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GUARDING THE MINT.
HOW THE PHILADELPHIA INSTlTu
 TON IS PROTECTED.

Little Chance For Any One to Get Rich
 Sam's Treasure-Patrols, Revolvers and
 Winchesters In Plenty.
 Probably not one person out of hun fred who pass by the Philadelphia mint, that grim looking edifice at Chestnut and Juniper streets. after nightfall real izes what is going on inside. There is nothing mean about Uncle Sam, but he is determined that any one who gets ais money shall get it honestly and by process duly laid down. Therefore he has taken all kinds of precautions to properly protect. especially at night, the millions upon millions piled up in the vaults.
 The doors of the mint are closed ev- cry weekday promptly at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. After that hour no one but mint employees have any business within the walls which inclose so much money, and no one can either stay in or get in without special permit from the superintendent. Needless to say this is difficult to obtain.
 Simultaneously with the closing of tho doors at o'clock the first shift of the night guard goes on duty. The shift is composed of the captain of the guard and II stalwart men. As the men file put to begin their round each one is handed big Colts revolver of the most approved pattern and loaded with big cartridges.
 From then on till midnight seven of ihe II guards patrol without cessation every floor of the inside of the mint, from ihe corridors of the gloomy vaults where, away down in the earth, are slowed eighty odd million dollars in silver and almost as much gold, to the iop floor, where there is nothing more valuable than machinery. Placed at fre- luent intervals throughout the corridors are electrical devices for enabling the captain of the guard to keep tabs on his men. Each of these little machines con- nunicates with the rotunda opposite ihe Chestnut street entrance to the mint. Here it is that the captain is sta ;ioned all through the long hours of lis shift. Every two minutes and a nalf the central machine in the rotunda denotes the presence of some one of the guard at some particular station in the building. If it doesn't, then the cap- tain knows that something is wrong, md he immediately proceeds to discov- sr what it is.
 But it has been a long time since the
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little machine failed to send forth it's announcement at the proper time, for the mint guards are patrolling up and flown outside the big building, careful ly watching that no suspicious charac- ters approach too near the vast treasure left in their care.
 Promptly at midnight the second shift of the night guard puts in an ap- pearance to relieve the early shift. It is also composed of a captain and II men, and they are split up. as the other squad, into inside and outside details. From midnight on until o'clock in the morning they follow in the foot steps of the first shift, with every fac ulty alert to catch an intruder.
 The big revolvers are not the only weapons upon which the guards have to rely. On each side of the main cor ridor leading from the Chestnut street entrance stands walnut case Through she polished glass front of one frown 90 Winchester rifles. The other con- ,ains as many ugly looking oarbines. To grab these dispensers of death would oe but the work of an instant for the guards, and then woe be unto any man or men upon whom it might be found necessary to turn them.
 For the revolvers there is kept con- stantly on hand in the mint 500 rounds of ammunition, and for the rifles and ,arbines 9, 800 rounds. Each of the guards is an expert in the use of both she pistol and the gun, and each is en- lowed with a plentiful stock of cour- age; hence a combination capable of successfully resisting almost anything less than regiment.
 The superintendent and assistant GUS sodian both talked to the reporter about ihe methods in use to protect the mint and it's contents. Both smiled signifi- ,antly when the possibility of one get iing away with portion of the vast treasure was suggested. 'i'.
 "It would be folly for any one to try t, " was the superin tendent's only com nent. To it the assistant custodian nod led emphatic assent. .s.; i'f-:...,,
 "I have been here for good many years, '' the latter said, "and no such attempt has ever been made. It is prac- ically impossible for any one to break nto the mint from the outside, and no ,ne could secrete himself in the build ng during the hours when it is open to 'isitors and hope to avoid discovery. We search every nook and corner of the structure carefully as soon as the doors Ire closed for the day, and you may est assured if any one who had no business within these walls was found le would regret the day he was born. ''
 In addition to the two shifts of night guards, the superintendent and assistant custodian have habit of dropping in 1t the mint at odd hours of the night to
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Catholic Church Services.
Clifton, Arizona.

