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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

Beautiful Wellesley is 100000 in
debt, and the alumnae and trustees
have undertaken the task of raising
double that amount in order to wipe
out the liabilities and provide a much
needed endowment fund. This may
seem a formidable task, but there is
nothing like the pressure of necessity
for forcing success. The debt, be it
observed, was not incurred by extra
VACANT indulgence in luxuries, but by
the construction of indispensable build
ings and the assisting of needy stu
dents, 100 of whom have received sub
stantial aid during the twenty years
of the institutions existence. 1t should
be remembered that Wellesley was the
pioneer in the later movement for the
higher education of women, and the
financial burden has inevitably been
heavy. Furthermore, the securities in
which the Durant fund was invested
have sadly deprecated and too many
of the numerous subsequent gifts have
been coupled with restrictions which
make the income available only for
specified objects 1t is an embarrass-
'ment of nearly every college, that
large portion of It's funds are thus tied
up and not applicable to the general
support of the institution.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
liver Johnson Go. to
Fight the Bicycle
Trust.
HAS LOWERED PRICES ALREADY.
Concern is Putting on the
Market a High Grade
Wheel at $25.

The liver johnson company has come
out fat-footed in opposition to the BIZ
cycle trust, and yesterday announced
its intention to fight the combine to the
finish.
The Importance of the decision is the
more apparent in connection with the
announcement that every other promi-
nent bicycle concern in the east has
stepped into the fold. Among these are
the Pope Manufacturing Co., Waltham
Manufacturing Co, Overman Wheel
Co., a. G. Spaulding and the Union Cy-
Gle Co.
The trust, known to the trade as the
Spaulding combine, obtained an option
on the big Fitchburg plant for month
but before that time had elapsed Fred
Johnson, president of the company, had
looked the ground over carefully and
after maturing a plan of opposition de-
clined to enter the trust The company
during the past two weeks has been
urged to enter the deal by its promot-
ers, but maintained its determination
to go it alone.
The Fitchburg company has capa-
city of $4,000 or 10000 wheels a year
and is in a good position to compete
Convinced that the trust was organized
primarily to advance the price of bicy-
cles the Johnson people have already
taken the offensive by materially cut
ting on first quality wheels. Within
the last week the concern has put upon
the market a high grade wheel for men
and women at $25 and the move, if the
opinion of The Wheel and other trade
papers is to>be accepted, is the sensa-
ton of the bicycle trade. The trust
maintains that it cannot be done with
profit and the Iver Johnson company is
out to prove that it can.
The new wheel is made with drop
forgings throughout steel tubing, and
is equipped with Raritan 2i2 inch tires,
forged crankhanger, adjustable handle
bars and other high grade features,
and weighs "a pounds. The wheel is
meeting with a large sale far beyond
the output of the factory. The position
assumed by the Iver Johnson company
IS a radical one and the result of oppo-
sition to the powerful influence of the
trust and competition with it will be
watched the country over by the trade.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
PUTNAM & SPRAGUE CO.
WANT A HALF MILE RING.
The Only Way to Get Grand Circuit
Races Here.

The committee of Worcester Agricul-
tural Society on new grounds is prac-
tically ready to submit its report to
the board of directors, to which body it
must report for instructions and au-
thority to go ahead with the construc-
ton of a race track.
The survey of the track has been
made, and is practically that printed in
The Spy nearly a month ago, It, has
been definitely determined that a, mile
track cannot be laid out along regula-
zion lines on the Walker lot, and the
committee will therefore recommend
that a half-mile track be constructed.
The sentiment among horsemen is
rather in favor of big ring as holding
out the only possibility of ever getting
Worcester within the charmed circle Of
the grand circuit races. For the pur-
poses of the Agricultural society. how
ever, whose interests must be first con-
sidered by the committee, it is believed
half-mile ring is best adapted. If the
plan of the committee prevails with the
directors, Worcester will have the
finest half-mile track in New England.
The committee has decided that a good
half-mile track is better than an in
ferior mile track.
A meeting Of the board of directors
will be called some time next week and
a definite plan of action outlined. The
matter need not again be referred to g.
meeting of the society. The work of re-
moving the hall, grandstands and stone
posts from the old grounds to the new
has already reached beyond the June
limit set by the syndicate, but is being
pushed along rapidly.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
HAS HIS TROUBLES.
Inspector O'Day Runs
Against a Stun
bling Block.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS SERVED
Is Now Up in Wolfboro
Waiting for Happier
Days to Come.

