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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
RAILR0AD EARNINGS.

The financial exhibit of the railroads
presents some facts of moment. There
was a gain of 81, 664 1852 in gross earn
ings, and s1s7,17S in net earnings from
operation, besides a net increase of
$55,370 from other sources. The amount
of dividends declared was greater by
$76,464 than in the previous year.
Looked at from another standpoint, a
deficit Of $55,15O in 1897 was changed
into surplus of 1924, 1854 for 1898
The improvement noted, however.
has been due wholly to the increase of
freight earnings, for there was a fall
ing off of S09,16S in the number of pas
sengers carried, and of $65,571 in re-
ceipts from passenger traffic. The
freight increase represents an addition
of 2,062,308 tons carried, and 81, $50, 271
in freight revenue. Going back for a
period Of five years, it appears that
Massachusetts railroads have suffered
IA loss of 19,S67,223 in the annual num-
Der of passengers carried, and a loss of
I,912,3S7 in annual revenue from this
source. Meanwhile fares have reached
the low level of an average of 1.7S
cents per mile, and freight rates are
down to l22 cents per ton per mile,
the lowest on record. OF course the
steam railroads can lay to the extern
sion of trolley railways a considerable
portion of the decrease in their own
naSsanpc1, traffic
One of the most significant points
made in the report of the railroad COM
missioners is the difference between the
rate of dividends paid upon the capital
stock of leased lines (642 per cent?, and
that of dividends paid on the operating
or lessee lines, which is only 5.33 per
cent. The commissioners make the
self-evident remark that if the leases
were to be made out anew, the rate of
rental, in most instances, would be ma
terially less than it now is. Empha-
sis is added to this observation by the
fact that the difference between the
dividends upon leased and lessee
railroads is increasing from year to
year, and this brings out again the re-
duced earning power of the compa-
MES.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
AFTER THE TREATY.

Postmaster General Smiths. paper,
the Philadelphia Press, has been giving,
on the authority of another member OF
the cabinet, what pu2ports to be an
outline of the presidents policy toward
the Philippines. The upshot of it all
is that, if in the six months in which
Aguinaldo has been i'll control of Lu-
zon, he had succeeded in establishing
anything like an orderly government,
the president would have been glad TO
welcome and protect it. No such gov
eminent having been established it is
vide one. Law, order and Justice must
be made supreme before the question
of government can be raised.
When these essentials are assured, the
president will be gratified if he can
withdraw the direct authority of the
United States from the more advanced
settlements and leave the people to self
rule under the protection of the United
States. In the nature of things, the
same sort of government cannot be ap-
piled to all parts of the archipelago,
but the methods will be adapted to the
varying local conditions. The authori-
ty of the Sulu sultan may be recog-
nized in one district, much as native
princes are entrusted with power in
certain portions of India. In other
parts of the archipelago, liberal
measure of home rule may be admis-
sble within short & me, while in 9TH
ers direct administration by the Amer
lean government will be indispensable
for years to come. 1t has been con-
clusively shown of late, that nobody
has authority to speak for the presi-
dent, but these speculations are inter
esting as showing the possibilities. The
main point is that everything must
wait for the establishment Of peace,
law and order. Then if the natives can
be trained to exercise some degree Of
self-rule under American direction. the
advantage will be as much ours as
theirs.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
COLD DAY, YESTERDAY.

The cold wave was easily the feature of
yesterday. 1t was widespread, as may be
gathered from the following temperatures
all of which are in degrees below zero:
New York city. 2; Washington, s Coolest
since 1SSDi Philadelphia, zero; Cincin-
natl 10; Springfield, ILL.,, %; Kansas City
20; Indianapolis, IS; Cleveland, u; Buff
falo and Rochester 4; Chicago. 20: Mil
Waukee, %; Toledo, IA; Omaha, "a; La
Crosse, q; st. Paul, 81; Pittsburg. 10; St
Louis, IL; Huron, s. D., So; Detroit, H.
In the south Atlantic states the cold
wave has swept over with considerable
severity; the temperature having fallen
below the freezing point, except in CEN
tral and southern Florida.
New England has escaped the extreme
cold thus far, owing to the fact that the
hlgh pressure is moving southeastward
over the Ohio valley and the southern
states instead of over New England. II
was, however, much colder in that section
iast nlght. The severe cold continues in
me northwest, but there is an abnornal
temperature condition in Montana.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

