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HIS ESTIMATES.
Cry CLERK Towae Wants S6725 for en-
suing Year

sung iCoI'
City Clerk Enoch H. Towne handed in
his list of estimates for the current
year. yesterday. They amount to $6725,
with an estimated revenue of $4,000,
which leaves the net estimate $4425.
The expenses last year were $66419O.
The itemized estimates for the cur
rent year are: Salary of city clerk,
$2200; salary of assistant city clerk,
$500; first clerk, $1,000; second clerk,
and stenographer, $720; other clerical
service, $1,000. The remainder of the es-
timated amount is devoted to blank
books, stationery and the like.
The income last year was received
from the following sources: Mortgages
and bills of sale, $7O5.0S; recording mort
cages, 5000; assignment of wages,
$4675; assignment of insolvency and
attachments, $6.25; assignments of par
tition fences by fence viewers, $3.50;
copies of record, $125.92; married
women's certificates, $2150; marriage
intentions, $519.50; naturalization GER
tificates, s135; dog licenses, $50; dog
licenses transferred SIS; making a total
of $223S.20.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
IN QUARANTINE.
A Marriage Ceremony With
Pastor on the Outside.


several years past a resident of this
town. was married 70 Mrs DoI,a No. 81
-i'''' ~ - VI . iO0i'" "S at
-Noith Sfookheid, last sunday, the mar
est. Mr.. James and Mrs Fav are ax-
narianoo5 ,,,,,.-o. 80 ,,.aa.,a -
~ iiNi 'es' anu oeeoiiie dcqualiil-
ed at North Brookfield, where he had
gone to take care of a sick person. An
enga cement wac tho ras,,l+ of +bair
''0-i
acquaintance, and last Sunday the mar
MIR. James received a telegram that as
Mrs. Fay was sick with diphtheria, the
wedding must be postponed. Mr.. James
at once departed for North Brookfield
and assumed care of the lady, but was
not inclined to defer their union, al
though both parties We're in quaran-
have the wedding proceed. According
ly clergyman was obtained, and he
and the witnesses to the ceremony pro-
ceeded to the house, and standing out
side, with the eyes of all parties fixed
upon each other the hapy two were
after the brides recovery the parties
will probably take their residence in
North Brookfield.
The Worcester County West Agricul-
tural Society is arranging for three in
sttutes, one each to be held in Hub
bardston, Oakham and Barre.
The town clerks records show the
number of marriages during 1898 to
have been 2S, the number of births as
3S, and the number of deaths as Al. The
lN11 rNf v,og pior
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
RAILROADS.
NEW YORK. NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD.
eastern Distrfct)

NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD.
eastern District.)
Passenger trains leave Worcester:
Commencing Oct. 16. 1885.
FOP PRovIDENCE-6.4O 40 TAI, $40. 1857
a M; 12.4O, 2:47, 4. 40 sos, 6.25, $50 p.
days-7.46, 1850 a. M; 4.4O D. m. Return
FoI, E 54 NarT = M f,i,S% So s.5s p; M - ,o
M Return-S.a 7.a. IA, &c., ~ ii .0s g 4. T.
m; LOG. 2.5S, 500, 6.09, 100, 1854 p. m.
Sundays 40, 1850 a; m. 44O p. m.
FOR WHITINs- IA, $40, fio.57 a. m ;
tturnE-55S {; 50, 81 1914 a. M; IA. 2.a4
1880 a. m; 4.4O p. m. Return-S.A a. m-
FOR GXBkIpGE-s 40, IA, so. 1857 a.
m. Return.555' 65S .7M, .46, 1910 a :.
Sundays 40. 1850 a, M; 40 p m, Re-
FOR MIILvILLE-640 IA. $40. 1857 a.
EstuT9a5 s !, "a !; / ioss = a n % 81
40 1880 8. M; 40 p. m. Returns 80
FOR BLiAsC1KssToNE51s.49 Z 20 ~, SO, 1o.57
a Re9nTrS m l249 ~ 4te ;, 625 iS rs $50 p N
III l.27, s587, 6.27 i0.i1 p. m. sundays-
7.40. 1850 a. m; 440 y. m. Returns. % a.
m; Az, 6.N p. m.
FOR WOONSOCKET-6.4o, s7.47, $40 105I
M Returns .Ss. s.S7. n. .o5. s.2S ID. IS q.
m; 1928 2,1S, 4.2s '5.23, 6.23. 1907 p. m.
Sundays 40 80 a. m; 4.4O p. m. Re-
turns. % a. m. 4.2S, 6.23 D. m.
FOR PAWTUCKET-64 40, T.47, $40. 057
a. m; 12.40, s2 Al, 4.40 $6.0S, 625, 96S p
m. Return-6.0S, GA, s.04 1904 a. m. :
II .04. 1.54 4.04 b04, 6.04 9.s6 p. m. Sun-
days-7.40 so a. M: 40 p. m. Return
-S.O4 a. m; 404. 6.04 p. m.
FOR NEW YORK-Via Stonington Line.
except Sundays t6,0S p. m Return
Leave New York 800 D. m. daily except
Sundays. Return at COS a. m. Sundays
FOR NORWICTI--6 40. 9.25 a. M; II
4.55, 90 p. m Returns. 0b q. m. daily.
except Monday, $40, 9.l5 a. M; 2.20 5.15
p m.
FOR WEBsTER-e.4O. s25, r.oO a. M;
FOR souTHBRTDGE-s.4o. a.25 and 11OO
FOR PUTNAM. WILLINrANT1C AND
HARTFoRD-640 9.25 a. M; 455 and
FOR NEWBURGH-9.2 .25 a. m
Express trains.
HfStop on signal.
For connections and time OF trains at
intermediate stations, see local time ta-
bes. furnished at ticket office.
GEO. l.. CONNoR, Passenger Traffic
Manager.
"A. &. KENDALL. General Passenger
&. PETER CLARK. General s4lpt.
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GO WEST BY THE FITCHBURG
RAILROAD.

GO " H5I BY THE tlICHbU hG
RAILROAD.
November IL. 1898.
| (Through the Great Hoosac Tunnel)
The scenic route of New England The
shortest route. Offering best service and
quickest time.
10 Chicago in ~ days.
To Denver in "a days
To California in 4 days.
Through sleeping cars to Buffalo, Cleve-
land, Fort Wayne, Detroit, Chicago and
st. Louis
Only line running through Pullman
seepers to Chicago via Binghamton and
Youngstown.
Unexceled service to Montreal and Que
bee. Parlor and sleeping cars on through
trains. Day coach to Montreal without
change. "a.
Trains leave Worcester week days
FOR TROY. BUFFALO. CHICAGO ana
the west at SIC 2, M. 3.45 p. m, 7.55 y.
m: SUNDAYS at S.i5 y. m.
FOR WINCHENDON and intermediate
a. M; 3.45 p. m. 6.23 p. M, 7.55 p m.
Sundays at 3.45 p. m.
$40 a m. connects week days at Gardner
with accommodation trains for all sta
tions west.
s 40 a. M, II As a. m, 3. As p. m, 755 p. m,
connects week days for Bellows Falls.
Rutland and White River Junction.
$40 a. m, 1l.45 a. m, I. .55 p. M, week
davs, for Bellows Falls, White River
Point, Montreal, ottawa and Quebec.
For time tables, rates parlor and sleep
ing car space apply to
j. r. HEALY. City Ticket Agent, 1896
Main St, Worcester.
]. r. WATSON. Gen. Pas. Agt.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
NEW COMMANDER FOR cAsTrNE.

Washington. Jan. 4.-The gunboat Cas-
tine. which sailed today from Havana for
Porto Rico. and thence for Manila BY the
way OF Suez Will have a new commander
as soon as she reaches Gibraltar. Com
mander 3. M. Very, late In command Of
the collier Cassius. has been ordered to
at Gibraltar there to relieve Commander
r. M. Berry.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
CHANGES HANDS.
Barb Wire Company Sold to
American Steel and Wire Company.

Lawrence, Jan. A. - The Consolidated
Barb Wire Company of this city has
passed into the hands of the American
Steel and Wire Company. The sale in
cludes the plant in Joliet, ILL.,, with a ca
oacity of 250O tons a month, and the plant
in this city, which embraces a wire draw
ing mill, nail mill and barb wire mill, the
largest mills west of st. Louis
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
MAENexIT LODGE.
Elaborate Exercises Held at Webster In
staIlatlon of Odd Fellows.

