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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1903
Page
7
Heavy rain pounds Albuquerque and Jemez mountains as the Rio Grande rises dike breaks near the Santa Fe line. Los Cerritos and Alameda flood. residents flee to hills. Levee breaches eight miles up river threaten isolation from the east and halt Santa Fe rail service for days.
New York stocks started the day soft as leaders faced heavy selling at the open. Amalgamated Copper and Atchison among others fell from early prices while sugar, Reading, Erie, Pacific, Brooklyn Transit and Norfolk & Western tumbled several points. By 11 a.m. losses persisted as London’s mood dampened trading with many issues down one to two points.
New York futures show an irregular start with gains of 10 to 25 points. July 12.35, August 12.00, September 11.25, October 10.45, November 10.30, December 10.19, January 10.21, February 10.20.
In New York City on June 15 a man was shot and killed on the general sessions floor of the criminal courts building. Police arrested a man charged with the shooting. The victim was well dressed, wearing a silk hat and carrying an umbrella.
Thomas Donahue of Harrison New Jersey, once a fervent baseball follower, went insane after watching a Newark versus Buffalo game that ended 1 to 0. He showed marked changes in behavior and was taken into custody by authorities.
Miss Elizabeth Adams died at Quincy Saturday. She was the granddaughter of John Adams and niece of John Quincy Adams, known as the belle of the national capital. She attended the 1825 meeting of John Quincy Adams and the Marquis de Lafayette and was at President Adams bedside in 1826. She attended every second-term inauguration of Grover Cleveland.
At the annual meeting held May 4 1908 the corporation elected and qualified officers including President Oliver H Moulton and vice presidents Frederick Ayer James C Abbott Prescott C Gates Arthur G Pollard Daniel Swan Samuel A Chase among trustees and clerks.
In Brooklyn, Josephine Alonde 19 and Alphonse 17 died after an oil stove exploded while being filled as it burned. Josephine died at a hospital hours later. Alphonse remains critically injured. The blast covered both in flames and caused a panic as tenants fled, but the fire was confined to the Alonde apartment.
In New York on June 15 the Glen Cove regatta of the New York Yacht Club opens amid a northeast rain storm. The cup yacht Reliance Constitution and Columbia face poor weather after early hopes for improved conditions faded. Small craft and schooners also entered, awaiting clearer skies.
Twenty Italians narrowly escaped entombment when timbers sagged at an underground work site at 104th street between Broadway and Amsterdam. Foreman warned workers to run as roof collapsed and rock fell into the tunnel. Ambulances summoned, but all escaped unharmed. debris removal and shoring replacement expected to take days.
New York June 15 Rev Dr Frank Oliver Hall preached in the Church of the Divine Paternity on Gods Revelation Through the Trees noting desolation across Palestine Asia Minor and other lands due to tree destruction He argued civilization follows tree removal and warned Americans to stop portable saw mills as Maryland sized areas are stripped annually citing New England Michigan and Wisconsin with floods and droughts in their wake
The college entrance examination board holds exams this week in 150 U S cities and simultaneously in London Paris Strasburg Dresden and Geneva and Montevideo. About two thousand candidates are registered, a large rise from last year, with exams lasting the full week and readings to be rated at the board offices in New York.
A list of Lowell residents booked via Murphy's steamship agency to sail tomorrow from East Boston to Europe on the Cunard steamer Ivernia includes Mrs. Margaret Neil, Miss Martha Neil, Mr and Mrs J H Boston, Albert Woodward, William Roach, Miss Hannah Roache, John Brady, James Haworth, Mrs Elizabeth Trickett, Miss Julia Kelley, Miss Delia Cannon, and James Cannon.
Councilman Andrew Livingston of Pawtucketville voices support for a city Fourth of July entertainment plan. He recalls past joys and says he will not prescribe procedures but will offer ideas if the order passes and he is asked. The statement notes both city branches backing the notion and readiness to contribute.
Chairman Proctor submitted a report on civil service violations in the Washington post office. The inquiry questioned regularity of employment, adherence to civil service rules, and overall administration under the current postmaster. The summary notes promotions of nonexaminable staff, transfers, and political influence.限 demographics and classifications under war emergency laborers, rural free delivery, and pending rule changes to curb abuses.
The appeal court ordered a retrial of the action by J H Wallace, former private secretary of Lady Cook, who earlier won 2750 on libel. Wallace claimed extortion of 360000 from her late husband and alleged a fatal blow by Lady Cook. these charges were not raised at the first trial. The master of the rolls labeled the suit blackmailing and vacated the verdict.
A morning of disruption as a street railway feed wire crossed lighting wires causing several small fires. Fire crews contained fifteen blazes with property owners fearing damages. Old Colony company to cover all damages, pending insurance review for substantial interior wiring faults.
About 3599 employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia terminal division seek an 8 hour day, down from 12. Trainmen car inspectors and baggagemen lead the request. Unofficial reports say car inspectors may win a reduction, while baggagemen and train men are unlikely to receive concessions.
Boston June 13 Gov Bates vetoed the bill altering last year’s act that required national and savings banks to occupy separate offices. The veto message was filed with the Senate clerk today and will be public when the Senate meets Monday. The current bill left the separation to bank commissioners discretion.
Portsmouth towed the case as Henry C Buzzell pleaded not guilty to bigamy. With two women in court bearing marriage certificates, he was held in 800 dollars bail for the October term of the superior court. One woman testified marriage to Buzzell in Lewiston Maine in 1902.
Rain caused stoppage after Philadelphia players reached 86 for eight in their second innings against Oxford University at Oxford. The match was abandoned with play halted and no result.
