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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22
LOCOMOTIVE FiREMEN.
Their Lodge Win be Officially Visited
This Afternoon.

Second Vice-Grand Master G A Vii
son VIII make Bay State lodge, Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Firemen. an off,
ciai VISIT today and will help IN the in
lnatlon OF candidates After the meet
ing the ladies' society will serve A col
iatlon in the banquet hall. In the even
ing at 80 O'Clock there will be a lee
eI1 entertainment in Commonwealth
hall, to which the following brotbar.
moods are invited: Order RAILWAY { On.
ductors, Brotherhood Railroad Train.
men Brotherhood of LOCOMOTIVES En.
gineers ana all non brotherhood loco.
motive fremen. 49,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22
NEPHEws WE'RE BEARERS.

The funeral of Richard McNamee
took place from the residence of his
brother, 81 Lamartine street yester-
day forenoon at 8 o'clock. Requiem
high mass was offered at 8 o'clock at
ST. Peters church, Rev. Philip ]. Lee
being celebrant. The pail bearers were
all nephews Of the deceased Frank z.
McNamee, John j. McNamee, Michael
F. Flynn and William L. Murphy. The
burial was in st. BridgSts cemetery,
MillburY.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22
WHIMSICALITIES.

what is remuneration, Uncle Alexan-
der?'
RECOMMENDATION is giving up something
that you can't get. Chicago Record.
This is good time for becoming a veg
etarian. Beef has gone up almost as high
as when the cow jumped over the moon
By claiming to be vegetarian you trot in
the same class as the woman who takes
boarders, because her family gets lone
some. "-Atchison Globe.
Patient-Doctor think that bill you
sent me is about twice as big as 1t ought
to be.
ocuiist-That is only an additional evil
been treating your eyes, my dear sir
Ohio State Journal.
'You didn't detect the first frost of the
season." said the citizen.
No replied the weather bureau OBJ
complete.
"A man with hay fever. Chicago Post.
Costigan-Cassidys married woman
thot weighs three hundred pounds
Casey-STh' sly divil! He knows thot
nobody can fight at thot weight. Judge.
The Chicagona--Great towns mine and
yours Pork and beans. you know. See?
The BostoRian--I perceive. Yet there Is
more of difference than is at once yisi-
BILE TO the thoughtless. We do not rear
our beans in the city. -Indianapolis Jour
nal.
Mamma Ito Maud)-Do you realize that
this year your golfing amounted to more
than our groceries?
Maud-We1l, I've always contended that
necessities cost more than luxuries.-
Judge.
"Claribel, do you feel timid about ask
ing your husband for money!"
mo, pa; but sometimeshe seems to feel
kind q timid about giving it to me."-
Detroit Free Press.
Did you ever earn an honest dollar in
your life2''
Never" answered Meandering Mike.
"Onct worked two hours fur a dollar.
but when I got it l found it had a plug
in It, right over de head of de American
eagle. OATS what embittered me life. -
Washington Star
Read ad. in another column of the baby
show which IL To take nlane ThurSd aS,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22
WILL coNprcr A FAIR.

Stella Chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star at its meeting last evening, voted
to conduct fair in Horticultural hall,
Nov. Is and 16. An entertainment will
be given on the opening night, and
there will be dancing Thursday even
ing. Supper will be served-fr until
o'clock each evening.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22
POLICE IN oVERcoATs.

owing to the sudden change in the
weather, Chief of Police James M.
brennan ordered the night patrolraen to
put on the heavy overcoats last even
ing, and the order served as a great re-
lief to the officers who have been going
through ali sorts Of maneuvres on cold
nights to keep warm.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22
MRS. sHEERENs DEATH.

Mrs. Mare. McLaughlin-Sh eeren, wild
ow of J0nh Sheeren, died yesterday
morning at the home of her son, Thorn
as Mclaughlin, II Ledge street. She
had lived in this city more than 40
years She leaves two sons, John ).
and Thomas Mclaughlin, and two
daugt1t srs, Katharine, wife Of Charles
Moore, and Julia A., wife of Walter
Moore Her funeral will take place to-
morrow morning, with a requiem high
mass in ST. Johns church at O'Clock.
o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22
OUR TROOPS IN CUBA.

