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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
BRUsHlsM S.BRElTENsTElN

Breitenstein the left-handed pitcher is
back in ST. Louis, his native city, where
he is liable TO remain for some time if
not for the entire season of 49, Breiten-
stein says that he will not sign the con
tract the Cincinnati Clubs management
mas sent him Ills refusal to sign is be-
cause of his objection to the famous tenn
perance clause, and also to tho fact that
the management wants him TO play for
less money. Brett has always been fond
OF his beer, but never allowed it ia inter-
fere with his ball playing. Not only will
he continue to drink the amber fluid when
so inclined, but positively declines being.
rned 500 for every glass of lager which
he sees fit to drink
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
THE KENTUCKY FUTURITY.

Louisville, Ky, Feb. PA list of the
nominations and number of entries for
the great $4,000 futurty for three
yoar-old trotters. 10 take place here
in 1901, was announced yesterday and
it shows that the event is already a
record breaker Six hundred and nine
ty-three entries are already on hand.
and they represent every noted stable
in America. The entries closed on Feb.
Is. but because of the distance and
probable delay Of some Of the mails a
few more entries are expected.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
FOR A FUTURlTY STAKE.

Boston, Feb. 24.-The board of Off
GERS of the New England Horse Breed
ers' Association today decided to open
a $4,000 futurity stake for foaIs of
1899. The entries are to be counted as
two and three year Odds. The race will
be run off on the Breeders Associa-
tfon track in Readyille, and it is ex-
pected that the Offering Of this sum win
do much to promote interest in breed
ing and lead to a liberal entry.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25

going on very well. and that the future
for the compressed air system is bright
er than ever before.
So fully convinced has Mr.. King been
OF the great advantage of Worcester as
a central point for the manufacturing
plants of the New York AutO-truch
Company, that he has induced c. c..
Hardy, one of the leading officials Of
the concern, to visit this city before
the location of headquarters for the
concern is finally settled. Mr. Hardy
will arrive here this afternoon, and in
company with Mr.. Kini and Mr. Hoad-
ley will go over the works of the
American Wheelock Engine Company,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
INTERSCHOLASTlC MEET.

Formal Announcement as Made by John
Grapam of the 2. A. a.
The tenth annual indoor meeting of the
schools under the auspices of the Boston
Athletic Association will be given on Sat
urday afternoon. March 49, at D. m. at
Mechanics building. The events will be:
4o-yard dash, 1o00-yard run. one mile run,
pole vault 3OO-yard run, 45-yard low hur-
jump and putting 16-pound shot.
The nesting wfll be open to the mem
oers (under Il years Of age) of all the
schools IN the city of Boston. Each school
VIII be allowed to enter three In each
event except the 1000-yard and one mile
runs, IN which events each school will be
allowed 10 enter two, but only one of the
two can run, No registration in the A,
a; Y. Is, required for this meeting En-
tries VIII close. March s with John Ora
nam, Boston Athletic Association, Exeter
street, Boston.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
ODDS AND ENDS OF SPORT.

Thomas Sharkey,--his modest card
bears in the lower left-hand corner the
legend, challenger of the worlds now
at the famous baths at Mt. Clemens,
ing the rheumatism out of his bones. The
sailor pugilist shows outward evidences
of his ailment and when he arrived a t
the baths he had to lean on pair of
stout canes. The story has been started
that Sharkey is suffering from the govt.
Any one who kHows the strictnesS of
Sharkeys dieting knows that any such
story is absolutely without foundation.
1t is said that Kid Lavigne is figuring
on visiting England for a return match
with DICK Burge. Ever since Lavigne de-
feated Rqrge a few years ago the Eng
lightweight champion and has induced,
so it Is reported, the Bolingbroke Club to
donate $4,000 purse for the mill
The athletic material at the Boston
English high school will be tried ont This
afternoon in the fourth annual closed
handicap games to be held in the school
armory. The performances in these ganes
will show the real strength Of the tea M
khat will represent the Boston Fne,iJSh
thigh school in the interscholastic sports,
1t is regarded as probable that James
New Haven in a 20-round exhibition in y
few weeks. A club composed of some of
the wealthiest sporting men In Connecti-
cut has been formed to bring off the
match. They will offer $4,000 purse T,oi
how the mighty are fallen.
Base ball practice at Dartmouth began
under the direction Of Coach Fred Ten
ney, Thursday afternoon. But two of last
years men are missing this season They
are Patey, Q pitcher, and McAndrew,. al
third base. 1t is hoped that either Cook
Hancock or Varney will make m for
Patey's absence, while Little, who can
tanned the Exeter team last spring, is
expected to make Il satisfactory success.
sor to MoAudrew.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Massachusetts Woman Honorsd al Con
gress of Daughters of Revolution,

