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Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

Though the war scare at last hit
the stock market pretty hard, it does
not seem to have had much influence
upon general business, unless the cam
collation. Of certain import orders be so
Interpreted The fact is, as has been al
ready observed, the financial position of
the country is very strong just now.
The most conspicuous indication of this
is the continued and unexpected inflow
of gold from abroad. Within three weeks
1t has amounted to nearly SIT 900 900. AL
ready the treasury reserve has almost
reached $170,000000, and the gold is ac-
tually coming faster than the treasury
officials desire, though their professed
embarrassment will not be shared by
the business world. This gold is imported
simply in liquidation of the outstanding
trade balance caused by the unprece-
denied expectations of the past year.
This balance amounted to 1878, 900, 900.
Whatever proportion of this amount is
not offset by underyalued imports, for
eign freights, the sale of American Sc
curities held abroad and the money
spent by American travellers abroad,
must ultimately come back to us in
gold. What the proportion of gold pay
ments will be no man can say, but OBJ
viously it must be large. This balance
has been allowed to remain in Europe
on investment so long as money has
been easy in New York. Now that the
New York money market has become
tight again, owing both to the indispo-
sition to lend (as usual when war
scare is in the ai) and also because Of
the movement of currency to
the interior. The eastern war scare
has contributed to tighten the money
market abroad, so that the gold prem
ium in France is too high to make ex-
port profitable, and London, as usual,
has to stand most of the strain of gold
exports to the United States, while the
tension is felt in all the financial centres
of Europe Thus the financial pressure
of the recent warlike disturbances is felt
less in the United States than in any
other country.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

make a bad sermon. In beginning, Miss
Howison asked the question, What is
the mission of poetry?" and answered,
70 elevate the soul, keep alive the bet
ter nature, maintain integrity and sin
certify and foster charity, purity and
generosity" To master one of the great
poets increases ones power Of SYM
pathy for others. The mission of the
poet is to inspire people and prevent
them from slipping into the grossness
which threatens. Never have more
misery and talent been united in one
man than in Burns.
Into the lecture were woven MANY of
Burns poems, and Miss Howisons re-
cltal or these was one of the strongest
features of the evening.
Miss Howison lectured before the
Rhode Island Woman's Club last week.
Monday evening Rev. Calvin Stebbins
gave the third and last lecture in his
course on Milton, thus concluding what
mas peen most delightful series to the
large number of his friends and adj
mirers who have attended them. In sub
stance Mr.. Stebbins said:
The question is often asked. Who is
the hero of Paradise Lost? In ordinary
cases there would be no difficulty in
deciding the matter. The characters in
the poem are few; you can almost count
them on your fingers, and all stand out
IKE so many pieces of statuary. God.
his Son, the archangels Michael Raph-
el Gabriel, Trial and the Seraph Alb
dial, are the most conspicuous of the
celestial personages. On the other side
we nave Lucifer, called Satan, Beef
zibub, Bellal, Mammon, Moloch, Sin and
Death; while Adam and Eve represent
humanity.
There is great variety of opinion as
to who the hero is. But why any hero
at all in the ordinary sense of the word ,
It must not be forgotten that Paradise
Lost is Puritanepic, song upon a sub
Ject that Milton says was mot less but
more heroic" than any other that had
been chosen by the poets. II il NOT
pagan or medieval or development Of
later christianity on classical model.
me Puritan believed that 1t was his
Continued on Sixth PagaN
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

So far this month the treasury ex-
penditures have been $2,S68,741 above
the revenue. Another million has been
received on account of the Kansas Pa
citic sale, however, which nominally re-
duces the deficit by exactly that
amount The customs receipts for
March have been Sc, 422, 442, which is
hardly up to expectations. The internal
revenue receipts have amounted to S.
225,ls7 making the gross revenue for
the month $12,166, 25S, exclusive of Pa
cific Railroad payments. The large
drafts on account of the extraordinary
expenses of the army and navy depart
ments have not yet come in, the total
outlay on these two accounts being yet
only $2,720,OO0, though the contracts foot
up some s1O,0OO,OOO AS usual, large
proportion of the expenditures has been
for pensions-very nearly one-half SO
far this month
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

1t is a long time since the populists
have had such a glorious opportunity
for easing their minds and relieving
their feelings Of pent-up wrath against
existing conditions of law and order as
was furnished by the supreme court de-
cision overthrowing the Nebraska maxi
mum freight rate law. OF course, the
opportunity has been most gloriously
improved. Judge Harlan, who delivered
the opinion, has forfeited all the populist
love, honor and confidence won by his
minority decision upholding the income
tax law. Populist Governor Leedy Of
Kansas denounces the opinion as ''un-
clean" and sees revealed in it 'the
eloven hoof of official malfeasance and
usurpation" Nebraska populists are
urging Gov. Holcomb to call a special
session of the legislature and defy the
courts by re-enacting another law just
like the one annulled Thus the turmoil
goes on, and the principle of federal
government upon which the decision
was based is ignored amid the discon-
tented roar that even under the 20 per
cent reduction imposed by the discredit-
ed law, the rates would still be higher
than in some other states. AS a matter
of fact, the railroad war itself promised
reduction enough to satisfy even the
populist demands
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