Services at the Catholic church in Cliff ton next Sunday at 9 q. m. Sunday school at p. m.; evening service at 2: 15 p. m. Services will be held at the church in Morenci the following Sabbath (Aprii 30lh) at the same hours. Father Zimmerman will then return the follow ing Sunday (May 7th) to Clifton. and on the Sth O: May will leave for Solomon vile and remain there four Sundays after which he will go to Globe and hold services two Sundays, returning to Cliff ton the latter part of June.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHu-
sFTTS|Worceste SIS. Probate Court.
TO the heirs at law and all other persons
interested in the estate OF Marina ray!
late of Grafton, in said county, deceased;
Whereas, Mary f. Fay, eNecutrlN OF tne
will of said deceased, has presented 70
said court her petition for license 70 sell
at private sale, in accordance with the
offer named in said petition. or upon
such terms as may be adiudged best, the
whole of a certain parcel of the real esc
tate of said deceased for the payment OF
debts, legacies and charges of admins
tration, and for other reasons set iofth
in said petition:
You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court to be held at Worcester, In
said county, on the THIRTEENTH day
of JUNE, A. D 1899 at nine o'clock IN
the forenoon, to show cause, II any you
have. why the same should not be
granted. 49,.
And said petitioner is ordered to, serve
this citation by delivering a copy Thereon
to each person interested in the estate
fourteen days at least before SAID court,
or by publishing the same once IN each
week for three successive weeks IN Inc
Worcester Spy, newspaper published IN
Worcester, the last publication to be one
day at least before said court. 49,.
Witness WILLIAM T. FORBES, Est
iudge of said court, this thirty-first day
Of NAV, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine
GEORGE H. HARLOW, Register.
jun1,5,12
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05

COMMONWEALTH OF MAssACHU-
SETTS-Worcester, SIS. Probate Court:
TO ali persons interested in the estate Of
J. ]. Boynton late of Clinton, in said
county, deceased:
Whereas, F. p. Simonds, administrator
of the estate of said deceased, has pre-
scented for allowance the first and flnal
account of his administration upon the
estate of said deceased:
You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court to be held at Worcester, in
said county, on the THIRTEENTH day
of JUNE, A. D. 1899 al nine o'clock in
the forenoon, to show cause, if any you
have, why the same should not be al
lowed.
And said administrator is ordered to
serve this citation by delivering a copy
thereof to all persons interested in the
estate, fourteen days at least before said
court, or by publishing the same once
in each week, for three successive weeks,
in The Worcester SPY, a newspaper pup
lished in Worcester, the last publication
to be one day at least before said court,
and by mailing, postpaid, copy of this
citation to all known persons interested
in the estate, seven days at least before
said court. -.. .,,,
Witness, WILLIAM T. FORBES, Esq,
judge of said court, this twenty-tifth day
of May in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety mine.
GEORGE II. HARLOW, Register.
may27. 29.iun5
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05
LEGAL NOTICES.

MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE-Under and by virtue of power
Of sale contained in a certain mortgage
deed given by Peter Gravlin to Samuel
b. Parsons, both alleged in said deed to
be of Worcester, in the county of Wor-
Cester and commonwealth of Massachu-
sets, dated the third day of December,
1898, and recorded in the Worcester dis
trict registry of deeds, in said county, IN
book 1900 page 10, which said mortgage
deed, by an assignment duly executed by
said Parsons and dated the oath February
1899 was duly assigned to Charles f.
Stevens of said Worcester, and for
breach Of condition thereof and for the
purpose of foreclosing said mortgage
will be sold at public auction, at my law
office in said Worcester the street en-
trance to which is number 70 on SCUM
bridge street, on TURDAI, the Ath
day of JUNE, 1899, at nine O'Clock in the
forenoon, all and singular the premises
conveyed by said mortgage deed ana de-
scribed therein, as follows, viz: "A GER
tain lot of land, being the same lot de-
sCribed in a deed given by said PARSONS
to Peter GraVlin, December I'd, 1898; SAD
lot is situated on the south side OF Main
street in the westerly part of the city
of said Worcester, westerly from Granu
View avenue and is bounded and de
scribed as follows, to wit. Commencing
at the northwest corner thereof at a
stone bound at a corner of lot owned
by James Darling: thence easterly on
said Main street fifty feet to a stone
bound at corner of grantees lana;
thence at right angles southerly, one
hundred and fifty feet on grantees lot to
a stone bound at land of a; e; Kinnear;
thence on said Kinnears land at right
angles westerly fifty feet to stone
bound at a corner of said Kinnears on
land of said Darling; thence northerly
at right angles with the last line on said
Darling's land one hundred and fifty feet
to place of ginning-containing seven
thousand five hundred square feet"
The aforesaid sale will be made sub
ject to a mortgage of twenty-five hundred
dollars and interest, given by said Gravlin
to the Worcester Mechanics Savings
Bank; also to all liens and assessments
and taxes to which the mortgage hereby
is subject
Terms: Cash at time and place of sale.
CHARLES T. STEVENS,
Assignee and owner of said mortgage.
itrn1
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05

