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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-08-12
PROM BAR HARBoR-
Early Morning F7re-rhe War Game
W. Z. Dodge Dead HORSE Show !

Early Morning Fire-Fhe War Game
W. z. Dodge Dead HORSE show
BAR HARsoR. Aug. Il tspeeisll-At
Z 30 .. n. thfs morning Ere ntoke ogt
il tbs stairway between txo EoOs3ez
bgndfngs on Msia street, snd before the
flames were sRbdue5 guffs an anOunt OF
damage wsa done by fire and Estes.
The bzfldingz Esre owned, one BY E.
Eud s. q. Ro1ick, and the osher By Frank
{. Sherns1, and were OF two stories
Ths Ere department wsz quickly on the
spot. and the flames we're confined to the
apper stories Of both Buildings.
The oeegp4nts o. bosh huiidings bad
thsir property considerably injured by
water. The Rodiek buuding was occu-
ped on the ground floor by Isaac Kramer,
ciotht0g, and Frank z. Sherman, nctioas.
SIR. ShernAnis stock was anfDiarsd. bat
Dir Krzmsr's goods were pretty thor
ogghly vet down.
The second floor Of this building vas
occupied by the Wood bEne eiab whose
furniture and fixtures suffered so1asx hat
from smoke and water.
Mr.. Shermsn's building was occupied
on the ground f0or BY Guberis barber
shop and the tailor shop OF Fl. NJ. shire.
The second floor vas occupied as a teBe-
nent By Bert Sleeper.
II Is understood that both buildings
were protected bg insurance
The mgch-tslked- of search problem"
participated in By the feet OF war vessels
Ehicb has been lying in the harbor is
over, and tho attack OF the enemy" was
repulsed. aud the enemy captured.
Early Saturday morning the Olympia
was seen entering the bsrbor, snc she
was shortly followed by otter ships, with
the captured squadron bringing up the
rear.
Slowly the feet stesmed through the
lower harbor; some came to sBchor above
Bar island; others went to la moline.
Immediately on leaving Bar HarhoS,
Admiral Sands, in command of the enemy,
took bis ships some 800 miles out TO sea,
and then started back with the idea OF
making a descent upon Bar asrDor or
Winter Harbor.
Friday night and Saturday morning
evsryt hing looked favorable to the sue
Gees Of the enemy. A thick fog hang
over he sea, and the ships we're rushing
siong With lights out. headed for Winter
Hsrbor.
None of the defending squsdron was
! seen till about O'Clock Saturday morn
ing when about twenty-five miles oct
| side of Bakers Island. Here the "Olym-
pis", Rear Admiral Coghlsn's fisgship
was stationed, ard her crew was the first
| to sight { he eDemy's ships.
Word was Immediately flashed by the
wireless to the 'hesrssrgs".
The news wsg sent to other ships, and
they were ordered to close IN.
Soon the enemy vas confronted by a
superior force, and according 10 the rules
Of Inc game, Vas obliged TO surrender.
THIS morning several OF the ships left
for Oyster Bay, N Y, where the entire
| feet is to be reviewed by President
Roosevelt next Saturday.
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STATE OF MAINE.
TREAsuRER's OFFICE,
AUGUSTA, Aug. S, 1903.

TREAsuRER's OFFICE,
AUGUSTA, Aug. S. 1903.
DURSUANT to chap. 8. sec. 70. of the re-
l. sised statutes, will at the State Treas
urer's officer at Augusta, on the twenty
fourth day OF September next. at IL O'Clock
a. M, sell and convey by deed to the highest
bidder, all the interest OF the state in me
tracts OF land hereinafter described. lying in
unincorporated townships. said tracts having
been forfeited TO the State for State taxes and
county taxes, certified to the Treasurer OF
State for the year 1901. The sale and convey
ance Of each tract will be made subject to a
right in the owner or part owner, whose rights
have been forfeited, to redeem the same at
sny time within one year after the sale, by
paying or rendering TO the purchaser his pro-
portion OF what the purchaser paid therefor
at the sale. with interest at the rate Of twenty
per cent. per annum from the time Of sale
and one dollar for release. or such owner NAV
reGeem his interest by paying as aforesaid to
the Treasurer Of State, as provided in chap.
8, sec. rs of the revised statutes.
No tract. however, viii be sold at a price
less than the full amount due thereon for
such unpaid State and county taxes interes.
and costs, as described in the following
schedule:
HANCOCK COUNTY.
| 1901, SO Division, N. L. $3.50 ass q
1901, So. Division, 257s 10 b
1901, 10 Adjoining Steuben, 1000 Is n
1901, 10 Middle Division, 1855 SIS
ORAMANDAL SIXTH,
Treasurer State of Maine.
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4sgaI Nstirfs.



