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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
RULES POSTED.
Consolidated Makes Stealing a Switch
Ground For Discharge.

superintendent John A. Akarman, of
the Worcester Consolidated Street
Railway Company, true to his interview
in The Spy upon the Leicester accident,
and firmly resolved to take time by the
forelock, yesterday caused to be posted
at the local car barn special rules to
guard against and repetition of the
Leicester accident on the local lines. 1t
has been intimated for some time that
such rules would be posted, and the
expected happened yesterday.
The first rule provides that any en-
ployee of the company who is guilty of
stealing a switch or attempting to steal
a switch will be summarily discharged.
The second rule provides that car
shall wait reasonable time at the
proper turnout, and then, if no car APP
pears, communication shall be had with
the main office for information.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
ARSENIC POISONING

New York, Dec 25.-Adolph Neat, a
bartender employed by Mrs Marie
Fischer, who keeps small hotel at
Paterson. n. j., died today, after suf-
fering the greatest agony.
1t is thought his death was caused
by arsenical poisoning and that the
poison was placed in the milk used by
the household of Mrs. Fischer Mrs.
Fischer. Mary Doty, a servant, Fritz
Hagerdam, an employee, and Fritz
Zeffin were also poisoned, but will
probably recover. The milk will be
analyzed
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
AGAINST IMPERIALISM.
New York Central Labor Union Gees
On Record.

New York, Dec. 25,-At meeting Of
the Central Labor Union today. resolu-
.tions were adopted in opposition TO
the policy of Imperialism and expan-
sion beyond the limits of this CONT
nent and the islands that are within its
natural and legitimate sphere of in
fluence."
Resolutions were also adopted in OPP
position to an alliance with Great
Britain
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
A WSTERN MU RIDER.
Old Citizen of Aught, Mo-, Shot at :
Christmas Tree.

jefferson City. Mo-, Dec. 25.-At a
Christmas tree celebration at Aught a
small town in Usage county. John Hol-
loway shot and killed julie Boillot, one
of the oldest and most prominent citi-
zens of Usage county. Holloway shot
his victim Eve times He fed and has
not been apprehended.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
NO IDENTIFICATION,

Personality Of Gloucester Burglar is Still
a Mystery
Gloucester, Dec. 25.-After an almost
positive identification of the dead Quin-
cy burglar as Charles Hanson by three
different persons in this city last night,
it nevertheless seems more than prob
able that Hanson is enjoying excellent
health as one of the crew of the fish
ing schooner George E. Lane, Jr., and
that he has not been on shore since that
vessel left for a trip to Georges banks,
on Dec. g. Detective Ferguson of the
quincy police last night was fully sat-
isfied that he had established the iden-
tity of the dead man found last Thurs
day morning in the house of John
Shaw, in Quincy
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
CHRISTMAS IN CAMP.
Seventh Army Corps Eat Turkey and sus-
pend Routine Work,

Savannah, Ca, Dec 25.-Christmas in
the camp of the Seventh army corps
came as near to being a civilian cele-
bration as is possible in military life.
Practically all army restraints were
suspended, except morning and after
noon calls, and the men were left to en-
joy themselves in their own fashion.
The Third Nebraska, Col. w. ]. Bryan's
old regiment, had a fund of $1,000 sent
from home for a Christmas dinner. This
was apportioned among the companies.
The Second Louisiana also had $1,000 for
a Christmas dinner, but this regiment
spent Christmas at sea, having sailed
yesterday at the same time as the First
Texas
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
FIRE AT swAMPsCoTT.

swampscott Dec. 25.-The large club
stable situated on Galloupes Point, and
owned by C. w. Galloupe of Boston,
was burned tonight, with part of the
contents The total loss was about
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
KILLED THE GIRL.
And Then Frank NuIty Put Bullet Into
His Own Head.

New York, Dec. 25.-Mamie Remly a
17-year-old girl, was shot in the heart
and killed today al h4r home on Eighth
avenue by Frank Nulty, a post office
clerk, 10 years old. At the same time
Nulty shot himself through the head,
and was taken to a hospital, and it is
believed he will die. Nulty was former
ly a sutton of the girl, but recently they
Quarrelled
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
ONE OF THE LARGEST.
Extensive Steam Saw Mill Burned at
Lincoln, N. H.

