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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
TIE BAKER FAMILY TOUR.

The Memphis Commercial Annea1
castlgates Bostonians, not because the
Baker family has been brought north
out because the widow and children are
TO be paraded throughout the country
by Miss Jewett during her anti-lynching
tour. 1t declares that "they have in
Iurlated the strongest and most earnest
opponents of the mob in this section
and taken a step to bring on a race war
In the south" This outburst is NOT on
tlrely without reason. The lynch habit
is the crying national evil of the dav
out the way to check it is not by a
crusade in the north, the west or the
east, nor by provoking the wrath of
weil-disposed and orderly people in the
south
The removal of the Baker family wa 6
no doubt philanthropic act, but moth
ing is to be gained by using them for a
travelling circus. The ouiet and obscuritv
OF good home are the most salutary
for them personally and for the people
at large. With the possible exception of
instances that affect international rela-
lions or where federal officials are in
volved, the south will have to work
out the lynch problem for itself. Out
siders are powerless, whether they be
benevolently inclined or otherwise. Ad-
vice and counsel may be useful, but
surely not if delivered in a spirit that
savors Of rage and spite.
The aw-abiding sentiment of the
south has lately been aroused in man
ner before unknown, and that sentiment
is not to be alienated but encouraged.
The cardinal fact for the south to face
is that lynch law is not suppressing
crime among the blacks but demoraliz-
ing the whites, and men Of position and
influence in the south are beginning to
take account of the situation and speak
their minds with vigor. The reform
which they would bring about is not
to be accomplished in a year; even a
generation would be short allowance.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
PERSONAL.

Miss Anne E. Paine is visiting in Ded4 \
ham.
H. C. Cook returned yesterday from
Newport.
Miss Alice Burns returned yesterday
from Bar Harbor.
G. E. Merrill and family return today
from Pemaquid, Me.
Thomas L. Brown wiz go to Yar-
mouth the last of September.
]. D. Collins left yesterday for a val
cation at Haverhill and vicinity.
DR.. ]. G. Dudley, wife and son will
spend two weeks in the country.
Miss Carrie F. L Raymond is visiting
friends in Nestboro and Allston
James H. Hart left yesterday for
Newport, where he will remain for two
weeks.
Assistant Postmaster James w. Hunt
is enjoying a vacation trip down the
Providence river.
Lewis Varney returned yesterday
from Newport, where he has been dur
ing the past few weeks.
DR. Frank Bliven left Worcester Sat
urday for his vacation, to be gone until
the middle of September.
DR.. George E. Wire, librarian of the
law library, returned from a weeks
vacation in Vermont yesterday.
Miss Mary Robinson, assistant libra
rian at the American antiquarian libra
ry, Is spending her vacation at Pontiac.
Mich. '''~'
Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Fisher left yes
tefday for two weeks vacation to be
passed at the Bliss House, North Scit-
uate.
Miss Emma L. Taylor, clerk in the
once OF oYerseers Of the poor, returned
to her duties yesterday after a vaoa tion
spent about Cape Cod
John M. Gallagher, clerk of the street
light,ng department, resumed his duties
at city hall yesterday after a two
weeks vacation at Newport.
Alderman Philip ]. O'Connell started
Yesterday for the woods of Maine.
where he will spend his vacation, re-
turning to Worcester about Sept l.
Miss Minnie Brush, who, with her
aunt Mrs. Richard Brush, has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs John P. Streeter
IeIt Yesterday for her home at Green
wich CT.
Annie L. Otis, Blanche e. B. Ray
mond, May Goddard, May Clark, J.
ward f. Otis, Harry B. Otis, Henry O.
Kendall and Mr.. Batchelder are en-
Toying a tour through New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia -l' i'N
Arthur G. Cook, who has been in
worcester for some time as clerk in
me Boston and Albany freight house,
lelt Yesterday to take a similar position
al Boston. Mr.. Cook will begin his new
uutles AFTER a two weeks vacation.
Prof. A. w. French, the newly-elected
professor OF civil engineering at the
worcester Polytechnic Institute has
arrived III this city with his family.
saturday he spent several hours at the
institute, looking over the eouinnent of
the department in which he is especial
ly Interested.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
AMAzING To AMERIcANS.

