The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-12-26


Excellency voice to the citizens of the
United States the opinion of your coun-
trymen on President Cleveland's S mes
sage He received this message: 81
answer your telegram with satisfaction.
Popular enthusiasm here is indescribable.
All Venezuelans pronounce to-day with
profound respect the name of the great
republic. AT the New England Free
Trade banquet in Boston, last Friday
night, all the speakers upheld Bayard' S
course and condemned the war spirit.
Resolutions were adopted commencing
Bayard.
WASHINGToN WHIsrERINGs Secre-
tary Carlisle's report says that the record
OF the operations of the life saving service
during the past year as shown by the re-
port OF the general superintendent,
Summer |. kimball of Maine, is one of the
best the service has produced. The aver
age loss of life since the extension of the
service in 1877 has been | out of 1O7 per-
sons in vessels involved in disasters and
the average loss of property has been 22
per cent. of the amount involved. The
total number of persons involved in dis
asters during the past year was 5, S23; the
total number lost, 26; number of ship
wrecked persons succored at stations,
SOB; number lost, 73; property involved,
SO, 725, l75; value of property lost, ST.
5O4, 91O.. Senator Hale has introduced
a bill for the increase of the navy. The
bill provides for the construction of 25
torpedo boats at a cost Of S175, 900 each
and of six sea going coast line battle
ships, designed to carry the heaviest
armor and most powerful ordnance upon
displacement of II. 600 TONS to cost ex-
elusive Of armament 81, OO0 900 each. ....
Brigadier General Casey, chief of engi-
neers, has submitted several reports to the
authorities touching the improvement
of rivers and lIarbors in Maine. The es-
t;mated cost of the new works along the
Maine coast, as planned by the officers in
charge. is $l5l. 900. This includes the
estimate of $50, 900 for the improvement
of the Georges river. The largest sum
recommended is SOP, 800 for Carver $
Iarbor at Ninalhaven on the island Of
that name. For the present and pro-
spective needs of commerce on the Sas-
anoa river from Bath to Boothbay, Me-,
Maj. Heap thinks $4,000 should be APP
propriated. Senator Sherman has out
lived all but one OF the men who were his
rivals in the convention of 1880 OF that
great array - Grant, Blaine. Window,
Garfield, Elihu B. Washburne and Ed
munGs-Edmunds alone survives. 49,. The
coast defence ram katahdin, built by the
Bath IRON Works Of Bath Me, has been
rejected by President Cleveland This
concludes Executive action in the matter,
and the cost Of the vessel will be total
loss to tile contractors unless congress
sivnal enactment in the case can be secur-
ed General Hyde, the president OF the
works, who was informed of the Pres-
dent ) decision Saturday, has taken time
by the foreIock ana a bill providing for
the purchase oi the hAlahdin by the gov
ernment has already been introduced at
his instance by Senator Hale of Maine.
The reasons that led to the rejection of
the vessel are explained in the last annual
report Of the secretary Of the navy.....
The United States Senate without its
veteran doorkeeper, Capt. Isaac Bassett,
will he far less picturesque body than in
the past Capt. Bassetts death leaves
the venerable ex- United States Senator
James W. Bradbury of Maine the last
direct link with Webster and the other
giants of the famous Senate of $780,.
In the making up of his committees,
Speaker Reed has placed Mr.. Dingley at
the head of the ways and means, which
makes the Maine Congressman the Re
publican leader on the floor of the House,
Mr.. Milliken is again chairman of the
committee on public buildings, and Mr..
Boutelle at the head OF the naval affairs
committee. -. The constitution for the
State of Utah, as submitted to the at
torney general by the President, has been
examined and approved by that officer.
The President will, on jan 4, 1896, issne
his proclamation admitting the territory
of Utah as State of the Union, and the
terms Of the State officers will begin on
the following Monday, Jan. g.. The
opinion prevails in Washington that the
Ways and Means Committee, which has
already organized, will consider and re-
port to the House substantially the pro-
position made by Mr.. Reed in the last
Congress for a popular currency loan,
accompanied with certain amendments to
the existing tariff law that will provide
from S3O 600, 600 to s45, 600, 600 additional
revenue, said amendments to include a
duty on wool and lumber which figure on
the free list O-day
FISH AND GAME The report of the
superintendent of the hatchery was one
of the most interesting reports submitted
at the annual meeting of the Lake Auburn
Fish Protective Association in Auburn
last week. The report showed that
/ 224. 600 salmon eggs were taken this
Aeason, also 800, 900 trout eggs and about
AZ 600 European trout eggs. The latter
kid OF trout are river trout. The trout
from which these 40, 900 eggs We're taken
are hept at the Lake Auburn hatchery
the year round. ....At meeting of the
1 GOvern,r and COuncil last week a large