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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12

While the Massachusetts officers are
searching for the murderer of the New
ton family, the trial of another muir
derer for a similar crime is proceeding
in Rhode Island. 1t was about nine
months ago that Edwin M. Reynolds,
his wife and adopted daughter, SaviHa,
were beaten to death in their home at
Oakland, and their house was fired. In
several respects there is a close analogy
between this crime and that which was
committed at Brookfeld.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12
WORCESTER.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY IL. 1898.

! Massachusetts, mas shown up with
gratifying prominence in defense of the
civil service during the debates in the
national house of Representatives. Con-
gressmen Moody, Gillett and Mccall
have all made strong and sensible
speeches. Mr.. Gillett seems to have
been more or less of a surprise, and In
some respects rather carried off the
palm for effective argument and sharp
repartee
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12

Secretary Longs daughter Helen is
to cnristen the Japanese cruiser Kasagi,
which is to be launched at Cramps ship
yard, next week Thursday, but she
won't break bottle of champagne over
the bow. Her papa is a temperance
man. The Japanese minister was equal
to the emergency when objection was
raised to the bottle, for he Immediately
suggested that instead of spilling wine,
the young lady should release a white
bird in accordance with custom Of his
country. On the whole, nothing will be
lost in significance or picturesqueness
by the substitution Of the white pigeon.
On the contrary, there may be said to be
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12
Night Robes.

AT 39C
Ladies Muslin Night Robes, good
width, length 81 inches, both high and
low neck. tucked yoke, with two rows
of Hamburg insertion, neck finished
with pretty Hamburg edge, regular
Soc goods.
AT soc
25 dozen Muslin Robes, length "a
inches, high and v shape neck. deep
yoke with six clusters of tucks and
fo'r rows of Hamburg insertion, value
75c.
AT soc
10 dozen Empire Robes, neatly
trimmed with Hamburg, regular 75c
grade.
AT 69c
Fine Muslin Night Robes, square, V
shape and high neck, also empire style;
all elaborately trimmed with fine Ham
burg. Goods usually sold at and well
worth $1.OO
AT 75C
Fine Cambria Robes in four styles,
round, square, V shape and high neck,
neatly trimmed with lace and Ham
burg; would be a good bargain at SOC.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12
ChiIdren's Drawers.
Corsets.
W. B. SPECIALS AT $1.oO.

We will offer in connection with our
January Sale of Muslin Underwear 25
dozen Specials which we have
made up especially for our January
Sale, at $1.00 pair. They are the reg
ular $500 grade, sold the world over at
this price. Made in the French Coutile
material and nicely boned, white, black
and drab: sizes Ii to 20
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12
AT CSC

We have an exceptionally strong line
of Robes, nine different styles to select
from, all made from the best Mushns
and Cambrics, with a handsome assort-
ment of trimmings.
In addition to the above, we. are pre-
pared to show you beautiful lines of
Night Robes at prices ranging from
39C UPWARD TO $6
A
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12
UnIaundered Shirts.


AT 27c. =---'I ! ''
Mems and boys U9ksnrdered shirts
MADE Oh gooa deavy cotton. linen
BOSOM -.1ssE.ied seams and bands, rein
loresq and extraordinary value at this
AT acc.
Mems and Boys Unlaundered Shirts,
made of extra heavy muslin, fine linen
bosoms, reinforced front and back and
felled seams, both in long and short
bosoms.
AT 42c.
Mems and Boys White Dress Shirts,
ready for wear, full size and well made.
Goods usually sold at 75c.
AT SAC.
Mems and boys White Dress Shirts,
ready for wear, made with all improve
ments, and well WORTH DOUBLE
THE PRICE.
AT 39c.
Mems and boys soft and laundered
negligee colored pereale and flannel
shirts, all new and choice styles. These
are remarkable values at this price.
AT 47c.
Mems Unaaundered Shirts, made OF
Wa1nsutt4 muslin, 3-ply linen bosoms
and bands, felled seams, reinforced,
and all length sleeves, cannot be dupli-
Gated elsewhere for less than 75c.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12
Don't fail to take advantage of this sale.
1T nEANS A GREAT SAVING FOR YOU.


