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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
TOO MUCH NEW JERSEY.

While the Ohio authorities are Dur
suing the trusts vindictvely, and en-
deavoring to drive all of them and their
allies and belongings out of the state,
New Jersey, the very nursery and home
OF the trusts, is suffering from an en-
tirely novel complaint originating from
the same source. Thirteen great trusts.
not to speak of a horde of lesser con-
Germs, have been organized under New
Jersey laws, and the income from these
is greater than the state has use for.
The New York Herald is authority for
the statement that New Jersey suf-
fers from the phenomenal embarrass-
ment of too much money.
But this is not the whole story. or
ganized under New Jersey laws" is a
phrase which has acquired a preiudi-
cial meaning, partly because of the
character of some of the corporations
which have sprung up under its protec-
ton and partly because New Jersey
corporations are allowed very large lib-
critics and are shielded from the scrut-
my which in other states is deemed not
only desirable but imperative. Other
states have shown some signs of jeal-
ousy, too. as if they had been uniustly
! deprived Of revenues that were proper
~ their due, and there has been rather
loose talk of excluding New Jersey cor
porations from doing businesses in other
states. 1t is safe to say, however, that
when such action is taken, it is not in
spirit of retaliation, but as
measure Of protection for the citizens
of the respective states Attempts of
this kind have already been made. b1,t
they have come to naught, chiefly. il is
said, through the activity of the corno-
i@'ioiAa themselves Nevertheless,
enough feeling has been aroused to
suggest even to Jerseymen the desira-
oility Of materially amending the COR
poration laws, but so long as the PRES
ent system keeps the state treasury fuil
and running over, the cause of reform
cannot seem at all hopeful. A states
man who would throw away an annual
income Of $1O0O,OOO would need an nm
commonly steady nerve.
II, however, New Jersey has so much
money, why does she not spend more
on her schools, prisons and pauper es-
lishments? The need is conspicuous
enough. Outsiders who have journeyed
through the state could point out va
iious opportunities for desirable i'm
provements Among others, something
might be done TO preserve the historic
Hudson palisades which the quarry
men are fast reducing TO ugly and mel
anchoy ruin
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
The Victim of Brink.
Worth's Deed
LEAVES HOSPITAL.
Miss McDonagh's Complete
Recovery is Assured.

Miss Bessie McDonagh, the young
woman who was shot by Walter H.
Brinkworth nearly two weeks ago, and
who has since been at st. Vincent's
hospital, was discharged from that in
stitution on Saturday afternoon.
Miss McDonagh is still weak and suf-
fering to some extent from. the nervous
shock but in the estimation of her
physician her complete recovery is
merely matter of time When taken
to the hospital the young woman
showed remarkable degree of cour-
age, ana the VIII power that dominat-
ed her action on that sad Tuesday af-
ternoon had much to do with her
prompt recovery from what to many
women would have meant a much
longer confinement in the hospital.
Miss McDonagh was able to be up
and about the house yesterday, but de-
MED herself to all callers, with the ex-
ception of Mrs. Johanna Burns, who
llVes next door and has been a mother
10 c the I glrl FOR several years past.
ing the affair, and what little she does
say is IN confederation of remarks made
by her friends. Miss McDonagh breads
publicity, and thus far there is no other
reason for her wishing to be rid of
Brlnkworth's company than has al
ready been stated in The Spy. That is.
cne young man wished her to become
ms Wife, and she refused on the grounds
lhat she thought him untitled to take
up the responsibility of married life
Miss McDonagh's friends saw thew
can see a steady Improvement in her
condition An attempt has been made
to locate the bullets that entered her
back, but without success, and as little
trouble is anticipated from this source
no further attempt will be made at
present.
Meanwhile. the condition of Brink
worth IS reported from the city hosp-
tai as about the same. There seems IT,
uie change in the young mans condj
tlon, and his chances to live are still
very slim.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
A BROAD VIEW.
Rev. Mr.. Chapman Says Whole Story Not
Literally True.

