The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
CONVENTION AFTERMATH.

The fat is now in the pan, and fry
ing. It is William Rodger against Jo-
seph f. Harrity, with a large amount
of money on both sides, and bets freely
made, thus early.
The delegates convention. last night.
was a secret convention, but the doings
have been leaking all day. Mr.. Har-
ny was there in Overwhelming force
There were S8 delegates present. VIII
liam Whitelaw, who was the other can
dldate for selectman, received but IL
votes. Thomas Mayberry ran against
Patrlck f. Cannon for the nomination
for treasurer, and received six votes .
Only one nomination speech was
made Town Solicitor T. F. Larkin
nominated Mr.. Whitelaw for water
COMMISSIONER iE language that was elo-
Hnent and exceedingly complimentary.
-af Whitelaw declined. The place was
tnen unanimously rendered to Herman
itlcnter. who is the retiring selectman
ana secretary Of the board of select
men,
The demotratc ticket is composed
entirely of Harrity men, with one or
Two minor exceptions at the tail end
ahE excluding possibly Patrick f. Can
non, who has been, however, convinced
5toIt me nrst that Harrity is the
slGongeSt nan that could be put at the
mead OF the ticket. At any rate. the
responsibility is on the shoulders of Mr..
Harrlty, Win or lose, he gets the
credit ''e
The irony Of circumstance was we'll
Illustrated last night. about 9 O'Clock,
Ghen capt. W. +. Shaughnessey was
thrown from his sleigh and taken into
the drug store Of Joseph f. Harrity. 10
receive hTst aid for the injured
Sapt' Shaughnessey, in a perfectly
good natured way, had spent the after
noon IN hustling for the defeat of Mr..
iarrity In the democratic convention
1ie had stopped a few moments in
germantown, and was returning with
ms driver. Just above the drug store
Capt, Shaughnessey's spirited horse
ran away, and threw driver and owner
out The driver was comparatively un-
hurt. Capt Shaughnessay was badly
bruised, and sustained severa! abra
slons and was pretty severely Jared
nc was cared for IN the drug store,
end was driven to hi hcNa by Patrick
Mcdonald. The horse ran as far as
Merchants drug store on High street.
when it took to the sidewalk. became
separated from the sleigh and was af-
terward stopped.
IN the district court this morning
Judge Stone continued the following
cases, nearly all of them until We'd
nesday: s. l.. Mills vs. Bernard Koener
bancroft and Gentsch; Edward r. Fox
vs.. Leominster and Clinton Street Rail
way Company, Fay and Myrick &
Bracket; James E. Grady VS.. Morris
PoresNy, Fay, Dame; James II. Smith
rs. Herbert Z. Brigham, Bancroft &
Buttrick, Larkin; Horatio Ball VS.. Y. f.
Larkin, adm, Evans Larkin; Antonio
tarboni vs.. victoria Salamini. Bancroft
d Buttrick, Kemp; Victor Aalimini VS..
Carlo Pinardi, Choate &c Kemp, Ban
croft e. Buttrick; William Smith ct al.
vs.. Frank II. Connaughton. Evans,
Dervin; James Frank vs.. +. Cosca,
Fay, Evans.
Joseph Cross and the Cross family
were in the court room. The family
included the wife, William f. Murray,
who was assaulted and the -daugh-
ter. Cross pleaded not guilty and
Judge Stone continued the case until
Monday under bond of $780, Later the
defendant said guilty, and his honor
put him on probation for three months.
The defendant gratefully promised to
go and sin no more. He will be obliged
TO report to Clerk Frank f. Howard
on the first Monday of each month.
John Riley, a weaver by occupation
was arrested by officer William r.
O'Toole this afternoon, for being drunk,
Riley has been out of Jail only a few
days. He was sent over from the dis
trlct court recently for the same old
offense. Comatose is a word feeblv
describing his condition. He succeed
ed in rolling completely under the bunk