Lincoln, n. H, Dec. 25.-The steam
saw mill of j. e. Henry & Sons, prob
ably the largest plant of the kind in
New England was burned during last
night and for time the safety of the
entire village was threatened. The loss
entire is approximately $4,000 with the
insurance $4,000.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
FUNERAL OF MRS. SCOTT

The funeral of Mrs. Thomas Scott
took place yesterday afternoon from
her residence 5 Arbor Vitae street. Rev.
John Scott OBLIGATED. There were many
sorrowing friends present, and the
floral offerings were numerous. Among
them was a handsome sheaf of wheat
lnterment was at Hope cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
LINES OF TRAGEDY.
Boston Christmas Story includes Two
Suicides.

Boston, Dec. 25.-There We're lines of
of this city today Just as the church
bells were pealing out the gladness of
Christmas in the early morning, the
body of an unknown man was found
on Dorchester avenue, and a revolver
clutched in one hand and hole in the
temple told how he had met his death.
The police said it was the body of a
suicide.
A little later the body of a young
woman was found floating off City
Point. and the medical examiner says
that death was due to drowning, with
indications that the woman committed
suicide.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
DEATH OF HOTEL MAN.
Francis Fiske Mclean Connected With
Evans House, Springfield, for Years.

Springfield, Dec. 25.-Francis Fiske
Mclean, for many years one of the pro-
prietors of the Evans house, this city,
died this afternoon after a long illness.
He was born in Ludlow, Jan. 1, 1927,
and early in his life was employed as
proofreader by the first Samuel
Bowles. He served as chairman of the
board of selectmen of Ludlow from 1861
to 1865. and was at one time deputy
sheriff. He was married twice, and his
two children by his first wife survive
him.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
SYMBOLS OF FRIENDSHIP.
Notable Ango-Amercan Demonstration
at Cairo.


Cairo, Dec. Pa farewell banquet
was rendered this evening to Lieut..
Gen. Sir Francis Grenfell, the recently
appointed governor of Malta, who now
retires from the supreme command of
the Anglo-E Egyptian forces in Egypt.
The presence of Mr.. Thomas S. Harri-
son, United States agent and consul
general, and Ethelbert Watts, United
States vice-consul- general, led to an
Anglo-American demonstration
Gen Grenfell and James Ronnell
Rodd secretary of legation at the
British agency, spoke warmly of An
glo-Saxon friendship. Mr.. Harrison,
who was received with immense en-
thusiasm, made a stirring speech,
sparkling with humor, in the course of
which he reciprocated their friendly
expressions
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
KENTUCKY Ex-MAYoR DEAD.

Louisville, KY, Dec 25.-Bx- Mayor
Charles D. Jacob died at his home here
today, of heart trouble. He was 60
years of age. Mr.. Jacob during Cleve-
lands first administration was min
lister to Colombia.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
THE BANK OF SPAIN

Madrid, Dec. 25.-The report of the
Bank of Spain for last week shows the
following: Gold in hand, no change;
silver in hand, increase, $4,000 pese-
tas: notes in circulation, increase. H.
029 900 pesetas.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
SEVEN MEN INJURED.

Pulp Mill at Berlin, N. F., Burns With Al
tending Accidents.
Berlin, N. H., Dec. 25.-A large pulp
mill and adjoining sheds, lately pur~
chased by Elias Thomas of Portland,
Me-, from the Berlin Falls Fibre Com
pany, was completely destroyed by fire
this afternoon, and during the fire
seven men were caught under the roof
of one of the sheds and were severely
burned. This property has been lying
idle, however, for a number of years.
The loss and insurance are not known.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
AMNESTY GRANTED.

London, Dec 26--According to the
Rome correspondent of the Daily News,
King Humbert has signed a decree
granting amnesty 70 minor offenders
in the recent MILAN riots,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
AN ACTORS SUICIDE.
Raymond Buchanan Brooded Over
Death of Baby Boy.

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 25.-Raymond
C. Buchanan, aged %, a member of Gill
lette's Secret Service" company, died
here today from an overdose of chloro-
form. When discovered, he was dead,
on his bed with a letter by his side an
nouncing the death in New York of his
infant son. on Dec. IA.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-26
RrT LITTLE CHANGE.