While the Filipinos continue to make
trouble for the United States army, the
laws of New Hampshire continue to
make trouble for Inspector O'Day of
the Worcester police force, and just at
the present time he is the subject OF
writ of habeas corpus served by a law
yer up in Wolfboro, who wants him to
deliver up the body Of one Hanson.
Hanson is an individual much wanted
by the genial Pat, and after several
weeks of research into the criminal sec
ton of various cities, O'Day discovered
his man in Wolfboro With many con-
CALCULATIONS extended to himself for his
clever solution of the hiding place of
Hanson, he hied himself to Wolfboro,
and there he found Hanson. O'Day
talked the matter over with Hanson,
and Hanson talked the matter over
with lawyer, and it was finally agreed
that O'Day should get recuisition pa
pers from the governor of Massachu-
sets, which he did.
He went back to Wolfboro and thence
to Concord, where Gov. Frank w Roll
inns deals out NGLOeS ana SIG udIuI6S, anu
presented his requisition papers. The
governor was out, but after long hunt
he was discovered, and the tenacious
O'Day got his signature on the end of
the requisition.
He went back to Wolfboro softly
whistling, you can't lose me for a
minute!" and when he arrived at the
Wolfboro Jail he waved the papers att
Hanson and laughed softly to himself
Hanson laughed, too, but Pat couldn't
see why, and he ordered Hanson to get
into gear and pack his effects in his
handkerchief and make the trip to
this city, where he is wanted for the
alleged larceny of a pair of horses from
Levi Lincoln. Levi is a pretty shrewd
man, but Hanson is shrewder.
Hanson got ready to make the trip,
and Pat left the station house to get
the tickets. Everything was made
ready for the departure, when a writ
Of habeas corpus was served on the
gallant O'Day, and now he is up in
Wolfboro waiting for the end of the
world
Chief Healey of the Manchester po-
lice force telephoned O'Day's predica-
ment to the Worcester police last night.
"Pll bring him TO Worcester inside of
a week if 1 have to hire a balloon" is
the way Pat talks about the matter,
and he will
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
GROUNDS SELECTED.
Lot for Proposed New Gun Club on Line
of MilIbury EleclrIcs.

Jay N. Smell yesterday afternoon. Sc
cured suitable grounds for the use Of
the proposed new gun club. The lot
selected is within easy reach of tie
Millbury line of electric cars, not far
from the Quinsigamond wire mills. 1t is
near the old Stevens grist mill, and
is admirably suited for the purposes
of the club The lot contains 20 acres
and is level and sandy. The absence
of stones will insure the fall of a lost
target without breakage, and the land
is far enough removed from highway
and habitation to insure safety.
The plan of organizing a new club
is meeting with nothing but encour-
agement, and its plan of operation as
already explained in The Spy, is be-
lieved feasible by Worcester sportsmen
generally. Practically all the coed
shooters of the city and therefore the
men who use the most targets are
enlisted in the movement. There will
be a meeting for formal organization
and election of officers in the parlUrs
of the United States hotel tomorrow
evening, and all trap-shooters wno are
interested, whether or not they have
been approached by the promoters Of
the new club, are invited to be pres
ent. A definite plan of procedure will
be adopted and steps will be taken to
set the wheels of the new gun club IN
immediate operation.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

shore batteries is shared by others
More interesting is his declaration III
favor Of vessels of the New York type
rather than battleships. He would sac
rifice thickness of armor plate to speed
and coal capacity. On this point many
will disagree with him; but why not
have both battleships and fast heavy
armed cruisers?
Congress made a pretense of enlarg-
ing the navy at its last session, but II
diverted needed money to the building
of monitors of no immediate utility
and small cruisers of which the navy is
already largely composed. Further
more, it refused to provide men enough
to keep the ships af1oat that were ac-
tually in commission, and put a stop to
construction by setting so low limit
on the price of armor that no contracts
could be placed. After the war it was
said that the navy could get anything
it wanted, but hitherto it has not been
conspicuously favored.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

