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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
SOME OF THE MEN ELECTED.

chairman of the republican city COM
mittee last year. Last fall he was nom
mated as representative to the general
court after a spirited contest and by a
close vote over Homer r. King, in
ward 8. He was elected over Frank H.
Kelley, democrat, by a vote of iii to
1874.
In the Legislature he spoke in de-
tense of several reports of the commit
tee on insurance as we'll as on other
matters of general interest He Sc
cured the adoption of his amendment
to the bill for a high-level gravity
sewer for the south metropolitan dis
trict, providing that Worcester and
other cities and towns outside the dis
trict may hereafter be accorded the
use Of the sewer to be constructed. He
spoke and labored for the bill to enable
the city of Worcester to assess the
street railway companies a part of the
expense of sprinkling the streets
through which their cars pass, which
Dill was passed by the house, but was
defeated in the Senate He secured
passage by the house of a resolve to
pay the city of Worcester a sewer and
street sprinkling assessment in behalf
of the state lunatic hospital, which
failed to pass in the Senate.
He was renominated for representa-
tive without opposition this year, and
announces that he contemplates intro
ducing bills to increase the importance
of the probate courts, and transferring
to them jurisdiction of divorce cases
now in the superior court. Much ia
vorable comment has been occasioned
by this announcement in legal circles
throughout the state
He is q member Of Worcester county
commandery, Knights Templar all
Scottish rite bodies of Masons to the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
HENRY C. TAFT.

Henry G. Taft has been a
member of the board of county commits
sioners since 1875, when he succeeded
Velorous Taft of Upton, with the ex-
ception of four years, USELESS inclu-
sive.
He was chairman of the board from
1890 until he resigned the Craftsmanship
about year ago 1t is we'll known that
he did not favor the plan for the new
court house, which was adopted by his
associates.
He maintained that a more imposing
building which would fully satisfy the
public demand would better utilize the
county land But being the minority
of the board, he then resigned the
Craftsmanship, believing that the addi-
tional responsibilities of the head of the
board should fall to one of those who
fathered the plan adopted
1t is hardly necessary to say that Mr..
Taft has had to deal with many i'm
portant matters during his long service.
! Worcester has good reason to know his
record His attitude on the new court
| house has already been stated. The
care of the county buildings, the new
truant school of Oakdale, remodeling
the Jail on Summer street, relocating
Summer, Chandler, Pleasant, and
Shrewsbury Streets and laying out
Bigelow court, are among his works.
Mr. Taft was born in Uxbridge. He
is the son of Bezalenl Taft, Jr., a well
known citizen of Uxbridge, and it is
| there that Mr.. Taft passed his life
until his first election as county com
missioner. Mr.. Taft did not enter
largely into public life, as his energy
was required by the homestead farm
left him by his father as well as by the
hardware business In which he was en-
gagged. He has, however, served his
town as selectman and assessor.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
CHARLES C. WASHBURN.

Senator Charles G. Washburn has
been intimately connected with the
business interests of Worcester
He was the founder of the Furnishing
Wire Goods company of this city, the
treasurer and manager of the Worces-
ter Barbed Fence company. He was
for seven years director and execu-
tive officer of the Washburn & Moen
Mfg. Co., and is at present practicing
law in this city. He is a trustee and
treasurer of the Worcester Polytechnic
institute and has been for five years
president of it's alumni association.
Mr.. Washburn was born in Worces-
ter in 1857. Educated at the high
school in this city, he subsequently
took a mechanical course in the Wor-
cester Technical institute, what is now
the Polytechnic, where he graduated
in 1875. Completing his education with
four years at Harvard, he took his de-
gree in 1880 and almost Immediately be-
gan the manufacture of wire goods in
Boston. At the end of a year, he
transferred this business to 2 Allen
court, Worcester, and in 1882 in addi-
ton to his regular business he be-
came treasurer and general manager
of the Worcester Barbed Fence COM
pany. A little later the wire goods
name of the Wire Goods company, of
which A w. Parmelee is president, and
with which Mr.. Washburn is still con-
nected. In 1888, Mr.. Washburn was
elected a director of the Washburn &
Moen Mfg. Co. position which he
held until his resignation in 1891. BY
working persistentiy at the law during
the evenings, Mr. Washburn was adj
mitted to the Suffolk county bar in 1883
and upon retiring from the Washburn
81 Moen company he opened an office
in this city for the general practice of
law, making a speciality of patent cases.
for which his familiarity with machin-
cry makes him especially fit. OF late
years he has written an exhaustive his
tory of the manufacturing industries of
Worcester county.
Mr.. Washburn was married in 1888 to
Miss Caroline Slater of Webster, and
has one son.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
HENRY L. CHASE.