1t seems to be already assured that
there will not be any such prices for
wheat next year as have gladdened the
hearts of American farmers since last
summer. Argentina, India and Austria
liza are to resume their positions as
wheat-eXporting countries, and, besides
this, the United States government re-
ports indicA e coming domestic sup
ply of 121,OOOOOO bushels as compared
with SS,00O001 at this time last year.
There is cause enough in these facts for
decline in prices, and also for anxiety
on the part Of young Mr.. Letter and
others who have been operating on his
side of the market. Still, the next game
is hardly begun, and there are various
things, opportune or inopportune, that
may happen.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

Richard Croker now talks of peace
within the party, land processes to repu-
diate all feelings Of antagonism towards
David B. Hill. While thus admitting
Hills mastery in politics, as shown by
the composition of the state committee
and the revolt against the press-gag law,
it viii be noticed that he still accounts
Edward Murphy, Jr, "the democratic
leader of the state" and the Troy SEN
ator may be doomed for governor.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

The rumor printed by several New
York newspapers, that one Of the Span
ish commissioners now negotiating a
reciprocity treaty, has sounded President
Mckinley on the subject of another
scheme of Cuban autonomy, may have
some basis Of fact beneath it. A propo-
sition for the complete withdrawal of the
Spanish army and the granting of per-
mission to the Cubans to organize sub
stantially any sort of a government they
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15
WORCESTER.
TUESDAY, MARCH Is, 1898.

What a brilliant spectacle, indeed, the
gilded dome of the state house will be,
if its outlines are to be traced at night
by half a thousand electric lights! OF
course, there should also be a search
light on top of all, and an operator with
colored-glass slides to give serpentine-
dance effects to the hanson cabs and
evening promenaders along fremont
street and the common.
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Your choice of Three Dec
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Sets, 40 pieces, $1,000.
Your choice OF Three Dec
grated, Wine-colored Toilet
Sets, ~ pieces. S. 90.
These prices are for Tues
day only.
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Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

Max Mueller on Some of the Men He
Has acknowledgment Humboldt,
Lowell and Ruskin-Miss Howison's
Lecture-The Coming Of Mr.. Thomas
and His Orchestra Rev. Calvin
Stebbins' Last Milton Lecture"
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''LowelIs conversation was inexhaust-
ible, his information astonishing. Pleas
ant as he was, even as an antagonist,
he would occasionally lose his temper
and use very emphatic language I was
once sitting next to him, when I heard
him stagger his neighbor, a young lady,
by bursting out with: But, madam,
do not accept your major premiser Poor
thing, she evidently was not accus-
toned to such language, and not ac-
quainted with that terrible term She
collapsed, evidently quite at a loss as
to what gift on her part Mr.. Lowell
declined to accept"
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

Charles H. Woodbury., Mrs. Marcia
Cakes Woodbury., Miss Sarah M. Whit
man Miss Lucy S. Conant and Ross
Turner are among the contributors to
the water color exhibition at the Art
Club in Boston.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

Some of his friends tainted Tenny-
son that he could never give up tobacco.
Anybody can do that he said, If he
chooses to do it,. When his friends still
continued TO doubt and tease him,
Well he said, L shall give up smoking
from tonight The very same evening
! was told that he threw his pipes and
tobacco out Of the window OF his bed
room. The next day he was most charm
ing, though somewhat self-righteous
The second day he became very moody
and captious, the'third day no one knew
what to do with him. But after a dis
turbed night, / was told that he got out
of bed in the morning, went quietly into
the garden, picked up one of his broken
pipes, stuffed it with the remains of the
tobacco scattered about and then, hav-
ing had few puffs came to breakfast
all right again. Nothing was said any
more about giving up tobacco"
after dinner we all stood, and the
king walked about. from one to the
other. Humboldt, who was at that time
an old man, about so, stood erect for sew
eral hours like all the rest. When we
drove home it was very late, and /
could not help remarking on the great
sacrifice he was making of his valuable
>.
Well he said, the Hohenzollern have
been very kind to me, and l know they
like to show this old piece Of furniture
of theirs. So | go whenever they want
me- He went on to say how busy he
was with his 'Kosmos,' and how he
could no longer work so many hours as
in former years. AS l get DID, he said,
1 want more sleep, four hours at least.
When / was young he continued, two
hours of sleep were quite enough for
me- I ventured to express my doubts,
apologizing for differing from him on
any physiological fact. 1T is quite mis-
take he said though it is very widely
spread that we want seven or eight
hours of sleep. When ! was your age, l
simply lay down on the sofa, turned
down my lamp, and after two hours
sleep l was as fresh as ever"
80
When M, Rene Doumic returns to
Paris. he will leave behind him a pleas
anter memory than most foreign visitors
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

