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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-22
JUMPED INTO A BLANKET.
Inmates Of Burning Hotel Barely
EScane Death

SALINAS, Jan. 21-Fire broke out at 4
o'clock this morning in the kitchen of the
San Juan Hotel, located in the tenderloin
district, and spread with great rapidly,
soon involving three other houses in the
rear, on Monterey street. During the
progress of the conflagration the proprie-
tress of the house appeared at a front
window, apparently dazed, and with her
nightdress in flames
t1remen quenched the burning clothing
and threw her into a blanket held by
others twenty feet below. Two men
Jumped from the same window as the
roof fell In and woman in a rear build
ing escaped with her hair all burned off.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-22
DR.. George c. Pardee

Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat. has removed
to Chronicle building, second floor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-22
Governor General of the soudan

CAIRO, Jan. PA decree has been
signed appointing General Kitchener gov
ernor general of the Soudan.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-22

OCAL shippers and those inter-
ested in the shipping interests of
this port are wondering what the
gnA,1av,1ac 1,o.ra haao that have
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09
THE TWENTF SIX IN.

The arrival of the Twenty-sixth
United States volunteers in Worcester
this morning will give its people an op-
portunity to do honor to a military or
ganization, in the formation of which
they have no inconsiderable part, and
in which they have reason for a pardon
able pride. The magnificent ovation that
has thus far marked the preparation of
their departure for Manila has been a
fitting testimonial of the esteem in
which Massachusetts holds the brave
boys who, for the country's honor, are
willing and eager to face all the horrors
of war in a foreign country on the other
side of the world. Since the moment
that Col. Rice and his men came over
the borders of the commonwealth from
their headquarters in Plattsburg, there
has been witnessed one of the greatest
and most impressive military receptions
that ever occurred in the common
wealth. Not man, woman or child wit
messed the parade of Wednesday but
was struck with admiration. All the
greatness and nobility of life was robed
in the plain faces of those plucky citizen
soldiers who marched on Bostons
streets. They were the typical volunteer
soldiers of Massachusetts,, that in all
time have challenged the admiration of
the military authorities of the world.
Some of them belonged to Worcester
and to Worcester county, and its people
are proud of them. Lieut.. Plummer, an
officer OF the regiment, is a Worcester
boy, and it is eminently fitting that the
last stop of Col. Rice's men on the way
to Manila should be here in the heart
of the old commonwealth. The regiment
will arrive here at 1880. Let every one
turn out and do honor to the boys of
the TWanty-sixth.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09

have been spending several weeks. Miss
Fales returned in charge of the physi-
clan who has attended her during her
late illness. She is now in the hands of
her family physician and a skilled
trained nurse, and it is hoped she will
soon recover.
The engagement of Miss Mae Grace
VIM, daughter of j. Winn, to Ernest
Perkins Bennett, superintendent of the
Worcester Corset company, is an
nounced. Miss Winn is a graduate, of
the Classical high school. Mr.. Bennett
ls son of the late W. j. Bennett of
Nashua, N, H. He is a member of the
Commonwealth club and the Home
Market club of Boston
Albert Dolliff, who was with Samp-
sons fleet in the war with Spain is in
Worcester on visit to his sister. Dol
iii was sailor on the U. S. S. Massa-
chusetts, and saw active service in the
battle of Santiago. He received an
honorable discharge from the service
at Newport this week, a four years
enlistment having expired. He intends
TO enlist again in the navy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09
THE sHAMRocK,s SPEED.

