The Republican journal., 1901-01-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

ttrtF NJ AIIERS. At a recent meet
.ar general committee organized
n, auspices of the New Eng
. Sabbath Protective League at the
rg 4. Milding in Portland, it was
..I m request all the ministers of
,..r- -e freach ON Sunday, Jan. 30, on
: '1-rtr. Observance of Sunday and in
s.-sf 7t. bill to be introduced in the
Dr,ame toIbidding all transporta-
.T qomrauieS charging less than the
,.n1 rlt for sunday travel. Presi-
9s9t BnI-l Of Colby, Prof. Macdonald
!. B.olo.il President Chase of Bates
d Ptot. Estdbrooke of the University
Name the committee appointed to
.rm,ae the present laws of the State
..o,rI-lg the schools and to consider
ne ne gdyisaldiity of attempting to have
,-, changes made in the existing laws,
we're 4. session in Augusta Jan. 2nd.
mis- gmmttee was appointed at the
se meeting Of the Association of Col
ee-, and Secondary Schools of Maine
5-1 II lusuSta last October. The
ys,f Of York county announces that
t.Isguul to enforce law which it is
made i, special duty to enforce, and
n announcement is regarded as sutii-
5rIt startling to be worth telegraph
ae b. ove1the country..... General Rus
VI shepherd president of the Skow-
.tea1 Pj.l TO-. the Milburn Company,
4a1 National Bank, Skowhegan
Tn4r ompany, Somerset Traction
5nPaly and trustee of the Maine
IBlip Hospital, died at his home in
,.ygaesau Jan. lst. He was born in
aiuad z years ago. He graduated
rrn to.0y ia 1857. He enlisted in the
S Name volunteers as adjutant,
ms .i-tIWaIds promoted to colonel,
Qr- through the civil war and re-
tme Wit! the regiment and was
-as ot 1T Bangor, with the raI1k
OF hn- Hugadier General a widow
gl 4lm He was well known
W0ag tie State, having been in
tHe,eI % many business matters and
imuI+at IN financial circles. -. Captain
lyW Iiodgman, well known in ship
1l. allc.rs in many parts of the world,
4ANi pmaston, Jan 1st, after short
l1HS u Nh pneumonia, aged 5S years.
GtW lIodalnan had followed the sea
4..s N- and had commanded many of
z. u- sailing vessels ahoat. He
.',- 9-d1W and a daughter....At a
--f' - # lhe Lewiston city govern
le i 4tll sensation was sprung
T-a Haly f. Mansur, a lawyer of
t resented petition of 325 of
r- gestntative citizens who ask
-i+4- noIibitory law be strictly and
4@fiay enforced. The petition was
'i-ta -' the committee on police
7-rle IS predicted, it is very likely
NrlaM uutil after the annual NUM-
ls e'Ion....Jonathan Hamor, post
aa't.,at Mt, Desert, is dead, aged 10 yrs,
NJ tHWl was appointed postmaster
H', Grlug the first term of Presi-
NH want, and has served continuous
y -5e' 7lnce.....In 1900 there occurred
4 Bun Isl deaths and % marriages.
ar7 W \, Atchley of the First Bap-
A ..1EeA performed more marriages
Ad 9y 9lher clergyman, his total be-
as "a Here were 27I births. The
a+Ap members of Congress continue
olf iof a favorable outcome of the
ll'rS' over the question of re-appor
HlmGt The Burleigh bill, which pro.
@e,ior the retention Of four Congress
-a from this State, is said to be rapid
Z \ gaming in support. Prof. Shailer
Matthews Of Chicago University and
.laallate of Colby in the class of 's4, is
I15-lloled " as possible successor to
gl ! Butler as president of Colby. OF
~ Indictments reported by the grand
,-.y ,.i{ al Naco, Jan. 5th, more than so are
MIL 20 be liquor indictments. A clean
@FeP Of all the York county persons
'GNt names are recorded in the inter
5a % revenue collectors list of liquor
4'aFIs Is said to have been made. AT
,al, oatr'lig Of the Portland city govern
T,i, 1I=L Jan Ith, on motion of Col. E. C.
o,.n Mlllhfn Of the board of aldermen, the
sgIeSed l,.! city charter was indefinitely
ssaiPutd ss The council then voted to
Ge' 4, :, d committee TO Augusta to secure
% g. ,Ie common council concurrent
,,FsSslietion ,sa with the board of aldermen
t % ~ matters relating to the granting
d ~ ttadNchses.....The federal authorities
e.,. ne post office departments of Chi
Ss., Way New York and Boston are at
g515i MIA Wlfayeling most complicated
n,,. aGt IN the nature of bogus COM
gr', rsol house alleged to have been Or
fSg fr''a d Bangor, Me-, and which
:at1 'iS Chicago headquarters has
5y-Slto 5sr'l N about $4,000 since the holi-
sSs'. @a::on opened, by shipping carload
tFlt's''iATnts Of eggs, butter and poul-
iaa =" EASTERN points, where they have
IN h" ,steipted for by one of the swind-
v,,,. |io III the Boston case has been
ssI ,'e name of A. L. Higgins, the
A10NA Bar Harbor merchant.
ea,l pG,1EF. In an opinion by the ap-
.na nlFlSlon of the New York Sup