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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
6
The Lowell Daily Courier details its heritage as Middlesex county’s oldest daily, established 1825 and daily since 1845. It notes publication at Courier-Citizen Building, Merrimack Street, Lowell, with daily delivery by carrier for six cents a week, excluding Sundays and holidays.
Yesterday and today were fair and cool with morning rain indications. Data includes readings at 5pm and samplings around 12m with temperatures in the high twenties Celsius and humidity around 50 to 65 percent.
Patron guidance lists desk numbers for Editorial and Job Departments with room allocations and a request to address business inquiries, advertising, address changes, and non-delivery concerns to the business office in room 312.
The Japanese gridleys fired when ready and played a prominent role in the Korean straits battle, contributing to efforts that helped cripple the Russian fleet. Governor Douglas withdraws, clearing Collins's gubernatorial path and aiding Johnnie Fitzgerald’s mayoral prospects as his friends approve. Harvard faces criticism over student conduct, with calls to swift discipline for theft to restore order.
Togo hailed the victory as a boost for reformers in Russia. Japanese supporters have argued they fought the war to aid the Russian people, and the outcome is seen as likely to improve conditions in the czar's empire.
Residents of Vermont react with disgust as plans proceed to purchase the farm where Joseph Smith was born and convert it into a pilgrim shrine for the Latter Day Saints. Local sentiment runs from disbelief to quiet opposition.
It is reported Morton will exit the navy department for a higher role as head of the New York subway system at $50,000 annually for a long term. He will be better off with no rebates to trouble him.
The mayor's ubiquity on Memorial Day is hailed as a clever stunt showing alertness and tireless engagement. Yet critics warn it should not become a regular practice as Mayor Casey lacks robustness for frequent appearances and his health should come first.
Citizens' boycott and ostracism, aided by strong public opinion, pressure councilmen to block a proposed gas deal. The piece hints at harsh state actions and compares fate of prisoners viewed as paroled subjects of the czar, noting historical loyalties and grievances.
The president told Count Cassini that Secretary Taft’s planned trip to Japan and the Philippines carried no international politics. Russia’s discredit makes Cassini’s inquiry seem impertinent as it concerns no foreign policy issues.
New York has already spent funds from the franchise tax found valid by the supreme court. About 24 million dollars will be placed into sinking funds. Future tax will yield a neat revenue of four.
Former District Attorney Philbin spoke to Cornell law students about graft in New York police protection, noting a past fixed tariff for protected vice. He cites a million yearly tribute and questions why the McAdoo commission inquiry hasn’t fully corrected the system, while acknowledging current graft may be limited but lingering.
A column contrasts census resistance in Springfield and Northampton with a quip about Smith College dormitories. It then draws parallels between Japan versus Russia and England versus Spain, noting small nations’ clever strategies, training, and leadership, and ends with a reflection on strength versus size.
A humorous note on a man who attached a horse to a hurdy gurdy in America, plus a series of local notices. The piece reports farm and store staff changes, observations by travelers, and announces the state board of agriculture summer meeting in Lowell with full details on date, venue, program, and Hood's farm visit. Prominent names include J. Lewis Ellsworth and the Middlesex North Agricultural Society.
An autoist lies in a similar case, alone and possibly traveling only at a walk. The owner’s credibility is questioned, but the public needs protection too. The piece argues both drivers and the public deserve respect for their rights.
A collage of satirical notes and opinions touches on anarchists and Alfonso, the king, toasts at Chelmsford, the ocean race and national joy, Fleur-de-Lys, the secretary of the navy, Lewis and Clark, presidential routines, Miles for governor, Russian papers, Hamburg saucer, Valhalla, and Bonaparte in a Republican cabinet.
Citizens complain that speeding laws are used to raise revenues while officers convict drivers unfairly. Even careful motorists are cited for minor moments of momentum, with cases like a Boston to Lowell trip taking hours under scrutiny. The piece condemns alleged police bias and urges fair handling of traffic offenses.
A compilation of editorials and excerpts critiques the Massachusetts adjournment as a relief from long sessions, condemns the modern toy pistol culture during celebrations, and questions Harvard College’s handling of a controversial dean and disreputable society.
Joaquin Miller is to be honored at the Lewis and Clark Exposition with a Joaquin Miller day as part of Western authors week. Very Rev Augustin Schinner is named bishop of the Superior diocese. Clarence A Beckwith is named to Chicago Theological Seminary professorship. Clarence D Van Duzer becomes Nevada’s sole Democratic congressman west of the Missouri. Major Powell Cotton secures a rhinoceros hide. Roosevelt becomes a taxidermist. Dillon Wallace’s expedition survivor narrative ends with his failure.
The article lists various ventures and honors: William Waldorf Astor advances Hever Castle restoration in Kent with an estimated 6 million dollars and 1000 workers. H E Barnard named chemist for Indiana's new Hygiene Laboratory in Indianapolis. George O Currie publishes a 21 year linguistics grammar of German. Carl E Akely leads Field Columbian Museum expedition to equatorial Africa for big game mounts. It notes a Moscow poor relief dinner plan by the widow of Grand Duke Sergius, Pandita Ramabai’s land and mango estate near Bangalore, Rev A C Dixon’s travel and preaching engagements in London and Manchester, and Rev William Howe’s 99th birthday with hopes for a 100th celebration.
The New York Mail reports that Ernst Haeckel, a prominent scientist, argued the soul is a brain function and a product of moral faculties rather than an immortal essence. He asserts the soul dies with the body, while public belief endures across ages and civilizations.
A roundup of notes: Britain had few strikes last year while a nine foot six inch Russian shows smoking prowess in London. A Japanese colonel orders a bayonet charge as Russians advance. Fenian Matthias Reynolds dies in Ireland with a family history of rebellion. Siamese navy lists seventy one vessels led by a 3000 ton cruiser. Loy Yee, once a pantry man, now pilots a Chinese locomotive on the Canton Hankow line. Cables rust unseen, and a Hawaiian chaplain faces trouble for prayer. A California pioneer bequeaths funeral wishes to an undertaker. Yokosuka forts claim Gibraltarlike strength, built with German and Anglo-American guidance. Biarritz builds a sea‑side mobile road costing over a million.
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