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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

after hold it's meetings the second and
fourth Wednesday evenings Of each
month in Castle hall.
For two terms of 10 weeks each, Philip
L. Hale of Boston has held art classes
at the Art Museum, and the first eXhi-
bition of the school was opened there
yesterday, with about 1926 drawings and
paintings, enough to fill good-sized
room on the ground floor.
Among the drawings from casts, OF
which there are sixty-six, those
of Miss Henrietta Osborne, Miss
Hattie B. Andrews, Mrs. u
V. Greenlaw, and Miss Nellie r.
Lindsay are perhaps the best. MISS
Lindsay received her first instruction IN
this class, and her work shows lemark-
able progress. She has four studies, OF,
the walls, while Miss Osborne mas
eight. Mrs. Greenlaw had had pre-
ViOus work in life classes and her stuu-
| les from casts have, like Miss Osborne s.
d life-like vitality and power.
| The class in design has had but three
members, Miss Paine, Miss Lincoln, anu
! Miss Haywood, but their exhibit OF 70
! book designs and wall paper designs Is
/
| ability. The aim has been to produce
! designs that might be adapted to prac'
! teal ends There are some excellent
! specimens of copied designs in len ana
ink. The book covers are not especially
successful, and convey the impression
that the designer was unfamiliar with
the contents of the volumes.
The life class is represented by II char
coal drawings, six oils and the sama
number of pastels. There have been six
pupils, of whom Mrs. Spencer Il. Nee
ser, Mrs. Anne w. Munger and Miss
Hattie B. Andrews are most extensively
represented. The little collection of life
work is the most interesting in the
whole exhibition. Mrs. Munger and
Mrs. Meeser both have good oils of an
| old woman in a ruffled white bonnet
| and Mrs. Meeser has excellent stuiies
of an old man with a white beard and
/ a young man with a chevelure Of wavy
| brown hair, beside several pastels. Miss
Andrews study of an old woman Will
! her hands resting in her lap, is one Of
the best of the charcoal studies from
life.
The galleries of the Art Museum are
at a low ebb now, many of Cne pictures
| of the winter exhibition having beer
removed While the summer exhibition
has not aHived. The Davis pictures
from Newport and some pictures be
! longing to Miss Frances Lincoln, which
she left when she went to Europe, are
there. Mrs. E. D. Burlington will place
several canvases there for the sum
mer. A Bouverie from the Carnegie
museum in Pittsburg came yesterday
and with two Sewells recently released
from a New York exhibition, will prob
ably be in place for visitors Sunday.
Ben T. Hammond will hold three pu-
pills recitals next week on Tuesday
! Wednesday and Thursday evenings, in
his studio in the Peoples Bank build
ing.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

ter was flowing into the aqueduct and
to Boston at the rate 1870 100000 gallons
a day.
Engineer Miller explained the plan
upon which the dam would be con-
structed from the blue prints.
Judge Corcoran and Representative
Is. Ives Wallace took pains to explain
that when the dam is built it will hold
millions of tons of water towering a
hundred feet over the Lancaster NILS,
and the dwellings of Clinton as con-
slant menace.
The north dixie was the next point
of interest The party We're driven
over the Lancaster mills bridge, across
the town, to where Contractor Joseph
D. Gennaro, with a hundred men, was
delving for the bottom of the great
ditch.
Engineer Miller explained to the Wis
itors the purpose of the ditch. 1t is to
be filled with loan, and will form
great retaining wall, through winch
the water from the reservoir cannot
percolate, as it could readily through
the sandy soil which forms the earth
in all this section.
The legislators also saw something
| of the work the engineers have fruit
lessly done in their attempt to find
rock bottom for the dixie. They were
more interested in this work than IN
anything else. Senator Dallinger was
one of the first to go down into the
| depths The rest of the party followed.
| The visitors walked nearly half mile,
well toward the other end of the dixie.
! They were much interested to see what
| the workmen were doing to keep back
| the water which bubbles UP into the
dixie from many springs and constant
! w intarfaraC with the work
| From the north dixie the party visit
! ed the pumping station and the sewage
beds in Lancaster. Then they were
driven to see the lowland of the Nash
ua, known as F'yfe's valley.
Part of Clintons claim is that the
value of land in this valley has depre-
| ciated, because it is underneath the
dam and would receive the first shock
| of the flood if the dam should yield.
Before dining the visitors were driv-
en- to the house of Judge John w. Cor
| coran, from the veranda of which they
enjoyed a view of a large part of the
| valley from the dam to where it broad
ems into a plane beyond the town. Din
ner was served at the Clinton House
| Before dinner a reception was given tc
| the committee in the hotel parlors II
was entirely informal.
| Dinner was served at l o'clock to 81
persons, Inc menu was elaborate Al
ter cigars the visitors and their escort
got into the barges and were driven t.
| Lancaster, where, by the invitation OF
Col. John e. Thayer, they inspected
| the famous Thayer stables, including
| the $4,000 stallion, Baron Wilkes.
Returning to Clinton, the committee
| had a luncheon at the home of Judge
John w. Corcoran. The Boston mer
left by the $50 p. m. train.
| Members of the committee expressed
themselves as much gratified with the
treatment they received here, and al
the fair way in which the town has
stated it's views. Several said that
| their views on the amount of damages
this town has sustained are greatly
| changed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

