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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
Docket For Today

The docket for today in the superior
court is as follows: Thomas J. Leon
ard vs. Stephen A. Gilmorei Joseph
Leonard VS.. commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts ct al; Sarah Aug VS.. Jacob
Rosenthal; Quinsigamond Lake Steam
boat Company vs. Phoenix Insurance
Company Brooklyn, N. Y; Quinsiga-
mond Lake Steamboat Company VS..
Phoenix Insurance Company, Hartford.
Ct; Henry e. Holbrook VS.. Worcester
& Suburban Street Railway Company;
Rosanna Lachance VS.. Delor Lepaire; ;
Clarence H. Croker VS.. Worcester
Construction Company; William T.
Forbes Judge of probate, VS.. Charles
W. Adams ct al; William B. Harding
vs. J. Gordon Cherry; Thomas Matson
VS.. city of Worcester Helen B. Plaff-
man vs. Worcester & Suburban Street
Railway Company; Philip M. Plaffman
VS.. Worcester & Suburban Street
Railway Company.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
SNOW AND RAIN HELPED
Water Supply Increased a Little
More Than One Per Cent

The water supply was helped out to
the extent of IL of an inch by the fall
of snow and rain Sunday night and
Monday morning. Every little helps and
some of the districts which have been
short OF water or experiencing low
pressure. were aided materially. Mean
while the work of hustling the pump
ing apparatus into shape continues.
Water Commissioner John G. Brady
said yesterday that the apparatus
would be in place some time before
the present supply, which is going
down daily, runs out and that the sup
ply would be kept up from some source
at all events.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
Hay is Plentiful

A young gentleman on morning pa
per-not The Spy-took his Imagination
out for a walk the other day Incl
dentally the combination stacked up
against dealer in hay. The following
a startling statement was pub
lished to the effect that Worcester was
with hay famine. There s
nothing of the kind In town. A man
who needs hay can buy all he wants,
and the supply is not going to fall short
by any means.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
SUBSCRIPTIONS COME IN
The First Responses For High
School Crew Received Yesterday

Responses to the call of the Worces-
ter High School Athletic association
for funds for the maintenance of the
crew which has started its preliminary
work, have been received by Albert
Gray, teacher at English high school,
who is treasurer of the associa ton. The
amounts received yesterday were as fol-
lows Frank Kettell, $40; Edwin Brown,
ST. JOHN w. Maher, 5; Macullar & Son,
81 Chetwood Smith, 81. The start is a
good one, as no strong attempt was
made az circulating the papers. The
amount which will be necessary to con-
duct the crew the coming season is
SGnn
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
Obituary

BURIAL OF MRS. LISCoMB.
Rev. Calvin Stebbins of Hampden
formerly pastor of Church of the
Unity, was in charge of the services at
the funeral of Mrs. Ellen Liscomb
widow of Nathaniel S. Liscomb, at her
home, 20 Trowbridge road, yesterday.
Rev Frank L. Phalen, pastor of
Church of the Unity, assisted. The
casket was covered with cut flowers.
Burial was in the family lot in Rural
cemetery
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
Damaged b. Smoke

An alarm from box 921, at 1O.45
o'clock, yesterday morning, brought the
fire department to the Phoenix Plate
Company's works, 2S7 Park avenue.
The blaze was started by overheated
naphtha The damage was slight, but
dense smoke destroyed part of the
woodwork in the tank room. Insur-
ance covers the loss, and is placed
through the agency of Washburn, Will
lis Greene & Bates
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
A FRIGHTFUL BLUNDER

will often cause horrible burn, cut OF
brulse. Bucklin's Arnica Salve, the
best in the world. will kill the pain ard
promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores, Fee
yer Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns
all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile Cure on
earth Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guar
anteeed. Sold by Brewer & Co.. drug
PistS
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
Star Lunch Fixtures

Yesterday morning the fixtures of
the Star lunch restaurant were sold by
H. C. Fisher, trustee in bankruptcy OF
w. e. & F. E. Marshall, to H. E. Bull
lard, for S515. This sim will cover the
amount of the mortgages and costs. c.
B. Cook of Shrewsbury held the first
mortgage.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19

trict court.
Christine Wilhelm of Worcester VS..
Worcester & Suburban Street Railway
Company, in an action of tort, ad dam
mum $4,000. Writ served by Deputy
Sheriff James Early and returnable in
the superior court
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
Attachments

