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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
BOARD OF ALDERMEN;

The most exciting discussion in the
upper board was over the order direct
ing the committee on military affairs
to consider the matter of band concerts
on Sunday, which has been adopted NV
the common council. When the order
was read Alderman Back moved that
II be laid on the table; the motion was
seconded by Alderman Wall Alder
man OConnell moved as a substituta
motion that the board concur with the
common council. After a long discus
sion the substitute motion was mt and
lost by vote of 6 to 8, the yeas and
nays being called for. The original mo-
ton to lay on the table was carried nv
a vote of 6 to 8, a yea and nav vote
being taken.
EX-Police Officer Edward H. Streetcr
through his counsel, Charles T. Tat
man, presented petition to the board
asking that his rights as a permanent
officer in the Worcester police force
be established and his status deter
mined. In his petition, Mr.. Streeter
sets forth that he was appointed and
confirmed a police officer on Jan. 4
1885 That he was reappointed and re-
confirmed under chapter $50 of the acts
Of 1888 and served for eight years af-
ter.
On March "a, 1896, he was Informed
that Mayor Sprague had removed him
from the police force. Streeter now
contends that his removal was unlaw-
full as 1.-THE act to fix the tenure of
office of the members of the police
force of the city of Worcester" pro-
vides that all members of the regular
police force shall hold office during
good behavior, but that such officers
may be removed by the mayor and
board of aldermen after a due hear
ing. He also contends that no hearing
was ever granted him by the mayor
and board Of aldermen, nor did the
board of aldermen join in an order for
his removal nor order him removed
nor express any cause for removal in
any order regarding his removal nol
in any manner
Streeter claims that he is still mem.
Der of the police force in the eyes of
the law, and asks that the board take
such action as will establish his rights
as a permanent officer, and determine
his status in the police department.
The petition was referred to the city
solicitor.
The report of the committee on
claims on the petition of the Francis
Cosgrove heirs for compensation for
land taken in widening Brown street.
recommending leave to withdraw,
which was laid over last week. was
taken up, and on motion of Alderman
O'Connell was laid over another week
pending further investigation.
The report of the city engineer upon
the grade of College street shows tie
street to be much sleeper than others
in the city, including Providence, Lin
coin, Grafton and other streets where
tracks are laid. In view of the e.
ceedingly steep grade, the engineer
considers coasting of cars down this
hill would be very liable to occur. The
report was accepted and placed on
file.
The board adjourned until Wednes-
day. June %, at 7.45 O'Clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
INCENTIVES TO WAR.

1t is a queer argument that has made
it's appearance at The Hague confer
ence to oppose the humanizing of war
fare by the extension of the Geneva
convention and the exemption of priv
ate property from capture at sea. 1t is
said that such sweeping measures
would remove the most potent of present
deterrents to war by minimizing the
cost That is to say, nations would be
more ready to fly at one another's
threats if their commerce were guar
anteed against attack. Obviously the
Directing nations have England chiefly
in mind, as was recently pointed out by
The Spy.
Another current argument against
simplifying the international war code
is that the powers Of neutrals would be
enlarged, the chances of violation of
neutral rights would be increased and
the temptation to neutrals to interfere
between the belligerents would rise in
proportion. Rights of neutrals are all
ready recognized as embarrassments by
certain military authorities, and in ac-
tual conflict these rights might not be
any too scrupulously respected. 1t
seems altogether human that militant
nations should oppose the placing Of
any further restriction upon their free
dom of action, even though logic and
right are against them. Uncertainty
and complications with respect to neu-
aIe orfe IN, 10
cause the international law of war has
not been carried to it's legitimate con-
clusion. The old doctrine that all is
fair in love and war has not been abol-
ished, and the attitude of some of the
representatives at The Hague is one of
unwillingness to bind their respective
( nations to fight square, whether with
regard to belligerents or neutrals.
They are loath to give up whatever
possible advantage there may be in the
present uncertain definition of laws and
practices.
The bulk of International law rests
| upon precedent and usage, COMPARE
| lively little having been added by con-
ventiOn or the agreement of nations,
J and there is nothing but world senti-
ment to enforce the code, barring the
( force of an aggrieved neutral nation
/ that might intervene in a war to pro-
/ tect its own rights. A formal ratifica-
/ tion of a system or principle of war,
/ however, would imply the obligation of
/ the signatory powers to enforce it upon
! all occasions and few of the nations
seem disposed to accept the responsible
ity for themselves or grant the power to
| others. A concert of civilized nations
I for the enforcement of universal law
might be viewed as the first step to-
ward the erection of an international
/ court for the adjustment of conflicting
| claims, but recent reports from the
! House in the Woods indicates a general
! reluctance to surrender possible indi-
vidual advantage to indisputable and
! universal benefit.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
COMMON COUNCIL,

