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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29
ANNUAL FETE TONIGHT.
Juniors at Holy Cross viii Entertain
November 81.

The several committees who have
charge of the arrangements for the
nual fete night of the junior class CO
Holy Cross college are fast perfecting
all necessary details, and yesterday af-
ternoon it was announced that Nov. 81
had been decided upon for holding the
customary Banquet and entertainment.
The members Of the class endowed
with histronic proclivities are rehears-
ing daily, under the instruction of Rev.
James V. Kelley, professor of the Junior
class, for the play which will be staged
after the banquet. AS usual, all ar
engagements for the evenings enjoy
ments are being kept secret, and the
Junior class is determined to rival their
predecessors in elaborateness The fol-
lowing committee has charge of the fes-
tivities: General arrangeiherft commit
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29
BOWLING MATCHES.
The Last of the Casno-Infants Series
is Thursday Night.

Only one bowling match is on the card
for the week. but this is of great import
ance. The fourth and last match be-
tween the Infants and Casinos is billed
for the Casino alleys Thursday evening.
The Infants lead by 81 pins, but 81 pins
isn't much of a lead at this time of the
year, when the Infants have to roll on
the Casino alleys. In the last match on
those alleys the Casinos out-bowled the
Infants by something like 125 pins. If
they keep up that gait the Infants will be
on the worrying committee.
Three matches have been rolled, the
series consisting of four. The first and
third were on Whites alleys where the
Infants practice. In the opening match
the Casinos were beaten by 167 pins The
Infants did not roll remarkably strong
that evening, but the Casinos were
wretched. Their poor work was PARTIAL
ly accounted for by the fact that three OF
the team never tossed ball down the al
leys until they started the match When
the Casinos got their opponents on the
Casino alleys they won by 125 pins, which
was as big victory as the first one of the
Infants. as the Infants had practiced al
the Casino alleys. The Infants made only
55 pins on the next match, at Whites
The Babies may start series with the
Westboros this. week. Negotiations have
been opened for one. The Babies are
awaiting a reply from the Westboros.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29

Torrey, A. H. Waite, John H. Jewett,
Col E. B. Glasgow, DR.. Jules Garst,
Henry F. Harris, John F. Jandron and
Charles NJ. Thayer son of the late dis
tinguished member of the Massachu-
sets club.
The only address of the afternoon
was given by Senator Hoar. The othe.
speakers confined themselves to minute
speeches. All the Worcester men who
spoke We're intimately acquainted with
Judge Thayer in some capacity or
other Rev. Dr. Calvin Stebbins spoke
from the standpoint of the pastor. Col
Gile, who was on various church COM
mittees with Judge Thayer, and was
intimately connected with him in other
lines, spoke in regard to Judge Thayers
leadership in politics and his character
as an organizer, and said that he car
ried his conscience and honor with him
into his political life. Charles M Thay-
er and Col. Stoddard were among the
other speakers from Worcester.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29

tee: John T. Regain, chairman; John
F. Murphy ]. Joseph Ryan, James A.
Mitchell, John M. Tierney. Committee
on entertainment: Harry S. Austin.
chairman; William G. Coy, Thomas L.
Morton, George j. Hurley and John
Grant The class officers elected are:
President, James Noonan North Brook
field, Mass; vice-president, David L.
Jordan, Yonkers, N. Y; secretary, John
Nelligar, Albany, N Y; treasurer, John
A. Grant, Pawtucket, R. l.; manager of
base ball team, James Mitchell Water
bury, Ct. manager of foot ball team,
William G. Troy, Providence, r. T.,
manager of track team, John T. Ryan.
Holyoke, Mass.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29
THAYER LAUDED.
Senator Hoar Tells
Of the Judges
Character.
PORTRAIT PRESENTATION.
Large v orcester Delegation
Attends Massachusetts
Club Exercises.
PORTRAIT PRESENTATION.

Boston, Oct. 2S.-The meeting of the
Massachusetts club was made part
ticularly interesting this afternoon by
the presentation of portrait of the
late Judge Adm Thayer Of Worcester
and Senator Hoar's speech on the EN-
inent jurist The portrait was pre-
scented by Judge Thayer's son and for
mally accepted by Hon. A. w. Beard,
president of the club.
Senator Hoar gave an interesting ac-
count of the life and work Of Judge
Thayer and the able manner in which
he directed the republican campaign of
1883. His chief service, however, was
in keeping the government Of Massa-
chusetts clean and incorruptible in the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29
THE FUR CLUB SCORE.
Paul Wheeler Leads With -Four Potts
in Total of Al Kills.

