The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-06-11
NEWS OF THE Week.

MAINE MATTERS. Governor Hill has
heen requested to issue proclamation
to the people of the State urging the
observance of Sunday, June IA, as flag
day. 1t has been suggested that the
school children, religious SocletleS ana
all classes of citizens join in observing
this day in proper manner. IN view
of the many sacred traditions wnich
cluster around the flag OF the natlon
Governor Hill would be very glad IT the
people of Maine would arrange to nave
exercises appropriate to the occasion
and that they be general and pubic Ill
their character..... The marriage OF Lee
roy T. Carleton, Esq, OF winthrop,
chairman of the State fish and game
commission, and Mrs. Edith Z. Crosby,
widow of Sumner L. Crosby, for many
years leading taxidermist OF Bangor,
and widely known in sporting circles,
occurred in Bangor at noon May 2sth,
Rev. E. F. Pember of the Universallst
church performing the ceremony. The
wedding was attended only by the i'm
mediate relatives. The largest trees III
Brunswick are several willows on the
property recently given Bowdoln col
lege by the Everett estate. They grit
Is feet, four feet from the ground.
They were stuck in the ground as little
twigs 70 years ago by Samuel owen,
who occupied the premises at that time.
...... Mrs. Susan p. Reed, widow OF the
late Hon. Thomas B. Reed, has written
a letter to Col. f. C. Stevens in which
she says that she will procure an OIL
painting of her husband and present 1t
to the State, to be hung in the State
capitol. 1t will be large in size, 4OXo0
inches. the same as that of Gov. Hill,
Congressman Burleigh, Hon. Nelson
Dingley. Hon Hannibal Hamlin, Hon.
Lot NJ. Morrill, and Ex-Governor ROBBIE.
.....C. Vey Holman, a lawyer OF Rock
land. has been retained as counsel Tor
Moses Fowler Chase, the young mil
lionaire of Lafayette, Ind, and Clncln-
natl. O., whose detention in a Paris
madhouse and discovery there forms
an interesting tale. The preliminary
hearings were held at Lafayette last
week and the case will soon come be
fore the courts of 1ndiana.....GeneraI
Charles p. MattOcks OF Portland has
accepted an invitation to make the
principal address at the unyelllng OF
the statute Of General Joseph Hooker
in Boston June 23th.....The chair OF
forestry at the University OF Name, es~
tablished by the last Legislature, which
carries with it $500 a year, has been
declined by Austin Carey OF the Berlin
mills company. Mr. Carey recon-.
mends that Roy L. Marston, son OF
Hon. Chas. A. Marston of Skowhegan,
be rendered the position. Mr.. Marston
is an instructor in the school OF for-
estry at 1ae..The funeral of Patrick
1ia1 of fha HnunS hOSni-
tai May 27th, aged 81, was held from
the CHAPEL Thursday May 2sth. limo
thy Kennedy, aged 6S, one OF the oldest,
members, died at the hospital May
9th. He was admitted to the home in
August 1881. George W. P. Jerrard of
Caribou. for many years one OF the
most prominent men OF Aroostook
County, died suddenly at the Maine
General Hospital in Portland, May
27th. He had been passing the winter
in Southern Pines, S. c., for the benefit
of his health and died soon after his
arrival in Portland He was 50 years
of age. The list of rural free delivery
routes, already announced to be es-
tablished in Maine before July /, VIII
90 into force, but no Others Will be
authorized This is the decision OF
Postmaster General Payne, in view OF
the large deficit unexpectedly discover
ed in the division Ct free delivery.
1.-THE executive committee OF the
Eastern Maine Music Festival Assocla-
ton held meeting in the committee
room. Bangor city hall, Wednesday
evening, May 9th, and decided upon
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
September %, 30 and 80, as the dates
for the festival. The change from
October is made necessary to accomo-
date the soloists... The annual meeting
of the Maine Chapter, COLONIAL Danes,
was held at the residence OF Mrs. John
F. Hill in Augusta, May 10Th. Ihere
was a large attendance of members
from various parts OF the State. Inc
old board of officers was re-elected.:...
The motormen and conductors OF the
Rockland, Thomaston Il Camden street
railway have made formal request Tor
increased wages. They now receive
$3.50 day and ask for $1.s3. The re,
quest is signed by every motorman and
every conductor, with the exception OF
the man who has charge OF the mall
car. AS Pres. George E. Macomber is
ont of the State and will not return Tor
eight or ten days, the employees agreed
to await his return. 1.-The report from
New London, Conn.,, that the Bath iron
works would be removed to that city
was denied May goth by Pres. Edward
w. Hyde and Vice Pres. John $: Hyde.
Deputy Sheriff Getchell ralded the
Bay View hotel, Waterville, for the
second time in two weeks, May. 29th:
The officer secured several bottles OF
bottled lager beer. The proprietor was
arraigned in the afternoon, pleaded not
guilty, waived examination, and was
fined 500 and costs, and sentenced to
60 days in Jail. He gave bonds for MS
further appearance......Ba Barlow Hall OF
Ellsworth, surviving partner OF the
lumber firm of H. NJ. & B. Hall, died
June Sd aged Il years. He was one OF
the oldest early lumber kings. just pc
fore the war he began a partnership
with his brother which was continued
until the death of the latter a few years
ago. -. Miss Margaret Koch, field secre-
tary for Maine of the Christian En-
deavor Society, has resigned. Rev, z.
D. Crane, formerly pastor OF the var
mouth Congregational church. has
been elected her successor.....Ihe naval
militia appropriation of $50, 600 has
been allotted. The amounts to New
England States are: Connecticut, ~
6s4: Maine, $3.50; Massachusetts,, So, 100;
Rhode Island, $2,430... 1.-The ice house
of the American Ice Company at Soutn
Brewer, formerly known as the Aver
icehouse, was burned May 29th. IL was