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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

Again there are rumors of peace
overtures from Aguinaldo, but appar-
emily Washington, like the rest of the
country, has. become very chary of
placing confidence in optimistic dis
patches that emanate from Manila.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

Those in search of curious informa-
ton have an extraordinary range of
choice at the Clark University lectures,
for there is scarcely any department of
art or science that is not touched upon
in one way or another. Generalization
leads to speculation, and yet the spec
ulative is less in evidence than the
scientific treatment of commonplace
matters of every day life.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

The purchasing power of the spurious
coin which Worcester man is accused
of circulating is about as potent as
Bryan currency. Perhaps the accused
is the advance agent of the free silver
junta
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

The western banks are again send
ing money east for investment. To be
more explicit, western capital is offered
in New York to borrowers at S1s per
cent. A similar phase was noted iii the
money market about a year ago. when
it was considered remarkable. 1t is all
the stranger now, in view of the re-
ported scarcity of currency in Chicago.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

The surprise expressed in Boston at the
Springfield attempt to retire Colonel
Goetting from the republican state com
mittee may well be echoed in other cities
The colonel has been tactful and eff
Gent chairman; but, aside from this, it
might be supposed that local pride would
be sufficient to keep Colonel Goetting on
the committee as long as he was willing
to serve at the head of it.-Worcester Spy.
Much smoke is often caused by very
little fire. In the case of Colonel Goet-
ting, the opposition belongs to the or
der too much noise, but little strength.
The colonel will be returned to the
state committee practically without .np-
position.-Springfield Union.
Glad to hear it.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

As the time for Richard Croker's re-
turn to New York draws near. it may
be observed that he has been less con-
spicuous figure on the British turs
this season than in former years.
Princes and portentates seem to have
dropped him, and the newspapers speak
disparagingly of him. Therefore ne
will all the more appreciate the homage
Of his own little kingdom when he sets
foot on Manhattan
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

There are few men whose death
would be so keenly felt in the southern
end of the county as that of Judge
Andrew j. Bartholomew.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

THE Worcester Methodist Episcopal
Twentieth Century Thanks Offering
Commission" is a heavy name even
for seven Worcester churches to carry.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

Slow accessions. ~ Mrs. La Sale: 'sYou
said Mrs Wabash got her furniture on
the instalment plan, didn't your
Mrs. Dearborn: Yes; she's had four
husbands, and got a little with each one,
--Yoalers Statesman.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

Since the revolution there have been
thirteen chief justices of the Massc-
chusetts supreme court, and of its pre-
decessor the superior court Of judica-
ture. John Adams, the first, never
took his seat upon the bench. Nathan
lei p Sargent the third, served or.y
year, and Samuel Sewall, the sixth.
never held court, so that for period
of 12l years Of its existence, the court
has had only ten presiding judges. The
longestindividual termwas that of Lem
uel Shaw, who served from 1880 to 1850.
and achieved the greatest reputation az
all our chief justices. Judges Gushing
and Gray were honored with appoint
ments to the United States supreme
court. Two associate justices, Caleb
Gushing and f, f. Hoar, have been at
torney generals Of the United States
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

Wholly undeserved attention has been
bestowed upon a silly story that "the
republican machine" in Massachusetts
would undertake to defeat Senator
Hoar, who would naturally come up
for reelection in the legislature in 1901
There are number of reasons why no
such attempt will be made, but one is
sufficient. In Massachusetts, there is
no machine" within the ordinary
meaning Of that political term. There
is no boss to defeat the will of the peo-
pie.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19
MARJORIE BEATEN.
Wins Heat But That Is All she Can

Old Orchard, Me, July 1s.-The racing
season at the Old Orchard kite track
opened this afternoon with two class
events, one of which required six heats
and the other five to decide the winners.
The 21S trot was won by Success, a geld
ing owned by Frank G. Ives, Brooklyn,
N T., after Celibate, Boston horse. had
taken two heats.
IN the 2:l5 pace three heat winners low
ered their recards-Kelyn, a Philadelphia
ming only second money. THE race went
to Marion G., the favorite, whose best
time was 2:lSl2. There was a good attend
ance. Summary;
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

II is absurd that two nations
of the standing Of the United
States and Canada cannot agree
even 70 a provisional arrangement
for the settlement Of the Alaska
boundary. Yet It is now announced
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE The EYE OF ARGUS He
is HONORABLE " he DO BUT LOOK TO The VEL
FARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.
A Gardner Merchant in Financial Diff
cuIties, Owing $IlI72.

