The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-06-02

IN BRIEF General Palmer, commando
er-in-chiet of the e.. 4. H., urges the CO.
operation Of the veterans in the school
children holiday on October II, "Colum-
bus Day. .... 1t is probable that President
Canot will pardon Edward Parker Dea-
con on July IS, the anniversary of the fall
of the Bastile when it is customary to eX-
tend executive clemency to certain prison
ers. ...... The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church voted at
Westminster, Ind, May 26, - to ~, to ad-
NIT women. The question has been agita-
ted for several years and is a great victory
for the women. Three-fourths OF the
members of the denomination are women
SO that their admission gives them control
of the church.... The eastern sales agents,
May 26, advanced the price of chestnut
coal 10 cents To 90 into effect June /,
he increase brings the price up to ~. %
per ton as compared with -. 50 in May
OF June last wear. The June allotment
was increased from >, 80, 600 to ;. 600. 900
| tons. =. The General Methodist Conference
has ad Ioulnod nj ognalia..., The granite
strikers are elated because they have rea
son to believe that the manufacturers have
secretly agreed to come to their terms. 49,.
| Billy Frazier, once pugilist. then palson.
now pugillst again. preached the sermon
| 0Nct the body of Malccllus Baker, also Il
| pugilist at Forest Hills cemetery. Boston,
| Thursday. he jth annual meeting of the
American Baptist Home Missionary So
| cicty began in Philadelphia Friday. The
| president of the society. Hon. i. Nelson
| Blake, of Massachusetts, made a brief adj
dress. The treasurer. j. G.. Smelling, re-
| ported receipts for the ycar of 500, 430.
| and the expenditures Sli0. OBS M Charles
! Ecendalla, a New Durham. y. H.. farmer
| attempted to shoot d rat yesterday. The rat
was not hurt but Rccndala' : wife received
dangerous wound. 80. The Italian cabinet
| has resigned because of lack OF support in
! the chamber of deputies. The king refuses
| to accept the resignation and the chamber
| may he dissolved. -. Fire in Hotel Royal
| Il cheap Boston lodging house, caused
| one death by suffocation and injury to
| several persons ThurSlaN The fire was
| caused by pipe which lodger was smok-
| ing in bed. Tile certificate of incorpora-
| ton of the National Lead Company of
| New Jersey, which has bought all the
| lead works in the country, has been filed.
| The capital stock is $50, 600, 600 . More
| than - per cent. of the tanners and cur
| riers of rough leather and ali kinds of grain
| leather. east of Buffalo, have agreed to an
| arrangement to reduce production.
| POLITICAL POINTS. The Knox county
| People party held its first convention in
kockland May 25th, and nominated a full
| county ticket. They endorsed the Gardi-
ner platform of May 3D. lewiston S
| Democratic committee has adopted resolu-
tjnnS ga ,llipu fnr thn ,,t 1a
| Democratic members of the council who
have associated themselves with the Re
| publicans, and expelled from the city com
mittee }. J. Ryan, who is one of these
councilmen. ...... The Prohibitionsts will
| hold their Knox county convention in
| Rockland Thursday. June III. There will
| be IL mass meeting at the Spring Street
| Opera House i'll the evening. ..... VIM. II.
simmons, of Rockland who was the un-
successful candidate for governor several
years ago and who is now attracting much
attention by his Withdrawal from the Peo-
| pie 5 Party, says that another convention
will be called, probably about the middle
of June. The dissatisfaction over the
Gardiner convention, of which Mr.. Sim
mons was the first to give expression, is
| becoming widespread. Cumberland and
| ok counties have recently come over to
! llic size WHICH MI. simmons represents.
1t has not been quite decided under what
name to hold the proposed convention.
AS Knox county casts about two-tifths of
the labor or Peoples Party vote, every
effort will be made to have the convention
in Rockland ..... The Kentucky Democrats
are not for Cleveland by large majority.
......Il Hill lodged again on the silver vote
i'll the Senate, Wednesday,. The Demo-
cratic (Ga.) Chronicle demands that both
Cleveland and Hill retire. The Democ-
racy is getting nervous. ..... The Irish
| Canadian of Toronto, an influential news
paper in last week issue, came out
boldly for annexation to the United States.
.....In the Massachusetts Senate Friday
the petition of the Prohibition State COM
mittee for legislation enabling their can
didates to be placed on the official state
ballot, was refused admission, IL to Is,
only one Republican, Arnold, of Plymouth,
voting for it......At large and enthusi-
astic Republican caucus Saturday, Bridg-
ton, the birthplace of Henry B. Cleaves,
unanimously endorsed the gubernatorial
candidacy of that gentleman and pledged
untiring efforts to secure his nomation and
election, and chose full board of dele
gates in his interest. ..... Hon. J. Manches-
ter Haynes, of Augusta, will not accept a
reelection as member of the Republican
national committee and will probably re-
sign before the Maine delegation to Min
neapolis leaves the State. Hon. J. H.
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