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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27
THE PARK THEATRE.

Inc Park Theatre program was va.
RED last evening, when the favorite
coincidence Patrice Withdrew the
pleasing sketch, "A New Years
Dream which she, in company with
Walter Creighton and ]. F. Whitbeck
mas been presenting through the week
ana substituted therefor "Edna's
Ghost" another playlet which had its
first representation on any stage.
The new piece tells how a youna
nelress, on winter holiday in Florida,
Iaiis IN love with a naval lieutenant
ana plots to bring him to her feet by
taxing advantage of a legend connected
with the spot and impersonating The
spirit of a long-deceased love lorr
maiden. The officer, forewarned by a
servant whom he has bribed, does not
snow the expected fear at the appari.
tlon, but as both parties are deeply in
love the happy ending follows without
delay.
The piece was prettiiy mounted. The
star was winsome and clever, and a
pleasant little song and dance, which
she introduced, was we'll received. Elk
cellent, too, were Mr.. Creighton as the
lieutenant, and Mr.. Whitbeck as an old
Irish gardener.
There was large audience present
and Patrice as well as Fake and Sc
mon, George Graham, Mile. . Roattinc
and the other fvorites were heartily APP
Dlauded.
The Parks bill next week includes
the Gotham Comedy Quartet, the Ro-
mallo Brothers, head balancers, Prof
Shuman's trained goats, the Kleist
Brothers in a musical act, and Fran
cesca Redding and company in 1.-The
DucheS OF Devonshire.'
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27
A CITY HACKING SrABLE

1t is estimated that a stable of ten
horses, with a full equipment of har-
nesses and hacks, could be established
and maintained in Boston for a year at
cost of only $4,000 Last year the
appropriation for the aldermen's hack
ing was $4,000 The bills are not vet
all in, but such as have been presented
amount to $12,O56 and others are held
back, which will bring the total up to
about $4,000. That is what is the mat
ter with Boston today. A single alder
man spent almost half of the appropri-
alton. Another, who spent almost q
third of it, says his bill is only a mat
ter of detail, and he has given no
thought to it. All say their bills were
contracted in the legitimate service of
the city.
The fact seems to be that Boston al
dermen have lost sight of all distinc-
ton between their own personal con-
Germs and those of the city. If they
desired to attend funeral or a We'd
ding, it was for the city's interests
forsooth, to furnish them with hacks
in order that they might not waste the
city's time. If their relatives or friends
desired similar accommodations, it was
for the city's good that they should be
similarly accommodated. in order that
they might not bother the aldermen.
Being valuable public servants, it
would also pay the city to hire hacks
at election time, to collect tardy voters
and assist in the reelection of able
and active aldermen. The same rule
would apply to party caucuses, to poll
teal dinners, to soldiers funerals, etc,
etc. oh, there are numerous ways in
which carriage hire may be made use
full in the service of the dear and gem
erous public.
still it might be economical for
the city to maintain stable of it's
own, for the exclusive use of the alder
men. 1t is brilliant idea, Mr.. Quincy,
though it did come from the newspa-
pers
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

Senator Hawley of Connecticut was
born in North Carolina, and the people
of that state still have a warm place
in their hearts for him. One reason
for their friendly feeling toward this
New England senator is explained by
the Raleigh News and Observer which
says: Gen. Hawley was born in Rich
mond county, this state, and recently
visited his old home near Laurinburg.
His Influence has kept Laurinburg from
having a negro postmaster under the
present administration" If Gen. Haw-
| ley's influence has been exerted against
| the appointment of negro postmasters
i'll places where the real public senti-
ment was against such appointments
he is entitled to credit. Every intel
Hgent student of the race problem as it
lis presented in southern states. knows
that much harm has been done in
many instances by. forcing negroes into
office against the best judgment of peo-
pie who, by reason of numbers, and in
1Iuence. had right to expect that their
opinions would be considered.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27
LoTHRoP's OPERA HOUSE.

