Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-10-26
STATE HOUSE.
Governor and Council Hold
October Meeting.
Business Transacted includes
Three Petitions for PardonS.
Two Insurance Companies Admitted TO the
Stale Corporations.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Thursday, Nov. IS, at 10 A. M.

chamber Thursday, commencing at 10
o'clock in the forenoon and the meet
ng was largely devoted to the trans
action of routine business. Other than
the routine business We're three par
don matters which We're brought before
the Council
\ petition was presented asking for
tie PARDON Of one iIphraim Gilman,
VINO is serving a life sentence at the
state prison at Thomaston. Gilman was
a resident Of Denmark ana was con-
vlct.d in the supreme judicial court Of
oxford county in 1863 for murder in the
| second degree. His plea for executive
rlemcncy is as follows:
| "Respectfullv represents Ephraim
Gilman that he il now serving a sem
tence in the Maine state prison at
IThomaston passed upon him August II,
| 1861. and served two years. in jail be-
Ifur,. coming to the prison: that his con-
yictinn nf the crime charged was wrong
Iaui his service Of upwards Of ~ years
ia the prison has been Il severe punish
lment: that he has always confrrm"d
to tile rules Of the prison and been
lnb-dirnt to all the directions Of the Of
fc-rs and has always labored for the
lntert stS of the State.
eff rardoned he has n good home Of
fer,d him with his niece. who is able
land willing to take good care of him
ia his declining years. which he prayS
II ynu will allow him to pass outside pris-
i on wallis and pass his last days with
his family.
"Whcrcfnre he prays that 4 pardon
II may be granted to him or commuta-
/ tiun Of sentence. either with or with
out conditions as the pardOning party
may deem most suitable"
II Petitions for parduns We're also re
ceiv,d from Samuel u. Crurkrr of tll
| Town and James Mcclure Of Augusta.
VIII" are in iail for liquor selling. the
former in tht, PcnobScUt county jail at
Bangor AMI the latter in the k''nn"he'
| county jail in this city. Cracker CLAIMS
that he is affected with bad heart
tlulliyl. ana that the cl'S,. confinement
Of the Jail is injurious to his health.
iii AT the last session If thu superior
court f,,r krnmcbec county, Mcclure.
Who was formerly the proprietor e z
place at TuguS. was sentenced by
Judge Han to pay fine Of SO and
lrost,; and to sc,N, 80 days in jail, ana
lin default rt payment to S''rN" Tour
Ilunl,t,!,. additional on liquor nuiaan""
ImGI..tau"lt Mc';uir..'s counsel. Frank
IT,. Dutt,.u Of this city. claims that ms
client is troubled with tuberculosis;
and that tn. Opcn-air treatment IS th''
only ;n"rns to br used which Will be 81
benefit To him.
Hearings. were ordered for all thrC" Of
TN petitions ut thr November meeting
lul tn. Council Til" Cnmmitte" on the
| election returns on tn" part OF IN"
I,'nruciI win also max" its report ut
the slmc meeting.
| Tie next meeting of the Governor
Land Council will he held Thursday,
Nov. Il. at IL o'clock in the forenoon.
Announcement was made at the Of
Gc. Of the InSuranc" Commissioner
; Thursday that permission had been
lgrantcd to two insurance companies 70
Id business in the state, they being as
ltnilnUS:
The National Casualty GO. Of Detroit.
: Mich. with q cash capital Of Sloo.ooo
land a surplus Of s31 Is over all IA
Ihiliti"S. Th.. officers of the company
Iarr. President. David T.. Thomas: vice
ll,r..sii"nt. William q. Curtis; secretary.
IFranklin s. Dewey. The company was
lincurnorlt"d Dec. 10. 1904, and COM
lmencrd doing business Dec. 81 of that
lycar.
The Shawnee Fire Insurance Co. OF
lTuppka, Kan, with 4 cash capital "f
500 0oa ana a surplus Of $l,i3.2"lt
lover al liabilities. The officers OF the
Icnmpamy are: President. III. Il. Dillon:
llic. president. Joab MuVanc; sccr"-
ltary. James w. Going. The company
was Incorporated oct 1G. 1898. and com
menced doing business on the same
date.
Announcement was made ThurSday
at the office of the Board of Railroad
Commissioners of the approval OF me
Ip,titiun from the Atlantic shore Line
Halfway 90. asking for q variation IN
its road from Wells to York and an eX-
ltcnsiun Of part Of its line from kcnne-
lnunk to Wells n distance of about
three miles.
The commissioners also approved the
4 building Of a branch track on the som