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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-04-19
COUNTY NEWS.
BROOKLYN.

|
G. c. Hall was in Ellsworth last week.
Miss Edith Mayo has gone to Boston on
| business.
J.B Babson and wife were at Sargent
Vile last Sunday.
The church aid circle met jim the ladies'
parlor last Wednesday.
Mrs Emma Holden, of North BROOKLYN,
is very i'll with the grip.
| o. G. F1ye, of Stonington, visited his
sister, Mrs. B. o. Dollard, last week.
Miss Edith Allen, of Sargentville, is
visiting her grandfather, Fred Allen.
There will be an Easter concert at the
Baptist church next Sunday evening.
Mrs. Susan Judge is home from Concord,
Mass, where she has spent the winter. \
A. G. Blake has gone a trip with Capt.
r. c. Stewart on the schooner Maine to
Swans Island.
Mrs. George Carter and grandson are
home from Bluehill, where they have
spent the winter.
r. w. Nutter, wife and little grand
daughter Georgia have gone to Prospect
Harbor for the season.
Mrs. William Herrick and daughter
Eva, of West Brooklin, have moved into
A. j. Atherton's house.
Mrs. Nellie Stanley and daughter Abbie
are home from Fitchburg, Mass, after
spending the winter there.
W. K. Blaisdel, who has been the
blacksmith here for the past two years,
has moved away. Many are sorry to lose
HIM.
Naskeag lodge, F. and A. M, enter
tanned the ladies at their hall Friday eve
ming. The first part of the evening was
pleasantly spent in playing games, after
which bountiful collation. WIS served in
the banquet hall. The rest of the evening
was spent in Photographic contest.
April II. UNE FEMME.
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.ASHVILLE.
April 13.

W. H. Hall, who has been ill, is out
again.
School commenced this morning, George
Patten, of Sullivan, teacher.
Miss Ethel Martin, who i employed at
Mrs. c. H. Preble's, Sullivan, was at home
Sunday.
Fred Patten and wife, of East Sullivan,
were in town yesterday, guests of Z. j.
Robertson.
Mrs. Nellie Martin, of East Sullivan,
was the guest OF her aunt, Lizzie NJ.
Bunker, Sunday.
Mrs. Emma Carpenter left to-day for
Bangor to attend the Methodist conference
held there this week.
BERTHE Johnson, who has been employed
at John II. Tracys at the Point, finished
his job last week and returned home.
April IL. B.
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HANCOCK POINT.

Eta Chester has returned to Bangor.
May Young has gone to Corea to teach.
Arthur Crabtree has gone to Dark Har-
Dor, where he has employment.
Mrs. II. A. Ball, who has been caring for
Mrs. George Young during her illness, has
returned home.
Mr.. Croker, of Bangor, has been at the
Point day or two looking over his cot
tage and making some repairs.
Rollins Dobbin, former assistant keep
er of Crabtree's ledge light, has been APP
pointed keeper of Moose Peak light at
Jonesport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright, who have been
spending the winter with their daughter,
Mrs. A. L. Young, have returned to their
home in Gouldsboro.
April IT. f..
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MARLBORO.
April ID.

Miss Katie Mcintyre is working at John
Douglass.
Miss May West, of Lamoine, is working
at George Treadwell's.
There was chopping-be bee at Nahum
Hodgkins' last Tuesday.
Mrs. Edward Treadwell, of Ellsworth,
is with her son G gorge, whose wife is i'll.
Mrs. Harry Brown, of Ellsworth, spent
few days last week with Mrs. George
TreadwelI.
Miss Grace Stratton, who has been with
Mrs. S. ii. Remick the past few weeks, ha.
returned to her home in Lamoine.
April II. ARE.
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PRETTY MARSH.

Fred Gray has moved his family into the
Jersey cottage.
Allen Smith and family has gone to
Northeast HarboF for the season.
Charles Cummings and wife, of East
Mschias, are visiting his sister, Mrs. V. d.
Smith.
Allen Freeman has taken down his old
barn and is putting up new one and
making other improvements on his home.
April II. 5,
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DEDHAM.

WV. Black is attending court in ELS
worth as juror.
William Williamson and wife, of Ban
gor, visited relatives here last week.
Rose, daughter of Llewellyn Alley, has
been sent to the industrial school for
girls at Hallowell.
Mrs. Almeda Weber is spending a few
weeks with her daughter, Mrs Henry
Terrence, OF Holden.
Misses Agnes and Bernice Mclaughlin
have returned to Bangor after spending a
week with their parents.
April IT. B.
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SEAWALL.

