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The New York Tribune says that
Mommsen, the aged German historian,
has got 1t into his head that We made war
on Spain because we wanted tosannex
Cuba and its other Caribbean possessions.
In this, adds the Tribune. he is all wrong,
as Carlyle was in his earlier views OF our
civil war.
And yet the old gentleman's convictions
suggests that he has been reading the
Tribune.
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Orange Horse show.

ORANGE, VA, August lO.-(Specfal)-
The Orange Horseman's Association held
its first annual exhibition to-day. 1t Is
given out to be decided success. Owing
TO heavy rains this evening the pro-
gramme was interfered with to some ex-
tent, Great things are expected to-mor-
row. The horses are fine. and made
most excellent showing. The attendance
was very large.
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Judge Rhea is already on the stump in
the Ninth District Hon. William A. Jones
was heard from in his district few days
ago, and it is announced that Hon. James
Hay will open the canvass N the Seventh
Digtrict early in Septembee.
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Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22
TURNER'S MASQUERADE.
Social Turn Verein Entertains Large
Number of Its Friends.

The members Of Worcester Social
Turn Verein entertained a large num-
ber of their friends in Turn Verein
Hall, Monday evening, at their thirty
eighth annual concert and fancy dress
ball Like it's predecessors, it was sue
cessful.
Turn Hall was beautifully decorated.
Long streamers of many-colored bunt-
ing ran from the centre of the ceiling
to all sides of the hall, while the four
walls were hidden under bunting and
tinsel work.
The decorations served as a back
ground for the gaily attired dancers.
Everybody was in costume. The lion
and the lamb lay down together, so to
speak There was young man to rep
resent Uncle Sam with the typical gray
beaver. There was the Spanish girl
with her enormous earrings and her
peasant costume. And Uncle Sam and
the Spanish girl waltzed about the hall
together, just as if war between the
United States and Spain was an utter
impossibility
There was the hobo, who looked his
part to perfection. He was attired in
rags and tatteTs. Behind him in the
march was a young man who was evil
IDENTIFY made up to represent Boss
Croker. One little German lassie wore
costume that would have made Tod
Sloane green with envy 1t was a red
blouse, with a white skirt and buckskin
riding boots, while upon her dark brown
tresses a Jockeys cap rested jauntily.
These are but few of the costumes,
but they show the types that were por-
trayed. From s to o'clock RiedPs or
chestra furnished an excellent concert
program, after which the grand march
was started. Then dancing was in or
der, and continued, with two or three
short intermissions, until about o'clock
in the morning, when the last dancers
slowly filed down the stairway, and an
other masquerade was over.
Charles w. Mench acted as floor dir
ector. William Ploch was his assistant,
and the aids were Jacob Gauch, Otto
Karle, Peter Turffs, William Jacobsen
and j. Beiersdorf.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22
CASINO CLUB SOCIAL.

The ladies of the Casino Club inaug-
urated the Mardi Gras season Monday
night with pretty social at the club
rooms. Many of the members of the
club were present and enjoyed them
selves until past midnight. The rooms
were decorated with bunting, palms,
potted plants and cut flowers. The
grand march was led by F. j, Latour
and Mrs. Philip Richard, followed by
J. A. Trudel and Mrs. L. Werner and
Frank Lavoine and Miss Dora Werner.
Abbott's orchestra furnished music
and F. E. & w E. Marshall served the
collation. at interhtission. The dancing
was under the direction of Alphonse
Masse, who was assisted by the follow
ing corps of aids: Miss Emma Lavio-
lette, Miss Leah Laviolette, Miss Dora
Werner and Miss Lizzie Faucher. The
arrangements for the affair were con-
Quoted by Mrs. Philip Richard, Mrs, L.
Werner, Miss Dora Werner and Miss
Lizzie Faucher.
This evening the club will hold an
historical party at the club rooms. Mu-
sic will be by Abbotts orchestra.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22
COLE OLSON"
The Valiant sweds, Conqusrs a Large
Audience at Lothrop's Opera House.

