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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13


'7'''ltslou' Dee. l2-The quarter
masters department ,.r ~.
now called r,.o,, a.. 'il''" Is
task ne 4.,-.. WIG L'Flhldaole
WI tidASp porting from the philin-
p'ieS an VI The Spanish soldiers WIN
constitute the ra.r,is,.,,5. .-,,. -.
rrhe,... ...,.. '7''i9 Oh the islands.
'"OD- 1"'e90 OF these accord
ing To the best information i,oesassod
by the war department An..,f tf,.....,-
eminent t,..,,...... 'N'' vi enc s'N-
,.-..,... '' j." ING service are
ue| Iof The movement OF the Uni
Jed states army SO tha zya. Io,,srt
ment will be ,hI,g.5 ,-. ...--.,..D l''''
from, t,,.,........ ''-T PlNPo9sl4S
''''9P 'IlaJlon companies to carry
NIe men, The officials from the score
taly down have haan So +l,-..,..-,.,-.
convinced off +l,. :, my
a.. '' '''s WISDOM OF the policy
my pursued IN the transportation of
The Santiago prisoners mat f7a, are
disposed TO repeat the a,yperirnant if
suitable terms can be made Tn rbat
case the Spanish Transa fiantic COM
p-ny, a government-ajded transnorta-
ton line, was awarded the CONTRACT for
carrying the troops to spain Tb0ugb
this at the time caused some criticism,
by friends Of American lines il soon
became manifest that the war danar+-
ment had relieved itself of an enorn
Gus responsibility. Placing tbe sirI,
and unhealthy Spanish soldier. in tba
hands of their own peopIe il eVai5e5
any charge of i'll treatment of the men
that almost certainly Nould have baen
made when tho eLjr- . :.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13

1'T York, Dec, 1G.-On the written
@.nt Of Mary, Countess Won Franc
a ''eTsteitf, the viii Of her father,
4, 4@o j.. Knowlton, was admitted to
4. '''e M The surrogates court Brook
'o1ay. The estate. valued at
sVyO soos mainly to the titled
.s"'ef and her descendants. MIR.
ghno'IoA committed suicide on Oct %,
ass| nome of his sister, West Upton,
95,t ms straw goods factory was in
Q3 ,IIEn and he had house on
acS wa Heights, Brooklyn, besides
" rpsaI and personal property.
ArroN5 noWlton's only daughter, Mary
Nh cunt Won Francken-Sier-
soSo i.ubschen- Schlessin, Germany,
GG0 10 his daughter he leaves
I'm NJ now and the income for life
ep. U,n fenainder Of the estate, after
q n smaller requests. The principal
bon, e. 10 his daughters issue. The
Gn'S 20 receive $50, 900,
M M Unitarian church of West Up
AtO5, 'aSS Mr., Knowlton left $4,000;
i0i Il, ' o3 me public schools of Upton
b s,HVyJ Tor the relief of the poor OF
Q nv ,"Ig town, and $4,000 is set aside
eg,.t NNhoWlton Memorial Library TO
'oNshed at Upton.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13
GEN. RIVERA RETURNS.
Maceo's Successor Released After TWO
Years in a Spanish Prison.

New York, Dec. 12.-GeneraI Ruis Ri
vera, the Cuban leader, after two years
as Spanish prisoner, has reached the
United States and freedom. He is a
passenger on La Champagne, which ar
rived this morning. His wife was on
hand to meet him. His release was
brought about by the efforts of the
United States.
General Rivera, when 20 years of
age, left Barcelona University to toin
the Cuban insurgents in their first war.
When that war ended, in 1873, he refus-
ed to accept the treaty terms and went
to Central America, where he became
wealthy planter When the recent
war broke out he returned to Cuba and
Joined Maceo. After Maceo's death
General Rivera succeeded him in the
command OF the army in Pinar del
Rio.
In a fight at Rio Hondo March 49,,
1897, General Rivera was captured, at
ter being desperately wounded.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13
WEATHER REPORT.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Forecast for Tues
day: New England-Snow, clearing Tues
day afternoon, decidedly colder with
cold wave ON Long Island sound; fresh to
brisk north winds, high on the coast; con-
tinued cold till Thursday
Eastern New York-Snow, followed by
clearing; colder, with cold wave in ex-
treme southern portion.
The cold weather will continue till
Thursday; fresh to brisk west to north
west winds; high on the coast.
Storm signals are displayed on the At
lantio coast from Sandy Hook to East
port,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13
CHARGED WITH A PLOT.
Gen. CasteIIanos Accuses TWO Cubans as
Cause Of the Havana Riot.


