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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
6
The Boston Post, a representative Democratic paper of New England, serves as a regional voice for party perspectives, covering local politics, national issues, and editorial stances shaping public discourse.
In Boston two men, Thomas N Hart and secretary Ernst, back the mayor but optimism fades five days before the vote. Public sentiment shows no late revival for Hart as scandals and debt claims erode support. The piece questions a Nicaragua canal recommendation versus Panama, noting cost and feasibility discrepancies.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts criticizes President Roosevelt's plan for Philippine self governance. He argues self government means national independence if desired, and that clear statements could end the conflict and save billions spent on suppressing the Filipino people.
Congress considers Senator Burrows proposal to bar alien Anarchists as immigrants and to deport those who become citizens or reside here after admission. Immigration agents at foreign ports would vet arrivals. convicted Anarchists facing return to their homelands. The plan faces practical difficulties but is seen as a start to cleanse the nation.
President Roosevelt endorses a new treaty with Great Britain abrogating the Clayton Bulwer pact. The United States would build and control a canal, safeguard it, and allow neutral use by all nations on equal terms without outside interference. The Canal Commission report accompanies the treaty in Congress.
A Boston scene questions Mayor Hart’s business administration as expert review finds multiple unadvertised contracts exceeding $2000 since his return to office. The report notes favoritism in bidding, lack of public competition, and the need to enforce law rather than its exception. The attorney general had already flagged evasion in the civil service and street department.
The Observant Citizen lauds Granville Webster of East Milton as a longtime Eliot Grammar School headmaster whose 30 years guiding students has earned him widespread respect. The piece also notes a new Cohasset post office headquarters and the public recognition of William B. Watts as a diligent police inspector.
The Post reports from Cape Town that a cable interview with General Dewet follows reflections from Kitchener. The correspondent recalls trekking the veld with a donkey to locate Dewet, who jokes about a countenance bleach to dodge British detection and claims boredom drives his escape, while noting the soldier’s hunger and wary stance toward capture.
Washington December 4. Senator Hoar introduces a bill in the Senate to inflict a death penalty for the assassination or attempted assassination of the President. Other measures on suppression of anarchy and handling anarchists were laid aside for later action. The Isthmian Canal report favors the Nicaragua route with total construction cost 199,854.02 and estimates Panama costs at 144,228,358, with 109,141,000 to obtain the concession. The commission calls for U S control of a 10 mile wide strip across Central America. The report estimates Nicaragua completion in six years, Panama in ten. annual operating costs favor the Panama plan.
Secretary Long sent a bill to the Senate seeking authority to present Harvard University flags and a silver loving cup to the scout vessel Harvard. Rep Pearce Md proposes tariff and trust measures with import suspension where sale or manufacture is monopolized, plus a commission to advise the President. Rep Dick Ohio seeks investigation of voting rights denials to trim congressional representation. Sen Jones Ark introduces the anti trust bill anew. it passed the House last session but stalled in the Senate. Sen Allison names Republican committee members for Senate panels. Internal Revenue rules bank capital and profits for taxation, borrowing included. President Roosevelt and Gen Wood rode in Cuba. Bills by Gallinger Lodge Nelson and McCoI were introduced on commerce, forbedication of jean fag, higher pay for carriers, and department establishment.
The Middlesex Bar Association held its third annual dinner at Young's Hotel last evening. Distinguished legal and political figures, including H. P. Moulton and Herbert Parker, attended as toasts and speeches. President S. K. Hamilton served as toastmaster, keeping the room in good humor with witty remarks.
At the annual Church Temperance Society meeting held at the Hotel Brunswick Rev Frederick B Allen chaired noting Bishop Tawrence was absent. Rev E Hillerd outlined the year and Rev D Dulaney Addison urged replacing saloon with coffee rooms featuring amusements and gym facilities to attract the poor. Rev James Yeames praised existing rooms and lamented the need for more such facilities in Boston.
A special meeting at Boston Turn Hall with about 70 prominent members authorized the building committee to sell the house if appropriate. The committee includes Christian Eberhard as chairman and Ernst Donath Carl Woernle Otto Kalms Adolf Schubert Henry Steeger Albert Mastmann. Tonight these leaders meet with a Central Labor Union committee to seek a mutual agreement on selling Turn Hall and potential Wells Memorial Institute headquarters sale.
The Roxbury City Guards Battery D of the First Massachusetts Artillery held their annual dinner last night at the Quincy House. Captain J. H. Frothingham and officers led the event, with music by Irving Blossom, a pianist, Mr. Quinn, a violinist, and Mr. F. M. Buckdey as soloist.
Last evening at Captain and Mrs Ellard Geyers residence in West Somerville sisters Laura M and Grace D Geyer married Asaph P Foster and Sumner M Teele. Both couples active in West Somerville Baptist Church with Foster as Bible school assistant superintendent and the brides as teachers. Rev J Vanor Garton officiated. Ushers included Carl B Smith E Adams Snow William B Brown Jr Charles E White Arthur Brown Lamont B Foster.
A narrator with two thousand in inheritance contemplates how to spend it while friends and family offer plans. Letters from three companions suggest buying into New York Central, touring the world, or an imaginative Mars travel. Amid jokes and tempers, a romance with Alice deepens as Johns opinion looms, and six months later the best man speaks while a year passes with a fading friendship.
Sir William MacCormac Bart president of the Royal College of Surgeons died at Bath today after a long career leading his profession in Great Britain. Born in Belported Ireland January 17 186, he was knighted in 1881 made a baronet in 186 and knight commander of the Victorian order in 1898. He served as surgeon to the Royal Family and attended battles of Sedan and in South Africa.
Francis Rogers gave a song recital in Steinert Hall presenting works by Handel Mozart Lully Ponchielli Brahms Schubert Schumann Franz Ries Dvorak Saint-Saens Lehamn Homer Lang Luckstone. He surpassed earlier efforts with refined vocal and artistic skill, earning hearty applause from a large audience, with Luckstone admirable in accompaniment.
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