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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04

blackmail under the present abutters
law. He read a letter from the Lowell
license board favoring the abolishing of
the abutters' law. He also read letter
from Gen. Martin Of the Boston police
board denouncing the present law
which encourages blackmail.
William E. Wells, secretary of the
wholesale liquor dealers, spoke in be-
half of the bill. The abutters law was
passed with a good purpose, he said,
but it has been turned to the basast
kind of abuse. Now adjacent property
owners have absolute power 1t now
costs the liquor dealers 5000, 900 to secure
the withdrawal of the abutters' objee-
ton A. A. Pillar of this city favored
matchmaking by adjoining property
owners.
b. B. johnson opened for the remon-
strants. He said that in past years
names had been given by the petition
ers and on looking them UP, the results
were not fiattering to the liquor deal
ers. He would favor abolishing the
permit to withdraw objections on the
part of abutters. He said that some
objected to the bill. He would rather
nave the abutters' law repealed than
have the bill under consideration pass.
Henry Faxon of Quincy said that he
was taxed for 100000 for real estate.
and the less liquor drunk the more val
liable the property. Quincy, he said.
was the hardest city in which to buy
liquor Some liquor commissioners
have not an honest drop of blood In
their veins. If you could hear the
lying by rumsellers have heard, you
would not believe one of them. I do
not believe in tinkering with any Of the
liquor laws. Thirty years ago, I spec
ulated in few hundred barrels of
whisky, and l don't care who knows
It, | made money. Fall River is the
worst place in the universe.
MIR. Bleiler-"Are you not a reformed
rumseller?'
mo, SIR
HAS the business not improved since
you left it?'
Il don't know
Mr.. Donahue asked Mr.. Faxon if he
had not attempted to FIX" a jury in a
liquor case.
That's liel" replied Mr.. Faxon.
Mr.. Faxon said that rumsellers were
running souls.
How many did you ruin?"
Mr.. Faxon-"I don't know. 1 wasn't
IN the retail business
Alderman William Berwin OF Boston
SAID as real estate man, the present
law is one of licensed blaolsrnaii
Inc nearing was closed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
WILL RUN COLUMBIA.
A Team Has at last Been Secured TO Rur
Holy Cross at 8. A. A. Games.

Holy Cross will be represented in the
team races at the meet of the Boston
Athletic. Association
After several futile attempts, Man
ager John Graham has at last sue
ceeded in finding worthy opponent
for the wearers of the purple. Yes
terday afternoon he wrote Manager
Murphy of the Holy Cross track team
that he had secured Columbia Univer-
sity and asked if Holy Cross would
consent. Word was at once wired
back that 80 far as the Worcester col
lege was concerned. everything was
satisfactory, and the race is now a
certainty.
According to the original draft OF
team races, Columbia University was
to run Pennsylvania, while Princeton
and Cornell were to meet. In order
to insure Holy Cross's experimentation
the Boston public has not yet forgotten
the memorable team race the Worces-
ter boys ran against the Quakers-a
change was made, Cornell being Ditted
against Penn instead of Princeton,
while Columbia was induced to run
Holy Cross.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
ting will probably be done at the meet.
ing Friday night.

ting will probably be done at the meet
ing Friday night.
The Wellingtons have nearly full
ranks at the present time Last eve
ming four Cuban campaigners were ad-
mitted to membership under suspension
Of the company bylaws, which. compel
the company to receive the recruits
application and act upon it two weeks
later.
One man, Herbert Mirrick, was alsA
admitted, who was accepted in Janu-
airy, 1885, Mirrick decided after his adj
mission to change his residence, but
did not do SO, and he was entitled to
admission at last nights meeting
The Cuban campaigners were Joseph
DeMarco, Everett w. Lawrence, James
Guilty and Thomas Cannon.
The Wellingtons have eleven applica-
tons to be acted upon at the next
meeting, and if all of that number are
admitted the command will have it's
full quota of men.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
CUT OUT A WINNING LEAD.
infants Scored 80 Pins over southbridge
Bows in the First Game.

