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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
SOUTH END MYSTERY.
Young Man Went Bicycling and He Never
Came Back.

Residents of Webster square are
worried over the disappearance of
man named Desrosiers, who boarded at
1919 Main street.
He started out on bicycle ride Fri
day night of last week with friend,
and has not been seen since. The next
morning his bicycle was found in front
of his lodging house, lying as if some
one had thrown it carelessly on the
ground, and his friends are willing to
swear that he met with foul play,
He has not lived in Worcester more
than two months, and was considered
to be sober, Industrious fellow. Fri
DAY night he ate his supper as usual,
and told his boarding mistress that he
was going for bicycle ride with a
friend.
The last he was seen was in com
pany with a young lady. and although
she has been located, she is unable to
throw any light on his disappearance.
Saturday morning his friends were told
of b. absence, and they Immediately
started out to see if any trace of him
could be found. The theory of suicide
Is not entertained by his friends, as
they think he was too well satisfied
with the world to kill himself
HIS friends were so worked uD that
they looked up a policeman and re-
ported the case to him. On his recon-
mcndation the young lady in the case
called on Chief of Police brennan yes
terday morning, and talked the mat
ter over with him. No one seems to
be able to fathom the reason of his
disappearance. The young lady in the
case is engaged to another man, and
although it is thought by some that
he went away because he could not
gain her hand in marriage, others say
that it could not be true, as he was
not of sentimental nature. A Consid-
cradle portion of his wardrobe is still
at his boarding house and he owes no
one money. His parents live in Mon
treal and have not yet been notified of
i. d ncntnnn
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08

has deemed it proper to give out for
publication the entire protocol
This particular protocol is regarded
by the department as of great impor-
lance, for it marked the failure of the
commission under peculiar conditions.
The record shows that the joint COM
mission met at 10 o'clock that morn
ing; that the British side proposed ar
bitration and that the Americans ac-
cepted the proposition in general. us
ing it as a basis for treaty, as of
fered by the British. However. it is
shown that when the Americans Of
fered an amendment the British side
promptly refused to accept it, and
without affording further opportunity
for the erection of an arbitration trea-
", stopped the negotiations and re-
ferred the matter to their own gov
eminent Notwithstanding the urging
Of the Americans that the commission
at least conclude their negotiations
upon the remaining subjects.
These facts We're the basis of the
American contention that the Cana
dians had not afforded a real oppor-
tunity for arbitration and We're respon-
sible for the disruption of the Joint
commission.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
GOOD PROSPECTS AHEAD.
Everybody Willing to Help Turn Out a Crack
ajack Eight

John J, Quinn has postponed the day
for calling out his crew until tomorrow
on account of the pressure of other
business. President John H Meagher
and several other members of the
Wachusetts have expressed pleasure at
the business like manner in which the
initiatory steps have been taken, and
Mr. quinn is assured of hearty support
in his efforts to organize a crackajack
eight. The excellent prospects of sue
cess incites everybody connected with
boating to help out in every way pos
sible. There are so many good oarsmen
in Worcester that a world beating crew
might be formed here as well as any
other place, and as the coming season
is to be the record breaker in that line,
particularly in the east, boating men of
Worcester recognize that now is the
time to get things n owing.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08

Vile team, concerning the securing of
Leach by the Worcesters. He did not
inform Manager Leonard of the par
ticulars of his conference, but said that
he thought he could negotiate the deal
before the end of the week.
Worcester would have secured him
several DAYS ago but for an injury to
Clingman OF the Colonies. He was hit
in the head by a ball and has not
been able to do any work since. The
acquisition of Leach will fill a big gap
on the Worcesters, as he is a rafting
infelder, and that is where the team
has been weak.
Another probable cause of the delay
is a pending deal between Louisville
and Philadelphia. The deal is a trade
of Magee, pitcher of the LOuisvilles
for Fultz, infielder, and Wheeler,
pitcher of the Phillies.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
DEATHS.

