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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30

out in line, for many the last time they
will participate in such an affair.
The attendance will not be confined
to the members of Post 10 or Of those
Of the county. Many others will take
advantage of the low rate to and from
the city to attend. The George H.
Ward Post have appointed a committee
to arrange for the rates and to COM
plete all arrangements for the trip.
Ihey have been successful In getting
very reasonable rates, and also in maxi
ing possible to see the nearby cities
with the privileges of stopping over, If
the excursionist wishes. The commit
tee IN charge of the transportation are
Capt. James p. Crosby, Curtis w.
Gassett and T. Spencer Jencks. THEW
estimate that about $50 or 300 members
from the post will attend. In all, Capt.
crosby, who is chairman of the. COM
mlttee, estimates that abont 600 will
attend and possibly more.
They have made arrangements fora
special train which will leave Worces-
Ter at o'clock a. m. Monday. SeptSA.
and arrive in Philadelphia, the same
DAY at about 4,S0 in the afternoon.
The trip will be from Sept. to. "a In
elusive, and those who wish to prolonR
their trip may do so by paying the sum
of 80 cents, provided they do so bafs,re
Sept. 3. By the payment of the extra
sum lnoSe VINO attend the excursion
will be enabled to stay overytiu the 3afh
OF the month"; The rate for the entire
round trip is, only $3.50. The COMMITTEES
hasrHtse made arrangements for several
side trips from Philadelphia to the sur
rounding country. One of them. and
the one that is the most likely to be
patEonized,. is the trip from Philadel-
phia 10 Gettysburg, Antietam. Har-
perssHF'erry,l Washington and return to
PAlladelphia. the rate being $3.50.
Other trips have been arranged for to
Atlantic City, Baltimore, Washington.
Richmond Old Point Comfort and to
Annapolis, Nd, and return Excursion
es.haye been arranged from all these
The tripsto and from this city will be
q pleasant one, and will be over the
Boston & Albany to Springfield. the
New York, New sHaven & Hartford "a
the Harlem river by boat around New
York city, down. East river, under the
Brooklyn bridge and up the North r{y-
er to the pier at Jersey City. : This
part of the trip will allow the excur-
sionists to see New York city along the
water front. The Central railroad ~
New Jersey and the philadelphia "a
Reading road will take the party On
the remainder of the trip to Philadel-
phia. Every provision is being made
for the comfort of those who are to at
tend the encamDment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
QUEER IDEAS OF ART.
''Day and Night" Cause
Trouble Out at the
Art Museum.

Somebody is endeavoring to brew
trouble at the art museum.
Chief of Police brennan has received
three complaints, he says, over two of
the casts which stand in Statuary hall
at the art museum, on the ground that
the figures will have debasing and
immoral influence upon the forming
minds of the young
The cast in particular is the figure
representing the tomb of Lorenzo de
Medici, especially the figures portray
ing Day and Night" Sitting over the
tomb are presented two colossal figures,
not portraits, but ideal representations,
one being the image of a woman and
the, other man, in the nude. The
significance Of the figures, DAY and
Night, may best be given in their
makers words, which are quoted in the
catalogue of the art museum itself
While the sculptor was at work on
this tomb bis patrons, the Medici fam
lily, had overthrown the liberties of
Florence and from 1880 held the city in
strict subsection. This enslavement of
his country. Michael Angelo, who had
done his best to defend her, felt to the
depths of his soul.
Florentine friend sent him some
verses addressed to the Night, and say
ing, She sleeps so calmly, she must be
living. Speak to her; she will wake"
Michael Angelo answered in the ia
nous lines, "Sleep is dear to me, and
still more dear that / am of stone, so
long as dishonor and shame last among
US. The happiest fate is to feel and see
nothing. Therefore waken me not,
speak gently"
With these thoughts he wrought the
two figures to symbolic day and night,
and after being accepted in all the
leading art galleries of the world the
cast stands in a conspicuous position in
the northwest corner of the hall of
casts, and no action has been taken yet
by the authorities or by the art muse
UNI to consider the protest against it
| winch has been registered.
The second cast is of the Youth ath-
lete, represented in the act of throwing
| weight from the hand, in one of the
games which occupied the youth of an
clent times. The figure is of a youth,
| stripped for the contest, and is without
drapery
This cast has not been so thoroughly
condemned as DAY and Night" but in
the complaints made it has never failed
OF mention. 1t stands in the same hall
with the other bette noir to the eyes of
Worcester's prudes.
Chief of Police brennan, when inter-
| viewed by Spy man, said that If no
| objections were offered by such men as
stephen Salisbury or Rev. Daniel e.
Merriman, he could offer none. He ex-
pected to go and view the work al
though he did not anticipate taking any
| action, assuming that it was a work of
high art, and should be recognized as
such.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
CHATHAM STREET VISITED.
The Elm Leaf Beetles Given Their Daily
Bath of Emulsion.

