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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
SHOT DEAD.
Election Judge
Killed.
A RIOT FOLLOWS.
Race War Between Whites
and Blacks in S. G.

Charleston. S. c., Nov. S-A special to
the News and Courier from Green
wood. S. c., says:
Intense excitement prevailed here all
Gay because of the shooting of Boaz
Dtheridge, one of the election judges at
tween the whites and blacks at that
place, in which T. p Talbert and sew
eral negroes were mortally wounded.
The negroes had a separate box in
charge Of Talbart, in which those who
could not vote in the regular boxes
could deposit certificates that they
were not allowed to vote for r. r. Tai
bert for congress, which certificates he
expected to use in his contest for Lati-
mer's seat. Mr.. Etheridge attempted
to take charge of the box and was
shot dead by one of the negroes, who
We're crowding around. Immediately
the few white men who could procure
arms or had them, opened fire on the
crowd The whites, several hundred
strong, are well armed and determined,
and if the leaders in today's trouble
are caught tonight, no power on earth
can save them from q lynching.
Tonight everything is quiet at Phoe-
nix, with the whites masters Of the
situation, but the negroes are supposed
to be congregating about two miles dis
tant, and no one can conjecture what
the night will bring forth.
Late this evening John r. Talbert
was dangerously wounded, and his lit
tie nephew, son Of z. I. Talbert, who
was in the buggy, was instantly killed
while on their way home. While a
party of white men from Greenwood
were returning from Phoenix tonight,
they were fired on from ambush, and
NJ J. Younger, Croswell Fleming and
Mr.. Miller were badly injured
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
MR.. WALKER,s DEFEAT.

Congressman Walker appears to have
been defeated by the Hon. John R.
Thayer, but by plurality so\small as
to suggest the possibility of a contest,
which would have to be carried before
the house of representatives, and may
therefore be deemed improbable. The
reasons for this overturn, and the cleo
! ton of a democratic member of con-
gress from the very cradle of the. re-
publican party, are too well understood
to require explanation. The smallness
of the margin, however suggests the
probability that if more active can
vass of the district had been made by
Mr.. Walker. he might have changed
the result. On the NAher hand, the in
huence of Mr.. Thayer's great personal
popularity and his protested soundness
on the money and tariff questions, were
interesting and potent factors in draw
ing out the large vote he received. 1t
is exclusively a personal triumph, of
which he may justly be proud, but it is
also convincing evidence of the indie
pendence which dominates the politics
of this neighborhood. There is a limit
beyond which party lines cannot be
stretched. From a national standpoint,
Mr.. Walkers defeat is to be regretted,
for although the silverites cannot point
to Worcester as a convert to the doc
trine of cheap money. the republican
candidate for speaker will lose one
vote, and he is likely to need all that
can be had.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
LONDON NOW HAS A MALE
GIRAFFE.

