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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-15
Alexandria Marker. Nnr -

There are no changes to note IN price. ,,
grain to-day, though the tone of Inc mark,
was frner. Tie offerings are liel, Conn.
try Produce is also quiet and unchanged
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
NO EFFECT WHATEVER.
The Wer Losses to the Life insurance
Companies Prove to Have Been lncon-
siderable. III

One of the bugaboos at the outbreak
Of the war with Spain was the question
of life insurance. 1t was realized that
our army as a whole was sure to be
made up from volunteers, men from the
peaceful walks of, life, and that there
must be a greater or less percentage
of life insurance. represented in the
ranks. Just how much this might be, or
to what extent it might lead to finan-
cial loss to the insurance organizations,
no one could tell The closest of act
uarial figuring, the shrewdest of bust
ness forecasting was Of course equally
| uncertain in this hitherto unknown
situation.
The insurance companies took no
concerted action in the matter, each
arriving at an ultimate decision in best
accord with it's own pcculiarities and
the judgment of it's officials. But the
general public seemed the least inter-
ested after all, and went right on in
surfing the same as ever. while the
insured men who had already enlisted
or We're about to do SO appeared al
| most equally unconcerned. The public
seemed to believe that whatever might
| happen, their insurance was all right,
and were quite willing to leave the set
Element of the question to experts and
wiseacres inside and outside the COM
pany offices.
Well, the war has come and gone. 1t
was short, sharp and decisive. Many
lives were lost, and among them a due
proportion of insured men. The effect
on the companies was nil and there is
not one of them that at the end of the
present year will have an appreciable
gain in its death rate to show over
Proceedings years.
What the effect might have been had
the war been longer and the losses
greater, can not, of course, be known.
But wars with any such fearful slauga-
ter as was incurred in our civil contest
are rarities. More men were lost on
the Union side alone during those four
years than have fallen in English
armies in all her wars or the past ZOO
years. But even with another such a
terrible contest, American life insur-
ance companies, with their present
ratio of assets to liabilities and careful
management would be mainly undis-
turbed
Meanwhile, the only regret in this
connection is that in the war just
closed more Of the fallen brave had not
been fortunate enough to take out life
insurance.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
JACK AND THE BEANsTALK
A Few New Faces, But the Same Old
Favorlte.

Jack and the Beanstalk'' has LOST
none of its charm Last nights nro-
duction at the Worcester Theatre was
as vivacious and sparkling as though
it were the first season instead of the
thlrd, and the costumes appeared as
fresh and bright as if it were the initial
week rather than the announced fare
well tour. Nellie Lynch, Rose Snow.
Harry Kelly Dan Baker and H. M
Morse remain of the original funmak-
ers, and Harry Blaney and Henry
Leon, new corners in the roles of King
Cole ana the bandit chief satisfactorily
replace their predecessors. Hattie
Moore makes the best of all the Mother
Hubbards.
Marie Celeste lacks Maude Hollins'
beauty, but possesses a rich and we'll
! trained contralto, which the audience
/ listened to with pleasure. Louise Hep
| mr. does not make as pretty a boyish
picture as did Madge Leasing, and finds
her clgaret formidable accessory:
but her acting and singing of the part
of Jack was all that could be desired.
The familiar airs received the usual
encores, the original specialties and
| ballets are all retained, and Jack seems
to have satisfactorily solved the prob
lem of eternal youth.
Tonights performance will be the
! last ever to be given in Worcester and
a special matinee is offered for this
afternoon.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
TIE PRESIDENT AND THE SPOILS
SYSTEN.

Certain newspapers which oppose the
administration at Washington on party
grounds are deeply concerned about
President McKinley's alleged intention
to strike a blow at civil service reform.
For instance, the Boston Post says that
'.the number of places to be thrown
open to patronage by the president
first blow at civil service is put at 5000.
This, it is said, is largely made up Of
pension examiners"
1t should be noted that the words ''it
is said" form the keynote of nearly all
the excitement concerning the reported
danger that Mr.. Mckinley is about to
take step backward. The president
has shown himself friend of civil SER
vice, and his supporters do not believe
that he will be less friendly to it in the
future. The zeal Of the Civil Service
Reform League in protesting against
something that it fears is about to hap
pen shows that its hearS Is in the right
place, but it has not yet been shown
that any wrong is intended by the ad-
ministration Mr.. Mckinley may be
trusted not to lower the tone of the civ
il service.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
pHTLIPPLNE MARKRrS

