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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
KEPT BUSY.
Aldermen Have a
Special Meeting.
COURT HILL GRADE.
Changes to Be Made and
County Expected to Pay.

There was a meeting Of the board Of
aldermen yesterday afternoon. called
principally to consider the question OF
changing the grade of Court hill III
front of the new court house. as petit
TONED for by the county commissioners.
The city engineer reported that the es-
timated expense Of the work proposed
not including the stone steps, is
s275793.
The aldermen viewed The scene Of
the proposed changes, and on their re-
turn to the city hall voted 10 instruct
the city engineer to prepare a decree
for the changes in accordance with
plans on file at the engineers office In
connection with the discussion of plans
relative to the change, il vas apparent
that q general feeling exists among the
aldermen that the county, and not the
city Of Worcester, shall assume what
ever expense results from the under
taking.
The stand taken by those who favor
this plan is that Worcester pays about
half the county tax at the present time
and that this portion is about all THAI
the city should take upon itself in CON
Tection with the matter.
Following the view al Court hill
members of the COMMITTEES on finance
visited the city hospital to look over
the present condition Of affairs and in
vestigate the proposed plan for the
heating. lighting and ventllating plant
for which the hospital trustees have
asked 900 The gentlemen of the
committee were met at the hospital by
George l. lockwood, constructing en-.
gineer, who has prepared plans for the
proposed changes, and the board o.
trustees.
The committee was shown about tn,
institution and listened to a thorough
explanation of the proposed changes by
Mr.. lockwood The hospital laundry
which comes in for fits fun share of cri
ticism, is one of the most noticeabl,
features that needs remedying abou
the institution. The present institu
tior IS superannuated, and I'm tn,
minds of the committee, should be re
placed by n more practical and up-to
date arrangement
The committee was assured that tn,
proposed changes could be made within
the proposed amount, $4,000, and, al
though no action was taken, there vii
be Q meeting in the near future, a
which the matter will be thorough.
gone into.
Other business transacted yesterday
afternoon included the confirmation o.
George W. Batchelder as a member d
the board Of health. to succeed his IA,
Their Mayor Dodge sent in the appoint
nent, and on motion of Alderman
Fuut, II was confirmed.
Alderman O'Connell introduced ~
order 10 amend chapter 2 Of the revised
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
TO BE a SUCCESS.
Building Trades Council A~rarg ng for
Annual Ball in Mechanics Hall,

Building Trades Council A~rarg ng for
Annual Ball in Mechanics Hall.
An extra large number of delegates
were at the meeting of the Building
Trades Council at labor headquarters,
81 Southbridge street, Thursday eve
ming. The coming ball in Mechanics
Hall. April 10. was considered. Tickets
are being sold rapidly and all things
point toward financial as well as So
cial success.
President T. r. Harvey was out Of
town and William A. Rossley presided
in his stead. 1t was voted to become
affiliated with the National Building
Trades Council, but the application for
charter was deferred until the next
meeting. A walking delegate or bust
ness agent will be appointed at the
meeting next Wednesday evening.
Trade in the building line was report
ed to be dull
1t was voted to award the contract
for the ball souvenir to Tierney & Co,
Of BOSTON. Zahonyi was selected to
serve as caterer. President T. F. Har-
Vey Will be floor director at the ball,
His assistants will be Daniel F. Cos
grove and J. NJ. O'Brien. The aids are:
NJ. A. McNulty, w. A. Rossley, William
Crosby, d. ]. Rooney, Patrick Dempsey,
j. h. Knight, Albert Maggs, A. G. Ben
nett. John ]. Kiley, George Temple,
Daniel Loans, w. F.. Bangs, William
Capm2n and A. d. Simons.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
FOR MEDICINE ONLY.
Druggists Come In Bunches With Appli-
cations for the 81 Certificates.

