Former Fitchburg Mayor testifies in Sederquist trial
Charles A. Babbitt recounts dealings with Sederquist Barry Co alleging stock delays and threats to shut the firm’s office. He says he was promised stock after five visits and received it the day he warned of closure. Gardner Hudson details similar transactions amid alleged losses of about 2100 dollars.
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Charles A. Babbitt
Fitchburg
Sederquist- Barry
Arthur B. Sederquist
Dustace Bigelow
Harry F. Curtis
John E. Barry
Harvard Club Dinner Highlights Cambridge Legacy
Sixty Harvard Club members and guests gathered at the club house in New York to hear leaders reflect on Harvard's history. President Lowell spoke on a general history of Harvard, Higginson discussed Harvard's great men, and Follansbee chaired the alumni talk. Roosevelt offered an appropriate address at the 46th annual dinner.
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New York
Harvard Club
Cambridge
Lowell
Harvard
Henry Lee Higginson
Boston
Mitchell D. Follansbee
Associated
Harvard Clubs
Howard S. Martin
James Byrne
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fight on Extra Judges Intensifies Over Court Staffing
Governor Foss abandons hope for judiciary pay raise as the House adopts the committee’s report on salary changes. A planned bill seeks five additional Superior Court justices to clear a backlog three years deep, with talks among Governor Foss, Moorfield Storey, Samuel J. Elder, and Chief Justice Aiken.
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Foss
Supreme Courts
Committee On Public Service
House
Moorfield Storey
Samuel J. Elder
Aiken
Store Burglary Shakes Brookline Grocery
Burglars forced the front door of Frank Shannon’s grocery at Flora street and Fond avenue in Brookline last night and fled with cigars cigarettes and other items plus a few dollars from the drawer. Loss estimated at about 25 dollars.
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Frank Shannon
Flora Street
Fond Avenue
Brookline
Keen of Everett Declares Bankruptcy in U S District Court
Herbert B. Keen a contractor of Everett residing at 599 Broadway filed for bankruptcy in the United States District Court showing liabilities of 31873 and assets of 4965 The filing marks a formal legal action to restructure debts and manage unpaid obligations through court oversight.
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Herbert B. Keen
Everett
Broadway
United States District Court
Mayor's Salary Held Up in City Budget Action
City Council appropriations committee approved 5 572 936.45 dollars in the mayor budget and granted 40 000 for public celebrations. The committee postponed two mayoral items including mayor office expenses and the information bureau.
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Fitzgerald
City Council
Information Bureau
City committee approves salaries and annual expenses
The committee approved its own salaries and council expenses and the mayor's item for 2500 to equip the infirmary department’s new boat George A. Hibbard with fire apparatus. Other items covered city and county debt. Drew sought 15000 for Registry of Deeds index work up to 190 records and current ten years.
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George A. Hibbard
Charles A. Drew
Index Commission
Dew
Somerville man fined for fare evasion in court
John M. Dinan of Somerville was arraigned in Somerville District Court on fare evasion from the Boston Elevated. He was found guilty and fined five dollars, which he paid.
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Somerville
John M. Dinan
Boston
Mexican cabinet resignations continue as reforms rise
The article reports cabinet members resigning from key posts led by Ramon Corral, who steps down as minister of Gobernacion the interior department counterpart in the United States, while not resigning from the vice presidency.
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Ramon Corral
Department of Gobernacon
Department of the Interior
United States
Diaz Cabinet Stalwarts Aged Elders Spark Revolution Grievance
Not one member of President Diaz's cabinet is under 65, with many much older. Except for Enrique C Creel, foreign minister, all have long served in the presidency. Revolutionaries fault the chief executive for not surrounding himself with younger representatives in touch with the people.
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Diaz
Enrique C. Creel
Insurrection Forces Close on Chihuahua as Madero Plans Decisive Move
Seven hundred insurrectos entrench between Chihuahua and Rabago's federal troops with Rabago thirty miles north. Madero, claiming to defend liberty, reportedly commands about 1500 cavalry and seeks to gain territory to prove a state of war exists in Mexico. Twenty bridges from Juarez to Chihuahua blown. Oscar G. Creighton directs rear operations from Montezuma.
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EL Paso
Texas
Chihuahua
Rabago
Mexico
Francisco I. Madero
Madero
Juarez
Oscar G. Creighton
Insurrection Tactics Reach Chihuahua and Juarez
An American railroad superintendent and four colleagues traveled 225 miles from Chihuahua to Sauz where Rabago was seen en route to Casas Grandes before muttering southward as insurrectionists closed in. A Juarez notice suspending personal guarantees sparked fear of attack as rail and telegraph services remained halted for weeks, with death for interference and five to 12 years for telegraph crimes.
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Madero
Chihuahua
Sauz
Rabago
Casas Grandes
Insurrectos
The
Republic
Juarez
Mexico Cabinet Resigns Under Diaz Regime
Secretary Norton learned of the Diaz cabinet resignation via the Associated Press and informed President Taft. Washington viewed the move as expected, with internal changes anticipated including Senor Corral likely leaving the interior post due to ill health, while remaining vice-president and senate president.
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Washington
Norton
Associated Press
Diaz
Mexico
Taft
State Department
Senor Corral
Republic
Department of the Interior
Senate
Illinois Bans Drinking On Cars And Trains
Senate and House pass bills prohibiting intoxicants on street cars interurban cars and trains with dining and buffet cars exception. Penalties include fine imprisonment or both. One house must pass the companion measure to become law. Conductors may arrest violators amid reports of inebriated men causing disturbances on trains.
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Springfield
Ill
Senate
House
Three Inspectors Appointed Under New Meat and Berry Rules
The Board of Health appoints three inspectors to enforce a rule that meats and berries must be kept covered during sale or transport. The appointees are John J. Mahoney Edward J. O'Brien and Henry Hart who will earn 1200 dollars annually on provisional service with a future examination.
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Board of Health
John J. Mahoney
Mahoney
Edward J. O’brien
Henry Hart
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