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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02
WORCESTER.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1895.

The January treasury deficit amounts
to about s7,OOO,OOO. The receipts have
been about $2S, 500, 900, of which $14, 500, 900
were from customs and $12,O0O,00O from
internal revenue, the remainder being
from miscellaneous sources. The GUS
toms receipts have increased about
100000 over December, but the inter-
nal revenue has fallen off 1890, 900. OF
the gross expenditures of $S5,266,OOO, the
pension list mas called for $12, ,S4O 900, and
interest on the public debt $5,1OO,o00. 1t
is easy to see where the money has
gone. The gold reserve has passed the
s164. 100000 mark, and it is destined to
go higher.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02

1hefe was only one unpleasant fea-
ture about the house vote that rejected
the Teller silver resolution. 1t was the
fact that democrats of sound money ten
denoies, such for instance as Represent
ative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts.
voted for the resolution. There were
democrats from New York and Mary
land, not to mention other states who
should have been recorded in favor of
honest money. The argument of Mr..
Swanson of Virginia, that the rejection
OF the resolution would tend to destroy
that parity between gold and silver
which the United States is pledged to
maintain, is not only specious, but fall
lacious. The crux of the matter, as Sem
ator Hoar pointed out last week, is the
honor and good faith of the nation; the
question whether creditors shall be com
PEELED to receive payment in money
worth about half what they invested in
the bonds But such Fictitious argu-
ments as Mr.. Swanson's were not need
ed to keep the democrats in line. What
whipped them into the ranks was the
old lash Of party regularity The gold
democracy as an organization has van
ished, and few or none of those who be-
longed to it have passed over to the re-
publican party. They have either gone
body and soul over to Organism for the
sake Of staying with the crowd, or like
Henry Watterson, they have given up
the fight in despair and decided to drift.
In other words, organization has been
enforced again with rigidity, and only
two democrats in the house had the
courage to defy the mandate. 1t is only
too probable that there were some weak
kneed ones on the republican side, but
here again Speaker Reeds splendid or
ganization was sufficient to control them
and make all but two face the music.
When they get home to their constitu-
ents, they will have to stand by their
vote, and in a majority of cases, we
fancy, they will not find that they have
suffered by voting for honest money,
even if it be gold.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02

Russia's reported threat of war, in
case England persists in demanding
free and open markets in China, would
be of less moment if it had come
through almost any other newspaper
medium than the London Daily Tele-
graph. That paper is not much given
to taking" and hence its reported in
terview with a Russian diplomat, de-
claring that war is inevitable unless
England acquiesces in the Russian pol
icy in the east is received with sober
ness. 1t says in effect, there will be no
free port at Port Arthur or Ta-Lien-
Wan. Germany will make the same as
sertion as to Kiao-Chou, and France for
the gulf of Siam and for Nankin. The
Chinese loan offered by Great Britain
is deemed a menace to Russian inter-
ests, and Russian influence will be ex-
erted to prevent it's acceptance. Mean
while, Britain's embarrassment in In
dia affords a propitious opportunity for
threatening her, and this fact is
not lost sight of. If the Telegraph's
correspondent has quoted correctly. the
situation both in Europe and in the east
begins to be precarious. It is worth
while to note, however that the Man
chester Guardian, which sometimes acts
substantially as a government organ,
announces a compromise of the diff
Guilty by the withdrawal of English
claims as to Ta-Lien-Wan, in consid-
Grafton of the opening Of a free port at
Port Arthur. That is to say, England
accepts half a loaf rather than no
bread
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02

Winter appears to have begun, and
those who have been yearning for a
specimen of the old-fashioned weather
they used to know when they were
boys may be satisfied for the time.
The heaviest storm that has fallen upon
this section of the country since the
memorable blizzard Of March, 1888, has
buried all New England and a large
portion OF the middle states. Nothing
approaching the present general block
ade of railroad traffic has been known
here for ten years back, though curious
ly, there is more trouble toward the east
than toward the west. This is an exact
reversal Of the experience Of our one
New England blizzard" The present
winter has hitherto been uncommonly
mild, save for two brief "cold waves,''
and the prospect for next summer
should, the meteorologists say, be for a
generally cool season, with.a few brief
intervals of intense heat. Meanwhile the
people Of the northern hemisphere can
contemplate the sufferings Of the Aus
tralians, who are having another sum
mer of phenomenal heat, the thermome-
ter registering as high as 124 in the
shade, the dispatches say. Things are
literally burning up, down there, with
fervent heat" to use biblical phrase
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02
Boston Store.
Denholm & Mckay Co.