The license commissioners pass
ed very busy day yes
terday. the principal feature being
the number Of druggists who bethought
themselves that the time to get in their
applications was nearly past. Appli-
cations yesterday follow:
Innholders: John J. Truax, Kirk
wood House, AZ Exchange street.
Common victuallers: John f. Portle.
"a MHlbury street; John J. Cohen. %
Spring street; John J. Rogers & Co.,
3 Bartlett place.
Wholesalers: J. j. Sheehan {; Co.,
81 and 80 Washington square; ]. F.
Donohue & Co, 10 and u Bridge street.
Grocers: Patrick J. Mcmahon, 4S
Green street,
Druggists F. NJ Harris &, Co, S14
Main street: Edward B. Moulton 80
Summer street; Maurice Meyerhardt,
Sc Belmont street; Henry l.. Green, $50
Main street; Z. A. Brewer, SO Front
street; W. p dEisher, 235 Main street
George A. Davis, $40 Main street; Chas.
A. Boyden, 914 Main street; Charles L.
Rundlett. Jr, 14S Chandler street: Will
liam II. Willard, 1873 Chandler street;
A. L. Denchaud, 227 Front street; John
F, Bruso, 1888 Main street; Ellie Bar
nard, II SOuthgate street: Harry f.
CulverhOuse, 3 Pleasant street: George
r. Fairbanks, 2S4 Main street
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
DELLA FOX.
She Brings With Her Some Talented Peo-
pie, But Oh! the Play.

She Brings With Her Some Talented Peo-
pie, But Oh! the Play.
Della Fox's rare visits to this city
have always been welcome ones. She
never could sing, and her very affected
manner destroys the effect of what
limited histrionic powers she has; but
somehow, she always makes a charm
ing picture in those natty boys cos
tunes of hers, and everybody likes her;
she always draws a large audience,
who hope to find her some time with
good playa hope which, it may be
added was decidedly not realized last
night.
It is a sad commentary on modern
taste that a connection like THE Little
Host can run out a season 1t is as
low in its moral tone as the most pru-
rient of the Casino pieces or current
French farCes, without the least trace
Of the wit and sparkle that helps to re-
deem these, while the last act is little
more than a vigorous advertisement
for the distillery business. When the
action begins, one Jack Darlington is
receiving his fianCee and her actress
associates in his bachelor apartments
in New York. They are supposed to
represent a gilt-edged sporting ele-
ment, but as portrayed last night re-
minded one rather of Dan Days char
acterization in the Belle of New
York" the 'jakiest lot of high-rollers
that ever came down the pike"
Jacks father is supposed to possess
stern Puritauical principles and when
the old man suddenly appears on the
scene, Jack disappears and the tiancee,
in mans apparel assumes the position
of host. The father is easily persuaded
to join the party, becomes wildly intoX-
icated and confesses that his upright
life is but hypocritical cloak.
The second act takes place in the
Darlington country homestead, where
the whole party congregate in accept
ance of an invitation by the senior
Washington while in a state of inebrie-
ty. Most of the humor of this period
is raised by the mad efforts of several
of the characters to obtain liquor. there
being none to be found in the village.
From this brief synopsis a slight idea
of the piece may be obtained Its Ii
cense to exist is afforded by one or two
pretty songs and chOruses, and by the
talents of the enterprising company,
who are al Iof them excellent comedi-
ans. Hugh Chilvers, the Jack, is a
handsome fellow, with a superb high
baritone of which one would gladly
hear more. 1t is rumored that he is
to be Miss FoX's husband in the near
future If not sooner, and the star is
to be congratulated on her good taste.
r. r. Graham extracted considerable
hilarity from the role of the hypocriti-
cal parent. John c. Slavin was amusing
as diminutive German, and H. D.
Blakemore did a genuinely artistic
piece of work as rustic, free from ex-
aggeration and entirely natural Eu-
gene O'Rourke was unctuOus and jolly
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
THE Gypsy MOTH.
MeIen of Worcester Offers a Substitute
For the Present Measure.

/ r,. ~
''oii' March @o'--Ih the house to-
ua| the committee on judiciary report
ed reference 10 tha navt ooro,.o1 l.,,,,t
hin rro,,i5;,,o 80 a. oouI
49,, e. e. y ,'''i's iol 'iie electIon Oh JUDI
clal olllclals. The committee on street
railways reported against yestibuIes
for street railway cars.
In the senate the committee on pro-
bate and insolvency reported a bin
providing that transportation compa-
MES shall give employees one days rest
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
PERSONAL BAGGAGE.