Washington, Feb. A.-The congress of
the Daughters of American Revolution to-
day received the tellers of the election
held last night to hll national Offices, as
Follows: Mrs. Daniel Manning, Buffalo
n. Y, president-general; Mrs. E. W.
Howard, Alexandria, Va, vice president
in charge of organization; Mrs. W. A.
smoot. chaplain general; Mrs. A. Akers
Tr95eordlng secretary general; Mrs. K. X
Nh corresponding ecretary-general;
MIS-. q. b. Darwin, treasurer general:
Miss 5; r, Hetzel, registrar general; Mrs
vary j rs seymour, storlan-general; Mrs
II. y Hatcher, assistant historian-gen-
eral; Miss J. 7. McBiaIr, librarian en-
erEal; Mrs. Mary $; Lockwood, editor Of
ne, uns masazlne. Vice presidents general
We're elected, including the following: For
ttWo-Near term, Mrs. George r. Fuller
ma S;aclhusettts; Mrs. N. D. Sperry, Con,
VWe9Gi5ii ie For the one.-year term, Mrs.
w, Mllllam T. Frye, Maine; Mrs, P. q
Cheney, New Hampshire. -
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
JAVA AND THE BICYCLE.
Considered Suspicious to Ride a Wheel
There After Dark.

There is one little spot on the foot
stool where wheel riding in the night
time Is considered evidence Of being q
suspicious character, even when the
lamp is lit, though the people generate
disport themselves on the bicvcle IN
the daytime, That is to say, the men
ard boys For another queer notion of
the people Of Java is that wheels are
mmodest for women or for girls over
- wears old, says the New York Press
The inhabitants of Java who go in
for the wheel with a rush are not the
natives, or even the Euroueans, or
alt-castes, who are officially known
as Europeans. The Chinese are the
most enthusiastic riders and are the
most fastidlous about the kind of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
DINsDALE MUST WAIT.

Jimmy Davenport may not meet Fred
Dinsdale of this city at least not for the
present Word comes from Boston that
Davenport has been matched to fight
Patsey Livenny 20 rounds at Cambridge
March 90 This would seem to preclude
cester man until later in the season.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25

astic Junior missionary rally was held
at this church, in which the century
club" received prominent mention.
Hope juniors are conspicuously faith
full, having had every member present
at the last rally of the local junior
uniOD
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
MEN WITH HIGH AVERAGES.

The All-star bowling team, which at
one time, it was hoped would visit this
city during its present tour, had, up TO
last Thursday evening, played POI games
winning l65 and losing $6.The Individual
averages of the players thus far, are as
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
AMERIcA,s REPREsENrArIvEs.

New York Feb a The directors Of the
Brooklyn Chess club have decided that
Pillsbury Showalter. Barry, Hodges. Hy-
mer ID. G. Baird Johnson, Voigt New
man and Marshall shall be asked to play
In the cable match against Great Britain
on March 10 aud II. Wocott aud South
ard were selected as substitutes
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25

Miss Nellie ~, M. Butler is confined
to her home on Jackson street by
very serious illness.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25

., Doomed, to Married Life What n
little word Yes is"
That's SO. tn.
~, nui Wnat Iohg sentence follows "
sometimes Philadelphia Bulletin
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
HOTEL ARRIVAL S.

