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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-18

by the Edwards Co. were not correct and
the additional fact that the questions of
the assessors to Mr. Pratt were not sat
isfactorly answered. were pointed out.
not listed, amounted to 49, acres.
Mr.. Heath has said that there was an
honest prejudice among the citizens of
the city of Augusta against the Ed
is man. woman or child in this city
who wants this mill to be assessed for
more than is fair. But the city of Au-
susta has got to that point where it has
got to be just before it is generous.
THE Edwards Co. is enjoying the BEN
efits of taxation. About one-half the
pauper bills come from the operatives,
for their wages are such that they are
not enabled to save a great deal The
mill IS protected from fire. the streets are
taken care OF. they share our, police force.
me EDWARDS mil IS dependent upon us
as we are dependent upon them, If the
mill has gone down to s. per spindle.
then there shouldn't be any raise on the
property. IS it well-and l use the word
well. with the meaning of just-iS it well
for the city. for the Edwards Co. or the
county that this valuation be reduced ?
If our rate of taxation goes any high
or. property values must go lower When
You get the tax rate to % mills il takes
| quarter of the income. The assessors
nave gone about with their books and
done their duty as they saw X: They
VIII tr: next spring ana they always will
But. gentlemen, I doubt whether from
the standpoint of the Edwards Mfg Co.
getting. as they are-you will see from
| Mr.. Sheldon's testimony making AZ per
cent. per pound profit doubht whether
they'd want to retard the progress of
the city of Augusta. If property can 90
they can get the benefit ir a reduced
rate. Hventually.for towns have to 20
one way or the other-the results. SO far
as THE company is concerned will not be
so beneficial if they have the reduction.
THE city of Augusta is interested in
rms cas-" and they have great confidence
IN their board of assessors and rs great
confidence in this board to decide the case
according TO the evidence. Gentlemen,
We leave 1t in your hands"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-18
Thousands Of Mill Hands
Enjoying Higher Pay.
In a Few Days Thousands
More VIII Get a Raise.
$4,000 New England Operatives
TO Share In Prosperity.

Boston. Dec 17-NIill operatives ap.
proXimating $4,000 in number. employ
ed in different sections of New Eng
land, either received an advance in
wages today or a promised advance
at an early date. In Lowell about H.
900 cotton mill operatives received an
advance Of five per cent. The Textile
Council in that city. however, has un-
der consideration a request for a ten
per cent. increase and a meeting was
held last night at which it was decided
to postpone action on the ten per cent.
increase question until next Sunday.
About 1900 hands employed by the
Dwight Manufacturing Co.. at Chicopee
received an advance today. the amount
of which was not announced. The
action was voluntary on the part of
the corporation. At the Chicopee
Manufacturing Cos. plant the union
operatives are engaged in discussion
with the company's representatives
for a 10 per cent. increase. which the
company is not willing to grant.
The Arlington mills in Lawrence an
nounced today an increase Of 7k per
cent. in wages Of its 5000 employees.
The increase is to become operative on
Dec. "a. At Nashua, N. H., the cotton
mills Of the Jackson Co., posted a no
tice of a five per cent. increase. this
affecting several hundred men. From
Salmon Falls. n. H., came the report
that beginning the first Of the year the
wages Of the several hundred employees
at the Salmon Falls Manufacturing
Co.'S. mills were to be increased. The
percentage of advance was not an.
nounced. III.
1t is estimated that by Jan. 1. about
$4,000 cotton mill operatives in vari-
Gus sections of New England will re-
ceive an advance in wages ranging
from to 10 per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-18

$432, 900 and then you subtract number
one mill and you find the first cost of
the same items is $4,000 by Mr..
Morang.
1t merely goes to show how accur-
ately old mill men can figure these
buildings.
Mr.. Macarthur said they would cost
as high as $1.00 per square foot. as
sumo that he took into consideration
the foundations.
According to his estimate these
buildings would have cost $3.50, 900; &C.
cording to Mr.. Morang. $4,000.
Now throw number one mill out of
this entirely. The other buildings
| new. cost s377.0O0 Now it seems al
| most incredible that mills. as young
as these, that there should be such a
depreciation on these buildings.
The average age is 27.66 years for the
manufacturing mills. The Lockwood
| is about &c years.
Now excluding number one mill, the
| average age of the rest of them is a
| trifle over q years.
Now Mr.. Sheldon calls the worth
$l54.0OO, Mr.. Eaton 100000. Mr.. Near.
thur $l54.O00. There is a depreciation
in "a years of 20 per cent. or over 3 PEI
| cent. per year. 1t seems incredible
almost that these buildings should
| run off that amount i'm that space OF
| time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-18

