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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
DEsERTER NO MORE.
Harry comerford. Hero Of Thrilling Chase
Last March, Has Honorable Discharge.

Harry Conerford, the young deserter
who made things so lively for the po-
lice at the time of his capture, March
3, has returned to Worcester, not as a
deserter this time. but possessed of ar
honorable discharges from the United
States army. Comereord says he has
all he wants of the army and is willing
to take up the ordinary routine of life
once more.
Comerford was formerly employed in
the shipping department of the w. H
Burns company and enlisted in the
army under Lieut.. Royden January g.
for three years. He was detailed to
Co., 1, 9Th regiment and was sent to
Sackett's Harbor, N Y, soon after en-
listment. After about a months SER
vice. Comerford decided that he was
not intended to be soldier and started
for home. He had been in Worcester
about three weeks when he was held
up by Sergt. Hill Of Station /, and TAX
en- to the Waldo stEeet station house.
There was some tEouble in establish
ing the young mapls Identity and h
was taken to the chiefs ONCE for ex-
animation. An officer stood Just out
side the door. but before he knew what
was going on the prisoner had jumped
out of the window to the brick side
walk about Is feet below. An exciting
chase over sheds and through alleys
followed and the chances are that Com
erford would have escaped but for the
assistance of Charles Scott, who
CHANGED to be passing and stopped the
fugitive.
Comerford was taken in charge by
Sergt. Hill next day and landed at Fort
Warren, where after three weeks spent
in the guard house, he was placed on
parole and given the freedom of the
island. His friends were at work mean
while to secure his discharge which
was finally granted. Comerford SAYS
he don't know why he made such a de-
termined resistance at the time of his
capture. He seemed imbued with but
one desire, and that was not to be sent
back to the army. He speaks in the
highest terms of the courtesy shown
him by Sergt. Hill on the trip to Fort
Warren and considers him a gentleman
and an ideal officer.
Comerford says he intends to leave
town within a few days
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
NEW GUN CLUB.
Well Known Shooters Want
Location in Direction
of Grafton.

y The trapshooting season opens in
earnest this week. Worcester Sports
mans club will lead off with the first
Of a series of ten club shoots at Sports
mans club park tomorrow after
noon.
Secretary Arthur W. Walls has COM
pletely renovated the traps and has an
nounced an attractive program, which
crowds. The feature of the card will
be the first in a series of ten prize
shoots for which SO will be hung up.
The race will be shot at unknown traps,
80 targets, each shooters taking five
targets at each of six times up, tar
gets being pulled by indicator, and one
being thrown from each trap in each
round.
This race will be a distance handicap
of from IA to 20 yards, the distance be-
Ing subject to change after each race in
the series to enable the Handicapped to
place the men where they belong to
Insure close race from start to finish.
The money will be divided into purses
Of 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent if 70
shooters enter, and So so and 20 per cent
If six or more guns face the traps. The
one man up system, that has always
proved popular in Worcester. Will pre-
vail
The program also includes sweep
stake events, squad system, and a
team race, four singles and three pairs,
unknown angles. This feature of the
old one man up system will appeal to
many of the old-timers at the traps
with. whom this style of shooting has
always been a popular favorite. Spe-
cial attention will be given new shoot
ers who are out to learn the art of
cracking the clays well enough to be
able to tumble fox on the run, or bag
a partridge on the wing The handi-
cap prize shoot will present an excel
lent opportunity for new men to shoot
under. most favorable conditions.
Worcester Gun club meets tonight to
arrange the seasons program, and it is
practically settled that the weekly Sat
urday club shoots will begin this week.
The outlook for still another gun
club was never better than now.
Charles E. Dodge has been negotiating
for a suitable location for park on the
line of the Grafton electric railway,
and before the end of the week a meet
ing of interested shooters, largely made |
up Of ex-members of the old clubs |
will be called by invitation and plans
formed. It is proposed, if the plan can
be properly launched, to build a suit |
able club house and to operate five |
traps,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01