The persistency and vigor of the
compartments against the personal bag
gage regulations of the custom house
have led to an official investigation.
The travelling public now looks for re-
lief, and some are so sanguine as to
hope for the repeal or modification Of
the personal baggage clause itself. The
fact is the committee and congress
We're sadly imposed upon when they
We're persuaded to put that clause
into the tariff bill. The representation
was that it would yield the government
two or three millions of dollars annu-
ally, but it has not yielded ten per cent.
of the estimate. The receipts scarcely
pay the costs of enforcing the rule. 1t
has resulted simply in causing Euro
pean travellers intolerable annoyance.
The inherent unpOpularity Of the clause
has been needlessly aggravated by re-
gulations made for it's enforcement ut
the instance of a small politician, who
posed as the leader of the retail mer-
chants, and the chorus circumstances
that have at last compelled the govern
ment to action is by no means of par
tisan character. Many influential re-
pGblicans have been heard from in for
chile terms. In New York the feeling
has seemed almost hysterical and near
ly all the papers have taken hack al
the clause.
The personal baggage law is not in
trinsically a part of the protection sys-
tenn. 1t is akin to laws now in force
in many European countries, whether
free trade or protectionist that re,
strict passengers as to the quantity
Of cigars, tobacco and other dutiabl(
commodities that may be brought
across the frontier duty free
Such laws are matters of eX-
ccutive or administrative detail
rather than abstract questions OF
tariff, and their wisdom is to be iudgec
from the standpoint Of eXpediency. II
the expense Of enforcement ccunterbal-
ances the additional income derived, OF
if they impose hardships and eXasper-
ate the people, there is little iustiflca-
tior for maintaining them either upon
the statute book or among the admins
trative regulations of the treasury de-
partment
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
MAY DO THINGS.
License Board Sets Seal of Approval on
All Sorts of Ambitions

There was a short session of the Ii
cense board yesterday afternoon, when
the following petitions We're granted:
To Oscar Ekman to conduct an en-
ployment office at 245 Main street: to
Margaret Edwards to transfer her
employment office from 245 Main street
to a Front street; j. j. Duggan, for the
81. Nincents Aid Society, to hold a lee
ture in Mechanics hall, Sunday eve
ming, April l6; w. H. Balloon, to hang
! signs at S. Grafton street, 66 Blooming
dale road, 60 Water street, 800 Chandler
street, and Il Hanover street. Auc-
tioneers' licenses were granted to John
B. Litchfield and William 5. knight.
w. II. Gray, Of IS Pink street: to drive
a job wagon; ldan Luton, to build an
addition to the building known as Tenn
perance hall. 10 Linwood street: Lynch
! Bros, for William Dowrey and y. F..
I Rourke, to build a wood addition TO the
| building 81, 50 and 81 Summer street.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

All the money for the determination of
the moth is to be expended by and I'M
der the direction of the cities and towns.
The original bill appropriates S170,O0O
for the determination of the gypsy
moth alone, the sum to be expended by
the gypsy moth committee OF the state
board of agriculture. The bill Went in
to the calendar.
The resolutions on the admission of
Brigham Fl. Robert of Utah to con-
gress were rejected unanimously by the
senate.
The bill to enable Grafton to incur
Indebtedness for school purposes was
engrOsSed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
GOING BACK.
Marlboro Manufacturers Claim They Are
Getting All the Workmen They Need.

1eltihg All the Workmen hey Need
1t was announced yesterday by tho
proprietors Of the Getting avenue shoe
shop, Marlboro, that they were employ
ing 200 men. The general number
which has been employed is 600. but
this was in the days of prosperity.
One of the manufacturers was in
town yesterday and conversation with
one of Marlboro's former business men
who was obliged to move to this city
on account Of the dullness in the field
there, said that he was securing Wor-
cester men for the Marlboro shops. II
was stated further that many en-
ployees who had left Marlboro for
Worcester and had been employed with
the Rice & Hutchins plant here. had
by their own preference and wish re-
turned to Marlboro and are now
working in the Rice & Hutchins plant
there t-''''S
The manufacturers claim that they
are gaining the ground. and in fact now
state that they have the victory won,
While the strikers still stoutly main
tam that their side is coming out on
top, VA
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24


