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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-02

The Benevolent Society Of the Lin
coin Square Baptist Church, met yes
terday afternoon for business and en-
joyed bean supper after the business
was transacted. A musical program in
charge Of Clarence e. Alderman round
ed out the evening. The election of Of
ficers in the afternoon resulted as fol-
lows:
President, Mrs. Addie Blanchard;
vice. president, Mrs. Mary Andrews;
secretary, Mrs Minnie Harris; treasur-
er, Mrs. Fannie Dennis. Annual re-
ports were read by Mrs. Dennis, treas
urer; Mrs. Carrie Thurston, retiring
secretary, Mrs. Annie Crosby, chair
man of the work committee. The treas
urer's report showed 1887 on deposit,
1871 received and S197S6 expended
during the past year.
The work report gave $22.S5 as the
amount received for sewing during the
year. Articles to the value Of $13 have
! been given to the poor families. over
/ 500 has been received from persons who
desired to have their autograph on q
quilt that the society Is making.
The association has assumed the obli-
cation of paying for decorating the in
terror of the church and have already
laid by $133 toward the bill. That Is
nearly half the amount due. A MEM
bership committee was appointed as
follows: Mrs. A. e. Jackson, Mrs.
Clara Reed, Mrs. Jennie Clark.
The supper committee for next
month will be: Mrs. Jennie Clark, Mrs.
Annie Crosby, Mrs. Fannie Dennis.
Last nights supper was planned by
Mrs. Addie Blanchard Mrs Avis Chase,
Mrs. Mary Andrews.
The Woman's' Association Of Pill
grim Church met for business early
yesterday afternoon. The transactions
were of the routine order. The topic
of discussion for the afternoon was the
Pan-American exposition The usual
fall supper was served in the evening.
IT was grand rally after a
carbohydrates summer and two
tables had to be set, one at $50, the
other at 715 p. m: farmers sup
per was the name and pumpkin pie was
a feature. Mrs julius Knight ably
supervised the bill of fare. After old
fashioned appetite had been satisfied
with old fashioned food, a program Of
vocal and instrumental music was
given. This was in charge Of Mrs. w.
II. Wright.
The Ladies' Circle of the First Uni
versalist Church had a business session
yesterday afternoon. This was fol-
lowed by a bean and salad supper. Mrs.
f. A. Southgate was in charge. The
meeting was at o'clock, supper at
go
49,
The Chaplin Club Of the First Univer-
.salist Church will have a harvest fes-
tival at the church Oct. II. Marvin
Holmes, chairman of the executive COM
mittee, win superintend the arrange
ments.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-02
Brewer 3 Co.. Wholesale Agents

representation Of the leading manufac-
turing. banking. wholesale and profess
sional interests Of Worcester and vicin-
fly is shortly to be published by The
Worcester Spy. The work win be in
book form. handsomely illustrated with
photographers Of the public buildings.
business blocks, private residences,
parks, streets. etc. together with por-
traits and biographies Of leading citi-
zens. The value Of such a publication
to the public is immeasurable. as it ID
assured a widespread circulation. Rep
resentatives Of The Spy will call upon
those whose names are DESIRED in
this edition and explain more fully the
nature Of the publication.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-02

ONE TAKEN EVERY NIGHT slim
ulates the liver, carries Off the bile and
improves the digestion and appetite.
Carter's Little Liver Pills. Don't for
get this.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
BENEFITS THE INDIANS.
A Treasury Decision on the ImpOr-
fatiOn of Black Ash "SpIintsv

The Treasury Department yesterday
went back to a decision of Chief Justice
Marshall, of 1909. distinguishing between
imported raw and manufactured copper.
upon which to base ruling in favor of
the Indian basket makers of the country
for whom black ash splints are imported
in large quantities from Canada.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding's decision
is that these splints are manufactured
and should be assessed at 20 per cent I'D
valorem instead of 50 per cent and his
explanation Of the process by which these
splints are gathered is interesting. He
says that they are taken from the black
ash tree by means of pounding the log
with the head of an axe, which brooms
or breaks the grain between the thin
layers of solid timber. The several lay
ers, which become loosened, are then
started with the edge of the axe frame
from the end of the log and stripped by
hand IN widths of about two inches
They are then cut, split, shaved, and
scraped by hand with an ordinary pocket
knife into suitable lengths. width. and
thickness for the baskets they are intend
ed for. For use In making the finer MS
kets the 'spiints" are shaved smooth on
either side and are split in uniform width
by means of drawing them by hand
through gang of knives driven into @
block Of wood called 'sphnt splitter"
This decision, saving almost half
the duty on this material directly bene-
fits the red man TO this extent, as this
class of work is done almost entirely by
Indians
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
BUYING CANAL PROPERTY.
Land Spectators Said to Be Busy
In Nicaragua.

