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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11
OUT AND ABOUT.
SOME RECOLLECTIONs OF FANNY
DAVENPORT
AS a Little Girl-Her Mothers Early
Debut-Some Personal Paragraphs
Dancing and the Church.

Poor Fanny Davenport was a de-
scendant of John Davenport, who 261
years sgo sat in the famous synod of
Cambridge and held forth at great
length and with fervid earnestness to
the spiritual delectation Of the assem-
bled clergy of the town. 1T is a wise
father that knows his own child. and
old John Davenport would have been
perplexed to recognize one of his godly.
Puritan line in the gorgeous Cleopatra
and La Tosca. Perhaps 1t was this
Puritan, protesting strain in her that
kept Fanny Davenport from ever
reaching to the highest position in her
art.
A writer in the Cambridge Tribune
says he remembers seeing Fanny
coasting down a steep hill in Roxbury.
dressed in grey linsey -woolsey, and
wearing red and black stockings That
was in 1865, three years after. she made
her debut as the child in "Metarnora."
at the Howard Atheneum, where her
father was then manager, and during
the period when she was playing the
elder of the two princesses in Richard
III" with Edwin Booth in the title
role.
Fanny Davenports mother, Fanny
Vining. made her first appearance on
the stage as Coras child in ''Pizarro."
while she was baby in long clothes.
There was no Gerry society in those
days, nor in 1855, when little
Fanny Davenport made her first
m al
OF six years. Infant and juve-
nile actors and actresses probably
had hard enough row to hoe in those
days, but at least they were never mo-
Tested by the organized conscience OF
the 18th century.
The position Of governess to the
children Of Col Francis Peabody Jr..
Of Milton, left vacant by the marriage
of Miss Davis to Mr.. Lehman, has
been filled by the engagement OF Miss
Edith Taylor Of Cambridge, gradu-
ate Of Radcliffe, '97 and writer for
the Youths Companion, the Ladies'
Home Journal and other periodicals.
she is said to be an attractive and
clever young woman.
Pastor Scudder of Jersey City says
he sees no sin in dancing when kept
within reasonable limits as to time.
place and company, and accordingly he
has engaged teacher to give lessons
In the art to the young people Of his
parish. In this he follows the example
Of another Jersey City clergyman, who
last winter established such a class.
These men take a sensible view. If
more ministers and parents were like
them fewer boys and girls would take
the bit between their teeth and either
sneak or scoot off from the home and
the Sunday school, Boys viii be boys
and girls viii be girls, and If they can-
not dance in their fathers house they
are pretty sure to do 1t in some ones
else house.
The October issue of the New Eng
land Magazine (Boston) contains an
admirable article by Rev. Edward M.
chapman of this city. on "A forgotten
friend; Henry Seymour Conway"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

city and the people have demonstrated
that they knew their powers, and have
done more to advertise the city and
bring It before the people of the entire
world than all the land boomers on
earth could possibly have done. Omaha
went at the thing in the right way,
and fully deserves all the credit that
has and will come to her.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

A member of the investigating COM
mission is quoted as saying that Sec
rotary Ayers answer to the inquiries
of the board is unsatisfactory, and that
it viii have to be made more specific.
Certainly the commission needs to get
closer to facts than it has yet appeared
to get. If it expects to win the conf
dence Of the public.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

Admiral Cervera says Spain has been
living too much in the past, and rad
ical reform is needed in government
methods. Therefore he will retire from
the navy and accept the nomination as
life senator from Ferrol, and do his
utmost in the cortes to bring about the
desired change. The admiral has taken
heavy contract. Already there are
fierce criticisms because Of his CRATE
full speeches concerning the United
States and his advice that Spain make
friends with her late enemy and pat
tern after American methods.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

The Providence journal assumes
that the reported order for $500 Ameri-
can bugles indicates that Spain in
tends to be better prepared for the next
war Not so. 1t is the same old story.
Spain was always more fond of footing
than of shooting.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

