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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
9
Astronomer notes a 21-spot cyclonic storm on the sun with bridges and jets of white hot matter. The cluster spans 115000 miles long and 10000 to 14000 wide, with a turbulent region between two large spots and several smaller spots in an appalling whirlpool of melted metals and hydrogen.
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Ancient Order of United Workmen convened at Odd Fellows Hall and elected officers including John Symonds Lynn as grand master workman and I W C Webster Newburyport as grand foreman. The afternoon adopted revised laws and noted quorum changes, while a reserve fund proposal was tabled for 1906. Seated delegates totaled 231 with 29 alternates. session adjourned sine die.
Prominent Belmont society members attended the first annual Belmont High School Alumni Association reunion at Town Hall. In the receiving line were former principals Edward H. Davis T. W. Davis H. H. Butler Mary L. Burbank and C Jenney and Superintendent G P Armstrong. Graduates presented the farce Old Acre Folks and dancing continued until midnight.
The Cambridge Superior Court session for the Tucker trial featured John E. Fairbairn as the presiding judge, son of Sheriff John R. Fairbairn. Hugh Bancroft, son of General Bancroft and head of the Boston Elevated, served as assistant district attorney for Middlesex County and aided in Tucker's prosecution.
A Lake Shore division street railway car jumped tracks in Worcester and plunged down an embankment on its side. Four passengers and the crew were badly bruised with Mrs. G. N. Rice suffering a broken nose and nervous shock. The car broke a telegraph pole but no glass panes were broken. The high speed contributed to the crash.
The British bark Belmont reached Provincetown on March 1 after a 538 day voyage from Buenos Ayres. Severe gales pushed her off course near Cape Hatteras and Nantucket Shoal, then she fought north around Cape Cod and will be towed to Boston.
Representative Hickey opposed a $200 salary increase for Boston Municipal Criminal Court officers, noting lobbying. The house did not vote on the bill. Davis of Salem criticized vague voting on repealing the semicolon law. his reconsideration failed 17 to 100. Davis’s excise bill to tax dividends of public service corporations was reported adversely by the taxation committee.
James A. Logan Jr., 17, confessed to killing Mrs. Delia Tracy, found on a Hyde Park sidewalk. Robbery was cited as motive. Logan was arrested after his father, a janitor, reported the missing revolver and a late-night departure.
Harvard invests in a 60 inch telescope from Dr. A A Commons estate to be mounted by Willard P Gerrish on Observatory Hill near Garden Street. It will be the largest active telescope and the only one electric operated from a warm room. Gerrish designed dial indicators and electric controls for precise, finger touch operation.
Senator William Taylor and Representative Fisk push amendments to curb tax title purchases in Boston. The plan lowers interest from 10 to 8 percent, extends redemption to three years, and halves fees on unpaid taxes to shield small landowners from profiteering by tax title buyers. The hearing highlighted cases of losses in East Boston and Ward 2, with officials noting the burden on long-time savers and urging protection of homeowners.
A large fleet anchored at T wharf with 34 vessels from shore fisheries led by the Richard Wainwright and Harmony. Total landings reached 488 400 pounds with haddock and cod prominent as prices rose. Navy bids call for 49 000 tons of coal to Manila in American bottoms. Also noted: ships among the fleet, tug repairs, and arrivals including the Saxonia and Admiral Dewey with passengers and cargo.
Shipping items list arrivals cleara nces sailed and passed Highland Light. It records steamers and schooners arriving at and departing from New York Philadelphia Gloucester and Portland with assorted barges and names like Oxonian Parthian and City of Gloucester. Also notes moonrise high water and day length in a compact almanac style.
In a brief session the House passed to engrossment a bill authorizing municipalities to establish building insurance funds by a 108 to 30 vote. An amendment by Mr. Hayes to limit the law to towns was rejected, and the bill proceeded to engrossment amid charges of socialism.
The bill giving school committees authority over pupil organizations bearing the school name was defeated in the House by 53 to 71. Supporters argued benefits or concerns over use, while opponents warned of possible impact on sports and discretion.
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