The Portland daily press., 1901-02-13

knew of no necessity for the charter. He
corrohorated the testimony as 20 thu Isak-
age from the ataudptpe On the Cane
shore water Is furnished for "a year in
stead OF - aa at Higgins Beach
Frank Sylvester and Steven W. Gam
mon the men who own the springs from
which 10 10 proposed to take water, APP
peirsd In opposition TO tins proposed
measure. lion. seth l.. Larrabes APP
peared for Mr.. FOES OF she Checkiey
house who opposed that pars OF the char
ter which gives ths inoorporators the
right to go where they please.
FINANCIAL AFfAIRs.
The committee ON financial affairs had
Its biennial hearing of the claim OF A. j.
Cameron, for binding and stitching agri-
cultural reports for the state in 1878. A.
III Goddard and Thomas II. Murphy of
Augusta presented Mr Cameron's case in
q very able manner. The amount claimed
Is 1850. The committee spent most OF the
afternoon In executive session and dis
posed of numerous resolves. No action
was taken on the pan-Amerioan resolve.
The committee voted TO report ought TO
naea on the following resolves;
Two thousand dollars annually for the
Healy Orphan asylum of Lewiston; $1,000
annually for the Young woman's Home
OF Lewiston; 5000 annually for the Cen
trail Maine General hospital OF Lewiston;
5000 annually for the Sisters OF Charity
hospital In Lewiston, and $4,000 toward
the Few building II It is completed in
1909; 5000 annually for the Augusta City
hospital; $4,000 annually for the Maine
school for the Deaf: $500 annually as a
fund for the detection OF crirainalsi 5000
for the Eastern Maine General hospital at
Bangor and 5000 additional for the new
buildings. Several OF the resolves are
cut down from the amount asked for,
mort ought to pass on the resolve carrying
SSJ,0O0 annually fol state pensions This
Is an increase OF 5000 over the apDropria-
tion OF two years ago, an Increase abso-
iutely needed by the growing demands.
OF this amount the pension clerk Is au-
thorized TO use 800 in examining claims.
The committee voted ought to pass on
the claim of Nellie q. Flanders OF Apple
ton for pension OF - per month; ought
TO pass on the claim OF Howard Whittier
for an increase from 81 TO "a per month.
and leave to withdraw upon the claims OF
Orrin Plaisted OF North Union and of
Matthias Culton.
The committee on agriculture voted to
report onght to pass on the resolve carry
ing S200, to enable the state PomoIoRioal
society to make an exhibit at the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo.
The committee on education voted TO
report ought co pass in q new draft of the
bill amending the truancy law, also on
the bill In favor of correcting an error In
the school return of tina town of Water
ford
The committee on insurance voted to
report ought TO uass on the bill allowing
the Maine Insurance department to Inn
pose the same fees aud penalties on COM
papies and agents from other srates doing
business in Maine as are Imposed UPON
Maine agents or companies doing bust
ness In those states, The com mittee voted
to report ought not to pass on the bill al
lowing the Maine State Relief association
to take into mem Dership the members of
other fratarnai organizations than the
knights OF Pythias.