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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1903
Page
6
The Lowell Courier-Citizen, oldest Mid Middlesex daily since 1825 with daily print from 1846, published at Merrimack Street. Carrier delivery six cents weekly, except Sundays and holidays, by Courier-Citizen Company.
Rain began Saturday afternoon with deluges and lasting into the night. Showers earlier in the day gave way to clearing skies and a cold night. Today opened fine then overcast, with a barometer around 29.90 and temperatures near 50.
Forecast for New England calls for fair conditions tonight with rain in the northwest portion. Tuesday shows fair weather in the south and likely rain in the north. Warmer temperatures expected in the northern area tonight with light to fresh southerly to westerly winds. Marine outlook referenced.
Editorial and counting rooms contact details issued for Courier-Citizen Company. Readers are urged to direct advertising, delivery problems, address changes, and business inquiries to the business office at 31-5.
In Lowell on October 19, 1903, Gov Bates rebutted Col Gaston by accusing him of funding state press support through paid advertising. Gaston denounced the charge while Talbot’s countercharges exposed past covert ads. Observers noted a shift in independent opinion toward Bates amid debate on campaign financing and newspaper influence.
The court upheld the U S interpretation of the treaty over Canada in the long Alaskan boundary dispute tied to Klondike outlets. Canada kept Portland channel control, while the U S gained the main outlets for the Klondike region. The hearing concluded with dignified arguments and marks a landmark arbitration success.
W. T. Jerome delivers forceful Fusion speeches in New York despite not backing the Low renomination. The forceful talking points suggest Jerome has learned not to go off at half-cock and remains a powerful influence in the campaigns.
The piece argues that reformers would back the Fusion ticket over Tammany, noting Grout’s defection may aid good government and criticizing past enmities. It also discusses The Boston Herald’s view on English protectionism, unions, and efficiency, contrasting British and American labor conditions and the impact on industry and wages.
The article argues Lord Brassey supports a preferential tariff to avert the Northwest’s Americanization, warns a U S Canada union could follow, and claims Chamberlain intends colonies as Canada’s fate, though the writer dismisses fear of the proposal.
An extended chronicle cites a downpour at the Dartmouth versus Williams game with umbrellas up and players soaked. It notes Lowell optimism amid enlistment worries, shares a Highlander anecdote, and wanders through local weather, river flow, and a robin sighting.
A collage of brief items mentions a shutdown easing, airships afloat, a 90000 dollar entertainments bill for the Lon don Ancients in Boston, queries on the Alaskan boundary, Dowles greeting and Dowie’s press plan, recent snow in Saranca Lake New York, a merry Del Val secretary, and critics calling Manchuria “yellow Russia” as an annex.
Mrs Frederick Dent Grant sailed for Europe on the Campania due to her sister Mrs Potter Palmers illness in Paris. The Jonathan Edwards bicentenary highlights Yale Universitys Edwards manuscript riches including 1200 sermons, 15 folio and 15 quarto volumes from the Whitney heirs after the death of Prof Edwards A Park. The collection contains Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God with older sermons showing outline use, excellent spelling, minute handwriting, and shorthand in early manuscripts.
H P Ingalls, longtime showman born March 18 1826 in Merrimac New Hampshire, is believed to be the oldest living American showman. He lived as a close friend to Barnum Van Amburg Forepaugh and Robinson and earned a fortune by exhibiting the Siamese twins.
The text notes a temporary one day weekly shutdown in the woolen market, hoping the pause lasts briefly and cautioning that the downturn is not favorable for wage increases. It also references Cambridge politics with Mayor McNamee facing non-partisan opposition amid a hot municipal campaign.
Charles Dumas has been honored by the Society of Men of Letters of Paris with the Sully Prudhomme prize, equated to the poet laureate title in France. He is a youth just out of his teens.
Bishop Paul Lois Vernier of Tahiti travels via San Francisco en route to Paris for a six month holiday before returning to his 125 island Society group jurisdiction. He may be named French governor if political changes occur as Rev Allen Stockdale of Beachmont Congregational Church announces acceptance of Berkeley Temple Boston call.
The Democrats expect Republican editors to be warm toward Governor Bates despite rumors that advertising from Bates supporters will be scarce this fall.