Now we know why the Philippines
should be annexed. Senator Morgan Of
Alabama says it must be done in order
to provide an outlet for the erich prod
ucts Of Nevada, Utah, Colorado and
wyoming If we do not annex the
Philippines, the senator asks, What
are these states to do? Are they to
enter into competition with the man
ufactures of the east?" There is noe
ing to prevent their doing so if rney
wish. But what were they going to do,
before the conquest of the Philippines
was thought Of? What are they go
ing to do even If the Philippines are
annexed? Annexation will not build
railroads or steamship lines Neither
will it inculcate in the Malays the
habit of wearing clothes; or Of buying
foreign food when they can pick up
native food in abundance almost at
the doors of their huts; or of working
when they can live comfortably in ut
ter indolene. The notion that the
millions of assorted Asiatic savages
who inhabit the Philippines are going
to blossom suddenly into a great COM
mercial people, and establish won
derful market for the surplus prod
ucts of the United States, is one Of the
most fantastic decisions Of the whole
expansion. craze.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
SP4fNS REFUSAL.

Two reasons Immediately suggest
themselves as the cause of Spains re-
lection of the American demands for
the transfer of the Philippines. One
is the expectation Of political advan-
tage at home, and the other the expect
alton of support from one or more OF
the powers of continental Europe
Without such backing, Spain is utterly
helpless in any contention in which
she may engage with the United
States, but it is likely tnat the min
istry would expect to gain prestige and
popularity at home by persistent oppo-
sition to the power that has over
thrown the Spanish arms in two hem
spheres.
No doubt, too, it seemed to Sagasta
a smart thing to propose to adjust the
differences of the peace commissioners
by a resort to arbitration. especially as
that method of settling international
disputes has been SO much lauded in
the United States and England and
NAV he said to have been originated by
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
MANY ATTRACTIONS.
The~Worcester Entertainment Course at
Mechnics Hall.

The Worcester entertainment course at
Mechanics Hall this season promises to
excel it's good record of last season. Mr..
Britt, in assuming the entire management,
says that it is his determination to in
crease the quality from year to year as
the patronage will permit. The course
will open Immediately after Christmas,
December a. with holiday concert by
the Salem Cadet Band, with Master Hen
~ DOMAIN the famous boy soprano, as
eoloist. This win give those who have re-
ceiyed the course tickets from friends as
Christmas presents an immediate use for
them This will be followed by Leland I
Powers, the well known impersonator, in
a new play. The Bostonia SeXtet Club,
composed of such well known SoloistS as
Wolf Fries cello: c.. l.. Stalls, clarinet
solost: Hermon Loud violinist, assisted
by one of the finest string organizations
Of Boston outside of the symphony Or
chestra, and Miss Marcia Croft, dramatic
soprano. will afford a most delightful eve
ming The popular Euterpe Mandolin,
Guitar and Harp Club. assisted by Adolph
Adams Of New York, who impersonates
many great men, including the late war
heroes. will be a popular feature. Inc
Temple Male Quartet, assisted by Miss
Eloie e. Burnett. reader, give the finest
male music available. Robarts Harper,
the lecturer, who has just returned from
Europe with an improved acknowledgement
the best moving picture machine COM
bined with his former tri-lantern, Will
give an interesting lecture on the Cuban
war. His pictures were colored in Paris
By a well known artist The picture of
Iiobson on the raft with his men at the
blowing up of the Merrimac is considered
a great work The Harry Bower Concert
Company assisted by Prof De ,Villiers a
French magician, promises to be a great
attraction. Ian McLarens Bonnie Brian
Bush Will be beautifully illustrated by AL
bert Armstrong and Prof. Solmon will
appear as pianist. The ever popular John
Thomas and his excellent concert COM
pany will furnish an hour and a half OF
1nirth and melody, and to close the man
ager has made special engagement with
Prof. Samuel R. Kelley and his TableauX
dart Company, with special program OF
music. Elegant plush curtains and cos
tunes designed in Paris are to be used
upon this occasion. All together the
course is very much stronger in high
class attractions than last year. The
prices have been reduced, giving the best
seats. for season ticket holders, for 50 so;
next best ST. and allowing purchasers OF
these tickets to select their seats at once
at the office at Leland's music store.
The prospectus which will be ready this
week, has full information about the
course, and will be mailed or given 10 any
one on application.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
THE WORCESTER SPY. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER il. 1898.

the American government. Yet it is a
most inauspicious time to make such
proposition.
The logic is peculiarly Spanish
which says: go to war; then if you
are beaten, you can propose a truce
and sit down and arbitrate." The
concert of the powers steps in and does
this of it's own volition whenever it
considers its own interests at stake
in Europe, and Spains proposition
looks much like a gentle hint to the
powers that it is time for them to speak
up, but Just now all indications point
to absolute indifference on their part
and the absolute isolation of Spain.
Furthermore, the world has been given
to understand that European interfer-
ence is not only not desired but will
not be tolerated. 1t is Uncle Sans
next move.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

