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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

the plant and the possibility Of a
cheaper wireless system.
The idea that the long distance tele-
phone will supersede the telegraph is
not well founded There is, today, a
scarcity of telegraph operators and
the business of the telegraph compa-
MES was never more fourishing
The long distance telephone has de-
veloped a new line of business 1t is
quicker when an answer is required
than the telegraph. It has a growing
use in all lines of business. but so
has the telegraph, and if a system at
cost of, say, 1 cent a word for mes
sages all over the United States could
be adopted by the government, and
messages could be deposited in the let
boxes to be forwarded by telegraph,
an enormous new business would be
developed. 1t is possible that the gov
eminent might use both telegraph and
telephone system in connection with
its postal service.
A wire between New. York and Chi
cago, for instance, could be kept busy
twenty-four hours in the day transmit
ting messages orally for prompt deliv-
cry. There is a tendency on the part
Of the telephone companies to increase
this kind Of business, telephone mes
| sages being transmitted and delivered
like telegraph messages.
There is absolutely no logical rea-
son why the government should trans
init messages, communications, letters
parcels. etc, on the steam cars and
not make use of the later and more
expeditions method of telegraph and
! telephone
| 1t is unnecessary for the friends of
the government telegraph system to
advocate the purchase of The Western
Union and Postal Telegraph lines or
the building of a new system with the
adoption of the wireless system. There
are several feasible methods and Con-
| gress should be able to determine the
wisest. The country ought to have
postal telegraph system.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

The story comes from Lincoln, Neb.,
to the effect that Mary Stewart, col
ored woman, seventy-fve years old,
arrived there recently in search of a
son who was taken from her forty-four
years ago and sold into servitude. She
herself was bought when ten years
old by family that lived in a remote
place in the mountain region of Ken
lucky and until recently was not told
Of the Emancipation Proclamation. She
served the family. therefore, as a slave
until her old master and mistress had
died and their son decided to move to
western Kansas. He took the aged
woman as far as Kansas City where
he abandoned her. Thence she made
her way to Lincoln. It is said that the
woman, though bent and wrinkled,
shows the keenest delight over the
knowledge that she is free and ex-
presses the liveliest hope of finding her
son, though she has but meagre infor-
nation to guide her in the search.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

The week has passed with but one
case of smallpox. Each day makes the
chance of other cases following that of
Michael OLeary now at the smallpox
hospital, much less. The Board of
Health feels that outside of Mr.
O'Leary's family, few We're exposed to
the disease. Mr.. O'Leary was about the
house for several days feeling unwell,
and when he became i'll enough to need
a doctor the physician Immediately
advised the Board of Health that his
patient was suffering from an eruptive
disease which might be smallpox
The precautionary measures at once
taken reduced to a minimum the dan
ger of a further spread of the disease.
Mr.. O'Leary is getting along nicely at
the hospital and receives every atten-
ton. No complications have appeared
and his sickness is but slight
All the physicians of the city have
been notified to report at once any
suspicious cases TO the board, even if
they believe the disease to be chicken
poX or some other comparatively mild
disease. If the winter passes with but
the single case Of smallpox the city
will congratulate itself considering the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
WATER SUPPLY INSPECTED
BY CITY OFFICIALS

Mayor Philip J. OConnelI, city Sol
icttor Arthur P. Rugg, City Engineer
Frederick A. Mcclure and Water Com
missioner John G. Brady yesterday af-
ternOOn went on a tour of inspection
of the water supply of Asnebumskit
Brook. This Is following out the plan
to petition Legislature to allow special
legislation to the City of Worcester
whereby the water supply of the city
may be increased in view of the con-
stantly increasing demand for water.
City Engineer Mcclure in his annual
report outlined the scheme for acduir-
ing the Asnebumskit Brook property.
The object IN view at present is not
the immediate development of the sup
ply but the taking of the brook so that
the supply can be developed in the flu
tuTe as the demand arises.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
LITTLE WORK IN SIGHT
FOR THE CITY FATHERS