During the early part of the afternoon
Attorney Williamson Paid his respects to
the testimony of Expert Sheldon. He de-
clared that Mr.. Sheldon took the lump
sum of $4,000 as the estimated cost of
new buildings to do the work of the Ed
wards mill, then deliberately knocked off
100000 as depreciation for bad form.
age and other things. Yet. he said. Mr.
Baker had set forth that the workings
OF these mighty minds were SO intricate
that the ordinary mortal cannot fathom
them.
He further showed that the witness had
taken the remaining sl36,OO0 as a total
and had made the items of value to fit
II, 1nStead OF the natural order of things
After speaking at some length in regard
to Mr.. SheldOn'S method of taking a mod
ern mill under modern conditions and
comparing it's product and its cost with
the product and cost of the Edwards mill
and then capitalizing the difference at 10
per cent. he concluded that it was the
only kind of property in existence that
would stand that method of valuation.
Mr.. Walmsley applied the same method,
Il method which cannot be accepted by
business men.
why is it," said Mr.. Williamson, that
on machinery. that they differ so with
respect to the buildings? 1t is because
they have figured them on the productive
basis. This modern mill theory says that
mill of 100000 square feet of floor space
is worth no more than a modern mill of
9O.WO square feet, equipped with modern
machinery which, as everyone knows. re-
auires less floor space. How can you
say that large building is worth no
more. than small one? Take, for 4
homely example. that a farmer out hers
has large barn capable of holding q
cows: and the farmer next TO him has a
small harn which will hold but ~ cows
NOW, the first farmer has 20 scrub cows
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-18

Tourists Of all nations spend every year,
something like $s5.oo0.ooo. or nearly $780,
90 day. in Italy. Considering the pow
erty of the country this CROP which is
produced by the national ruins. is Of TAR
more value than any cereal or manufac-
ture. ,-t ssy
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-18

The next item l want to take up is
the buildings or which there is a vast
difference. Mr. Morang's estimate was
s325 900 and Mr.. Pennelrs s1sO.OOO.
| Suppose we took old No. / mill and
placed it at the north end of the con-
| tinuOus stores on Water street. Old
No. 1 mill would reach nearly &c
| Bridge street.
If this sun of prosperity which Mr.
Titcomb and others think that they can
see rising above the horizon ever does
rise, what will become of those old
buildings then? Old No. mill too will
be running years after those buildings
have been replaced by modern build.
ings.
Mr.. Williamson began placing. in his
imagination. the Edwards buildings or
the west side Of Water street ant
showed that they would reach to the
Monument or Monument Park.
And Mr.. Walensley comes down here
from New Bedford to tell the county
commissioners that they are worth
only $4,000. More floor space thar
there is in all the business blocks or
Water street, both sides. He esti
mated that it would cost so cents Pc
square foot to replace them
: Mr.. Baker brought out that Mr.
Noyes is a member of the city govern
ment. He is, gentlemen, a conserva
tive, experienced builder and a mem
Der of our city government.
t Now Mr.. Noyes and Mr.. Clark figur
, ing together on the one side and MI
: Morang on the other, entirely separate
2 they figure that the new cost of all tn
new buildings was $4,000.
n Now Mr. Morang's estimate on tn
g sam" items including No. | mill wa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-21
CHICAGO CLUDWOMEN
WILL LEARN TO WALK
That Is, They're to Practice the
Proper Way and De-
velop Grace.

CHICAGO. October m--Chicago wo-
men who wish to improve their carriage
have an opportunity To acquire an ar-s-
tic step through the Woman Atnleuo
ClpI, tbis winter. Exercises designed to
develop grace and dignity In looomoton
viii be prominent feature Of the sea-
sons curriculum.
In order that the best results may be
obtained from the instruction uniform
s,,,nnasitiun costume will be insisted on.
m viii consist Of "A short skirt worn over
boomers and shirtwaist
A meeting OF the club managers viii be
held in few days to arrange for tho
usual series OF club dinners. The di-
rectors are Mrs. John w kcndrick. Mrs.
w G. Henry. Mrs r. VI. Bowman. Mrs.
Edward Leicht, Mrs Adam Beidlcr, Mrs.
Pauline Lyons Mrs. William r. Linn.
Mrs Armour. Mrs. Miller. Mrs T. y.
smith. Mrs. Edward h. Swift. Mrs Th0s.
r Lyon. MIS-. Joseph Long. MIS-. J. Og-
dan Armour and Mrs. Frank u. Orr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-21
Boys Sailor Suits

