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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1904
Page
12
Senator Bemis of Norfolk blocked a measure denying abutting real estate owners the right to object to liquor licenses if convicted of blackmail. Senators Dillon of Hampden and Lane of Suffolk led the defense. The bill failed 9 to 15.
By a voice vote yesterday the Senate passed to a third reading a bill allowing Boston to tax Commonwealth land in South Boston. The measure seeks to authorize the city to levy taxes on state land within its boundaries under specified conditions.
Massachusetts Senate debated a bill to regulate vivisection amid claims that children were vivisected at a Boston institution. Senator Callender, backed by ex Governors Claflin Long and Brackett, argued the measure humane, with anesthesia and possible euthanization to prevent suffering. The bill failed 16 to 7 after spirited exchanges and dismissals of prior vivisection practices.
Judge Emmons, Boston police commissioner, attends Bob Fitzsimmons and Bob Armstrong boxing exhibition. He watches three rounds, praises the bout, chats with Fitzsimmons in the dressing room, and receives a signed copy of Physical Culture and Self-Defence. Both men compliment each other and discuss policing and pugilism.
The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros greatest shows unite for a traveling zoological garden next week. A polar bear from the north and the African lion stand with the Nile hippopotamus and Rocky Mountain grizzly. Creatures from Bengal tigers to South American cougars fill one tent. Doors open an hour before the arena performance for early observation.
The New England Grand Assembly consolidates state memberships amid strong turnout. Joseph D. Goddu is named grand speaker with John McGowan as grand ex speaker and a slate of officers from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine. Installation by James F. Reynolds follows, with the supreme congress scheduled for June in Boston and a banquet concluding the event.
The Union Fraternal League branches across the New England states become the Grand Assembly of New England after action at the Massachusetts Grand Assembly session held yesterday at the American House. The constitution assigns each state a defined membership.
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