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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-28
Renorted S,nalInnx Case.

It is reported that a case Of smallpox
exists on TWenty-third street in Rock
cts. The man said to be suffering with
the disease has not yet been found, but
there is every reason to believe that the
report has some foundations.
H Several physicians have been sum-
moned to attend the case, but in each
instance they have declined owing to
the danger to their patients.
Health Officer Bagby is out Of the
citv
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-28
Masquerade Ball Postponed.

Owing to a misunderstanding about
securing, the Casino, the invitations to
the masquerade ball which was to be
given Monday by the AIistletoe Club,
have been recalled, and the ball post
poned until some future date to be an
nounced later. Another ball will prob
ably be secured.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-28
Refers Command Af,oat.
{BY Teleeranhl

:
SAVANNAH, GA, Dec. 27.-Major-
General j. Warren Keifer and the head
quarters officers Of the First Division,
Seventh Army Corpse. departed today
on the United States transport Panama,
for Havana, where General Keifer will
establish headquarters. There was a
large crowd at the dock to see the gen
eral go aboard the Panama and as he
stepped from his carriage there was a
cheer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-28
That Beer Tax.
(By Ic,egraph.)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Acting At
torney General Richards today rendered
an opinion in which he holds that retail
dealers are not required to pay the ad-
ditional tax of one dollar per barrel on
beer purchased by them prior 10 June
18th. 1898. the day the war revenue act
went into effect, and held by them on
that date.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-28
The East End School.

The new East End school house Is
row ready for occupancy, and will be
occupied next Tuesday when the public
schools Ereconvene. The furniture is
all ready to go into the building and
will be moved in during the week. The
school board does not meet until the
following Thursday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-28
No SUNDAY Ts&ll Tor Pirates.
(By Telegraph

PITTsBURG, PA, Dec. 27.-The Pits
burg baseball club will not play base
ball on Sunday next year. President
Young, Of the league, has been notified
to not include Tittsburg in the Sunday
schedule.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
THANKSGIVING PLAYS.

THE Girl from Paris" at the Worces-
ter Theatre this afternoon and tonight
Will have the same cast that presented
it during it's late run at the Park The
atre, Boston. Vivaclous Della Stacey
will have the role of the irrepressible
Parisienne, Harry Hermser that of
Hans the hotel keeper and in addition
to lot of other clever people there
VIII be a couple of genuine girls from
Paris who will present brace of dances
which are now delighting the playgoers
of the gay French metropolis.
The Park Theatre inaugurates today
the novelty for Worcester of a really
continuous performance, beginning at
1880 a. m. and lasting for II hours
without a break. No limit is placed on
patrons occupancy of a seat, and the
purchaser of a ticket may spend the
whole IL hours listening to the per-
formers If he so desires. The strong
list of entertainers current this week
will all appear and a half dozen be-
sides, especially engaged for today
"A Spring Chicken at Lothrop's Op-
era House is one of the breeziest com
edies imaginable and just the stimulant
TO take after a. holiday dinner Pretty
Madeline Marshall, the musical Charlse
sisters, agile Sam Collins and the 9th
ers of the cast give added 5est to the
authors lines and the attraetivsness
OF the production is heightened by the
excellence of the costuming and scene
ry.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
As Usual They Gave Out Supplies to the
Deserving Poor.

Things were busy indeed at the rooms
of the Associated Charities during the
hours they were kept open yesterday.
AL the morning and a good part of the
afternoon there was a steady stream of
people at the rooms, some bringing
donations of food, clothing and every
conceivable thing to make the Thanks
giving of the worthy poor of the city a
happy one, and many others desiring to
be benefited by the kindly thought of
the first named class.
A very large amount of the comforts
and good things of life were given out
during the day, just how much it is
difficult to estimate but it matters little
for all of it went to make homes and
hearts glad on the holiday.
There were many who were supplied
with fuel to cook the dinner that was
also given out at the rooms Of the as
ISOLATION. In every case, the merits of
the applicants were considered, as is
always done by the association. but
there were few who We're not given
whatever they desired.
tiers of the City Missionary Society, al
though the work done there was not
so extensive as that of the Associated
Charities DR. Mix was very busy all
day attending to the calls that were
made on him, and looking up cases thas
deserved to receive aid.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
ARE HAPPY
AS the Results Of Remem-
brances From the Police.

