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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-04
FIGHT WITH YAQUIS.
Mexicans Take and Keep
One Hundred Squaws
as Hostages.

Austin, Tex, Dec. 3.-Information re-
ceived today from Ortez, Mexico, states
that Marshal Terhune, an expert mining
engineer, who has been in the mines in
the Yaqui county for some months past,
has arrived here at Ortez. He announces
that since Nov IS the Yaqui Indians and
the Mexican military forces have had
several engagements, attended with loss
of life and a number of wounded.
The first of these engagements was on
Nov. IS, just north of Durango, and sew
eral Indians and five soldiers were killed
outright In addition there were % sol
diers wounded and something over 100
squaws and Indian children captured by
the infantry. They will be held as hos
tages. The place where this engagement
took place is on the Yaqui river just at
the entrance to the mountains.
This section of the country is very
heavily wooded. and hence the engage
ment was conducted on the usual guerilla
warfare order The battle was between
tn main bodies of both factions. The In
dams were massed in force, and the SOL
diers had a very large quota of men. Mr..
Terhune states that at his mining camp,
some distance from the scene of the bat
tie, reports were meagre, but sufnclent TO
show that the soldiers had come upon the
camp of the Indians in the woods and
engaged them in combat.
The fighting was very severe, and last
finally put to flight. and this explains
why SO many of their women were cap
tured, as their retreat was made in great
confusion and the women became sepa-
rated from the warriors. There were
several other engagements of minor i'm
portance during the week following.
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COFFEE FLEET HELD.
More Vessels Arriving in New York
Harbor Are Quarantined.

New York, Dec. S.-There is no change
in the situation at quarantine. Last
night the German steamer Ragusa ar
rived from Santos with $1,000 sacks of
coffee. She has a crew of 20 men. They
are all we'll The detained vessels are the
j. w. Taylor, Roman Prince, Lasel and
Ragusa Seven lighters, with the cargo
of coffee discharged from the j. W. Tay
Tor, are anchored off Clifton, S. l., under
close observation of the police patrol boat.
Three lighters of the seven have served
the eight days detention required by
Health Officer Doty, and are free from
quarantine restrictions as far as DR..
Doty's department is concerned.
The agents of the Ragusa had a repre-
sentative visit quarantine this morning
and counsel with Dr. Doty in regard to
the detention of the disinfection of the
Ragusa. This representative said, after
learning that his vessel was to be SUBJ
jected to the same regulations required
on all vessels arriving from Santos, that
he believed his principals would arrange
to land her cargo at some other port, The
patients on Swinburne island are doing
we'll
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-04

Elkdom remembers its honored dead.
Year after year, at this time, wherever
there is a lodge of Ell1s, living broth
ers assemble to pay loving tribute to
the memories of those that have passed
into the great valley of the shadow of
death. December was chosen because
it is the II o'clock of the year, as Rev.
DR.. Moses H. Harris said at the lodge
of sorrow in the Worcester Theatre
last night
Founded as it was by actors, the Be
nevolent and Protective Order of Elks
is largely an order that stands for
good fellowship and mirth. Yet the
order has a serious side. 1t stands
first of all for charity, justice and
brotherly love. Beautifully were these
principles given expression last night.
The ceremonies and services were SOL
emn and impressive, but all was soften
ed by the tenderness with which refer
ence was made to departed brothers,
and the tributes of love that were paid
to their worth and character.
Worcester Theatre seldom has larg-
er or more select audience. 1t emblem
etized the power and universally of the
order. Elkdom is not divided into So
cial provinces with unscalable walls.
There are no barriers. To be a man, a
true man, is all that is necessary to
have extended to one the right hand of
fellowship and fraternity.
The orchestra was completely filled
with members of the lodge in evening
dress, their families and friends, and
the relatives of their absent brothers.
Friends of the order, too, occupied ev-
cry seat in the balcony Many were
content to stand throughout the long
services 1t was noticeable that a
large number of those present were
women and they appeared as keenly
Interested in the enunciation of the
fanl,,cir,lns Of the nrdnr nd nc full Of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-04
ELECTION BOARD,
They Will Meet to
Decide Kentucky
Election.
GOEBEL HAS HIGH HOPES.
Counts on Throwing Out
Entire Vote of Lou
isville.