Attachments recorded yesterday in
the registry of deeds: William J.
Keegan ct al of Shrewsbury VS.. James
Roach of West Boylston, in an action
of contract, ad damnum $780, Writ
served by Deputy Sheriff D. H. Hay
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
Executors Inventory

In the registry of probate yesterday,
the executors inventory was filed in
the matter of the estate of Thomas w.
Shea of Worcester. 1t shows $1100.24
personal and $3.50 real estate.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
Recovered Her Watch

Friday afternoon, Miss Maud Miles,
a Wilkinsonville school teacher, lost her
gold watch In this city. Yesterday she
ealied upon Chief of Police James M.
brennan, but was unable to furnish
the number on the watch case. Less
than Is minutes after she left station
l. Mrs. Joseph Wilcox, 4 Eden street,
called and left the watch with Chief
brennan. 1t was identified as Miss
Miles property by a picture in the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
FITNERAI, OF MRS. NEWTON

The funeral of Mrs. Alvira S. New
ton was held yesterday afternoon at 2
O'Clock, at her home. 10 Shelby street.
Rev. DR.. Moses H. Harris, pastor of
All Souls church, conducted services.
Interment was in Rural cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
inaugural Exercises

The inaugural exercises which usher
in the mayor and members Of the city
council OF 1900 fall on Jan. / this year.
The exercises will begin at 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon. The program has not
been arranged ais yet
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
BODY TAKEN TO PUTNAM.

The body of Mrs. Emma Fenno
Brown, wife of Charles C. Brown, was
taken to Putnam, CT, yesterday Ser
vices were held in the Second Congre-
gational church in that city, and in
terment was in Putnam cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
BIsMARcK's IRON NERVE

Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous en-
ergy are not found where Stomach,
Liver Kidneys and Bowels are out of
order. If you want these qualities and
the success they bring, use DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. They develop every
power Of brain and body. Only 25c, at
Brewer & Co.'S drug store.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19

s. j. Libby. dealer In Maine Christmas
trees of all sizes from to 20 #. in height.
Opening sale Tuesday, Dec. 10, on Front
street opposite Commercial street. Trees
sold>at Wholesale and retail. Orders will
receive prompt attention. s. w. Howe,
salesman.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19

DIR. Bulls Cough yrup is unques-
tionably the most remarkable remedy
ever produced for the cure of throat and
lung troubles 1t has cured thousands,
and has done wonders in many cases of
incipient consumption.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19
FANCY GOODS

Specials Leatheree Boxes for all purposes, CSC EACH
A half dozen decorations.
Metal Smoking Sets
Onyx Ornaments, 25c to $3.50.
Triple Plate Mirrors, Fine Shaving Mirrors, Mahogany
Mirrors, CelIuoid Novelties.
Leather Albums that are good for something. Pocket
Photo Albums, Silk Pin Cushions.
Special line of Cabinet Frames, choice I5c.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19

Shell oysters at Creamerie lunch
room.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-19

Are unlike all other pills. no purging.
CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28

/ her own housework, but at one time,
from home, he put her to sleep when for
hours she had been tossing on her bed
worrying about him. This case opens
tup a new line of usefulness qor hus-
bands all over our broad land. If this
man could learn to hypnotic his wife,
why may it not be possible for mar
ried men here at home to acquire
similar powers? Then, what happiness
will be in store for themI OF course,
the hypnotist can make his subject
think anything he pleases. If the baby
should awake in the night, the weary
rather could lie in bed and make his
wife think it was her duty to get up
and do the floor walking and convince
her. too, that it was no more than her
right to build the fires. But the most
beneficent effect of this great power
would be realized when the time ar
rived for the buying of the fall mill
inery. Then the proud wife who had
only saved 70 cents out of her allow
ance, could be made to regard that
amount as sufficient for the new hat
and after she had brought home a
cheap piece of felt with less than bird
and half on it, her husband could hon
estly make her believe it the most
beautiful thing she ever put into a
eandbox. That Nebraska man will
work an everlasting wrong if he doesn't
Write book setting forth the formula
whereby every man can be his own
family hypnotist
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28