HANCOCK sat a probate court held at
Ellsworth, in and for said coanty Of Hancock.
on the fourth day OF August. in the year Of
our Lord one thousand bine hundred and
three.
A CERTAIN instrument purporting TO b.
IA q copy Of the lass will and testauns nt
and codicil thereto OF Elizabeth H. Woou-
ward. late of Middleton, in the county Of
Middlesex. and state OF Connecticut, de-
ceased. and Of the probate thereof in saiS
state Of Connecticut. duly authenticated. hay-
ing been presented TO the Judge OF probate
for our said county OF Hancock for the pur-
pose OF being allowed, Led and recorded in
the probate court of our said county Of Han
cock.
Ordered. That notice thereof be given to
all persons interested therein, by publishing
copy of this order three weeks successfully
in the Ellsworth American. 3 newspaper
printed at Ellsworth. In said county OF Han
cock, prior to the FIRST day of September.
a. d. 1853, that they may appear at probate
court then to be held at Biuehill, in and for
said county OF Hancock, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, and show cause, if any they have.
against the same
o. P. CUNNINGHAM, Judge of Probate.
true copy, Attest:-CHAs. T.. DoRR, Register.
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Establishments
Establishments
East Milne Conference Seminary,
sucssPoRT, MAINE
Fall Term Opens September 8, 1905.
r.

a College Preparatory school Of the highest
grade
Classical Scientific. aud Latin Scientific Courses
Of four years each. preparing for The best New
England Colleges.
A Commercial Department Course Of fe1r years
and BUSINESS Course Of o1e year, also
eour.es q s5enugrapay and Typewriting-
Other Departments;
Courses in instrumental and Vocal Muse. Flo
catiGu aud Phsssczi Culture under the atrec-
run Of a competent Ee2eher. A good gym
mzsigEn,
Buildings Thoroughly renodelaa- Equipped Nth
taile. and bath rooms. steam heat and electric
lights. An up-so-dats School hi every Ts-
SpecL
For Catalog write 20
S. 4. BENDER, B. D..
BUCKSPORT MAINE
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ORAMAEDAL SMITH,
Treasurer State of Maine.
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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

Ellsworth. Me-. Aug. 7. 1908.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

