Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-15
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
ENDING With BANQUET
Grand Army Men Feast
and Make Addresses.
A SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Ten Persons Badly Burned
i'm an Explosion.
RAILROAD STRIKES PETERING OUT.
A Destructive Forest Fire in
New Hampshire.
RAILROAD STRIKES PETERIAG OUT.
A Destructive Forest Fire in
New Hampshire.
A GRAND BANQUET.

MechanIcS3 Hail In Il OSIOm converted
Into a Mammouth Dining Palace
The Invited Guests - Commander
Veazey Enthusiastically Greeted -
Boston Complimented Gin His Re.
marks - who the other Speakers
Were.
BosroN Mass, Aug. 14.-The principal
events of Grand Army week were fttingly
concluded this evening by grand banquet
in Mechanics hall, complimentary to the
delegates to the encampment and invited
guests. The great hall of Mechanics build
ing was transformed during the day from
gigantic bedroom into mammoth din
ing palace. Across the platform was
table for the sixty-four invited guests and
the main body of the hall was filled with
snowwhite tables stretching from the plat
form to the Huntington avenue entrance,
at which sat the delegates and others, some
1000 in number. Reeves band
of Providence, stationed on corner of
the platform, played the Star Spangled
Banner as the delegates marched in at $50
o'clock, and other patriotic airs during the
feast. The platform table was banked by
choice exotics and all the tables were pro-
fusely decorated with flowers. The menu
was exceedingly elaborate, and at every
plate was a beautiful and fantastic SOU
venir in the form of Japanese screen
menu bearing on the front likeness of
Chief Alser printed on silk
on the back of a stand of colors.> Depart
ment Commander lines presided at the
platform table, while each of the floor
tables was provided with chairman to
look after the entertainment of the guests.
The entire banquet was an affair Of great
elegance.
Among the invited guests who occupied
the seats of honor were General Sherman,
Governor Bracket, Mayor Hart, Lieuten-
ant Governor Halle, General Sickles Col
lector Beard, Hon John D. Long and Past
Commanders-in-Ch Chief Devens of Boston,
Merrill of Lawrence, Kountz of Toledo,
Fairchild of Wisconsin and Warner of Mis-
souri,.
At $50 the new commander-in- chief,
Judge Veazey, entered with Corporal Tan
ner. This was the signal for great shout,
the veterans Arising, waving handkerchiefs-
and napkins and shouting "Veazey,
Veazey." At $50 General Alger came in
and was similarly greeted, the veterans
arising at the call of Department Com
mander Innes and giving three cheers for
THE SPEAKING BEGUN.
1t was 1880 before the last course-an
elegant and well flied cigar case bearing
ikenesses of General Alger and Depart
ment Commander Innes-had been served
to each gentleman present. Then Com
mander Innes arose and endeavored to Sc
secure silence, but the enthusiasm could
not be quelled until General Alger came
forward and invited those at a distance to
approach the platform to hear the speak
ing. At this point Department Com
mander Innes was presented with bou
quet by DELEGATE from the audience and
there was more enthusiasm, during which
the band struck up lively march and the
post prandial exercises were again indefin
itely postponed. Finally about II o'clock
Colonel Charles II. Taylor of the Boston
Globe was introduced as toastmaster of
the evening and in his own inimitably way
proceeded to address the assembly.
After a few preliminary remarks Colonel
Taylor introduced Major Merrill, who
briefly responded in behalf of Ex-Governor
Long, chairman of the executive commit
tee, who had been obliged to withdraw.
Commander in-Chief Veazey was then in
troduced as New England man who
would always do his duty. Judge Veazey
after few remarks in the endeavor to
secure order thanked the soldiers for their
cordial greeting not to him, but to his
Office. He was glad that the organization
based merit not on rank but on the spirit
impelling man to enter the army, for the
sake of liberty throughout the world.
Referring to Boston's effort to entertain
the Grand Army he said that entertain
ment was an art and no city understood it
SO well as Boston.
Colonel Taylor then introduced Cover
nor Bracket, but before the latter began
to speak General Alger rushed to the
front of the platform, and in few COM
manding words hushed the constant muir
muir and hustle which had continued while
Judge Veazey was speaking, by declaring
| that it was due to Massachusetts,.
Speeches were then made by Colonel
Taylor, General Sickels, General Charles
Devens, Past Commander-in-Ch Chief Warner
of Kansas City, Past Chief
Fairchild and Corporal Tanner. At 1890
the banquet broke up with the singing of
Aud Lang Syne.