that have about EN- the true
smack Of the sea. $3.50 TO So
Boys Russian Blouse Suits
TO make your lad look as
smart Is an officer in the
Cars own regiment.
Boys Knee Pants. Shirts.
Collars. Ties, Night Gowns.
Pajatnas. Shoes. Stockings.
Underwear. Hats. Suspenders
everything for the apple
of your eye" and each the
rightest and brightest Of its
kind from the best makers IN
the land.
Jacobs & Levy,
TIE A5OOE or THE MODE.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28
HAVE SIGNED FOR PEACE.
Honduras, Guatemala and Salvador
Satisfied.

Honduras, Guatemala and Salvador
have signed the following articles OF
peace:
Article /. Peace established; with.
drawal of armies within three days;
disarmament in eight days.
Article 2. Exchange of prisoners
the release of political prisoners; gen.
eral amnesty recommended.
Article 3. Vigilance of emigrados In
order to prevent abuse of asylum.
Article 4. To negotiate treaty OF
friendship, commerce and navigation
within two months.
Article 5. Any difficulties over trea.
ty and all future complaints between
the three countries shall be submitted
to arbitration by the presidents of the
United States and Mexico.
Article 6. This treaty made with
the moral sanction of the mediating
nations and others assisting at the
conference-namely, Costa RIGA and
Nicaragua.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28
Later Report.

With the imperial ukase dissolying
parliament, which was promulgated
early Sunday morning. the curt9tn
rose upon probably the last act in the
great drama Of the Russian revolution,
The people and the government now
stand face to face. and upon the army
depends the immediate issue.
Even should the government, how
ever, succeed in restraining an out
break of the people, the victory prob
ably will only be temporary and sim
ply conine the steam for the final e.
plosion.
No one doubts the severity of the
storm which will rise in the country
in response to the emperor's dispersal
Of the men he welcomed two months
ago to the place "as the best men in
Russia" but the die is cast. The
government has elected to fight and
the capital today bore eloquent testi-
mony of the preparations made to re-
press the masses by force. The city
was packed with soldiers and resem-
bled an armed camp.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28
WRECK KILLED FOUR Cz.R ISSUES UKASt
RUSSIAN PARl LAMENT DISSOLVED
BY EMPEROR NICHOLAS.
ministers Report Public Safety In City
and Province of ST. Petersburg as In.
seeure-Russia is Now Back Where
She Was Two Years Ago, in Hands
Of Autocracy-Uprisina Looked For.

Russia's first experience in parlia.
mentary government came to an igno.
minious end Sunday night, when an
imperial ukase for d~issolving parlia.
ment and providing for the convoca-
ton of its %ces on March 5, 1907,
more thar six months hence, was pub.
llshed. There is also a measure of
safety to provide for the outbursts
which undoubtedly will follow the
news of the dissolution of parliament.
The text of the latter follows:
In consideration of a report of the
council of ministers, presented to us
regarding the necessity in the future
for the preservation OF order and pub
lie safety in the city and province of
st. Petersburg, we consider it neces.
sary to declare in the above city and
province, instead of the state of rein
forced security which now prevails
there, a state of extraordinary secu-
rity. The project of the city and the
governor of the province are intrusted
with the rights thereto appertaining.
THE ruling senate will not fail to
take proper measures to place this
into effect. (Signed) Nicholas"
With these pithy. but momentous
orders, which were promulgated at 3
0 clock Sunday a. m. Emperor Mich
oias, by a stroke of the pen, set Rus
STA back to where she stood two years
ago, in the full grip of the autocracy
and irresponsible government, wiping
out for six months at least the whole
structure of parliament erected at
much cost.
There is little doubt that the order
for the new ~convocation of the new
assembly will still further postpone
the time unless the new parliament
promises to be more amenable than
the present.
The delay in fixing the time for the
new elections seems to indicate a de-
cision to change the present basis of
suffrage to perhaps a basis OF univer-
sal suffrage with which the advisers
of the emperor hope to swamp the ed
ucated liberals, the socialists and the
wOrkmen with the vast mass of peas
antry The only uncertainty is the
coming stOrm-wherever ii will break.
The advocates of the mailed fist" be
lieye that by dissolving parliament
land provoking a collision now they
Twill find the revolutionary leaders not
prepared for an uprising, as at Mos
IGow, where further delays would Civ,
The revolutionists time needed to or
ganize and to continue the corrup
practices in the army.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28
WHITE SLAVES IN FLORIDA.
jackson Lumber Co. Has 100 Ger
mans in Peonage.