Henry L. Chase of Westboro. re-elec-
ted representative in the 10th district,
was born in Lynn, Feb. 6, 1858. He was
educated in the public schools of that
city and then entered the employ of
Hon. A. F. Breed of that city as book
keeper. He accepted position as book
keeper al the Lyman school for boys
in Westboro in July, 1873. He held that
position until 1880, when he resigned to
become proprietor of the Westboro no.
tel. Later ne was landlord of the Whit
ney house. For the past few years he
has been in the meat, grocery and pro-
vision business, and is now treasurer
Of the Westbor Grocery Co.
He served as deputy sheriff for two
terms under Gen. A. B. r. Sprague. He
was town clerk for six years and re-
signed to become assistant manager of
the American Bedstead Co. He was a
seiectmen one year and an assessor for
three years, and probation officer for
four years. For ten years. until 1896,
he was chief of Westboro fire depart
ment. He is prominent in Masonic cir
cles and is president of Westboro board
of trade
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
j. LEWIS ELLSWORTH.

J.. Lewis Ellsworth, representa-
tive tor. the legislature in the
fifteenthata Worcester representative
district, is one of Worcester's most
prosperous farmers, and has lived in
ward 1=since 1855, all the time being on
the Ellsworth farm, Salisbury street,
his house now being numbered 325. He
was born In Barre, Nov. s, 1S4S In 1865
his father, Samuel Ellsworth, moved to
Worcester from Barre, and the son has
been a prosperous farmer since that
time, although for the past five or six
years he has been as much interested
in realestate as in farming. He has one
of the finest residences on Salisbury
street,
Mr.. Ellsworth was elected to the COM
mon COUNCIL in 1880, serving in 1881, 1882
and 1883, and was an alderman in 1885,
1886, 1887, 1888 and 1885, being president
of the board in 1886 and 1887. He has
beensa trustee of the city hospital and
an oEerseer of the poor, and last year
was3 elected to represent ward in the
legislature, succeeding George M. Rice.
He was president of the Worcester
Agricultural society five years. succeed
ing Hon. ]. H Walker at a time when
big fairs were held in Worcester. He is
a member of the state board of agricul-
ture.
He is married and has one daughter.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
DAVID. WALSH.

David /. Walsh, successful democrat
ic candidate for representative in 18th
district, was born in Leominster, Nov.
II, 1872 He is the second youngest in
a family of ten, children When seven
years OF age his parents removed TO
Clinton. and he has since resided there.
He attended the public schools, and
graduated from Clinton high school in
the class of 1890, He was president of
the class and one of the commence
ment speakers.
Mr.. Walsh entered Holy Cross col
lege in 1880 and was graduated in 1898.
He was secretary of his class, and a
commencement orator. He entered
Boston university law school and was
graduated in 1897. He was president
IF his class, a. class orator the two
highest individual distinctions accord
ed any studentin the university.
In the summer of 1897, Mr.. Walsh
was admitted to the Worcester county
bar and Immediately opened law offices
in Fitchburg and Clinton. For five
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
JAMES HUNT.

