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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
THE MINISTERIAL LEAGUE
It viii Continue Its Sessions for Another
Year.

The Ministerial League OF Worcester
and vicinity will continue for a year
at least, the papers being presented by
members rather than by outsiders.
At the regular monthly meeting held
yesterday morning, all ministers pres
ent agreed to attend every meeting
unless prevented by providential
reason.
The executive committee prepared
and carried out the program. Rev. DIR.
Archibald McCullagh read a paper on
Relations of the league to ministerial
success; Rev. DIR. G. w. King, Inter
church comfy; Rev George w. Kent,
"The relation of sectarianism to min
sterial success; Rev Woodman Brad
bury, THE participation in municipal
affairs as a help or hindrance to min
isterial success; Rev. Harvey Fl.
Paine, Emphasis on social life as a
help or hindrance to ministerial sue
cess, and Rev. Eliot White, Intel
lectual exchanges among ministers"
Mr.. Kent of the South Unitarian
Church spoke of the vital relation of
sectarianism to the success of the
ministers of Worcester, and that it
should be dealt with with courage
and sincerity likely to prove revolu-
tionsry. 1t is nothing strange for men
to differ as to methods in which to
serve one thing. 1t is a fact that sec
tartan differences are keeping Chris
tians apart. Men accept the same reli-
gion Of Christ and Of the love of God,
and fall out ON account of difference of
opinions regarding Christ. Such things
embitter and disgust, where but for
them naught but admiration and eager
ness could be felt. In a thousand in
stances sectarianism is allowed to
blind one to the righteousness and
piety, the energy for good in one an
other, which, united. would give the
religion Of Jesus an irresistibly persua-
siye saving power in this community.
Such sectsrianism is the most mser-
able hindrance to the true success of
ministers of God. Men of science
unite. Then why should not those who
have an added and mighty bond be-
tween them of conservation to reli-
gion of love and goodness?
Mr.. Bradbury said that a better I'M
Outstanding Of the duties of church
members was beginning ITO prevail.
While we insist on a minister's right
real question before us is one of ex-
pediency. No one minister in a hun
dred is called to do the work OF Park
hurst or has the qualifications for it.
Generally speaking, such active parti-
cipation is baleful to the minister s
most sacred interests; a sin obnoxious
in any one and objectionable in a min
lister. The preacher Is more than q
reformer. The minister who shall
achieve success that shall stand the
searching test of time will incarnate
the gospel and attract men to his Mas
ter by his own Christlikeness.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
BERLINs DRUG STORES.
Curious Names Bestowed by Apothe-
carries on Their Shops.
lThe New York Sum


The German drug store is always a
mystery to the American when he first
becomes one of its customers. 1t is not
nearly so comprehensive as the Aneri-
can institution C<5he same kind. The
apothecary's department, which is only
one feature of the American drug store
is an Independent establishment in
Germany and is devoted to the filling
of prescriptions and the duties of the
apothecary. The "droguerie,' quite a
separate place, provides half the arti-
cles customarily found here in the drug
store. 1t is to the droguerie that one
must go for soap, tooth brushes, drugs
in the pure and all of the articles not
dealt in by the apothecary. The divi-
sion may be a convenient one after the
mysteries have been mastered, but it is
confusing at first
Another popularity of the apothe-
carries Is that most of them have names
displayed That custom dates from the
earliest days of their history. One of
the most famous in Berlin closed its
doors the other day and the incident
recalled some interesting facts. The old
names of the shops have survived to
some extent. although the purely fan
tastic names have given place to 9TH
ers better suited 10 the commercial eX-
igencies Of mclA times. The city
today possesses l54 shops of the apo
thecaries, and many have adopted
names taken from the street, Squire or
region in which they are situated.
There are S. of these. and 10 are known
only by the names of their proprietors.
Nineteen are named after birds. the
eagle having ten named in its honor.
There are all sorts of eagles among
these ten, black, red and white. Other
names include wild animals, mytho-
logical names ssuch as Minerva and
Flora, and royal titles like Friedrich
and Augusta Victoria. Most curious
are those called after famous historical
personages, such as Arminius, Roland
and Siegfried. One difference between
the early days in Berlin and the pres
ent is the practical disappearance of
the French apothecaries. In 1870, when
the first count was taken, out of q
were French. Twelve of these original
places are known today by the names
khey bore then.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
DIRK RAR cL0un