The series of candle pin matches be-
tween Whites Infants and the South
bridge team began last evening on Whites
alleys in this city, where the first match
was rolled. Polished alleys may have
proved a bugaboo to the regulation pin
men on Tuesday evening" but nothing OF
the sort was noticeable last evening when
the two candle pin Uams met.
The game resulted in victory for the
Infants by margin Of so pins, and proved
that candle pins can be rolled on polished
alleys with Just as much success as upon
alleys that have not been polished. In the
first game of last evenings series the In
fants did not roll as well as usual Then
remaining two games fairly walked away
with their opponents, getting IS pins to
the good in the second game and 50 pins
in the third.
The second game in the series will be
played in Southbrldge some evening next
week. The score of last evenings match
follows.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
OUTRAGEOUS ACTS.
Alleged to Have Been Committed by Mo-
ses G. Lagssse.

Moses G. Lagesse, "A years old, was
arrested yesterday afternoon by In
spector Stone on a warrant charging
incest. The complainant is Mrs. Ro-
sauna J. Lagesse, wife of the prisoner,
who alleges in her complaint that her
husband has held improper relations
with Louise E. Lagesse, his 1S-year- old
daughter.
Lagesse left home some three weeks
ago, leaving his wife and family Of
small children in destitute circumstan-
ces. The case was reported to the po-
lice, and the details Of story too hor-
rible for publication were divulged In
addition to leaving his family in desti-
tuition, Lagesse took part of the
household goods, which were mort
gagged, and has not been seen since.
The police learned that he had been
seen in Chelsea, and yesterday inspect
or Stone went to Boston in search Of
him After hunt through the Boston
suburbs, Lagesse was finally located
in West Somerville and placed under
arrest. tfH $3.50
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
CAUSED PosTPoNEMENT.
Snow on Lake Ice Caused Trotting to Go
over Until This afternoon.

Owing to the storm yesterday after
noon, the trotting upon the ice at
Lake Quinsigamond did not take place.
A few of the horses entered were driv-
en- down to. the lake and were given
one or two workouts.
Those who are at the head of the
scheme will have the snow removed
from the ice this morning and with
fair weather this afternoon the races
will take place today, the first heat
being called at 2 O'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
BAIL FURNISHED.
erinkworth's Father Gives Bonds and He
Will Be Taken Sack to hospital.

jeremiah Brinkworth of 73 yelling
ton street, father of Walter H. Brink
worth, who was committed to the coun-
ty Jail Thursday to await action of the
grand jury on the charge of assault
with attempt to kill, has furnished
surety in the sum of $1,000 for his sons
appearance at the May term of the
superior court.
The arrangement made is that the
voung man shall be taken from Jail
his morning and recommitted to the
city hospital His physical condition
is not of the best, and this was consld-
cred the wisest course.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
EQUIPMENTS CAME.
VsIlngtons Receive Uniforms and Rifles
From the State.

"ellingtonS Receive Uniforms and Rltles
From the State.
Co. H, Wellington Rifles, received
their arms and equipments from Bos-
ION yesterday, and last night, after the
business meeting. the members I'M
packed the natty blue uniforms and
|lung them up carefully in their lock-
Frs and the Springfield rifles were
SACKED in the racks that have been
Empty since last May. The arrival of
Ehe longElooked for necessities made
Every member of the Wellingtons hap
py and they all worked with will to
plt them into proper shape.
The Springfields are not Krag- Jor-
gensons by any means, but that they are
good to drill with for the present, was
Vhe opinion expressed at the armory
iast night. The old fashioned, crooked
,9ayonet that was long ago discarded
Dy the state came with the rifles and
was not received with enthusiasm by
20. H men,
The uniforms are very natty affairs
ana the men long for the tailor to ar
rive and make the proper fit. The fit
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
roRBIDDBN TO FORGET.

Every woman in these critical anos uS WSbic II
her o costume gives her in the eyes OF az
M ssersby. The only proper mirror t ~
toilet inspection Is cheval glass wn ,Sn
will show the entire figure sna sI tsor, ,alu
nI,ght 70 own such glass, and the Paine
Furniture Company make II easy ipr , nes
10 acquire one BY the unusually low Prioes
at which they are sold.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
THE GRADUATES MAY RUN.
Harvard Alumni Trying to Get on Relay
Race With Undergraduates.

Frank H. Bigelow of this city will
go to Boston today for the purpose
Of arranging a team race for the
Harvard alumni with the Harvard I'M
dergraduates at the coming b. A. A.
games. Mr.. Bigelow. who was him
self captain of the Harvard track
team, a year ago, hopes to induce the
present captain, James t. Richie, Jr.,
also of this city, to consent to such
a race. The alumni team would consist
of Bremen, Fenno Bigslow and fourth
man not yet selected.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
THEY PLAY IN PROVIDENCE.