MACFARLAND-In this city, It'll, Eveline
D., dau-hter of Frank L. and Mar
garet mcfarland, 13 days.
HOLMAN-In Leicester, 5th, Ellen D,
wife of William F. Holman.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend funeral services at his home, 30
Main st, Thursday at 2.30 p. IN.
METIVIER.-In this city CTatnuck), 18th,
jeremiah Metivler Il yrs.
Funeral from his late home, Mil st,
Tatnuck, Friday at s a. m. High mass
of requiem in st. Peters Church at 9
o'clock. Relatives and friends are in
vited to attend
LAFLEUR-In Lynn, Mass, 9Th, Mary
L., widow of John B. Lafeur formerly
of Worcester, 81 yrs. a days,
Funeral in this city, from the residence
Of her daughter, Mrs William II.
Murther, Is Alpine St, Friday at 9 a. m.
Solemn high mass of requiem in St.
Joseph's Church at 10 o'clock Rela-
tives and friends are invited to attend.
In this city. June 6, Mrs Augusta c.
Crosby, age Sc yrs. Is days.
Funeral at her late residence No. 81
Portland street, Friday morning at 10 30
o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
EASY FOR HOLDEN.

Rutland. June I. - The Holden high
school had an easy thing with the local
high school boys here this afternoon. The
game was called at the end of the sixth
on account of a heavy rain storm. 1t was
the first of a series of three games be
tween the two schools the next one to be
PLAYED the 7th at Holden. In today S
game Brown was an enigma, striking out
six men and holding down his opponents
without a hit. He also made home run.
The score by innings:
Holden H. s..........3 0 3 , o 0-Sn 0
Rutland II. S.........O ~ )
Batteries: Brown and Fales; Bliss and
Smith
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
TO PLAY POSTPONED GAME,

Worcester and Hartford play at the
oval, tomorrow, the postponed game
from yesterday. Each club had an
open date for Friday and agreed to
play off 1t will be the last game in
Worcester for a week. The team opens
in Springfield Saturday for three games
and then goes to Hartford for three
1t will return to open another home
series with Toronto a week from Sat
urday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
ANOTHER SHAKEUP.
Yeager VIII Catch and Klobedanz Will Throw
Up the Twisters.

The Worcesters will be given another
shake-up for today's game. Yeager
who has been playing at third base,
will be put in to catch Bransfield
will go to right field and Wheeler will
cover third. Klobedanz will pitch
Clark was on the card to pitch yester-
day, ana would have pitched today,
but several fans who have not seen
Klobedanz at work, made a request
that he be put in today, so that they
may get a line on him. Manager
Leonard decided to accede to their re-
quest.
Knell, who has been getting away
with most Of his games, will pitch for
Hartford. The game ought to be a good
one Hartford has been playing good
ball lately, and the change of positions
on the Worcesters should be a bene-
fetal one.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
"sTeEPLE JACK" IN TOWN,
Joseph II. Lawlor Mounts Dizzy Heights With
out Fear.

Joseph H. Lawlor of New York, or
"Steepe Jack" as he is generally known,
arrived in this city last evening from
Springfield, where he has been at work on
the turret of the Syndicate block. Lawlor
is undoubtedly one of the few who can lay
claim to the title "Steeple Jack" The
loftiest steeples are ordinary flights OF
stairs to him. Last year he worked on
the 6O-foot telegraph pole in front of the
Spy office. and also on the steeple of the
Unitarian Church. His best record is BOO
feet
Lawlor will remain in Worcester until
this afternoon, and if the weather is
pleasant he will leave for Springfield.
New York to work on one of the highest
steeples in the state. Several of the
- imbers have tried it and given it up.
Lawlor says he will ascend it as easily as
any he has yet climbed. He served dur
ing the Cuban war, and was invaluable as
d bridge builder.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
NOTED LAWYER DEAD.


