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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

Of the Such river, which carried him
over zoo miles to the Bahr ell Ghazal
aInuent of the Nile. No one knew till he
discovered the fact that the Upper
MDomu would offer him a long stretch
OF good navigation; and when his Off
GERS told him that he could not possibly
reach the Upper Mbomu past the OBJ
structions in the lower river, he thought
the matter over for a day and declared
mat the feat could and would be ac-
complished. Then he set about building
the corduroy roads, thirty feet wide, on
which his boats, with 2000 men at the
tow lines, where hauled around the
thirty-fve stretches of falls and rapids
in the lower river. And when he came
to the region of the Congo and Nile
water parting, where no streams were
large enough to help him on his way, he
personally sought for and found the
nearest navigable point in the Nile syc-
TEN, then pulled his boats to pieces and
packed the whole equipment on the
backs of the men through the scrub. a
hundred miles to the new-found river.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03
ABOARD FOR NEW LONDON.
Opening Of the New eroton Branch Be
tween Norwich and That CITY.

Commencing Sunday, June 4, passen-
ger train service will be inaugurated
on the new Groton branch of the Nor
witch division, New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad, between Nor
witch and New London, and on and
after that date through trains between
Worcester and New London will be
run via that route.
Under the new schedules effective on
June 4th, the train heretofore leaving
Worcester at 1890 p. m. for Norwich
and New London, will leave at 1 p.
M, and the train heretofore leaving
at 4.55 p. m, will leave at AS p. m.
The train leaving Worcester at 8 D.
m, and Norwich at 9.45 p. m, will
connect at New London with steamers
Of the Norwich line for New York, and
also with the Federal express, having
through Pullman sleeping cars and day
coaches for Philadelphia. Baltimore
and Washington. via steamer Mary
land transfer and the Pennsylvania
railroad.
The new steamboat pier at New Lon
don will be opened for business June
4th, and Norwich line steamers and
connecting trains will arrive at and
depart therefrom.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03
Mr.. ROCKS BENEFIT.
Frank Daniels VIII Present The Idols
Eye" on That Occasion.

The annual engagement Of Frank
Daniels in this city will be played next
week at the theatre. This popular
young comedian will be seen in his
great comic success, The IDOLS Eye"
The opera has been seen here, and
there is scarcely need of saying any
thing of Frank Daniels abilities rs a
comedian. He is known to all lovers Of
clean comedy, as one Of the funniest
men on the stage His humor is unique
and contagious. It is fancied after the
fashion of no other comedian living,
o. so far as memory goes. dead. The
support which Daniels will bring with
him has been pronounced by the press
of the eastern and western part of the
country in which he has been playing,
70 be the very best he has ever Sc
cured
Included in it are Helen Redmond.
Kate TART, Norma Kopp, Sadie and
Mae Emmons, VIII Danforth, Aft. c.
Wheelan, and John B. Daniels, last
years chorus, together with u pretty
graduates of the New York Musical
college. Daniels manager, Kirke La
Shelle, has surrounded him with new
scenery since last season, and supplied
new costumes throughout. New verses
have been added TO Daniels topical
songs, bringing them up to date, and
increasing the already great effective
ness of the opera. Sale Of seats begins
June at a. m. The coming of Frank
Daniels is Of particular importance, as
the presentation Of the Idols Eye" is
a benefit performance for Manager
RocE
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03
OUT AND ABOUT.

Unless the weather proves perverse
the excursion of the Society of Antique
ty to Salem today will be the success
its predecessors have proved, for quite
$50 people expect to go. A special train
will leave the Union station at 740 a.
m, reaching Salem at $50 a. m. Return
ing, it viii leave Salem at $50 o. m. The
trip will be taken over the Boston &
Maine road direct to Salem via Lowell
The morning will be devoted to the
sights Of the quaint old city, and din
ner will be served at the Ocean View
house. Salem WILLOWS which will be
reached by electric cars. In the after
noon the party will divide into groups
that will go about whittier it listeth
them. Both afternoon and evening.
guides will be furnished by the Essex
institute, which is interested in the ex-
cursion. As the round trip, including
dinner, is but $3.50, with % cents extra
if one takes bicycle, everything points
to a most successful day.
The annual business meeting of the
New England Woman Suffrage Associ-
alton was held Thursday afternoon in
Boston. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait of
New York made the principal speech.
There were brief addresses by Mrs.
Zenas Thompson of Maine Mrs Eliza
beth Sheldon Tillingkast of Connecticut
and Mrs. Ellen NJ. Bolles of Rhode
Island. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was
elected president, and Hon. George F.
HOar was elected a vice president, along
with Hon. Thomas 3. Reed, Senator J.
H. Gallinger, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore,
Hon. Josiah Quincy and others promi-
nent in their devotion to the suffrage
cause. The suffragists can always as
semble an interesting and imposing ar
ray of names.
The council of the General Federation
of Women's clubs, which is being en-
tertained by the new Century Club Of
assembled yesterday
forenoon, the morning session being de-
voted to business. after which lunch
con was served by the Alumnae asso-
citation of the girls high and manual
schools. In the afternoon the guests
were taken to drive and shown other
leading points of interest and in the
evening a reception was rendered to
them in the Acorn club rooms by the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

