Paris Exposition appropriation and a $5,000 preliminary Buffalo grant.
The South African relief fund for widows and orphans of British soldiers in the Transvaal has reached 400. Rev. N. W. Matthews is treasurer. Money sent to 16 Elleworth Street will be acknowledged by receipt.
Col Philip A Reade will make his first appearance as lecturer tomorrow night in St. Paul Minnesota. He will discuss his experiences at Santiago and offer impressions from his service.
The report clarifies the artist Mr. Phelps sale at Wescott's studio crediting auctioneer Frank A. Leonard of Boston. Alfred L. Bailey earns a Boston custom house post after excelling in New England exams. Joshua Bennett Holden Jr. to usher at Miss Tucker and Hon. Lionel Lindsay wedding in Boston on the 31st. Miles Brennan remains critically ill near Boston. A 40th birthday party for Mr. John Boughton in Union Street featured I. O. C. F. figures and music. William J. Bryan’s Boston visit prompts reception committee appointments. Grace Marren ill, Julia Kelley to cover. Rev. C E Davis invited to Tremont Street M E Church. Laforest Beals returns from Nis to Virginia.
Three couples were wed at St Josephs parochial residence by Rev Fr Gagnon. Alexander Leblanc and Clara Rivet wed Sunday afternoon. Lois Caron and Marie Dube wed Sunday night. Moise Boisvert and Exima Frappier wed Sunday afternoon.
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