NEW YORK, May 3-The Evening
POST prints the following from its
Washington correspondent:
Word reaches Washington that the
Nicaragua Government is disposing of
public lands to private owners. under
stood to be spectators. along the route
OF the projected canal at points where
there is a likelihood that our Government,
or whoever builds the canal will need
space for stations. warehouses. yards. Of
fees. and the like. The idea is that these
purchasers purpose setting their own
price upon the property and clearing a
handsome profit from the necessities of
the purchasers.
IF the reports. on investigation, prove
true, the discovery will have a bearing
upon the treaties negotiated with Nicara-
qua and Costa Rica. for our Government
will have no notion of playing into the
hands of land spectators to its own dis
advantage. 1t will probably insist upon
incorporating into the treaties a provision
that the other Governments concerned
shall guarantee to ours the right to pos
sess, under perpetual lease, so much of
the land adjacent to the canal as may be
needed for purposes of administration and
maintenance, whether the land be a part
of the public domain or owned privately.
This would leave the two Central Ameri-
can Governments to wrestle with their
own concessionaries. the United States
having no concern beyond designating the
sites required and then accepting them
after their condemnation.
There is good reason for saying that
the present Administration will do its
utmost TO head off such projects as Con-
gress may conceive of acquiring full SOW
erelgnty over any ground whatever In
Central America. What il has in mind in
such lease. with all the privileges and
none of the responsibilities of ownership,
as IL already possesses in the case of the
Nagasah coaling station. for instance"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
NO UNJUST DISCRIMINATION.
An Interstate Commerce Decision
Regarding the Delivery of Hay.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
yesterday, in an opinion by Chairman
Knapp. announced its decision OF the case
of Palmer's Dock. Hay and Produce
Board of Trade against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. The complainant
claimed that the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company violated the interstate COM
merce law by disseminating the delivery
of hay in carload shipments at its freight
station in Brooklyn, n. Y. after making
such delivery for a period of years
The Commission rules that a railroad
company is not in every case under legal
compulsion to furnish the same terminal
facilities for all descriptions of traffic;
that it is sufficient if reasonable provi-
sion is made in this regard. and what is
reasonable in given case depends large
ly upon the conditions and surroundings
of the particular locality. 1t appeared
that transportation between the railroad
company's terminal in Brooklyn and its
rail terminus in Jersey City is effected by
water carriage across New York Harbor,
and that the action of the railroad com
pany in disseminating track delivery
for hay in carloads at its Brooklyn sta
tion, though it continued to make such
delivery for other carload traffic. was
taken TO relieve a state of chronic conges-
ton at that station resulting largely from
cOnsignments of hay thereto.
The company still continues delivering
carload hay alongside wharves in Brook
Ign as it does at other points within the
lighterage district of New York The
Commission decides that the resulting
against hay in carloads
was not unjust" within the meaning of
the act, and that as no violation of the
regulating statute is shown the complaint
should be dismissed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
AUTHORSHIP IN ENGLAND.
&. Ii. NJ Harvey Says 1t Is Not Ms
Profitable ms In America,

