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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28

piled as high as the lamp on the head
OF the engines North Grafton. SO the
iaIlroad men say, was practically bur
leu IN snow, and the depot in the little
Hdlhlet was hardly noticeable.
+ rom North Grafton to South Fra
iIlIhsham the train crew found pretty
tleaf sailing, and they reached the lat
Ter place in fairly good season. The
RACKS III South birmingham, like
euV9t III worcester We're barren of
anything that looked inviting. but
mere We're several trains delayed but
dHAlously waiting for the chance to
move out Boston lodged the effects
Vi lne storm so far as it concerned
opening the way for steam car traffic.
curly IN the morning From the Hub
10 south birmingham the tracks were
not badly drifted. There were sew
eral mountainous looking snow drifts
at various points along the line. lust
enough TO spoil the gains which might
De made at other sections
Ihe Worcester snow plough got in it's
goou work long before dinner time. and
AT IL clock started for this city at
the head Of long procession of de-
iayed trains, the prominent ones in
cIudlhS the Chicago limited and the
western express, besides two other To-
cal trains. The entire line had ex-
cellent sailing as far as North Graf
ton but two miles east Of the depot
there huge drift stalled the snow
plough, and a wait of two hours was
in order
During this time few people can
imagine the entertainment which the
passengers furnished Men on the
plough got out and worked like Tro-
jams to clear away the tracks. but
their work was slow and hardly with a
good result. Several Of the passengers
g,ol off and worked with the crowd,
shoVeling snow, and the procession of
Trains was once again started toward
! Worcester
| II was 235 o'clock when the first
sight of an engine was seen coming in
from Boston, and the crowds Of anx-
lously waiting people in the depot gave
a rousing cheer which made every
body forget il was Sunday. One after
another the trains came to a halt. and
friends who had been tied up for hours
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| COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-
SETS .-Worcester, SIS. Probate Court
To the heirs at law, next of kin and all
other persons interested in the estate of
Mary Kinnery, Late of Spencer, in said
county, deceased:
Whereas, a certain instrument purport-
ing to be the last will and testament OF
said deceased has been presented to said
court for probate by Garrett Ell. Dolan,
who prays that letters teStamentary may
be issued to him. the executor therein
named, without giving g surety ON his Of
fetal bond:
You are hereby cited to appear at u
probate court to be held at Worcester, in
said county of Worcester. on the SIXTH
day of DECEMBER, A. d. 1898, at 8
o clock in the forenoon, TO show cause. IL
any you have, why the same should not
be granted.
And said petitioner is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once in each week, for three
successive weeks. in The Worcester Daily
Spy, q. newspaper published in Worcester
the last publication to be one day at least
before said court and by mailing, post
paid, or delivering a copy of this citation
to all known persons Interested in the
estate seven days at least before said
court.
Witness-WTLLIAM T. FORBES, ESQ,
judge of said court, this twenty second
day of November, in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and ntnety-eight.
GEORGE II. HARLOW. Register
N24, 2SD5
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is what made the train lose time. The
arrival in Springfield and the long wait
there was something fierce TO go
through. and the passengers were near
ly dead" from the effects Of their ride
from Springfield TO this city, which oc-
cupied nearly six hours
No traffic whatever was attempted
on the Fitchburg road. Most of the
day, after the storm abated somewhat,
the section men were out clearing the
tracks, and they succeeded so that
trains will run all right by some time
today.
Shortly after o'clock an engine from
the round house pulled out and was
attached to a baggage car loaded with
theatrical scenery, and the outfit pulled
out en- route for Gardner This was prac-
tically all that the Fitchburg did dur
ing the day, although the road bed was
made free for traffic by the force OF
men employed.
Everything along the line was prac-
tically deserted, and the Fitchburg
people in Worcester took a day off
so far as running trains was concerned
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28

! COAIMOEWEALTII OF MAsSACHU-
SETTS.-Worcester IS. Probate Court
To the heirs at law, next of kin, creditors
and all other persons interested in the
estate of Annie F. Wesley. late of Wor-
cester, in said county, deceased, intes-
tate
| Whereas. a petition has been presented
| to said court to grant a letter of admin
Iistration on the estate Of said deceased 10
Herbert Wesley of Worcester. in said
county of Worcester, without giving a
surety on his bond:
! You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court to be held at Worcester, in
said county Of Worcester, on the TWEEN
/ TY-NINTH day Of NOVEMBER, A. D.
1895 at 9 pollock in the forenoon, to show
cause. if any you have, why the same
should not be granted.
And the petitioner Is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once in each week, for three
successive weeks, in The Worcester Daily
| Spy, a newspaper published in Worcester,
the last publication to be one day at least
before said court.
| Witness-WILLTAM T. FORBES, ESQ,
judge of said court, this fifteenth day of
| November, in the year of our Lord one
| thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
GEORGE IL. HARLOW, Register.
| NIGH, Is
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28
GOT OFF EASY.

Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Have but Little Trouble from Storm.
Local representatives Of the telephone
and telegraph companies are congratu-
latng themselves on the fact that they
have escaped so easily, so far as seli-
Gus trouble with their lines is con
cerned. When the storm assumed seri-
GUS proportions early Saturday night
managers and employees Of these COM
panes saw visions of the blizzard Of
~ and subsequent storms which have
caused damage taking weeks to rem
edy.
Thus far communication with outside
points has been uninterrupted. The
Western Union had some trouble with
their New York wires yesterday after
noon but the difficulty was easily over
come, and last night lines We're work
ing in all directions
Inquiry at the local telephone ex-
change develops the fact that between
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28
STALLED.
Steam Trains
Delayed
BY HUGE DRIFTS.
Incidents of d Year Ago
Repeated on the Albany.


Union depot from y o'clock Saturday
night when the effects of the storm
began to show, looked like crystal
palace. All night long, the waiting
rooms Of the station We're thronged
with belated travellers, and their posi-
tons could be keenly felt, and in many
cases the pathetic side was particular
~ noticeable
The railroad lines entering Worcester
We're practically disabled, from the
time the midnight pulled in from Bos-
ton at 1926 O'Clock, yesterday morn
ing, and traffic in and out of the cjtv
was at a standsul. Early SATURDAY.
evening the trains over the varioI,s
lines rolled into Worcester from Ten
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28
AN ILL WIND.

Like All Others, it Blows Good For Some
People.
The snow in one way is a godsend to
many poor men who are out of work
1t is not much trouble for any one to
find employment if he possesses a pair
Of arms strong enough to WELD a
shovel.
The people at the Welcome Mission
We're besieged with applications for
help from all sorts of men who were
given food and a bed at night, on con-
dition that they would shovel snow. 1t
seemed an easy thing. and almost an
army Of moneyless men We're put to
work on the streets where they soon
became warm enough, and after a
substantial supper slept soundly on
the Mission cots.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28

80 and 10 local lines are crossed or in
trouble of some sort, but out-of- town
communication Is unimpaired.
The fire alarm wires have given but
little trouble. Circuit No 6, which runs
in the neighborhood of Bloomingdale
road, was crossed with one of the Graf
ton lines of the New England Telephone
& Telegraph Company, yesterday after
noon, but the trouble was soon located.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28

face, are layers of fine sand, wood and
bone fragments and powdered mica.
These layers are in a case of hard palm
wood, which extends above the surface,
and there is a hollow space between the
underground layers and layers of hide,
wood and hard rubber that make the
upper part of the apparatus. The rub
Der top of the continuance is struck with
a club resembling the stick with which a
bass drum is beaten.
The instruments are not more than a
mile apart, and all are placed in a direct
line north and south. When standing
outside the building in which one of them
is kept it is difficult to hear the blow,
though it is distinctly heard in the build
ing a mile distant. The instruments are
en- rapport with one another, and when
struck the neighboring ones to the north
and south respond to or echo the blow. An
Indian at the instrument which thus re-
spends answers the signal, and then the
operators are able by a system of sig
mailing to carry on long conversation
He-There are two periods in a mans
life when he never understands woman.
Indeed, And when are they?"
Before he is married and afterWard -
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28
AN ODD TELEGRAPH.

South American Indians Have an Eff
cient System.
The Geographical Journal prints some
interesting notes by Col. Church on the
visit of DR.. Bach of La Plata, Argentina,
who has made extensive explorations in
ing special attention to the habits and
customs of it's tribes. Among the Catu-
quinaru, whom he visited in 1S96-s7. he
found an extraordinary Geographic ap-
paratus called the cambarysu, which
these Indians use. One of them is hidden
away in each hamlet occupied by the
tribe. A hole is excavated In the ground.
about half of which Is filed with coarse
sand while above this, almost TO the sur
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28
LEGAL NOTICES.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed eXecu-
tor of the will of Chloe Carter, late of
Worcester, in the county of Worcester,
deceased, testate and has taken upon
himself that trust by giving bond, as the
law directs. All persons having demands
upon the estate of said deceased are re-
quired to exhibit the same, and all per-
sons indebted to said estate are called
upon to make payment to
CHARLES E. SMITH ENr
Westboro, Nov is, 1898. N26 28D5
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28

