The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-02-02

ada included free fish. Portland mast
headed her flags. She wants free fish.
The Cunarder Mauretaina has smashed
another speed record by making 676
knots in "a hours, which is going some.
A knot is about one and one-sixth land
miles, so that in the "a hours the Maure-
taina covered 713 miles.
1t appears that New England is to have
a representative on the new ways and
means committee after all-Andrew J.
Peters of Massachusetts, = Portland
Press.
So New England has'n Petered OFT,
after all.
The liabilities of Knox county have
been reduced S255.69 during the past
year and all funded indebtedness has
been paid, but the county is carrying a
temporary loan of S2O,O00 portion of
which will be paid early in the present
year.
One of Names solid institutions, in
which it takes just pride, is the Union
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Portland,
of which Hon. Fred E: Richards is presi-
dent. The 61st annual report of this
company, published in other columns,
speaks for itself
At Wellesley college nowadays CONVEX
saIlon costs 10 cents a sentence, one
laugh cents and smile l cent, when
the girls get together for a silent test
Tor the benefit of the $4,000 building
fund of the college. Wellesley has an
enrolment of 1873 students this year,
the largest yet.
Order is gradually being evolved out
of chaos in the Federal building. Ma
hogany, marble and glass in varied
forms are taking their allotted places
end the final result will be the handsom-
est and best arranged post office in the
State of Maine. Belfast may we'll be
proud of its new post Office for which
thanks are due to Congressman Burleigh
and Uncle Sam.
The National House last Monday night,
by vote of 1856 to SO passed the bill pro-
Vldlng for permanent tariff board of
five members. This is the first of the
legislation recommended by President
Taft to be adopted in the house this ses-
sion. Champ Clark, the Democratic
leader, voted for it, but 80 of his follow
ers were recorded against it.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, author
Of Gates Ajar" and other helpful and
inspiring books, died January 28th at her
home in Newton Center, Mass. Other
the Boston Globe truly says: Zone of
the most prominent literary figures of
New England for two generations, many
now advancing in years will remember
her Influence in their youth. She was in
short gentle philosopher who sought to
leave the world better than she found it,
and who succeeded in her endeavors."
The fishermen are still making good
hauls Of pollock, which have not left the
coast at all this winter, as has been the
case in former seasons. The steamer
Pet brought into Portland $4,000 pounds
and stocked $3.50 from two days. SEEMING.
The lobster fishermen of Monhegan are
also doing well. Walter Davis, who
holds the title of king of lobster catch
ers, took 446 count Holsters from his
traps in one day, and Frank Pierce was
a good second with 345.
Last Saturday "the winter of our dis
content" was "made glorious" by
heavy fall of snow, the "beautiful
snow" longed for by lumbermen and
farmers, by those who had sleighs to use
and those who had sleighs and sleds to
sell. There was enough of it on level
to enable the wheels of progress to be
changed to runners, and although the
blizzard which set in in the afternoon
and continued during the night caused
the snow to drift somewhat, and gave
those who had shoveled out their walks
opportunity for further exercise, it did |
not seriously affect the travelling, nor did
the rain that fell Sunday night; and now
produce will come to market and lumber
will be hauled to mill, and there will be
something doing in the wood lots. We
needed the snow in our business.
The attempt last week of two New
York yellow journals to edo" the Maine
legislature signally failed. William
Randolph Hearst of the New York
American and sundry other newspapers
sent one of his young men to Augusta to
secure the passage Of memorial to Con-
gress in behalf of San Francisco as the
place for the Panama Exposition. The
memorial was entrusted to Lindley Muir
ray Staples and on the tide of his elo-
quence it floated gaily through the Sem
ate; and the young man, thinking his
mission accomplished, took the first
train for New York. But in the house
the memorial got into the breakers,
went onto the rocks and became total
loss. The New York World wanted the
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