The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-16
MAINE NEWS GATHERED IN AUGUSTA.
Small Grains and Other Crops the
Victims OF Bad Weather.
Twentieth Anniversary of the Order
of United Workmen.
Arrangements for Teachers Meet.
Ings In the Various Counties.
Especial to the Press. /

AUGUSTA, Oct 15.-Reports received here
from different portions of the State are to the
effect that the damage to the bean crop and
small grains by reason of the long continued
spell of bad weather will reach many thous-
and dollars. Beans were very badly injured,
a large part of most lots being discolored or
moldy, there having been no sun to dry them.
The stacks now standing in the fields are
black and rusty, and in many instances the
Deanssare swelled and even sprouting. Grain
has suffered severely, and many fields of
oats and barley have laid upon the ground
for weeks, blackened and mildewed. A
gentleman from Waldo county says he saw
ten acres OF barley standing in water there
and which could not be cut
The Ancient Order of United Workmen of
the State is to celebrate the twentieth ami
versary OF the order at Gardiner, Oct. oath,
under the auspices of Dirigo Lodge, Gar
diner. Among the eminent officials who will
be present are Grand Master Workman
Landers, Of Mystic Bridge, Conn; Past
Grand Master Workman j. Edward Burt, of
Maiden; Grand Receiver Thomas +. Temple,
of Boston, and Grand Recorder Hugh
Doherty, of Boston. There will be banquet,
speaking and music. 1t is expected that the
Augusta lodge will send delegation of 100,
band accompanying.
Arrangements for county teachers meet
ings have been made as follows: Penobscot,
at Bangor, Oct. 1920; Washington, Columbia
Falls, Oct. 1920; Knox, Rockland, Oct. 23-24 :
Piscataquis, Abbott Village, Oct 27-2s: OK,
ford, Norway, Nov. rs; West Oxford,
Hiram, Nov. 9-10. Superintendent of Schools
Luce will attend all the meetings except that
in Washington county He was not able to
attend at Caribou last week, being delayed
by washouts on the New Brunswick Rail-
road.
The Sanitary Inspector, the :only monthly
publication printed by the State, is out for
September, and the subjects treated are
Sanitary notes, deaths from whnoping cough
in Austria, longevity in Japan. death in the
court plaster, tuberculosis In Germany, swim
ming baths for girls. first aid, epidemic jaun-
dice, disinfecting books, new way Of Kill
ling the tuberce bacillus, severe from mild
er forms OF throat disease, protective power
OF vaccination, respectable showing, diph-
liberia from fowl, greater scourge than
cholera, summer outings for school children
diphtheria in Lewisburg. Pa, in 1880, the
kiss OF death, tuberculosis Congress in
Paris.
A member of the committee of the Exec
utive Council on the State Prison says that
an effort will 0e made at the coming session
OF the Legislature to secure change in sew
eral of the regulations governing the State
Prison. One especially win be a repeal of
the law which requires that criminals con-
victed of murder in the first degree shall be
kept at hard labor separate from their fellow
prisoners. The first man to be sent to the
prison under this law is Edward A. Chase,
the Portland murderer, and it is found that
it will be neces sary to maintain separate
keeper. for him, whose duty it will BE to
watch him closely at all times. This will be
accompanied by a largely increased expense
as well as difficulty. At the present time
Chase is kept in a cell, and it has not been
decided what branch of labor he is to
adopt. 1t lis also proposed to secure some
change in the law passed by the last legisla-
lature which provides that there shall not
be over 20 per cent. of the prisoners employ
ed in any one trade. TIE new departure
has not been satisfactory and in one or more
departments heavy load of manufactured
goods is carried because they cannot be
readily disposed of. For instance there are
1900 dozen brooms now in the store rooms
awaiting market, so this member of the
Council committee states.
The Governor and Council, with their la
dies, depart on Tuesday of next week to visit
the institution for the deaf and dumb at
Hartford, and the one for the blind in Bos-
ton, both of which are patronized by the
State