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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
1
Notable lines speculate on China aiding Russia and Russian disarmament efforts this summer. The piece comments on census enumerators as heirs of all ages, cites Britain possibly gaining influence in Nek in China and South Africa, and imagines women drilling in dress parade as a striking sight.
Three manufacturing plants in East Pembroke were burned this morning, including Hawley box factory, H C Fisher grain mill, and an axe handle factory. The fire also engulfed the highway bridge over the river and several residences, causing about 32600 dollars in losses.
Dover June 16 Congressman John H Koffecker Delaware’s sole representative in the lower house and the only Republican both parties could agree on for that post, dropped dead this morning.
A collision between an express and a Windsor race-goers train near Slough, just outside London, killed six people and injured forty. The incident occurred on June 16 as both trains collided during travel. Rescue and investigation teams work at the scene amid a growing inquiry into signal and speed factors.
Twenty-four thousand shipbuilders walked out today in Havre while troops were posted to guard the yards. In Boston the forecast for Massachusetts calls for fair weather tonight and Sunday with northwest winds.
In Louisville on June 15 Mollie Back, 18, married Newton Thrale after her adopted father Thomas Back forbade the union. Back shot Mollie and then killed himself when Thrale and Mollie wed, leaving a farmhand family in Jefferstown.
The undersigned expresses gratitude to sorrowing friends for their many acts of kindness during the illness and for floral tributes honoring Miles H Battye. These tokens bring comfort in deeply shadowed days. Mrs Miles H Battye.
Promotes general banking operations with foreign exchange in multiple languages. Offers safety deposit boxes with private coupon rooms and a ladies banking room. Pays 4 percent per annum in the Savings Department, compounded semi annually, with interest starting monthly. Declares U S and Massachusetts depository status.
Hong Kong reports all Pekin legations razed and German minister Baron Von Ketteler killed amid Boxer massacres and fires in Tien Tsin and Shanghai. Telegraphs cut, foreign troops mobilize, and Western envoys held hostage as battleships head toward Tianjin. Platt signals retreat from candidacy with possible push for a western nominee.
Washington on June 16 reports that no official source confirms the alarming claim of destruction at the Pe kin foreign legations. With the government unable to reach the scene officials doubt private enterprise could verify it. Minister Wu and the Chinese legation have no advices.
In New York on June 16 Patrolman Irwin B. Cornelius of Brooklyn shot and killed Patrick Farley a large boxer who had beaten his wife and threatened to kill her Farley was arrested after a fierce struggle but broke away when ordered to stop and was shot in the back.
A native rising in the Bathurst Gambia colony reports two British commissioners and six policemen killed by Mandingoes. The incident dated June 16 highlights colonial unrest in West Africa and raises concerns for administrative stability in Bathurst and surrounding regions.
In New York on June 16 reports say Senator Platt told Senator Hanna he would not run. C. N. Bliss read a statement following the exchange describing the political clash and its context.
Bradstreet's forecast notes ongoing dullness in manufactured textiles as a general trade mood. Despite mixed signals in rail earnings and foreign trade, overall business activity appears relatively stronger than a year ago, with crops varying by region and textiles showing limited encouraging signs alongside weaker wool and iron markets.
Gas commissioners heard Lowell Electric Light Corporation petition for a $125000 increase to its $300000 capitalization to install new machinery at the power house. The hearing was continued to next Wednesday for final action, with no opposition represented by Mr. Stone of Stone Webster. A note on Russian law about age and marriage follows with an odd incorrect line.
The Massachusetts State Federation held its eighth annual meeting at South Weymouth with delegates from many clubs, addressing the Milwaukee biennial color line dispute and the Woman's Era club case. Rifts emerged but the convention chose no action, electing officers and reporting on by-law changes opening membership to working girls clubs.
