Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

| The Westinghouse clubhouse at WI
| merding. Pa. was burned, Wednesday
Loss. $1,000: fully insured.
! Two blocks in the village Of Rockford
| Mich. u miles north of Grand Rapids
burned. Wednesday morning. Loss. $50.
900; Insurance, $4,000.
| Twenty-Five chrocheters of the New
| Britain Knitting Co.. at New Britain, Ct.
| struck. Wednesday. because they were
| dissatisfied with the prices set on some
| new work by the company. The shop viii
shut down, Thursday. for repairs.
A petition was presented In the appellate
division Of the supreme court Providence
n. l., asking for the appointment of q re
ceiyer for Rhode Island for the Granite
State Providcnt Association. 4 subpoena
was issued by the court returnabie April
II. 1896.
A: the second congressional district
Republican convention at Springfield.
Mass. Wednesday Elisha Morgan Of
Springfield and DR.. William Wright Of
Orange were chosen delegates. with r.
II. Goodspecd of Athol and Senator
Irwin Of Northampton. alternateg. They
are for Reed ana il was thought need
less to instruct them who to vote for at
ST. Louis.
Alden j. Biethen. founder and editor OF
the Penny Press of Minneapolis. MINI.
Tuesday. turned over to the employees Of
that paper the entire plant of the Penny
Press Publishing Co AT a meeting of the
employees IL was decided to continue the
publication of the paper on cooper
alive plan. The action on the part OF
Blethen was entirely voluntary on ac
count of his intended departure for the
Southwest.
4 letter received at the navy depart
rnent. from the Cramp 90 phila-
tdeiphia stated that the new battleShip
Massachusetts was ready for her accept
ancc trial. and suggested that the event
should be set for April i or y. This ar
rangeTnent is satisfactory to the depart
ment and one Of these dates will be So
Iected. The course between Cape Ann.
Mass. and Cape porpoiSe. Me. has been
selected In accordance with the wishes
of the Cramps
Charles f. Baker. one Of the principal
exhibitors at the Boston horse show sent
letter TO the managers. Wednesday.
III when ne announces tb" withdrawal Of
his exhibits from all ella sseS IN which he
had made entries. His decision comes
from tie fact that he believes he was I'M
Justly Disseminated against by the officers
OF The noret show association i'm their
refusal t. permit him to substitute, one
thc horse ia His string for another horse
WHOM was entered for competition in the |
tandem contest but which was taken |
sick
John Smith. ex-hired man Of The Stone |
family three members of which were |
cruelty murdered 20 days ago al Tail |
madge. Ohio. was arrested. Wednesday |
ana taken to Akron. charged with the |
murder Smith confessed that he killed |
Alvin y. Stone and wife and Ira Stillson. |
and inflicted severe Injuries on Emma |
ana Hattie Stone. HIS motive for com |
hitting the crime was to assault Flora /
Stone He Was discharged by Alvin |
Stone. TWO weeks before the crime for |
paying too much attention TO the young |
est daughter Flora. Flora was the only |
one OF the family not injured by the
murderer.
Suit has been instituted against Patrick /
Michael and VIM. brisbane. at Bellows
Falls. VI. in behalf of the wife and child |
of Herbert j. Porter one Of the three
brothers recently convicted of placing
distractions on the track of the Boston
& Maine railroad near Brattleboro Vt
The suit comes under the personal liza
hiity clause OF the Vermont prohibition
saw whereby the seller is liable to de-
pendentS for time lost at the rate OF 81
per day while in confinement. The crime
Was committed last october ana Porter
has just begun serving a three-years
sentence. Another important point is the
aqual liability of the landlord owning the
bull ling. who Is In this case Col. George
W. Hooker Of Brattlehoro. in whose
block the sales We're made. according to |
the confession of one of the Porters The
DriSlanes are residents but DO business
IN Brattleboro