Joseph Simon, the new republican
senator from Oregon, is little known
outside of the state, but he is German
by birth. and consequently a sound
money man. This fact may tend to con-
sole the country for the defeat of Mr..
Corbett.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

Great efforts are put forth to manu-
facture war cloud out Ct the Fasho-
da blue book, but hostilities will prob
ably be confined to the press of Paris
and London. A foreign war might
serve to sink the Dreyfus incident out
Of sight but just at present France
has a threatening labor question that
requires the whole attention of the gov
ernYoe1,t
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SENTENCED FOR 10 YEARS.

Providence, r. l., Oct. lo.-Walter
Baliou, convicted Of manslaughter in
causing the death of Constable Albert
Johnson at Silver Hook, July 10 last,
was sentenced at East Greenwich to-
day to 10 years at hard labor In the
state prison. Ballou's attorneys have
moved for a new trial.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11
TUESDAY. OCTOBER ii, 1898.

Surgeon General Van Reypen and the
navy medical bureau seem to be all
right. In fact, Secretary Alger and Adj
jutant General Corbin have monopoly
of the discovery that anything was
wrong with John D. Longs depart
ment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

Geronimo. the once rebellious Apache
chief, says the Minnesota Indians are
fools to fight the white man. He is
well qualified to express an opinion
He gives sound advice to the whites
also, when he. says that it is money
thrown away to educate Indian chill
dren and then send them back to the
sage brush and the cactus, where they
have nothing to do and where blan-
ket is all that they need. Indian edu-
cation is apt to stop at the critical
period.
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When the head feels dun and heavy. the
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stomach refuses food, take Carriers Little
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Mississippi can now sympathize with
Michigan in the disappearance Of its
governor. The inimitable PIngree went
to South America on a business ex-
cursion. The Mississippian fed the
state capital on account OF yellow fe>
yer, and for the same reason his towns
men shut him out of his own home.
If he has where to lay his head, the
people do not know it. Meanwhile, the
general government has taken hold Of
the epidemic.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

If the republicans of the 10th dis
trict intend to send a republican to
congress, they should stop their bick-
ering and renominate Mr.. Barrows.
The condition of affairs down there is
calculated to make the rest Of the
party yearn for a boss to lick the war
ring factions into line. The conven-
ton tomorrow night should come to
an agreement without another eight
hours fight and another series of SO
ballots.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

By all means let the navy department
have an investigation of it's own. and
show that the "spook Spanish fleet, :"
which Lieut.. Switzerland of the Eagle
reported, had an existence in fact and
not in the imagination. This report is
Secretary Ayers excuse for holding
the troops for ten days at Tampa.
There seems to be no doubt as to what
the Eagles commander saw, but the
people are entitled to the facts.
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COL. CLARK HoNoRED.
He is Renominated for Sheriff of Hamp-
den County.

wv OShhNya
Springfield, Oct. 1O-The republican
county convention was held in this city
today. Col, Embury P. Clark, comman-
der of the I'd Massachusetts regiment,
was Immediately renominated for sher-
if of Hampden county. all promised OPP
position to him having disappeared
Farley A. Russell of Great Barring
ton was today renominated by the re-
publicans of the sth councillor conven-
ton as councillor.
Charles P. Davis of Agawam was
nominated for congress by the demo-
Gratis of the first district at the conven-
ton at Holyoke today.
Taunton, Oct 10.--The first Bristol
republican senatorial convention was
held here this afternoon. Warren S.
Leach Of Raynham received the nomi-
nation for senator.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-11

AS Baroness Won Teuffel, Blanche
Willis Howard gradually lost identity
in American literature, and in fact she
never wrote anything that brought her
greater fame than her first essay in
fiction. She was better known as the
author Of zone Summer" than Of her
later and more pretentious books. Mar
riage closed her career scarcely less
effectually than has her death.
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The October issue of the New Eng
land Magazine (Boston) contains an
admirable article by Rev. Edward M.
Chapman of this city. on "A forgotten
friend: Henry Seymour Conway"
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-19

