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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-23
BISHOP EALY PRESENT
Oldest Living Alumnus the Hero of the
Day-Govemor Wolcott Speaks
Young Men Deliver Orations-
Distinguished Catholic Cler-
gymen Were Present.

1t was 'Healy day" at Holy Cross
college yesterday.
Down through the suns and SHOWS of
five decades has the college of Holy
Cross passed with all honor not only to
herself, but to the hundreds of men
who have gone forth from beneath its
shelteriT4s roof, and to the city and
commonwealth of which it is mem
Der.
Ard yesterday the 50th class to leave
its doors and enter the arena to fight
tHe battle of life, was graduated.
Though other men had been gradu-
'ated from holy Cross, yet it was not
till a half century ago that the first
class to enter the college after having
completed a full collegiate course, re-
ceived its diplomas of graduation and
degrees.
Small indeed was the beginning, and
only four that year, lS49, received their
Diplomas.
How great has been the rise and pro-
gress of the mother of Catholic col
leges in the east. was evidenced yes
terday, when, seated on the portico of
The college. vested in the cap and gown,
were 43 young men who received their
diplomas at the hands Of the Oldest liv-
ing graduate of their alma mater.
The size Of the class was a fitting
tribute TO the work of the years, and
the fact that it is the largest one ever
al is a,.1r, /, IL
But that is not it's only distinguish
ing mark, for as compared with other
colleges, this years class stands out as
the largest ever to have left any Cath
oltc college in the United States or Can
ala.
Another and most distinguishing fea-
ture of yesterdays exercises was the
presence of the Oldest living graduate
of Holy Cross college-a member, the
only living member-of the class of 40,
who was seated upon the pOrtico with
ether dignitaries, lay and clerical Rt.
Rev DR.. James Augustine Healy.
bishop of the diocese of Portland, Me-,
looked nobly grand, as he sat in his
richly cushioned chair, robed in all the
insignia of his episcopal office, with
the SHOWS OF many years falling over
his brow, the representative of the
first class to leave Holy Cross, and it's
only living member
The weather also took a hand in as
sisting at making the 50th anniversary
most memorable occasion. 1t was
perfect and all that could be desired,
The sun rose clearly in the early morn
ing, and as it rose in the heavens,
spread warmth over all which the
winds cooled with their gentle breezes.
The large audience of over 1000, in
GLIDING the relatives and friends of the
graduates, applauded the efforts of the
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and magnifcence. Scarcely yet has
the roar OF guns from Santiago and
Manila died away and returning heroes
are still being welcomed with the most
enthusiastic demonstrations. The end
has not yet come, for in the far off
Philippines is being waged a struggle,
the proportions of which cannot yet be
deter2ened. This time, however, we
ind America adopting a radically difA
terent course from that which she has
formerly pursued.
1t remains for future days to say
whether she will emerge from that
contest arrayed anew in the character
of tyrant, and as the oppressor of
liberty, or whether she will come forth
wearing the ancient garb and still
bearing the well won and thus far well
preserved title, Parent of liberty"
John E. Wickham of South Lee fol-
lowed with an able treatise in which he
paid eloquent tribute to the Catholic
colleges of this country. His subject
was The Catholic college. man,
which follows: '''''
One of the most vitality important
questions of the day, is the question of
college education. A century ago,
when our chief concern was the up
building and strengthening of a nation,
a course in the liberal arts was not
deemed necessary, and in fact was not
necessary for the success of the aspi-
rants to fame. The times have
changed. 1t is the prevailing opinion
of the day that the men who enter the
professional life must have a college
education. Competition in every line
has become most intense until today
higher education is a necessity for sue
cess. The man now who is unframed
has only idle ambitions. The America
of the future must be fashioned by men
of higher education. A leading thinker
has said: The aspirant to high places
needs every faculty trained and edu-
Gated for the strife that will ultimate
ly come. 1t is in preparation for this
struggle that college education con-
sists. This is an undertaking that the
Catholic college is pre-eminently quail
fed to perform.
The college course has been aptly
called period of formation, not of in
formation. Its primary end is the lay
ing of a solid foundation for a charac-
ter, and the training of intellectual
powers.
What do we mean by a man of char
acterE man of character is a per-
sonality whose ideals are the Hottest,
who scorns every unworthy motive. A
man OF character is man who is not
moved by any word of mob. A man
VINO will stand up in all the strength of
his own manhood, do and dare what
he thinks right
The time of youth is the most dam
gerous as well as the most precious of
a mans life. 1t is then that a guide
is needed to lead the youth out of the
wilderness. The surest guide. nav,
more. the only guide, is a true sense Of
morality. Not a mere formal series of
optimistic or pessimistic theories, but
solid living, breathing morality.
for this work Starting with the min
ciple that religion is the very founda-
ton of all morality, that truth. honor
and all that is good necessarily depend
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those who furnish the labor 1t eliinl-
mates competition, and limits output
thereby subjecting the price list TO the
whim of the monopolist. The trust ad-
vocate claims that this Withdrawal OF
competition is really blessing, as COM
binaticn secures for us economy in pro-
duction, hence a reduction in the sell
ing price. There is no one who VIII
deny that combination in any industrial
line can produce an, article at lower
figures than could the private concern
But does it at all follow or is it in any
way probable that because the monop-
olist can produce a given article at a
cheaper rate under the trust formation,
that on that account he will correspon-
dinghy reduce the price to the public.
In order that trust may operate all
rival concerns in the same line of busi-
ness must be forced to suspend opera
tions. To accomplish this end, the
price list must be lowered to such a
figure that the smaller producers can
not profitably continue the contest
Experience has now taught us that
just as soon as competition is removed,
the old price list is reinstated, and the
power of substituting a higher one is
placed without restriction within the
hands of the monopolist.