(From the London Daily Graphic)
The Geological Gardens have just re-
ceiyed a visitor of unusual Importance
and interest, the long sought for male
giraffe, the first that the gardens have
had since 1878. 1t will be remembered
that the last attempt to provide the
female South African giraffe, which the
gardens already possess, with mate
ended in the death of the new arrival
on the very doorstep Of his new home.
Yesterdays guest was received With no
more untoward incident than the
breaking of the harness of the horse
which dragged his triumphal car into
the giraffe's Enclosure. The new giraffe
is an extremely pretty animal-for a
giraffe-of q very light fawn color, with
fawn patches on q white ground. 1t is
not nearly so tall as the female giraffe,
which is fourteen feet nigh, nor nearly
so old. Its height is close upon nine
feet when standing upright, and from
tail to ears 1t measures seven feet six
inches. 1t was brought over here by
Mr.. Hagenbeck, the well known animal
trainer, who superintended its arrival
and accompanied it on great part OF
it's journey from Africa In the course
of few minutes conversation Mr..
Hagenpeck told the representative OF
The Daily Graphic that the young cir
affe had been caught while quite a baby
at Dakka, in French Senegal It was,
he should say, about six months old
then, and was now little over a year.
From Dakka 1t was brought to Ronhs-
que, on the coast, and thence by the
French steamer Portugal to Bordeaux
Since its capture it had grown from
metres 20 centimetres to 2 metres Sc
oentimetres-an increase in stature OF
nearly 20 inches.
"She is fine giraffe for its age OBJ
served Mr.. Hagenbeck. Look at heI
fine chest"
She? thought it was a male"
''Oh, yes. she is a male all right" re-
sponded Mr.. Hagenbeck. 1T is but my
manner Of speaking. Tt is the first male
in the gardens for twenty years, and il
has stood me G750 to bring her from
where 1t was caught in Senegal. / car
tell you male giraffe is an expensive
animal"
What is the value of this one?'
"Weh," observed Mr.. Hagenbeck
cautiously, Il bought him on my owr
account. and she has already cost me
$3.50, with the cost of transport; so
shall expect some profit on it,"
Are there any other male giraffes ii
captivity"
II will tell you" replied the collector
"all the CRATES there are in captivity
There is a pair in Berlin, which are
the male, % years old, and one that Is
70 years old. There is also one at Dres-
den. 26 years old. She died about foul
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Gen. Stonewall Jackson. He served
in the same capacity with Gems. Stuart
and Johnson, and briefly with Gen. Lee.
He took part in 27 pitched battles, o.
skirmishes and over q hundred indi-
vidual sl1irmishes in which blood was
shed.
Although he was but private in the
ranks he was at one time entrus-
ted with a carte blanche order on the
treasury of the confederate states. be
was known in all branches Of the con-
federate service as the best marksman
with rifle or revolver in either army.
He was wounded 81 times, and 1S
times his lungs were pierced. Five
times in the course of the war he was
reported as dead. On two occasions
he was able, with the aid Of mirrors.
to look into apertures in his iiesh ana
watch the beating of his own heart.
Major Fontaine has kept complete
diary for nearly 40 years, and this In
itself is an unusually interesting work,
comprising a number Of volumes and
containing much valuable information.
He also has many documents signed
by prominent officers of the confederate
army, bearing testimony to his re-
markable craftsmanship.
"Yes." said Mai Fontaine, last night.
cit would seem as though l had spent
the most of my life on the battlefield.
NV life has been rather eVentful in a
way. and think that 1 have had a few
interesting experiences.
"These documents are ones that |
have saved all through the war, and
while they may be interesting and val
liable, care for them only for the sake
of my children. 1t will be something TO
leave them when [ am gone, and have
managed to preserve them in good con-
dition for the last 30 years.
Major Fontaine is a man of disting-
uished appearance and wears a com
plete uniform, which was made especi-
ally for him to be worn at the reunion
He is a. civil engineer by profession,
and is engaged in business with his two
sons at Lyon, Miss.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

1t is announced that the secretary of
war will recommend the increase OF
the regular army to 100000 men, in his
forthcoming report. increase is newt
able, but something viii have to be Of
fered in the way of inducements if the
ranks are to be filled by the ordinary
method of enlistment. Recent expert
enoe has shown that the regular serv-
| ice is far from attractive to young AM
erica. There were volunteers enough
and to spare, when the president called
for troops, yet it was impossible to
hraise the regular army to the strength
provided for by the recent law. About
the only inducement that can be pro-
vided is to increase the pay, and thus
add to the burden of the treasury. The
reorganization of the army promises to
be one of the most prominent measures
at the next session of congress, and its
discussion may compel the postpone
ment of Hawaiian and other. colonial
matters till the fifty-sixth congress
meets in extra session, for an extra
session now seems more than probable.
Army reorganization presupposes
something like an investigation, and
this is apt to add TO the delay that
would naturally be caused by the
chronic and querulous opposition which
is always encountered whenever a
proposition is made to increase the eff
ficiency of the army. The prospect of
prompt settlement of army affairs is
by no means fattering.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

(From the Chicago Record.)
One of the most profitable industries
down on the coast of Maine is lobster
in" 1t is a laborious occupation, and
those who follow it have to endure much
hardship and exposure and many perils
/ from the sea. HOLSTERS are caught on
rocky bottoms in traps or pots, which
are made of hickory sapllngs after the
small ends holes are arranged with
spikes of flexible wood running to a focus
so that the lobster, tempted to enter by
a bait hung from the center finds it inn
possible TO get out Inc most common
bait are Goldfish heads and fish which are
too plentiful and unpopular to be salable
| in market. The pots are submerged in two
/ or three fathoms of water with stone
sinBers and their location marked by
short logs of wood fastened to them by
ropes and allowed to float on the surface
Twice a day, at sunrise and sunset, the
pots are visited and the Holsters are
taken out and thrown into a chest in the
boat with lot of seaWeed to keep them
on" After the pots have all been enpted
the Holsters are all taken to Il large
float at some convenient spot, whore
they are transferred to a tank ard kept
until called for
Lobsterers who are convenient to towns
sell most of their catch in The local mar
ket Those who are working at distant
and isolated spots along the coast arc
visited every week or ten days by tugs
/ fitted up with large tanks or reservoirs
sters. These vessels patrol regularly up
and down the coast, and when their Tanks
are full drop in at Boston or New York
and unload
The life Of the lobsterer is lonely. as
well as dangerous. He generally lives
| alone in a cabin on a rocky island cooks
his own meals of fish and bacon. and
spends his days catching bait for his
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
A HEBREW FLAG.