Frankfort, KY, Dec. 3.--At noon to-
morrow the state board of election COM
missioners of Kentucky will meet to
canvass the returns from the last state
election and to decide whether Goebel
or Taylor is entitled to the certificate
of election as governor. There is not
much possibility that the matter will
be settled tomorrow and it may be
Wednesday or later before a certif-
cate is issued.
The certificate returns from the
county boards now on file with the Sc
cretary of state, give Taylor a plurali-
ty of 1885, but the democrats declare
that enough of these votes will be
thrown out and that Goebel will be
awarded the certificate The Kentucky
election law is capable of divers con-
structions and the definite conclusion
of the board will rest very largely up
on how it's members decide to construe
certain portions of the statute.
The republicans assert that mas
much as, according to law, certificate
of election is due to the person having
the largest number of votes according
to the certificates of the county
boards, it will be impossible for the
board to do otherwise than return a
certificate in favor Of Taylor, he hav-
ing a majority, according to the GER
tfficates now on file with the secretary
of state. There is a loophole in the
very sections upon which the repubh-
cans rely, which may work against
them. It Is this: The state board
shall be a board for examining and
canvassing the returns
How the board will construe the
word examining" is a matter of doubt.
With the certificates of the commits
sioners of Jefferson county giving Tay
lor a plurality of 3442 votes, was filed
mass of evidence that many of these
votes were illegal and it is not among
the impossibilities that the state board
may so construe its powers under the
word examining as to declare that it
has the power to reject these votes. If
it does Mr.. Goebel gets the certificate
The main reliance of Goebel is upon
contesting Jefferson county, which
means the city of Louisville. This
vote, according to the returns, showed
a plurality for Taylor Of 9422, and If
the democrats succeed in having 1t
thrown out, it means the defeat Of Tay-
lor and of every other candidate upon
the republican ticket.
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nous practices have been investigated
by special committee. Mr.. Taylor of
ONO will make the objection to the
administration of the OATH and will
ofter a resolution to refer the case to
a special committee
There is considerable scattered oppo-
sition to this method of procedure.
the refusal of the House TO per-
init representative bearing proper
credentials to be sworn in without
proving charges, would create a bad
precedent, and might result in chaos
at some future time when political feel
ing ran high But there are several
precedents for this course in the case
of members charged with disloyalty af-
ter the war, and these will be used in
support of the procedure.
Every member of the House has been
bombarded with petitions in the Rob
erts case, and there undoubtedly will
be a large majority without re-
gard to party lines, in support of the
plan outlined by the republican lead
ers Owing to the time which will be
consumed in disposition of the Roberts
case, tomorrow, the drawing of seats.
which usually requires several hours,
probably will be postponed until Tues
day.
HOUSE WILL ADJOURN
The announcement Of Vice President
Hobart's death will be made probably
Immediately after the Roberts case is
disposed Of, and the House will adjourn
out of respect to his memory. The
drawing of seats and the reading of the
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-04