Those who are continually urging
that we should withdraw our troops
from Cuba are referred to this extract
from a letter just received by a prom
inent New York merchant engaged in
Cuban trade. The letter is dated Sept.
81 and is from a surgar planter in San
tiago province. The writer says: 1--WE
are much harassed by cattle thieves
and are wholly without government
protection. We are compelled to keep
twelve armed men by day and four by
night to protect the place and property
from fire and thieves"
This is almost as bad a condition as
existed during the war, for then the
planters were at any rate assured of
protection, in a sense, from the Spanish
troops. 1t is little to be wondered that
La Lucia, in recent editorial, should
obse 2 that "the Cubans are now fear
full that the Americans will leave them
to paddle their own Canoes
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

1t is said Designer Fife began his ca
reer by building a rowboat. He will
end it by building a scow.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

1t will be amusing to hear Emperor
William express himself on the captain
of his yacht, who is on board the Sham
rock
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE THE EYE OF ARGUS:
IE is HoNoRkaLE IF he DO BUT LOOK TO THE
WELFARE OF THE COMMONWEALTH
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

Lily Langtry's threatened remlais-
cences have been suppressed, and hap
piness reigns once more in the royal
family of England.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

Yachts from England, Scotland and
Ireland having failed, why not give
little Wales a chance?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

schley announces he will not run for
the presidency. He has thus far been
unsuccessful in getting Sampson to act
as his running mate.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

crust. A hungry husband cannot feed
on fancy embroidery or get much sus-
tenance out Of Beethoven's sonatas. He
has stomach as we'll as a soul"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

Aguinaldo is one of those persons
who, if he is going to do right. wants
to be paid for it.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

Travellers should know that Dr. Siegert's
Angostura Bitters neutralizes Impurities
in water and eorrects stomach troubles
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

Read ad. in another column of the baby
show which Is to take place Thursday
afternoon from to 40 o'clock. Nov. z.
1899. "
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

If the first days registration in
Omaha is any indication, Bryan sees his
finish in hia own state. It is in Nebras-
ka thar the free silver element IL max
ing its greatest effort to stem the tide
against Organism. The fusionists are
doing The most work in the campaign.
but it is significant that the republicans
are piling up tremendous leglstra-
ton. vt is also significant that tire re.
publicans are taking a far greater in
terest in the campaign than the fusion
lists.
The result of the first days registra-
ton, together with the lethargy Of the
fusionists, has caused his friends to
send hurry call to the orator, who has
been spilling words all over Kentucky
and Ohio. Republican speakers are
drawing the largest audiences in Bry-
ans state, and everything indicates a
revolution in favor of the adminstra-
ton. Mr.. Bryan is now fighting for his
political life. Bryan and free silver can
not stand prosperity.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

Mrs. Funston, wife of the fighting
general, is a jewel. The San Francisco
reporters have been trying to get her to
rush into print and tell how it seems
to be the wife of a hero. Her answer
is characteristic of the true nobility of
American woman. 1 am proud Of
my husband" said She; lit would be
useless to deny it, but love him for
himself aside from any distinction that
he has gained Why, I would love him
just the same if he were only a corpor-
al My most exciting experiences came
during the campaign in Manila. We
were in Geographic communication with
those at the front. I would stay at the
operators elbow for hours at a time,
with dread and horror when
the news was furnished which meant
sorrow and mourning in Kansas and
elsewhere-the news of the death of
some poor fellow on the battlefield.
could not have borne up many more
months under so terrible a strain"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

"Claribel, do you feel timid about ask
ing your husband for money!"
mo, pa but sometimeshe seems to feel
kind o timid about giving it to me."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

