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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-13
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Chain Of Evidence in Bank
Case Being Formed.

Fitchburg, Jan. 12.-According to State
Detective Peleg Murray and Deputy Sher-
if Richardson of Ashburnham, there has
been a tangible clew discovered in the
bank robbery at AShburnham, and it
would not be surprising to see an arrest
before many days. 1t is claimed that the
horse and team was hired in this city the
sunday evening previous to the robbery,
and that later the rig was driven to this
city The officers refuse to say where the
rig was hired, but it is known that a Stray
team was picked up on the streets and
later returned 10 a stable by an officer.
Another rumor that seems well ground
ed is to the effect that strange man was
seen in this city Friday and again Sunday,
but differently attired and disguised. This
may be of interest to the officers, and
may prove q good clew to work on. 1t is
the opinion Oh the officers that the work
was done by a professional from some
large city, and i'll this case the ground
must have been studied for some time in
order that plans would not miscarry.
Very likely the perpetrators have staid
over night at Ashburnham, and without
causing any suspicion looked the ground
carefully over.
The fact that the securities, amounting
to $25, 900, were not taken does not lay the
burglary to amateurs by any means, as it
is conceded that the explosions were loud
er than was expected and what was
taken had to be grabbed in a moment or
not at all.
Motorman Tessier of the Leominster
and Clinton road stated today that he be-
leves he carried passenger on his car
Tuesday evening that was either an ac-
complete or a principal in the Ashburn-
ham bank robbery. He says that the man
boarded the car at Cross street in Leon
insteri and whenever the car stopped to
take on or leave passengers he would
witch around and appear very nervous
He left the car at the Acre in Clinton.
and when told that he had left the bust
ness portion of the town seemed much re-
leVed. The man was clad in an ill-fit-
ting suit OF gray, the outer coat being of
a REFER pattern, and Scotch cap, which
he kept well pulled down over his face
He had no apparent destination, seeming
to be content only when under the cover
of darkness.
Late this afternoon the officers working
on the case returned to this city, after
going to a point between this city and
Boston, working on a clew that they
is said they have another link of evidence
at their command.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-13
NORTH GRAFTON.

North Grafton, Jan, 70, Francis II.
lIucl5ins. chairman of the selectmen, IS
sick at his home on Waterville street with
bronchitis.
he given at the local lodge of Odd Fellows
on Wednesday evening next,
York
D, b. G. NJ. +. e. Manley and suite of
Worcester installed these officers last
night:. N. G., Charles e. Hinckley; Y.
9" Albert r. Holland. secretary. a. =.
Lowell; treasurer, A. q. Getchell; flnan-
Gial secretary, o. M. Wing; W., ], II.
johnson: conductor Charles Curtis T.
e. George B.. Stockwell: r. s. N. g., c.
T. & r4fke a. 4 H. d os G b u p : A "a a.
j M Winchester; r. s. S., Nelson Von-
AI.I,,i; I; 8, s., Malvin E. johnson; chap
pam, John Wilson,
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THE STAMP CRANK.
Frank E. Simpson Tells About Him and
His Work.

His Work.
F. r. Simpson addressed the mem
bers Of the Plymouth Club on Philately
last evening in the parlors Of the
| Plymouth Church. Before and after
reading his paper, Mr.. Simpson invited
the audience to examine his collection
of rare stamps, which is without doubt
| the finest in Worcester. The Canadian
jubilee stamps, the Omaha exposition
| series and the new internal revenue
stamps excited the most interest, al
though Mr.. Simpson has many stamps
which are far more rare and conse-
quently more desirable from the col
lector's standpoint. He hopes soon to
have the new stamp Issues which have
been adopted in Porto Rico, Cuba and
the Philippines, but as yet none Of
| these has come to this country
| The speaker told how stamps first
came into use in England in 1889, be-
! ing first advocated by Rowland Hill
The year after they were adopted by
the American congress. Their conven-
fence made them popular at once until
today it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to find
nation so uncivilized as not to use
stamps.
The stamp collector ne said, appeared
foolish to all not Interested in the pur-
suit, and it must be admitted that he
is a crank Of cranks. But there is
much to be said in favor OF collecting
the little bits Of adhesive paper. That
the stamp mania is widespread, cannot
be denied.
One stamp firm alone last year. Mr.
Simpson said, made sales aggregating
100000. One private collector In New
York has a collection worth So 900. AL
most fabulous sums are paid for rare
varieties Mr. Simpsons most eXpen-
siye stamp cost S17.
An interesting fact not generally
known is that the United States issues
stamps in large denominations than
any nation on earth. The stamps Of
the United States range in value from
one cent TO $50.
The high denominations are used by
publishers in shipping wholesale
amounts of literature and cannot be
bought by the general public.
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BUTTER