who is now given the retired rank OF
colonel as is DIR, David Clark, late med
ica director, LIST brigade. The others
who profit are Maj. Aaron A. Hall, I'd
brigade. and Maj. Thomas F. Cords,
formerly of the LIST brigade staff, who
are placed on the list as lieutenant :
onels. 1t has always been claimed that
the above named officers were untustly
deprived of their increased rank by the
enforced retirements of 1897, and the
change in the law pending the time
they could have leave to retire.
The appended commissions were is
sued during the past week from the
Office of the adjutant- general: Charles
NJ. Green, major and surgeon. LIST
Cadets; Augustus S. Knight. first lieu
tenant. and assistant surgeon, LIST Ca
diets; Frank e. Gray, first lieutenant,
and Elmer E. Morrison, second lieuten-
ant, both company A 9Th infantry; Ro-
bic S. Frye, LIST lieutenant, and William
b. Stearns, both LIST Cadets; p. P. Pack
ard, adjutant. and Robert Robinson, in
spector of rifle practice, both Cadets
David w. Colburn, captain, and James
c. Smith, first lieutenant both in COM
pany B, 9th infantry.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
LITERARY CENSOR.
Rev. r. d. Penney
Says There Ought
to Be One.
EVIL LITERATURE.
Speaker Declares 1t Is
Running Worcester Chill
dren in Scores.

Rev. Frank ID. Penney, pastor of the
Lincoln Square Baptist church,
preached an eloquent sermon on the
psychological effect OF lewd literature,
last evening, in that edifice. There was
a large congregation. The discourse
was in part: None % us can measure
the extent of the harm wrought by
wrong reading, but glance at our re-
form schools and like institutions shows
us large proportion of boys and girls
who have strayed from the paths of
truth and honor because they read UNI
clean books. Voltaire, the great
French writer, scanned the lines of an
evil poem when but five years OF age,
and from that time until the day OF
his death he was a skeptic.
Bishop Potter has said that man
will not be better than the books he
reads. We have the pathetic picture of
the poet Southey strolying and kissing
his books and manuscripts, showing the
affection a good man has for moral
works. An authors soul is woven into
the books he writes, and those who
read his volumes are for the time be-
ing close associates Of the author. It
he is a good man, his readers are gain
ers, but If he is bad man then they
are in danger.
God has Intended that our gaze
should not be directed downward. but
rather up to the hills of beautiful
thoughts. ! believe there ought to o0
constant censorship in this matter
Young girls and boys should be willing
that their parents should choose thei1
books and papers.
One evening spent IN lewd reading
often brings terrible results. God pity
us if we do not grow in strength. be-
lieve that when we get beyond tlla
shining portals we shall still keep
growing Throughout the length and
breadth Of this universe, Christ - put
ting forth his chosen ones, and ask
that you all become missionaries OF
yourselves. We should put our minds
to the Bible as we put an axe to the
grindstone; as we put our parched lips
to gushing fountain
Mr.. Penney gave an interesting 9e-
count of the fire on the steamship Cat
alonia, when it was taking across the
delegates OF the worlds Sunday school
convention.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
MouLpERs MEET.
Confident Of Forcing Foundymen to Ac-
cept Their Terms Eventually.

C6pL n6W oFIHS eventually
The executive committees of the Iron
Moulders' and the Coremakers' unions
met at labor headquarters yesterday
afternoon, and agreed upon plan OF
action in regard to the strikes which
are in progress at the shops of the
Junction Foundry company, Prespey
Pero, William Allen g. Sons, Edgar b
Pierce, Rice Barton e. Fales, and the
Holyoke Machine company.
Pickets will be established at the diff
ferent shops and close watch kept on
the progress of the work done in all
the other Worcester shops. If it is
possible for the union to learn where
the shops are having their work done
out of town, if they succeed to get II
done at all, the work will be protested.
An especially close watch will be kept
on the Holyoke shops of the Holyoke
Machine company, so as to keep the
other shops from doing the work that
ordinarily is done in this city.
One union man said yesterday that
Pero would be the first to accede to the
demands of the union, as he had one ex-
perience with the union that proved to
be a costly one for him. In the case of
Edgar V. Pierce and the Junction
Foundry company, he said 1t was only
a question of time when these firms
would recognize the justice of the
unions demands, and grant them what
they desire. Interesting developments
are expected in the case of one or two
shops before tonight.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
THE dN.

