The Republican journal., 1897-07-22
NEWS Or IHE WEEK.

MAINE MATTERS. The third annual
sion of the University of Maine sum
school opened at Orono last week,
lIei the direction of State Superintend-
Of schools ". W. Stetson and Presi-
Harris. The different departments
Conducted by the following: Ply
Prof. stevens; natural history, Prof.
gey; mathematics, President Harris !;
Nlstry, Prof. Colby; common school
gthes, J. h. Pottle. summer schools
now in progress at Newcastle, Orono
d. saeo. That at Machias will COM
noe July p, and at Houlton, August
The prospects seem very favora bic
1Ae complete success of all these
1uls. The school at Orono will be in
4 three weeks; the others two weeks
..... The annual tournament of the
ubs OF Maine will be held in Water
Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. IS
.t H. There will be quite a number of
and shots present. The Waterville
will install another keystone set of
.- and with this addition they will be
10 throw 10, 900 OF more targets each
.. Mr.. Robert ReXdale, formerly of
and, has been elected Supreme Ora
Il the Fraternal Tibunes, an Illinois
4lstic society having headquarters at
Island, Ill. His duties as a lecturer
similar to those attached to his former
.i0n with the A. .. u. W. in the
f. It. The Fraternal Tribunes have a
lai adapted for men and women, and
'll Insurance department is very popu
fea-Urt.... Associate Professor Shailor
r.ews, formerly of Colby University,
Divinity School of the University of
Igo, has been promoted to professor
... The annual reunion of the 22d
Regiment will be held at Dexter,
lsJ Il. 1t is said that 80 members of
egiment went from Dexter and that
he number are dead. .... One of the
.Sr anti slavery societies in Maine
lie Hallowell Female Anti Slavery
s .eIy, organized in 1872. The Register
emily printed its constitution and the
Of its first members. Its object,
Shown by the constitutions was to ''dif-
tie knowledge necessary to enlist our
ltlymen in earnest and effective
~ares for the abolition Of slavery"
Ill. a few years later Maine woman,
wife of a Bowdoin College professor,
lished the book which, perhaps, more
Lam any other one agency, was instru
le4tal il overthrowing this relic of bar
,iu. .... The Maine Veterinary Medical
j cation at their meeting in Water
adopted resolutions that they be-
in the efficiency of the tuberculin
Isl as the sure method of diagnosing
1Ieulosis; that the physical examina-
Is false and unreliable; that they re-
i,e 10 make any physical examinations as
means of diagnosing tuberculosis. 80.
"a Clapp, the tiend who attempted to
q lider his wife and take his own life at
og1ton Falls on June Z, was given hear
l- before Judge Andrews at the Augusta
July 18th. Through his counsel,
hol ;. 5. Brown, Clapp waived exami-
-aaon and was held in ZOO for the
-Hnd jury on the charge of assault with
intent to murder. Mr.. Brown gave notice
at he should make application to have
app committed to the insane asylum for
Ntmination as to his sanity. Since
app has been in jail he has been just
as ehgious as when sent there, and has
AsSed the larger part of his time in
aver and reading the Bible. Summer
Iayel to Maine shore and lake resorts is
now at its height. The trains are we'll
Jed and if the season is somewhat late,
-ere are indications that it is not going
he dull while it lasts. Steamer traffic
Lis year is far in excess of what it has
ever been before. .... An announcement of
.llsual interest issues from the Univer-
y Of Wisconsin. The officers have
eated a new post, that of ''dean of
men, and have appointed as dean
ss Annie Crosby Emery of Ellsworth,
1-e. \. B., 1892, and Phi. D., 1896, Bryn
}awr college, who will also perform the
lies of assistant professor of classical
Captain Fred G. Snow, a
l1tiye of Sedgwick, and for many years
iesident of Bangor, died on Friday,
luly 9, at Sailors Snug Harbor,
New Brighton, Staten Island, New Y ork.
ae was SO years of age.......F. W.
an of Exeter began his haying Thursday
with crew of 40 men. He has 13 farms
n good size to cut, besides number of
small fields. He estimates his crop this
YEAR at 500 tons and says it is in every
respect better than that of last year,.
Afba Eugene Powers, a nephew of Cover
nor Powers, who was student at the
oburn Classical institute a few years
ago, has been busy of late at his home in
houlton writing farcical musical COM
edy, which is about to be presented by
Iocal talent. ..... Fred E. McIntire, con-
auctor on Maine central trains numbers
lOz and 20, was found dead at the Fal-
mouth hotel in Portland Saturday morn
ing. He took his train, 1.-THE Yankee"
INTO Portland, Friday afternoon, and
went to his room apparently in as good
health as he had enjoyed for weeks. Death
resulted from heart disease Mr. Me-
lntire was one of the most popular passen-
ger conductors on the road. He was a
native of Fairfield and had been in the