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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
UXBRIDGE

"A petition is being circulated in Tx
bridge for the appointment of George
F. Hobbs to succeed Edmund o. Bacon
as deputy sheriff. At first three can
didates were mentioned, but James
Fisher a constable of North Uxbridge,
has dropped from the field.
"A small fire in Farnum's block
created considerable excitement for a
short time Monday evening
Jennie Hadfield of South Uxbridge.
q member Of the Ironstone School.
taught by Miss Alice NJ Talbot, is i'll
with scarlet fever. Miss Talbot says
the case is the fourth from her school
during the fall term. Milton and Ray
mond Richardson and Stanley Scott
have been i'll with the disease, but
have recovered. 1t is not thought the
school will close if not more cases are
reported after the Thanksgiving vaca-
ton.
Judge A. A. Putnam attended the
banquet at the Bay State House, Wor-
cester. Tuesday evening, rendered to
Herbert Parker of Lancaster, by the
Worcester County Bar Association.
The Judge was Mr.. Parker's opponent
for the office of attorney general at
the recent election.
The wooden business Of Uxbridge
is booming and the mills are working
overtime every night in the week.
The Calumet & Hecla mills are run
ming until p. m. and cannot fill their
orders fast enough. They are sending
large quantities of goods by express
to Philadelphia and New York daily.
The new firm of j. R. & c. w. Scott,
recently formed, is operating the c. c.
Capron mill in the centre to its full
capacity. John r. Scott, a member Of
the firm, has disposed of his interest
in the Piedmont mill in Worcester and
will devote his entire time to the mill
at Uxbridge The IrOnstone Wooden
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
SOUTHBRIDGE

On account of Thanksgiving falling
on the regular meeting night of
Phoenix Council 1853, r. A, the next
regular meeting will be held Tuesday,
Dec. 8.
arrangements are all completed for
the grand ball to be held by the
knights of Columbus, Wednesday even
ing, in Town Hall. A large number of
tickets have been sold and the ball
promises to be grand success in every
way.
Miss Winnifred NJ Kinney will
leave Sandersdale Wednesday for her
home in Westford, CT, where she will
spend Thanksgiving with her mother.
Union services will be held Thanks
giving day at o'clock in the forenoon
in the Evangelical Free Church. Globe
Village. Rev. H. Jerome White of the
Central Baptist Church will preach
the Thanksgiving sermon.
All barber shops in town will close
at 10 o'clock on Thanksgiving day and
will remain open until Q o'clock the
night before.
Miss Georgine Demers has gone to
Montreal, where she will make. an ex-
tended visit with friends.
Philip Bond rounded out so years
of continuous lobor with the Hamilton
Wooden Company last week and was
presented 800 in gold by, the company
The musical society will meet Fri
day afternoon in their rooms in the Y.
NJ. c. A. building, at o'clock
William Kohl, the youngest first
class marine engineer. sailing from
United States ports, is visiting in town,
at the home of Deputy Sheriff Franklin
Jacobs.
Mrs. Samuel Sharpe who has been
very ill for the past three weeks is con-
valescent.
announcement is made of the
marriage on Tuesday, Nov g. of
Charles Fl. Wells of this town and Miss
Cora A. Pratt of Holland.
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BerIin's Centenarian, Miss Re-
bekah WhitComb Completes
Her One Hundred and Second
Year of Life Today
STILL RETAINS ALL
HER MENTAL FACULTIES
She Now Seldom Leaves Her
Room but Sits and Reads and
Converses With Friends Who
CaII-Likes to Watch Electric
Cars WhirI BY

