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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1897
Page
4
The horseless carriage has appeared in Boston as a passing wonder after a Hartford exhibition by Pope Manufacturing. The device combines bicycle derived appliances with an electric storage battery. It marks the latest achievement of modern ingenuity and is expected to stay, with growing public readiness and commercial potential.
The piece criticizes Governor Black of New York for threatening to veto a recently passed inheritance tax bill. It argues current taxes are unfair to the poor and to developing industries, urging reform to tax personal property at death when it transfers via probate.
Major George S Merrill, Massachusetts insurance commissioner and insider in the old Massachusetts Benefit Association, faces removal for failure to secure justice for policyholders and for altering his official report to align with association managers. The governor strives to restore public confidence as Merrill is urged to resign.
The article notes tariff worries aggravating senatorial nerves and urges a firm US policy on Cuba. It contrasts European misrule, Armenians, Crete, and Greek turmoil with American sympathy and urges decisive action to set a global example. If the Senate acts, it should match its vigor in Cuba to its tariff efforts.
The Sugar Trust case involving President Havemeyer and Treasurer Searles is set for District of Columbia court on Monday. The article argues they are contumacious witnesses and should face punishment, as should senators who aided sugar speculation tied to the 1894 tariff fight, with further signs of another sugar scandal emerging.
Discussion in the Senate centers on a proposed tariff as leaders weigh public health and economic pressures. The piece hints at possible consequences for trust magnates and their roles, suggesting jail as a deterrent or consequence in the unfolding crisis.
The late John C. Paige left a testamentary disposition of his wealth showing generosity and public spirit. He aimed to serve the people and state after providing for his family, seeking enduring fame through acts that benefit the community.
Observant Citizen reports on Boston College minstrels rehearsal chaos with City Clerk Galvin unable to sing to orchestral accompaniment. Junior singer Fred Casey from Lynn charms with Hot Time in Old Town Tonight. Board discusses J C Paige partnership, and Columbia College names Henry Marion Howe senior metallurgy professor. Electric rail tests prompt New Haven interest. Somerville ponders bike speed limit six mph. Isaac Fay trust will distribute $50 000 to Cambridge residents. Mesers W C Adams John Campbell.
A roundup cites Mrs J H Mills as president and director of the State Bank of Croswell Michigan. Miss Mary Isabella Potter becomes Connecticut's first Episcopal deaconess. Nebraska plans a monument for W A McKeighan the Sod house Congressman. George W Julian marks his tenth birthday amid a life of Congress service dating to 1849. The Marchioness of Breadalbane in Hyderabad commits a tigress hunting feat. Kipling pens poems on four fly leaves after Brander Matthews sent Many Inventions. Senator Platt receives red morocco bound congratulatory letters. Empress Elizabeth of Austria, famed horsewoman, noted for culinary prowess with daughter Archduchess Valerie.
The text lists daily menu items for breakfast lunch and supper including oatmeal cream broiled beefsteak omelet baked potato hot corn cake doughnuts cheese coffee dinner with tomato soup fried codfish and roast stuffed veal plus desserts and beverages. It includes recipe fragments for tomato soup baked apple and sauce chopped lettuce and onions and finishes with the author Mrs Annie B Bushee Magnolia Avenue Magnolia Mass.
Hazard St. Clair and Velma Thorne tour Paris with cheerful plans. Dark clouds promise death as Velma fears, but laughter returns until a Turkish booth roof collapses in fire and falling beams. The lovers cling to life as Paris mourns the loss.
In a Morning Post note dated May 13 1897 N B M critiques antis in Congress over a free transfers bill. The piece likens opponents to troglodytes and Younger years of folly, predicting defeat and a future political reckoning once the bill passes.
The poem urges Greeks to endure tragedy and persevere against Turkish forces. It frames Hellas as a shining nation, laments desecration of the Christian cross, and calls for steadfast action, unity, and faith to defend Greece and its monuments. It honors martyr Mavromikali and urges marching on despite dread.
About thirty five prospective members attended at Grundmann studies as the Arts and Crafts movement moved toward a permanent body. A committee was empowered to name the society, with Norton as president and Carey Whitman Egans as senior officers. Membership fees set at 2 5 and 10 dollars.
The Boston Public Library releases a new List of Periodicals and Serial Publications detailing 5000 items from 36 libraries. It notes Russian serials in Cambridge, weather periodicals, and a 64 page pamphlet describing a gift by Hon. Mellen Chamberlain including manuscripts.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Eneotere P Roosevelt arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this morning amid a busy schedule. The visit signals ongoing naval developments and coordination with local facilities.
Representative David B. Shaw received a framed set of resolutions from the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 34 in Roughan Hall. The note thanks Shaw for introducing a Massachusetts bill urging higher salaries for letter carriers and praises his early enactment of related national pay legislation.
The wool house of Chamberlin Bros. & Co. at 110 Atlantic avenue assigned yesterday to Horatio Newhall, president of the Columbian National Bank. Norcross Mellen & Co., Merchants' row, with about 100000 capital, followed with an assignment to Newhall and P. S. Howe of Garrison & Howe. The assignees are the same officials in both cases. No condition details released.
The Municipal League of Boston votes to protest House Will No 784 amending the Boston Elevated Railroad charter. It objects to guaranteed rail charges, tax immunity, and long term exemptions, urging testing of subway and bridge effects before extending street servitudes and awaiting a state tax commission report.
Representative Dan Driscoll and Ward 7 officials drew glare in Daly Quinn headquarters after failing to advertise permits for a ward room two nights before a caucus. Colonel Bogan overruled a complaint, granting the permits amid skepticism from Daly Quinn supporters.
The Boston Wholesale Grocers Association held its monthly meeting at Youngs with about fifty members present led by President Hiram A. Logan. Guests Rev C W Biddle of Brookline and Col William A Bancroft former Cambridge mayor spoke on benefits of the Boston elevated road aided by an aether opticon. A vote of thanks was given to hosts and a resolution supported the Boston Retail Grocers Association in their autumn world food fair project.
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