field of battle is no greater honor than
that Of a fireman who dies in the SER
vice.
1.-THE Boston fire department is not
one iota better than that of Worcester.
Pennsylvania has long been noted as
the cornerstone of successful fire de-
partments, and the Friendship company
is one of the numerous examples Of the
sound. able Pennsylvania companies"
Toastmaster Lamb sang snatch of
the old-tlme fire laddie's chant, Brake
her down, boys" and introduced Coun-
Gilman Fred D. Johnson. who compli-
mented the local department for eff
cheney. and referred to the fact that the
I firemen of today receive much larger
wages than those of rs years ago, when
the facilities for extinguishing were
crude. Samuel Adams Of the Friend
ship company closed the speech-making
with thanks for the generous shower
of Worcester hospitality"
Last night there was no formal OBJ
servance in honor Of the visitors, but
many were entertained at the rooms OF
the Worcester Veteran Firemen's asso-
citation on Exchange street, and theatre
parties in which local firemen were es-
corts closed the reception of yesterday
to the Friendship fire company as ar
ranged by members of the Veteran
Firemen's association and active fire.
men. ia4 ~
At 1857 o'clock this morning Worces-
ter firemen will escort the Reading
company to the train for Boston in
union depot In Boston the company
will be entertained until tomorrow
morning, when the Friendship company
will leave for Providence at 10 o'clock.
At $50 o'clock tomorrow evening the
company will go to New York from
Providence by steamer, and after
marching in the Dewey parade Satur-
day the train will be boarded for home,
and before midnight Saturday the east
ern tour will be changed to 'home
again"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28
LABoR,S BRIGHT ERA

The leaders and representative men
from the great labor and trade union
organizations of the state will convene
at North Adams on Monday, and in
the course of things will settle some
questions affecting the vital interests
of many thousands of wage workers in
Worcester. 1t is matter for congrat-
ulation to employers and employees alike
that those selected as delegates from
this city are all fair minded, conserva-
tive and able men. That the labor or
CARNATIONS have acquired a vast i'm
portance in recent years is shown by
the fact that, although the national
bureau of labor was created only Is
years ago, today 20 states have labor
bureaus and the American Federation
of Labor has 1000 local unions While
these facts must be especially crafty
ing to organized wage earners, they
will have unusual reason for pleasure
at this convention. With wages in
creasing, workers in demand and the
return of prosperity general throughout
the country, the toilers in the factory,
the workshop or the field should indeed
be pleased with the outlook.
One of the striking differences be-
tween modern conditions as regards
workers is the enormous increase in
power in productive capacity by the aid
of labor saving machinery. The latter
in the United States alone, 1t is esti-
mated. is now equal to a Woodworking
population of 4O0OOO.0O0, or five times
the present population of the entire
country. Instead of making conditions
harder by the employment of machin-
cry. the reverse has proved to be true.
and never in the history of the world
in any country has labor Jared so well
as it does today in the United States.
Increased production and the stimu-
lation Of inventive genius have in turn
poured new wealth into the lap of her
people, and made new demands in con-
sequence for industries and industrial
arts which had no existence a hundred
years ago The review might be car
ried still further with the addition of
other reasons why the men who will
represent the Drawn and sinew of the
state at that convention should be en-
couraged. For the betterment Of con-
ditions is largely of their own produc-
ing, and with increased knowledge of
power has come the wider view which
tends to peaceful industrial progress.
Never before. perhaps, has conven-
ton of the labor and trade unionists of
Massachusetts been held under more
hopeful or happier auspices than will
mark the one at North Adams.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28

