Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-20
STATE HOUSE.
The Happenings Of the Day in the
Various Departments.
More Railroad Decisions Summer
SchooIs-An Item Of Insurance.

business trip to the eastern part of the
State. He went to Ellsworth last
evening, where hearing on a petition
relating to local fishing privilege,
was held. He will visit Machias where
he will meet some Of the local author-
tiles concerning the enforcement of the
law in that county.
The commissioners will hold q hear.
ing in the town of Jackman, Saturday.
The railroad commissioners have m,
proved the extension Of the Rumford
Falls & Rangeley Lakes Railroad a.
Bemis. asked for in a recent petition and
upon which hearing was held. They al
so approve OF the highway crossing in
RoXbury and of the side tracks 10 the
manufactures along the line of the road.
Upon the petition of the change OF loca
ton and the building of spur tracks on
The line of the Sanford & Cape Porpoise
Railroad. the commissioners approved tn.
prayer of the petitioners.
Hon Edward Wiggin has returned from
n two weeks visit in Aroostook country.
During his absence his desk has been
filed by Hon. y. A. Luce of Vassalboro.
the former superintendent of schools of
Maine.
Mr.. Wiggin says that the conditions In
Aroostook are the best he has seen then,
in years. The hay crop is to be some
thing immense in case the farmers can
have the weather in which to harvest it.
Thus far they have as in the Kcnnebcc
region. been bothered greatly by the
| small showers that persist in coming each
day.
The potatoes are looking strong and
healthy and unless there Is something
that causes an early rust there viii be !,
fine crop OF them.
The summer schools in Ellsworth AMI
Pittsfield are booming and they are I'M
doubtedly meeting with greater success
than any school in long time. much 10
the satisfaction of the genial superin
tendent of schools. He is attending
strictly to them at present, and has nor
visited Augusta since they opened.
The report Of the board of inquiry that
was appointed to investigate the charges
dSdIHSt llit IitiHDtiS Vi the 70 I, Isl
Regiment OF Auburn. will not be made
public until His Exceency has been per
mitted to study it, Not until that time.
says Adjutant General Richards. will the
contents of the report be acted upon.
Captain George W. Butler of the Maine
Signal Corps was at the Office of the ad-
jutant general, Wednesday, on business.
The captain has his corps in good
shape now for National Guard work as
he has had Il heretofore. and there will
doubtless be the same efficiency shown
by them as when they were signalling
the messages between Admiral Sampson
and General Shafier before Santiago, last
July.
Commissioner l.. T. Carleton does not
credit the report that came from kineo
recently OF the alleged killing of four
moose and some deer in that region. The
reports said that the commissioners and
the wardens were fully advised o. the
fact and that they were Investigating the
matter. As a matter of fact Commits
sioner Carleton says he never heard OF
the case until the newspaper reports Ar
rived, and he says his wardens in that
section have never mentioned it. Conse-
quently he does not believe there is any
foundation for such reports.
In every department the people arc
likely to talk over the things concerning
the workings of the State that do not be
long to their department and one such
ease was found, Wednesday. when two
officials were talking Of the travelling H.
brary law. Neither seemed to favor the
law.
There is one phase Of the new law
that will make 1t take among the people
of Maine and especially among the WON
en- remarked one man. Though II is
doubtless the most expensive manner or
spreading literature among the people.
and will result in the least amount of
good, the women will take to 1t on ac-
count of its missionary nature.
lyon know" he continued, there is
nothing that so catches the popular ia
vor among women as that which has I
faint of missionary work in it. especial
IL of the good is to be done somewhere
other than in their own locality. There
is missionary work in this to a certain
extent. and it will please the women.
They believe in travelling libraries.
We'll. | guess about every one who
doesn't possess a good collection of
books believes in it," remarked another
prominent man. Il know that al homo
the people make my collection sort OF
a travelling library, at least the books
seem to be travelling among the neigh
bors TIE greater part of the time
The Maine Mutual Life Association OF
Auburn, has been admitted to transact
business in Massachusetts under the ne"
law which gives the association an equal
working basis as the old line companies.
The Maine company lost no time in GET
ting in under the new law which went
into effect, July l.
1t may be of interest for the policy
holders of Augusta and of the rest of
Maine to know just what the statement
was on which the, company got its admis-
sion, on account of there having been 50
much talk of the company in the past
few months 1t shows that the company
is but little differently situated than
when in May the condition was made
public by the insurance commissioner.
The statement to the Massachusetts de-
partment was as follows: