The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-19

| this afternoon, and were it not for the
| timely assistance of six of the young
| lady pupils the athletic team would be
| a thing of the past. AS it was the vic
| tory was scored by the narrow mar
gin of two votes, ten voting in favor
| and eight against.
Fred Tarbell, president of the ath-
letic association, presided and threw
his influence toward the athletic team.
Matthew j. Sullivan, captain of the
team, was also present to help along
the project and put down the opposl-
ton which came mainly from Jere-
miah Kelliher and Dexter Twiss, both
of whom advocated abolishing the
track team and supplanting it by a
base ball team. Capt. Sullivan said
tonight he would have his team at
work next week if possible. The men
on whom reliance is placed are Herb
ert Sargent in the sprints, Capt. Sui
Ivan and Tarbell in the distance runs,
and Ward Smith in the hurdles.
Two new cases of diphtheria have
broken out in town, both of malign-
ant type. The families afflicted are
those of Jacob Martin of North Com
mon street and Jeremie Fontaine of
Forest street. Mr.. Martins ten-month-
old daughter was taken seriously ill,
and yesterday DR.. George R. Spooner,
the attending physician, pronounced
the illness diphtheria. The house was
placarded by order of the board of
health. 1t is feared that the child
cannot survive. In Fontaines family
the diphtheria has developed in Amos,
the three-y ear-old son, and he also has
it in a very severe form. This house
is also placarded, and every care is be-
ing taken to prevent the spread of the
infectious disease.
Dipththeria has created fearful havoc
in town during the past few months,
and only at rare intervals has there
been an entire freedom from it.
Last night Augustus Ellery of Forest
street fell while passing over the freaky
board sidewalk on North Common
street. and Sustained severe if they do
not turn out to be serious injuries.
A lady was just ahead of him, and he
took the outside of the walk in order
to pass her, AS soon as his weight
came on the outside of the boards, the
inside shot up and he was precipitated
into the gutter He found that one eye
was partially closed and rapidly get
ting purple, a tooth loosened, several
inches of skin gone from one of his
legs, and his right shoulder painfully
strained. The injury to the shoulder
is the worst, as it is feared that he
strained the muscles.
The quarterly meeting of the Brook
uelQ Association OF congregational
ministers was held with Rev. Joseph
j. Spencer at the Tucker Memorial
church, today. Rev. c. w. LOOMS of
West Brookfield was moderator Action
was taken on a report upon the min
isteriai standing, and delegates were
appointed as follows: Rev. B. M. Frink,
to the State Association at Brockton,
in May. and Rev. John L. Sewall, to the
anniversary at the Andover Theologi
cal Seminary in June. Rev. o. Bis
sell of Brimfield gave a Greek eXagisis,
and Rev. Serene d. Gammell of North
Brookfleld a sermon for criticism. In
the afternoon review of Prof Clarkes
outline of theology was offered by Rev.
J. F. Gaylord of Barre, and was dis
cussed at length. The next meeting
will be June q. with Rev. John l..
Sewall. at the First Congregational
church here. Those present were:
Rev. Joseph J. Spencer, Rev. Serene d.
Gammell, Rev. John L. Sewall, Rev. B.
NJ Frink. Rev. c. w. LOOMS, Rev. w.
B. Oleson, Rev. H. Page, Rev. D. c..
Stove, Rev. J. F. Gaylord, Rev. E. b.
Blanchard and Rev. o. Bissell.
Two teams bOWled match game at