The New York Times, presumably by
William j. Henderson, who is yacht
ing expert as well as music critic, has
been having a little quiet sport with
the remarkable stories that have been
told concerning the Shamrock's speed
The writer admits that Sir Thomas has
a fast yacht-possibly 13 knots-but
adds that if he has not, sit were better
for him that a milestone were tied
about his neck and he were cast into
the sea to sail for the cup in one of his
own Ceylon tea wagons These
stories of great speed, the Times
says, are 'the result of ex-
cited statements on the part
of tugboat captains" who universally
claim that their boats can do II knots
an hour and ofcourse any yacht that
passes them must be going faster than
that. AS a matter of fact, however,
there are perhaps six tugs in this har-
Dor which can make - knots an hour,
but there are not less than sixty tug
boat captains who can talk much faster
than that" By a similar process OF
reasoning, fourteen years ago, the tug
boat captains gave the Puritan a speed
Of II knots, but subsequently the watch
showed that 1t took her about an hour
and ten minutes to do 10 miles When
the Falkyrie III. came over, she was
sized up by the tugboat captains for
anything between ~ and IA knots, but
after her race with the Defender, she
became IAN ordinary, everyday, ten
knot sloop." Yachtsmen generally be-
lieve that the Defender is three or four
minutes faster now than she was in
1895, and yet she is wholly outclassed
by the Columbia. The Times concludes:
The history of the contests for the
Americas cup shows that we have al
ways been just one boat ahead of our
cousins across the sea. No doubt the
Shamrock would administer sound
beating to the Defender, and that is
what the Columbia can do. But when
the wind sits in the shoulder of her
sail, the Columbia, too, can leave all
the "twelve-knot tugs far, far astern.
and for that reason there should be no
fear, but abundant confidence in the
hearts of all good Americans The
shamrock may De a WOnuer, out II she
is, then there are two.
Since the first sensational reports of
the Shamrock's speed, it seems to have
been proved that the British yacht does
not behave equally well in all kinds Of
wind and that her best pace was that
first shown. However that may be, it
is cause for satisfaction that there has
not been a shadow of disagreement or
misunderstanding with Sir Thomas Lip
ton, and that the race promises to be
sailed without that demonstration of
international friction that has unhap-
PLY attended earlier contests. Sir
Thomas seems to have borne himself
like true sportsman.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09

The Springfield Republican celebrated
the 18th anniversary of its founding.
yesterday, by publishing an historical
edition and fac -simile Of the first COPY
of the paper printed by the grandfather
Of the present Samuel Bowles. The con-
trast between the old sheet and the new
Is quite as marked as that between the
Springfield of today and the same COM
munity in 1924, when Springfield was
"a thriving village Of 1000 souls, with
the United States armory and the First
church as its principal institutions" AS
newspaper, the Republican has always
been unique, absolutely sui generis, and
the evidences of its prosperity are
manifest 1t is to be noted that when the
paper was named. the term "repub-
lican" meant democrat"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09
Boston Bags.
PERSONAL.

Edward Joyce has gone to Philadel-
phia and New York
Everett Stone is spending his va.
cation in Boston and Providence.
Miss Mary Murphy has returned from
four weeks trip to New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dunn and Miss
Hattie Dunn have gone to Philadel-
phia
Mrs. Lizzie C. Tobey has returned
from visit to her mother in Middle
boro
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Sawyer and
children have returned from a visit at
Stowe, VT.
Miss Lila Troy and Miss Rena But
Ter have returned from vacation at
Watch Hill.
Mrs. Arthur Barney of Boston is Wis
iting her mother Mrs. John Marden of
Hancock street
Charles C. Davis has entered the
employ of the Worcester Corset COM
pany as salesman.
w. w. johnson of the j. H. Clarke
company starts Monday on hunting
and fishing trip through Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Mixter and child
| have gone to Gardner where they win
remain short time with relatives.
Mr., and Mrs. N ]. Burbank Miss
| Florence Burbank and Miss Mildred
| Burbank, have gone to Philadelphia
Edward L. Searles, clerk for E. B.
Clapp, starts next week for Europe
where he will pass a few months with
friends
| Hubert Mullin, Harry Leland and
| Robert Barker left last e-ening for a
horseback ride through the eastern part
of the state.
George Dexter Walcott, formerly OF
| worcester academy, and now of the
| Union Theological seminary, New York.
is visiting friends in this city.
/ Thursday afternoon, Walter Reeve.
/ $50 Millbury street, became the proud
possessor of an eight-pound son, which
is thriving in a most gratifying man
ner.
Miss Alice Brownhill has gone to
New Britain, CT, where she win teach
in Kindergarten She was graduated
/ from the New Britain Normal school In
June.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mirick of Nor
man avenue will celebrate the first an
nlversary of their wedding Thursday
with a reception to friends and reln,
tiyes
" IlbpHy OF Boston.
formerly of Worcester, was elected
president of the National Association
of Municipal Electricians at Wilrning-
ton, Del, yesterday.
Rev. T. r. Peede and family have re,
turned from their cottage in Rhode 1si.
. and, where they have been spendin-
Fseycral weeks. Mr.. Peede will occins,
the South Baptist church pulpit tomor-
row.
DR. John J. MacMahon has removed
from Lynn to this city to enter t,non
the practice of his profession and has
located his Office at the residence ~
George M, Billiard, 500 Grove street
he Is Harvard graduate, class Of i67
Enfrid Aldrien of 70 Thomas stree,
was taken i'll Wednesday. and his cone
dition is considered serious. Mr. Aldrinn
has been in poor health since undergo
ing an operation some months AGO ~
is employed in Bernstrom's undertalsine
rooms.
The condition of Philip t. Smith ~
this city, who was seriously injured in
trolley car accident early I'm the am,
mer in New York city continues 10 IN,
prove slowly. 1t is hoped that Mr.
Smith can be moved to Maine new
week, where change Of scene and air
are expected to hasten his recovery.
j. Il. Fales and daughter have 70
Nurned from York Beach, where thew
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09
WORCESTER THEATRE.