Boston, April 7-George NJ. White
more. a Gardner merchant, who has
been in business in that town for a
number of years, filed a voluntary pc
tition in bankruptcy in the United
States district court this morning. Mr.
Whittemore owes $11,172, of which
amount claims with total of S3SOO are
secured by mortgages on his real es-
tate. The estimated value of his assets
is placed at $704S
The town of Gardner is the only pre-
ferred creditor. it having claim for
taxes amounting to $94.23.
The Gardner Savings Bank holds two
first mortgages, one for $4,000 on brick
block located on South Main street, and
the second for $500 on Chelsea street
real estate. Alice H. Bradshaw holds
a second mortgage for $1,000 on the
South Main street property In addi-
ton to the above named real estate,
there are three lots on High, Kendall
and Travers streets, and three acres of
swamp land with a total valuation of
$500
But a small proportion of the unse-
cured creditors hold claims for mer-
chandise The principal items are
notes either given or Endorsed by the
petitioner.
The largest creators are; Hannah
Rice. Athol, 5000; Albert Tower Athol
$3.50; o. T. Rice, Athol, $500; Westmin-
ster National Bank. $500; r. w. Water
man, Athol 1874; and Lucy Baker
West Gardner. Two notes for $3.50 and
$3.50, made by Bridget Ballantine and
Susan Partridge, respectively, and in
dorsed by Mr.. Whittemore, are held
by the Westminster National Bank.
Besides the real estate given above
the assets consist of notes and bills
receivable and various small items, the
larger part of which are claimed to be
exempt.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08
HAVE NO MORE FISHING.
Overseers Of Poor Order
Poor Farm Brook to
Be Posted.

The principal subject for discussion
at last nights meeting of the overseers
of the poor, aside from regular routine
business, was the manner in which
certain so-called sportsmen are abus-
ing the fishing in Poor Farm brook.
The stream has been posted, but some
fishermen still fish the stream and are
loathe to leave even when requested to
do so by the Home farm authorities.
The board voted to instruct Supt.
Graves to post the brook as required
by law, and to request the mayor to
appoint the superintendent a special
officer to see that fishing is not con-
tlnued along the brook. 1t was also
voted to hold a special meeting at the
Home farm Thursday afternoon, April
20, when certain changes proposed at
the institution this season will be
looked over.
Supt. Graves report shows that dur
ing the month of March the whole
number of persons in the almshOuse,
exclusive of the superintendent fam
lily, is 230; number of paupers received
during the month, 4; number dis
charged, 8; deaths, 4; whole number of
pauperS in the almshouse on last day
of the month, 216-males 1875, females
80, children 6; number in superintend-
ents family, including hired labor, 30.
Expenditures for support of aims
house, during month, by superintend-
ent, $4207.26; receipts from sale of prod
uce, S475; receipts from board, $S42.7O;
total receipts for the month, $847.45;
net expense during the month, $685.. 81.
The clerks report follows: Number
Of orders drawn during the month, S46;
amount of aid rendered to persons hay-
ing legal settlement in this city, $344.17;
amount rendered persons legally set
tied in other cities and towns, $9O.53;
amount rendered persons having no
known settlement, $211.S4; total amount
rendered all persons during the month,
$64654.
Total expenditures of the city relief
department, $3742.35.
The total expenditure for the scav-
enger department was S1226.4S; re-
ceipts, $836.S5; net expenditures, $389.5S.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REFORM

