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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

vim to become a purchaser of that ia
nous flower.
HE got to the store quite early for he
anticipated he would have trouble in
getting one of the flowers If late. Luck
| lly ne was the first customer, securing a
PINK for the sum of % cents, they retail
ing at "a a dozen.
Inc pink he secured is not as yet in
dull bloom and it measures in diameter
372 inches and according to what was
toIu MIN 1t will be, when in full bloom
| aoout ~ inches. This newest, most
loeautitul and lasting deep pink carnatior
| grown, when brought to stand beside
the ordinary pink grown in all gardens
ana flower houses Is like holding an arc
Agnt GO candle. That peculiar deltcacy
ana da1nunesS that it possesses TO-
sether with Its sweet odor attracted the
attention of the management of tbe
session store and an order for one dozen
70 be shipped to Worcester next Thurs
DAY has been forwarded to Thomas r
Calvin. L
me rights of the flower is owned nv
Ihomas W. Lawson and the sole agent
Is Ihomas F. Calvin. Such is the fame
Ihat TINS flower has attained that or.
uefs come pouring in every day from al
over the country and from some places
IN Europe. The demand is SO great thai
the date wanted. The flower which was
Drought to Worcester by Mr. Mackit
more for curiosity sake than ANYTIME
else and the flowers which are to come
thursday for the Boston store win he
on exhibition only and not for sale
1t mas taken only four years for this
sreat mower to reach fame. 1t was frs
puS upon exhibition in horticulture
haH In Boston. Soon after the flows,
had been exhibited Thos. r. Calvin fool
II from the hands Of Peter Fisher, who
was the raiser of it by skillful graft
ing, and through persistent booming 4
mas reached the standing that ii nov
holds today az
The flower gets it's name from the wifi,
OF wealthy broker in Boston. Mrs
LhoIhas w. Lawson, purely because
sne was an extensive buyer of daint,
mowers. The flower winning so many
prizes attracted the attention of MANI
WeaThy men, who offered diFferen
prices for the entire stock of 5000 nlant,
from $4,000 to $4,000, and these fis11re.
were set for the purpose of getting tn,
hover to the city where they lived ant
giving the flower their own name in
stead of the name it now carries.
When Mr.. Lawson heard of the neeo
nations going on to purchase the stocl
with intentions of changing the nam,
ne at once offered $4,000 for the entir,
stock OF flowers. His offer was accepted
without the least consideration bv tn,
raiser. There are stories current that n,
such price was paid for the flower. bu
MI. Lawson has publicly announce,
ms intention of producing the receipts
II he Is called upon to do so.
New York florists say that the nric,
paid was exorbitant, for it is intende,
that means will be taken by New York
ers to produce the same at little cost
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
TODAY'S LIST.

The following cases are on today
file:
Asdoc Moonshine, charged with as
sault and battery.
Pisquale Bianco, charged with assault
and battery.
Nicholas Ricard, charged with receiv-
ing stolen property.
Joseph Osborn, charged with cruelty
G. S. Carbin, charged with obstruct-
ing the highway.
John Reed, charged with forfeiture OF
deposit
Elmer F. Haywood, charged with
mortgage fraud.
Martin Murphy, charged with break
ing and entering.
James Quinn, charged with breaking
and entering.
Lewis Bean, charged with stable
fraud.
Bartholomew Deveny, charged with
drunkenness.
Stedman w. Howe, charged with as
saul and battery.
Patrick Murphy, charged with drunk
kenness.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
CHARMING FUNCTION.
Mr. and Mrs F. H. Bigelow Initiate Theb
Social Career in DeIigh ,fu Manner