The most striking feature of the
Dreyfus trial is that while no new evil
dence against the accused has been
produced, and while all the old evil
dence has been thoroughly discredited.
very few observers declare confidently
that this unlucky artillery captain will
be acquitted. Obvious reasons for this
uncertainty are to be found both in
the peculiarities of French legal prac-
tice, which few Americans can compre-
bend, and in the fact that the judges
are army officers, whose sympathies
and prejudices may be well understood.
OF the latter nothing more need be
said. The contrast between French
and American legal procedure has
been clearly emphasized during the tri-
al.
Generals and former war ministers
on the witness stand have testified to
few matters of their own personal
knowledge, but have devoted most of
their time to exploiting their personal
opinions, reciting hearsay evidence and
making a formal argument against the
accused. 1t hardly need be said that
in an American court no witness would
be allowed to deal either in hearsay
CT opinion. Fancy a witness before
any United States court delivering a
set grafton or relating a long-winded
story Of what Gen. Jones had told Mai.
Smith had been said by somebody
whose name could not be mentioned
for fear of political calamity! Yet the
oratory and forensic ability" of the
witnesses at Rennes have been among
the chief topics for comment In the
press reports and necessarily these in
cidents seem absurd and unwarrantable
to us, for they are impossible in the
United States
AS for the evidence the witnesses
have only reasserted their belief in the
old discredited bordereau, which the
court of cessation has decided was not
written by Dreyfus, and they have re-
hashed the fables of the ridiculous Sc
cret dossier, which Picquart riddled
through and through. The alleged
confession of Dreyfus has again been
exposed as q myth. There is no direct
testimony to support it and even the
hearsay evidence has been contradict
ed. Finally, another forgery has been
exposed and another prop knocked
from under the prosecution. 1t has
been said that in any American court
the prosecution would have collapsed
after the testimony Of Gen. MERCER,
but in France things are different.
Cross-examination is a privilege not
allowed the defence in any generous
measure.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
TELEGRAPHIc BRIEFS.

Tien Tsin, China, Aug. q The gunboat
Princeton has left Taku for New Chwane
and southern ports, having on board the
United States minister, Edwin H. Conger.
who is on a tour of consulate inspection.
Berlin, Aug 2t.-Baron Freich, high
government official, has become insolvent,
and bankruptcy proceedings have been
commenced against him.
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 21.-Difhculty is
being found in reorganizing the ministry.
Senior Olintho de Magazines is going to
Switzerland to relieve Senior Epitacio as
minister to that country.
Meriden, CT, Aug. 21.-Carl Heur of this
city was found hanging by the neck from
a rafter this afternoon at his home on
Crown street
AZ. is dead as the result of drinking car
bolic acid with suicidal intent.
Centreville, r. L., Aug. 21.--The striking
weavers ut the Warwick mills returned to
work this morning, and the strike begun
last Tuesday morning is off.
Fall River, Aug. A.-The Textile Coun-
ell has arranged a conference with the
manufacturers for tomorrow afternoon to
consider the strike of the mill firemen
Washington, Aug. 21.-The navy depart
ment is advised that the cruiser New Or
leans has returned to San Domingo TO
take up her post near the scene of politi-
cal agitation The Machias has arrived al
San Juan,
Washington, Aug. 21.-The war depart-
ment VIII send the transport Wright TO
Baltimore to receive the relief supplies
contributed by the people of MARYLAND
and transport them to Porto Rico The
Wright will sail from New York Sept. /
Santiago de Cuba, Aug Il Major Rms
sell b. Harrison, who is suffering fran,
yellow fever that developed four dnvs 90
shows some Improvement today. ri is Re,
lieved. however that another case t is ~
veloping at Cristo. - uo-
Oporto Portugal, Aug. 21.-There wore
Two deaths from the bubonic nlaet,e IN
0porto today A fresh case deyeioped last
FRIDAY, two on Saturday and one TODAY
Boston, Aug. a.-Adiutant General Dnl-
tteon received telegram today 10 the erect
tn liiit the Twenty-sixth regiment, II. &
MIL parade in Boston en- route for fho
Philippine Islands - 'ie
London, Aug 2l.-The Church Nfissio,,
aarY society has received a report staiintr
that p,WD persons have died Of famina ' ats
the east coast Of Africa vi
London, Aug 22.-The Rome corros,o,s
snt Of the Daily Mail asserts that tbara
nave nt peen several cases of bubonic nlao,,e
ssecently az Palermo and Naples fhrnas az az
Tour ending fatally. 'iiree or
Weslneld, Aug 81. -- During a boo,,,.
y TiiglStrical storm about II O'Clock toniakyt
,sh tsInhi4ig struck the stable of j A Trasn ~
Tha I Idn. street ,.es burning 1t 10 the ground
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