Special to The Spy.
Berlin, Nov. 26.-Berlin's centena-
rian, and the alest person in Worces-
ter County, Miss Rebekah Whitcomb,
completes her 102nd year of life tomor-
row. She retains her mental faculties
to a surprising degree, and is as bright
in conversation and as delighted to see
visitors as any one. She is somewhat
deaf, and her eyes are weak yet she is
able to read a short while evevry day,
and commits to memory daily a short
passage of Scripture or poetry. Her
appetite is good, but she carefully re-
stricts her diet to those things which
she considers conducive to health.
A slight ill turn which she suffered
last week she has entirely recovered
from. She retires early and sleeps well.
Il can eat and sleep, but I can't work, ="
she says. Her hands which have sure
ly performed their share of useful la
Dor in her long and busy life, are now
so numb that she cannot even sew, as
she would like to do She seldom
leaves her room, but there sits and
reads and converses, watches the cleo
trio cars from her window, and receives
many friends who call to see her.
Miss Whitcomb was born in Bolton
Nov q, 1893. Her parents We're Sllas
Whitcomb and Lucy Eveleth, his wife;
the latter a native of Stowe. Five
generations of Whitcombs were born
on her native homestead. She taught
school in her younger days, and after
ward lived for 10 years in the family
of Rev. Henry Adams, first in Bolton,
and then in Berlin. Later she lived for
40 years in the family of DR.. Edward
Hartshorn. in Berlin and SOmerville.
When about 80 years old she came to
Berlin. and has since made her home
with her niece Mrs. Silas Sawyer Of
large family Of brothers and sisters
Of whom she was the fifth, she is the
only survivor. She is very happy in
her religious experience, and lives in
constantly cheerful and thankful
state of mind. Altogether a call on this
bright and cordial lady is a unique ex-
perience and a certain pleasure to the
Her
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CLAIMS TOO MUCH MONEY
WAS PAID FOR REPAIRS

New York, Nov 26.-P. c. Asserson,
a civil engineer, was on the stand to-
day at the trial by court martial Of
Col. Meade of the Marine Corps. He
swore that while the disputed repair
work done at the navy Yard, Brook
Ign, had cost $15,622, he did not believe
it was worth more than S11 900 or
$4,000. He expressed the belief that
half the fee paid to the architects
would have been sufficient compensa-
ton. He said that a good carpenter
could have done the work.
Mai. Theodore M. Wood of the
Marine Corps testified that while the
repair work was crude it fulfilled the
specifications,
Brig. Gen. Charles Haywood, COM
mandant of the Marine Corps, was a
witness at the afternoon sitting of the
court. He testified that he had not
spoken to any one of retiring before
he reached the age limit, which will
be two years from now, and that he
could not afford to do so. He denied
having any understanding with any
one as to the succession to the office.
He stated that he had not seen or
heard anything to indicate a con-
spiracy between Col Denny and Maj.
Lauchheimer against Col. Meade or
any attempt to injure him, at head
quarters.
"On the contrary" said Gen. Hey
wood, II think the action taken at
headquarters was such as to make
Col. Meade a strong candidate for the
office of commandant of the Marine
Corps"
Gen. Haywood said he was perfectly
satisfied with the work done on the
marine barracks, since the contractors
had made good all defects for which
they were properly responsible He
said that the 10 per cent paid to the
architects was the usual rate for such
work
He said Col. Denny told him that
on two occasions he had been embar-
raised while inspecting, from the fact
that Col. Meade was under the inf1u-
ence of liquor, and that the written
report then made by Col. Denny at his
orders.
He said that Col. Meade was so
broad in the criticisms he made that
their weight was lessened and the
complaints made about the work at
the barracks were unreasonable.
The rest of the afternoon was taken
up with unimportant testimony as to
the disputed repairs to the marine
barracks in Brooklyn. The court ad-
journed at the usual hour.
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Switchmen's Strike Inaugurated
at Pittsburg Tied Up Only One
of the Seven Roads Running
Into the City
ALLEGHENY VALLEY
SERIOUSLY CRIPPLED
Should the Condition of This Read
As it Existed Yesterday Be
Continued Longer Than Two
Days, Many Mills and Factor
les Will Be Closed