One of the most charming of the
soclal functions OF the season was the
flrst wedding reception of Mr.. and Mrs
FRANK H. Bigelow, which was held at
the new home of Mr.. Bigelow. corner
institute road and Lancaster street
last evening. The house, of recent
construction, is admirably adapted for
reception purposes, the parlors. library
ana reception rooms opening off a spa.
clous hall. All of these rooms were
thrown INTO one last evening. and the
erect of hundreds of electric globa
and a profusion of cut flowers was
most charming.
MT and Mrs. Bigelow received under
an arch OF smllaX in the parlor, and
We're assisted by Mr.. and Mrs. H. H.
6lgeloW and Mrs. Charles H. Morgan
Gomez, chocolate and lemonade were
served under canopies in the library
ana parlor by Mrs. Paul Morgan w
was assisted by Miss Florence Whit
Miss Josephine White, Mrs. William
j. Denholm, Miss Emma Whitcomb
MISS Mary Morgan, Miss Marie Killen
Mrs George A. Steyensya11d Miss Helen
Hill
After the reception, which LASTED
from seven until ten, there was dane.
ing and music until midnight The see.
ond reception will be held next Tues.
day evening.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

charged with liquor keeping, was be-
ing tried when court adjourned.
john McGrath pleaded guilty to adul-
terry end was released on probation.
Nicholas Ricard, who pleaded guilty
OF receiving stolen goods was released
en- probation.
Heary Rianchi, who was fined $40 by
pleaded guilty and had his fine reduced
to $50.
Michael Hehir on the same charge.
pleaded holo contendere, and sentence
was deferred,
Ellen Garvey and Mary Ann Lee
.both pleaded guilty to liquor keeping
The following charged with liquor
keeping defaulted: John H. Strange
Olaf P. Erickson and John L. Jaffrey
Jacob Wheelock of Webster through
his counsel John H. Meagher, filed q
motion asking that his case be dis.
missed. He gave as reason that the
lower court had Instructed him to ap-
pear at the superior court the first Mon
day in November instead of the first
Monday in October, as he should have
done, and that therefore the superior
court had no jurisdiction in the matter
The court deferred ruling on the point
in order to allow the district attorney
time to look up authorities on the point
involved.
The name of John Reed will again BIZ
brought into prominence today in the
superior court docket. This time it i.
a question connected with forfeiture o.
deposits and Is one Of the outgrowth!
of the confidence mans mysterious dis
appearance several months ago. TIL,
matter is of no Importance in itself anC
will probably amount to nothing more
than the filing of a motion.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
ONE CASE
Takes Greater Part
of the Day.
IT'S AN ACQUITTAL
For Defendants in North
BEookfeld Case.

Business dragged woefully yesterday
at the superior criminal court. Only a
Sew minor cases We're disposed Of, and
opay one defendant was sentenced. The
Few cases that were tried were stub
borIIly fought, and for nearly two hours
IN the afternoon session the court was
unable to go ahead with the docket,
owing to the fact that the two juries
were out simultaneously.
The case which took longest to decide
was the adultery case against John
Brick and Ella Baleomb of North
Brookdeld. This case was commenced
almost the first thing Monday morn
ing, but the end was not reached until
the first thing before adjournment yes
terday afternoon. After nearly eight
hours of consultation and disagree
lnent the jury finally agreed on a YER
dlot OF not guilty,
The verdict was satisfactory TO all
those who heard the testimony. The
confessed efforts on the part Of the
girls mother and brother to secure eV-
idence against her and bring her to
justice by spying on her actions with a
mirror, predisposed many in the de-
ANhNcVilt LoN me- NefQlCL was I'M
ooubtedly due in large measure to the
eloquent plea of John e. Sullivan, of
the firm of Sullivan g. O'Connel who
.oundly scored Mrs. Balcomb's rela-
tions for their unnatural conduct.
The next most important case de-
cided yesterday was that of Peter Laf
fierre, a blacksmith OF East Brookfield.
accused of illegally keeping liquor.
Evidence showing that two men named
O'Brieh and Murphy had obtained lia :
uor at his shop, was brought by the
state, but IN view of the fact that Laf-
fierre WAS proved to have gone out of
the shop to get the liquor, and it could
not he shown that he went to his house
for IT, verdict of not guilty was
reached after several hours delibera-
ton.
John Collet of Fitchburg, charged
with ra.e upon seven-year- Mary A.
McDermott of that city, took the ad-
vice of his attorney, John r. Thayer.
and pleaded guilty to assault, but not
rape. The court consented to sentence
him on that charge, and gave him six
months at hard labor in the house OF
correction.
The case OF Thomas ]. Meehan,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
THE GRADE CROSSINGS.