Nothing important is in sight for
consideration at tomorrow night 8
City Council meeting, Beside the rou-
tine business several reports will be
submitted and more or less business
which has been hanging fire disposed
of. Owing to the time required for
keeping on file street DEGREES there will
be a meeting of the Board of Alder
men some day during the week
Only one petition has been filed in
the city clerks Office for presentation
to the City Council Monday night that
of the Boston & Maine Railroad and
others asking that the high pressure
water service be extended up Lincoln
Street TO a point opposite Keefe Place
as a protection against fire.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
HE LICENSE COMMISSIONERS

The present license commissioners
have many enemies and critics. They
have been publicly held up to scorn by
the newspapers, especially since the
raid on the Lincoln House. The friends
of the Lincoln House evidently blarEe
them as well as the police for making
a raid and Withholding a license from
the hotel
There is one thing that it seems
proper to give them credit for-the de-
termined and successful effort to re-
duce and stop the pail" trade and the
peddling from wagons. The thanks of
the city are due the commissioners for
their efforts in this matter.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
THE CHARITIES OF WORCESTER

1t is an act Of charity, We believe, to
call attention to the generous gift an
nounced this morning exclusively in
The Spy. a business firm giving away
thousands of dollars outright to charity
deserves a word of commentator.
The Spy cannot help approaching the
kind of business enterprise that gives
as well as takes, that recognizes the
claim of the poor the needy, the sick.
the MANNED and the aged Not that
other houses fail in this respect. But
in Worcester just this method Of giving
has never before been adopted. The
regular patrons of the Boston Store
will, Of course. determine by their votes
where these big prizes shall go-be it
to a hospital, Salvation Army, odd
Fellows Home or orphan asylum.
This offer will give occasion to the
officers Of charitable societies and in
stitutions to present their claims and
needs either through the newspapers,
who will gladly contribute the space,
or through the Boston Store
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
RAISED NEARLY $500
BY NICKEL SUBSCRIPTION

Four women of this city who insti-
tuted five cent subscriptions shortly
before Christmas were quite success
full in their endeavors and succeeded
in collecting $176.
1t was distributed. equally among
the following charitable institutions:
Sisters of Mercy Orphanage, St. Anne's
Orphanage (gray nuns), st. Francis
Home for the Aged on Blocker Street
and the Mt. st. Joseph Industrial
School at Millbury.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
WHIMSlCALITIES

Irate Editor-"I am going to tell the
people just exactly what kind of man
you are"
Equally Irate Statesman-"If you do,
I'll sue you for libel!"-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Tommy-"Pop, if I grow six feet in
20 years, what will l grow in 70
years."
Tommys Father-"You may grow
wise enough not to ask such fool ques-
tons. "-Philadelphia Record.
Kind-hearted lady-"Why don't you
go and hunt for"
TouseleG Tim Gnterrupting)-"E
cuse me, ma'am. Ever since I heard
about all dem hunters bein' shot in
Maine and Michigan I amt got no
heart for huntin' nothin' Chicago
Record Herald.
But" protested the Angry Credi-
tor, you said you guessed you would
pay me, today"
4 know did" explained the Hum
BILE Debtor, but, you see, / am such
a poor uesser.'-Baltimore American.
Jester-"I have an uncle in Kentucky
who hasn't been off his farm for 80
years"
Jimson-'Invalid?"
Jester-"No, feud."-Columbus (O0
State Journal
Louise-"Alice has quit giving bridal
presents"
Ethel-"How queer! What is her
reason?"
Louise-"Well she says when a we'd
ding invitation comes she feels hap
pier if she takes some money and
buys herself a new book.'-Detroit
Free Press.
The Boy-"Here's a poem on cold
weather"
The Editor-"AlI right, put it in the
stove; every little helps in these days
of high-priced fuel. '-Indianapolis
News.
Prospective Cook-"What time do
yez how breakfast"
Mistress-"We have it at -
No response.
Mistress-"Or half-past Z, or s, or
half past s."
Prospective Cook-"Thot's betther
ord give yez a wakes thrial."-Judge.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

for Latin for a student of German,
French, Spanish, Italian or English
To study Latin is not to acquire the
use and control Of good English. but it
is not we'll to try to acquire the art
of writing and speaking fluently the
best English without knowing some
7 a
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
FOUR THOUSAND MORE
CHRISTMAS PACKAGES " 1901