The manifestly warlike preparations
of which the foreign dispatches tell
this morning, do not tally we'll with
the text of the French Fashoda book.
which says there is no foundation for
the alarmist rumors regarding the rela-
lions between France and England. +"
This sentence was written some days
ago, and it was intended for diplomatic
consumption. There is no installing
the fact, that the prospect becomes
more rather than less threatening.
Still, war has habit of breaking out
when and where it is least expected.
and of falling to eventuate when it
seems to be impending so that even now
one is 10th to believe that these two
great nations will rush into war, know
ing the fearful cost of the contest, both
in treasure and in human life. Next
to a war between the United states
and England, clash between France
and England would be the most to be
deplored.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
AUDITORS REPORT ALLOWED.

Another gratifying chapter in the
Millbury grade crossing case was closed
yesterday, when Judge Bond, on the
motion of the town counsel Thomas H.
Sullivan, Esq, issued an order for the
acceptance of the report of the Hon
Alpheus Sanford of Boston as auditor
in the long -drawn -out case of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
road against the inhabitants of the
town of Millbury. In the abolition of
the grade crossings in Millbury ON the
line of the Providence and Worcester
Railroad, there was a prolonged hear
ing before the auditor, Hon. Alpheus
Sanford who is connected with nearly
all the grade crossing questions
throughout the state, upon the allow
ance of the various items and accounts
resulting from the grade crossing abo-
lition, and now that the town has APP
proved the report, the order of Judge
Bond makes the matter final. Thomas
II. Sullivan, town counsel, has repre-
scented the town throughout the litiga-
ton.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
EIGHT LONG MILES 10 sIBoNEY,

Caroline Duer in Golfers Weekly)
It's eight long miles to Siboney--
You've got to walk or lie
For there's them that's wounded worse'n
you
In the carts that's iolting by
The carts that's jolting by-good Lord
Packed full of battered men,
And / guess their girls won't know them
If they see them home again.
It's eight long miles to Siboney-
And the road amt Of the best.
That's far enough, God knows between
A strong man and his rest!
But when you've fought through hell all
day,
And your wounds Is stiff and sore.
Whv. you've had your fill OF hardships,
And you don't want any more.
We're human ammunition,
And we're spent like shot or shell
But we're winning for the government,
And they'd ought to treat us we'll.
But maybe they gets reckless.
And they goes 1t kind of blind,
For they knows there plenty more like US
That's pressing up behind.
oh, Uncle Sam, we take your pay,
And we'd better work than talk
But it's eight long miles to Siboney,
And wounded has TO walk
You needn't spare us fighting,
For we amt afraid 10 die
But take care Of those that's hurted now,
And they'll serve you by ana by.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
4 PLETHoRA OF GOLD.

The swelling gold reserve-now
around $240,OOOOOO, the largest in the
history of the government-has prompt
ed the treasury to force the coin into
circulation, but the people who have
become accustomed to the convenience
of paper currency are 10th to accept
it. Our gold currency is now almost
equal in volume to that of Great Brit
ain, for besides the treasury reserve,
there is another 100000 900 in the New
York clearing house, and the total in
the country is estimated at $500, OO0, 900.
This actual plethora of gold has come
from the importations, the bond sale
and the payment of customs. Ever since
March, the proportion of duties paid
in gold has been on the increase, and
has risen from Il percent to So, to SO,
to rs, and finally, during the present
month, to so percent of the customs
receipts. This record is without par
allel in our history. Better than that,
it is conclusive proof of the stability of
the gold standard, and an assurance of
immunity from monetary ills for some
time to come. A period of tranquility
is a favorable time for reforming the
currency and putting it on a common
sense basis, for then the financial
quacks are apt to be less importunate.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
YER 'AND GUNNER"
George w. Wilson Has An Old Time Shake
For Worcester People.

