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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
ON THE STAGE.
Summer Notes of cold Weather Drama
tics,

Summer Notes of Gold Weather Drama
tics.
The Worcester theatre will once more
be lighted up August IL for one night
of Primrose & Dockstader's ministries.
1t will be the first occupancy of the
house under the new management, but
the only change the. public is likely to
notice is the absence of Treasurer Ma
thews. By his uniform courtesy and
obliging disposition. Mr.. Mathews has
endeared himself to the patrons of the
theatre more than any of his predecess-
ors, and the frequenters of the house
will miss his considerate memory for
their favorite seats and his cordial well
come on their appearance.
Marie Cashmere, late leading woman
of the Park Stock Company opens next
week in Springfield at the head of
Corse Payton's dramatic organization.
Jessie Merrilees viii head The Tele-
phone Girl this season, playing Clara
Lipman's part.
Alice Nelson's company, for her new
opera, will consist almost entirely of
people hitherto unknown to the stage.
Manager Perley kept his eye out for
good voices and promising talent all
through the recent tour, and has en-
gagged aspirants from nearly every
state in the Union.
John Hare does not play Saturday
nights during the summer, in order that
his company may get out of town for
a Sundays rest. Matinees, though,
are played as usual
Fired by Sarah Bernhardt's example,
Julia Arthur has avowed her intention
of playing Hamlet next season, and
her decision is made the subject of con-
siderable comment by the New York
critics, about equally divided between
the satirical and the commendatory
Lillian Russell is to be member of
Weber & Fields burlesque company,
and will draw a regal salary for thus
descending in the muses. lower social
scale. She is to play the part of a
French girl in the new burlesque which
will be written for and around her
The Boston Castle Square Company
has secured a new leading man in the
person of John Craig. late in the same
capacity with Mrs. Fiske.
Peter Dunno, otherwise Mr. Doc
ley" is to collaborate with Rudyarl
Kipling in writing play. Well, we'll!
"El Captain is not a success in
London, and will shortly be replaced
by Wang. Hopper personally has
made a big hit
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
FILIPINO AGE or CONCERT

There is an age every deveIon;n,
youth passes through when he is full If
concert and imagined strength and goes
forth into the world confident of his
prowess and his ideals. A series of hard
knocks skaters his rreconceived no.
TONS end If he is properly guided and
OF good calibre, time sets him right and
man asserts and adjusts youth to the
fundamental and existing laws and CON
ditions of life. The Filipinos have never
passed the age of conceit. Not even the
most sangulne of their disinterested adj
mlrers could claim that they have ar
rived at the age of man" Thus writes
Edwin Widlman, one of the American
correspondents at Manila.
The knowledge which the natives pos
sessed was just enough to be the pro-
verbal dangerous thing" Having
learned little of the world, a few ac-
tive and ambitious spirits saw in the
overthrow of Spanish sovereignty an
opportunity to usurp authority and lord
1t over the less favored majority. Span
$3.50 S9NoeCS NClc COllllSCdleQ, spanish
priests were displaced with natives.
churches were despoiied and heavy
taxes were loaded upon native property
owners and all recalcitrants were he
headed
For such government as they could
maintain they were dependent upon
hAlf-castes and mestizos. While the adj
mixture Of bloods, says the correspon
dent quoted often produces shrewd
business men and capable profession
al, he does not possess that balance of
qualities and sincerity of character that
are 80 essential in a governing power.
The half-caste Is often good citizen.
He is sometimes well educated and fire.
qucntly travelled. He is usually well To
do and often rich, but he is too often
unreliable and tricky" This writer puts
himself ION record that there is much
good in the Filipino" but such other
facts as are known also justify his as
sertion that the race would unuues-
tionably not develop under a govern
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

ment made up of natives and half
castes."
Knowing full well the certainty OF
anarchy under any attempt at native
rule, and thoroughly approaching its
own responsibility and obligation to
maintain a just and orderly govern
ment in the islands, our own govern
ment offered the Filipinos as generous
a measure of liberty and self-rule as
ever was granted to people, and asked
their cooperation and participation
Therein. Partly owing to the constitu-
tional differences between oriental and
occidental temperament, and the result
ing racial misunderstanding, very
largely owing to the ambitious purposes
of leaders of political ring who were
aided and abetted and withal deceived
in no small degree by ill-judged Ameri-
can opposition to President McKinley's
policy, the Filipinos spurned all offers
of Cancellation and friendship and chose
to unsheathe the sword. They were in
deed at the elimination of their age of
conceit and self-sufficiency.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

