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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-16

Letter for some absurd piece of infoT-
nation and rang Off Then he became
indignant. Somebody had made a fool
Of him on his first night. 1t was out
rageOus.
He told the telegraph editors his
troubles. They were strangely unsym-
pathetic. Now that all occasion for sub
terfuge was over they laughed long and
loudly. To Black they appeared like
men suffering with paresis He told
them so. Then they began to kid"
him.
80 you, are the man they can't
horse over the wire?" said the night
editor, recalling the incident of the
early evening.
Black deigned no direct reply "This
will cost somebody his job" he said
irrelevantly. By somebody" he meant
Joe Flynn. Everybody suspected Joe
whenever trick was played in the
office.
Before he went home that night,
Black wrote out a full account of the
evenings proceedings ending with
request for the discharge of the guilty
parties. The city editor found it on
his desk that morning. He read it
through with all the seriousness de
manded by the situation. Then he re-
ferred 1t to the managing editor.
The managing editor sent it back to
the city editor with these Instructions.
Mr.. Robley, please investigate and
fire the proper persons" Mr.. Robley
investigated the affair patiently for
the better part of a week. and then in
formed his chief that ne had been able
to secure no evidence sufficient to con-
vict. That was the end of the great
Letter suicide.
When Black reported for duty the
second evening of his incumbency OF
the Office of night city editor. he was
asked respecting a certain hot story
relative TO the drowning of three men
i'm the South branch Of the Chicago riv-
en- which every other paper but the
Register had had.
"Oh. that was crowded out to make
way for the Letter story replied
Black. BLACK will do very well when
we cure him of his habit OF jumping al
conclusions, said the city editor 20
the managing editor at Managers later
in the day.
Is The night city editor was not nearly
ms important that evening as ordinar-
lily. The first assignment he gave was
to Joe Flynn say. Joe" he said, Il
see that French ball was postponed TIL
tonight. Took them an extra day to
square themselves with the police. Give
US a hot story on it,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-16

was unaware that everyone from man
aging editor to copy boy was watching
his every movement. In few seconds
he was asleep
He was awakened by the ringing OF
a telephone at his elbow. Say, Black,
asked a voice, what's this story about
Joe Letter committing suiclde?' All
poppycock, answered Black, hanging
up the receiver Disguised. He wonder
ed when the boys would learn that lie
was not to be fooled
He was just about to resume his re
cumbeat position on the desk when his
eve happened to fall upon piece oil
bureau himsy," he had II, to then ov-
erlooked. lie picked up the yellow piece
of tissue paper. 1t was bulletin from
the City Press Association. 1t read as
follows: Joseph Letter, the wheat
king. committed suicide at 1870 tdjs
morning. We viii not cover"
Black was all excitement in an in
slant. How long had that BANKED
fimsy been lying on his desk. the
ropv boy thought it had come over the
tube an hour ago. So h. had beea
sIeeping White the story Of the yssF re-
mained uncovered. The other papers
had an hours start on him. The story
must get into the second edition or le
was ruined.
He turned 10 Tie NtAss hitpAAE " III ~
erish haste. He called up the East chi
cago police station on the nOrtn side.
Would that central never make con-
nectiops. McAllster, the north side
notice reporter in whose territory tne
story fell. was supposed to be in that
station at. that hour. Black asked The
desk sergeant if McAllister was there.
No. McAliister had gone north to Ra-
venswoud to investigate holdup.
HoIdups. when story like this has
broken loose! Had the sergeant heard
of the suicide of Letter? The desk SER
geant had but could get no details.
The west side police reporter should
have been at the Desplaines street sta
tion. but inquiry revealed the fact that
he had gone out to Oak park on a sui
eide story. Had the desk sergeant
heard of the Letter suicide? Yes. all
the uolice We're talking about it. He
aid not know the facts.
The south side police reporter should
have been at Harrison street: but he
ma zone to SD street on a burglary.
The police reporters were suspiciously
active that night. Black. knowing
their WAYS. thought they must be at
central playing pitch" with the de-
tective but the telephone speedily de-
molished that theory.
All the regular reporters had gone
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-16