The st. Paurs Lyceum basket ball
team of this city goes to Providence
this afternoon, and in the evening will
play the La Sale Academy team. The
game will preface the league polo game
there
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
w. H. S. TRACK TRIALS.
Men in the 800 and 1000 Yards Runs Are
seected-Team Race.

Candidates for high school track
team places ran more trials in the rink,
yesterday afternoon, under the direc-
ton of Trainer Frank f. Bgelow. The
trials yesterday were intended for men
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04

New England colleges are represented
by good sized teams. ~
Tickets for the games We're placed
on sale yesterday afternoon at GREEN'S
drug store and the elegant prizes-~lre
now on exhibition in a window of the
Clark, Sawyer Company.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
DEATHS

J1NKTNS-ln this city, 80, Garland w.
son of Harry w. and Florence E. Jen-
kins. / mo. ~ days
Funeral services at the residence Of his
parents No, 80 Hudson street. Sunday,
at 2.3O p. m. Relatives and friends are
invited to attend.
SAWYER in this city, Sd, Appleton H.
Sawyer, 81 yrs.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend funeral services at 2S Sever street
Monday at o'clock
NoURSE - IN this city, 3d. Vera D..
daughter OF Albert l.. ana Alta Nourse
] yr. mos. II days
OVEREND--In this city Sd. at 20 Myrtle
street - Thomas II Ovorend, beloved
husband Of Catherine II. (Murphy)
Overend 36 yrs. mos. Is days.
Notice Of funeral later.
this city 3D. Mabel g.
daughter Of the late j. l.. and Lucy u
Herrick of Fairfield. Vt. rs yrs. Is days
Prayers at the residence of her sister
Mrs. 3. A. Gibson. No 324 Pleasant
street, Sunday, ut 2.30 .. m. Funeral
services at her former home Fairfield
VT, at the Union Church, Monday
REILLY-In this city "a, Elizabeth Nee
gam wife of owen Reilly, 81 yrs
Funeral from the residence Of her sis
ter Mrs. Richard Carney rear is Union
avenue, Sunday afternoon at 2 O'clock
Services IN st. Johns Church at 2.30.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
INFANTS.
. f'sss |''''I'ss 'stsssf soJt $50 80
SOUTHBRIDGE.
BIG FIELDS ASSURED.

Entries for the Holy Cross track
meeting next Friday evening, closed
last night. and the number OF entries
so Manager Murphy told representa-
tive Of The Spy last evening, far ex-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04

Women from their sedentary habits.
sre often subject % headache and CON
stipation. These are quickly removed BY
Carriers Little Liver Pulls.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04
WAR is NECESSARY.

At the regular meeting of the Assem-
b1v debating society of the Classical
high school last evening the following
program was carried out; Reading, w.
O'Brien: extemporaneous addresses, f.
Dadmun and S. A. Mushen; read
ing w G. Minsch; question, Resolved
that the necessary evils Of the wars OF
fhe world have outweighed the good
results they have produced, afflrma-
tive, Fl. D. Brewer, r. p. cutting ~
II. Benson, w. c. Minsch; negative, w.
n. Prince. A. F, Whitman, w. ME-
Grail q, d. Dennis. The question was
decided in the negative. w. c. Minsch
acted as critic.y 1s
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-04

The Junior class of the Tech held
meeting yesterday and elected sidney
ii. Francis president Ernest N; JelIi-
son vice president, and Ralph D beers
trea e1lrer
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
HANSEN WAS DEsPoNDENT.
Shoots Himself in the Right Eye and
Will Die