Mamma Ito Maud)-Do you realize that
this year your golfng amounted 10 more
than our groceries?
Maud-We1l, I've always contended that
necessities cost more than luXuries =
Judge
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

The nerve tester or kissing bug de-
VICE which furnished so much excite
ment in the State Mutual building the
other day. was on duty at repubiioan
headquarters last night. The device
was borrowed from its fair owner bv
frequenter Of the rooms, and before
the politicians had fairly begun to come
in for their evening chat, the Joker was
on hand ready for unsuspecting vic.
tins. Clerk Hastings was first on the
list and under pretense of looking az
an unusual picture, innocently undjd
the package. The result nay be i'm
agined.
Representatives of nearly all the
wards in the city were given an on
portunity to see how the affair worked
and finally one man consented to carry
the device into a meeting of ward 5
men who were gathered in the chair
mans office. Lots of sport resulted.
The device will be returned toits own
er today, and will doubtless continue
doing duty in the lawyers Offices for
day2 to come.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

The regular fall meeting of the Mt
Holyoke Alumnae association was held
in the upper parlor of the Y. w. c. A.
building yesterday afternoon, with 30
members in attendance. The meeting
was called to order by the president,
Mrs. Daniel F. Gay. Many matters Of
business were brought up for discus
sion, including the consideration OF
questions suggested at the annual meet
ing of the general alumnee association
at the college last June. Mrs. Tneo-
dore W. Birney, president of the Ma
tional mothers congress, was chosen
honorary member of the association in
addition to those already members.
The association Is getting out new
membership books, which will add to
the interest of the present members, as
the books are rather out of date. l.
was voted to raise at least $500 by as
sessment principally, toward the estab-
lishment of the Elizabeth Miller Bard
well fellowship. Miss Bardwell was
the professor of astronomy at Mt. Hol-
yoke college. She died last year. The
purpose Of this fellowship is to provide
post graduates with an income for trav-
ell and study IN this country and alb. Dad
Mrs. C. G. Baldwin, Mrs. Olive G.
Davidson and Miss Rolston were APP
pointed nominating committee to
bring In list OF officers for election at
a later meeting The Christmas tea
will take place at the house of MIS-. d.
F. Gay Dec. 30. The resignation of
Miss Houghton was accepted and Miss
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

Prof. and Mrs. Lea Luguer of Column
bia college have invited Miss Won Voigt
to give a German talk at their resi-
dence in New York city. Mrs. Luguer
is niece of President Seth Low Of Co
lumbia. Miss Won Voigt's subject will
be, johanna Ambrosius, the German
peasant-poet"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-12-28
MANY CHILDREN OUT
Bronson Street School to be Closed on
Account of Improper Vent
iIati0n..
NEW SCHOOL NOT YET READY

Children Will Be Forced to Take Vacation
of About Two Months Until the Other
Building is Completed-colS Weather
Greatly flinders the Work on the New
Building and Greater Delay May Be
Found Before the School Is Opened.
Forty children on the North side will
be denied the privileges of the city
schools when the regular term opens
for the first of the year as the commit
tee on buildings and grounds have
decided that it will not be possible for
the board to use the Bronson school
for longer time. The board members
will be forced to give up this school on
account of the fact that it is impossl-
BILE to venti1ate the building and to
continue its use as place for holding
recitations would be dangerous to the
health of the pupils living in that dis
trict of the city.
The board is making every effort to
find some other place in which the
children can be housed until the new
building is completed, but they have
little hope of success and the children
will be forced TO take a long vacation.
The Bronson school was rented at the
beginning of the school year for the
purpose of removing the tension on
the North side school. However it has
been discovered since the arrival of
the cold weather, that it is positively
impossible to venti1ate the little room.
The building committee of the board
announces that there is no chance for
the completion of the new building
before the opening Of the term, and it
is probable that it will be several
months before the school is ready for
the use of the pupils.
The work progressed very rapidly
until a short time ago when the cold
weather came on, and since that time
the workmen have been forced to
abandon the work. Chairman Pinzger
stated this morning that the committee
hoped to have the building ready for
use by the first of March, but that it
might be much longer time before
the Gi11ett school was opened. Ac-
cording to the contraction the building
of the school, the building was to be
ready for occupancy by the 18th of
January. The contract provides
penalty for all delays after that. time,
but this penalty will not make up for
the two or three months of schooling
lost by the children. g.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-12-28
HoYLE ON GOLF.
Some Interesting Remarks That Show
Some New Things About the Game.