president, Mrs. Thomas Brock. To-
day the New Century club will give a
luncheon. Saturday afternoon there
will be a fete at Wayne's new Shaks-
pere club house and in the evening Mrs.
Wilbur Rose the president of the New
Century club, will receive the council.
Many of the visitors will remain over
Sunday, and will visit Old Point or va
riOus points of interest in the city, and
Monday the Colonial Danes and the
Daughters of the American Revolution
will give them a reception in Indepen-
denCe hall. One of the chief duties of
the council is to arrange for the next
biennial, which in the present instance
is to be held in 1900 at Milwaukee. The
committees for this have already been
appointed, and soon the program will
be prepared and announced.
Miss Won Foigt left Worcester yes
terday for her summer vacation. At
ter brief rest she will take charge of
summer classes in German at Bedford
Park n. Y, under the auspices of
prominent New York society women.
She will also arrange a course of Ger
man talks for children and for adults
to be given in New York, Boston and
Worcester The talks for children will
begin the first Saturday in October at
half after o'clock.
Miss Won Voigt will enlarge her chill
drens classes in German in the fall.
She will not have charge of the Ger
man at Miss Rust's school next year.
The regular business meeting of the
Girls club will be held Tuesday at
7.45 o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

Ohio politics are never served cold.
With Fire Alarm Foraker Gen. Gros-
venor and Mark Hanna as chief cooks,
and McKisson, Holcomb, Bushnell
and others of lesser notoriety as as
sistant chefs, a red hot stew was guar
anteed. 1t seemed a blstering mess,
Thursday, but it cooled off during the
night, and Senator Hanna handled it
easily yesterday. He landed his man
Nash for governor, just as if there
had been no other candidate in the
field, and the belligerent Holcomb
thought enough of harmony or Hanna
to move to make the nomination unan-
tmous. Marcus Alonzo was not born
yesterday nor does he show any signs
of the enfeeblement of age.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03
JURY STILL OUT,
Is Having Hard Time in Reaching 0ec;s-,
ion in the Larque Case.

Is Having Hard Time in-Reaohing Oee;s',
ion in the Larque Case.
The manslaughter case against DR..
Garrett B. DRrque of Athol, which has
occupied the attention of the superior
court for the past two days, took up
the greater part of yesterdays proceed
ings, the last full day of this sitting.
The evidence had all been in Thursday
night and yesterday mornings works
had to do principally with the evidence
in the rebuttal, followed by the argu-
ments Of the district attorney, Rock
wood Hoar, for the government and
Hon. John r. Thayer for the defendant.
After dinner, Judge John Hopkins de-
liVered his charge to the jury.
The jury left the court room at sos
o'clock. and at SIS o'clock were called
into the court room again by Judge
Hopkins, who further explained matters
to them. The minds of some of them
were not yet clearin the matter of what
was meant by counts" and they came
back into the court room at us o'clock
again for information, which was given
by Judge Hopkins, and they were or
dered back into the jury room, where
they remained till the hour of going to
press this morning. The court will be
called at 10 o'clock this morning, when
the jury Will probably be ready to re-
port.
DR.. Larque is charged with man
slaughter in having neglected to care
Tor Mrs. Julia E. Blanchard of Athol
while in childbirth, whose death oc-
Cured Aug. 6. 1898.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

A majority of the Michigan legislative
committee of investigation finds moth
ing of which to disapprove in the con-
tract made by Gov. Pingree's firm to
furnish shoes for the state militia dur
ing the Spanish war. OF course the
governor himself saw nothing out Of
the way in it either but Pingree's ways
of thinking are peculiar-at least they
seem so to the east.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

The two most prominent candidates
for the speakership of the next house,
Messrs, Bennett of Saugus and Myers
OF Cambridge, got a liberal advertise
ment out of the debate on the trades
union insurance bill veto, 1t is perfect
ly clear with whom the advantage now
lies, whatever doubt there may have
been last week. Mr.. Myers has been
praised before now for his level head.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