The CITY council will only waste val
liable time if it falls to quarreling over
the report of the grade crossing COM
mission. That report may be all right
or all wrong, but this is not the i'm
portant point now. The urgent need
is to get down to the legislature with
some sort of a plan by next Tuesday.
After that day, bills can be admitted
only by a four-fifths vote, and it will
be easy for the railroads to muster the
one-fifth needed to exclude any plan
the city may desire to submit. After
we have got a plan before the legisla-
ture. we can quarrel among ourselves
and amend plans to our hearts con.
tent.
The reason for urgency is obvious
enough If the city does not present
plan by year from next April, the
obnoxious scheme recommended to the
courts will be decreed, and all the time
from now till then is required to in
struct the Legislature as to the situa.
ton in Worcester and the desires OF
the people. If we wait till next Janu-
airy before We file our proposition. the
legislature will be tangled up in the
conflicting interests as surely as tbs
people themselves have been, and tbs
logical result would be either a hasry
ana unsatisfactory settlement or 4
shelving of the entire matter. with the
understanding that the decree of the
court shall be issued.
These are simple facts that the city
council should face. Go to the legie-
lature at once with the plan recon-
mended by your commission. and Sc
cure this advantage. Then attend to
the scrapping ii you must. To let this
opportunity slip, is simply to play into
the hands of the railroads, who are well
enough satisfied with the old grade
crossing plan, against which the whole
city and city government have vehe-
mently and formally protested.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
BRAHMS AND BEETHOVEN
Good Concert by Mr.. Buffers Chorus
at Pilgrim Church.

at Pilgrim Church.
Heavy rain rather interfered with the
attendance at Pilgrim Church. last eve
ming, but it made no impression unon
the music. This was the second of the
concerts given under the direction of
Mr.. j. Vernon Butler, and it was of
much more than ordinary interest
Neither of the two choral works had
been sung in this city before. and the
cantata arrangement of Beethoven 8
Ruins of Athens" has never been sung
even IN this country. The law on an
plause was off again; at least, it was
frequently violated
But the concert did not depend unon
novelty for its success. Mrs. Caroline
l.. Shepard always gives pleasure and
she dld not fail upon this occasion Her
songs We're Widor's Ave Maria" and
q spring song, with violin obligato. Mr..
James a. Sake proved to be a first
rate baritone for the work in hand and
his singing in THE Ruins of AtHensS
deserves warm praise for its dignity
oreadth, tunefulness and musical ar
Preclatlon. Another discovery was MIR
JVseph rogers, young Violinist who
plays very well, and will play much
petter II he keeps to his fiddle and bow
f1e gave THE Meistersinger' prize
song and Gounods Hymn to ST.
Cecilia" ~
The others who assisted were Mr.
irving Swan Brown, who played a cello
opllgato for Mr., SAKE in Gilchrist's
ReVerie"; Mr.. c. II. Grout. the organ
accompanist and who opened the con-
cert with the allegro appassionata from
Gullmants fifth organ sonata, and won
applause with Beethoven's "Turkish
march; finally, Miss Ruth e. Nelson
VINO contributed the piano accompani-
ment. Mrs. Shepard and Mr.. Saxe
sang the duet in 1.-THE Ruins OF
Athens" VI
Brahms Song of destiny" is notable
for its lugubrious opening and its utter
lack OF solos, but more especially for
us beautiful harmonies. OF course
the orchestra would add vastly To the
ERECT, but even without it. the music
well repays study, and the performance
was more than interesting. The music
IS the work of a great man. Parts ~
Beethoven's Ruins of Athens" arc
picturesque, and all of IL is charac~
teristic. Especially is this true of the
composers disregard for the comfort
OF the singers. AS in the ninth SYM
phony, he has no fear Of hieh notes
and once at least he has all four narts
together straining their utmost TO hoid
the Top notes of the score. The music
is bright and animated and the
choruses are sonorous. Both these
works are q welcome change from the
general run OF oratorio concerts, and
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

