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The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25

Spain has been obtaining most of her
coal from the United States. An in
stance in point is the Vizcaya, which
received supply OF coal in New York
after its trip from Spain. The only
formidable sea coast Notifications
Spain possesses in Cuba are in Havana.
These are the defensive works at Playa
del Chiso, which mount two twelve
inch rifles; the Santa Clara battery,
mounting four eight-inch and three
ten-inch modern guns.
Militia Under President.
In replying to criticism T. at the
President can not send the militia out
OF the United States, as they are
strictly a home guard, the Army and
Navy Journal will say: I'VE have made
no mistake. The control of the Pres
ident over the militia is absolute and
unlimited in time of necessity, and as
he is the sole judge of that necessity
there is practically no limit upon his
discretion. In speaking of the militia,
however, we refer to the national mill
tia and not to the national guard. Most
OF the members of the national guard
are militiamen, and as such are subject
individually to the orders of the Pres
ident, issued in accordance with law,
but the organizations of the guard are
not recognized by the government as
organizations.
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25

The system of coast defense which
States is surely formidable enough, but
unfortunately it is not quite as near a
state OF perfection as could be desired
in case of actual hostilities with pow
erful enemy. There is enough done,
however, to make a respectable show
ing in case of war with Spain. Dur
ing the last ten years about SAC, 900 900
has been spent on seacoast fortifca-
tons, armament, torpedoes, and their
equipment, and still much remains to
be done, as our Atlantic coast line is
enormous in extent and requires a vast
amount OF attention to fully prepare
it for foreign foe.
High Power Guns.
Emplacements for high power guns
are either finished or nearly so at the
following points: Portland Head and
Great Diamond Island, Portland. Me-;
Fort Constitution. Portsmouth, N. H.:
Growers Cliff, Paddock's Island, Long
Island Head, Boston harbor; Dutch
Island, Narragansett Bay. Great Gull,
and Plum Islands, eastern entrance
Long Island Sound; Fort Hancock,
New York harbor; Firms Point, APP
proach to Philadelphia North and
Hawkins Points. approach to Balti-
more; Fort Washington and Sheridan
Point, approach to Washington. ID. c.;
Fort Caswell, Wilmington, N. c.; Fort
Moultrie, S. c.; Tybee Island, Savan-
nah; Fort Morgan, Mobile, Ala; Fort
st. Philip, New Orleans; Fort Point,
Galveston, Tex; Ballast Point, San
Diego, CAL; Fort Baker, San Francis
co harbor; Marrowstone Head. Puget
Sound. Guns are in position at Fort
Hancock, New York harbor; Portland
Head. Me-; Growers Cliff, Boston, the
approaches to Philadelphia and Wash
ington; Fort Caswell. Charleston. Mo-
bile and Galveston harbOrs. At Fort
Hancock, Sandy Hook. there are
mounted two ffteen-inch and one
eight-inch pneumatic dynamite guns,
two twelve-inch and four ten-inch
rifles, and mortar battery
OF sixteen twelve-inch mortars
of sixteen twelve-inch mortars.
Guarding the Narrows.
Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth,
guarding the Narrows, are amply pro-
vided with eight and ten-inch rifles and
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25
HIS NORTHERN BROTHER.

HIS NORI HERN BROTHER-
Just make it two, old fellow,
want to stand once more
Beneath the old flag with you,
AS in the days of yore
Our fathers stood together
And fought en- land and sea
The battles fierce that made us
A nation of the free.
l whipped You down at VicksburC,
You licked me at Bull Run;
On many field we struggled,
When neither victory won.
You wore the gray of Southland,
wore the Northern blue;
Like men We did our duty
When screaming bullets flew.
Four years we fought like devils,
But when the war was done
Your hand met mine in friendly clai p,
Our two hearts beat as one.
And now when danger threatens,
No North. no South. we know,
Once more we stand together
To fight the common foe.
My head. like yours, is frosty
Old age Is creeping on:
Life's sun is lower sinking,
My day will soon be gone.
But If our country's honor
Needs once again her son,
I'm ready, too. old fellow
So get another gun.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25
OUR COAST DEFENSES.
REVIEW OF THE PREPARATIONS
FOR WAR.

