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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1902
Page
7
In Boston and New York trading March 5, stocks drifted downward with losses of half to one point. Dominion Coal bucked the trend, rising to 103 after last night’s close of 99. Centennial edged up slightly while Amalgamated slipped to 67 from 68.
New York March 5 The stock market opened heavy with declines in many issues. Amalgamated Copper and several coalers showed notable weakness while several names including Chicago and Western Indiana Lake Erie and Western and Chicago and Northwestern fell about 1. Missouri Pacific and Consolidated Gas slipped, but the market later steadied though not fully recovered. Some gains appeared in United States Steel and utilities.
New York on March 5 reports cotton futures opening firm with bids across months. March 8.86, April 8.88, May 8.75, June 8.75, July 8.77, August 8.62, September 8.30, October 8.12, November 8.05, December 8.05.
Chicago reports reaction from the board of trade after the U S supreme court sustained the Illinois ban on put and call trading. A V Booth, loser in the case, says privilege trading ends in Illinois, while Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri and New York still allow the practice. Vice President Adams says the court ruling is welcome and the board would not oppose repeal while the law remains on the books.
F L Hewitt of Winfield Illinois recalls a severe la grippe winter 1898 1899. He credits two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with breaking up the cold and stopping the coughing. Claims it wards off pneumonia and is pleasant to take. notes it is widely sold by druggists.
Boston news notes the Devonian arrived from Liverpool on March 5 as part of marine traffic.
The Gloucester fishing schooner Reliance stranded at Indian Point Little Harbor near Lockeport and is a total wreck. The 18 crew escaped by boat, cargo of twenty thousand pounds of fresh halibut lost. Captain believed 15 miles offshore when struck. Owned by Pugh & Son of Gloucester, insured in Gloucester Mutual. Keel and bottom likely ruined. sails not removed. This was the vessel’s second trip.
A small schooner rigged vessel was towed into Vancouver harbor last night with the bodies of two men lashed to it. The vessel had been overturned by a Monday night storm and picked up early yesterday in the gulf. Names of the dead are not known and it is unclear if more were drowned.
Washington reports that U S minister Leishman has filed a caveat with Turkey and Bulgaria to save all rights while an exhaustive state department inquiry determines responsibility for Miss Stone's kidnapping. No specific demand for punishment or indemnity will be pressed until the inquiry concludes.
The Norwegian bark Prinds Leopold commanded by Capt Nilsen, sailing from Ship Island on January 29 bound for Queens town, was found water logged and abandoned. The crew were rescued and landed at St Michaels.
Blizzard continues to cripple communications with telephone lines down and storms worsening. Weather bureau offers little hope for immediate relief, leaving communities isolated and awaiting updates on power and transit status.
A fierce snow storm sweeps Easton Pennsylvania with blizzard conditions. About six inches of new snow fell in five hours and trolley service is disrupted. Strong winds and drifting hinder travel as residents shovel and respond to the winter emergency.
New York on March 5 reports the city post office will close all outgoing mails from Grand Central station and Long Island Railroad one half hour earlier than normal due to the storm. All other outgoing domestic mails will close ten minutes earlier.
In police court Judge Hadley arraigned Ernest Turner for drunkenness and non support after his wife described desertion and a newborn child. John J. Connors was fined for drunkenness and assault on Patrick Roddy, with an appeal filed. Multiple defendants, including Thomas H. Fox and Wilfred Ducharme, faced charges of assault and drunkenness, with sentences ranging from fines to six months in the workhouse and bonds to keep the peace. Harvey Woodside was ordered to pay 35 dollars after stealing 19.50 from the North Chelmsford depot.
General Hughes testified before the Senate Philippines committee describing the Balangiga massacre. He accepted responsibility for troops sent and the commander chosen, citing over confidence as cause. He said native soldiers generally do well but require American supervision.
