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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-31
Local weather Report.

Portland. March 30.-The local
weather bureau records as to the weather
are as follows:
s a. m m-Barometsr. 29.56l; thermome.
ter, 80 0. dew point, II: humidity, Al;
wind. SW; velocity, "a; state of weather,
clear.
pm.-Barometer. 90. I'll: thermome-
ter, 81, dew point. l6; humidity, 90;
direction. Sw; velocity, O.; stats Of
weather, clear.
Maximum temperature, 81: minimum
temperature. 26; mean temperature
32: maximum wind velocity, % w;
precipitation %.
Weather Observation.
The agricultural deDartment weather
bureau for yesterday, March 30, taken
at s p. m. meridian time. the observation
for each section being given in this order:
Temperature, direction of wind, state of
weather:
Boston, S4 degrees, W. clear; New
York, A degrees, II, clear; Philadelphia.
SO degrees, S. clear; Washington, "a de-
gress, W, p.cidy; Albany, 81 degrees.
NE. clear; buffalo, rs degrees. SW,
cloudy; Detroit, a6 degrees. NE. snow;
Chicago, - degrees, M, snow: st.
Paul, rs degrees NV. cloudy; Huron,
Oak, l6 degrees. NV, cloudy; Bismarck,
i6 degrees, NV, cloudy; Jacksonville, 20
degrees, Sc, cloudy.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-31
KENNEDY FOUND GUILTY.
Jury Returned Verdict at $50 This
Morning
THEY RETIRED At LITTLE BEFORE
MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT.

Defendant Tries TO Prove an Alibi--
Eloquent Argument by Counsel
Housc--SensationaI Scenes when
Prisoners Mother and wife were ON
stand.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
SAVE COOL $I7,5OO
City Might DO So by
Signing Five Year
Contract.
STREET WATERING,
Mayor Dodge Thinks City
Does Not Need a Plant
Of Its Own.

The order introduced in the board oil
aldermen, April 3, to consider the ad-
visibility of making a five years con-
tract for watering the streets, and
which was referred to the committee
on streets, is still in the hands of the
committee and no action has been
taken on it.
The order has been referred, how
ever, in nearly every meeting since that
time and while in the minds Of some
of the board there is a strong feeling
that no such contract should be made,
there is an equally strong feeling in the
minds of others that such a contract
would be advantageous to the city.
Mayor Dodge is of the opinion that
the city has not yet arrived at the point
where it is prepared to purchase
street watering plant of its own. He in
olines to the belief that the citizens OF
Worcester, can save money by entering
into a five year contract with the
American Car SPRINGER Company,
providing that certain matters in con
nection can be arranged satisfactorily.
The mayors view Of the matter is
that previous to the advent of the pres
ent system of street watering, there
were always several bidders for the
street watering contract. Last year
there were two and this year but one,
the Car Sprinkler Company. If no com
petitors come into the field, the COM
pany will in the course of year or
two be unwilling to aCcede to any re-
OnnSt for discount Int insist the
full rate charged.
By entering into five year contract,
to include this year, the city can prob
ably get a discount of 10 per cent
year. The contract price agreed on THIS
year is about $4,000 and a discount Of
10 per cent for the five years providing
such a contract is made would amount
to a saving of $4,000 to the citizens of
Worcester. The mayor would insist,
however, that this contract if arranged
on this basis be made to include this
year as one of the five.
Alderman OConnell is one of the
strongest opponents to the making Of
such a contract, and has declared him
self opposed to the passage of the or
der, on several different occasions. He
is strongly in favor of the city owning
its own street watering plant and has
declared himself of the opinion that the
committee having the matter in charge
Of investigating the question as EN-
bodied in an order introduced a year
ago, has not given the matter careful
consideration
Members of the committee state that
they have interviewed the men at the
head of the American Car Sprinkler
Company and learned that they will
not sell or lease their cars also that Il
purchase of the property outright would
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