The agreeable announcement is made
thai the Lycaum company on their To-
cal appearance next Saturday will pre-
sent the Pinero comedy, "Trelawney Of
the Wells,' which was the success OF
last season at the New York Lyceum.
The piece is one of the very best OF
Pinero's lighter works, ranking close
to "Sweet Lavender" in it's quaint char
acter humor and flashes of genuine pa
thos. The regular company-Mary
Mannering, Hilda Spong, George Boni-
face, Grant Stewart and all-appear
here, except that Jack Mason plays
Tom Wrench in place of Edward Nor
gan, a substitution not to be regretted.
The only blot is that there will be no
matinee, the company declining to give
put single performance.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09
GRANITE BLOCKS.
A Correspondent is Sure That They
Make the Best Kind of PAVING.

Correspondent is Sure That They
Make the Best Kind of Paving.
To the Editor of The Spy
We have not good paved street in
our city, unless it is a short one or one
that is little used. Our main street is
in very uneven condition from CON
tinual tearing up and poor replacing, as
well as heavy trucking from business.
1t is evident that it should be relaid
as well as others that are out of re-
pair.
We hear it often said that Worcester
is just the place for street and road
contractors to come to- to have their.
new methods of paving tried and put
to use" But so far we fail to see any
Improvement over the granite block
paved streets, so long in use every
where
This kind is our city's only reliable
street covering. 1t should not look to
other cities to see what they have, for
none have the heavy trucking we have
unless it is Boston. The very earth
trembles under heavy wagons loaded
with wire, building columns and beams,
castings and machinery Weighing ten
tons.
What is a tiny macadamized, or soft
cement and an asphaltum or a granalite
paved street under such weight? A
horse cannot get a foothold on some
of them. L forgot the edged brick
pavement. Well, look at the head of
Exchange street. 1t is wearing out
fast. The head of Foster street is full
of the footprints of horses and wheel
ruts. Macadamizing has no stability.
Exchange street has been re-macadam-
lzed this season, and look it is ready
to be done over again. All these light
street pavements are nice, and lust the
thlng Tor rubber tired conveyances
where streets are little used.
1t strikes me as strange that even
thought should be entertained of trv-
ing such utterly useless pavements on
Main street or any street subjected to
trucking that makes the earth trem-
BILE!
Let us ask our expensive experiment.
ers and our cheap street contractors
what have you one and all that is better
than the grand old granite block nave
ment! Look at the front yard on Green
street of the n. T., N. H. & H. Railroad
Co. There is an immense business. but
the granite block, well laid. stands If
well. If so, why build on the sand and
sink our money and our heavy trucks
together, and so burden both man and
beast?
Now, excuse me. 1 forgot wood
block pavement Yes, they have it. out
west in Chicago. I saw it there three
years ago; streets torn open, blocks
lying about here and there. Well. it's
fuel for poor people, and to them of
some good Where is that around the
court house in Boston, laid AS years
ago? All gone, never to be tried
again.
In conclusion. l respectfully suggest
that we relay Main street with the
granite blocks it now has; but Law If
closely and pour between the Joints tar
and cement ,as in Boston and Lynn
Everyday they are relaying granite
block pavements. Let us do likewise.
and have peace!
Carl c. T. Thomas
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09