The roll of honor of the Worcester Fur
Company took a good jump last week,
IL pelts being reported. The score now
stands at Al. Although the two days fall
hunt of the company was held during the
week, it had little effect on the score
aouins only single fox. A morning pa
per- not The Spy, told with glazing head
ines y 3i mat the company got two foxes but
one, Vu 'ie oiilS
Paul Wheeler still leads the list with
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29
RICE ON M'covERN.
The New London Man Talks OF pea-
lar Palmer's Conoueror.

lar PaImcr's conqueror.
Every lover Of boxing in Worcester has
his idol, but all agree on little Terry Nc
Govern who delighted the fraternity in
this country by putting away Pedlar
Palmer in short order. While Worcester
sports know nothing about MoGovern
except what they read in the newspapers,
there was a man in Worcester yesterday
who knows McGovern well for he was in
the squared circle with McGovern. He
Is Austin Rice of New London, who boxed
at tlaherty's show Friday evenin
10 The Spy man Rice said McGovern
Is not exceptionally clever. but his sue
cess lays in his constant work. With
MIN there is never a let-up. He comes at
a man and can't be driven back. He
doesn't notice a blow. no matter how
marc II Is, but keeps on coming, and his
opponent can't keep him away. Rice
stayed with him for IA rounds and haA
nm down twice, but MeGovern was on
ms feet at the call of time and coming
ring '''s SepPSu - st-S
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29

the four pelts with which he was credit
ca last week. The greatest addition to
any one man was to ]. NJ. White Of Barre,
who sent in notice of three foxes killed
The others who have three each are John
M. White. S. d. Charles and II. c. New
George Walker, William Estabrook. ] H.
Baird, e. T. Whitaker and Ben Holden.
The following have one each. Hon John
K mayer, Hon Joseph II. Walker, Ar
thur Estabrook Alvin Fisher w. f.
Perry, II. H. Sibley, Charles Pierce e
" Gill r.. j. Bates, L. f. Herrick. A.
Il. Perry R. ID. Perry, Albert Hobbs w.
5. Morine and Charles II. Howe
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29
DIED OF OLD AGE.
Miss Caroline Farnum Passes Awayi in
Her 99th Year.

The Oldest inmate of the Home for
Aged Women and one of the Oldest res
idents of the city, Miss Caroline Far
mum, died yesterday morning of old age
at the institution she had made her
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29
a DOG KILLED.

Cape Town Oct pa dispatch from
Mafeking dated oct q, says: All is
Well There was a four hours lombard
ment, during which dog was killed
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29

A large number Of well known Wor-
cester people attended the meeting of
the Massachusetts, club held in Boston
yesterday afternoon, to do honor to the
memory of the late Judge Adm Thayer.
Nearly all Of the Worcester party left
on the 1857 train. and on reaching Bos-
ton, went at once to Youngs hotel,
where the banquet and club meeting
was held. Among those who attended
the meeting were: Hon. George F.
Hoar, Col. w. A. Gle. Hon. ]. H. Walk
err Col. T.. S. johnson. e d. Bufing-
ton. Hon. e. B. Stoddard, Hon. H. A.
Marsh, Hon Stephen Salisbury, ]. r.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29

great raid made upon the republican
party between 1871 and 1888. Senator
Hoar further said that Judge Thayer
was one of the four men whose 1udg-
ment assured him even against the
views of the rest of mankind, that wis
dom was on his side, the other three
being the poet Whittier, his own broth
err Judge Hoar, and Samuel May.
Senator Hoar spoke of the early life
of his friend, showing the development
of the highest intellectual and moral
qualities. Mr. Thayer, the speaker
said, was an ambitious man, but he
never suffered his ambitions to stand
in the way of what he thought was
for the party's good.
I'm legal or business differences he
was the best adviser I knew in Wor-
cester. With his whole nature he
loved his country, his commonwealth
and the city which was his home. He
loved the great cause of human free
dom and equality with the passionate
devotion with which the lover loves
his mistress. He believed that public
office was the best method of accepting
and accomplishing public results, but
when the time came he always sub
ordinated his own desires to what he
deemed was the welfare of the pub
lie"
Rev. Dr. Calvin stebbins, Hon. E.
B. Stoddard, Col William A. Gile and
Hon Henry S. Harris, all of Worces-
ter, added their tribute to Judge
Thayer.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30
GREAT SUFFERINGS OF FOUR
MEN IN A BOAT.