out of doors, earning $165 a day, not
quite $40 week. If we follow the sta
tfstics. S2.47 week must go for shelter.
suppose we cut the physicians estimate
for food from Sc to 81 for six people. A
quarter of a ton of coal, with the best
OF management, will last three weeks.
At S1.75 quarter, the cost of each
week would amount to So cents.
Adding, we have sos to be the cost
Of rent, coal, and food This leaves out
of the $3.50 the sum Of $1S5. We have
not taken into account the possibility
of stormy day in the week, for this
would almost wholly wipe out the
margin. Under the best conditions
there is left $1.S5 for shoes and cloth
ing for a family of six. What can be
left to pay the doctors bill, or to re-
place a broken dish, tosay nothing of
newspapers a bit of pleasure, or an oc-
casiOnal book?
1t is just this point, the meagerness
of the lives of the poor that appeals to
me most keenly. Much can be done
for them. Good music might be brought
within the reach of all. I prefer to give
people luXuries and let them work for
the necessities.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
WORK ON SNOW PILE,

supt Prior did not commence work
on the snow pile on the common YES
terday although he intends +, hem
today if the weather is sunirisrt,,.
YARN ei.El. On looking over the pill. Sun1
T .I thinks it good idea to ren mn W.,
nm tis'a a,3 Of the accumulation of
llIth ana airt which is SO evident - IN
present tine, so as to allow tba s ann
its melting. 'iildle
nras s,e 51t t,, department IS busy at the
A force Of ab\ut 200 men is emplov t'i'' =
various parts. ot'the city cleanISS9 ~ ~, -
e spo,gTS tan and removing the winters az
work work is also necessitated bv desan KIT
me, rne street rect which show up at hi. tin4
more me, than at any other in. the 5' y Cs.,is
t I1e n Cossr'f elton gangs are at work If
alone alone IN EDITION TO the worl. p nf ,, Us
balance Of the department vi 'le
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
WANT MORE CARS,
South Worcester PsOpIe to Make Big
Try for Better servics.

Ten-minute cars and more of then,
This is to be the motto of the rasi5ont.
of South Worcester, and a meeting nj
the South Worcester Improvement As
ISOLATION has been called for Thurs
day evening, to make a most vehement
petition to the Worcester Consoli5.tad
Street Railway for better car, $500. teu
at the south end ice
Last winter, through a dignffed no
quest TO the road officials a -
modern and comfortable car was niaca5
on the branch P'deed
councilman Timon viii be one of tho
leaders at the meeting. and weu-l5nov'.n
south Worcester residents win he III y
ed upon to express themselves. ''''-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

The resignation of Chairman Whit
ney of the state pharmacy commission
and the governors return to the SEN
ate of the bill designed to legislate the
commission out of office are interesting
incidents in a rather exciting contest
that has been going on in the legisla-
ture. The governor intimates that he
cannot sign the bill in the form in
which it came to him, presumably on
the ground that it is an invasion of
executive prerogatives. Promoters of
the movement, however, say that the
resignation of the chairman Of the
commission will not satisfy them, and
there is reason in this remark. In view
of the detailed charges, an investiga-
ton might be deemed in order. Some
regulation of the commissions, or at
least a more vigorous enforcement of
existing laws, has been suggested, and
the pharmacy board is not the only
one to furnish warrant for the de-
mand. There is the inspector of gas
and gas metres for instance, who has
been making $4,000 or more a year, and
since his appointment is said to have
made about $40 900. 1t was never intend
ed that he should pocket all fees, in
addition to his salary, but in the alb
sence of express prohibition he has
taken the liberty to do so. Apparently,
his case. is to be attended, To-; but the
commission system will not, be relieved
Of all its queerness even thef.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
TALK ABOUT HER BILL
Miss Mary H. Hunt, the Temperance ~
taYor, Stops in Worcester

