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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

Harvard has now every reason to
Worcester in the amateur athletic meet
at Riverside, yesterday; and that is
glory enough for any team
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The picnic of the Bible and Sunday
school and congregation of Union
church viii be held at Quinsigamond
park Saturday, the cars leaving ths
city hall at 8 o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The annual picnic of the Sunday
school of Plymouth church will be held
at Crystal Lake, Gardner, Tuesday.
special train will leave Union station
at 8.45 a. m, and returning, leave
Crystal Lake park at 5.15 p. m.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

If your company passes a dividend,
you don't get anything; if your host
passes the pie, you do. Interesting
language ours.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

Ten seconds is rafting good time
for 100-yard sprint. Duffey, no doubt,
would have done the dash shade
quicker had it been necessary.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

People sleeping under the caves last
night were lulled for the first time in
many a week with the grateful patter
of raindrops on the loof.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25
THE WORCESTER SPY
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Sample copies sent on request.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The Christian Endeavor Society Of
Park church will hold a social and ems
tertainment for the benefit of the Park
Society at 3 Hadwen road, Thursday
evening at o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The Mems League of Park church
meets Monday evening at 7,45 o'clock.
The subject for debate will be "11
the trust a public beneflt?"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

An insane young wife in New York
has killed her husband because he
snored too much" That thing was
bound to happen sometime.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The Ladies' Society of Faith and
Works of Park church will hold an
ice cream and strawberry festival
Tuesday evening at 7.30.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The Sunday school Of the First Bap-
fist church will hold its annual pic-
mic at Quinsigamond park Wednesday,
the cars leaving the corner Of Main
and Foster streets at o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

They make fair quality of beer in
Rochester, but their base ball playing
isn't much to brag about.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

Our old friend 9O-in-the-shade was
in town for an hour or so again yes
terday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

Today a special service for old peopls
will be held at Union church, the sub.
ject Of the sermon being THE ministry
of old age"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

You can have a bicycle trust, but
can you always trust your bicycle?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The annual basket picnic of the Sum
day school of Grace church viii be
held Tuesday at the Sterling camp
meeting grounds. The party will leave
Worcester at 910 o'clock from the I'm.
ion station. and returning, leave
Sterling at Z.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

Mr. Mckinley never had buster
week, nor a better time.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

Dining tables and chairs aIe ar suc.
at low prices at Gately q hoss''
ton. 2S2 Main street.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

A union picnic of 1.-The First Universal.
list and All Souls Society Sunday
schools will be held at Crystal Lake,
Gardner, Wednesday. A special train
will leave the Union station at s. 80, and
returning, leave the park at $50.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25
FIRE COMMITTEE MEETING

A meeting of the city coullcn bs,s
mittee on fire department hass,ock
called for Monday night al
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The picnic of Trinity church and
Sunday school will be held at Sterling
camp grounds July 4, and elaborats
preparations are being made by tha
committee.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The Laurel Street Methodist Sunday
school will hold its annual picnic at
Lake Lashaway, Brookfield, Thursday
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The Junior Endeavorers of Old South
church will give an entertainment and
social Monday afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

THE SPY SHOULD HAVE THE EYE OF ARGUS he
IS HONORABLE If he DO BUT LOOK TO The VEL
FARE OF The COMMONWEALTH"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The Little Light Bearers will meet at
the residence of Lemuel Harris. Web.
ster square, Tuesday afternoon at
O'Clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The annual picnic of Central church
will be held at Lake Waushacum next
Friday.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The picnic of the South Baptist Sun.
day school will be held at Lake Lasha-
way, Brookfield, Tuesday. The cars
Canterbury streets at 7.3O o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The picnic of Old South church takes
place next Thursday at Lake Wausha-
cum.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The annual picnic of Pilgrim church
and Sunday school will be held az
Crystal Lake, Gardner, next Thursday,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

The mems meeting at the Y. Il. c. A
this afternoon will be addressed by
Rev. Inman L. Wilcox on Present
choice and future destinY'i
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25

SUNDAY, JUNE 25. 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
Schedule of Events in the Religious Inst
tutons for This Week.