Washington, Dec. 25.-Forecast for
Monday for New England and east
ern New York: Fair; colder; light var
liable winds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

and I was told to-day by an official
that he doubted if the United States
could object to Spain reinforcing her
troops in the islands outside of Luzon
unless on the ground that such action
was aimed against this Government.
PARIS, Oct. 1.-The American and
Spanish peace commissions assembled
for their first business session at 2
o'clock this afternoon in the rooms as
signed them for their deliberations in
the French Foreign Office on the Quai
d'Orsay. A special entrance Is set apart
for the use of the commissioners in
order to furnish them with every pri-
vacy and convenience possible.
The morning sun entered the apart
ment cheerily by day and was made
brilliant by night by two huge crystal
chandeliers fitted with electric lights.
The Foreign Office authorities have
wholly turned over the suite of rooms
devoted to the Peace Commissioners.
No persons, even French officials. are TO
be allowed to enter the rooms while
the commission is using them.
France, as the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, M. del Case, remarked at the
breakfast which he gave in honor of the
two commissions on Wednesday last.
has thus effaced herself, after bringing
the two commissions in touch and sup
plying them with quarters for their
conference.
The session Of the Peace Commissions
lasted ninety minutes. The next ses-
sion will take place Monday at 2 in
the afternoon. Both commissions main
tanned secrecy as to their proceedings.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02
HIS LIFE.

of China committed suicide on
September Fl.
WASHINGTON, Oct. +
Minister Conger at Picking has
cabled the following to the State
Department:
"PEKING, Oct. Hay,
Washington: Six alleged CON
spirators were executed by the
order of the Empress yesterday.
Kang, a leading reformer and
adviser of the Emperor, escaped
in British vessel. Order and
quiet prevail here, but trouble is
feared at some interior points not
yet heard from
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Oct.
This city had a visitation of fire this
afternoon which threatened for four
hours to destroy the entire business
district The wind was blowing at the
rate Of forty-five miles an hour from
| the southwest when the fire started at
| the Denver and Rio Grande freight de-
| pot at the foot of Cucharas street at
| 2:10 o. M, and the flames spread with
great rapidity.
A strip four blocks long from north
| to south and two blocks wide from
east to west has been burned over, but
at o. m. the confiagration was believ-
ed to be under control. The flames are
still leaping high into the air all over
the burning district, but the wind has
died down and there is no doubt that
the fire engines which have come from
Denver and Pueblo in response to ap-
peals for aid will be able to confine
the flames within the present limits.
The Antlers Hotel, one Of the largest
in the West, three lumber yards and
two blocks of business houses have
been destroyed. In round numbers me
loss is estimated at $1,00000O; insured
for one-half of that amount. The losses
estimated are as follows:
Antlers Hotel, $3.50 900.
Newton Lumber Company, $4,000.
Crissey & Fowler Lumber Company,
$50 900.
Ell Paso Lumber Company, s35. 900.
Irvine & Sons, blacksmiths, $1,000.
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, $50 900.
Gulf depot, $1,000.
Home Hotel, $500.
General losses of business firms and in
dividuals not enumerated above, S460OOO.
The fire started in a pile of rubbish
underneath the platform at the Den
yer and Rio Grande freight depot.
Within five minutes it had communi-
Gated to freight cars standing at the
depot, and it spread so rapidly that 1T
was impossible to move any of the cars.
A half-car of powder consigned to q.
S. Barnes & Sons exploded.
The cans were thrown hundreds of
feet and the wonder is that nobody was
Injured.
Then came the terrible danger to the
city. Great chunks of fire were scat.
tered about and in a few moments the
Crissey & Fowler lumber yards, 500
feet away, were burning. The wind was
sweeping a perfect hurricane. The
flames rushed through the lumber yards
and burned all the light frame build
ings in the block. Then they leaped
across the street and burned the Ell
Paso Lumber Company's yard and the
paint establishment of Sperry & Tuck
erman. A few minutes afterward the
Newton lumber yards caught. For
time after this it looked as if the Ant
lers might be saved, but the heat was
too great There was not water enough
to send a stream half way up the build
ing. AT 4 o'clock it was burning on the
south end and the famous hotel was
doomed. =.
The .colored employees of the hosiery
showed great intrepidity in climbing
out of the upper windows in the face of
an internal heat and pouring water
upon the fire through a small hose.
They left their posts only after they
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

ton to the blood. It
wears, tears and drags a
woman's life away. The
whole physical syste m
grows sluggish and torpid
under it.
ny o.,I,-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