John Dolliver, of Oak Point, visited his
brother Dudley last Sunday.
Mrs. Amos Newman is slowly improving
and is trying to do some of her own
homework.
Mrs. Lizzie Moore has gone to South
west Harbor to be with Mrs. Abigail Rob-
inson, who is in poor health. She will be
gone about two weeks.
April II. DOLLY.
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SOUTH DEER ISLE.

Mrs. E. F. Sylvester is recovering from
an attack of seiatica.
Miss Hattie Hatch is home from visiting
in Brooklin and Brooksville.
The spring term of school opened Mon
day with Mertie Small as teacher.
Mrs. Fred Rackliff has been spending a
few days in Rockland with her sisters,
Mrs. Galen Hicks and Mrs. Sarah Carleton.
Willard G. Haskell has moved into the
house owned by Mrs. Sarah D. Pressey, at
Deer Isle. Mrs. Haskell's mother, Mrs.
Mary Powers, will live with them.
April II. g.
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BROoKSVILLE.

The ladies' club met this week with
Mrs. Nellie Grindle.
Capt. Kane, of Bluehill, has purchased
the schooner Mildred May, of Curtis
Durgain.
Mrs. Abbie Roper and daughter Carrie
have gone to Brooklin to visit Mrs
Roper's sister.
Mrs. Everett Douglass and son Harvey
have gone to Bar Harbor where Mrs
Douglass is employed.
April IA. C.
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Portland to enter the Maine general hos
pital for treatment for appendicitis.
Capt. W. V. Coggins went to Bluehill
this morning to join the schooner Hazel
Dell. He viii take load of stone from
the White Granite Co.'S wharf to New
York.
April II. TRAMP.
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sURRY.

Capt. n. j. Kane has bought fishing
boat.
F. L. Jordan left Saturday to go mate of
the schooner Storm Petrol
The first vessel to load here this spring
is the schooner Lincoln She loaded hard
wood for M. E. Linneken.
Rev. P. A. A. Killam preached in the
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NORTHEAST HARBoR.
CRUMBS.
April It

w. w. Vaughan, of Boston, is in town
on business.
Miss Helen Bunker isthe guest of Mrs.
B. T. Graves.
The ladies' auxiliary viii meet with Mrs.
F. A. Foster Thursday afternoon.
Joseph Peterson, of Castine, is employed
as clerk in Small & Staples drug store.
Stephen Smallidge and wife, who have
been spending few weeks in Lincoln, re-
turned Friday.
Mrs. S. A. Hill will have her spring
millinery opening Wednesday and Thurs
" Of this week.
Shirley Graves and George Kimball,
Students at Harvard law school, came
home Friday for the spring recess.
Palm Sunday was appropriately observed
in St. Mary's church by the younger mem
| bers of the girls choir carrying palm
branches.
April II. REG.
SOUTH SURRY.
Volney Coggins shot wild goose last
Saturday.
W.D. Treworgy and wife came home last
: to stay Wednesday.
Miss Lydia Young has gone to Bluehill
to work for Mrs. Edwin Babson.
Ed. NJ. Cunningham started to-day for
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ARE.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
Found Unconscious at CONNER
cial Hotel Today.
Believed To Have Taken the Poison
10 Relieve Pain--Carried to
city Hospital.
LIVED UNTIL ONE O'CLOCK.