Pensacola, Fla, July 27.-Peonage
In a vicious form is charged against
the officers of the jackson Lumber Co.
at Lockport, Ala and United States
deputies, armed with warrants for
their arrest, left for that place.
If the allegations are true about 100
immigrants, mostly Germans, are held
in the oompany's lumber camps, virtu-
ally as slaves. A party of Germans
reached here from the camps, stating
they had escaped. They went to the
German vice consul for protection and
told him a tale of i'll treatment and
cruelty that has hardly a parallel in
the south.
They said they were brought south
IN February, under representations
that they would receive So to So a
day, but only 81 was received from the
company for the labor. They allege
that they were compelled to eat after
the Americans, and if nothing was left
they got nothing. None of them was
allowed to leave camp, and when they
attempted to leave they were caught
and severely beaten. When in the
woods the bosses 60 armed, and if the
men do not work to suit the bosses
they are stripped and, while two of
the bosses hold a man acros . log, an
other applies a strap or other instru-
ment of torture handy.
The Jackson Lumber company is one
of the largest ia the south.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28

The Spokane 81 Inland railway, which
has begun carrying freight over its
line as far as Waverly, has announced
a substantial cut in freight rates from
the Palonse towns on its lines to Spo-
kane. The new railway will charge
the same rates from Spokane to sur
rounding towns as do the other rail
WAYS. At present, however. the rates
to Spokane from surrounding towns are
higher than the rates out of Spokane.
The Spokane & Inland will charge the
same rates both ways-a ruling which
will be of Importance to the small farms
along the route.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28

Mr.. Barnes OF New York"

At the ColumDia-The typical Amer
lean globe trotter who attends to ev.
erybody's business but his own has
been dealt with by novelists times be-
yond counting, but rarely in a more
interesting manner than by Archibald
Gunther in his Mr.. Barnes of New
York" one of the most widely read
American novels ever written.
1t is the dramatiZation of this book
which the Byron Douglas company will
use this week.
The play is one Astounding in thrill
Ing situations.
In the title role Mr.. Douglas will be
admirably fitted, and as the polished
globe trotter and all round athlete
should do some of his best work. AS
the Corsican girl who has taken the
oath of the vendetta Miss Browne will
be given an opportunity to do some
emotional acting of the best kind.
Francis Yale will appear as Edwin An
struther and Mrs. Henry McRae as his
sister Enid, the sweetheart of Barnes.
Other members of the company will be
suitably cast.
At the Spokane-The Stewart Opera
company. said to number 40 people,
will open the season at the Spokane
theater August 20, coming for ar en-
tire week. The Stewart company is
under the management of John Cort
and is said to be a high class organ.
fation, presenting nothing but the best
operas, with complete wardrobe, cleo.
trical and scenic effects.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28
news OF The WORLD
,HaRT TELEGRAPH ITEMS FROM
ALL PARTS OF The GLOBE.
Review of Happenings in Both
eastern and Western Hemispheres
nurina the Past Week-NationaI,
historical, Political and Personal
Events.

In discussing the new meat inspec
tion law Secretary Wilson says that
,bere was considerable misapprehen.
sion regarding it's scope. 1t does not
he said, apply to any but slaughtering
and meat packing houses doing an in.
terstate business.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Bryan have ar.
rived in Dublin, ireland. They spent
Friday with Richard Croker at Mr..
Cookers farm near Dublin.
Austen Chamberlain, son of Joseph
Chamberlain, and Miss Ivy Dundan
we're married recently at st. Marga-
ret's church, Westminster.
In accordance with a supplemental
proclamation issued by the president
the register and receiver of the land
office for the Lander (Wyo.) district
shall receive entries for lands in the
coded portion of the Shoshone reser-
vation at Shoshone, Wyo., from August
Is to October 8, 1906, instead of at
Lander, as provided In the proclama-
ton of June 2.
Ou6 ulIulCd ullOn WOI hIlcH VI va
rious trades have quit the repair work
at Stanford university and will not re
turn to the job until nine non-union
carpenters employed on the chemistry
building are either removed or made
to join the union.
The public printer has suspended
Assistant Foreman Miller on the
charge of INSTRUMENTATION. Miller was
the cause of the presidents open shop
order.
Senator Allison of Dubuque, Iowa, is
slowly falling and will probably never
return to Washington.
The Duke of M~anchester's second
son is dead. King Edward was his
godfather.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28
ALFRED BELTS ESTATE.
He Left Millions for the Good of Eel
low Men.