There was little Snow Furry
Monday night and Tuesday morn
ing; did you notice it?
We did, for it doubtless kept hun
dreds of customers from attending
our great sale of House Furnishings
and Kitchen Utensils.
Notwithstanding the tremendous
downfall of the beautiful snow,
enough ladies braved the storm to
purchase more than IS sleigh loads
of Kitchen Ware, which is piled up
in the delivery rooms awaiting an
opportunity for our teams to plow
through the snow drifts. Don't be
impatient if you don't receive your
goods today; we're doing the best
we can under the circumstances.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02

Col. Warnings successor, Commission
er Mccartney. is having golden oppor-
tunities to redeem his promise to keep
New York streets as clean as they were
under Mayor Strongs administration.
Monday he had 1900 men at
work on the crossings, and 1000
men and $500 carts and two
melting machines removing the five
inches Of snow that choked every street
in the lower part of the city, Traffic
was suspended in some quarters, and
lower Broadway was impossible. The
removal of the snow alone will cost $685.
900. and still the papers are inclined to
laugh at Mr.. Mccartney.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02
THE TELEPHONE LINES.
The Local Circuits All Right But the Long
Distance Badly Crippled.

The New England Telephone and Tel
egraph Company is seriously hand
icapped so far as trunk line business is
concerned, although the local system
suffered little inconvenience. Lines run
ming north and west are reported as
working all right, as a rule, while those
running east and south are useless.
Seven Boston circuits are down, and
there is little likelihood of their being in
service before Wednesday night, if they
are then. Communication with Provi-
dence and points south is entirely cut
off.
The same state of affairs exists as
during the storm on election night, 1894,
when the wires were down in all direc-
tions. Worcester is the connecting link
between the east and west. The tele-
graph wires are useless, and the only
means of communication between this
city and Boston is over an emergency
circuit through South Framingham.
The Worcester and South Framing
ham line is connected at the latter place
with a line running from Boston to
Framingham, which takes in several
suburbs of Boston en- route.
To say that this wire has been busy
during the past "a hours, would be put
ting it very MILDLY. The local manage
ment have made an effort to use the
line to the best possible advantage, and
to give all who desired communication
with Boston their turn at using it.
Reports from Boston state that hun
dreds of poles and miles of wire are
down, in and about that city. Poles
which when placed were considered
strong enough to resist the elements for
years to come, were snapped off like
pipe stems. Along the coast a sleet
storm ragged which, coupled with the
gale, has cost the telephone and tele-
graph companies thousands of dollars,
in addition to the Inconvenience to
which the public generally has been
placed.
The trunk lines at the local exchange
began to bother soon after midnight
Wire Chief w. +. Leathers was called
to the office soon after IL o'clock Mon
day night, and remained on duty con-
stantly until nearly midnight Tuesday
night. The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company's lines are in as bad
a plight as the New England, as they
have no wires working out of Boston
west, or from Providence.
AT o'clock Tuesday morning, none
of the force of operators had put in an
appearance, but the entire force of in
spectors, in company with the night
men, managed to take care of the local
subscribers wants until conveyances
could be procured to get the girls to the
office.
Meals We're served in the building, and
the operators taken to their homes after
the days work.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02

city, but the same orders hold on boxes
north Arrangements have been made
with stable men in the vicinity of de-
partment houses to furnish extra horses
in case Of alarm.
Hose 4 has an extra horse in service,
which will be used on chemical in case
of alarm in the center of the city, but
on boxes north and the Laurel hill dis
trict this horse viii be used on hose q,
and the chemical engine will remain in
the house.
quarters is the only one in the city that
can get out to a fire at any distance
from the house.
The snow seemed to be drifted about
the department houses to an unusual
depth At Bigelow court, the snow was
banked to a depth of three or four feet.
The firemen were up as early as a. m.
shoveling the drifts away, to allow OF a
clear passage to the street.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02
WORK ON THE STREETS.
The New Commissioner Has Chance to
Show His Mettle.

