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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1899
Page
5
Boston lawmakers faced fights over abolishing the Board of Apportionment and extending the Boston Transit Commission. Debates centered on anti tax inequities, sewer assessments, and highway funding as bills moved toward engrossment and next week’s votes.
Samuel Miers the Broadway tailor and witness before the Mazet committee says he will answer four admitted questions but will not answer the rest, arguing the improper form and unjust inferences. He notes his thirty years in New York, his family, and his respectable business, and cites lack of counsel during questioning. A copy went to Frank Moss, committee counsel.
Captain Weaver of the Fifth Massachusetts anddetachments mustered out several regiments including the First Heavy Artillery and Ninth Regiment. He leaves Boston with fond memories and plans to retire nearby, praising Massachusetts militia for its excellence and service.
The Navy Department fixed drill dates for the Massachusetts naval militia from September 6 to 14 and September 15 to 23, with Boston as the departure port. About 700 militiamen will participate in two groups of 350 aboard the Prairie, spending eight days at sea with limited harbor time. Ammunition allotments include forty eight rounds for six-inch guns and 3% rounds for six-pounders, plus sub-calibre ammo at command discretion. Secretary Long loaned the converted yacht Inea to the Massachusetts militia.
The senate debated and sent several measures to engrossment. A motion to order to a third reading failed 64 to 51. A perfecting amendment to replace Tremont and Boylston street car tracks was postponed until Monday. The wide tire bill passed to be engrossed. Street construction bills for Boston were postponed to next Thursday. A harbor and public lands bill limited Plymouth county towns from excess costs for the Acushnet River bridge relocation. A bill to form the Boston Cape Cod New York Canal Company with an $8 million capital and $25,000 for Sandwich and Bourne was reported, with a route via Bourne and Sandwich. The governor appointing militia examining boards was hotly debated and finally engrossed with amendments.
Smithsonian secretary Professor Langley will conduct a trial of his new aerodrome near Washington on the Potomac at Quantico. The airship, funded with 25000 from Congress, is a flying machine using a ship’s screw propeller and modeled after birds. A previous small model flew nearly a mile before steam pressure failed.
The ex councilman John W Hayes was laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden after a requiem mass at the Church of the Assumption East Boston. Father Garrity officiated and Typographical Union No 13 members attended along with a municipal printing office committee. Floral tributes and pallbearers Fegan Hanrahan Tillman Merone Walters Lane were named.
Captain Erasmus M Weaver, retired as Massachusetts mustering out officer, is ordered to join the First United States Artillery now in the South. He plans to leave Boston May 16 after completing mustering out duties for the Eighth Regiment. His G Battery sits at Fort San Jacinto Galveston Texas with the regiment dispersed along the Gulf coast.
A veteran officer assesses Massachusetts units in the Santiago campaign noting Fifth Regiment’s superior camp sanitation with no deaths from defective camps and far fewer illnesses than nearby units. He also praises rapid muster out and reflects on volunteer officers' discipline and regular army methods. The First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery is cited for strong performance at Fort Warren in 1896 and 1897, including submarine mine drill and moving target firing.
Wireless telegraphy plans a first transatlantic transmission during the America's Cup contests. Stations at Sandy Hook and along the course will relay race messages to a point near Waterville on the Irish coast. Sir Thomas Lipton and authorities in the United States and Great Britain have been notified and expressed keen interest.
Grace Atwell heads West after a successful season as lead in a stock company. Odette Tyler to star in Phrase with Mr. MacLean as Lord Wheatley. Grace George to play Esther in Ben Hur for Klaw & Erlanger. Willie Collier debuts Mr. Smooth May 16. Tremont Theatre to receive summer improvements. George W. Wilson to star at Grand Opera House in The Governor and A Social Outlaw with his company. The Chutes to open May 1 with novelties. Kellar the magician at Hollis May 29.
Rehearsals end tonight for Prince Pro Tem as Tre mont Theatre prepares opening night Monday. The season features The Turtle at Park Theatre and a slate of concerts and plays at major Boston venues with stars such as Sadie Martinez, W J Ferguson, and Julia Arthur in Romeo and Juliet.
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