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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-03-31
Concerning Local Industries.

The Belfast Machine & Foundry Co re-
Gently shipped a stave machine to MlIltown,
Washington county.
The Condor Manufacturing Co. have very
encouraging reports from their man on the
road. Up to the close OF last week he had
sold rolls to every factory but one he had
visited and the company has secured see
ond order from one of the concerns. The
blacking is also meeting with good sale.
There is a large amount of cemetery WORK
in the marble shop of Mark Wood 4 Son of
this city, which is to be finished and set up
in heavy tablets of white Italian or variegat-
ed marble, though there few mOnu-
ments.
Mayo & White have changed their system
of bottling from the seal to the crown sys-
TEN, and the new machine will arrive tins
week. Its capacity is 90 dozen per hour.
The new elevator put in by Geo L. Read,
and their new filter both work perfectly.
Owing to the increase in their business the
firm will build an addition to their building
soon.
Hutchins Bros. are having all the work
they can do this spring in granite monu-
ments. Most of the orders are for the
sarcophagus style, and the stock Oak Hill
and Hallowel. Their work is to be set in
cemeteries in Bucksport, the southerly
towns of Hancock county, Rockland and
vicinity, and many towns in the vicinity of
,.ol,, n
terry. They received eight pieces of granite
from Hallowell Saturday, the aggregate
weight of which was a trihe over Is tons.
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The National Guard.

There is a report afoat to the effect that
the companies of the National Guard are to
be utilized in case of war to protect the
Ii ighthouses alongshore, particularly those
situated on exposed islands. The idea
would be to place one company at the Isle
of Shoals, one at Boon Island, one at Wood
Island, one at Half Way Rock, Seguin, Mon
hegan, Matini Gus, Libby Island. etc as far
down as the Canadian boundary. 1t is un-
derstood that plan has been drawn up for
this movement which details Co. A. of the
1st Regiment, for Half Way Rock. Co. c. of
the Second Regiment would most likely be
located at Seguin. Rock land Star.
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Town Elections.

RoCKPoRT. Town meeting March 21st.
Moderator, E. A. Morrill,; selectmen, asses.
sors and overseers of poor, Fred W. An
drews, J. W. Ingraham, O. A. Fisk treasur.
er and ia x collector, c. Fred Knight; clerk
John E. Leach school committee, Loren A
Brewster r, Charles J. Gregory. Fred W. An.
drews; superintendent of schools, John S
Foster; auditor, A. D. Champney.
CAsTINE At the annual town meeti ng
March 21st the following officers were chos en-
for the ensuing year. Clerk, P. j. Hooker
selectmen, DIR. G. A. Wheeler, Bennett D.
Perkins, George Wescott; treasurer and col.
lector, J. w. Gardner; school committee, A
f. Adams. j. G. Perkins, Charles McClus
key; road commissioner, j. M. Vogell. A
new town hall was discus sed and commit
tee of five appointed to make arrangements
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Transfers in Real Estate.

The following transfers i'll real estate were
recorded in Waldo County Registry of
Deeds for the week ending March 30 1898
Geo. A. Fletcher Unity, to A. t. Woods,
do; land and buildings in Unity. A. I.
Woods to Lillian A. Drake, Albion land
and buildings in Unity. David Alexander,
Belfast, to B, B. Toothaker, Searsmont
land and buildings in Belfast. Mercy Whit
ten ct al, Burnham, to Chas Williams ct al,
do; land Burnham. Betsey Gordon ct al ,
Searsmont, to Warren Brothers, do; land
iu Searsmont. Webster Treat, by atty,
Bangor, to Geo A. Peirce, Frankfort; land
and buildings in Frankfort. Lizzie A. Rob-
ertson ct al, Augusta. to John G. Ham
mons, Searsport; land in Searsport. John
l.. Hewes ct AL, WinJerport, to VIM. B.
Sprowl, do land in Winterport. John M.
Fletcher, Belfast, to Isabel A. Thomas, do.
land and buildings in Belfast. Abbie E.
Black ct al, Searsmont, to Catherine 7.
Wellman, do. land in Searsmont Geo. S.
Waterhouse ct al, Quincy, Mass, to Maria
j. Waterhouse, do; land and buildings in
Searsport. Winthrop Ellis, Waldo, to Chas.
W. Ellis, Aspen, Colo land and buildings in
Waldo. Blanche L. Marden by guar,
Stockton Springs, to Maggie P. Lanpher,
do. land and buildings in Stockton Springs
Nellie Kneeland, Stockton Springs, to Mag
gle P Lanpher, do. land and buildings in
Stockton Springs. Allen l.. Gates, Mont
vile, to Mary E. Gates. do: land in Mont
ville Isabel A. Thomas, Belfast, to Simeon
R. Cottrell, do. land in Belfast. Ida Stew
art, to Frank S. Stewart, do. land in Unity
Dennis J. Moody, Monroe, to Walter F.
Evans, do; land and buildings in Monroe.
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Report Of the Court of Enquiry.