ed pure food laws The fact of the mat
ter is the people of the United States are
as a rule. too careless and Indifferent as
to what they eat or how It Is cooked. and
tho inevitable penalty Of disordered stom-
achs Is the result One of the adultera-
tions that is most serious in its effects is
the use Of alum TO whiten bread or to
furnish cheap baking powder II destroys
the coating of the stomach produces dys-
pcpsia and eventually poisons tho blood
Try a piece of alum in your mouth and
note the result. No stomach into which
baking powders containing alum are usu-
ally sold at about Is cents per pound,
while pure powder costs about Is cents
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UPTON AND WEST UPTON.

Upton Jan. 12.-Lewis r. Dodge, bag
sagemaster on the Grafton and Uptor
Railroad, is critically i'll at his home, suf'
fering from inflammation of the bowels
Mr.. Dodge was taken i'll a short time age
with the, grip, from which he recovered
sufficiently to report for duty last Wed
nesday Part of that day he tried tc
keep up but was unable ard had to &c
home. His condition at present is quite
serious.
Benjamin A. Jourdan commenced today
on his annual ice harvest. This morning
about % men were at work, and the cakes
possible.
Fred w. Wood is visiting friends in
Worcester.
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SOLDIERS ASSIST.
Marlboro Strikers Receive $50 From
Uncle Sans Men.

'o''RS'C ShlNUIo hCCGNC 0OO TiOH1
Uncle Sans Men.
Marlboro, Jan. 12.-Today Bernard P.
Dorsey, secretary of the Lasters' I'm
ion, and member of the joint council,
received $50 from members of company
M, Sixth Massachusetts regiment, now
stationed at Greenville s. C. The
money was collected by Private William
Toemey, and nearly all of the contrib
utors gave 81 each.
Company M was recruited from Hud-
son, but a large proportion of it's men
are from Marlboro. 1t has been extern
sively rumored that the state police
lhave been removed from this city. Such
is not the fact, however. A reporter
of The Spy today asked a member of
the force how many of the state police
were in town. The answer came back
that there were about IS doing duty
here. The commemorative protectors
Of the law are not preceded by a band
while on duty.
They go about in citizens clothes.
and are seldom recognized. All of
them unite in saying that there is
nothing here for them to do, and they
will only be too glad when they are
recalled. The labor people, although
not expecting that the Carey order
would be passed by the legislature,
would nave been greatly pleased if a
committee from that body would come
to this city and investigate the strike
both as to causes and conditions.
| John H. Murray addressed the con-
vention of the United Mine Workers at
Pittsburs, Pa, yesterday. Others rep
resentatives of the strikers in the west
have written home. They appear tc
nave been well received by their west
tern brethren and report the prospects
as being of an encouraging nature.
! A meeting for the formation of a. CO.
operative shoe factory company, will
be held at Powderly hall tomorrow
morning.
| There appears to be no change at the
Factories. The manufacturers appear
to be satisfied, and the strikers express
themselves in similar manner The
former say they have a sufficient mum
Der at work. The strikers claim that
the number is very small.
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PROBABLY TRAMPS.
Westboro Store Looted and Bologna and
Cookies Stolen.