The report that President William
Dewitt Hyde of Bowdoin College has
been called to the presidency of Am
herst, is denied by Rev. DR.. Lamson
one of the trustees of the latter col
lege. Nevertheless, Amherst might go
much farther from home and fare
worse. When young Hyde, fresh from
college, undertook the regeneration of
Bowdoin, fourteen years ago, he crea-
ted little less than a sensation in edu-
cational circles. The college had been
long without a president, and Hyde
took up his new duties under discour-
aging circumstances. Yet his admins
tration was a success from the start,
both as regards the educational direc-
ton of the institution and the strength
ening of the financial end of it. He
made an important point of different
iating sharply between the field of la
Dor open to the larger universities like
Harvard and Yale, and that which is
reserved for the smaller colleges; no
less sensible and fortunate was his dis
~ iiAiliolloll pel"SSi lIle IlletIouS dp-
plicable to management in the one class
and the other. His views and policy
were endorsed by the highest authori-
ties in the land, and his talent for
adapting the means 10 the end, brought
him most fiattering recognition, not
only from Harvard, his alma mater,
but from other educators without re-
gard to academic utilization, and
stamped him as one of the rising men
of the country.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
A COUNTY kLONDIKe.
Royalston Mica Mine Formerly Owned by
Worcester Man.

Ihe following interesting article has
been clipped from the Manufacturing
Jeweler:
The old mica mine at Royalston,
Mass, is believed to be rich in beryls.
Ghas. W. Bowker Of Worcester used to
OWE the mine, and he took from it,
among other things, some of the finest
beryls in the world, and beryls which
are worth more than diamonds Of their
same relative size. lie now has some
thing like IS OF the 5eryls and he has
been offered fancy prices for them, but
has refused all offers. One of the
beryls he has had set in shirt pin,
and while the stone is small it is brill
liant, and Mr. BoWker has several
times refused offers cf 5000 for it,
He has had a brooch made for his
wife of eleven of the stones, forming an
ornament for whicn Tiffany has Of
fefed $1,000 in vain. IN 1879 Joseph A.
Sherburne Of Cambridge interested
friends in the property, and Mr.. Sher-
burne made an arrangement whereby
they. were TO operate the nine, take
out samples of the beryls mica, and
feldspar, and develop the property
Mr.. Bowker bonded 4 half interest in
the mine to Sherburne for $4,000, and
The latter began to work at the mine.
chine shop. which is still standing, and
he took out d consi ie%able quantity
of beryls Some time after lie began
working the mine, AIR. Sherburne was
taken sick and died, ana none of his
friends who had been associated with
him in the enterprise, coming forward
10 carry on the mining operations they
were suspended.
Some of the beryls which Sherburne
took from the mine We're placed on ex-
hibition at the Columbian exposition in
Chicago, and were there pronounced
by experts the finest beryjs in the
world. OF and on. Mr. -Bowker worked
the-mine, and took out several hundred
dollars worth of beryls, most OF which
he still has.
Mr.. Bowker never went lower than
about two feet below Che surface after
any of the precious metals or stones
he secured, but he has peen told by one
of the most eminent geGlogists that
the man who penetratss fifty feet into
the hill, will be astounded at the great
ness and the richness of his finds If
beryls can be found in the quantity and
of the quality which 1t is believed by
some people who are familiar with the
mine they can be, Worcester county
Will produce wealth faster than the dia-
mond fields Of South Africa, the klon-
dixie or any other place OF fabulous
richness.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
MERRITT ON DEWEY.
CFrom the Indenendent.N