Nr. ut, Exploded under the Maine on
Port Side.
r.. Iated Press has furnished a COM
.e.e ,'r4nt of the report of the court of
g. @.-h Investigated the wrecking of
.. ts-' --np Maine. The report is made
PARTS, as follows:
court finds that at the time of
The battleship Maine was lying
ne-half to SIX fathoms of water
>' The discipline aboard the ship
20, mt everything slowed according
ammunition, guns, stores, etc.
--ature of the magazine at p. M.
r rXcept in the after l0-inch mag
...il -laJ did not explode.
ne explosion occurred at 9 40
tile evening OF Feb. 18th. There
-- T rSplOsions, with very short in
-ga Nreu them,
I.-. The court can form no definite
tire condition of the wreck from
i-ure.
meal details of wreckage from
Jrt deduces that a mine was eX-
lie ship, on the port side.
--' pr explosion was due to no fault
hoard
opinion of the court stating that
81, IF the mine caused the explo-
Magazines.
Fine eourU declares that it cannot
rJ fix possibility.
5 unanimous, and is signed by
ers Of the court. IL does not
Nistence or non existence of
r Aarbor of Havana, except in
uding that mine was eXplod-
Shfp and the OniDiOO that the
the two magazines was caused
-ion OF mine.
aS d whole is formal, dispas-
Jal Of facts and bears the stamp
a ltncIallsm which marks naval
ri not exceeding 1900 words, and
light parts goes to the greatest
Ter the second heading, which
-s' the discipline and order of the
the court specifies with extreme
the least detail of the satisfac-
ulu Of everything on board being
al temperature of the large for
ti- t-7llnes at S o'clock-oply an hour
lN ri ll.uutes before the explosion-dis-
H-' dental combustion within the Sc
lag
N.r rle court holds that these maya.
N.' .'t tAnlOue from internal causes,
lore 0tLeless are of the opinion that the
The mine under the port side of
-' 4lsed the explosion of the two
las-. u-s.
tHr ~Xplaln the remarkable destruc-
"r gilt, the explosion thus being
N" ave combined the force of a mine
-t two magazines within. The
sons which the court finds to
red with a very short interval be-
'-el i.-l4 3 an additional detail showing
.a }H rces operated in causing the de-
t-t ~ that the ship lifted on the first
"A.7 udlcates an external source and
-aendous power to be able to lift a
z" r'l thousands of tons. The charac-
-- "reckage technically described
-ir Of the report from which the
3- ~ that mine was exploded
''7 -i snip on the port side, sustains the
'oF-L 10y some experts shortly after
N''ss'-f that the force of the explosion
q, a tsrrte4 from port to starboard.
i-s 'r4ture Of the report of the deepest
-'rirs' he navy is the complete exonera-
& Naltain Sigsbee and all on board
''a'le9 d The second finding, setting forth
IVY t-fle rider and discipline prevailing
i and that directly stated in the
ma rg, which declares the disaster to
NJ .l- FAULT of those on board.
ftHIty Of the court to find evidence
nsibility, as stated in the eighth
4sh"r the report so guarded in express
ame Jhat neither Spain nor the
''4' at- mentioned throughout
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Papers and Periodicals.

