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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05
POVERTY PARTY"
Costumes Exhibited at Horticultural Hall
asst Night MANY and Varied.

Worcester circle No 147, C. o. F. of
A. held a poverty party in Horticultu-
raj hall, last evening, and some of the
costumes exhibited did credit to the
originators. There seemed but one
thing to detract from the real intent of
the affair, and that was that very few
of the young men present deigned to
cast aside conventional attire, even
though the nature of the entertainment
required that costumes should be of the
poverty stricken nature.
The same thing was applicable to
majority of the ladies, although mem
bers of the fair sex went further in
keeping up the spirit of the occasion
than their admirers. F. T. Rice and
Mike" Aromando carried off the hon
ors of the evening so far as impossible
costumes We're concerned, and their
makeup would have done credit to any
speciality artist
Both started out with the idea in view
of representing much exaggerated
specimen Of the genus hobo" and the
success attained must have been far in
excess of their anticipation. Rice wore
costume that would have put the
most degraded knight of the road deep
IN the shade. His face was daubed with
red and black to represent a fierce
black beard, the color developed by fire.
quent internal applications of mixed
ale, while battered silk hat and a. nine
manufactured from a reed stem ana
discarded tomato can went to Complete
the outfit
Aromando was gotten up much after
the same style,with false nose. a fierce
moustache and large goggles to compfete
the disguise. Sergeant John Guerin and
Corporal John J. HUT both Of Co. K
18th regiment, who arrived in Worcester
from Fort Riley, Kansas, last SATURDAY..
were among the dancers, their uniforms
lending added variety to the throng.
me grand march was led by p r.
Rlce and Miss Lizzie Fallon, the latter
pelng CARRIED in costume that wea
patched with everything from q section
OF crazy quilt to a piece of a salt bag
hlley orchestra furnished music for
dancing, and the floor was in charge Of
the following Floor directress. Nellie
T. HUT; assistants, Lizzie Fallon anI
Margaret Croker; aids, Mary MessieI,..
Lizzie Kennedy, Mary HUT, Katie DR.,
gan, Katie Britt, Celia Lee, Josenhjno
Murphy, Nellie Toole, Lizzie Cfonin
Della O'Leary.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Mormons themselves are making a
great touse over the election of the
four-ply polygamous Roberts to CON
gress. There is a petition against him
in circulation in Salt Lake, the grand
son of Brigham Young has denounced
MIN, and the Mormon colony in Mis-
souri,, the largest community of the
sect outside of Utah, has adopted vigor
Gus resolutions demanding his exclu-
sion from congress. The fact that
George Q. Cannon, one of the presi
dents of the church, was refused a
seat as a delegate to the house in 1882,
Is supposed to establish a precedent for
similar treatment of Roberts. Never
theless, the much-married congressman
proposes to hold the fort and all his
wives at the same time. There are le
gal obstacles to his exclusion. and his
fate Is in doubt 1t is at least COM
PORTING to find that Mormons them
selves are not united in his support
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05
ConRrS AND 1EGISLA rIoN.

There is merit in Governor Pingree' S
suggestion that the supreme court of
Michigan pass upon the constitutional
ity of important measures at the time
of their enactment by the Legislature.
The judges have thus far been unwiIl-
ing to take this course, because the
constitution of the state does not pro-
vide for such action, but an early de-
oision upon a question of constitutions
ality would often be of great value to
the public. No measure can be alto
gether effective so long as the public
entertains a doubt as to it's soundness,
and the delay may often be serious.
The Torrens act for the registration
Of land titles in Cook county was
passed by the Illinois legislature in 1895.
and after 1t had been approved by pop
ular vote 1t was declared invalid by
the supreme court. Another act was
passed by the next legislature. Its con-
stitutionality was attacked in the usual
way and a decision affirming it's valid
ity has but recently been reached. For
three years a really desirable law was
rendered imperative because there was
doubt as to the power Of the legislature
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