The familiar but always popular
Chimes of Normandy" was the attrac-
ton for the fourth evening of the New
England Opera Company's engage
ment last night. Miss Mule took a
holiday and Miss Chester took the
prima donna role Of Serpolette, playing
the Vixenish founding finely. The
character line which Miss Chester is
doing this season is new to her. as
she has always sung prima donna
roles, having acted in that eapacitv
with Mr.. Aborn way back at the time
OF the old Front Street Opera House.
MI. Deshon did well as Gaspard. a part
always favorite with comedians. per
maps because it is so different, and Mr..
Libby as the marquis, Mr. Byers as
Gfemchaux and Miss Trayer made
their usual successes. The isle of
champagne" will be repeated this af
ternoon, and tonight the company gives
The Fencing Master" a performance
that VIII probably be the best of the
"Bocaccio," yesterday afternoon. is
700 GOOD an opera to be banished to the
fnatlnees, and ought to have been
eouchSared an evening production.
Comedians Aborn and Desbon ware
given lots of chances, which thew i'm
proved to the full, and the grand
choruses with which the opera ebounds
We're superbly rendered.
Next weeks attraction at I,othron,s
VIII be Katie Emmett, in the sensa-
tional comedy drama, 1.-The Wars o1
New York" u
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27
EMBALMED BEEF

Two New York newspapers have late
ly given some attention 10 the question
of the use of chemicals for the pres
ervation of beef, and the fact that such
use is common, cannot be denied. The
Tribune, for instance, sneers at the in
nocence of the war investigating COM
mission, and advises the members to
consult government publications and
trade circulars, rather than waste time
in browbeating witnesses in the en-
deavor to discredit their testimony.
The use of salicylic ACID is notorious
enough to be discussed at length in one
of the reports of the depa rtment of ag-
riculture, condemned by the French
Academy of medicine and forbidden by
several European governments. AS the
goods" prepared for the best trade and
sold at relatively high prices, are treat
ed in this way, it is not inner
emily improbable that supplies sold in
large bulk to the army were similarly
prepared, or that the chemicals were
used in unusually large quantities, con-
sidering the severe test to which
all meats were to be subjected in Cuba
and Porto Rico.
The use of chemicals is sufficiently
common to warrant the publication of
trade circulars, offering proprietary
prescriptions for the preservation of
meats, describing the effect of the pro-
cess upon the meats, especially insist
ing that the taste OF the meat is not
altered, and assuring packers that the
chemical itself may be used in large
quantity without danger of detection.
OF the harmfulness of salicylic acid
upon the consumer, there is no doubt
among medical authorities. To those
who have a predisposition to dyspepsia
and kidney troubles, it is especially in
furious
The startling fact is the extent to
which it is employed for the preserva-
ton of food. our own government
found sallcylic acid in many samples
of canned peas and string beans, both
foreign and domestic. OF twenty sam
pies of domestic string beans fifteen
contained it, 1t was found in ten out
OF twelve samples Of baked beans. In
twenty-four cases out of forty-one it
was found in corn. Corresponding re-
suits We're obtained with other foods.
Another unpleasant fact connected
with this matter is the behavior of the
war investigating board. There was
nothing suspicious in the circumstance
that some witnesses testified that the
beef which they saw was good, while
others said theirs was as bad as could
| be. The contradiction is only appar-
| ent, not real. The evident disposition
of the board to intimidate witnesses
whose testimony was not agreeable,
and to let off with scarcely pretence
at cross examination those who found
no flaws in the army administration.
is not calculated to inspire public re-
spect or confidence.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

convention came in again we would
cast the votes Of our delegates VINO
agreed with US for Gen. Sherman. L
had been authorized by large major
ity of the Massachusetts delegation 10
have this interview and knew that
represented their opinions, spoken to
me about Gen. Sherman. When l got
back to the next meeting of the con-
vention l made known to them what
had done. l was told by several of
them that they would stand by me, but
that it would cause great dissatisfac-
ton when they got home. what IS
the NATTER" l said. Our people do
not want father confessor in the
White House" was then answer. AL
though Cen Sherman was protestant,
it is well known that his wife was a
Catholic. Soon after, Mr.. Curtis came
over to my seat and said: Mr.. Hoar, |
cannot carry out our agreement"
What is the NATTER" said l. There
is an instruction in the New York
delegation" was the reply. They do
not want a father confessor in the
White House" So we agreed we
should have to give it up.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