Despcndent over his wife's sickness H.
A Hansen. who is employed in the sugar
refinery. last night shot himself with sui
cidal intent. The bullet entered his right
eve. ranged downward and passed
through the left cheek. The doctors at
the Receiving Hospital, to which institu-
ton he was taken, entertain little hope
for his recovery.
Hansens wife some time ago was taken
i'll and at her request she was sent to the
fhe bnsnitaI and after leaving his wife
he went to his home at Twenty-third and
Mississippi streets.
A short time afterwaTd snot was
moned
At late hour last night gght Hansen Hans
gave ii as their opinion that he would live
only a few hours
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pie who heard the reports. Some say
they followed in rapid succession;
others declare that there was a no
ticeable lapse of time between the re-
ports. On the ground near First ave-
nue. Sheriff Mansfield found a shot
gun cartridge that bore evidences OF
recent use and freshly charred cart
ridge wad. The wagon with the body
was discovered a block away jammed
up against a tree and fence on Second
avenue, one block nearer Imsand's
home and in the opposite direction
from his course of travel Whether
Imsand turned when first shot and
drove backward, being caught again
by the murderer when he reached Sec
ond avenue, or whether both shots
were fired in\quick succession and the
horse of his own accord attempted to
return home is a matter over which
the police are now conject'ring.
Sheriff Mansfield, as soon as he
heard of the murder, drove to the
scene and made hasty investigation.
He went to the Mitchell ranch for the
purpose of arresting the entire family.
William Mitchell was not at home, but
Dave and William Jr. were on the
premises and they were apprehended
and lodged in the Colma Jail, from
which they were afterward removed to
Redwood City. At a late hour in the
evening the search for the senior
Mitchell was still continuing. His wife
said that he had gone to San Fran
cisco TO attend TO some business af-
fairs.
Imsand bore a good reputation in
Colma and was known as a peaceable
rancher who worked from morning to
night without disturbing his neigh
bors. He was married and had five
children, all Of whom are far below
the age of self-support. Mrs Imsand
said yesterday that she noticed un-
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

the charges upon which the warrants are
based, The first Of the complaints, all of
which are sworn 10 by Mr.. Green, is built
upon a charge Of grand larceny. 1t states
that on or about the 1st day of November
1925, one Charles Doyle, alias Mason, alias
Bowyer, alias Godfrey. alias Simms, alias
Osgood. alias Lee, alias Augustus How
ard did feloniouSly take and carry away
sum Of sl05,000. the personal property of
Willard Reed Green.
The second sets forth that on or about
the same date Charles Doyle and his nu-
merous aliases did by false pretense Sc
cure 10 his own use and purpose the sum
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

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the apparatus of your laboratories Medi-
cine is collection of uncertain prescrip-
tions, the results of which, taken collect
lively, have been harmful to mankind
Water, air and cleanliness are my chief
medicines.
At the time when Napoleon said this ne
was largely right. Physicians in those days
dealt ont obnoxious and drastic drugs
that did violence to every fiber in the body
Since that date medical science has made
wonderful strides. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is medicine composed d
of native medicinal roots that do no VIC
lence to nature. Its action is gentle and
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processes of secretion and excTeton. It
restores the lost appetite, corTects all dis
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liver. purifes and enriches the blood,
builds new and healthy flesh tissue, tones
the nerves and gives sweet and refreshing
eileen It IS the great blood-maker and
Heeh. builder It cures % per cent of all
cases of all diseases of the air passages that
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;+,nroDer nourishment of body or nerves
No not deal with unscrupulous dealers who
,-rge YOU to take worthless substitutes for
tts eake of a few pennies added profit.
..r have been using DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
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IN INN my feel the need of laxative I am fifty
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q dla 9ne-c n v to pay the cost of mailing
dnIv 6alaio for free copy of Dr. f PieTGes great
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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

usual signs Of activity In the Mitchell
house early in the morning. She says
that it was an unusual thing for the
Mitchells to rise before 6 in the morn
ing. hut yesterday the entire house
hold was up and out at 5. The absence
of Mitchell senior has a suspicious
color and Sheriff Mansfield is hot on
the search for the old man.
The Mitchell menage and Imsand
have been at war for three years. Last
April genuine battle with guns was
fought out over the boundary line be-
tween their ranches Latterly ;he
courts have been called to decide n
property contention in which the two
were concerned and Imsand won the
case. Since that episode of the feud
the Nitchells have threatened to drive
Imsand ont of the country.
Wien the officers searched MitchelTs
house yesterday pistol, shotgun and
rifle were found on the premises. The
weapons were carried TO Redwood
City, the county seat.
The body was discovered by Fred
Snider at about in the morning and
not many minutes after the news
spread like wildfire through the town.
No other subject was discussed in
Colma yesterday and there was some
talk of lynching among the loiterers
on the county road resort.
William Mitchell Sr., the one who
is strongly suspected by Sheriff Mans
field of the commission of the crime,
was caught last night while entering
the Alcazar building to attend a meet
ing of the colored Masons. Sheriff
Mansfield and Detective Ryan located
him and made the arrest. Mitchell
was booked at the City Prison,
where his wife visited him. She said
that he left Colma Saturday evening
and was living at 15S Fifth street
since then.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