Notwithstanding that the weather Mon
day night was anything but favorable to
theatregoing a goodly- y-sized audience
gathered at Lothrop's Opera House to see
and hear the adventures of 'Ole Olson"
the Scandinavian emigrant, whose dramat-
ic fortunes have made the tangible ones
of his author and several other gentlemen
during his ten years of his existence. As
to be a Swedish character-actor a player
only has to be proficient in the dialect and
to stand stolid and emotionleSs while the
most astounding things are going on
around him, Ed F. Cogley, the present i'm
| personator of ole does as we'll as Gus
Heege, Ben Hendricks or any other of his
predecessors, for he is an expert in the dia-
lect, and the rest is easy. Mr. Cogley
old town" in the Swedish language, taught
him by Ivar Lawson, the bicycle star of
the company, and therefore guaranteed to
be genuine which makes a beWildering
and distinct novelty. Other specialties are
introduced during the progress of the
piece, including a brilliant song and dance
full of talent, and Irish and German i'm
presentations by Thomas r. Beatty
Those who need to be reminded of the
arrives as an emigrant from Sweden and
forthwith secures employment as gard
ener with a Mrs. Jordan, widow, whose
good angel he later proves to be by saw
claims to be former husband of hers.
The work of the supporting company who
| consist of Thomas F. Beatty, Jefferson
| Lloyd, Fred Passion, Lavinia Thompson,
| Josephine Fox and Ada Melrose, is first
class.
A special, though introduced feature OF
the performance, is the appearance of the
renowned bicyclist Ivar Lawson, known
as "the terrible Swede." Mr.. Lawson rides
a mile against time every night, and also
| another against a local rider, a valuable
! trophy being given any one who succeeds
| in defeating the professional The h&sas
| trainer is the machine used Mr.. Jat%-
sons opponent Monday night was Emil
Sauer of the Vernons. Tonight he will
| ride against Charles H. Raymond, the
holder of the ive-mile indoor record on
the home trainer and on Wednesday will
try conclusions with the redoubtable John
Casey. Efforts are being made to secure
Victor Ekberg for Thursday night and
John S. johnson on Friday, and on Satur-
day all five riders will compete. In addi-
ton to the trophy offered for beating Law
| son, another will be given on Saturday
night to the rider making the fastest time
| against him during the week.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22
BURNED BY GAS.
Irving Swan Brown and Willie Barron
Victims of Accident.

Irving Swan Brown and Willie Barron
Victims of Accident.
Irving Swan Brown, Junior partner
and general manager of the Denholm &
Mckay Company, and Willie Barron of
1s Langdon street, employed as office
boy by the above firm, were severely
burned by an explosion of escaping gas,
at the store, Monday afternoon.
The firm are putting in a new fire.
proof vault on the second floor of the
building. Carpenters and gas filters
were at work about the vault Monday,
and some one left a stop-cock in the
vault open instead of shut.
Mr.. Brown and the Office boy were
going into the vault for a book, and the
boy lighted a match for the purpose of
igniting the gas. AS he did so, there
was a sudden puff, and cloud Of flame
shot out from the vault enveloping the
two, and slightly burning carpenter
named Reed, who stood by The flame
was out as soon as it had appeared.
DR.. H. S. Knight was summoned and
attended to the sufferers At first it
was thought the boy would lose his eye
sight; but reports from the hospital
where the boy was taken. Monday
night, state that he is badly burned
about the face and hands, but is appar-
emily all right in other respects.
Mr.. Brown was badly burned about
the face and hands, and had his hair
badly singed. He was removed to the
was reported as comfortable as possi-
HE
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22