NEW YORK. May 3-George B. NJ
Harvey President Of Harper & Bros, and
editor of the North American Review -
! returned home today after a brief trip To
| London and Paris. Speaking of books
and publishing on the other side. he said
London publishers observed last year
| that the season was the dullest ever
! known-a fact which they attributed to
! the war in Africa. They looked for a
| boom as soon as public apprehension
| should be alayed. This happened some
| time ago. but the boom has not arrived
Indeed. the present season is notably less
satisfactory than its predecessor There
| simply does not exist in England today
what American publishers would consider
even moderate demand for either books
or periodicals. 1t is well known that one
of the most conspicuous and apparently
popular magazines in London has been
in the market for some months because
its proprietor has reached the conclusion
that 1t cannot be published except at a
loss-and no purchaser appears.
This inantion, IN my Judgment, is very
largely due to the fact that England is
falling behind America in the develop
ment of new talent. Some of the older
authors are still rendering the best liter
airy service and are unapproachable along
individual lines. but the promising young
writer is becoming steadily more rare
one reason for this undoubtedly is that
America holds out far greater induce
ments. A book that achieves the largest
measure of success in the United States
earns far greater fortune for the au-
thor. and one whose popularity we should
regard as moderate yields excellent re-
turns. The results are already apparent
IN the number of authors, a few years
ago unknown to the public, who have
reached first place in popularity and
emoluments during the past few years
1T has but recently come to be under
stood in England that, coincident with
her splendid development along other
lines, the United States has become the
great book market of the world The
Latin countries, OF course need not be
considered. But take as an example
Eleanor an English book with English
characters, except for the New England
girl, and written by an English author.
1t was great success in England of
course, as any book done by Mrs Ward
must necessarily be, ana yet nearly three
times as many were sold in America
and that without at any time holding the
lead over all other books in point of
sales. Moreover during the recent period
OF stagnation in the trade in London the
output of American publishers has in
creased nearly 40 per cent
Il am fully convinced that the keynote
OF success in American publishing Is the
american work by American authors.
Ihere Is no reason why we should not
lead the world in literature as well as
IN the manufacture of steel products. Our
young writer's, especially. have demon
strated that they lack neither ina gina
sion and polish will come with expert
ence."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
TRIED TO INJURE AN ACTRESS.
Ellie Fay Receives an Internal Ma
chine in London.

LONDON, May "a sensational at
tempt was made last night to injure Elfie
Fay, an American comedienne. who is APP
pearing at the Pavilion Music Hall, and
she had narrow escape
When Miss Fay arrived at her fiat No.
40 Shaftesbury Avenue, she found await
ing her an empty wax vesta case. Miss
Fay opened it by cutting the cardboard
top off with a kenknife, disclosing the
contents. which were a mixture OF gun
powder and red pepper. A match had
been so arranged that if the box had been
opened in the ordinary manner of with
drawing it by the tape it would have be-
come ignited by contact with a piece of
sand paper.
The perpetrator of the outrage has not
yet been discovered. - Detectives are in
vestigating the affair and developments
are expected.
Miss Fay tells the following story of
the origin os the attempted outrage:
Last summer. while she was living at
the Hotel Nendome, in New York. she re-
ceived the constant attentions of we'll
known Wall Street operator who show
cred diamonds and jewelry upon her. She
declares that she sternly repealed any
ove-making. because the man was mar
riedy~but she accepted his presents. She
came to-London a month ago. The man
left his wife and came on the steamer
with her, despite her protests He con-
tinued to pursue her in London, and sent
flowers, etc, to her daily
Two weeks ago she declined to take
super with him at the Hotel Cecil, be-
cause of previous engagement. He sat
alone at one of the tables in the dining
room of the hotel and spent his time
glaring at her as she was sitting at an
other table with a gentleman. She has
not seen him since then. Miss Fay de-
clares that she knows the New Yorker
sent the Internal machine to her, and he
will be arrested on her complaint as soon
as the detectives can locate him. She saws
she did not open the box in the ordinary
way. because she thought some one was
attempting to play joke on her. She
therefore cut a corner OF the cardboard
until she saw the powder.
Miss Fay has made quite hit here as
p facial contortiOnist, or expressionist, as
she calls herself. She has a years en-
gagement here and hardly needs eccentriu
She Is the daughter of the
late Hugh Fay, who was a prominent
American comedian.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
A CONTROVERSY OVER PISTOLS.
A Company's Protest Against Buying
Foreign Weapons.