Protection OF Harbors-Mines and Guns
Make New York Fairly safe-Much OF
the Coast Exposed-value OF the Ma
tionaI Guard In an Emergency.
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25
slftee Coal Ashes for the Hens.

In the winter time. when it is i'm
possible to get road dust for the hens.
sifted coal ashes may take their place.
We say nothing about the barrel or
road dust that may have been pro-
vided from last fall, for we are morally
certain that such barrels are empty and
most OF them have always been in that
condition. Give the fowls something
to wash themselves in, for the hen
uses dust in the place of water. She
has no use for water for bathing.
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25
Teasing the Administering O

Teasing the Misunderstanding or
Young animals on the farm should
never be tolerated. 1t may be very
funny to see the young things make
use OF their tender horns, and stamp
ing OF feet, ETC., but as they grow
older and learn to know their strength.
they often become vicious, and then
some day in a fit of bad temper they
are liable to injure some member OF
the family, or strangers which may
happen to be passing by are very like
ly to be attacked by vicious animals.
Give all animals on the farm kind but
firm treatment. Animals should be
made to both respect and love their
attendants, but this cannot be accom-
plished II they are allowed to be
teased.-Farm Journal.
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25
I'm not so full O. fightin' ,

Nor half so full o. fun,
AS | was back in the sixties
When l shouldered my old gun;
1t may be that my hair is white
Sch things, you know, must be,
But il this old Unions in for war,
Make one more gun for me!
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25
TWO VOICES.
A SOUTHERN VOLUNTEER.

A SOUTHERN VOLUNTEER.
Yes, sir, fought with Stonewall,
And faced the fight with Lee;
But If this here Union goes to war
Make one more gun for me!
| didn't shrink from Sherman
AS he galloped to the sea;
But il this here Union goes to war.
Make one more gun for me!
/ was with 'em at Manassas
The bully Boys in Gray;
] heard the thunderers roarin'
Round Stonewall Jackson's way,
And many time this sword of mine
Has blazed the route for Lee;
But If this old Nation goes to war,
Make one more sword for me!
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25
II mt forgot my raisin'

Nor how, in siXty-two,
Or Whereabouts, with battle shouts
| charged the Boys in Blue:
And | say: l fought with Stonewall.
And blazed the way for Lee;
But IL this old Unions in for war,
Make one more gun for me,
Atlanta Constitution
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25

Guarding the NhrrOWS'
Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth,
guarding the Narrows, are amply pro-
vided with eight and ten-inch rifles and
The Yale expositor., 1898-03-25

Spain would have difficulty in coaling
II she were at war with the United
States. Puerto Rico would soon be un-
tenable as a base of supplies. A bat
tleship without coal is useless, and
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23
WIFE MURDER AvERTED.

Clinton, Dec. PA horrible murder
was narrowly averted this evening,
through the timely appearance of an
officer. Joseph Lovely, an employee of
the Lancaster mills. went to his home
drunk. and proceeded to make life a
riddle for his wife for some time, until
the matter was solved by officer James
Craig arresting the belligerent spouse.
The affair occurred the early part of
the evening.
Lovely, when sober, is very indus
trious. out when he yields to drink, he
tarrorizes his home. Last evening he
was trying to kill his wife, and, seiz-
ing hammer in his frenzy, he made a
mad dash for Mrs. Lovely. She saw
the move just in time, and tried to flee
away from him.
Grssping the large hammer firmly
in bis right hand, he gave chase and
pursued his terrified wife over the
house. end just as Lovely was raising
his arm for a murderous blow, Officer
Craig came through the door.
At the sight of one of his own sex,
Lovely became penitent, and begged
piteously for mercy at the officer
hands. officer Craig, however, took
the drunken man by the collar, and
walked him to the police station, where
he viii remain in safe keeping until
this morning, when he win be arraign-
ed before the local district court.
Lovely is so years of age, and hard
working citizen.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23
WHO WILL PROSECUTE