Aged actress Francesca Janauschek who is wintering at Saratoga says she has consented to selling her theatrical costumes and souvenirs in New York later this week to aid her in straitened circumstances as her paralysis leaves her substantially helpless.
The project to unionize the Boston Elevated is welcomed by the directors. The old octopus is tractable while Col. Gaston seeks votes. Harvard has the usual score against the cadets. Little chance to gauge big teams' merits yet.
In New York Elijah Dowte confronts enraged supporters demanding food and threatening revolt as tensions rise, news reports say. Ravens are evoked as a potential omen or aid amid the unrest and hunger crisis.
The New York Tribune notes radium’s unusual behavior, emitting matter without mass loss and displaying multiple energy forms. It compares this to sandalwood scent duration and a magnet’s lasting force, questioning how such effects persist and challenge energy conservation concepts.
Firemen fought a stubborn blaze at the Lynn Box company factory on 84 Alley Street for about two hours, causing nearly 15000 in damage. The fire started on the second floor and spread to the roof as strong winds aided it. Water soaked piles of paper and strawboard goods, insurance coverage indicated. After the blaze, the bookkeeper reported a burglary with money and postage stamps stolen from the office. The thieves are suspected to have started the fire accidentally while moving among the stock.
Callaghan's showcases the newest and best range of goods at 494 496 Merrimack Street inviting shoppers to explore current offerings. The ad highlights prime selection and current stock as of press time.
Elijah Dowie and Zion restoration followers invade New York drawing crowds on special trains. About 4000 Zionists travel east with babies in hammocks and tracts from car windows while John Alexander Elijah II leads in a private Pullman. Niagara Falls stopovers yield photos as crowds react to the frontier revival tale.
Springfield Republican reports Elijah II and First Apostle Kindle of New York lead a restoration effort amid a chaotic parade to Madison Square Garden. Plans include a costly gas heavy campaign, with New York already $1000 ahead, and warnings to avoid overreach as the bearded prophet guides the revival.
Great Falls Mont Oct 19 Miss Helen P Clarke former county superintendent of Lewis and Clarke counties has filed maladministration charges against Major J H Monteath Blackfoot reservation agent. Clarke asserts gambling is common and ties the massacre to Littleplume driven by liquor.
Delegates to the bankers association gather in San Francisco with an estimated 2000 bankers and guests arriving by Tuesday evening. The Trust company section meets Tuesday morning, Savings bank section afternoon, regular session starts Wednesday, and Ellis H. Roberts will discuss the effects of gold inflow on Friday.
Missoula Montana October 19 Private Kennedy a United States soldier stationed at Fort Missoula was shot and killed at the post yesterday John Tulley another private is said to have killed Kennedy during a quarrel and has fled to the mountains He is being pursued by a sheriff s posse and a guard from the fort
A blaze in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint section destroyed several large planing mills lumber yards and cooperage shops early today causing more than 200000 in damages. Vogel Kelges suffered the heaviest loss.
An incendiary fire in Galveston Indiana on October 19 destroyed five business blocks and the railroad station, plus several other buildings. Estimated loss runs to about 75000 dollars. The blaze spanned Logansport provenance and caused extensive property damage.
A dealer recounts a paint order pattern showing 25 gallons requested while 24 usually suffices. He notes remaining stock and repeats, with 9 more ordered for a second job and 16 for a third, leaving 6. The memo credits W A F Bower of Methuen and claims new agents struggle at first but improve. Adams Hardware & Paint Co. distributes their paint.
London report shows the Old Bailey recorder urging a true bill against Whitaker Wright the promoter in the London and Globe Finance case. He condemns the noble directorate including Marquis of Dufferin and warns high position figures against lending their names to enterprises they know little about to shield the public from fraud.
In Calvary Episcopal church Bishop Cameron Mann of North Dakota urged the church to become American in spirit while noting divergent views on changing its name He is in the East to raise 10000 dollars for winter work and to recruit twenty plus young clergymen for his missionary field.
Information from the Curvre shooting club in St Charles county reports the sudden death of Councilman I. W. Morton. Morton was a director of the world's fair and chaired the committee on fine arts.
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