EX-Gov. Altgeld seems to have parted
company with Bryan. At any rate, the
Illinois politician declares that it is
useless to oppose or denounce the
trusts, and that the better way is TO
make sure that the people get their due
benefit from the monopoles. This is
more sensible than the Bryan habit of
endeavoring to stir up dissatisfaction
while proposing no feasible substitute
for existing industrial systems.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

Sam. T. Jack of Chicago, who died the
other day. was manager of the two
most infamous and at the same time
stupidest shows that ever disgraced
that city and New York. The metrop-
oils of the east and the west alone
could tolerate and make profitable such
noisome and wearisome exhibits.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

The season of class days is with us
and there are few cities in the country
that can show a larger or more
varied assortment of them than Wor-
cester. Owing to the modest silence of
Clark university, commencement are
more numerous than college yells.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03
TWO MORE SOLDIERS.

Myron o. Horton Of this city and
formerly Of the Sixth and Eighth Mas
sachusetts volunteers, and who saw
service in Porto Rico and Cuba. was
mustered into the service Of the United
States yesterday. Frederic i. Walker
OF 81 Belmont street, this city, and for
merly Of the Second regiment Of heavy
artillery, passed the surgeons exam
nation yesterday. He will be mustered
into the service next Tuesday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

Mrs. Leland Stanford follows An
drew Carnegie's example, and during
her lifetime turns over to the univer-
sity which bears her sons name, the
bulk Of the property left by her hus-
band. A gratuity of 100000 should
be sufficient TO put the institution be-
yond cruel want.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

Postmaster Thomas of Boston has
been certified as an insane person,
his sureties have taken possession of
the post office and installed his assist
ant Mr.. Henderson, as acting post
master. Such is the melancholy dem
orstration of the folly of burning the
candle of life at both ends.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

If the Duke d'Arcos and his wife
spend their summer vacation in New
England, they are sure to find old
friends at other places besides New
port The duchess was well known in
the fashionable set, and the Spanish
minister could not be freer from en-
barrassment anywhere than here.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

Another Massachusetts street rail-
Hay consolidation, but this time only
Plymouth county is affected. Only five
or six lines are to be tied up in The
knot, and they are little ones. In
course Of time, the bunch may be ex-
pected to join the bigger combination
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

DR.. Brady insists on taking $1,000 a
year less than his church was willing to
give him. If he can overcome all sins
as successfully as he has done that of
avarice. Satan's triumphs in Worces-
ter the next few years will be scanty.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

The cabinet has decided that there
shall be no call for volunteers to help
out Otis. The correspondents will
have to guess at something else. This
time they weren't within 1880 miles
of right.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

Emperor William is now playing the
Lazarus act. He takes what Spanish
colonial crumbs fall from Uncle Sans
table and seems grateful. He has no
Edward Atkinson to advise giving
them away.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

The mind cure" devotees will have
to be pardoned if they point to the case
of the colored wife killer Woods, who
died in Jail here Wednesday night.
Scared to death" says the shrewd and
observing sheriff, which if true, will
by no means be the first case of its
kind. The believer in the potency of
mental healing who does not now
promptly ask why, if the mind can kill
it cannot also cure, must be slower in
the faith than most of the energetic
people in question.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

So many Dreyfusards have been
fallen into the tolls of the law, that
there is qualification in seeing some
OF the ants put in duress vile Lieut.
Col. du Patty de Clam enjoys the IN
pleasant distinction of being next to
Esterhazy the most despicable charac-
ter connected with the prosecution or
persecution.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

1t seems to be settled that the coun-
try must sing low about that great
navy of ours, till congress and the con-
tractors can get together on the price
Of armor plate. Apparently there is no
American brand so poor and cheap that
it can be bought for $500, The admirable
navy we had during the Spanish war
has since been largely increased-on
paper. 1t was an inexpensive method
of expansion TO vote ships but give
them no armor. This brilliant device
may be charged up to the opposition.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

The sleuths at New York police head
quarters and in the yellow newspaper
offices of that city were never within
q dozen miles of guessing what had be
come of the kidnapped Clark baby. A
country postmistress made the discov-
cry and will be in luck if she does not
now have to fight the absurd detective
crowd in a scramble for the reward.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

If Capt Price of the New York po-
lice was ever really instrumental in
saving Frank Moss life, it is the one
creditable thing in his career and no
wonder he brags about it.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03
SATURDAY, JUNE 3. 1899.