According to the statisticians, Great
Britain's coal product in 1898 amounted
to 226, 287 900 short tons, and that of the
United States 219, S36, 900. In fifteen
years, ending with 1897, the British
product has increased scarcely "a per
cent as compared with an increase of
more than 10 per cent. for the United
States. At that rate we shall soon ov-
erhauI England in the matter of pro
duetion, though the United Kingdom is
far ahead Of US in the matter of eX-
ports. Germany and Belgium are lar
ger exporters than the United States
for they help supply the European
market
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

glars is highly impracticable and i'm
probable. One is quoted as saying that
there is no record of chloroform or
ether taking effect on healthy sleep
ing person without that person know
ing it. The first effect of these anaes-
thetics is so stimulating that the
sleeper would be Immediately awak-
ened. Doctors commonly require ten
or fifteen minutes for putting pa
tent under the influence of ether or
chloroform, and some subjects become
so excited that the strength of a single
man is not sufficient to restrain him.
This testimony tends to excite sus-
picion whenever the use of anaesthetics
is alleged in a case of burglary. There
would be reason to believe that the
story was invented for a definite pur-
pose
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

Prof. Dean C. Worcester of the Phil
ippine peace commission makes an au-
thoritative denial of some of the most
sensational stories that have been
printed, describing the behavior Of
cur troops during the campaign. In
some cases he has made an investiga-
ton, and in others the operations came
under his personal observation, so that
he is able to testify as an eye witness.
The killing of women and children ard
the wanton destruction of property in
these instances, at least, were merely
the Pigment of the Imagination of some
over-zealous recruit, who desired to
show the folks at home what terrible
fellows he and his comrades were. EX-
amples of this sort of correspondence
have been known in other wars. New
ertheless it is pleasant to have the I'M
truth of these Philippine stories proved
by competent and indisputable auth
Gritty.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
HAS OTHER OFFERS.
John F. Moakley VIII Not Decide on Next Sea-
sons Work Until Fall.

Among the spectators at the oval,
yesterday. was John F. Moakley, Off
cial Handicapped of the n. E. A. A. A.
u, who has just returned from Uni
versity of Wisconsin, whose track ath-
letes he has trained during the Win
ter and spring. Moakley had great SUI
cess with the men, who did not have
much experience in track athletics. He
has an offer to return there next fall
and stay throughout the entire year,
but since his return he learned that
he is wanted in other places, and he
will not decide on his next seasons
athletic work until fall
3Ioakley is a good man for any track
team. Moakley used to run against
such men as Jim Grant the celtbra-
ted professional distance runner, be-
fore the days of amateurism. He was
reinstated and made some of the crack
ajacks wonder where a youngster could
get such speed and endurance for the
half mile The excellence of mis- work
in handicapping shows how thorough
ly conversant he is with the ability Of
athletes.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
NEW PHASE or CANAL QUESTION