Havana, Dec. u. 190 p. M, via Key
West, Fla. 11.5O p. m.-Oapt. Gen
castellanos accuses the Cuban general,
Julio Sanguilly, and Lacret, Of a plot
to cause an uprising and seize the city
at a time when the Spanish garrison is
greatly weakened and before the Amer
lean troops have arrived in numbers
sufficient to enforce order. He declares
that the riot of last night was pro-
voked by Sanguilly and Lacret, and he
issued directions this morning for their
arrest. Sanguilly and Lacret We're in
the Hotel Inglaterra and at the time
this dispatch is filed they are supposed
to be still secreted there. Spanish
guards are at all the entrances to the
hotel under the assumption that they
are needed to protect Gen. Greene and
other American officers.
Intelligence of the captain general
purpose reached Sanguilly and Lacret,
and they promptly appealed to the
British consulate and to the American
officers for protection. Mr. Jerome. the
British consul, requested the captain
general not to carry out the order of
arrest. Col Clous and Capt Hart, on
behalf of the American evacuation COM
mission, are now at the palace asking
that Sanguilly and Lacret be let alone.
What the result will be is uncertain.
Sanguilly arrived from New York yes
terday by the Vigilancia and could not
have had time to do much plotting. "
He was at supper in the Hotel Inglater-
ra when the Spanish officers and Cub
ans began fighting. The Americans
think the charges against Sanguilly
and Lacret are entirely without founda-
ton
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13
THE TEXT
OF Document
Presented
TO START A CITY.
Formal Action Started for
Municipal Charter.

clinton, Dec. 12,-The movement to
make clinton a city was begun in
earnest tonight, when resolutions were
offered before a meeting of the Clinton
Business Mems Association, at its
meeting in its rooms in Bank block,
Preamble and resolutions offered at
meeting of the Clinton Business
Mems Association
Inasmuch as the minds of SO many
Of our citizens are directed to the prob
lem. Shall Clinton assume a municipal
form of governments" and as some ac-
.on on this important question is
plainly at hand, and in order that any
,urh action shall be taken wisely, de-
lberately and with the dignity becom-
ng so important movement there
fore
BE it resolved that we, the under
signed. representing the Clinton Bust
ness Mems Association and ourselves
Individually 10 hereby petition and
pray as follows:
To the Honorable Board of selectmen
Of the Town of Clinton:
Gentlemen: The undersigned, repre-
pnting the Clinton Business Mems AS
nciation, and themselves individually,
% hereby petition and pray that your
honorable board will, as soon as it is
pngenient or practicable, issue a town
meeting warrant, in the name of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts. as
gmbiing the electors of said town who
aay. the right 10 vote at elections, and
Gtown meetings, for the following OBJ
Fets
To see if the town viii designate a
Committee of citizens to be composed
Il half Of members of the republican
parity and half of members of the dem
ratc party, which committee shall
~ INQUIRE and determine If in its opinion
wil be advisable and advantageous
@ the town to apply to the general
1att Of the commonwealth of Massa-
slsetts for incorporation as a city
md report its findings to the town.
- see if the town Will instruct
aa committee to prepare draft of
'aat jn its opinion shall constitute a
'da city charter, and present the
an" to The town, to see if the town
~oves; provided that said commit
han first have voted to recommend
he town that ii will be advisable to
town to apply to the general court
Incorporation as a city.
ITO see if the town viii appropriate
hundred dollars ($10O) to meet the
@enses Of said committee for post
travel and incidentals.
These resolutions were prepared to-
by gentlemen connected with the
@ociation, and a copy of them was
lFed at 3 o'clock this afternoon by
Clinton representative of The Spy.
evening it is impossible to learn
't DISPOSITION was made of them,
ause the association, disobeying all
Flents refused to make public the
.ags of the meeting,
is reasonably certain, however,
=. date was appointed on which the
s0uuons will be considered by the
association, as that was the inten-
This afternoon
." some unaccountable reason, the
Ne dongs of this public body We're
" from the press, and the most
'+uounded persons in town tonight
us members.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13
NAVAL PROMOTIONS.
A Plan for the Reward of Officers Has
Been Submitted to Secretary Long