sa77TTo4SzG I + e. ..s.a-.-.,,,.
Mems Unlaundered Shirts, 'iiflas5e mate 81
very best muslin bosoms of extra fine
Irish linen, button holes hand workeds
open or closed bosoms, equal to custom
made goods.
Night Shirts.
AT acc.
Mems plain and twilIed Night Shirts
and felled seams. all full size, and
worth 69c and 75c each. These will be
found on first bargain counter.
AT 47C.
Mems fancy trimmed Night Shirts,
made of extra fine cotton, cut full and
wide and extra well made; would be
good value at one dollar.
AT 64c.
Mems Night Shirts, made of best
grade twilled cotton, with extra deep
yoke, double stitched and hand worked
buttonholes and felled seams. These
cannot be duplicated for less than $1.25.
/ Mems Collars and Cuffs,
6 for 55c. +
Mems pure Linen Collars, the Pey-
ser brand, warranted 210O pure 4-ply
linen, in all the newest and best
shapes. These are positively the best
collars in America at the price They
are equal to most goods sold at zoe
and 25c each.
Cuffs, I5c and zoe pair.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12

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One lot of Robes, several different
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49 cents
One lot of White Skirts, deep flounce,
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oale price .,...................
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Is dozen Corset Covers, high neck and
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10 doz. Cambria Covers. high neck,
Hamburg trimmed, price ...............
IS cents
One lot of Covers, v-shape neck,
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29

the identity of this lawyer such as that
he was an ex-senator, a practitioner or
high standing, living now In a large AZ
lanue seal board city and the like. 1t is
hard. however, to find any one here in
army circles who is familiar with the Car
ter case who is willing to believe that Mr..
Edmunds has rendered any such sweep
ing opinion as reported as to the invalid
ity Of the court martial proceedings, etc.
The case was prepared originally on the
basis of the evidence brought out in
private investigation made by leading Of
ficers of Capt. Carriers own corps, the en-
glneers.
Moreover, the point of view from which
the charges were drawn was peculiar, as
eny one can see who read them when they
were made public. Instead of alleging this
and that specific act in the local field
where Carter was at work, the charges
planted themselves, as it were, at the door
of the United States treasury, and al
legged the procurement by Carter of so
much money at such and such a time by
collision with such and such parties. This
form of indictment was adopted it is said,
for the very purpose of allowing the great
est latitude for the production of evidence.
As to the drafts upon the treasury, the
proofs were, of course, documentary, and
spoke for themselves; and everything
which would go to show corrupt collision
and conspiracy became admissible under
the broad allegation of the unlawfulness
of the means used to get the money out.
There might have been, IL is thought,
some question as to what evidence could
properly be admitted by the court as 10
certain charges of the issue of false corti-
fcates; but even if such points were raised
1t would be within the discretion of the
Pr sident to throw out the judgment OF
the court on certain specific counts, as
having an insufficient basis Of proof, but
still to hold the valid parts of the judy
ment intact and merely modify the sem
tence proportionately.
The rumor that Senator Plat has been
trying to have the President act on the
Carter case before election so as to get
Johnny" Gaynor into equal trouble with
himself excites a smile here. In the first
place il is not exactly consistent with
Platts usual way of doing business. In the
second place, there has been no disposition
on the part of Carters friends TO split
among themselves; on the contrary, they
have stuck together like band of broth
ers from the start. evidently feeling that
their one assurance of strength lay in
union. Plat, Gaynor & Co. are unlikely
to sever their common interests at this
stage of the game.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29
From the New York Herald

From the New York Herald
Washington, Oct. 26.-One of the strange
developments in the Carter court martial
case was that the papers were last Mon
day sent to the President and were in his
hands when Senator Plat of New York
called upon him on that day.
The record had had a final review by
former United States Senator Edmunds, as
a special attorney for the department of
justice. The papers had then been re-
turned to Secretary Alger, who had put
his Endorsement upon the recommended tons
of this authority and now they were be-
ing considered, as was stated to me to-
day, in connection with the visit of Sena-
tor Plat 10 the President.
/ was informed also that the exclusive
statement several days ago in the Herald
that the plan was to postpone the conclu-
sions of the case until after the elections
was one of the causes which brought Sen
ator Plat to Washington. 1t is well
known that he has actively interested him
self in behalf of the young officer, and it
has been remarked that both Senator
Plat and relative of Capt Carter are
interested In the same corporation.
The explanation vouchsafed for Senator
Pfatts visit was that he desired the Presi-
dent to take up the case now and dispose
of it before the elections. 1t was urged
that Senator Plat had already suffered
all political damage possible by the men
ton of his name in connection with the
case, and that he desired, for political
ends, that the name of John F. Gaynor
a New York Democrat should also be
brought out prominently at this time. The
names of Messrs. Green and Gaynor ap-
pear many times in the evidence as syn
onymous with the Atlantic Contracting
Company, with which Capt Carter it is
charged conspired to defraud the United
States government.
There is a doubt of lthe fact that Capt
Carter was pronounced guilty by the court
martial AS it originally stood he was to
be confined in the penitentiary for several
years. to be dismissed from the army and
to be publicly placarded at his place of
residence.
1t has been currently reported here for
some days that former Senator Edmunds
pronounced the findings of the court ir-
regular and Illegal, and that as a result
Capt Carter will escape punishment 1
have not been able to obtain any official
admission of this up to this time.
AWhatever may be the final decision of
the President, it can be confidently stated
that the matter will be taken up by Con-
gross in discussing the river and harbor
bin, and that that body will refuse to
make appropriations for three million dol
lar contracts which Messrs. Green and
Cfaynor as members of the Atlantic Con-
tracing Company, now have with this
government.
1t is stated that the legal officials of the
war department insist that both civil and
criminal actions should be pressed against
the Atlantic Contracting Company, and
they hint that many other parties not yet
named will be implicated.
am Informed, on excellent authority,
that the President will give out the papers
with the final verdict before the end of
this week
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29

