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The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
CAROLINA KNocKDoWNs.
How the Croker Idea Of Persuasive
Campaign FIourishes in the South.
(From the New York Sun.)

(From the New York SUM-
Senator TilIman's assertion that the
only way for the democrats to carry
North. Carolina is to carry it with shot
guns, is being verified by the tar heel
democrats, with the assistance of a
number ofzealous democrats from Sena-
tor Tillman's state. The purpose of the
gentlemen with shotgunS is to fr1ghten
the negroes from attempting to vote the
republican ticket and by producing a
condition of laWlessness and race war
to force White republicans into voting
the democratic ticket as the sole de-
fence against the negroes.
The program has been well carried
out. Armed parties of whites and armed
parties of negroes have taken the field
or fortified themselves. We have noticed
that in little martial diversions of this
kind it is not the Caucasian, however
great his alarm for the future of Cau-
casian civilization, who gets shot. The
white vote will not greatly suffer by the
present troubles, although it may be
found necessary, as a war measure, to
shoot few obstinate yAhite republicans
'1to encourage the others"
The Hon. Daniel L. Russell, governor
of North Carolina, has issued a procla-
nation in which he declares that the
political canvass mas been maQG tne
occasion and pretext for bringing about
conditions of lawlessness in certain
counties, such, for example, as Rich
mond and Robeson,''' and that certain
counties lying along the southern bor-
der of the state have been actually in
vaded by certain armed and lawless
men from another state viz, the Hon.
Ben Tillman's.
Gov. Russell asks good citizens to
obey the laws, orders the visitors from
South Carolina to leave North Caro-
lima, and generally discourages the
present exuberance of democratic en-
thusiasm. under the influence of which
republican meetings have been broken
up, republicans whipped or shot, and
other convincing methods of inducing
republican voters to neglect to register
adopted
Russell is a republican, and there is
no probability that his suggestions or
orders will be respected by vigorous
partisans armed with shotguns Such
proud spirited citizens despise govern
ment by proclamation almost as much
as they despise government by injunc-
tion or government by majority, in case
the majority is not theirs.
The Hon. Benjamin Ryan Tillman of
South Carolina seems to be conducting
g successful campaign in North Caro-
lima Has the Hon. Richard Croker
congratulated him on the application of
the knock-down argument?
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK.

With the exception of claims made
by the active campaign managers on
either side, there will be fewer and
fewer predictions as to the outcome of
the election in New York as election
day approaches. Notwithstanding the
slight independent detection, it is daily
becoming more clear that Col Roose-
velt has the support of very great
majority of the better class of people,
not only in the state at large but in
New York city, where Croker's man
must win if he wins at ALL
Col. Roosevelt's tour of the state,
which ended on Saturday, was marked
by increasing enthusiasm, and this, es-
pecially in view of the fact that his
nomination was effected and his cam
paign opened in cyclonic fashion, thus
affording some ground for the fear that
the ardor of his admirers would cool, is
a most encouraging indication. Evi-
IDENTIFY the voters understand that the
democratic claim that if Van Wyck is
Croker's man, Roosevelt is Platts man,
is not well founded. Croker forced the
nomination of Van Wyck; Platt was
practically forced by public sentiment
TOO strong for him to Withstand, to ac-
cept Col. Roosevelt. Here is distinc-
ton with a difference, and it is greatly
in favor of the republican candidate,
who is fortunate in his reputation for
marked independence as well as for alb
solute honesty. Guessing on elections
during the last week of hotly contest
ed campaign is hazardous business, but
Col. Roosevelt and his friends seem to
have good grounds for their confidence.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
Crying,
Needs
ARE POINTED OUT.
Present System of Trans
portation Deplored.