taror, Stops in Worcester
Mrs, Mary H. Hunt, one of the l'a''
ing workers for temperance ilsn1
ton in the state, stopped over IN W..
cester yesterday on her way from D,
ton to Northampton, where she
dressed a meeting last night. !, % a.
Mary E. Clifford of Boston, Sls'I V,.I
perintendent. and Mrs, Saran y If Il.
son of Leicester. superintendent us;
entific temperance instructioL5 .otsr
also guests at an informal w. y m
given Mrs. Hunt in the rooms rooms ~ II.
Women's Christian Tempera+'o
Mrs. Hunt became interested u ,. NJ
effects Of alcohol upon the body u
years ago, and when the W; T. ,, i,
was formed. she brought the III i,' y
of the advisability of education II l.,rl
schools on the subject OF sgt,,f1s
before it. She was made supe isa no
ent of the department of sclel'iin .s crf
perance instruction soon alleI ~
ton in 1880. ,.,, Coward &
temperance lilSlI uOliNAi ~ . ,oespl
mont legislature, which was wa, ,d pt' Will
There has never been a PHI . iGTN syi,
she has had anything to DO M s',sstt;
the recent one in Massactu' as q
which struggle Worcester Wa u
expressed it, a storm eenue,o If b
bill was lost. she said because sas m
distortions read into it by. us che .ba al
One of the worst distortions = 80 sai
is the length of time the piiI he . t3ag
state that temperance must D H.
The facts. according to M Jofsas
are these: The bill which was 5re "a an b
asked that $50 textbook lesSCiiN cbi5
giene be given to the sah9ott Three nee
in six wears at the rate oil " veal
sons a week for 10 weeks d Y
this instruction. four-ffth.s u .css
to be given to general hysl tior slr
proper foods to eat, ven<iat!e1t1ti5 4.
ton and the like, and one LoFecs
time to the subject Of th ',,o nrir
alcohol on the body IN ~ 10 go
grades. the time thus given or.,
year amounts to one anu nradp:
hours. in the higher
two hours
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
"s0HLArrER" AND THE EvIL SPIRIT

"SCHLATTER" AND THE EVIL SPIRIT
Though the man "Schlatter'' claims
to be divine healer" and perhaps he
is, there seems to be a sporting demon,
or damon as the Greeks termed it,
within him which is constantly trying
to use him as a mouthpiece. 1t is to
his credit that he suppresses this evil
spirit, though the struggle to keep it
from betraying him must be a fierce
one. "Schlatter" says he died some
years ago, and after his spirit had
made a personally conducted tour of
the regions of the blest for a period of
40 days, it returned to his body and, as
the clown used to say in the good old
days of one ring affairs, Here we are
again"
'Schlatter" means well, no doubt, but
the evidence of the sporting spirit
within him leads to the suspicion that
while his body was tenantless, the
spirit of a dead game" sporting man
sneaked into it, as the guileless spirit
of the real "Schlatter" was enjoying
itself in the heavenly regions, and vic
timized the dead "Schlatter" with a
spiritual gold brick scheme.
The combination formed by the div
inc "Schlatter" inhabited by the spirit
of wicked sport, makes an interest
ing psychological study "Schlatter, g"
the man, is ever on his guard against
the sporting proclivities of the wicked
demon. The tendency of the dead
game sport as the real sporting man,
is termed by the fraternity, is to back
his opinions with a wager upon all oc-
casions. So strong is this purpose in
the wicked spirit within ..Schlatter, p"
that the divine healer" is unable to
suppress it entirely, but is compelled to
make a compromise with evil and thus
satisfy his conscience and the confding
public.
An instance of this occurred yester-
day when reporter interviewed
"Schlatter" relative to the stories that
have intimated that he is not the real
thing, but some one masquerading as
"Schlatter." The sporting spirit within
him was aroused in a moment, of
course, and struggled to meet the ac-
cusation in true sporting parlance with
a proposition something like this
"Bet-cher $4,000 I'm the real stuff.
Bet-cher $1,000 you can't prove I'm a
fraud. Bet-cher 500 1 can cure any
one who comes to me with faith in his
heart" That would have been the an
swer of the sporting spirit that sur
reptitiously took up its abode within
"Schatter" while his confiding spirit
was taking a much needed vacation in
paradise. But "Schlatter" was on
guard against the demon and toned
his sporting terms into this innocuous
statement: 4, or rather my friends,
will give $4,000 to the person who can
prove that the man known as "Schlat-
ter" and living in Denver in 1896, is
now dead. I will give $1,000 to any one
who can prove fraud in my works, and
1 will give 500 to any one whom I fail
to cure who comes to me with faith in
his heart" And thus virtue triumphed
over evil.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
A sEMl-cENTENNlSL'