Some New Things About the Game.
Golfers will be interested in some re-
marks by Hoy1e on golf. To the gen
era1 public Hoy1e is mainly known as
the great authority on whist, but one
of his famous works, dated 1903, and
recently unearthed, shows that he also
claimed to be familiar with the game
of golf, or golf, which he describes as
follows:
''This favorite summer amusement
in Scotland is played with clubs and
balls. The club is taper, terminated
in the part that strikes the ball, which
part is faced with horn and loaded
with lead. There are six sorts of clubs
used by good players namely, the
common club, used when the ball lie
on the ground; the scraper and half
scraper, when in long grass; the spoon
when in hollow; the heavy iron club,
when it lies deep among stones or
mud, and the light iron ditto, when it
lies on the surface of single or sandy
ground. The balls are considerably
smaller than those used at cricket, but
much harder, being made of horse
leather, stuffed with feathers in pc
cu1iar manner, and boiled.
"The ground may be circular, TRAN
gu1ar, ora serni-circ1e. The number of
holes are not limited, always depending
on what the length of the ground will
admit. The general distance between
one hole and another is about a quarter
of a mile, which commences aud ter
inmates every game; and the party
who gets their ball in by the fewest
number of strokes are the victors.
1.-TWO, or as many more as choose,
may play together; but what is called
the good game never exceeds four, that
number being allowed to afford best
diversion, and not SO liable to con-
fusion as greater number. The
more rising or uneven the ground, the
greater nicely or skill is required in
the players, on which account that is
always given the preference to by pro-
ficients.
Light balls are used when playing
with the wind, and heavy ones against
it. At the beginning of each game
the bali is allowed to be elevated to
whatever height the player chooses,
for the convenience of striking, but
not afterward. This is done by means
of sand or clay, called teeing. The
balls which are p1ayedton at thesbegin-
ming of the game must not be changed
until the next hole is won, even if they
should happen to burst. When#a ball
happens to be lost, that hole is lost to
the party; and if a bail shou d be acct
denta11y stopped the player is allowed
to take his stroke again 81
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-12-28

THE trust conference at Chicago
some time ago brought out the fact
quite clearly that all corporations are
@'mot necessarily bad nor absolutely"
without the milk of human kindness
just because they are generally dubbed
+tsoul1ess." The plan of proft-sharing
&Eaat the Milwaukee Gas Light compa-
NY has put into operation is not only
au evidence of the truth of the above
statement but it is a wise measure.
Instead of being inherently bad, as
they are so freely charged with being,
the corporation is frequently intrinsi-
sally good Of course there are violent
exceptions and there are some good
corporations that are bad only because
they are in the hands of the wrong
kind of men. But as an economic fact
Gious are an industrial necessity
aud, indeed, an industrial blessing.
These it is necessary for the public
good to keep alive. To do this and at
s<S2E &S2 me TIME increase their eICdCy
1t IS essential that the odium and hos
&ilaty which the corporation is COM
PEELED to suffer must be mitigated as
far as possible. The plan of profit
sharing that the Milwaukee company
has adopted will have such an effect
and in that respect it's wise measure.
1According to the plan the salary re-
saseived by each employee Of the compa-
NY is regarded as an investment on
zE hich the company will pay a semi
annual dividend at the same percentage
zs that annually declared by the com
qauy, The company cannot be the
laser by such a plan. The moral eff
feet upon the public of such a method
will ia itself prove good investment
-szud the fact that the employees thus
become vitality interested in the en-
lpdoyer gives the plan a double potency.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-12-28
TIGH7NESS OF MONEY
Can Never Be Prevented, Mo Mat.
ter How Much Cash Is
in Circulation.
LONG AS THERE is SPECULATION

