Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-12-18
sKowaEoAH EXCITED.
ALI Hotels. Boarding. Hcusss and Ros-
tauvanss to Close their Door.
Special % de K.sskbrc JounsA,

Especial TO the KEsskBEc JouRsAL.l
SKpwHEGAs, Dec. i7.-Constsble VIM.
II. Psins is again on the war path and this
time with sensance. Today he notified
all the hotel and saloon keepers that they
must take out al inholdess and vietualing
license or forfeit nffy dollars fne If ttsy
continued in the business without one. 1t
is reported. he sedS. Il have an OBJ
ject in doing lhisr This last has riied the
saloon ard hotel keepers considerably and
they all say that il is for revenge and they
are going to find out whether Paine is go
ing to be boss or the citizens of the town.
The proprie,ors Of our three hotels
have signed an agreement under . 800
forfeiture TO close their establishments
Thursday at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. This has
caused much excitemeat. as court is in
session and all of the forty or more lawyers
board at the hotels. Judge Whitehouse 10
guest at Hotel Coburn. Everybody is
more or less agitatsd over the matter and
a good deal Of unprintable language 10
heard on the streets. Several of our busi-
mesa men have taken up winter quarters at
the hotels, and such do not feel very kind
ly over the matter. Three hotels. four
saloons and dozen boarding houses are
among those affected BY this move.
Tonight the restaurants close their vict-
usling departments, and the morrow is apx-
iously awaited. Landlord Haines says he
will notify his guests a. breakfast that they
must get their dinners somewhere else.
Landlord Heseltine has notified his guests
already. Sec. !, Chap. 81, r. s., allows
the municipal officers to license as ina-
holders and victualers persons Of good
moral character, under such restrictions
and regulations as the officers may deem
deem necessary. Sec. requires q bond
from the party taking out the license in the
penal sum of $500 that he conform to the
law relating to the business for
which he is licensed and the rules and reg
ulations as provided by the licensing board
in reference thereto and shall not violate
any law Of the State relating to Intoxicating
liquors. Sec. IL places the cost of the
license at Sl00. Sec. l3 NO person
shall be a common inholder of victuals
without q license under penalty of fifty
dollars" ut is not the dollar for the
license that we care about bu, we object to
Mr.. Paine debating to US in the manner
and for the purpose he does so say the
landlords. Several landlords were seen by
the JOURNAL man and they denounce the
action in the loudest terms, saying
at is uncalied for and o.
nuisance said one. at will take thous.
ands of dollars from the town in few
days. said another, and still another VEN
tured that 1.-THE town was being driven from
a state of chronic sleepiness into quick
and would die as far as busi-
ness is concerned" Judge Whitehouse
told Landlord Hanes that he did not know
anyone in town. and if the hotels were
closed he would be oblidged to adjourn his
court and go home. Ia the evening the
following over the names of the three ho-
tel proprie.ors, and on cards, were distrb-
uted about town and through the hotels;
lowing to our inability to pay fine of
$50 90 a day which we feel is unjustly im-
posed upon us, we shall, on Thursday
moroiug Dec. lslh. a. 10 A. NJ. close our
houses to the public. Per order, r W.
Haiues, +. C. Heselton, Geo. E. Wash
burne. Should either of these hotels be
opened again, they will be pleased to re-
cecive your patronage General Dyer,
first Selectman was seen by the landlords
and one of the cards given him, with the
that there is large crowd of
strangers in town that must be provided for
after 10 A. NJ. Thursday the General was
seen calling on cur business men late in the
evening. The business men are indignant, |
and roundly censure the action taken At
this time