NEW YORK Oct. 1.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the Herald tele-
graphs: Satisfactory progress In the
peace negotiations with the Spanish
commissioners is being made. by the
American commissioners. according to
a dispatch received to-day from Judge
Day. From the tone of Days mes
sage the authorities are satisfied that
there is no truth in the press reports
emanating from Paris that the work
of the commission is likely to be pro-
longed and that there will be great diff
ficulty in bringing about an agreement.
1t is the belief of officials that the
French press in making these gloomy
utterances is inspired and that 1t is
hoped by these means the American
representatives will ameliorate their
demands, which are believed to be Sc
we're.
Day said in his dispatch that the
commissioners are being treated with
the utmost courtesy by the French au-
thorities and they have been accorded
every facility to secure the prompt ac-
complishment of their work It was
stated at the State Department to-day
that the commissioners will probabl
be the only ones to. consider the Span
ish request for permission to reinforce
the Spanish garrison in the Vizcayas
Islands. No protest has been made to
this Government concerning the mat
ter but 1t is learned that it is true that
through the French Embassy the Span
ish Government some time ago made
certain representations to the United
States regarding the failure of the in
surgents. to observe the suspension of
hostilities, and this Government prom
Used and has exerted it's good offices to
prevent a continuance of the strife.
Rear Admiral Dewey has made no re-
port Of any operations against Iloiloi.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02
Section Four Blocks Long and
TWO Wide Denuded Of
Buildings.
AntIers Hotel, One of the Largest Hostelries in
the West, Included in the Burned
Structures.

! became positively untenable. Down
! below the firemen were also directing
] streams upon the buildings, but the
/ water pressure had become so reduced
that the streams were of little effect.
The Antlers Annex was quickly in
! flames and went up rapidly. Two or
three explosions were heard while the
AntIers was burning and they are sup
posed to have come from the boilers.
All of the Antlers people, from the en-
gineer5 to the bell boys, stayed at their
posts until they could stay no longer.
At o'clock all that was left of the
once beautiful Antlers was mass of
blazing debris. Thousands gazed upon
| it with sorrow and regret, as 1t was
universally conceded to be the chief
ornament Of the town.
The Antlers was a beautiful six-story
building, owned by the Colorado
Springs Hotel Company, in which Gen
eral Palmer was heavily interested.
The lessee proper was E. Burnett. The
building was insured for 100000 and
the furniture, valued at $57 800 was in
sured for $31, 800. The building and
contents are almost total loss. The
hotel will be rebuilt.
There were several guests in the
hotel, including number of invalids,
but all were got out in safety and taken
to comfortable quarters.
The Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf
railroads passenger depot on HuerfanO
street was burned, but the other rail-
road passenger stations were I'M
harmed.
While the big fires were burning sew
.eral small ones broke out in the city,
destroying several residences and
throwing people into CONSERVATION.
The limits of the burned district are
the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
on the west, Cascade avenue on the
east, Pixies Peak avenue on the north
and Cucharas street on the south.
Among the business houses burned
out were the following: MacFarland &
Hills, blacksmiths; Irving & Sons,
blacksmiths; Silver Moon Restaurant;
Kelly Coal Company, Felix Americana;
Bloom, tailor; Dietz, blacksmith; John
Kline, painter; Bartlett, blacksmith;
Dreamer & Jordan. blacksmiths; Mask
owitz, clothing; A. Shapiro, clothing;
jewelry; NARROW Bros, confectionery;
store, restaurant and grocery next to
the Gulf depot, Salvation Army Hall,
Columbia Clothing Company, Seldom
ridge warehouse.
Their losses range from $500 to $4,000
each.
Ten partly loaded freight cars on the
Denver and Rio Grande tracks were
burned. Several arrests have been
made tonight of persons suspected Of
starting or attempting to start fresh
fires, but there is no question that the
first fire at the Denver and Rio Grdnde
freight house was entirely accidental
possibly caused by spark from loco
motive.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02
00000000 000
PLANS FOR THE
UNIVERSITY
Mrs. Phebe Hearst Meets
the Examining Com
mittee atAntwerp..

