Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-18
STATE HOUSE.
Ex-Governors Of Maine
and Vermont
Latter State Has a Living
While Maine Has 9.
Chairman Carleton Gets Notice Of Prose.
cution Of Law Breakers.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR
Next Meeting Of 0ovsrnor and Council.
Jan. q, at 10. A. M.

| mont stating that the venerable "war
| governor Of that state, Hon. Fred
crnk Iiolbrook, who was governor from
| 1861 to 1865 will celebrate his 93d birth
| day Feb. L., and that his brother cx-
| governors have decided to make him "a
| visit on that day. The latter also says
| that 1t would be- very pleasant for Gov
| crnOr PhilbrOok to know how many
living ex-govcrnors are his senior in
years. and also the name of Maines
! Oldest living ex-governor. the date of
his incumhency of the executive Office
and his present postoflicc address.
In reply to the above Il letter was
| mailed To Governor Page Wednesday
| by Col. y. S. Purinton. private secrc-
| tary to Governor Cobb stating that the
| number of living eX-Sovcrnors in Maine
/ is nine. Hon. AlonZo Garcclun. NJ. d..
| of Lewiston, who was governor in 1879.
WITS born May t. 1915. making him
| "Wednesday, 9: years. months and IL
| days old. Next to Governor GarcelOn
| is Hon. Sidney Perham. He was i'm
Office in lSll-2-3, and is HOW Sc years
| and months of age. Hon. Frederick
| Robi% of GUi ham, who was governor in
| 1SS3-.-5-6 is So years ana months old.
Gen. Joshua l.. Chamberlain Of Bruns-
| wick, who was governor in 1S61-S-9-l0,
| is - years and 4 months old.
| In closing his letter Governor Page
| states that there is another point upon
| which it is pleasant to touch, and that
| is the longevity of Vermont governors.
| There are today ii living eX-goVernorS.
and the writer Of the letter offers the
| SurnSe that Vermont must have. par
| excellence, the climate best adapted to
the longevity of governors.
| While Maine cannot equal Ncrmont's
| record in The line of living cX-gover-
nors she is good second with nine to
her credit. and il is doubtful if any of
| the cx-chicf executives of the Green
| Mountain state can say that they were
| on their Goth birthday. as was DR..
| GarCclon. thousands of miles from their
home and engaged in giving to others
| the benefits of their learning and their
| cxpericnce. On the day in question
| the venerable gentleman above quoted
I was at Ne-v Orleans. where he deliv-
| cred an address before the National
Medical Association.
In addition to the living Maine cX
governors given the foregoing para
graphs there are five others. as follows:
Gen. Scldcn Connnr. aged g. years. who
served during the years 1S'6-i-S'
Congressman Edwin G. Burleigh. s.
ycais who served during the years
| ISSa- -90-1-2: Henry Il. Clcavcs, 81 years.
who served during the years lS3"-i-J-b'
Congressman Llcwcllyn Powers. TT
wears. who served during the years
1897 -9-la0O; John +. Hill, 30 years.
who served during the years lWl-2-J-4
II is reported at the office Of the Sec
Fretary of state. that the franchise taxes
which are due the State from corpora
lions are coming i'll fairly well. al
though there are quite 4 number when
have not as yet paid and that checks
therefor are coming i'll daily. Hon. ".
&. PhiIbrook oi Watervillc, the as
sistant attorney general, has the work
in charge and is dcVotinG much time
To the collection of the taxes. 1t is u
Job of no small proportions, as therc
ar, several hundred of the dciil1u"htS'
ami the task Of securing settlement
from them requires no emu ol coi
respondcnce and duns.
Chairman Carleton Of til" coInii,is-
received from Warden +. II. Clark OF
Oakland, the following notices oi pros
ccutions for violation Of the game laws
of the State William Lee OF kihGheid
was arraiGncd before Trial justice
Dollivcr of that town, Jan. lo on
charge of illegal killing of deer, and on
being found guilty was fined si0 ana
costs amounting in all to Si3iz. oi'
the same day at Stratton, before TRIAL
Justice Jacobs. Archie Smell oil BiSeioW
plantation was found guilty Oh kiliinS
more than two deer and was fined slo
ana costs.
Major Frank T. Merrill of Boston
was at the capitol Wednesday fore
noon. on matters of business. Major
Merrill is a former member of the : a
tional Guard of the state. and during
the "count-out war" in 1879. was leu
tenant i'm Co. G of Auburn, one of the
companies stationed at the Capitoi, ana
was made captain of the company i'll
1880. in which capacity he served untii
| 1883. when he resigned from the serv-
ice of the State.
Major Holman F. Day was in the
CITY Wednesday afternoon, and was
visitor at the Capitol.
'rhe following corporations have, tleo
their certificates of organization at the
office Of the secretary of State:
Button Sewing Attachment CO..
organized at Portland. for the purpose
of manufacturing and dealing in but
| ION sewing attachments for sewing
machines, etc. and for other purposes.
w;tb 100000 capital stock. of which
Nothing is paid in. Officers: President
M;l,ard w. Baldwin of Portland; treas
,,rer Jas. J. Herman of Portland.
| certificate approved Jan. 16. 1906.
robert Dixon Co. organized at Port
land. for the purpose of mining clay
- manufacturing the same into
..n;xonite" the greatest fire resistant
.awn etc. with s150,OOo capital stock.
Of of which sl25 is paid in. Officers:
mos;dent. |. c. Libby of Portland;
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