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 26.-Judging by ap-
parent conditions the switchmen's strike,
inaugurated this morning, has proved a
flat failure. The strike was ordered by
the Switchmen's Union of North America
and the assertion was made early in the
day by the union officials that every rail-
road in the city with the exception of the
Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago, and
the Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland & St.
Louis would be tied up completely. The
developments of the Gay however, de-
mOnstrated that only one ROAD, the Al
legheny Valley, was seriously affected. On
this road but one crew was at work and
the road is badly crippled.
The company officials, while admitting
that freight traffic has been practically
suspended say that within "a hours they
will have all the men they need, and work
will be resumed as usual. The other roads
affected were the B. * o., II men out;
Pittsburg Junction, a branch of the B.
Erie, four men out; the Pennsylvania, 10
men out One hundred fifty would be a
high estimate of the number of men who
strurk
None of these roads suffered much in
convenience. because new men were read
lily secured to take the place of the strik-
ers and some of the men, upon discover
ing that the strike order had not been
generally obeyed' returned to tneir places.
meeting of the union was held this
afternoon and the claim was made that
the strike was a success as far as it had
gone and that within 4S hours all the
members of the union, about 200, would
be out The demands of the switchmen
call for the enforcement of the standard
scale of wages. This scale calls for q
cents an hour for day foremen and con-
ductors the night men to receive two
cents more per hour their work being
more difficult and dangerous. Under the
new schedule the day helpers and brake
men are rated -at25 cents -an-hour- and the
night men at q cents.
1t Is declared that the Monongahela
connecting line signed the scale today. but
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CONCESSION SIGNED
BY THE PRESIDENT

Washington, Nov. g. - President
Roosevelt signed today the concession
granted by the executive council of
Porto Rico to the Port American Com
pany which is to build two lines of
railroads in the island of Porto Rico,
one north and south from San Juan to
Port America, which is a few miles
from the old Spanish port of Cuayama,
and the other east and west from Auui-
dilia to Eucanada Honda.
This is the concession which the ar
torney general decided was Illegal be-
cause it was exempted from taxation
as originally granted. The concession
was subsequently modified by the coun-
ell so as to make the exemption from
taxation conditional upon the APPROX
al of the insular Legislature As modf-
fed the President has now approved
the concession.
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TOOK TWO HOURS
TO FILL THE PITCHER


Spencer Nov. 26.--The water COM
missioners of the town will accept no
more water bills from the residents of
upper Main Street until the present
water question is settled. After a
meeting today, the water commission
ers came to this conclusion. Today the
water conditions at upper Main Street
are no better than they were month
ago.
A good example of the condition of
the water service on the hill was given
today, when one of the women who
lives on the hill came to the superin-
tendent of the waterwOrks to pay her
bill This morning she attempted to
draw a twO-quart pitcher of water
and it took her just two hours to fill
the vessel from the faucet in her house
connected with the water main of the
town.
The pump that the water commits
sioners are preparing to put in at
Shaw Pond has not as yet been placed
in position,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
'e s;s9 3, BOWLER BROS, LIMITED.

the officials of the other roads say they
are more determined than ever not to
sign. The switchmen have not the sym
pathy of the other trainmen's unions.
W. G. Iced of the Brotherhood of
Trainmen is in the city and says the
members of his organization will oppose
the present movements. Should the condi.
ton of the Allegheny Valley road as it
existed today be continued longer than
two days more. the mills and factories
along the Allegheny River that depend
close down. The city mills of the Carne-
gle Company can stand the pressure for
this length of time, but if it be extended
beyond that time operations will have to
be suspended.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

son Memorial Church started to roof
in the structure so that the men can
work INSIDE during rainy weather The
work on the new church is progressing
rapidly, and a good part Of the stone
work has been laid.
Addison Cutting of Providence will
spend Thanksgiving with his parents
on Auburn Street.
Tax Collector Harry n. Sanderson
is having much trouble in getting in
the tax money due the town. Many of
the voters are delinquents about pay
ing their taxes and now the collector
proposes to take stringent measures
and those who are behind will have a
warrant served on them.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
DODGE

George A. Phillips Of Woonsocket,
r. l.. has leased the shOddy mill at
this place, owned by F. B. Dodge. He
will at once put in machinery and
commence the manufacture of shoddy,
for which he already has orders He
has also hired the Marks place, owned
and lately occupied by ]. W. Taylor
and he will make this his home.
A roll-call meeting of the Congre-
gational Society will be held in the
vestries Of that church Wednesday,
Dec. IL. Dinner will be served by ladies
of the church at noon. after which the
annual meeting of the church and con-
gregatiOn will be held.
Mrs. George F. Howard of Mont
clair. Y. j., is visiting at the home Of
her father. Rev. George c. Jenness.
The young people will hold a party
in the Town Hall Wednesday evening.
Miss Annie Jenness Of Rutland is
visiting in town.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
INQUEST HELD IN
CLINTON DISTRICT COURT
Special to The Spy.