rian of congress. George Alfred
Townsend of Maryland, long famous as
Cath; Thomas G.. Alvord, superin-
tendent of the art annex: H. b. Ne
Farland. the Boston HeraId's accom-
plished Washington correspondent; and
Murat Halstead, are among the num-
Der Congressman Barrows of Mas
sachusetts for whom Secretary Long
is said to stand sponsor, may also be
termed newspaper man, considering
his editorial experience. 1t may be
added that the number of newspaper
men rewarded for their services is
conspicuously smaller than the number
of those who fail of deserved recogni-
ton.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

Various other articles and reports re-
Ter to the lumber industry arboricul-
ture, sheep-grazing in forests, and the
work OF the state forestry commission
OIL Wisconsin Published at lit Cor
coran building, Washington, D. c.
st. Nicholas for February we'll sus-
tains it's claim of being the best mag
azine in the world for children. 1t is
replete with interesting and novel fea-
lures, SO that the person who is no lon
ger a child will find himself roaming
through its pages if he doesn't look out.
To begin with, there is for frontispiece
picture of Washington at Yorktown;
this is followed by a story of the great
hurricane at Samoa by Lloyd Osbourne,
Lieut.. Peary writes entertainingly of
some polar bears he mas known. and
Ida McCabe tells about an invincible
horse tanner and cruiser beside Incl
dentally preaching a powerful lesson on
the treatment of horses. Mr.. Hentys
continued story of The Sole Suryi
vors" goes on from good TO better and
so does Miss Wells serial of THE Story
of Betty" and Mr.. HoWes bright
Sides of History" Then there are
poems and short stories and pictures
riddles and letters and Gelett Burgess
gives the latest news from the Goops.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

Considering the predictions that We're
made OF hin when first he came to
Washington from Minnesota, it will
have to be admitted that Senator Cush-
man X. Davis has been somewhat of a
disappointment. He has been several
times tried and found wanting, but
probably in no case has he given more
cause for dissatisfaction than in his
management of the peace treaty. The
administration apparently had to drive
him to agree to vote. The opposi-
ton can thank him for some measure
of their own success.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

Daniel w Getcheu, till recently an
engineer on the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad, and now serv-
ing Jail sentence for criminal neglect,
owes s11O0 on his house. and the editor
of the Boston Traveller, who went to
Jail for his editorial comment on the
Getehell case. has started a subscrip-
ton to pay off the mortgage. There
has been considerable sympathy for Mr.
Getchell. and no doubt the amount re-
quired will be easily raised.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

Senator HaWtey's friends have reason
to pride themselves on the financial ex-
hibit of his recent exciting canvass.
They raised $500 to dsfray the Iegiti-
mate and necessary expenses of the
campaign, but spent only 1925, in all,
and then declared dividend Of A. per
cent ($g75) to the subscribers. The
senator himself spent three dollars,
making the total outlay 1928. United
States sena.torships are wonderfully
cheap in New England.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27
BIG AMOUNT INVOLVED.

Boston, Jan. 26--Judge Harmon
gave a hearing today in the supreme
court upon the petition of Mary A.
Peck of Pittsfield against Quincy A.
Shaw of Boston. The petitioner is the
guardian Of Allen S. Hurlbert, and the
defendant is Boston capitalist. prom
lnent IN Calumet ana Hecla and other
mining enterprises. The action in
VolVes nearly three-Quarters of a mill
non, as the 1000 shares of the capital
STOCK OF the Calumet and Hecla Min
ing company the bone of contention,
nave a market value at present ~
something like $3.50 a share Tha
o " as aGtions that led up to the suit
20 oack ~ years ago, when the Calu-
met and Hecla was Just coming into
prominence. The petitioner bases her
o lain 10 an examination upon the
s 81 that she suspects" Mr.. Shaw
shares. us .e
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