Most of the work performed yester-
day by the force of men who are fight
ing the elm leaf beetle was confined to
trees on Chatham street and vicinity
Instead of attempting to spray the
upper branches, the work is now con-
fined TO the trunk and lower branches,
and the sidewalk and cutters adjoining,
as large percentage of the pupae is
found on the lower part of the trunk
and in the forks of the larger branches.
Yesterday SO trees were sprayed in
this manner, and City Forester Green
wood estimates that the force of men
now at work will be able to spray 40
each day, if the work is confined to the
trunk and lower part of the trees only.
Between four and five tanks of the
emulsion, each tank containing 100 gal
Ions, are used daily, at a cost of about
$3.50 a day for material.
Aside from work of the emulsion, ma
ture has provided an assistant in the
war that is being waged against the
beetles, in the shape of a peculiar in
sect, known TO entomologists as the
lady-bird. This insect attacks the
beetles and kills them, but, on account
of the overwhelming majority of the
beetles, the lady-bird cannot wage a
particularly effective war of extermina-
ton,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
FoRTY-sEcoND REGIMENTAssoCIA-
TON

The summer reunion and 36th anniver-
sarv of the Homecoming of the Forty
second regiment will take place on
Thursday, Aug 10, at Nantasket Beach,
and Il Is the earnest desire of the presi-
dent. Col B. S. Lowell, and every mem
Der of the committee that 1t be made a
perfect success not only in the point of
numbers, but that 1t may go on record
as the mos. brilliant and successful one
ever given by the organization.
In view of these facts, they request the
hearty cooperation of every member of
1862 and 1854, asking him not only to
be personally present. but to use his
influence to induce others to fall in line
with him. Our ranks are being depleted
day by day, slowly but surely and soon
there will be left only the names and
memories of those who once stood Shout
der TO shoulder in the great conflict"
EVERY effort has been nut forth and no
pains will be spared by the committee
10 give every one a hearty welcome and
an enjoyable time. Come, then, with
your families.
Come, rain or shine, as ample arrange
ments have been made for perfect shell
ter, so that If 1t should rain no one need
get wet. The new pavilion has been Sc
cured which accommodates and seats
about 400 at dinner, so that we can all
be at dinner at the same time. A
fine orchestra will be in attendance. Let
the occasion be union of hearts and
a union of hands," and a 'red-letter'
day for the old Forty-second.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
BUILDING PERMITS.

Permits to build granted yesterdays
To David Hunt, F. ]. Yates builder, tor
three-story wooden tenement housa
on Upsala street, estimated cost $500;
John Healey, f. ]. Yates builder, for q
one ana one-half story wooden addi-
ton to the building at the corner OF
Worth and Ward streets; Charles p.
Hardy. w. Ford builder. for a wooden
addition, front piazza, to the house "
Lake street; H. II. Milber, E. d. Ward
builder, for a wooden addition to the
building at the corner of Cambridge and
Soutabridge streets, for store purposes.
estimated cost $500; Robert s. Carr. ID.
NJ Waterman & Co. builders, forsA
one and a, half story wooden stable to
accommodate one horse, in the rear Of
16 Isabella. street. estimated cost $500:
Andrew Carlson, for two-story wood
en- addition, by IA feet. piazza. to the
house Whitney street.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
GRAND ARMY MEET.
Will Be Held In Phil
adelphia Early In
September.
WORCESTER WILL SEND MANY.
An Excellent Program Of
Entertainment Has
Been Arranged.