Webster, Jan. 4-The recently elected
officers of Maanexit Lodge, III, I. 0. O..
F., were installed in Odd Fellows hall
tonight. For the installation about a
hundred invitations were sent out. A
banquet followed the installation.
Grand Sire Pinkerton was unable to be
present on account of illness. D. D.,
w. P, Rowell and suite of Worcester
were the installing officers. The officers
installed were: N. G., Richard Moore;
Y. G., ]. H. c. Anderson; r. S., Leroy
j. Upham; F. s., Joseph Crawford; T.,
w E. Petterplace; Trs. years, Fred
.C. Crawford, years, Henry j. Putnam
During the evening a musical enter
tainment was rendered by the Leavitt
family of New Boston Conn
At the completion of the exercises the
assembly adjourned to the dining hall.
where an elegant banquet was served
by the members of Daughters of Re
becca. The committee on arrangements
composed the past grands. and as Mr..
Clark was the oldest past grand, he
was chosen their chairman
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
Her Health Restored

realized by those who have expert
enced it. Nervousness, sleeplessness,
headaches, neuralgia and that miserable
feeling of unrest, can surely be cured by Dr.
Miles Restorative Nervine. So certain is
DR.. Miles of this fact that all druggists are
authorized to refund price paid for the first
bottle tried, providing it does not benefit
Mrs. Henry Bruins, wife of the we'll known
blacksmith at Grand Junction, Iowa, says:
Il was troubled with sleeplessness, nervous
ness, headache and irregular menstruation;
suffering untold misery for years. l used
various advertised remedies for female COM
plants besides being under the care of local
physicians, without help. l noticed in DR..
Miles advertisement the testimonial of
lady cured OF ailments similar to mine, and
[ shall never cease to thank that lady. Her
testimonial induced me to use DR.. Miles
Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills, which
restored me to health cannot saw enough
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD.
(Worcester, Nashua and Portland
DiNisfone

DlNlSlOns.J
For Montreal and all points north; Port
land, Bangor and all points east
On and after October 3d. 1898, passenger
trains will leave Worcester as follows:
FOR STERLING JUNCTION = 6.4s. $40.
FOR .oAKDALE-64S 4S. 8. .04. Z. 10. Ii. is. ii. 20.
11.35 a. m; 2.25, 4.5S, 6.25 p. m.
FOR CLINToN-6 ,43, s.o4, IS, lbs a. m, !:
FOR LANCASTER 43, II .35 a. M; 2.25.
FOX HAsfGuA-s. S1 "a. S.Ol. Ills express;
train stops only at Oakdale, Clinton.
46s, 6.25 p. m. Sundays-6.45 a. m. 445
FOR RocHEsTER-s.o4 a. m; 2.25 p. m.
FOR PORTLAND-s.4 a. m; 2.25 p. m.
FOR KENNEBUNK, BIDDEFoRD AND
FOR ALTON BAY AND WoLTBoRo-
FOR For &SolRairiHf 4 n / c5SoGN;WHAY-8.ol & i a. m.
FOR FITCHBURG - CVia Sterling juno
tlon)-s.4s l1.2o a. M 4.5s p. M Sun
Via Clinton)-6.45 a. M; 4.45 p. m
FOR LoWELL--6. ~, II IS a. M; 45s p.
m. Sundsys-6:45 a. m.
FOR LAWRENCE-6.43 tS5 a. m; AS
FoR MANCHESTER AND CONCORD
S.O4, LIE, 11.35 a. m; 2,25, Ass, 6,S5 p.
FOB is 81. J5s#.Ti.4RIlfEfiSSSdT9& / / 81, ALgANs AND
FOR 81. = JeoHNsBURY,, Z, NEWPeoRT 'vI 8 + AND
MoNTREAL,-(M. and b. Air Line)--sOs
q. m. 625 p. m. Sundays-4.45 p. m.
S.O4, II .35 a. M; 225 4.5s p. M sun
days-64 45 a. m
FOR .BoSToN-(via Central Mass. r. r.
500, 90 a. m; $40 p. m Sundays
FOR WARE AND NoRTHAMPToN-s1o
a. m; 2.25. Ass D. m.
d. ]. FLANDERS. Gen. Pas. 81. Kt Agt.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05

for DR.. r.Miles'Remedies
DR.. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug.
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases OF the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DIR. MILES MEDICA
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05