He Received the Largest Fee on Record.
New York, June Henry L. Gin
ton, for many years a prominent law
born in Woodbridge Conn, on Feb.
q, 1920. He taught in Connecticut sew
eral years before he came to this city
to study law. He was one of the coun-
sci for the prosecution in the Tweed
trial.
His fee in the Vanderbilt will case
was said to be the largest ever re-
ceived by a lawyer II was understood
that he received about 100000 fer his
services to the Vanderbilt heirs. He
was also retained in the will case OF
Alexander T. Stewart.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
SCIENTISTS MURDERED,
savauts Are Executed as Spies By Russian
Government

Victoria. B. c., June Kobe papers
of May 16 contain the news that the
fate of the party Of scientists. missing
for upwards of a month past, has been
disclosed. According to these accounts,
the scientists had landed near Tosang.
on the Lao Tung peninsula, to pursue
their Investigations of earthquake phe-
nomena and mountain flora, when they
were made prisoners by Russian caval-
~ and shot as spies without the sem
blance of a trial.
Their Photographic and other scien-
tific apparatus was destroyed. There
were II professors in the party. one
German savant and 10 Japanese. whose
homes were in Kobe and Toxic. Tha
Japanese authorities will make a thor
ough investigation.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
WHEELER is SIGNED.
Becomes Now a Full Pledged Member of the
Farmers.

Wheeler who played right field for
the Worcesters in two games this
week. was signed by Manager Leonard
last evening. The Worcester manager
did not intend to sign him until he got
wind that Manager Barnie of the Hart
fords intended to release Sockalcxis.
He decided to secure Wheeler lest
Manager Barnie get him.
Wheeler will be played at third base
in today's game, and if he does well
in that position he will be kept there
regularly. He is an infelder and in the
practice work he did at the oval yes
terday morning, gave considerable
promise. In his first game he acted a
trife nervous, but in the second he
played well, and many of the specta-
tors were agreeably surprised with his
work. He has been playing with the
Fitchburg team of the New England
league until it was voted out of the
organization.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
AUTOMOBILE RACE.

New York, June 7.-Charles B.
Shanks. representing Alexander Win
ton of Cleveland, today posted $4,000 in
New York to cover a similar amount
held in Paris to bind a challenge from
N. Charron, the French automobiles,
for an automobile race between New
York and Chicago.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
MATCH FOR OINSDALE.


George P. King is trying hard to Sc
cure match for Dinsdale for July 4,
or some other day on which a large
crowd could be gotten out. He wants to
bring together Dinsdale and Rosenberg,
between whom a considerable rivalry
exists or account Of their being match
ed for Hartford Memorial day. ROsen-
berg will box Dinsdale for purse, but
will not put up a side bet. On account of
the difficulty in securing a suitable
purse in the summer months, King sug
gested a match for a side bet of good
dimensions and have the mill pulled off
in private. Rosenberg would not listen
to such a proposition. King is trying
now to secure an offer from the Nutone
Athletic club Of Lowell.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
RIOT IN LYONS.

Lyons. France. June NOISY demon
STATIONS took place here today, grow
ing out Of the royalist affront 70 VI:
Loubet on the AuteUi race course Iass
Sunday. The mob came into eolllsltn
with the police and many arrests were
made
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
AND TOMORROW NIGHT

And each day and night during this week
you can get at any druggists Kemps
Balsam for the throat and lungs, acknowl-
edged to be the most successful remedy
ever sold for coughs, Group, bronchitis
asthma and consumption. Get a bottle
today and keep It always in the house, so
YOU cen check vnur cold at once. Price,
&c and zoe. S5nple boJtie free.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
WEDDING ANNOUNCED.

Cards have been received by friends
in Worcester for the wedding of Miss
Gertrude Morrison Mckay of Brook
line and Waldron Holmes Rand, Jr.,
June :. Miss Mckay formerly lived
in Worcester. and is the daughter of
the late w. c. Mckay, Of the firm of
Denholm 4 Mckay.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
U. OF P. COME TODAY.
The Team Will Practice on the Grounds This
Afternoon.

The University of Pennsylvania ball
team will come to Worcester today and
has obtained consent of the authorities
at Holy Cross to practice on the ball
field from until 5 o'clock. This is the
first time any college has done such a
thing. The Pennsylvania lads start
their trip, with the Holy Cross game,
which they will win if it lays in their
power. They began their trip last year
by game with Holy Cross ard were
defeated. The defeat was a hoodoo for
the trip was a disastrous one.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
LOOKS LIKE LEACH NOW.
Crack Infieider OF Louisville Hay Wear a
Worcester Uniform This Week.