Springfield has novel ana D .,,s
ing event. somewhat Of the AID
Wedding order, today in III, # d
anniversary of the openIns .,ss}
Haynes clothing house. The si1
ment was the prototype, or at p
houses in New England, o. ontsii'
was the father of them an, an J has a
Boston. The general pupliTi as 81 Z
TO know Mr.. Haynes so W -.r. Yofs y
cient hotel proprietor IN ~ Of he !
Boston as to. have lost sign s,,ccss
that his, start and great mt MT spf.
years was as a merchaht,, -Jookihg /
field has no notion OF oEet ne intsl
matter. as is evinced by ,J 10 II
taken in the semi-centeIlllit,,aJins b;
ton. Mr.. HAYNES still Ie .tie 'estao /
terest in the fine merca II ! ~ though +
ment which he founeeu' riypn
personal attention is nov Yes in
two notes.-the United 9,oat'ral IN
ton and she Broadway - Ie"' nrosps
York. An eXceptionalls, and r.
yet a thoroughly carelu hans b
taking landlord would pc bote
best description of him Dc
prietor today.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

opment of Denver than any other one
man. His commercial enterprises and
domestic troubles brought him noto-
riety not always of the pleasantest
nature, but since 1888 he has suffered
many reverses of fortune, and he died
relatively a poor man, his salary as
postmaster being his only means of
support. A Vermonter by birth, he had
been a member of the Kansas legisla-
ture, first mayor of Leadville and lieu
tenant-governor of Colorado, as well as
United States senator for a term of
thirty days. His career is a reminder
of the singular vicissitudes of American
politics.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
ON THE RACK.
Witnesses in the Partisan Wrapper Com
pany Fire Case.

HNl'IVSSSS vi tHS TdTlSldn wrapper COM
pany Fire Case.
Referees who are settling the loss
on the Partisan Wrapper Company's
stock and building on Winter street,
damaged by fire Jan. 20, proceeded with
their investigation yesterday at the
Bay State House, spending part of the
day eXaminingWitnesses on the amount
of stock in the building at the time of
the fire. and incidentally the state of
affairs in the building at the time of
the fire. They left for Boston yester-
day afternoon at ABS
The wrapper company claims the
loss OF an entire stock, insured for $50 -
900.
Up to date, Chief Vaughn of the fire
department, Capt Williamson of the
fire patrol, Nathaniel Paine of the Cen
trail National Bank, George Mclean.
a reporter on the Telegram. and Mr.
Campbell, part owner Of the wrapner
company, have testified, all at Mon
days hearing of the case. Chief
Vaughn and Capt. Williamson told Of
the manner in which the fire spraad
over the factory, and Mr.. Paine told
of the financial relations of the firm
with his bank.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
"SOWlNG THE WIND"
The OfI-Repeated Play seems.to Have
Lost Little of Its Drawing Power.

Lost Little of Its Drawing Power.
A very good sized house witnessed
Sowing the wind" at the Worcestec
Theatre last night, Notwithstanding
the play has long become an Old story
through many repetitions. The person.
mel of the company has been entirely
changed, not at all to the detriment Of
the piece, and it might have Deen a
first production, so far as conscientious
ness of detail was concerned.
Howard Hall met the eXscting duties
of Mr.. Brabazon with dignity and force.
Amelia Gardner made RosamOnd more
of an emotional role than did her pre-
decessOrs, and has the skill to make
her conception appear the correct one.
The other players appeared to alvan-
tage in their several parts, and gave
color to Manager Cahn's boast that he
has now the best company that ever
presented the play.
The house win now be dark until
Saturday. when Hoyt's Milk white
flag" freshly cut and trimmed, will
play afternoon and evening. Seats are
already on sale.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
A. o. H. ELECTS OFFICERS.

Division IS, A. o. H, met in knights
of Robert Emmett hail. IS Front street,
last evening. The principal business
transacted was the election of officers.
The temporary board elected at the
first meeting were honored by a re-
election. The officers elected are: Dan
iel J. CoOgan, president; w. H. Scott,
vice president: Peter J. Mclaughlin,
recording secretary, and John Jay
O'DonneH, treasurer. About 20 new
members were initiated.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

When President Mckinley comes to
Mt. Holyoke, next June, TO attend the
graduation of his niece, Mi: William b.;
Plunkett of Adams should not be all
lowed to menopolize him. Why not
make this Worcester's much desired
ODDortunitV?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

The Chicago reception accorded to
Theodore Roosevelt is a good test of
the sentiment of the city towards the
policy of the administration. 1t is a
tolerably stiff doctrine of expansion
and national responsibility that the
New York governor breaches. There
are no ifs or ands about it.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
MANY WANT THE coyTp, w,