The old, familiar story of Jonah and
the whale formed the subject Of Rev.
f. NJ. Chapman's sermon at the Cen
trail Church last evening. The speaker
viewed the work as a wonderful in
stance of allegory and secuted the
theory that the author intended the
almost grotesque story to De accepted
as the literal truth. He viewed the
work as a mere parable designed 20
Illustrate the captivity of the Jews III
Babylon, where their nationality was
swallowed up by the heathens and Cen
tiles. The book of Jonah, ne SAID,
taught many beautiful truths which
We're unappreciated by the present gen
GRAFTON because the national apprecia-
ton OF the humorous obscures all else
Mr.. Chapman said in substance:
Inc allegory of the whale IL COM
mon one in the Bible. 1t is to be found
time and again in figurative use. gr
IS not to be supposed therefore that
Jonah intended to use it in any other
way His story of how God saved him
from the captivity of the whale for a
hlgher purpose was used as a conyen-
lent image for driving home to the
Jews the truth that the Almighty had
saved them from the Babylonish cap
tlVlty with great end in view
Jonah was a hard, stern prophet,
who lived under the iron rule of Rah-
oboam. The book relates how he tried
to set his will against Gods and failed.
FIRST he was reluctant to go TO Nine
veh, the city of Gentiies, because he
secretly wanted it to be DESTROYED. He
feared if he should convert its inhab-
ltants the Lord, being merciful. would
snow the city mercy. Secondly, he
sought to shun the Lord. How unsuc-
cessIul he was in accomplishing his
purposes is shown in the book of
Jonah.
All alluslon to the sea monster is con-
nned TO three verses. But these three
verses overshadow the whole work. II
IS the undue Importance given them
that makes us fail to see the real nur-
pose of the book without careful study.
Ihose who insist upon a literal in
depreciation of the book of Jonah try
10 strengthen their claim by quoting
Chrlsts allusion to Jonah and the
whale. But that is both silly and ir-
feNefenJ 1t sets at naught all canons
of criticism, and tries to fetter the
speech of the Master in way that any
or us would object to. When Christ
spoke or the whale, it was lust as when
you or / use Bunyan's illustration of
Pilgrim in the dungeon of Giant
Despair, without thinking it necessary
to explain the fact we are using an
allegory.
The great lesson taught by Jonah is
that no man can escape the DUTY he
owes God, however much he NAV wish
to do So Jonahs fight has been tried
az every age, and has always been flu
tile. No man Gan get away from God
1t is for us to say whether we shall
spend life III futile efforts or I'm the
enjoyment OF a gracious privilege.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
TONIGHT AT THE THEATRE,

Rupert of HentZau," which Anthony
Hope wrote as a sequel to his famous
Prisoner of Zenda," and which ends
with the death of about all the charar-
tiers that the first story left alive. will
be given at the Worcester theatre. to-
night, by strong company headed pv
James X. Hackett, who used to play
the hero in THE Prisoner of Zenda "
racket and his company have just fin
ished an engagement at the Hollis
Street theatre, in Boston, where they
met with the most fattering success.
The attraction at Lothrop's Opera
House, tonight, will be 1.-THE Ivy Leaf, -
an Irish drama which has enjoyed great
popularity for several years, but which
of late has not visited Worcester. 1t is
well worth attending, being full of
brisk action ard Witty comedy lines,
and bears all the characteristic marks
Of an Irish pastoral play of the better
class.
The many who will attend the Park
theatre, this week, will hear first of
an, Mrs. Alice Shaw, a woman who de-
hes the superstition about ''whisting
girls, for she has whistled her way TO
fame and wealth and is bringing up her
daughters to follow their mothers ac-
conplishment. While Mrs Shaw is the
chief card on the program. the regular
melange of comedy sketches, acrobatic
feats, dancing and the like will not be
allowed to fall short, and a pleasantly
varied series Of new views is announced
for the biograph.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