(From the Springfield Republican,
The Hebrew flag which was spread to
the breezes at the meeting of the late
Zionist congress at Basic, has appeared
n New York, and the Hebrews are
buying it with great interest This
flag contains two blue stripes horizon
tai on a white flag. with white above
and below as well as in the middle. and
IN the centre field the pentacle, the
siX~polnted star of David and Solomon.
while a six-pointed star also surmounts
the staff, as the eagle surmounted the
standard of Rome This is said to re-
semble the standard of the Hebrews
while they were yet a nation, but that
standard was not a flag floating from
the side of a staff, but like the banners
which depend from a cross-b bar, swing
ing from the point of the staff The
appearance of the flag and its accept
ance by Hebrews, follow the Zionist
movement as an added sign of the last
days in the Hebrew prophecies.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
A FAMOUS CONFEDERATE SCOUT
Wounded Sixty Seven Times and Dec
GRATED by the Car.
(From the Atlanta Constitution.)


(From the Atlanta constitutional
Maj. Lamar Eontaine, who arrived in
the city yesterday morning, is probab-
ly one of the most interesting veterans
of the confederacy. He is the only
representative of Camp Sam Cammack
of Koehoma county Mississippi, and
during his stay in the city win be the
guest of Capt. John Milledge, on Trim
| ity avenue.
Maj. Fontaine has been a soldier
nearly all his life and the story of his
adventures in all parts of the world
sounds like fiction.
He served in the Russian army dur
ing the Crimean war, and at the siege
of Sebastopol was decorated by Car
Nicholas with the iron cross Of honor
! for daring bravery during the battle.
At the time of the memorable charge
of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, Mai.
Fontaine was 16 miles away, but could
hear the guns and see the smoke of
| that famous battle.
After leaving the Russian army. he
| travelled about the world in company
with an uncle, but was living in the
south at the opening Of the civil war,
and enlisted as a private in the 10th
Mississippi rifles. but was later
transferred to Company x, 18th
| Mississippi 5 regiment. While a
member OF this regiment, in August,
! 1861, he wrote. the well-known poem,
"All quiet along the Potomac which
has been widely copied all over the
world
He began his war work with the con
federate army as scout and courier for
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
YOUTH AND LOVE.

(Joseph P. Gallon in the Philadelphia
Times.)
Youth and love fell out one day.
Said Youth to Love: ''I'll go my way
And leave you broken-hearted.
I'll go through life without your aid
I'll gaze on neither man nor maid
And foolishly they parted.
OFF went naughty Youth alone;
He hummed tune in merry tone
And never looked behind him;
While Love, at home, was sad and sore
And longed for merry Youth once more
Alas She could not find him!
But Youth had not been walking long
Before he hushed his merry song
His heart was full of sorrow.
He found ii hard to stay away
From Love, If only for day
lie came back on the morrow
For Love and Youth apart would die
Like flowers without dew or sky
They fade If they would seVeri
AS long as there is tide and time
In every land, in every cline,
Youth and Love will be together.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

For the first time in more than
thirty years, the citizen soldiers voted
yesterday outside of their respective
states. NewYork, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island and other commemorative made
this provision for their volunteers. Not
unnaturally, the suggestion is made
that similar privilege might be APP
propriately granted to civilians who are
compelled to be absent from home on
election day. 1t may be doubted if the
opportunities for fraud would be very
greatly increased.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Nicola Tesla's scheme for operating
torpedo boats by long distance teleg-
raph, without intermediary wires or
other visible conductors, may challenge
comparison with any tale from THE
Arabian Nights" 1t throws Jules
Verne's fictions entirely into the shade.
If the position of the vessels in the
navy yard at Portsmouth could be ac-
curately plotted, a newspaper man
seated in the Office of The Worcester
Spy might destroy an entire British
squadron by merely touching a but
ton. More than this. the inventor as
serts that in time the waves of infiu-
ence may be excited and controlled
merely by the exercise Of the will.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

weeks ago. There are two females in
Antwerp and one in Paris, a male,
which was born there % or % years ago.
There is also one, a male, in Rio de
Janeiro.'
1t may be added that the new. giraffe
is in capital health and spirits, and is
literally aAve and kicking. He signal
lied his arrival by trying to eat Mr..
Hagenlbeck's hat.
Are they becoming scarcer?"
In '76 / sold three for &4O each. The
giraffe 1 sold to Rio three years ago
got $1,000 for, and before it got to Rio
it cost 'e1600. That was a South African
giraffe. This little one is of the kind
that used to be found in the Soudan. -
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
SUSPICIOUS NEGLIGENCE

Wife-Who was that who called9
Husband-one of my tenants called 70
pay me his rent.
Did he pay It?
Yes
Then why do you look so gloomys
He didn't say word about wanting SIS
or $50 worth of repairs
What of IL?
Exchange.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Such violent imaginings will inevitably
suggest to some that Mr.. Tesla has
gone mad. When he operates from his
New York Office model placed in the
Paris exposition grounds, in 1900, we
shall know more about his amazing
predictions.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

