The Republican journal., 1896-02-20

national convention. .... Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Bennet, two of the most esteemed
residents of Brewer celebrated their gold
en- wedding, Saturday evening, surround
ed by their children, grand children and
friends. Both enjoy good health and
consider themselves by no means Old......
Gilman L. Ulmer of 1.-THE Meadows"
Rockland, died, Saturday, after a short
illness of the grip, aged 6S. He was a
prominent Granger and temperance advo-
cate. He leaves four children, Clarence
and Herbert Ulmer, Mrs. George Perry
and Mrs. Maynard Williams, all of Rock
land. The fifth annual meeting and din
ner of the Maine State Bar Association
will be held, Feb. 26, at Bangor. The
business meeting will be held in the after
noon, at which the president of the as
sociation, Hon. Charles F. Libby of Port
land, will deliver an address on Legal
Education" Hon. Moorfield Story of
Boston will also make an address The
bar dinner will be held in the evening at
one of the hotels, at which it is expected
that Governor Cleaves and Chief Justice
Peters will be present .... Hon. James 2.
Baxter was nominated for Mayor by the
Portland Republicans, Saturday, for the
fourth consecutive year. The Republi-
cans of Deering nominated Hon. William
w. Mitchell for mayor.... Mrs. Mary
Cowan was sentenced to life imprison-
ment at Bangor Tuesday, by Chief Justice
Peters, for poisoning her husbands child
year ago in Plymouth, Me. When SEN
fenced by Chief Justice Peters, she said:
81 am an innocent woman. | have God
and the right on my side. His strength
will support me- Some day you will
know that | speak the TRUTH
WASHINGTON WHIsPERINGs. Under
instructions from the Senate committee
on commerce, Mr.. Frye, Feb. 18th, made
an adverse report on what is popularly
known as free ship bill.....By a vote of
50 to 100, majority of 10, or more than
two to one, the House in committee of
the whole Feb. 18th rejected the Senate
free coinage substitute for the bond bill.
This result was foregone conclusion,
and the only interest is in the size of the
majority. 1t is large enough to convince
the Senate free coners, if they have not
said good bye to reason, that they are
fighting against the stars in their courses.
Ex-senator Morrills motion to take Up
the House tariff bill Feb. 18th was defeat
ed by vote of II to 30. In the nay vote
are found the names of Messrs. Carter
and Mantle of Montana, Dubois of Idaho,
and Teller of Colorado, all Republicans,
who with three Populists, Allen of Ne
braska, Jones of Nevada and PETER of
Kansas, furnished the majority against
the motion. The four Republicans are
among the sixteen signers of Wharton
Barker's no free silver, no tariff declara-
ton, and one of them is chairman of the
Republican national committee They
are in singular company. The Senate
committee on commerce Feb. 14th in
structed Mr.. Frye to report favorably his
omnibus bill, which repeals many of the
laws relative to navigation that are no
longer suitable for the protection of COM
merce on the seas. The bill of Mr.. Squire
requiring that all officers of the American
Line steamships shall be American citi-
zens, was amended so as to include all
watch officers, thus making its provisions
more stringent, and in this shape it was
ordered to be favorably reported. ... Miss
Catherine M. Weston Fuller, daughter of
the Chief Justice, was married to Theo-
dore S. Beecher of Buffalo Monday night
at the st. Johns Episcopal church. Rev.
Dr. Mackay Smith and Bishop Lawrence
otficiated. Mr.. Nathan Clifford of Port
land, Me-, was one of the ushers