There was strong opposition in the
peace conference to conceding to the
United States absolute control of the
isthmian canal. The incident provoked
little comment at the time, but its sig
rificance is clearly brought out by the
subsequent utterances of Congressman
Burton of Ohio, chairman of the river
and harbor committee and one of the
foremost promoters of the Nicaragua
enterprise. Reduced to its lowest terms,
Mr.. Burton's declaration is that when
the cana! project comes up in the next
congress, it will be in a wholly new
form American construction and
American ownership may be insisted
upcr or not, but complete neutrality
will be imperative. There will be no
pretense that the United States should
have power to close it in time of war
or restrict its use with regard to any
other nation.
The temper of The Hague conference
serves to confirm the truth of MI Bur-
rcn's statement, that the world powers
will refuse to respect any exclusive
rights that we may set up. The ditch
will have to be open to the traffic of
all nations and at all times, as is pro-
vid, in the case of the Suez canal,
VIE Their the Nicaraguan canal is built
with private capital OF at the expense
of the government, the result will be
the same. The suggestion mat the ad-
miristration has understood this fact
from the first is not improbable, and
the reported conversion of two of the
NEST active canal propagandists in the
Senate to this principle, tends to show
how inf1exible it is.
1t has been intimated that when it be-
comes thoroughly understood that the
United States will not be allowed to
exercise exclusive jurisdiction over the
canal, the ardor of congressman will
cool very perceptibly, and the project
rnsy be dropped. Yet the new condi-
tons will not make the canal any less
desirable commercially than before, nor
viii they nullify the military advan-
tages of a short cut for our war vessels
from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic.
On the other hand, the naturalization
OF the canal would be distinct advan-
tage to us, for we would then be re-
l'eve6 of the necessity of certifying the
new waterway and defending it from
possible belligerents. Meanwhile it is
pertinent to remember that the desired
abrogation of the Clayton Bulwer
treaty, in order that we may have ex-
elusive right to build the canal, is I'M
pleasantly involved in the settlement
of the Alaskan boundary and the other
Canadian questions that are linked witt
IL
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

The Spy reiterates that the prize fight
of today is a feeble matter compared to
old-time fistic encounters. A knock
out, seemingly so serious thing,
means only that one of the men has
been hit with padded fist in some SEN
sitive point and is unable to resume
fighting for ten seconds. He is usually
as well as anybody again in few min
utes. 1t may not be a commendable
business, but it is anything but
"hrutal"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

Mrs. Leland Stanford's gift to the
university founded by her husband has
the very exceptional merit of increas-
ing in magnitude, the more there IS
known about it. 1t was at first rated
at $10,000000, but successive estimates
have raised it to $5S, 900, 900. Revised ap-
praisals of great estates ordinarily
move in the other direction. More sat
isfying still would be frank state
ment of the actual current income de-
rived from the fund. The marking up
or marking down of stocks to agree
with the market is not productive in
dustry.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
AFTER BURIAL SERVICE.
Will Of John Webb Read in Curtis chapel
Yesterday Afternoon.

The body of John Webb of New York
was inferred in Hope cemetery yes
terday afternoon. After the burial ser
vice, the will of the deceased was read
in Curtis chapel. He left an estate ct
about 100000, which is to be distriS-
uted among relatives, some of whom
reside in this city. George D. Webb ct
the Webb Granite and Construction
Co., Is a nephew. Two brothers are
remembered in the will, Elisha Weep
Of West Brookheld, and Thomas Weoo
of New Braintree. Louis and Arthur
Webb, nephews of the deceased ana
sons of Elisha, received legacies.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

The method of divorce procedure is
unequivocally condemned by Judge
Fessenden, and it will have to be adj
mitted that the justices of the superior
court have abundant opportunities to
know the results of the present sys-
tenn. Divorce is not recognized in
dustry in Massachusetts as in some
other states, but the reformers may
find enough wrong to employ their en-
ergies at home without going beyond
the boundary.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

DR.. Hartland Law of San Francisco
tells a New York audience that before
next leap year, it will be the custom
of women throughout the country to
pop the question, and thus relieve hest
tating and timorous men from the
dread of being turned down. This
pleasant custom is said to be rife on
the Pacific slope and spreading rapidly
eastward. Yet there is already prece-
dent for the practice in the east. 1t
is common knowledge that the late
Congressman John F. Andrew profited
greatly by it. When the woman he
loved discovered that her wealth was
"a barrier to a proposal from him, she
bravely and sensibly took matters into
her own hands. Quite likely the in
itiative might be more popular than
the referendum if entrusted to the
women. 1t would increase competition,
which is the life of romantic love as
well as of unromantic business.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
PRESENTED WITH A CHAIR.

W. A. Sylvester. instructor in
wood working at the Tech, was yester-
day presented with a handsome Nor
ris chair by the class of 1902. Mr.. Syl-
vester came to the institute last Sep
tember thus beginning with the fresh
men, with whom he soon became very
popular. Recently the students learn
ed that he had resigned and took this
way of expressing their appreciation
and esteem. Mr.. sylvester concludes
his services July 1.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
JOINED SIGNAL CORPS.