Schedule of Events in the Religious lnstt
tutions for This Week.
Today a special service for old peopla
will be held at Union church, the sub,
ject of the sermon being THE ministry
of old age"
The picnic of the Bible and Sunday
school and congregation of Union
church viii be held at Quinsigamond
park Saturday the cars leaving ths
city hall at 8 o'clock.
The annual picnic of the Sunday
school of Plymouth church will be held
at Crystal Lake, Gardner, Tuesday. A
special train will leave Union station
at 8.45 a. m, and returning, leave
Crystal Lake park at 5.15 p. m.
The Mems League of Park church
meets Monday evening at 7.45 o'clock.
The subject for debate will be "1a
the trust public benefit?"
The Ladies' Society of Faith and
Works of Park church will hold an
ice cream and strawberry festival
Tuesday evening at 7.3O.
The Christian Endeavor Society Of
Park church will hold a social and en-
tertainment for the benefit of the Park
Society at Hadwen road, Thursday
evening at o'clock.
The Sunday school Of the First Bap.
| fist church will hold its annual pic.
mic at Quinsigamond park Wednesday,
the cars leaving the corner Of Main
| and Foster streets at o'clock.
The annual basket picnic Of the Sun
day school of Grace church viii be
held Tuesday at the Sterling camp
meeting grounds. The party will leave
ion station. and returning, leave
Sterling at Z.
The picnic of Trinity church and
Sunday school will be held at Sterling
camp grounds July 4, and elaborats
preparations are being made by tha
committee.
A union picnic of the First Universal.
list and All Souls Society Sunday
schools will be held at CRYSTAL Lake,
Gardner, Wednesday. A special train
will leave the Union station at $50, and
returning, leave the park at $50.
The annual picnic of Pilgrim church
and Sunday school will be held az
Crystal Lake, Gardner. next Thursday.
The picnic of the South Baptist Sun.
day school will be held at Lake Lasha-
way, BrOokfield, Tuesday. The cars
will leave the corner Of Crystal and
Canterbury streets at 7.30 o'clock.
The picnic Of Old South church takes
place next Thursday at Lake Wausha.
cum.
The annual picnic of Central church
Will be held at Lake Waushacum next
Friday.
The Laurel Street Methodist Sunday
school will hold its annual picnic at
Lake Lashaway, Brookfield, Thursday.
The Junior Endeavorers of Old South
church will give an entertainment and
social Monday afternoon at O'Clock.
The Little Light Bearers will meet at
the residence of Lemuel Harris. Web.
ster square, Tuesday afternoon at )
o'clock.
The mems meeting at the Y. Il. c. A
this afternoon will be addressed by
Key. Inman L. Wilcox on Present
choice and future destiny"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-06-14
THE COUNTRY DEVASTATED.
GF1st Loss of Life and Property Along the
Colorado River Northwest of
Austin. Tex.

Austin, Tex, June 11.-Information
srom the flood-stricken district along
the Colorado river to the northwest of
this city fully confirms former reports
of loss of life and property. All tele-
graph and telephone wires are pros
trated, while great tracts of wheat and
corn have been devastated by the
raging waters. Several people are
known to have perished and many
more are unaccounted for at present.
The river rose SO rapidly at San Saba
that farmers and people living in the
lowlands were unable to make their
escape. H. P. Wells, prominent
farmer, in attempting to rescue his
family lost two daughters and bare
ly succeeded in saving his own
life and that of his wife and one
small child. During the day something
like 100 people who had been swept
away in the first furry of the flood
were rescued. There are quite num-
ber unaccounted for, and it may be
they have been drowned. The wheat
crop was swept away by the food, EN-
failing loss of thousands of dollars.
Cattle, horses and hogs were drowned
by the hundreds. From all reports re-
ceived from below San Saba the entire
country has been laid waste and the
loss from the flood is beyond accurate
estimate at this time, though it is
thought to be in the neighborhood OF
S1OO O0O
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-06-14
He Was Stealing a Ride.

Cameron, Mo-, June 11.-Ralph John
ston, aged 16 years, was riding on a
board placed across the rods under a
box car on the Hannibal & st. Joseph
road, two miles east of this city, when
the board broke and he fell, striking
the end of loose rail near the south
side of the track, crushing the skull
and hurting the body 80 feet through
the air. The boy was rendered uncon-
scious and died at the home of his
parents in this city. Zanie Leonard,
another boy, was riding on the board
with young Johnston, and also fell but
saved himself by catching on rod.
The boys, together with three others,
who were under another car, had start.
ed to Hamilton.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-06-14
NO. g..
COMPETITION A FAILURE.
There Are Those Who Dream of CompetIs
tion That Would Not Lead to Monop-
oily, But They Only Dream.