even though they may be very moder-
ate, knows how many letters are en-
tailed and how much time is consumed
IN reading and writing unimportant
and for the most part superfluous Lett
tiers. r. S. V. p are familiar initials.
which, however, are now translated into
English, preferably as P. A. please
anSwer).
But the achievement of the English
DANES consists in the invention of a
new formula. Instead of requesting an
answer, 1t attempts to ward off an
swers. 1t comprises the three initials.
N. A. r., and stand for mo answer re-
quired." 1t is to be hoped that it will
serve as a check upon those people who
think it nice and polite always to an
swer one letter by writing another
Mrs. j. H. Robinson reads her paper
on Browning this afternoon at the
Westboro Woman's Club. Mrs. ]. B.
Stone will assist with the Rotations
from Browning, and Mrs. Annie E.
Brand with the piano numbers.
Saturday forenoon, beginning at 10
o'clock, the first of the 'Sordello''
studies will be given by DR.. Moxon,
in Memorial Hall, in connection with
the Browning class of the Woman's
Club. All ticket holders who have not
yet paid for their tickets are requested
to do so either before or after the meet
ing. This frset lecture will take the
form of a general talk and outline of
'Sordello." The three things in "Sor-
dello" which are said to interest DR..
Moxom the most are 1.-The development
and contrast of character" THE mug
gets of poetic gold"; THE underlying
philosophy of life as brought out in the
poem"
January is always an exciting month
to the feminine mind, for then come off
the great bargain sales which are so
dear to the heart Of women. During
this month ladies who are too delicate
to attend committee meetings or write
papers in the remaining II months,
think nothing of spending whole fore
moons on afternoons at the various ooun-
ters of the big retail stores, without
Wincing or once complaining Of fatigue
If the days effort be drowned by a
saving of six or seven cents on the
total of the purchases, she will go home
triumphant accounting the hours we'll
spent II is little things Of this sort
that make men criticise women for a
lack of the sense of proportion But
women may with justice retort that it
is the meanness of men that drives
them to the bargain counter.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

According to the story of Maj. Won
Sonnenbers, the German attache at
Manila, Captain General Augustin
went to Hong Kong virtually as pris-
oner of war released on parole. The
major asked Admiral Dewey if he
would object to Augustin taking pas
sage on a German dispatch boat, and
the admiral replied that he would not,
provided the captain general gave his
word not to take up arms against the
United States during the war. These
terms were agreed to, and Augustin
skipped, Maj. Sonnenberg, by the way,
says that he would not undertake to
keep the Filipinos in subsection with
less than $4,000 troops at his back. Our
government is going to show how much
smarter than Germans the Americans
are, by using a much smaller army
than Sonnenberg recommends.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Senator Quay's success in the caucus
has made him very confident of re-elec-
ton, and there is reason to fear that his
confidence is well founded, though the
ballot in the caucus fell 10 short of the
number of votes necessary to elect.
Quay's grip upon the Pennsylvania re-
publican machine is simply tremend-
Gus. Perhaps in no other state would
man charged with grave crime, and
who was doing his best to stave off le-
gal investigation of the charges, stand
a ghost of chance of being returned
TO the United States Senate, but Quay
knows his environment, and he says he
is bound to win.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05
ANNUAL MEETING.
FIRST UniversaIist Church Prepares for
Ensuing Year.