Gov. Mount of Indiana, in his an
nual message to the legislature, urges
the adoption of stringent measures to
put an end to the crime of lynchiug.
He recommends the passage of a law
making each county responsible for
such acts within it's borders and liable
for damages in suit brought by the
next of kin of victim. He also sug-
gests that a sheriff who permits a
prisoner to be taken from him by a
mob, be compelled to forfeit his office.
The success of the first plan would
depend almost wholly upon local pub
lie sentiment, and that is precisely
what governs lyncRing. There is no
doubt that sheriff who surrenders a
prisoner to a mob ought to be retired.
No man who is not ready to fight to
the last in the performance of his duty
has any business to accept the office
of sheriff.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
DIED AT HER SONS HOME.
Death of Mrs. Hannah coughlin, After q
Long Illness.

Hannah Coughlin, widow of James
Coughlin died at the home of her son,
William H. Coughlin, Friday, after a
lingering sickness. She was 70 years
of age at the time of her death and for
a long time was resident of Worces-
ter, having lived in the city for the
past 81 years.
Mrs. Coughlin was born in Groton
Mass, and lived there most of her life
until coming to Worcester. A few
years ago she was striker with a. seri-
Gus Illness and although she managed
to pull through the acute attack, She
never became thoroughly well.
Besides her son, William H. Coughlin,
she is survived by five daughters. The
funeral will take place from the home
Of her son, at 10 o'clock this morning
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
CHANCE FOR cAKE-wALKERs.

The Rosedale Social Club has compile
ted arrangements for a social to be held
in horticultural Hall on Friday even
ing Jan. 10. The feature of the So
cial will be a grand cake-walk for the
championship of the city. The COM
mittee in charge have offered gold
headed umbrellas to the winning couple
and entries have been received from ali
the leading walkers of the city.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
ON CHARGE OF VAGRANcY.
A Pretty But Maynard Girl Taken to
Station One.

Eta Hardie, an attractive-a appearing
young woman of 10 years, was arrest
ed Saturday night, by Sergt. Hill of
Station l, and detained at the Waldo
street station house, on the charge of
vagrancy. "A day or two ago, friend
of the young woman called at notice
headquarters and complained that the
young woman should be removed from
the house where she has been living.
Saturday afternoon Sergt. Hill. with
Officers Ward and Keyes, went to the
establishment of John B. Quinton. SIS
Main street, and searched the flat.
Miss Hardie was the only young WON
an present and she was escorted to the
station house.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
ZIONISTiC MOVE MENT,
1t viii Be Explained by Richard Gothic
of Columbia.

The Maccabee Zionistic Society will
hold in Horticultural Hall, Wednesday
evening" a gigantic mass meeting, with
the purpose in view OF more clearly
explaining the good that will be de.
rived by colonizing the Hebrews. AS
matters are progressing, everything
points to the prospective meeting being
a grand success, and to enliven the in
rerest tina society has engaged Rich
ard Gothiel of the Columbia Univer-
sity to speak on the subject. Stephen
Wise and Isaac Blausrein will also
help out in the line of speaking. Nor
ris Cohn, Isaac Grudberg, Isaac
Hirschm, G. l. Goldstein, Isaac ShuI-
man and David Kritchner were APP
pointed committee to confer with the
Abraham Zionistic Society to complete
all plans for the occasion.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

With Mr. Bryan of Nebraska sclemH-
iy declaring that fifty-cent dollar and
no Imperialism are to be the sole dern-
Ocratic watchwords, and Mr.. Croker of
New York asserting that territorial ex-
pansion is the only correct caper and
that 16-to-1 is deader than the ira
ditional door nail, it looks as though
the former was going to have another
chance to carry the war into the en-
emy's country
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

1t is believed in some quarters that
the real reason for Coy. Smiths APP
pointment Of Mr.. Fifeld as United
States senator is that he cherishes SEN
atoT'fal ambitions of his own. Mr.. FL
field will not stand in the way when his
chief announces that he is ready to try
for the long term.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