Bay State House-Fred Fl. Cozzens. De-
troit; Benjamin Watsey New York; Free
man G. Avery, Buffalo, n. Y; Wallace
P. Lyon, New York; J. Stewart Cory,
Newark, N. j.; Eldridge r. Anderson,
Boston; John II, Sutton, Boston; G. 2.
Coates, Norwich, CT; R. 3. Metcalf, Bos-
ton; II. II. Newman, Cleveland; James
e. Whitney, Boston; f. w. Noble, South
wick; F. ?. Thrasher Bellows Falls; S.
~ 20 p rlsn' NJ SEaieago' ~; d, G. ". Adams.
r. j. Trippe and wife, Chattanooga,
Tenn. c. Howard Saunders, Boston; L.
\. Stowe. New York: Bruce Edwards,
GNe9W YORK; Charles p, Irwin, Spring
field; T. G. Danser, Boston; James Red
mond, Springfield; James Thatcher. Bos-
11 70 Fred red Van /, Beren, New Haven, CT;
York; A. 6 Hall, Syracuse, N Y; Hugh
keshow, Boston; Benz. 8. Lowell, Bos-
ton; G. w. Davis, South Portland, Me.
Minott Cottrell. Boston; Fl. Wibbull,
William d. Bennett, New York; A Nor
RS, Boston; w. c. Buell.. Providence; Y.
Stewart, Boston; H. b. Clark and W
Hepburn, Boston; j. II. Maher Spring
field; D. R2thchild Hartford, CT: G. Is.
Harrison, New York; Newton SHUTS.
Medford; Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Cobb,
=. G. Pease and c. n. Wells. New York;
+. P. Turner, Boston, r. c. Danforth'
Boston, Benjamin n. Goodale Saco:
Charles t. Murray New York; A. H.
Wolf, New York: John F. Ryan, Boston;
K. c. Wood. New York; Charles j.
Basch, Newark, N J.
Commonwealth Hotel-W. 3. Howard
and wife. Salem; J. S. Parker, Athol;
George Ferguson, Boston; II. French.
Boston; a. Gardner, Montreal; G. L.
Wallace New York; e. W. Snow, Paw
ttucket; Charles S. Kennedy, Worcester;
". G. Hold, J. IT. Conway, ]. A. Walker,
Boston; e. R.: Coolidge, Tennessee: W.
p Bogshaw, Lowell; J. Driver, Provi-
dence; Mark II. Berry New York: j
w. Risney, New York; w. D. Reynolds,
]. II. Adams. Boston; W. H Cook
hampton; Arthur L.~Cady, Boston: A
York N0"
Waldo House-N. T. Ashton, Boston. @
4. Newcomb, Winchester; e. M. Mills.
&orthamplon; G. Il. Comeggs, St Louis;
r. b. Stretton, Providence: James Ea-
ton, r a. Olney, Boston; c. A. Rich
mond, Easthsmpton; r. L. Marston. Con
nectlc4t; Louis I. Prince, New Haven,
" Merrill, Boston; +, l.. Lamb, Med
FORD; {: NJ. Howe and wife: A e Hurd
and r. W. HRlson, Portland, Me.
Lincoln House : W. Roth New York;
Clark 3; Byron, New York b. NJ. Lamb,
Greenfield: Thomas NJ. Bray, New York.
!, r. Wyeth, Boston; r. ~ Dillaway'
Boston: f. C.. Richardson New York
NJ. and Mrs. a. E. Saunders New York
w. II. King, New York: Joseph A NAV
nard, Boston; Frank A. Fisher, Boston.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25

, !, 1000 PMS cure biliousness MaileA
I,24r - cents by c. J.. Hood & Co. LowelT
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25

VIII positively cure sick beadacha a.A
prevent US return, this Is not tailI huf
,,rii oarters Little Liver Pills. one
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
c. F. HANSON & SONS,
81 Main ST., Sole Agents.
DEATHS.

JONES-In this city Gath, John o. Jones'
~ yrs, formerly Of Quincy, Mass.
this city, 25th, Mrs. Chas
II. Williams, Is yrs.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25

case Of bronchitis, lung affection ana
grippe. Physicians prescribe this rNiable
remedy aud druggists recommend M be-
p cents a bottle.
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JIM HALL RE-ENTERs THE RING.

Totals. ..6l6 744 746-2l36 % SO 27
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
"SOHMER PIANOS.

Why pay exhorktant prices for cheap
grade Pianos that are comparatively
unknown and have no reputation, when
you can get fine High Grade Sohmer
lat a reasonable price; one that will
last lifetime?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-25
Commonwealth Hotel-M. B. Howard