Washington March 4 Gov Taft testified before the House insular committee on the extent of slavery in the Philippines noting it was confined to the Southern Moro islands. Slavery involved debt bondage with generations of slaves often part of families. Dato Mandi had abolished slavery by decree, though the actual effectiveness was unclear. Civil authorities did not recognize slavery and the military released slaves, but the slaves did not grasp liberty. Taft warned force might provoke slave resistance, while US influence grows toward eradication.
The weather bureau tracks a northeast moving southwest storm with heavy snow and rain in the Middle Atlantic, rain in the south, and warmer conditions along the South Atlantic coast. Ohio flood crest near Cincinnati, expect more rain or snow in Kentucky and Tennessee, with frost in North Florida and the east gulf states. Warnings issued from Savannah to New York as cold waves and high winds develop along coasts.
At the Gorham Street Primitive Methodist annual meeting Rev. N W Matthews was renominated for the pastorate by a unanimous rising vote for a sixth year. John Thompson was chosen moderator and Eli Turner clerk. Alderman James O Sullivan and Assessor John P Mahoney left for New York to proceed to Norfolk Virginia for about ten days.
New Bedford reports Councillor David F. Slade of Fall River will seek the Republican nomination for Congress in the 13th district. Rufus A. Soule of New Bedford had been a potential rival, but Soule announced he will not run, clearing the field for Slade.
Three burglars dynamited the Maine Central freight office safe in Fairfield Maine early this morning and fled with $35 and mileage books. Night Policeman Gurney fired as the robbers fled, and one man appeared wounded. Police searched the town for the trio, believed to be in hiding.
New York March 4 The New York Central faces major disruption as Hudson and western streams rise. Through trains are delayed and some suspended. Adirondack express abandoned temporarily. southern express stalled. Buffalo and Montreal expresses late. Chicago express five and a half hours late.
Paterson New Jersey reports conditions improving with a rapid water decline from midnight to 10 am. River Street remains inundated with swift currents and impassable passages even by boat. Whirlpool conditions at West Main Washington Bridge and Patterson streets block crossings.
Falmouth residents prepare for a heated annual meeting next Tuesday sparked by the Citizens club with about 275 voters. Silas Hatch faces Dr. Geo. E. F. Donkin for selectman, while five candidates vie for tax collector as debates focus on office division and franchise grants to the Middleboro Wareham and Buzzards Bay Railway.
The Boston and Northern Street Railway Co buys land in Danversport from David N. Cook to establish a major power plant costing about 1,000,000 dollars. The facility would replace existing Essex Falls, Lawrence, Wakefield plants and produce all power on site. Coal and materials can be landed beside the station, with a spur track from the railway nearby.
Mrs Mahala Clifford widow of Arthur L Clifford died early Wednesday at her daughter Mrs Fred Woodies home on Gates Street aged 88. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Friends invited.
The regular term meeting of teachers will be held in the high school hall Friday afternoon March 7 at 4 30 o clock. The hour will include a brief discussion of number work and a fuller look at language teaching methods with descriptions from Chicago schools visited. Teachers from distant schools are asked to close early to attend promptly. The public is invited.
The third farmers' institute of the season meets at Pawtucketville on Wednesday March 12 starting 10 30 a m. W F Taber speaks on Fruit Culture Its Necessities and Aids. A noon dinner follows with an afternoon discussion on whether neglecting attractive surroundings drives the young from the farm, with travel options via Pawtucketville or Varnum avenue cars.
Quincey March 4 A strike of 400 quarrymen ripples through granite manufacturing. If it endures, up to 4000 stone cutters, tool sharpeners, and polishers may quit. Citizens discuss mediation, while both sides remain firm. Strikers meet daily at West Quincy, claiming no deserters to date.
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association and a delegation met with American Tin Plate Co officials in New York on March 4 to discuss wage scales for the current year. The negotiators indicated satisfactory prospects and possible talks with other United States Steel subsidiary firms. An official of the steel group denied plans for a meeting with Schwab. A Morgan meeting rumor was also denied.
In Cleveland on March 4 two victims named May Kelly and Florence McGrath were found buried under wreckage from the collapsed Cleveland Baking Company buildings. Judge Babcock ordered the grand jury to investigate the disaster to determine responsibility.
