Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-28
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The annual convention Of the. New
England OsteOpathic Association will
take place in Portland Saturday. May
20. The headquarters will be at the
Congress Square Hotel. Plans have
been practically completed by the
committee in charge, and 1t Is intend
ed to make the convention one of the
best ever held by the Osteopaths OF
New England. The delegates will num-
Der over 200, and will begin to arrive
today.
General Merriam Of Washington. D. c..
will not be at Houlton to attend the dedi-
ca ton of the new soldiers monument
May 81. The general had already accept
ed an invitation to deliver Memorial
ADDRESS at another place at the dedica-
tior of a soldiers monument on that day.
Houlton people are much disappointed at
this news. General Merriam was born in
that town and taught school there many
years ago in the building that is now
used as store by Gillin Brothers. The
old schoolhouse was removed from the
lot on School street when the new brick
High school building was built in 1889.
The committee of the Loyal Legion,
of which Dr. Henry s. Burrage is a
member. held a preliminary meeting at
Paris Hill Wednesday. The object of
this meeting was to make initiative ar
rangements for the Tooth anniversary
of the birth Of Hannibal Hamlin, vice
president of the United States under
Lincoln. The anniversary will be Aug
q, at which time memorial boulder
and bronze tablet will be erected to his
memory The location of the boulder
will be decided at later meeting of
the committee In conference with the
citizens. Hon. Charles Hamlin accom-
panied the committee and says the
people of Hampden are greatly in
terested in the coming event.
Announcement was made at the
Portland offices of the Maine Central
| Railroad Thursday to the effect that
a change in the management of the
Mountain Division of the road would
| take effect at once. George F. Black.
who has for several years been the
+! superintendent of the Mountain Divi-
sion of the railroad with offices in
| this city, is to be promoted to the Of
flee of engineer of maintenance and
way. F. J.. Rooney, who has been
serving the Mountain Division as chief
train dispatcher, has been appointed
superintendent Of the Mountain Divi-
sion to succeed Mr.. Black. The offices
of the division superintendent will in
the future be located at Lancaster. N.
H., division point of the railroad. Mr..
Black has fulfilled the duties of his
position with credit and it will be
particularly pleasing to his friends to
learn of his advancement. MIR. Rooney
has had much railroad experience and
is very popular with all the men on
the road and there IS every reason to
believe that he will be most success
full in his new position.
William r. Pattangall of Waterville
and l.. H. Newcome of Machias appeared
in the United States district court in
Portland Thursday before Judge Hale
with a petition for the review of a bank
ruptcy case. Ray E. Harmon of Machias
who was petitioned into involuntary
bankruptcy in 1907, was ordered by the
referee in bankruptcy. c. E. Donworth
of the Eastern district. to pay over to
the trustee in bankruptcy $37l2 which the
referee held was being concealed from
the creditors Of Harmon. The bankrupt
petitions to have the referees finding re-
viewed by the court and a new hearing
ordered before another referee it being
contended that the referee who gave this
decision in the case is the junior member
of the firm of lawyers the senior men,
Der of which is the counsel for the cred
itors. 1t is also claimed that the referee
did not give due weight to certain evil
dence which was presented as to the ex
penditure of money by the bankrupt.
that he admitted some expenditures in
the schedule and refused to accept other
expenditures which the petitioner holds
should have been admitted and taken into
account.