There is only too much probability
that the republican majority in the
United States Senate may be reduced
by the numerous legislative deadlocks
that now prevent the election of SEN
ators. 1t is a curious fact that the
republicans are so often the party to
be most injured in this way. Failure
to elect may be scarcely less a misfor-
tune than the election of a democrat.
1t was so in the case in New Jersey
and Oregon.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

Bourke Cochran, just home from
London. has been quoted as saying
that the people of England hate and
fear the people of the United States
Mr.. Cochran has always enjoyed a rep
utation for level headedness, but he
must have had some queer experiences
abroad in order to gain such an i'm
preston. AS a matter of fact, the peo-
pie of England have shown many in
dications of marked fondness for their
American cousins.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27
DEN MAN THOMPSON.

THE Old Homestead" is too well
known to require any sort of putting
for almost everybody has seen it al
some time or other. Its production al
the Worcester Theatre tonight, how.
ever, brings us Denman Thompson him.
self, who will appear as Joshua Whit.
comb. The familiar characters, Aunt
Matilda, Cy Prime, Seth Perkins ant
Rickerty Ann are also in able hands
and the double quartet will now, al
always, be one Of the principal attrac.
lions. The scenery is picturesque II
It's rural landscape and realistically
effective in it's reproduction of city
scenes.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

The anti-annexationists cannot be
accused of obstruction, in view of their
ready agreement to the proposition to
vote on the peace treaty a week from
Monday One cannot be sure of the re-
suit, but the chances rather favor rati-
ators, when pressed to a vote, are like
ly to turn up on the side of the admin
iSfration
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

The carrying roads kept with the allot-
ment of tonnage closely The overship-
pers were Pennsylvania and Lackawanna.
Erie Pennsylvania Coal Company and
Ontario and Western. All the companies
were under their allotments Every case
the figures show that the roads kept as
close TO the agreement as possible. The
exact figures are no longer given out of
win be even greater harmony among the
coal carriers than in 1898, and it is be-
lieved that the stock of coal on hand
mined in the latter year will be got rid of
this winter at profitable prices, which
have just been advanced. This will start
the coal year on April / satisfactorily 1t
Is not believed there will be much diff
nculty in making arrangements with the
Individual operators. and it is proposed to
restrict tonnage TO the demands of the
trade and maintain remunerative prices
for coal.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

The scheme to republicanize Boston
by gerryman6ering the aldermanic dis
tricts, is a delusion and a snare. There
is a fatality about this sort of legisla-
ton. Every time a partisan attempt
has been made to put the democracy in
a hole. somehow or other the republi-
cans have got the worst Of it,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

Rudyard Kipling and Mrs. Kiplins
have sailed for home'-that is to say,
for the United States. The first lit
eraTy light of the times is "at home"
anywhere the English language is
spoken. Still. it is gratifying to have
him in our own family, as It were, along
with Dewey Of Vermont
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

The legislature is going through the
usual formula of refusing the gypsy
moth an appropriation, and with the
usual probability that the money will
be forthcoming when the new members
learn more and screw their courage up
TO face the funny men.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27
DenhoIm & Mckay Co.
ANTHRACITE COAL IN 1898.

The production of anthracite coal in 1898
was Al, 635,S G4 tons. or j., 721 tons less than
In 1897. The preliminary figures of gross
earnings show that the anthracite coal
group earned three per cent more in 1898
than in 1897, says the Philadelphia Press.
The shipments of anthracite coal by
months was as follows in the two years:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

Harvard students seem to be study
ing grand opera in Boston with their
accustomed zeal. "Suping" was ever
a popular practice with the boys of his
toric or lyric ambition. 1t is a pleas
ing and inexpensive way to study the
opera.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

Before the opening Of hostilfties be-
tween this country and Spain. General
Beranger, who had recently been
SPANS secretary Of the navy, made the
prediction that his people would con-
quor on the sea-" because las soon as
hre is opened the crews of the Amer
fcan ships will commence to desert.
since among them are people of all ma
tlonallties,' Probably the general has
since learned what he might have
known before, that American naval
commanders are as sure of their men
as they are OF themgelves.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27
FRIDAY. JANUARY ~. 1899.