Street Commissioner Prior has GER
tainly had his strength and patience
taxed by the recent storms, but Mon
days blizzard made the former SHOWS
seem like mere squalls. The undertake
ing which the street department has be-
fore it is simply enormous, but Street
Commissioner Prior is as cool and con-
fident with the problem before him as a
great general on the field of battle. He
has well-deflned plan which he is
working out as fast as all the men and
teams obtainable can do.
Tuesday was given up almost wholly
to the breaking out Of the streets in the
city and out into the suburbs. Little
snow was removed outside of the square
at Harrington corner and on Spring
street, which was packed so full that
nothing could pass through it. Two
hundred men and 80 double teams, not
to mention a large number of smaller
ones, were at work. Gangs of work
men followed the teams as they were
breaking out, and shoyelled the paths
to the sidewalks.
Early this morning larger force will
begin the task of carting the snow from
Main street. The undertaking is SO
vast as almost to make. one wonder if it
can ever be accomplished. From the
city hall to New Worcester, piles of
snow rise on either side of the road
from 4 to IA feet, and in places one rid
ing in a car can hardly see over them
through the windows. So long as the
weather holds cold, the work can go
on swiftly, but should g. thaw set in, it
would simply be impossible for the
street department to put the streets in
decent condition.
The new street commissioner is GER
tainly meeting the emergency with
pluck and energy.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02
AN EXCITING sLEIGHRIDE.
Venons Get Caught at jefferson and
Come in by Daylight

The sleighing party of the Vernon Bi-
cycle Club, held Monday might, will long
be remembered by those who braved the
storm. About % couples boarded two
four-horse barges. owned by G. w. Put
nam, and started from the club rooms at
8 o'clock Monday night. The objective
point was the Mt. Pleasant House. JEFF
ferson, and after a most exciting ride
the party arrived at IL o'clock. hot
supper was served and then the partv
proceeded to enjoy itself, giving little
thought to the storm without The long
er they remained at the hotel the fiercer
the storm ragged, and finally it was
question how long they would have to
stay. The time was whiled away in
games and dancing, and at 7.SO O'Clock,
the storm having abated somewhat, ii
was decided to start for this city. What
the ride from Jefferson to this city after
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02
Violet
Luncheon.

Mrs. A. H. Clay OF Boston, repre-
senting the Armour Company, will
serve during the week a delicate
luncheon, consisting of Bouillon,
Vigoral, Mince Pies, Baked Beans,
Bacon, Boned Chicken, and will be
pleased to tell the ladies Of Worces-
ter how to prepare dainty lunches
with the use Of the various pro-
ducts. Everything free.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02

Senator Frye and Senator Aldrich
may possibly be right in asserting that
there is danger to the party in bold talk
about gold and the gold standard, but
if the party cannot declare what it
means and still win, it is not likely that
it can win at ALI We might go farther
and say that if it cannot win on a
straight-out declaration for the gold
standard, it cannot win at all. The per-
sistent pother about bimetallism that
cannot be had, only confuses the peo-
pie. If both parties assert that bimet-
aSlism is the one thing desirable and
necessary, but one offers way of OBJ
tanning 1t, while the other offers none,
it will be only too natural for the people
to flock to those leaders who offer a
means of acquiring the much-desired
boon, without looking too carefully to
the results of their choice. The sooner
tnat toy balloon, international bimetal-
ism, is frankly cast aside as useless
and impossible, the better it will be for
the party and for the country. If the
tarir is to be regarded settled as an
issue, what else has the republican
party to 80 to the people on. except
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02

sound money. which, for the present, at
any rate. is the gold standard? We've
an idea that the bold, bad gold standard
is better and more popular than the poll
itic;ans admit
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-02
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Something New for
an Appetizer.