If it ever becomes necessary for the
state to establish a sanitarium or re-
treat for men who are victims of the
big fish story habit, Wilkinsonville is
the ideal spot. The world has not vet
reached that stage of perfection where
the overpowering desire to tell
piscatorial fairy tales is considered
a curse to society. But as the millen-
mum approaches it may be thought
necessary to send such people to a re-
treat. One of The Spys young men
who has been a trif1e sporty, due to the
fact that his line of work has thrown
him much In the society of horsemen.
fishermen, gunners and sporting men in
general, was sent down to the Wilkin
sonville fish hatchery last week to write
up the big fish. He came back cured.
His tendency to romance, which even
the sight of fish-pole excited, was
eliminated. An afternoon with the big
fish at Wilkinsonville eradicated all de-
sire to relate the fairy tales of enthu-
siastic fishermen just back from the
N1oihe waters, ana turned him into a
matter-of-fact young man. He has re-
quested that his line of work be
changed from horse racing, fishing and
other pursuits of sportsmen, and that
he be assigned to the Young Mems
Christian Association, the Epworth
league and the churches. To man
who has seen a pond so full of four
pound trout that he could walk across
1t without wetting his feet. the ro-
mances of fishermen are palling. and
thoughts of the hereafter weigh heavily
upon the soul. In the fish hatchery
at Wilkinsonville, the state has truth
inspiring plant that ought to turn Mas
saehusetts into the abiding place of
fact
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
THE SUNDAY QUESTION.

q aY.
Editor of The Spy: Allow your cor
respondent space to say few words
regarding keeping Sundays First, it
is presumed that all loyal and patriot
ic people will cheerfully observe the
law and customs of their country, par
ticularly its Christian people, for they
have orders to render unto Caesar
that which is Caesars" Put them in
mind to be subject to municipalities and
powers to obey magistrates Rulers
are not a terror to good works Rem
der them all their dues, tribute to whom
tribute Is due. Good advice to pro-
mote power! Now we have several re-
ligious bodies who are not satisfied
with the Sunday.eof our government,
and conscientiously so. But who can
tell and who can prove that either Is
raelites or Christians keep that very
Identical day originally instituted by
their leaders? The Israelites in cap
tivity complained that they were asked
to sing Song when their harps were
hung by them on the willows" and no
doubt their Sunday, also.
The conclusion is that the spirit of
the Sunday law IS this. Work six days
and rest the seventh, and here we take
the Seventh Day Baptist and Seventh
Day Adventist. If these and the Is
raelites can point out that our Satur-
day was the original, Sabbath institut-
ed they are better historians than | ex-
pect through all the ages of the past
Finally, take into consideration the
history of the Israelite who was, and
then was not in existence as a nation,
and no Sabbath has saved them in
their destruction as nation. Take
the history of Rome, now up, now
down; in fact, take all histories of the
past with all their changes; who can
tell the real original Sunday? We read
Jesus Christ is the Savior of men, not
the Sabbath. 1t seems to your corre-
spondent that working six days and
resting the seventh that any govern
ment may make, is the fulfilling of the
law in all lands.
Carl C. T. Thomas.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
DEATH or W. H. MORSE.
He Had Been in Poor
Health For Several
Months. aae