to our shores. These gentlemen and la
dies generally regard their connection
with us as a severely financial one, and
having pocketed our sheckels depart for
fresh fields and pastures new or else go
home with a light heart and undisturbed
conscience. Not so M. Doumic, who has
volunteered to supplement the lectures
he is delivering at Harvard University
and elsewhere with a lecture for the
benefit of the Associated Charities of
Boston. This is very graceful as well
as a very generous, act ON the part OF
NJ Doumic, and is quite in keeping with
the agreeable impression left with those
who met him in Worcester.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

Continued on Sixth Page.)
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15

Club women will be interested to hear
that Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, president
of the Massachusetts, state federation,
who is spending the winter in Rome
with her daughter Mrs. Elliott, has
formed a woman's club in the Eternal
Civ
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-15


At its meeting Monday night the
Woman's Guild OF st. Johns Episcopal
Church voted to hold bazaar in Tern
sichorean Hall, April 10 TO IA.
March 20, at 80 o'clock, the woman, :
auxiliary viii meet in the assembly
room of the church Miss Mary N. Per-
ley VIII speak at 3 O'clock on the work
of the district nurse
Miss Jean Howson, a native of Perth
Scotland, delivered an excellent lecture
on Burns" Monday night, in Associa-
ton Hall, before a small audience IF
she had only known, a less attractive
topic, with the exception of Shakspere
could hardly have been selected, for orr
Scottish societies keep us so well in
formed with regard to the immortal
Dard that there is little popular demand
for further fact or comment.
Miss Howison was 20 minutes late in
beginning. and her hardness was re-
scented by the audience in audible fash
ION, but it is doubtful if the fact was
generally appreciated that the lady who
assisted in taking tickets was the lee
turer herself. When finally she an
peared she proved an agreeable speak
er and an earnest and broad thinker
She has an elegant presence and man
ner, and is evidently woman of ability
and originality. Miss Howison was
porn very near the Drumtoehty of Ian
MacLaren but she has been in this
country 35 years, during which she has
crossed the continent six times, and ali
that Is left of Scotland in her speech is
her beautiful voice.
Her subject was treated in serious
manner; indeed, the lecture would not
The herald., 1898-05-27
SQUARING ACCOUNTS
FIESTA COMMITTEE ISSUES AN
ULTIMATUM
Parties Who Have Subscribed Asked
to Pay Up or Refuse to Do So.
Receipts and Expenses

The gathering in of the funds subscribed
for the proposed Fiesta Of 1898 and the set
tlement of all business connected with the
abandonment of the festival Is causing
gray hairs in the heads of the committee
Of thirty who have had the Fiesta In
charge.
The executive committee met last night
and received a complete statement of re-
cepts and disbursements to date. With
this data the work of closing up and audit
ing all accounts was commenced. The
work will be in charge of committee from
three mercantile organizations who will
make final report to the committee of
thirty.
The executive committee authorized the
following statement at yesterdays meet
ing:
1.-THE executive committee is greatly re-
tarded in it's work by the failure Of num-
ber of subscribers to reply in any way to
the letters previously sent them and one
more letter will now be sent to those who
have not answered and after reasonable
time has been given for reply a full report
will be given to The public showing all re-
ceipts and disbursements, together with a
list Of subscribers showing who have paid
their subscriptions in full or in part and
who have refused or neglected to pay any,
thing"
The final meeting of the committee OF
thirty will be called within few days.
The herald., 1898-05-27
LUNCHES FOR THE TROOPS
Send Sandwiches and Eatables to
River Station