Sperry A. Clark aged about 45 was killed instantly while oiling shafting in the basement of Amingtoon Paper Tube company works at Walker and West Adams streets. The shafting, 115-16 inches thick and revolving 16 times a minute, hurled him to a lead pipe, tearing away his clothing and causing a fractured skull or broken neck. He had been employed two months as a general utility man living at 60 Race street with a wife and daughter.
The passage argues that contemporary medical opinion sees women's clothing from a wormseye level, focusing only on microbes stirred by the trailing skirt and neglecting broader factors in dress and health.
An old advertisement touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a spring tonic that purports to restore vitality, improve blood quality, and boost activity with a bottle priced at one dollar. It notes constipation reduces effectiveness and counters with Ayer's Pills at 25 cents a box.
The street committee led by Alderman Beaulieu voted in favor of numerous minor upgrades. Plans include sidewalk work on Ford Sreet Hastings Burgess and Sutherland, partial ac ceptance of Aiken and Claire Oliver streets, macadamizing parts of Cheever Hall and Gorham streets, and water system tweaks along Gorham and London streets. The meeting also set desks for further estimates and deferred several petitions.
The notice calls Lowell residents to submit their names if census enumerators have not visited. It warns of possible extensions of time or overlooked entries and promises to investigate once names are received. The goal is to ensure every inhabitant is counted in the census.
A short session of the police court heard Maxime Gauthier held on $800 bonds for breaking and entering and larceny in Appleton street with a June 23 review and lawyer Hamel. John Erdis, back before Judge Hadley after years, was placed on probation. Edward Mason, delirium tremens case, was sent to the city farm and promised probation compliance. Margaret Horne, blaming her husband, was fined six dollars as multiple promises were made.
City records show paving of Market street must begin by June 30 with a 30 day window to complete. The treasury on June 1 held 140,002.55 and unpaid bills totaled 80,826.05. Huntington hall rebuilding appropriation has 606.86 remaining. Memorial tablets cost 493.70 this year.
Reverend Perley B. Davis will supply the Highland Congregational church pulpit on Sunday morning and evening, delivering sermons at both services.
Jonathan S Perkins died at his Fitchburg home on June 11 after a year of neuralgia. Born April 11 1827 in Chichester NH he lived in Lowell and Groton before settling in Fitchburg. Survived by son Edward S Perkins two brothers Edward J and Ames K Perkins and widow who died in 1898. Funeral held at home with floral tributes and a graveside service in Groton.
Multiple obituaries list funerals from St Josephs and St Patricks churches with Catholic cemetery burials. Names include Margaret Geirook, Alexander Peloquin, Alice Rose Aubry, Grace McGrade, Bridget Cummings, with priests Fr Fournier Lamoiite McKenna Finnick and lay undertakers O Donnell Molloy and Savage overseeing arrangements.
In this city on June 15 Sperry Ay Clark aged 45 years 2 months of 60 Race street. Fenstancy Al phonse Fenstancy aged 3 months 5 days of Brookside on June 14. Marehand Bonat Marchand aged 4 months at home of his parents 36 Aiken street Trainville on June 14. Archil Roinville aged 5 months at home of his parents 1 Recine place off Hail street on June 15. Sauvageau Joseph Sauvageau aged 3 years 6 months at home of his parents 29 Willie. Moraine Benjamin Moraine aged 68 years at his late home 461 Riverside street on June 15.
At the Court General Butler meeting five initiations and seven propositions were transacted and officers were elected for six months. The Ladies of the A. R. No. 8 held a strawberry festival with a large attendance and an after supper entertainment featuring Buckly, Louisa Davis, Ralph Lord, Nora Johnson, and Joe Stiles, with visitors from Lynn Chelsea and Boston. The N. A. S. E. held four initiations and one application. Freight handlers and teamsters plan to organize a union at Building and Laborers' hall next Sunday at 2 50.
The advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as laying a foundation of pure rich blood and toning the stomach to invigorate body organs. It claims cures for scrofula salt rheum humors eruptions dyspepsia rheumatism catarrh malaria and other diseases caused by impure blood. Sold by druggists for $1.
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