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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
6
Boston weather notes a near eclipse scare yesterday with clouds thinning. Forecasts for New England predict fair conditions tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures and light winds from the east to south.
Editorial Rooms 31-3 and 31-4 list telephone numbers for the Courier-Citizen Company with no additional context or details provided.
The piece denounces the Gastonites campaign as a demagogic ruse backed by the West End railroad to sway voters. It attacks Richard Olney for appeals to passion, calls the leaders hypocrites aiding monopolies, and urges the Republican State committee to expose the truth despite Gaston’s influence. It warns that electing a corporation lawyer as governor would harm the public.
The piece argues Republicans may gain in two districts as Democrats lose Worcester’s John R. Thayer and face a chaotic third district where three candidates seek nomination papers. It questions Gaston as a nominee, noting his ties to Back Bay interests and large corporations, while predicting no broad party shift despite a potential three-way race.
The local district’s Democratic candidates for Congress draw attention for the strong opposition they have provoked. The article highlights widespread scrutiny and the charged political climate surrounding their campaigns.
The piece rails at Bruce and Sparks era tactics in the Fifth district campaign and predicts Col Ames's assured election. It notes broader clashes in Connecticut politics, then shifts to national issues from birth rates in France to tariff reform and coal supply, with commentary on arbitration and military training reforms.
A collection of witty observations on coal, bankers, Roosevelts glory, a Polish priest inventor, parliament, party strategy, astronomy, veterans pensions, motherhood, Democratic nominees, weather, and a strike resolved by the President with Carroll D. Wright. The writer jests on power, leadership, and timing with sharp period voice.
A compilation of editorials and comments from Worcester Spy New York Tribune Cleveland Leader and Boston Transcript critiquing tariff reform, eminent domain coal mine nationalization, and party rhetoric. The pieces cite Grover Cleveland era policies and Hanna McKinley era politics, noting industrial progress and political spin.
The Prince of Siam will visit Harvard University on Nov 1, receive a luncheon at the Harvard Union, and tour the campus buildings. Other notes mention Whittingehame near Balfour's East Lothian home, Mme Patti’s complex nationality, Burton Smith’s Maine autograph letter collection, a White House visit by a G A R badge, and Roosevelt receiving the badge.
A condensed view explains that electrical energy could be transmitted globally if voltage scales with distance, yet practical limits arise from equipment at generating and receiving stations and along lines. Generators limit achievable voltage, with alternating current dominant. even at high voltages like 13 000 volts in some designs, line and transformer limits prevent eliminating step-up transformers. Energy leakage between wires and arcing on poles also constrain progress in early transmitters.
Mrs. Clifford Sykes of Pittsfield plans to move to Bristol Connecticut to avoid vaccinating her children, per her statement to Judge Joseph Tucker. Albert King, 18, of Taunton, drowned in Brickmill pond Mill River after falling from a moored boat. Worcester board of health reports typhoid fever in Holden with 22 cases this month and measures to curb spread.
In Nashua on Oct 16 Edna Conant daughter of Mrs. Hannah F. Conant married Ivory C. Eaton son of the city marshal and Mrs. A. B. Eaton. Rev W H Bolster officiated. The bride long served as a teacher at the Main street school. The groom is a member of the New Hampshire bar.
Patsy Haley of Buffalo defeated Kid Abel of Chicago in eight rounds. Harry Forbes of Chicago stopped Chick Sullivan of New York in the first round.
A long reminiscence recalls the coal strike settlement and its impact on Lowell, noting wood pricing, polo in Oaklands, roller skating, and a busy social scene. Stories cover automobiling through Europe, a remarkable total lunar eclipse, a witty college anecdote about Drake’s voyages and a senior speech, plus Pelham sings and a tale of a Boston gavel.
Seven thousand dollars worth of diamonds and other stones were taken from a counter in the First National bank building in Duluth Minnesota yesterday. Mrs T D Merrill the victim drew jewels from safety vaults and laid them down then found them missing upon return. Police say no clue to thief. Middlesex North Agricultural society trustees meet at American house to finish last meeting items and fix premiums for next year’s fair.
At the American Asiatic Association annual meeting in New York President Silas D. Webb notes the crucial task of re adjusting United States trade relations with China and related developments. Secretary Ford discusses the Shanghai treaty terms including a surtax and the abolition of likin taxes, noting unequal MFN participation and the variable North China impact on American merchants.
President Roca of Argentina has held a telegraphic tournament connecting Buenos Ayres with neighboring republics. A South American telegraph line linked the Argentina central office with Santiago and Rio Janeiro via Uruguay. Minister Terry in Santiago communicated with Rio Janeiro through five repeaters for extended discussions.
Constantinople Oct 17 The Mitrovitza Albanians have captured chief Issa Beljetinaz and disarmed the area after he and followers tore up the railway to Vuchitra and opposed the Russian consul. He is escorted to Salonica as the Russian consul prepares to take office there.
Archbishop Guidi the apostolic delegate in the Philippines and his secretary Father Connor left Rome today for Marseilles where they will sail for Manila. A large gathering of Vatican officials religious leaders and ministers accredited to the Vatican bade them farewell at the railroad station.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw spoke in Oakland City on October 17 arguing against tariff reduction. He warned it would throw thousands of workers out of employment and urged continued Republican leadership as best for the country.
Report from Geneva claims a sea serpent was seen in a Wisconsin inland lake near summer homes. Mrs Buckingham testifies to a long slender, undulating shape seen at dusk, sparking debate whether it is a sea creature, a socialite, or a typhoid germ. experts urge boiling water.
The Adams Hardware and Paint Company markets Devoe paint noted as heavier bodied than others, weighing about 3 to 4 ounces more per pint, suggesting a denser coating. The snippet emphasizes Devoe’s price and weight advantage for long wear.
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