The old veteran of the civil war is
looking with considerable interest to
the thirty-third annual encampment of
the Grand Army Of the Republic, to be
held at Philadelphia the week of Sept.
4th.
The local members Of the G. A. r.
will be well represented at the en-
campment by a large number of mem
bers of Post 10 and many others who
are not connected with the post. In
fact, the entire Worcester county will
be represented by members Of the posts
of Leicester, Spencer, Holden, Grafton
Boylston, Millbury and Shrewsbury.
The encampment will open its bust
ness session Monday, Sept. 4. The
usual routine of business will be &C
complished, which includes the election
of the national officers and whatever
legislation is considered best for the
advancement of the national body. AT
the business sessions the local post will
be represented by Mander A. Maynard
who has been elected as delegate.
The principal attraction at Philadel-
phia is not the routine work, however
but the annual reunion of the different
ulSIHDefS Ol lIlS Oiu NSbSldAlSt luduy VI
whom make a practice of attending the
encampments yearly just to renew old
acquaintance formed on the field of
battle. This year encampment is more
popular with the local veterans than
any held since the encampment at
Washington in 1894 Then over 1900
people from this city attended. While it
is not estimated that that number will
go from here to Philadelphia, still quite
a large number will attend.
Commander Robert r. Edwards of
Post 10 has received a communication
from those in charge of the encamp-
ment, telling him of the location of the
Worcester county visitors. Command
err Edwards was in Washington last
April arranging for the quartering OF
the local men while in the Quaker city.
He looked over the ground and select
ed the site. They will quarter at the
Temple College, situated on North
Broad street, where the local city COM
mittee of Philadelphia has it's head
quarters.
With such a location as that granted
the Worcester members will be extend
ed every facility for making their visit
memorable. The city Of Philadelphia
Is making extraordinary efforts to
make this encampment a memorable
one. The city will be virtually given
over to the visiting veterans and
friends. The exercises this year will
not differ In any great respect from
those of previous years, except in the
minor details. On Monday the veterans
of the navy will parade and ON Tues
day the land veterans will turn out
$4,000 strong. All the old timers will be
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
IMPROVEMENTS AT STATION 2.

Deputy Chief of Police Amos Atlxin-
son visited Station Friday afternoon,
and, in the near future, further i'm
provements will be made on the build
ing. A new tramp room to replace the
one torn out of the main building is
being considered and it is expected
will be erected in a short time. The
heating apparatus at the station will be
renovated before the cold weather sets
in, and Chief of Police brennan hopes
to have the second station up to date
in every particular by that time.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
H. E. CHANDLER INsoLvENT,

A petition in bankruptcy was filed in
Boston yesterday by Herbert E. Chand-
Ter, a travelling salesman of this city.
Chambers liabilities amount to $685.
and he has no assets. All of the claims
are unsecured. Some Of the principal
creditors are: Sutherland Falls Mar
BILE Company, $3.50; the Vermont Marble
Company, $1S5; Sheldon & Slawson,
$3.50 and William Woodward, $50, all of
Rutland, VT; c. M. .Ruggles, $135; Ed
win Halves, $S5; c. w. Whitaker, $76;
M. J. Sumner, $50; Lamson Allen, $2S;
J. C. Beny, $35, and the Gazette Com
pany, s4S, all of Worcester: H. r.
Suries, Charlestown. $140, and E. A.
Lord, Westboro, $50.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
LOOKING FOR DOG LICENSES

Dog officer Richard F. Watson has
started on his annual crusade in search
of unlicensed dogs. All dogs should be
licensed previous to May l, but there
is still a good-sized batch of licenses
that have not been taken out. City
Clerk Towne has sent out two sets OF
notices to persons supposed to own dogs,
according to the assessors report, but
delinouents are slow in answering. A
few who might have heard the dog
officer was at work came in yesterday,
but there are good many to be heard
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
GAZETTE RETURNS.

Herbert Gazette, second lieutenant of
the Century Cycle Club, who was re-
ported missing, turned up yesterday,
and was surprised to hear that his
friends were anxious for his safety. He
has been in Nashua, and secured en-
ployment In that city, which he intends
to 60 to soon. He laughed at the fears
Of his friends, and thinks 1t quite a
joke.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
SURVEY OF BoyNToN PARK

The city engineer will commence work
in the near future on survey of Boyn-
ton park. The land was presented to
the city for park purposes some time
ago, but as yet there has
never been q survey of the land.
While the parks commissioners will
probably do nothing in the way of i'm
provernent for some time, the city will
have plan of the park upon which to
work when the time comes.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST. ANNE's

ST. Anne's church will commemorate
the feast of it's patron saint today, with
special services. In the forenoon a
solemn high mass will be celebrated
at the 1890 services. by the pastor, Rev
Denis ScannelL The music will.be es-
pecially appropriate. The choir will
be led by Thomas f. Hanlon and John
j. Foley, organist. The sermon will
be delivered by Rev. John +. Iiedican
of Leicester.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
SWIFT ELECTED.