Some time tonight or tomorrow morning
the Eighteenth and Twenty-eighth regi-
ments of Louisiana infantry will pass
through Los Angeles on their way to San
Francisco. The uncertainty of the hour of
their arrival and the still greater uncer-
tainty of their being allowed to get off the
cars or stop long enough to accept any hos
pitality that may be rendered prevents the
women Of Los Angeles from serving hot
coffee and sandwiches to the weary boys
in blue, as they would like to do were the
circumstances different. 1t is suggested,
therefore, that the women of the city se[d
lunches to River station by 5 o'clock this
evening, where, The Herald is authorized
to say, committee will be in waiting to
take charge of them. Each mans allow
ance must be done up in separate paper
or box and must not contain anything like
jelly or fruit that would make the food
unpalatable should the trains be delayed.
A telegram will be esnt to the command
ing officer requesting him to detail a
squad of men to stop off and take the
lunches on the cars in baskets. There will
be forty-eight coach loads, probably be-
tween 1000 and 1900 men. There is no dan
ger of their getting too much to eat should
the number of lunches exceed the estimated
number of troops. From present advices
the serving of coffee does not seem feasl-
bile.
The herald., 1898-05-27
Postal and Pensions

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Secretary Bliss
today approved for patent to the Centra
Pacific company list Of lands selected
under the grant embracing 5SS acres in the
Sacramento district, California
A postoffice has been established at Fern
ley, Nevada county, CAL, with Guy v. Rob
inson as postmaster Shelley Inch was to-
day commissioned postmaster at Placer
vile, Cal.
William Froelich was today appointed
postmaster at Miramar, San Diego county,
CAL, vice Rudolph Echler, resigned.
California pensions: Original-John F.
Garwood, San Diego Sc; Julius Opperman,
dead, Benicia, $12; John Owen, San Jose.
s12. Additional-Paul Rlel, Arroyo Grande
IS to $12. Increase-Calvin Hall, Lookout,
Sc to IS. Widow-Maria Opperman, Benicia,
IS.
California patents - Thomas Fales,
Bridgeport, speaking tube; A. Duane Fos-
ter, Santa Rosa, wagon brake: Thomas ].
Fowler, Topaz. pipe wrench: Thomas B.
IIoppy, Yountville, dumping wagon; Hen, v
c. Hunter, Alameda, combined body blank
ami connecting strip for packing cans;
Charles H. Smith, Coulterville, car
oouplEg William A. Turner, San Fran.
cisco. station indicator.
rho senate today confirmed the nomina-
ton of Frank E. Jordan to be postmaster
at Jerome, Ariz.
The herald., 1898-05-27
the boulevard proposition will be consid.
cred.
AGRICULTURAL PARK
Drawing for the Two Days Coursing,
Sunday and Monday

There was the usual large crowd in at
tendance for the drawing for Sundays and
Mondays coursing at Agricultural park
at No. 143 South Broadway, last evening.
Owing to several of the best hounds not
being in condition, the 24-dog cracka ok
was reduced to sixteen, but they are all
"hyers." More entries were offered for the
consolation, but this was kept down to the
number advertised, thirty-two. In addi-
tion to the coursing, Prof. Markeberg will
repeat his great high-wire walking act on
Sunday afternoon.
Following are the entries and the order
of the drawing for the run-offs of each
event to take place on Sunday and the ties
and finals on Monday:
Crackajack stake - Catalina Orpheum
Lass, Meadow Lark-Kitty Scott, Snoozo-
Hercules, Doncaster-Sir Jasper, Grazer-
Chippy, Ormonde-ABC, Cyclone-Lady WAL
lace, b. b. & B.-Oriental.
Consolation purse-Stella-Bugle b., AL
iso-Fleetfoot, Skyball- Matinee, Columbia =
Little Lycon. Santa Ana Boy-La Tosca
Jack Sprat-Morning Star, DR.. Fagin-B Bon
ME Belle, John L.-Portia, John Mitchell
Maid of Erin. Admiral Dewey Oscar. Don
Orsini-Here We Are, Highland Boy-Juan-
ita Swift-Bright, Daisy C.-Corbett, Little
Brown Jug-Gold Dust, Queen J.-Little
Pearl.
The herald., 1898-05-27
Names Flags Presented to Sigsbee


Washington.-Through the courtesy OF
the secretary of the navy, the flags of the
battleship Maine, which is lying at the
bottom of Havana harbor, have been pre-
sented to Capt Sigsbee, who commanded
the ill-fated ship. The pennant is the
small streamer which flies from the jack
staff, and is known in naval parlance as
the Commission" flag. When the battle
ship or cruiser is formally placed in COM
mission the pennant is raised and an
nounces to all that the vessel is in active
service. Among naval officers this flag, or
streamer, Is looked upon as the personal
flag of the captain or commanding officer.
and is regarded as the most expressive az
Of the service, although 1t is in appearance
the most insignificant. It Is narrow strip
of bunting, having one or two stripes and
five or six stars. Every vessel in the navy
has similar pennant.
The other and larger flag is the emblem
which floats from all the ships of the
United States navy. The flag which has
been flying from the Maine since she has
been under water is expected by Capt.
Sigsbee on Monday. From what he can
learn, the flag is very b~dly torn, having
been whipped into threads by the trade
winds.