Mayor Jones, of Toledo, who won
such powerful victory for reform and
public ownership at the recent munich
pal election, has of late been besieged
with all sorts of economic questions
man named Brooker, of North Balti-
more, o., asks. ''Why are American
citizens reduced to such hardships that
the almost daily plea is, For Gods
Jones says in reply:
1T is not for lack of work that ought
to be done. Thousands of miles of inn
passable roads all over northern Ohio
every winter keep thousands of people
in the rural districts almost as effectu-
ally shut out from communication and
association with their fellow-men as
though they were under a siege. Let
us add to the wealth of the country by
making beautiful roads, good az all
seasons of the year.
Millions of American citizens have
walked the streets of our cities this
winter with wet feet for want of shoes,
In the vain search for work. while
thousands of ShoemakerS were locked
out of Massachusetts, shoe factories
because the markets were overstocked.
and wages had to be reduced to afford
the manufacturer profit.
''Other thousands have faced the
chilling winter winds, having only a
thin coat pinned over the skin to-
cover the lack of shirt, while our
largest and best clothing-houses and
several American cities have gone to
the wall on account of lack of trade
''The price of brick is so low that the
manufacturers are in danger of bank
ruptcy, yet thousands of babies have
had the young life frozen out of their
bodies. as their parents have tried to
| rear them in huts unfit to house a dog,
without coal, while coal miners starved
in Ohio for want of work and killed
each other in Illinois in the fratricidal
strife for chance to work for living
"Why plead for the continuance of
the competitive system that is so con-
spicuous failure? Why not work for
the Inauguration of better system?
The trusts go merrily on. We make
laws against them, but still they thrive,
as any system is bound to thrive that
| eliminates the wicked waste of cut
throat competition"
The truth of all this is apparent to
| all In the midst of plenty thousands
starve. Some day these starving thou
| sands will ask of those who control:
''Why?' and demand an answer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-06-14
NATIONAL TELEGRAPH.
All the Data from Civilized Nations Prove
That Public Telegraphic Service Is
Better Than Private.

Those who oppose national control Of
the telegraph hark back to the days of
private mail carrying for their argu-
ments.
When it cost 25 cents to deliver let
ter the argument against a national
postal service was the same as that
now urged against national telegraph
service.
1t was alleged that national postal
service would not increase the sending
of letters and would simply result in
benefit to the few. The result has
proved the falseness of the argument.
Fortunately for those who advocate
a national telegraph service, there are
precedents which can be quoted.
In discussing this matter, the New
York Journal quotes these precedents
as follows;
I'm the first place. it is fact that
the popular, the social use of the tele-
graph is in Europe vastly greater than
with us: in Great Britain there are 1874
kilograms sent annually to every 100
persons; with us, with twice the popu-
lation, there are but 95 messages to
every 100 persons. What can the cause
there and the private one here?
"And now another though similar
comparison. The president of our
Western Union admits that 46 per cent.
of all kilograms sent by his company
are speculative in character, "a per
cent. being to legitimate trade, 12 per
cent. are press dispatches and only
eight per cent. are of a social charac-
ter. How different it is in Europe!
In Belgium social popular messages
constitute 55 to SO per cent. of all; in
Switzerland they are 81 per cent
AS matter of fact, in England the
social business of the telegraph is
actually four times as large as it is in
the United States and the population
only one-eight as large. This theory
must give way to fact and thus the prac-
tical workings of national telegraphic
service are thoroughly demonstrated
Chicago Dispatch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-06-14
TRUSTS DOING GOOD WORK.
They Are Preparing the People for Social.
ism and Organizing the Industries
Ready for the Peoples Trust.