The new tariff proposed by Robert
P. Porter, special commissioner to Gu
ba, contemplates an average reduction
of nearly two-thirds in the tariff i'm
posed by Spain. In some instances, the
actual reduction exceeds 70 per cent,
and in no case is 1t as small as so per
cent. The thieving of the Spanish off,
Gals has been so habitual that Mr..
Porter estimates that as much revenue
may be derived by the honest United
States officials, even after this whole
sale reduction of rates. as was realized
by the Spanish government with it's
exorbitant charges. The Spanish fiscal
system in Cuba apparently allowed q
large percentage for the stealings of
the officials, as a part Of their "regu-
lar compensation 1t is to be noted,
however that Mr.. Porter can give no
estimate of the revenue of the island.
because of the present chaotic condi-
ton. 1t is to be further remarked that
under the new administration much
more money will have to be spent for
internal improvements than under
Spanish rule, and it remains to be seen
how far these essential expenditures
will reduce the cash balance, for which
the optimists hope
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Under Baltimores new city charter
no grants Of street franchises can be
made in perpetuity, but only for TWEEN
ty-five years and to the highest bidder
at price approved by the board Of
estimate. The mayor is chosen for
four years and the terms of the coun-
cilmen are the same, four going out
of office every two years, while the al
dermen, one from each ward serve two
years. Heads of departments are APP
pointed by the mayor and have seats
in the upper branch, where they may
discuss matters coming under their SUI
pervision.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Rochester had a satisfactory expert
ence with voting machines on election
day, the entire vote of the city being
at police headquarters thirty seven
minutes after the polls were closed. The
voters experienced little trouble and re,
suits were altogether pleasing.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
RELIEF COMMISSION.
1t Decides to Discontinue the Work in
Porto Rico.

Philadelphia, Nov. 16.-The national
relief commission today decided to dis
continue relief work in Porto Rico Dec.
1, the government now being in posi-
ton to do all the necessary relief work
there itself Should there be a renewal
of hostilities, agents of the commission
will. be assigned to every camp. The
work of caring for the families of SOL
diers who are sick, either at home or in
a hospital will be continued indefinite
"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

New York seems to be disturbed be-
cause Boston got ahead of her in in
Producing a salt water fire service
This had been proposed as one method
of economizing New York's fresh wa
ter supply, but it has never got be-
yond the proposing stage.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

And now democrats in New York
are saying that il Croker had resigned
the management of the campaign out
side the city to Mr.. Hill. Roosevelt
might have been defeated. Probably
the conclusion is unwarranted, but it
is true that in comparison with Croker,
Hill is a finished ard delicate manipu-
lator. He could not have been guilty
Of so gross an error of judgment as
attempting to make supreme court
judges serve as bell boys to collect tips
for the tiger.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

The New York Herald says it is
cheap. vulgar, provincial and played
out to print descriptions Of costumes
worn at the horse show, but the other
newspapers do not mind the Herald 9
little idiosyncracies. They print "all
the sickening details" in bold display
type
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Outsiders need not yet concern them
selves with the effort to GUST Senator
Chandler and elect Judge Henry E.
Burnham to the United States senate.
Neither of the New hampshire sen
ators has been an unmixed blessing
to the republican party but each seems
to be bolted securely to his place.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Everybody will say good luck to Jo-
seph Jefferson in his temporary retire
ment from the stage and his sojourn at
his Louisiana plantation. Here's to
his health and happiness!
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

The announcement of the approach
ing marriage of Congressman Knox
leads the Boston Record to suggest
that there may be hope for Congress-
man Moody, especially as the young
statesman from Haverhill recklessly
jests about his bachelorhood in his
stump speeches. Congressman Gillet OF
Springfield, however, seems to be re-
garded as an incorrigible.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Shredded Wheat Co.'s wheat shreA
brown bread and wheat shred steamed
fruit pudding delivered in any part Of
the city if ordered of the driver by
mail or telephone one day in advance.
Both articles are superior in every re-
spect' is the testimony of all who have
tried them
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

who failed to vote for governor, 1922
belonged in democratic wards and 1900
in republican wards. Brother Bruce
seems to have been more severely lac
Grated in the house of his friends than
was supposed. There is some signifi-
canoe, too, in the fact that nearly
seventy-four per cent of the registered
voters went to the polls, this year, as
compared with less than 6S per cent
last Near
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

There does not really seem to be any
immediate pressing need for that new
little yellow evening paper for a cent.
Mr.. Moriarty is filling the one cent field
admirably, and his paper isn't yellow
either. just now it is, to put it mildly,
red hot. Curious that its pointers in the
way OF sensations do not interest the
Only Morning Yellow, that noble sheet
that isn't afraid of anything"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
THE RIGHT SIZE.

Helm glad that you only come to my
shoulder.
She-And why, dear?
He - Your father can't accuse me of
raising my eyes to you.-New York Jour-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
WANTED THE DoLLAR.