Appetite Slid, Bismarck Herring, Her
and stuffed olives will make a great an
petizer. You also will find some Of Ber-
tells own cooked ham, tongues ana
corned beef, the most delicious franlxf,,rts
bologna and other kinds of sausages. -
The greatest variety of all kinds n,
cheese In the city, sauer kraut, potato
kinds of dellcacies. 0N''e1
The record-union., 1898-06-19

have believed from the beginning in
bringing government near to the peo-
pie; in imposing responsibility directly
and Immediately upon the people who
make and administer government. The
proposed new system, if adopted, will
be a godsend for those who wish to
purge the Legislature of scandals and
corruption. Take the County Govern
ment Act, that marvellous and incom-
prehensible blanket that is made short
Tom, and thick enough for this fellow
and thin enough for that one, out Of
the Legislature and well nigh one-half
of the business of the peoples repre-
sentatives who assemble once in two
years will be disposed of. Take the
general County Government Act out
of the Legislature-the Act that is al
ways full of bugs''-and one-half of
the lobbying and trading of legislative
votes, to say nothing of the wrangling
between conflicting geographical inter-
ests, will be swept away.
But this happy result will not be at
tanned in all fullness until all the coun-
ties become self governors, and even
if the Constitutional amendment is
adopted that will not come to pass for
several years. Some would avail of 1t
at once, but the conservative many will
dread the rush into strange waters. Yet
the people ought to be as competent
in their character as county communi-
ties to set up the government suited to
their needs and local conditions, as the
delegations are they elect and send to
the Legislature.
Viewed in this light the proposition
is a. good one. Considered, however,
with a view to all possible results that
may flow from such a radical change
and the matter demands more delibera
tion and more careful and extended ex
animation and inquiry into the relative
bearings it will have upon other coun-
ty government laws, and the inter
ohangeable relations between counties,
and their dependence upon each other,
and so on
At first blush the proposed amend
ment impresses us favorably, for the
reason that the people will get just the
government they deserve, and are
therefore competent to lay down the
laws under which as political division
of the State they are willing to live.
The whole matter deserves profound
consideration, and should engage the
dispassionate attention and criticism of
the press. The time before the fall
election when the proposition must be
passed upon is not an hour too long in
which to consider it,
The record-union., 1898-06-19
SCHEME OF NEW BATTLESHIPS

Lieutenant Aberle of the United
States navy regrets the departure the
United States has made in the matter
of arming our ships Of war. He holds
that our original policy was best, which
was to have ships carrying more guns
and Of greater range than any carried
by ships of other nations. When we
came to the designing of battleships We
worked along the line of policy that
gave US boats excelling in heavy bat
terry power. OF this class is the Ore
gon, the eight-inch guns of which out
class the six-inch arms of other ma
TONS
But the new battleships, he says, are
to be the equals of the foreign ships
gun for gun, and not superior. Thus,
the new ships will have only six-inch
guns to back UP the thirteen. This, he
holds, is mistake, and he invites dis
cussion among naval experts upon that
proposition, for he fears that if the
Alabama class Of ships are called upon
to engage foreign ships of the same
class victory would hang in the bal
ance, when it might be insured if our
vessels are given eight-inch guns.
We would not presume to pronounce
judgment in such matters. Naval ex-
perts alone are equal to technical dis
cussion Of such questions. But laymen
can understand some of the reasons ad-
vanced in favor of swifter ships of Of
fense. Our battleships have been con-
structed upon the defensive plan. We
for them, since the national policy has
been one Of construction, and, hence, we
prepared mainly to defend our ports
and naval stations.
Now, however, it has become evident
that we must have boats of the bat
tleship type, displacing less water, and,
hence, carrying less burdens, in order
to give US offensive celerity of move
ment In short, what we need, it is
urged is a class Of seagoing battleships
with larger coal carrying capacity, bet
ter seagoing qualities and greater speed
because of type Of model.
Such vessels must be lightened all
that is possible and equipped for ce-
lerity of action, for pursuit and for as
sault. We assume, therefore, that re-
ducing weight of armament is a factor
of gain in the process necessary to at
tain these ends. However, before we
build any more battleships, it certainly
would be well to consider the objec-
tions raised by so careful a writer as
Lieutenant Aberle regarding the equip
ment OF SlIch ShipC
The record-union., 1898-06-19