The so minute session of the council
was consumed in the passage of orders
and the reference of petitions in con-
currence. Only twice was the still
ness of the chamber broken. once when
Councilman Timon arose to object to
the acceptance Of the report of the
committee on public buildings in re-
lation to the illumination of the CITY
hall clock. He was Of the opinion that
the matter had not been sufficiently in
vestigated and upon his recommends
ton the report was referred to the com
mittee on lighting streets in non-con-
currence.
Councilman George c. Hunt explain
ed to the council why it was that the
committee on police asked further time
before making report on the matter
of the transfer Of the ambulance ser.
vices. The remainder Of the session
was consumed in several recesses.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

1t is all right for the New York Jour-
nal to rehash The Spy's story of the
hayward Ephremia Mcpherson as its
own original account, but when it
comes to describing Worcester as "a
little Massachusetts town." it should
get down it's gazetteer. Doesn't the city
that has so recently become an adjunct
of Coney Island know that we have al
most $4,000 people in sight? No little
town could ever have furnished New
York with an eighteen year-old girl of
Miss McPhersons versatile taste in
hired livery rigs and other peoples
finery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Their time in order to grant a hearing
in the matter of the transfer of the
ambulance service, which was granted.
Upon the report of the committee on
streets, orders were adopted providing
for construction as follows: Sidewalk
on Beaver street from Main street to
Florence street. estimated expense
$1175; sidewalk on Berkshire street, es-
timated expense S1156; sidewalk on
Faraday street, estimated expense
$1,000; sidewalk on Irving street from
Chandler street to Austin street, esti-
mated expense S3S5.75; sidewalk on
Park avenue from Tufts street to Penn
broke street estimated expense $2750
sidewalk on Rodney street, estimated
expense $3.50; sidewalk on Highland
street from West street tC Fruit street,
estimated expense $969.44.
DEGREES were adopted making public
Shawmut street and locating sidewalks
on Highland and Millbury streets.
The report of the committee on
streets, recommending ineXpedient tc
act upon the order directing the com
mittee on streets to consider the advi-
stability of a sidewalk on Richland
street between Ward and Millbury
streets, was recommitted to the COM
mittee on streets.
An order was adopted, authorizing
the mayor to make all necessary ar
rangements for tour of inspection to
Brockton to inspect the system OF
grade crossing abolition adopted there.
Included within the order are the
members of the citizens committee for
the abolition of grade crossings, the
city solicitor and the city engineer.
A petition for the installation of
four Welsbach lights on Lincoln street
was referred to the committee on
lighting streets.
The petition of Michael Leahy for
abatement of a street betterment as
sessment on Brown street, was referred
to committee on street betterments,
and the petition of Ellen Leahy for
abatement of sidewalk assessment on
Barclay street, was referred to the
committee on streets.
An order authorizing the auditor to
transfer $4,000 of the money received
from liquor license fees to the appro-
priation for the police department, was
| referred to the committee on finance
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
"PAWN TICKET 21o.u
The Park Theatre Company Continues lis
Series of Popular PLAYS.