New York-A dispatch to the Jour-
nal and Advertiser from Kingston, ia
maica, says:
A few days ago little boat contain
ing four men rowed up the mouth OF
from the open sea. The men had been
at sea for three days and nights with
out food or water, exposed to the fierce
rays of the tropical sun. They wers
reduced to a terrible condition. The
four men were convicts who had es-
capped from the prison at San Maroni,
Cayenne. One of these penal islands
is DEVILS Island, where Dreyfus was
confined. 1t appears that they eluded
the guards, stole the prison dugout or
canol got together a little food and
water and put to sea. The food and
water were washed overheard, but the
men preferred the perils of hunger and
thirst to the rigors of penal settle
ment They got to New Amsterdam,
Dutch Guiana, which they reached af-
ter perilous adventures and much
starving. The oldest man is Bon-
langist adherent, exiled several years
ago. He was professor of rhetoric
at Paris. His companions are an art
list, an optician and land proprietor,
all men who were once in good posi-
lions. Their ages range from 81 down
to 81 years.
The British Guiana police have not
arrested the men and they will not be
sent back to Cayenne.
Formerly the French prison author
tiles used to send descriptions of es-
capped prisoners to the neighboring col
onies and secure their return. This
plan has been abandoned in recent
years. The four escaped convicts
have gone into the interior to search
for work.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30
HER LATEST GIFT.

San TRANSPORTATION leaving for
Europe Mrs. Jane Stanford prepared
two deeds, which were placed on rec
ord conveying valuable real estate to
Stanford University. The property
consists of 100 acres in Lassen county
and 100 acres in Tehama county. All
of this land was recently purchased by
Mrs. Stanford to secure valuable
water rights and grazing land for big
flocks of sheep owned by her and
which are to be transferred to the Vina
ranch, now owned by the University
All this is in addition to the recent en-
dowment of over $11 100000.
BY this latest gift, Mrs. Stanford has
transferred all her realty to the Uni
versity save house and lot in Sacra-
mento, the residence of the Senator
and his family in early days and par
ticularly at the outset of his career as
a railway magnate. She will eventu-
ally give that property also.
Mrs. Stanford is now ON her way to
Europe for a three months tour. While
away, it is said, she contemplates in
vesting $1,OOO,OOO in rare bric-a-brac
for the University museum.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30

cations, like the painting of Mrs. Hayes,
given by the WomanS Christian Tenn
perance Union. The people, In visiting
the White House, assume the right to
see these paintings, and the privilege,
under certain restrictions, Is usually
granted. In the Blue Room the Presi-
dent receives foreign ministers and
other distinguished visitors Of state.
This destroys the privacy Of the par
lors for family use. There is really
but one private room on this door-the
family dining-room, to which strangers
are rarely admitted. One-third Of the
second floor is used for offices. There
is the Cabinet Room, the War Room,
with its corps of telegraphers, offices
for the President, his secretary, and
the half-dozen clerks who attend the
correspondence. The remaining two
thirds Of the floor are the apartments Of
the President and his family. They are
relatively small and inconvenient. The
kitchen, laundry and other workrooms
are in the capacious basement.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30
FROM FOREIGN LANDS,

A London cablegram says the
Church Missionary Society confirms
the reports of the trouble at Kieng-
King-Fu, adding that two native mis-
siOnaries were killed.
Breme-The British steamer Mon
mouth, Captain Groggins, from New
Orleans, May 20, via Newport News ar
rived here with a fire in the af>e
hold. After the fire was extingnished
100 bales of cotton were found to have
been damaged by the fire and 800 bales
by water.
London-The Star says: After the
racing at Ascot Sloan appeared on the
lawn and a waiter accidentally upset
a glass of liquor over Sloan's clothing.
The latter instantly rose from his CHAIR
and struck the waiter in the face with
a champagne bottle, inf1icting several
wounds. No doubt the affair will be
hushed up, but it was the most unpro-
voked assault ever witnessed.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30
MINING NOTES.

