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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
UNDER SEALED OPDERs.

A goodly audience assembled at the
Worcester Theatre last evening to see
the play of a Worcester playwright.
Under Sealed Orders" a romantic
drama in four acts by James w. Har-
k1ns, Jr., was placed ON the boards for
three nights run with Maurice Free
man playing the principal role.
Every lover of the melodrama will
appreciate Under Sealed Orders" 1t
has the requisite number of blood curd-
ling situations, thrilling escapes and
unexpected rescues. Besides this it
distances the ordinary melodrama by
having two instead Of one flrst-class
villain, thus making the plots against
nero and heroine douDly dark and COM
pick.
Freeman himself plays the role of
Andre Samson, the hero-villain, He
represents hypnotic French criminal,
kind of cross between Svengali, Shy
lock and Jean Vatican. His principal
STOCK In trade is a marrow-freezing
laugh, a vicious snarl and a set of
hypnotic passes. Samson works his
mesmeric powers upon Julie THE
ChAd of the Desert" much as Sven
gall did upon Trilby.
The plot is complex and rather in
comprehensive, but that does not de-
tract seriously from the interest. Some
body has stolen the crown Jewels of
England, and after somebody has again
stolen them from somebody else, they
are buried in the ruins of a temple in
Algiers. Why man with S5000,000 in
diamonds should plant them there,
does not appear, unless it was to Of
fer a pretty stage setting. Possibly the
thieves were attracted to the neighbor-
hood by the very pretty Arab girl who
charmed the group of English detect
ives that find their way to the neigh
borhood.
At all events, the gems lead the ac-
tors merry chase through four acts,
and the whole troupe crosses back and
forth from London to Algeria many
times. The rapidity with which the
Child of the Desert changes her
hula-hula costume for that of a Lon
don belle and vice versa is rather be-
Wildering and would startle many a
lightning change artist. The last act
closes with a thrilling scrimmage in
which supers with spears, detectives,
criminals, Arab girls and red fire play
important parts. 1t is so exciting that
one forgets to ask what became of
the diamonds.
Freeman's acting is forceful and eff
fective, especially in the hypnotic
scenes. His support is mediocre. The
humor with which the piece was filled
is somewhat strained. The scenery and
stage setting are most artistic. The
troupe has a lavish set of specially con-
structed scenery. 1t is doubtful if any
stage setting Worcester has seen this
season can equal the rich coloring and
artistic effect of the scenery used in
the fourth act.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
GOSPEL IN A CLASS OF BEER.

The New York pulpit is becoming ex-
cited over the saloon question, but it
is an entirely novel and surprising ex-
element. Bishop Potters description
of the saloon as the poor mans club
has been endorsed by the Rev. DR..
Rainsford, and now comes the Rev.
Charles H. Parkhurst, saying that the
saloons do much good and are a ne
cessity to the poor. In his sermon he
asks, What would become of all these
wretches and unfortunate people if
the saloons of the city We're suddenly
abolished?"
Now what does this persistent refor-
mer, this arch-enemy of vice and cor
ruption, mean by sucn language? Why,
he has been visiting the saloons to see
what they were doing. What did he
find? He saw that for five cents, the
price of a glass of beer, hungry la
borer could help himself at counters
that were overloaded with free LUNCH"
and if he saw fit to gorge himself with
wholesome food, to get his one Square
meal of the day, there was no one
to say him nay. Outside the door was
the legend, Let no hungry man pass
here. Come in and eat Do not
starve." And they went in.
Says DR.. Parkhurst: 1.-THE saloons
are not only the poor mans club but
they are his hotel and restaurant, and
sometimes even his hospital and in
Urinary" Then he asks: What is the
church doing to substitute for this
good work of the saloons, for whose
humiliation she is so stoutly clamor-
ing? Is it not time that the church
should learn that there is some Cos
pei even in a glass of beer?"
DR.. Parkhurst echoes the desire of
Bishop Potter for a coffee house in
every block in the city, but thinks he
has more practicable plan. He
would not wait for money to build cof-
fee houses, but would open the costly
churches themselves to this very work
of ministering to the wants and suffer
ings of the poor. He calls upon Bishop
Potter and all the church leaders to
join him in this appeal.
The hopefulness Of the present agi-
tatfon is the saneness of the views of
the agitators. They DO not assert that
men are drawn to the saloons because
Of their vileness. They recognize that
the saloon satisfies an altogether RAJ
tional and reasonable desire. They
have not forgotten it's evil ways, but
they have discovered its knack of do
ing good that evil may come. The
problem, then, Is not to be solved
merely by abolition, but by finding a
substitute that can compete with it.
Is this possible?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
ALL SOLD.
Church Furniture at
Auction.
SECT ABANDONED.
Belmont Congregationalists
Will Join Baptists.