Mr.. Butler is to be thanked for bring
ing them out. s
Inc chorus as a whole sang very well.
me score was seldom or never intri.
Gate' the chief obstacles being the
liisn hotes and the chromatic progress
sions, which latter were numerous in
the Song of destiny" Some very
clever effects were produced, especially
IN the first part of Brahms music and
later also in the Beethoven piece. The
chorus OF dervishes was rather tamt
u hrst. but later the Saracen n.y. he
anne uncorked. The chorus singing
as not of even merit and some an
lously intended effects We're lost, but
tTLe was much more to praise.
given in about three weeks and Sn 1,l
Last Judgment" will then he snn netii
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
GLEE CLUB REHEARsED.

The Tech Glee Club held a rehearsal
yesterday afternoon, at which much Of
the new music that has been provided
for the club by Musical Director Bug
zell was tried. The club has an offer
to sing at the high school athletia
benefit, next Friday night, and it is
probable that it will make it's initial
public appearance of the season there,
although John H. Brooks, who has been
recently elected manager of the club
had received no official notification Of
the acceptance of his terms by the
night.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

There was something like reac-
ton in the stock market yesterday.
The only thing certain about the
recent boom is the fact it.
SELF. Whether il is healthy and per-
Inanent or only spasmodic and transit
tory, is matter on which experts dis
agree. There are brokers who predict
reaction and possibly a dangerous col
lapse, and on the other hand, there are
optlmists who say that the boom rests
on solid foundation of material pros
perity, and there is no obvious reason
why 1t should not continue indefinite
~ Better conditions produce bet
ter prices" is the explanation of an
other. and there is truth in it. All
the same this is a time when it be-
hooves the lambs to look out sharp lest
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
TRRESRING OLD SlRAw.

The Senate has allowed itself to he
drawn into a regrettable wrangle owe,
the relative merits of Sampson and
schley. The process of Sampson
promotion should be we'll enough un.
derstood by this time. When Admiral
sicard was compelled to give up TIE
command Of the north Atlantic souo-
dron' by reason Of i'll health, Sampson.
who was second in command, took his
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
SPARE CLOTHING.

Adjt. White, in charge of the Saliva
ton army corps. No. 1, is being con-
stantly called upon by poor people look
ing for work and assistance. He wishes
to make an appeal for cast-off clothing
and house furniture. A lady with four
small children is in need at present of
sufficient clothing to send them to
school. The ages of the children are 9,
and years (ghls), and one boy Ii
years old. VIII any friends who have
cast-off clothing please send them to
Ill Chandler street TO Adjt White or
drop card and he will be glad to call.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

Dispatches say Aguinaldo proclaimed
the Philippine republic Monday, but
this is not the first time he has pro-
claimed it. There is as yet no in
formation whether the republic is in
tended to include the Visayans and the
Morros of Mindanao, the savage race
which Spain has never subdued and the
Tagals cannot hope to control. The
chances are that Aguinaldo cannot
even maintain supremacy over the nor
thern provinces of Luzon, and until re-
Gently there has been no pretence that
his authority extended far beyond the
Manila district Nevertheless the
nominal existence of the republic is a
serious embarrassment to the United
states government while the Spanish
treaty remains unratified.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
THE CITY PAY ROLLS.

Pay rolls for the week ending Jan
Il were: City hall janitors, $11S67
fire department 1897. 10; parks com
mission, S144.75; police department
$2lS4'1S school department and JAM
tors $692 .25 school department. labor
on repairs, $16S.52; sewer department
S3zZ9.lO street department, $2OO7. 81
water department, 1913. IS - total
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
THE LAWSON PINK.
One of the Beautiful Carnations on Exh..
billion at the Boston store.