The Park theatre players yesterday
put on a drama of a different type from
their preceding successes, in the shape
of Lotta's old vehicle. Pawn Ticket
2lO.' Those who prefer their plots
thickly spiced with romance and Incl
dent. their humor vigorously drawn and
character sketches literally supplied.
VIII lind the new piece entirely to tbeir
taste; and those who yawned over the
suDdued force and yelled satire of
Arlstocracy," may be sure beforehand
they are going to like this immensely.
Meg one of those shrewd and shrew-
lsn nttle viXens which Lolita used TO
delight to portray, is in the hands Of
MISS Lola Mcrrisse. who is astonisb-
lhgiy good. Miss AIorrisse is bv nature
pellte and slender, and having the adj
vantage of youth, wins half her hattie
a. a. the outset by looking the part better
tnan the originator of it.
Inc Hebrew on the stage has so long
Deen regarded as a source of conedI-
Solely' that the impersonator OF tbe
Jew pawnbroker of the play has a hard
I'd Iash oeiore him. The part is intense
ehouenaL even tragic: vet to give
t elle necessary power. preserving at the
same ume the Hebrew dialect and
eHaTac iaristics, and not convey to the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
CITY COUNCIL,
No Action Taken On
the Grade Cross
ing Matter.
A TRIP TO BROCKTON ARRANGED
City Hall Clock to Be Left
as 1t Is For the
Present.
A TRIP TO BROCKTON ARRANGED

Contrary to general expectation, no
action was taken in last nights meet
ing of the city council on the order re-
lative to legislation in the grade cross
ing matter. Instead an order was in
troduced authorizing the mayor to ar
range for a trip to Brockton, where
members of the city government will
have chance to see the method of
grade crossing abolition in that city.
No date for the trip has been fixed
The committee on public buildings
submitted a report on Illuminating the
city hall clock, which closes with the
statement that in the belief of the COM
mittee it is advisable to allow the clock
to remain as it is.
In its report the committee states
that the Howard Watch & Clock COM
pany of Boston is unwilling to do the
work under a guarantee unless a space
of 10 inches is provided for between the
dials and the face of the tower. In or
der to obtain this condition it would be
necessary to recess the face of the
tower to a depth of 10 inches for a
surface IA feet and inches in cir
conference. Norcross Bros. estimate
the cost of this work at $500, the How
ard company places the cost of four
sectional glass and metal dials at 1892,
to which may be added the expense of
extra labor to be furnished by the city,
estimated at 5000, and the cost of wiz
ing and lamps placed at $3.50, making a
total of 1852.
1t is also suggested by the Howard
company that it would be well to cut
four circular holes through the walls of
the tower feet and s inches in di-
ameter for convenience in changing
lamps and making repairs. It is also
estimated that it would take u sixteen
candle power lamps for each dial
which would entail an estimated cost of
$1,000 for light each year. The report
was accepted in the upper board and
referred to the street lighting commit
tee by the common nn11nnn
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Chicago doesn't know which to mar
vel at most. the amazing nymphs
placed on the lakeside by the young
women of the art institute or Mrs.
Emmons Blaine, who has asked to be
assessed for $1,5OOOOO under the new
Illinois tax law and urged all other mil
lionaires to step up to the captains Of
flee and settle as they should. She
commends the law, and truth to say, if
others were as conscientious as this
heiress of the Mccormick reaper, the
burdens of taxation would be more
equally distributed and more easily
borne.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
IN CONCURRENCE.