For over two hours last evening the
beimont church was transformed into
an auction room and the loud voice of
the auctioneer awoke the echoes as he
cried: How much am offered? going,
going, gone as one article of furni-
ture after another was knocked down
to the highest bidder. The pulpit, pull
plt chalrs, peWS, carpets, hymn books,
proolns and carpet sweepers were pur-
CHASED by the Pensioners, and good
prices We're paid for all the articles.
Ihe purchasers bought the different ar
tlcles not because they wanted them,
put for their associations, believing
tnat Old acquaintance shouldn't be for
got, and the church days of Aud
lang syne" would be better remembered
If they possessed one or two of the old
relics.
No article brought a fancy price but
many were purchased purely through
sentiment that would have, under 9TH
er conditions, been thrown scornfully
aside.
Deacon Sherman stood by the pulpit
ana welded the auctioneer's gavel and
he handled each article with tender
ness that was plain to be SEEN After
the last hymn book had been sold the
PlOoCAI oPSAI lOA6 IllllS
taking one last farewell of everything
In the edifice which seemed to them
like tried and true old friends.
The pulpit desks from which many
able sermons have been preached by
able speakers, and chairs they occu-
pied, as we'll as the pews in the body
of the sanctuary, were disposed of by
Rev. John E. Dodge of Emmanuel
church. The price paid was 500, and
it was said by people familiar with the
worth of church furniture, that the I'M
manuel church society secured a good
bargain.
Everything was sold, even to the
small kerosene hand lamps used by the
sexton on Sabbath evenings to light
him from the portals to the place where
the gas meter was located in the base
ment. The church society will prob
ably not realize $500 from the sale. The
last service of the present regime will
be held Sunday, and purchasers were
politely requested not to remove their
relics until Monday morning.
The carpet was sold to Rev. Essex
W. Kenyon for $25.
The meeting brought out the fact
that nearly two-thirds of the members
of Belmont Church will join the Lin
coin Square Baptist Church. 1t was
stated last evening that the Congrega-
tionalists of Belmont parish were tired
OF their sect and would take up that
offered by the Baptists And 1t also
came to light that Emmanuel Church
will enlarge it's edifice as soon as the
frost comes out of the ground. A Sun
day school room of modern architect
ure will be erected, and the pulpit,
desks, chairs and the pews purchased
building
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

1t is cruel to tantalize the silverites
with the story that an influential party
in India favors reopening the mints
to silver at the ratio of /221a to /, and
that a proposition may be made to the
United States to cooperate in the
plan. Everybody knows that 16 to 1 is
as fundamental Bryan principle as
free coinage itself If the ratio is
would be a concession of fact to the
gold bugs. If the ratio can be altered
at all, why not 321a to 1 as reasonably
as 221s to /? This is a serious and I'M
settling question to the free coinage
men.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

Treasury receipts are larger, thus far
this month, than for similar period of
December The indications are for a
total of about $4,000 900 for January,
which would be about 100000 more
than would be required by the govern
ment on peace basis, and the excess
would very nearly cover the cost of
garrisons in the Spanish Islands. Ur
to date, however, there is a large de-
felt, owing to the heavy interest and
pension payments.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
CLARK W. BRYAN.

