30 KILLED IN BATTLE ON TRAIN
In Guerrero near Cajones rebels attacked a train carrying 30 federal soldiers. A second lieutenant and 28 troops died. two soldiers were captured. Rebel commander Prudencio Figuero led the assault. An American contact described Viguero as a general in Madero’s service planning a push toward Taguala.
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Mexico City
Capiital
Cujones
Guerrero
Prudencio Figuere
Cuernavaca
National Railway
Cajones
Luis Bustamente
Ban
Madero
Morison Players Set for Majestic Summer Season
Lindsay Morison announces a Majestic Theatre summer season starting May 15 with his stock company featuring Eleanor Gordon Wilson Melrose Rose Morison Juliet Atkinson William Hassan Valerie Valaire Edward Nannary Rockliffe Fellows and Harry Brooks. He opens with The Girl from the Golden West and follows with The Man of the Hour and other Belasco and Gillette titles including The Gentleman from Mississippi Electricity The Lily The White Sister Arsene Lupin Leah Kleschna When Knighthood Was in Flower and more.
Rivermen at Nulhegan Dam Draw Crowds in Daring Display
Bloomfield Vermont April 27 crowds observe rivermen staged on logs during sluicing at Nulhegan Dam. Paul Stream brings 5,000,000 feet daily into the main river as drivers such as Paul Gosselin Perley Hurd and Al Fuller leap between logs. Will Ashe saves Walter Haynes from near drowning after Haynes slips from a boom.
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Bloomfield
Nulhegan Dam
Upper
Connecticut
Paul
Nulhegan
Paul Gosselin
Perley Hurd
al. Fuller
Will Ashe
Walter Haynes
Little Candia
Haynes
Rivermen Heroic Rescue Amid Log Jam Threat
During a flood on the Nulhegan a riverman named Ashe leaped across logs to rescue Haynes from drowning. Both were swept to the boom and survived as others narrowly escaped. Sam Ramsley also nearly drowned when knocked from the stone dam boom. The river rose a foot by nightfall and dynamite was planned at daybreak to break the jam.
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Ashe
Haynes
Sam Ramsley
Schoolboy cadets drill prize winners named at arena drill
William Calnan won first prize with William Kingston second in the prize drill of two regiments at the English High School. Zepfler and Ellard were named colonels of the first and third regiments respectively. Senior and junior company prizes were awarded to multiple captains and companies, with honorable mentions for Bryant, Ryan, O'Brien, and Erlandson.
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William Calnan
William Kingston
Louis H. Zepfler
Norman Ellard
Arthur H. Proctor
Edison F. Sawyer
Wesley H. Murray
Patrick J. Callahan
Samuel H. Lewis
G Company
Ralph W. Brown
Winthrop Street
C Company
H. Leon Sharmatz
Franks. Bryant
Walter S. Ryan
William EH. O’brien
Edgar Erlandson
Frye Resigns Pro Tem of Senate
Washington April 27 Senator Frye of Maine resigns as president pro tempore due to ill health. He is confined to his apartment and friends fear for his age. It is probable Senator Gallinger will succeed him as president pro tem.
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Washington
Frye
Maine
Senate
Gallinger
Graft Charge Filed Over Boylston Street Bill
Representative William L. Newton of Ward 13 accused graft in connection with the bill extending Boylston street across the Fens. Newton said the land deal benefited men who had bonded the land and implied a land deal motive.
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Boylston Street
The
Fens
William L. Newton
Ward 13
Newton
Lomasney Defends City Streets Bill Amid Graft Claims
Martin Lomasney spoke for the measure noting one million dollars spent on city streets with few direct accesses and claiming the bill would raise Boston values. Courtenay Crocker opposed saying it would harm the park system while Newton detailed Democratic graft charges. Dow of Cambridge supported the measure, arguing it would benefit the city.
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Martin Lomasney
Boylston
Boston
Courtenay Crocker
Ward 11
Newton
Democratic Party
Griffith
Dow
Cambridge
Oppose Lynn Plans Raise Opposition to Elevation Change
The Boston and Maine tracks through Lynn and a roughly 5 million dollar elevation change faced renewed opposition before the railroad committee. Attorney Hiram E. Miller for Lynn Storage argues the plan would shutter his client’s business, while P B Magrane presents Lynn’s financial strain and tax comparisons with other cities.
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Boston & Maine
Lynn
Committee On Railroads
Hiram E. Miller
Lynn Storage Company
P. B. Magrane
Miller
City Eyes Fire Track Plans In Lynn Case
City Solicitor Wadleigh warns ruin of local shoe business and destruction of property. He cites Lynn exports in 1909 valued at 27 million dollars, equal to 100 percent of the city valuation. The committee will visit Lynn next week.
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Lynn
Wadleigh
Central Square
Schoolmates of 16 Wed in Dorchester
Walter Fiske and Emma Green both 16 of Holbrook wed in Dorchester last Wednesday evening. They are Sumner High School seniors. Fiske is class president and editor, captain of the baseball team, and a Kappa Kappa Phi member. Green is senior class treasurer. The couple will return to resume studies in a week. Fiske is son of Mrs. Horace A Gale and Mrs Fiske. Green is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H Green.
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Sumner High School
Fisker
Avon High
Orly
Dorchester
Fiske
Kappa Kappa Phi
Horace A. Gale
Charles H. Green
Fire in Cap Maker's Stock Room Scorches Thousands of Caps
A blaze on the third floor of 680 Washington Street destroyed more than 1000 boys caps in a $750 stock room fire at A. H. Hunder last evening at 7:30. Eighteen female students from Comer's Commercial School nearby evacuated quietly. A dozen male students also left the building. water damage affected Bourge shoe store and American Tailoring Company below.
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A. H. Hunder
Washington Street
Comer
Bourge Shoe
American Tailoring Company
Hunder
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Oak
Suerrero
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Morelos
Viguero
Tguala
Chesley, Lewis & Co
Broadway
New York
America
Harrison
Washington St
Cor. Beach
Fred H. Thompson
Burlington
California
W. J. O'Meara
Mass
Impo
Atri Brande
Lata
Friend St. Lver
Arena
Victor Records
Pink Lady
Oxford
Victor
M. Steinert & Sons CO
New England
Ward
Lomasney
Bill
Shoe City
Tetrazzini
Carceleras
Carnevale di Venezia
Verdi Benedict Benedict
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