aceonpaniments Of the picnic were pro
Ninvd Tor the froic, and one could fancy
nolhihs AVelier than a Tighter party."
June, OF course, was the favorite month
LOT what Is so rare as a day in June?"-
and, as the bellies and beaux walked the
echoes with song and laughter. the duskv
motors on the bank benz briskly to their
poies' Tor the African has a sympathetic
nature and music-loving ear
AS the boat entered the lake the follow
ing weird melody was appropriately rem
dered:
Come to the Lake of the Dismal
Swamp:
l wait IN my canoe.
Ihe pale moonbeams dim my FREELY lamp,
ana my drink is the midnight dew.
The ghost of The warrior chief 1 see.
And he calls for his midnight bride.
And 1 near the moan of the cyprus tree;
There the maid by his arrow died.
Come, let us sail in my phantom bark.
And sport in the fox-fire light;
Chase the swift bat with our meteor spark
Till the sun drink the dew of night.
we IL skim over the waters blithe and gay,
Though the murderer's howl we hear,
And Wen seek a cave for the sunlit day
Where Wen steep till the stars appear.
SHiS ~ MY odth, u as mOOr6Q Tor thee,
The whipoorwil MARBLES Come
Thoult love, I'm sure, its sad melody.
For it sings DER the loved ones tomb.
MY FREELY lamp begins to burn dim,
And the morn star is shining bright;
Now away-away-o'er the lake Iskim
And L bid, thee, dearest, goodnight!'
On the return from the lake at sunset
the merrymakers would stop for the even
dns at some hospitable mansion, where
music and dancing were kept up under
sweet compulsion' for many an hour.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29
TERREsTRIAL SPHERE POWER.
by Using Earth and Air Power win
BE Sent Vast Distances.

From the Philadelphia Times.
New York, Oct. 26.-Nikola Tesla. the
electrician, describes IN to-day's issue of
the Electrical Review a possibility in cleo
trio power transmission. His Inventions
for transmitting electricity at high pres
sure over long distances have been sue
cessfully applied at many natural sources
OF power Probably the most important
OF these plants in the United States is at
Niagara Falls, costing over seOoOOOo to
install, which supplies electricity to many
large factories and supplies electric DOW
er for running the trolley lines of the city
OF Buffalo twenty-six miles distant.
Inc announcement Is now made that by
employing electrical apparatus which ha
mas invented capable of generating cleo
trlcal pressures vastly In excess OF any
heretofore used, located at natural
sources or power, the current can be con-
Quoted to terminal maintained at an ele-
Nauon where the rarifed atmosphere is
capable OF conducting freely the particu
ier current Produced them at a distant
poant where the energy Is to be used com
mercially TO maintain a second terminal
at ABOUT the same elevation to attract and
receive the current and 10 convey IL to
eartn through special means for trans
forming and utilizing It,
with the articles an illustration Is pre-
scented showing streams of electricity issu-
ing from single terminal, giving an estl-
mated electrical pressure of two and a half
million volts The Electrical Review com
ments upon Mr.. Tesla's novel and start
ling ideas as follows:
Tesla now proposes TO transmit, with
out the use of wires, through the natural
media-the earth and the air-great
amounts of power to distances Of thou
sands of miles. This will appear dream-a
tale from the Arabian Nights-but the ex-
traordinary discoveries Tesla has made
during number Of years of incessant la
Dor, which are authoritatively described
In our present issue, make IL evident that
his work In this field has passed stage
of laboratory experiment, and Is ready
for practical test on an Industrial scale
The success Of his efforts means that pow
err from such sources as Niagara Will be-
come available in any part of the world
regardless Of distance"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29
HAS KILLED 5000 DOGS.
Police Exeeutioner in Charleston, 8.
O., il Hardened but Let One Dog Go.

