Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-15
NOTES FROM THE HUB.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Although Secret Service Agent Red
fen has been in Boston less than d
mo nth, he has succeeded in getting
together more than 5000 of counter
felt money. aud has made his first
shipmcnt of the worthless. notes and
bad silver tn hief Wilkie of the sec
ret service division OF the treasury
department, which is special v charged
with the suppression Of counterfeit
ing. Perhaps the heaviest loser by
reason OF counterfeit money is the
BostoI l. road. Its hun lreds OF tickets
sellers and conductors have To
rely mostly upon the honesty OF
the public. aud ut the end of
the day large amount OF bad bills
and coins are discovered by the clerk $
i'll the treasurer's oili1 OF the COM
paay. The banks, too, careful as they
a"e, get st lex occasion ally. Nobody
has n right to pass counterfeit money,
aud as soon rs one discovers it he or
she is sup, osed to turn it over to the
government officials. Boston has not
had II secret service man for nea "
four years, the last being Agent Ba gg
As Il resu t the connterfeiters have had
good ii.d to operate in, and from
what Mr.. Relre.n has learned and
seen since his stay here havei improve |
the opportunity. The complains re-
ceived ut the subtreasury and through
othe SOU ,ce' we"e 81 frequent that
the treasury department decided to
reestabish the Boston district.
1t is now Private Secretary Nat G.
Robinson. The change in the mayors $
lice, which was decided upon some
time ago, called for the promotion OF
Private Secretary Thomas A. Mullen
tothe position of assistant city solicitor
and of Assistant Private Secretary Ma.
&. Robinson to the position OF right
hand man to Mayor Quincy. The exit
OF Mr.. Mullen and the entrance OF Mr..
Robinson has gone into effect. The
genial Nat was warmly congratu-
late by many of the party LA iers
and upon his desk was handsome
bouquet OF roses, the gift of admirers.
Private Secretary Robinson has been
associated with Mayor Quincy for
many yeas, s:a"ting in with him at
til, De noc'ltic state committee had
uu irters, and following him from there
to city hall when Mr.. Quincy assumed
the mayoralty nearly three years ago.
With the party leaders all over the
city Private Secretary Robinson is
very popular.
A sad death to record is that of
Robert w. Coveney, II years old, the
son OF the late Colonel j. W. Covcney,
formerly post master of Boston. He
has just died at the City hospital
from injuries received in football
game. Coveney tackled another player
and fell with several men Oh top Of
him, twisting his neck. He was un-
able to rise, and when physician ex-
anime him he at once ordered him to
be taken to the City hospital. Here
it was found that one of the vertebrie
was broken and pressing on the spinal
cord, and that the only chance of say-
ing his life was by performing an
operation. This was done, bnt Cow
eney did not rally. At the time of
his death Coveney was student in
school of photography, where he was
fitting himself for journalistic care A.
The interesting educational work
begun by the Twentieth Century club
of this city last season will be con-
tinued this year. The second univer-
sity course will carry on the thought
introduced by Prof. Royce and take
up the study of man, individually and
institutionally, in the light OF evolu-
ton. Prof John NJ. Tyler, professor
of biology at Amherst college, will
open the work with series of ten
lectures, beginning Nov.5. A second
course of eight lectures will introduce
various leading educators, among whom
are named President &. Stanley Hall
OF Clark university and President d.
j. Tucker of Dartmouth. The lec-
lures will be given, as before, on Satur.
day forenoons, for the special benefit
OF teachers.
The fact that the applicants for reg
istration in the evening schools OF this
city comprise representatives of no
less than % different nationalities
and ages ranging all the way from IA
to IS years is a pretty good indication
of the broad scope of this branch of
our public school system. When we
contemplate the wonderful growth and
the vast usefulness of the evening
schools in affording educational advan-
tages to those who are unable to avail
themselves of these advantages in the
day schools, the wonder grows that it
is only within comparatively few
years that the evening school system
was introduced. 1t has abundantly
demonstrated its usefulness.
The so-called "trustees'' of the
Franklin fund, appointed by the pro-
bate court, have asked, through their
counsel, Mr.. Solomon Lincoln, for an
allowance out of the fund for the ex-
penses of which they have been put
by reason of defending their appoint
ment, which was attached, and sue
cessfully so, by the city of Boston.
The Judge declined to make an allow
ance, petition will be presented, and
reserved, after it is answered, for the
determination of the full court.
Andnow we have a proposition COM
ing from the common council calling
for big auditorium to be erected on
the Common for peoples forum and
for miscellaneous purposes. Prob
ably it will experience the fate Of all
the other schemes to cucumber the
peoples pleasure and recreation
ground with permanent structures for