Mr.. John H. Ramage, well
known carpenter, aged AZ, died this
afternoon about | o'clock at the
city hospital from an overdose OF
morphine, taken, it is alleged, acct
dentally in an effort TO alleviate sur-
fefing.
The deceased has been working
for Davis and Dunlap at Wlckliffe
where they. have several contracts
under way. and came to the city
Tuesday. He was boarding at the
Commercial hotel and last night was
found by Or. NJ. l.. Rozzell, of May
field who has been attending him
and was a personal friend, uncon-
scious and in a serious condition.
He Immediately gave restoratives
and siphoned the stomach of the un-
conscious man and at 8 o'clock this
morning Mr. Ramage was taken to
the city hospital
He never regained consciousness,
and did not live as long as the at
tending physicians thought he would.
Mr. Ramage is supposed to have
taken the morphine 10 relieve pain,
as he was afflicted with chronic blad-
der trouble. He purchased yesterday
sometime, II was learned, some
quarter-of-a-grain morphine tablets,
and is supposed to have taken sever
al of them, and got too much. II is
rot known how long before he took
the poison Il was. until he was found
during the night.
The deceased came to Paducah
from up about Marion, Crittenden
county, Ky, four or five years ago,
ana had resided here ever since. He
had the misfortune to lose his wife
about February 81. 1t is said that he
had brooded over her death ever
since. and was respondent, and there
are yrumors the poison was taken
with suicidal Intent, but no proof
CT il.
The deceased was about 40 years
old, and leaves a son. Vern Ramage.
aged about IS, who is now in the
city. The remains were taken to the
Mattil a. Efilnger undertaking estab-
lishment this afternoon. and Coroner
Crow will hold an inquest tomorrow
morning.
The body will be taken to Kelsey,
KY, near Princeton, at noon tomor-
row. to be buried beside that of his
wife.
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Veteran Merchant and Official
Passed Away This Afternoon.
Had Becn In Feeble Health for Sew.
ernI Months hut Death Was
Unexpected.
No FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Capt. James NJ Ezell. the veteran
merchant and at the time OF his
death back tax collector, died this
afternoon about 2 O'Clock at his
home on North Fifth street from a
complication of diseases. His death
was very unexpected. although he
had been in failing health for several
months.
Capt. EZell was on the petit jur,
at the present term OF court, and
was able to go down into the city
nearly every day. although some
time he returned too weak and ex-
hausted to get off the street car
without assistance.
This morning he was unable to
leave home, and when his wife went
to him about 10 o'clock, found him
unconscious. Doctors were called,
and IT was stated at noon. gave no
hope for recovery They give 1t as
their opinion that this is the end,
and that Capt. Ezell could not live but
few hours longer
He was born in Galloway county,
and was about 63 years old. He mar.
ried a sister of the late Colonel Tom
Corbett. who survives him.
For many years he was in the
clothing business, and several years
ago was a member of the city coun-
ell. He had also served as license in
spector. and in some of the minor
city Offices.
Capt Ezell was Confederate vet
eran. and a most popular man. He
was a genial, generous man with a
host of friends, and hundreds will be
panied to learn of his death.
He had brother in Mayfeld, who
was this afternoon notified of his
death.
No funeral arrangements have yet
been made.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
No plague in Manchnria.

St Petersburg, May lS.-Reports
that the plague has broken out
among soldiers in Manchuria are de
MED.
Nladivostok Ready For Long Siege.
ST. Petersburg, May Accord
ing TO the latest advices from Vladi-
vosiok, the garrison there now num-
bers fifty thousand and is well pre-
pared to stand long siege if neces-
sary. The place is well supplied with
cattle and coal, and other necessaries
as well as ammunition. General
Linevitch is reported TO have said
the fortress is prepared to stand a
siege of year.
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vensky was broken down in health,
was repeatedly and eagerly question
ed for the latest information, through
press dispatches, which IL was de-
clared. is a better source than the
admiralty, Neither the admiralty
nor individual officers have any infor-
nation regarding the report express
ed doubts of It's accuracy
Capt Clado confirmed the state
ment OF the Associated Press that the
vessels of both squadrons are equip
ped with apparatus for cleaning their
bottoms az sea.
On the military side indications are
that events are rapidly shaping for
the preliminary stage of another
great battle. The Russian army has
been refitted and is ready for action,
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Battle Is Drawing Near.

st, Petersburg, May lS.-With a
suspicious stoppage of dispatches
from Manchuria, and the strong pos
sibility that Rojestvensky has cut his
last communications with home and
set forth on the final stage of his
journey to his goal. either Togo or
Vladivostok. keen interest is mani
tested in naval and military circles
here in the two-fold fields of war,
Though the admiralty, which has
been completely silent since the ad-
vent of Rojestvensky in to the Chi
nese sea, publishes no dispatches the
conviction Is growing that the unit
ed squadrons departed from the An
nam coast Immediately after their
juncture and naval officials are anx-
iously expecting news of the first
skirmishing between scouts of the
hostile fleets.
The Associated Press correspond
ent, on his visit to naval officials to
investigate the rumoI that Rojest-
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COMMITTEE.
MANY DEATHS
AZ Panama, According TO n Man Just
Returned.

