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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
HANNIs TAYLoR's VIEWS.
He Says Urgent Need Now Is Settlement
of Cuban Army Question.

Mobile, Ala, Feb. l.--Hannis Taylor,
ex-minister to Spain, who returned
yesterday from a two weeks visit to
Cuba, has given the Associated Press
an interview on the Cuban situation.
In part Mr.. Taylor said: while in
Cuba, l came in contact with the lead
ers of every faction. Upon one point
all agree-American officers and Gu
bans-that outside of the cities, the
country is in a condition of want and
misery that can hardly be explained
AS an aggravation of that condition
stand the Cuban army ut least 10000
idle men, waiting for such a settlement
OF their dues as will enable them to be-
gin life again. Those who had a right
to speak for the army said that ten OF
eleven million dollars at least would
be needed for satisfactory settlement
or sum that would give about $500
to each man. With that they said the
small farmers could procure stock and
live until they could make a crop. The
Cubans do not desire us to contribute
penny for the payment of their army.
All they ask is that loan should
be made for the purpose, charged upon
their custom houses. Every class there
is demanding that a settlement be
made at once, so that a menacing body
of idle men may be converted into
peaceful producers. cannot doubt if
the just claims Of the Cuban army are
treated with injustice and contempt
and the present military regime con
tinued indefinitely, in a short while
we would be hated by the Cubans just
as the Spaniards were. The urgent need
in Cuba now is prompt and satisfac-
tory settlement with the army of the
revolution and esta olishment as soon
as possible of a provisional civil reg
ime in which Cubaus themselves can
have a voice.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
BOSTON MEN.
They Will Compete in
Olympian Games in Paris.

Athletic are now enjoying great boom
in the borough of Boston.
In 1896 the Boston Athletic Association
sent team of athletes to the Olympian
games held at Athens. Today there is a
movement on foot to have the Bay State
metropolis fifty represented in the Olym-
plan sports at the Paris exposition of 1900.
AT the annual meeting of the New Eng
land Association of the A. A. U. boom
was started in this direction President
Babb preached the subject of appointing
a committee to confer with the mayor and
city council of Boston in regard to the
Hub being represented at the Partisan
games. The members of the association
at once became enthusiastic over the sub
Ject, and at the proper time the commit
tee will be appointed and get to work. At
me present time Boston Is in position to
collect one Of the greatest teams that ever
represented the United States.
First and foremost on the list is Rerney
Wefers, lately of the New York A. c.,
who is now a resident of the Hub We
fers is in good health, and says that he
can easily run up to his former great
sprinting records. Tom Burke the quar-
ter-mile champion, is another man who
can be relied upon to bring Boston prom
inently to the attention of Europeans
He is considered the fastest quarter and
nalf mile runner in the world, amateur or
professional. While holding no records.
competition. Burke was member of the
b. A.. A. Athenian team. The men will
probably be put in. charge of John Ora
ham; the physical director of the Boston
A. A. Mr.. Graham had charge of the
Boston A. A. aggregation that went to
GREECE in 1896 and captured many of the
International events.
While it is known that the Amateur
Athletic Union will send an all-American
team abroad, the Boston athletic enthu-
siasts desire to have the city distinctly
represented. All of the above mentioned
cracks are ma tives of the city of Boston or
Of Of the state Of Massachusetts. A Boston
city team will be something of an inno-
walton, Heretofore the athletes have
competed for the. glory of their clubs or
colleges, and incidentally the city state
or nation in which the club or college
happened to be situated. Boston has a
reason for sending team of its own to
the Parts exposition sports. Burke,
Wright, Quinlan, Wefers and other crack
New Englanders would otherwise proba-
bly, wear the colors of the New York Ath-
letic Club at the Olympian champion
ships, and nobody on the other side Of the
pond would ever suspect that they ever
partook of the famous beans or walked
the ancient common.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
PEABODY WILL SUE [. A. w.