William H. Morse, for many years
identified with Worcester's financial in
terests, died last night at his home, "a
West street, after being confined to his
room with disease of the heart and a
complication OF other troubles for the
past month,
For the last six months Mr. Morse
has been ailing, and it was evident to
his friends that he was in falling
health. During the winter he was in
poor health, and early in the spring he
decided, on the advice of his physician.
to try change of air. He went to
Lenox in May and remained there for
month, and late in June went to Fall
mouth, but the changes did not seem
to benefit him, and, not gaining the
strength he had hoped for, he returned
TO this city the latter part of June. and
mas since been confined to his room.
Yesterday he failed rapidly. When the
end came, the members of his family
We're with him at his bedside.
William H. Morse was born i, Rub
bardston Dec. IL, 1S41, and at the time
OF his death was only 81 wears on He
was the son of Horace and Harriet
wlllalns Morse, and received his early
euucaion IN the schools at Hubbard
sLoh' When quite young he entered
oiar,, Employ OF Wm Bennett Jr., as a
Penna =, q general store, andsupon Mr..
Bennetts retirement, Mr.. Morse pur-
chased the, business. which he Conduct
"a successfully until 1872. when he re-
moved to Worcester and1a Opened n
banking ana brokerage Office. in the
bh,osers olock. at the corneraof Mainland
.r,5easant streets, which he Conducted
ehere ana at 452 Main street.
,Frevious to leaving Hubbardstons Mr..
MORSE became interested in the Boston.
barre and Gardner Railroad which was
az tnal tlfne being projected, and be-
came associated with Col. Levi Hev-
wood ana Charles Haywood Of Card
Ier IN It's construction and raanaee-
. .uent. It Is claimed that the constriic-
.ion OF the road saved Worcester corn-
sa.i rom being divided. Mr. Morse was
actlVe IN the management OF the affairs
w the road, and 1t was through his ef-
Ierts that 1t passed into the Control Of
the Fitchburg Railroad -
Apout three years after his locafion
n y worcester Mr.. Morse organized the
security National bank and served az
i'S president until its failure
Ioh ~ ioey ne marriedia daughter OF Capt.
S Sy IS. Moore and wife OF Concord
MASS, who survives him. He Also
leaves five sons, William H., III, a grad.
.H iHt OF the Worcester Polytechnic
institute, who holds a responsihle nosis
1,on AT Albany Arthur M, emploved ~
ene ONCE of the State Mutual TINS A.
s,s Company. and Howard nj.
A s,i,' y and John W., who are Al
ar, Morse was genial in manner en-
vnuslastle IN all his undertakings, ana
p nrt or wonderful courage ana
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

Returns for the fiscal year show that
the exports of domestic merchandise
amounted to only $4,O3S,905 less than
for the preceding year. The differ
ence is more than accounted for By the
fact that some 100000 less bushels
OF wheat were exported in 1899 than
IN 1898, and the average price was
about "a cents a bushel less during the
past fiscal year than in 1885, Exports
of domestic merchandise for June
amounted to more than 94,SOO, 900,
which is a gain of about 100000. Fer
the entire year. the exports exceeded
one billion, two hundred and twenty-
seven million dollars. 1t takes mighty
pile, nowadays. to get beyond "the
dreams of ayarice"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

Upon the resignation of Alger, it was
given out in Washington that the
president preferred lawyer for the
office of secretary of war to a soldier.
The report seems to have been authen-
tic, for Elihu Root. who has been ap-
pointed to succeed Alger, is eminent in
the profession of law, and has been
connected with many Of the most inn
portant cases in New York. In taking
a man from outside the profession of
arms, the president places at the head
Of the war department one who is free
from those prejudices toward officers
in the service, which a soldier would
certainly have taken with him, and
which might prove embarrassing to the
administration during the Philippine
campaign.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
COMPLIMENTS Mr.. KINNEY

The current numbers of the American
Field and the sportsmen's Review
two of the leading sporting papers Of
the country, each contain half-tone
cuts Of A. B, F. Kinney, with extend
ed reviews of the Worcester mans ef
forts for the advancement Of trp,
craftsmanship. Mr.. Kinney is recog-
nized- as a cosmopolitan sportsman Of
the advanced type, and Is frequently
mentioned favorably by the sporting
papers, but the coincidence in the pres
ent case, where two OF the lepd;,y
journals make his biography the lead.
ing feature in the same week, is r.
markable SS'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

According to steamship agents, 40 900
Americans have sailed from New York
for Europe this summer, and London
reports $4,000 Americans already in the
united kingdom, and as many more ex-
pected. The newspaper estimate of
S150OO,000 for the gross expenses of
10000 passengers, is very moderate, for
it allows only 1875 per individual. The
chances are that the average for tour
lists and home-going immigrants will be
much larger than that but whatever
the sum may be, it is virtually so much
to be deducted from our trade bal
ance.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