Crushing out weaker rivals by purely
business methods is only one of the
means known to the monopolist of fur
thering his ends. The corruption of
Legislation is an important factor in the
formation of the trust. Brides are
made use of not only to secure immu-
nifty from breach of law, but also to
procure the right to violate the law
systematically.
In regard to the influence of the tar
iff it is readily seen that when all in
ternal opposition is practically exclud-
ed, it is extremely desirable that the
only other available source of rivalry
should be rendered as feeble as posi-
bly,.
Thus the trust protected from within
by the absence of competition is made
safe from outside attack by protec-
tive tariff Articles have to be trans
ported over the land by rail. We are
once more confronted by another meth
cd of corruption known to the trust.
One or two big companies enter into
secret contracts with certain roads, OBJ
tanning certain privileges for their
goods on those roads; other companies
in the same line being compelled to
pay outrageous prices for the transfer
of their commodities, cannot afford to
remain in the competition and are
gradually forced to the wall.
OF the remedies for trusts suggested.
the three which are generally men
toned are the abolition of the protec-
tive tariff, the municipal ownership of
the larger monopolies, and the restric-
ton by state and federal laws of the
unlimited power which the modern
trust enjoys.
We have seen before how the exist
ence of a protective tariff affects the
trust. Trust requires not only freedom
from domestic rivalry, but also ex-
emption from foreign competition. AL
low the European, by an abolition of
the tariff, to compete on equal terms
with the monopolist and the keystone
of the trust arch is broken. Free trade
and trusts are Numerically opposed to
each other. The political arena of the
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country is too small for the existence
of both.
The second solution of the difficulty
can boast of many illustrious de-
tenders. Within the last few years
state control of many industries have
taken powerful strides in popular ia
vor. In Glasgow, many natural mo-
nopolies are owned by the government
which beside furnishing their product
at a remarkably low rate, have accu-
mulated sufficient profit to bear about
one-half the city's debt. Richmond
and a few other American cities have
found public ownership advantageous.
The third solution seems to afford a
practical unraveling of the difficulty
and, like the first, seems well adapted
to the conditions of our country. We
cannot prevent the combination Of
capital, but the state and the nation
can regulate the operation of these
combinations. A state can restrict the
amount of stocks and bonds, which any
corporation can issue and prevent il
from entering on more than one kind
of business. It can exclude from the
state the operations of corporations
from other states, which do not con-
form to the local requirements 1t can
prevent combinations between separate
corporations of the same nature. Nor
is this power of restriction limited to
the state alone. Congress can also do
much by legislation in connection with
Interstate commerce. Many anti
trust laws have already been inscribed
on the statute books of the country.
In Georgia, Indiana, Wisconsin.
South Carolina, Arkansas, New York.
Nebraska, Tennessee, North and South
Dakota. antitrust bills have long since
become laws.
We have therefore in the several
states and in the nation, the power Of
depressing or holding in check these
pests which threaten the nations VOL
fare. Since they must exist, let their
existence be so limited and restricted
that no harm can come to ths nation
therefrom. What we need is a fearIe IS
application of the lava.
The time has arrived when the trust
can no longer be ignored. 1t is a mod
ern institution and has come 10 STAY.
We must meet it as il deserves-With
modern weapons. Never before have
we shirked a responsibility which our
maturer years have brought. never he
fore has 4 difficulty arisen with WIFI !,
we We're Obliged to confess our fnah!li-
ty to cope. And surely This new issue.
this offspring of wealth and corrup-
ton, this parent of business stagna-
ton, shall not prove the exception.
Edward J. Hussoy of Holyoke was
the last speaker and valedictorian of
the class. After closing an able treatise
on Our changing democracy" he bade
farewell to the faculty of the cole 81
and took a last leave-taking from the
students in the lower classes. He spok
in part as follows:
IN the lines of her representative,
men, We may read a nations history.
According TO the character of the Lead
ers will a nation be known to postcri-
ty. So, too, by the doings of ner lead
ers, will nation be judged. We have
but to read the pages of history to
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in a mastery and able manner, show
ing great conversance with it. 1t is in
part as follows:
The element prevalent among all
countries of the present day is social
ism. We see it striving to spread itself
under the form of a help and an aid
to the laboring class Of the people, and
to these men, ignorant as they are of its
true nature and evil tendencies, it APP
peals most strongly.
Socialists maintain that the rights of
all men are equal and that consequently
to all alike belong all property and pro-
ceeds of labor According to the So
cialistic doctrine no man has the right
to possess any private property nor to
keep for his own use the proceeds of
his own labor, all results must be turn
ed over to the socialistic state. And it
is the duty of the state to distribute
these to the community. The state,
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five class orators of the day whose
themes dealt with the living questions
of the day.
The exercises attending the gradua-
ton were held, as usual, under can
opy stretching from the north front of
the college building TO the large shade
trees Of the upper terrace. The class,
with distinguished guests, was seated
on the front pOrtico which was neatly
and Hastily decorated with the stars and
stripes. the royal purple and white in
terwoven with artistic effect.
Just above the central door leading
into the college was suspended a shield
of purple and white, upon which was a
picture of Bishop Healy.
Flags held prominent positions IN all
the windows and the balustrade leading
up to the platform was dressed in pur-
pie and white.
The large pillars supporting the roof
of the portico, were trimmed about
with the purple and white. On the sec
ond pillar to the right Of the porticO
was a shield of purple and white on
which were the figures 40" and on the
corresponding pillar on the left was d
shield with figures of 49," the first and
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-23
DRINK GRAlN-0.

