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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
6
The notice provides the Lowell Daily Courier’s claim as Middlesex county’s oldest daily, established in 1825 and 1845, publishing daily except Sundays and holidays from Merrimack Street, Lowell, with carrier delivery at six cents a week.
Yesterday afternoon was fine and a clear cool night followed. Today remains similar with warm sun as a barometer and temperature trend in Boston on March 7 forecasts fair tonight with increasing clouds Saturday and rain or snow in the afternoon.
The Boston Herald argues Prince Henry’s visit offers a confidential glimpse into American prosperity but cautions its value is limited by time and perspective. The trip may foster closer friendship and ease business tensions, with focus on improving strained U S Germany commercial relations.
The Herald reports that German sugar producers lose money on exports while domestic consumers pay high prices. Government subsidies and cartel gains keep export sugar barely profitable, prompting calls to consider relief measures. The piece questions tariffs and proposes letting German beet sugar enter freely for German consumers and farmers.
Wisconsin senator Spooner has long opposed the Philippines as a burden yet backs tariff passage and supports a path to independence or U S membership for the islands. Governor Taft echoed the mistaken origin while aligning with staying the course, revealing a tension between burden concerns and commitment to eventual self-rule.
The piece argues the Philippine burden remains, notes Senator Spooner’s stance, and discusses the Maine destruction failing to grant individual redress. It questions Cuba policy, reciprocity, and annexation, then shifts to De Wet’s Boer War resilience and finally the long Boston visit of Prince Henry.
The report notes no attempt by Messrs Carey and McCartney to eject the Prince from the hall of representatives during yesterday's reception. It suggests they stayed away to uphold their consciences by not engaging with the brother of an hereditary Emperor, a man considered dangerous.
After a speech in Boston Prince Henry may be pardoned for confusion over which city earns the nickname windy. He appeared unsure whether Chicago or Boston embodies the windy title during thoughtful remarks.
The piece mocks royal visits and political finance as horseshoe makers and the appropriations committee clash. It notes Prince Henry’s trip, comments on German veterans in Boston, Boers’ resistance, and a quip about his epitaph. Abbey is described as painting Edward’s coronation with a new name Westminster Abbey. Funston downplays war in the Philippines and notes Kentucky’s guerilla stage.
Quotations from Springfield Republican Providence Journal and Columbus Dispatch depict District Attorney Jerome as unyielding reformer in three months office. They critique House dependence on Senate shaping tariff policy and argue state control of senatorial elections preserves federal offices as public service rather than partisan power.
The poem recalls Praxiteles and his sculpture Phryne as it laments time and fate. The speaker notes the marble beauty defying decay, preserving youth beyond death, while art grants what love cannot, leaving future generations to recall the sculptor and his beloved Phryne.
A Boston Herald note critiques Chaplain Milburn’s Senate cameo as awkward yet typical of praying with eyes closed. The piece shifts to city politics, noting the common council’s exclusion from a mayoral library reception and the discreet invite choices. It rounds out with a high school critique and Blondin arrest chain of identifications tracing through multiple police bodies.
Mrs. George W. Dyer of Washington died at age near 67, born Kate Huntress of Lowell. Daughter of Leonard Huntress, longtime Lowell Daily Courier proprietor, she married Col. George W. Dyer in 1868 and lived in Washington, D. C. She is survived by two sons Frank and Leonard Dyer and two brothers Frank Huntress and Dr. Leonard Huntress.
An In Memoriam piece honors Miss Ella Russell a gentle strong woman whose life inspired righteousness. It reflects on her quiet character and the inner light she shared, noting the lasting influence on friends and community despite her passing.
New York March 7. The Times reports plans now under consideration may lead to renewed traffic relations between Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Panama Railroad Company if consummated.
W B Goodwin argues against radical critics who deny the Mayflower carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth. He cites Morton Bradford and historical records showing the ship’s name on local and London records, notes the 1629 Salem voyage, and asserts the Mayflower’s central role in the colonial voyage and its enduring memory.
Lowell March 6 local union 117 Beer Drivers deny statements about bottlers Harvard Brewing Co. editors say no officer granted privileges for that assertion and press correspondents dispute the claim as untrue.
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