Edward Atkinson's retort that If it
is seditious to distribute his pamphlet,
Criminal aggression; by whom COM
mitted," it must also be seditious to
publish and disseminate the Congress
sional Record, moves one to inquire
how that pamphlet got into the Record.
1t was submitted in the senate March
l, by Donelson Caffery, with motion
that it be printed as a document. This
was a mere matter of courtesy on the
part of the Louisiana senator, whether
the paper was sent to him directly by
the author or through some intermedi-
airy. 1t was regarded as a matter of
routine, and whether Mr.. Caffery had
read it or not, the senate, in the natu-
raj course of proceedings neither knew
nor cared about its contents. The mo-
ton was passed. The apparent dmpli-
cation that Mr.. Atkinson was sending
to the Philippines only a record of the
proceedings of congress, is of course
utterly false.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

1t is a pretty tale, that of the control
of Cuban politics by the widow of Ces-
pedes, president of the republic under
the former revolution, and the posing
of her son as the most promising can
didate for chief executive of the repub-
lie that is to be-perhaps. The salon
has played an important part in Eu-
ropean politics, from time to time, but
in Cuba the one hero of the war, poor
old Gomez. is represented as utterly eff
faced by this gracious and brilliant
woman, to whom he stands merely as
courtier and parlor ornament. AS a
presidential candidate, he counts as
nothing. Meanwhile, these drawing
room statesmen are booking the Ameri-
can troops for a passage back to the
states by the summer of 1900. The un-
Matched chickens counted in this
scheme are too numerous to men
ton. The present trend of events
in the island will seem amazingly de-
ceptive if in another year the process
of Americanization does not increase
the probability of annexation.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

In imitation of other armies in the
orient our troops are to be furnished
with a coolie transportation corps.
Horses and mules are scarce in that
section of the globe, and transportation
from the occident is tedious and eX-
pensive. Furthermore, it costs less to
keep a coolie than to feed mule, and
his rations take up less room in the
caravan. When beasts of burden die
or are killed, they are a sheer waste
of money. The death of a coolie, on
the other hand, represents no property
loss. There are enough more where he
came from. The Chinese coolie, more
over can carry about half the load of
a mule, is more intelligent and never
kicks. He will keep agoing where a
mule would stand stock-still, entranced
at the regimental profanity. The COO
lies moral influence upon the troops
is therefore better than the mules. 1t
is estimated that the cost Of corps
Of 5000 coolies would be less than the
support of battalion of infantry, but
it is clear that the army ought to have
coolies rather than mules, anyhow, if
due regard is to be paid to high ethi-
cal considerations.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
TO INSTITUTE NEW LODGE.