Clinton, Nov. 26.-An inquest was held
in the District Court this morning before
J0dge Christopher c. Stone, as to how
Edward Douglas Bowie met his death
while performing his labor on the works
of Nawn & Brock, a week ago.
DIR. George L. Tobey, medical exam
iner was the first witness. He said he
was called to the works shortly after 10
o'clock and viewed the body which was
| terribly shattered. The body was laying
outside the west track distance of 100
feet from where it fell. Six cars passed
over the body before the train was
brought to a halt by the engineer. The
young man was 10 years of age and al
ways bore good reputation.
7 w. j. Kennedy, a yard foreman, SAID
the engine was pulling train of "a cars
of which Il were loaded with gravel. The
"a cars We're cut off. Bowie was the first
brakeman on the train and upon hearing
the summons of the engineer for brakes,
started to set his, The platform on which
he was standing split in two, throwing
Bowie in front of the train which was
going no faster than a man could walk.
He tried to escape death by standing
partly upright. but in an instant was
thrown under the wheels The wheels of
the first car passed over his head, and he
was Eossed from side to side for 100 feet
or more. He could not tell what caused
the platform to split
Michael Kittredge. a brother of the
young man VINO was Killed III Il SlIlIldT
manner a fortnight ago. was next called,
He is employed as a helper around the
yard. and saw the accident at a distance
of Is feet. He heard the whistle for
brakes. saw Bowie trying to set his, and
heard the platform crack,
Charles l.. Wilson. engineer of the train,
George F. Burke, fireman, and William
Egan, another fireman employed on the
works, said 1t was the duty of all rail-
road men to report all defects. he never
knew during his connection in railroad
circles of a platform breaking in such a
way.
Selectman G. L. Wright of Boylston
said the accident occurred in BOylston
Just over the Clinton line. Nawn & Brock
were represented by c. c. Milton and
H. H. Fuller of Worcester. Judge Stone
will report the findings of the inquest to
the clerk of courts at Worcester in a
few days.
Mary G. Cannon, daughter of Mrs
Patrick Cannon Of Grove Street, died
Tuesday morning at 1870 o'clock after a
short illness. Heart failure was the cause
of death She is survived by her widowed
mother, four sisters, Nellie Annie Sarah,
Kathryn, and two brothers, George and
John The funeral will be Thursday morn
ing at o'clock with services at St.
Johns Church.
The fremen had an early morning
run Tuesday when an alarm from box
% at the corner of Oak and Chace Streets
was rung in, for a chimney fire in the
house occupied by Mrs. John O'Toole and
family on Berlin Street
james NJ. Burke, of this town, a stu
dent at St Mary's Seminary at Balti-
more, delivered an address at the recep-
ton rendered Mgr. COnaty by the stu
dents of the college last week. Rev. J.
j. O'Keefe pastor of St. Johns Church
of this place was present.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

Company's and R. sayles & Co.'S mills
are working full time.
e. j. Prest, Of the firm of Prest &
Dixon of Bristol, R. l., is spending
few days at his home, on North Main
Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold V. Brown of
Worcester are the guests of Mrs.
Browns parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E, B.
Hayward of Prospect Street
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27
TUFTS FRESHMEN WON
EVERY HONOR IN SIGHT

Medford. Nov 26-In accordance with
tradition at College Hill. the class with
the odd number carried off the honOrs to-
day. the freshmen of Tufts College de-
featiug the sophomores both in the annual
football game and in the flag rush which
followed IT,
Glass feeling ran high all day. The
freshmen had their banner flying at day
light and the sophomores were unable
to get it down. The score of the football
game WIS 10 0. The sophameEes had the
heavier eleven and were looked upon as
such winners. but the men Of '05 pluck
fly held them down.
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SUTTON