FOR worcester People.
A big audience greeted the veteran
George Wilson at the opening night.
of his weeks stay at Lothrop's, last
evening. The work of the well-known
comedian is evidently familiar to Wor-.
cester people, and he received the well
come that is customarily accorded to
an cid friend.
The piece selected for the opening
night was the old standby in which
MI. Wilson has starred for years THE
guy nor. The impression made on
the audience was a very favorable one.
as the cordial applause that punetuated
the entire performance showed.
The play ia itself is a very good one.
OF the farce]eomedy type, and the man
agement makes sure that people get
their moneys worth by giving a vau-
deYille performance between the acts
that equals in the length the central
drama. This feature of the affair was
fully equal to the comedy itself and at
times rather cast it in the shade. Most
OF the members of the company who
appeared in the variety part of the
performance showed themselves to be
thoroughly at home there. in some
cases more so than in their parts. The
Herald Square Quartet that travels
gregation of its class, with good voices
and an excellent idea of how to aniuse
an AUDIENCE in their comie-specialties
Alice Williams is one of the best
people that have been seen at the popu-
lar price house this season in songs
and novel dances, and Alice Gerald and
David DeWolfe do very clever act
in spite of the fact that Miss Gerald's
symmetricals occasionally get away
from their moorings. All the members
of the company deserve praise for their
work last night and Mr. Wilson has no
reason to be ashamed of the support
he gets in his unique character Of the
deaf boat builder, Theodore Maceles-
field
The audience last night was especial
ly taken with the patriotic and war
scenes that are thrown ON the screen
after the second act. but the galleries
made a decided faux pas that did not
take with the rest of the house. when
they Missed the portrait of President
Mckinley.
THE Guv'nor" will run today. while
the rest of the week beginning with the
Wednesday matinee Will be filled out
by the same company in Your Uncle
Dudley" and The Messenger From
Jarvis Section"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

Treasury statistics show that the
banks now hold about thirty per cent of
the new issue of three per cent bonds.
The actual amount thus held is about
$50, 100000, which is divided almost
equally between deposits to secure cir
culation and to secure the deposit of
public funds. The bank circulation has
increased by about 1000, 900 since Au-
gust l, but in a large degree the new
bonds have been simply substituted
for the old tours as basis of circula-
ton. The banks have had to pay a
premium of five per cent or more on
the new bonds, but the exchange has
been profitable. At current rates, the
original purchasers of the popular
loan have netted something like
$11,5O00OO on the investment, which
might have been secured to the gov
eminent, SO that it is no misnomer to
describe the bonds as popular"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
STRUCK BY TRAIN.
John 7. DuhameI Has Narrow Escape at
the Hope Avenue Crossing.

John T. Duhamel, of 81 Lafayette
street, a member of the firm of Du-
hamel & Remillard, bakers, was struck
by the train on the Norwich road, due
in this city at $50, While driving over
the Hope avenue crossing last night.
The wagon was badly smashed, and
the horse SO badly injured it had to be
killed.
Duhamel was thrown out, sustaining
several bad cuts and bruises about the
head and face, in addition to frac-
tured knee pan and collar bone. He
was picked up, put aboard the train
and brought to the Union station, where
he was met by the police ambulance
and taken to the city hospital
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
HIGH SCHOOL CHESS CLUB.

The Hindoo Chess Club is hereafter
to be known as the w. Fl. S. Chess
Club, as it was so voted at the meet
ing held after their game in the Y. M.
c. A., Saturday They also voted to
extend a challenge to the Andover
Chess Club to play in Curtis Hall, Nov.
II. Each team is to consist of nine
men. II is likely that Andoyer will ac-
cept this challenge, as she has been
trying to arrange series of games
with the high school for the past three
weeks. There will be meeting of the
new club some day this week, when
election Of officers win take place and
the team picked to represent the
school.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

If Eugene V. Debs talks in Worcester
as he has talked elsewhere, he will be
Worth listening to, whether he makes
it clear that socialism is the one rem
edy for present industrial evils or not.
In Springfield he said the workingmen
had no cause to envy the business men,
for they are carrying the same burdens
in a different form. Competition is
running everybody The formation of
trusts, which others deplore, is well
coined by socialists of the Debs type,
not only as an inevitable evolution of
capitalism, but as one step towards So
cialism. When capital has been thor
oughly centralized, the socialists will
step in and appropriate to the public
good 1t is very comfortable theory
that Mr.. Debs enunciates.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
ENTERTAINED HIS usEERs.