The Worcester Postoff1ce handled
27.5S7 packages at Christmas time This
is in excess of last years figures by
about 1000. Postmaster j. Evarts
Greene has a system by which the
number of packages received in a given
time can be accurately determined.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

the state OF Wisconsin, The others
were Alexander W. Randall, Timothy
0. Howe and William F. Villas.
Princess Henry of Battenberg has a
passion for old lace. Her collection il
one of the most valuable in the world.
Mrs. Leslie NJ. Shaw met the COVER
nor of Iowa, now appointed secretary
of the treasury, when they both be-
came interested in the Methodist Sun
day school at DenisOn, Iowa, in 1874.
They were married three years later.
and have three children, Enid, Earl
and Erma, the eldest of whom is lust
out of college.
Walter S. Carter, a Brooklyn lawyer.
has given TO the town of his birth
CBarkhampstead, Comm a tract of
land to be used as a cemetery. with
$1,000, to make improvements on the
land.
A New Zealand paper reports that
Robert Louis Stevenson's grave in Sa-
mOa is overgrown with weeds and is
in some danger of being lost altogether.
Many persons used to visit it, but II
is said that the yearly average is now
something like six.
L iAC niue lpNH u NdIIldtOWn, Kan.
Is practically run by women. 1t has
a woman schoOlteacher a woman tele-
graph operator a postmistress, a wo-
man pastor in charge Of its only church
and woman letter carrier.
a carefully arranged catalogue is be-
ing prepared of the presents, curiosi-
ties and photographs brought home bv
the Prince and Princess of Wales from
their tour in the Ophir
Napoleon's letters to Josephine, many
of them passionate love letters. are
scattered about in different books If
has been the work of a London edi-
tor to collect and translate them into
English.
Mrs. e. Burd Grub of Fdgewater
Park, n. J., has had conferred upIn
her by the Queen of Spain the Order
OF Noble Ladies of Marie Louisa.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

The Reading Railway will soon place
five more Of its employees on the pen
sion roll. They have all been in the
service of the company more than fifty
years.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
COMMUNICATIONS

To the Editor of The Spy:
Could you inform me through The
Spy, where I could obtain a printed
copy Of the Pope's curses against Vic
tor Emmanuel. when he ex-communi-
Gated him for taking away his tenn
poral power? An answer to this ques-
ton would be greatly appreciated by
A CONSTANT READER.
(See Life Of Victor Emmanuel by G..
s. Godkin. 1t is probably in the Pub
lie Library. The writer does not use
proper terms. however. Ed
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
Furniture Repairing

You probably have some
which requires the doctors
care by sending it to us NOW,
you can get it fixed for VERY
SMALL OUTLAY.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

Photo-chromes of foreign scenes on
exhibition at Boutelle & Co. s art store.
256 Main.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

We are selling diamonds at the old
prices A. B. F. Kinney, 539 Main
Street
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
MEN AND AFFAIRS

Henry c. Payne will be the fourth
postmaster general to be selected from
the state of Wisconsin. The others
were Alexander W. Randall Timothy
O. Howe and William f. Villas.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

There are comparatively few cities,
perhaps, where snow means so much
to the boys and girls as it does in
Worcester where there are numerous
hills Of moderate grade, admiral bly,
adapted to coasting. The city authori-
ties give as much liberty as they can
conscientiously. The number Of chill
dren who were enjoying themselves
with their sleds yesterday showed how
thoroughly they appreciate this excel
lent snort
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

Bargains advertised by Edstrand &
Peterson. 217 Main. are always genuine.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

The grand opera season has been in
augurated in Philadelphia at the
Academy of Music. 1t will consist of
twelve night performances and three
matinees. The conductor is Walter
Damrosch. The first concert was
Thursday evening when Tristan und
Isolde" was sung. Among those in the
cast were Shumann- Heink David
Bispham, and Edward de Reszke.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

way the disease has ragged in other
cities.
An errand boy Is years old, ran into
a police station in New York, Friday.
bringing a pocketbook containing $40
in money. several German gold pieces,
a diamond-studded gold watch and a
pair of diamond earrings. He had
found the treasure in the street He
said to the police sergeant: Il didn't
want to steal and the diamonds scared
me. I need a pair of shoes, but my
mother always told me to be honest
even if I went without food" The ser
geant said that he hoped that the per-
son who owned the property would
give the finder a suitable reward, and
everybody else hopes so, too.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