The death Of Clark w. Bryan of
Springfield removes one of the best
known of the elder newspaper men and
publishers in New England. In his
quarters of century of life, he
had seen many changes, and he played
an important part in the development
Of western Massachusetts journalism.
For twenty-five years he was associa-
ted with the elder Samuel Bowles in
the conduct Of the Springfield Repub-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

sanitarium was founded by Dr. Vim
cent Bowditch of Boston; and is doing
good work especially for poor women
afflicted with tubercular difficulties.
Rev. Stopford W. Brooke, in whom
Worcester people will long continue to
feel certain interest, officiated We'd
Dedham, when Miss Mary Lincoln
Warren, daughter of the Hon. Winslow
Warren, became tn bride of Rev. A.
r. Hussey of Taunton.
Last Thursday, when the doors of the
First Unitarian Church were opened
for the conference which was held
there through the day, eight different
people walked in under the impression
that they We're entering the court
house. One or two Of these asked the
way to the court room, and others
poked about several minutes before
they discovered their mistake If they
We're fair sample of the inhabitants
OF Worcester county, it seems as if the
City Missionary Society had it's work
cut out for it. Even the heather know
a temple when they see it.
DR.. G. Stanley Hall will speak on
Adolescence" at the third annual
meeting of the National Congress of
Mothers, which will be held in Wash
lngton from Feb. IA to Feb. II inclu-
sive.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

The French court of cessation is not
only going to decide that Dreyfus is
innocent, but make some horrible rev.
Citations besides. The court martial is
not only going to try Gen. Eagan but
bring out various distressing things
about other officers. Unless the news
paper prophets are all astray, there are
stirring times ahead of U.S.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
Bostonians hug Themselves comnls

Bostonians hug themselves complac-
emily on reading that the most valuable
land in London is estimated to be worth
only $3.50 per square foot, while land in
Boston lately sold for $3.50. New York
real estate values got beyond the $500
mark some years ago, but this was I'M
der peculiar pressure
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

When Senator Thurston of Nebraska
has doubts of the ratification of the
peace treaty by the present senate, 9TH
ers may be pardoned for being positive.
Still, it is always risky to gamble on
the United States Senate
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

The dispatches indicate that our
brave boys have been tampering
with the affections of the pretty Fill
pinos. Win this make for peace, or is
it only a fresh grievance and an exam
pie of American tyranny?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

The export of farm products, last
year, was $120,OOOOO0 more than for the
preceding year, and nearly double
that of ten years ago. That is why the
woody west is SO conspicuously "up and
coming" just now. Farmer Oatcake's
wallet is full.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
PRACTICAL SIDE OF THE FRENCH.
(From the ST. James cazo++o,

'From the st. James Gazette)
we may say what we like about tho
rrehch being led away by sentiment but
IN some respects they are a severely prac-
ueal people The Ganic housewife will
tpaRe a pound of shin of beef 20 further
ca ,,el IVY 3t4er woman in Europe. Their
unlipai;yS indeed for making the best of
TF I'm iey materials is beyond rival. Take.
s son instance the Eiffel tower, which is
are no exhibitions going on. B Mte y men men
s Gl. ms ms been, equal to finding a use even
'rbo mai and a very ingenious u 90.
90 ny "a police authorities have stationed
W Mfat Yum upon its summit to take note
e ep, me establishments which fail to con-
eeiian tneir own smoke. The idea is eX-
co,ient' ana we commend the notion 10 inc
a unty council and the city corporation
N rouple OF watchmen on the tor Of the
n,onumeht armed with powerful glaseeg
tVppght TO strike terror 10 the hearts az
cavs VINO reck not OF Welsh coal and
Az haught for moke-consuming appIG-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