The board of officers of independence
Lodge, G. T., was installed at last
nights meeting by D. G. c. T. Miss
Lizzie sentance, assisted by G. NJ.
Henry Duchesne and d. G. NJ. Matthew
Steele of North Grafton. The officers
installed are: C. T.. Maurice NJ. Ber-
man; V. T., Della Walker; S, James
F. A. Powers; F. s., Gertrude Dickie;
T., Edward A. Dickie; c., Grace e. Ber-
man; M, Nettie Behrens; G., Charles
H. Topper; s., Irwin Hartford; D. NJ,
Minnie Hilton; A. S, Harlan A. Tup-
per; S. of J. T., Thomas Sewers; P. c.
T. F. E. Drury.
Mrs. Sarah A. Leonard of Independ-
ence Lodge will institute a new lodge
at Old Boylston Tuesday night.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

Congressman Cannon of Illinois,
whom many have regarded as the best
fitted of all the candidates for the
speakership, is out of the race, and
the state delegation has given its en-
dorsement to Hopkins. Sherman of
Utica, Boss Platt's candidate, seems to
have the lead in the race.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
DRINK GRAND.

after you have concluded that Won ouebt
not to drink coffee. 1t is not a medicine
but doctors order it because il is health,
full, inyigOrating and appetizing If is
made from pure grains. and has that ricb
seal-brown color and tastes like the finest
grades of coffee and costs about one
fourth as much. Children like it and
thrive on it because it is a genuine food
drink, containing nothing but nourisb-
ment- Ask your grocer for GRAIN-O
the new food drink, Is and CSC
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

banks have retaliated, but the New
Workers say that this is small offset
in comparison with the gain. Fur
thermore. it is asserted that even now
the banks are not fully reimbursed for
the collection of out-oftown checks.
There are dissenters from these views
but a majority of the bankers seem to
think the tax a success.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
YOUR PICTURE
ON A BUTTON.

In our basement an expert photogra-
pher and a wonderful camera are sta
toned. You can have your picture ia
ken in a minutes time for 5 CENTS,
or on a button for 10 CENTS. Chill
drens pictures a speciality.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

The Gas war in New York has
brought the price down to so cents a
thousand feet, and for the time being
the Joy is unconfned. Some day one
of the companies may go to smash, or
there will be a combine, and up will go
the price again, though it may not at
tain the former dizzy height.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
PATRICK EROSION DEAD.

Patrick Crosson, an old resident of
this city, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Edward R. Norton, SO
Austin street, last evening. The de-
ceased leaves a wife and nine children.
five sons, William of y Riley street
David of HOlyoke, George and Franly,
of Philadelphia, Joseph Of this city
four daughters, Lizzie and Gertrude o.
this city, Mrs. George Gates of West,
field, Mass, and Mrs. Edward r. Nor
ton, with whom the deceased resided
Funeral notice later.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

Motor men in the country will pre-
sumably have to put up with vestibuled
cars whether they like them or not.
But the Senate has amended the bill SO
that it will not apply to cars on ele-
waited railways or in cities Of 100000
population or more. That lets out
worcester and Boston. Motormen who
are held responsible for accidents do
not like to be shut up in a close box
when they are running through the
crowded streets of a city.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

The Worcester man who has devised
a scheme for turning the tides into
power, offers a means of coaxing gold
from the sad sea waves which may not
be as seductive as Jernegan's, but Is
far more practical. This is realistic
age when the moon is made to run
dynamos for opposition lighting.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

Michael Cantacuzine is the name OF
the Russian prince to whom the daugh-
ter of Gen. Fred D. Grant is engaged
The name suggests that he is cook OF
vocal accomplishments, but Gen. Fred
is said to be quite contented with the
match, and he is going out to his COM
mand in the Philippines, just as if Miss
Julia were not coming home to be mar
ried.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT

you can get at any druggists Kemp's
Balsam for the throat and lungs, acknowl-
edged to be the most successful remedy
ever sold for coughs, Group, bronchitis.
asthma and consumption. Get a bottle
today and keep it always in the house so
YOU can check your cold at once. Price,
&c. and SOC. Sample bottle free.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

Despite prediction to the contrary,
New York bankers say that the tax i'm
posed upon the collection Of checks
drawn upon out-of-town banks is prov
ing very satisfactory. True, there has
been a marked decrease of deposits at
most Of the metropolitan banks, but
this is attributed not to angry deposit
ors, but 10 the natural course Of BUSH
ness in April and the decrease Of
loans. In some instances, country
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