My first glimpse of Admiral Dewey
was caught when, toward the close of
last July, | reached Manila. He scane
TO meet me in his launch as soon as we
entered the bay and took me aboard
the Olympia, where we had a very
pleasant lunch while making acquaint-
ance. ] found him a very genial like
able man, quiet, modest, shrewd. OBJ
servant, alert and tactful He had
completely won the hearts of the for
eigners of Manila
l entered Manila bay at the same time
IN the morning as Dewey entered it.
and as / saw the channel lying in the
nrst CLEANS of the morning sun | could
wen appreciate the superlative bold
ness of the dash which he made over a
channel which was supposed to have
been mined. and ought to have been
mined, to attack a fleet which on paper
at least was as strong as his own, and
which lay under the guns of strong
forts. The thing was unprecedented.
and | felt that the admiral deserves ali
the honor that the people are disposed
to give him.
One of the first thine4he said to me
was: I've been walking the deck wor-
rylng night after night. You can do
that now"
He told me that the Germans had
behaved very hastily and that Aguinal-
do was beginning to show the cloven
hoof. The coming of the troops was a
great relief to his mind.
When left the islands on the 29th of
August, Admiral Dewey was in good
health, as he was all the time / was
there. He was quite hearty, and there
was no sign of the breaking down
which was rumored in this country. He
told me that he wanted to stay. l
wouldn't like to say that he was afraid
Of being lionized, but he is modest
man. He is the man for the place, and
his staying is certainly a good thing for
the nation.
What his ideas arc in regard to the
Philippines is pretty well shown by his
dispatch to the war department, which
has been very widely published There
cannot be any doubt as TO the import
ance of the islands to the maintenance
Of a commanding position in the Pa
cific and eastern Asia They would be
very important to any power that held
them as coaling station and base of
supplies.
Wesley Merritt, Major General
Governors Island N. Y.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
UPSALA STREET

The only school house in the city
which was affected by the weather
yesterday to such an extent that it was
necessary TO close any of the rooms
was the Upsala street school The
temperature Of three rooms was con
sderably below what it should have
been. The principal, Miss Mary C.
Henry, didn't show a moments hesita-
ton in looking after the welfare of the
children, and ordered she rooms closed
until sufficient heat could be obtained
She notified Superintendent c. F. Car
roll as soon as possible, and also the
public buildings, department, and the
difficulty was remedied as soon as il
could be done. Miss Henrys prompt
decision was commendable.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
A NOTABLE RECITAL.

The first of a series of piano recitals
was given last evening at Guild Piano
Parlors, 81 Main street, at s o'clock, by
Miss Eliza Lothner
Miss Lothner IL q graduate of Stock
holm conservatory, and a member of
the faculty of the Clavier school Of Bos-
ton. She completely took her audience
by storm by her mastery execution last
evening. Among the best numbers of
her program were the two Of which she,
herself, is the composer, both Of which
were gems In their way, and were re-
celved with mented applause.
The program rendered was as fol-
lows:
Allegro. Bach; Andante. Beethoven;
ScllmetteflinE, Grsig; Alburnblatt,
Grieg; Caprice, schumann Paganni;
Ktnderscenen, Schumann; Novelette, In
j., Schurnann; Concert etude, Nevine;
Menuett, Lathner; The Nightingale,
IlGthner! I'd Air de Ballet. Chaminade;
1nquietude, Wrangell; Valse Caprice in
L Aet. Ruhenstein.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
A FIGHTER.
Tolnlan Scores An
other Point
IN THE HOUSE.
Hearing on a Worcester
Case Put Over to Monday.
Special Dispatch to The snx.l

Especial Dispatch to The spy
Boston, Feb. st has begun to dawn
upon some members of the House that
Representative William Tolman Of
Pittsfield is something of a fighter, if
he does come from the Berkshire hills,
and that the greater the odds against
him, the more he enjoys legislative
fight
This he has shown in the champion
ship of his bill for the organization of
safe deposit and trust companies with
capital of 100000, the present law
putting the capital at 100000.
Yesterday Mr.. Tolman, after a sin
gle-handed struggle, secured the sub
stltutlon of his bill for the adverse re-
port OF the committee on banks and
banking, and today he won another VIC
tory in having the bill advanced to a
third reading. He was fought harder
than before, but the arguments of his
opponents failed to convince the House
that there was any great danger in
allowing such companies to organize
with capital of 100000 rather than
twice that sum.
The fact that the banking interests
OF Boston are supposed to be opposing
the bill, had considerable weight in its
favor. Mr.. Morse Of Belchertown as
sisted Mr.. Tolman in speaking for the
Dill. and the western Massachusetts
members as well as several from Wor-
cester county, voted for it. Tomorrow
there Will be another fight on the en-
grossment of the bill, but the feeling
is that Mr. Tolman will win.
The committee on probate and insol-
vency was to have given hearing to-
day on the bill allowing Alfred Tuson
or Worcester to be reimbursed the
amount of the bonds he furnished in
the case of Warrington, who was in
dlcted for swindling in that city some
time ago. Warrington disappeared be-
lore his trial and the bonds were or
oered forfeited. Later he gave him
self up, and appeared in court. being
allowed to plead nolo contendere by
the district attorney. Mr.. Tuson holds
that under the circumstances he
should receive back the bail money
me hearing was adjourned to Mon
day. " Nioli-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
1892.