Leach, now with the Louisvilles, will
probably wear a Worcester uniform
before the end of the week. Manager
Leonard received a letter last evening
from President C. A MarstOn of the
Worcester club, informing him of that
fact President MarstOn was in Bos
ton yesterday, holding a conference
with President DreYfuss of the Louis
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN.
Teller and Rogers to wrestIe for Honors To-
night.

James J. Teller and Charles Rogers
of Fitchburg will wrestle this evening
at I. c. B. hall for a purse of 500 and
the gate receipts. The style will be
catch-as- catch-can, three points down,
best two in three falls Eddie Simpson
is referee. Rogers is a husky fellow 6
#. 2 in in heighth and weighing about
1876 pounds. He has several inches ad-
vantage over Teller, who is but 5 fit.
in. Teller is we'll put up, however,
and weight IT'S pounds in wrestling con-
dition. 1t is many months since a
wrestling match has taken place in
Worcester
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
Is MENIORIAL sUNDAY.

A meeting of the Worcester Veteran
Firemen's Association was held last
night in the house on Exchange street
and arrangements We're made for the
observance Of a memorial Sunday in
honor Of the dead members.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
DUE FOR HIS RELEASE.
Looks as if Sockalexis Must Close His connec-
ton With Hartford,

Sockalexis, the Indian ball player, is
due for his release from Hartford.
Manager Barnie of the Hartford club
has come to the conclusion that he
can't control the fielder who has given
the Cleveland club so much trouble in
past years. A report reached Mana
ger BARNES ears that Sockalexis
hasn't conducted himself in this city
as ball player should, and the man.
ager said last evening he could not af-
ford to keep Sockalexis unless the lat
ter behaved himself.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
SUMMER RESORTS.
FIFTY BROWNE ED.
Klondke Steamer Does Down in the
Great Slave Lake.

Seattle, Wash, June I. - The list OF
prospectors who have persisted in theN
rush TO the Yukon gold fields over the
Edmonton trail is growing. and if reports
brought down by the steamer Laurads
are correct fifty are reported to have oeen
drowned in Great Slave lake twenty nave
Laird rivers. ten have frozen to death ana
tMentv-lNa haNe died of scurvy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
FELL THREE STORIES.

The youngest son of Osias Roberts, of
Il Suffolk street, fell from a third story
window at the home Of his parents yes
terday afternoon, and was probably Sc
riously injured. DR.. Delehanty was
called The exact cause Of the ac-
cident is unknown.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
MARRIAGES.

this CITY, 9Th, by
Rev. Geo. w. King, Clinton Walker of
Worcester and Mile Angelina Trip of
Dighton, Mass
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08

Manager Donnelly of the Holy Cross
team has arranged a fifth game with
Brown in case of a tie in the series of
four which is scheduled. Three of the
four games have been played and
Holy Cross has won two The fourth
will be played in Providence, June 81
the day previous to commencement at
Holy Cross. If Brown wins and ties
the series, the fifth and rubber game
will be played at Holy Cross grounds.
June "a, two days after commence
ment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08
TRoTTING SEASON OPEN.
Exciting Racing Seen on the Medford Track

Nedford, Mass, June THE trotting
season in New England opened today
at Combination Park, with three good
races. The first race proved the most
exciting, as Lorine and Little Girl ran
a dead heat, while in the two others
Lorine was GGshed very hard. The
plan Of racing tried at this meeting
limits the race to three heats. Each
heat is practically race, the money
being divided in three parts each time.
4 Sum m a
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08

.:24 CLASS, TROTTING AND PACING
rnr-Iner- q. ILalf-t1niIa haats

PURSE SI5. (I1alf-mile heats)
Cinders. br. G., by Lumps.. Draper | J !
Little Blanche. g. m....-...;.C Walp 2 2
Drummer Girl, br. No.; heaserl : 3
Alice b. br. M. .-...-.... CNewberD 4
Time LOG. l:10l2. l:O9a4.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08