Allen NJ. Robinson has been drawn
by the board of selectmen as Juror to
otnciate at the criminal sitting of the
Worcester court
Representat9ve-el Joseph P. Love
commenced his duties this morning at
the legislature in Boston
Selectmean J. w. Negus, chairman o.
the board in Dudley, will go to Boston
Thursday, and will appear before the
state road commissioners at 2 o'clock
that afternoon with a petition for a
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
BANKS.
WORCESTER COUNTY

WORCESTER COUNTY ---
INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS.
No. 13 Foster Street. Worcester.
Chartered February, 1928.
Deposits put on interest tha first
of each quarter.
Business hours: to 4, except Satur-
day, 8 to l.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, President
CHARLES A. CHASE. Treasurer.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05
BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD.

Corrected to January /, 1892
PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE WoR-
CESTER FOR BOSTON-"5 OF, 100 500.
1888. A934, 1000, +l0.57 a. m; "10S l25.
'150, F2 20, $50 3.45 t43s, 6.14 '7.55. 'S57
1920 p. m. Sundays-a5 o. sos, 20 "a a.
M; Il So 200, 5 .35. u .55 S.57 p. m
RETURNING LEAVE BOSTON -- 90.
100, 8.30 900, 915 40 30. II 90 A. m |:
'l2 90 noon; .02, "2 90, LIS. q 90, 800 A30
500, 900 y 100. 9.25, III 90 p. m. Sun
days-S.25, 80 a. M; 1926, 200, y .O0
FOR MiILBURY-7oo 1000 a. M; s.45
FOR MILFoRD-7.oO. 1857 m; LIS.
FOR .PITTsF1ELD AND ALBANY-6,3 ,3S.
.. As, ALL. AZ a. m; 1.02, "312. '4.10. 7.12,
t'f2,28 p. m. daily. except Sunday morn
ing. Sundays-'ll.4 AZ a. M; '3.l2 '7.i2
m
FOR sPRINGFlELD-6ss,S s a5. '9.45. 'io12.
~ ~ a. M; l2.l0, 'i02, '5,l2, AID. AZ.
e5.O6. 6.39, t7.12 p. M; *12 Is midnight.
Sundays-sll.42 a. m; e3.l2, 500, ZIP
p. nj el2.2S midnight.
FOR NORTH OXFORD MILLS. HO-
WART1IS AND WEBSTER 80. 10. 20
a; m; 3.2O, 6.l5 p. m. Returning leave
-, Weebsterm5 80 $40 a, M; 1.25, 40 p. M
NEW YORK-G33. '1O.l2 a. M; d .O2.
.5.O6, 6.39 p. M. 'l2.2S midnight. Sun
davs--s5 06 p. m; e12.2s midnight
Express trains ssAlbany sleeper at
l2 .2S a. m. daily, except Sunday morning
Local time tables, showing time OF
trains on all divisions Of the road, will be
furnished on application Mt station; also
through tickets to all important points
A. $. HANSON. Gen. Pas. Agt.
The Worcester spy., 1899-01-05

WORCESTER NATIONAL BANK
9 T t er st.
Street Floor)
Interest allowed on special deposits
subject to check.
STEPHEN SALISBURY, President
JAMES p. HAMILTON, Cashier.
G. w. MACKINTYRE, Asst Cashier
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-05-01