There seems to be no doubt now but
that the man who murdered the woman
whose body was found in the Sterling
swamp, was one John Doe. He is the
same elusive criminal who sent the poi
son in the Adams case, and when
charged with the crime, succeeded in
escaping an Indictment by the grand
jury by casting suspicion upon Molin-
eux. John is one of the most persist
ent and active criminals in the coun-
try, and if Detectives Murray and Dun
ham capture him. they will be entitled
to displace Sherlock Holmes and
Lecocq in literature. John Doe is ca
pable of removing teeth and of driv-
ing horse with a "milk-leg'' in the
dark of the moon. Throw out the drag
net for John, and clear up the swamp
mystery!
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
Mr.. THAYER TALKED OF.

The friends of #. w. ,rhayer Of BIack.
stone are placing his name ina position
OF prominence for the ONCE Of county
of Uxbridge whose term exbire@ itSts
fall aspis
Mr.. Thaver Is associate justice IF tha
second district court of southern Wor-
cester county, embracing the towns NJ
Uxbriege, Douglas, Northbridee. ana
blackstone. Mr.. Thayer presides in thei
absence Of Judge A. A Putnam. He has
served as town solicitor Of Blackstone
y kbridge has been represented by MI
Taft for 81 years. ,9-' - ~
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

The Concord Monitor takes issue with
Senator Chambers statement, that the
prohibitory law is less vigorously en-
forced in New Hampshire than form
erly. On the contrary, it says, there
are more country towns in which
liquor cannot be bought this year than
in any other during the past twenty"
AS for the cities. the Monitor says the
law is more rigidly enforced in Con-
cord than ever before In Manchester
the number of liquor shops has been
reduced from 400 to less than so, and
is certainly not sold in more places
than formerly The sale, if carried on
at all, is confined to drug stores and
hotels, the nuisance act is applied with
strictness hitherto unknown, and the
liquor traffic is confined to narrower
limits and is better regulated than in
any previous year These are specifi-
cations that outsiders are scarcely in
a position to refute. That prohibition
does not and cannot stop the sale and
consumption of liquor, is a platitude.
Practical people do not maintain the
contrary. Prohibition is useful in many
Massachusetts communities, as is
proved by it's retention by the voters
year after year In New Hampshire the
towns in which prohibition may be
similarly beneficial and desirable, are
proportionally more numerous than III
this state, and if local option were the
rule up there. it may be doubted if
many cities or towns would vote for
license.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
WORKING FOR BATES.

Supportersof the candidacy of speak
er John L. Bates for the lieutenant gov
ernorship nomination have begun work
Representative James Hunt ENTERTAINED
q party Of local supporters In his offIef,
IN the Walker building, Friday HIM
Ellery 3. Crane was chairman OF tbe
meeting, and w. G. Young secretatv
An executive committee Of Ave fra,nn,
each ward was made up, but win moi
be announced In full until all the an.
polatees nave been seen, and their sen
timent substantiated. -
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

Ten stenographers are wanted by the
for Manila. The salary is
$4,000 year and all travelling expenses
paid, but according to the report only
one man has been found qualified for
the position. A speaking acquaintance
with Spanish is now a highly market
able accomplishment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

Now comes man who wants some
body to furnish money enough to found
an institution where an attempt will be
made to keep one alive for thousand
years. Many will stand ready to fur
nish contribution if they can be given
any assurance that they will live to see
the results.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

Coils P. Huntington and Rebecea
Harding Davis agree that the common
people ought not to be educated. Now,
then, is the time for syndicate to
come forward and buy up all the col
leges and common schools.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

They are having a hot time in the
way of political campaign down in
Kentucky. Aside from Col. Waiter
sons yells for harmony, the charge is
being made that Candidate Goebel
doesn't drink whiskey, and this is met
by the almost equally damaging charge
that his opponent has never killed any
hOdV
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

So Van Wyck, the Tammany tiger
with the velvet claws, wants to be pres
ident of the United States! Well, the
only thing that stands between Mr..
Van Wyck and that high Office is the
strong prejudice of about 100000 of
the American people
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

