The Republican journal., 1900-12-27
Pharmacists of Belfast,

SplrItuallSt Campmeetlng ASSOCIATION
incorporated comes into possession of
the grounds which the association has
occupied for the past % years at Etna
and enough more land additional to
comprise III all - acres and reaching to
the bed of the stream across the track
of the Maine Central railroad. This
deal has been brought about after
several years of negotiations. The as
sociation was incorporated so that it
would be in condition to make a pur-
chase of the grounds. if d suitable fig
ure was offered 1.-The new steel 1000
tom steamship for the Maine Steamship
company is already under way at the
famous shipyard of John Roach 4 Son
Chester. Penn. and will be ready in
season for the summer service OF 1901.
The new steamer will be called John
Engis after the founder of the great
steamship building firm of John Englis
Il Son, who have built many of the
steamers formerly employed on the
New England coast. This steamer will
be the largest. Swittest and finest equip
ped steamer on the Atlantic coast All
modern improvements i'll steamship
building are to be incorporated i'll her
construction and equipment, and the
Maine steamship company will i'll the
earfuture be in position to make the
tri-weekly service between Portland
and New York into daily line.
In BRIEF. In the Massachusetts
municipal elections the temperance adj
vocates made a net gain of three in
the thirty-two cities of the State.
Five cities changed sides ON the ques-
ton, Waltham, Fitchburg, Salem and
Woburn turning from license to no IL
cenSe, while Taunton alone changed
the other way. Besides this, number
of no license cities gave increased ma
jorities against the sale of liquor. Bos-
ton, as usual, had a large majority for
license, and the Democrats control
both branches of the city government.
THE returns from the p. E. l. cleo
lions indicate that the Liberal govern
ment under Premier Farquharson is
sustained. 10 to IL. The Liberals were
also successful in Nova Scotia. The
Standard Oil Company has acquired all
of the interests of the Pacific Coast
Oil Company. The purchase price is
said to be in the neighborhood of 81 ,0OO,-
Philadelphia interests are to further
Company. The Arbuckles are to build
their present plant there What the
has not been divulged.. John Addison
President Mckinley, died at his home
in Pomfret CT, Dec. 15.....The John p
Squire Co., which failed one year ago
for $3.OOO,OOO will be reorganiZed by
issuing notes with retirement clause.
The British parliament was dismissed
Dec. 18th until the middle of February
THE official report Of the finances Of
the Paris Exposition shows a loss of
two million francs. Mrs. Catharine
Olivia Brice, widow of the late Calvin
S. Brice, died Dec. 18th at her residence
in New York.. Lieutenant Hobson is
improving rapidly. So is MI. Dooley.
THE captain of the Port of Havana
has received five bids for the removal
of the wreck of the United States war
ship Maine. The bids have not been
made public, but the renewal of the
wreck is assured. Oswald Ottendor-
fer editor of the Stats Zeitung, died
at his home in New York city Dec
15th.....In reply to despatch from
Grand Rapids, Mich, inviting him to
the United States, Mr. Kruger has wired
that he has not arrived at any decision
with regard to visiting America. The
six days bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden, n Y, closed December 18th
Fixes and Mcfarland won. The Chi
cago city council has voted to prohibit
prize fights. Several of the most in
telligent Filipinos have formed politi
cal party. The platform gives the full
lest recognition to American sovereign
| ty and also favors a considerable degree
Of native autonomy concerning interna
and local affairs.