II is said that the convicts in Sing Sing
are to have weekly paper which they
will call THE Star of Hope" 1t is to be
written, set up. edited. and printed. of
course. by the convicts. 1t will not be a
large paper-only four pages-but 1t is
hoped that quality will make up for the
lack of quantity.
Some people are disposed to make sly
fun OF this enterprise. but there is GER
,ainly no harm In it. and there may be
great good. One of the things which has
only lately been realized, even by civilized
neople of education and intelligence, is
that a criminal is not necessarily unlike
other men in his mental makeup, and that
IL he is TO be reformed the process must
include his thoughts as well as his emo
;ions. When u mans brain is full of vi
cious thoughts and his imagination vitiat-
ed by the experiences OF an evil life. it is
not enough that he should be brought to
wish he were different; he must be made
different.
How does the ordinary man who Is not
a criminal go to work to change his own
character? Suppose he is an ignorant and
hard working man. who becomes convlnc-
ed that he will respect himself more
IL he becomes Intelligent and refined
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-05-01

paper gibe that since the last election Ohio
has no boundaries, because her sons are
scattered all over the United States. The
great men of that State have always be-
lieved in rewarding home talent.
II there is one thing which provincial
people will have to be brought to under
stand in the next twenty or thirty years 1t
is that the human race is becoming united,
and that the boundaries which separated
nations, countries, races, and classes In
former centuries are gradually TO be wiped
cut This does not mean that there is
necessarily to be an intermingling of them
all on social planes. but it does mean in
drstrial equality. 1t means that when
man does good work, whether he be mu-
stefan, an artist, an author. blacksmith,
a surveyor, or a common laborer, he is to
have a chance to do that work and get his
money for it, no matter what may be his
country. race, or antecedents II Industrial
equality is thoroughly established civil
and social laws will take care of them
selves But for the sake of the develop
ment of the race as whole, and OF every
member of it as we'll, no man can afford to
crush out his neighbours impulse to do good
and honest work of the sort for which he
is best fitted.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-05-01
THE HOMECOMING DEFERRED.
Mr.. Mckinley Announces nm Extern
sion of His Vacation.

Information was received at the White
House last night that President Mckinley
would not return to the city today. as he
was expected to do. He will remain in
New York until tomorrow or Wednesday.
The telegram contained no further infor-
nation concerning the Presidents plans.
! but he will probably remain at the Man
haitian Hotel as the guest of his brother,
Abner Mckinley.
There are no important questions which
would demand his immediate presence in
Washington, and such business as necessi-
tates his personal attention can be attend
ed to in New York. No Cabinet meeting
will be held Tuesday and probably would
not be II Mr.. Mckinley were here. in con-
sequence OF the absence from the city of so
many Cabinet officers.
Secretary Alger is in Detroit. Secretary
Long at his home in Massachusetts,, Secre-
tary Gage in New York, and Postmaster
General Smith in Illinois. Secretary A'ger
Will not return to Washington until the
Sth of this month. He will remain in De-
troit until Wednesday to attend the ban
quet TO be given by the Sons of the Rev
olution. and later he will visit his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Pike. at Lansing. From there
he will go to Chicago TO personally inspect
the construction of the new sewerage sys-
TEN now nearing completion in that city.
Secretary Long will remain in Massachu-
sets for about two weeks. Secretary Gage
and Postmaster General Smith will return
to the city the first of this week. II is
probable that the Postmaster General will
reach Washington today.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-05-01
ANCIENT CREED ABANDONED.
Boston Church Discards Articles
Adopted in 1850.


Boston. April 3O.-The new old South
Church. at Boylston and Dartmouth
Streets. one of the most famous Congrega-
tionalist churches in this city. has formal
ly thrown overheard the creed and confess
sion of faith which was adopted in 1850
and which was for nearly two hundred
years the test for admission. This creed
has not been used since 1855, and the con-
gregation which heard 1t read Friday night
was astonished at some of its moss grown
articles. Then they unanimously voted to
abandon it. Some OF its provisions were
as follows:
tation of his glory, some men and angels
were predestined unto everlasting life and
others foreordained to everlasting death.
These angels and men thus predestined
and foreordained are particularly and un-
changeably designed, and their number is
so certain and SO definite that it cannot be
either increased or diminished
Neither are any other redeemed by
Christ or effectually called. justified.
adopted, sanctified, and saved but the elect
only. ,s+
1.-The rest of mankind God was pleased,
according to the unsearchable counsel of
his own will, whereby he extendeth or
withholdeth mercy as he pleaseth for the
glory of his sovereign power over his crea-
lures, to pass by, and TO ordain them to
dishonor and wrath for their sin, to the
praise of his glorious Justice"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-05-01