Praise God from whom all blessings
flow" were the words upon the lips of
all members of the Old South church
as they filed out Of the house OF worship
after last nights service.
The self-appointed task undertaken
by DR.. Conrad has resulted far beyond
the expectation of all. Not only is the
church freed from debt, but there is
comfortable balance left over. and, as
the pastor remarked. NOW we can have
electric lights"
DR.. Conrad has given ample proof of
his ability in the past but never prob
ably has man In any walk of life I'M
dertaken and successfully carried out
a bigger contract under similar condi-
lions None of the contributors are what
might be called very wealthy men, and
for this reason the work of raising the
sum meant the expenditure of much
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generous sympathy for the families of
the dead as any member of the order
The stage was appropriately deco
rated for the occasion The walls were
hung with black cloth. At the rear
was large white arch, on either side
of which were inscribed the names of
the absent brothers. The stage was
fairly hedged with plants. In front set
well toward the footlights, was a floral
piece with n representation of a clock
in the centre, the hands pointing to
the hour OF II Above this, in floral
letters, was the legend, "Our absent
brothers" This typified the famous
II o'clock toast that the Elks invaria-
bly, drink to the memory of their dead
members.
On small platform placed along the
bottom of the arch and draped in
black, were the seats of the exalted
ruler and the esteemed leading knight
The lodge officers sat in the form of a
semi circle. On the little platform
were Exalted Ruler Arthur J. Marble
and Esteemed Leading Knight DR.. Da-
vid b. Lowell To the right of the
exalted ruler were Charles w. Parker
representing Treasurer w. ]. Riordan,
who was unavodably absent; Esquire
Tir1othy j. Hurley and Esteemed Lee
turing Knight r. John Mckay. To
his left were Secretary William Y.
Lancaster, Inner Guard DID. M. P. Hig-
gins and Esteemed Loyal Knight Albert
| M. Powell
The opening ceremonies were by the
officers of Worcester lodge. After a
few remarks of an appropriate and ex-
planatory nature by the exalted ruler,
the black draperies back of the arch
were drawn aside, disclosing a field of
white At the sound Of the exalted
rulers gavel. the lights were put out,
leaving TIE theatre in the darkness of
primeval midnight.
Thereupon Secretary Lancaster call
ed the name of each absent brother as
his picutre was thrown upon the white
background. Each picture was in the
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BoER LooTINo.
Neighborhood Around CoIenso Devas-
tated by TransvaaI Foraeers.

Frere Camp, Natal, Nov. 2S.-The re-
connoisance made today by Gen. Hid
yard and Lord Dundonalds command
the fac- of which has already been ca
bled, gave an opportunity for study
ing the country. On approaching Co
lenso, the British found on every side
scenes of devastation that testified to
the thoroughness of Boer looting.
The Williams farm and others had
been ransacked from end to end. In
some cases the contents of every room
of the farm house had been destroyed.
The Beers had evidently burned what
they could not carry off. The poverty
of the Boer commissariat was testified
to by the corn husks that were to be
seen about the deserted camp fires Of
the enemy.
The wreck of the armored train, still
visible, showed that a Boet shell had
broken an axle, which had obviously
caused the accident to one car that lay
on it's side. The other car was upright
but both were completely riddled by
the enemy's artillery fire. Two graves
nearby bore the inscription, ITO fallen
soldiers" The main Boer force is now
not far from Chievalry sta
ton.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-04
ROBERTS CASEFIRST ONLIST
Members Will Protest Against His Taking
the Oath at the Bar-Little Will Be
Done Until After Holidays.
Financial Bills in Both
Houses.

Washington, Dec. 3.-The opening
week Of the session in the House prom
lses to be crowded with stirring events
There is always a good deal of gla-
mour in connection with the assemb-
ling of new congress, which is a So
cial as well as a political event. The
galleries are always crowded and there
is intense interest in the election of
speaker, the swearing in of members
at the bar of the House, the reading
Of the presidents message, the bi-en-
NAL seat drawing, reading of bills and
resolutions and the general clearing
of decks for action later on.
But, as the committees are not APP
pointed until just before the holiday
recess, no actual business is transact
ed usually until after the recess. This
year 1t will be different At the very
threshold of the session will come the
contest over the admission of Repre-
sentative-elect Roberts of Utah, and
later in the week the House will plunge
into an important and possibly pro-
tracted debate upon the financial bin
which was prepared by the republican
leaders last spring at Atlantic City.
ROBERTS CASE FIRST.
The Roberts case has attracted the
attention of the whole country. The
republican leaders have adopted a
plan of procedure, which Is designed
to prevent Mr.. Roberts from taking the
oath of office until after the charges
in connection with his alleged polyga-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-04
Fast Long Distance
Riders Begin
Struggle.
MANY FAVORITES ENTERED.
Men viii Compete Only
Twelve Hours a
Day.