The -chief trouble with the Hill bill,
which proposes to make the gold dollar
the standard of value in the United
States, is that it is too soon. The SEN
ate is still hostile to stating in terms
of law what already exists in fact.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

fvette Guilbert is stranded in st.
petersburg. The Partisan songstress
sang for four hours, to fill out the bill
when the rest of the company struck,
and the next day the theater was
closed. 1t was rough on Yvette and the
audience.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

Probably the country did not know
it, but the yellow journals passed the
Nicaragua canal through the Senate
so they say. Now will the y. Us please
build it?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

These are the nights when Boston puts
on its best clothes, goes to the opera
and imagines it is some other town. 1t
is humiliating to think that it has to
borrow its music box of New York.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

Whatever grade crossing solution is
proposed, there is sure to be a "wiot.
Wumpus and wow" Apparently
somebody armed with a heavy club
and authorized to use it, will be need
ed to put any proposed scheme
through.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
ROWLAND ANDERsoN.
Ticket Sale Begins at Steinert's Music
Store Tomorrow

The sale of reserved seats fop tha
song recital to be given at Memorial
Hall next Monday by Miss sara An
qerBon, soprano, and w A. Rowland
baritone, begins tomorrow morning at
? O'CLOCK at Stelnerts. Arrangements
nave been made to seat about $50 peo-
PIE ana indications are for large at
Isnoance. Those who heard Miss An
derson at the last festival will welcome
ner again, and those who have not
heard her viii be eager to hear her be-
cause OF the reputation she has made
IN this city and at her subsequent an
peahances elsewhere. Mr.. Rowland,
700. mas many friends, and will have
more Than the ordinary interest in this
concert, because he has moi Sung In
concert here for nearly two years. His
1inging with the Newport Philharmonic
SocieAy last Wednesday has called forth
most enthusiastic praise.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

If Germany is really trying to get
closer to us, let nobody stand in the
way. There is plenty of room for her
to move up without crowding any
body. 1t is just possible that we might
assist in the process ourselves, for not
all Of the press criticism levelled at
Germany in the American press and
congress has been either judicious or
inst
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
While de senate is WAITING tn decid,

While the senate is waiting to decide
whether the treaty shall be discussed
in open session or not, the treaty itself
is being debated in public, on one pre-
text or another. The opposition are
getting about all the opportunity they
desired for free speech. If they can't
talk about annexation in public, they
can at least talk about talking about it.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

The Aston battery has been polled
on the question of going back to the
Philippines. Result: No, 81; yes, 6. Of
these six three are going back because
they think there is a chance of making
money. Most of the men say they
wouldn : stay there for the gift of the
islands and all there is on them. They
give the place and the people very
black name.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

Penner-He once seemed TO be a
promising young poet. What stopped
his career?
Skribes-Baldness.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

There was nothing sleepy about Con-
gresham Brosius, yesterday. Ohio
correspondents should take notice.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE The EYE OF ARGUS: He
IS HONORABLE If He DO BUT LOOK TO THE VEL
FARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24

TUESDAY. JANUARY "a, 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-13
ALGER WON'T RESIGN.
He Tells the Associated Press There's
Nothing in the Rumors.

Washington, July 12-Secretary Alger
made to reporter of the associated
press his first personal statement con-
cerning the reports that he is about 10
resign from the cabinet. When asked
as TO the truth of the rumors, the sec
retary said: There is nothing in these
reports but air. | shall not retire this
year certainly, and cannot say as to the
future. My private business and the
state of my health will govern my fu-
ture course. These constant assaults
and repeated baseless reports are of
course, very annoying to me and ex-
tremely distressing to my family, but I
have never retired under fire and do not
propose to do so. Nothing that l have
ever heard Of, or known of, has been
so cruel as the attacks on me. If my
critics can point to one thing in my
official career that / have done that
ought not to have done. or that l have
not done that l should have done,
shall be very glad to surrender my
present official duties.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-13
MORE CHARGES OF CRUELTY.
Lebon Says Dreyfus Was Well Treated on
DEVILS Island.