COMMONWEALTH OF NIASSACHU-
SETTS.-W Worcester. SIS. Probate court
To the heirs at law, next Of kin and all
other persons interested in the estate of
Fernando Q. BigeloW, late of Rutland, in
said county, deceased.
Whereas, a certain instrument purpOrt-
ing to be the last will and testament Of
said deceased has been presented TO said
court for probate by George f. Cold
thwait. who prays that letters testament
tary may be issued to him, the executor
therein named, without giving a surety
on his official bond:
You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court, to be held at Worcester,
in said county of Worcester, on the
SIXTH day of JUNE, A. d. 1889, at nine
o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, If
any you have, why the same should not
be granted.
And said petitioner is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once in each week for three
successive weeks, in The WOrcesteEASpy,
a newspaper published in Worcester, the
last publication to be one day at least,
before said court, and by mailing, post
paid. or delivering copy of this citation
to all known persons interested in the
estate. seven days, at least, before said
court. .. .-.
Witness, WILLIAM T. FORBES, ESQ.
Judge of said court this twenty-fourth
day of May in the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine.
GEORGE Il. HARLOW, Register
Af25 20, Je5
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05

COMMONWEALTH OF MASsACHU-
SETTS- w orcester, SIS. Probate Court
To the heirs at law next of kin, creditors
and all other persons interested in the
estate of William Garfield, late OF
Shrewsbury, in said county, deceased, in
testate:
Whereas a petition has been presented
to said court to grant a letter of admin
istration on the estate of said deceased to
Martha A. Palmer of Shrewsbury, in said
county of Worcester without giving a
surety on her bond:
You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court to be held at Worcester, in
said county of Worcester, on the TWEEN
TTETH day of JUNE, A. D. 1893, at 3
o clock in the forenoon, to show cause, If
any you have why the same should not
And the petitioner is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof by publishing
this citation once in each week, for three
successive weeks, in The Worcester Spy,
a newspaper published in Worcester, the
last publication to be one day at least be-
fore said court. .., -..
Witness-WILLIAM T. FORBES, ESQ,
Judge of said court, this third day of
June, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-nine.
GEORGE II. HARLOW, Register.
Je5, 12,19
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FIREMEN's MEMORIAL.
Baw Bees of Gardner Will Decorate
Graves of Deceased Members.

Gardner, June 4. - The Baw Beese Vet
eran Firemen's Association will observe
firemen's memorial day next Sunday
Rev. J. H Mansfield will deliver the SER
mon at the Chestnut Street NJ. L. Church,
where the members viii attend the 1880
services. The Torrent Veteran Associa-
ton and the active firemen will be in
vited to participate in the observance of
the day. Each association and company
will decorate with flowers the graves Of
its deceased members.
On account of lack Of interest among
the high school base ball players, the
game with Gushing Academy's second
team. scheduled for tomorrow afternoon,
has been cancelled. The team has TWO
dates, with Orange high school, in Orange,
June 10. and in Gardner. June Il. and
these have also 5een cancelled.
The Gardner Ministerial Association Will
hold its monthly meeting in the \ NJ. 9.
A rooms tomorrow afternoon.
The Associated Charities will meet to-
morrow evening with Rev. Jonathan Z.
johnson.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