Ambassador Choate has hired a
house. Ambassadors of other nations
do not have to hire houses; they find
an official residence ready for them
when they arrive at the capital, and
they only need to move in, unpack
their goods and chattels, and 10, they
are at home. Hence there is interna-
tional interest in the announcement
that Ambassador Choate has hired the
London residence which papa Letter
bought for Lord Curzon and Mary
before they We're sent away to rule In
dia. Mr.. Choate pays a rent equal to
about two-thirds of his $17.500 annual
salary, but that is better than paying
$4,000 or 100000, the reported rent of
other houses offered him Among his
and Waldorf Aston. The former pays
no rent, the latter could pay anything
Now end then our foreign ministers
have astonished the town with the size
of their rent bills. Berlin and Vienna
have had notable experiences of this
sort In Paris the American ambas-
sador has been more than once estab-
.lished in hotel. Gen. Porter
occupied the top floor, The ambas-
sador to the court of ST. James draws
the largest salary in our diplomatic
service, but even he is in much the
same circumstances as the newspaper
correspondent who complained to his
chief in New York: Cannot cover
London from the top of penny bus"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
SHE WAS PARTICULAR.
Thought There Was Nothing Like eau.
ton When Dealing With Medicine,

The friends of Clarence Z. Worthen.
the popular clerk at GREEN'S, are having
a jolly time at his expense. Monday
afternoon an old lady came into the
establishment and asked for the head
clerk Mr., Worthen was called from
the prescription room in the rear. and
lhe WouId-be purchaser led him to a
quiet corner and asked in a confiden-
tial manner if he was a; real licensed
clerk, and had his certificate from fhe
state board Of pharmacy. Mr. Wor-
then said that he was proud to say that
he was licensed, and that his certifcats
was framed and hung upon the side
walls over the lady's head.
The latter scrutinzed the certificate
ana appeared to be satisfied, then she
leaned over the counter and Whispered:
Seeing everything seems to be ali
right I'll trust you. Give me ; cents
worth of EPSON salts"
MIR. Worthen tells the above storv
and VOuches for it's truth.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
TO MANAGE REYNOLDS"
w. w. GLE, Son Of Col. William A. Gle
Assumes Charge Of Big Boston Hotel.

w. w. Gle, son of Col. William A.
Gile of this city, has assumed complete
management Of the new Hotel Reynolds
in Boston Mr. Gle, who has a val
liable experience in the hotel business.
succeeds George w. Mann as the pro
prietor. He has been the president of
the hotel corporation, and "a great sue
cess Is apparently assured the new
management In Murdock's Boston let
ter to the Hotel Register a very fiat
tering account is given of the change,
and warm tribute paid TO the execu-
tive ability Of Mr., Gle. The Reynolds
is described as IAN ideal hotel' and as
one that win rank high among the Bos-
ton hOtcl@ Of prOmLnenCe.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

The Boston Herald thinks that the
narrow margin III favor of the ant
polygamy resolution in the legislature
amounts to a boom for Roberts Of
Utah, inasmuch as nothing less than a
two-thirds vote can eXpel him from
congress. The analogy may not be very
exact, but the point is well taken new
ertheless. BY the end OF the present
session, several excellent members may
learn that the state Legislature was not
organized to make laws for the coun-
try, TO define the foreign policy Of the
government or to police congress.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
AMONG THE UNIONS.

