The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-10-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


MAINE MATTERS. At $40 clock, in
Bangor Oct. 18th, terrific explosion
Vt gaSolene or something equally eX-
rloSive occurred on the second floor of
lie building at l6 Harlow street in the
tpartments of Miss Nellie Haney The
explosion completely wrecked the first
and second floors and caused a fire in
which Miss Haney and Mrs. Mary F.
Carrigan were burned to death and
ohm Barry was frightfully burned and
lied at 9.45 that night in the hospital.
The cable connecting Rockland with
Einalhaven was repaired Oct. 10th, and
communication with the island was re-
sumed.. DIR. G. M. Twitchell of Angus
"a, one of the best informed men in the
state on agricultural matters, says the
farmers of Maine are gathering the
richest harvest in the history OF the
state. With the exception of apples,
all crops have yielded bountifully, some
"a greater measure than OtherS.... In
Portland Oct 10th 19, 800 Holsters were
landed from fishing smacks.....N OF va
cant store or tenement is the present
condition of things i'll Houlton, not
Withstanding there has been considera-
Die building since spring, And it is the
same in about every AroostoOk town..
Nearly every plate-glass window for a
distance of four blocks on the left side
If Congress street, the principal busi-
ness thoroughfare of Portland. from
center street to Congress square, has
been practically ruined \ double-edged
glass cutter was the implement used,
and the method was to draw the cutting
-dges across the pane from sash to sash
The value of the dishgured glass is es-
timated at more than 50, 5,O00. The first
snow storm of the season in Northern
Maine came Friday afternoon. In Ban
uor only scattering flakes fell, but in
EeaZie and at various points between
there and OldtOWn enough fell to whit
an the ground... Mrs. Jennie King Nor
ison of Portland, one of Names best
NuOWn contralto singers, and Frank j.
Bragdon, druggist of Portland, were
married III that city, Oct. 18th. Mayor
Boothby of Portland, who is general
passenger and ticket agent for the NJ.
C r. r., has gone to North Carolina to
attend the annual convention of the
american association of Passenger
Agents of which he is member. The
principal object of his visit will be to
induce the association to hold its next
annual convention in Portland This
viii bring about 400 delegates and their
wives to Maine next tall..It is ru-
uored i'll steamboat circles that Charles
". Morse will establish the Bar Harbor-
New York direct route abandoned some
Years ago after the burning of one of
the big boats that piled between Bar
lIarbor, Eastport and New York. Should
this be done it would be patroniZed lib
orally by the big New York, Washing
ton and Philadelphia colonies in Bal
Harbor in the shipping of their freight,
which now goes in roundabout Way....
The comptroller of the national treas
ary has approved of the applications
tor organization of two new national
banks in Maine, the Rumford National
Dank at Rumford Falls and the Megun-
ticook National bank at Camden. Mrs.
Mary E. Wilde of New Jersey has given
the city of Portland $4,000 for the
purpose of erecting chapel in Ever.
green Cemetery in memory of her hus-
band, who was buried there about five
Years ago. students, alumni and friends
of the University of Maine held their
tirst Maine night at Orono, Friday
night. There was large attendance
and much enthusiasm over college work
and athletics. Oliver Libbey, whose
escape from the police and recapture by
them caused a sensation at RocklanG
Friday night, was arraigned before
Judge Campbell Saturday and paid a
line of s7.S4 for drunkenness The
statement made to the police that he
had threatened to kill Sadie Metcal1
was not substantiated by reliable evi
dence and JudgeC Campbell said he should
not even arraign Libbey on that charge
......Senator Frye has arrived at Lewis
ton and will remain short time. .Twen
ty thousand dollars worth of HOLSTERS
were landed in Portland one day last
week The record of the first 16 day:
eight accidents, of which number five
have been fatal......The contract fol
making and printing the government
envelopes may go to Rumford Falls
Prominent men are making a strong
effort to obtain this work, which viii
come in well with the postal card con
tract which has been secured. A large
number of handsome pearls have re
Gently been taken from the CLAIMS il
Madawaska stream in Aroostook coun
ty. A dozen of the gems were secured
in a half hour and one of them wa
sold to New York concern for s25....
The Longfellow house, Portland, close(
Saturday night, having been open to thu
public since Aug. 1st. About 2, 900 hav'
registered during that time. The tota
receipts have been nearly $725, whicl
has been far beyond the most sanguin
expectations. The house will probabl,
remain closed to visitors during tn
winter.
IN BRIEF. The new city reservoir a
Liverpool, Ohio, containing 10000, 90
gallons of water, burst Oct. 13. causing
damage of at least s15O.OOO Fortunate
ly no lives were lost. The combines
wheat crop of the world for 1901 is esti
mated to be about 2,75O, 100000 bushels
which exceeds the crop of 1900 by NOR
than 100000, 900 bushels......An Amer
can is to teach dentistry in Russia
Will Eurnne exnect him to file the taet.