~, ~ hardened but Let One Dog Go.
From the New York Sun.
Charleston, s. c., Oct. 26-The local dog
killer was telling his story the other day.
The man who was assigned 10 slaughter
all the stray dogs that drifted to the pound
was member of the police force. and he
says his record has passed the 5000 mark
To XIII 5000 dogs in the course of ordinary
work is not a record to be made easily,
and the killer thinks that he has the larg-
est list to his credit in the country.
II have always killed the dogs with a
parlor rife" said the official executioner
for canine prisoners, land owing to the
fact that / am considered a good shot /
have had the bad luck 10 get the detail a
great many more times than l would have
liked. Many a time have / gone TO the
pound and found forty OF fifty dogs wait
ing there to be shot. and the minute 1
would enter they would seem to know my
mission and try TO avoid me. / always
used small rife, and 1t was therefore
necessary TO hit the dogs square on the
brain in order to kill them quickly and
with as little pain as possible. l would
have to whistle to the prisoners to look
at me so l could get a fair aim. Wen,
they would understand what 1 wanted so
well that they would turn and hang their
heads against the wall. Many a time
have I left the pen sick at heart with my
self and my job.
THE most disagreeable experience
ever had was with a little black and tan
terrier There were forty-five dogs in the
pen one morning when went in, and half
an hour later not one was on his feet
II was customary for US to go about and
kick the dogs after they had been shot
TO see If they were dead, and was doing
this when the little terrier jumped up and
made break for liberty He had been
'possuming,' and he was the deadest look
Ing dog / ever saw until / kicked him.
When the terrier got to the gate and
found Il locked he made a dash around
the circle, whining pitifully. and my
heart failed me.
THE fact Is l would have lost my job
before ! would have shot that little dog,
and as he came around again called TO
the gatekecper and we let him out. He
flew down the street when he was free
from the pound. That happened while
Capt. Golden was chief, and / knew he
was strict about such matters 50 / felt
uneasy about letting the dog go. When
told him of IT,. however, he said he would
have discharged me had l killed the ter
rier"
All the stray dogs found in the streets
here are sent to the pound, and II the
owners do not pay a fine and claim the
property the police executioner Is called
out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29
TAKING AN OLIVE OIL BATH.

Put Through Precipitation Mill
and Mnssaged With Ointment.
From the Chicago Times Herald.
In a cozy little by-way of the South Side
is the singular pendant sign:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29
THE SPEED OF BIRDS.
Existing Estimates Need Revision.
They Can Beat Locomotive, But
Faster Flight Is DOubtfuI.
From the London SPECTATOR.


From the London Spectator.
1t seems probable that current estimates
of the speed of birds flight must be modi-
fed. On Monday, June q, a number of
carrier pigeons were flown from the Shet-
land Islands TO London. This is a great
distance, even for trained birds, the total
length of the journey being 5911a miles.
The date being only a week after The long
est day of the year, the birds had the
advantage of daylight during their whole
flight, and the winner reached the house
of It's owner, Mr.. Clutter5uck OF Stan
more, in eight minutes under sixteen
hours. They had been liberated at Ler-
wick at $3.50 a. m The official weather
chart of, the Meteorological office gave
not for the first time information of the
utmost value for estimating the condI-
tons of winds under which the flight
was made. The birds had the wind be-
hind them throughout their Journey The
result Is that, i'm what IS nearly an APP
proach to a migration flight the pigeons
Travelled at a speed Of thsrty-seven miles
an hour. An interesting correspondence
in the Field. following the announcement
Of this fact, showed how widely observers
differ on this most interesting question,
but the records approach more nearly 10
the lower estimate in each case in which
accuracy has been possible and IN any
case the surmises of the late DR. Gatke
that migrating birds Travelled occasionally
al speeds reaching 1870 miles an hour can
not now be seriously defended. Yet such
a good observer as MIR. Frohawk, one Of
our best painters Of birds and animals,
Is convinced that a godwit can fly 81 a
speed of $50 miles per hour, and Sir Ralph
Payne Galway reckons the fight Of a
teal as sometimes reaching 40 miles an
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29

to approximate to male in one minute
and ten seconds. "a mile a minute" is
less rapid when the fight Is watched
from a distance than might he imagined.
1t must be something less than half the
speed at which a swift dashes past on a
summer evening; though allowance must
be made for appearances when comparing
the flight of large birds with that of small
ones. A bee seems to fly like a flash-yet
it only makes thirty miles an hour, or half
the speed at which the heavy cormorants
fly home TO bed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-29
Another story From Washington.
From the New York Evening Post.

From the NEW lUIh IFtIIIHS IUat.
Washington, Oct. N.-The apparently
well authenticated report that ex-senator
Edmunds is the outside counsel to whose
review the papers of the o. M. Carter
court martial case were submitted tallies
very well with the fragmentary hints
GIVEN out here from time to time as to