The study of the Spanish language is
being proposed in certain of the Massa-
ehusetts public schools, and the agita-
ton is not unlikely to reach Worcester
1t is happily in keeping with the snirit
OF expansion that has been contrib
uting to our national growth, and which
mas now experienced a sudden and
Widespread revival as a result of our
war with Spain. OF course, it is not To
be assumed from this that the Spanish
language is destined to remain the per-
manent speech of the people of our new
territories. The Spanish cannot long
resist the conquering Anglo-Sax-
on tongue. The latter will be the
'World-language" of the future if En-
ropean and American scholars predict
Alright. But the process of Americana
ing the people of the islands will be a,
long and tedious work. Any process
that proposes to force the natives to
learn and speak English at once will be
failure. They will not renounce the
language of their infancy, however
willing they may be to accept the bene-
fits of more humane government. The
American schoolhouse has a vast work
to do in all our new possessions, but the
process of assimilation for many years
to come can be most satisfactorily pro-
NOTED by wider familiarity with the
Spanish tongue on the part of the Am
orleans, particularly those who seek to
establish commercial relations with
these islands Then too, there are 40
100000 Spanish-speaking people in
South America who consume products
that may be furnished by this country.
In view of all this it would seem as
though little argument were needed to
enforce the need of Spanish courses in
| the schools
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28

AS might be expected, the Springfield
Republican attempts to twist Admiral
Dewey's utterances into an argument
for anti-imperialism. His statement
that the F'ilipinos are remarkably in
telligent race and may at some indefi-
mite date be capable of self govern
ment, is construed to mean that he
stands shoulder to shoulder with the
whole unpatriotic gang of Atchison-
ians. This frantic clutching at straws
to save an unpopular and losing cause is
the best evidence Of the unpopularity
of that cause. On the other hand, the
admiral distinctly states that at present
the Filipinos are emphatically unfit for
self government. AS to the feasibility of
withdrawing the army and navy from
the islands and exchanging government
for anarchy, it is useless to inquire
Deweys opinion
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28
Barnard
Summer &
putnamCn
1912. INCORPORATED 1892
PERSONAL.

Miss Estella Prouty left for Chicago
last night.
DR.. e. D. Fitch went to New York
last night.
Alfred Howersin left for Genoa, N.
Y, last night.
A. R. Norton and wife left last night
for San Francisco.
Thomas Davis went to Denver last
night for a brief vacation
Mr.. and Mrs Alexander j. Moir are
lions.
H. A. Scott returned Yesterday from
Hartford, where he has been spending
his vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. David E. Carr left Tues
day evening for New York to attend the
Dewey demonstration
John F. Brazil and ]. Frank Feehan
nave returned from months outing
in New Hampshire
Arthur E. Gray attended the Conare-
gational council held in fremont tenn
pie, Boston, yesterday.
B. F. Gould. Piedmont street. il re-
ported seriously i'll at his daughter's
home in Providence, R. I.
Walter 2. Smith. an insurance agent
In the State Mutual building. was Ia
Fltchburg yesterday on business.
Miss Cora B. Chamberlain of Hub
paroston Is visiting her brother, c. M.
Chamberlain of this city She will ras
main here week
Rev Nels Eagle left yesterday morn
ing for New York New Haven and
Brldgewater While in New York h8
VIII attend the Dewey celebration ard
he will preach at New Haven and
Bridgewater.
j. o. Emanuel Trotz and wife re-
turned yesterday from an Extended
trip IN Sweden. Mr.. Trotz is wen
known mining engineer in this city.
and during his travels in Sweden he
visited many of the great iron and steel
mines In that country, and also Visited
many places of interest in England.
Germany, France, Sweden and Dem
mark.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28
UNDER THE RED ROBE.
A New Company Presents 1t at the
Worcester Theatre.