London.-Owing to premature state.
ments regarding the will of the late
Alfred Belt, the South African million
aire, the executor of Mr.. Belts estate
have given out the exact terms of the
public bequest, without, however, dis
closing the amount of the fortune left,
which, it is believed. it will take con
siderable time to estimate, owing to
the fluctuations in the price of shares
owned by Mr.. Belt. He is said to have
left 1925, 900 900.
The sums enumerated reach the
vast total of $9,675 600, not incluuIng
the value Of the estate bequeathed to
his native city of Hamburg, or the art
treasures bestowed or the national
gallery and the museums of London
and Hamburg. 1t is, however, believ-
ed that the aggregate will be not far
short of $12, SOC, 900.
Trustees to Handle 100000.
The most notable provision of the
will is that a body Of trustees get on
troll of Sc, 900, 900 to be used in the de-
velopment and construction of means
OF communication, transmission by
railway, telegraphs and wireless tele-
graphy and telephones in Rhodesia
and upon the Cape-to-Cairo railroad,
which. with other requests for South
Africa, demonstrate that Mr.. Belts in
terest in the welfare of the country in
which his fortune was made was equal
10 that of his old associate, Cecil
Rhodes.
He leaves the property known as
Borstlers Jagar. near Hamburg. to the
city of Hamburg. to be held for the
people.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28
DRAMATIC r

Marie Cahill will begin her season
late in August.
staff" next season.
Haddon Chambers, the author OF
Captain Swift" is to write a play for
Kyrle Bellew.
A new comedy called The Lady
Burglar" has been successfully pro
duced in London.
There is a wild rumor that Carlyle's
"Sartor Resartus" has been drama
ti2ed under the name of Clothes"
Frederick De Belleville has been en-.
gagged as leading support for Thomas
W. Ross in the play Popularity"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28
Marconi has discovered that by the

Marconi has discovered that by the
use of a modified receiver for wireless
electric messages, it is possible to tell
from what direction distant wave i'm
pulses set in motion by other stations,
and not intended for the receiver,
which picks them up, have been sent
out into space. The significance OF
this discovery in warfare is easy to
understand. 1t may betray many Sc
erets to enemies, even though they
cannot decipher the messages inter
eepted. The direction alone is often
of the utmost importance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28

At "Holmbury," his country place In
the Surrey hills, A younger brother of
Lord Granville, the o~ctogenarian, f.
Leveson Cover, has a guest-book In
which each visitor registers on arrival.
One day, to entertain an ~irreverent
young person OF the present genera
Jon, Mr.. Cover displayed the book,
With It's hundreds of distinguished
autographs, and mentioned that on on
memorable occasion he had the three
greatest orators OF modern times under
his roof at one time, and pointed TO
their names:
Gladstone"
Argyll"
Bright"
~ suppose they did have the gift OF
It" the young person remarked, Ian
guidly.
Mr.. Cover looked puzzled, and she
udded:
THE initials OF their names form tbs
word CAB"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28
Turns Goremvkin Out.

OF Petersburg.-An imperial ukase
Ieieyes NJ. Goremykin of the premier
9nip n appoints M. Stolypin premier.
ne also retains his present post OF
minister Of the interior.
NJ sticjinsky, minister of agrieul-
'are, has resigned.
me parliament building is closed
apu guarded by police. who refuse ad'
nssion except to the president and
ne Vice president of the house.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-28

It is stated that friends of Stanford
White will cooperate with Thaw's
mother in an effort to press the trial
and inearcerate Thaw in an insane
asylum. Should the prisoner persist
in his retention of personal counsel IN
opposition to the plans of his mother
1t is likely that the latter will apply
for guardianship papers on the ground
that her son is incapable of caring for
himself.