washington, Dec. 12.-The board Of
naval promotions, headed by Admiral
Sicard, has submitted to the secretary
Of the navy a. plan for the reward of
officers who have distinguished them
selves in time of war which, Il is be-
lieved, will make it possible to reward
one officer without indirectly Furnishing
others. The judge advocate of the de-
partment, Capt. Lemly is reducing the
boards recommendation to the form of
a bill. The principle adopted will be to
advance officers one grade, to make that
grade an additional number, SO that
the advancement will not result in the
practical reduction Of other names
ahead of them on the list. 1t is possible
if congress can be induced to act in
season, that the principle contained In
the bill will be applied to all those
naval officers who distinguished them
selves during the Spanish war, save
Dewey, Sampson, Schley and others
who have been already rewarded upon
special recommendation by Secretary
Long.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13
SIR WILLIAM JENNER DEAD.
He Was Physician-in-o Ordinary 50 ths
Queen.

London, Dec. 12-sir William Jea-
ner, the distinguished pathologist and
physician ordinary to the queen and
the Prince of Wales, died today.
Sir William Jenner was born at
Chatham in 1875 and was president of
the Royal College Of Physicians from
1881 to 1889, when he retired from the
practice of his profession, He was the
first to establish beyond dispute the
difference in kind between typhus and
typhoid fever. On the death of DR..
Baly, in 1861, Jenner was appointed to
succeed him as physician extraordinary
to the queen. and the next year he was
gazetted physician-in ordinary to her
majesty, receiving the same prefer
ment in 1863, in the household of the
Prince of Wales In recognition of
his services rendered during a severe
illness of the prince, he was made
knight commander of the Bath. He
wrote numerous papers on fever, the
acute specific diseases, diphtheria, dis
eases of children and diseases of the
heart, lungs and skin.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13
A TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

w, ~V' DAVIS Said to Advocate Ono ee-
united States, England and Japao'
NJ .'oo Dec. The Paris CORE
~ y 2f the Daily Mail has sent TO
gif a report Of an interview he
i wy United States Senator Cush-
D Al, Jaws, of the peace commission,
Tnno lated a triple alliance between
IAN '''eu States, Great Britain and
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13
WHEN AND WHERE
There Have Been a Few Changes Since
the state Election.

The polls will open at o'clock, and
close at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Here
is the list of voting places. there being
several changes since the state cleo
ton:
Ward Precinct l. As Thomas street:
nrecinct 2, Walnut street school house;
precinct 8. Agricultural fair grounds;
precinct 4, Salisbury street school
house.
Ward 2-Precinct 1, Laurel street
church: precinct 2, Burrwood Hall;
precinct s. Belmont street school house;
precinct 4. Adams Square Baptist
Church
Ward 8-Precinct 1, police building, 5
Waldo street; precinct 2 9 Harrison
street; precinct 8, s Shrewsbury street;
nracinct 4, IA Belmont street.A
Ward 4--Precinct l, 1871 Millbury
street: precinct 2, Ledge street school
Do
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13
CoNsPUEZ PIcQUART,
Another Noisy Anti-Dreyfus Demonstra-
ton in Paris.

Paris, Dec. I'm. NIillevoye and the
Comte de Ramel, both members of the
chamber of deputies, headed an anti
Dreyfus demonstration this afternoon
They marched to the Cherche Midi
prison. where Col. Picquart is confined
but they We're stopped by a Gordon of
police
Millevoye made a speech, crying:
"Spit upon Picquart" Then the crowd
marched to the Hotel des Invalides, the
residence of Gen. Zurlinden, and went
a similar performance. The
court of cessation was denounced.
Zurlinden, Millevoye and Ramel were
then escorted to the chamber of depu-
ties
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13
MASSACHUSETTS MAN GETS APP
POINTMENT.