men could not have been neighbors be
fore. A stronger sense of humor might
have saved Mr.. Cleveland in the past
from some exceedingly costly mistakes.
Providence Journal
There is a little roughness here and
there which a few weeks more will rub
down, but as whole the organization
is an admirable example of the rapidity
with which a field and staff largely
regular can ieaven the volunteer lump.
Clad in khaki. wearing the Indian he'll
met, the regiment yesterday bore a
strong resemblance to British organ
ization equipped for field service in the
east. Mulvaney himself might have
crowded into the ranks.-Boston Tran~
script.
We have a good hope that Mr.. Bout
well may live to see the flag of his
country tapping TRANQUILITY over Lu-
ION saved from misrule and anarchy
enjoying for the first time the blessings
of assured civil liberty and impartial
justice, practicing the arts of peace, &C
quiring the English language, and fit
ting itself from day to day for the re-
sponsibilities of self government.-
Hartford Courant
All the evidence goes to show that
there is no sham about the Shamrock.
She is a boat worth beating, and to be
beaten by her would be no disgrace to
any rival.-New York Mail and EX-
press.
1t seems that there is a higher office
in this country than that occupied by
Mr., Mckinley. This office is held by a
Mr.. Gubbins, and it's title is that of
president of the Bricklayers' and Stone
Masons' International Union. Mr.. Cub
bins informs the people of the United
States that President Mckinley will
not be allowed to lay the cornerstone of
their new post Office building at Chica-
go unless he becomes a member of the
union. Neither the president of the
United States nor any citizen thereof is
allowed to handle a trowel in the city
of Chicago without complying with
this condition. Shouldn't president be
so insubordinate as to set a stone pre-
pared by non-union labor, that will be
the last stone laid in this post office
building. The masons belonging to the
union will refuse tc work on it there
after, or to let any one else work.
New York Evening Post.
and Twenty ninth streets are an ex-
pertinent The description in yester-
days Journal of the results of their OPP
Grafton will convince the public that
the experiment is not one to be extend
ed. The people who ride on the cars
or live along their route have no need
to read any descriptions. The air
motors are insufferably noisy-they are
practically steam locomotives, under
fifteen or twenty times a locomotives
pressure. They leave continuous trails
of mixed grease, graphite and moisture
from their exhaust cylinders, to the
ruin of any fabric that touches them.
They are dangerous, for an explosion
of cylinder under a pressure of $500
pounds to the square inch would re-
semble the work of a torpedo The
Metropolitan company's experiment
has been interesting but it has gone
far enough. Let us have something
milder next time, please.-New York
Journal.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09

played twice upon the piano, and ice
cream and cake were served.
There will be a public meeting of the
C. E. local union at Pilgrim church
Tuesday evening, at which Joseph AL
len, the local unions delegate to De-
troit, will read paper on Convention
echoes"
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert H. Chaffee, who
sailed on the Fuerst Bismarck for Eu-
rope, June l, are at home after a de-
lightful trip, which was spent chiefly in
Italy in preparation for Mrs. Chaffees
art lectures this winter. In Paris they
visited the salon, where 1000 paintings
were hung, and studied carefully the
more notable. From Paris they went to
Rome, stopping on the way at Pisa and
Turin; in Rome, where they spent three
weeks they met Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
P. Goulding and Miss Goulding, and
later they saw them again in Venice.
In Rome Mr.. and Mrs. Chaffee had
peculiarly fine opportunity to study
and photograph, as the director of pub
lie works gave them the right to go
everywhere and see everything as the
guests of the government. After Ma
pies, Pompeii and the ascent of Mt
logna and Venice, Munich where the
Gouldings were also; Nuremburg and
Dresden, where they met Mrs. C. H.
Davis, Miss Davis, Miss Bigelow and
Mrs. E. B. Curtis.
Mrs. Chaffee's lectures in Worcester
this season will open Sept. 80 with an
exhibition of prints from negatives,ta tax
en- by Mr.. Chaffee in Europe. There
will be six lectures in the course before
Christmas upon the subject of French
art, given at 1890 o'clock upon consecu-
tive Tuesday mornings in Mrs. Chat
fees studio, beginning Oct. "a, with
characteristics of French art and the
salon of 1893; Oct. 81, modern German
art; Nov. Z, the modern art of Italy;
Nov. IA, What are we doing in Amer
lea for art? Nov II, Women painters
Nov. 2S, Public movements in great
American cities.
After Christmas Mrs. Chaffee will
continue the scrapbook class that last
year proved so popular It will prob
ably meet on Friday mornings, begin
| ming in January, and there will be II
lessons, of which four will be in the
| form of lectures on Raphael, Michael
| Angelo, MQrello and Correggio. While
in Rome Mrs. Chaffee ordered the pho
tographs, about 1000, for this class.
Mrs, Chaffee will also give ascourse of
evening lectures similar to that of last
year, upon the great galleries of Eu-
| rope, how to visit and enjoy them In
addition to these lectures, all of which
will be given in the studio Mrs. Chat
fee will lecture in Boston at the Grund-
mann studios, and in Providence in the
Empire room at the Trocadero.
The Old South chorus is just beginning
a new season, and as a few vacancies
exist in the alto, tenor and bass sec
tions, cordial invitation is extended
| to singers of some experience to join
the chorus. Mr.. Pratt, the musical di-
rector, will be at the chapel of the
| church Saturday evenings at during
September to confer with applicants.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09