These are perilous times for pet ami
mails. They are subject to all sorts of
grave charges. The Board of Health of
Rronxville, N. Y, accused, condemned
and put to death a little pet dog. They
said it had carried smallpox from a
smallpox camp to the home of its
mistress.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
Mattress Repairing

is one of Our specialties, and is
faithfully done, making the best
use of all old material. No waste,
hest workmanship.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
Making up Specials

Lounge Cushions, Chair
Needlework or Embroidery, of
your own mounted in first class
style.
N. B. - The most extensive as
sortment of NEW TOP COVER
lNGS and DRAPERY GOODS,
may be seen to make SeIeC-
lions from.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

Irate Editor-"I am going to tell the
people just exactly what kind of man
you are"
Equally Irate Statesman-"If you do,
I'll sue you for libel!'-Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
"Show the true way of peace,
o Thou, our guiding light!
From bondage Of the wrong release
To service of the right"

way the disease has ragged in other
cities.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

Princess Henry of Battenberg has a
passion FOR old lace. Her collection is
one of the most valuable in the world
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

Tommy-"Pop, if I grow six feet in
20 years. what will 1 grow in 70
years."
Tommy's Father-"You may grow
wise enough not to ask such fool ques-
TONS '-Philadelphia Record.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

ENTERED at the Worcester Post Office
as Second-class Mail Matter.l
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

a carefully arranged catalogue is be-
ing prepared Of the presents, curiosi-
ties and photographs brought home by
the Prince and Princess of Wales from
their tour in the Onhir.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16
ENGLISH POLITICS.

NEW YORK, May s.-Conservatiyes
in the British Parliament are in high
spirits, according to the London cores
pendent of the Tribune, because of the
result of the recent bye-election in
Monmouth. Some of them even bet
heavily against their own candidates,
and they We're amazed by the steadi-
ness of their followers in constituency
which ought naturally to have been in
fluenced by the agitation against the
coal tax.
Their spirits rose steadily as reports
were received that the miners confer
ence was breaking up without having
ordered a strike at the collieries. Mean
time Liberals were gossiping over the
strong pro-Boer vote at the National
Liberal Club on the question of censur-
ing committee for neglecting to COM
pei DR.. Clark to resign his membership
last year. Only forty-three members
voted for the motion, and over zoe
against it at a general meeting of the
club
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16
NO MORE NEW STORIES.

Tim Murphy. the actor. met Henry
Watterson, the editor, in Washington
the other day. What is your latest
story? the actor asked. mo such
thing as new story now" growIed
Watterson. 1T is impossible to keep
a story good for two days. What's the
use of thinking up new stories when
they get spread all over the country be-
tween daylight and dawn? Why, sir
do you know why it is impossible to
keep a good story as your own proper
ty? It's these blank telegraph operat-
ors. who like good stories better than
anybody. Suppose Chauncey Depew
has good story in New York. He tells
it. Some telegraph operator hears it.
and that night, when things are quiet
on the WIRE he asks the fellow at San
Francisco or Denver or Timbuctoo If
he has heard the latest. and then he
ticks it off. Every man along the line
hears 1t and ticks it off to the fellow
he is working with, and by daylight
the new story is the property of the
wide, wide world. New story? Taught"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16

The Legislature, especially that part
of it which responds to the political
dementia of Mr. Emmeluth, seems to
think that Hawaii can be governed by
resolution. No matter what the law
may be, If the Legislature passes a res
olution. the latter must take proceed
ence and be obeyed. For example, the
course of the Board of Health towards
the Porto Ricans was the legal one,
and the only legal one, yet Emmeluth
proposed, by means of a concurrent res
olution, to compel some other proceed
ure by that body or else fire" the
Board. A greater travesty on law and
order could hardly have been devised.
Had the Board of Health stopped the
Porto Rieans, as Emmeluth wanted 1T
to do. the members would not only have
run afouI of the United States court,
but would have exposed themselves to
damage suits in the Territorial court.
Has fit ever occurred to Mr.. Emme-
luth. as professional statesman, that
when the Legislature wants to effect
a statutory change it must, with ex-
ecutive help. enact a law, and that no
resolution, however concurrent, can
have effect as a substitute?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16
DISTRICT COURT.