The petition of Peter Baker and
others for water pipe in Esther street
from vernon TO Upsala street, was 1e-
ferred to the committee on water.
The finance committee reported and
an order was adopted upon its recon-
mendation providing for the tr5nsfar
OF $5OO0 from the money received For
nquor license fees to the approximation
Tor the overseers Of the poor.
Ine police committee asked for fur
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

audience the idea of burlesque, is q blra
cult, indeed. It is deserveoly iT az.
praise to say of Mr. Ely that 9s 7ron
complished this excellently, ana
the only curtain call of the evehIhSSii r1-
Kendall Weston stoically burleup Tlks
self in a negative part. Dan tight light
delighted the audience in tHg 5.h he
comedy role, in the lines OF W!'OAlyna
elaborated with the playwright. or old
Aiken was amusing as charao ee-
maid, Miss Pennoyer was IN nj and
ment as a fiirtatious daIilse AIDED
Messrs. Barber and BarringeI .scisn-
to their regulations by their co.i'Ntt s
tiOus work Miss Cashmere hau and
made that fact regretted by doins
so we'll
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

doubt, an entirely fictitious Importance
has been given to the mouthings of pro-
fessional agitators by the mere fact o;
newspaper publicity, Gen Wood has
done a great and lasting work in san
tiago province, and the best that others
can do is to initiate him. His tact and
sagacity have quite equaled his firm
ness and industry
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Kaiser Wilhelm is posing as the bully
of Europe at the peace conference.
There are hints that this is only for
theatrical effect, but William the Sud
den will hardly find his reputation en-
HANGED by the exhibition.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
PARK LOCATIONS.
Sub Committees Appointed to View the
Different Places Petlttoned For.

Sup committees appointed TO view the
Different Places Petlttoned For.
Alderman Brannon, chairman of the
joint special committee on parks, has
appointed the following subcommittee
to consider the question of park loca-
tons asked for in different portions OF
the city, in accordance with vote of the
committee taken June 8: New Worces-
ter, Alderman Back Councilmen Heath
and O'Leary; South Worcester, Alder
man Vaughan, COuncilmen Rivard and
Ryan; Quinsigamond, Alderman
Vaughan, Councilmen White and Ri
ward; Crompton park, Aldermen o. Con-
nell and Wall, Councilman Heath;
Grafton square, Alderman O'ConneIl,
Councilmen O'Leary and Inman;
North park, Councilmen White, Inman
and Ryan.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
HEARING POSTPONED.

The license commissioners were to have
given a hearing to William R. Web
ster, the Green street druggist, yester-
day, but in the absence of John E. Sui
Ivan, counsel for Mr. Webster, the
hearing was postponed. In case Mr..
Sullivan gets home, the hearing will lie
held Wednesday, June 2S.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Harvard hackers will be grateful to
Caspar Whitney for his expressed opin-
is faster than the blue. What it may
be on the day of the race, is quite an
other story, and Mr.. Whitney is not
telling
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Last Thursday The Spy drew atten-
ton to the dangers of fire in New
Yorks roof garden shows. Sunday
morning, fortunately a time when no
audience was present, one of the best
known of them all was burned out.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

The president must have had his fill
of baccalaureate sermons. To outsiders
the wonder will be that some one of
the preachers did not slop over, but no
indiscretion has yet been recorded in
this state
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Dewey is to be received in New York
by "a committee of representative citi-
zens" Mayor Van Wyck is on the list,
as representative of the disreputable'
element
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Unless the Boston papers exaggerate
the situation, the five warships and the
ping leave scarcely room for a row boat
to get around The harbor. The commits
sioners should buy brook and enlarge
the water supply.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Young Kaiser Wilhelm has just COM
pared the German nation to a thorough
bred horse. 1t may run away with its
emperor and throw him, some of these
DAYS
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

On Sunday Capt. Andrews, in a 12-
foot skiff, started from Atlantic City,
and Howard Blackburn, in a 90-foot
sloop left Gloucester, both bound for
Europe. Popular interest will rather
centre in the former Gloucester fisher
man, who has neither fingers nor
toes
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Springfield is going to ask Mr.. Nc
Kinley right into the front room and
give him all the elderberry wine and
Washington pie there is in the house.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Thousands of people are visiting the
warships in Boston harbor. When it
comes to patronizing shows that don't
cost a cent to see, Boston is right there.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

