Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-22
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Lippitt Wool Co, of Woonsocket
X. l., Monday reduced the wages of Tho
employees per gent, making an ex.
ception of those receiving 81 day on
less. The mill is just starting the light
weight season and will be in fun opera
ton in about a fortnight
A portion of the Arlington mills AT
Lawrence. Mass. resumed operations.
Monday after a shutdown OF five weeks
and three days. The cotton department.
employing 100 persons. started up in full
In the worsted department. where 2N9
persons are employed. only the carding
combnS and spinning rooms started up
giving employment TO about $40, The
other portions of the worsted mills will
resume operations as required.
1t is estimated that 80 bushels of the
army worm pest, which appeared OF
the Lewis Parks farm. Hudson, Mass
succumbed Ia the measures of exterm-
nation adopted. The worm soon ap-
peared on adjoining farms, and in Boil
ton, sweeping bare field after field
Paris green is being used. 1t is said
the eggs came in seed brought from the
West
Sam Lee, a Chinese laundryman, was
arrested at Cambridge. Mass, Monday
charged with an attempt to burn a
building in which Loung Chung. a fell
low countryman. was sleeping. The
arrest has caused a commotion among
Cinnamon in Cambridge and the poiics
have reason to believe that Lee was
acting as the agent OF the high binders
Last June an attempt was made To fir,
the same premises. Chung said at TIL,
time that he knew his life was in dan
ger.
In the United States circuit court, AT
Boston. Monday. Judge Colt appointed
Henry c. Noyes OF Boston. temporary
receiver of the Hodgman Rubber Co.
Mr. Noyes brought q bin in equity
against the company, he being a cred
itor. Promissory notes for 1000
given by the company, matured. Mon.
day. and could not be met. The com
pany is a New York corporation witt.
paid up capital of $3S2 900 Its fac
tory and principal place of business is
at Yonkers, y. Y. 1t has branch
office in Boston.
The steamer Falcon arrived at Green
port, n. Y. from Barren island, Mon
day. She was lying at the Barren is
land dock loaded with $1,000 fish. wher
the hurricane of Saturday struck he.
carrying away two large seine boats
Five of the crew who had left the
steamer in a small boat furnished with
life preservers narrowly escaped drown
ing, their boat having been swamped.
The captain reports 25 small boats
ashore on Barren island. driven there
by the force of the gale and also cat
boat bottom up. He surmises the oc-
cupants of the boats are probably lost,
AS yet no clue has been found at
Boston as to the whereabouts of Ed
ward Dickinson Blackwell, who is miss
ing from Montpelier, Vermont. The
only theory that the police and his rela-
tives have is that the his mind must
have become affected and that while
in this condition he had wandered
away. Capt. Dugan and Inspector Ma
honey scout the idea of foul play. Black
well was temperate man and at nc
time carried much money upon his per-
son, doing much of his business by
checks. He had been a sufferer from
neuralgia and Varicose veins. and if he
should he in a hospital could be easily
identified. 1t is said that he carries an
identification card in one of his pockets.
His relatives and the police believe
that he is alive. He had no business o.:
family troubles. He left his home
Wednesday, September 8 and went to
Boston the next day.
A Washington special to New York
morning paper says: Cardinal Satolli
is indignant over the publication of q
story that he not only rides bicycle
but that he has converted the papal
lagation into a bicycle academy and
that he rides daily a mile or so around
the ball room of the legation. The only
basis for this story is the fact that the
cardinal has accepted from a manufac-
turer the gift of a wheel He said
Sunday: Il never scorched a mile in
my life, because l never rode a mile on
the wheel. or even yard for that mat
ter. l know nothing about them. No
one has ever asked my opinion of the