Anybody who invests very heavily on
the continuance of the present slump
in the stock market will find himself
large on experience and short on cash.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

that he suffered seriously because Of
the confessed dearth of congenial theo-
logical sustenance while on his cabinet
tours.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

AS announced in The Spy yesterday,
Capt. Roche, of the Harvard athletic
team, and a Worcester man at that,
has strained no ligament, and will be
ready to lead the Yale and Harvard
contingent against the Oxford Cam
bridge combination. The only strain in
the matter has been upon the truth by
the New York Journal in making the
absurd statement.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

With the navy, the peace society. the
teetotalers and the church all eager to
listen to his words, John d. Long
finds a wide variety of calls for his
services. He does not hesitate to tell
story at his own expense. and he had
no hesitation in informing the Boston
Music hall meeting that the Unitarian
is a rare bird outside Of New Eng
land" 1t does not appear, however,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

The surgeon of the First Nebraska
regiment reports that less than one
hundred of its men are now able to
make the journey home. If Bryan's
state sought glory in the war, it has
had every opportunity TO find it. No
other regiment has seen more service,
and it may be added that the men
have showed themselves worthy of the
confidence reposed in them.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03

The SILVER club convention at Louis
VILE named George Fred Williams as
a member Of the committee to CO.
operate with the democratic national
committee for the reorganization of
the democracy. The party is badly in
need of reorganization, but not the
kind that Williams gives. It has al
ready gone about as far as possible
in the way of levelling down.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03
THE w. C. 7. U.

President Mrs. Emma Ware presided
at the meeting of the ". c. 7. Z.
yesterday afternoon. There were piano
solos by Master George Marnell and
Herbert Place. Walter S. Knowles sang
Goodnight. sweetheart and Annie
Laurie" and Mrs. 1. V. SimmOnds read
a paper on evangelistic work in the
". c. T. L. Today the Loyal Legion
convention will be held in the Congre-
gatiOnal church in Millbury. The morn
ing session begins at 10 o'clock, with a
basket lunch at noon in Halls grove
and an afternoon session in the church.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-05-12
FATAL DISPUTE OVER A BILL
Four Men are Dead in the Fight Which
Was Precipitated-The Fight Was
Vicious One.

MERIDIAN, Miss, May 10.-A deplor-
able tragedy was enacted at Okolona,
Miss, Tuesday night. The details as
received here are somewhat confusing,
but it is understood that as result of
the affair four men, among the most
prominent people in the little town are
dead. DR.. VIM. Murphy became in
voIved in a dispute with Charles D..
Clarke over a bill which the doctor
claimed Clarke owed him. The dis
pute grew heated, and a fight
was precipitated. Clarke drew a
knife ard rushing at the physician
quickly severed his jugular vein. How
ard Murphy, the physicians son, hear
ing of the trouble, rushed to the s.ene
with a revolver and shot CT .rle to
death. Walter Clarke, Clarke's broth
er. then came up and engaged Howard
Murphy in duel Pistols were used.
The fight was a vicious one and re-
suited in the death of both young men.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-05-12
THE COUNTY SEAT FIGHT.
Courthouse of Randolph Guarded to Pre-
vent the Removal OF RecOrds-El-
kins Declared the County Seat.

ELKINs, w. Va, May 1.-The coun-
ty seat fight in Randolph county is
assuming very serious aspect. Elk
ms was declared the county seat, but
the order was suspended 40 days to
give Beverly a chance to apply for a
writ of error to the court of appeals.
All the while Elkins citizens were pre-
pairing to remove the records of the
offices to El1ins. A mass meeting was
held in the town hall, at which it was
agreed posse of nearly 500 citizens
should go to Beverly and secure the
county records.
Beverly citizens heard of the Elkins-
ties intentions and at once fortified
the courthouse and adjacent buildings
with a large armed force of citizens,
who carried Winchesters and dyna-
mite and were led by the famous
ex-confederate major, j. f. Hard
ing. The Elkins mob, hearing of the
strong guard about the courthouse al
Beverly, turned back, but will make
another move The armed force is
keeping watch night and day over the
courthouse, and trouble is feared.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1899-05-12
LEBANON, TENN, IN TERROR.
Rob of Masked Men Enter the Jail in
Search of Prisoners-One Taken to
the Country, Another Esca pes.

LEBANON, Tenn, May 1O.-A mob of
SO masked men terrorized this p lace at
an early hour Tuesday morning. First
the Jail was visited and Ewing Hodge,
who is charged with attempting to
murder white woman, was demanded.
Being assured by a search of tn e
jail that Hodge had been spirited away
to safety the members turned it's at
tention to the city workhouse. There
Bill Dibble and Leslie Hudgins, two
Negroes accused of attempting to
force themselves into Mrs. Mace's
home, were confined and they were
soon in hands of the mob.
Officers attempted to interfere, and
in the mix up Hudgins escaped. Then
DiOble was hustled into a spring
wagon and started to the country
Nothing further is definitely known,
but it is rumored that the Negro es-
capped with a severe beating.