That lovely flower, the Mrs. Thomas
w. Lawson carnation pink, which has
taken the first prize in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago, in all
competitive carnation exhibitions, has
found its way to the city of Worcester
and is on exhibition in the Boston store.
c. d. Mackie of the cut flower Depart
ment quietly stole into Boston Monday
night and early yesterday morning was
on hand at the store Of Thomas r. CAL
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

1t is all very well to talk of reducing
the time from New York to England
one-half by making a landing at New
foundland, but to many travellers the
long and tedious railway journey would
be a discouraging feature of the jour-
ney. There are those who would rath-
er take their chances of comfort or dis
comfort on first rate ocean steamer
for three days than on a railway train
for a day and half, unless they are
sorely pressed for time,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

The Springfield Union is doing some
excellent work these days in the way
of presenting half zone Illustrations, a
style of cuts which are not always
successfully used on Il fast press. This
work was noticeably good in The I'm
ions handsomely pictured story of the
charity ball in Springfield last week.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

Murat Halstead once hurt himself
by too free criticism of the United
States Senate, though this was no dis
credit to him. He comes from Ohio,
and this fact might be supposed to out
weigh all personal obstacles to his APP
pointment as librarian of congress.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

No more public meetings for the
present in Boston's historic Old South
Church. The roof has become unsafe
after ITO years of natural decay inside
and of battering elements outside, and
1t must be rebuilt. Happily, there is
public spirit enough in Boston to pre-
serve the ancient Landmark.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

they be suddenly shorn. The situation
is exciting enough to bear watching.
The greater the height, the harder the
fall when it comes.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

So it was not the Rev. C. H Park
hurst but the Rev. Or. Henry Frank,
pastor of the Metropolitan independent
church. who discovered gospel even in
glass of beer" and recommended that
the church copy the philanthropic me-
thods of the saloon. DR.. Parkhurst
still believes that the saloon, as con-
Quoted in New York, is a combination
of Tammany caucus, whisky sewer
and bawdy-house." The funny part of
this astonishing mix-up is that DR..
Parkhurst himself unwittingly contri-
buted to and authorized it, for he was
shown the newspaper proof though he
did not read enough of it to see that
two sermons had been dovetailed to-
gether.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
DEATH OF j. STEVENS.

L. D. Stevens, employed on The Spy as
an advertising solicitor, died at his resi-
uence at Maple place last night, after an
Illness OF two weeks of Bright's disease
Mr.. Stevens was Al years old, and leaves a
widow and his mother.
HIS home was formerly In Lawrence
and for NV vaars he uued III Rhnde
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

Admiral Schley does not enthuse over
the prospect that re VIII be given
command Of tho European squadron,
which is the most important and, ex-
cept in one way the most desirable
of the naval assignments. To man
without an independent fortune, the
command of the European station is a
costly luxury, entailing as it does the
necessity Of doing a great amount of
entertaining. The station includes the
principal countries of Europe, and at
every port visited there is a series of
social functions. Guests at these gath
ertngs might properly be considered
guests of the United States, and the
nation might with propriety foot the
bills.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

Those who have heard Horatio Will
liam Parker talk can imagine the SEN
sation he created at the Episcopal club
dinner in Boston, when he sailed into
the church hymnal, because of the
character of both music and poetry.
The learned fathers of the church, how
ever, seemed to think that both we're
good enough for them and FOR the peo-
pie, and therefore, good enough for the
church. Trained musicians will gener-
ally agree with the Yale Professors
criticism of much of the music
prepared for church use. Mr.. Parker,
however, did not spare mis- own hymns.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25

Massachusetts is rep1 esented in the
first organization of a department of
colonies, for such is the office to
which Gen. Curtis Guild, Jr., has been
appointed. Gen. Kennedy of Ohio and
G. w. Watkins of Michigan are the
other members of the commission
Their duties will be to award fran
chises and concessions, supervise the
distribution of public funds and the
construction of public improvements,
and decide variety of questions of
public policy that have hitherto been
referred to the secretary or assistant
secretary of war. The latter officials
may have been overb1rdened with work
but their administration of the prov
inces has provoked sharp criticism
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Parties having pictures AT
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please call for them at once or
they will be destroyed before moving
to his new place OF business, four doors
below Orpheum block.