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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1902
Page
6
Barometer readings and temperature data hint at a fair but cold period. Forecast for Boston and New England calls for fair weather tonight and Thursday with colder mornings and brisk northwest winds diminishing by Thursday.
The Lowell Daily Courier argues Secretary Shaw wisely halted government bond purchases after 11 months of $76,000,000 in bonds bought by the treasury. It says high premiums reduced bank circulation and questions the policy of basing notes on bank assets. It urges using government bonds for circulation, allowing banks to pledge bonds, and removing circulation taxes and interest on government deposits.
Alderman Carmichael criticizes lump sum funding and urges department heads to control budgets. He warns against expanding the appropriations committee’s power, arguing it undercuts departmental leadership and could humiliate city chiefs. The debate questions if subdivision improves results.
A wealthy Pittsburg resident moved his family to New York amid ongoing threats and anonymous letters demanding a ransom. The notes threaten abduction of his children unless he pays a substantial sum, recalling the Cudahy case and prompting concern over safety and security measures.
The piece argues for harsher penalties for kidnapping and anonymous letter writers while urging swift passage of the river and harbor bill to deepen Boston harbor. It criticizes Congressman Hepburn for opposing the measure and questions the logic of granting Cuba concessions without reciprocal benefits, calling free trade rhetoric hollow.
A compact digest of late quips and quibbles notes public figures and local concerns. It mentions Admiral Schley, Lynn expressmen, and the river front blaze while lampooning congressional actions and a Boston and Maine dispute. It also cites a fly casting contest winner E S Osgood and Joe Goodwin in local shows.
A late night river rise after a freeze threatens basements and stock moves in Vermont towns. The column passes weather notes from a storm from the Rocky mountains, mentions a Maine town oracle who urged Sewall’s ticket, and recalls a Maine mayoral squabble. It also reports on city budget debates and a Wisconsin style court scene, plus a Massachusetts road commission update and a brain teaser about a presidential birth.
Quotations reflect mixed views on Roosevelt’s Charleston visit, Maryland’s St. Louis fair funding, Rhodes era conscience, and union labor’s setbacks. Critics question taxpayer support for grand shows while urging balanced treatment of workingmen amid evolving public sentiment.
Bradstreets notes the Boston strike showed risk of sudden transportation stoppage and the need for public interest provisions in railroad and transit laws. It doubts rapid passage of such legislation. debates over picketing and conspiracy fears arise in state and national legislatures. Kruger and Transvaal peace terms are mentioned with diminishing influence.
Rev William H Shawn leaves East Lonsdale Primitive Methodist church for South Primitive Methodist church New Bedford. Hon George Fred Williams asked to deliver memorial address for former Gov Altgeld in New Haven April 13. Dr Thomas Dunn English poet writer and man of letters critically ill in Newark at 83. death of a favored son worsens his condition. George W Woodruff Yale athlete and Pennsylvan ia football coach to move to Chicago as secretary of a manufacturing firm. Rev H L Wood resigns Trinity Episcopal Saco Me to return to England.
In a bold shift a famous London newspaper will omit all racing news and betting quotations as part of an experiment. Separate reports reveal Missouri bird life studies showing a 62 percent drop in insectivorous species and 80 percent fewer game birds over the past 15 years. The Hamburg American line marked Prince Henry of Prussia as a passenger with a commemorative booklet listing the voyage.
The Union Park Congregational church committee in Chicago returned an unopened letter from Dr. W T McElveen of Boston. The doctor declined to come to Chicago, stating he would consider returning to his New York home before informing the committee. The incident surfaced after he publicly announced he would not leave Boston. Robert E Jenkins, committee chair, received a Boston postmarked letter and sent it to the pastor without consulting other members.
Judge Samuel P. Hadley’s Middlesex Village home faced destruction as a chimney blaze sparked by a stove fire sent flames and embers across a wide area. Branch Street Engine House crews arrived quickly after a telephoned warning and contained the blaze within minutes without roof damage.
Amos D. Perrin of Burrillville died after a Sunday night assault in a house between Glendale and Tarkiln. Albert Dixon, in Providence jail, is charged with murder, claiming self defense with a stick after Perrin struck him with an umbrella. Officers found a bloodstained axe but the house keeper denies its use. Perrin was over 60, Dixon about 35.
Shamokin Pa March 19 The miners convention opened with focus on notices from operators authorizing continuation of current conditions Delegates showed interest in Mitchell second presentation of letters from mine company presidents declining meetings with United Mine Workers officials He said no further attempt to reach J Pierpont Morgan had been made.
A. G. Zervoudacki, a Greek physician with prior troubles in the city and Manchester, NH, faced the Dover superior court Tuesday for practicing medicine in Somersworth without a state license. A jury convicted after short deliberation. The judge sentenced him to three months in the county jail and to pay prosecution costs.
Remain quietly at home and take Chamberlain's cough remedy as directed for a quick recovery. The remedy counteracts any tendency of the grip to result in pneumonia, the serious danger. Among tens of thousands who have used it for the grip, not one case has failed to recover. For sale by all druggists.
A historical advertisement touts Devoe Lead and Zinc paint as requiring fewer gallons than competing mixed paints while lasting twice as long. The claim highlights superior coverage and durability, implying cost efficiency for building exteriors.
The maidens of Denmark do not receive diamond engagement rings but a plain gold band placed on the left hand's third finger. On the wedding day the bridegroom moves the ring to the right third finger, which serves as the marriage finger in Denmark.
A Boston friend describes how a strike crippled coal deliveries and forced a switch to gas heat and appliances. With 90c gas and Lowell Gas Light Company options, the family tested a cleaner, economical alternative as winter cold emptied coal bins and deliveries failed.
A Parisian lamplighter makes rounds on a bicycle carrying a long torch over his right shoulder. He guides the wheel with his left hand and lights the lamps without dismounting, proving remarkable skill.
At Point Allerton on March 19 Captain Joshua James, head of the Point Allerton lifesaving station, collapsed and died from heart failure while drilling his crew. The veteran rescuer, renowned for saving many lives at sea, passed away amid duty.
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