Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-25

| ceiVed a remonstrance signed by 191
| men and women of Brunswick protest
! ing against the pardon being granted
The hearing will be had, this after
noon. JOY is serving a 10 months SEN
tence in Portland Jail for attempted
| rape, and the remonstrants allege that
he is not deserving of a pardon.
Councillor Henry w. Mayo arrived in
the city, yesterday afternoon, and will
remain until after the Council meeting,
| today. He is busy arranging the vari-
| Gus departmental accounts for pres
entation to the Council.
M. Mayo and Councillor Cook have
put in considerable time in looking up
records bearing upon the location of
Malaga island. and they are no nearer a
solution of the problem than they were
before they began. There are no rec
ords by which they can tell whether
the island belongs to Sagadahoc or
Cumberland county. The United States
typographical map covering that sec
ton of Maine places the island on the
Sagadahoc side of the county line and
locates the place next to Phippsburg.
Selectman Minott of Phirpsburg. act
| ing under the instruction of the Coun-
Gil committee, has looked after the
temporary wants of the inhabitants Of
| the island, and his report will be re-
| ceiVed, today. The question of settling
| the responsibility of caring for the
paupers on the island must be deter
| mined by the courts. and just what sort
OF procedure will be followed in the
matter is not now known.
| The State authorities. however are
anxious to bring about a solution of
4 the difficulty that arises every year
| and something will be done right away.
| The county commissioners of ArooS-
| took have notified the Governor and
Council that there is prisoner in
Hoult0n Jail. bound over to the April
term of court, who has been taken vio-
lently insane. and they wish to have
him removed to the Insane hospital.
| Statisticians at the Capitol have been
| figuring out the relative distance of
| BangorTby direct railroad communica-
| ton from Fort Kent, the extreme
| Northern point in Maine, and Kittery,
/ the extreme southern point, and the
lfinal result is as follows: From Bangor
/
over the Ashland branch and by the
IneS Fish River road, now building, the
/ distance 20 Fort Kent is 203 miles;
| from Bangor to 'Kittery by Maine Cen
| trail and Boston & Maine, Eastern d.
| vision. the distance is 1877 miles. SO
| that Bangor is 16 miles nearer kittery
by rail than it is to Fort Kent. Orono
| is really the center of railroad COM
munication between the two extreme
points mentioned.
The Lawrence. Newhall & Page Co,
doing business in Fairfield and Au-
gusta. has reduced its capital stock
| from $780, to $4,000.
| Capt T. Il. Hartnett of Portland and
| Bertram c.. March of the same city,
| were Capitol visitors, yesterday.
| II is entirely within the range of
probability that the National Guard of
Maine will be armed with the Krag-
lJorgensen rifles. which are used by the
4 regular army before the expiration OF
many months, and that the obsolete
Springfields. which are now in use, will
to say that this change would increase
The efficiency of the Guard fully so per
cent.
| Should the Dick bill, which is now
before Congress-. be given a passage.
ana the friends of the measure expect
that it vii, go through by May, bright
er days will be in store. not only 1or
1.-THE Guard of Maine. but for that OF all
the other states as well. The bill pro-
1vides that upwards of $2.OO0,OO0 be DIS
ltributed annually for the military
forces of the several states. Maine
would, of course, receive her proper
tionate share.
Under the system which is IN vogue
at present Maine is allowed somethihs
over $4,000 each year for the uses oil
her National Guard. This sum cannon
be taken in cash, however. All military
Isupplies. stores and equipment "hici
are issued to the regular forces OF th'
United States may be drawn. put ho
one cent in money is received. Choei
the Dick bill the state may draw casf
or equipment, just as it pleases.
!. The experiences of the past wa
showed the urgent necessity 1or TN
forces of the several states TO ID
II equipped as are the leueral tioop'.
Is also essential. in view of our sinai
III standing army. that these state troops
he drilled in such a manner that the!
could take the field for active servic
Mt anew hours notice. Had the Ma
tional Guard regiments been in TN
condition at the time of the out0rea
of the war with Spain much confusion
and loss of time, which might undc
certain conditions have proved dlsas
trous. would have been avoided. Tii
friends of the bill and the officers O
the war department in general feel tina
the country should profit by that les
son.
The need for modern rifles is on
which all National Guardsmen tuii
appreciate and until they are issue
here in Maine the State troops must a
WAYS be at a disadvantage with an
soldiers armed with modern sna
arms. Although nothing definite M
vet been announced in regard 10 u
change. it is practically certain u
brought about within a year.
The Dick bill is receiving strohs SUI
mort in Congress and the Maine oe's
cation is not backward in doing VII WI