The American Economist of March 25th
presents in the form of a pictorial supple
ment an unique and interesting array of
drawings and cartoons selected from tine
files of that paper for the past three years.
The illustrations, several hundred in num-
ber, emphasize in peculiarly forcible man
ner the strength of the doctrine of protec-
ton as an active, living political issue, and
also demonstrate with what vigor and ag
gressiveness this doctrine has been expound-
ed by the American Protective Tariff
League.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-03-31
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Margaret Jones is visiting friends in
Boston.
L. A. Page spent Sunday with relatives in
Bucksport.
John F. Smalley went to Boston Monday
on business.
Charles P. Hazeltne went to Bath yester-
day on business.
c. j. Hall left Monday for business trip
to New York city.
Mrs w. W. Carter went to Boston Mon
day for a short visit
Tuesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Chase returned Satur-
day from New York
Miss Jean Pond of Andover, Mass, arrived
Monday to visit relatives.
Miss Ethel Wise left Monday to visit her
sister in Dorchester, Mass
Ross L. Stevens of Portland spent Sun
day with friends in Belfast
Miss Margaret Keene arrived home yester-
day from a visit IN Rockaud.
Willis A. Gates of Portland arrived in
Belfast yesterday on business.
Frank Yates left for New York Monday
after short vacation at home.
Mrs. Eta 0. Clay and son Basil Staples
left MonGay for visit in Boston.
Fred D. Crosby and John Lane went to
NJ,
John Hogan arrived home from Boston
yesterday for vacation of two weeks.
Mrs. Carrie Slower is in Aurora visiting
her father, Isaac Mace, who is quite ILL.,
Col, W. H. Fogler qualified as Judge
Thursday before the governors council.
Mrs. Geo. o. Bailey returned Tuesday
from visit to friends in Massachusetts.
Oscar H. Dilworth of Waterville arrived
Saturday to visit his parents in this city.
O. g. Critchett and grandson Ralph left
Monday for visit in Boston and vicinity
Dustin Cunningham of Natick, Mass, ar
rived in Belfast last week to visit relatives.
The latest advices from Capt. n B. Foss,
able.
Mrs. William Whitcomb of Citypoint re-
Gently had toe ampucated by local sur
geons.
Charles b Farrar left Thursday for
Massachusetts where he expects employ
ment.
Mrs Nellie A Hall and daughter Nellie
returned to Camden Monday, after a visit in
Belfast.
Mrs F. L. waterhouse was in Belfast
Monday on her way from Montville to
Boston.
Mrs. Russell Gray, formerly of Morrill,,
left by steamer Monday for Boston, where
she is to reside.
Mrs. NJ A. Heath of Verona visited
friends in Belfast the past week, and re-
turned home Monday.
Mrs Fannie Osgood returned l,mt to
Dorchester, Mass, las. Mondsv, FROM a visit
to relatives n Belfast.
True p Hayford, uight clerk of tile E.pa-
wood Hotel, Watervtlle, spent SUNDAY with
relatives IN this city.
Frank Jeliison of Bangor, who mas been
visiting his sister, Mrs. +, 5. Bowker, re-
turned home Saturday.
Joseph A. McKeen returned Monday to
Mechanic Falls after being at home week
on account Of i'll health
Robert Skay left Monday 10 return to New
York, where he has employment, after q
short visit in Belfast and Mouroe.
Mrs. Georgia S, Pendleton arrived last
week from Brooklyn, n. V, and will visit
Mrs. l.. A. Knowlton for few weeks.
Capt. Walter G. Small of Isleshoro left by
train Tuesday afternoon for New York, to
join his vessel, the schooner Gen. Adelbert
Ames.
Misses Nina Poor, Margaret Hazeltlne and
Annie L. Barr will arrive home to-day from
Wellesley College for ten days vacation.
Misses HaZeltine and Poor will be accom-
panied by schoolmates from the West.
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Off the Track.

AUGUSTA, Me-, March q, Freight train
No. 26, Conductor Emery Cook, broke apart
south of Readtield about midnight last night.
and the rear section crashed into the head
section about half a mile north of Marano-
cook bridge. Fifteen cars loaded with lum-
Der, shingles, scrap iron etc, were piled in
a heap, nine cars being total loss No one
was injured. A large wrecking crew work
ed all day sunday, opening the track for
trains by sundown.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-03-31
contents OF To=Day's Journal.
PAGE1 l.

PAGE l.
Court of Enquiry. Papers and Pc
.IUUaly. Secret Societies. Semi-Cen-
-r>ary. The County Tax Woman.
importance Union. Town Elections.
ranges. Transfers in Real Estate.
~ -.a-uu.. The National Guard. Person
Local Industries. A Growing In
PAGE2.
-.u Elder, NJ. A.. Sc. D.. Editorial
PAGE3.
uudent in Cuba A Song of Maine
etast Free Library
aar?. Wedding Bells. The Belfast
.IrA Correspondence. The Belfast
tee The Churches. Repairs and
N0rthport News. The Early His.
rt..A Duty on Dogs.
PAGE D.
Belfast.
PAGE6.
Ir l...tfts Literary News and Notes Reg.
.- ater Vessels. How American Wo-
.r a. NHuey..A New Book by Zangwill.
PAGE7.
..-. So The Pueblo Indians. News of the
PAGES.
...-.. 1eals. County Correspondence Ship
..as H..-r births. Marriages. Deaths.
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The County Tax.