Napoleon Landrey of Oak Avenue suffered a left thumb injury when it was caught in a lathe at the United States Bobbin Company works this morning. Surgeons at Emergency hospital determined amputation at the first joint was necessary.
In addressing the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom Lord Avebury warns against despair in British trade and urges keeping government hands off commerce. He notes French subsidies burden certain industries and predicts U S protectionism may provoke protest. He cites Germany’s bounties as troublesome and champions the favored nation principle and open door to fair global commerce.
Mrs Martha S Munsey of Concord accused in Massachusetts for forging the will of uncle Samuel Welch. High Sheriff M Swan Clough arrested her at Pittsfield. arraigned before Judge Fletcher. bail set at 1000. hearing continued two weeks. junked will found in a Boston second hand shop. heirs named in dispute.
At the Jersey City meeting, retiring directors were reelected. Wm. M. Wood reported earnings from March 29, 1899, to Jan. 4, 1902 totaling 7,600,988 with preferred dividends paid 3,817,579 and a surplus of 3,783,408. The company earned 4.4 percent annually on its common stock, but will forgo dividends to strengthen production and surplus.
Roh rt Brayton, 60, a leading Providence businessman and director in the Union Railroad and several banks, was struck and killed by an oncoming train near Riverpoint R T on March 4. He halted on the tracks while walking from his foundry to the station, becoming confused as the engine approached. He is survived by a widow.
Fall River, March 4. James Wallace died at City hospital from injuries suffered in a drunken assault Saturday night. Suspect William Hamilton faces manslaughter charges with bail set at 10,000. Hearing scheduled for March 11 as Hamilton and his lawyer James F Morris appeared in district court.
Savannah March 4 The German steamship Drachenfels Captain Linitz sailed last week for Bremen and Hamburg with 19 332 round bale cottons counted as two to one totaling 804 397 dollars. The ship also carried 2100 barrels of rosin 3404 sacks of cottonseed meal and 2491 tons phosphate rock.
In Youngstown Ohio on March 4 after talks between Erie officials and the grievance committee of conductors and brakemen a new wage basis was set. Conductors will be paid three cents per mile and brakemen two cents per mile. On the Mahoning division an eleven hour day applies. The change covers all men from New York to Chicago.
Dover New Hampshire March 4. The case against Arthur Huntoon charged with assault with intent to kill Philip Haley at Barrington on Dec. 11, 1901 ends with a not guilty verdict due to insanity. The jury verdict cited mental condition after expert testimony and Huntoon was ordered confined to the New Hampshire state hospital for the insane.
The accounts committee holds an all day session in the auditor's office. Supt Gillow of the public buildings department inspected the city farm to review buildings and estimate improvement costs. The appropriations committee plans a visit to Tewksbury State hospital to inspect a model institution, with another session Thursday night.
Anticipating a Washington or California tour this season should request descriptive booklets from Nason and Russell at 282 Washington Street. Washington parties occur in March, April and May for $25 covering seven days, while California party runs April 2 for 63 days.
Concord New Hampshire March 4 Chairman John T Amey head of the Democratic state committee declines the Prohibition state committee challenge to a joint debate with Oliver W Stewart of Chicago at the Prohibition state convention in this city March 12.
Concord reports three smallpox cases in Berlin with two recoveries. Telephone lines to Berlin are down, delaying details, and the state board of health fears a broader outbreak in the area until more information is obtained.
In thousands of homes there is pain and sorrow over one who is racked and shaken by a graveyard cough. If a friendly hint would lead them to try Adamson's Balsam, druggists would be glad.
Middlesex County town meetings reported results from Wakefield North Reading Winchester Arlington Lexington and Lexingtons votes. License polls show yes totals ranging from 14 to 509 with no counts up to 823. Elections brought shifts in selectmen clergy and school committees amid surprises and recounts.
Lynn March 5 Judge Berry of the police court was too busy this morning to hear evidence on the manslaughter charge against Timothy F Gallagher in connection with the death of Joseph Collins. The case was continued to March 11.
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