The local stockholders in the United
States Envelope Company have re.
ceived their quarterly dividend of $1.75
The olive branch has been thrown out
to D. w. Swift of this city, who was
formerly one of the leading members
of the firm of Logan, Swift & Brig
ham, and now he appears on the board
of directors
The officers as elected for the ensu-
ing year are: President Charles II
Eutchins of Worcester; first vice presi-
dent. James Logan of Worcester; Sec
ond vice president, Elisha Morgan OF
Springfield third vice president, w. H.
Prescott of Rockville, Ct; general man
ager, James Logan; secretary, w. G.
Morse; treasurer Robert w Day OF
Springfield assistant treasurer, Fred
erick Plympton; executive committee
James Logan, William H. Prescott and
r. w. Day; board Of directors, G..
Henry Whitcomb of Worcester, Chas
H. Hutchins Of Worcester, r. w. Day
of Springfield, G. w. Gray of Worces-
ter, Charles L. Long of Springfield, w.
H. Prescott of Rockville, Ct, l.. v.
Plympton Of Hartford, James Logan OF
Worcester, Felix Rachemann of Bos-
ton, George w. Dutton of Milwaukee,
Wis, Frederick 7. Kellogg Of Spring
field D. w. Swift of Worcester, Elisha
Morgan and W. o. Day of Springfield.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30

Marriage. licenses granted yesterday:
To Kerkor Bayajian. 81. and Ahlsy
Surabian, %: Avades Surabian, 80, and
Mary Saferian, %; George w. Mason.
30. and Ella ]. Locke, S5; Henry W.
Grant, 20. and Mary L. Reed ~
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30

Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bltters, the
world renowned appetizer and invigora-
tor, Is used over the world. Beware OF
limitations.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30

No more sick headache If you use
CARRIERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30

The Worcester Girls club will hold
it's regular business meeting at the
rooms. Vernon street, Tuesday even
ing at 7.45 o'clock
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-14
The Ex-slave Pension Scheme venti'
lated in y. s. Senate.

In U. S. Senate on Monday Senator
Pettus set the ball rolling by introduo'
ing bill to give all ex.slaves a pension
and a bounty. 1t Is not new idea,
and Mr. Pettus expressly stated that
he did not assume any responsibility
for the measure 1t proposes to give
all ex-slaves who are seventy years OF
age and over a bounty uf $500 and @
monthly pension Of sl5 month during
their lives; between sixty and seventy
the sum of $500 and a monthly pension
Of $l2, while lower sums are provided
for ex-slaves Of younger age.
1.-THE bill ought not be even present.
ed to Congress, was the public decla'
ration of Senator Gallinger, who pro-
duced remarkable certificate. 1t was
signed by an aged oolored woman In
Nashville. where the Ex.Slave Bounty
and Pension Association has its head
quarters, who promised to paw % cents
for the privilege of becoming a mem
Der and 10 cents a month for dues. 81
hereby certify that was born slave,
wrote the old negro woman, land am
entitled to all the benefits included in
said bill"
"a good many persons in the South
are making a good deal Of money out
Of this scheme, said Senator Gallinger.
They are deluding these poor people
into the belief shat bill Of this char
Acter can pass Congress, and
that they will receive the amounts
named. can say now that the bill
will never pass. "
SENATORIAL EXPLANATIONS.
Senator Mason was thersupon led tc
confess that be had introduced SINH
lar bill in the last Congress, "but, be
added. II believe it was used for bad
purpose. An immense correspondence
came to me from all over the South,
showing that the ignorant people there
were being solicited to pay 20 and %
cents to join this association.
Senator Thurston, who presented the
bill in the Fifty-fourth Congress, gave
a brief history Of it, He said that II
was drafted and submitted to him by
an ex. Confederate soldier. Unfor'
tunately," he said, 1.-THE bill was az
terward used for improper purposes. Its
introduction caused me no end Of an
noyance. think ] have written and
sent out answers TO more than 1000 In
quiries, bat I have always said the bill
had not the slightest chance Of becom'
ing law. and that any one who at
tempted to use it for the purpose OF
collecting money was necessarily en-
gagged in fraudulent purpose. "
After Senator Gallinger had read let
tiers from Commissioner Evans and
from pension examiners. to show thai
the association was a fraud, the bill
was referred to the committee on PEN
sions. 1t will be promptly negatived
in that committee.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-14

