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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1902
Page
6
Boston reports showers tonight with clearing in eastern Maine. Western areas warm, while Tuesday brings more showers cooler temperatures and increasing winds becoming southerly.
The article critiques President Baer's four reasons for there being nothing to arbitrate in the coal dispute. It argues the points are insufficient and only a neutral third party can settle them. It stresses that until a competent third party resolves the issues, progress cannot occur.
The piece analyzes Democratic and Republican tensions as Sparks and Bruce vie for Congress amid trust issues, predicting Ames as a likely Republican winner. It notes Tom Johnson's radical stance, Bryanite weaknesses, and New York Evening Post's reaction to Taft’s Manila remarks signaling possible future independence discussions.
The Boston Herald comments on imperialism fading from campaign issues, trusts and Roosevelt, and notes Saratoga gambling and the Cedric liner. It questions Prohibition’s relevance, mocks the Dem machine, and predicts Maine Republicans rallying today as a major theme. It cites Emerson Browning volumes and public behavior in London cars.
Mrs Ann Elizabeth Walsh of Brooklyn gave nearly 860000 to Catholic charities. Max Beerbohm, age 80, born August 24 1872 in London, educated at Charterhouse and Merton College Oxford. Thomas F Kane elected president of University of Washington replacing Frank Pierrepont Gaites. M White Russian finance minister organized traveling lecturers to visit peasants across the empire. 88th Old Folks meeting in Charlestown highlights attendees aged 90 to 97. Rev Jacob Davis Marshfield aged 90 offered a prayer among attendees including Almon Hawks Deerfield 89, said to be the oldest Grand Army man in the state.
The sailor’s word grog traces to Admiral Vernon of the British navy known as Old Grog. He diluted sailors’ daily liquor rations with water as punishment for dereliction, giving rise to the drink’s name.
Notable items toast Maine politics and Boston gossip as two mills join to amplify industry while Governor’s Island echoes with a loud boom. A health update on Frank Jones follows and debates over firemen and naval skirmishes mix with editorials on tariffs, crime, and public figures.
A cold wave brings frost in this region with ice on lettuce in Lexington and freezing readings in Bedford. The writer recalls seasickness at sea, shore observations off Maine, and a Fort Winthrop blast, interwoven with musings on ocean power and a river fish jump.
A collection of editorials notes that the President and the Philippines governor consider independence a future possibility for the Philippines. Debates favor granting Filipinos a chance to decide their status, possibly after a Cuban model, with many prestige papers weighing in on independence and post imperial policy.
Arrivals from the Rambler mine report a large forest fire south of Holmes near the White Swan Mining property in the Keystone district. The loss is not yet stated as the blaze rages through timber and threatens nearby properties.
A refined collection of fall and winter coatings and suitings now on display for inspection, highlighting quality materials and stylish finishes suitable for the season.
Boston on Sept 8 Patrolman Graham of division 5 shot and killed burglar Govan Sneede after Sneede shot him. A morgue identification by a former schoolmate confirmed Sneede, 27, born in West End. Police also identified him as Walter Jane from 82 Village Street. Authorities planned burial arrangements as a public inquiry began into the incident.
San Francisco reports Capt. H. H. Southall, surgeon on the Buford, says only abundant rainfall will check the cholera raging in the Philippines. He notes Americans struggle to suppress the plague with harsh measures, reporting 90 deaths daily at Manila and vast mortality in interior pueblos where figures are hard to verify.
In Chicago on September 8 a professional whistler attracted a packed vesper service at the South Congregational church. The Auditorium was full with overflow into the vestibule as three numbers were performed, including Rubenstein Voices from the Woods, Lassen The Loving Voice of Jesus, and The Holy City.
Boston reports a 27 year old named John Johnson caught attempting to force a window at Nicholas Holberg’s Cambridge home on Broadway. A mob restrained him until Patrolman Fred Ellis arrived. Johnson, born in Richmond and longTime London? no, worked at Weston water works, claimed he sought money and fault lay elsewhere.
Recent obituaries report Rev. C. F. Zimmerman longtime editor and Wiscon sin conference elder passing in Cleveland. Sir Frederick Abel, London figurehead of Imperial Institute and science bodies, died. Rev. George S. Ball, Civil War chaplain and Upton pastor, died at age 92 after long illness, leaving a widow and five children.
At 6 o'clock this morning the torpedo fleet of eight ships passed the Narrows bound to sea, followed by a squadron of four battleships at 7.30 a.m. and anchored off Tompkinsville. The arriving ships were Kearsarge Massachusetts Brooklyn and Alabama.
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