There is evidently a misunderstand-
ing as to just who shall exercise the
power Of the district attorney in tbs
legal steps TO be taken in the devei-
opments arising from the Leicester
street car accident.
District Attorney Parker holds that
as he is retiring from office. action
should be taken by the recently elected
district attorney lockwood Hour. Mr.
boar, upon the other hand, holds that
as he has not yet taken the Office, he
cannot be expected to tase thu ii,;t,~-
tive in the 1patter. They have, how
ever. held "a conference and hase d.
cided upon a line OF action
District Attorney Herbert Parker
was seen at his home, in Lancaster,
last night, by the correspondent Of The
Spy. When asked what action he pro-
posed to take, if any. IN the matter OF
the trolley-car tragedy at Leicester. he
replied: This affair hardly comes
within my Satisfaction. ASy term or
office expires In a few days My sue
cessor. Mr.. Hoar will have. to deal with
it, Moreover. II would be improper
for the government 10 say what Il ccn-
templates in such case as this. The
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23
GoRMAN ReTIcENT.

superintendent John B. German of
the Worcester and Suburban road had
little to say of the accident yesterday,
more than he said in yesterdays SPY.
When questioned on the subject Of
switch stealing" he said. ct may be
true that switch stealing is practiced
on our road the same as on any other.
But to say that the road winks at the
practice, is untrue. When it happens,
we officials know nothing about ii. Ii
IS quite possible for a motorman or con
ductor to deceive us in that way In
Iact, deception is rarely discovered un-
less some calamity results"
Mr.. German, however, would not .ad-
NIT that Wednesdays accident had
been the result of switch stealing j"
President Watson. he claimed. was fha
only person authorized to give out the
findings OF the inquiry but there is nc
reason to suppose that his views are
different from what they were Wednes-
Gay night when he said that the crew
OF the car out of Worcester were to
blame.
The rules which Mr. German saws an
ply to his road are that when two cars
meet on turnout, the first shall wait
Tor the second Ave minutes At the
expiration of that time, If the second
car does not come, the first is at lin
erty 10 90 ahead slowly At every
curve the car must stop and the con-
ductor run ahead the same as at a rail-
road crossing. If the cars meet. the
one nearest turnout must back out
The ditiiculty with the rule is that con
ductois and motornen are tempted to
81 IasE instead Ct SLOW, after passing
z turnout IN hopes Of getting beyond
the half way point in their next stage
before meeting the next car In case
en- eiapioy violates any Of these rules
Mr.. German saNs. he Is discharged
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23

exposure of it's purpose in advance
might defeat that purpose. / can say
to you, however, that Mr.. Hoar and
myself have considered the subject.
We held a consultation on the affair
yesterday, in my office. Mr. Hoar and
myself were in accord as to what
should be done; but Of course, you will
see how improper it would be for me
to say what action we decided to
take"
District Attorney elect lockwood
Hoar said that the matter of the in
vestigation of the case for the presen-
tation of the facts before the 80 d
jury would not come UP before nm,
as the accident in question happier ed
before he begins mis- official duties as
district attorney, he assuming the du-
ties of his Office Jan. 4th. Gen. Hoar
said that If the case had occurred af-
ter his term began, the investigation
of the affair would be under his direc-
ton, but as he is not the district at
torney at the present time of the acct
dent, the matter would be subject to
such action as District Attorney Her
bert Parker might take. In previous
cases, which have come up after the
election of the district attorney, the
district attorney-elect has acted upon
the recommendations of the official
actually holding the office at the time,
and this the incoming Official thought
would be the course in the present in
stance
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23
PELICAN'S BOUTS.
A Big Crowd Saw the Fun
in the Rink.