pointed a committee of one, J. A.
Dodge to complete the arrangements
for purchasing the land. The deal has
been completed, all but the money,
which has not been paid, but there is no
power under the heavens that will pre-
vent the town from paying the agreed
sum of $1,000"
Architect Earle gave several statis-
tics as to the ACCESSIBILITY of the North
street site, much to the displeasure of
the opponents of the site.
Mr.. Famine, who in the early part of
the evening arose to point of order Of
the illegality of the meeting, sub
mitted his motion in writing.
Scion F. Smith, the town plumber,
explained the feasibility of the North
street site against the others. He said
that the Downingville village where the
centers sewerage now landed, would be
in the rear of the new building, should
it be erected on the Worcester street
site His talk was somewhat of sur
prise to the faction opposed to the
chosen site.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

The grim reaper seems to have turned
into a practical joker. But a month
AND half ago the body of woman
was found in the north part of this
county with the teeth missing from the
Jaws. Two or three days afterwards a
full set of teeth was dug out of the
ground, presented to the officials and
accepted as genuine. The theory was
advanced that the teeth fell from the
jaw after the body was placed in the
swamp. The best dental authorities in
massachusetts, say that such an occur
renee is unknown to medical or dental
science; that it has never happened be-
lore, and they should never expect to
near that it had again. But the mys-
terry of the teeth at Lancaster seems
to have been paralleled by the mystery
'or the ears at Webster The theory is
advanced and given official sanction
that John Connors had one ear com
pletely severed and the other nearly so
IN railroad accident, though how it
could have occurred is more than any
N"A oApldll' InoSe VINO hold TO
the theory declare that the ear that
was completely severed from the head
was run over by a car wheel. vet it is
SAID that the member was picked up in
good state of preservation. Had it
been severed by car wheel minute
particles of flesh might have been gath
cred up, but nothing that could have ever
been made to resemble an ear. How
ever 1t is on record that John Connors
was killed by the cars, the record pre-
Stunning that the wheels went over one
OF his ears, severing it from the head
ana leaving it uncrushed. What griz-
ely joke will the grim reaper perpetrate
next IN Worcester county tragedies?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

ably fast boat to lower her colors. One
OF the long steel spars that will be
used on the Shamrock in her races
came over on the New York, and as the
pig liner came into New York harbor.
MI Roche saw the challenger riding
at anchor off Tompkinsville, but at too
great distance to outline her shape.
Mr.. Roche is as brown as a berry
ana shows the marks of the ocean voy-
age by a deep-hued coat of tan. He
was willing to discuss anything but
his own contest in the internafionaI
games, and preferred to dismiss that
with the statement that he scarcely ex-
pected to jump until within two DAYS
OF the games, and was satisfied with
third position, not being disappointed
in his defeat
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
WITHIN SIcALITIES.

