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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
4
A panic erupted at Bellevue Hospital in New York when Peter N Bain a 60 year old speculator burst into the male alcoholic ward and fired two 88 caliber revolvers shouting I am Tracy. Ten attendants and patients overpowered him. no one was hurt.
In New Haven on Hamilton Street three Ceccarelli children aged 9, 6, and 2 were fatally burned when blazing oil spilled from a refilled stove. Mrs. Fiorinda Jade attempted to refill a burning stove, scattering oil from a can that set the children on fire. Hospital reports say recovery chances are slight.
Secretary Moody and Assistant Secretary Darling reversed earlier plans to sell the monitors Nahant Lehigh Montauk Canonicus and Jason at League Island Navy Yard. The sale will wait until Congress can make explicit provision.
Norwich Conn Oct 22 the body of John Reed a Bath Maine sea captain identified after an electric car struck him between Norwich and New London last evening. He lay asleep with a leg across the track and was run down before the motorman could stop. Reed died later from shock at the hospital. papers in his pockets suggest he was bound for New London.
In Val de Corro, Orense, an anti tax riot prompted gendarmes to open fire on rioters. One peasant was killed and two gendarmes wounded before public order was restored.
A Boston area gathering for Colonel Butler Ames stressed Republican unity against Democratic claims. Ames defended his stance on trusts, Cuban reciprocity, and Alaska, praising past Republican gains and urging a large turnout. Local leaders dismissed apathy as a Democratic bluff and urged voters to support the party at the polls.
In Marblehead a large Republican rally featured Gen. Curtis Guild Jr. and Capt. A. P. Gardner. Guild contrasted Republican reform with Democratic tariff policy, arguing the party seeks to replace the Wilson tariff with better protections and citing examples affecting coal, ore, timber, beef, wool, sugar, rice, green peas, cabbage, marble, granite, and cotton textiles.
London on October 22 reports continued belief in a secret treaty between Germany and Great Britain to divide Portuguese possessions in South Africa. In the House of Commons Under Foreign Secretary Cranborne gave evasive replies, stating he could not reveal terms if such a treaty existed.
Accidents on farms cause cuts stings and sprains. Dr. Thomas Cell promises instant relief from pain with a quick acting remedy. The ad urges never to wait before using it.
A political speech pledges bipartisan unity among Democrats to defend Jeffersonian principles and calls for tariff revision soon. It also accuses the Odell administration of a winter raid on charitable institutions, naming J. W. Mathews Company of Newburgh as a favored patronage recipient with disclosed personal interest.
Gov. Odell spoke to a 2500 strong Alhambra audience in Syracuse detailing his stance on alleged state contract profits. He denounced the charges as base slander aimed at the governor’s office and criticized David B. Hill’s mudslinging tactics as a fight between decent government and outdated peanut policies.
Ernest D. Blackwell, convicted by Judge Dewey after a long trial and continuances, was arrested by Inspector Knox early this morning while strolling the shopping district. He was hurried to police headquarters and then to court to surrender for sentence. Blackwell appeared well groomed prior to capture.
Haverhill reports the death of George J. Dean former City Marshal and long serving officer aged 78. He was among the oldest in the service and died today at his home in Haverhill on October 22.
Washington reports Secretary Moody may forward the cruiser funding question to the general board led by Admiral Dewey. The latest naval appropriation details show cruisers priced higher than battleships due to intended speed and larger engines, while armor and armament remain the focus for both ship classes.
A Treasury Department note reveals a letter from Mark Twain dated Oct 3 in New York City. He lists items to burn for winter fuel including 45 tons of old dry government bonds, 12 tons of early greenbacks, and 25 and 50 cent postal currency, asking for delivery to Riversdale at cash value. He signs as Mark Twain and pledges gratitude and a political vote.
The general Methodist missionary convention in Cleveland on October 22 featured five addresses led by Rev. Dr. W. I. Haven on Thy Words and Spirit and Life and Rev. Dr. J. W. Bowen on The Negro as a Missionary Investment. Bowen, a Black speaker, drew praise. Other talks covered Our City Problem and The Open Door in Hawaii and the Philippines. Dr. Stritzer urged Methodist work in the Philippine archipelago and condemned the army canteen, drawing lively discussion.
A 70 foot derrick used for the Harvard bridge armory construction in Cambridge toppled after a crane cable failed. The boiler room was smashed, nearby damage occurred, but no injuries occurred though several narrow escapes were reported. Contractors are H. B. Cummings & Co.
At the national convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Portland Oregon Miss Mary Ingalls Missouri reports a plan to eradicate cigarettes within ten years and two years if half the members work. She cites studies showing high educational harm from smoking and urges widespread public action along with a pledge drive targeting five million youths before November 1903. The convention approves a resolution urging compulsory scientific temperance textbooks and votes to thank President Roosevelt for arbitration help in the coal strike.
Secretary Moody rests at the Navy Department in Washington and plans to resume campaigning next week. He will speak at Bridgeport and Providence before returning to Massachusetts directions, with campaign managers guiding his future movements.
London Oct 22 The National Association of Butchers received a cablegram from Buenos Ayres signed by 60 Chamber of Commerce members and others certifying no cattle disease in Argentina since 1900 and urging Britain to keep closure on Argentine livestock.
Detroit was chosen as the meeting place for the next Disciples of Christ convention. Omaha Nebraska reports the selection after a decision made on October 22 in Detroit.
Washington Oct 22 The army lists three civilian candidates who have qualified for second lieutenants. Stephen Morris Barlow of Rhode Island along with Francis H Burr and Robert Truman Phinney of Vermont earned appointment eligibility after examinations.
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