dispatch from London states that NJ.
Henri de Angel, an Austrian portrait
painter. has been commissioned to paint a
portrait OF Queen Victoria, and that here
is some feeling because the commission
was not given to an Englishman.
This is rather a curious instance of the
retroactive ideas of a certain type of
American cropping out on British soil.
II Il de Angel is the best portrait painter,
according 10 the Queens opinion, who
can be found to do this work-and he has
already painted Her Majesty twice-why.
In the name of common sense, should the
commission be given TO a less worthy ar
fist. simply because he is of English birth?
Is poor picture by an Engiishman better
than good one by an Austrian? Is Queen
Victoria TO conhne herself TO foods and
fabrics CT strictly English manufacture?
Is she to hear none but English music2
Is she to read only books written by Eng
lishmen? That is the logical sequence of
this idea
Every good picture, or book. or opera,
brought into a country from a foreign
land. not only gives pleasure to the peo-
and to stimulate native artists, and au-
thors. and musicians. Suppose no Eng
lish books had been sold in the United
States in the last hundred years, no
French. German, Italian. or other foreign
pictures or music had been allowed in the
country. Where would our literature and
culture have been? We should have had to
begin at the beginning and work out every
thing for ourselves. very much as If We
were aboriginal Indians. or course, we
should have escaped the influence of Eng
lish literature. which for some time pre-
vented the establishment of thoroughly
American standard, but 1t takes less time
10 build up a new literature on a founda-
ton partly acquired from an older culture,
than II does TO evolve a whole new system
from the beginning.
But this is placing the matter OF Queen
Victoria's portrait on a broader basis Of
discussion than it really deserves. The
truth is that the objection to NJ. de Angel
on the ground that he is an Austrian is
on a level with the argument Of the pa
;riotic citizen of Podunk who thinks that
when the rich man of that town wants a
portrait painted he should not go to Bos-
ton. or New York. and get an artist TO
come and paint the picture with all the
skill Of a master hand and all the sympa-
Thy of an artistic nature: he should go TO
the young lady who gives drawing lessons
at the high school. or the natural artist
who paints signs for the shopkeepers in the
county town, and present the work and the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-05-01
PATRIOTIC Republicnnism.
From the Chicago Tribune.)


bilious Correspondent complains bitterly be-
cause this paper has on different occasions criti
cised such men as Quay. Alger, Tanner, Lorimer
and Senators Mason and Hoar These individuals
according to the correspondent, "built up and
made the Republican party" Therefore, who
ever expresses disapprovat of their views regard
ing the legitimate use To be made of State funds
or the propriety OF measure Ne the Allen law.
or the disposition to be made OF the Philippines
il "a traitor to the party and its principles"
II is easy to see the guiding principle of this
unfortunate man who finds fault with the "Trib-
une." 1t is that Republican oficeholders can do
no wrong. II Aitgeld borrows State funds it is
an offence II Quay does so it is not. II a
Democrat opposes expansion he is a bad man.
Senator Mason must be allowed to do I'M
censured because he is Republican When it
WAS claimed that there was shortage in the
public funds intr,isted to Colonel Yell. of Yell
Vile. the reply of his friends was that he should
not be condemned for that, for "his heart has
always been true to his native land So Tanner
and Quay, Alger and Hoar must escape criticism.
whatever they do. because their ''hearts are true
to the Republican party This is low, de-
grading. immoral doctrine.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-05-01

AS far as the public is concerned. the
evidence before the Beef Court has been
conclusive that the refrigerated meat is
sued to the Army was chemically treated.
The report of the Court discrediting the
testimony may be highly satisfactory and
necessary to the War Department ring.
but 1t will not convince the people. How
about the official correspondence of Eagan
regarding the seventy two-hour clause.
based on Standardization? How about the
six-year-old corruption fed to the troops
after more than half a decade of ripening
in the Liverpool docks? How about the
timed pulp bought in defiance of Army
regulations and without inspection? How
about everything that would tend to de-
velop the truth of the scandals and fasten
the crimes involved in them where they
belong? These are some of the questions
the country has right to expect Mr. Nc
kinley to ask himself while preparing to
disapproye of despicable attempt to
whitewash inefficiency if not corruption.