The county commissioners of Waldo coun-
ty met last week and assessed the county
tax on the various towns for 1898. The
Legislature of 1897 assessed the sum of ST.
600 per year on the county for the two years,
1897 and 1898. The commissioners make the
valuation of the towns. Following is the
apportionment for 1898 as compared with
that of 1897:
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pj,,y ja,oy Of our readers desiring a steady iob
Vert sood pay will do we'll to read the ad-
ano,toent Wanted! Maine Yankees" in
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..,a., ,irculation in City and County

n FIRMS. In advance, 50. .O0a year
Ipnths; 90 cents for three months.
e TERMS. For one square, one inch
umn, rs cents for one week, and
tch subsequent insertion.
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CosMo BUTTERMILK TOILET SOAP makes
the skin soft, white and healthy. Sold by
A. A. Howes & TO.
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+. Buck of Rucksport, in 1884. Mr. and
Mrs. Buck moved to New York shortly after
their marriage, where Mr.. Buck engaged in
tile ship commission business, founding the
we'll known house of R. P. Buck 4 Co., still
in business. Mr.. Buck retained possession
OF the old family homestead on lower Main
street III Bucksport and for years and up to
the present the place has been the summer
home of the Bucks, Mrs. Buck and Miss
Spofford spending last summer at the old
place. Il. P. Buck died in 1885. Mr. and
Mrs. Buck had but one child, daughter,
Emellne q. who died in 1891 To the liberal
lty OF Mr.. Buck, or rather to his wishes, car.
RED out by his widow and daughter, the
town owes the beautiful Buck Memorial
Library. Mrs Buck was one of the oldest
members of the Elm Street Congrega-
tional church, Bucksport, to the support of
which she contributed liberallv The funeral
services took place in Brooklyn Thursday,
with interment in the family plot at Green
wood.
Died at South Deer Isle, March 9, '9S,
Frank A. Warren, aged 80 years He was
born in Searsport and married Is years ago,
Nettle, daughter of Capt and Mrs. jeremiah
Greenaw. He leaves IA wife and two chill
dren. He was for number of years resi-
dent OF Stonington and moved from there a
year ago He was good parent and kind
neighbor, ever ready to lend helping hand
genial and kind hearted Our sympathy
goes out to the loved ones left behind. deer
Isle Gazette.
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port, Tuesday morning after long illness,
He was native of Northport, and was the
Oldest son of the late Capt. John and Mary
Welch Hodgdon. He was the last of the
family. His brother Daniel died Feb. 18th of
this year. In early and middle life Capt.
| Hodgdon followed the sea, and was in COM
mand at different times of number of ves-
sells in the coasting trade. His wife died
several years ago. He leaves three sons,
| John, Oscar and Edward.
| Word has been received here of the sud-
den death at Lakewood, N. j., of Charles P.
Burdette of Stamford, CT, March oath. Mr..
Burdette was we'll known in business Cir
| ces in his State and vicinity. He was the
| father of the late H. M. Burdette, husband
| of Margaret Crosby Burdette, and has visit
ed in Belfast He was here in July last,
arriving on the yacht Nesera with his friend
Mr.. Henry K. McHarg of Stamford The
| funeral was at Stamford March 28th.
| Mrs. Charlotte Spofford, widow of Richard
| p. Buck. died at her home in Brooklyn, N. Y,
March 21st. Although somewhat enfeebled
! by declining years, Mrs. Buck had been in
| fairly good health up to within short time,
| and her death was rather sudden and uuex-
pected to relatives and friends in Bucksport.
Mrs. Buck was one of the seven children OF
Daniel and Phoebe Spofford, and was born
| in Bucksport on July Z, 1872, making her
age nearly 86 years. The only survivor OF
| the family is her sister, Emeline Spofford,
who has been her companion for many
years and up to the time of her death. The
deceased married Richard P, son OF Daniel
The herald., 1898-03-23
FROM FIESTA HEADQUARTERS
Ladies to Assist on the Floral Commit
tee-Other improvements