COAAIONWEALTH OF NIASSACHU-
SETTS. Worcester, 50. November 81 1893.
TO me proPrlstors Of the Rural Cemetery
In pursuance of q warrant issued TO me
as one of said projectors seeking organiz-
alton as a corporation by Burton W. Pot.
for said county, you are hereby notified
to attend a meeting Of the proprietors of
said county to be held in the Town Halt
in said Rutland on SATURDAY the
TENTH day of DECEMBER, 1893, at 2
o'clock p. m. for the purpose of seeing
whether said proprietors desire to organ
iZe themselves as a corporation, to elect
officers, and to adopt bylaws in accord
ance with the provisions of the statutes
in such cases made and provided.
STEPHEN W. FAY
n 1928 D
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28
LECTURE,
Illustrated with StereOpticOn,

THIS NIONDAY) EVENING at 8
o'clock by DIR. CONRAD. Subject, 1.-The
Yosemite Valley; San Francisco, and
What I Saw in Chinatown After Dark -
Many of the views for this lecture have
been made for the occasion, and a num-
Der of them will be colored Prior to
the lecture vocal selections will be rem
mantle and Mr.. William D. Evans of
Providence Admission 10 cents. Re
served seats at 600 Main street, 10 cents.
Doors open at 7.15. Lecture at 8.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed adj
ministratrix of the estate Of George c.
DewhursL, late of Worcester In the
county of Worcester deceased intestate
and has taken upon herself that trust by
giving bond, as the law Directs All per-
sons having demands upon the estate OF
same, and all persons indebted 10 said
estate are called upon to make payment
to
ELIZABETH II. DEWHURST, Admrx.
Worcester, Nov. Is, 1898.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28

FORM OF EXECUTORS NOTICE TO
CREDITORS OF INSOLVENT ESTATE
Brookheld, in the county of Worcester.
deceased, intestate, represented insolVent:
The probate court for said county will
tors against the estate of said Francis II.
Gleason, and notice is hereby given that
six months from the EIGHTEENTH day
% % Sre6toEs ~ present iS ARE ro, s4%ed
claims against said estate, and that the
court will sit to examine the claims Of
creditors at Worcester on the TWENTY
o'clock in the forenoon. and at Worcester
on the SIXTEENTH day Of MAY, 1899 al
9 o'clock in the forenoon.
Nt9,21,2S
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Quinsigamond Lodge, No. 43, I. o. o. F..
will work the second degree MONDAY
EVENING, the 2Sth.
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Dr. Bulls Cough syrup Is the safest
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escribe IL, children like it, and doses
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHC-
SETTS-WOrcester, IS. Probate Court
To the heirs at law and all others inter-
ested in the estate of Thomas Curtis. late
of Leicester, in said county, deceased;
Whereas, Daniel Kent, administrator OF
the estate of said deceased, has presented
to said court his petition for license to sell
at private sale, In accordance with the
offer named in said petition. or upon such
terms as may be adjudged best, the real
estate Of said deceased, for the purpose Of
distribution:
You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court to be held at WOrces ter. In
said county, on the SIXTH day of DE
CEMBER. A. D. 1895 at 9 o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, II any you have
why the same should not be granted
And said petitioner is ordered to serve
this citation by delivering q copy thereof
TO all persons interested who can be found
within the commonwealth, fourteen days
at least before said court, and ii any one
cannot be so found, by publishing the
same once in each week. for three sue
cessive weeks, In The Worcester Daily
Spy, a newspaper published in Worcester,
the last publication to be one day at least
before said court.
Witness-W WILLIAM T. FORBES, esq.
judge of said court, this twenty-ffth day
of November, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety eight
GEORGE II. HARLOW, Register.
N2S, 2SD5
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-28
LEGAL NOTICES.

MORTGAGEE'S SALE-To James Pryor
and any and all other persons Interested
in the following described real estate:
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, mort gagee in a certain mortgage
given by James Pryor to the Leicester
Savings Bank. u corporation established
by law and doing business at Leicester IN
the county Of Worcester and common
wealth of Massachusetts, dated May o.
1888 and recorded with Worcester district
registry of deeds, book 1870 page 3l4 by
virtue OF the power Of sale contained in
said mortgage for breach of the COndi-
tion thereof and for the purpose of fore
closing the same, will sen at public auc-
ton, at he dwelling house situated ON
the farm first described in said mort
gage. on TUESDAY, the TWENTI ETH
day of DECEMBER. 1888, at II o'clock IN
the forenoon, the following described real
estate being the same described in and
conveyed by said mortgage deed, as fol-
lows, to wit:
"A certain farm with the buildings
part OF Leicester and i'm Paxton, bounded
and described as stated in deed from
( Ezekiel Daniels to Patrick Pryor. dated
April 22d, 1852, and recorded in the regis
try of deeds for said county, book l9l.
page l22, viz: Beginning at the end OF a
stone wall at a corner OF land of Hiram
BemiS: thence sOutheTly by my other
land to a town road and crossing the
same; thence westerly by said road to
an angle of the same. thence
southerly by said road TO cor
easterly by the wall as it now stands.
and bounded southerly by land in part Of
said Snow, in part by land of the Misses
Thompson and I'm part by land Of Joseph
/ Bryant, to a road; thence nurtherly by
said road to a corner Of said Bryant S
land; thence westerly and northerly as
the fences now stand and bounded by said
Bryant's land to the road first mentioned
and crossing the same; thence northerly
by said road a. short distance to the cor
ner of said Hiram Bemis land thence
westerly by said Bemis land to the point
nation one h9ndred acres, more or less,
being a part Of the land which was con-
veyed to the said Daniels by deed Of Eze-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-05
TWO INDIANlANS KILLED.
Artillery Recruits Mang1ed by a Pre-
mature Explosion of Gun.