A fragment from the Courier-Citizen office describes scribbling paper in blocks measured 4x5 percent, 4x7, and 6x9 percent, priced at 5 cents per pound. The note appears as a vendor listing or office memo.
The Housesmiths and Bridge Builders union elected five judges as the next district court peers, signaling a win over the Parks faction and Jerome opposition. President Neidig stressed the union did not endorse Parks or Jerome, despite post meeting speeches by Parks allies. An IA Iron Workers conference with Hecla Iron Works leaders addressed a separate labor-management dispute in Brooklyn.
The schooner W. T. H. driven ashore near Gerrish island in a storm and thick fog, with Captain W. H. Delap, his wife, and six crew taking to the rigging. They escaped at dawn by walking over rocky ledges to shore. Vessel, built Bear River 1888, total loss. owned by A. Marshall. 170 gross tons.
Medical Examiner examines Mary Crosar also known as Mary Smith found dead in a Middlefield boarding house kitchen with her head nearly severed. Husband Wojcziech Czojar reports a boarding house proposal she rejected, prompting investigators to watch a local man. he did not report to Rock Fall factory work yesterday.
Piqua Ohio June 13 John F McKinney a prominent lawyer and ex Democratic state leader died today at 76 He served in the 38th and 42nd Congresses and was a noted political figure in the state
The Lowell Co operative bank met Friday evening in Central block rooms. Sixty seven hundred dollars were sold at five percent, and over six hundred shares have been sold in the new series. Considering three months of conditions in Lowell, this is a creditable showing for the bank.
The weather bureau at 9 30 a m issued a northeast storm warning with a storm center off the southern New England coast moving northward. The system is expected to grow stronger bringing strong to high northerly winds along the coast today and tonight.
The yacht Shamrock UE, towed by the tug Chas. E. Matthews and the steam yacht Erin, departed Tompkinsville early today for Erie basin. There the cup yacht will be overhauled and refitted, with Shamrock I. towed to the basin by the tug Cruiser.
William C. Kenney, a prominent leather manufacturer and longtime public official in Woburn, died suddenly of heart disease at his home. A leader of the local Young Democracy, he chaired the selectmen when Woburn was a town and later served on the aldermen after its growth into a city. Born in Roxbury in 1851, he is survived by a widow and one son.
The Sam Walter Foss Literary club held its closing meeting on Thursday June 11 in South Spring street with secretary Mrs E M Wheeler presiding. An elaborate lawn party was moved indoors due to weather. After a brief business session, games and social time followed with refreshments served by Mrs Wheeler, Mrs J Avison Baker and Mrs F A Spalding. The dining room featured June roses lavender crepe paper and a cake baked by the hostess in honor of the club poet. The group adjourned to meet the first Wednesday in October.
New York June 13 reports that by 1 o clock Lipton fleet remained unfound as H H Davies Lipton representative cruised near the Sandy Hook lightship aboard the tug Charles F E Matthews. Several incoming vessels were spoken but no sighting of the cup challenger or its convoy occurred.
In St. Louis on June 13 the river dropped .4 feet in 24 hours. The embargo caused by high water has halted stock yard business for several days and is expected to be lifted early next week, resuming normal activity.
James B Juvenal of Vesper Boat Club sails from Philadelphia on the Noordland to compete in the Henley regatta. The oarsman represents local rowing at the prestigious diamond sculls event.
Kenebunk Me June 3 Emery Andrews a prominent manufacturer and business man died today from Bright's disease He was 67 and served as president of the National Fibre Board Company.
In Wales five hundred thousand people cannot speak English while Ireland has thirty thousand who speak only Irish and Scotland has forty thousand who speak only Gaelic. The Swiss plan to send tor ships or balloons to view Mt Blanc from above.
June 13 marine notices list ships arriving at ports including Auguste Victoria Grosser Kurfurst Deutschland Mayflower and Etruria with position east of Nantucket light ship. Other arrivals include New York Southampton Liverpool Boston and Commonwealth from Boston and New York.
Mrs. Frank H Adams dies in Nashua on June 12 leaving a husband four brothers and two sisters Miss Mary A and Kittie Baird of this city William F Butler a well known young man of this city dies at his home 174 Broadway after a lingering illness employed as foreman of the sewer department survives by three sisters Miss Hannah Annie and Julia Charles F Cooper former police department employee dies at 21 Wilson street moved to Nashua a few years ago and made his home there
The funeral of Johanna Lyons took place Saturday at 10 o'clock from the home of her parents at 5 McGuirk's yard off Market Street. Burial followed in St. Patrick's cemetery, under the direction of Undertaker Molloy.
In Dracut on June 13 William R Gillick aged 3 months 10 days at home of John and Margaret Gillick 66 Beech Street. Ann Coyle aged 70 at Lowell City Hospital. Body removed to O Donnell s rooms. Joseph B Murphy aged unknown died in this city June 14 at 444 Riverside Street. Michael Higgins aged 41 died in this city June 13 at 135 Colburn Street. Rose Mitchell aged 47 years 8 months died in this city June 14 at 50 Lyons Street.
The F. W. Dodge company reports New England building and engineering contracts awarded for the week ending June 10 total about 2.89 million dollars, compared with 2.897 million the prior year. Year to date contracts reach 41.455 million, down from 71.664 million in 1902 and 53.286 million in 1901. About 17 percent of the week’s contracts are for dwellings and hotels, and 24 percent for mills and factories.
A wedding present idea for a June nuptial. A framed picture remains a lasting wall adornment and keepsake for years. Makers at the corner of John and Merrimack streets offers a range of suitable options.
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