Macon, Ga, Feb 1.-Earl Peabody, the
erstwhile amateur cyclist from Chicago,
is now in this town engaged in the rail-
road business. Although he will never be
as active a participant on the cycle path
as he was in former years, the speedy
Chicagoan does not intend to abandon
cycle racing entirely.
At present his grievance is the action of
the L. A. w in declaring him a profess
sional. Earl and his father are doing all
in their power to have this ruling re-
voked. His father threatens a law suit If
unsuccessful, but the boy Is confident his
amateur status will be restored at the
If he does obtain recognition as an anna
teur, Peabody will race in New York at
the time of the Amateur Athletic Union
championships. Last year Peabody won
the title of A A. L. national champion at
Chicago. and purposes being on hand to
defend 1t this season If possible.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
DEATHS.

COLL1NS-In this city, list, John Fl. Coll
Inns, 81 yrs. 10 mos. days.
Funeral from his late home, Chandler
court, Friday, at 8.15 a, m. High mass
of requiem in st. Paul's Church at
o'clock. Relatives and friends are in
vited to attend.
lLUNDBERG-Tr Gardner, LIST, Grace A.
v. Lundberg, daughter OF Francis and
Hilda Lundberg, yrs. mos. Z days.
BURNSIDE-In this city 9oth ult., Eliza
beth Dwight Burnside, daughter of the
late Hon. Samuel McGregor Burnside.
Services at her late residence, Thursday,
Feb. 2, at ! o'clock. Friends are re-
quested to attend without further notice.
KNIGHT--In this CITY. 29th, Edwin A.
Knight, rs yrs. 20 days.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend funeral services at his late resi-
dence Burncoat street, Thursday, at 2
p. m.
FREEMAN-In Wolfboro, N. H., Jan 18th,
Rev. Allen Mason Freeman, 81 yrs, q
mos. 10 days.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend funeral services at the residence
of Mrs. Bassett, 80 Mason street, Thurs
day, Feb. I'd. at II a! m.
days. ~ e
.PuTNAM--In this city. LIST, Mabel g., wife
OF Fred S. Putnam, % yrs. II mos. 10
BUCKLEY = In this city, LIST, Herbert
Buckley. son of jeremiah and Catherine
Kelley Buckley, 1S yrs. 10 mos II days.
Funeral from the parents residence, 31h
Crescent street, Friday morning at 8.15.
Requiem high mass at the Church of the
Immaculate Conception at o'clock.
Relatives and friends invited to attend.
KELLIHER-In this city, LIST, at Null
berry her court, Catherine (cYrtinl. wife Of,
Notice of funeral later Please omit
flowers
|O'CoNNOR-In this city. LIST. John O'Con-
nor.
Funeral from his late home 20 Ledge.
street, Friday morning at SIS. Solemn
requiem high mass, at st. Johns Church
at O'clock Relatives. and friends are,
invited to attend - h
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OUR SURPLUS COAL.
America Now Trying to seud It to Europe


Philadelphia, Feb 1.-Efforts have
been. renewed recently to secure a
market in Europe for our surplus coal.
One of the largest operators in the
country says:
THE time will assuredly come in the
near future when we will supply the
manufacturing countries of Europe
with their coal. 1t is the duration of
low prices, which have prevailed for
so long, which has led to the latest at
tempt to sell our surplus product to
France, Germany and southern Eu-
rope.
I'VE have already outsold England
in South America, South Africa, Mexico
and the West indies, despite our lack
Of tonnage. The great export market
of the world is, however, continental
Europe. To France, Germany, Italy
and Austria, England annually sells
millions of tons Of COAL
1.-The main difficulty is the transpor-
tation question. There is an immense
lack of facilities, which English oper-
ators enjoy The Welsh and Newcastle
operators own their boats, and the haul
to the seacoast is practically nothing
compared with the distances from the
mines to the seaports in America.
This advantage is in a measure offset
by the cheaper cost Of coal in this coun-
try. The impression also prevails on the
continent that the English anthracite
is much superior to the American. The
coal used for domestic purposes differs
greatly in size from what is used here
THE Anthracite Coal Operators AS
ISOLATION recently sent a representative
to Europe to study the economies OF
transportation, the needs and wants OF
the French, German and italian i'm
porter. and to make a report to them
Coal can be put on board vessels at
any of our North Atlantic ports at the
rate of $1.75 a ton. The freight charges
vary from $3.48 to $3.75, according to
the port of destination. To this expense
must be added the cost of discharging
customs and lghterage, which, accord
ing to recent consular report
amounts to IS cents. The total cost is
therefore $685. for a ton of American BIZ
luminous coal, equal in quality to the
Cardiff output.
1.-The Collery Guardian. the official or
gan of the coal interests in England
quotes in a recent issue $3.50 as the
price, f, o. b., at Swansea. The transpor-
tation charges to similar port in
France are $780, while the port dues
amounting to the same in both in
stances, bring the total cost to $3.50
There is an abvious balance in favor
Of the English exporter of so cents"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
Ed eEERs' STRING.
Trotters and PAGERS In Training at East
Aurora.