When Bob" Black entered upon his
duties as night city editor of the Reg
lister. his feelings were not those or
unmixed satisfaction. His appoint
ment coming as the result of slight
-ofTica snakeup, had made him the sue
cessor of one of his best friends, whom
he hated to displace Then, too, there
was present in his mind the uncomfort-
able Thought that his term might be
Just as short as his predecessor
lie had voiced this thought to few
of his friends in the telegraph room
the dsy before. as he passed around the
box~of cigars his elevation demanded.
But the telegraph editors were accus-
toned to a shakeup once every Two
weeks. on an average, 50 they accept
ed Bobs remark as trulsm, ana tod
him he would probably suck Two
months. That did not comfort Bob as
much as the telegraph editors had
hoped.
But the thing worrying the new night
city editor most of all was how he was
to get through the first night He felt
if be passed through the first great or
deal successfully and got out good
pauer the worst would be over. He
knew every one on the sheet from pub
Usher to copy boy, would watch that
paper next day with a critical eye, and
that if the marked papers with their
sad tale. of scoops did not tell ia
vorabte story. the comments might not
he pleasant TO hear. But he would
take care that there were no bad beats
Ire first day. He was resolved the To-
cal room should have nothing to criti-
cize.
Possibly it was the local room as
much as anything else that gave him
cause for concern. He must let the
reporters see at once who was master.
There were several there that had been
With the paper since its start, and over
whose heads he had been promoted.
He felt they must be jealous OF him.
He would not notice their manner To-
ward him. but would treat the star
men like the rest. He would even call
them down" if necessary.
With all these resolutions carefully
Terminated in his own mind, BOD re-
ported for duty promptly at O'Clock.
Robley, the city editor. was waiting for
him. The first duty was to prepare the
evening schedule. One by one the Two
editors went over the afternoon
.'sAories', and the city editor caretuily
gave his night substitute the mlnutest
directions regarding each, how many
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-16

: for a while" said the managing editor
hanging up the receiver. .
But Black was beginning to suspect
something. Before going farther, ne
thought il prudent to call up the city
press desk man for further informa-
ton. Scarborough, the bureau desk
man. was his friend. He thought he
ought to have called Scarborough up
before.
Hello, Scarborough; anything new
i'm the Letter suicide?" he asked.
Scarborough had been waiting for
Just that question all the evening =.
No; didn't we say we wouldn
cover?"
but it's true, isn't it,"
"Of course, it is. or we wouldn't have
sent the bulletin"
.'Wel. it's a wonder you wouldn't
cover a life story on the rare occasions
when you hear of one.
What's the use when every paper
in town has its own men Out?'
The night city editor could not &C
knowledge that his was the only paper
in town without the story. He hung
up the receiver in high dudgeon.
There was one chance left. He would
call up his friend Gage, the night desk
man on the "Trib." He had bought
Gage a drink that very afternoon
Possibly ne might trap him into giving
away the story. Once more the tele-
phone was put into requsition.
Hello Cage he asked artfully
What have you got on for tomorrow
night?'
oh I can't talk that rot now. In
getting up my last copy on that Letter
story. All l can do. We're going to get
an extra out in half an hour" And the
''Trib." man rung off abruptly.
Black saw that he was ruined. His
career as night city editor had been
brief and inglorious Tomorrow ne
would be fired" Worse than that hC
would be the laughing stock Of the
row"
why don't you call W the Letter
house, inquired a plying voice from
the telegraph room. Black certainly hat
been "uo in the air. not to have
thought of it before. But the advice
was good.
t-r again be rung up central and
asked to be connected with the Letter
mansion. rs Mr.. Letter in2'' he asked
tentatively.
Yes, what do you WANT
Black stated il was the voice of the
young wheat king himself. SO it was
only a cleverly devised hoax after all.
For moment he experienced no other
feeling than one Of JOY. He asked Mr..
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the night city editor was to answer
telephone inquiries for the latest war
news and the base ball scores.
All at once there was another ring.
An excited voice called up the city
editor. The call came from Engle-
d-on-the- The voice had a
narrowing tale to tell of "A triple drown
cago river. Don't you think you can
throw the con into me like that" said
Bob, and rang off. That was executive
ability.
Bob explained the situation to the
night editor at 10 o'clock as the two
dined off the sumptuous lunch which
the office served at that hour. say,
but it was funny Joe Flynn was sore
because l wouldn't give him the
French ball assignment. He tried to
work me on that old game about the
drowning in the south branch" Three
men. as usual He'll be trying the eX-
plosion in the tunnel next. I was eX-
pecting it all the evening. They al
ways try to horse a new man.
The managing editor and the city
editor were taking their customary
evening repast at Mangler's. How S
Black getting on?" asked the managing
editor
"Oh. well enough, just a trine inn
portant, perhaps. but that viii wear
Off. It's natural for a new desk man
to be impressed with the dignity Of his
position
The managing editor lighted a cigar
cite thOughtfully. Cant we have a
little fun with him tonight? Just to
initiate him. you know"
The city editor blew rings Of smoke
toward the ceiling. 7 think I have
Just the thing" he said thoughtfully.
after a moment of reflection, and he
unfolded the details of his plot to the
managing editor.
well, Black won't have quite as
swelled a head tomorrow. You go
back to the Office 21d put the boys on,
and I viii see the bureau desk man
and the boys on the other papers"
And they departed full Of their evil
purpose.
The first edition had gone to press.
Nothing especially startling had hap
pened and Black was congratulating
himself on the credies Bile way he had
got through with his first night. 1t
would DE several minutes yet before
the first paper. fresh from the press,
would be passed up for ais inspection.
He leaned over on hisfdesk TO snatch
moments sleep in et1e interval. He
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-16
NAME OF DEWEY.
Of Interest in Many Places, Worcester
Included.