and most successful business men ana
capitalists at the head of the lakes
and in the east.
Adoption by Range Roads.
The Evening Herald of Duluth
says:
The operation Of the ore carrying rail-
roads Of the United States Steel corpora
ton in Minnesota, with electricity as pow
er, is one Of the things which is likeI to
follow the development Of the water power
on the st. Louis river by the Great North
ern Power company, and it may come at
an early date.
Many advantages are claimed for cleo
trio locomotives over steam. Chief among
these is that they require neither fuel nor
water. The various water tanks and COAL
ing stations along the lines would be done
away with. The electric current would
cost no more than half what the coal now
costs. The roads could be operated with
a less number of locomotives than now
and the number Of attendants would be
less.
The opening of this field for the use Of
power developed by the Great Northern
Power company would mean an immense
increase in the demand for power and
would bring very close the day when tho
capacity of the ST. Louis river scheme
would be insufficient to supply it The
short distance and continuity of service
make it an especially favorable and at
tractve proposition from an electric
standpoint it is within easy distance
Of transmission and the continuous move
ment Of trains give high load factor.
With electricity in use successfully on
the two steel corporation roads, it would
undoubtedly be matter of very little time
before the Great Northern railroad would
introduce it,
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system from the large drainage area
extending from the top Of the hill
above Duluth northward to the height
of land near the Canadian border.
The present installation of steam
power at the head of the lakes is
some $4,000 horsepower and upon the
Mesaba and Vermillion iron ranges
some $4,000 horsepower, much of
which can be supplanted advantage
ously by electrical power.
Contracts have already been made
with the Duluth-Super1or Traction
company and other large consumers
of power for a period of ten years, in
surfing an immediate and stable source
of revenue for the company from the
start and several new industries re-
curing a large amount of power are
now arranging with the company for
both hydraulic and electric power.
Power will also be sent over high ten
sion lines to the MeSaba and Vernil-
ion iron ranges.
There is no locality better situated
than the head of the lakes for profit
able manufacturing Of all kinds. With
an abundance Of raw material close at
hand and with adequate tranSpOrta-
ton facilities both by water and rail,
Duluth presents a most inviting field
for manufacturing industries which
the development of cheap power will
shortly bring to pass. That the Great
Northern Power company is in a posi-
ton to carry out its plans to sue
cessful development seems assured
from the high character Of the men
associated with the enterprise, it's Of
ficers, directors and principal stock
holders being among the best known
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The Great Northern Power company
Is a Duluth organization of which
great things are expected. To those in
terested in the future Of the zenith
city the development of the st. Louis
river and other water powers in that
vicinity, all of which are controlled by
the Great Northern Power company,
Duncan is president of the company
and F. A. COkefair vice president and
chief engineer.
Within a distance Of six miles Of the
city limits of Duluth the st. Louis
river has a fall of more than $50 feet,
or three times that at Niagara, while
from the streams further north, which
can be brought directly to Duluth
Heights at small expense thru a series
of natural basins and canal less than
three miles in length, an available fall
Of TAO feet may be secured, or five
times that at Niagara.
Wonderful Power at Hand.
There is an available water supply
in the immediate vicinity to generate
upwards of 100000 electric horse
power for industrial purposes at the
head Of the lakes and upon the Mesaba
and Vermillion iron ranges. The
drainage area covers approximately
5000 square miles at an elevation ap-
proximating 1000 feet above Lake
Superior with an effective head under
the ST. Louis system, as designed, of
365 feet, and an effective head under
the Duluth Heights system, as de-
signed, Of TAO feet, besides which there
are numerous falls of lesser height
which can be utilized for direct n.y.
horse power.
The plans are now we'll developed
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The Ashland Iron and Steel Com
pany was incorporated under the laws
of Minnesota, in 1887, for the pur-
pose of erecting a Charcoal Iron Blast
Furnace at Ashland, Wis. The COM
pany organized. and the capital
furnished, by A. Howard Hinkle of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and w. H. Hinkle
of Minneapolis, MINI. Charcoal iron
for foundry, car wheel. and nal1eable
purposes, known under the brand Of
"Hinkle," has been manufactured ever
since at the rate of forty to fifty
thousand tons per annum; this has re-
CURED an annual cut of from seventy
to seVenty-fve thousand cords of
hardwood for the manufacture of
charcoal. This company was the first
to introduce modern chemical meth
DDS in the production of charcoal
iron, and the latest and best practice
has always been followed, and their
brand Of iron stands unequaled and Is
the acknowledged leader. The report
In the last United States census shows
that the record Of the "Hinkle" Fur
mace has never been equaled by any
other charcoal furnace in the world.
In 1901 the capital was Increased to
S1,250,000 and the company re-
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Incorporated under the laws Of Michi-
gan. A new Charcoal Kiln Plant was
erected at Ashland, and a Chemical
Plant to secure the other by-products