The bill to allow the city to borrow
100000 outside the debt limit to salts
fy the Kettle brook claimants has been
admitted to the legislature. If means
has really been found to satisfy them,
all good citizens will of course rejoice.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
A HALF-HOLlDAY.
Washburn & Moen Office Employees Will
Get it After May 49,

The story was published in an after
noon paper yesterday that the en-
ployees at the Washburn & Moen
shops were hereafter to have a Satur-
day half holiday, beginning May 13.
This is incorrect.
The officials of the company regret
that such a statement should have
gone out among the 1000 employees of
the factories here, as it will, of course,
prove very disappointing to them to
learn the truth.
AS a matter of fact only the office
employees are to be given Saturday
afternoons. The order, as applying to
them, will go into effect May 10 and
continue during the summer months.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
NOTES ABOUT SPENCER.

Spencer, May 4.-Little Joseph Gren-
Ter, the three year-old child of Adolph
Grenier, now in Jail, is dying slowly
from an ulcer around the right eye
This is the youngest of four children
who are sick, and of whom the SPY
told the story Monday morning. The
little child has been sick with chicken
pox, and the germs Of the disease set
tied under the eye, causing the ulcer.
The ulcer is slowly eating away III :
bones around the eye, and is penetrat-
ing into the brain.
The opening of the May festival of
the Spencer court of Foresters Of
America was largely attended this eve
ming. The Eclipse Banjo, Mandolin and
Guitar Club and Miss airline Hall Of
Worcester gave a very Interesting en-
tertainment Prouty's orchestra fur
nished music and J. H. McKenna
prompted. The fair will be continued
for the next two nights.
The body of the late Mrs. Michael
Hurley was placed at rest this fore
noon at o'clock in st. Mary's Gene
terry. Rev. Father DOlan Ofticlated al
the funeral ceremony in the Holy RO-
sary Catholic Church. The bealvrs vera
David Burke, Michael McEncroc, John
Hiney and James Rogin.
The members of the st. Jean Baptist
g0ciety are considerably worried over
the letter that their president ieceiN ed
from Bartlett Anderson, lawyer III
Boston, in regard to the lawsuit thai
the widow of Charles J. Demers threat
ems. The suicide clause in the consti-
tuition has caused considerable troubls
of late and now that this dangerous
letter has arrived, something VIII havz
TO be done about the constitution. Next
sunday, however, will dispOss of the
suicide clause. The members Of the So
ciety will not pay Mrs. Demers what
she demands, but will fight 1t in the
courts.
DR.. W. ]. Meloche was among the
different slaughter houses today IN
specting the cattle.
The Spencer Marine drum corps will
hold a benefit dance at Mechanics hall
May u and 13.
The famous passion play will be pre-
scented at the town hall on Wednesday
evening, May 10. The eminent baritone
Fred Dixon of the Bostonians, Will al
so appear at the same time.
The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Dufault was made happy yesterday by
the appearance Of q bouncing baby
girl.
Peter LaDrade Of this town was ar
rested in Worcester yesterday for the
larceny of a diamond ring.
The selectmen met this evening and
drew orders amounting to $500; $l94S.33
for pay roll for teachers and school
janitors, and a number Of smaller or
ders.
A. o. Grant the new proprietor of
the Massasoit was granted an inn
holders and pool and billiard license.
Daniel Paul was granted common
-sctuaiier's license.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
ROBERT STEWART PRIORY.

The recently elected officers of Rob-
ert Stewart Priory, No. l, Sublime Or
der of the Great Cross, were installed
last night by S. P. F. L. Wood, assist
ed by P. P. Robert c. Stewart and H.
P. E. NJ. Northrop. The officers are:
w. P. J. H. Dawson; V. P, Richard
Leach; NJ, Mason T. Ward; w. H. P.
Jesse T. Taber; s., e. NJ Northrop; T,
F. L. Wood; P, H. A. Anderson: G..
William Petit; W.. J. H. Pierce; T. for
three years, John Burleigh.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
TO RECEIVE WORTHY PATRIARCH

Commonwealth Division, Sons of
Temperance, at its meeting last night,
completed arrangements for the re-
ception to Worthy Patriarch w. H.
Williams of Lynn, on the occasion of
his visit to Worcester Thursday night
The arrangements are directly in
charge of a committee composed of G.
L. Kibbe, T. A. Montague. Mrs. G. L.
Kibbe, NJ. J. Montague, f. A. Howard,
Arthur w. Hall and Mary J. Cutler
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
BERTHE REED RUN OVER.