The bill for the reform of the Boston
school committee represents a marked
innovation in the management Of the
public schools. Primarily, it provides
for a reduction of the committee to a
board of nine members, which shall be
virtually an executive committee or a
board of directors rather than a de-
Lucrative and semi-legislative assemb-
~, such as it now purports to be. The
subcommittee system will be done
away with, and in its place there will
be two executive departments, each
with an expert salaried head, subor-
dinate to the committee. There would
be a superintendent to have charge of
the educational branch of the business,
including teachers and truant officers;
and secondly, a director, preferably an
architect or engineer, who would look
after the buildings, janitors, engineers
and other employees.
The first purpose of the bill is to con-
centrate authority and fix RESPONSE
bility, and in this respect it appears to
be an approach to the business methods
of a corporation, for the sub-commit-
tee system has always been an expen-
sive and cumbersome executive ar
Management Furthermore, by reducing
the number of committeeman, it is be-
Heved that it viii be less difficult to get
responsible citizens to serve on the
school board, especially when it is
known that less time will be frittered
away in the consideration of petty de-
tails in board meetings and in sub-com-
mittee work, under the new organiza-
ton than under the old.
This bill has been two years in grow
| ing to its present form, and it remains
| to be seen what the legislature will do
with it. Strong opposition is to be taken
for granted, but the experiment seems
well worth the trying, in view of the in
| efficiency Of the plan now in common
use. At any rate, it would be apt to
/ abolish the bear garden features of
| school management, and that would be
a distinct gain in popular satisfaction
and public usefulness. The ordinary
parliamentary proceedings of a school
/ committee that poses as a law-making
body are among the political absurd
tiles of the times,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08

effect yesterday, and there were many
sore heads among the spectators last
night Many who were raging bulls
yesterday morning were shorn lambs
last night, and it is fair to suppose
that spectators in Worcester were
caught on the wrong side of the mar
ket, as well as those in New York. The
craze for industrials and the flotation
of the stock of many over-capitalized
concerns helped to make a miniature
Black Friday possible. 1t has been a
long time since the bears were able to
dominate the market completely, as
they did in the early part Of yesterday,
when gilt-edged stocks went down with
worthless securities. But the substan-
tial rallies during the afternoon indi-
cate that those who are looking for
good things in securities took an inter-
est in the bargain counter.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08

Viscountess Haberton, president of
the Rational Dress Reform Society,
clad in bicycle costume, applied at an
English hotel for lunch, but the land
lady, Mary Jane Sprague, refused to
serve her because she wore "bloomers. -
Thereupon the Cyclist Touring Club
brought suit against Mrs. Sprague to
test the law as regards the duties and
obligations of 1nnkeepers in general.
Lord Coleridge, counsel for Lady Hab-
erton, produced a photograph in court
showing that she was "attired from the
crown of her head to the soles of her
feet" and argued that she had been re-
fused privileges granted to other guests.
Mrs. Sprague, on the other hand, con-
tended that she had a right to con-
slider the exigencies of her own bust
ness, and that it would have ruined her
trade with the high class frequenters of
Portsmouth road to entertain ladies
wearing skin-tight costumes" The jury
agreed with her and found for the de-
PENDANT. Apparently the innkeepers
have the privilege of drawing line to
suit themselves between "skin-tights"
and a proper costume.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08
"A 5 O'CLOCK TEA"

Mrs William H. Thomas gave a five
o'clock tea at her home 1872 Vernon
street. Thursday, in honor of her niece,
Ruth L. Thomas, who is a student at
Mt. Holyoke College. In the evening
Madame Jarley's wax works were pre-
scented by members of the party in
which little Red Riding Hood and the
wolf figured conspicuously. There was
also singing by a male quartet, con-
sisting of Messrs. Gleason, Upstrom,
Horne and Thomas, with Mr.. Ham
strom accOmpanist. The Oldest mem
Der of the company was Mrs. Wilson.
or, as she is better known, Grand
mother Wilson, who at the advanced
age of 80 years, enjoyed the evenings
festivities, as much as the youngest
member, aged four years. Those pres
ent were the Misses Ella Thomas, Ma
rion Thomas, Alice Thomas, Mildred
Thomas and Mary COburn Thomas, the
contralto soloist at Trinity Church, all
sisters of Miss Ruth L. Thomas. Also
May Reed, Miss Topelyan, Annie c..
Wilson, Thomas Horne and wife, and
Master Roland Horne.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08
TOILET GOODS COUNT