Washington, Dec 1.-THE president
today sent these nominations to the
Senate To be assistant surgeon. VITA
rank of first lieutenant, Edward Pink
ham, of Massachusetts, to be assista #
surgeon in the marine hospital service,
William C. Billings of Connecticut
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-13

Continued on Third Page,)
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-08
a Use For Insects,

In several cases industry is indebted
to the insect world for unique sub
stances. For many years the CO.
clinical or cactus scale plant was used
as basis of an impol tant red dye un-
til practically superseded by the in
PRODUCTION of aniline dyes. A single
species of the lac insect produces
practically all the shellac stick and
button lac of commerce. In South
western Asia the cresote bushes are
the breeding ground of enormous
quantities of lac insect, the COM
mercial possibilities of which have not
yet been developed. A species of
scale insect in China yields a pure
white wax of great value and rarity.
The Chinese wax is said to have ten
times the illuminating power of other
wakes. 1t is o beautiful substance,
resembling beeswax more than vege-
table wax in its chemical composition,
ard is clear white in color. Now
discovery which promises to be of
great economic value comes from Mesa
Grande, California.
The vegetation in this district is in
tested with an insect which, on being
removed from the twigs of oak on
which it thrives and compressed in
quantities by the hand, becomes
more or less pliable lump, somewhat
resembling rubber, but not possessing
the same elasticity. Part of it has
been proved by chemical analysis to
be a true wax and part resembles
rubber in its physical properties. The
product is equally interesting from
chemical and industrial point of view,
and the supply is well nigh inexhausti-
ble.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-08

Jackets are worn with fancy vest
of colored silk OF lawn, finely tucked
and striped with lace insertion or
shirt waists; but it is the neckgear
which stamps the costume as modish,
quite as much as the cut Stocks with
four-in hand ties or sailor knots made
of the same material as the waist are
especially good style, while other fash
ionable stocks are of white pique with
o colored silk four-in-hand or narrow
tie, which forms a small bow. There
are black, white and colored silk ties
with knotted fringe on the ends, and
soft ties of net chiffon and liberty
gauze will be very much worn with
the cotton and linen gowns. Added
to the long list of strictly feminine
neckgear which seems sufficient for
all needs is the entire assortment of
mems neckwear, so irresIstibly fas-
cinating to women that they are good
customers in this department.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-08
Effect of Cold on Meats.

For some time careful study has
been made in Australia and other
British colonies to determine the
question as to the merits and demerits
of frozen meats in their food relations,
this study being carried on i'll view OF
the charge sometimes made that frozen
meat is sometimes diseased. The
fact. however, appears to be that less
frozen meat is condemned as unfit for
food than freshly killed carcasses.
DIR. Brown, an expert connected with
the Victorian Agricultural Depart.
ment, after making a series of expert
ments, reports that the carcass of re-
GENTLY slaughtered animal, placed, un-
der suitable conditions, in cold
chamber, can be kept there indefinitely
without decomposition, so long as
sufficiently low temperature is con-
stantly maintained. Although pro-
ducing no chemical alteration, cold
induces physical change in the meat.
After freezing and then thawing, the
tissues soften. But cold renders il
tenderer and capable of easy digestion
and absorption. As to wholesomeness
the expert pronounces it to be not less
80 than meat not thus treated The
chemical constitution of such meat is
not different from that of the fresh
article; it may contain less water, but
the water derived from ingested meet
has no greater food value than water
taken as such.-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-08
A Cats Pathetic Suicide.

While Superintendent Daubney, Of
the Western New York and Pennsyl-
vania Railway, was on his tour of in
spection of the road in his private car,
near Nunda, N. Y, he heard screams
above the roaring of the train. The
superintendent signalled the train to
stop and made an investigation.
On one side of the track lay one
half of little black dog, and on the
other side of the track lay the other
half. Sitting on the bank near by, and
making the most pitiful wailing was a
large maltese cat. The cat gave every
sign of genuine grief, and showed an
inclination to fight when any one dis
turbed the remains of the dog, so the
cat was left alone to its grief, and the
train departed.
Following the superintendent
special was regular train No. 212, and
but ten minutes apart. The two trains
passed at siding along the line and
on the pilot of the engine, resting on
the level portion of it was what was
the cat headless. The train was
stopped at the next station, where the
engineer reported that few miles
back the cat deliberately walked Oh
the track in front of the train and threw
itself at the engine. The cat and dog
were playmates, and belonged to {
nearby fsrmhouse.-New York World
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-08

