Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-11
IN MEMORIAM.
Wednesdays Services in Hon
or Of Daniel f. Davis.
Other Features Of Morning Session
and Afternoon Hearings.
The Busiest Day Yet at the capitoi-Ihs
New Measures and Committee Work.

with a rush of business in the morning
session and the afternoon hearings.
There were breezy incidents in both,
and there We're the impressive memo
rial services in honor Of the late eX-
Governor Davis. The meetings Of the
Womans Federation and the Maine
State Bar Association at the Capitol
drew an extra crowd of visitors. The
speaker at the opening of the House
read the following telegram from Bel
fast: Mr.. Littlefield passed COM
Portable night and is about the same
as yesterday" The reported death of
Mr.. Littlefield in the papers was with
out foundation, as his fellow members
were pleased to learn.
In the House there was a breezy in
cident and the first call for the ayes
and nays when Mr.. Sewall of Bath,
presented memorial to the Maine del
egation in Congress to use their efforts
for a dry dock at Bath. The memorial
was backed by resolve from the
board of trade and a petition with 533
signers. Mr.. Sewall moved the refer
cnce of the matter to the committee on
federal relations. Hereupon Mr.. Row.
ell of Kittery, arose and moved to
table the memorial, his own memorial
relating to a dry dock at Kittery, hav-
ing been tabled two weeks ago. Mr..
Sewall demanded the ayes and nays
and for the first time in the 6Sth Legis-
lature the roll was called for this pur-
pose The result was 81 yes. rs no. and
so the memorial and petition was re-
ferred to the federal relations commit
tee. Later the Kittery memorial was
,oly b. toll of tn
the same committee. Another feature
of the session was the tabling of the
F;ngel railroad bill pending its first
reading by Mr.. Sanborn of Sanford.
There was a great mass of bills and
resolves in various stages of passage
to be disposed of as the stenographc
report shows. The disposal of table
resolves was still much in evidence
Below is given brief summary of
the most important new measures ap-
pearinS at Wednesdays session.
In the House Mr. O'Neil of Bidde-
ford. presented bill increasing from
$50 pounds to $50 pounds the amount
of baggage which railroad shall car
ry free Tor each holder of first-class
unlimited ticket.-Mr. O'Neil also pre-
scented memorial to Congress in favor
of clerks in first and second class post
=, ofices.-A resolve for $1,000 for the town
of Cutler for repair of highways and
= bridges was presented by Mr.. Stevens
of Cutler.--A bill was presented repeal
ing the present close time on mink
A remOnstrance with 60 signers was
received against joining a part OF
Rome to Belgrade.-Mr. Philbrook of
No taI hi
peal of the present bounty on BEARS
Dallas and Jerusalem Plantations each
ask for 5000 from the State for aid in
building roads.-Numerous long petit
tons were received for State aid in re-
pairing and preserving the Wiscasset
bridge--A bill was introduced amend
ing the law relating to the bank eX-
aminers SO that bank officers shall be
required to furnish him with all state
ments and full information as to the
condition and standing of their insti-
tuition and on all matters pertaining
to it's business affairs and manage
ment-Seven petitions were received
asking for a shorter working day for
women and minors.-Fifteen remon-
strances were received against the
proposed anti-cigarette law, and a
raising the age of protection Of girls
to IS years.
In the Senate Mr.. Drummond pre-
scented an act legalizing the issuing of
preferred stock by Poland Paper Com
( pany.-He also presented an act max
ing Saturday from IL noon a legal hOl-
iday and making all papers for ac-
ceptance or protest falling on that date
70 of
ter for ordinary legal holidays. He
also presented an act reIating to trans
fer of stock. 1t provides that the de-
livery of certificate OF stock to a
bona fide purchaser, a Pledge fol
value shall be sufficient delivery to
transfer the title against all parties.
Savage of Androscoggin presented
an act Incorporating Rangeley Water
Company.-Heald of Kennebec, pre-
sented an act for the protection of
beaver 1t provides that provision OF
section I, 2 and 5 of chapter 232, Pub
lie Laws of 1893, relating to close
time on beaver are hereby extended
for period of six years.-Pike OF
York, prcsailted an act repeating Sec
ton 3,sotApter 100, Public Laws OF
1896 T4s3sSrelates to telephone and
eSiSSfuYH tOtH AZ PiSSSA eAiN
law prohibits the running of private
lines and gives the companies mo-
nopoly of the business. Senator
Roberts of oxford, presented resolve
authorizing the Governor and Council
to accept 500 volumes of volume five
of the second series of the Document
airy History of the State of Maine, il
place of 1000 volumes as provided In
chapter176 of Resolves of 1867, and tina,
the same be distributed to the free
public libraries in the State and the
balance be kept for exchange in the
State library. On motion of Mr.
Stearns of Aroostook, the committee
on judiciary was directed to inquire
into the expediency of such Legislation
as will render women eligible to cleo
ton as overseers of the~poOr in the
towns of the State and report by bill
or otherwise. The following resolve
was passed in concurrence: Resolved
that the sum of $213.50 be paid from
the State treasury to L. B. Weeks t.
defray the expenses of committee OF
to IN Ran