The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-09-30

ty. They are rare in this vicinity. The fruit
il large and handsome. One specimen given
the writer measured IL 1-2 inches in circum-
ference and is a beauty. These apples have
sold for Sc barrel
SHALL We HAVE LECTURE COURSE? The
specia! committee who have been canvassing
the city for pledges to buy tickets for a lee
ture course, as outlined in last weeks Journal,
met at the home of Mrs. F. w. Pote last Mon
day. The secretary of the Improvement Soci-
ETY., Mrs. Geo. E. Bracket was instructed to
correspond with the White Entertainment
Bureau of Boston in regard to the matter OF
prices, etc. The majority of our citizens seen
have given much encouragement and the COM
mittee will continue their canvassing and re-
port at the regular meeting of the Improve
ment Society with Mrs. F. w. Pote next Mon
day afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, when all MEM
bers are requested to be present. Those dis
posed to help in the course will confer favor
by giving their names to any member of the
following canvassing committee: Rev. Adolph
Rossbach, chairman; Mr.. and Mrs E. R. Pierce,
Mrs G. E. Bracket, Mrs. C. H. Crosby, Mrs.
E. S. Pitcher, Misses Caroline W. Field and
Sue M. Partridge.
AN AUTO ACCIDENT. Mr.. Lucius F. McDon-
aid, while driving his 20 horsepower Maxwell
car last Thursday afternoon up Waldo Avenue,
coiided with an OK team at the junction of
Vine street. Mr.. Mcdonald turned his auto to
run down Vine street just as the OK team left
the street for the avenue. The head of the
car struck the of the team and the force
of the collision sent the auto up over a four
foot bank on the opposite side of the avenue
throwing out Mrs. H. H. Mcdonald, Mrs. Har-
riet F. Horn and Mrs Georgia Pendleton, while
Mr.. Mcdonald and his brother Mr.. H. H. Nc
Donald, kept their seats. Mrs. Pendleton es-
capped with few bruises. Mrs. H. H. Melon
aid and Mrs. Horn had their right collar bones
fractured in practically the same place, and all
were more or less shaken up but consider
themselves fortunate to have escaped more
serious injury. The auto was but slightly
injured. Mr.. Mcdonald appreciates the kind
ness of the people in the neighborhood, partic-
ularly in the home of Mrs. S. R. Lewis. DR.. E.
D. Tapley was summoned and everything pos
sible done for the comfort of the injured.
STEAMER NoTEs. A dense fog prevailed on
the coast last week, and while the Boston
boats arrived here on time with one exception
they were somewhat delayed on the outward
trip. An incident which happened as the
steamer Belfast was about to tie up at Boston
added to the provocation due to her hardness
Following customary practice, as the steam
or Ill r.
package containing the ships funds and mani
tests was thrown from the steamer to an
agent on the wharf whose duty it was to take
the package to the Office But the man who
threw the package either didn't gauge the dis
lance accurately or didn't put sufficient power
into his cast for the package struck the cap
log, rebounded and fell into the water. After
while it was recovered bya deck hand with
boathook. The funds were intact, but the
manifests were rendered useless, for practi-
cally all of the items contained in them were
blurred in such manner by the water that it
was impossible to make out anything. For a
WHILE until new manifests We're secured, con-
fusion, delay and inconvenience was expert
enced by steamship officials and freight con-
signees... A quarterly dividend of one per
cent on the capital stock of the Eastern Steam
ship Company has been declared payable No
vember LIST, 1909, to stockholders of record at
close of business, October 18th, 19O9.. The
four-trip week arrangement on the Boston
Bangor line will begin October 4th. Steamers
leaving Belfast for Boston Monday, We'd
nesday, Thursday and Saturday at II a. M and
arriving here on Tuesday, Wednesday Friday
and Saturday. The Camden and Belfast will
perform this service.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The tonnage tax of
two cents instead of three cents per ton will be
imposed on and after October 5th on vessels
entering from any foreign port in North Am
erica, Central America, the West India islands,
the Bahama islands, Bermuda, the coast of
South America bordering on the Caribbean sea,
tax is not to exceed 10 cents per ton in any one
year. Under the old tariff law the aggregate
duty was not to exceed Is cents per ton in any
one year. There is no change in the tax to be
levied on vess els coming from other foreign
ports, the rate of duty being six cents per ton,
not to exceed 80 cents per ton annum. The
tax is not imposed on vessels seeking harbor in
distress or those not engaged in trade. The
shipping people are pleased that the changes
brought about by the Payne-Aldrich act has re-
suited in revision downward, so far as the ton
mage tax is concerned. The work on the three
master in R. L. Beans yard, Camden, is well
along. The planning is about done and the paint
is being put on. The vessel will be launched in
October. The two yachts of the Holy Ghost
and Us fleet the bark Kingdom and schooner
Coronet were in Camden harbor last week. The
four-masted schooner Mount Hope, which had
undergone repairs here and the three-master
James Slater, were wind-bound and fog -bound
in the harbor last week. The Mount Hope is
bound for Delaware Breakwater for orders and
the James Slater, Captain Batchelder, for
Windsor, N. S., to load lumber for New York.
The Mount Hope got underway Saturday after
noon when the wind came off, but it soon veered
to the southeast and she did not get far, but both
vessels have since got to sea. The six-masted
schooner building at the Percy & Small yard in
Bath, Me-, will be the largest vessel of her
type ever built, and also when completed will
be the largest wooden sailing vessel in the
world. This schooner is to be ready for launch
ing in December and will be about $500 tons
gross. She will be managed and owned by her
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