Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-05
CAPITOL NEWS.
Work on Ballots for November EIec-
ton viii Commence, Today.
Matters Relating to the Educational Depart
ment-Nsw Corporations and Notes.

| Work will commence today. on send
ing the ballots for the November cleo
! ton to the various cities. towns and
plantations in the State. The work
/ will be similar to that entailed in the
State election and the same men,
Sterling Fessenden, r. S. Dane and ].
II. Libby, will conduct the work.
On each ballot will be placed the
name of the electors of each party and
| the candidates for the presidency and
vice presidency. There are five parties
represented as follows: Republican,
Mckinley and Hobart; Democratic.
Bryan and Sewall; Peoples, Bryan and
Watson: National Democratic, Palmer
and Buckner; Prohibition, lowering and
Johnson.
There are 1890 cities, towns and plan
tations in the State which receive the
ballots. all through the American Ex-
press Company.
At the last meeting of the National
Educational society a committee was
appointed to make special inquiry of
the condition of the rural schools of
the United States. This committee will
meet at Chicago, Nov is and 49, Su-
perintendent Stetson has accepted an
invitation from the committee to be
present and deliver an address on the
condition of the rural Schools in Maine.
The educational department has got
ten up a neat certificate for those who
pass the State examination for teacher.
1T the head are the coat of arms of the
State with the motto 'Dirigo" and pic
lures of the pine cone Only seven
! have received this certificate this year.
They are as follows: Will Oscar Her
sey, Bridgton; Lizzie N. Freeman,
Pittsfleld; Grace e. Preble, Woolwich;
Hattie F. Remick. Ellsworth: Jessie
Maria Stackford, Belgrade; Jennie M.
Stetson, East Sumner; J. Alvah Tut
tie.
The Knox County Teachers conven-
Superintendent of Schools Stctson will
deliver an address on Literary Quail
fcations of the Teacher"
Secretary McKeen will be at his of
flee. today. having recovered from his
recent illness.
Colonel harrington will return today
from a weeks stay at Fryeburg.
A number of Waterville High school
girls were visitors at the Capitol. Sat
urday. They attended the foot ball
game in the afternoon.
A. F. Brown has returned from Bid
deford and Saco, where he has been
obtaining information for the indus
trial and labor bureau.
Bank Examiner Undertake and his
assistant, w. G. Ellis, left, Sunday
afternoon. for Bangor, where they will
make an examination of the banking
institutions in that city.
The following new corporations have
filed their certificates with the secre-
tary of State:
The United States Shoe Company,
of manufacturing, buying, selling and
dealing in leather and boots and shoes,
with 100000 capital stock, of which
$500 is paid in. The officers are:
President. Edward F. Murphy of Whit
man. Mass; treasurer, William H.
Bittenbender of Brookline, Mass.
Bay State Sanitarium Company, or
ganized at Berwick. for the purpose of
manufacturing and using the com
pound for alcoholic and narcotic poison
ing known as the Springer Gold Cure, =
with $4,000 capital stock, of which $3.50
George A. Crawford of Boston. Mass. ;
treasurer, L. E. Hanson of Woburn.
Mass.
The Fergus Falls Water Works Com
pany, organized at Portland, for the
purpose of constructing. charging and
maintaining water works plant, with
$50 600 capital stock of which $3.50 is
paid in. The officers are: President
James C. Fox of Portland; treasurer
Harry Mighels Verrill of Portland.
The Belfast Industrial Real Estate
Company, organized at Belfast, for the
purpose of buying, holding, selling and
leasing real estate. with $4,000 capital
Stock of which $50 is paid in. The
officers are: President. A. Cutler Sib-
ley of Belfast; treasurer, c. w. Wes-
colt of Belfast.
How No. 7 Plantation Lost lis Charter.
Number seven plantation now knows
Why il IOSt it's charter. The town clerk