If the alleged semi-official statement
that the Spanish government will recog-
rize the conclusions of no report on the
Maine disaster except those contained in
the Spanish report be true and Spain
sticks to that decision. then if the
American report finds an outside explo-
sion with negligence on the part of the
Spanish authorities and we ask an
indemnity on the strength of 1t there
would seem to be no way to collect it except
at the lannon's mouth. If Spain will not
admit the possibility of error on the part
of her board of inquiry she will not con-
sent to an appeal to board of arbitra-
tors, and that means of settlement will
be excluded. 1t will probably turn out
however, that this semi official statement,
like the representation in regard to the
assembling Of our feet at Tortugas, is not
to be taken very seriously. The Spanish
government has a proud, passionate and
ignorant population to deal with who are
violently opposed to any concessions to
the United States. and they have to be
humored by a display Of red fire.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-19

The Concord Monitor declares that "the
Cuban question is vexing us today be-
cause Grover Cleveland during his second
term in the Presidency did not restore
peace to Cuba when he might have done
80" There was no way in which Presi-
dent Cleveland could have restored peace
TO Cuba except by using the army and
navy of the United States to drive the
Spaniards out Of the island. This Con
aress would not have authorized him to
do if he had desired to. Grover Cleve-
lands administration was guilty Of many
sins of omission and commission perhaps,
but it ought not to be reckoned to its
6sscredit that he did not plunge or try
to plunge this country into war. Per-
haps the Monitors complaint against
Cleveland Is that he paid no attention
to the resolution recognizing Cuban
belligerenoy adopted by Congress. but
that resolution. had it been recognized
would have had no tendency to free Cuba,
unless 1t brought on O collision between
the United States and Spain. The coun.
try is under obligation to Cleveland for
two things which he did while President
one the restraint that he put upon
the free silver advocates, and the other
the restraint he put upon the advocates
OF the recognition Of Cuban belligerenoy.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-19

The appeal of Mr.. Palma, head of
the Cuban junta to the American people
not to assist Spain to establish autonomy
was brought out perhaps by Gen.
Grosvenor's remark that the adminiistra-
ton would secure for the Cg.pans the
equivalent of &ipdeFendsnce. Mr..
Palma need not be apprehensive on this
point. JAaes1s not the slightest danger
= Conference on the part of our gov
eminent to assist directly or indirectly
the Spaniards. The only question pend
ing is whether our government should in.
terfere to secure the Independence of
Cuba. On this there is difference OF
opinion among the people. But on the
question of interference to help the
Spaniards set up any kind of policy
there would be n difference whatever.
Every man, woman and child would con-
denim such action.
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SENATOR oALLlNoER's STATEMENT
In Main He Confirms What Secretary
Proctor Has Said.