undertaken on the coast would have been
Consummated in q very few days.
Extradition papers for Howard are ex-
pected on the next steamer to arrive from
Australia, which is due on the 9th Of this
month, but with the warning he received
Howard is probably making extraordinary
efforts to get out of reach Of Chief Lees
detectives. So far from ordering Green
to shake down" Howard, Chief Lees has
been patiently preparing a grand coup
which was to eliminate IN landing How
ard behind the bars with the net of evi-
dence enveIoping him so thoroughly that
escape would be impossible.
Grand larceny, obtaining money by false
pretense, felony embezZlement-these are
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

THE halo Of mystery that has en-
velope6 the character of Augustus
Howard, otherwise known as
L |cPlunger'' Hil, but whose true
name IS Charles Doyle has been
lifted aside sufficiently to reveal state
of affairs more remarkable than any flc-
ton of the fervid imagination of Conan
Doyle at his best
Three warrants charging Howard or
DOYLE with embezzlement have been in the
hands of the police since Saturday, and
INT for premature disclosures one OF the
ereatest pieces OF detective work ever
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

" WITH his head resting on the
A whiffletree of his wagon and
wv his feet on a level with the
seat, the body of Joseph J. I'm
sand. plugged with buckshot.
was found early yesterday morning
few hundred yards from the White
House, Colma- That q brutal murder
was committed there can be no doubt.
and the authorities have fastened their
suspicious upon a colored family by
the name of Mitchell, who are the
neighbors OF Imsand and who have
quarreled from time TO time with the
deceased.
Imsand was a hog rancher, owning
less than an acre of land along the
creek which runs to the west of Col
ma, and about a half-mile distant from
the county road Directly above his
place is the home of the Mitchells,
whose bellicose tendencies have pro-
voked more than one quarrel in Col
ma, and whose threats have terrified
the entire community in and about
that little town. Several months ago
a dispute arose between Imsand and
William Mitchell Jr. over the boundary
line which separates their respective
hog ranches. The pistol was resorted
to, and Mitchell now wears the marks
Of COMBAT IN the shape Oh d scar Oll
his left cheek. Since that time the
feud has steadily grown more bitter,
and the belief of the residents for miles
around is that yesterdays murder was
it's eliminating episode.
Not many weeks ago the entire I'M
sand family was poisoned by drinking
water from the creek, which flows
through the land of the Mitchells to
the Imsand ranch. 1t was only by the
timely aid of a physician that their
lives were saved. This crime the I'M
sands declare to have been perpetrated
by the negro family. The present Mrs.
Mitchell is a white woman, and She
has made herself a veritable harpy
to the entire neighborhood. threatening
all who have crossed her ways with
utter determination.
Imsand left his home about 3:5O
o'clock yesterday morning, bound for
San Francisco, where he was to gather
swiu for his hogs. The trail of his
wagons wheels can be followed to the
corner of First avenue and Market
street where the murder was undoubt-
edly committed. Slight wounds from
a few. buckshot tore the flesh on the
right side of his face, but the mortal
hIow was dealt after this. Three shots
which went through his left shoulder
and lodged in his lungs are What
caused death.
Two distinct shots were fred ac-
cording to the testimony OF many peo-
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15
Brands "PIunger" Hill the SWIM
dIer Of the Century.
In Three Warrants the Australian Is
Charged With FeIOnies That in Two
Years PrOfited Him $15OOO0.
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W UGUSTUS Australian Plunger" is
he escaped convict from Sydney, whose
Justice
Chsf of w
a
wind
out Of
police Saturday pending
of from hereo
Tequstion the
supposed to if he already
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-15

here said Chief Lees, right in the pres
ence of Mr.. Pillsbury and Mr.. Green-that
about entirely in my search for the per-
petrators of the Alameda robbery. What
have learned of it was learned in that
way, statements of certain newspapers to
the contrary notwithstanding"