appropriations made by the Legislature.
These for several years have amounted
to $35 900 annaully. When this In
crease was made it was agreed that
at the expiration Of twenty years from
that time the valuable property upon
which the House stands shonld
revert to the Commonwealth There is
desire on the part Of some that the
State should take complete control oil
the Home instead Of leaving 1t TO Lee
Camp. as Is the case now.
The committee on the Stands case
are to report on December 90, the day
after the Legislature will have elected
Senator Martin.
Mr.. Powell, OF Brunswick introduced
a bill in the House appropriating $50
600 for addition cell room at the Peni
Tertiary.
Mr.. Whitehead. Of Norfolk, present.
ed the bill for imposing stripes upon
all persons convicted OF wife beating
The maximum number Of stripes fol
any one offense is fixed at 30
Hon. W p. McRae. member OF the
House from Petersburg. Is drafting Q
bill for the establishment Of an epileptiC
colony in Virginia. 1t Is understood
that so, 600 will be asked for this pur'
pose. DIR. lie Cato, Of Aooomac, will
introduce the bill in the Senate 1t 1:
stated that the number Of epileptics In
Virginia is greater than the number OF
insane. The bill will have very strong
support.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-14
The Kansas City Star says

AS TO the South American republics,
so-called. the following sick call is
sounded Chile on the verge OF finan'
cial crisis; Peru and Bolivia, torn up
by revolutionists Ecuador, preparing
for a revolution; Oolombis, civil war,
and the bubonic plague threatening all
hands. Trade, industry, and COM
merce are in a state OF collapse
Stock In Spanish American Govern
ments, straight, is out Of the market
And this is the kind Of cattle that the
United States wishes either to an
mex - or "protect.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-14

About once In twelve months we ara
able to agree with the esteemed Spirit
Of the Valley touching some matter OF
politics. That time Is now here. The
Spirit wants the next State Republican
convention held In Hsrrisonburg, and it
remarks that IL would like for the Re.
publican delegates from other parts Of
the State to come here and 'see the sort
Of Republicans we have Republicans
from other parts Of Virginia would prob
ably fiud more different sorts Of Repub'
Iicans In Rockingham than they ever
dreamed could exist under the canopy.
And. besides, It would be worth any
mans car fare IL he could look in.on one
Of those interesting occasions when the
Hon. John Aoker Is In the chair and
the Hon. d. Shelley Lewisis kindly"
but unsuccessfully trying to keep
tally. "-Rookingham Register.
Harrisonburg Is probably too far
away and q trip is too expensive for the
''colored brethren" from eastern Vir-
ginia to 60 to Harrisonburg. But
then probably the fewer the better Of
shem shat attend. according to Chair
msn Agnew's idea Of lilly white
Republican party in Virginia. But
Why does the Register omit all mention
nRuridsnt McKinley's postmaster.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-14

At the November term Of Middlesex
court 81 and January term '9S. the
Treasurer sold 6S tracts Of land to the
Commonwealth and So tracts to individ-
nails for delinquent taxes making in
all l04 tracts OF these tracts have
been redeemed and the remaining SO
will be at the mercy Of the land grab
bers.-Southside Sentinel.
The Legislature in amending the
Land Grabbers Act" ought surely to
require that delinquent land should be
advertised In the county paper, if there
be:one. and If not. in the nearest BY paper
of general circulation in that county.
This would go quite far in furnishing
notice to those whose lands are delin-
quent, and would be far preferable to
"hand bills or dodgers.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-14
Roberts Interview Led to Blows.

Knoxville. Tenn, Dec. 12.-Ex'
Congressman John o. Houk and G. II.
freeman, local newspaper reporter,
engaged in u fight today. The combat
was the sequel to an interview pub.
lished Monday, in which Mr.. Houk
was quoted as saying that Roberts was
q better man than many other Con-
gressmen, who live questionable lives
in Washington.
Houk denied the statement credited
to him, and when Freeman admitted
the authorship. = fght eusued. Freeman
declares ne did not misquote the ez'
Congressman.