Washington, Oct. SO-The immense
work of transporting the mails
throughout the United States is dealt
with in the annual report of Second AS
sistant Postmaster Gen. William Shall
lenberger, which was made public to-
day. The main feature of the report is a
vigorous arraignment of the existing
star route methods. Mr.. Shallenberger
refers to the present system of specula-
tive bidding for star routes as "dis-
creditable to the government" He says
the bidders cut a little under the old
contract prices and risk being able to
sub-let at profit. The competition re-
suits in the greater part of these con-
tracts being awarded at very low rates,
the accepted bidders or their agents
often using deceit and misrepresenta-
tion in securing sub-contracts from
poor and ignorant men as principals
and Sureties.
The report recites the subsequent
steps, saying the sub-contractors. if
complaining of greater requirements
than they understood, are threatened
with penalties by the contractors, or if
the sub-contractors attempt service
With inadequate equipment, fines are
imposed upon them. Finally, if the sub
contractors abandon the routes or the
department is compelled to remove
them and employ temporary service,
the cost of which is charged to the con
tractors, the latter in turn take action
against the sub b-contractors, who may
thus lose the little property they have.
Then there are the unscrupulous
contractors" it is added, who fail to
pay their carriers, which causes hun
dreds of claims against the contractors
filed in this office and necessitates vol
luminous correspondence to get the
claims adjusted. Again there will be a
bidder, who in his ineXperience and
eagerness will make his bids at
rates lower than those for which he can
secure sub-contracts Then follows a
general failure to perform the service
awarded him and the department is put
to the trouble and expense of arranging
temporary service and re-letting the
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
A BAD RocK LocATEp.

New Bedford, Mass, Oct 30.-The coast
survey steamer Blake arrived in port this
afternoon about 5 o'clock, having been
engaged since Friday morning in Search
ing in the vicinity of Quick's Hole for the
rock that the barge Felix struck two
years ago, which sent her to the bot
tom.
The Blake located sunlzen rock in
about the place where the Felix is said
to have gone down, but whether it is the
rock that sunk the barge is not known
definitely. The rock located by the Blake
is not down on any of the charts The
Blake later will go to Porto Rico to sur
vey the coast of that country The Blake
is commanded by D. b Wainwright. a
brother of Lieut.. Wainwright of the Glou-
cester.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
HER WORK COMPLETED.
Bay State Out of Commission Of Volunteer
Aid Association.

Boston, Oct SO.-The work of the
hospital ship Bay State ended with her
return here Friday with the sick SOL
diers belonging to the Sixth Massachu-
setts regiment, so far as the Volunteer
Aid Association is concerned. The few
Massachusetts men remaining in Cuba
and Porto Rico would not warrant an
other trip to the West Indies under
the auspices of the association. This
does not mean, however, that the Bay
State will not continue her good work.
Word was received by DIR. Burrill last
evening that the government would
take the ship and an officer of the war
department has been detailed to In
spect her tomorrow morning. The Vol
unteer Aid Association meets Tuesday
afternoon, and the matter of transfer
to the government will probably be
concluded.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
WAS IMPRESSIVE.
New ST. Anthony's Church Dedicated at
White River junction.

White River Junction Vt, Oct 30
The new st. Anthony's Catholic Church
was dedicated this morning. The ser
vices began with Rt Rev. Bishop Mi
chaud of Burlington conferring upon
Rev. FIR. Lonergan, the pastor of the
church, the privilege of blessing the
building. The ceremony was followed
by celebration of high mass, during
which Rev FIR d. j. O'Sullivan OF ST.
Adams one of the leading preachers of
the diocese, preached an eloquent ser
mon on 1.-The Catholic Church"
Rev. FIR. Lonergan was celebrant of
the mass, and at it's conclusion Bishop
Michaud spoke a few words of con-
graduation and dismissed the congre-
cation with the benediction. Large
delegations of Catholics from neighbor-
ing towns and many Protestants were
in attendance.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
EBECTRIC TURNTABLEs.
Economy Secured by Substituting Them
for Hand Power in Railway Practice.


