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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
8
Rain persisted last night but sun returned this morning and forecasters expect a hot day. An east wind brought clouds by noon signaling possible more rain with temperatures around 76 after a 73 reading earlier. barometer rose from 29.65 to 29.85.
Boston reports a fair night and Saturday with cooler conditions tonight and Saturday. Winds shift from northerly to easterly, light to fresh, especially in the northwest portion.
The notice provides internal telephone numbers for the Courier-Citizen Company including Counting Room Editorial Rooms Job Department and emphasizes directing communications about advertising non-delivery address changes and business inquiries to the business office at 31-2.
The Indiana cigarette issue draws interstate commerce questions as residents buy paper cigars outside the state. Perdicaris case relief reduces Morocco interest. Bowen faces presidential censure over charges, Loomis’ fate questioned amid political uproar.
The article notes the expected denial of Mrs. Rogers writ, argues mercy was sought by seasoned lawyers, and claims the case drains hope as a dozen deaths haunt her. It contrasts the Gen Slocum disaster’s lack of accountability with little improvement in safety on large wooden steamers this season.
The Williams honors Mr Roosevelt with the Doctor of Humane Letters degree, praising him as a scholar and leader. The humanities focus spans classical and other elegant learning, echoing themes in Barrie’s Scottish student stories, and the accolade is deemed well bestowed.
The president's support for Secretary Morton as Equitable chairman boosts public trust by affirming his integrity amid rebate charges. Roosevelt would struggle to dismiss Bowen, while a bloated federal workforce and red tape slow citizen service. The piece notes reforms as a significant potential achievement.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court issues a decision on the open shop that weakens the legality of exclusive union agreements banning non union labor. The ruling casts doubt on the enforceability of closed shop arrangements and complicates union employment policies.
The Massachusetts decision holds that a closed shop can expose unions to damages when it discharges or bars a non union worker from a job. It preserves right to organize and bargain but limits exclusive employment to avoid harming actual workers. The ruling contrasts New York and ponders implications for outsiders seeking work and for collective bargaining essence.
A breezy editorial style piece features satire on labor strikes in Chicago and a sharp jab at a derailed train incident. It mentions Mary Rogers on stage, a man with a wooden leg, algebraic quips, and a note on the Equitable graduating many in search of jobs. It also comments on rope humor, Russian land battles, China as a market for ice cream, and a court ruling on closed shop agreements.
A collection of brief quotes notes bank burglary profits and imprisonment totals, immigration views on dispersing newcomers, a France population decline remark, and a Sheepshead Bay preacher who staged a test by preaching behind home plate to compare sermons to baseball attendance.
Out of the Common notes Rudyard Kipling’s weakened lungs after pneumonia years ago. A Woking resident sues a baker for injuries from eating a pork pie, loses, but the case becomes a cheering precedent. Other items include the Ofoten railway shipping iron ore and French plans to build Tangier Fez railroad, with doubts on concessions. Japan imports rail equipment for Manchuria and Korea.
Queen Wilhelmina names the Roman Catholic Jonkherr Van Green as private secretary, marking the first Catholic in a high royal household role since the Reformation.
Charles W Abbott, proposed by Congressman Butles Ames for the postmaster role after Harley Prentiss death, has long served Reading. A 37-year resident, he chaired selectmen and overseers of the poor, led the lighting commission, and works as an appraiser for Mercantile Trust Boston. The piece notes his birth in Lowell in 1835 and a varied career including Civil War service.
Berlin reports the French note on the Moroccan conference was delivered by mail due to length. Germany says talks are lengthy with no removal of disagreements and warns of intrigues risking war while remaining pacific. Paris notes ministers say negotiations proceed normally as unease over outcome grows.
Madrid confirms King Alfonso has approved the new cabinet listing Premier General Montero Rios and ministers for interior Garcia Pietro foreign affairs Sanchez Roman finance Urzaiz war Weyser marine Villanueva agriculture Romanones justice Gonzalez Pena public instruction Mellardo with the roster completing the government team.
Mrs Thomas F Ryan wife of Equitable stock owner donates 50000 to Georgetown for a new gymnasium. She previously gave 300000 for a refectory. The Union Jack Club in London enriched by 500 from Ambassador White Law Reid for an American sailors bed endowment. Special Commissioners Rainworth and Baylor survey Canada US boundary at Albury Springs Vermont with Staples the photographer assisting. Granite markers replacing iron monuments. Judge W W Cotton of Portland appointed to US district court bench, succeeding the late C B Bellinger. James Van Alen builds a world class fish pond at Rushton Hall. In Lucca Prince Robert of Bourbon hosts a banquet for his 21st child with Pope Pius X and Luxembourg grand duchess as godparents. William Watson named director of Dusseldorf Science and Art Institute, son of a Port Glasgow blacksmith. General G L Gillespie retired after long army service. Wisconsin hires foreignborn scholars for philosophy and European history chairs. Dr Evander Brad ley McGilvary from Bangkok and Prof Alfred Lewis Prince Dennis from Beirut.
James Burton Reynolds, assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of customs, weighs duties on small oil lamps with colored reservoirs. He consults the board of general appraisers on whether the lamp should be taxed at 60 percent ad valorem or 45 percent as glassware, and discusses dress shields and imitation seal furs while shaping policy through careful study and late hours.
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