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


thinks, the business would increase 25
per cent.
CROWD FOR ONCE TlMID
New York had fire, Tuesday night,
where the establishment of fire lines
was scarcely necessary, because the
people ordinarily so troublesome to the
firemen and police, showed no DISPOSE
ton to get in the way. The fire, too,
was notable as illustrating the great
and peculiar dangers firemen may be
called upon to face. 1t occurred in a
big ship that was lying beside a pier in
East River. Soon after the blaze was
discovered the information spread
swiftly that the ships cargo was COM
posed chiefly of petroleum and gun
powder That the crowd was not in
clined to be obtrusive is not strange.
Neither civilian nor policeman cared to
get nearer to the burning vessel than
duty required. The firemen however,
and the ships crew Joined forces in re-
moving the explosive, while the fire
boats pumped water into the hold. 1t
was ticklish work, and when the COM
mand was given that all should leave
the ship everybody felt great relief.
A moment later the ship sank, thus
averting a more serious catastrophe.
New Workers, after the elaborate re-
port just published on the condition of
the Brooklyn Bridge, are still some
what in the dark. The engineers dis
play the conservatism that is some
times shown by a doctor when the
symptoms are bewildering. He knows,
perhaps, that they may mean a great
deal or very little. AS to the bridge
| the one grain of comfort is, that it is
not pronounced unsafe.
The acting consul for the United
States at Nice thinks that American
manufacturers of plumbing and sani-
tary appliances should endeavor to sell
goods there. The various contrivances
well known here, are just coming into
use at Nice and the consul is of the
opinion that Americans may secure, if
they will, their share of an increasing
trade.
DR.. John D. McGill of the Jersey City
On. j. Board of Health has begun a
crusade against persons who collect
cigar and cigarette butts from side
walks and cutters. The manufacture
of these fragments of tobacco into ci-
gars and cigarettes, he declares, is a
menace to health. The collecting and
sale of cigar and cigarette butts forms
a considerable business in some cities.
The Hon. Carl Schurz is going to
work for the election of Seth Low. He
has written letter in which he says:
Not even the personal friendship
that I have for Mr.. Shepard can induce
me to support him in his present situa-
ton, and because of it all the more do
heartily regret that he has identified
himself with Tammany. He puts him
self in false and unhappy position"
tunate, this year, in having an album
dant crop of potatoes. One farmer de-
clined an offer of $1,000 for his pota-
toes, the purchaser to dig them, be-
cause he believed that he could easily
realize $4,000 for the crop. Not only is
the yield large, but the quality of the
potatoes is excellent.
Miss Helen Miller Gould has recently
given to Vassar College two scholar
ships of $4,000 each for the benefit of
graduates of the Tarrytown High
Irvington, N. Y. Miss Gould has now
given four scholarships in all to Nassar.
More than a hundred organizations
are represented at the National Puri-
ty Convention in session at Chicago.
The opening address by the president
of the Anti-Saloon League of Chicago,
! contained a plea for common stan
dard of purity for both sexes.
A shortage in the supply of Goldfish
is reported. The reason given is that
the mackerel fishing in the northern
waters has been so profitable that the
fishermen have not given their atten-
ton so much as usual to catching cod
fish.
The majorities rolled up in the cities
of Connecticut carried the proposition
to hold a constitutional convention de-
spite the vote by small towns against
it.
PRIZE DEER BROUGHT
DOWN BY YOUNG GARLAND
Word was received in this city yes
terday from Artie Garland who is with
his parents at the Roach River House,
Just off Mousehead Lake, Ne, that he
shot on Monday the prize deer CT the
season, weighing 240 pounds. A. B. F.
Kinney who received the letter told