COMMONWEALTH OF MAssACHL T.
SETTS-W Worcester, SIS. Probate Court
TO all persons interested in the estate OF
Samuel Wood late of marlborough Ill
said county of Worcester, deceased: ,,
Whereas Lucretia G. Wood and " III
liam J, Potter, executors of the VIII lad ID
court, their petition praying for au-
thority to compromise certain, notes upon
You are hereby cited to appear at a
probate court to be held at Worcester IN IN
said county of Worcester, on the
THIRTEENTH day of JUNE, A. D. 1879,
at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any you have, why the same
should not be granted
And said petitioners are ordered to serve
this citation by publishing the same once
in each week, for three successive weeks
in The Worcester Spy, newspaper pup
lished in Worcester, the last publication
to be one day at least before said court.
Witness, WILLIAM r. FORBES, ESQ,
judge of said court this first day of
June, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-nine
GEORGE IL. HARLOW Register.
jun2,5,12
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PROSPECTS SEEM GOOD.
State Highway Commissioners Paid Visit
10 Sutton.

10 sutton,
Sutton, June 4.-The road commits
sioners visited the town Saturday to
consider the question of a state road
The party consisted of W. E. McCIin-
tcck, commissioner of state board;
Charles w. Ross, Senator Mcclellan, b.
Frank Batcheller, chairman of select
men; J. W. StockweIl, secretary of the
board of agriculture; H. c. Batcheller,
George Smith, II. S. Stockwel and H.
r. Rice.
Frank Batcheller gave lunch to the
party at Bartlett's hotel in Minbury,
after which they were shown about the
town. MI Batcheller was pleased with
the visit and thinks there is great rea-
son to expect the line of state road for
which he has been working a long
time.
George Rich has returned from the
south, where he has spent the winter.
Dr. /. Rowland Birmingham, has
opened an office in J. Z. Holbrook's
house.
A number of Christian Endeavorers
surprised Mrs. Vernon Johnson at her
home last evening and presented her a
Bible
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the
ministrator of the estate of Mary Geary,
late of Worcester, in the county of Wor-
cester, deceased intestate, and has taken
upon himself that trust by giving bond,
as the law directs. All persons having
demands upon the estate of said deceased
are required to exhibit the same; and all
persons indebted to said estate are called
upon to make payment to
WILLIAM j. GEARY, Admr.
Worcester, May 26 1899 jun15l2
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05

NOTICE.-District of Massachusetts: -
Boston, May o. 1899. - Pursuant to the
rules of the circuit court of the United
notice is hereby given that Michael T..
Flaherty of Northbridge, in said district,
has applied for admission as an attorney
and counselor of such circuit court.
ALEX. H. TROWBRIDGE, Clerk.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed ex-
ecutor of the will of Arabella A. Fuller
late Of Worcester, in the county of Wor-
cester, deceased, testate, and has taken
upon himself that trust by giving bond,
as the law directs. All persons having
demands upon the estate Of said deceased
are required to exhibit the same: and all
persons indebted to said estate are called
upon to make payment to
FRANK EDISON FULLER, Exr.
Springfield, Feb. p, 1883.
may26. %, jun5
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The
ministrator of the estate Of Emma S.
Graves, late of Worcester, in the county
of Worcester, deceased, intestate, and has
taken upon himself that trust by giving
bond, as the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate of said
deceased are required to exhibit the same;
and all persons indebted to said estate
are called upon to make payment to
WALTER F. DAWSON, Admr.
Worcester, May 26, 1899 jun2,5,l2
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05

