Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-11
mr.. ROSS REPLIES.
Spencer Man Sees No Reason to
Accept Challenge.
Files a Schedule of Questions for Mr.,
Newton's Consideration
Town Notes.

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A. j. Kirby and himself, today handed
the following note to the Spy reporter,
in response to certain published state
ments made by Arthur Newton:
To the Editor Of the Spy; 1 should
like to ask Mr.. Arthur Newton some
questions, which 1 hope he will answer
truthfully. First. Where did he play p.
e. Bowen for 800 and the champion
ship of Worcester county? and who was
| the referee and timekeeper? 1t seems
TO me some one must have heard of the
match, because he claims to have been
only l3 years of age, and to have beaten
MIN; but l can't find any one that ever
heard Of it. / hope he will kindly en-
| tighten me on this point, because take
g. great interest in checkers. Second.
Mr.. Newton takes the position that he
| has been champion since the death of
| r. e. Bowen. How Is this? He says
he beat him when he was alive. Did he
| Bowen) ever win it back or has he
| CNewton) dreamed all this?
, Mr.. Newton says he has stood ready
to play all comers for years, therefore
does not allow my claim to the cham
pionship. Where was Mr.. Newton when
l challenged any one in the county last
spring? And where was ne when Mr..
Kirby did the same thing last fall?
Eight years ago there was an open
| tournament in the city of Worcester for
the whole county. e. H. Kibbe won it,
and I claim that Mr.. Kibbe was the
first champion Of Worcester county and
the only one for the last eight years.
Mr. Kirby claims it by default, and
that seems to be a hobby with Mr..
Newton also. If we don't play when he
is ready, it is a default" If he wants
| it that way, there is no danger of his
losing it. Now, If Mr.. Newton proves
| himself worthy Of the consideration OF
| industrious men, / will meet him next
! fall. (Signed Samuel Ross.
| Spencer, Mass, Feb. 10, 1898.
| When Mr. Ross handed the above to
the Spy reporter, he had not seen Mr..
! Newton's statement in the Spy of this
morning. When his attention was call
ed to it, he said:
81 do not understand what Mr.. New
ton means. He and Mr.. Kirby, as I
understand, are playing a match game,
which, up to the present time, is a tie
between them, and they have six more
games to play Why do they not wait
till they learn the result of that match.
Who knows how they will stand at the
close of the contest? or are we to take
| it that Mr.. Newton is to throw the
game in favor of Mr.. Kirby? Mr. New
TONS desire at this time to arrange a
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Kirby for purse Of $100, looks to me as
though the present game was fake.
Gas to a match for a purse of $780,"
! Mr.. Ross continued, 81 stand by the
statement made to you and printed in
the Spy last summer, namely, I play
checkers for pastine and recreation
only and under no circumstances what
ever will I play for money. A man came
| to me today and wanted to back me, so
that I might, if 1 wished, accept the
challenge and lose nothing in any event.
/ never have and never will play where
a cent of money is involved. I have
tried to make that clear, and all those
with whom have played understand
my position. l have in the past paid my
own expenses out of my own pocket,
and refused to accept any Of the pro-
ceeds of the game, and if play shall
do so in the future"
i A SIzEABBs1 JOB.
! Though no written contract has been
made, L. H. Dennis expects to COM
mence painting Isaac L. Prouty & Co. IS
boot and shoe factory as soon as the
weather will permit. Mr.. Dennis says
he has not made an exact calculation as
to the amount of stock it will require,
but he thinks between two and three
tons of white lead, and from five to six
little over 900 feet long, by AZ feet wide,
and six stories high. Then there are
three, four and f1ve-story buildings
connecting the main building with the
storehouse and packing department,
any one of which, If set upon the
ground, would make a respectful build
ing by themselves. There is something
over III acres of floor space in this fac
tory.
! LARGE PLATE GLASS.
The work of placing the plate glass
front in A. E. Kingsley's block was COM
menced this morning and completed be-
fore night The glass is furnished by
the Boston Plate Glass and Window
Glass company and the large glass is
S4 inches wide and 1874 inches long. That
| in the side windows measures 36 inches
wide by 81 inches long The glass is
three-eighths Of an inch thick
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS.
Miss Julia L. Stevens of Lowell is
visiting her father, D. F. Monroe, and
sister, Mrs. John A. Hasking, May
street
Arthur George son of Rev. G.. Whit
field Simonson, died at the family resi-
dence in High street just before mid
| night Wednesday. The funeral will
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Saturday morning.
NEW QUARTERS LEASED.
The Holy Rosary C. II. A. Society to-
day rented apartments in Green's block,
corner of Mechanic and Maple streets,
which are to be fitted up and occupied
by the society at once. The main hall
! for meetings. lectures, etc, is so by 25
/ feet, and there are two other rooms, one
of which will be occupied as a reading
room, and the other as kitchen, both
adjoining the lecture room. The society
4 starts out with a membership of about
go representative young men, and 1t
promises to be a powerful factor in tenn
| perance work in the town.
/ A stereopticon lecture ON the world
wide Bible work was delivered at the
vestry of the Congregational church to-
night by A. F. Cotton of Boston.
| The Queen of Clubs held whist party
in the parlors Of the Massasolt hotel
| this evening.
| A PLEASANT PARTY.
Fifty couples were present at the
dance for the benefit of Charles H. Col
Inns, tonight, but over double that num-
Der Of tickets were sold. Some $50 or $50
will be netted. 1t was a pleasant party.
] UNDER SAME FIRM NAME.
The stock and fixtures belonging to
the late John E. Bacon's boot factory
have been invoked and win be ap-
praised by Emory F. Sibley and Dexter
Bullard They have given notice that
the business is to be continued under
the same firm name.
REPRESENTED AT WORCESTER.
/ Division 5, A. o. H, was represented
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