Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-20

The weather Monday in New Hamrshife
was universally hot, beating all previous
records in March at the weather bureau, the
mercury reaching '5.7.
AIsias Edwin Call Pomeroy did at Provi-
dence. Monday, of pneumonia. after an III
ness Of only week. MT. fomeroy was
born in Dover, Me-, in lS4l.
The weavers in Nos. 5 and q Warsutta
Mil. New Bedford, Monday, voted to re-
main at work week or two longer to see
what tie corporation proposes to do.
IL il reported that q cy clone swept over
the country in the vicinity Of New Orleans,
but at ]. 80 A. NJ. Tuesday, all the wires
were doan and no details could be OBJ
tsined.
Police Justice Sutherland failed to ap-
near before Judge Brown at Brooklyn,
Monday, and the Judge sentenced him to
the full penalty, one yeN's imprisonment
ana $500 fine.
Thomas Berry and Thomas Kilfoil, the
two Hartford, CT, young men arrested,
sunday, on suspicion of being the murder
ers of Robert 5. Peck, West Hartford,
we're discharged Monday.
The comptroller of the currency has de-
clared the tliri dividend of 80 per cent, in
f.yor of the creditors of the National bsnk
of the Commonwealth, Manchester, N. H.,
making in sll So per cent, on claims
amounting to S24s,7O3.
At the conference Of spinners and manu-
facturers a. Fall River, Monday, over the
proposed cut in wages, the manufacturers
decided to postpone action for three weeks.
The spiuners claim this to be a victory AS
they claim further pcstponement will surely
follow.
A cablcgram has been received from
CAPTAIN Doane of the steamer Santuit,
dated at Bahia, announcing the death from
yellow fever of Chief Engineer Lorenzo
Brown. lie was born in Maine, 40 years
ago, and lived in Roxbury, Mass, where
be had wif,.
/ Fifty-two Italians, who started riot in
Iii tie Italy," an uptown Italian section
CT New Yoik. Mondsy, because the police
attempted to suppress ''crap" game
among the m, were srraigned in court Mon
day. The most desperate of the crowd
v ere held in heavy bail for trial, and the
others fined.
Several Massachusetts, towns held town
m letting, Monday, with the following re-
suit in license vote Lakevile, no; Pep
perell, yes; Egremont, no; Afford, no;
New Marlboro, yos; Swampsbott. no;
CRANKY, no; Cheshire, no; Mansfield, no;
South Hadley, no; Chelmsford, no;
BilleIica, no.
F. +. Hill of Dedham Centre, Mass,
was arrested, Monday, charged with misap-
propriating 5000 of the funds of the Mil
ton Water Company of Milton. He was
arraigned in the district court, waived ex-
animation and was bound over in $1,000 to
await the action of the Forfolk gran jury
in April. Bail was furnished. He was
superintend ent of both the Dedham AMI
Milton Water Companies, but lately re-
signed.
The president of the Mt. Washington
Glass Works, New Bedford, Monday, in
formed a committee of the Glass Blowers
Uaion that the works were nonunion, with
q reduction Of 10 per cent in wages. The
union members, who have been out Of en-
ployment fer some weeks, reported to the
Glass Blowers Union No. G3, which, upon
receipt of the official announcement from
the manager, he Id meeting, and voted to
take the same action as the cutters, not TO
return to work under the lew order of
things.
The Washington Mills Company at Law
renee, Mass, will open the mill gates Tues
day morning, with view TO bringing the
pending strike among the operatives to an
erd. Notice was given by Agent Chaplin
to the effect that although no higher
wages than those offered Feb. 10 can
he given. yet, understanding that PORTION
of the former employees would like to re-
turn, the mill will be opened and work
given to as many as can be accommodated.
The executive committee of the strikers
met late Monday and voted not to return
unless they received the wages paid pre-
vious to the September cut down.