1t may not seem strange that Mrs.
Leslie Carter should go into bankrupt
cy with liabilities Of $4,000 and vlrtu-
ally no assets, but her deposition that
her wardrobe 10 worth only $500 is call
culated to startle the country. She
seems to have deliberately ignored an
obvious opportunity for stage adver-
Using.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

When the .orations and political es-
says of the eminent and amusing Mr..
Dooley of Chicago are published in one
volume, week hence, an unique addi-
ton will have been made to confempo-
rary American literature. Mr. Dooley
is often sagaeious as wei as funny.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

What good would it do the democrats
to get control Of the house? They have
no policy, and they would succeed at
nothing but quarreling and laundering
Shrewd democratic leaders prefer that
the republicans should remain in power
and bear all the responsibility. In this
respect, the republicans meet them
with the most complete reciprocity of
sentiment
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

The good people of North Grafton say
that that picture of their postofiee
yesterday was worse than either the
burglary or murder, and they are
pretty near right
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Billy the goat, mascot of the cruiser
Brooklyn, ate up the Roosevelt ticket
that was posted on board ship for the
information of seamen who are allowed
to vote. 1t is supposed that he comes
of Tammany ancestry, for he spared
the Van Wyek list.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
NOT SHOCKED.

A woman - suppose your husband $
death was a great shock to you.
The widow-Not at all ! didn't attend
the electrocution, you know. Detroit
News Tribune.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

A triumph of the New York election
is that there is one less Van Wyck in
office. Brother Augustus resigned from
the bench to run for governor, and is
now out of even a judicial job.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Is there any decent democrat that
isn't glad at heart Croker was turned
down yesterday?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Like Mercutio's wound, Mr.. Thayer's
majority is not the biggest going, but
it will do.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Mr.. Thayer has every right to stand
in front Of a mirror and make a con-
gratulatory bow to himself
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Croker and Plat both helped to elect
Teddy. The one made. speeches and the
other kept his mouth shut.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

traps Nearly all of them have lobster
and those with spawn are imprisoned in
saltwater ponds to grow and breed. The
law protects the traffic BY Imposing a
heavy fine upon the sale Of small ones.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

The morning after election is usually
rather light in advertising. Doesn't
look much that way in The Spy, today.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

There is cause for national rejoicing
that the damage done by the fire in
the capitol at Washington is not nearly
so great as it was supposed to be.
There is reason to hope that even the
loss in the document room has been
overstated.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

That is choice story which comes
from Boston, where laborers getting 81
a day were assessed rs cents for the
benefit of the democratic campaign
fund The leaders strove desperately
to win, for their political situation was
desperate. If their vote had fallen be-
low that of last year they would have
to go out of business.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

1t is still considerable of a Repub-
lican nation.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Where is that 1000 Walker majority
of two years ago?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Among other kinds of hunting, Mr.
Thayer is not half bad at still hunt.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Everything was Mellen's food in ward
four
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Good morning, Mr.. District Attorney
Hoar
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Gen. Miles report of the Cuban war
is described by one Of his friends as
"hot stuff" That is quite credible;
but now that it has been fled will it
be made public without editing"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS,
(Fourth Floor.)
ALASKA SEAL COATS, & s.s a''54
NOVELTY SILKS, SIC, 79c,98c
Grew Dress Goods, AOT GsEP5Hs anu
The Latest Society Crepe.
BLACK DRESS CREPONS.
| Thanksgiving Table Linens.
Gentlen1en's NeCessaries.
COLD WEATHER NIGHT WEAR.

The prominent values of our FLANNELETTE NIGHT SHIRTS
largely increased sales this year, and they become known
will yet widely advertised The entire variety of these popular
Night Shirts Vertabe maves for their prices 75c Night
Robe for so CENTS A SI.oo Night Robe for IS CENTS
very english Cloth elegant designs and
coo with handsomely Embroidered Collar Front Pocket and Cults
$1.0O A GARMENT.
These all from the lowest the best Cut full and long
S to be comfortable.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

THE sPYSHoULD HAVE THE EYE OF ARGUS; HE
is HONORABLE If he DO BUT LOOK TO THE VEL
FARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

Now for the mayoralty campaig
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER ., 1898.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

viii recount be necessary?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

The new four precinct arrangement
and the new polling places caused
much annoyance and many unnecessa-
ry steps yesterday. Voters who made
mistakes win know better at the city
election in December.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09

1t is believed that when that excellent
journal The Sunday Spy, sees The
Worcester Spy this morning, it will be
moved to declare that the latter is the
best post-election newspaper ever is
sued in the city Of Worcester.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-09
.LoBsTERIN.'

Profitable Industry, Although Difficult
to Follow.