The mems Bible class Of West
Sutton Baptist Church offers the fol-
lowing course for the winter: Dec.
6, Quests and Queries Among the
Queer" Rev. L. B. Thomas of Wor-
cester: Dec. 80. 1.-The Ideal in Ameri-
can Citizenship" Rev. z. O. Thomas
of Spencer; Jan. 81. Wanted, a Man. +"
Rev. L. c. H. Biggs of Greenville;
Feb. IA, Palestine" Rev. Frank d.
Penney of Worcester: March Z. From
Worcester to California and Return"
Rev. Arthur st. James of Worcester;
March 2S. Fun. Fashion and Folly,
Rev. w. W. Packard of Manchaug.
The death from pneumonia of Miss
Phila Bennett is announced. Funeral
will be held at her home, at p. m
"Wednesday. -
Rev. Mr.. Packard Of Manchaus
lectures in Lyric Hall, Friday eve
ming,
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Mystery Concerning Disappear
anCe of Fifteen Year-0Id Aida
Spencer of BeIIingham Cleared
Up at Last
SHE EL0PED WITH
A YOUNG ITALIAN
Providence Police Arrest the
Young Man on a Charge of Alb
duCtion and the Girl is Now in
Charge of the Probation Officer
of That City

Special to The Spy.
Milford, Mass, Nov. 26.-The local
police, who during he past few days,
have been looking up clues regarding
the disappearance from her parents
home in Bellingham Of Miss Aida
Spencer, have received new and some
what interesting information from the
police, who during the past few days,
corning the missing Bellingham girl
have been told about in The Spy. The
local police knew the girl was in Prov
idence because she wrote a letter to
her mother from Providence, saying
she was well and happy.
Information came today to the police
in Milford concerning the arrest in
Providence Monday of a young italian
named Adolpho URSULA. The cause of
the young mans arrest was the result
of his connection with the girls disap
pearance. Ida is a decidedly pretty
girl, aged about Is years. She lived,
previous to her escapade, with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Spencer,
in Bellingham. From the time of her
disappearance, the police, the girls par
ents and others thought it looked like
an elopement, and this belief is par
TALLY confirmed by Ursilla's arrest.
The young man is about 19 years old,
and is connected with the business de-
partment of La Liberia, an Italian
newspaper printed in Providence. Sew
eral days ago the young man went to
Bellingham on a business call and
there met the 15-year-old school girl.
He told her his people were wealthy
and pictured to her innocent eyes. the
beauty of life in a city like Providence.
He told Ida if she would go with him,
he would get her a situation, lodge her
at his house and marry her. On their
arrival in Providence. URSULA took the
girl to his mothers home in Little TIA
ly, declared to his folks that he and the
girl had been married aOd they lived,
it is said. as man and wife in the Ur-
silla family, for five days.
URSULA put the girl to work in an
italian restaurant at 276 Atwells Ave
nue., and made arrangements to draw
her pay. After the young mans arrest
yesterday, Ida was placed i'm charge
of the probation officer and her abduc-
tor was held for trial on Dec. 6.
Rev. Moses A. Graybeil, pastor of
the Baptist Church in West Midway,
and widely known throughout this Sec
ton as a parson rum officer, has re-
signed his pastorate 1t will take eff
feet the first Sunday in December Mr..
Graybeil's future plans are not yet
made public. He has been pastor in
the church at West Midway for two
years and had assisted the police in a
number of liquor raids. He was also
prominent in raiding bird fights during
their recent run in this section.
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WEBSTER

The marriage Of Miss Emma Be
mott, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Benoit of Webster and Louis A. Sey-
mour of Worcester. took place Tuesday
at Sacred Heart Church. The ceremo-
ny and nuptial mass were performed
by Rev. J. A Legris. The reception
will be held Nov 30 at IS Cottage
Street. Worcester. where the couple will
reside
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The &s
Cavalier

May now be remembrance of the past, he may
have led spirited charge of cavalry, he may have
been soldier of fortune in foreign lands under
alien flag. But Our kindest memories go out
to him when we remember his deeds of valor on
"Marston Moor" the siege of Lucknow and
Valley Forge. Many time he was hungry and
thirsty, and his thirst was always quenched with
tankard of Ale, if he could getit twas good, no
doubt but hardly up to what our TADCASTER
ALES are today. They are brewed by an expert
that has made it life study, and they are COM
posed of the finest grades of Barley Malt and o.
sego Lake Hops produced in this hemisphere.
You can procure our Tadcaster Ales and
Matchess Porter of any bother of standing in the
city.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

THE BEST PILL EVER USED" is
the frequent remark of purchasers of
Carriers Little Liver Pills. When you try
them you will say the same.