Clinton water bill sparks lively Hayes McNary clash on Hill
Boston June 3 The House refused to read the Clinton water compensation bill for a third time after a 44 to 98 vote and adjourned. In the Senate the Boston district local option bill advanced with an amendment, while debate covered Wachusett reservoir land taxes, damages, and whether Clinton should receive annual payments. The session featured a sharp exchange between Hayes of Lowell and McNary of Boston over the bill’s principles, and the day closed with several measures approved for engrossment and a 1.05 pm adjournment.
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Boston
House
Clinton
Senate
John A. Sullivan
Worcester
Collins
Hayes
Lowell
McNary
Thomas G. Nixon
Massachusetts Reformatory
Committee On
John T. Maloney
Lawrence
Cambridge
Adams
Melrose
Metropolitan Water Board
Tyler
Newton
Everett
Asheland
Mr. Hayes
Ashland
Mr. McNary
Boston Water
Wauchusett Dam
Schofield
Malden
Wachusett Reservoir
Hunt
Garfield
Brockton
Dean
Brookline
Metropolitan Water District
Quinn
Buswell
Methuen
Reed
Taunton
Wakefield
Board of Agriculture
United States
Harry Je Dougan
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Committee On Cities
Pittsfield
Street Railway Bill and Local Option Debate
The committee on street railways reported a bill to extend the Stony Brook Valley Street Railway public service powers. Bills to raise salaries for court clerks and a Cuba stance were discussed. Questions on Upton rail electrification and joint operation proposals were presented, with votes failing on a referendum. Senators debated a Boston district local option amendment, noting district license counts and potential impacts.
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Committee On Street Railways
Stony Brook Valley Street Railway Company
Public Service
Superior Court
Suffolk
Mills
Fall River
Republic of
Cuba
United States
Howland
Fletcher
Middlesex
Grafton and
Upton
General Court
Upton Street Railway
Milford
Uxbridge
Holliston
Wramingham Street
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Day
Worcester
John A. Sullivan
Boston
Barry
J. A. Sullivan
Fitzgerald
Friends of
Senate debates license bill amid amendments and adjournment
Legislators clash over retaining licenses in certain districts and removing them from Dorchester and Brighton. Amendments by Fitzgerald and Sullivan fail by voice vote. a 6 to 27 vote rejects the Fitzgerald change. A motion to delay submission to voters fails, raising temperance concerns. The session passes engrossment on multiple measures, including osteopathy regulation and Greylock reservation plans, before adjourning at 4 pm.
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Dorchester
Brighton
J. A. Sullivan
Fitzgerald
H.S. Fitzgerald
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Seaver
Sparks
Sullivan
M. J. Sullivan
Berry and Howland
Sprague
Norfolk
Porter
Essex
Williams
Middlesex
Greylock
Court of Land Registration
Sealer of Weights and Measures
House
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Senate
Public reprimand for captain over liquor law enforcement
Police Commissioner Partridge ruled Captain Michael E Foody guilty of neglect of duty for failing to enforce the excise law but ordered a public reprimand instead of dismissal. He issued a departmentwide note noting commanding officers need balance enforcement duties with other law enforcement responsibilities.
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New York
Partridge
Michael E. Foody
Leper Augusto Nuñez Leco Turned Over to Immigration
In New Bedford on June 3 Augusto Nuñez Leco the leper was handed to Immigration Inspector Hinckley by health authorities and then delivered to Capt. Oliveira of the schooner D. A. Story. The ship sails today for Bravo C V I. Leco will be isolated on deck ahead of the cook house and guarded constantly.
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New Bedford
Augusto Nunez Leco
United States
Hinckley
Oliveira
D. A. Story
Bravo
Leco
Miss Stone Sued Again Over Lecture Contract
Boston June 3 Richard Heard C A Williams and Mark Nathan doing business as the American Lecture Direction filed suit in the supreme court against Miss Ellen Stone the missionary to recover 30000 damages for alleged breach of a contract to lecture under their management.