Washington, March Ex-senator Gal
first time since his return from Cuba.
When requested to make statement as to
his observations on the condition of
affairs on that island, he responded
"You can sign my name to any pic
ture you may draw of utter wretched-
ness, restitution and hellishnes5 in that
country. Tho condition of affairs, SO far
as I had opportunity to see it, and only
visited havana and Martanzas, is simply
indescribable. l had not expected to find
it half as bad as it is and do not be-
lieve any one who simply reads the &C.
counts, and does not see for himself can
form an adequate opinion OF the stu
ation Tho reconcentradoes are wedged
into all available places in those cities
and are perishing by the thousands for
the want of the commonest necessi ties OF
life. The best information obbalnable
leads to the conclusion that there have
been beyond Il doubt 400, 900 deaths as a
result of Spain's brutal policy, and the
tragedy goes on from day to day. The
society Of the Red Cross Is furnishing
some relief by it's efforts, but the most OF
these people are beyond reach OF aid
whether through medicine or food. The
mortality in Matanzas for the last four
months previous to our VlSlt mas Deen
equal to ten times the ordinary death
rate.
with reference to the military aspect
of affairs in Cuba. / saw nothing that
impressed me with the idea that Spain
knows much about modern warfare. The
soldiers I SAW are not drilled as our sold
iers are. Indeed they lack every element
of soldiers bearing, whatever may be
said of their merits as fighters. The drill:
that witnessed were travesty on mod
ern military ideas. While they were IN
dergoine their eyolutions the soldiers
were talking to each other and smoking
as fercely and unconcernedly as they
would In their mess rooms From my
observation of them, | should not con-
slider them very formidable antagonists
on the field of battle.
"1,rue thers was much talk about the
Maine disaster and so far l could see from
with those not entirely under the int1u
ence of the Spaniards the opinion was
universal that the Maine had been de-
stroyed by an external agency, and al
most every person with whom discussed
the subject in Cuba, expects that the
findings of the American court of inquiry
will substantiate this view.
'sThere is divergence OF opinion on
the island as to the probabilities of war
between Spain and the United States, and
I am sure that I am within the bounds
of the truth when 1 say that almost tbs
entire native pop llation woult welcome
any turn of events, however tragic, that
would wrest Cuba from Spanish domin-
ion. This is true, not only of those who
are avowedly favorable to war for in
dependence, but Of many OF those who
are ranked as Spanish sympathlzers, but
who are at heart advocates OF Cuban in
dependence The fact is that even in
Havana the allegiance to Spain is of a
very weak and doubtful character, and
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gentleman writes the PRESS that
If the "Maine destruction was due in any
part to Spain's negligence, then it was
murder, and any official of this govern
ment who would be SO weak as to listen
to such craven hearted advice as TIE
PRESS gives when it suggests cash
indemnity for such wholesale and mer-
CHESS destruction of lives as that has
pfoved to be ought to be banished from
the country This gentleman is not the
only one that has given vent to senti-
ments of this kind. Now We wish to say
in the first place Tat his premise
is all wrong. To constitute murder there
must be intent. To render the Spanish
government guilty of the murder Of the
Names crew it must appear that it blew
up the ship, or that the ship was blown
up with it's connivanoe. II she was blown
up by subject of Spain without its con-
nivance, even though it should appear
that the government had omitted precau-
tions which if taken would have pre-
vented the catastrophe the government
would not be guilty Of murder. 1t might,
under such circumstances, be under OBJ
legation, on account of its negligence. to
pay an indem uity, but that is all. Now
supposing the Board of Inquiry reports
that negligence on the part of the Span
ish government contributed to the disas-
ter. but furnishes no evidence of par
ticipation in the affair directly or in
directly, what would our correspondent
recommends Would he suggest that the
President send a fleet to Havana and
destroy the lives and property of hum
dreds and thousands Of men who>were
entirely innocent of any participation in
this affair? Or would he recoHsmend that
the President say to Spain, this: PARITY
in consequence of your negligence ship
of the American navy lying in one of
your harbors has been destroyed and 200
American sailors killed. Therefore
we ask you to restore this chip, or
pay its equivalent in money, and
also ray to us large sum
to be distributed among the families Of
the sailors to whose death your negligence
contributed. Which would do the suf
ferers from this disaster the greater good,
the Commandment of Havana or the pay
ment by Spain of a large sum of money
to support the widows and orphans of the
bread winners whose lives had been lost2
Which would be better, momentary and
savage revenge wreaked upon the head of
innocent people, or a provision for the
future comfort OF the persons who had
indirectly suffered from the disa5ter9 Not
withstanding the disgust of our cores
pondent at what he calls the "craven-
hearted'' advice of the PRESS we feel
perfectly confident that if the RESPONSE
hlility were put upon him he would de-
mand an indemnity and not lombard
Havana unless it were necessary to collect
the indemnity. His feelings have got the
better of his judgment for the moment.