Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-24
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

AT attack on Marmaduke Mason
aged 80. by a robber two weeks ago re-
suited in his death Saturday at the
State hospital for the Insane at Prov
idence. Mr.. Mason was prominent as an
abolitionist, and later was actively
identified with the prohibition move
ment.
Higher rents in Brockton, Mass.
were presaged there Saturday in a
meeting of landlords called for this
week. One of the landlords said that
SIG rents would likely be advanced to
$50, and a general raise of 81 month
would probably be determined upon.
The landlords claim that it is impos-
sible for them to live on the present
scale of rents
A few minutes after he had been ac-
quainted of the charges of numbering
Paymaster Charles Randall of the
Glenyon Dye Works in an attempted
$4,000 holdup a year ago Saturday Jo-
seph p. Corbett of Boston was rear
rested late Saturday at Providence.
Corbett Is held on warrant sworn out
by state Detective A. P. Hodges of
Taunton, charging attempted arson.
With 43 pupils and three teachers in
a special car, Prof. Raymond Riordan
Friday night carried off to Laporte.
Ind, the entire student body and fac
ulty of Jubilee College. an Episcopal
school at Peoria, Ill, while Bishop Ed
ward Fawcett OF the Episcopal church
was attending a conference, planning
some method of stopping the kidnap-
ping of the school. Riordan wanted to
take the school to Laporte, where he
will open another school.
A cable message was received Friday
night at the Harvard Colleg observa-
tory from Kiel giving the orbit and
summaries of the new comet The
calculations are from observations
made Jan. 10, 10 and 20. The comet
was nearest the sun Jan II, it's dis
lance being then 3,500,000 miles from
the sun. 1t is now receding from the
sun and diminishing in theoretical
brightness, but is expected to be an
interesting object for several days in
the southwest after sunset.
The mysterious disappearance of
Fred J. Fuller, 80, the Berkshire county
hotel proprietor, who, it was feared.
had been drowned while fishing on
Lake Buel, several miles from Great
Darlington Mass, was cleared up Sat
urday night, when telegram. stating
that Fuller had been found in st. Louis
was received from st. Louis physi-
clan. The physician, who signed him
self "Dr. Miller" said in his dispatch
that Fuller's mind had returned at
noon today" thus indicating that the
landlord had been through a brief
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Torrents came from the hills that came
in the night hours caused flood conditions
in the village of North Pownal. Mass.
Saturday morning which led to boats be-
ing brought into service in order that
residents of the submerged Burgess flats
might be taken from the upper windows
of their homes Several houses were in
undated, and an immense lake formed in
the valley. Some 40 had of cattle, sew
eral deer and horses swan around and
around In the deep water, making for the
banks on every side, and trying to estab-
lish foothold in order to make their es.
cape.
Construction of the Harvard aeroplane
will begin today when the experimenting
sections Of the Aefonautical Society.
which were formed last week, will begin
work. Each section will aid in building
some part Of the aeroplane, which will be
cabable of carrying 800 pounds An engine
has already been purchased. and as the
various parts are completed they will be
assembled in Pierce hall to he put toeeth-
er. The aeroplane is, expected to travel at
the rate Of 4s miles IAN hour, anr It will
leave the ground at speed Of 25 miles al,
hour.