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Boston
Richard Heard
C. A. Williams
Mark Nathan
Supreme Court
Ellen Stone
Carleton & Hovey Ice Cream Popularity Boost
The advert reports a 40 quart freezer improving ice cream quality beyond prior belief and claims the shop serves the best soda in town. It highlights College Ices with fresh crushed fruits and lists Carleton and Hovey at 236 Merrimack Street as the source.
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Carleton & Hovey
Merrimack Street
Supreme Court Overrules Best on Jury Deafness Bias
Boston readers learn the supreme court overruled John C. Best’s appeal for a new trial claiming juror Charles W. Mears was deaf. The court held no legal ground existed for a second review as questions were facts for trial judges, reaffirming Best’s first degree murder conviction for the Saugus Bailey killing. Dist-Atty Peters led the Commonwealth. defense by J. H. Sisk and N. D. y A. Glarke.
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Boston
Supreme Court
John C. Best
Sherman and
Fox
Superior Court
Charles W. Mears
Best
George A. Bailey
Saugus
Holmes
Atty. Peters
Commonwealth
J. H. Sisk
N. D. Y A. Glarke
Hetty Green in Court over Bristol estate accounts
In Boston on June 3 Mrs Hetty H R Green sat in the supreme court bar to hear her appeal from the Bristol county probate decree approving the accounts of Edward D Mandell ancillary executor of her father Edward Mott Robinson estate. The accounting covers 1865 to 1892 with about 590000 received by the ancillary executor and then passed to executors in New York. The hearing was unfinished as W W Crapp spoke for Mandell and Hemenway for Green.
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Boston
Hetty. H. R. Green
Supreme Court
Lathrop
Bristol County Probate Court
Edward D. Mandell
Edward Mott Robinson
New York
Mandell
W. W. Crapp
Green
H. M. Knowlton
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Crapo
Alfred Hemenway
Mrs. Green
Military Clothing Frauds at Michigan Trial
In Lansing on June 3 Gen W L White ex quarter master general of the Michigan National Guard testified in disbarment proceedings against attorney E R Roose of Kalamazoo over alleged ties to state military clothing frauds. White admitted guilt in the frauds and said Eli R Sutton of Detroit, regent of the penitentiary, was involved. Governor Pingree pardoned Sutton after White’s plea.
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Lansing
Mich
E. §. Roose
Kalamazoo
W. L. White
Michigan National Guard
Aend
Pingree
Eli R. Sutton
Detroit
Sutton Acquitted in Ingham Fraud Case. White Testifies
White testified in Detroit that he paid Sutton his share of profits from a fraudulent deal linked to Illinois Supply and associated figures including ex-Inspector General Arthur Marsh and Henderson-Ames of Kalamazoo. Sutton had been indicted by a grand jury and acquitted by a circuit court jury after a prolonged trial. White described the scheme as sensational and novel.
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White
Officer Curry Dead In Brookline Police Line
Patrolman Peter Curry of the Brookline police department died at Massachusetts General Hospital after an illness linked to Bright's disease. He had been injured in a May 25 incident when found unconscious with a head wound near Washington and Fairbanks streets. He was 5 a.m. death marked the end of a well known local officer.
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Boston
Peter Curry
Brookline
Curry
Foul play suspected in death of Dover man near Kent
Coroner Higgins of Winsted investigates the death of George Root of Dover New York whose mutilated body lay along the Berkshire division tracks between North Kent and Kent. Initially thought a train fatality investigators now suspect blunt force trauma and disposal on the rails. A missing gold watch and a suspected struggle near the tracks accompany the case as Root's body was buried yesterday and may be exhumed. Root had recently moved from Dover to work for Lyman Darling and was identified by his wife.
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Kent
Conn
Higgins
Winsted
George Root
Dover
N. Y
Berkshire Division
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
North Kent
Root
Lyman Darling
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