/ New York, Dec. 3.-Another six-day
| bicycle race was started at II o'clock
tonight at Madison Square Garden.
Thirty eight men lined up for the oren-
ing pistol, which was fired by James
j. Jeffries, the pugilist. The first re-
| lay of Is men rode for ten laps. Po-
sitions were secured by lot, each man
being warned that he must not at
tempt TO gain lap until after the first
mile. The start was witnessed by
about 1000 people The SO men are di-
vidcd into 10 teams as followsa
Team No. 1.-THE favorites), Louis
Gimm Of Pittsburg and Burns Pierce
of Boston.
Team No. 2-(The Canucks), ALI
RoakG ana Harley Davidson of Toron-
to.
Team No. 8-CThe Parisians), Jean
Fisher and McValier of Paris.
Team No. oscar Aaronson and Geo.
Kramer of Chicago.
Team No. 5-(The Marseilles pair,
Marius The and M. Pastaire of Mar
settles. France.
Tear No. 6-(The two Freds), Fred
Schineer and Fred Foster of New York
Team No. 1.-THE likely combine),
Earl u. Stevens of Buffalo and Chas.
uINllIe OF HnllaQelpnla.
Team No. S-(The unpaced cham
pions), Otto Maya of Erie, Pa. and Ar
chic Mc1;qchern OF Toronto, Canada.
Team No. 9-(The indoor kings, Jay
Eaton of Elizabeth, N. j., and Robert
Walthour of Atlanta, Ga.
Team No. 10-(The Pennsy pair,
Edward Thomas OF Reading, Pa, and
w. E. Dickerson of Beaver Meadow,
Pa.
No. - :, r. " r,t, q ~,
York and w. c.. Stimson of Boston.
Team No. 12-CThe -wheelers),
Robert Miller of New York and A B.
Stone Of Denver, Col.
Team No. 13-(The Newarkites), r. S.
ireland ami John Ruoy of Newark, N.
j.
Team No. 14-(The Jerseyites), Adolph
Michaels and Steven Fallon of Jersey
City.
Team No. 15-Emile Rivienne of New
York and w. A. Brown of Brooklyn.
Team No. 16-E. o. Peabody of Lynn,
Mass and A. j. Peltien of New York
Team No. 17-(Unknown), Andrew
Johnson and Norman Comeau of Brook
lyn.
Team No. 1S-(The flying Dutchmen),
c. w. Miller of Chicago and Frank
Waller of New York.
Team No. 19-(The Swedes), Oscar
The men in the first relay with their
numbers, are: 2, Pierce; 3, Boak G.,
Chevalier; 7, Aronson; 10, Pastaire
II. Foster; A. Turville; Is, Maya; 1S,
WalLhour; 20, Dickerson; q, Babcock
"a, Stone 26, Ruel; 20, Rivienne; 81,
Peabody; 81, Comeau; IS, Miller; 81,
Julius.
The present race is radically different
from former six-day race contests, be-
cause of the law passed by the legisla-
| ture prohibiting continuous six-day
races. Each rider in this race will
ride IL hours out of "a.
The garden record under the old sys-
tenn for six days continuous riding is
2100 miles For IL hours day, 1t is
1860 miles. The record of this race
should be we'll up to 5000 miles.
The prizes are as follows: First team
$1,000; second team, $500; third team,
$500; fourth team, $500; fifth team, 5000;
sixth team, 800; seventh team, $780,
Total. $500.
Individual prizes: First rider, $500;
second rider, $500; third rider, 5000;
fourth rider, S100; fifth rider, $50. Total
$1,000.
The race is under the management
of the American Cycle Racing Asssocia-
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time and hard work. The original
pledges were to be paid within two
years, and when the total was figured
up it was found to be about $4,000, or
$4,000 less than the present debt. 1t took
but short time for Dr.. Conrad to map
out plan to raise the balance, and
when at the close OF the morning SER
mon he proposed that the balance be
raised within 20 minutes, the pledges
to be extended over another year, his
audience rose TO the occasion as one
man. and when the subscriptions were
gone over it was found that nearly
$31 900 had been pledged.
A little less than eight weeks ago. Dr..
Conrad surprised his congregation by
proposing to raise S2s, 1000 In eight weeks
to remove the debt on the church. Since
that time he has devoted himself day
In and day out to the great task which
he had deliberately set for himself.
Each Sunday there appeared on the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-04
TWO BROTHERS IN HOUSE.
That Has Not Happened Since the
Two Hears Were Representatives.