The athletic exhibition held at the rink
last evening under the auspices of the
Pelican Athletic Club attracted a crowd
of $50. The program consisted for the
greater part of boxing The monotony
of the boxing was broken by an exhibit
ton of eatch-as-catch-ca wrestling by
the Teller brothers-"Jim" and ED. "a
very clever exhibition of bag punching by
Frank Lee. and club swinging by Michael
Kelley.
The boxing consisted of eight bouts,
some of which were very good exhibitions,
and the less said of the others the better
The evenings program could have been
improved upon by being made shorter and
by having the men paired with some re-
spect to ability. Some of the best men on
the program were compelled to go against
men who were out of their class as far as
ability as boxers went.
The best bouts of the evening were be-
tween George Bodies of this city and
Stokes McNally. of Marlboro; u, Fred
LAWYER and Henry Sweeney.
Bolles gave very fine exhibition of
boxing. and showed that he thoroughly
understands all the points of the game.
But to the disappointment of those pres
emit, his opponent was not in his class. and
he was given little chance to show his de-
fensive work.
The bout between Dinsdale and Wood
was clever contest. Dinsdale had the
advantage In height and reach, and
worked his points in this line for all they
were worth. Both men were very clever,
and the contest was thoroughly enjoyed.
The Lawler-Sweeney bout was very
clever exhibition of boxing, and would
have been much improved on If the men
had paid more attention to their work and
not fooled as they did.
The wrestling match between the Teller
brothers was very fine. The match was
won by Jim" as he succeeded in win
ninp the first and third falls. The exhibit
ton was one of the best ever given In this
city, and the applause given the contest
ants at the finish was thoroughly de-
served.
The bag punching by Frank Lee was
superior to most exhibitions given in this
city. The wonderful way in which the
ball was kept going ATTRACTED rounds and
rounds of applause and showed that Lee
is star man at his game.
The remaining contests were between
Edward r. O'Brien of Marlboro and Jo-
seph Butler of this city; James Kivala-
han of this city aud Moses Memmoins.
known as the "California Kid" Frank
Lee and George Taylor both of this city
Brother" Jackson and T. Clash: John
McDonough and coored boyer called
"Sisto," and the Sullivan brothers, Eu-
gene and John L.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23
NOTABLE EVENT.

New York, Dec. 22.-Over 400 sons
of old New England sat down to the
9Sd annual dinner of the New England
Society of New York city, tonight, at
the Waldorf-Astoria, President Henry
E. Rowland presiding.
At the guests table with President
Rowland sat many prominent men,
among them being Joseph Bushnell.
Brayton Ives, George w. Cottrell, Ed
ward A. Quintard, Elihu Root, ].
Pierpont Morgan, Joseph H. Choate,
Milton 1. Southland, Capt. H. C. Taylor,
Gen. Hamilton s. Hawkins, Gen. Will
liam r. Shafter, Gov. Dyer of Rhode
Island, Rear Admiral William T.
Joseph Wheeler, Gen. Wallace Ran
doiph, James NJ. Beck, Edward S. Bar
rett and Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt.
Governor elect Theodore Roosevelt
was greeted with loud cheers when he
rose to respond to "the state of New
York" He spoke in part as follows:
New York owes much to its Dutch
founders; it owes much to the men of
other races who have come here to
help build up the composite type of
American manhood, but New York, like
most to what it inherited from the Pu-
ritans, to what it has inherited of their
2racticability, their conscience and
their courage. The Puritan came from
a stock which carried the Bible in one
hand and in the other the sword. l
think we of the recent generation have
awakened to liyelier sense of what we
owe to these men whose career typifies
the sword in modern life, of what we
owe to the representatives of the regu-
lar army and regular navy. We owe
much to others in the past: we owe
much to our statesmen, our common
wealth builders; we owe most to the
men who risked their lives that the
honor of the flag might be upheld
Gen. Wesley Merritt, fresh from his
labors with the peace commission in
Paris, received a hearty greeting when
he rose. In part lie said I'VE have a
great work before u.s. What We have
done and what the administration has
done in the interest of the country; we
can extend our commerce in the tropics
to an enormous extent. great many
people have insisted that the consLitu-
ton forbids the acquiring Of new ter
ritory. To these / nave said: We have
outgrown the constitution. 1t is not
worth while to discuss it, We are here
and we are here to stay. Everything is
in our favor in the far east"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23
SYSTEM is UNCERTAIN.

