The Republican journal., 1901-05-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

urxf MATTERS. At meeting of
r.ouurators of Coburn Classical
-.1tote held in Waterville May 9th, in
.i5rfou TO the gentlemen named in the
'S7t .e Legislature which incorpo-
'--. rr institution separate from the
64r, 1he following were made mem
p. ot the board of trustees: w. T,
r,1es G.. X. Boutelle, DR.. j. F. Hill,
5qterylle. Frederick E. Boothbay,
mrfaud. e.. W. Lord, Calais, Allen P.
.rir Boston. Norman l.. Bassett. Au-
r.,g Rev. Fred NJ. Preble and George
= smith. Washington, d. Z. An an
,~.. meeting will be held, June 22d, for
..mrpose Of making a permanent or
,grlstion Simeon A. Holden, for
55H years postmaster in the Maine
,-r5te. died at his home in fremont,
sfrtly after long illness. His death
"a. caused by a cancer. Mr.. Holden
@iavide acquaintance, especially with
%. aromnent men of the State, and he
mc had been familiar figure at the
Alta. dnring the sessions of the Leg
,surr He was a veteran of the
nm War having served in the lst
Maine cavalry, and at the time of his
Death was the secretary of the State
,s,ocat.on A widow and one son, DR..
Fired 5 Holden of Brooklyn, n. Y,
w-vfve hin.....By the will of the late
laotte :. Buck, coupled with a de-
asepU supreme Court Justice Dickey,
E-v York. charitable institutions of
Ie0slyu viii receive upwards of $780,
W The testator died in 1898. The
srgest ,am given to any of the socie-
a-s referred to is $1,000. The Theolo
ga. seminary of Bangor, Me-, gets
ft 5000 by the will. Governor Hill
a>arrpted the invitation extended by
iuteaaut Colonel Charles Collins of
H5 First regiment, \. &. S. NJ, for the
rr.t eEecntive and his staff to review
.- l.Wpdnies of the National Guard
t pc.tand and vicinity on the occa-
S.a Ol "a public exhibition to be given
rs t.rm a1 Portland on the evening of
le Past Department Command
q ,0uHdrd will preach the Memorial
,nday address at Winthrop, and Gen.
L Naggett will deliver the Memorial
lT address. Gen. Daggett has recent
s. ammed from the Philippines.....J.
Fir Gcknell of Bowdoinham, who
4AoIIarsd from Boston on March 14th,
a, rt found, but he is minus all but
>.> . the Il 900 which he is reported
@'ar ld with him at the time of his
Ie 3GS disappearance. He was
t.-0 a hotel on Elliot street, Bos-
t arre he is said to have been stay
4- since his disappearance. He
rH1-, believe he was drugged. "A
U1N vrIinance was passed by both
1mc.-s ut the Portland city council
May M it stipulates that children
ll-. ttteen years of age must be off
- public streets by P. M....The
Nam. undensed Milk Co., which oper-
ate, iat.oIies at Newport, Me-, and
NtrteId n H., met at the West End
l0t7 Iortland, May 7th, and elected
Me- following officers: President, A. |.
BUw1 Belfast; Clerk, William t.
-lur Waterville; treasurer and gen
t!a manager, Z. H. Dodge, Whitefeld,
y II The general offices Of the com
paa} are at Whitefeld. Maine dele
ga.rs from the divisions of the Order
N Railway Conductors and of the La
lts Auxiliary, left for st. Paul, Fri
day 10 attend the annual session of the
GraLd Division of the United States.
Among the party were Mr.. F. B. Sears
oI Pine Tree division, No. 66, of Port
and. Emery W. Cook of Bangor Divis-
on. No. 1863; Mrs W. S. Edgerly of Pine
Nole Lodge, l.. A. to O. R. c., of Port
land. onductor and Mrs. Henry True
ana Conductor Henry F. Jones Of the
5aih and Lewiston branch. Mayor
Boothuay of Portland has received
e,ief from Secretary Long, stating that
.lt North Atlantic squadron probably
WIN oe III Maine waters during Old
HOME Week, from August 10 to II, in
gaSiye-...lh he rum war is still on in
lewiston and as result the city was
pretty dry sunday. The liquor traffic
AAQ| confined to the dives and other
4Ty places in the city and also pocket
grollng has been resorted to. Sun
aay Sheriff Huskins' deputies raided
4S places but found liquor at only one,
rrutIt a small seizure was made. Gov.
-li' has placed the contract for the
eitgton Of his new house in Augusta
gnA Horace PurintOn & Co. of Water
.Nr The contract covers the build
-s and finishing OF the house, and the
ao,b viii begin at an early date and the
saIi5 eompletion of the building is as
furd. petition in bankruptcy has
tsa iird by Charles M. Stewart, Ed
'diu J.. Stewart and Roland W. Stew
a. Partners under the firm name of
'.uioas ] Stewart & Co., Bangor.........
'l'l 'ohn r. Kelley of Bath died at
5llr 5gllr HI that city Sunday, after long
MI, rllsss with paralysis, aged 70 years. He
'.. 9s ~ - years master, and COM
S.i'agd ,a. some of Baths best ships. He