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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1898
Page
6
Beacon Hill dispatch reports the House plans three sessions but only one minor matter on its orders while the Senate holds a long calendar. Codification of election laws dominates Senate business as several days pass without final readings. Senate debate concentrates on prime items with most measures effectively ready for passage.
The morning House session lasted ten minutes with one bill set for third reading. It refused Senate concurrence on tuberculosis referral and adjourned to 2 PM. A mortgage foreclosure bill was sent to the next General Court, Boxford high school aid measure advanced, and a $2530 AAAS convention aid appropriation rejected. Additional bills on military aid and a Merrimac crew provision were referred. Resolutions honoring the late Congressman Morse of Canton were adopted.
The Senate receded and referred the governor's cattle commission message to the agriculture committee. After amendments, the election codification bill was engrossed and sent to the House. Various bills were engrossed including temporary loans, aid for Massachusetts Agricultural College, police fish and game enforcement, Medfield asylum land sales, and funding for Spain war veterans.
A laborer, Robert Monegal, was stabbed in the right breast by an Italian named Frank Effie in Roslindale around noon. Effie fled to nearby woods and remained at large as police from Dedham Hyde Park Newton station 13 Jamaica Plain searched the area. Monegal was taken to the Roslindale sub-station then City hospital. The incident occurred in a shack off Washington Street near the car line.
A dispute over 15 cents led an Italian man named Effie, 86, to stab Monegal in the breast during a dinner break with gang workers on a new boulevard through Stony Brook reservation. Monegal, of Washington Street Roslindale near Forest Hills, disappeared into nearby woods as the assailant fled. Effie, described as 5'9" in a light coat and black pants, lived at 1 or 2 Salem Street North End. A vigilant search is underway. authorities deem escape unlikely.
Boston defeats Cincinnati 6 to 4 after Stivett's pinch homer tied the game in the ninth inning. Klobedanz earned the win with strong relief pitching as Boston backed him with solid defense and timely hits. Klobedanz and Stivetts homered for Boston, Methnee had a two-base hit, and Hill and Syssion joined the hit parade.
In Boston the Home team beat Cincinnati 6 to 5. Philadelphia defeated St Louis 5 to 2. Washington routed Pittsburgh 9 to 1. Baltimore beat Louisville 8 to not specified. Brooklyn tied Cleveland MM. New York edged Chicago 10 to 0 or 10 to something unspecified.
In Newport R I Newport defeated Pawtucket 8 to 1 Fall River beat Taunton 9 to none At New Bedford Brockton routed New Bedford 8 to 1 indicating a busy day for the league with multiple road and home wins across Massachusetts and Rhode Island venues.
At Paterson Hartford 4 Paterson 3 and Norfolk Lancaster 12 Norfolk 4. Richmond Allentown 5 Richmond 2 and Reading Reading 10 Newark 3. The results reflect close contests and decisive road wins across four pairings.
Boston June 9 Governor Wolcott has received petitions to raise provisional militia companies from W. Be Gravy Reading Wakefield Will N Clifford Westfield Capt Sullivan and Capt Childs Holyoke The governor referred the petitions to Gen Carter He has accepted Clement G Morgan s company a colored unit to temporarily replace Co L now at the front with the 6th The Gloucester naval militia company is widely praised for its selection
The steamship Marmion was transferred to the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association in Boston today and then moved to the Atlantic Works in East Boston for refitting. Cots will be added in the saloon as the space is extended, with alterations expected to take about three weeks.
The illumination contract for the State House dome was awarded today in Boston and the great beacon is expected to light for the first time on July 4. About 500 lamps of sixteen candles power will be used in the installation.
New York June 9 editorial writer J. T. Watkins of the Evening Sun died suddenly this morning at Park Place and Broadway on his way to the office. He was 59 years old. The cause was bursting of a blood vessel in the brain.
Word from Vienna reported that BERB Small of Bowdoin Hall, driven by religious mania, had wandered sixteen days in the woods without food or water. He was found emaciated and exposure threatened his recovery.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Cough Balsam as the cure for coughs, urging readers that many men are wise to take it. It promotes a 25 cent size and 50 cent large size, listing Carter & Sherburne drugstore at Merrimack and Bridge streets as the outlet.
A health product claim markets Maltox as a rejuvenating booster for blood. The advertisement emphasizes vitality and renewed vigor, urging readers to try the supplement for improved energy and overall wellbeing.
The City of Columbia, fifth Pacific steamship from the Klondike rush, reached Seattle amid a harrowing tale. Capt. Sb. C. Baker steered through the Strait of Magellan gale after grounding on Island Harbor, later enduring Valparaiso repairs and a $28,000 bottomry bond. Passengers praise the crew, especially Mrs. Hannah Gould, and plan further Klondike ventures led by New York women aboard.
A passenger log recounts a long voyage from New York to Rio de Janeiro in late 1897 into January 1898. It details daily skies, winds, seas, distances from New York, latitudes and longitudes, notable events such as equator crossing and a ship encounter, and incidents including injuries and a ship’s engine failure.
A vintage ad proclaims universal relief from itching piles with Dean's Ointment. It touts safety and effectiveness for rich and poor, old and young, claiming Mattox brings a healthy glow to the cheeks.
The article outlines simple, practical clothing for children, favoring loose fits and adjustable garments. It notes that while very young children need ease, girls around age seven outgrow outfits quickly and require modest, well finished attire using fine fabrics and delicate details.
Traveling gowns in checks plaids wools and covert cloth pair with boots of same material. Sailor hats stay in vogue while alpine square crown styles rise for older wearers. soft draperies and fruit trimming plus gauze or silk hats on light frames appear. The illustrated moss green tulle hat features violet velvet bow ivy and variegated pansies.
Mrs Subub and Mrs Bilkins are described as noble ladies by London Answers. The piece notes their lofty carriage and refined air as they move about, with a humorous remark on using perfumed air to fill the tires of her bigzele.
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