The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-12-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

MAINE MATTERS. Another Maine
man to be added to the long list
of Maine men who have been in the
Massachusetts Legislature. is Eben
Googins, formerly Of Franklin, who
was elected recently from Cambridge
pOrt.... n Offices have been received in
Maine of the marriage at Bridgeport,
Conn.,, recently, of Hon. Enoch Knight,
formerly of Portland but now of Los
Angeles, Cal, and Miss Mary Louise
Blechly of Bridgeport. The groom
will be well remembered in Portland as
a prominent lawyer, being for several
years the judge of the municipal court.
.... Following is the official vote of
Maine in the presidential election: Re
publican, IS, 435, Democrat 1892, Pro-
hibition 1855, Socialist S7S... Hal Hunt
of Bangor has been elected captain OF
the Bowdoin college foot ball team for
1901. Hunt has been one OF the star
players of the Bowdoin team for sever
al years. AT the meeting of the Loyal
Legion in Fairfield, December 5th,
it was voted to hold the next meeting
in Portland, February II, in honor OF
Lincoln's birthday anniverSary...At the
meeting of the State Dairy Associa-
ton in Augusta Dec. 18th, the following
officers were elected: President, Rutil-
lus Alden of Winthrop; secretary, L.W.
Dyer of Cumberland Centre; treasurer,
+. S. Adams of Bowdoinham; trustee,
ii. X. Hamlin of Waterford. In the
forenoon paper was read by Charles
d. Woods, director of the Maine Agri-
cultural experiment station at Orono,
on Some Recent Investigations Upon
the Secretion of Milk......Samuel IL:
Burpee. who enjoys the reputation OF
being Rockland's oldest active mer-
chant, gave his annual turkey dinner to
the employees of his store Dec. 18th, the
occasion being his SD birthday. The
centerpiece of the table decorations was
a beautiful floral tribute with the in
scription ''s3'' from his employees. Mr..
Burpee has been i'll business 81 conSecu-
tive years, and So years OF this period
he has been in business on the site OF
the present establishments. The Nor
cross house at Norcross, owned and
run by Fred A. Fowler, was burned to
the ground at 2 a. M, Dec. It'll. The
house was at the gateway of the hunt
ing region around Mt. katahdin, and
was a famous spOrtsmen's resort. The
loss is about SO, 000.......Dr. Percy l..
Baker, 20, well-known dentist, died at
the Maine general hospital, Portland,
| Dec. It'll He was suffering with acute
appendicitis when he was taken to the
hospital. After the operation he was
married at his own request to Miss
Elsie ellison, to whom he was engaged.
1.-THE Kennebec county grand jury
arose Friday afternoon, Dec. 18th, and
reported 1O3 indictments, all but five of
which were for violation of the pro-
hibitory liquor law. Every liquor deal
er in the county who paid {. S. spec
ial tax this year was indicted, three in
dictments being found against one man,
and the remainder being single indict-
ments for liquor nuisance. This in
cludes a large number Of druggists
The cases will be pushed by county
attorney Heselton, but most of those
indicted will demur, which will carry
their cases over and give them time.
..Major John NJ Gould of Portland,
father of Miss Gould, one of the mission
aries reported to have been subjected to
inhuman torture by the Boxers at Pao
Ting Flu, has received from Adjutant
General IIelstand an official report of
the massacre, prepared by Captain
Hutcherson of the Sixth Cavalry,
stationed at Pao Ting Flu. The report
confirms practically the early reports of
ton for Washington, Dec. sth. He
was joined in Boston by Adjutant
General Richards. who left Augusta
the 7tli. Representative Allen. Bur
leigh and Littletield all voted for the
Circuit bill to tax oleomargarine. They
were right as usual.