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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1903
Page
6
Oldest daily in Middlesex county established 1825, daily 1845, Courier-Citizen Building Merrimack Street Lowell. Published except Sundays and holidays. Carriers deliver citywide at six cents a week.
Yesterday was perfect then cool nights. Today opened fine and grew warm. Barometer and temperatures recorded in Boston on June 3 show 90.10, 29.92, 29.78 with 62 at night and 83 in the afternoon. Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Thursday, cooler in Vermont, northern New Hampshire and western Maine, with fresh westerly winds.
Editorial Rooms and counting room numbers are listed for Courier Citizen Company with directions to address communications about advertising non delivery changes of address and business inquiries to the business office at 31 5 in general.
In Lowell, discussions on Mr Chamberlain’s preferred protection policy for England spark debate. The argument contrasts England’s need to import with U S export capacity, noting potential higher living costs and profits, while considering Canada as a possible alternative supplier under protectionist theory.
The Providence Journal notes American protectionists must balance praise for Chamberlain s revolutionary preferential tariff for the British empire against concern for potential harm to U S export industries. It argues Britain will still need about 40 percent of U S exports and questions protection at home, calling the issue largely England s problem.
The piece rails at Senator Foster's censure amid Raymonds corruption charges, laments the Boston Museum closure for a skyscraper, and notes post office waste, Breathitt County trials, slow coal deliveries, new flying machines, a drunken dwarf elected mayor, and a rising mill workforce as optimism grows for continued operation.
Notable mood remains hopeful as Moody Merrill resists defeat while the council faces Donohoe opposition. A $2000 blaze fails to lift glory, river highs and Kaw river water mark standouts, and band concerts pause. A stray joke about an exhausted auto and a comic crop forecast notes Jupiter P. appears. Councilman Pinders suggestion of a kinder garden mocks Froebelian training.
A collage of brief items surveys sensational topics. The Paris Madrid race headlines wrecked autos and business implications. Vegetarian footwear gets mocked and a joke about eating hats in elections circulates alongside a Somerville banquet speech by Hon. George Fred critiquing Democrats and warning about Socialist influence in Massachusetts.
Preparations are completed for the June 19 unveiling at Clermont Iowa of a soldiers monument and a statue of Colonel D B Henderson former speaker of the House of Representatives Henry St George Rucker of Lexington Vermont elected dean of Columbian University law school Albert Eschert long time musical director of the army of the Czar celebrated his golden wedding in New York Ex Speaker Henderson plans to move to New York to practice law H G Dyar of the National Museum has gone to Kalso British Columbia to study insect life The widow and son of Sir Hector Macdonald have received the maximum government allowance Lord Avebury now 69 Prime Minister Seddon of New Zealand proposes to buy meat in the colony and ship to the United Kingdom to establish depots for sale at cost to drive out competitors
London reports from Valparaiso and Santiago indicate fears for the safety of Pacific Steam Navigation steamer Arequipa with 80 aboard after leaving Valparaiso to ride out a gale. Crews’ bodies washed ashore as four bay vessels foundered, Esplanade damaged, docks ruined. Arequipa, 1387 tons, built 1889, capt Todd, owned by Pacific Steam Navigation of Liverpool.
Perry Heath accuses Tulloch of lying in a disputed post office matter. The public awaits resolution to end the unsavory episode and restore trust.
Witnesses describe the object as a single quart bottle of a type that would require five such bottles to make a gallon, implying a misleading packaging claim and potential overstatement of product size.
Consular advices from Constantinople dated June 3 report a clash on the Montenegro frontier between Montenegrin and Ottoman troops. Five Turks were killed in the fighting. Harnesses of all kinds offered for sale at Cluer's 340 Bridge Street for $10.00.
St Louis freight teamsters and freight handlers employed by wholesale houses ended their weeks long strike and have returned to work. Workers at freight houses on both river sides have not settled grievances and their jobs have been filled by non union men.
A reader complains about failing Lakeview line service as track conditions worsen repairs slow. Delays from welding work and insufficient crews disrupt schedules, causing missed connections and crowded cars, with calls for a larger, quicker fix rather than extended, partial work.
Unconfirmed reports from Belgrade claim King Alexander of Servia faced a palace scandal as his French cook allegedly died by suicide after being found attempting to poison Queen Draga. The rumor circulates without official confirmation.
From Chicago a report on Miss Helen Bradford Thompson's experiments with 50 students shows men surpass women in ingenuity and strength, and argues social upbringing shapes mind and action rather than inherent sex differences. The work, noted by Chicago experts, involved about one thousand hours of testing.
Sixty seven people rescued by a steamer from the Randolph end of the Milwaukee railroad bridge five miles below Kansas City have been brought to Kansas City. Passengers included from a St. Joseph and Grand Island train and a Burlington line from Chicago. Judge W. P. Hail said crews feared to cross due to damaged piers, and the group slept in trains and nearby farmhouses while awaiting possible river crossing.
James Faere, 35, gravely wounded after three assailants with revolvers fire six bullets into his body outside a Brooklyn distillery. The men, intent on stealing $500 saved for years, fled as a watchman fired on them. a posse formed but the robbers escaped.
Endymion owned by George Lander Jr won the 248 mile Atlantic Yacht club race starting Monday. Finishing at 1.36.00 a m Endymion led Fleur de Lys by over an hour with Troquois Thistle Kiawassa also finishing before Estelle had not yet arrived.
London June 3. It is understood the Duke of Argyll sold Iona island Hebrides to the Carthusians recently expelled from Grande Chartreuse. Terms of sale provide preservation of the sacred and historical associations of the islands.
New York June 3 James B Ledden once a wealthy Boston broker is in Jefferson Market Prison charged with letting his children peddle in the streets. His two daughters aged 15 and 11 and his 13 year old son are under Children's Society care or juvenile asylum. An agent found Ledden in a shack with his children selling perfume to support him for two years. Once valued at half a million his fortune was ruined by the 1893 panic.
The Rock Island and Peoria passenger train derailed eight miles from Peoria, Illinois, after an axle broke. Three passengers and two trainmen were hurt. a special train brought the injured to Peoria. Officials said all are expected to recover.
New York customs data show diamonds and precious stones valued at $2,422,000 imported in May, a record month. Since the May panic of 1901, over $50,000,000 in gems have entered the country, reflecting rising demand and higher prices that make stones a solid investment.
The Monte di Pieta in Naples was gutted by a night fire. The strong room with valuables burned, with damage reported around 2 400 000, likely in lire rather than dollars.
At Fayal on June 3 Sir Thomas Lipton's Erin and the Shamrock III. from Gourock Scotland arrived, with Shamrock II in tow. The Shamrock II and the tug Cruiser are expected to arrive here tomorrow.
James of Fernald street marries Olive May Bertrand of Dorchester at the bride’s mother's residence Monday evening. Rev. R. G. Osborne officiates in House of Prayer parish. Groomsman is William H. Curtin. Large guest turnout from Lowell with numerous presents given to the newlyweds.
Charles E. Abare and Ethel M. Merrill were married yesterday afternoon at 2 by Rev. George F. Kenngett at his Liberty Street residence. A reception followed at the bride’s home, 51 Fifth Street. Abare is a member of the fire department.
A North Adams man recounts a Pittsfield streetcar ride where a well dressed Chinaman, after being asked to move by a white woman, saluted with a polished claim of 14 years in the U.S. as an American citizen and Harvard graduate. He refused to change seats, then succeeded in finding another spot while passengers applauded.
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