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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier announces Courier Citizen Company details for distribution in Merrimack Street Lowell. Published daily except Sundays and holidays with carrier delivery at six cents a week, noting the paper’s long history since 1825.
Boston reports fair conditions tonight and Sunday with light variable winds.
The Lowell Daily Courier reports Congressman Babcock's tariff bill as aligned with McKinley policy, courting Republican support while reshaping iron and steel duties. The American Economist and Philadelphia Press accuse the measure of benefiting Canadian interests and shifting finished steel into the U S market, challenging protection aims. Wisconsin iron ore protection remains intact, the paper notes.
The coroner's jury absolved the engineer in the New York tunnel crash, faulting the New York Central. While the engineer faced near death, constant usage may have dulled danger awareness, yet the disaster was remarkably deadly. The Central faces costly changes to remedy the unsafe order of operations.
A Boston strike over shifts draws praise for nerve among drivers risking life on so called scab trips. Police guard each run to deter brick-throwing violence, but injured drivers gain no comfort from life insurance or safety assurances.
The article discusses a long running dispute over employing only union members. It argues workers and employers both face tough choices and defends unions while acknowledging tensions over liberty to work where and for what wages. It frames the conflict as a core labor issue with broad historical context.
The piece defends Hon. Whitelaw Reid as special ambassador to the coronation, arguing many critics overstate hostile sentiment toward England. It argues common decency and politeness cross national lines and that a persona grata presence suits a national event as well as social gatherings.
The Nashua Press argues Roosevelt’s resolve is clear from tackling 3000 pages of evidence in the Schley hearing and reading every line. It notes the people's verdict already exists and disputes any link between Schley and the court of inquiry. The piece says the hero of Santiago does not rely on the court for his title.
A Columbia State editorial contrasts confederation talk with the reality of a centralized United States, noting England’s evolving friendship during the era, and discusses issues from Miss Stone’s captors to the role of Tammany leadership and the Philippines army.
A Washington authority rules that the United States is a nation, aligning with the golf links principle that phrases like this take singular agreement. The decision is seen as correct and relieving, though the moot point remains debated by some.
A correspondent weighs shifting electric zone lines up Thorn dike street hill to Arch Street and Mid Middlesex Street. He argues a wide steel bridge would be cheap versus a subway and offer grade crossing relief with minimal travel disruption, proposing a stair route to reach the depot. The note compares this fix to present conditions and a less favorable plan.
The column highlights varied commentary on Burns Sousa and England's laureate, Boston strikes, Townsend’s prison sentence with a discount, Danish annexations, Mexico, Schwab’s travels, condensed milk stock, Miss Stone’s ransom, Miss Campbell’s dog, Chicago’s port and Schley reception, Rhode Island divorce reform, and Bishop McVickar’s advocacy, reflecting a broad patchwork of cultural mischief, politics, and social commentary.
Reports describe a recently inaugurated electric railway in the Korean capital built with American material by a San Francisco engineer and now operated by American motormen. Additional notes reference 1991 gold output in West Australia and passenger counts on Hamburg American line ships in 1900. The Rhine steamer era began in 1822, and Buenos Aires runs a lengthy mule driven horse car line.
The Boston Herald notes Congressman Hepburn pressed a Nicaragua canal bill in the House but kept his favorable speech from print. By the time it emerged, the Walker Commission had shifted to favor Panama, making his praise a boomerang and prompting him to excise that portion.
A fragment of the Robert Burns poem about Bonnie Doon recalls the tree and birds and a rose taken by a false lover. The speaker laments lost love and the thorn remains as a reminder of betrayed trust. The dated line references Burns and a runic year 796.
Under the Personally Conducted Tourist System tours to Jacksonville depart New York by special Pullman sleeping and dining cars on Feb 4 18 and March 4. Tickets allow a two week stay in the Land of Flowers and cover Pullman and meals both ways but exclude Florida hotel stays. March 4 tours good for return until May 31 and include going trip Pullman and meals only. Rate from New York is 50 dollars. Itinerary by D N Bell Tourist Agent 205 Washington street Boston.
David Nation husband of Carrie Nation lives openly in Mt Gilead Ohio with a daughter and attended a masquerade ball Thursday night in disguise as Artemus Ward.
The Special Committee of the Governor's message relating to Street Railways will hear interested parties on House Bill 174 regarding locations asked by street railway companies. The session is at the State House on Thursday January 30 at 10 30 a.m. Chairman C R Day announces, with J Franklin Batchelder as Clerk.
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