The Republican journal., 1900-11-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

MAINE MATTERS. Miss Wynnifred
Staples, who has been meeting with
great success in New York in musical
circles, was a few years ago student
at Coburn Classical Institute and stud
led music with Geo. Pratt Maxim and
Mrs. Jessie B. Hubbard. The last two
years she has been studying with Chas.
Stewart Phillips of New York, where
she is at present soprano soloist at st.
Marks Episcopal church in Brooklyn.
She has appeared in concert several
times with some of the leading muSi-
clans of New York with wonderful sue
sess.....1t is announced at Portland that
the Maine Steamship Co., operating a
line between Portland and New York.
has placed a contract for the construc-
ton OF a new steamer to be ready for
service on the line by June 18th next.
The new steamer will be built along the
same general line as the Horatio Hall,
but will be somewhat larger and more
commodious. The name of the new
boat has not yet been decided upon.....
The American steamer Winifred has
been chartered for the cedar and ma
hogany trade between Carthagena and
Chelsea. This vessel is a craft of 1853
tons net register and holds the proud
distinction of being the original of the
American type of tramp steamer,
She was built at the Bath Iron Works.
1.-The estimates of the I. S. Engineer
Department above S25, 600 for river and
harbor works next year, include the fol
towing: Lubec channel, SOL 900: break
water, Bar Ilarbor, $4,000; CarverS
harbor, $4,000; SacO river, SO, 00o.....
The I. S. Motor Carriage company is to
start at once on the erection OF a man
ufactury in Rumford Falls. 1t is UNI
derstood that the building will be ready
| for occupancy in about six Weeks..
Capt. l.. d. Baker, general manager Of
the Boston and New York Fruit Syndi-
cate. is about TO visit Maine on an i'm
portant errand. Capt Baker is to visit
Bath and confer with the. steel ship
| building leaders there with the view OF
giving them contract for the construc-
| ton of a big iron steamer for coastWise
| fishing. His proposal is to build YES
| sci good for all kinds of weather; capa-
| BILE Of carrying 20 dories on deck and
40 men for tishing-running quickly in
to the market from off shore and get
! ting back to the fishing waters prompt
| ly, wind and weather permitting or not.
.....AStral and Acme have been selected
as names for the two steel sailing ships
| ulluel CouSlIuCllOu dU "A. NeNdll ~
Co.'S yard for the Standard Oil Co.
The Astral will be the first to go over
board. AS her name signifies, she will
be the star" ship of the fleet, and the
Acme will represent craft, ''the sum-
NIT OF perfection i'll the art of ship
building.
IN BRIEF. Mrs. Eunice Ross (Ames)
Davis, the oldest woman abolitionist
in the country and the only surviving
member of the woman's anti-slavery
board of Boston, celebrated her Tooth
birthday at her home in Dedham, Mass,
Oct. 26th... The Bank of Montreal has
received a bar of gold weighing 9o40
ounces from British Columbia. The
bar is valued at s154 600. General Mac
Arthur has Informed the War Depart
ment of the arrival of the transport
Thomas at Manila. THE Beers have
been giving their enemies lots of trouble
the past few days. They attacked the
garrison at .Jacobsdal, killing IA High
landers and wounding 20: a force under
Hans Botha captured train with re
connoitering party, taking the entire
lot prisoners after wounding two cap
tains and eight men; the Beers are raid
ing in the northern part of Natal, where
they have burned the railway station at
Waschbank