Of the kilns, viz: Wood Alcohol and
Acetate of Lime. These works, built
at very large expense, provide for
an output Of from 100000 to 100000
gallons Of alcohol and from 100000
to 100000 pounds of acetate Of lime
annually. Alcohol Of the highest proof
Is produced, and from It's position in
Ashland the company practically
commands the business of the north
west. they able to make prompt
delivery to all interior points direct
from the works. Mr.. Joseph H. Berry
Of Berry Bros, Ltd, Detroit, Mich.
Is the principal owner Of the new COM
pany, and his long experience in the
wood alcohol business Is guarantee
of the quality of the product. On
account Of the expensive apparatus
and machinery required in the produce
ton of wood alcohol, and the low
price at which the product must be
sold, works Of this character cannot
be maintained without the adjunct Of
a Charcoal Furnace to consume the
charcoal,
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Speaking Of the conditions existing
In 1878 (the beginning Of the twenty
fve-year period which is being espe-
cially considered in this issue of r h e
j o I n q ID, Mr.. Saunders said re-
Gently:
1.-THE two cities probably consumed
about $4,000 tons of anthracite coal
a year in 1878. and the bulk of this
was handled by not more than three
or four factors. 1t all came by the
lakes, and the only dock facilities were
then at Duluth; West Superior had
not been thought Of. l should say
that the investment at Duluth in docks
and apparatus represented at that
time about 100000. The Northwest
ern Fuel company leased large
wharf property. now known as No. 4,
but which was only slightly improved,
compared with the dock at the pres
ent day. The Northern Pacific had a
dock, and Darlington & Casey Of To-
ledo had an investment Of perhaps
100000. This is now the Ohio Coal
company property. The Northwestern
Fuel company also had a dock at
Washburn, but the bulk Of the supply
came thru Duluth. In those days most
Of the coal came up the lakes in ves-
sells Of from 800 to 400 tons capacity.
We knew nothing of the present
methods of handling at the docks.
When we had vessel to unload we
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and the first installment will be made
upon the st. Louis river rapids at a
point about three miles up the river
from Fond du Lac. The first develop
ment includes the construction of a
steel gravity dam SO feet in height and
$40 feet in length across the river near
the village Of Thompson. This dam
or fOrebay about one square mile in
extent. From this reservoir water
will flow thru canal some 2k miles in
length, 81 feet in width at the sur
face and Is feet in depth to the brow
of the hill midway between Thomp-
son and Fond du Lac. The capacity
Of this canal is sufficient to generate
100000 electric horse power.
Water will flow thru steel pipes
from the terminal of this canal for a
distance of one mile down the slope
under a working head of 365 feet to
the power-house directly on the bank
the dam and canal, is designed for
an ultimate development of 100000
horse power.
Substations In the Cities.
From the generating station on the
ST. Louis river, transmission lines
will be run to substations In the CEN
ter Of the manufacturing districts of
Duluth and Superior, and power will
be distributed from these substations
to various industrial establishments.
Designs are also completed for a. di-
rect hydraulic power development
upon the ST. Louis river at the head
of slack water near Fond du Lac. Also
for a still more important develop
ment later on Of the Duluth Heights
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'That seems a very crude way of
handling coal beside the methods Of
to-day; but, with all the improvements
which have been made, the cost has
been but little reduced. We now have
complicated and elaborate machinery
handled by steam-in some cases cleo
tricity-and vessels can be unloaded
in q small fraction of the time for
merly consumed; but the cost Of han
ding is still fully Is per cent Of the
cost in 1878. This may seem strange,
but it is easily explained The cash
outlay for a modern coal dock equip
ment Is enormous. Not only Is the
machinery and apparatus of an ex-
pensive character, but the plant must
be large enough for emergencies. The
steamships will only bring coal up the
lakes on condition that they be I'M
loaded quickly. The great investment
in the ships and the shortness Of the
season necessitates keeping them in
constant motion. A few days delay
lying in port may be source Of loss.
And as steamers often arrive in a
bunch, the coal companies must be
prepared to take care of their cargoes
very rapidly. This necessitates much
larger plants than would be necessary
if the coal arrived at equal intervals j
during the season. In addition the
entire plant must lie idle during near
ly half the year, the investment then
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waged strike of five weeks duration,
finally gaining their demand for higher
wages. The present strike Of the mill
employees, involving three unions of the
milling industry, and affecting 1000
hands, is without doubt the biggest
strike in the history of the city.
1t will scarcely be disputed that or
gained labor in Minneapolis, as else
where, has improved the condition of
its members, as well as uplifted the
status of labor in general. It was
thru the efforts Of organized labor in
1887, that the city abolished contract
labor in the construction Of it's sewer
and water mains, and in paving the
streets, in some instances. Better and
cheaper work, as a rule, has been OBJ
tanned.
The state bureau of labor was Great
ed in 1887, at the instance of organized
labor, and many Of the best labor laws
of the state have been enacted because
of it's agitation.
Politically. organized labor has
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
LABOR ORGANIZATION IN rs