CO.. ne ne, complete plans and specffics,io-.
LOT the furniture of the new, '''a lions
a,C winch win cost 100000 nv 1 Court
fb a. no" practically complete. ana ,i'' re-
NJ, ,iotS IN the commissioners sn1o, , al,
tb the 1 9tIi'e[s would not see them bsfora
The c com, etfitiiy1hIng is now ready fo,
Ieadine t S,,,nit,, Already many of the
land have signifed their nv. Eng
entering the competition. ''''eh'lon Of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

The New York, New Haven and
Hartford railway officials object rightly
enough to the combination of blue uni
form and tan shoes. But that is
minor crime compared to one occa-
sionally seen elsewhere the wearing of
tan shoes and silk hat
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12
NEW CONSTITUTION.
Women of Piedmont Church Association
Have New Body of the Law.


Have New Body of the Law.
The committee which is forming thu
new constitution for the Womau.s As
siciation OF Piedmont church. MIS-.
Edward Hall, Mrs. Willard Scott, Ms.
Horatio Miller, Mrs. Justin A. War
Mrs. George H. Miller. Mrs William
woodward and Mrs. George O. VarI
met Yesterday forenoon with Mrs. Hall
Al Kingsbury street.
The revised constitution was read .,--
er before the large committee of fifteen
and was accepted. 1t will be read ba-
fore the entire association at the chUr.b
parlOr Friday.
Last evening the men II the church
showed what they could do in the linz
of church work They proved that tho
could give a bountiful supper WItholI
the aid of womans help which ,l-ousi
be way ahead Of the usual affair
1t took the form of a lunch c9untor
or cafe supper and was served fror, g
to 7.30 o'clock. i''
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

Philipics has hitherto been a stand
ard term for talk of an ultra-acrimo-
NOUS and abusive order. Philippines
will soon have to take it's place as eX-
pressing the nature of anti-expansion
rage.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

Mayor Harrison refuses to eat at the
same table with John P. Altgeld and
therefore the Chicago Jeffersonian din
ner has been abandoned. Disagree
ment as to the definition of a democrat
seems to be spreading, but in this case
William Jennings Bryan is represented
to be willing to train with both fac
tionS
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

In the slang of the day, some years
ago, the man who roared and made a
useless fuss over things was said to be
"beeting" The phrase is evidently re-
viving.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

The remnants of the small but valua-
BILE library which Elihu Burritt left to
the town of New Britain, Connecticut,
have been found worm-eaten and COW
cred with dust in an attic. An enter
prsing citizen ferreted out the books
and now an appropriate place will be
provided for them. The Learned Black
smith might have done quite as well
if he had left the books in his old shop
in Worcester The Antiquarian society
would at least have given them shelf
room.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

With the exchange of notifications &C
complished at Washington, yesterday,
the Spanish-American war has come
to an end officially, after a period of ten
days less than the calendar year. There
remain now only the payment of the
$40 O0O, 900 due Spain under the treaty
and the mastering out of volunteers in
accordance with the terms of enlist
ment. We have three months in which
to pay the Philippines money, but Spain
can have it as soon as she designates
somebody to receive it. Prompt atten-
ton will presumably be paid to the
negotiation of new treaties and the
resumption of diplomatic and CONNER
ciaI intercourse with Spain. There is a
chance for radical improvements over
the previous conventions that went out
Of existence during the war.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

1t is a common notion that it will be
about as hard to convict Matthew
Stanley Quay in Pennsylvania as to
convict a negro-lynching party in a
southern state
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE The EYE OF ARGUS: HE
is HONORABLE IF HE DO BUT LOOK TO THE VEL
FARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

The death of the Hon. Horace A. w.
Tabor, postmaster Of Denver, calls at
tention to a man whose name was once
prominently before the country. He
was once a very rich man and he is
credited with doing more for the devel-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

At the meeting of Central Lodge. l.
O. o. F. last night, three members
were initiated.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-12

DIR. BULBS Cough syrup raat
and enicacious cure for crqgihI3 ssa.
cough and bronchitis. No No 81 th.sy
/ left to suffer the tortuI ct this "
ments when parents ea can
ful remedy for only % cents