The old-fashloned way to turn a loco
motive around was to run IT on circu-
lar platform and then revolve this plat
form by means of levers sticking out here
and there around the periphery. Several
men took hold of the levers, and many
hands made light work 2 But within a
few years attempts have been made TO
move the table by electric power. and
enough is now known of the matter to
show that the scheme is both practicable
and more economical than man power
The Railroad Gazette revived the sub
ject a week or two ago and gave a. few
significant figures.
At Chillicothe. Ohio. according TO this
authority, the machinery added to the
old turntable cost only $500 The appara-
tus at Cincinnati was more expensive but
more complete. In the latter city the
turntable was used fifty times day. and
at the end of four months (or 120 days)
the power consumed had cost less than
$3O In other words, the cost of each turn
had been under half a cent By hand the
expense averaged about u cents These
facts remind The Railroad Gazette that if
printed similar estimate several months
ago. On basis of turning 1I6 locomo-
tives a day, the cost came to about three
tenthS of cent a turn. And in that
case the hand labor would have cost four
teen times as much
The cases previously mentioned involved
the addition of electric motors to old
turntables. But an estimate has also been
made on an entirely new table, that was
worked by electricity from the very start
Those who We're in a position to form an
opinion believed that it would cost S400 a
month to operate this one by hand, count
tricity the expenditure for labor is 500 a
month. and for power only $40. Adding
Sl2 for depreciation of machinerS the to-
tai cost IS Sl32, or saving Of $26S month
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

distribution Of rations is demoralizing
the Cubans and there is difficulty in
getting laborers for the plantations and
mines. Such gratuities We're inevita-
BILE at first, but it is a serious question
how long they should be continued
Their influence is undoubtedly bad, but
for time the only choice was between
charity and brigandage. The change
from the conditions of war to those of
peace cannot be accomplished in day
or without disturbance. Even now,
suffering is reported from certain dis
tricts
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

Theodore Roosevelt has been called
the cowboy in politics, but like Secre-
tary Long, Senator Lodge, Senator
Hoar and the late Gov. Greenhalge, he
is also the scholar in politics. Proof of
this win be found not only in his books
but in the course of eight lectures
which he is to deliver before the Low
ell Institute in Boston. Massachusetts
has had rather a monopoly of this po-
litical genus, and even Roosevelt is a
Harvard man
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
POLICE ARRANGEMENTS.
Main Street to Sc Effectively closed
During the Parade.

The police detail for the parade was
posted in the guardroom OF the Waldo
street station yesterday.
The entire night force of both sta
tions will report at headquarters at
p. m. with overcoats. The line of
march from the armory to Myrtle
street will be roped off and no cars
nor vehicles will be allowed inside the
ropes during the parad de- No cars go
ing north will be allowed to pass on
Main or Southbridge street, after $40
p m, and no cars southbound will be
allowed to pass, after $50 ,. m.
After the parade has passed Frank
lin square going north, streets will be
opened, south of the parade.
The detail follows:
Andrew Harper, Grove street, north
of armory; Johnson, Salisbury street,
west of armory; Moore, Concord street.
near Grove; White, Highland and
Court house hill; Gleason and Dunn,
Lincoln square, west of Union and
Prescott streets; Flaherty, Bangs
court; Reardon south end court hill;
Eaton, Market street; James -O'Con-
nor School street; Burbank, Gertrude
avenue; Burke Thomas street; Cum
mings, Robinson place; e. H. Streeter,
George street; Nugent, Layard place;
W. II. ppCutGlg -1tltIdi SlICtIs 0tld-
ney, Exchange street; Ramsdell. Sud-
bury street; Merrill, Walnut street;
James Roche, Maple street: Brown,
Foster street; Darling. Elm street; j.
B. Mccarthy, Mechanic street; Rogers,
Pearl street; Fairbanks, Pleasant
street; j. S. Mccarthy and Ryan,
Front street; Whiting, Park street;
Pike, Barton place; Earle, Chatham
street; Foley, Allen court; a. Roach,
Burnside court; Charles Barker,
Burnside court, near Southbridge
ftreet; Mcleod, Austin street; Tierney,
Myrtle, near Main; John 0Connor
Myrtle, near east of Southbridgq
street: Fyrberg, Chandler street. Dam
iel Nc arthy, south of Main. nea
Chandler and Madison; Walbridge
Beacon street, south of Madison street
Lombard and d. sullivan, Southbridgsy
from freight house to west end of Port
land street
The balance Of the night officervH
whose names do not appear in above
detail will report to Sergeant Hill a atV
o'clock Officers Legasey, Millett,
and Clifford will report mounted.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
A BETTER CONDITION.
David a. Wells Physician Says There is
Nc Cause for Immediate Alarm.