OSShSS SlOiSn'
Westboro, Jan. 12.-Those dreaded
burglars have made Westboro a basis
of operations again. Last evening the
grocery and provision store of Farms
worth Bros. was entered by the thieves.
Farnsworth Bros store is situated I'M
der the Whitney House. The invaders
made their entrance by forcing win
dow in the rear cellar of the hotel This
gave access to the stairs leading into
the grocery store.
A hole was bored in the door and
the hook on the inside was raised, ad-
hitting the thieves. The thieves were
evidently hungry, as pieces of bologna
and coolky crumbs were found on the
floor this morning. Besides these eat
ables, two horse blankets and two dol
lars worth of cigars are missing.
Jack Callaghan, clerk in the hotel,
heard noise in the back yard about 10
oclock, but thought nothing of it at
the time. Later on he heard persons
talking in the yard. 1t is thought to be
the work of tramps and not profess
SIGNALS
The dedication of the new Methodist
Church will occur next Monday even
ing. There is to be a grand concert
given by the following artists: Mrs.
Caroline T. Shepard, soprano soloist of
Boston; Miss Ada F. Goddard, contralto
soloist of Westboro; Miss M1ude En-
nestine Banks, reciter, of Waltham !;
and Mr.. c. H. Circuit, organdst and ac-
companist. OF Worcester.
The following program will be rend-
cred: Organ, Introduction to Act III,
and Bridal Chorus" Mr.. Grout; aria,
Il Will Extol Thee" Mrs. Shepard; re-
cital, Roam Barbary," Miss Banks;
recitative and aria, Miss Goddard; or
gan, "Adagio, from Fifth Sonata" Mr..
Circuit; songs, "Ritournelle," 1.-THE Dam
"a" 1.-THE Dear Blue Eyes of Spring"
Mrs. Shepard; recital, WAS it, the Song
or Jack?" Miss Banks; organ, Com
munion," Mr.. Grout; song, 1.-The Ever
lasting Day" Miss Goddard; recitals,
1.-THE Dream Ship fThe Lullaby" Miss
Banks; song. 1.-THE May Morning" Miss
Shepard; organ, March Militaire," Mr..
Grout
The following officers of the Bethany
Chapter will be installed tomorrow eve
ming: w. NJ. Lizzie A. Brown; w. P,
Thomas j. Hastie; A. NJ, Jennie A.
Corbett M, Edith Genthner; Sec, Ida
j. Atwood; Cond., Lizzie A Longley;
A. c., Nellie Anderson; Chap, Ella
Babcock M, Susie p Treadway; A.,
Lizzie D. Johnson; Ruth, Mary A.
Kingsbury; Esther, Nina o. Black;
Martha, Sadie D. Brigham; Electa, Sa-
rah J. Boyntor7 Warden, May A. Cum
mings; Sentinel, George Genthner; or
ganist, Flora A. Allen. Past Grand
Matron Isadore Forbes will act as in
stalling officer, assisted by Past Grand
Marshal, Ada J. jackson. The past
matrons of Bethany Chapter will assist
in the services. After the installation
refreshments will be served in the ban
quet hall.
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BORN IN EAST DOUGLAS.

Detroit, Jan. 18.-IIiram Walker, capt.
talist. founder of Walkerville, Ont, OPP
posite Detroit, and the great distillery
which bears his name, died today at his
homo in this city. AIS death resulted
from paralysis.
Mr. Walker was So years of age and a
native of East Douglas, Mass. He owned
large tracts of land in Ontario, and was
interested in railroad and other invest
ments besides the great whisky manufac-
turing concern.
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DEATH RATE GROWING.
Doctors Attribute 1t to what We Eat

The constantly increasing number OF
deaths from stomach troubles Is exciting
the keenest interest among the medical
fraternity. The prevalence of these
stomach disorders or ailments the doctors
attribute largely TO impure food products,
with which the country at large seems to
be flooded, and in an attempt to counter
act which many Of the states have enact
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NUMEROUS FLORAL TRIBUTES.

The funeral Of S. NJ. Wallace was
held yesterday at II o'clock in the
rooms Of George Sessions 4 Sons I'M
dertaking establishment. Rev. George
w. King Of Trinity Methodist Church
OBLIGATED. The body was taken to
Providence on the 1910 train. There
were numerous floral tributes sent by
friends Of the deceased
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OAKDALE.

Oakham, Jan. 12-The grippe is so prev
alent that Mrs. Ella M. Kelth's coming to
lecture Saturday, Sunday and Ma lay
evenings has been postponed until flS her
notice.
Mrs. Clark. mother Of Mrs. John Burns.
will be buried from her daughters home
Friday The funeral will take place at .
o'clock in the afternoon.
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TO KEEP TABS.
Conductors Provided With
Time Trip Tickets.

