Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-22
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Meets at Capitol, Wednesday, Large
Amount Of Routine Business.
Agricultural Matters-Commission Matthew
Tells Some Stories One Corporation.

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sion at the Capitol. Wednesday after
noon and evening. The session COM
menced at 4 o'clock, the Governor ar
irving on the noon train. A grist of
routine business was transacted and
the nominations made by the Governor
week ago were confirmed.
Three men who are serving time at
the State prison at Thomaston asked
for a pardon. The papers in the case
were filed and the arguments will be
heard at the next meeting in Novem-
Der.
from bondage are John II. Walker.
James Stewart and Daniel II. Graham.
Walker was sentenced from Cumber-
land county, having been found guilty
of breaking and entering. His time has
nearly expired. and the plea of the pc
titioners is that for certain reasons the
man should be given his liberty.
Stewart is serving a nine months
sentence for breaking and entering, the
act being done in Calais, where Stew
art resided at the time the deed was
committed. The petition is signed by
Hon. Chas. a. Mccullough of Calais
and others. who say that Stewart is the
only support of his father and mother
rln iv,c tca irrI, nj to,
Graham is on Is years sentence for
rape. the offence being committed in
Cumberland county. Graham makes a
plea in his own behalf, saying that at
the time the act was done, he was only
16 years of age and did not understand
the law or think of the gravity of the
case.
The committee on election returns of
the Council made its official report.
Every city, town and plantation in the
State had made it's return.
Hon. Albion Little of Portland, Hon.
S. N. Campbell of Cherryfield, and Hon.
S. M Bird of Rockland, members of the
Eastern Maine hospital commission.
were in consultation with the Council
regarding the work of the commission.
The Council will be in session. this
morning. for the purpose of disposing
of routine matter
Secretary McKeen of the State board
of agriculture, returned, Wednesday.
from East Livermore where he held
an institute, Tuesday. While there Mr..
the average as figured out by him was
SIS per cent
The secretary will leave, tinoght, for
Boston, and after taking in the food
fair now in progress at the Hub Fri
day, will leave for Davisvile, r. l..
where he will make an address, Fri
day night. His subject will be stock
Feeding and its Relation to the Fertil-
ity of the Farm
Next week, Mr. McKeen will be in
Aroostook county holding meetings
every day in the week, starting in at
Washburn, Monday.
Commissioner Matthews is full of
"reminiscences He is a great student
of human nature and notices every
thing that comes his way in this life.
Mr.. Matthews never tires of telling of
his recent stumping trip to North
Carolina.
In the lobby of the Capitol, yesterday
afternoon, before the Council went into
session. he held the closest inter-
est of few for a half hour with his
this: IN company with Mr.. Purnell,
with whom l was associated on the
stump, | went to small station not
far from Charlotte to catch a train.
Mr.. Purnell inquired of the station
agent, who was big strapping negro,
if the train stopped there. This is the
reply MIR. Purnel got to his question:
No. boss, the train does not even hes
itate here
Superintendent of Schools Stetson
held an institute meeting at Hiram,
Wednesday.
Hon. d. G. Bean of Wilton was a Wis
itor to the Capitol, Wednesday. Mr..
Bean was a State assessor in '9O-'91, or
the last term under the 1O-year system.
He was a member of the board of
prison and Jail inspectors from 1880 to
1888. Heis now a candidate for wardep
of the prison. to take the place made
vacant by the resignation of Warden
Allen.
+. C. Ryder, city solicitor of Bangor,
was at the State House, yesterday, on
business.
C. w. Weymouth is on his annual
vacation.
The following new corporation has
filed it's certificate at the secretary OF
States office:
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