There will be no ball game between
Worcester and Holy Cross. Worcester
is willing, but the coIlegians are not.
Manager Leonard, after a conference
with Manager Donnelly, got Toronto
to agree to a double header to give
Worcester a date. Manager Donnelly
consulted the faculty, but the latter
did not encourage the suggestion.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08

officers James O'Connor, Davidson
and Mcleod arrested Peter Lord, Mar
garet Shea, Kate Agnes O'Clair ana
irving NJ. Carverry. at 1874 Mechanic
street. this morning about J. o'clock
while they were enjoying a mixed sol
rec with a spirit that called for inter-
ference on the part of policemen.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08

Inspector Patrick O'Day went to
papers for the return of Henry A.
Hanson from Wolfboro, N. H., who is
wanted in this city for being a party
to the larceny of a pair of horses from
Capt. Levi Lincoln of this city The
papers were all made out for Inspector
O'Day, but he will be unable to get
Hanson back to Worcester before Sun
dav, as his trial at Wolfboro has been
postponed until Saturday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08

Elrick ]. Raymond was arrested yes
terday afternoon by officers Keyes and
knight on warrant charging him
with neglect to support. 1t was sworn
out by his wife, Louisa J. Raymond.
When searched, Elrick had five cents
in his possession.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-08

Chief of Police James NJ. brennan
received yesterday the following tele-
gram from J. E. Hayes, high sheriff
of Dover, N. H., concerning Harry
Hough, the missing treasurer of the
Cocheco Savings bank of that city:
Wanted, at Dover, New Hampshire
for embezzlement, Harry Hough, treas
urer of the Cocheco Savings bank. De-
scription: About As years old, five feet,
seven inches high; light cOmpleXioned
round, smooth shaver face, bluelsh-
gray eyes, appearing nervous in ac-
ton.
IL II In,-nr l,inh chn,i &c
The National tribune., 1899-06-01
2 = s1-.a'-. -
Moantain Rats In Colorado.

II. p. Ufford in the Century, describes
the mountain rat as the only plague
worse than the Canadian jay, popularly
known as the camp rObber." OF the rat
he says:
This fierce rodent is nearly twice the
size of the Norway species, and is always
ready for a fight. Besides his bellicOse
propensities, he is an arrant thief. The
miners have a saying that he will steal
anything but n red-hOt stove. He does
not steal to satisfy hunger alone; he APP
pears to be n kleptomaniac. Provoked
by the depredations of one old graybeard
who haunted our cabin, | one day as
sisted in marrying his castle, where
found the following articles: four candles,
one partly burned, three intact; two
spoons, one knife, two forks. 27 nails, all
sizes; one box OF pills; one coffeepot lid
and one lineup; two pairs of socks; three
handkerchiefs; one bottle of ink; three
empty phials; one stick of giant powder
with 10 feet of fuse; beans, rice, and dried
apples galore. His spirit of mischief is
as strong as his passion for stealing, and
the honest miner sOlemnly AYERS that il
YOU leave open bag of beans and one OF
rice, he will not rest till he has made a
clean transfer of all the beans to the rice
bag, and vice versa. l know that more
than once he has, during the night, filled
one or both of my boots with the cones OF
the spruce tree. / have heard, also, of a
veraciOuS prOspectOr who, returning from
trip without coffee pot, frying pan, and
bake-oven, accounted for their absence
The National tribune., 1899-06-01

equalled facilities fof interesting and en-
tersaining visitors, Independence Hall,
Car penters Hall, Christ Church, Old
Swedes Church; and Germantown, with
its historic Chew Mansion, tell of the
Revolutionary period in our Nations his
tory; Valley Forge is but short distance
away, and trip to Gettysburg can be
made in one day.
Trolley lines extend in every direction
through the city, and by exchanges reach
far into the country at low rates for the
distances covered.
Farmount Park is without an equal in
it's extent and natural beauty, and Willow
Grove, Woodside and other suburban re-
sorts afford pleasure and entertainment at
low cost.
League Island, with the oldtime and
the new war vessels, and Cramps Ship
yard, are within easy reach by trolley
lines. ~s~
Excursions on the Delaware River can
be had for a few hours or for all day, as
may be desired. Atlantic City is, instirae,
but one hour distant, and will be reysla-
ton to those who have never enjoyed a
visit to this great City -by-the-Sea."