League Charges Sparks Aldermen Rebuttal In City Hall Row
Boston officials clash over charges from the Municipal League against the City Council. Alderman Lee denounces Rutan as unmanly while urging a full investigation and public record of evidence. other leaders demand specific accusations and names.
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Municipal League
Lee
W. L. Rutan
League
Post
Alderman Lee
Capen
Edwin D. Mead
Alderman Hall
Committee On Claims
Board of Aldermen
Hall
Aldermen
Witt
Colby
Committee On
Rutan
Cally
Mr. Rutan
Boston
Bribery Plea Hearings at Court of Oyer and Terminer
Police and former officers fill the Court of Oyer and Terminer as a host of ex- officers appear for bribery charges. Capt Schmittberger and ex-Captains Doherty Stephenson among those in attendance. ex-Sergeants Parkerson McKenna Clark Jordan Liebers and ex-Wardmen Hock Burns Meehan Smith present. Smith first called to the bar with demurrer granted by his lawyer Hess. Lawyer Fromme,
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New York
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Schmittberger
Doherty
Stephenson
Parkerson
McKenna
Clark
Jordan
Liebers
Hock
Burns
Meehan
Smith
Hess
Fromme
Plea Dates Set in Local Trials as Demurrers Barred
Hock given until Monday to plead while demurs granted for McKenna Clark Parkerson Glennon Jordan Meehan and Liebers. Witnesses directed to appear Monday at 10. Demurrers in Doherty Stephenson and Schmittberger overruled. Prisoners all plead not guilty. Trial for Stephenson eyed a week from next Monday. Ira Schafer urges delay but Judge Ingraham declines.
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Hock
McKenna
Clark
Parkerson
Glennon
Jordan
Meehan
Liebers
Doherty
Stephenson
Schmittberger
Fellows
Ira Schafer
Ingraham
Removal of Overhead Wires Begins Next Month
Commissioner Murphy outlined a working map showing the city area bounded by Dover Tremont Lagrange and Essex streets and the waterfront. It marks underground conduit routes and progress on wiring, with the Boston Electric Light Company nearly finished and West End Street Railway Company laying 200000 feet of conduit downtown.
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Murphy
Dover
Tremont
Lagrange
Essex Streets
Water Front
WIRE STRINGING TO START AS OVERHEADS ARE REMOVED
The Electric Light Company and the telephone company announce plans to string 105000 feet of conduit wires in December and remove 7000000 feet of overhead cable. Both firms deny responsibility for half the removal. The official says this year’s work will be completed on schedule and 1895 planning will follow a brief respite.
Embezzlement Allegation In Ticket Office Case
A ticket agent under Mr. Grace at the city office on Washington street faces embezzlement charges. The alleged loss totals 175 dollars from ticket returns to Southern and Western points. Court evidence shows checks paid for tickets and every dollar credited to the road.
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Grand Trunk Railway
Howard B. Hodgate
Hodgate
The
Road
Boston & Maine Railroad
Gray
Grand Trunk Rail
Grace
New England
Washington Street
Wise Faces Labor Label Allegation in Ward 20 Race
Councilman Albert A. Wise, seeking re-election in Ward 20, is accused by Cigar Makers Union No. 97 of using counterfeit union labels on nonunion cigars sold statewide. Wise acknowledges buying labeled cigars and vows to sell them, dismissing the union action as a political plot ahead of caucuses.
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Albert A. Wise
Democrats
Wise
Hanover Street
Union 97
Henry Abrahams
International Union
Massachusetts
Mr. Wise
Try Angle Co
3D District
Mass
Williams Hall
Hampden
Albany
Union
Cattle Commission Orders Five More Cows Slaughtered
Five additional cows were killed at Ward's wharf by order of the Cattle Commission after autopsies confirmed tuberculosis in each case.
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Cattle Commission
Ward’s Wharf
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Yankee Mfg
Summer St
Kersey
Coats
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W. EE. Crowel
Crowell
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Wickland
Rueter & CO. Brewers
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