J. Walton Howe, who will this eve
ming be united in marriage to Miss
Caroline May Delano. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Delano, Lowell street,
gave a supper last evening to the best
man and ushers who are to officiate at
the wedding. The spread was at the
State Mutual restaurant, and it was
attended by Mr.. Howe, with his best
man, Charles Delano, and the ushers,
Leslie Marden, George Childs, Fred
Curtis, Thomas Boyder, Walter Rice
and II. w. Robbins of Nashua, N H.,
the young men sitting down at 80
o'clock.
During the evening Mr.. Howe pre-
scented each of his guests with gold
pin. The ceremony will be performed
this evening at O'Clock, in Grace
Church, and IL will be followed by a
reception at the home Of the bride.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
GOODS REPLEvINED.
More Complications in Kennedy Fur Com
pany Case.

There were further complications in
the well-known cloak and fur store Of
J. E. Kennedy, at SO4 Main street, yes
terday, when Constable Richardson re-
plevined a whole lot of cloaks and fur
goods at the store, at the instance of
a Boston cloak firm by the name of
Winston & Sons, who are the plain
tiffs in the suit. The firm of j. e.
Kennedy was attached Friday by Dep
uty Sheriff Hayter, as told in The Spy,
and the preparations for the sale on
Thursday have been going on since the
replevin suit. The goods which were
replevined yesterday were bought very
recently from Boston, the date being
the 18th inst
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

The Worcester Spy wishes that the
estimable young men who write the at
tractive newspaper headlines here
abouts would be a little more careful in
the use Of the name of Hoar. To have
speech by Hoar," and thereby be led
into reading a red hot outdoor social
istic harangue is calculated to start the
goose flesh on almost any cuticle in
Worcester county. Speeches made by
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

Spanish politicians are aghast at the
discovery that the Pyrenees converts
have been stocked with 10000 rifles by
the Carlsts, and they have implored
the pope to suppress the pretender But
not even the pope will be able to pre-
vent instruction when the people be-
gin to starve and the soldiers get home
and find the politicians arrayed against
them. If such a time comes, then will
be Don Carlos opportunity.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

The decorating business which was
formerly under the control and man
agement Of a. G. Lalime, has been sold
by Shannon, Miller & Co. of New York,
who recently foreclosed their mortgage
for $4,000 on the place to Charles A. Full
Ter of this city, a well-known badge de-
signer, who win continue the business
at the old stand.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

Yes, there is no doubt that Boston
is growing fast as a shipping port.
The promised addition of seven ocean
steamers to the transatlantic fleet,
next month, is calculated to make New
York more than ever conscious of her
waning commercial interests
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
TOOK NO ACTION.
Church Of the Unity Pensioners Consider
Their Pulpit Vacancy

A special meeting of the practitioners
of the Church of the Unity was held
in the church parlors, last evening.
The meeting was called for the purpose
of discussing who would be called to
fill the pulpit of that sanctuary.
The meeting was of 21s hours dura-
ton, anu at its close it vas stated hy
those present that no definite results
had been reached
Rev Theodore p. Williams Of Bou-
ton, who preached at the Church ~
the Unity Sunday. is said to be a. can
didate who is looked upon quite favor
ably. Those present last evening spoke
many words of praise for the reverend
gentleman But other candidates were
discussed as we'll.
A regular meeting will be called IN
the meas future, at which the matter
of filling the pulpit of the church per
manently will be settled.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
FROM LITTLE TO LESS.
Democrats to Rally at stoneylIIe on We'd
nesday.