If it was supposed that the terms Of
the order for the enlistment Of troops
to reinforce Gen. Otis meant a lower
ing Of the standard Of the army, this
misapprehension must have been cor
rected by the reports from the recruit
ing stations. The examinations are so
rigorous that the number of men re-
jected appears to be considerably larger
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

The American college athletes made it
decidedly Interesting for the English
collegians yesterday, but were fairly
beaten in splendid exhibition. When
the Englishmen come over here the
Americans wiz probably return the
compliment. In the meantime our
yachtsmen will take the edge off the
defeat of yesterday by taking a fall out
of yacht called the Shamrock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

than the number accepted. Moreover,
if any one surmised that the discretion
allowed by the terms of the order in
Dictated an apprehension that there
would be any lack of recruits, that idea
should also be dispelled. At the pres
ent rate of enlistments, the entire force
OF volunteers will be enrolled within a
month, and with the opening of new
stations, the time required will be still
further reduced. Just at present, the
military service has peculiar attrac-.
lions for large class of young Ameri-
cans.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
SUNDAY SERVICES,

Hope-E:. W. Phillips, pastor. worshiu
ice Z. Tsf
Covenants Il. Hurlbut, pastor. Ia. AZ.
preaching; topic "Belshazzar's vacation
IL, 8. S. 8, union Endeavor.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

1t isn't to be wondered at that the
bicycle trust is having such hard
time of it. 1t has been trying to ride
too high a gear from the start
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

The kissing bug, so thoroughly de-
fined in today's Spy is being much
talked about. but happily it is not at
the end of everybodys tongue.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23

Titled but impecunicus Europeans
who come wife-hunting to America
sometimes get bank or a syndicate to
finance their expedition, with the pro-
mise of a percentage of the fortune
that may fall to the husband with his
American bride. Three German banks
entered into such an agreement with
Prince Leopold of Isenberg- Birsteiu,
but as his highness failed to bring home
quarry, there can be no dividends,
and so the banks have sued him for
the money advanced. Presumably his
ancestral estates are worth something,
but the result of this law suit is of less
consequence than the gratifying evil
dence thus furnished, that the Ameri-
can girl is quite capable of spurning
the tiashy and empty coronet that is
flung at her feet
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-23
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SUNDAY, JULY 20. 1898.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-28
Delaware and Hudson.

. On Sunday. Feb. 5th, trains will leava
scranton as follows:
For Carbondale-62O 90 7.53, 8.53, 1913 a.
M; u noon: 1.23, 22O. 3.52 5.25, 6.25, 75I.
9.l1, ll.OO D. M: 1.16 a. m.
For Albany Saratoga, Montreal, Bos-
Ton New England points, etc.-620 a. M.
For Honesdale-6.2O. 1913 a. m; 22o
5.25 p. m.
For Wilkes -Barre-6.45, 74S s43 e3S,
1915 a. m; 1903, 1.23, 2.1S. 1888, 427, 610s
las, lO.4l, 1l.3O p. m.
For New York, Philadelphia, ETC., via
Lehigh Valley RailrOad-6.45 a. m, 12cS,
l2S, 4.27 =. M; with Black Diamond Ex-
press, ll.S0 p. m.
For Pennsylvania Railroad points, 6.45.
9.3S a. m; 21S 4.27 p. m.
For western points, via Iehigh Valley
Railroad-I.4S a. M; 1903, 1888, with Black
Diamond Express, 10.41, 1l.S0 p. m.
Train will arrive in Scranton as fol-
lows:
From Carbondale and the North-640.
743 SSS, 9%, 1O.3S. 1l.5S a. M; 1.23, 2.l5,
S2j 423, 5.i3. 7.43, 103S. 11.27 p. m.
From Wilkes-Barre and the South-6.1S,
las S.iS, l0.0S, l155 a. M; LIS. PA. 3.4Ss
500 6.2l, 753 9.O5, 1905 p. M; lib a. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS
For Carbondale-907, 11.33 p. m; 1.53.
352, 5.53, 953 p. m.
For Wilkes -Barre-9iS, 11.4S a m; 15s.
3.2S, 5.43, AS p. m.
Lowest rates to all points in United
States and Canada.
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