MoneyWin Be short" for Those who Can
not Pay What They Owe-SOme Remarks
on an Interesting Subject by the Direc-
tor of the Mint, Who Explains the Pro-
cess of Making Money '"Tight"-Supply
of Gold in No Danger.
Washington, Dec. 27.-George E..
Roberts, the director of the mint, was
asked yesterday as to whether the
present monetary stringency in his
opinion, signified an actual scarcity of
money to meet the present require
ments of trade. He said: mo posi-
BILE supply of money can prevent stock
exchange panics or periods of none
tary stringency, because speculation
and rising prices will absorb any pos
sible increase until the pressure for
ready cash is just as great upon the
new plane as it was upon the old. The
cry for more money is as unappeasable
rs the demand for more wealth. A new
supply, instead of satisfying the de-
mand, stimulates it. Men want money
to buy things witb-good things that
they think are going higher. Given
easy money in the banks and we have
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-12-28
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.

The residence of Mrs. Frank Race at
Portage, Wis, was burned. Loss
about $500, partly covered by insur-
ance.
A masked woman gave presents to
the Oak Park Chicago suburb police
Christmas. A desk in the station
covered with cigars, dainty boxes tied
with blue ribbons, and candy.
Internal revenue beer stamps of the
value of $500 were stolen from the
cago brewer.
Frank Davis, a wandering printer
from Cherokee, Ia, had both legs cut
off at Hudson, Wis, by attempting to
board a north-bound freight train. He
died.
Michael j. Brown, 1O6 years old, died
at Mercy hospital at Chicago. He was
the oldest person in Chicago.
Five million pounds of turkey and
other fowl fit for the Christmas feast
loaded the dinner tables of Chicago as
nearly as can be estimated.
Actor Roland Reed is suffering with
appendicitis in a New York hospital.
Citizens of Minnesota sent black
bear to Admiral Dewey for a Christ
mas present.
Israel Litto, farmer living at Fen
wood, Wis, was found dead with his
head crushed by falling log.
James Patton and Harlan Cisco, of
White Oak, KY, got into difficulty.
Patton shot and killed Cisco while
Cisco was cutting Patton to pieces with
a knife. Patton will die.
General Lord Kitchener has arrived
at Gibraltar from Egypt.
Three coiored children were burned
to death during fire at MiddletoWn.
Conn, which destroyed the home of
their parents, named Dixon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-12-28
CUBAN PRISONS ARE AWFUL.
Report az an Investigation Who Went to
Esland and Tr,n.eSts.ratod

Report az an Investigator Who Went to
the Island and Investigated.
New York. Dec. 27.-Charlton T.
Lewis, president of the New York
Prison association, who went to Cuba
on behalf of the state and other or
CARNATIONS in the United States, has
made a sensational report to the secre-
tary of war in regard to the penal in
stitutions on the island He contends
that this government is responsible,
and says that truthful description of
the prisons would arouse universal
Indignation which would probably be
instructed" After urging this gov
eminent, through the war department,
to stop the 'intolerable cruelty and
injustice which now constitute ma
tional disgrace" Lewis adds:
''Great prisons are over-crowded
with men and boys. Assassins, brig
ands, pickpockets and young men
charged with disorderly conduct, or
merely suspected of slight offenses, are
herded together in absolute idleness
and unrestricted intercourse. With no
change of clothing, no blanket or SEM
blance of bed many hundreds sleep on
bare stones, where filth and vermin are
kept down only by constant sprinkling
with diSinfectantS. In this
hell upon earth they are held indef
initely while the judges Of first in
stance investigate the charges. Each
of these judges has a secretary, who
can often secure a dismissal, but the
prisoner without money or influence
must wait -