FTenchy indeed is the fact that rich
men and institutions in France, where
there is talk of war, and especially of
war with England, send their money
and Yaluables to London for safe keep
ing. Even Parisians know that the
huge city on the Thames will never be
sacked
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

The Minneapolis Journal processes TO
think that President Mckinley will
meet with a chilly reception in Massa-
chusetts. 1t caricatures him as dress
ing for the journey as if ne were going
for a country sleigh ride when the mer-
curry is below zero. Everybody knows.
however, that the president is sure of a
warm welcome in the Bay State. Let's
hope he viii get a good sleigh ride
thrown in and that he will dress warm
~ enough for it. He won't need pro-
lection against anything but the wealth
err, and he is likely to need that any
where.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
1T is FREE OF DEBT.

A report of the annual business meet
ing of the Quinsigamond branch of the
First Baptist Church shows that every
cent of debt on the chanel has been
paid. Altogether. $1292.39 has been
raised. In addition to running ex-
penses. $6S4.16 has been collected to
apply on old debts. Members of the
First Church contributed $336.5S toward
this fund.
over three times as much has been
contributed during the year past as
in any previous year, and over 500
has been given for benevoence.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

The withdrawal of Lucian B. Stone
from the contest for the office of street
commissioner, would seem to leave a
clear field for Mr.. Prior, unless some
dark horse looms up suddenly in the
twilight.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

Gen. Miles has been pushing himself
For years towards a hoped-for lieuten-
t-generalship. His whine before the
committee on the conduct of the war
has set him back enthusiastically. If the
popular vote was TO decide, he
couldn't today be made a brigadier.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

1t is not pleasant to read that let
Gers from soldiers stationed at Manila
have been opened and edited by the
authorities, the inference being that a
censorship of their complaints has been
deemed advisable. This probably sug-
gests more discomfort than the facts
actually warrant
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
A HEBREW INSTALLATION.

The Hebrew Benevolent Society I. O.
b. A. met at IA Providence street. last
night, and installed the following Off
GERS; President, Isaac Asherosky;
vice president, Moses Goldberg; secre-
tary, l.. Abelles; treasurer, II. M. Gid
berg. Samuel Goldstein, district de-
putty Of Boston, was present and he
addressed theemembers.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

Over sixty columns OF commercial ad
vertisng was the mercantile phase Of
The Sunday Spy Of yesterday, and a
total of twenty pages was the papers
complete presentation to it's patrons.
Reading matter Is not showed aside in
The Spy to make room for advertise
anents. When the latter show IN
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

The new law in Germany, making the
medical treatment of inebriates compul-
sorry, would not be appreciated as kind
iy and benefcent legislation in every
country. A majority of wine bibbers,
beer drinkers and whisky drinkers dc
not think they are either invalids or
irresponsible idiots or lunatics who
cannot take care of themselves,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

Just at the time when the last off,
cial hanging is supposed to have been
accomplished in Massachusetts, and
descriptions are printed of the instaIla-
ton Of an electric chair at the state
prison. comes the announcement of the
formation of an anti-capital punish
ment league in this commonwealth.
Editor Clement of the Boston Tran
script Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Ewing
Winslow and other well known people
are included in the organization, and
their character should be ample guar
antee of vigorous agitation. About the
most practical argument of the abolf-
tionists, is, that the death penalty
seems to have worked no decrease of
homicides in states where it is still
inflicted, and on the other hand capt.
tai crimes seem not to have increased
in states where the death penalty has
been abolished. Granting these assertions
as facts, the abolitionists argue that
the death penalty has become virtual
ly an act Of judicial revenge, and re-
venge is not the appropriate end and
object of law.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
HE is NOT A CANDIDATE,
M. J. P. McCafferty Does Not Want Any
thing in City Treasurer's office,

To the Editor of The Spy:
am not nor have [ ever been a can
dldate for any position in the city
tr6asurer's office.
And there is no gift of the city treas
urer that | want or would take.
AS you have published in two issues
of your paper that I was candidate.
please publish this letter of denial.
Respectfully yours,
NJ. ]. p. McCafferty.
Worcester, Jan. s, 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