after you have concluded that you ought
not TO drink coffee. Ii is not a medicine
but doctors order II because It is health
full invisorating and appetizing. II is
seal-brOwn color and tastes like the finest
grades of coffee and costs about one
fourth as much. Children like il and
thrive on il because It Is a genuine food
drink, containing nothing but nourish-
ment. Ask your grocer for GRAIN-O,
the new food drink. u and 25c.
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THE GOVERNOR SPEAKS.
eel'ves That the Nation Has Same Htgb
Motives as Our Forefathers.

At the conclusion of the essays. Rev.
John F. Lehy, s. j., rector of the col
lege, addressed the students and audi
ence, and said in part:
Today Holy Cross celebrates the 5Oth
anniversary of the first class that has
graduated from this institution. We
have two classes on the platform. one of
40 ard the other Of '9s The class of az
comes to bid you godspeed. New Eng
land has for once given us a good day.
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Socialism" was the subject which
John T. Madden of Waltham handled
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letic men on field and track in passllg'
and went on to say: Classical educ-
ton badly applied is an evil to com
munity. 1t is not necessary to the man
ing of laws, for history points out "
us in those countries which are OVER
run with classical institutions tids
they cannot keep a legislature together
long enough to make decent laws unless
they have a few farmers as Legislators,
and they cannot seem 10 settle down
to ordinary life. He closed by WishlhS
the class every kind of success, anu
prayed God to bless its endeaVors.
The AZ young men who were apote
to receive their degree of bachelor -
arts then in turn walked to the chalr
of Bishop. Healy, who handed them
their diplomas The list of graduates
is.
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-09
Cuban Statistics.