The recent decision of the War Depart
ment to purchase 1000 German-made
Luger magazine pistols with the under
standing that II. after a practical test by
the army. they proved to be satisfactory
10000 more will beipurchased. has resulted
in protest from the Colts Firearms
Company. which claims to have pistol
of American design and manufacture
equal to that which has been recon-
mended Cor adoption by the Board of ord
nance and Fertilization. The action of
the Board of Ordnance and Fertilization
was based upon the examination of a
number of types of pistols, hut did not
Include the testing of the Colt design
The Colt company was under the i'm
preston that its pistol was receiving con-
sideration by the proper authorities. hav-
ing submitted sample to the Ordnance
Bureau. 1t has now developed that for
a long time the Ordnance Bureau ex-
perimented with pistols of the Colt.
Mauser, and Mannlicher design The
Colt pistol was determined to be the best
of the three types. Meanwhile the Board
of Ordnance and Fertilization took up
the subject and decided to recommend the
purchase of the Luger pistol. The Colt
company, in its letter to the Board of
Ordnance and Fertilization on the sub
Ject, declares that II had no knowledge
of the existence of such board or they
would have submitted pistol to be tested
in competition with the Luger type.
The Secretary of War has not yet de-
cided to reopen the subject; but the award
has already been made and the loo Luger
pistols Will be supplied to the army
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
The Silence of MIR. RockhiI.

A. the State Department yesterday it
was said that Commissioner RockhiI
had not notified this Government Of
any final action by the Council Of Min
listers at Pekin on the subject of the
Chinese indemnity. and that this was
taken as meaning that they had not
reached decision. From Paris It was
learned that the French Foreign Of
fee had received informa ton to the eff
feet that the Chinese indemnity had
been fixed at three hundred and twenty
seven million dollars. instead of two
hundred and thirty-seyen million, as
previously reported.
As Will be observed. II is but the
change of a figure, but, If the statement
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
TO BUY HEAVY ORDNANCE.
Bids to he Opened Mt the War De.
pnrtment May 70.

The Secretary of War yesterday ap-
proved the recommendation made by Cen
eral Burlington, Chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance, for the purchase of nearly $780,
900 worth of projectiles for the army Bids
for these projectiles will be opened in this
city the 10Th of this month.
The following is a list of the ordnance to
be purchased; Four hundred six-inch
shot capped armor-piercing shells; 800 six
inch armor-piercing Shells 600 eight-inch
armor-piercing shells; $50 ten-inch armor-
piercing shells. capped; 500 ten-inch arm
or-piercing shells; 600 twelve-inch armor-
piercing shells; 600 twelve-inch d. p.
shells of 1000 pounds; 500 twelve-inch tor
pedo shells of 1000 pounds, and the follow
ing all-steeI shells: Two hundred five
inch, 300 siX-inch, 200 S-inch 800 ten-inch.
200 twelve-inch. and 600 mortar she'll of
500 pounds, and 200 mortar shell of 1000
pounds.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
MR.. BABCoCK TO RESIGN.
The Republican Congregational Com
mittee to Have New Head.

1t is authoritatively stated that Repre-
sentative Babcock of Wisconsin will not
succeed himself as Chairman OF the Re
publican Congressional Committee. Several
members say that Babcock will not be a
candidate for the position again: that he
accepted it the last time under some pro-
test, as the place carries much RESPONSE
bility with little personal return. The
fact that Mr.. Babcock has taken a radical
position on the tariff and thereby antag-
onized many Republican leaders, fits into
this situation.
Some gossip as to his successor is all
ready heard. Chances favor a Western
man, like Mr.. Hull of Iowa or Mr. Over
street of Indiana Mr.. Loudenslager of
New Jersey is perhaps entitled to the
place, In view of his long service on the
committee as its Eastern manager. The
Congressional Committee is composed of
one member from each State, selected by
the delegation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
TAX ON THREE PER CENT BEER
A Government Decision That May Aid
the Prohibitionists