Atlanta University has more students
than ever before in its history, a fact
which affords a pretty good indication
that the south is having it's full share
in the general prosperity
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

The annual Tuskegee negro confer
enoe will be held February %. and the
workers educational conference Feb.
30 at Tuskegee, Ala. The negro con.
ference is composed of representative
farmers, mechanics, ministers and
teachers from all parts of the south.
The workers conference is attended by
the faculties of the higher grade of in
stttutions for colored students. These
gatherings result in helpful inter-
change of views and they are produc-
tive of much good. All friends of Tus-
kegee Normal and Industrial Institute
are invited, and the principal Booker
T. Washington, will furnish any in
formation which may be desired.
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COMMANDER MERRY TO RETURN.

Boston. Jan. 26.--Commander John F..
Merry, U. S. NJ, OF Somerville. will re-
turn to duty at the Charlestown navy
yard.
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1000 boxes of paper and envelopes, a
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27

No one need sigh unsatisfied for en-
tertaining and cheap literature so long
as Robert Bonner's Sons continue to
print the Ledger Monthly and sell it
for the absurd price of so cents a year.
i is wonder how they can do it. The
front cover for the February issue rep
resents beautiful American girl with
rose in her hair and a bunch of roses
at her corsage, and is entitled AN Am
erican beauty" Chartrans portrait Of
Mrs, Clarence H. Mackay forms the
frontispiece. Among the excellent ar
ticles are those on Conversation: A
Womanly Accomplishment, "'The
Adaptable Girl" THE National Infu=
ence of New York City" 1.-The Diplo-
matte Corps at Washington" "A Night
in Besieged Havana" and For the
Pretty Girls" a series of practical
hints on personal attractiveness. A
fully Illustrated paper on portraits at
the loan exhibition in New York will
be read with interest, and so will the
article ON the care Of infants by a
woman physician, and the illustrated
article on embroidery. Fashions, the
weeks menu, and Eben E. ReXfQEd's
regular chat on flowers and plants
should not be forgotten in this brief
enumeration, any more than Sir Wal
ter Besant's serial and the numerous
short stories and poems which COM
plete the number.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-27
FEBRUARY MAGAZINES.


Instruction and Entertainment Galore.
The February Atlantic opens with a
brave and brilliant article upon the
colonial expansion of the United States,
he throws down the gauntlet to those
who nowadays put forced construc-
tion on Jefferson's famous doctrine of
the equality of all men, and shows
always had colonies, even before it was
a nation, and that the real question
now before us is not, Shall we now be-
gin a system of colonization?" but
Shall we continue an existing system
in a new direc:ion?"
Professor James begins his interest
ing and valuable Talks to teachers on
psychology" and Miss Jane Adams,
whose work at Hull House, Chicago,
discusses in a sensible and often pa
thetic paper, THE subtle problems of
charity" Farewell letters of the gull
lotined," by J. G.. Alger is a touching
selection of some of the last letters
written to family and friends by vic
Tins of the Reign of Terror. Bradford
lorfey continues his brilliant pictures
of Autumn in Franconia"; Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe's "reminiscences cover
her marriage and two years honey
moon abroad; Prince Kropotkin de-
scribes his graduation from the mill
tary school of Pages and five years OF
service in Siberia; DR.. George Bird
Grinnell, in a paper on 1.-The Indian
on the Reservation" details the equi-
vocal position of the Indian, the wrongs
he has suffered and the immense power
that rests in the hands of the agents
Attractive fiction by Miss Jewett
Charles G. D. Roberts, and others, val
liable book reviews, and poetry com.
plete the number.