Little Birdie (nestling up to himJ-Tell
me how rich you are, will you?
Mr.. Dashing good humoredly)-I hard
~ know myself. Why do you ask?
Little Birdie = Well, sister said she'd
give a dollar to know, and / thought i
might get it.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Shredded Wheat Co.'S wheat shred
brown bread and wheat shred steamed
fruit pudding delivered in any part of
The city If ordered of the driver, by
mail or telephone one day in advance.
Both articles are superior in every re-
spect" is the testimony Of all who have
tried them
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Senator Stewart is not one of those
who were discouraged by the late cleo
ton. He predicts that he viii be re-
elected. The state is still for free sill
yer, and the railroad squabbles do not
bother him very much. He thinks il
all very well for men to complain that
he does not pay taxes in Nevada, but
when it comes to choosing senator
whom can they elect but him? Per
haps Mr. Stewart wears rose-colored
spectacles.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Thomas B. Reed is blessed with a
calm spirit and contented mind He
didn't worry about the war, he isn't
losing any sleep over the question of
expansion, and he does not manifest
undue interest in respect to the speak,
ership of the next house. He knows
that his services in the chair will be
more valuable to congress and the
country than any position could posi-
bly, be to him. Mr.. Reed is a philoso.
pher, and he has a cinch on the speak
ership.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

When even Hobson admits that the
Maria Teresa is past hope of saving
the rest of the world will have to as
sent.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Six per cent Of those who voted at
the recent election in Boston did not
vote for governor, and most of the de-
relicts were in the democratic wards
To be more exact. of the 1922 voters
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

1t was one of the peculiarities of the
Dreyfus trial that the accused was not
allowed to know either the charges
made against him or the evidence on
which they were based, so of course he
could make no defense, The court of
cessation or appeals, however, will
question him by mail, ana the prisoner
will formulate his replies from his
lonely hut on Devils island This is a
very rudimentary step in the progress
of justice, but it seems a long one.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

The New York Journal remarks that
the democratic party brought on the
WAR" is 'pre-eminently the party of
expansion" and ought to have won a
brilliant victory" at the late election.
If there was only dismal defeat, it was
simply because of imbecile democratic
leadership" \That is a reasonable ex-
PLANTATION as far as it goes, but it does
not expl&in why the Journal gives up
a column to William J. Bryans expla-
nations. Col. Bryan, by the way, says
nothing about 'imbecile leadership. -
He asserts that the republicans owe
their success to the successful war.
Brother Hearst and Brother Bryan
seem to be working apart.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

In proportion to its size. Switzerland
has more inns than any other country in
the world. The entertainment of tourists
has become the chief industry of the land
No less than 100 obstetrics, stationed for
the most part on mountain tops or near
glaciers, are on the list, and the receipts
year. So it cannot be such a bad bust
ness.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

The headline at the Park next week,
after the biograph, is Charles c. Sweet,
known as the burglar musician. Man
ayers Shea and Wilton propose on
Thanksgiving day to give Worcester
people their first experience of a regu-
lar continuous performance. The en-
tertainment viii begin at 10 a. M and
continue without cessation until 10 80
at night.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Instead of laying plans to manage a
democratic national campaign, it be-
gins to look as if Richard Croker would
have to exert himself in order to main
tain his position as political boss of
New York. The discomfort manifested
within the party at his conduct of the
recent campaign is the most ominous
demonstration which the Tammany
leader has yet been compelled TO face.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17
NEXT WEEKS ATTRACTIONS.

Worcester Theatre bookings next
week: Monday and Tuesday, Otis Har-
Ian, in Hoyts "a Day and a Night:
Thanksgiving day and evening, Rice
THE Girl From Paris; Friday, "a
Stranger in a Strange Land; Satur-
day, Eddie C. Bald, the bicyclist, in
"A Sprig of Laurel
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Gen. Breckinride will be gratified to
see that the newspapers consider that
he gave the Michigan war administra-
ton a sound drubbing in his testimo-
ny before the investigation commits
sion. He did not forget to say that
much of the responsibility for the
trouble. rested upon congress for not
putting the army upon an efficient
footing. but this reservation rather
adds severity to his comments upon
Shafter and the other Algerine war
riors, for it lends an air of judicial inn
Partially to his remarks. 1t may be
said that Gen. Breckenridge is preju-
diced, but considering the snubs that
have been put upon him, he might re-
ply with Mark Twain, 81 would be
ashamed of myself if I wasn't"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-17

Lothrop's bill next week is "A Spring
Chicken" by Edgar Selden, the author
Of "A Hot Old Time" The new piece
has for its hero a young man who be-
lieves he was born in an incubator,
and thereby has acquired certain at
tributes peculiar to poultry The play
is said to be very funny