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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
1
Disturbances report tensions within the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company amid controversy involving Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara over a sunrise drumming incident. The afternoon parade faced heavy rain but no deserters. wet uniforms were considered a minor incident of the celebration.
Adjutant Perlie A. Dyar reportedly refused to issue marching orders to the five drummers and five fifers at Faneuil Hall yesterday. After a phone talk with Commander Henry G. Jordan of Hingham, Dyar handed the matter to drum-major Clarence Knowlton. The corps left without Ancients officers and faced a lack of guidance as they gathered before Faneuil Hall shortly before 4 a.m.
Democratic senators used persistent filibustering to block a railroad merger bill yesterday preventing a third reading. President Chapple kept order with his gavel as Chairman Faxon opened the debate and the bill was stalled amid frictions and frivolities.
Forecast calls for fair skies in Boston and vicinity on Tuesday and Wednesday. Winds shift from east to south and strengthen, with fresh northwest to north winds inland across New England on Tuesday.
Worcester and Lynn Republicans join Democrats on one vote while Boston’s Bell dissents. Linehan seeks postponement and public copies of Faxon speech as Faxon agrees to share with interested senators. Linehan calls the railroad bill a dose amid adjournment with the trolley case cited. Continued on Page 5-Fifth Column.
Eugene Jenson a 50 year old leading man from New York collapsed and died of heart disease in his Keiths Theatre dressing room as a fire alarm sounded during a vaudeville sketch in Cleveland Ohio.
James Cronin of Deer Island House of Correction presides over penalties under Mayor Hibbard's plan. Commissioner Vernon Skinner approves a 13 day wage deduction for nurse Elizabeth A. Sheehan who missed work while seeking her missing mother and two sisters after the fire amid a relief committee protest.
A blaze in a ventilating shaft between the front office and the theatre gutted the roof though damage was minor. Firefighters flooded the building causing the loss. Headliner Eugene Jepson died suddenly after learning of the fire, while all actors were warned and preparations begin to redecorate for an August reopening.
In a jury waived session Judge Dana granted Thomas W. Pierce custody of his son Thomas W. Pierce Jr. for six months. The child had lived with Mrs. Alice C. Pierce since the 1907 divorce, despite a December agreement alternating six months each year. The custody order follows Mrs. Pierce’s earlier divorce filing for cruelty and abuse.
Miss Sheehan quit after Master Cronin deducted 15.35 from her 27.09 monthly pay. She cites the cut amid her absence to search for missing relatives after the Maverick street fire and says Cronin refused full salary unless she finished a two week vacation.
Washington June 1 practically certain Senator W Murray Crane of Massachusetts will chair the Republican national committee and lead the campaign Senator Hopkins of Illinois will chair the resolutions committee Vice-President Fairbanks will be renominated for his current role The senatorial alliance will control everything except the presidential nomination which is deemed to go to Taft
Washington reports say President Roosevelt fears Taft's blunt Memorial Day speech in New York could trigger strong Republican backlash. Officials suggest he might try to quell the opposition or defend Taft if criticism grows.
Taft faces worry from supporters as remarks about Grant’s 1854 resignation and alleged drink habit provoke anger among Taft’s rivals. Critics say the anecdote undermines Taft’s tact and could have lost him delegates, though his campaign presses on with secured support.
James K. Jones former U S senator and Democratic leader died suddenly at his Washington home. He served 1889 to 1933 and helped run the Bryan campaigns of 1896 and 1900. A Civil War veteran, he later practiced law with his son and led Arkansas politics.
Chesbro stars with errorless fielding to shut out Taylor team in New York 2–0. Coach Glendon of Annapolis advocates crew training tabs for the Country Club race meeting June 15 17. School crews race trials in Charlies River basin. Brae Barn completes third round of tennis doubles.
The Cunard liner Mauretania broke the long voyage record from Queenstown to New York, completing the trip in 4 days 20 hours 15 minutes at an average speed of 24.88 knots. The update came via wireless dispatch to Cunard Line late tonight.
Wireless report from Captain Pritchard notes Mauretania pass Sandy Hook at 7 50 p m and later reach a total of 2890 knots by noon June 1. The ship logged 635 knots in a day, the best ever by a transatlantic liner, with only three of four propellers in use.
The Lusitania of the Cunard line set a new eastbound record from New York to Queenstown, covering 2932 miles in five days four hours 30 minutes, beating the previous best five days seven hours 13 minutes. The ship reached Queenstown at 2 06 am and then continued to Liverpool.
The Rev Hiram Vrooman of Providence sent memorial letters to friends for Alice M Loud of Roxbury who was drowned at Winthrop three weeks earlier, replacing a planned marriage notice with a tribute to her memory.
In Providence on June 1 1908 a man mourns the sudden drowning of Alice C Loud three weeks before his wedding and shares religious reflections. He credits New Church theology with providing knowledge and faith that sustain him and hints at a continuing personal spiritual work amid grief. Page reference Fifth Column.
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