Leicester, Jan. 12.-Some of the con-
| dectors on the Worcester and Subnr-
pan have been supplied with trip tick
cts on which blanks are left where
me men must set down the time they
arrive at each stopping place or switch.
In this way the man who loses time
Fight along can be easily detected. All
the men have not yet been supplied,
ana Inspector Beaulieu told Spy
man today that they had been issued
from the main Office and that he had
not given out any.
Inc annual meeting of the w. C. T.
Z. will be held in the vestry of the
First congregational Church, Friday
evening, Jan. 20. A supper will be
served at $50, to which the gentlemen
are invited. At 7.45 Mrs. katherine
Leute stevenson, state president, will
give an address entitled THE demands
upon Christianity of today" All are
invited.
A special musical program has been
arranged for the evening service at
the First Congregational Church. The
special music includes Ave Maria, -
orchestra; solo, Come unto me- (Bar-
RID Miss Mabelle E. Smith; Let him
in" chorus; solo, IF 1 were a voice"
selection, orchestra; hymn, How gen
tly God commands" congregation.
Rev. ID. c. Reid speaks in the morning
upon The God of all grace" and in the
evening about 'Veracity and good faith
among men,
Rev. Mr.. Neff of Boston will speak
at both services of the Sanderson NJ. E.
Church Sunday The following pro-
gram has been arranged in the eve
ming: Ten minute song service by
congrega ton; violin solo, "Religioso''
arranged by Charles Daucla), Miss
Tudis Elliott; Go We" and Watch
work and pray" (by j. H. Filmore) will
be sung by the ladies quartet.
The overseers of the poor held their
monthly meeting this afternoon. The
routine business was transacted and il
was voted that the board should pay a
visit to the town farm in the near
future.
Box car %, which has been at the
Mhllbury car barn receiving a coat OF
paint, was brought to Leicester today
and will make regular trips on the line
| tomorrow.
James Callahan of Cherry Valley
| hostler for Mrs. A. M. Brown and
| Cornelius Leaflong of Leicester, head
gardener for Col. S. e. Winslow, arr
among the latest victims of the grip.
| A box car from the MilIbury division
was brought to Leicester to be equipped
with vestlloules yesterday.
The many Leicester friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Gould of Millbury will
| be pleased to hear of the birth of
son last Monday.
Miss Catherine Olney left yestert1a!
to resume her studies at st. Agnes
school, Albany, N. Y.
Four members of Steamer compan!
No. 1 have commenced a 200 poin
whist tournament fer suppers at thu
Bay State House, Worcester. Las
night the second game of the series wa!
played and the "Neversweats' wer,
defeated by the "Algonquins." TIL,
winners secured 63 points to the loser!
q.
Arthur A. Sibley left yesterday foI
Mexico, where he will stay during tn,
winter.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Daniel HallShayd, 80, and Bessie NJ
Smith, %.
Patrick Sullivan, 2s, and Ellen j.
Naughnane, %.
Nicholas j. Britt 81 and Agnes e.
Howley, %.
Peter LAWN, "a. and Catherine A.
Harahy, 81.
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WHOL ESALE HORSE DEAL ERS
HAVEN BROS.

Agents and wholesale dealers in horses
carriages. harness, blankets, robes, sad
dlery stable furnishings and harness
makers supplies. Handmade express
harness, SIS; buggy harness, SIS so; horses
sold on commission. Auction every Sat
urday at 10 a. m.
A. l.. HAVEN, Auctioneer. 13S-146 Fos4
ter ST., Worcester Mass. Telephone
372-4.
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once all forms of throat diseases, ana
always effects a permanent cure. This
wonderful remedy has cured thousands
of sufferers from bronchitis, hoarseness
and other bronchial troubles
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-13

A favorite subject of great painters is
mother instructing daughter in music
giving the early lessons. Mothers nat
urally want their daughters to be accom-
plished musicians. It helps them along
In social way But the most important
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-13

IN of wonnanly
This instruc-
n should begin
If a girl
enters woman
hood free from
the ailments
that usually
beset her at
It h is period,
2 she will pos
sess the great
e 1t of all
: qualifications
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INQUEST HELD.
Judge A. A. Putnam viii Report Finding
to Superior Court.