Proof may be lacking, but it is al
least reasonable to suppose that out
side influence has had hand in aug
menting our embarrassment in the
Philippines. Time WAS when Aguinal-
do and his followers were supposed to
be friendly to the United States, even
If they desired independence. 1t is not
at all unlikely that foreign intrigue
stimulated him to an attempt to bring
the VisaYans at Iloilo into his political
combination, and to spread his organ
ization throughout the archipelago.
As has been before remarked, the Wis
ayans are of a different race from his
original followers and they did not
acknowledge allegiance to OF alliance
with him till very recently. In fact.
it was not known that they supported
him till the capitulation of Iloilo.
There is motive enough for foreign in
reference, and it might be accom-
plished without the formal approval or
official and technical knowledge of the
foreign governments themselves
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

Next to the ownership of stock in The
Spy, the possession of shares in the
Washburn & Moen Company seems to
be the most satisfactory these DAYS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

Henry Irving, broken in health and
broken in fortune, is sad spectacle
both for Britons and for their cousins
on this side of the sea. The transfer of
the Lyceum theatre to others and the
abandonment Of the cares of manage
'ment were compelled both by ill health
and by financial misfortune. No living
actor and manager has done so much
for the dignity and credit of his profess
sion in London as Irving, and his Attic
tions are therefore all the more deplor-
able
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

There never was a more sensible
project than the one to build a new
home in Washington for the president.
the present White House to be re-
tanned solely for his Office. That the
first man in the nation should be forced
to eat, drink, sleep, entertain guests
and also transact the countrys bust
ness all under one roof, has long been
preposterous. Every man is entitled TO
workshop away from where he lives.
and most men have it, and it is alb
surdly unfair to make the national
executive an exception to the rule.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

Chief Wade's report, showing that
state inspection of sweat shops is driv-
ing the clothing trade from Masssachu-
setts to New York, may have a dis
couraging sound at home, but the re-
suit is far from creditabIe to govern
ment in New York. Enough has been
written of the horrors of the n1etropoH-
tan sweat shop to start a little revolu-
tlon elsewhere. It would be greatly to
the advantage of mankind if the re-
form should spread across the Hudson
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

The unpleasant feature of the expect
ed sale Of the Caroline Islands to Ger
many is that they lie almost in the
track Of communications between Ha-
wall and the Philippines. The acquisi-
tion Of the Carolines will not only give
the kaiser his much-desired coaling
station in the Pacific and put him on a
better footing as regards China, but
will enable him to annoy the United
States much more effectively in case
of any misunderstanding either in re-
gard TO China or the Philippines.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

And Washburn & Moen, swearing
they would ne'er consent, consented.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

more sensational affair than the
unhappy one of the two suicides, one
of which followed the other so quickly
at Spencer, rarely occurs. In New York
the matterwould have occupied columns
IN the city press for weeks. and been
wired in detail for many a day to
every part of the country. The smaller
community, though enduring by far
the greater proportionate shock, is
blessed by the absence of a ghoulish
and over-fmportant metropolitan"
press. and such matters are therefore
the sooner covered with the mantle of
respectful silence. The memory of the
event endures vastly longer, but all
unnecessary noise and public disturb
ance in print are soon allayed. This
lnculcates tenderness for the living
and a decent regard for the dead. and
is as it should be-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

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, 1899-01-09

strong, and. truth to tell. they are
showing up that way very handsomely.
Vhese days, more pages for the news is
the infiexfble rule. Advertising and
news are each equally worthy of earnest
perusal, and plenty of elbow room. and
each is sure to get 1t in The Spy,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

Ga s. II oRrA
Bears the ~ The Kind You Have kIways pour.,
Of GEee|zHZz5e%lx
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-09

I'VE may reach non-church-goars
through the Sunday school, which has
indeed become one Of the great fac
tors in church work. Children are sent
to the school for religious instruction.
and become the entering wedge INTO
the hearts of the family"