Hon. T. CS. Bates his atived HON,
from New York
May breakfast isto be given il
the Y. w. c. A. bulldog tday betweel
the hours of 11.3O a. nj AMI 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Moses H. Harri pre-. ched al All
Souls church yesterds in the absencs
of Rev. Mr. Harris, wo is in Chicago
Rev. George S. Dode d Immanuel
Church spoke at the eeting of In1e-
nendence Lodge, Goo Templars, il
Sons of Veterans halll1S Main street
Yesterday afternoon.
The loss on the builmg occupied BY
Reed & Prince, whichwas damaged
two weeks ago by fire, vas settled yes
terday through the aency of A. 9
Munroe, for S571S.SO.
The tenement occuIsd by Patrick
Donnelly at Fl Spring rect was raid
ed yesterday by Offices Horgan and
Davidson and 20 bottls of lager and
10 bottles of ale were ound
Rev, John M. Dick ofBoston gave al
interesting discourse oil Paintings b,
the great masters" yesfday afternoon
in the Y. M. C. A. sbuitng. He Illus
trated the life of ChristSy stereopticol
views of paintings.
Elder Joseph Nett of concord, N. H.
conducted a well atteHed open ali
service at Salem sQuarl yesterday af
ternoon. He was assited by a car
riage of gospel singers who sang tn,
familiar gospel hymns.
The funeral. of Mrs. q nnah A. Low
erin was held at her fckner residence
II Sever street, yesterdk. Rev. Jane
g. Brady of Grace -chIlch officiating
There were numerous bral tribute!
The burial was at Hopeeemetery.
A rare treat is promish music lovei,
at the Old South Churd this evenint,
The soloists of the chuHh viii anpeS
in songs and concertednumbers an
after the concert a recptior will
rendered the artists in lie church pai
Tors.
At the South Unitarim church, t
morrow evening, at s o'clock, the Fl
terprise Ten of the E. Z Hale Lend-
Hand Club will present | dramatic e
tertainment, assisted BY out-of- toll
talent. Members of U1ity and Fill
Unitarian churches LEM Hand cluI,
are especially invited
Ca-Noll M, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. Burns of 81 Cedar street, died VI
terday morning at 10 o'dock of seal
fever. The funeral was held in the
ternoOn at the chapel n Hope Ger
terry, Rev. Woodman Bradbury
Pleasant street Baptist d1urch, offici
ing The burial was in Hope Gel
terry.
A party of %, made up of employs
of the Worcester post Office, droveo
Rutland for an outing yesterday, d
incidentally to call on three forr
members of the post Office force 10
are in the hospital at Rutland. lie |,
party took dinner at the Rutld
House. where they were Joined by fir
former associates, who came over TN
the institution.
Deputy Sheriff Merrick of Jeffer,-
vile reported to the Worcester PIE ;
yesterday the theft of a team opd
by Charles H. Horseman of Union3e. I
The team was stolen Saturday mt.
The horse is a black mare aboutve I
years old, and has a white star ohis {
iorehead. The wagon has fourPw
spokes in one of the hind wheels. IRE
were 80 dozen of eggs in the won
when it was stolen.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
CHANGE THEIR BEATS.
Police Officers Sever Old Ties and Seek
Other Fields of Duty.

Owing to the extra number of police
men needed in the summer time on the
day force, the following changes in the
reliefs at Station 1 were made by
Chief of Police brennan yesterday:
officer Burke, who has patrolled
Front street at the lower end, will go
on duty days at the Union Station.
officer Brady, who has been on duty at
the Union Station days, will patrol
the East Worcester beat days. officer
Hemmenway, who had been on duty
on Union street nights, will be mount
ed on a bicycle and will do duty at the
North end and at Greendale days,
Officer Whiting, who has been patrol
ing Main street south of Chandler
street nights, will go on day duty at
Harrington corner and Officer Eaton
who has been on duty at Harrington
corner days will take officer David
sons day beat on Front street. Off
Ger Davidson will take Officer Burke
beat nights, and officer Donahue who
has been on duty at the north end
days, will go on the night force, and
take officer MerrilPs beat on the west
side of Main street. officer Merrill
WIFI take Officer Writings beat on
Main street south of Chandler street.
officer Millett is transferred from New
Worcester to Lake View and officer
Hail. who is now at Lake View, will
go to New Worcester nights.
The changes win take effect tonight
officer j. B. Barker was on duty at
Lake Quinsigamond yesterday, being
the first officer to do duty at the lake
this season during the day.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
RICEs CLUB BEGINS.

Charles F. Rice's Cambridge club of
the New England League viii makes its
first appearance tomorrow on its new
grounds at Charles River Park, Cam
bridge, in a game with the Bowdoin
College team. Bowdoin has a club not
to be despised. Its captain is Bacon,
who played with North Attleboro last
season. The Cambridge make up is
Egan Gallagher, Tessier, pitchers;
Curtis, catcher; Zaeder (captain),
Ritchie, Murphy, basemen; Glenn,
shortstop; Mcmahon, Boyd. Fallon
outfield. On Thursday there will be a
game with the Bates College team.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
ARRAIGNEp THIs MoRNINa.

