The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-08

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE The EYE OF ARGUS: he
is HONORABLE If he DO But LOOK TO THE VEL
FARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
WEDNESDAY. MARCH $, 1899.
The project of a chewing gum trust
has collapsed. Nobody was stuck on
the idea.
Hubbardston viii be a more popular
fishing spot than ever, The embargo on
bait has been removed.
Florida is engaged in the rather diff
fcult task of trying to find a species of
of orange that frost won't freeze.
Price Henry of Russia is said to be a
fine judge of men. Hope he won't try
to hire Dewey away from his present
job.
The Rev. DR., Dixon of Boston has been
compelled to resign. Sunday he was
out in the wet; now he is out in the
cold
If the people will not grant Daweys
request and stop writing letters to MIN,
congress should at least give him the
franking privilege and an extra tyne
writer.
The weather clerk yesterday morning
announced fair. with brisk east to
north winds" He steered the winds
all right but his ideas of fair are
open to revision.
Not being harrassed by any imme-
.diate clerical duties, the Rev. Dr. Dix
on Of Boston will have a further chance
Ito study the advantages of Worcester
las a spring and summer resort.
silvela, the new Spanish premier. has
begun his.financiaI reforms courageous
.ly by cutting off the pensions Of former
cabinet ministers. This is more than
sacrificing his wife's relations, for one
of these days he may be an "ex" him
self.
Mr.. Wines of Illinois. who Will have
charge Of the statistical work Of the
twelfth census has mad much expert
.ence in the business. and may Be des-
.cribed as an expert. He is we'll spoken
of by men who should know about such
things.
Mr. Moderator viii nov sink into
comparative obscurity for another
twelvemonth," says the Poston Globe.
Not quite yet There is still a large
and handsome bouquet Of county towns
to be exhibited
Richard Croker announces that he
will do all in his power TO defeat the
high-handed scheme for a four-t-ack
railway in Amsterdam avenue. An
other New York corporation must have
defied the Tammany boss. What did he
ask for that he did not get:
Speaker Reeds unpopuIarity seems to
be confined to Chicago and its environs.
So far as congress is concerned. there
has been less complaint against him
than in previous sessions. The Hous.
did not rebel even when he virtually
ruled Gen. Wheeler off the floor
The fact that John Addison Porter
has sold the Hartford Post is empha-
sized, from time to time, by that news
papers suggestion that Roosevelt would
be "a strong candidate" for president
in 1900. Such suggestions are more apt
to come from democratic sources.
The longer the peace lasts,the larger
the Cuban army becomes. 1t has nov
reached the momentous figure of So
600, and half of the number are officers.
One war correspondent noted that the
best way for a Cuban soldier to get
clothing was to become an officer. He
was then at least sure of shoulder
straps.
Three 16-year-old girls have tried 10
poison themselves in the same dance
house in New York within week.
There is plainly something more for the
autocratic Gerry society to do in that
city besides interfering with children
who are earning a harmless living on
| the stage,
There is no lack of material for filling
the vacancy in the republican national
committee caused by the resignation Of
Collector Lyman Of Boston. It is said
to be time for the recognition of ex
Speaker Meyer, but perhaps Senator
Lodge may have views on this matter
that win affect his son-in-law. Capt
Gardner,
Between endowing colleges, address
ing Sunday schools, lodging the Ohio
supreme court and fighting over-zeaI-
Gus tax assessors in New York, the
Rockefellers must find their time well
occupied. They are equally successful
in all these efforts. William has Just
got the courts to compel Westchester
county to refund $7G3,957 for excessive
taxes collected
Now Secretary Long has answered
Admiral Schley's presentment. 1t is a
great pity that the admiraps superser-
viceable friends should have forced this
| controversy. The only result has been
to deprive Sampson, Schley, and
others, of deserved recognition.
Nothing whatever has been gained by
it. Schley doesn't even get the pay that
was asked for him.