Pittsburg, May 1S,-John III, Cald-
well. who went TO Panama to work
as boss carpenter on the canal has re-
turned and says the temperature
ranges from a hundred and twenty
TO hundred and thirty during the
day and there Is a lot of yellow fever
The only means of keeping account
of the deaths Is to count the graves.
The quarters for workmen are said
to be bad.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
Believes the Strike Will be Set
tied in Short Time.
Meetings To BE Held Today--Schooi
Children Who "Struck" Arraign-
ed In the Courts. B
SENT TO a REFORM sCHOO.

Chicago. May lS.-It is highly
probable that the next twenty-four
hours will see the end of the strike
in Chicago. Although none of the
laborer leaders will so acknowledge.
it Is generally understood that pro-
gram for calling off the strike has al
ready been arranged
Today a meeting will be held be-
tween the Transfers joint committee
and a committee representing the
Team Owners association. IL will
be made plain to the teamsters that
the business interests of the owners
render IL imperative that the boy
colts be lifted. 1t will then be agreed
by the team owners and transfers in
joint council that the demand of the
team owners to make deliveries to
boycotted houses with union drivers
be submitted to arbitration.
This arbitration is to concern only
the Team Owners association and
teamsters. members of the Employ
ers' association being in no manner
interested in ii in an official sense.
Pending the decision of the board of
arbitration the strike is to be called
off and such members of the Teams
ters' union as are able to obtain their
old situations will return to work.
will ~ Ct w
the exception of the strike against
Montgomery, Ward & Co., and It Is
not expected that aggressive meas
ures will be adopted by either side,
trouble in this direction being al
lowed to die out gradually.
President Gompers of the Amerl-
can Federation of Labor. was very ac-
tive in all efforts made towards set
| Ting the strike, He conferred with
members of the Team Owners asso-
citation. held conferences with the
teamsters and had an extended talk
with Mayor Dunno. He expressed
himself as confident that the strike
WOulu ne duJuSteu Wltnln sholl
time. Little opposition was made by
strikers to deliveries by non-union
irivers. In fact the streets had al
most assumed their normal condition
and there was little to indicate that
a strike of such large proportions was
in progress.
The authorities have taken hold of
the strike fever in the public schools
with a Arm hand and Judge Mack of
the juvenile court. sentenced three
boys to the house of correction and
released one on probation.
President Gompers held a consul
tation today with a member of the
state board of arbitration and labor
leaders. A plan was discussed for
settlement of the strike and Presl-
dent Gompers said he would meet
Clarence barrow and Levy Mayer to-
day, when he hoped some agreement
will be reached TO close the strike.
Gompers leaves for Dayton, o., this
evening.
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A New Grain Elevator.

Paris. Tenn, May ls.-The Paris
Milling company has begun on tn,
foundation for an up-to-date eleva-
tor to be erected in connection with
their warehouse. II will consist of
two Immense steel tanks 25 feet In
diameter and 40 feet in height, and
will hold 10000 bushels of grain,
which In connection with the present
warehouse, will give calacily of
20 GOO bushels.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
.Iunks With Provisions.

London. May 1S.-The correspon-
dent of the Star at Hong Kong wires
that a fleet of a hundred and fifty
Chinese junks. fully laden with pro-
visions for the Baltic fleet was sight
cd of Kwang Chauwan Tuesday. the
Junks evidently under the direct con-
troll of Russians. The junks showed
no lights but when they saw they
were observed, suddenly displayed
signals
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
Seized Its Own Vessel.

London, May 1S.-The Central
News says that the steamer Linclu-
den, captured by the Japanese south
of Korea Monday was Japanese prop
erty. This is the third of its own
vessels the japanese warships have
seized while carrying produce to ia
pan.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
Rivers and Harbors Committee Pleased
With Inspection.
CALL FOR WATERWAYS CONVENTION