James Hunt, reelected to represent
the goth district, ward 6, was born in
England, Jan. 27, 1888, and was edu-
Gated there He learned the trade of
shoemaking and came to the United
States in 1850, and for several years
lived in New Braintree, and in Rock
vile, CT He came to Worcester in
February, 1878, and worked in boot
shops until 1886, with the exception of
one year-1SS3, when he was on the
police force OF late years he has been
interested in the development of real
estate and building houses at the south
end and on Union hill.
He was appointed constable by Mayor
f. A. Harrington, and is deputy sher-
iff. He was elected to the common
council by the republicans of ward 6
in December, 1896, and has served con-
tinuously since. In October, 1898, he
was nominated candidate for the leg
islature from ward 6, and was elected.
He was appointed deputy sheriff by
Sheriff r. H. Chamberlain in 1897.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
TERPSCHOREAN HALL
TO RENT-TERMS REASONABLE.
Apply to MRS. A. H. DAY.

Worcester senatorial district, was born
in Great Darlington, Feb II, 1885, and
removed to Southbridge with his par
ents when he was three years old. He
attended the public schools in that
town and continued his studies at Dean
academy, Franklin. N
In 1878 he married Emily McKinstry,
youngest daughter of Prevostus Nc
Kinstry, representative of one of the
Oldest families in Southbridge. He has
three children, and is manager Of one
of the largest and most successful
farms in the town. He has figured in
the highest offices in the town. For
three years he was master of South
bridge grange.
In 1897 Mr. Clemence was defeated by
two votes by Wilson H. Fairbank Of
Warren in one of the closest fights ever
held for the senatorial nomination. He
has been a member of the state board
of agriculture, and was one Of the or
iginal dairy commissioners.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08

dence and Worcester railroad as brake
man and baggagemaster, but this occu-
patton was brought to a sudden close
by an accident by which he sustained
a broken leg and arm. on his recovery
in 1854 he went to California, where he
remained until 1860 He kept a restau-
rant in San jose Cal, then he engaged
in selling fruit trees in Sonora, Cal
and during the last four years of his
residence in California managed large
ranch with from so to 100 cows, from
which he sold the milk and made con-
siderable money.
He returned to Holden in 1860 and en-
| tered INTO partnership with William
Howe, whose daughter he married, sue
ceeding the firm of Hall 6; Howe, in the
| operation of a small wooden mill al
| Drydensville, now Jefferson. This con-
| nectiOn under the name of Howe &
Jefferson continued 26 years, when Mr.
Jefferson acquired the whole interest
and still carries on the business, max
| ing his home in Worcester. Under his
Judicious management the one-set fac
tory was soon enlarged six-fold, and
later another mill was erected, both
comprising Is sets and giving employ
| ment to $50 hands
Mr.. Jefferson has always been re-
publican and cast his vote for Ere
IllOHt III 1000. IN l1OIQen ne was select
man 10 years, serving part of the time
as chairman. He removed to Worcester
in 1875 and was elected representative
to the legislature in 1880 and 1881, and a
| member of the state senate in 1884 and
1885. In the Legislature he served on the
committee on railroads, treasury and
labor. In 1888 he was chosen alternate
delegate to the republican national
| convention that nominated Gen Benja-
min Harrison for president, and in 1896
was elected delegate to the national
convention that nominated William
Mckinley.
He Is. a member of the Worcester
license commission. being first APP
pointed by Mayor H. A. Marsh, at the
time the commission was created. He
was for several years a director in the
| Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad
Co., and Is president of the Cotton and
Wooden Manufacturers Mutual Insu-
rance Co. He was elected member OF
| the governors council, last year, sue
ceeding Hon. A. L. Josln of Oxford.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
R1cHELIEU AND DOM PAUL.

Cardinal Richelieu and President Kru-
ger! The association may seem far to
seek Yet President Kruger is. by his
marriage, actually connected with the
great cardinal, whose name, as every one
knows, was Du Plessis. Kruger was q
young man when he met and married
member of the Du Plessis family the
descendant of French surgeon (the near
relative of the cardinaD. who went to the
cape in the seventeenth century in the
employment Of the Dutch East India
Company. An early death speedily de-
prived the president of his first wife, who
was Immediately followed to the grave by
her only SON. A little later he chose a
second wife from the same family. The
second Mrs. Kruger was in fact the niece
OF the first, the Dopper creed not disal-
lowing marriages within these degrees of
consanguinity. 1t was apropos of this
marriage that Gen. Joubert. who at one
time had a keen dislike for President
| Kruger, made a jest in his imperfect Eng
lish. The president, he said, was a man
of double i"du-plessity BY his second
and still reigning wife the president is the
father of sixteen children. London Acad-
m
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
JAMES n. MELLEN.