writer in Leslie's Illustrated saws:
A hero of heroes" through long lines
of heroic ancestry in colonial and revo
lutionary times, and descendant of
kings by right divine the indisputa
Bile right of lineal descent is Admiral
George Dewey. whose splendid inherit
ance from past ages is augmented,
even eclipsed, by his own vast achieve
ments in the Orient. Fortune, which
lowered the great naval commander so
magnificently, has added the grace of
legendary and traditional lustre to his
name, by revealing the quaint history
of its origin-a history which is, in
part an undisputed family chronicle;
and in part, mayhap, little less than
fanciful and idealized theory.
The first of these accounts deals with
the fortunes of an ancient feudal fam
lily in French Flanders, of the name OF
De la Wey, alias De Wey or Duee; a
representative of which named Will
liam De la Wey, from Douai-a city in
the province of Nord, France which
received it's name from the family-ac-
companied William the COnqueror to
IAIlS ldllN, anu alter lue Ddllle OF Hast
ings, received from him manorial hold
ings in Lincolnshire. A few centuries
later, descendants of this Flemish
burgher are found i'm Kent where one
Simeon Duee-or Dewey, as the name
n its anglicised form was now writ
-en-received from James H., for mer-
tied services to the crown, the barOnet-
cy and lands appertaining to Stow
Hall; and a coat-of-a rms, the feur-de-
lis of which maintains the French or
igin of the house; while the Virgilian
motto of the scrOll-"Corona Veniet de
lectis"-Which has been borne by many
a chiValrous scion in the line. fttingly
epitOmizes the glorious reward due the
great American hero.
In this line from the fertile plains of
Sandwich Kent, in 1880, came Thomas
Dewey with Rev. John Warham and
others, who sought in the new world
the civil and ecclesiastical liberty de-
MED them in the old. He was first of
the name in America; an Independent,
fearless pioneer like his renowned
Flemish ancestor who braVed the dis
comforts and perils Of foreign lands,
of battle, of struggles in untTOdden
fields, that he might carve out for him
self and those who should come after
him a broad and grand highway in the
cause Of humanity and truth. OF the
brave soldier of the middle ages, and
the patriot colonist of New England,
Admiral Dewey is representative, out
ranking both with achievements which
will make his name and fame dear to
his country while that country's annals
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-16

New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco
and other cities, and that they built
temples, held public meetings, and
opened schools. 1t would not be strange
If they should gather around them a
crowd of men, women and children of
all classes and conditions. If they were
to begin their work by making vehem-
ent attacks on the doctrines of Chris
tianity, denouncing the cherished insti
tutions of the country, or going out of
their way to ridicule the fashions of the
day, and perhaps giving learned dis
course on the evil effects of corsets
upon the general health of American
women, 1t is most likely that they would
be pelted with stones dirt and rotten
| eggs for their pains.
The spirit of commercialism has late
ly risen to a dangerous pitch. AS a
market for the worlds goods, China in
disputably holds the first place, for the
wants of 350,0000 900 to 400 000 900 people
have to be supplied in some way. 1t
has been said that, as a market one
province of China is worth more than
the whole continent of Africa 1t has
always been the policy of China to.
treat all foreign nations alike. They
are all most favored nations in lit
| eral sense. The maintenance of an
open door is exactly in the line Of
IlCI pollCy' Dul uilndpplly human ma
ture is never contented. When a man
gets an inch he wants an ELL 1t is
now the turn of missionaries to tell us
that if there were no foreign adven-
turers in China there would be no for
| eign complications. Twenty-Five CEN
turtles ago, our sage, Confucius, the
greatest philosopher that ever flour
| ished in China, said: Wealth gotten
| by improper ways will take it's depart
ure by the same" This is equivalent
to your proverb, Goods ill-gotten go
ill-spent." Nations as well as indi-
viduals should not forget this. as the
maxim of Confucius as well as your
proverb will always come true if any
nation or individual should unjustly OBJ
tain possession of any property
| China welcomes to her shores the peo-
| pie of all nations. Her ports are open
to all, and she treats all alike without
distinction of race, color nationality
or creed. Her people trade with all
| foreigners. In return she wishes only
| to be treated in the same way. She
wants peace-to be let alone. and not
to be molested with unreasonable de-
mands. Is this unfair? She asks YOU
to treat her in the same way as you
would like to be treated. Surely this
reasonable request cannot be refused
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-16