The following cases were disposed of
by Judge Wilcox yesterday in the Dis
trict Court:
Kiki, assault and battery on Jackson.
May 7th; Emalie Leahi, selling liquor,
500 and costs; Emalia Leahi, selling
liquor, sentence suspended thirteen
months; Hashidate, soliciting, May
10Th; Tame (w.) selling liquor. $1GC
and cost; D. Brown, Chas. Tucker
vagrancy, thirty days; Harano, disord-
erly house. May 18th; d. Kakalia, Ma
kiIaw, Jim Watson, M. Leleo. Kahanu
Kaohiai, affiray nolle pros'd; r. Gil
veira, assault and battery on Mrs. B.
Cliveira, reprimanded and discharged
Kamakele (w), Waihopu, adultery, nolle
pros'd; Louis Execute, vagraney, 80
days: Keoniliilii, larceny second degree.
May 18th; James Wilson, Frank Mar
shall, Henry Walker, vagrancy. May
18th; Fook Fai, common nuisance, May
18th; four, drunkenness, 81 and costs
Yesterdays arrests included Warda,
Luck You, common nuisance; Tanaka,
Tamura, Hivonaka, All Vat, Che Fa
August Kirl, common nuisance; Nc
Gowan, driving without light; Simpson,
K. Rainier, drunkenness.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16
TO A FoUNTAIN-pEN.

Bottomless fountain of exquisite woe,
Why do struggle to clean and to fill,
Seeking to regulate ebbing and flow?
Deep are your waters and horribly
still.
Flatterer, why do you always begin
To mark with precision the words of
my brain,
Only to waver, and, watery.3 thin,
Return to your primitive darkness
again.
Graved on my soul is story of dread
Once in the night did wake with a
sonnet
Hot i the mouth, and 1 sprang from my
bed,
Seized you, got paper, and scribbleo
upon it.
Cold was the, air, and my body was
frozen.
Couldn't find matches-poetical passion
Brooked no delay-in deliciously chosen
Periods scrubbed I after fashion.
Crept back to bed with sigh of relief,
knowing the world would be stirred
to its soul
Reading a sonnet SURPRISING belief.
Which from a salad of lobster 1 stole.
All, in the morning, perfidious jade.
What did 1 find of my beautiful SON
net?
A cold in my head was the price that
paid
For sheet with illegible scratchings
upon it!
Monster that spits when ask you to
write,
Here do / end your contemtible folly,
Thus do l Danish your mutinous spite
As a token of love l present you to
Molly
Westminster Gazette.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16
MOTHERS AND TEACHERS.
Their Association Win Meet Friday
Afternoon.

The Mothers and Teachers, Climb ri
Honolulu will hold their next meeting
at Punahou Preparatory School, at 4
p. M. Friday, May 18th. A good pro
gram is assured, as follows:
industrial Song Kindergarten
Training Glass.
Industrial Work in the Home Mrs.
Serene Bishop.
Industrial Work in the Kindergar-
ten," Miss Mary Halves
industrial Work in the School," Mr.
John Waldron.
Industrial Song, . Kindergarten
Training Glass.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16

The Home Rule statesmen VINO nave
gone to San Francisco to put fesoiu-
lions condemning Governor Dole IN the
hands of the President should read the
experience New Mexican malcontents
had when they called on Mckinney TO
ask him 10 remove Governor Otero. IL
may save them, if they see it in time
from chillier experience than their
exposed tropical natures can stand.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16

The ship captain who has arrived IN
Jamaica to hand over nine OF MS ere"
for trial for refusing to work at sea-
Is a lucky man. That is, he Is lucky
in not having to go to court with them
in some other island that shall De
uameless here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-16

Government by resolution would De
worse than government by an on
garchy. Yet it is the favorlte means
Of Mr.. Elnneluth. our leading zoo
statesman, to 'Americanize" the group.