. ANTWERP, Oct. 1.-The first
. session of the jury appointed to
. decide the competition for the
. buildings of the University of
> California to be erected by Mrs.
> Phebe Hearst, the widow of SEN
. ator Hearst of California, was
. held to-day at the Royal Mu-
> scum. The city authorities re-
. ceived Mrs. Hearst and the jury
. at the City Hall and proceeded
. to the museum. where two wings
. were filled with the plans of the
. 10S competitors.
3 M Pascal of the School of Fine
. Arts of Paris was chosen presi-
dent of the jury, and Herr Paul
Wallot, the architect of the Ger
man Reichstag building at Ber-
D lin was elected vice-president.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02
Death of Chaplain Freeman.

LOGANSPORT. Ind. Oct. 1.-Word was
received here to-day that Rev. sThaddeus
s. Freeman, chaplain of the Bait....o.v =,
now stationed at Manila, had died sud-
denly in Japan. Rev. Mr.. Freeman was
appointed chaplain in the navy June A.
1887, and credited to the State of Indiana
The remains will be brought to Logans-
port for interment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

T ONDON, Oct. "a spe
cial dispatch from Shang
hal says: The announce
ment OF the death of the Emperor
is confirmed. The reports as tC
the means employed in his taking
off differ. One story has it that
he died of poison and another
that death was caused by stran-
gulation, while a third states that
he was subjected to frightful tor
ture, a red-hot iron being thrust
through his bowels.
LONDON, Oct. IA spe-
cial dispatch from Shanghai, pub
lished to-day says kilograms fur
nished BY the Tao Tai, or local
Governor, to Chinese paper
al1ege that the Emperor OF China
committed suicide on September
II, after signing the DEGREES
which placed the Dowager En-
press at the head OF affairs in
China.
This, it is added, is understood
to.mean that the Emperor was
. assassinated.
All the English-speaking sec
retaries and the principal mem
bers* Of. the Chinese Foreign
Office, tits said. have been seized
and balnshed. The British For
eign Office to-day received dis
patch from her Majesty's Min
lister at Picking saying that Mr..
Mortimer, a member of the.
British legation, while returning
home yesterday with a lady, was
insulted and attacked by a mob,
which stoned him and covered
him with mud.
Later in the day, the dispatch
added, some American missions
aries were similarly attacked, as
was the Chinese secretary of the
United States legation. The
latter's ribs were broken.
Sir Claude NJ. Macdonald.
British Minister at Picking, re-
ports that there is a dangerous
feeling abroad.
Steps have been taken to call
the attention of the Chinese Gov
eminent to these outrages.
A later dispatch from Shang-
hal says it was semi-officially an
nounced there that the Emperor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

NO WOiucI 50 many sales
girls and factory girls and housewives suf-
fer from indigestion and constipation and
bilious troubles. No wonder they are sub
ject to the diseases of the delicate special
organism of their sex The wonder is
rather that they can stand it as we'll as
they do
But "a poor weak woman" as she is
termed, will endure bravely and patiently
agonies which a strong man would give
way under. The fact is women are more
patient than they ought to be under such
troubles
Every woman ought to know that she
may obtain the most eminent medical ad-
vice free Of charge and In absolute conf
dence and privacy by writing to DR.. R. v.
Pierce, chief consulting physician of the
lnvalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of
Buffalo, n. Y. Occupying this position for
thirty years he has had wider practical
experience in the treatment of women's
diseases than any other physician in this
country. His medicines are world famous
1of their astonishing efficacy.
Ahe most perfect remedy ever devised for
weak and delicate women is Dr. Pierce,s
favorlte Prescription. His Golden Med
zeal Discovery is the onl,- permanent d.
Festive and nutrient tonic. The two med
ic1nes taken alternately, form the most
perfect and successful course of treat
nent ever prescribed for female troubles
complicated with sluggish, overweight,
nervous diseased constitution. In severe
constipation DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
should be occasionally taken with the
otheTA They never gripe,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-02

MADRID, ct.I-The impartial to-day says: Anything
which suggests of continuation of the should be
jeced by Spain This relative the Philippines which
the leading papers of the country openly discuss the wisdom
, of renquishing.