the Bourne and Sandwich Street Rail
way Company.
The committee on public charitable
institutions reported a bill appropriat-
ing $4,000 for improvements at the
Danvers insane hospital, and a bill ap-
proprlatlng $500 for land at the con-
sumptive hospital at Rutland.
Ought to pass" was reported on the
bill allowing county treasurers to de-
companies and on the bill appropria-
ting $4,000 for the New England school
for deaf mutes.
Mr.. Frost of Lawrence opposed the
adverse report of the judiciary commit
tee on his bill to prohibit corporations
from accepting loans and deposits from
their employees, but the bill was re-
jected 80 to AZ.
When the bill of Mr.. Tolman of Pitts
field, to allow the formation of safe
deposit and trust companies with a
capital of 100000, came up for its sec
ond reading, Mr.. Henderson of Rowley
spoke in opposition toy the bill. Mr..
Tolman spoke at some length in sup
port of his bill, and said small banks
We're needed by the people of the
smaller cities and towns.
An amendment making the capital
$4,000 instead of 100000, was offered
w MI. HoFIer Oh Lynn.
Mr.. Carey Of Haverhill thought the
principle in the bill was competition
against concentration and that the
principles of economies would newt
ably settle the question of large or
small capital
Mr.. Tolman objected to the amend
ment of Mr.. Porter as beyond the
scope of the BILL and the speaker sus-
tanned his point.
Mr.. Whipple of Brockton opposed
the bill and quoted from the messages
OF former Gov. Greenhalge and Gov.
Wolcott upon the necessity of restrict
ing the increase of such companies.
More safeguards were needed around
banking institutions in the interests of
the people, and not any more small
banks or trust companies, which the
law does not surround with such safe
guards as are around national and
savings banks.
The bill was ordered to a third read
ing by a vote of 65 to 40.
The House adjourned at 4 20 O'Clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
THE SENATE.

Ihe ninth joint rule was suspended in
the senate to admit the petition of
James F, Shaw and others for incor-
duration OF the International Construc-
lioh and Power Company with cap
ital Of $5'oOO,Ooo to construct, maintain
ana operate railroads and street rail-
ways IN states, territories, colonies and
sets iu
Inc committee on fisheries and game
IIavoraply reported bill making the
a.oro DAY close season for taking
nsu ana game; the committee on edu
cation, a bill authorizing the Moeee
chusetts Dental College and Tufts CoI-
lege to unite. vi
The Senate adjourned at 2.3o O'clock
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

will pay the saloon keepers TO keep
out of the business. This move is an
answer to the agitation of the local
ministers for the closing of the sa-
looms. Whether it results in kitchen
dives and free rum or not, is aside
from the question. which relates solely
to finance, and even that will be no
new lesson. 1t is a unique method of
teaching, however, and it may have
the effect of checkmating local agita
ton for the time being, though it can
hardly convert the agitators.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
BANKS AND BANKING.

Two hearings were given by the COM
mittee on banks and banking this
morning. One on Representative
Tolman's bill to allow county treasur-
ers to make deposits in safe deposit and
trust companies. There were no re-
monstrants, and the committee voted
to report the bill.
Several officials of trust companies
appeared in favor of Senator Soule's
bill to allow trust companies to act as
executors. There We're no remon-
strants, but the bill was tabled to al
low the petitioners to place some tes-
tlmony concerning the laws of other
mittee,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

There's many a slip tween the COM
mittee of the whole and the House of
Representatives, as those who were in
terested in getting congressional appro-
priations for federal buildings in Mas
sachusetts cities have now discovered.
little filibustering and a great lack
of time for general business will prob
ably compel Fitchburg, Lawrence and
Springfield to wait at least another
year. The present congress expires
three weeks from tomorrow.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
ENGINEERS ELECT.