Paris, July I'm. LeLebon the former
minister OF the colonies, has addressed a
long letter to the government in reply to
the charges of Louis Havet, member of
the French institute. who accompanied
Madame Dreyfus to Rennes, and who al
leges that Dreyfus was cruelty treated in
his island prison. The former min.ster
says no one in 1896 questioned the justice
of the verdict of the Dreyfus court mar
tial, that in September 1896, IT was report
Ell that an American vessel was about to
rescue the prisoner and there was some
talk among the wardens as to the possi-
bility of his escape. Here NJ. Lebon be-
came sOlicitous for the safety of the pris-
oner and ordered Dreyfus to be confined
in his hut with double locked Icors, hut
with a sentinel inside, Until the hut was
surrounded by palisade. when the hut
might he opened.
The building of the palisade occupied
longer than was expected but no ldrm to
the health of the prisoner was repo"ed.
NJ. Lebon denied tampering with the cor
respondence of Dreyfus, 1t was rencIed
this afternoon that NJ, NJ. Deroulc IL ard
Marcel-Habet had been arrested but the
report was subsequently denied s, the
ministry of the interior.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-13
DOWN IN GUATEMALA.
Its Financial Agent Says There Will BE
No ReXolmtion.

New Orleans, July 12-The Picayune
prints the following: News of the grav-
est import from Guatemala was brought
to this city by passengers on the steam
ship Breakwater, which touched at four
or five of the leading Central American
ports before putting in here late Monday
night.
Just before sailing for New Orleans" :"
said one of the passengers, II was in
formed by several persons that England
and Germany would shortly make "a naval
demonstration on two leading ports of the
republic of Guatemala. l learned that a
large amount of bonos issued by Guate-
maIs and held by English and German
interests had been practically repudiated.
and these bondholders have protested Wig
orously to their governments.
-Four warships are said to have been
ordered to Guatemalan waters. two Ger
man and two English One of each flag
will proceed to Puerto Barrios and one
of each nation will be sent to San Jose
de Guatemala, which is on the Pacific side
of the republic"
The point that most interests the United
States Is that il the seizure of the Gus
tom houses should result in long hold
ing of those ports in order that the
amount could be collected, 1t would be
necessary for protectorate to be estab-
lished over the republic of Guatemala
while this was going on. In that case, the
natural course of affairs would be to turn
to either Mexico or the united States for
that protectorate.
New York, July 12.-Martin F. Roberts,
financial representative of the government
of Guatemala. is in the city. trying to sell
a railroad that has been built in the lit
tie republic by American capitalists. He
says that his republic and most of the
her rannhliPc ma king 10 Central
American states look forward to the day
when they will be a part of the United
States. Besides the agitation there for
annexation. Mr.. Roberts says there is a
pronounced feeling against the silver
standard. The fault founo with silver is
that it fiuctuates with the crops
The stories from San Francisco" said
Mr.. Roberts, "regarmng an impending
revolution in Guatemala are all nonsense.
One of the prominent men who reached
that city and assisted in sending out the
alarming reports Is groceryman. The
others are about equally important. You
, see 1t is easy TO start either the story
or a revolution in Guatemala All that
is necessary is half dozen hungry men
and something to eat. Some of the men
try to get something to eat without pay
ing for it. there Is your revolution The
immediate trouble now is about the de-
basement of silver. That metal Is the
standard there, and it fuctuates with the
price of coffee There was tremendous
crop of coffee this year and even now
more win be grown there than was ever.
known before. The result is that the
price has fallen to a degree lower than
known before, and somehow the silver
follows it. There is no use in denying
that the metal is greatly debased in
Guatemala and that fact has brought
about the present bad financial and busi-
ness conditions But to talk of a revou-
ton on that account is nonsense"