Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-01-15
STATE HOUSE.
The Maine Board Of Agriculture Meet
ings, This Week.
Demand for the Latest Books liner. asing-
Other Current Gossip.

Insurance Commissioner Carr has
not been at the State House in the
past few days. but in the meantime he
has been heard from in other parts Of
the State He was in Mechanic Falls
ana in Portland looking after those
two great fires. and he found. as he
expected. not the least cause for sus
picion asit0 the origin.
The number Of disastrous fires in the
State for the year 1900 is rolling up eX-
cerdngly fast. 1t seems that there
have been more disastrous ones than
in any two weeks of the previous years.
The last bad one was the one at Halo
well. las, SatuI day. when the oil cloth
factory burned, destroying the build
ing and injurrg the fremen. Deputy
G. w Fletcher thought. Saturday
morning. that he had i fire very near
home to investigate. and for moment
did net know but that it was right in
the state House where the work would
have to be looked into. when he saw
The flames which from his house looked
as though they We're just south Of the
State House On Scott street or some
where in that vicinity.
meeting Of the Maine Board Of Agrl-
culture which win occur, Wednesday
and Thursday. at the office of the
board. The meetings will. as matter
~ course. be- interesting. the Journal
having previously published the lul
programme of the two meetings
That ncv ease in the game depart
nant ms assumed the appearance OF It
large and beautiful one. now that 1t Is
nalishrd and the glass has been placed
III the sides. 1t II 4 beauty ana Will ~
!, fin. ornament to the room. Mr.
carleton went on the supposiiion that
if a case was worth having. u WAS
worth having 4 good one rather than
one Of the ordinary sort, ana accord
nsIv he sent to Michigan and had ON"
of thr best ones sent on
a. broke The record in Somerset
countv." said commissioner Carleton
Saturday aftcrno"n y secured 'he
VIII, conviction for breaking the gam"
laws that has ever been secured pei"ir
!, iurv of IL men. 1t was probably not
noticed. though. an account ~ tnf
interest ana the Interesting neN''P
,,,,pts in the case lllil i'7''
"Aftar losing the case, ! took up me
naxt nua before another jury ana con
,.ictad my man. That acpuittal Oh the
G,.., man WAS the oldest piece OF d"-
nieion I have seen in many 2 Gay.
,,ad ~ believe, a clear case against
,ha man though he was ably defend
al and then the jury decided III FAVOR
III tba man. Judge Whitehous'. Pc
,i.va aid the proper thing when ne as
,;..,.,J them from further duty.
rto ronnrt Of commissioner ;. W
,,,,,h.ws will be out in very lew
Iavs inst what time Mr.. Matthews IS
&c xat unable to say. The printers are
!, work on the index. and then al
lii, III IN tha hands Of the binder
The part of the report relating TO 'hN
,,,,ln and paper industry mas peei
r,,da nublic through pamphlet ISSUED
49, ,haso interested, but there Is YET
,oh onod material to come. Among
ntbor .hings is the report on the luin
,r;nc business Of Maine when hiS III
~ fgures of the pulp and paper IN
,,,rtr,, free of the article of the ia''er.
Tban the lime and slate interests II
.,t.d AZ well as cotton ana women
,'.t,ias and the boot ana Shoe
/ trades.
- .ha demand for the latest