IIOILSIo anu dVCTS III lIdIitniR at Eds
Aurora.
Ed Geers is jogging the members of the
Village Farm campaigning stable in the
mud at the home farm, East Aurora. and
it's members never looked better in their
lives than they do at present, despite the
cold winter. Save in one exception, the
silent man should ride in front the coming
season as of yore. The one exception is
in the slow pacing classes, and unless
Geers gets something later ON he will
have no entry in that class Among the
horses he is jogging Is that great young
stallion, Dare Devil az, 209A, now six
years old. This son of Mambrino King
was raced in his four-year- old FORM but
was kept in the stud the past season, and
given an opportunity such as Is accorded
but few stations. The greatest mares in
Village Farmland that means the best in
the country-were bred to him, and If he
does not prove great sire theoretical OF
scientific breeding is but dream. An
other great horse Geers will campaign
after being. in the stud; is the black stal-
ting record PIP. He is great sire as
well as a great race horse, and horsemen
have wondered why the proprietors OF
Battieton "a, 2:09%, and The Abbot, 2:OS
are being touted as the coming champions
and the pair may set low mark as a
| team in addition TO proving winners III
| their class The Abbot is slated for a
record close to 2:14. and party in close
touch with Village Farm affairs predicts
| that the team will trot below 2:lO. The
| Abbot will be entered in the freefor-all
and 2:OS trots. and will meet his old OPP
ponents in better shape, barring accidents
than ever before in his life. Battleton
| will be started in the 2:10 classes but will
have hard proposition to solve in Cres-
ceus, 2.O9s4, and his former stable COM
panion, Tommy Britton, 2:09A, to say
nothing of several others.
The only PAGER Geers has at present is
that wonderful filly, Lady of the Manor
2:O7%, and the chestnut daughter of race
of kings looks as If she was ready to &c
the camagn of her life. She will do tc
lie to- and If she lives up. to her former
record will be champion of the grand cir
emit, The celebrated George Starr recent
" offered to wager that Klatawah
Searchlight or Anaconda, some one of the
: three, would reach the 200 mark next
. Int in this connection 1t may be said that
: LADY of the Manor may reach 1t before
, any Of them. AS usual, Geers has lot OF
: green things that will do to tie TO-. They
} renresent all the strains that are Famous
! 40 the product Of WALLACE Farm, the blood
! Of Chimes being predominant. This sor
4 Of Electioneer is now counted the great,
Get sire of extreme trotting speed that
. ever lived. but will add greatly to his rep
,1ta I'm 1899,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
RADICAL REFORMS.
They Are Being Contemplated In Yale's
Athletic Councils.

There is a movement on foot to in
troduce some radical reforms in the
training and coaching of the Cornell
foot ball team. An effort is being made
to create the position Of alumnus gem
eral athletic manager at Ithaca, such
as exists at Harvard and other large in
situations, This Is daily gaining favor
with the athletic council and its final
adoption is. apparently only matter of
time. This is the result of the fact that
Cornell is continually handicapped by
having as managers men who are COM
paratively inexperienced, and whose
authority ID greatly limited. III. HUI
Ter, who proved satisfactory mana
ger of the foot ball team last fall, is the
only active candidate for the position,
so far as can be ascertained at present.
1t is proposed also to introduce next
fall an entirely new system of coach
ing. The graduate system will not be
abandoned but 1t will be enlarged, as il
were. and improved. 1t is probable that
Fennell will be the head coach, and II ID
quito possible that he viii not return to
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
THE CUBAN GOLD MYTH.