for long time, and did it as she does
everything-very well indeed Her
sumptuous evening gown ii the first
act and the handsome black enc of the
last, admirably set off her queenly fig
ure and We're as much admired by the
ladies as if they formed part of the
wardrobe of real actress. Miss Angie
l.. Parker's Gertrude will he counted as
one of that talented young ladys best
triumphs The leading actresses in the
country would find the fiery southern
girl a difficult and delicate role to han
die satisfactorily, and Miss Parker can
accept the hearty congratulations OIL
her friends, that she succeeded so well.
The dark, close-fitting riding habit that
formed her costume for the first two
acts is vastly becoming. Miss Winni-
fired Higgins sprlghtly nature found
congenial vent as the ingenue, Madeline
West, and piquant little soubrette was
Grace Monahan as Jenny. Miss Mon
ahan has an ideal soubrette face, and is
mercurial and vivacious enough to cap
tiVate the most hardened critic. Her re-
mark as she gave Capt. HeartseaSe her
lace handkerchief, You soldiers have
so few comforts, you know was given
with an archness and naivete that made
it one of the gems of the evening. Mrs.
William Heffern deserves more than a
need of praise for her portrayal Of the
shrewish Margery, and Margaret Mac
pherson made prominent by her per-
sorality the rather colorless speeches of
Edith Haverill.
The scene of the battlefield used in
acts two and three, and the drop of act
one representing Charleston harbor, are
the creditable work of Fred P, Dean. A
mounted gun loaned by Battery B and
a live black horse were among the ac-
N1-bn ,Yf1 a
sensation. The boxes wa"e tastefully
draped with American flags.
Although Jupiter Pluvius and Jack
Frost conspired to make travelling hor-
ribly unpleasant, the house was well
filed, and many seats were sold whose
purchasers were unable to be present.
The matinee today will be heavily pat
ronized, and the fnal performance to-
night is certain to be packed,
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22

slightest hesitation or stammering on
the part of the principals The curtain
rose promptly at o'clock, and the
waits between acts were wonderfully
brief so that notwithstanding the
length of the piece and the time neces-
sarily consumed for executing the mil
itary maneuvers required to give real
ism to acts two and three the last line
was spoken a little before IL.
1t sounds like hackneyed and insin-
cere fattery to say of amateurs that
they compare favorably with profess
sional actors in their work, but with
most of the young ladies and gentle
men in Mondays production, this re-
mark would apply without eXaggera-
tion. They were surprisingly easy in
their manners; they were not stiff nor
awkward, nor did they rant nor over
act, as is a sad habit of many would
be Thespians; and better than all, they
looked the parts they were cast for.
While Daniel Frohman or Augustin
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22
DROPPED DEAD.
Abel o. Perry, Janitor at Pilgrim Church,
Was shoyeIing Snow.

Abel o. Perry. for many years janitor
at Pilgrim Church, dropped dead while
shoveling snow at the side of the
church, about 6 o'clock Monday eve
ming. He has had sinking spells of late,
and was known to have heart trouble,
but his sudden death came as great
shock to his family and many friends.
Mr.. Perry was found by Joseph w.
Warren who summoned assistance and
removed the man to his home, IA Han
cock street. DR.. Lindsey was summoned,
but Medical Examiner Baker had been
previously summoned, and he gave as
the result of mis- finding that the man
died from heart failure.
Mr.. Perry was a veteran of the late
war and was badly wounded at the bat
tie of Antietam. He has carried bull
let in his chest since that time, which
is thought to have had some influence
on his health. He was a very popular
man and leaves host of friends, who
will mourn his loss.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22

DAILY may not yet offer any of them an
engagement, there is many a. recognized
repertoire troupe playing first class
houses. whose talent will not compare
with that of the company which Sergt.
w. H. Plummer has collected for the
City Guards,
There Is little opportunity for one who
has attended none Of the rehearsals to
observe how much of the credit of the
ensemble is due to Mr. Plummer and
to H. F. Merritt, the stage manager,
but it is doubtless a large share. Both
these gentlemen have had wide eXpe-
rience in theatricals, Mr.. Plummer hav-
ing been a leading authority among To-
cal amateurs for a long time past, and
Mr.. Merritt, an eX-attache of the pro-
fessional stage. The little bits of taxi
ing stage business introduced, the
groupings arranged with a keen eye to
dramatic effect and pleasing color, and
the stage settings, which were more
complete and professional-like than is
usual in similar efforts are clearly due
to these gentlemen.
Mr.. Plummer himself assumed the
leading juvenile role of Col. Kerchival
West, and added another and the most
brilliant star to his already glowing
galaxy of successes He was natural,
unaffected, yet rising to the occasion
when force was required, and though
his was the largest part of the play,
he held his lines with a firm grip that
could only have been acquired by the
deepest study. That always reliable ac-
tor John w. Heffern, gave a conscien-
tious rendition of the suspicious hus-
band, Gen. Haverill, and was dignified
and manly throughout. Stage Manager
Merritt modestly assumed the lesser
part of Haverill's scapegrace son, and
did the little he had extremely well, not
ably the trying death scene, which
little less delicacy would have made
ridiculous instead of pathetic. Henry
Baribeault was cast for the thankless
role of the villain, and by his vigorous
acting was complimented by the cordial
hatred of the gallery at once. His make
up and carriage was exceptionally good.
Frank P Marlowe, who made his first
appearance on the stage as Robert FL
lingham, should take a front rank
among our amateur forces. He shows
a ready adaptability for dramatic work
and is earnest and impassioned. Mr.
MarloWe did so we'll and deserves so
much credit that he will pardon the
kindly suggestion that he make John
Drew his model hereafter re ther than
Henry Irving. Capt Barrett and the
officers of his command were cast for
the minor roles. and the audience wish
ed they could have more of them.
There is no amateur in Worcester who
is more popular, or who has a wider ex-
perience, than A. M. Van Dusen. He has
played everything from Hamlet to a
Chinaman, and done them all WE'LL but
his speciality is comedy old men, and in
General Iranaeus Buekthorn, the
bluff, kind-hearted, eccentric COM
mander, he has part that
fits him to T. Mr.. Van Dusen
has what is rare even among profess
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22