Clarence f. Samson who was ar
rested Saturday by inspectors O'Dsy
and Stone for embezzlement Of 5000
from the Turner Dairy Association. 81
Winter street. of which he was col
lector, will be brought up for trial at
the session of the central district court
this morning. Sampson was arrested
Saturday. He was in the habit Of sell
ing goods from team and for several
weeks past there has been an alleged
shortage in his accounts. He was
watched and later arrested.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
sCoRCHERs HELD UF
EagIe-eyed Bike Cops See Wheels in
Round Too Fast.

Yesterday being such a good d4for
bicycle riders, the temptation ftry
and beat out fellow cyclists, lded
three young men in the clutches the
law. Clarence Rich was arreste On
Salisbury street by Officer Condand
ordered to appear in the centrsdis-
trict court this morning The Off al
lowed him to go without going tho
station.
Fred Wheeler was also sunpned
into court this morning by Office on
dy for riding on Park avenuekster
than the law allows. Walter hrrill
was caught on Grand street byfficer
Sullivan, hitting up a pace TIL was
in excess of the speed allowed law,
and he, too, was summoned intyourt
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
POSTMASTER GREBNE's SCHEME

Postmaster j. Evarts Greene is con-
sidering a plan to secure life-size oil
portraits OF all Worcester postmasters,
to be hung in the Federal building. He
finds he can secure likenesses Of all but
one. James Wilson, who held the ONCE
from 1889 to 1S49 He is in correspond
ence with members of the Wilson fam
lily, with the idea of securing some sort
of likeness II possible. The list Of
postmasters includes three former edi-
tors Of The Spy, Isaiah Thomas, John
Milton Earle and ]. Evarts Greene, the
present incumbent
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
RAILROAD MEN SHIFTED.

Several changes in the detail of train
bands on the Fitchburg road go into
effect today Alexander Cameron, who
has been running as fireman on the
Winchendon division, has been trans
ferred to the Boston yard, and will be
the fireman on the fastest freight that
runs out OF Boston. making the 106
miles to Willlamstown in two and one
half hours. Fred Hayes will run as
fireman on the Peterboro branch, and
Frank Fuller who has been firing To-
cally, will be on the Winchendon divi-
sion on a passenger train.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
HIGH SCHOOL sENThEL.
Student Publication 10 Issue Special
Number of Elaborate Nate.

The managers and staff he High
School Sentinel are making brepara-
tions for the publication of ne June
number which will eclipse irsize and
merit of contents anything sver I'M
dertaken by the organ of thechools.
The number will containhaif tone
cuts of the buildings, pictuH Of the
principals, the editorial bord, boat
crew. graduation day offfa's, honor
scholars. and will be repIeteyith fea-
lures. The editorial board hs offered
two prizes, a bicycle for TIL boy who
solfcits the largest number osubscrip-
tons for the special numb, and a
watch for the girl who headithe list.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
INTERNATIONAL LABoBAY.
Socialists Parade tins Streets oTheir
Universal Holiday.

Yesterday the socialists of WEBSTER
celebrated the great information labor
day. 1t was the first time tn have
observed the day in this city, though
it is now duly commemorated Eng
land, Italy, Germany and F'rar.
A meeting was held on the mmon,
near Liberty mound, and thei were
also meetings at Belmont hill, uinsig-
almond village, Vernon square al Web
ster square. Last evening several
bands of socialists paradedhrough
various streets.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
MAY NOT BE REPRESENTED.

Assistant Secretary Miles Of the Y.
NJ. G. A, said recently that the selec-
ton of a delegate to attend the 33d
biennial international convention to be
held at Grand Rapids. Mich, the. last
part of next MONTH had not yet been
made and that there might be some
difficulty in sending a delegate. The
association is entitled to ten delegates
by its membership
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
MISS TRULsoN's FUNERAL.

The funeral Of Miss Annie Trulson
was held yesterday at the undertaking
rooms Of George Sessions & Sons. Rev.
Nels Eagle Of the Thomas Street Swe-
dish church officiating. Among the
floral tributes was a star Of white
flowers, marked Anna" from her as
sociates, and many others The buri-
al was in the Swedish cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
FIRE AT HERMITAGE

A still alarm was sent in to engine
yesterday afternoon on account OF a
big brush fire near THE Hermitage
A. swan Browns residence. Owing TO
the poor facilities for fighting a ire
In that section after the chemicals on
the engines were exhausted, the IRE
men had to fight the fire single handed.
Officers Sullivan and Condy assisted
and after two hours hard work, the
blaze was extinguished
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
AN EMERGENCY FORCE.