From sunrise to sunset, yesterday,
the Worcester police worked like bea-
vers distributing turkeys, groceries and
provisions among the worthy poor of
the city. over 600 families were made
glad and today will be truly day of
thanksgiving in those usually cheerless
homes Hundreds of wan pinched faces
lighted up when basket Of good things
was deposited at the doors by a bluff
but thoroughly kind-hearted policeman,
who was happy in the thought that he
was giving pleasure to people who
know of nothing but the sorrows caused
by poverty which follows them at least
364 days of every year.
Early in the morning charitably in
c1ined people began to send in good
things and the police found themselves
with their hands full. The supplies
were received at the stable which is
connected with the Waldo street station
house. A large force of police who were
only too willing to perform the services
went to work With q will and long be-
fore the dinner hour had arrived load
ed wagons were scurrying about the
city in all directions.
The good things were sent out on
lists supplied by patrolmen who for
several days have been investigating
into the true condition OF people who
lived upon their beats and would not
be able to buy the toothsome turkey
and other delicacies out of their scanty
earnings. Every known person who
was worthy was called upon yesterday.
If any really worthy person was missed
it was not the fault Of the police, as
they had plenty and some to spare, and
today they will distribute what was left
last night when the darkness stopped
the work.
Fifty dollars was received yesterday
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
THE BATTERY B BANoE.
One Hundred and Fifty Couples at Aonua
affair.


Battery B held its annual bail at the
armory last night. From $50 o'clock
until early this morning the armory
was thronged with the merry dancers,
To the strains Of Battery b orchestra,
under the leadership of p. A. Gibson,
the merry dancers whirled in the mazes
of the dizzy waltz or stepped the state
lier quadrille in genuine light hearted
measure.
The armory was handsomely decor
ated and arranged for the occasion
with a raised platform, entirely sur
rounded by palms and ported plants
that almost concealed the musicians
from view, upon which the orchestra
was seated. The platform was fianked
by the four field pieces that form the
armament of the battery.
The affair was almost entirely mil
itary one, there being few except those
connected with the military interests Of
the city present. Among the guests
were the majority of the officers of the
volunteer companies, together with the
entire rank and file Of the Battery 1t
self, and many of the other companies
also.
During the intermission Yeaw served
refreshments of a substantial nature in
the banquet hail upstairs, which apart
ment was also prettily decorated.
Members of the Battery who were in
charge of the affair and who directed
the floor for dancing were as follows:
Floor director. Lieut.. A. H Boswell;
aides, Sergeants Stevens, Wheeler Put
nam and Taylor; assistant aides, Cor
porals Nichols, Freeman and Lund-
berg; Bugler Bailey, Privates Moore,
Shaw, Bieberbach and Cookson-
About $50 couples in all were present
during the evening
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
SATURDAY.
Day Selectedto
Muster Out
EMMETT GUARDS.
Boys VIII Not Have to Wait
For Their Money.

Capt Moynihan, of the Emmett
Guards received orders yesterday to
have his company ready for muster
out and pay Saturday morning at $50
o'clock. Lieut.. Col. Weaver and one
Of Major Mays assistants, will come
to the armory at that hour. As soon
as the company is mustered out, the
paymaster will go the rounds and make
the boys happy with the golden dol
lars
1t is important that all members of
the Emmets be present Saturday. If
they are not mustered out with the
company they may be obliged to wait
several days for their money Men
who are too sick to go to the armory
will probably be visited by the mus
tering officer and the captain viii
draw their pay on orders. All orders
in the possession Of the captain VIII
be honored by the paymaster
Nearly all of the Emmett Guards will
rejoin the company after muster-out
The only exceptions, it is thought, Will
be the men who enlist in the regular
army.
Lieut.. H. n. Royden, Twenty-third T.
$. infantry, has gone to Providence for
a short visit He expects to open a
recruiting office IN Worcester. His regt-
ment, it IS expected, win Immediately
be ordered to Porto Rico.
No special arrangements have been
made for Thanksgiving day. The EN-
NETS Will be glad TO see their friends
at the armory today.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
ON THE STREETS
A Thanksgiving Eve Crowd
And All After Turkeys.