Motormen and conductors on the va
rious Worcester street railroads are Of
opinion that the high officials are to
blame, because they run cars on sched-
ules that are almost impossible to adj
here to without Stealing switches"
Should an employee come in late per-
sistently, he would soon be discharged.
But so long as he runs on time and
meets with no accident, no questions
are asked about switches and turnouts,
and the length of time the car waited
at each.
Switch stealing" the.men say, is an
every day occurrence on gYSSSxM. single
track railroad in Worcester. 1t is al
most impossible to avoid the practice
except when all cars are on time, a
condition which rarely prevails. 1t is
therefore most unjust they think, to
discharge employees for violating rules
which the company never intends
should be observed.
Some of the men, who do not want
their names mentioned, say it is a mat
ter of guess work merely for Leices-
ter-bound motorman as to where he
should stop to let a ten-minute car
pass.
All through the simmer the four ten
minute cars We're scheduled to start
from the Leicester car barn at 315,
3.35, 3.55 and Ais every afternoon. On
rainy days the travel is much lighter,
and the cars have been started an hour
later. The regular car might reach the
turnout at st. Joseph's switch in a light
rain and wait the required five min
,uteS before the expected car was sight
ed Each man is supposed to know
enough to keep to his schedule, and as
ne had no sure means of knowing
whether the Worcester-b bound car
would be anywhere near the switch
when scheduled, the leicester bound
conductor began to take chances after
he had been fooled a number of times
and been obliged to run behind his
schedule
On the single track one car. which is
five MINUTES late viii throw all the rest
behind, and an over cautious man is
liable to get into disfavor by showing
up late right along.
At other times it is said the ten-min-
ute car would be held at the power sta
ton until the car from Spencer came
along ten minutes later, on the suppo-
sition that the latter car would be
loaded to the limit and that it would
require two cars to carry the load
whenever this was done, the Leiees-
ter-bound car would, maybe, wait five
minutes, then go ahead and finally find
the two cars which it was supposed
were running ten minutes apart on the
same switch. The whole matter has
been made so uncertain, as there is
no block signal or any other system Of
locating another car except by sight or
hearing, that even old, reliable men
have felt obliged to do good deal Of
guess work. and if they thought a car
would not be met at the specified place
would go ahead without waiting the re-
quired time and be reasonably sure Of
not sighting a car.
On Wednesday it was both foggy,
damp and altogether disagreeable The
men say their fellows on the Leicester
bound did not count on meeting the
ten-minute car, and consequently went
ahead so as to meet the regular at the
top of the hill at Washburn square on
the scheduled time.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23

accident occurred. but not faster than
allowed by the law.
lie did no, hear the vestibule coming,
and did not see it until it was upon him.
He then jumped to save his life. He
was not Keeping an especially sharp
lookout ahead. supposing that he had a
clear track, and that the Spencer bound
car was waiting for him at the top Of
the hill
The story Of Conductor McGoon was
substantially the same as that Of Mo-
torman Hutohins. He had understood
that he was to meet the vestibule OPP
posite st. Joseph's Church, that being
the regular point of meeting, and had
not stopped on the Winslow avenue
turnout for that reason.
Motorman Hiney of the vestibule car
testified rs running over the St. Jo-
seph1s Church turnout, stating that, not
seeing the other car there, he had sup
posed that they We're waiting for them
at the Winslow avenue turnout.
According to his testimony, the St
Joseph's Church turnout was not all
ways the point of meeting outside Lei
cester centre. He did not attempt to
deny the statement of the railroad Off
Gals, that the turnout opposite the
church was the one specified in the reg
ulations, but said that, as a matter of
fact. the cars passed on which of the
two turnouts they most conveniently
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23
AKARMAN's OPINION.

John =; Akarnan. superintendent of
the Consolidated Street Railway, SAYS
mat discipline more than anything else
Is necessary TO prevent accidents and
loss Of iifc. All, he says, depends on
the employees. II they are careful. al
gaes wed. But IL they are inclined to
take chances. accidents are bound 10 o.
car. ara could NOT be prevented even
b} ne Introduction OF the block signal
system. eg any o.her safeguard thar
might be adopted
Conductors and naosornen, he thinks
Should be Jrea ed more like conductors
ana cngsi ers on the railroad. and d
rigid discipline enforced Men should
be punished and even Gis eharged for
the infracticn OF small ruies, for little
things lead ID great ones. II car crews
found they were punished every time
Icy stole switch. tllst and other
bad practices would heygiVen UP.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-23
DAMAGES FOR FAMILIES.

An accident insurance company and
not the Worcester and Suburban Rail
road Company will have to stand the
loss of damages awarded to the injured
and families Of the killed. The rela-
tives of Kerrigan will probably be en-
tilted to $4,000, which the laws of Mas
sachusetts allow whenever a person is
killed instantly. The family of Hol-
brook. who lived and suffered three
hours after the shock, will get SINH
lar tGInount.
All the injured were reported as much
better yesterday. Conductor Calvin
proved to be hurt less than was sup
posed. He was allowed by the doc
tors to leave the hospital and be pres
ent at the investigation of the accident
held by the directors of the company.
He will walk with a decided limp for
some time to come, but his injuries are
no longer thought to be of serious
character.