of the evening service, Mr.. Sleeper will
play several organ selections. This
will not be at all in the nature of an
organ recital, but a worship in music,
closing appropriately the service OF
the day. The congregation will be dis
missed with the benediction at the
close of the preaching service, and
any who wish may retire before the
closing service of music. Tomorrow
evening he will play:
CantiIene Pastorale ......... Guilmant
Grand Chorus .................. Salome
Evening Star Wagner
Tomorrow Union Church will adopt a
new form of calendar, printing in full
the order of morning and evening wor-
ship. Here is the calendar for the next
week:
Tuesday-3 o'clock, the Woman's As
sociaticn, sewing; 4 to O'clock, the
department of home missions-Mrs.
West will tell us what she has seen in
her recent western trip, of the work
being done for the Indians by the
American Missionary Association and
the United States government; 7.45
O. clock, the Mans Observation-Disclosures
on ION the earth and some other
TOPICS" by Prof. Webster of Clark Uni
versity.
Wednesdays o'clock, the woman 9
prayer meetlng-ln response to a re-
quest from the wOman's board, meet
ings for concerted prayer for foreign
missions will be held throughout New
England on the afternoon of April u;
such a meeting will be held in the
chapel, Plymouth, Central, Park and
Summer Street churches uniting with
us, Mrs. Case leader; LAS o'clock, the
church prayer meeting-subject, Hin
ORANGES to Christian living; Mr..
Sleeper will, beginning Wednesday eve
ming, conduct the music at our prayer
meeting, and will occupy the first IS
minutes of the service in teaching some
of the newer hymns in "In Excelsis';
S.45 o'clock, the monthly meeting OF
the deacons and deaconesses.
Thursday to 10 o'clock, DR.. and
Mrs. futile at home.
Friday-7.45 o'clock, the teachers
Bible class.
Saturday-7.3O o'clock. the choir re-
hearsal.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08
THE UNION CHURCH.
New Order of Service
Going Into Effect
Sunday.

New orders of service will go into ef-
feet at Union Church, tomorrow. The
new orders have been carefully pre-
pared with reference to developing the
spirit of worship both in congregation
and choir.
The morning order begins with calls
to worship by pastor and choir, and
the evening with a choir call to wor-
ship. More hymns have been intro
duced, giving the congregation three in
each service, one of which will occa-
slonally be a choir hymn. Each ser
vice provides for first and second an
them. The offertory will usually be by
the organ, but will be varied by re-
sponsive offertory sentences between
the pastor and choir, and by choir Sc
lections. There will be a regular choir
chant in the evening service.
The evening service concludes with
several Inscriptions by the pastor, with
choir men and a seven-fold amen by
the choir.
All parts of the service will be treat
ed as of equal dignity. The ushers will
seat no one during any part of the ser
vice except hymns, and the congrega-
ton will remain seated during the or
vices.
The quartet will render after the
sermon Sunday evening the hymn
Come, weary SOUL" the words of
which were written by Rev. w. T.
Sleeper and the music by Henry Dixie
Sleeper. The first morning anthem
Hope thou in God" with bass and
soprano solos, is also by H. D. Sleeper.
Union Church will fall in with the
churches at the south end, and hold the
evening service at 73O o'clock, begin
ming with Sunday evening.
Miss Damon, the contralto, will be-
gin Sunday. She is expected TO sing
Stevenson's contralto solo. Il sought
the Lord"
Beginning with Sunday evening, I'm
ion Church will introduce a new and
pleasing feature in connection with
the second public service At the close
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08

