The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-04-19
NEWS OF The WEEK.

MAINE MATTERS. President Chase
of Bates College says of the suggestion
that Mr.. Carnegie might be the bene-
factor who has given largely to the
Bates College library fund: This
suggestion is not warranted by facts,
as Mr.. Carnegie is not one of the
givers. The principal donor is Mr.
Joseph y. Coram, a Boston capitalist
whose home is in Lowell, Mass Mr.
Coram has subscribed $4,000 Of the
$4,000 which has been secured. Funds
stacks are to tie raised" The will of
Mrs. Alice NJ. Rice filed in the probate
court at Worcester, Mass, April 9th,
contains public requests that will ag-
gregate several hundred thousand dol
lars. Bowdom College receives $4,000
to be used as a memorial fund to the
husband of the teStatrlX.....Ho John
{. Talbot of East Machias was seriously
injured. April 9th. by falling through
sluice in Pope's mill His shoulder was
dislocated and it is feared that he has
sustained other injuries that may en-
danger his life Mr. Talbot has long
been one of the most prominent men i'll
eastern Maine. has been i'll the State
Legislature and has held many town
and county otliceS....l certainly believe
that the line between Cooper's Mills or
Togus and Winthrop offers the best
field for an electric road i'll Maine, says
President Burleigh of the Augusta
Board OF Trade. according to the Ken
nebee journal. Nv hat is more believe
it is going to be built %. Isaac J. Fields,
So. a veteran of the Civil war, died at
Rockland April 4th. He served in Co.
II. 4th Maine Regiment and had an eX-
cellent wsr record. lie Mas native of
Waldoboro. \ large family survives
himThe faculty OF the East Maine
Conference Seminary has been material
~ siren gthened by the engagement OF
addison A. I.ittletield as professor OF
higher mathematics. Mr.. Llttleheld
has had long experience as an lnstruc-
tor and is we'll known i'll eastern Name.
The April term of the supreme court
in Bangor will probably last five weeks.
Nine cases have been entered against
the Maine Central railroad, in which
the plaintiffs bring suits for damages
alleged TO have been sustained by in
juries received in the disaster at Mt.
Desert Ferry last August....C Capt. Will
liam Chandler uI South Portland. who
was supposed to have been lost in the
wreck of his schooner, the Golden
Sheaf, last winter, cabled, April 9th, from
Rotterdam that he was picked up by
barkentine bound to that port and has
tive committee of the New England
Agricultural Society practically decided,
three months ago. to allow the next
New England fair to be held at Old Or
chard, there has been hitch over pro-
ceedings, and at times it has looked as
If no fair would be held this year. But
the skies have cleared, and there is no
longer any doubt about the big fair
coming to Old Orchard. The fair will
be held Aug. p to 81. inclusive. Seth 7.
>nlpe. department commander, Maine
e.. \. r., has received an invitation to a
camp fire III Boston April l9, given by
department of Massachusetts compli-
mentary to Commander-in-chlef Albert
ID. >haW.....A movement has been start
ed 10 enable the Maine Historical Soci-
ely to raise the funds necessary to en-
sure the keeping of the old Longfellow
mansion on Congress street. Portland,
as one of the city landmarks The in
terror of the house is practically as it
was when vacated by the beloved poet
.....Af ter being associated together in
business for25 years Gen r. b. Shepherd
and Lewis Anderson Esq. of Skowhe-
gan have formally dissolved their part
nership. The two men have practically
controlled the business enterprises of the
village........Th he annual dinner of the
Maine SchoolmaSters Club was held
al lIimWood Hotel. Waterville. Friday
evening, April -. The business meet
ing was called to order at o.
clock and WAS followed by the dinner
at $50 O'Clock. The following persons
4f,n Il
uer: President Nathaniel Butler. Colby:
e. Cornish, Esq. Augusta: DR.. b. \.
Robinson, Bangor: Rev. &. ID. Lindsay
Waterville; Supt. \. Z. Wagg, Auburn;
Principal II. f. Cole, Bath....,.Atty Gen.
VIM. T. IIaines of Watervilie figured
III the supreme court in Bangor April
18th as the defendant in a lawsuit. Ben
his Tracy, a State detective residing in
Bangor, sued the attorney general for
pay for his services in the Ware murder
case at Bucksport and named s:;;::' as the
sum which Mr.. Haines owed him. The
jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff
for the full amount...S:X Years ago
Maine was pretty we'll buried under
SNOW drifts, a heavy snow storm on
April : having blocked the roads i'll
southeastern Maine. Among those
mentioned as possible delegates at large
from Maine to the Democratic national
convention are Hon. Arthur Sewall of
Bath and Col. Fred w. Plaisted of
Augusta, editor of the New Age. EX-
Mayor Joseph Torrey of Bath is men
toned as one of the district delegates.
IN BRIEF. The Kentucky Court Of
Appeals. April 9Th handed down a decis-
ion in the governorship i'll favor of the