If you have nothing to be thankful
for today it is prima face evidence
that you was not upon the streets last
night. For if you had been, and are
constructed of ordinary flesh and blood
you would be thankful that you came
out alive from that hustnng, busting,
ever-moving, never resting, turkey
hunting throng
Talk about fox hunting in Worcester
county, with hedges, fences and ditch
es and that sort of thing. 1t isn't to be
compared to turkey hunting on Thanks
giving eve right here in Worcester
city, with baby carriages and bargain
burdened women and that sort of thing
The crowd upon the streets last night
was a distinctively Thanksgiving
crowd. Turkey was stamped all over
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
AT THE STATION.
Scenes and Incidents in and
Around Union Depot.

Union station from an early hour yes
terday afternoon afforded the usual
holiday rush. The Thanksgiving hus-
tie and hustle was more or less in or
der all day and, taken altogether, life
was decided varied Traffic on all
trains was very heavy, in fact much
more SO than has been the case in years
gone by. Outgoing trains We're packed
and incoming trains brought many Wis
itors.
The early morning hours were mon
opolized by the bargain seekers, who
came in to get thir Thanksgiving day
supplies. During the late afternoon and
last night, hundreds of people found
their way in and out of the depot.
Hardly an afternoon train came in on
schedule time, being from 10 minutes to
an hour and a half late. The train
from Springfield due at s 10 was filed,
and 1t came into the depot 20 minutes
late. At Worcester fully 800 people
We're on hand to take the train, and
four extra cars We're on hand. The late
afternoon train on the Fitchburg road
did not show up until Z. so o'clock, and
this brought many visitors to WOrces-
ter.
The New York. express due to reach
Worcester at Z SO was several minutes
behind time, and when it did come the
last leg Of the journey was made
through a block of humanity which
filled all the standing room in the de-
pot train she'd
1t was an impatient throng of people
who awaited the delayed trains. Peo-
pie who were going home to get a tur-
key dinner, college girls ahd college
boys old men and women. and people
of all types, were on hand, and there
was lots of fun between trains. A big
crowd of Tech students went out on the
Boston trains, and they made the de-
pot echo with yclls while they waited
There was some fault finding because
trains were late, but that was to be
expected.
The worl5men in the baggage room
were a busy set. From early in the af-
ternoon they were kept going, and the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24

morning. which swelled the total
amount of the fund to nearly $3.50 The
| following contributions in addition to
the $50 was sent in early in the day by
kind merchants and thoughtful indi-
viduals
Stephen Salisbury contributed wag
on load of all kinds of groceries VIII
| liam Wolff of Auburn sent a big load Of
vegetables c, w. Dewey, load of gro
ceries; r. z. Holmes s, Son, meat; the
Smith & Green Co, poultry; Armour q
| Sons, hams: S. II. Austin & Co., poul
try; J. p. Squires e Son, meat; L. G.
| Lawrence, lamb and corned beef; the
! Western Beef Co., chickens; the w. II.
Blodget & Co., load of vegetables;
Charles s. Allen, apples and potatoes;
| Gilrein 81 Hartigan, pork -four and APP
pies; F. L. FELTON,, j. n. Wheeler, r. F.
Adams, and Fergus & Co, bread and
pastry; Thomas e. Dowd, Concord &
| Dowd, and Smith q Burns, tea and cOf-
! fee: the Worcester Market Co and A.
/ II. Mirick, potatoes; and Henry Rich
and Bernard Haffey, turnips.
The names Of every member of the
families made happy yesterday We're
got by the patrolmen and there was no
end of clerical work to do. This was
satisfactorily done by Inspector Stone
and Clerk William l.. Robinson. Deputy
| Chief Atkinson, treasurer of the fund,
! took charge or the distribution, and he
went without his dinner in order TO get
! the supplies into the hands Of the peo-
/ pie before the day was done.
| over two tons of turkey and 700
! pounds of chickens We're disposed of
during the hours the police We're at
work.
| About 10 teams were at work all day.
| OF this number three were hired from
a stable John Rivard, Louis Riel, John
| Mcdonald, Garfield & Harrington and
others supplied the remaining number,
( free Of charge
The goods were delivered as systema-
| tically as possible. and in nearly all
| cases a. patrOlman filed the baskets
that We're delivered to the families
| upon his own beat
| The contents Of the baskets varied
| but all We're given enough and some
| to spare, and no member of the families
| helped win go hungry on New Eng
! lands great holiday. Small families
We're given a chicken and goodly sup
| ply Of vegetables and provisions. Large
families We're given q big fat turkey
and larger supply of vegetables
| Every family was treated alike in pro-
| portion to their number.
| The distribution was conducted very
quietly. The police wore citizens
| clothes. and people who might be over
| sensitive were saved any embarrass-
ment.
| A few more families were helped this
year than received assistance last
Thanksgiving.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
WALDO HOUSE.