II we listen to the voice of the charmer.
or go to the books on Cuba for our in
formation, we shall find that the mineral
resources of this island include gold, sill
yer, mercury. lead. anthony, copper.
chrome, iron. manganese, pitch, bltumen.
and even coal; but when we come to look
for practical metallic results commensur-
ate with these varied mineral resources
we shall be disappointed.
The gold fiction is the most time-hon-
ored, for the original Spanish settlers ex-
pected to find rich gold mines in Cuba.
According to their historians "much gold
was taken from this island at the begin
ming of the conquest" but 1t seems prob
able that most OF this was taken from the
chiefs or caciques OF the Indians, and
very little from the ground Eel Viagero
Universal Madrid, 1897: says: Some Of
this metal (gold) is stlll found at Holguin.
Whenever the existence of gold In Cuba
Is discussed this mine" at Holguin IS In
variably brought forward. 1t is true that
some work has been done at this point,
and little gold has been extracted. but
there has never been any systematic ex-
ploration. and there Is nothing there
which may be dignlfled with the name Of
a mine .-Jennings S. Cox, Jr., in the En-
cheering Magazine for February.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
GERMANY's ATTITUDE.
Her Ambassador Says the Kaiser Is Not
Interfering.

Washington, Feb. DIR Theodore
Won Holleben, German ambassador. has
given his first authorized interview
since the war. 1t may be regarded as an
official statement of the attitude of Ger
many. Speaking of immediate questions.
the ambassador said.
About the question of expansion.
which has become such vital one, I
can say that Germany at least is not
interfering in what is strictly the affair
OF the United States. The United States
did not object to our occupation of
Kiao-Chou. Why should we object to
the American occupation of the Philip
pines? We have not in the Philippines
any more vital interest than America
has in China. Since the United States
although urged to do so, did not protest
against our entrance into her CONNER
cial domain in the Celestial empire. we
cannot do more courteous act than to
follow her example and abstain from
all criticism of her acts in Asiatio
waters"
Inc ambassador emphatically protests
against continued intimations of un.
frlendliness upon the part Of Germany
and says, referring to the millions of
Germans In the United States: ANY
trouble which might occur between the
two countries would be to millions of
their citizens as great a calamity as a
civil war. Commercial friction does not
constitute a plea sufficiently strong to
warrant our viewing the case in any
other light. Commercial friction should
not enter into the question Of higher
politics. know the American people
are too fair minded to allow minor CON
slderations to influence their Judgment
in the great things at stake. II is trne
that tariff regulations in this country
and restricted legislation in ours have
caused 1ll-will, but this is a natural re-
suit Of the great struggle for CONNER
cial supremacy. l can say with perfesf
truth, Notwithstanding much which has
been said to the contrary there never
was a moment when the officials of this
government believed one iota of the
rumors of German interference or Ger
man hostility during the late war"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
WILL ATTEND.
DR.. McAleer a Guest at the
Megantic Dinner.

DR.. George McAleer of this city will at
tend the annual dinner of the Megantic
Fish and Game Corporation at the Bruins
wick Hotel, Saturday evening. 1t is ex-
pected that a. large number of the men,
bers and their friends will be present on
that occasion. The president Of the club.
Mr.. William A. Macleod, and the invited
guests will receive from to o'clock.
Among the latter are their Excellencies
Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts, Gov
ernor Powers of Maine, the Hon. William
Aston CHAMBER the Hon. George F. Mar
den, the Rev. Mr. Jaynes and Mr.. Casper
Whitney. MI. Whitney, besides being an
author, war correspondent and journalist,
of wide repute, is one of the most cele-
brated big game hunters of the day. His
hazardous journey to the barren ground
of the far north in search of the musk OK
is still fresh in mind, and the members
will have the opportunity of listening to
his experiences. Mr.. Whitney will also
illustrate his talk with the stereopticon
from original photographs
The Megantic Fish and Game Corpora
ton is the largest club of its kind in the
world. At the present time the club has
a membership Of 3O0-the stated limit-and
owns and leases territory comprising $50
square miles, containing three lakes,
twenty ponus, SIX rivers eight streams
and eight boys.
1t has a large and commodious club
mouse on the southern shore of Macanna-
mac lake, twenty-three public and four
teen private camps, a fish hatchery, a
steam launch and large supply of boats
and canoes, and by ownership and lease
controls a vast area, one of the largest
preserves in the world, an unbroken will
derness 5000 feet above the sea level, stu
ated in the northwestern corner of the
state of Maine, and extending over the
border into Canada.
Some ten years ago an enthusiastic
sportsman, with few of his friends, who
believed that an ideal hunting ground had
been discovered, and that with proper
care its attractiveness could be preserved
for many future years, decided to form a
club with the purpose, of acquiring con-
troll of this territory, giving fellow-sports-
men an opportunity of enjoying its ex-
ceptional privileges, and by proper re-
strictions preserving the forests and nat
urai beauties and protecting and propa-
eating the fish and game. AS a result the
Megantic Fish and Game Corporation
was organized, and on Feb. 49, 1887, it
was Incorporated under the Maine laws,
and March 26 1887, q charter was OBJ
tanned by 1t from the province of Quebec
has been the custom of the members
or the club to meet each year in Boston
or New York, some time during the win
ter enjoy good dinner and Swap sto-
rieS "
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
THE TWO TOMS.
Tom Sharkey Boxed Tom
Ryan at Syracuse.