testimony of the foreign military at
taches, however, might have been en-
tered appropriately enough in this trial,
and indeed, justice demanded that
1t should be, in view of what
the prosecution had deposed: but
the court refused to admit it
on the ground that it was incom-
petent to appoint commission to ex-
anime the witnesses. President Jou-
aust was competent, but he declined to
act. From these facts it is inferred that
the court has made up it's mind, and
each party processes to believe that it
has won the case The army cabal ar
CUES that, there being only two persons
implicated, namely Esterhazy and Dref-
fus, the documents of the secret dossier
snow that the guilty one cannot be Es-
terhazy, and therefore it must be Drey-
rus. That is the case for the prosecution
BADLY stated, and its absurdity need not
be pointed out. There is no evidence
that Dreyfus chartered with the en-
bassies, but there is evidence that Er.
tefhazy did. Nevertheless, impartial OBJ
servers, remembering the course of for
mer trials, seem to expect conviction.
On the. other hand, the more optimistic
Dreyfusards declare that the court
would not dare to refuse to admit fur
ther evidence if it were not already pre-
pared to acquit the prisoner. Barring
this possibility, Dreyfus' only hope now
appears to be the chance that the court
of cessation may set aside the verdict,
on the ground that the court martial
has not complied with its instructions
or confined itself to the real question at
issue. In any event, there is prospect of
troublous times.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09
COW BELLS ON ICE CARTS.

TO the Editor Of The Spy
The complaint of "a long suffering
man." published in Mondays Spy, re-
minds the writer of very much great
er annoyance, which is felt on every
street in Worcester the year around,
end that is the continual jangling of
bells on the ice wagons. In a country
village, where ice is delivered perhaps
once week. such a continuance might
be excusable, but in city the size of
our own, the nuisance is outrageous.
In the first place of what use are
COW bells on ice carts? Every one who
does not take ice regularly is supplied
with card to place in the window, and
again, it is positive cruelty to ami
mails, this constant changing of big bells
in the ears of the poor horses, night and
day. The heavy cars, with their rows
of dancing steelyards and tongs at the
back, make quite noise enough to call
the attention Of any would-be purchas-
er, without one single bell Can this
nuisance not be prevented?
"A Long Suffering Woman"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09

Now Mr.. Bryan announces that he
does mot favor the withdrawal of our
troops from the Philippines before a
stable government is established" Then
where is he at? What are the demo-
cratic platforms driving at, that have
denounced the war and called for a ces-
sation Of hostilities? Mr.. Bryan and
his party are chasing around like a
rudderless ship before the wind. They
are frantically seeking something, any
thing, that will afford them landing
place and standing room. The leaders
latest speech must be sad reading for
the ants. for now they cannot tie even
to him. They must set up presidential
candidate of their own-Edward Atkin-
son, for instance.