James H. Mellen was born in this
city in 1S45. He was educated in the
public schools and after leaving school
learned the moulders' trade at the Ar
cade MaIleable Iron works. He worked
at his trade in this city, Fall River,
Troy, N. Y, and other places. He was
first elected to the Legislature of 1877
from ward and served three success
i've years. Later he served two years
more in ward 8, and in 1884 he moved
into ward A, and has represented that
ward in the legislature for the greater
part of the time. In ALL he has served
Is years, which is perhaps the longest
term of service of any one since John
I. Baker of Beverly used to be the per-
ennial representative. Mr.. Mellen served
also in the common council and board
of aldermen, two years in each branch.
For. several years he was editor of the
Daily Times, a democratic paper.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
TIMOTHY PAIGE.

The republican candidate for repre-
sentative in the third district, Timothy
Paige, who was elected, was born in
Hardwick, July IA, 1851 His education
was received in Warren high school,
New Salem, Ware and Dean academies.
Mr.. Paige has always taken an active
interest in the management of a large
farm.
In 1891 he was chosen an assessor,
and in the following year he was elect
ed town clerk. He has held both offices
ever since. He has been a justice of
the peace for seven years, and recent
" received a disappointment. Three
years ago he was elected treasurer of
the Hardwick Cooperative Company,
which office he now holds. Mr.. Paige
has always voted the republican ticket
and does not remember ever having
missed state or town election since
becoming of age.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
WALTER c. KNoWLToN.

Walter C. Knowlton, republican, cleo
ted representative in the ninth district,
was born in Shrewsbury in 1860. and
has always lived in that town. He re-
ceived his education in the public
schools of the town. For the past Is
years he has been a wood and lumber
dealer, and in addition, conducts a farm
of $50 acres.
Mr.. Knowlton ships apples to Europe
every season, 10000 barrels being sent
from his farm last year He is a mem
Der of Evening Star lodge, l. o. o. F.,
and of Shrewsbury grange. He has been
a trustee of the public library and
served five years as a member of the
town board of assessors. For three
years he has been a member of the
hoard Of selectmen.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
NJ. v. 3. JEFFERSON.

Councillor Martin v. B. JEFF
ferson was born in Uxbridge,
May 10, 1S43 His grandfather
was a soldier in the revolutionary war
and in the second war with England
in 1912. His father died when the boy
was years old and he was put OUT
to live with an uncle in Holden, where
he worked hard on a farm for his
board and clothes. He received the
schooling afforded by the town. When
he was is years old. he returned to Tx
bridge and learned the trade of shoe
making. He worked hard and saved
enough money to pay his tuition at
Uxbridge academy, which he attended
four years.
In 1853 he went to work on the Provi-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08

years he has been a member of the
board OF registrars of voters in the
town of Clinton. He has been a mem
Der of the democratic town committee
four years, and has served as it's chair
man for the past two years. He had
never consented to be a candidate for
office until he accepted the democratic
nomination for representative.
BY invitation of the G. A. R., he de-
livered the Memorial day address at
the soldiers monument in Fitchburg
this year. Last year ne was elected
president of the Clinton High School
Alumni association. He is a brother OF
the late John w. Walsh, who prac-
ticed law in Fitchburg until his death
in 1887. A younger brother, Thomas L.
Walsh, attends Boston university law
school. The successful candidate is
also cousin of Judge John w. Cor
coran of Clinton.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08

ed first lieutenant, serving for two years
when he resigned. He was chancellor
commander of Armor lodge, Knights of
Pythias, for two terms and was repre-
sentative to the grand lodge for three
years
He served one term as clerk of the
town board of auditors, and is now serV-
ing his third year as a member of the
board of registrars. He has been a
member of the republican town com
mittee for seven years, and its chair
man for the past three.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
WILLIAM F. HERON.