KEY WEST, Fla. July 4. II p. m.-Ben-
jarnin Kimmel and Alvan Harper, two re-
cruits of the First Artillery. at Fort Taylor
garrison, were instantly killed by the pre-
mature explosion of powder charge in a
gun at noon to-day. The bodies of both
men were hurled twenty yards over the
parapet into the sea and were literally
blown to pieces. With Emlen Clark, an
other recruit, Harper and Kimmell were
handling gun No. 10, a ten-inch muzzle-
loading Rodman, which had not been used
for year. They had fired one charge and
after swabbing out the cannon were ram
ming home second charge of twenty-five
pounds of powder, when it was ignited by
the burning shred-casing of the first cart
ridge. Clark, who was holding the vent,
was unprovided with thumb-Stalls, and
when the flaming gas bit into his flesh he
lifted his thumbs and the entire charge was
exploded Harper and Kimmell were stand
ing just in front of the muzzle. The shat
tered bodies were picked up by the patrol
tug Frank and were buried at shutdown
not far from the graves of the Maine VIC
TINS. Kimmell was twenty-one years old
and was born in Monroe county. Indiana.
Harper was two years older and came from
New Winchester. Ind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-05
ACTRESS MORA KILLED
ONE OF MANY VICTIMS OF A lorna
DO AT HAMPTON BEACH, n. II.
Heavy Storm on North Atlantic Coast,
with Thirty Killed and One Hum
dred Seriously Hurt.

HAMPTON, N. H., July "A tornado
struck a section of Hampton beach at BIS
o'clock to-day causing immense damage to
beach property and great loss of life. The
tornado touched the beach at place about
half a mile north of Whittier's Hotel, and
cut a rotary swath one hundred yards wide
in a westerly direction, moving in rotary
shape until it passed out to sea. Twenty
cottages were torn down and several small
hotels wrecked. The greatest loss of life
and injury came with the demolition of the
old skating rink, near Levitt's, single
story structure of wood, 500x100 feet in size.
Here from seventy-five to 125 persons were
seriously injured, an unknown number
slightly wounded and seven persons are
already dead.
A yacht owned by Capt. Frank Mudd was
In the path of the storm and went down
with nine persons, of whom five were
drowned: Walter Gertrude and Ralph
Hodgeson, Kensington, N. H.; Mrs. w. H.
Parker, Kensington, and Captain Mudd,
Hampton The list of dead on shore report
ed at o'clock was as follows:
Mora, the actress, who was playing a piece
entitled THE Blowing Up of the Maine;
Miss Mae Prescott, Exeter; Samuel Cam
Among those believed to be fatally injured
in the pavilion are; Miss 0. d. Presley,
HaverhiIl, Mass; j. f. Pennington, Exeter,
and W. II. barber, Exeter HARRISON was
taken out dead, but Mora, the actress, was
alive when found and died shortly after.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-05
WATSON TO SAIL ron SPAIN.
Determination Reached at Yester-
days session of the War Board.

Determination Reached at Yester-
days session of the War Board.
WASHINGTON, July 4.-The war board
was in session with President Mckinley for
considerably over an hour to-day. Secretary
of State Day, Secretary of War Alger, Sec
rotary of the Navy Long. General Miles,
commanding the army, Admiral Sicard and
Captains Mahan and Crowninshield were
present The kilograms received over night
and to-day were laid before the board, and
there was general conference on the sit
uation The most important action taken
was decision to expedite the departure Of
the feet under Commodore Watson to the
Spanish coast The administration is desir-
Gus of beginning the bombardment of the
important coast cities of Spain as soon as
possible, and the events of the past twenty
four hours make the project all the more
fleet removed. Watson will sail at the ear
Hest moment, and this announcement was
made by Secretary Long with great salts
faction. The matter of achievements for
the American position at Santiago was TAX
en- up by the board, which concluded that
before reinforcements could reach Shafter
the necessity at that point would be passed.
Troops. however, will be sent, but they are
not in the nature of reinforcements. The
troops, it is stated, will be dispatched as
early as possible. but whether they will go
direct to Cuba or Porto Rico, the next point
Of attack, is yet a matter of some doubt.