Worcester County Society of Engi-
neers held it's annual meeting IN BOARD
OF Trade rooms last evening. President
Walter y. Hassam was again elected
to that position, but declined. The cleo
ton resulted as follows: President.
William n. Coughlin; vice president,
John ID. Gallagher; secretary, Oscar
M. Lawrence; treasurer. Arthur w.
Woods; executive committee, Arthur J.
Marble, Percy Gates Smith and q, d.
Woods. The report Of thu treasurer
showed a substantial bala,. on the
right side of the sheet.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
cHAsTE DIANA
To Sc the Donation of the Elks TO the
Art Museum.

At the regular meeting Of Worcester
Lodge, B. and P. o. E., last evening,
it was voted to accept the report of
the committee appointed to investi-
gate and report on the advisability of
presenting a cast of Diana to the
Worcester Art Museum. With the &C.
ceptance of the report the committee is
instructed tc go ahead and purchase
the cast.
1t was announced that the next So
cial session of the lodge will be held
Thursday evening, Feb. 16, when A. M.
Powell, esteemed lecturing knight of
Worcester Lodge, will give an illus
trated talk on "A trip through Eng
land and Scotland" The lady friends
of members of the lodge will be invited
to attend
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
THE HOUSE,

IN the House, Mr.. Bennett of Saugus
succeeded in having the House concu,
IN the Senate amendment to the gypsy
moth emergency appropriation bill. al
though Messrs. Fitzgerald Of Boston
and Davenport of Greenfield stronolv
opposed the suspension Of the rules
The committee on street RAILWAYS ra-
ported a bill amending the charter op
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

Those who are waiting to know what
the president thinks about the Philip
pines, may find their curiosity graft
fed, when he speaks at the banquet
of the Home Market Club in Boston.
At all events, it is given out that the
peace treaty will be the chief topic of
his remarks on that occasion, and in
fact this will afford the first opportu-
nifty the president has had for unre
served discussion of the great question
of the day since the treaty was signed
in Paris
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

Flippant comment has been made
upon the decision of a New York
judge, that certain Harvard student
is entitled to an allowance of $45OO a.
year for his college expenses. The bow
thought he hadn't been getting enough
out or the estate, and the court agreed
With him. The fact simply is that a
youth who divides his time between
New York and Boston can find ways
of spending all the money he can Law
hands ON, and his enrolment at a
university won't deprive him of many
of these chances.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

1t is the Earl of Chesterfield who
will marry the widow of the late Og-
den Goelet, and thus Anglicise sew
eral more American millions. Thus
the yachting tour of the late lamented
was not without its international re-
suits.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

Andrew Carnegie is scattering $780,
600 libraries over the country more
freely than most people scatter pennies.
Atlanta, Ga, is the latest beneficiary to
be nominated. and such nominations
are commonly accepted
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

A new phase of the liquor controver-
sy is reported from Ohio. The Nation
al Liquor League has arranged to
close all saloons in Akron for two years
in order to demonstrate to the people
the inconvenience of being deprived Of
the revenue which the saloons would
naturally pay into the city treasury
Meanwhile, the national Organization
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

r. among the patrons TO the Spring
SUBSCRIPTION Season" of the Roman
STOCK Company at the new Talma
Theatre, Providence, are such promi-
nent people as Governor Elisha Dyer,
senator Nelson w. Aldrich (who engi-
neered the ratification of the peace
treaty at Washington last Monday
Judge Stiffness of the supreme court,
Prof. Delabarre and Prof. Munro Of
Brown University, Col r. H. /. Cod
GARD Mr.. John Nicholas Brown (tho
donor OF the new public library build
lngl, Mr.. Edw. I. Nickerson, president
OK the Providence Art Club; Mr.. George
L. Shepley, president Of the Providence
athletic Club Gen. T.. M. Sackett, en-
GOV. Brown, Mayor Reker, ex-Mayors
olney and Potter and many others
most prominent in social, intellectual
and artistic circles. The opening on
Monday night viii be one OF the fea-
lures of the Providence dramatic sea-
son. Worcester people have chance
10 see this fine dramatic company at
the Worcester Theatre this and Sat-
urday evening and Saturday afternoon
OF this week.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10

The most conspicuous thing about the
funeral of the late Bishop Williams is
his endeavor to make it inconspicuous.
His example is worthy of more fire.
Quent imitation.