COMMONWEALTH or MASSACHU-
ST1TTS-WOrcester, SIS. Probate Court
To the heirs at law, next of kin and all
other persons Interested in the estate Of
Clarence G.. Lynch late Of Worcester, in
said county, deceased:
Whereas. a certain instrument purport-
ing to be the last win and testament of
said deceased. has been presented to- said
court, for probate, by Rebecca Lynch,
who prays that letters testamentary may
be issued to her. the eXecutriN therein
named, without giving a surety On her
official bond:
You are hereby cited to appear at "a
probate court to be held at Worcester,
in said county of Worcester on the
THIRTEENTH day of JUNE. A. d. 1899
lat nine O'Clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any you have, why the same
should not be granted.
And said petitioner is hereby directed to
give public notice thereof, by publishing
this citation once in each week, for three
successive weeks, in The Worcester Spy,
la newspaper published in Worcester, the
last publication TO be one day at lee st
before said court and by mailing, post
paid. or delivering a copy OF this citation
to all known persons interested I'm the
estate, seven days at least before said
court.
Witness, WILLIAM T. FORBES, ESQ,
judge Of said court, this thirty-iirst day
of May. in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-nine-
GEORGE II. HARLOW, Register.
ii1D9 Z 10
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber has been duly appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate of Sarah Cald-
well, late of Worcester, in the county Of
Worcester, deceased, intestate, and has
taken upon himself that trust by giving
bond. as the law directs. All persons ha-
ing demands upon the estate of said de-
ceased are required to exhibit the same
and all persons indebted to said estate
are called upon to make payment to
HERBERT B. BELCHER. Admr.
Worcester, Nav &C. 1899 M29. Je5.12
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN-That
the subscriber has been duly appointed
administrators of the estate of Carl
Peterson, late of Worcester. in the county
Of Worcester. deceased. intestate, and has
taken upon herself that trust by giving
bond. as the law directs. All persons hay
ing demands upon the estate of said de-
ceased are required to exhibit the same;
and all persons indebted to said estate
are called upon to make payment to
EMMA PETERSON, Admrx.
Worcester May 16, 1899.
M-23-29 Je-5
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN-That
the subscriber has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate of Carl F.
Brink late of Worcester, in the county
of Worcester, deceased, intestate, and has
bond, as the law directs. All persons
having demands upon the estate of said
deceased are required to exhibit the same;
and all persons indebted to said estate
are called upon to make payment to
RALPH L. MORGAN, Admr.
Worcester, May %, 1899.
M-24-2q Je--5
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TO THE HONORABLE THE JUS
TICES OE THE SUPERIOR COURT
Respectfully shews Rosetta Butler Of
Worcester in the county of worcester
and commonwealth of Massachusetts,
that she was lawfully married to Alfred
Butler; now of parts unknown, but whose
last place of residence, known to your
libellant, was said Worcester, at Wor-
cester aforesaid. on the fifth day of Oc-
tober a. D. 1891; that they have since
lived together as husband and wife in
Providence and WoonsocRet in the state
of Rhode Island and in Worcester afOre-
said; that your libellant has always been
faithful to her marriage vows and obiSa-
lions, yet the said Alfred Butler being
wholly regardless of the same at. said
Worcester in the month of July, A. d..
1895, utterly deserted her, and has con-
tinued such desertion from that time to
the date hereof, being more than three
consecutive years next prior to the filing
of this libel.
Wherefore your libellant prays that a
divorce from the bond of matrimony may
be decreed between your libellant and the
said Alfred Butler, and for such further
orders and DEGREES in the premiss as to
law and Justice may appertain.
ROSELLA BUTLER.
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In a recent case it was held that a
person who stops at a hotel merely to
dine, although the dining room is ha-
bitually used as d restaurant is a guest
of the hotel, so that the hotel keeper is
liable, as an lnnkeeper, to the diner
for the loss of an overcoat taken while
he is at his meal. The court said that
person is guest if he is received
INTO the four walls Of the inn and there
receives such accommodation as the
lnnkeeper offers to persons who use the
nm. The case would have been differ
ent If the place where the plaintiff dined
mad been restaurant detached from
the hotel or not substantially forming
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
OPTICIANS.
Pope Optical
IN EXAMINING
OO'' OPTICIANS.
With JeweIry
DEPT. COMBINED.

Suffice to say that our ability to fir
lenses to the eyes which give satisfacI
ton has been proven with the best of
results. But we wish to call your atten-
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Chains, Rings, Pins etc. We carry ali
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if so we can suit you in price as well as
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