Rutland, June 10.-William H. Jack
son, formerly station agent st West
Rutland. and Charles Moore of Spen-
Ger assisting about the Rutland sta
ton. have passed the examination 10
enter the Signal corps of the u. S. A.
They will leave Monday for Spring
field. where they viii enlist. They viii
be sent 10 some fort in the state Of
Virginia
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

Mr.. James ]. Myers, the most promis-
ing aspirant for the speaker of the next
Massachusetts House of Representa-
tives, might stand as the peoples can
didate. He used to work at logging on
the Ohio river, before he came to Cam
bridge to study law, earn a competency
at his profession and serve seven years
in the legislature. He seems to belong
to the old-time class of self-made men
who rose from backwoods cabins to
high political station.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

A wire from an operators table at the
ringsde right to The Spy editorial
rooms made a reasonably quick connec-
ton with the International fight Friday
night When the next match occurs per-
haps The Spy will have a wire fastened
to each fighters leg.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
PERSONAL.
Worcester, Mass, June 10, 1899

Worcester, Mass, June 10, 1899.
To Miss Sally A. WardweI:
Dear Sally-As 1 don't know where
you are, have to put this in the paper.
If you will only come home or will write
to me where you are, l am sure I can
show you how much better it is to stev
at home with us all. You need not he
bothered the least bit about ANYTHING
that has happened either at school or
since you came home. There is moth
ing at all to be ashamed of. and if Won
want to be earning your own living, we
will all do our best to see that YOU
have the opportunity. But now mamma
and all of US are very, very anxious ana
growing more so every day. Won't Won
please come or write where YOU are5
Your Uncle Charlie 3
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
RETURNING TO MARLBORO,
Rice & Hutchins Will Have All Their Machin.
cry Out of the City This Week.

Rice & Hutchins, who removed to this
city at the time of the recent Marlboro
strike, have folded up their tents and
departed like the Arab without letting
everybody know their business. The
entire machinery will be out of this CITY
by next Friday, and will be set up
ready for business in the city of MarI-
boro. They endeavOred to take some
of the help employed at the Worcester
factory on Park avenue with them. and
in some cases offered better wages, but
few left this city with them. They
conducted their business while here at
the old shop of Stark, on Park ave
nue.,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

Trains from New York Saturday were
filled with men who had been detained
there over Friday night, for business
reasons" 1t is safe to say some of
them were from this city
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
THE EARTH AND MAN.

A little sun, a little rain,
A soft wind blowing from the west
And woods and fields are sweet again,
And warmth within the mountain S
breast.
So simple is the earth we tread,
So quick with love and life her frame,
Ten thousand years have dawned and
fled
And still her magic is the same.
A little love- a little trust,
A soft impulse, a sudden dream
And life as dry as desert dust
Is fresher than a mountain stream.
So simple is the heart of man,
So ready for new hope and joy;
Ten thousand years since it began
Have left it younger than boy.
-Stopford A. Brooke in the Boston
Beacon.
Mrs. S. ]. Beals of Sioux City, Iowa,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sarah D.
Tucker. On the 18th Mrs. Tucker, Miss
Mary F. Tucker, Mrs. Beals and her
daughter, Miss Beals, expect to leave
for South Dartmouth for the summer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses were granted from,
the city clerks office yesterday to tbesa
persons: Anders G. Gran, Is. and Anna
Ullstrom, 20; Herbert NJ. Dockham %
ard Mary L. Long, %; Arthur Moge
Is, and josephine Gabian. %.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

Pittsburg has lately had several ex-
citing burglaries, in which chloroform
was alleged to have been used to quiet
the people whose houses were robbed.
The doctors, however, have been do
ing their utmost to discredit the testi-
mony of the sufferers by demonstrating
that the use of anaesthetics by bur-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
TO DESERVE SANTIAGO sURREN-
DER.

The wellington Rifles have decided to
observe the anniversary Of the surren-
G q Of Santiago by holding a clambake
at Jordan's pond, July Ia, and appoint
ed Lieut.. II. c. Gray, Sergt. Fred B
Jordan and Sergt H. J. Smith to make
arrangements.