The annual meeting of the First Uni
Persa1st church was held last evening,
directly after the weekly prayer meet
Hng. The pastor Rev. Almon Gunnison.
acted as moderator. Thomas Talbot
was chosen treasurer. and Daniel Sea-
graves clerk. Reports of the commit
tees on benevoience. hospitality, visit
Ing the sick and mission literature were
read, and ordered placed on file. This
was the 18th annual meeting of the
church, and the report of the clerk
showed that there is at present a mem
oershfp of 1926. There have been five
neaths during the year. Mrs. Anna e.
heyeS Thayer Mrs. Susannah Boomer
blanchard. Miss Mary E. Stearns, Jo-
Seph E. Stearns and Avery Davis.
The following chairmen of commit
tees were chosen for the ensuing year;
Benevolence, Mrs, Gilbert j. Rugg;
hospitality, Mrs. Carrie S. Ward; visit
ing the sick, Mrs. Mary E. Phelps; mis-
sion literature, Miss Rosie Fl. Fish. The
committee on nominations also chose
the members Of the committee, but the
list of these committees will be revised
and reported on at another meeting
The mission literature committee is
an institution peculiar to the First Uni
Nersallst church, and is doing a great
work in aiding education in the south
Each year thousands of copies of re-
lgtous papers, books and magazines
are collected and sent to a list of
worthy negroes and others in the south
ern states. Almost every month the
committee receives letters from the
recipients of this htera ulFe, and in that
ways knows that the work lis bearing
fruit. 1t was shown by the report of
the committee last evening that of one
paper alone over 2n0o copies had been
sent during the past year All this ma
eerial sent would be destroyed were it
not for the lahors Of this committee and
DR. Gunnison said after the meeting
that it was a much greater success than
had been anticipated at its inception.
So far as he knew, this was the only
church which had undertaken the
work
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Gen. Guy V. Henry has taken hold of
the reorganization of Porto Rico with
much zeal. His proposition for a gen
eral assembly to meet December 10,
composed of two Representatives APP
pointed by the mayors from each of the
q municipalities, is philanthrophlc
scheme. He hopes thereby to gain the
confidence of the people, to move into
closer relations with them and gain a
better understanding of their needs and
sentiments. The manner in which his
oVertures are treated by the leaders
should afford some criterion of the dis
position of the people and of their apt
itude for self government.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Gen. Miller, who is in command of
the American forces at Iloilo, was born
in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and it
is said that he enjoys the fullest con-
fldence of the president and his admin
istration, not only for his soldierly
ability, but also for his discretion. He
graduated at West Point in 1854, en-
tered the civil war as first lieutenant
and came out a captain. He became a
colonel of artillery in 1897 and was
made brigadier general when the
Spanish war broke out. His present
position will make as heavy demands
upon his tact and discretion as upon
his military skill.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

THE Boston Advertiser sensiby re-
minds certain optimistic newspaper
writer's, that it is illogical to expect a
rise Of prices at home and at the same
time an increase of our export trade. 1t
was the general fall of prices at home
that first stimulated merchants and
manufacturers to seek wider market
abroad, and it was by reducing prices
that they were enabled to undersell all
Europe in the worlds markets. As
soon as prices begin to rise at home,
there will be less indictment to export,
and any increase in the price of export
ed goods will be apt to check foreign
sales. Superior goods at higher prices
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

William Vincent Allen, Nebraska's
voluble populist senator, is described ~
one of the most disappointed men In
Washington, because of the wreck Of
the populist party in his state, and his
own assured retirement to private life.
Nobody in the senate has been able to
equal his record for long and persistent
speech-making, and when he goes, the
correspondents will be deprived of one
Of their most fruitful subjects for car
feature.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05
ROMANCE OF STAGE.
Alleged Husband of Airline Potter Does
Not Live in Worcester

