The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-09

receipt of such a sum.
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa, probably the
next speaker of the national House of
Representatives, is said to be an ex-
ceptionally fine singer. Tom Reed new
er knew one note from another, but he
made plenty of music.
This is the evening on which Mr.. Fftz-
simmons Of Australia and Mr.. Jeffries
of California are to have a duet with
padded fists at Coney Island. The New
York chief of police announces that he
is going to be final referee.
Marcus Alonzo must have smiled a
broad, expansive smile when he read
the report of his withdrawal from the
craftsmanship of the republican nation
al committee. He is no gutter, and
least of all when the political horizon
is absolutely clear as regards the pres
idency.
Three thousand rose up in the Bos-
ton convention to testify that they had
been cured or helped by Christian sci
ence. This has been a great week for
Mrs. Eddy and Judge Hanna. The
cause of the faith curists has not lacked
for such vindication as comes from
numbers and enthusiasm.
Clinton appears to have developed a
new kind of thief. in fellow who steals
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fine town. Let him alone; no rogue is
smart enough to stop at small crime
He will try to steal a whole tree pre-
sently and will then enjoy the nov
city of remorse and d six months SEN
tence.
New Orleans whacking great vote
for a S3O,OOOOOO sewer system and new
water works would do more credit to
the good sense of the people if it had
been taken a quarter of a century ago.
OF course the nature of the soil would
have made sewerage expensive at any
| time, but cost is not to be thought Of
in comparison with the evils of sur
face drainage.
The more is known of the Dover de-
falcation, the worse it appears. Cashier
Hough not only ruined two banks but
robbed his own father and cut into
estates that had been entrusted to him
by widows and orphans. There are
the usual Il told you SOS" but with ell
the professed anticipations of evil, the
directors as usual didn't direct, and the
examiners found-nothing.
The proposed sale of the lakes of
Killarney has moved an enthusiastic
! Irish radical to suggest that the United
States buy the Emerald Isle outright.
matter. Give the Carnegies, Astors,
lVanderbIts and their kind time enough
and they will acquire a majority in
Iterest in the real estate of the United
Kingdom. These big trusts can not be
pushed through in a day
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| Augustin Days death again brings
up the fact that the present system of
amusements is fatal to the idea of pow
erful stock companies. 1t is not so
very many years ago that one might
have seen Ada Rehan, John Drew,
May Irwin, James Lewis, Otis Skin
ner, Catherine Lewis, Isabel Irving,
Mrs. Gilbert and others playing to-
gether in a single piece under Mr..
Days management.
Bellamy Storer has been found with
much less difficulty than the Persian
minister, HadI Hassan Ghour Khan,
who came to this country a dozen years
ago and got lost in Paris on the way.
1t was unkind to couple the name of
our new Spanish minister with that
of the gorgeous Oriental who was
dubbed "Giihooly Mccain" and carica-
tured by the press till he quit the
country in high dudgeon.
The latest version of Speaker Reeds
retirement seems to have been dis
posed of decisively. 1t was a pretty
| plan to retain him as a member Of the
house and let him spend most of his
| time with his New York law firm.
( IhomaS %. Reed Is a strong man, but
even his legislative prestige would suf-
fer under such an arrangement as
that He will give up not only the
! speakership but also his seat In con-
| gress-
If the Alaska boundary dis
pute is not settled before the end of
| the year, it won't be for any lack of
/ talk. The cables are loaded with pro-
! posals and counter-proposals. and the
| negotiations wobble up and down like
the stock market quotations. the peo-
1 pie refuse to be deeply stirred over the
matter, important as it is, but how
! swift would be the change If a single