Lincoln House - W Roth. New York.
Greenfield; Thomas NJ. Bray, New York
J.. r. Wyeth, Boston; f. n. Dillawav
Boston; r, G. Richardson, New YORK.:
NJ. and Mrs. 4 e. Saunders. New York:
nard, Boston; Frank A Fisher, Boston.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15

company of officials, ecclesiastIcs and
citizens of New Spain were on board,
bound for Spain, at the invitation of
the King. They carried the most costly
personal possessions. The record tells
of diamond crosses of enormous value
and presents that were to win the IA
Vor of the great King of Spain, besides
many tons of silver bullion, which was
actually used as ballast. But many
times richer than all these were the
bars of gold which most of the officials
were carrying with them back to
Spain, in the hopes of living the rest
of their days in distinguished Opulence.
One of the ladies, DOna IneZ Escobedo,
was taking with her an Indian slave
as present for her brother, who was
governor of one of the Canary Islands.
The few negro slaves on board were
servile enough, but the Indian, whose
name the records do not give was I'M
manageable and grew more obstinate
at every punishment.
One morning, when the ship was
few leagues southeast of the Isle of
Pines, the captain was Mortified to find
that water was pouring into the hold.
He was about to descend through the
hatchway to discover the cause, when
the warning voice of the Indian de-
clared that the first man to appear
through the opening would be shot.
Immediately those who gathered about
heard the blows of a Ratchet upon the
bottom of the vessel. The horrible
truth then dawned upon them that the
untamable Indian intended to escape
slavery by Wrecking the ship with all
on board. They threw down a negro
slave, believing that his body would re-
ceive the fire of the Indian, but every
thing above the matches was plainly
visible from the darkness below and
the negro lay where he fell, stupefied
with fear, while the blows of the
Ratchet rained faster than ever, and
the roar of the water constantly in
creased in volume. At last an old Of
ficer, Jose Nunez, sprang suddenly
through the opening into the hold,
waist deep in water, and charged upon
the Indian, sword in hand. He was
followed by half a dozen others. They
splashed around and finally found the
Indian under a beam, beneath the
water, where he had crawled and
drowned himself. The most frantic eff
forts were made to stop the leak, but
the ship sank, and it was with diff
Guilty that even one boatload of the
passengers was able to escape.
Numerous attempts were made by the
Spaniards to recover the treasure from
this ship, but divers never could find it.
of similar wrecks, the records of which
can be found in the old Spanish re-
ports and histories. They will indicate,
in some measure the enormous rich
ness of these hitherto undescribed re-
sources of our new possessions.
c. NJ STEVANS.
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all Of its fifty-seven feet of flagstaff to
bring its highest point within three feet
OF the top Of the pyramid. Omitting the
pyramid, however, it is conspicuously
the tallest inhabited building in the
world, for, While the cornice of the
American Surety building is 313 feet
above the level of the street. the floor
OF the restaurant at the top of the Park
Row building will be 3OS feet above the
street, while the floor of the topmost
offices in the towers Zine, well-lighted
rooms twenty-four feet in diameter)
Will be $40 feet above the same level
The main part of the building will have
twenty-five stories. while the Park row
front will be twenty-seven stories high.
the space between the two towers being
occupied by kitchen for use in con-
nection with a restaurant below it.,
which will occupy the full width of the
building. The cornice Of this front is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15