First yachtsman That Miss Topsail
makes me tired with her talks about
yachts" Second ditto why 2" First
yachtsman-'l told her had put a new
II / seraped all the old ones off the hull"
Boston Transcript
Poor Dawson; he's been Tilted" "Jilt-
ga! Dawson?" Yes. Tilted. He went
fishing with Miss Higgins, his fiancee. and
when he baited her hook she called him
brute for having win, no sympathy for the poor
W hai. ana ana when the next day he refused
70 pant her nook she said he didn't love
her.'-Harpers Bazaar.
Cheap Information. - The professor
stopped at street corner to buy paper.
by the way, my boy, he said. an look
l,ng over the headlines of these foreign
dispatches, ! see something about a dos
sler and a 'bordereau' What is the diff
ference In the meaning of those tive
Words? "Aw dey's bote de same" res
piled the newsboy IT don't charge W
putin fur tellin' We dat. an We ought u
ppuy anodder paper See2'-Chlcago Tris
bune.
First little girl (at fashionable summer
resortl-l'm awful glad to get 'quainted
with you, cause you're nice. a94
That's what we come for. Mamma says
ITO get 'quainted9"
Yes, with nice people-people in society,
Why, that's Just what mamma wants.
were. to get 'quainted with people IN So
Amt you in society in the city7s
NO. You are, aren't your" aro1
NO; We've been raKfn' and serapin'
the whole winter to come here and get
auainted with people in society, you
"So've we"
Then your folks amt anybody at
mo" A7
Neither are we
tin 'quainted." Nn
Guess not" n
Good bye" y.
Goodbye, "--New York Weekly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
TO PROHIBIT GAMBLING.

Narragansett Pier, R. l., Aug: PLAT
a meeting of the district council here
today seven petitions signed by promi-
nent taxpayers were presented to the
council asking that steps be taken to
enforce the laws of Rhode Island pro-
hibiting gambling, which it was claimed
are being violated here.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
JOHN |. GARDNER DEAD

Exeter, N. H.,Aug. 21.-John I. Card
ner died here today, aged GA years. MIR.
Gardner was graduated at Harvard
and for many years was treasurer of
Phillips Exeter academy and also of the
town of Exeter. His sister is Madame
Bougoureau, formerly Elizabeth Gard
ner, the famous American artist.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
SERGT. DRoHAN RETURNS.

II was announced at police headouar-
tiers yesterday that Sergt. Walter N.
Drohan, who leaves on his vacation to-
day, will be assigned on his return to
auty at station l. 1t is understood that
Sergt. john w Warren will 90 back to
the island station after Sept. 1. Sergt.
Drohan has been at station 2 for two
months.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Gen. MERCER and all the anti-Drev-
fusards have one unfailing answer to
all testimony that goes against them
the witness has been bribed. The foreign
press has been bought up by the Jews
says MERCER, and presumably the for
eign embassies are also in their pay
Col. Picquart and ex-President Cast
mir-Perier Of course are to be taken
for granted. Evidently these French
generals think there is no limit to the
gullibility of the world.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
ATTACKED BY CHINESE.

Marseflles, Aug. 2f.-News has arriv-
ed here that mission of Russian en-
glneers and their escorts were recently
attacked by Chinese brigands at Kir-
in, on the China Russian frontier, on
the main Manchuria railway. All We're
massacred. 1t is expected that Russia
will make reprisals.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
ELECTED PROVINCIAL

Pittsburg, Aug. 21.--Rev. Father Ste.
phen, rector Of the monastery at Dunkirk.
N. r., was today elected provincial of The
order OF the Passlonist Fathers, now IN
session at st. Pauls monastery this city.
This makes Father Stephen superior Of
the order in North and South America.
with control OF the order in thesa two
Ieopntz3es. secoRd only q he ,pQpeN ~
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Peru is now added to the list of in.
ternational malefactors. 1t. has thrown
down silver and adopted the gold stand
ard. To make matters worse, Peruvian
commerce and revenues have profited
greatly since the change, and of course
the people glory in their crime.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

1t is good suggestion to fill the va
cant panel in the dome of the national
capitol with painting of Dewey's
battle in Manila bay, but the New York
Journal should also insist that the
commission be given to an artist of
rank corresponding to the pre-eminence
of the victory. Not all of the works of
art in the capitol are worthy of their
place
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
ANOTHER CONFERENCE.

