Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-05
INDOOR MEET.
Webster High School Will Run
Off Events.
Referee and Judge Members Of the School
Faculty-Other News Gather
ings.

Webster, March 4.-The Webster High
School Athletic Association will hold an
indoor meet tomorrow afternoon, at
their training quarters in East Village.
| The games will commence at 2 o'clock.
The Judges are Principal A. H. Morse
and Sub-master George F. Babb The
announcer and starter is Mr.. Babb, and
the timekeeper is l.. S. Butler. The en-
tries have all closed, and are as follows;
20-yard dash, Alfred Schultz, Peter A.
Authier James Grady, P. Edward
Quinn, Ernest Joslin and Warren w.
| Wheelock; broad jump, Alfred Schultz,
James Grady and Ernest Joslin; mile
walk, Warren Wheelock and James
Grady; hop, step and jump, Alfred
Schultz, Ernest Joslin and Warren
| Wheelock: putting the shot, Warren
| Wheelock. scratch, and James Grady,
with handicap of 21s feet; high jump,
Ernest Joslin and James Grady: N-mile
relay race. team No. 1, James Grady,
| Peter Auta1ier and Warren Wheelock; /;
team No 2. P. f. Quinn, Alfred Schultz
and Ernest Joslin; rope climb, Peter
Authier and Henry steinberg; N-mile
| run, James Grady and P. E. Quinn !;
boxing match, Warren Wheelock and
| James Grady.
PLEASING ENTERTAINMENT.
The pupils of the school held another
of their pleasing entertainments this
evening. The program given was as fol-
lows: Instrumental music, Miss Edna
Cook; defamation, James Buckley; dec
lamation, Wayne S. Surles; 5-minute
speech; composition. Louis Howard
defamation, Miss Annie Fits; vocal
music, Miss Daisy Rowell; defamation,
Miss Estelle Howard; debate, Resolved,
that the United States should increase
its coast defence" The disputants for
the affirmative were Misses Aline Cowie
and Helen Wilson, and the negative,
| Warren Wheelock and Ernest Joslin.
After lengthy discussion the question
was decided on the merits of the ques-
ton and weight of argument in the af-
f1rmative. The entertainment continued
with a defamation by Walter Goddard
vocal music, Miss Alice Harris; 5-minute
speech; reading of the chronicle and
news Of the week, Ralph Hill and c.
Harry Cocks; defamation, Maurice
Clare; instrumental music, Miss Alice
Davis; criticism and business.
The school has appointed Forrest NJ
| Larchar, Peter A Authier and Sub
master Babb q committee to select a
| floral design to be contributed at the
funeral services of the late Bessie
Norton, which will occur from the St
Louis Church tomorrow forenoon at
o'clock.
THE LOCAL WATER PLANT.
A visit of inspection was paid by the
Spy man to the Webster water works
this forenoon and everything was found
in apple-pie order The reporter was ac-
companted by Superintendent. Michael
Schofield. An average of 300, 900 gallons
| of water per day has been pumped al
! the station during the past month
! Nearly 1000 pounds of coal is consumed
each day in keeping the engines going
At the recent Tiffany block fire, SO, ,00C
gallons of water were utilized in putting
the fire out. Mr. Schofeld is making ex.
| tensive improvements around the
grounds, and for five acres north of the
station the land has been cleared pend
ing a general improvement.
RACE NEXT WEDNESDAY.
William Mcdonald Of Oxford and vii
liam Thompson of Dudley posted for
felt Thursday in the hands of Nose.
Moreau, and will meet Saturday at 12.3
p. M, at the Joslin house, when they
| will place $50 in the hands of the
! stakeholder The bet is made on q colt
race to be held next Wednesday in the
| Oxford driving park The race will be
mile heats, best three in five.
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
The large plate glass window at HUI
bert's clothing store Main street. was
defaced a few nights ago by some mis-
cradle wretch with marks of an OBJ
scene character.
The choir master of the Episcopal
church will soon organize a boy choir
Several soprano voices have thus far
been selected. This church for years
has been noted for a boy choir" the
only one in town.
| Mrs. Charles p. Davis, a leading So
prano for several years in the Baptist
Universalist, Methodist and Congrega-
tional church choirs, has begun a course
of vocal study with Prof. F. L. Whyte
of Boston.
| The Stevens linen works this week
received the first instalment of a plant
of yarn bleaching machinery from Scot
! land
Mrs. Sarah Downing Of Glen Head
Long Island, is visiting Miss Emily
Shumway.
Mrs. E. A. Goddard of Orange is visit
| ing Mr.. and Mrs. Rev. Lucius Holmes,
| High street.
| Antoine Klaommaler, who was in
| iured at the south village woolen fac
| tory. yesterday, by being caught by a
descending elevator. lies in precarious
! condition at his residence at Green
street, Dudley.