My researches have been limited to
such ancient Spanish records as may
be found in America, and from these
alone-and their number compares with
the immense libraries of such works in
Madrid as a drop to a stream-I have
unearthed the stories of more than a
score of vessels and fleets, the wrecks
Of which now lie in American waters.
Fleet of Treasure Wrecks.
East of the Isle of Pines are the
GardinillOs, or famous Jardine rocks
where lies a whole fleet of good ships.
1t was here that the daring buccaneer
captain, Barthelome Portuguese, lost
the richest prize he ever took in his
adventurous career, and it lies there
to-day, awaiting the lucky submarine
explorer. The account of the wreck
in the old books is most circumstantial
Barthelome Portuguese had fitted out
small three-pounder vessel at Golfo
Triste, on the Gulf of Campeachy, and
with crew of thirty men he had cap
tured treasure galleon bound from
Carthagena to Havana. 1t was a lucky
adventure. The inventory of the ships
goods showed over a hundred thousand
dollars worth of gold and silver bull
lion, with as much more in coin Por-
tuguess set his sails for Tortuga, but as
they were passing Cape Corrientos
three swift sailing guard vessels from
New SDain swept down upon the ship
and captured him and the entire crew,
and took them in irons to San Fran
cisco in Campeachy. The old account
tells how Portuguese escaped that night.
and after an almost incredible journey
through the swamps, secured a canoe
from friend enlisted thirty men and
actually recovered the ship that had
been taken from him. Then he sailed
away again for Tortuga, that island of
blood and spoil.
Off the Isle of Pines a hurricane
brought down vengeance upon him and
carried him irresistibly on the Jardine
rocks, and the galleon with all it's
treasure went down. Some of the
hardy buccaneers escaped in a small
boat to tell the story, but the gold and
silver bullion for which they risked so
much is still heaped in some hollow Of
that rOck-bound bed of the sea This
treasure would pay richly for the re-
covery.
Fifteen Tons of Silver Bars
Another account of sunken treasure
is told as a musty joke in a musty
tome. In 1850 three canoes, manned by
fifteen buccaneers, each crept around
the western end of Cuba and came sud
denly upon one of his Majesty's treas
ure ships. bound from Caracas to Ha-
Vana. They swarmed over the side of
threw every Spaniard overheard. The
uncouth victors ransacked the vessel
for booty, but to their disgust. found
only a small quantity of wine in the
officers quarters, and in the hold
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brought to the surface by divers, were
stored in little fort on the mainland
to await the GUardacosta, which was
carrying the treasure in installments to
Havana Vane learned of this and made
a sudden descent upon the fort, cap
tured the treasure, rOWed out to the
vessel where the divers were at work,
captured the ship and sailed away,
leaving the destitute crew and divers
marooned on the barren key. The plate
fleet Of fiv0 galleons, on which these
divers were working, was carrying $4.-
100000 in bullion when it was wrecked,
and less than a fourth was recovered
and captured by Vane. The old rec
ords estimate that 100000 still re-
mains in the sea at this point.
Treasure Gal1eons.
Another circumstantial but incom-
plete report tells of the wreck of sew
eral treasure galleons in the Gulf of
Florida in 1876. OF this treasure eight
million dollars in pieces of eight were
recovered and carried to Havana. Fifty
thousand more after being stored on
the shore were captured by the famous
Captain Jennings, who had hastily
equipped three sloops in Jamaica. After
this assault the Spaniards abandoned
all further work on the sunken gal
Icons and lost all knowledge of their
exact location. 1neTe Is no question
that a little exploration here will re-
veal this sunken fleet, which still con-
tains, according to the old records, sew
eral million dollars in gold and silver.
Another Rich Wreck
Somewhere a few miles southwest of
the Isle of Pines there is a princely
fortune in diamonds and gold await
ing the hunter who will travel the bot
tom of the Caribbean Sea and cast a
searchlight carefully over the hulls Of
sunken treasure ships. 1t is the re-
mains of a Spanish ship in the royal
service, whose commander, Don Sebas-
tian JemineZ, touched at Santiago de
Cuba in 1861 on his way to Spain. He
was carrying the kings fifth" from
the silver mines of Guanacaboa,
amounting to nearly twelve tons of
good silver bars and unknown but i'm
mense quantities of personal treasure
shipped by homegoing merchants.
Upon sailing from Santiago he was
caught in a terrific tempest which tore
the ship from it's anchor and drove it
upon the rocks within sight of the OBJ
servers on the bluffs at Santiago No
vestige of ship or crew was ever seen
again The galleOn probably lies not
far from the recent naval battle
ground between the Spanish and
American fleets. and it offers princely
lure for the bold submariner who will
conduct patient search.
Richest Treasure Ship.
Another and probably the richest Of
all treasure ships lost in the West In
dies. was wrecked in 1879. A notable
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of the liner is 649 feet, measured on
deck, so that she exceeds the greatest
dimensions of the building by las feet.
The total cost of the building was ST.
400 900, and that of the ship probably
$1,000 900, or even $1,50O000 more, the
greater cost of the ship being due
chiefly to the greater power and weight
of machinery, of which about 81, 900
horsepower is in the ship, as against
1000 horsepower in the building. Brick
and terra Gotta, moreover, are cheaper
materials than ship frames and plating
This extraordinary building, with it's
modest frontage of 104 feet on Park
row and of 20 feet and As feet on side
street and an alley, will accommodate
the floating population of a fair-sized
country town. That this is no exag-
geration the following figures will show
There are in the whole building $50
separate offices. AS most of these are
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15

Of generous proportions a fair estimate
of their capacity would be an average
of four people to each office. Now, it is
reasonable to assume that there will be
at any given hour of the day an aver
age of one visitor in tbs building on
business for each person employed This
would make total number of persons
in the building at any period of the day
5000. If we assume that on an average
five persons would call at each office
during the day for each person en-
ployed we get a total of about $4,000
souls making use of the building in the
course of every working day of the
year.
While the home of The Call is not so
high as the new Park Row structure
it has many points about it's construc-
ton that make it the most unique
building in the world. The top of the
dome rises to a height of 915 feet and