The democratic rally which was an
nounced to take place at Auburn, We'd
nesday evening, has been changed to
the school house at Stoneville, in or
der to better accommodate many who
desire to attend The town commits
tee has secured the services of the fol-
lowing gentlemen for the OCCASION: M.
j. Leyden, candidate for state senator;
Councilman James f. Ryan, Francis F.
Phelan and Clarence Dupre.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

Two jealous husbands in New York,
Sunday, first shot their wives and then
themselves. This made four dead vic
tins, two too many. Had the men kill
ed themselves first, all would have been
agreeable.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

The article in The Spy of yesterday
telling of Tammany's outrageous slur
upon the colored voters of New York
should have been credited to The Sun of
that city. The Spy is entitled to so
much credit itself that it never inten-
tionally refuses it to others.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

Editor Beriah wilkins cablegram,
When a nation goes to war and is
victorious, it conquers assets, not Ii
abilities" is picturesque. pithy and
epigrammatic. 1t should be framed
and hung up in the conference room
of the Paris peace commission.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

Now that England has issued her
blue book and France a yellow book,
Germany may be due for a red book,
Russia for a green one, and SO on as
long as there are nations and colors to
go around. How would huckleberry
book do for the United States?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

Those who class the president as an
out-and-out imperialist, because of his
speeches in the west, have read only
half of what he said. With another
collection of his sayings, it would be
equally possible to make him out an
nti-annexationist. The president has
not been giving away the case now be-
ing tried in Paris, but he has perhaps
been testing the sentiment of the peo-
pie, and he seems to have evoked ready
applause for either side of the ques-
ton.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

Judge Lawrence of Ohio, king of the
wool growers, says the Dingley tariff
is as bad as free trade, and he must
have higher duties, Possibly in time
he may learn that the United States is
something besides sheep pasture.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

If, as certain cahpaigners in Wash
ington say, the issue of the political
campaign is to be decided in 1.-The mid
die west" meaning Indiana, Ohio, Illi-
nois, Michigan and Iowa, then republic
can chances should be good. dis
tinct revival was reported in that Sec
ton of the country after the presidents
Omaha tour The bulk of the con-
gressional campaign committees lit
erature" goes to the states named. AL
most none of it comes east.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

It is remarkable what a lot of
scoundrels the negroes are shown to be
in every report of a fracas between that
race and the whites in the south. Per-
haps if colored men could have the ed
iting of the dispatches as they are or
iginally sent out, the rest OF the world
might get a different view Of the sit
uation.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

The Sunday pops" as Bostonians like
to call the low price evening concerts
inaugurated by Mayor Quincy, have
drawn such large houses that there is
talk of increasing the orchestra from
35 members to so. The concerts ought
to be good, with Emil Mollehhauer as
conductor.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

A democratic club has endorsed Rock
wood Hoar but it is feared that a cer-
tain other candidate will have to sit up
many nights before he hears of any re-
publican club endorsing Mr.. Thayer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
NO, LET THEM TALK.

Rochdale, Oct. "a.
To the Editor:
Sir-It is a surprise to read In an edi-
torial in Mondays issue, that The Spy
wishes TO suppress" certain agitation.
An eminent American statesman once
remarked substantially that there is
no danger in error where truth is left
free to combat it." Does The Spy sup
pose our Catholic fellow citizens wish
TO forcibly suppress Messrs. Fulton and
Diaz? And would The Spy favor the
forcible expulsion of them from Cuba?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25

The New Jersey pastor who started
a dancing class as an adjunct of his
Sunday school has been outdone by the
Chicago minister who has opened a
dancing school and put a billiard table
in the chapel When the young west
gets started it goes long ways.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-25
FULL pATEaNAL CONSENT
Northboro. Mass, oet. q.

Northboro, Mass, Oct. %.
To the Editor:
Sir-I would like to have you correct
a misstatement, which was made in last
Tuesdays issue of your paper, in re-
gard to my son, Charles j. Conway,
who enlisted in the I'd heavy artillery.
You stated that he went without our
consent or knowledge, whereas he had
my full consent, and came straight
from the recruiting office TO his home
in Northboro.
CHARLES A. CONWAY.