Uxbrldge. Jan. 1.-THE inquest held
over the SUDDEN death of Alfred Lafloe
of East Douglas, which occurred at his
parents home, Nov. 30, was held be-
fore Judge A. A. Putnam today. On
the evening of Nov. %, Lafloe and two
other young men drove to Paul Broth
ers' saloon in Manchaug. There they
took several drinks and pint of whis-
key was drunk by Lafloe within ten
minutes.
They then drove home, and on arriv-
ing in East Douglas the two others
found Lafioe in an unconscious condi-
ton. He was carried to his home, and
about midnight DIR. r. C. Holbrook was
summoned Lafloe died about o'clock
the next morning.
A post-mortem examination was held
by Medical Examiner Baker of Worces-
ter, and the contents of the stomach
sent to an expert chemist
Dr. Holbrook DIR. l.. D. White of
Uxbridge, Edward Mcdonald, bartend-
er for Paul Brothers, Lafloe's mother
and Walter Schuster We're examined at
the hearing this forenoon. The result
of the inquest will be reported TO the
superior court.
Hon. James w. Stockwell of Sutton
VINO was elected secretary or the state
board of agriculture yesterday, is a
member of the Blackstone Valley Ag-
ricultural Society. Samuel b. Taft
Esq, a delegate to the state board from
that society, was n staunch Stockwell
man. and put in good work for his cleo
ton.
An effort is being made by the officers
of the Blackstone Valley Agricultural
Society to change the date of the first
farmers institute from Friday even
ing, Jan. 20, to Tuesday afternoon, Jan.
"a. Elmer D. Howe of Marlboro, past
master of the Massachusetts grange
is to speak on Running a. small farm
on a large scale" The Pomona grange
meets here on the morning of the oath
and so it is DESTROYS to have Mr.. Howe's
address in the afternoon of the same
day
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A MILITIA CALL.
Southbridge Soldiers Called to Armory
Fer Final Examination.

"1'H''nSS OUTLETS Sdiieu 10 HIiHOIy
Fer Final Examination.
Southbridge, Jan, 12.-The militia call
was pulled in on the fire alarm this
morning, summoning all members Of
Co. X away from the armory on passes,
to report there at once, the surgeon
having arrived this morning to give
them their examination before dis
charging them.
An interesting game of basket ball
was played at the armory last evening
between the Y. M. C. A. and X Co.,
Sixth regiment, teams, which resulted
IN victory for the Y. M c.. A. team
by a score of 16 to 6. Although the
boys of K Co. had not practiced much,
they played a strong game, and many
brilliant plays were made by Acton and
Maloney Curtis and Hamlin were the
stars for the Y. NJ. c. A.
Following is the lineup:
Y. NJ. c. A.-16. X Co.'S.
curtis, 7. f....................l. f., Acton
Wilson, |. Observation-Disclosures. f., Norman
I]anlsis, +. b................L b., McGill
HamiIn, c......,.,...........". e., Maloney
cambridge, /. b...............r. b., Ryan
Jacob B. Edwards and Howard Latin
returned last night from few days
visit in New York city.
Many from this town are attending
the wedding this evening of DR.. Will
liam Gable Human of this town and
Miss Gretchen Murdoch Bigelow, at
the home Of the brides grandfather,
George 7. Murdoch, New Boston.
In the list of directors as printed in
The Spy Of Southbridge National
Bank, the name of Calvin D. Paige was
Internationally omitted. John A. Hall
and Herman S. Cheney are also mem
bers of the board.
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TWO MURDERS AT SAFFORD MEXICAN KILLED AT DRY LAKE CORONER'S VERDICT-NO CLUE TO THE MUIR
 DERER.
A Mexican Named Martinez Killed at the Union Canal Bridge
 in Town.

A boy came to town last Wednesday with the word that dead man was lying under a mesquite bush at Dry Lake, about three miles east of this place. A coroner's jury, in couple of wagons, were soon on the way, and found the body as reported. An examination of the body was made by Dr. Lindley, who discovered that he had been shot in the left temple and the bullet had lodged just under the skin in the opposite side of the head. The ball was extracted late in the evening by Dr. Lindley.
 When found, the corpse was straight ened out and the saddle and other prop erty of the deceased was piled on tine body, and the vicinity of the murder had been carefully looked over by the mur- derer and traces of the perpetrator were very carefully obliterated.
 After listening to all the evidence of those parties who found the body, the jury returned the following verdict:
 "We, the jury empanelled to inquire into the death of Mexican, name un- known to the jury, find that said Mexi- can came to his death from a gunshot fired by parties unknown to us."
 The body was prepared for burial by Gottlieb Zollner, and the funeral was held very early Tuesday morning. Noth ing was disclosed before the inquest as to the murdered mans identity, and mo- hOdv saamad tO know him.
 ANOTHER MURDER.
 Our citizens were startled on Tuesday evening about o'clock, by the report Of another shot, and quite number made the remark that there was "another murder" A very few moments after the report of the gun man was found lying on the bridge across the Union canal on ''L" street, near the residence of E. D. Futile. An examination showed that he had been shot through the body, the