Laforce; minute men, S. F, Hagerty,
A. p. Trombly, Michael Sullivan, Ben
jamin Trombly Colleen Bawn, Miss An
ME Trom6ly; monkey, N. w. Howard;
queen of carnival Miss Ethel May Sia-
ter; England, MissAnnie Mcnamara;
page, Charles Hanson, Alfred Berger;
Young America, Leo c. Berger; page,
Charles Couture; United States, MISS
Maggie Hagerty; colonel of army, W.
e. Stevens; King Carnival, Louis A:
Lucier; Mexican, b. l.. Trombly; Can
ada, Mary Rose Gagnon; western girl,
Miss Matte Layton; Martha Washing
ton, Miss Mary E. Paul; Empress
Louise, Miss Ida White; Queen Isabella,
Miss Blanche Ward; French ballet girl
Miss Bertha Laverty; violet girl, Miss
Emma G. Tate; Red Riding Hood, Miss
Elbina Abair; Daughter of the Regi-
ment, Miss Alice Lalime; prince r. De
Chulus; Z. S. infantry, John j. Gold
ecker; Indian squaw. Miss Lizzie
Goodnue; little girl in blue, Miss Wini-
fred Delaney; Music, Miss Allie Lucier;
Tyrolian girl, Miss Beauchemin; British
captain F. Hackanson; Uncle Sam,
Frank Hill; patriot, Alphonse Couture;
Indian chief, w. H Snow; devil, G. H.
Schlessinger; page, George Daniels;
Mexican, Harry L. Swift; page, John
Martel, Jr.; Cuban general, c. K. Har-
dy; Italy, Miss Amy Fuller; France,
Miss Queenie Fuller; Ferdinand Exie
McQuay; minute man. George Upham;
Lord High Chamberlain, w. H. Glenn
ents; Monte Cristo, Joseph Shea; Lonis
XIV, Thomas McGuinness.
The carnival will hold two sessions to-
day. This afternoon there will be a
Martha Washington reception, and this
evening the program, as heretofore
printed in the Spy, will be carried out.
With anything like decent weather.
there should be big crowd in attend
ance
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-22
EVERYDAY PATRIOTISM"
General Curtis Guild Of Boston Speaks at
Old South Church.

Everyday patriotism" was the sub
ject of an address at the Old South
Church, Monday evening, by Gen. Cur
tis Guild, Jr., of Boston, under the aus
pices of the Old South Mems Union.
General Guild spoke in 4 general way
about the duties of true citizenship.
He referred to the devotion of these
hardy settlers to their town and coun-
try's interest, and emphasized the ne
cessity for citizens to attend the prima-
ries, needing the various matters con-
cerning their towns welfare, and dem
onstrated the need of individual interest
in the affairs of town. state and ma
tion.
General Guild had good word to say
of the citizen-soldier and incidentally
remarked that never in the history of
our country have we ever had so well
an equipped and disciplined body of
men as at the present time.
The address was listened to with much
attention by those present.
The first part of the program CON
sisted of a fine organ recital by w. F.
Gaylord, and some charming solos by
Miss Lillian Hanson.