That the best boat may win is of
course the wish of every honest heart
in the forthcoming international yacht
race, but anybody who fancies that
Irish-Americans everywhere won't be
pulling the heartiest possible for the
Columbia, have but poorly gagged the
trend OF their sympathies,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

There is a growing suspicion in the
community that Worcester now owns
a real base ball team.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

work at the New Orleans election,
when a special tax for sewage and wa
ter supply was voted were women. An
industrious matron cast one vote for
herself and four by proxy, but this
in municipal government
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

People without any alma mater these
days are feeling sort of lonesome.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

The Springfield Union is giving ad-
mirable reports of the presidential visit
to the Connecticut valley. But the Re
publican's welcome, anatomically char
acterized, is rather of the marble heart
than the glad hand order. Were Mr..
Cleveland president, and making this
call, how different it would all be.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE The EYE OF ARGUS: He
IS HONORABLE IF He DO BUT LOOK TO The VEL
FARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
TUESDAY. JUNE 20, 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

As if gypsy moths, tailed
moths and drought were not discour-
agements enough for the honest farmer
and the lover of nature. the forest tent
caterpillar comes sweeping through
the Green mountains to destroy veget-
alton with the fierce voracity of a
prairie fire. If it be true that still small
er worms are eating the caterpilIars,
all mankind will wish the parasites joy
in their feast and hope for the exter-
mination Of this appalling pest.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Gen. Leonard Wood gives Bostonians
Cuba, and he ought to know. without
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Mattresses for sale cheap at auction
sale of Gately & Rogers, 2S2 Main ST.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

New York might as we'll stop shout
ing Hey, Rube" at Worcester. When
New York attempts to work the coun-
trymen up here with a confidence
game, it is obliged to send out it's
smartest crooks like John Reed. But
Worcester sends a little girl in her
teens to the metropolis and the shrewd-
est hotel men are what is termed easy
fruit The audacity of the young wo-
man and her success in the confidence
game has won the admiration Of the
metropolitan press, and she has been
given much more space in story and
illustrations than the ordinary case of
that kind is worth. There is no dis
position on the part of any one IN
Worcester to encourage such escapades,
but when New Workers who know it
all are done by a Rube" in petticoats,
they must excuse countrymen if they
are unable to repress their hilarity.
One of the strange features of such
mysteries as that of the skeleton in the
SM AMP lOM dlll @lOllllS NlbC ebINNAA
ton, is the number of cases of missing
women they always develop. The Spy
has already been informed of at least
six in Worcester county, and returns
are beginning to come in from remote
sections of the state and from other
states. The most promising clue ap-
pears to be that from Oakdale, which
The Spy developed exclusively yester-
day morning. People are sometimes
surprised at the number of cases of
missing women which such mysteries
bring to light in large centers like
New York, but it is not at all strange
when a law-abiding and highly moral
section of the country like Worcester
county presents such an array. 1t
looks now as though the identification
of the body in the swamp would be a
much easier matter than to discover
how and when the woman met her
death
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Are as easy to take as sugar.
CARRIERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

Speaker Henderson that is to be,
made a fierce attack upon Pension Com
missioner Evans at the last session of
congress, but now he turns up as his
champion and defender. Boys, he is
your friend and the friend of the old
soldiers everywhere Let US give him
justice" Enterprising attorneys might
as we'll stop their zap and conclude
that the administration is going to sup
port Col. Henry Clay Evans.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

The Episcopalians have held their
first open air service on Boston COM
mon. Only a short time ago, men were
arrested for preaching near the pre-
cincts Of the sacred frog pond, but all
that has changed, and nowadays the
visitor may find two or more gospel
meetings going on at once. It seems to
be recognized that the common was
made for man, not man for the COM
mon.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20

CASTORTA.
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Signature "a A1NA&zM