Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-15
STATE HOUSE.
Governor and Council Will
Meet at 4 P. NJ, Today.
Or. Parker Of New York Ready to
Come Here for Trial.
Carpeting the Executive Rooms With
$50 Yards of Royal Wilton.

The Governor and Council will meet
in the Senate chamber at P. NJ, today.
1t will be busy session and is likely
to continue we'll into the evening.
Probably the matter of most public
interest which will come up at this
session is the continued hearing on the
application for a pardon of Mrs. Clara
Emma Getchel of Sidney, now serving
life sentence in State prison for the
murder of her husband. Hon. H. NJ.
Heath of this city will present Mrs.
CetchefS case. Another pardon hear
ing assigned for today is that of John
KILLER, CALAIS liquor seller who is
now serving a term in Jail. Many
remonstrances to the pardon have been
sent in. The formal prayer for a par
don of Samuel S. Haynes in State
prison for killing a Rockland policeman
in 1879, drawn up by his attorney.
Senator Staples will be presented at
todoy'S session.
The annual report of the State
assessors and that of the inspections
of steamboats, will be presented to the
Governor and Council, today. There is
also a number of nomination to be con-
firmed, and big batch of accounts VIII
be sent in. Another meeting of the
Council will be held later in the month,
probably December 90 or 80, for the
closing up of the years business.
The new carpet is being laid in the
remodeled and fireproofed executive
quarters, and it is something that any
Governor or visitor will be proud to
tread. All three of the rooms Will be
carpeted alike, $50 yards being required.
The decorators and painters finished
their work, Saturday night, and repre-
sentatives of Walter Corey & Co..
Portland, arrived, Monday, and began
at once the work of laying the carpet
which will probably be completed, to-
morrow. The carpet is in small figures
of green and mahogany red, harmonic
ing perfectly with the tints of the walls
and the rich mahogany wainscoting.
The carpet is of the kind known as
Royal Wilton and is the heaviest woven
in this country. AS soon as it is down.
only the putting in of the desks and
furnishings remains, and if there is no
delay the Governor and Council will be
able to meet here in two weeks when
they hold their next session.
Governor Hill, as the head of the
National Guard of the State, has re-
ceived an invitation to be present at the
sixth annual convention of the Inter-
state National Guard Association which
will be held in the historic old city of
st. Augustine, Florida, January 25, 1904.
He has also been requested to send
| t<Nv1r, Of he
National Live Stock association and
the National Woolgrowers association
! to be held in Portland, Oregon, Jan. IL,
l12, 10, II and Is, 1904. These conven-
tons are rather too far away to be
| largely attended by Maine men.
| 1t will be remembered that Dr. c. B.
Parker, New York dentist, was
wanted in this State for breaking the
game laws, last September, but before
the warrant which had been sworn out
could be served he had gone to his
home The charge was the killing of
deer in close time and the use of jacks
in hunting them, and the warrant was
sworn out at Pennington. DR.. Parker
now writes that he is ready to come to
Maine and be tried if the charges are
still pending. He protests his inno-
cence in most emphatic terms and says
he will have no difficulty in establish
ing it in the courts. Chairman Garlic
ton has written him that the Maine
authorities will gladly accommodate
him with a trial any time he comes to
Maine. The commissioners are conf
dent that they have evidence enough
ipcf n
are anxious for him to come to Maine.
Cant. w. r. Pollard, the we'll known
warden, writes the fish and game COM
missioners that he has investigated the
reported killing of a COW moose near
Benson pond in Elliottsvile plantation.
He found the moose helpless with
broken shoulder and unable to rise, the
break being such bad one that the
bone protruded through the flesh. He
killed her, and after 4 careful invesu-
CATION was unable to find any bullet
hole.
About 25 of the SO agents authorized
to sell hunting licenses to non-residents
have vet failed to make their report to
the fish and game department, though
all of them are expected to get in their
returns and send back all unsold
licenses by today at the latest. Yes
terday's mail brought the money for
four licenses sold the previous week.
The commissioners are personally re-
sponsible for unsold licenses and Will
get actively after the delinquent
agents.
The State Superintendent of Schools
has received from the Clerk of the
School Board of London, England,
request that the children of Maine be
invited to send letters to his office. to
he distributed to children attending the
Board Schools who will answer them.
1t is suggested that the writer IN
clude a statement of his or her age, the
name of the school he or she ATTENDS