good fruit when II comes to head. |"
The officials of the Ohio Valley
. Improvement association are gratifi-
ed over the results OF the trip. They
hold that II means much to the Ohio
river and that the accomplishment OF
the project to hold national water
ways convention Is In itself q suffi-
Gent recompense for the Ohio shall
share handsomely In any increase
which congress may be prevailed up
onto make for rivers and harbors
Improvement.
At the banquet last night at Cairo
the following resolutions we're unar-
Imously adopted by the congressman
ana party:
The guests OF the "On to Cairo"
tour of the Ohio river from Pitts
burg TO Cairo on board the steamer
Queen City. en- tour May II. 1895
Favored as perhaps no people have
been favored during the history of
the Ohio river, and deeply appreci-
ating the honor, as well as the com
fort, care and courtesy of the trip
so graciously and so generously ten
dered by our hosts and so much en-
ioyed by all. hereby
Resolved. That we respectfully ten
der our sincere thanks and appre-
'iation.
To Capt. ]. Frank Ellison. of the
steamer Queen City and his gallant
ana efficient crew who have so care
fully planned for our pleasure, care
and comfort, and has so successfully
carried same into effect. thereby con-
tributing in every way to our most
pleasant voyage
To the ladies of the Ohio Valley
and the citizens generally OF every
city from Plttsburg to Cairo, inclu-
siye, for their many courtesies and
most generous hospitality. and for
the LOCO mile ovation so spontane-
ously rendered to the. party.
To the press of every city on the
Ohio river from Pittsburg to Cairo,
inclusive, and TO every other city
which has given generous space and
wide spread publicity to this tour of
inspection and instruction. To the la
dies of the party, who, by their pres
snce and genial companiopship have
so largely contributed to the success
and pleasure of the trip.
COMMITTEE.
No speeches were made by any of
the Paducah delegation at the Cairo
banquet last night. as all the time
was given over to the members of
the rivers and harbors committee.
Paducahans speak highly of the hos
pitality of Cairo and her business
men. and say the banquet was one of
the SWEETEST possible 10 imagine.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
Big Russian Fleet Then Steamed
Ont OF Sight.
Believed That the Conflict Cannot
Now BE Long DeIayed-VIadi-
yostok Ready for Siege.
MANY STORES FOR RUSSIANS

Saigon, May iS.-The junction of
the fleets of Rojestvensky and Nebo-
gatoff was effected off this port and
outside of territorial waters, May s.
The combined fleet remained in the
vicinity of the Point. where the june
ton was effected. until May a. when
they started seward. sailing in an
easterly direction.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
Saw ~ Vessels.

Singapore. May 1S.-The steamer
Segovia arrived today and reports
that she passed Monday AZ vessels
of the Baltic fleet. forty miles from
Cape Varella on the AMMAN coast.
The vessels were steaming slowly to-
ward the north.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
CASE FINISHED.
Fate of "Blue Beard" Hoch In the
Hands of Jury.

Chicago, May 1S.-With an appeal
to the jury TO infiict the severest pen
atty provided by law for murder, AS
sistant States Attorney Healy last
evening finished his closing argument
with the murder of Mrs Marie Welck-
er-Hoch. Counsel for Hoch, Attor-
ney Isadore b. Plotke made strong
plea TO the Germans on the jury. He
referred TO Hoch as this German
here" and he kept Hoch's nationali-
ty before the jury in nearly every
statement. Judge Kerstein's court
room was crowded, many fashionably
dressed women being spectators.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
PALA, THE MORO CHIEF
HAS MET HIS FATE.

Manila, May 1S.-News has
been received that Pala, the out
law Moro chief pursued for two
weeks on the Island of Jolo by
troops under General Wood. has
been killed.
His few surviving followers
are now being trailed by troops
AT the beginning of the up
rising, Pala was reported TO
have a following of six hundred
armed men, most of whom have
been killed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18

Has ieen Placed In the Hands OF the
Authorities.

Manila, May lS,-The American
rank In this city has been closed by
order OF Gen, Wright, and is now In
barge OF the insular authorities The
eason given is the protection of de-
positors. The capital of the bank Is
ifty thousand paid in, and a hundred
thousand subscribed. The deposits
are about hundred aud twenty-five
thousand dollars.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18

Frankfort. Ky. May iS.-Curtis
Jett's thumb on the right hand was
cut off by machine while at work
in the chair department of the prison
yesterday.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
General Assembly Opens.

Winona Lake. Ind. May is.-The
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church opened today with a sermon
by the retiring moderator DR., Henry
DR.. Moffatt, of Washington, Pa, will
probably be elected moderator.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
THREE SCORE AND TEN.
This Man Was Executed for MUIR
der In Connecticut.

Hartford, Conn, May 1S.-Gor-
sheen Marx. an aged murderer, suf-
fered the penalty for his crime in the
state prison just after midnight. His
last words were a protest of his in
nocence. Marx was almost "a. He
killed a farm hand and is believed to
have murdered another.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
THE LIMIT.
Cassie Is 10 Write "a Book, Instead Of
Going ON the stage.

Cleveland, May ls,-~Mrs, Cassie
Chadwick has announced that she
will write book She says when il
is issued, II will provide some sen
sational reading.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-18
The weather.

Increased cloudIncss and slightly
warmer tonight. with probably show
era Friday.