One application for membership wa,
received at the meeting of the Paint
ers Union last night 1t was fond
tnat me applicant had been accepting
to membership in the union Hn rs Is
referred to the Master Painters.
Nothing but routine business uo.
done at the meeting Of the phIn,hers,
Union last night. The meeting v.a.
addressed by William Crosbie in the in
terests of the Building Trades Co,,nciI
disposed of. "'ie
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

Adjutant General Corbin declined
promotion to the rank of major general
on the ground that the few commits
sions of that grade that the law al
lows should go to officers in the fight
ing line. This is as handsome an ex-
hibition of self-abnegation as was Civ
en- by Admiral Higginson.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

1t seems to be settled that the Fill
pinos use brass headed bullets. These
poisonous missiles are of course fur
nished the troops by that highly en-
lightened native government that
a few curious newspapers delight to
honor, and of which Aguinaldo is the
head.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

ordinances of 1896, relative to the ap-
pointment of eight assistant assessors
at large, instead offour, and to promul-
gate the change by publication in the
daily papers. The order was adopted
The board adjourned until Monday
evening. April 3.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

If it is true that life insurance men
in Coyington, Ky, have been indicted
for banding together to fix and main
tain a high rate of premiums" then the
grand iuries of that state are a SUI
perior brand of donkeys. Life insurance
rates are fixed by the immutable laws
of human mortality, are practically the
same with all companies the world ov-
er, and cannot be materially changed.
Life insurance is the one great interest
in which trust is absolutely impos-
Sible,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

About the only way TO ascertain if a
number Of the old style of hotels in
New York are safe would seem to be
to turn the people out and set the build
ings ablaze. If they don't burn down
they are reasonably fire proof
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

1t may be, as his private secretary
states, that it is Thomas B. Reed S
disposition to withdraw from politics
entirely" but it is by no means the dis
position of the state of Maine to let him
do il
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
TO OLD WORCESTER.
Mayor Dodge Sends Copy Of Worcester
of 1898" TO Our English Prototype.

OF 1898" to Our English Prototype.
Mayor Dodge has sent copy Of the
publication entitled worcester OF
1885, to the mayor Of Worcester, Eng
gland, accompanied by the following
letter:
ITO His Worship the Mayor of Wor.
cester, England: | have sent Won Inv
American Express copy of the publ
cation entitled The Worcester OF
1898 containing information Of oul
city, past and present, which viii
doubtless be Of interest to you, as
showing Creditable namesake in
America. We are glad to salute out
prototype, hoping that the kindly feel.
Ing heretofore existing between the tive
cities may long continue.
II have the honor to he
Very truly yours.
.,. Rufus b. Dodge, Jr.,
Mayor Of Worcester, Mass, U. S. A."
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

The Filipino leaders compute that
deaths by wounds and disease in the
American army will amount to twenty
day, and if the insurgents only per-
severe, our army will be wiped out. So
long as OTIS forward movement causes
five or ten times as heavy loss to the
natives as to the Americans, it does
not look as if the supply of Filipinos
would last long enough to complete the
determination experiment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

Col. Bryan has lately become a hard
master. He not only compels the New
York dollar diners twice to change the
date of their dinner, but also to change
the name Of it. "Jeffersonian" was too
ambiguous; it must be a Chicago plat
form dinner. Everybody knows what
that means.
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discussion issued in which many mem
bers of the Society of Antiquity took
part. Ledyard Bill of Paxton said he
would like to see peace come by way
Of the Philippines.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

Senator Dave" Martin, the anti
Quay leader, Senator Grady, the Quay
leader, and Senator Magee, the anti
Quay man who supports the boss be-
cause he is the caucus nominee, all
predict that a senator will be elected
at Harrisburg before the legislature
adjourns, April 20. What sort of devil.
ment is brewing now?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

It is safe TO say that were Thomas
Jefferson alive and invited to both of
those two dinners in New York, he
would select the ten dollar one.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

Attention is called to the phenomenon
that immigration has not increased
with the revival Of business in the Unit
ed States, as was its wont in former
years. The fact is, industrial condi-
tons throughout the civilized world are
approaching an equality. There is less
land in America to be taken up and set
tied, and the fall in the price of food
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE The EYE OF ARGUS: He
IS HONORABLE IF NE DO But LOOK TO The VEL.
FARE OF TIE COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-24
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Weight Pants
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Fine Silk Finished Blue and White and
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These ar Bargains Tor 5UC
Chidren New Cluster Rib Jersey Garments long
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70" " pearl buttons big bargain Regular value 1885, Price 29c each
Ladies' Isle Thread Black Eru Equestrian Tights - ro i
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