Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-02

recruits who reached Brooklyn Decor
alton day from the training sta ZION
az Newport, f. /.
The last word for the four defend
ants in the Sederquest, Barry case in
which the members Of the brokerage
firm have been ON trial in 100 counts or
more charging larceny from customers,
was said late Thursday in the superior
criminal court at Boston. Assistant
District Attorney Weber Will close for
the government Friday forenoon and
Judge Jenney will take the afternoon
to charge the Jury. Attorney Henry f.
Murlhnrt in his argument for the de
PENDANTS late Thursday declared that
no evidence rad been submitted to
show any Of the defendants dishonest.
The fog that covered the New York
harbor Wednesday almost proved the
shrcud of the schooner Margaret Fl
Roper. When the schooner arrived
Thursday at New York from San
Domingo city. her crew reported that
the Morgan Line steamer Momus col
lided with her Wednesday about %
miles south OF Sandy Hook. The big
steamer. they say, Slipped cut CT the
fog and struck them without warn
ing. The steamers prov cut oil one
of the smaller crafts stern boat da
Wits and carried away the Yawl The
schooner's mizzen topmast snapped
off at The cap. The Momus disappeared
in the fog apparently unscathed
The announcement of James J Hill in
St Paul Of the execution eff a mortgage
of 5000 000 0C0 by the Great Northern Rail-
FzII =.
Thursday that the Great Northern has
sold To the First National Bank of New
York S20Oo0.0Oo IA per cent. 50-year
bonds. secured under it's new mortgage
1t is stated that the proceeds will be
used FOR general corporate purposes
which include Improvements and extern
sons on the Great Northern under way
at present or already planned Ii was
also made known Thursday in New York
that the Bankers Trust CO. of New York
is the trustee under the $500 600 600 mort
gage executed by the Great Northern
This is the largest corporate mortgage on
record
The Granite STATE is no longer a haven
for loving New England couples bent
on elandestine marriages, for the law
passed by the last Legislature, which
demanded a fiVe-days motive before the
issuance of a marriage license. went into
effect Thursday. For several years New
Hampshire has been a Gretna Green
state and many couples desiring quiet
and quick marriages have visited the
principal cities of the state. where the
knots have been tied There has been
an unusual number of such nuptals per-
fnrtt3aH tbara lta aast eli
Rhode Island removed itself from the
Gretna Green class. Massachusetts eou-
pies have gone chiefly To Nashua, the
nearest New Hampshire city to the Dor
der.
The trial OF Patrick Lyons, super
intendent OF streets. Phillip Holland
a contractor. and NJ. L. Flynn. all of
Lawrence, who are charged with con-
spiracy to defraud that city. will be
begun in the superior court at Salem
next week. Judge Schofield will an
nounce the exact date at least two
days before the opening. In court
Thursday Lyons and Holland pleaded
not guilty on eight counts. They also
entered plea of abatement in that
Fred l.. Snow, Jointly indicted with
them. was described in the indictment
as living in Lawrence. whereas his
home is in Lowell. The plea of abate-
ment was overruled and an exception
noted. Snow was not in court Thurs
day but il is understood he will appear
as witness next. week.
The mysterious death of Walter f.
Baker eff Boston. the well-known Har-
ward man, several years ago at Bogota,
y. j.. which caused an arrangement
between the Bakers and Hurds fami-
lies, was recalled Thursday at Boston
by tho final settlement of the estate of
the deceased which has been in litiga-
ton FOR three or four years Baker in
herited one-half the undivided estate
of his mother, valued at nearly half a
million dollars. Although the brother
of Baker contested the. will, which
left him but $4,000 and $4,000 to Mrs
Helen Bray Hurd of Bogota, with Har-
ward College as the resduarY legatee.
the will was sustained. \ number of
lawyers had been hard pressed in. di-
plomacy to secure an adjustment of
the CNision of the estate, but the
proposition offered the court late
Thursday was approved by Judge
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