BY treaty and with concurrence OF
England, France and Germany, we
have in the Samoan Islands the full
est harbor resupply and refuge rights
in the bay of Pango-Pango. If we an
mex Hawaii, as we should, and take
from Spain the Ladrone and the Caro-
line Islands or either, then with the bay
of Manila in our hands, we will have
as Senator Morgan well puts it, a
strategic situation Of immense value in
time Of war, and be placed on an equal
footing with all the other Powers in the
control Of commerce of the Pacific. He
adds: "The distance of Hawaii from all
other places, and its equi- distant prox-
unity to all points on our Pacific Coast
from the borders of Mexico to the ISL
and of Attu, would give us the ascen-
dency in sea power in the North Pa
cifc, if not the supreme strategic con-
troll Of that vast ocean area
The record-union., 1898-06-19
THE UNITED STATES AND THE
PHILIPPINES.

They say that many of the inhabit-
ants Of the Philippines are Mohammed-
ans, some are pagan, a large number
are nominally Christian, most are Ma
lays, many of whom adhere to religions
strange, diverse and antagonistic to any
religion of which we have had any ex-
perience in the United States, while few
have any knowledge of democratic
forms of government. 1t is added that
the people are divided UP into many
tribes, and that the hot blaze of tribal
try half the time. as the fires of an
cient tribal feuds are never extinguish-
The record-union., 1898-06-19
Itching
Scalp Humors.
Cuticura Works Wonders in
Cleansing the Scalp and Re-
storing the Hair.

I was suffering tortures from q diseased
scalp. was scratching my head from morn
ing till night. Little pimples broke out all
over my head. had no rest. l got cake Of
CUTICURA SOAP anda box Of CUTIcURA (oint-
ment). washed my head about once week
with hot water and CUTICURA SOAP, and then
applied the CUTIcURA (ointment) as dress
ing. 1 only used one box of ointment and
one cake of soap, to be cured. Now, my head
hasn't pimple on it, and my hair is growing
splendidly. ADA C. HARRELL.
Feb.21 1898. $50 Grand st., Jersey City, N. J.
was troubled with dandruff so that it made
my hair fall out SO bad, got discouraged.
purchased box of CUTICURA (ointment) and a
cake of CUTICURA SOAP. The former rubbed
well into the scalp twice week, and then
shampooed with warm water and good lather
of CUTICURA SOAP once week. My hair is
growing out thick once more, and free from
terrible dandruff. Miss ADA JAYES,
Feb. 20, '98 81 Webster Ave-, Chelsea, Mass.
l had bad scalp humOr, and thought l
would 60 frantic with itching. lost consid-
cradle Of my hair (of which had an abun.
dance, and was very proud). 1 tried several
remedies but they failed. tried CUTICURA
SOAP, relief immediate, and itching is com.
pletely gone. Mrs. NJ. JUDAH,
Feb. 20, 9S. 246 Halliday St., Jersey City, Nj.
The record-union., 1898-06-19

though the nation is in the midst of
costly war. 1t has not only not dis
astrously affected prices or crippled
finances in the world Of trade, but as
matter OF fact trade is better than
it has been for many years, and is
steadily improving along most material
lines. Money is not only not hard,
but is cheap and plentiful. The grain
movement out OF the country is still
extensive. The buying power of the
people is stronger than for a long time.
augmented considerably. of course. by
the heavy purchases made by the Gov
ernment.
The record-union., 1898-06-19

The Oldest postal official in the world
is just dead. This woman was Post
mistress Of a station in Scotland. Mrs
Brown was appointed soon after the
establishment of the first penny post
In the world, and held her station con-
tinuously until a few days ago. Her
memory ran back to the days Of Water
loo and the death of King George. Such
is the civil service retention In the
United Kingdom. Political change
never affected this faithful Post
mistress.