BOSTON, May 3.-Revenue Agent Sewell
has received decision from Washington
that when IL pounds of malt. II pounds
of sugar, and "a yeast cakes are brewed
and allowed to ferment for a couple of
days the mixture would contain 2S2 per
cent of alcohol by weight and over per
cent b. volume" 1t therefore comes with
in the notice OF the Internal Revenue law
as a fermented liquor made from n sub
stitu,e for malt, and those who make it
Involve themselves in special tax liability
as brewers and malt liquor dealers"
This decision may aid in stopping the
sale of substitutes for beer in places
where licenses are not granted. The sale
of liquor containing less than per cent
is allowed in no-license places, and up to
the present time a hop beer brewed from
the above recipe has been declared TO
come within the scope Of the law
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
DOES NOT FEAR A CRASH.
A London business Man on the
American stock Market

LONDON. May 3.-Discussing the excite
ment In the New York stock market today,
Daniel Marks. a representative city
man. said:
Il do not think IL is a gamble. 1t is not
being done with borrowed money The
United States is simply using its enormous
wealth. Failing calamity like Il bad
harvest, there cannot be a crash.
1T is true that some unknown element
may arise that will cause a panic, but at
present there is no fear of any such dis
aster. Once when Americans wished to
speculate to a large amount, they had to
come here. Now the tables are turned
and they are investing largely with their
own money in the stocks of the French,
English, and Germans"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
Fate of n Once-PowerfuI People.

In a dozen years more the Ava-Supis the most
interesting primitive tribe in the Southwest will
probably have disappeared from the face OF the
earth The tribal traditions have it that there
were once over four thousand i've hundred Ava
Supis and that they were worthy antagonists
of the war-like Apaches. Now there are less
than one hundred and twenty, and they are
miscrably poor and pitifully accomplishing amid
their misfoTtunes. Kit Carson believed there
about three thousand Ava-Supis when he
secuted in the Southwest in the forties. Former
ly the tribe had great bands OF horses and herds
Of cattle, and were peaceful masters Of north
ern Arizona, except where the more powerful
and war-like Navlios ranged. Now the detected
survivors live in a narrow canon made by erosion
among the sandstone rocks. about sixty miles
northwest of William Station. ON tie Santa Fe
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
The Poor Mans Burd.a,



Do the poor in this country enjoy luxuries {?
Well. beer and tobacco are not usually classed
As necesSaries, yet the additional tax placed OF.
these articles for purposes yielded up t.
March 81 total of $3.50. g65, 1853 or more than
haf the total revenue from the war tax. The
rich did not pay all OF this tax, nor even
considerable portion of it. since they usually
drink wine and smoke imported tobacco neither
of which appears in the figures quoted. Moreover,
this enormous sum was in addition to the regular
internal revenue tax hich amounted in 1900
to Sl32, 005 SIS. These are suggestive figures for
social refOrmers and political economists
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
FORT oGILVIE DIsMANTLED
A Canadian Defence Point to Receive
Modern Armament

HALIFAX, n. s.. May 3.-i'ort OgiIvie,
situated at Point Pleasant, which COM
mands the entrance to Halifax Harbor,
was generally supposed to have been
armed with modern guns, but. according
to the news made public today, such was
not the case.
A military board, acting on instruc-
lions from the imperial War Office, in
spected the fort and condemned its arma-
ment and ordered the guns, all four
Founders, to be destroyed. A corps of
engineers has already begun the work of
demolition. number of guns were
blown up yesterday, and the balance will
be destroyed today. The fort will now be
armed with modern quick-firing and dis
appearinG guns.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04

IftoH INT FlItsJurg Uispafch)
The President has much power TO exert in
the Correction Of the public extravaganza. which
has slight importance in the general situation.
He is certainly right in declaring that a wise
economy is the most assured way Of providing
strength for the future. His utterance permits
the hope that lac win exert both his power and
influence 10 secure at the next session of Con-
gress a material reduction in the swollen total
u appropriations.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-04
MIR. Mckinley In the South.


(from the Chicago Tribune)
The Southern welcome is all the more genial
because The people Of that part Of the country
are reasonably prosperous, and prosperity begets
genialhy. Their welcome is all the warmer be-
cause the dread Of negro supremacy" has about
vanished. and the South no longer looks on a
Republican national Administration as a possible
enemy TO its welfare.
The President will journey through many states
before lie gets back To Washington Nowhere
will he be greeted more effusiyely than he Is
being greeted south Of the Ohio