| The New York Sun begs to be told
what harm the trusts do and particu-
tarly asks: 'Who actually suffers
through the trusts or has any genuine
grievance against them?'' An ordi-
nary newspaper asking such a ques-
ton would not be answered, but the
Sun, possessing the combined ability
of Messrs. Laffan, Mitchell, Clark. Paul
Dana, Lord and Rewey, amazes us and.
because of its Importance, must be an
| Swered.
We think the Sun will get one very
satisfactory answer to its question if it
will write polite note to any one of
the 500 drummers who have lust been
thrown out of werk by the tobacco
trust. These 500 drummers constitute
a very small element in the throng de-
prived of work by that one trust, but
drummers are good takers and proba-
bly, the Sun can learn from any one of
the 500 good many things.
Personally, we do not believe trusts
are doing harm. They are criminal
conspiracies that violate the laws.
Their promoters ought to be in Jail.
But they are doing very important
work, as important and as useful as
that of the Phoenician pirates and the
later English pirates, who opened up
trade and developed the country while
lifting themselves for the gallows.
Trusts are organizing great indus
| tries on basis which make it simple
| for the people-which means the gov
| ernment = to appropriate them and
their profits. They are doing away
with hundreds of thousands of middle
men, who have lived for MANY CEN
| turles on the efforts of others who
| really work. They are demonstrating
the inadequacy of competition as a
working system.
We feel sorry for the 500 drummers
| individually, but not collectively. We
are glad to know that those 500 men
will soon be engaged in producing
something useful, instead of spending
their nights in parlor cars, their DAYS
and energies in persuading little shop
keepers to buy of them.
incidentally, when trust deprives
500 drummers of a living, it adds to
| the number of the actively discomfort
ed, 500 very energetic men. Those SOC
men in the past have talked a great
deal about prosperity, ETC., but now
that they are laid fiat on their backs out
of work, with $1.5O daily ahead OF
them, and no better prospects than the
prospects of ordinary workmen, they
will probably take broader view OF
life and politics, and begin to know that
true prosperity is the prosperity of the
whole people and not of any class.
We think that some of these SOC
drummers will be missing from the
| ranks in 190O.-N. Y. Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-06-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

By Il vote of % to / the Associated
Cycling clubs of Cook county, ILL.,. in
which are represented 50 cycling or
carnations of Chicago, decided to run
all its races under sanction of the
League of American Wheelmen. the
National Cycling association getting
the one vote.
The great head camp meeting of the
Modern Woodmen of America came to a
close during the early hours of the 10th.
After hot fight it gave the next meet
ing of the camp, in 1901, to st. Paul by
vote of 1879 to 1863. Hagenow's band
of Lincoln, Neb., won the first prize of
$780,
AT Alexandria, Egypt, it was stated
on the 9th, there had been 21 cases of
the plague and seven deaths from that
disease.
Much excitement was caused by the
discovery of phosphate the other day
near Thompson station, Tenn, and all
the farmers in that section were en-
gagged in digging for deposits. Repre-
sentatives of fertilizer factories from
all over the country were on the ground
making efforts to secure options on
lands.
WHILE attempting to cross the Guada-
lupe river near Kerrville, Tex, Hobart
Wiggins and companion named Latti-
more were drowned. The two men
came from Kansas about two months
ago for their health and were travelling
about the mountainous country around d
Kerrville in light wagon and camp
ing out in tents.
REPORTS FROM San Saba and Manard-
vile, Tex, stated that they had been
devastated by floods and about 25 lives
were lost.
A LANDSLIDE occurred at Ross Hol-
low, Ark, while graders were at work
and 2S men were engulfed, all of whom
were supposed to have been killed.
A SPECIAL to the Kansas City Star on
the sth from Hong Kong said: ''Peti-
tions signed by nine-tenths of the Off
GERS and men of the Twentieth Kansas
regiment, urging muster out and dis
charge from the service in San Fran
cisco, have been forwarded to Senator
+ Baker,"
THIRTY-sIX buildings, comprising
almost the entire plant of the Nord-
linger-Charlton Fireworks company at
Graniteville, n. Y, were blown up and
the entire fireworks plant practically
wiped out of existence.
AT three p. m. on the 9Th the ther-
mometer registered 9S degrees at New
York and % prostrations from the heat
occurred in that city.
Two babies were left in their car
riage on the depot platform at Rock
ford, H., while the mother stepped
into the station, when a gust of wind
blew the children in front of a fast
train and they were both mangled.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-06-14
The Single Tax.

Single tax clubs ought to RECOGNIZES
the services in their behalf of the re-
doubtable Hetty Green. Her last ex-
ploit in exemplifcation of the virtues
of the single tax is in connection with
the assessment for taxation of tract
of vacant land in the southern part of
Chicago. The assessor, James B. Nc
Donald, having valued it at 81, III. 500,
upon which the tax is $40, 900, Mrs.
Green has brought suit to reduce this
tax to 81, 200. She alleges as the basis
of the suit that in his campaign
speeches prior to his election Mr.. Nc
Donald promised the people that if
elected he would assess her vacant and
unimproved tract at such high valua-
ton that she would either have to use
it or sell to some one who would.
Every such lawsuit does more than
scores of lectures to make the public
realize that vacant landowners are
common enemies and that high taxa
tion of land values to the exemption of
Improvements is the simplest way OF
getting rid of them.-The Public.