Five members of the police depart
ment will sleep in the dormitory at
station / after getting of duty nights
as soon as Chief Of Police brennan
gets the quarters fitted up. The order
was given out Saturday night and IL
is expected that the quarters viii be
ready in a few days. This move Is
made so that there may be an emer-
gency force at the station at all times.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
DEATH OF ARTHUR MUERRLE

Arthur. the S-year-old son OF Mr. md
Mrs. Fred A. Muerrle Of "a 10 PARK
street died Sunday morning after "A
very brief Illness Of diphtheria. Mr..
Muerrle is chef at the State Mutua.
restaurant.
The funeral will take place Monday
morning and viii be private.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
SPECIAL GOSPEL SERVICE.

Special evangelistic services will be
conducted at South Baptist church be-
ginning this evening and continuing to
May IA. The services viii be conduct
ed by Rev. c. l.. Jackson, the noted
evangelist, who will be assisted by Miss
Imogene Whitney a talented soloist.
Week day services will be held every
evening except Saturday at 7.30 o'clock,
and on Sunday at 1890 and 7.3O o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
PIANO REcITAL RY Ma HOWE.

Leander r. Howe viii give a piano
recital at the rooms of the Worcester
pianoforte school, on Foster street,
probably on the afternoon Of May IL,
at 4.S0 o'clock His program will in
clude a prelude, fugue and gavotte by
Bach; a poIonaise by Paderewski, never
before played here in public; the Wag-
ner-Liszt Spring song" from thS Fly
ing Dutchman": Chopin's nocturne in
f sharp minor; Mendelssohn's "Capric-
clio brillfante": and Grieg's sonatS in
E minor In the last mentioned num-
Der. Mr.. Howe will have the assistance
of Miss Mary F. Tucker at a second
DianO
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
BENcHLEY GARRISON MEETS.

The new society. Veterans Of the
Regular Army and Navy" met in u.
V. L. hall, 531 Main street yesterday af-
ternoon at 2.30 o'clock and received an
increase Of 25 to the membership roll.
1t was voted to name this garrison
for Lieut.. Edmond n. Benchley. The
next meeting will be held Thursday
evening in L. V. l.. hall
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
WORCESTER FIRMS toNTRACT.

The new firm Of ]. NJ. & c. ]. Buck
ley, contractors and builders of this
city. have been awarded the contract
for the construction Of a modern apart
ment house on Hollis street, South
birmingham. The contract was award
ed by w H. Trowhridge of that city.
and the edifice will be erected on the
land formerly occupied by the old Elm
wood Opera House. The contract
amounts to $4,000. The building will
be completed Sept. lst.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01

dSkeu his age.
True enough.
He was young
because his
h cart w as
youn g; his
step was firm;
his eye was
brig hit; his
l laugh was
ar a n d
m cry; his
appetite was
.yoz LIZ
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01

Fuddy-The DOrdles appear to be an
unusually happy couple
Duddy-Yes. They are both of them so
time he thinks he is flirting with a
stranger, and it's the same with her
Boston Transcript
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01

Clemence sells today at / p m for s.
A. Thomas on the John Harrington
farm in the westerly part of Shrews-
bury four minutes walk from electric
cars on the Worcester and Marlboro
Railroad, and near Taft's saw mill.
COWS. heifers. horse fowls. wagons
farming tools. hay, potatoes. ct. ETC..
lease having expired.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
MELTED OVER $50.
FRI Mathew Society viii HAVE Finely APP
pointed New Club Room AS Result
Of SHIRT Waist Party.

So successful was the socll function
recently given by the FIR. lathew La
dies Temperance and BENEVOLENT So
ciety, Thursday evening. hat about
$3.50 was netted. clear prot. At the
meeting yesterday, Miss May Walsh
presided, with Miss Sadie :. Hanratty
in the chair as secretary. reports were
received and accepted, and as a result
of the gratifying results if the party
the society is to secure mhre luxurious
and attractive club rooms
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-01
RETURNING YOUTH.

81 am seventy years
young" said oliver
Wendell Holmes when they
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