In the Minneapolis of twenty-five
years ago, there was only one labor
organization, Typographical union, No.
AZ, which was organized in 1873, if we
overlook two lodges of railway en-
ployes, the locomotive engineers, or
ganized in 1873, and the locomotive
f1remen, organized in 1873. To-day the
number Of labor organizations in the
city is over los, with a membership Of
fully $4,000. Twenty-Five years ago
labor organizations were regarded with
prejudice and suspicion; now they are
accepted as matter of course.
In 1878 the knights Of Labor, which
included all kinds of trades unions,
was introduced to Minneapolis. It
grew rapidly and for a time became
the dominating influence in local labor
circles. To-day it is not heard of.
Still, it was helpful to labor in Its day,
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QUARTER CENTURY
OF ACHIEVEMENT
CONTINUED from Page One, Iron and
Coal Section.)

ola lock at Sault Ste. Marie would
admit to Lake Superior only the small
est vessels; as for docks and handling
machinery for transferring coal there
was not a sign Of the present great
plants.
However, Mr.. Saunders handled in
1871 some 5000 tons of coal. He put
In the first rude coal handling facilities
and laid the foundation for the enor-
nous business Of later day. Two
years later the Northern Pacific Rail-
road company recognized the posi-
bilities Of coal supply thru the Great
Lakes and changed over a number Of
its locomotives from wood burners to
coal burners and bought some 100000
tons Of coal during that season.
In 1875 the leading coal dealers Of
the two cities decided to join hands
and form strong company. The
new concern was to be known as the
Northwestern Fuel company, and it
absorbed the business Of Hill, Griggs
& Co. and E. N. Saunders Of st. Paul
and John A. Armstrong Of Minneapo-
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and did much to create sentiment
among Minneapolis laboring men in
favor of unionisn.
1t is within the past five years that
labor unions in this CITY have displayed
their greatest growth. Seventy-t three
of the existing LOG date since 1898.
The present largest individual organ
ization is the carpenters union, found
ed in 1896. It's memb ership is about
1,400.
union, in 1889, was the most serious
labor disturbance known in the city up
to that time. After a long and bitter
contest on both sides, the strikers were
unsuccessful, and their union was dis
solved. This defeat gave a setback to
the hopes Of the labor leaders, from
which they did not soon recover. The
stone cutters, in the summer Of 1893.
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earning absolutely nothing. Another
source of expense is the higher wages
paid for the men who are required to
operate these plants. Altogether,
while coal is handled much more rap
idly. it is not handled much more
cheaply than in 1879
In 1878 the minimum coal rate
from the lake to Minneapolis and ST..
Paul was $3.50 a ton; it is now $1.25
CONTINUED on Page Six, Coal and
Iron Section.)
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taken no independent action, altho as
a factor in politics it's influence has at
times been very potent.
One Of its most ambitious undertake
ings. the very first of it's kind ANY,
where, was the erection in 1887 of the
Labor Temple, at the corner of Eighth
avenue S and Fourth street. For sew
eral years it served as a home for the
labor unions Of the city. Financially.
however, the undertaking failed, the
building a few years ago passing from
the hands of it's projectors, much To
the regret Of the unions.
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lis. Mr.. Armstrong was the Mime
apolis pioneer coal man, and during
those early years the leader in the
business in this city. He managed the
Minneapolis end of the business of the
new corporation. Mr.. Hill was presi-
dent, and Mr.. Saunders, general SUI
perintendent. This strong aggregation
at once became the most prominent
element in the coal business of the
northwest, but the industry was still
of necessity carried on in very small
way.
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rugged up a blocktackle, cut some
barrels in half and hung them to the
ropes and hitched a horse at the other
end. When a bucket was filled by the
shovelers in the hold the horse was
started UP and the coal hoisted to
the deck of the ship it was dumped
into a wheelbarrow and then the horse
was backed up and the barrel
descended into the hold to be filled
again. From the deck to the dock
planks were laid and dock laborers
wheeled the coal out onto the dock.
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NO GLASSES.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger

And what do you think of the boy who
has moved in next door?" inquired the
visitor.
Really, replied the Boston child, adj
justing his spectacles, ''he appears to he
a intellectual parsonage He actualIr
goes about with bare eyes,