Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-20

~No~AN W NAN ANdllOldl nel.
day Adjutant General Richards saw,
that the programme is not yet fully de-
cided upon, but will be announced in :
few days.
Commissioner Matthews reports on.
of the best times in the history of tn,
State Board of Trade at Ellsworth
He says that the hospitality of the
Ellsworth people can not be beaten.
hearing has been ordered by the
railroad commissioners upon the petit.
ton of the Franklin, Somerset and
kennebec r. r. Company. for APPROX
al of highway crossings in Pennington
and New Sharon at the Maine Central
r. R. station at o'clock P. NJ, Mon
day, September 81.
The following inspections have been
ordered: st. Croix and Penobscot Rail-
way, Wednesday. September %; Cal
ais Street Railway, Wednesday, Sept.
%; Sebasticook & Moosehead, Thurs
day, Sept %; Waterville & Fairfield
Street Railway and Somerset Railway
in the forenoon of Sept "a, Somerset
Traction Company and Skowhegan 4
Norridgewock Electric Railway in the
afternoon of the oath.
Northwestern Realty Company has
been organized at Portland, for the
purpose of dealing in real estate With
$500, 900 capital stock of which $500 is
paid in. The officers are: President,
James Leach of Boston, Mass; treas
urer, Josiah Thompson of Minneapolis,
Mimi. Certificate approved September
IA, 1897.
Middlesex Bicycle Company has been
organized at Portland for the purpose
of manufacturing, buying, selling and
dealing in bicycles with 100000 capital
stock of which $500 is paid in. The Of
ficers are: President, Josiah Thomp-
son of Minneapolis, Mimi; treasurer,
James Leach of Boston. Mass. Certifi-
cate approved, September IA, 1897.
Monday, Sept. 20 at o'clock P. M.
the Governor and Council will meet at
their room. Among other business that
will be brought before them will be
petitions for the pardon of three pris-
oners at Thomaston. The first petition
is that of - Chas. F. Taylor, who is
serving IA years sentence. This petit
ton is signed by 80 citizens of Gardi-
ner and Randolph. Hon. A. M. Spear
will apper for the petitioners.
About so citizens of Biddeford, have
signed the petition of Adelland Roussin
of that city, who was sentenced in
June, 1894, to five years Imprisonment
for larceny. A letter from Warden
an exemplary prisoner. A letter from
S. T. Bean, the man from whose store
Roussin and others were attempting to
steal candy and cigars when caught,
asks that Roussin be pardoned as the
sentence was too severe and that his
family need his help. Chas. S. Hamil-
ton for petitioners.
Frank Perley of Bangor, sentenced,
August, 1894, to six years for assault
and robbery askes for a pardon for
reasons that will be given at the hear
ing.
Whitaker Bros. presented some
beautiful designs this week for the
decoration of the Senate chamber.
Mr. Joseph E. Fossett of the House
force, is serving upon the traverse jury
at the superior court.
Below is the annual report of the
Boston & Maine r. r. received at the
| commissioners office:
Gross earnings, $19, O40, 846, a loss from
1896 of $85S,922; operating expenses,
| S13,546,273, a falling off of $942, 66S; in
come from operation, $6,076.574. Other
receipts, dividends on stock owned
! $19S. sos, interest on bonds owned, $5OOO'
miscellaneous income $349, 219, making
a total income from all sources
Sc, 629,397.
Total deduction from income. 1921,
sol. divided as follows: Interest on
| f,,ndad doht Il O66 141. interest on &C