tee-Other Improvements
DR.. VIM. Lemoyne Wills, chairman of the
floral committee of La Fiesta, intends MAX
ing a decided innovation this year over es-
tablished custom. He has decided to ap-
point number of ladies on the committee
to assist in arranging the floral day parade.
1t is the first time ladies have been invited
to participate in any of the Fiesta arrange
ments. as committee workers and it may
establish a precedent for other Fiestas to
come The street decorations are being
prepared under the direction of Frank
Virgins and will be more profuse and elab-
crate than those of last year. Mr.. Virgins
intends to pay special attention to the
lighting and a more extensive electrical
street display than formerly.
Chairman Long of the water carnival
committee is getting the program of that
event we'll. blocked out He intends intro
ducing some very novel and beautiful eff
fects in electricity for which the water car
nival affords such fine opportunity. This
entertainment will far surpass that of last
year.
The executive committee went in body
to Pasadena last evening to confer with
the Americus club concerning their par
ticipatiOn in the Moral day parade. IhS
club, with it's white and gold uniforms, in
tricate evolutions and fine drill was one of
the principal attractions of the Fiesta last
year. The caballeros, whose horseman-
ship has excited the admiration of visitors
from the east in previous parades of Fiesta
week, will appear at the races and give an
exhibition of their skill They will be un-
der the direction of j. c. Cline
The entrances to the tribunes will be ar.
ranged this year so that the crowd may be
handled with greater rapidity than has
been possible heretofore. A skeleton of the
official program which Mr.. Bebymer is get
ying out shows 1t to be one of the finest ever
published on the Pacific coast. The sales
of official stationery are reported by deal
ers as being very lively. All stationery sold
swells the fund for Fiesta expenses.
The herald., 1898-03-23
CARELESS JOHNSTON
How the City Constable Levied on the
Wrong Bank


4 demurrer in the suit of B. c. Samuels
against City Constable ]. H. Johnston and
his bondsmen, Thomas Goss and Joseph
Mullaly. for $22.4S and costs in the town
ship justice court was yesterday over
ruled and the defendants given two days
to answer. The amount of the suit is
small, but the manner in which the money
Is alleged to be due is amusing.
On July g. 1897, Samuels commenced a
suit against ]. s. Underwood for s1624s for
goods and merchandise sold in the city
justice court. presided over by D. c. Morri-
son. "A writ of attachment was issued
directing the constable to attach Under
woods funds in the Broadway bank.
Instead of going to the Broadway bank
the constable served the attachment upon
the California bank, which is also situated
on Broadway, but there Underwood had
no funds. and the attachment was re-
turn unsatisfiedA In the meantime Under
wood had heard of the suit. and, becoming
"leary," he drew out $500 which he had or
deposit in the Broadway bank and gave Il
to his wife, so that mo funds was the
greeting which struck Mr.. Johnston's eai
for the second time. when 1t finally dawned
upon lHdl every UdHh VII 1cTOdQWdy IL
not necessarily the Broadway bank. On
July 14th Samuels recovered judgment
against Underwood for $174.4s. but he has
never been able to collect more than s14I
from the debtor. This left a balance of
S29.4S due to Samuels, of which 81 were COM
ing to Constable Johnston for his fees. The
latter would not pay up. and Samuels was
compelled to bring suit against him for
the amount demanded on the ground Of
defendants carelessness and negligence.
The herald., 1898-03-23
University Notes

Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Van Dyke have gone
to Iowa for an extended visit.
Mrs. NJ. E. Phillips has returned home
from Dr. Beckett's hospital. and is rapidly
recovering from the effects of the severe
operation she has undergone recently.
Mrs. K. P. Cullen and daughter left or
Sunday for the east. where they will spend
the summer visiting relatives and friends.
J. A. Kinder of Thirty-fifth and Jeffer-
son streets has exchanged his residence
for property in Hollywood belonging to
Albert Johnson. Mr.. Kinder will move to
his new home at once.
Misses Blanche Smith and Frances Thorn
son spent Saturday at the Palms as
guests of Miss Lynlie Eldridge.
The Alpha Rho Sorority have issued
invitations for an informal reception or
Saturday evening at the home of Miss Ruth
Brown, corner of Budiong and Twenty
ninth streets.
r. L. Schroeder and family spent las
week in Pomona. visiting Mrs. Schroeder
father, DR.. Forester.
The w. C. T. u. met yesterday afternoon
in the Methodist church. Mrs. F. w
Brown read a carefully prepared paper or
Scientific Temperance Instruction"
The Junior Annual benefit will take
place in the college chapel tomorrow night
Miss Maude Willis will read 1.-THE Comics
sonal," M. Coggswell will sing, there vii
be two numbers by Prof. De Lano's Man
Golin and Guitar club, and the program will
close with farce. Never Say Die"
Mr.. Clayton Weld of Alhambra has pur
chased a lot on West Thirty-sixth stree
near Vermont. He will build handsom
two-story residence ON it at once.
Mr.. A. W. Oliver Of Pomona has beel