found in all history than that of st.
David. lie was of princey origin, OF
great personal beauty, dignity Of man
ner. eloquence, learning and persuasive
zeal; all which, illumined by unostene
tatious charity, made him the idol Oh
the people, and his fame the glory OF
the nation He founded numerous mon
asteries in Britain, chief of which was
at Menevia, on the western coast Oh
Wales. which is now the site of the
imposing cathedral named in his honor,
in which his remains repose, and which
has been greatly enriched by the prince
" offerings of royal pilgrims to the
shrine of the founder; 'Ty Devil Or
"House of David being the most sacred
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-16
Strictly Temperance Medicine


spot in the Kingdom to all true Welsh
men. He died IN SOL and was canon
lied by Pope Calixtus in 1121; but his
influence in the religious musical and
Literary life OF the nation is still felt.
Whatever ground this tradition may
haVe-and it will be conceded that the
Investigations and scholarship of the
learned divine are entitled to consider
atiOn-it has Il certain foundation
which has secured it's survival for cen
turtles. and which gives to the name
already made illustrious by the "Hero
Of Manila "a rare and unique signifi-
canoe from this famous personality of
a distant era--the hero and patron saint
tdf Wales.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-16

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28
A Little Common Sense.

Do you want home, or do you in
tend paying rents all your life? Now is
the time to decide. 1t wasn't long ago
when you might have had block of
land on the PLAINS fer a trifie-yOu
thought then it was too high at any
price. Relieve your mind of such pes
simistic ideas and BUY A LOT AND
BUILD a HOME. Don't you think
your family is entitled to this cOnsid-
Grafton. GO TODAY and look at the
PAWAA TRACT of land. Study its
situation, on the two principal high
ways of this city-the boulevards of
Honolulu-On the line of the proposed
electric lines-Facing Beretania and
King streets. Size of lots 75X140.
PRICE $1,000. Terms $3.50 cash, ball
ance in monthly instruments. Build
ing is cheap, and you may build upon
making your first payment.
The same influences that have Oper-
ated in the past will operate in the fu-
ture. Look at the many buildings going
up in the neighbOrhCOd Estimate their
cost and realize that the present op-
pOrtunity for investment or specula-
ton is one that Will not be repeated in
your lifetime.
WILL f. FISHER.
Real Estate Agent.
Office in ROth's store, corner Fort and
Merchant streets.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-28
BY AUG. TOELLNER
Journalist and Soldier
Writes From Manila.
Ali Hands Remember Honolulu
The Hawaiian BattaIion-Re-
marks on FiIipinoS.

The Advertiser has received letter
from August Toellner, who is in Ma
Mia with the Washington regiment.
He writes that the boys on the trans
port Ohio, talked nothing but of their
royal reception in Honolulu. for many
days after leaving Hawaii's shores.
The only island seen on the route
TO Manila was Marcus Week owned
by a Honolulu party.
Mr.. TOeIIner says there are twelve
Honolulu lads in mis- camp. They are
all getting along nicely and receive
the kindliest attentions wherever they
are met. George Shaw, Jim Kamahi
and John KAPPA are in Company b,
First South Dakota, and are fayorites
OF the regiment. Young Murray, son
Of Captain T. B. Murray, of Honolulu,
is in the Custom House and enjoys a
most pleasant circle Of friends. Mr.
TOellnsr says:
All the officers Of the Washington
fans viii ever think pleasantly of the
genial hosts Of the Hawaiian National
Guard. and the little courtesies eX-
tended, whilst the enlisted men can
never forget. the hospitality of the Pa
cific Paradise and they will ever and
anon, wherever they may go, repeat to
all the kindly greetings OF the Hawaii
an, Aloha
In speaking o. the Eilipinos. Mr..
TOellner says:
Much has been said OF the natives of
these Islands. but from what can be
seen there are 10 real natives. They
are a fearful mixture, these natives.
and as to a purity of blood, you cannot
find it along the coast. The insurgents
are more or less Of a bright class OF
people, and although they have many
so-called heads, nevertheless, they have
not the genius that they would have
| the world believe. They need leader
who can govern and guide them in the
paths most chosen by these people.
The E'iGpinOs are of very small
| stature, due TO the climatic conditions
as we'll as the coTYuptions of blood. A
| Filipino brought up- abroad is always
larger than their brethren at home. AS
are the people SO are found all theil
Iapplfances. Small carts, victorias
guerneys, and bugsies, drawn by small
ihorses about as large as Shetland
monies. Also are the cows very small
| The goats and sheep fall into line il
comparison. The heavy work is done
| by the water buffalo, the draying being
done by two-wheeled, awkward looking
carts, IN front Of which is the yoke
with one water buffalo.