The dispatch received from New
Work, late Tuesday night, regarding
the romance in connection with the life
of Airline Potter, the actress, would
seem In error. so far as the name of
1.-The Worcester man, who is said to have
rsried her under romantic circum-
ces, is concerned
The dispatch states that Gilbert
lnrt, young man of this city. fell in
ce with Miss Potter about six years
o, but was unable to marry her on
account of the objection offered by his
parents. A short time ago, the report
said. While the young woman was play
ing in Boston with "The Little Host
company the young man happened
into the theatre by chance, and a re-
newal Of the old affection was brought
about at once, with the result that they
We're married directly after the eve
hing performance.
The following day the young woman
was taken violently i'll and now lies
at the point of death in a Boston hos
pital.
Inquiry into this developes the fact
that no Gilbert Start has lived in this
city for several years The only mem
Der of the Start family In this city
who may be reckoned as likely to be
the man in question, is Russell w
Start, son Of K. n. Start.
This young man has had a decided
tendency toward the stage, but his pa
rents are unable to state whether he
had any particular infatuation for the
young woman in question. The young
man is out Of the city most of the time
but was In Worcester last week and
started for Boston Monday His parent.
have never heard him mention any
thing about his marriage, and they are
unable to account for the affair. unless
possibly the young woman is seeking
notoriety through the press of the
country.
Others who know the younger Start
say they have heard that he married
an actress but who the woman is they
are unable to state, as they have never
had definite confirmation of the report
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05
JAMES MCKENZIE DEAD

James W.. Mckenzie of this city, A..
yesterday of softening of the brain at thu tSs
Soldiers Home in Chelsea, to Wits ' he
M Mo admitted about fs three weeks ago. Mr.
eight or nine years ago had lived in G ~
business. ~ 'ite ieathef
pa 6a@ y Was a member Of A; B. r. spragus
the war served in A COMPANY "I Fift qureinS
regiment At the close Of The war - ~ -, 1,,p
eR GR% 4ndr capain Of the draft mta" By
the town Of Grafton for two V ~ n IN
IS engia ~ re tb leaves one SON George A. NE
afternoon sui9 fran, VII take place tomorrow
ton. 'eS' Ohurch In Graf
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Grand Duke Cyril has sailed away to
attend the wedding of his sister. He did
not stay in this country long enough
to see Niagara. and about all he had
time for in New York was the Russian
church, the Waldorf-Astoria and the
Manhattan cocktail.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

with each return of the Christmas
hollday week, the New York and Bos
ton newspapers congratulate their re-
spectlve constituencies upon the fact
that there is less drunkenness in public
than used to be observed at that sea-
son. and the same tendency toward a
high standard of conduct in respect to
Indulgence in intoxicants may be noted
in the smaller cities. Probably the
world is growing better, and, at any
rate the people are showing increasing
regard for the proprieties.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

rd IL Il cl aimed that the organization .,n
the STRONGEST Saam tba Mto fbs This IA
mas Known In many years, Tba qarsma
sreat oi II actress should take IN sucb
sreat TASK as Is presented in ShakessuG,r n
eeyenttul career is eloquent Of he, .t II her
t Snusiasstic ambition; The elaborstai en- en-
n rGre 1e ot the production shows thai She ne
great syss tr reek t IN enterprise It will be
Ma, again which is seen 1 81 rc or
ho orsaIs because there is no one besiSsxy
Lady Macbeth, 'O ueInandS OF
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Another story comes from Havana
OF the Identification of the chief con-
spirator in the destruction of the Maine,
He is the same old Bremes, who has
neo TO Spain and cannot now be found.
He is a civilian, not being connected
neither with the army or with the
government. There is evidently some
disposition to believe the story, but
now as formerly, the evidence is lack
ing to prove the charge against him
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

mat excellent newspaper, the Spring.
heid Union, yesterday celebrated it's
thirty-ffth anniversary, and may now
be considered right in the prime of a
useful life. The Union has always
maintained high standard, and was
never better than it is today.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

The New York World mourns and
marvels at the mortuary record of the
New York railroads for the past wear
A list of 700 killed and 22O7 injured af-
lords most unpleasant restrospect.
The Empire state should be able TO re-
duce these figures.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

to pass an act of the kind that would
be constitutional. Much valuable time
would have been saved if the course
now recommended by Governor Pin
gree could have been adopted, and the
whole question could have been settled
at the first attempt.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05
FIRST IN THE COURSE

ba iidhe nrst meeting in the course r. \.
hed Under the auspices Of the Hort e 5s
Hail at soSs$ ESQ tb T a ss held in HSrticutgrs
VIII be President o. B. Hadwan speaker sa
SUBJECT VII be "A review of horticn Iu nis
s l1e Wls be b followed by several otS.r
the public, and an invitation y; He open Y
all interested in horticulture to atte s1aned
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05
A FEW HUSTLERs.
But the Receipts for Police Ball Were
Less Than Last Year