The discovery of an extensive CHINA
bar deposit two miles northwest Of
Oak Bar, Siskiyou county, Cal, is re-
ported.
Development work in the Delhi mine
near Columbia Hill is progressing most
satisfactorily and the force of men has
been increased.
A 125-light dynamo is being placed
at the Providence mine. With it the
dwellings, boarding houses, Office, ETC.,
will be Illuminated. The Providence
sawmill, situated about four miles
from the mine, is in full operation.
Receiver Pauly, in his eighteenth re-
port of the Golden Cross mines, San
Diego county, CAL, gives the cleanup
for last April at $13,117.11. The pay
roll for the month was $500 and the
balance in the company's hands $751;
924.19.
A new copper deposit has lately been
found west and close to the old Har-
rison ranch, above Whiskytown. A
man by the name of Wade Hampton is
one of the lucky discoveries. The ore
looks well, and doubtless carries both
silver and gold.
The metal output of Utah during the
year 1898 was $14.654.2 1886. of which
$2,372,442 was gold, $6,494,275 silver.
$524,5 copper, and lead $3,162.375. So
far as known, no placer gold was
mined in that state last year, but prep
arations are in progress to open placer
mines near Bingham.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30
DREYFUS COURT MARTIAL.

Paris-M. Vigue has gone to Rennes
where the new court martial will sit,
to arrange for the necessary precau-
tons during the trial. A large force
of police and detectives will be sent
there.
London-The correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph at Cayenne, French
Guina, says:
Last Friday when Dreyfus was en-
barking, he cast long and fearful look
upon the prison and said: Excuse my
natural emotion. 1 have long been &C
customed to that little piece of land
and have very much loved its good
and affabls population.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30
Donald Got 1t.

In small village on the west coast
Of Scotland there was a natural called
Donald, who did odd jobs, especially
about the hotel. One afternoon three
gentlemen were standing in front of
the hotel, and along with them a small
terrier, when Donald happened to pass.
Wishing to have joke at his expense,
one of them, taking out half crown,
said:
IF you get this you may keep it,
Then, calling to the dog to FETCH" he
flung it away. The dog got it first; but
Donald, not to be done out of his half.
crown, picked up stone, and calling
the dogs attention flung 1t piece
away. The dog Immediately dropped
the half-crown and tore after the stone,
when Donald quietly lifted and pocket
ed the coin.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30

lUV
In round figures the Dewey Home
Fund now aggregates $4,000. There is
this much money in actual cash in
sight. Treasurer Roberts, at the
close of business June 3, had on de-
post $590323. There is in possession
of the New York Journal about $5000
To these two sums may be added sub
scriptions received by the San Fran
cisco Examiner, Philadelphia Press,
Cleveland Leader, Albany Journal, An
aconda Standard, Leslie's Weekly and
other newspapers which have reported
the fact that they were receiving sub
scriptions, but have not indicated the
exact amount in their possession.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30

An editorial commentator in London,
In reviewing the recent Vanderbilt
Fair wedding In New York, puts forth
the following reflections: sThe we'd
ding presents are said to be worth
f4OO. 900, and the description Of them
reads, as one lady irreverently said,
like, chapter in Revelation, all big
pearls and gold. The incident would
not be worth mention but for three
facts of some social Importance. One
is that the plutocracy in America ex-
cites at least as much attention as the
aristocracy in Europe; another is that
plutocracy thinks it advisable to adver-
tise its splendor; and the third is that
the democracy, instead of envying this
wealth. evidently enjoys the profusion
1t produces as a sort of highly colored
picture that breaks the deadly monot-
ony Of the scene around. The wedding
Is a masque with continent for spec
tators."
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30

The changes Of century have made
the White House poorly adapted to the
requirements of a Presidential man.
sion The associations connected with
the historic edifice have caused hesita-
ton In making decision to enlarge or
remodel it. 1t stands as the embodi-
ment Of simplicity that characterized
the spirit and conduct Of the govern
ment Of our great republic In it's ear
lest days. The President and his fam
lily practically live In what might b
called q fat. The White House is q
two-story building, and for strictly
family purposes only about two-thirds
Of the second story can be used. Near
II all of the first floor is devoted to half
public service. Its eastern third forms
the famous East Room, which Is open
daily to the public. The Red Room,
the Blue Room and the Green Room
nominally belong to the Presidents
family, but are In reality Of little use
to them. On the walls OF these parlors
hang famous paintings. some Of which
lave been presented by popular Organi-
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30
"sCHLEY DAY"