Norwich. Ct. Oct. SO.-Dr. w. K.
Tingley physician for David A. Wells,
the economist, says tonight that ru-
nors of serious condition of the pa
tient are unfounded. Mr.. Wells is 70
years old. and recently took cold, which
aggravated his debilitated condition
He is apparently in no imminent dan
ger of dying. Although he has required
the attendance of a nurse for more
than year, he has continued his work
on the famous series of papers on ques-
tions which he is anxious to complete.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

Gov. Atkinson of Georgia, is still after
tahe lynchers. In his message TO the leg
isiature last week he called the atten-
tion of the lawmakers to his recon-
mendations made year ago, when he
asked for legislation which should hold
any party engaged in a lynching guilty
of murder. The governors advice has
not been needed, and he thinks it high
time that something be done, especially
as the democrats of the state declared
in their last platform in favor of the
legislation suggested. Anti-lynching
laws constitute a timely issue in Geor-
gia and in some other states.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

On sunday it is supposed that the
Havanese bade farewell to the bull
fight; on Nov 20 it is predicted Capt.
Gen. Blanco win bid farewell to Ha-
vana, and on New Years day, perhaps,
Spain win take leave of Cuba. Span
ish officials say it will be impossible to
get all the troops out SO early, but it
appears that our government has
grown weary Of the procrastination and
agreement to move. BY that time.
Havana viii perhaps be as healthful
. residence as ever it is. and conditions
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

There may have been truth in the
early reports that Lillian Russell failed
to excite the expected admiration in
Germany, but she will find consolation
in the fact that by singing for $3.50 a
night, she broke the record for high
prices in the fatherland. The largest
previous fee is said to have been paid
TO Petchnikoff, the Russian violinist
Meanwhile. Lillian has triumphed again
in her native country, and added one
to her diversified and possibly complete
collection of divorces.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

Conservative estimates of the republi-
can majority in the next house of rep
resentatives in Washington range be-
tween 25 and 80 Chairman Babcock
of the congressional committee sets it
at q, and New York newspaper fore
cast at %. The notion that the repub-
licans will lose control has faded from
the minds of all save a few mercurial
democrats.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
s4,ooo.Ooo.
That Much Now in Sight for Chicago
University

University
A Chicago special to the New York
Herald says: President Harper has an
nounced to the members of the senior
class at the University of Chicago that
before January 1, 1900. the university
authorities in all probability, will have
secured sufficient additional gifts to
meet the conditions named by John D.
Rockefeller in his last offer of $1,000, 900
to that institution, Mr.. Rockefeller's 8
offer being that he will give the sum
provided an equal sum shall be raised
from other sources before the end of
next year.
Dr.. Harper said that when the $4,000,
600 shall have been secured it will be
used to establish and develop technical
schools, such as law, medicine and ap-
piled sciences.
OF the $2,OOO,0OO to be raised to claim
the offer of Mr.. Rockefeller, nearly ST.,
100000 has already been secured.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

Chicago has followed St Louis in the
appointment of newspaper men as spe-
cial police, and more than one Boston
newspaper has suggested that the plan
might be worth trying at the Hub. The
police reporter and newspaper murder
expert can boast of triumphs to justify
the experiment.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
NEW SLANG woRD-'wflie K. Hover
lFrom Leslie,s weekly. )

Hawaiian will add one word to our slang
vocabulary Every soldier who leaves the
port carries it away, and somehow it
sticks to ones mind. 1T is ''wela ahoa. 2
in Hawaiian, "Strike while the iron is
hot" 1t took the fancy of the people
who came to Honolulu long ago to grow
up with the country, and is now regu-
lar term, meaning '"That's all right" or,
if speaking of some work being accom-
plished That's done" until now it has
become the expression among the people
for anything they enjoy.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

The announcement that a democratic
meeting is to be held in New York city
this week by the Business Mems Demo-
cratic Association prompts The Sun to
inquire what kind of business would be
promoted by the success of the demo-
cratic ticket. That is a pertinent ques-
tion, and a straightforward answer. by
a democrat of high standing would be
interesting.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

Certain humorous democrats talk of
carrying the city of Boston for Bruce
1t may be that a larger democratic
vote will be cast than last year, be-
cause of the congressional elections,
and the vote of Bruce for governor will
probably exceed that cast for Williams
Mr.. Bruce's one strong point is that
nobody knows anything about him.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