Little BERTHE Reed, four years old
son of John Reed, was run over on Me
chanic street yesterday at $50 o'clock
by a grocery team. He was taken to
the hospital, suffering with confused
wounds of the face.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

Thomas B. Reeds article in the
North American Review concerning
.inter-o oceanic canals sets forth the rea-
sons why he looked askance at the eff
fort to hustle the Nicaragua bill
through congress. It is a plain bust
ness proposition, stripped of sentiment
and bereft of imitation. By the time
congress reassembles, the government
should be in a much better position to
act with intelligence and prudence than
it seemed to be during the excitement
last winter.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

The bill limiting the height of sky
scrapers to 100 feet has died in the leg
islature. There was no call for it out
side the state house circle in Boston.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
LIGHTED MATCH COST $50.

Box So at $50 last evening brought
the fire department to IA Riley street
to the house owned by Bridget Reidy
and occupied by John E. Carey. A
closet caught fire by the dropping of
a lighted match, causing a $50 loss.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

There is peace in Samoa, but the
merry war over laying asphaItlna
pavement in Main street still goes on.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

One woman has knocked the Somer-
Vile board of trade all askew by ap-
plying for membership. There was no
provision in the bylaws to forbid her
admission, but after wrestling with the
petition for an hour, an amendment TO
exclude women was proposed and laid
over till the next meeting. The Som
erville trade boarders have not got be-
You'd being scared by George William
Curtis burlesque warning, Suppose,
Mr.. Chairman, you should wake up
some morning and find yourselves a
board Of alderwomen instead of alder
men"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

Chauncey NJ. Depew says that the
next republican national platform will
contain an antitrust plank. So will
the democratic. If anything can be
done to correct the evils of the trust
craze, however, it viii have to be done
by a republican congress. There are
two reasons for this. In the first place
democratic congresses have proved Ia
inevitable failures as lawmakers. In
the second place, there won't be any
democratic congress.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
REAL ESTATE DEAL

Auctioneer Henry NJ. Clemenca so'd.
yesterday morning the old building
and land at 166 Pleasant street, form
erly used by the Stearns and Rogers
bakeries. The property was sold to Ac-
celerate the settlement of affairs OF
the Rogers-Young Company, which
has become absorbed in the National
Biscuit Company. The lot contains
549S square feet and was sold to I,y-
man Hopkins for 81 cents a foot.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
GA . T0REA.
Bears the n The Kind You Have Always BOugh
Signature a &XNAzzzx

Auction sale today at o'clock at
Kendalrs, 319 Main street. Parlor
suits, chamber sets, carpets, rugs, pic
lures, etc.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

The extra session rumor is around
again. News is scarce in Washington.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

A steel handle makes natty UNI
brella. but it also makes a first-rate
lightning rod. A New York girl who
was carrying one in the street was
struck by lightning and burned from
head to foot Luckily, so Nicola Tesla
saws. she was standing in a puddle OF
water at the time, else she would have
been killed. The girl is proud Of being
the most interesting patient in Belle
vue hospital, and doesn't mind the loss
Of the umbrella. She had borrowed il
of her employer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05

After four years of waiting, the sui
IAN has agreed to reimburse the Ameri-
can missionaries to the extent of $780,
600 for property destroyed during the
Armenian persecution. 1t is pity
there is no international court to com
pei him to pay interest on the princi-
pal up to date. Unless his minister in
Washington has been lying, the TURK
can we'll afford to do the square thing.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
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9 a . ToREA
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature at UrzfAzEzzw

BILIOUSNESS. DIZZINESS. NArrsEA
HEADACHE. are relieved by small dose ?
Of Carter's Little Liver Pills. 5,