S p
PURGE of Tomato, aux Croutons.
Consomme. Julienne.
Queen Olives. Celery.
Boiled Columbia River Salmon with
French Peas
Hollandaise Potatoes.
B o / Q d
Leg OF Southdown Mutton Caper Sauce.
Marrow Sweet Turnips.
r a t $
Young Vermont Turkey, Chestnut Dressing
Cranberry Sauce. Giblet Gravy.
Hubbard Squash.
Prime Ribs of Beef, Dish Gravy,
Sirloin Beef, Brown Gravy.
Spareribs of Pork, Apple Sauce.
% n + $
Escalloped Oysters. Individuals.
Savory Eggs on Toast. Shrimp Salad.
q b e
Boiled Potatoes. Mashed Potatoes.
Jamaica Vans.
Hubbard Squash. Mashed Turnips.
Lima Beans. Boiled Onions.
r e h $
Tomato Catsup. Mixed Pickles.
Pepper Sauce. Worcestershire Sauce.
p a s 7 y.
Lemon Rice Pudding, Foam Sauce
Apple Pie Mince Pie Pumpkin Pie.
D e +
White Mountain Ice Cream.
ASSorSted Cake.
Oranges. Concord GKages. Catawba Grapes
Bananas. Mixed Nuts. Apples
Plain Crackers. American Cheese.
Tea. Coffee.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
"FR1DrHJoF AND MGEBoRG. ,,
Stage Rehearsal of c. F. Hanson's New
Swedish Opera.

Taking advantage of an open night
at the Worcester thefher, the cast and
chorus of "Fridthjof and Mgeborg'
were given their first rehearsal on It's
stage that Composer Charles b. Hanson
and Stage Manager James Gilbert
might arrange the business and acous-
tom their players to their com
ing surroundings, The rehearsal mDr-
ed remarkably smoothly, and the fact
that 1t was closed shortly after 10
o'clock speaks volumes for the care
Mr.. Hanson has spent on his singers
and the favorable outlook for a rapid
and clear-ut first performance.
'FridthJof and Mse6Qrg," a grand
opera, composed by Q. p. Hanson OF
this city, on the sheme Of an old Morse
saga, and which his majesty King Os-
car of Sweden has hopored by lending
his name to 1t. will have is opening
performance under the direction of ths
composer at the Worcester theater, De
cember s, 8 and 10. The sale of seats
will open Saturday morning at the store
of c. F. Hanson s. Sons. and the plan
of first come, first servd," win be fol-
lowed, no checks being given out.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
COMMONWEALTH HOTEL.

S o up.
Consomme a rAnglise, Green Turtle.
Cream St. Germaen.
Boiled Kennebec Salmon au Petit Pois,
Saratoga Chips.
b o / d
Philadelphia Capon, oyster Sauce.
Westphalia Ham. Champagne Sauce.
OK Tongue. Tomato Sauce.
r a. t
Sirloin of Beef, Dish Gravy.
Prime Ribs of Beef.
Young Turkey, Giblet Dressing.
Cranberry Sauce.
Green Goose, Apple Dressing,
English Sauce.
Domestic Duck, Orange Marmalade.
Leg of Venson, Port Wine Sauce.
Il n r e e $.
Filet de Boeuf, aux Champignons.
Salmi of Goose, la Partisan
Queen Fritters, aux Marischino.
Chicken Salad.
C o. d M e s.
Corned Beef. Boiled Ham. Roast Lamb,
Roast Mutton. Pork. Roast Beef.
Boiled Tongue.
V e g t a Q $.
Boiled Onions, Squash, Spinage, Wax
Beans, Sweet Potatoes
z a t Try
Apple, AIince, Pumpkin, Lemon Meringue.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24

