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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1903
Page
6
Oldest and best daily paver in Middlesex county established in 1825 and a daily since 1845. Published in Lowell at Courier Citizen Building Merrimack Street. Carried by carrier at six cents a week with delivery every day except Sundays and holidays. Courier Citizen Company.
Saturday scenes smoky air with no weather change. Sunday smoke fades and clouds hint a rain look, with a few drops not noticeable. Morning brings light rain, insufficient to lay dust. Forenoon cloudy and sultry. Boston forecast: showers tonight, Tuesday fair, winds from the south to southwest.
Editorial Room 31 3 Counting Room 31 5 Job Department 62 114 Patrons urged to use care in telephone calls. Communications about advertising non delivery of papers changes of address and business inquiries should go to the business office 31 5.
The Boston Herald and Brooklyn Eagle clash over Grant's failed bid for a third term arguing it stemmed from party bosses and the anti third term sentiment. The piece touches on Conkling Logan and Quay, mugwumps, Greeley’s fiasco, and predicts Cleveland versus Roosevelt with a solid South vote likely.
The piece notes an eleventh week of a cotton mill strike with a bleak outlook for the coming harvest and continued pressure from speculators on prices. Local strikers push to keep workers united to secure higher wages, while receiving questionable guidance.
The article surveys economic and political tensions noting nil chances of a 10 percent cotton price rise, attacks on German Socialists, hints at Democratic and Republican candidate forecasts, and critiques of public behavior in sports. It also mentions flood impacts on St Louis and drought losses, and closes with remarks on equal rights, journalism, theology, and sunspot theories.
Prof. Harvey T. Woodman dies at Mount Vernon NY, renowned natural history authority who helped build Yale Harvard Princeton Columbia Cornell museums. Col William A. Jones takes charge of Baltimore fortifications and river harbor works. Charles Henry Niehaus to sculpt John J. Ingalls statue for Statuary Hall. William Mackabee to celebrate 100th birthday at Philadelphia naval home. Joseph B. Greenhut to study Jewish conditions in Russia for the international Hebrew committee. Cortelyou and aides move Commerce and Labor to the Willard building.
George D Widener, Philadelphia financier and son of a traction magnate, arrived in New York from Europe with his family. Customs officers questioned him about a cablegram claiming a large diamond purchase, but none was declared. It was learned he left a valuable jewel hoard in a London hotel and cables were sent to recover the jewels.
A commercial agent of the Japanese government visits California to experiment with shipping California oranges to Japan, exploring trade routes, logistics, and market viability for the fruit.
A wry collection notes drought humor and weather woes across regions. Rural constables fail to arrest drought while mills keep running. St Louis imagines trading water for dry land as Armstrong signs thousands of documents daily.
The Y M C A will send six men from Lowell to the Northfield conference this summer. Names include 905 formerly of this city, F. ’Se 1906, J. T. Sleeper 1906, B. A Rust 1904, M. P. Peffers 1905, and M. L. Robinson 1905, with a promise of a large Lowell turnout at Northfield and a well filled Lowell house.
A Kennebec Journal editorial urges urgent fire safety measures amid drought fears. It calls for municipal, railroad, and fire department vigilance and doubled patrols, with individuals minimizing fire risk on their premises.
Chelmsford High School alumni and about 50 guests gathered at Odd Fellows hall for a social. A brief business meeting reappointed E L Stearns as chair and Edward J Robbins as president with E L Stearns as vice president. Eva Perham named secretary and Mrs G T Parkhurst treasurer. New social committee includes Leslie R Davis R W Emerson Mary Devine E Belle Adams and Alice Stearns. Performances featured songs readings and duets. Refreshments followed and letters listed for Michele Gesoro A H Overman S M Ryder Mary Thayer and others.
Ossining N Y June 8 Arthur Flanigan a negro executed in Sing Sing after two reprieves. He had killed Keeper Hugh McGovern at a New York City West Fifty-fourth Street jail during an escape with Frank Emerson. Emerson died when his rope broke while descending. Flanigan was later captured.
Chicago June 8 Temporary peace may come from a restaurant war as a committee of restaurant keepers and employes union representatives meet. The union will answer this morning to a proposal from proprietors and there is a strong possibility that strikes will be called off in six large downtown restaurants that have been tied up for days pending arbitration.
The Postal Telegraph company grants free or charged telegrams to aid relief committees in Kansas City Kansas and Gainesville Georgia. The notice publicizes the policy in case a relief fund is started for sufferers in affected areas.
The National WCTU press committee received the Geneva program as the world convention opens in Switzerland. Notable speakers include Mrs Stevens of Portland and Mrs Sanderson of Canada with addresses by Miss Collins of Egypt and Miss Gordon of the United States. Debates continue through Thursday with devotional and mass meetings and closing one minute addresses.
In Chicago at Twelfth street station two 19 year old men, Dongtong and Martins, were taken into custody after a clash with detectives aboard an Illinois Central picnic train. They face charges in the murder of Dr J B Forbes, who was killed May 29 during a robbery at a drug store where he served as night clerk.
While canoeing near Willow Dale Sunday afternoon Mr Colburn and Miss Mullen were upset. They were rescued by D M Leary and brought to his cottage where their clothes dried and they continued their journey none the worse for wear. The incident prompts them to be more careful in the future.
Leadville Col June Guth of New York, a prominent mining man aged 69, is dead here. Mr Guth was resident manager of the Bankers Mining company.
Chauncey Dewey and associates Mc Bride and Wilson face murder charges for Daniel Berry and his two sons. They are guarded at a hotel by the sheriff's posse and Kansas National Guard as a march to St Francis, Kansas commences. About 150 armed settlers camp near Berry ranch six miles west of the O K ranch along the march route.
Eleven followers of Duke Farson's Metropolitan Holiness church on Chicago's West Side were arrested after a sidewalk rally at Monroe and State. Refusing bonds, they claimed divine direction, with six women among the detainees including a Black woman. Police reports say the group persisted in services late into the night before quieting.
Joseph D. Lucas, president of the Kinloch Jockey Club and a prominent turf figure, died yesterday at Goodwood Missouri.
A park merry go round in Evansville runs away with itself injuring 13 children. The conductor evacuated riders as it toppled breaking a six year old girl’s skull and causing multiple fractures and bruises. The weaponized apparatus collapsed into pieces, scattering wooden horses.
The ad touts Nickel Plate trains with tourist car service and low-rate tickets across Denver Salt Lake El Paso and other Colorado Minnesota Iowa and Dakota points. Local agents of L. P. Burgess Nepa 258 Washington St Boston will offer details next month as Boston gears up for an unusually pedagogical period with potential discipline for locals.
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