A professor in the Havana Academy
of Science has been collecting statistics
and making estimates in regard to
Cuba which are interesting. He reck-
ons the average population OF Cuba
from 1896 to 1898 at SAC, 900; $4,000
were colored. During the period men
toned there were 234, 900 Spanish sol
diers sent to the island. OF tn these aso z
600 were killed in battle and 1Oo 900 by
disease. There were II 900 Cubans
who rose in arms, $4,000 who re-
manned irresolute. and $4,000 who went
during the war were 10, 300 whites ana
5000 negroes Of unarmed fighting
men IL 400 whites and 1900 negroes.
Weyler's order Of recommendation was
resnonsible for the death by starvation
and disease of 3S7, 900 men, women
and children, of which 1920 were
whites. The total loss Of Cuban lie py
the revelation was AIS, goo. At the
md Of the revolution there were only
"a 900 men In arms.
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Wool made from rock is destined tC
enter into competition with the sheep
which have been producing the article
for SO many thousand years, and even
in the time of Moses were utilized for
that purpose. G. G. Hall, formerly OF
st. Louis, hut now connected with the
Union Steel company at Alexandra,
in the capacity Of chemist for the big
plants of that concern, has accom-
plished this feat, and from combine
ton of "a per cent of limestone, chem
icals, and one of the commonest of
minerals, turns out pure, white WOOL
wool as white as the driven snow, and
as downy as the fullest cotton-an ar
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largest weaving concerns in Massachu-
setts is making experiments with this
new wool with the view of its adoption
in the weaving of cloth and under
insulating material for steam
pipes, eic.--Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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According to newspaper accounts Of
the storms in the East, fruit orchards
in general have been damaged In Ken
lucky. Michigan, Tennessee, and in
the Atlantic and Gulf states, which,
while very unfortunate for those dis
tricts, means q golden opportunity for
the fruit-growers In the North Pacific
states. III these conditions are as bad
in the East and Southeast as repre-
sented, parties will come to this terri
tory early in the summer to contract
for fruit ahead, and undertake to buy
at half what the crop will bring later
IN ~
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Fruit Mems Opportunity.

In the opinion Of railroad men,
Washington will this year experiences
the most prosperous season in the de-
velopmene Of its fruit resources that Il
has ever known. The following letter
from 8 prominent Great Northern Of
ficial was received IN Seattle this week;
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-03-09
HOUSE BILL NO. 159.

An act, entitled. "An act for the better
protection of salmon and other food
fishes in the streams of the state of
Washington, and providing penalty for
the violation thereof
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
state of Washington:
That it shall be unlawful to take salmon
or other food fishes in any of the rivers
or streams flowing into the waters of
Puget Sound, whereon are located hatch
cries, or within three miles of the mouth
thereof, by any appliance whatsoever,
except by the ordinary method OF hook
and line, nor within that body OF water
more specifically known as Skagit bay.
And be it further enacted, That any
person or persons found guilty loft vio-
1ating the provisions of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not
more than one hundred dollars ($1OO) for
each and every offense, and the confisca-
ton of such appliance as was used in the
violation of this act.
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.RedenptiOnof COuntyWarrants
FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY.

Notice is hereby given that all warrants
drawn on the General County Fund OF
San Juan County Washington, up to and
including No. ST., series b, . will be paid
on presentation. Interest ceases from and
after this date.
Dated this 10th day Of February, 1899.
JOHN l.. MURRAY,
Treasurer San Juan County, Washington.
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The above is the bill introduced to
abolish fish traps. You will see that it
has nothing to do with the fishing
grounds Of the Sound, but to protect the
fish hatcheries. This bill was killed, and
all of the above waters except "Skagit
bay'' is covered by other bills. You see
how unreasonable some persons are with
out stopping to investigate.
Very truly, Il
w. III. THACKER.
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Voluntary observers meteorological rec
ord for month of February, 1899. Station,
Orcas Island.
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e. A. Brooks, of the Turn Point
Light Station, was passenger for Sc
attic, on the Discovery, Monday.
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Mr.. Bellisle, of Fairhaven, formerly
resident of West Sound, was in the
Harbor the first of the week.
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DR.. I. M. Harrison, of Seattle, was
visiting his brother Eds family at East
Sound the first of the week.
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Robt. McLachlan and w. P. Cad
well, of Deer Harbor, were visitors in
the Harbor the last of the week.
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Three degrees were conferred upon
two candidates by the members of Mt
Dallas lodge No. 95, [. o. 0. F., last
Saturday evening.
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Mr.. Lawrence Tucker is making ar
rangements for erecting a new resi-
dence for himself and family on their
place northwest from town.
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Wall paper, from 10 cents roll up
at the Chicago Bargain Store, 1884
Holly street, Whatcom.
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Mrs. WeLeh and little daughter,
Alice, went to PIT. Townsend on the
Thompson, Tuesday, to visit friends.
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Mr.. Barney McCreesh, who is now
stopping at Port Townsend, visited his
family, in the valley, the first of the
week.
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The Christian Endeavorers of the
Presbyterian church are waiting
anxiously for the report of the "social
committee"
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VIM. Doucett, of Waldron, was in
town the first of the week. He has sold
his Waldron ranch to County Superin-
tendent Ethan Allen, of this place.
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Send to Sutcliffe & Hill, Whatcom,
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They WILDE sent you free of charges
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Hon. John S. McMiIlin was a pas
senger on the Thompson, Tuesday,
ell route to Seattle and other up-Sound
points.