Chicago voted overwhelmingly in IA
vor of making the kindergarten a de-
partment of the public schools, and the
fact is of some interest in Worcester,
where the same question has been in
dispute. Nowadays, there are few dis
garten, but leaving the important ed
vocational merits of the system out of
discussion, there is something to be
said in it's favor as sort of day nurse
~, a useful institution which is COM
monty left to the support of private
charity. 1t keeps the small children
out of the street; provides them with
competent care at an age when per-
sonal attendance is most needed; offers
them agreeable occupation, one may
say even pleasant recreation; inures
them to good habits, and at the same
time gives the mother the relief that is
so sadly needed from the monotonous
and irritating routine of the household.
All this, of course, is on the SUPPOSE
ton that the kindergarten is intelli-
gently and wisely ordered. In no
other department of the schools is there
greater necessity for efficient sanitary
regulations and equipment, from ven
tilation down to the less obvious details
and in no other does success depend
more upon the personality, aptitude,
good sense and capacity Of the teacher.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08

The destruction of a handsome dwell
ling and the loss of a dozen or more
lives, in what is probably the wealth.
lest neighborhood Of homes in New
York, shows that hotels are not the
only fre-traps. Those tall, long and
relatively narrow houses have more
than once proved to be mere furnace
flues. The compact arrangement OF
rooms and staircases facilitates the
progress of the flames and minimizes
the chances of escape. Not many
months ago, there was a similarly dis
astrous fire in a similar residence,
though the actual number Of the dead
was smaller than in the present in
stance. Here, as at the Windsor Hotel,
the fire seems to have spread with
frightful rapidity, and when the fire.
men got around, flames enveloped the
entire structure. Barring a possibility
of incendiarism, faulty construction
lies at the root of most of these disas-
tiers. Some method must be found to
prevent fire from travelling all over
a house, the moment it gets between
the partitions, and happily such a way
has been suggested by expert authority
and the proposed fire stops are not ex-
pensive.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08
THE PARK CONCERT.

Boston's favorite soprano, Miss Mel
lie Robbins, will be one of the principal
features of the sacred concert to be
given in connection with the wonderful
moving pictures of Pope Leo XIII AFT
the Park Theatre, tomorrow evening
Another popular number will be the
appearance of J. F. Flynn, formerly
tenor at All Souls Church. who viii
sing IF with all your hearts We truly
seek me- from Elijah" and "A dream
of paradise"
Great interest attaches to the lecture
on the pope's pictures. which win he
delivered by c. O'ConneIl Calvin. whose
lectures on ireland" and London are
wei remembered. Manager Wilton
states that the concert will commence
lures will be shown at 9.15 o'clock
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08

Cecil Rhodes has few rivals to the
right to be called the great man of Eu-
rope, if achievement is to be the ba-
sis of the claim. He has just pro-
cured the German governments guar
antee to a portion of the interest on
the bonds to be issued by German capt.
talists to build the German section of
his Cape to Cairo railroad. Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse must have found Cecil
a man after his own heart. The news
| is calculated to make Dom Paul drop
his clay pipe and smash his old pot
hat
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08
WORCESTER THEATRE.

That lively pair of fun-makers, Ma
thews and Bulger, in their newest COM
edy vehicle, BY the sad sea waves, Of
are at the Worcester theatre this after
noon and tonight. The scene is laid
in a gold cure sanitarium, of which the
characters are represented as inmates
or managers, scheme that unfolds
possibilities of unlimited fun. Besides
the stars, VIII West, the popular ex-
star of THE Dazzler," is with the COM
pany, as well as pretty Nellie Haw-
thorne, Josie Dewitt and 90 other gai-
ly cOstumed girls, several of them re-
cent English impOrtations.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08

There is a difference of opinion in
New Hampshire as to the pessimistic
view of the states religious condition
expressed in Gov. Rollins Fast day
proclamation, but a majority of people
heard from dissent from it. Some of
the brethren are indignant at the gov
ernor's sweeping declaration. but the
Manchester ministers think he has hit
off the situation exactly. This indi-
Gates a local belief that the Granite
states cotton mill metropolis is a very
warm town.