Root Hastens to PIattsbure to See the
President.
Washington, Aug. 21.-Secretary Root
left Washington at 4 o'clock this after
noon for Lake Champlain to confer
with the president. He was accompan-
led by his private secretary, Mr.. Mason,
and took with him a large number CT
documents and cablegrams from Gen
Otis.
Secretary Root said there was no
mystery connected with his visit to the
president. There was a number of i'm
portant matters in the war department
over which there had been some cor
respondence between the president and
himself, and it was thought best to talk
them over.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Deer shooting while the foliage is
dense, is filled with peril for the hunter
as well as the hunted. Buck fever
thrills the amateur sportsman with an
uncomfortable impulse to fire at any,
thing that moves in the brush.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

If Capt. Dreyfus has been as naughty
as yesterdays witnesses say, his enc
mics should know how to sympathize
with him. They live in Paris. But
what has this got to do with the borde-
reau?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

The death Of Gen. Daniel Butterfield
would remove another distinguished
soldier and deprive New York of one
of her most conspicuous citizens.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Men left their work in Clinton yes
terday because of the heat. Laborers
who had Jobs while the democrats were
in power couldn't be driven from them
| by hot weather.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Moral France is undergoing shivers
of righteous Indignation at Dreyfus'
alleged loose mode of life.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

1t will be some time before a gang of
pickpockets attempts to make another
personally conducted tour of New Eng
land
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Sir Thomas Upton should hasten and
ilft his dear little Shamrock out of
harms way. Everything from steam
launches to ocean liners makes a lab at
her while she lies off Tompkinsvilla.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

This will be an intricate point of law
for the courts to decide: Can a man
kidnap his own child?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Hereafter, no bicycling after dark
without lamps in Boston's parks. The
order is as much for the benefit of the
riders as for the public.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Guerin's Partially for mutton is
equaled in history only by that of the
"old man of TOBACCO
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

"Skeets'' Martin, the American, who
won honors on the English turf while
Tod Sloan was away, must be a Jer-
sey jockey.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

1t would have been easier picking
pockets at Rigby, yesterday, than pick
ing winners.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

If a high churchman set fire to the
Westchester church, he did low trick.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

This is the kind of weather when the
dog star Sirius must be taken seriously.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Sir Thomas Upton has placed his
steam yacht in dry dock. It's a case
of Erin-g go bragh.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

If the Farmers will only take two
from Rochester, all will be forgiven.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Guerin has lost his cook, but he needs
provisions more than he does a chef.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Guerin should hire an American base
ball pitcher to deliver his eatables.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

Fighting Joe Wheeler will soon be
himself again.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

John R. Thayer denies that he is en-
gagged in an anti-Bryan conspiracy
with Worcester county democrats, and
refuses TO believe that there is such a
scheme anyhow. AS he suggests, the
Worcester county democracy cuts very
little ice in state politics, and its
doings may be ignored. Nevertheless
Mr.. Thayer sees that it would be in
discreet for the congressman from this
district to put himself openly in OPP
position to the only party leader now
in sight.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

ment seems to have viewed it with
complacency and favor.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2s. 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

That Ramapo water steal is a god
send to the New York newspapers in
hot weather. The "steal has not vet
been accomplished, but not through any
lack of impudence. A company that
owns no land but only franchise, asks
s2OOOOO,oOO for a forty years supply of
water from water shed that it does
not own and which the city does not
need, but might secure in perpetuity for
s5O,OO0,00O, is as audacious an example
Of stockjobbing as was ever exploited.
Nevertheless, a-Tammany city governs
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22

There is little disposition to doubt
the report Of the approaching retire
ment of President Charles p. Clark OF
the New Haven road, but the choice OF
a successor stands in quite another
category. Lucius Tuttle, president OF
the Boston and Maine, and formerly
vice president of the New Haven, has
been named as possible successor, but
the story Of consolidation of the two
companies sounds rather fishy, and the
knowing ones say Mr.. futile would moi
give up his present position.