baggage men say they handled more
goods this year than ever before at
Thanksgiving time. Trunks in large
number were piled up about the bag
gage room-enough of them to make
a good sized fort.
Many travelling bags and smaller ar
ticles of baggage were also piled up,
and fully a third of the crowd carried
their own parcels.
The late evening trains brought in
large numbers from points in the
county and there was not even a lull
In the traffic when the 1925 train from
Boston pulled in this morning
1t is estimated that fully 5000 people
from Worcester will pass today out of
Gown.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
PRESIDENT TUTTLH ON THE PRO
POSED NEW FREIGHT SCHEDULE.

In a recently published interview. Presis
dent Lucius Tuttle of the Boston and
Maine Railroad effectually disposes of the
so-called Baltimore plan" TO reorgan4ze
the present basis of freight schedules
adopted by the railroads OF the United
States by substituting tariff of so much
per ton per mile.
lie says: Competition between roads
brings about that rate cutting which may
prove disastrous to those for whose BEN
eft it was ostensibly devised. The COM
petition here is no longer that of one
town against another but a contest in
which New England Is pitted against
every part of the country in the attempt
to market its products and manufactures
in every part of the world. A great sys-
toner upon its line equal territorial facili-
ties for marketing its goods, and through
it's connections with similarly powerful
systems makes it's customers competitors
everywhere under the most advantageous
conditions. The effort Of the railway
manager today Is directed to the cheapen-
ing of rates, so that his customers can
get their goods into the markets of the
world so as to compete with those sit
uated upon other systems. rather than -
get more money out of the shippers or re-
ceivers upon hts line. Thus the compete
ton becomes territorial rather than local.
and a great system, embracing a section,
can best deal with the question and give
those within its jurisdiction the better and
cheapest service
The railroad business is not in a salts
factory way, notwithstan the efforts
of the interstate commission and the uss
OF various expedients from which much
was expected. The solution of the prob
lem Is one that takes the ingenuity Of
practical railroad men, and they are very
much at q loss what to do. Is ii reasona-
BILE to suppose that others who possess NO
natural aptitude for the work or expert
ence in II, can settle this matter as 10
proposed by the Baltimore plan2 Whe8
each section Of the country has its own
transportation system, whose interest In
establishing fair rates would be as great
as the maintenance of them atterward.
then will the troubles now complained Of
disappear largely and a better state OF
things prevail for every one concerned"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
ALL QUIET AT PERo's.

A police detail of FIVE officers is still
maintained around the foundry OF
Prespey Pero, but up to last night no
outbreak had been made. The reported
assault of the workmen who have TAX
en- the places of the strikers was, so
the police and labor leaders think,
greatly exaggerated on the part of the
new Workmen,
The strikers policy of logging in the
footsteps of the workmen who took
their places does not please these men,
and the new men are very greatly dis
comforted over the actions of their tor
mentors.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
DINNER SERVED At MIDNIGHT.
Bricklayers and Plasterers Have Their
Repast Ahead of Time.

The seventh annual concert and ball
of the Bricklayers' and Plasterers' I'm
ion was held last evening in Father
Mathew hail. and there were present a
large number of people. Music for the
nell's orchestra, a concert being fur
nished for an hour before the dance be-
gan.
The floor was managed by Hugh Me-
Guire assisted by a corps of ten aids,
and during the entire evening the young
people present enjoyed themselves i'm
mensely. AT u o'clock a supper with
turkey and all the features of a
Thanksgiving layout" was served by
C. s. Yeaw, fully 100 couples enjoying
the repast.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-24
LOOKING FOR TURKEYS.

Many Called at Station Last Night for
Thanksgiving Dinners.
All sorts and kinds of people called at
the Waldo street police station last
night. They claimed that they were
worthy Of assistance and asked that
their names be placed upon the lists.
They did not want to go without tur-
key or a chicken for their Thanks
giving dinner.
A gentleman who did not leave his
name left several dollars worth of
poultry and groceries at the station last
evening and requested the police to
give the articles to some worthy family.
The gentleman purchased the good
things for people he knew were poor,
but last night he discovered that they
had been well supplied by the police
during the day.