My lady's work basket breathes no
longer of sweet domesticity. The
little fittings suggestive of housewife
ly care have gone the way of all things
simple. In their stead are "trihes''
fashioned of solid gold plate and
studded with jewels.
In downtown shop the other day
heard woman ask for gold thread
winder. A bit of pasteboard or an
emptied spool at one time did service
for what is now supplied at cost of
from Sc to SO. She purchased one
at the latter figure. 1t was a fiat, OBJ
long chunk of gold
Later l ascertained that most fabu-
lous sums are paid for the small things
which go to complete my lady's work
basket. Thimbles studded with dia-
monds and pearls are accompanied
by gold holders, which sometimes are
just as richly garnished.
There are little pencil shaped bars
of gold, richly chased, and at either
end smooth oval bulb. These are
sold as glove darners. They are to be
had for from $12 to $50.
The bright bits of color which were
wont to keep the emery ball always in
sight have been frowned down, and
now it is an oval lump Of gold that
holds the powdered sand. Needle
cases come these days with mother Of
peal sides, and the flannel is of the
delicately perfumed stripe which one
buys for $50 yard.-New York
Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-08
WORDS OF WISDOM.

What we are.is much more to us than
what we do.--George Herbert.
Be whole man at everything; whole
man at study, in work, in play. Joseph
Gurney.
I have always been a quarter Of an
hour before my time and it has made
man Of me.-Nelson.
Economy is half the battle Of life; IL
is not so hard to earn money as to
spend it well.-Spurgeon.
1t is as easy to call back a stone
thrown from the hand as to call back
the word that is spoken.
A closed heaven represents the
blackest misery that humanity is cap.
able of suffering. Rev. w. S. Cass-
more.
1t is the vain endeavor to make our.
selves what we are not that has strewn
history with so many broken pur.
poses and lives left in the rough
Lowell.
Beware of stumbling over a pro-
pensity which easily besets you from
HNo having Joul tlih0 lull.I cluDlOySu.
Do instantly whatever is to be done
and take the hours of recreation after
business, never before it.-Sir Walter
Scott.
The law of nature is that certain
quantity of work is necessary to pro-
duce certain quantity of good of any
kind whatever. If you want knowl-
edge, you must toll for it; if food, you
must toll for it; and if pleasure, you
must toll for it.-Ruskin.
If man has no regard for time of
other men, why should he have their
money? What is the difference be-
tween taking a mans hour and taking
his So? There are many men to whom
each hour of the business day is worth
more than S5.-Horace Greeley.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-08

No glory will be taken from Lieu
tenant Hobson if due appreciation be
given to that one of his seven compan.
ions who was fortunate enough tc
evolve just before starting on the des.
perate voyage aphrase that deserves
to live and will 1t was Osborn Deig.
nan, of Iowa, a boy of twenty-one,
who managed to immortalize himself
without any help from Spanish can.
non. When asked if he expected tc
get back alive, he answered, careless
ly, "Oh, [ guess we stand n fail
chance of getting out, " and then, with
emphasis, "but they can't stop us go,
ing inl" That's they way they all
felt, and they acted on the feeling.
Deignan put it into words within the
hearing of appreciative ears.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-08

In Vienna the rose has been de-
clared the flower of the year and will
appear not only on the hats and bon
nets, or dinner tables, but also worn
in the hair, tucked into the bodice,
and even carried in the hand. In fact,
the queen Of flowers is to have it all
her own way-it might be said as
usual, for, except in spring, when the
violet proves formidable rival in
public favor, the rose yearly holds
undisputed sway in the Viennese world
of fashion. This is due in great
measure, to Kaiserin Elizabeth OF
Austrias passion for roses, which is
so great that her apartments are filed
with them at all seasons. In the
grounds of the Achilleion-S -Schloss in
Corfu a magnificent rose park was
laid out at her special command, while
at Schloss Lainz, even the telegraph
and electric light poles are rendered
things of beauty by trains of climb.
ing roses. The paths are bordered with
roses, marble vases are filed with
them, and out of the velvety green
turf spring roses, not tortured into
stiff designs, but trained in exquisite
festoons and groups of color. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-08

One of the queerest iron mines in
the world is long stretch of the
beach on the southern side of Long
Island, and it is now visited by stu
dents from the various women's col
leges of the Greater New York. Thu
snow-white sand which has been made
from the crushing of rock is mixed
with black ore. Where the black
sand comes to the surface it sometimes
rusts little, SO that after very high
tide the beach is snow white, mottled
with curious water marks in black and
red. AT one point opposite West
Hampton there is an old MILL in
which magnets are set ON woollen
rollers, over which the sand is shoveled
directly from the ground. The mag,
nets pull out little pieces of ore. which
ire taken off and put in the barrels
md sent far away.-New York Mail
md Express.