The quarterly meeting of the Wor-
.cester Police Relief Association was
held in the court room of the Waldo
street station house yesterday after
noon. There was a small attendance
and little business of Importance was
transacted.
A communication signed by Chief E.
l.. Vaughn, Assistant Engineer C. o.
Lamb and Capt. H. R. Williamson, ask
ing that the association appoint com
mittee to confer with the above COM
rnittee chosen by the fire department.
was read. The association voted to lay
the communication on the table, to be
taken up at the annual meeting of the
police association, held the first Wed
t1esday in March.
In his report of the proceeds and ex-
penditures of the annuaf ball Treas
urer Amos Atkinson takes occasion to
remark that if the association desires
to make financial success of it's an
nual ball, it will be necessary for each
member to take hold ana do all they
can to sell tickets, instead OF leaving
the bulk Of the work to a few
Several officers in the department
took out few tickets but in major
ity of cases, most of them were re-
turned allowing large part of the
task to rest on the shoulders of a few
men. The net receipts for the ball of
1898 are $351.65 cents less than for the
preceding year, and this fact is ac-
counted for by the treasurer simply by
the dilatory of action OF certain mem
bers who do not put forth necessary
amount OF energy in disposing of tick
cts.
Officer Moore heads the list having
turned $225 in to the treasurer as his
share of the work accomplished. Treas
urer Atkinson's report follows:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt will
sound well, even though the title be by
breVet. The governor is acquiring
rich collection of imposing titles, but
none OF them will seem so popular and
homelike as simple "Teddy."
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Recent reports indicate that Havana
is fast becoming one vast alsmhouse.
with more generous allowance of nam
pers than of aims The situation is
pathetic, but speedy and effective relief
seems impossible.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05
A NARROW ESCAPE

one Of the children in the first grade of
the Adams square school had a narrow
escape from serious injury yesterday.
Miss Wallace, the teacher had eau
toned the children against running across
the street telling them that they were in
danger Of being run over by the passing
vehicles. She had hardly cautioned them.
when one OF the children, ignoring the adj
vice Of the teacher, was knocked down
and run over by a dump cart. The in
Juries received were not sufficient to war
rant taking the child to the City Hospi-
tai. but the escape from death was mar
row one
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Seventy-two West Pointers, an en-
tire class, in fact, will be made glad
by being graduated six months ahead
OF time, in order to &c Immediately in
to the service as second Iieutenants.
Our colonial possessions show that orr
little army is very short-handed in the
matter of officers
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Inc legislature got together, yester-
day, with all the unanimity that was
expected of 1T. That was an easy one.
Everybody got what he expected. The
real trouble will begin when various
members discover that they have failed
to get various committee assignments
for which they had fondlv boned
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

County committees in New York have
been prompted to send circular nett
tons to Gov. Roosevelt, asking him to
make a clean sweep of all democrats
holding state offices and to put none
put republicans on guard. There is
evidence enough that all his nerve sand
and ohstinacy VIII be required to stop
a demoralizing and scandalous assault
upon the civil service.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

Congress and the government could
Ill afford to be deprived of the services
OF SO able legislator as Representa-
tive Dingley at the present critical
time. His high ability is frankly con-
coded by his most energetic oppon-
ents.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05
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Boston has the promise of an ele-
waited railway in operation next fall.
This allows short time for work and
none for delay
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

goods at lower prices, but this is no in
variable rule.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-05

THE PYSHoULB HAVE THE EYE OF Aaeus: HE
is HONORABLE IF NE DO But LOOK TO THE WEI.
FARE OF THE COMMONWEALTH"