The republican representative-elect in
the seventh district, William F. Her
ron, was born in Leicester, and is 80
years old. He was graduated from
Leicester academy, and removed to
Southbridge in 1885. Mr.. Heron is
employed In the gold frameess depart
mcnt in which are 80 men.
In 1886 he was one of the promoters
in the organization of Co X. Sixth
Massachusetts regiment, and was elect
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
czARINA AS A cARTooN1sT.

In an illustrated life story of the en-
press of Russia In The Young Woman for
October, we are told that the czarina
speaks five languages, and that riding,
painting, rowing. sketching, swimming
and tennis are among her recreations.
But one of her favorite amusements is In
drawing caricatures. Her skill as a car
toonist would make even "F c. G." jeal-
she INDUCES with her pen and pencil IN q
way which makes even Russian ministers
tremble. drawing them in caricaturc.-
Birmingham Post
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08

Bullock. He was reelected mayor in
1891 ana 1892
AS an alderman he was chairman of
important committees, and as mayor
his administration was wise and con-
sentative. He is prominent in Masonry,
for two years being eminent command
err of Worcester county commandery,
K. T. He is past master of Athlestan
lodge. A. f. & A. M He has been mas
ter of Worcester grange, P. of H., and
was for long time treasurer of the
state grange.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
GEO. I. cLEMENcE.

George L. Clemenoe of Southbridge,
elected on republican ticket in the 4th
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08

thirty-second degree, Sons of the Am
erican Revolution, Tatassit Canoe club,
Commonwealth club.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08

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of the democratic city committee fol-
two years.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18
HIS MIND WAS RELIEVED.
ooh, Myi Oh, Myi Wasn't Scared
I Was Just HIT said the
GIao Soldier.

A surgeon relates that before Santi.
ago, he (the s%urgeon), going to the
front, came upon a young officer, sit
ting beside the road, trembling like a
leaf, and whittier than the dead men
around him. At sight of the surgeon
he began 10 talk, says the San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
"Tm a coward, I'm a coward, I'm a
coward" he said; II knew I'd run. and
/ did. I'm disgraced forever. / was
going along all right, not thinking Of
anything but getting at the dashed
S~paniards, yelling to my men to come
on, and running ahead as fast as /
my toe, or something, and then / can't
remember being scared, but l must
have been, for l came ~galloping back
here, sick as a dog. I'm a coward. and
| wish l were deadl Why don't some
body shoot me2 I've got such an awful
goneness right here" and he put his
hand TO his stomach.
The surgeon gave him a quick look
and caught him as he plunged forward
in a faint. Where the awful gone
ness vas a Mauser bullet had found its
billet. They carried the wounded man
to the field hospital, and he chuckled
all the way: "oh, myi oh, myl" he
said, over and over; 81 wasn't scared!
/ wasn't scaredl" And then he would
laugh delightedly: II wasn't scared.
| was hit-I was just hit. l amt a cow
after ALL"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-05-18
PAYING OFF OLD SCORES.
The Unique Means Taken by SIX
Young Men to Even Up with
a Coquette.

There is a young coed at the Univer.
sity of Chicago who has been doing a
lot of thinking lately. Ever since her
debut in the Midway school she has
been one of the most popular girls al
the institution, but unfortunately for
herself and several ardent admirers, she
contracted a coquettish manner, which
caused untold Jealousy on the campus.
Several of the boys got together one
cold afternoon a few days ago and be-
fore long the conversation turned TO
the charming young woman in ques-
ton. Then and there a scheme of re-
venge was decided upon by the six. 1t
was in effect that all go and call on the
lady the same evening, entering is min
utes apart, and to regard one another
as perfect strangers as well as inter
lopers. One Of the six described the
event as follows:
1T was a villainous thing to do, but
the girl is somewhat of a joker herself.
and we all had an old score TO pay of.
We carried out the idea TO perfection.
| was the first to cali and the girl said
she was glad to see me. Before she had
time to say anything else another
young man was ushered in. She was
glad to see him, too. But when the
third young mar arrived she was some
confused and stammered a little
over her welcome.