New York-The men attached to the
cruiser Brooklyn, now moored at the
Brooklyn navy yard, have decided to
celebrate July 8, the anniversary of the
battle of Santiago, when Cervera's fleet
was destroyed. They propose to call
it ''Schley day." Special invitations
will be sent to Admiral and Mrs
Schley, Capt. Cook, who commanded
the Brooklyn during the battle of San
tiago; to Commodore Philip, command
ant of the navy yard and Admiral
Sampson as commandment of the
North Atlantic squadron.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30
A Irving Ordeal.

The working Of the old age pension
act in New Zealand is not altogether
satisfactory. 1t is alleged that the real
ly deserving aged poor shrink from the
ordeal Of the preliminary public exam
ination before magistrate, who has
to satisfy himself and formally certify
to the bona fides Of the applicant. On
the other hand, "the hardened loafer
and trained pauper cheerfully prepares
plausible evidence, confident that, with
his state pension as a standby, his
loafing and begging propensities will
enable him to live on the fat of the
land"
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30
PERKINS WANTED THE CORONER
TO BURY HIM.

Fresno-Fred Perkins, young man
about "a years of age, died at the
county hospital last week from what
is supposed to be case of looking up.
on too much wine when it is red.
Perkins had been on a protracted
spree for the past two weeks, and last
Thursday he called upon Coroner Long
and requested the Coroner to bury him.
Upon being told that he must have a
death certificate to show that he was
dead, Perkins called upon numerous
doctors about town requesting them to
fill out blank death certificate that he
had obtained
The young man had been employed
as porter at the Hughes hotel up till
about two weeks ago.
Perkins claimed to be cousin Of
Lieutenant Perkins of the U. S. s.
Philadelphia.
The inquest will be held late this at
ternOOn
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30

Some Of our foremost educators are
In favor of saving time by shortening
the spelling of certain words. The idea
Is not new, and many newspapers have
long been accustomed to shorten such
words as programme" into program"
and prologue" into "proleg." Recent
IL Superintendent Andrews has recon-
xnended to teachers in the public
schools of Chicago the following list Of
words for amended spelling: Program
programmed, tho (though), thoro (thor-
ough), thorofare Thoroughbred, thru
(through), turnout (throughout), cata-
log (catalogue), prolog (prologue), deca-
log (decalogue), demagog (demagogue),
pedagog (pedagogue). OF course this
list Is simply starter in the pathway
Of reform. Just where the matter will
end 1t Is difficult to say. John Billings
was a pioneer In this line of endeavor,
and his ''fonetic" spelling, which used
to cause great amusement, and which
was the foundation Of his fame as a
humorist, may become the scientific
method of the future. Billings tried to
prove that he could be funny without
''fonetics," and wrote lot of humor-
Gus paragraphs for the old Scribner's
Magazine, entitled ''Uncle Eseck's Wis
DOME" but they failed to make a hit,
and Billings experiment was failure.
No doubt the present spelling Of many
words Is cumbersome, but reformers
will find their task little short of the
impossible.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30

The malaria microbe, as well as many
other disease germs, is an animal, en-
dowed with probably all the attributes
Of higher brute life. To Nature mere
size is nothing. A microbe therefore
may be, for all we poor clumsy beings
may know. more perfect being than
we ourselves are. Now the question is,
should not the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals, the anti
viyisectionists, etc., pounce on the men
who are using these poor little microbes
20 roughly? We are all microbes.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1899-06-30
TUBERCULOSIS CRUSADE.

Chicago-A permanent society for
crusading against tuberculosis was or
ganized on Tuesday night in~the rooms
of the Chicago Medical Society. 1t will
be known as the Illinois Society for the
Prevention of Tuberculosis, and its
membership will include all physicians,
city officials, veterinarians and others
interested in the determination Of tu-
berculosis. The organization will be
preliminary to series of public meet
ings to be held by this and other socie-
ties