syracuse N. Y, Feb. 1.-Eighteen hun
dred persons witnessed the six-round ex-
hibition between Tommy Ryan and Tom
Sharkey before the Monarch Athletic Club
tonight. The event was purely an exhibit
tion' IN which the Syracusan clearly dem
onstrated that he was far the superior of
ms antagonist as a boxer, landing freely
oharkey was somewhat dazed at the
SS4oWlng, and frequently laid himself open.
NO Damage was done by either man.
Fiye preliminary bouts were pulled off,
NE NE pest being that between Kid Ellis OF
cuse, both lightweights. Ellis did most OF
the leading. and clearly outpointed his
opponent. In the third and sixth rounds
iihey mixed it up freely. and Dunbar near
~ had his man out because of blows on
the stomach. The decision was a draw.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-02
WORCESTER OF 'es.
Valuable Work Gotten Out BY Fraklln P
Rice.

THE Worcester of Eighteen Hundred
and Ninety-eight," the volume COM
piled in commemoration of Worcesters
golden anniversary as city, has APP
peared in attractive binding and in
viting print, and will be valued deeply
as one of the best volumes of inform
alton on matters pertaining to the his
tory of the city and it's men, that has
been published for long time.
The editorial supervision OF the work
has been in the hands Of Franklin P.
Rice, the local historian and his work
has been done with commendable skill
and fidelity. The different phases OF
local life and history, the growth and
development of Worcester's religious
educational, financial, manufacturing
and municipal interests have all been
treated by competent hands and are
each complete in their respective lines
The volume is published by F. S.
Blanchard & Co. and it's appearance
geographically is naturally excellent
1t is profusely illustrated
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Hie8ins Is Treasurer Of
th6 Association.

MIsftn. Feb. 1.-The annual meeting
Yths New England Amateur Rowing
a socialion at the American house this
evenixe was the most enthusiastic and
IharnaHnious gathering of oarsmen ever
can<4Aed in this city.
HI<{een clubs were represented by
if6ltr two delegates and everybody was
NeMHv over the fact that the national
tia is to be held on the Charles
&I[kr, July % and 20. Walter Stimson
&t&efded over the meeting with George
De Blois as secretary. The treasur-
.|# report showed a balance of 1854.
Matter Stimson of the Arlington Boat
<N1b was elected president, John F
<abgan, of the Springfield Boat Club
zee president; John J. Corrigan, OF
st Boston, secretary, and DR.. NJ. P.
4iggins, of the Wachusett Boat Club,
<easurer. Among those elected on the
4ecCtive committee was j. H. Meagher
achusett Boat Club.
II was voted that the ways and means
pmmittee of the N. E. A. r. A.,
through whose effort the national re-
Xhtta was secured for Boston, should
NpnStitute the local committee in charge
IA the regatta.
No definite action was taken toward
AIMING a time and a place for the an
Dual regatta of the association, this
matter being left in the jurisdiction of
The executive committee, Mr.. Coogan of
Springfeld said that under certain con-
ditions his city would be very glad to
secure the regatta. ~
Resolutions of sympathy were adopt
led and ordered sent to the family of the
late Arthur r. SWEET of Pawtucket,
who for many years was vice president
of the N. e. A. r. A.