Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-25
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Merton Cricket Club house at
| Philadelphia was burned. Thursday.
| The loss is estimated at $4,000; in
| sured.
j. c. Sprague. president of the Eustis
| Manufacturing Co, Railway ~ j., was
instantly killed. Thursday, ut Railway
| at the Poplar street railway crossing. by
| an express train.
| Vineyard Sound Lightship No. Al. the
most important lightship on the New
| England coast. sailed in tow OF steamer
| Azalia. Wednesday. for Bath. where she
will be fitted with new boiler and
| steam windlass.
| Professor Theumayan. an Armenian
| who went to Berlin for the purpose OF or
ganizing ant-Turkish meetings. has been
expelled from the city by the police au-
| thorities. The professor lectured for
| long time in England.
| EX- Finance Minister Fosters resolution
censuring the government for its trade
policy which favors reciprocity with the
| United States. was defeated in the Do
minion House of Commons Wednesday
| night by a vote of l6 to III.
At San Francisco. Wednesday. Emma
| Ashley. charged with assault TO murder
| f. J. Baldwin the millionaire horseman.
some time ago in Judge Stacks court
| while her sisters breach OF promise SUIT
| was in progress, was acquitted by jury.
| Sherry's Pavilion at Narragansett Pier.
near Providence. r. l.. was totally de-
stroyed by fire at an early hour Thurs
day, causing loss of $4,000 or $6o. 900.
The building was hred by an lncehdla,iiy,
who has not been captured by the police
| as yet
petition was filed at Salem, Mass.
Thursday, by Milton S. Thompson of
| Newburyport. to have the standard
Leather Co. corporation under the
| laws of Maine. and having its place OF
| business in Newburyport, put into insoi-
| vency.
Scribner & Smiths circus which held
| forth here on election day. is stranded ut
| Danvers, Mass 1t is said that the show
i'll luck dated from the time they under
| took TO give performance on election
| day for they had hardly any patronage.
| Portland Argus.
Mills No. /. and of the Boston Manu-
featuring Co. at Waltham. Mass will
| open. Monday on full time. These mills
have been shut down for the past month
and have been running on short time for
the past five months. The mills employ
about 5000 men. Mill No. will be started
up gradually.
| Banks, arrived at Gloucester. Thursday.
with the largest trip of Goldfish. 10000
pounds. received there in several years.
She also reports the loss OF Gerring Rob
members of her crew. They Were
drowned by the capsiZing of a dory while
attending travis.
p j. lyman. the Irish Invincible who is
|
rejected the suggestion of the United
States consul that he employ French law
yers. named by the cnsui TO defend him,
and informed the consul that he relied
upon the republic to do him justice Ty-
nan looks very pale and haggard and his
health is rapidly breaking down.
The National Shoe and Leather Ex-
change of Boston. announces the failure
of Burpee, Rumsey & Co. shoe manu-
facturers of Lynn. Mass. An assignment
was made to B. N. Johnson of Boston.
and Frank X. Spaldng of Spalding &
Bliss. Boston: assets and liabilities are
not given. The firm did business OF
, between 5000 0C0 and $4,000
The schooner John Cadwallader.
Lewis Gardiner for New York, put into
Salem. Mass, Thursday, reporting that
on the night of Sept. 30, off Cape Ann,
she sprang a leak of 1000 strokes per
hour She now lies on the flats to try
and stop the leak.
, The employees in the plush department
g, | of the Salts Textile Cos factory, Bridge
port, CT. went on strike, Thursday, be,
cause notice of Il change in prices paid
was posted. The company says the rates
are merely readjusted. that some work
is paid more and some less The men call
it reduction. About $50 went out. al
though the change was announced to be-
: come operative Il week hence.
A wealthy farmer of Rimouski, Que
bee, named Lepage, while alone in the
house with his wife. Thursday, was
suddenly seized with commissions. Mrs.
Lepage at once ran to his side and,
catching him by the throat strangled
, him. The woman lost her reason, after
an attack of la grippe. last winter.
The New England Cotton Manufact-
| urers' Association held the last session of
: its 6lst semi-annual meeting at Profile
, House. n. H., Thursday morning. Topical
cDI
read. The session adjourned at II O clock
Many of the members took the noon train
for Fabyans, and the night train for Mt.
Washington to spend the night at the
Tip Top house. The next semi-annuai
spring.
Deputy Sheriff Hunt of Nashua, N.
H.. by order Of the superior court, IN
2 der the nuisance act, upon petition of
) the Law and Order League, has SUM
: moned Robert Elkins. proprietor of the
9 Granite State hotel. to appear In court,
I Oct. II, and show cause why injunction
y against his business should not be is
: sued.
Judge Bishop in the superior court at
Boston. Wednesday. sentenced Phillp
Miller. for a felonious assault upon O.
years-old Mable Zachary in Charleston.
Aug. 3, last to the state prison for not
less than II. nor more than Is wears
< Miller, who Is IS years of age, was en-
3 ployed by the Boston & Maine Railroad
Co. as brakeman