Worcester Theatre.
The dramatized novel is certainly
ruling the stage at present with auto
cratic sway. The stage rights to his
story are now as carefully cherished by
the successful novelist as the original
copyright. Every day a fresh work Of
fiction is placed on the boards in dra-
matte form. and not only the work of
current writer's, but the literature OF
generations long past. is dug up to be-
play thus concocted is heralded in the
most glowing terms by imaginative and
unwearying press agents, and is greet
ed by audiences that tax the accommo-
dations of the theatres. Nor are these
successes ephemeral. Many adapta-
tons are playing their third and fourth
seasons on the road to undiminished
profits.
That this state of affairs is harmful
to the best interests of the theatre few
viii deny. It checks the creative power
of the playwright for who would
struggle to invent fresh situations when
he can make more money by revamping
old ones? The adapted play is of ne
cesSity loosely constructed; frequently
is so incoherent as to be unintelligible
to person unfamiliar with the original
novel. And the revision does injustice
to the author. even though he be the
dramatist as well. Take, for example,
the recent instance of THE Christian -
AS a novel it Is q powerful character
study; distorted and overdrawn, in
deed. but consistent and interesting AS
play it is hybrid; good for nothing
but money maker, and that only be-
cc.use of marvellously ingenious adver-
Using. There has never been a novel
dramatized that made really good
play-one that could rank with THE
Henrietta" THE ratah," Lady Boun-
tiful" or scores of other gems of few
years back.
There remarks have little to do with
the performance of Under the red
robe" at the Worcester theatre last
night. but they were suggested by It.
It was the third engagement of the play
in this city in as many years, yet the
house was very comfortably filled. The
company was Of even merit, and ac.
Quilted themselves with credit. Pau
Cazeneuve. who heads it. has frequent
" enacted character roles here in mel
odramatic productions, and won fol
himself the reputation of an excellent
actor in that line. His acting last night
bore evidence of his melodramatic
training. but contained the requisite
dash and abandon. ]. r. Carey was
noticeably good as Richelieu, and H. j
West. William Vaughn and Amelia
Gardner were others who deserve hon
orabl6 mention.
Farce comedy will rule tonight in the
shape Of "A high-toned burglar" new
piece expanded from the sketch pre-
scented by the popular vaudeville team
of Dolan and Lenharr. who are tht
Gtars of the company. There are q
others who assist. and the grand com
bination is said to be wonderfully clever
and aw1ully funny There is every
prospect, of a sizeable house.
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a NEW THEATRE.
LothFop's Closes Saturday-Wiu Be
RemodeIIed Throughout.

6SSlfOP OiOSSS SSluToGy WIN DC
RemodeIIed Throughout.
After the curtain drops on the last
Scene ini"The span of life' at Lothrop's
Saturday evening of this week the
house will be darkened and will remain
darzened during the next -four weeks.
It is not by reason of poor business,
for in the last two weeks that have
marked the beginning of the present
season the receipts have been larger
than in any like period since the thea
tire has been under the present manage
ment. Last night the house was crowd
ed almost to it's full capacity.
The following engagements have been
cancelled: Week OF Oct 70, the Blon-
dells in 1.-THE Katzeniammer kids"
week Of Oct. g. Lost in New York
Oct. 49, Fisher and Carroll in Edgar
Seldeps new farce. 1.-THE lobster; Oct.
2S. D. W. Truss 1.-THE night before
Christmas"
Just prior to the opening this season
the management expended over $1,000 in
alterations and improvements. During
the coming month still larger amount
will be devoted TO Transforming the the
atre into one Of the prettiest play
houses in New England. Ten new sets
of scenery will be put In and new chairs
will be placed all through the house.
The first week in November the house
will be reopened with a strong dramatic
stock company that will rank well by
the side of Castle Square and equally
as good plays win be- produced as at
that famous Boston playhouse.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28
THE PARK THEATRE.

One of the prettiest~ little playlets of
the season is For REFORM" as given
by Mr.. Stanton and Miss Modena at
the Park theatre this week. Laughter
is almost incessant during its action,
and the humor Of the piece is height
ened by the cleverness Of the actors.
There is lot of good, wholesome fun,
too. in the singing act Of Cushman,
Holcombe and Curtis. in which the
scene Is LAID in a school room and the
behavior Of the pupils is far from above
reproach. Mrs. Colby's warbling is a
feature of that familys musical act.
Bella Hathaway's trained monkeys
disport playfully. and the whole per-
Torrance is snappy and amusing.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28
FUNERAL OF MRS. cRosRY

The funeral Of Mrs. James P. Crosby
was held yesterday afternoon at her
late home, 10l Summer street, at q
o'clock. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. O. c. Bailey Of the
Summer Street Church, and the inter-
ment was at Hope cemetery. There
was a number of floral tributes from
friends. There We're no bearers.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-28

People who have seen the regiments
returning from Manila and who also
saw the boys come back from Cuba, as
sert that the men who served in Luzon
look much better than did the soldiers
who fought with Shafter. The canned
roast beef had its innings before the
Philippine campaign was under way.