Washington, Dec. 3.--There will be
two bRthers in the next House of
Representatives, one of them being
Henry d. Clayton from Alabama, and
the other T. D. Clayton from New York.
Both are democrats and nephews of
ex-senator Pugh of Alabama. This
has not occurred since the Hoar broth
ers, George Frisbie and Ebenezer Rock
wood, sat together in the 43d congress,
and, what was even more remarkable,
the husband of their sister sat in the
House with them. Two Stevenson
brothers. Ike" from Wisconsin and
sam" from Michigan, have served in
but not at the same time, and
some years ago one of the southern sem
ators had a brother in the House of
REPRESENTATIVES.
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ON WAY TO CAPITAL.

Trenton. n. j.. Dec. S.-The subma-
rine torpedo boat Holland, which en-
tered the Delaware and Raritan canal
at New Brunswick, on its way to Wash.
ington. arrived here today She will
remain over night, and VIII tomorrow
proceed down the Delaware rver. thence
through the Delaware and Chesapeake
canal
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-04
soRTIE FROM KIMBERLEY.
Nine Burghers Killed in the Skrmish
Which Ensued.

Pretoria, Nov. 26.-Commandant Dut-
mot sends the following report to the
council Of war from Kimberley:
Early yesterday the British made
sortie, supported by cannon and Max
inns. Under cover of darkness they
advanced in the direction of Bloemen-
house. Two hundred burghers encoun-
tered them. Nine burghers We're killed
and II wounded The British left two
on the ground but an ambulance re-
moved these"
Commandant Delarley has reported
to President Kruger that the burghers,
in spite of their determined defense at
Gras Pan, November %. were COM
pletely surrounded by the British and
were compelled to retire.
The Boer commands on the western
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-04
WEATHER REPORT.

Boston, Dec. 3.-Local forecast for
Monday: Cloudy weather with occasional
light showers or snow hurries; much
colder; freezing temperature by Monday
night; northwest winds increasing to
brisk. Tuesday. fair and colder
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WILL VISIT TRANsvAAL.

washington, Dec. 3.-Webster Davis,
assistant secretary of the interior, left
here tonight for a trip to South Afri-
ca. He will sail from New York We'd
nesday morning and be away three
months He will spend portion of the
time in the Transvaal.
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Aaronson was the first man to leave the
track. He went off after making q miles
laps, and his place was taken by his
partner. George Dreamer. Their team
score at the end of the first hour,
o'clock, was % miles laps.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-01
CANDIDATES FOR
THE POSTr1ASTERSHIP.
Several rIen Mentioned as Possible
Successors to rlr. Hayward, Whose
Term. WIFI Expire Next February.

friends who would be pleased TO see
him receive the appointment, and they
say that they will do all in their power
TO secure II for him. Mr.. Covell is
shrewd and a level-hCaded business
man and I'm his public career has al
ways given evidence Of sound judgment,
and possesses many qualities which
would admirably fit him to fill the Of
fee.
IL is said by some gentlemen who
generally take an active interest in
such matters that an excellent selection
for n successor to Mr.. Hayward would
be state Auditor Charles 6. Gray.
Whether Capt. Gray would be inclined
20 leave his present state position "a
assume charge OF the postoflice Is not
known. but the fact remains that ne
has several influential friends who
would like 90 see him have the place.
There are one or two other prospec-
tive candidates FOR the office. but foI
| the present they have no wish tC
make their desire generally known
/ The general sentiment is that 4 u
| pretty nearly time that a Republican
/ postmaster should be appointed IL
! Providence.
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Taken 10 a Cell.

Preceded by guards. preyfus entered
the prison, was formally consigned 10
the care of the government and was
taken to a cell in the second story. The
rain fell heavily all night, but the sun
shone out brightly when Dreyfus en-
tered the prison.
The governor OF the prison sent Nine.
Dreyfus the news OF the arrival OF her
husband, and she Immediately went TO
the governor and asked permission tn
see the prisoner. Leave being granted,
the faithful wife entered the prison al
most unobserved and was conducted TO
cell No S30 accompanied by Mime. Ha-
vel
The meeting bet>y>en the long parted
husband and wife was most touching
Both Dreyfus and his wife were deep
Iy affected. They remained long clasp
ed in each others arms. tears ana
smiles intermingling with tender en-
dearments.
Up to noon there had been no sign of
a public demonstration.