The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
THE CITY.

The Suffrage League met with Mrs.
Henry w. Wall, s Harrington avenue,
yesterday afternoon.
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge con-
Quoted an initiation of ten candidates
at its meeting last night.
The junior department of the Y. M.
c. A. has been presented with number
of fine engravings by Mrs. A. A. Bige-
low.
The officers of Freedom Lodge, K. of
p, worked the first degree on three
candidates at the meeting of the lodge
last night
The Epworth league of Webster
Square Methodist church met last
night with Mrs. George A. Gregson, 6
Lowell street.
At the meeting of the Painters and
Decorators union last night two new
members were initiated and one new
union reported
Miss A. F. Dyer. stenographer in the
office of Marvin M. Taylor, leaves this
week for four weeks sojourn at her
old home in PASSPORT, Me.
The Plumbers union met at labor
headquarters last night The commit
tee reported on the new eight-hour
schedule and the report was accepted.
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Wor-
cester Association of Spiritualists will
have bean supper and social this
evening at U. " L. hall, 531 Main
street.
Through the courtesy of Deputy She
riff w. w. Scott, the ladies in the Of
fee of the clerk of courts received yes
terday beautiful bouquets of the trail
ing arbutus.
Department Commander John E.
Gilman has issued his proclamation
calling for a proper observance of Me-
mortal day. 1t is a magnificent tribute
to the soldier dead.
Lawyer John E. Sullivan is to deliver
lecture on Henley before the Wachu-
sett club and their invited guests, at
the club house of eNWachusett Boat
club, Sunday afternoon at $50 o'clock.
Coral Street Methodist church ten
dered a reception to its pastor, George
E. Sanderson, on assuming the third
years pastorate with the parish. The
Ladies' Aid society served supper in
the vestry of the church, and addresses
of congratulation followed.
At the Primary and Junior Sunday
School Teachers Union today the
Blakeslie lesson for next Sunday will
be taught by Mrs. Gilbert Davis of the
First Baptist church. At 410 paper
will be read upon the Cradle rolf by
Mrs. c. E. Squier, of Grace church.
John Shahnazarian, whose eyes were
burnt with melted zinc at the shops Of
the Wright & Cotton Co.'S wire works
Wednesday, is reported better yester-
day at the City Hospital and the doc
tors made an examination and conclud-
ed that his eyesight will not be lost.
Charles Firth, H. M. McCambridge,
W. M. Kimball and w. G. Cummings of
the Worcester Freight Agents Asso-
citation and Charles A. Waite, passenger
agent of the Boston & Maine railroad,
attended banquet given by the Bos-
ton Freight Agents Association, at
Young's hotel, Boston, last night.
The funeral of Carl Gustaf Bjorn-
quist veteran of the Cuban war, who
died yesterday at the city hospital, will
be held today at Undertaken B. J.
Bernstrom's rooms, 113 Thomas street,
at o'clock. Rev. e. J. Nysti ON will
conduct the funeral service, and burial
will be in the Swedish cemetery.
Dumas Sirois died at st. Vincents
hospital yesterday morning, after rev
days illness of pneumonia. He was a
member of the Holy Name of Jesus So
ciety of st. Johns church. He is sur
vived by his wife. The funeral takes
place from the home of the deceased
rear of % Temple street, this afternoon.
DR.. George f. Wire of the law library
leaves tonight for Atlanta, Ga, and
Samuel S. Green of the free public Ii
brary starts for the same point on the
following day. Both are to attend the
21st conference of the American Libra
ry Association to be held at Atlanta
from May to the 18th. Mr.. Green and
DR.. Wire each read two papers at the
conference.