There is growing insistence on the
part of the substantial men of the
country upon the Importance of elect
ing sound money house of representa-
lives That issue is very much alive in
spite of the efforts of our friends the
enemy to place on file a certificate of
its death
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
49C 0 y0Id.
A GALA DAY
-Ccontinued From First Page.l

The banquet hail will unquestiona-
bly, present a decidedly pretty appear
anee, and the speakers of the evening
are men who upon all occasions talk
entertainingly. The presence of ladies
at the table will add zest and life to
the entertainment that would be miss
ing if they were absent.
Many factories and mercantile estab-
lishments will close at O'Clock, 1t is
expected, to give their employees
chance to see the parade.
The citizens will show their appreci-
alton of the Cuban heroes in a royal
manner, today, if the talk heard upon
the streets yesterday and last evening
is any criterion to go by.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
MONDAY. OCTOBER 81, 1s9s.

II the choice exponent of yellow jour-
nalism in Worcester is anxious for
trouble, and will make an issue that
does not involve the sacrilege of a
disturbance over the open grave of a
highly-esteemed old man, The Spy will
endeavor to be accommodating.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

Lynn, Oct. 3O,-A fire this morning in
the three story wooden block. 56 to Ga
Munroe street, owned by j. j. Grover
& Sons and occupied by several firms,
caused loss Of over $6o00 The cause
of the fire is unknown
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

The arrival of a vessel at San Fran
cisco, with two cases of the bubonic
plague aboard, which were contracted
in Hong Kong, is a reminder that we
need not wait for this dreadful disease
10 travel from Vienna across Europe
and the Atlantic ocean. 1t has come
to the United States from Asia before
now, but not in recent years.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
a CHEERFuL sPIRIr
IRON the washington star.l

= UT V1FV " tt77EIIIIl3 tVII KoIdIfJ
What did Col, Stillwell say about
the branded peaches we sent to cheer
his convalescence2"
He said he wasn't strong enough to
eat the fruit" replied the little girl
but that he appreciated the spirit in
which it was sent"
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
uxsRlDeE DEMOCRATS.
George Fred Williams and Daniel Gal
Iagher VIII Be the Speakers.

Uxbridge, Oct. 3O.-The local demo-
Gratis will hold a grand rally at the
town hall Monday evening at 7.45. Ar
thur E. Seagrave, chairman of the
democratic town committee, will pre-
side. The speakers of the evening will
be Hon. George Fred Williams Of Ded-
ham and Hon. Daniel Gallagher of Bos-
ton. The rally will probably be large
ly attended by out-of- town democrats
as well as by local people.
John M. Keegan win go to New York
city tomorrow, where he begins train
ing for a nurse
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
sAILoR REPORTED LosT.

Boston, Oct. 3O.--Capt Mailman of
the British schooner Nugget reports
that Percy Hudson, one of the crew,
was swept overheard and drowned
during a gale off Halifax, N. s., last
Wednesday. Hudson belonged in An
napolis NJ s
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

Will be opportune for American occu-
patton. Hitherto there has been no
occasion for haste in the matter, but
every day of delay after Dec. 1st is so
much time wasted.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

Whatever ex President Harrison
says is well said, and his argument in
favor of keeping the sound money issue
in view and for standing by our own
country and its administrative and ex-
ecutive officers during the present per-
iod of unsettled foreign relations, is
forcible and convincing.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
a providence SUICIDE.

Providence, r. T., Oct. S0.-Michael
Glepnan, a laborer, unmarried hanged
himself from a tree in lot off Sackett
street early this morning. No cause is
known for the act
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
no ISSUE ENcYcLIcAL.

London, Oct 31.-The Rome cores
.pondent Of the Daily Chronicle says the
pope will shortly issue an enoyclical on
anarchism.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
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The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31
KEEPING UP WITH THE STYLES.

From the Chicago Record)
Theodore is in quandary =
''What about?"
He can't decide whe. her TO get a new
fall suit or another surgical operation
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

London, Oct. 31.--The Paris cores
pondent of the Daily News says the
decision of the court of cessation on
Saturday was given by a vote of nine
against four
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-31

in all the latest shades-3o in num-
Der, containing EVERY LATEST
COLOR FAD. The incest possible
thing for Dresses and Waists to
wear any weather,