The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-24

New YORK, Dec. 23.-JoSeph r.. q Grady,
! councilman from Staten Island, was to-
| seventh district by the Democrats who
| refused to take part in the convention of
| last Saturday night which nominated
| Perry Belmont.
| Middlesboro. Ky. Dec. %. - Charles
| Preston, aged about 80 years, took little
| Jessie Marion sleigh riding on Powell
| River across the Cumberland Mountains.
! The ice gave way and the, girl was
: drowned. Preston tried manfully to save
| the girl, and, becoming crazed over the
matter, he went to the child's mother
and committed suicide in her presence.
Olympia. Wash, Dec. 23.-Gov. Rogers
was resting easier last night. He has a
! mild form of pneumonia, and there is no
/ cause for alarm over his condition.
Richmond, Va, Dec. PA tank of oil
on car in the lower part of the city
! took fire and exploded this afternoon,
/ killing Buck" Wakefield, a machinist,
and slightly injuring several others.
Mexico City, Mex, Dec. 2S.-At today's
! session of the Pan-American Conference
( Volney w. Foster, United States dele
( gate, proposed that Chicago be added to
! the list of cities having a claim to a
/ branch of the proposed Pan-American
Bank His motion was accepted by IL
| votes.
Washington, Dec 23.-Gen William H.
| Seamans, adjutant general of the state Of
! California, is dangerously i'll here, the re-
/ suit of an attack of inflammatory rheu-
matism which has left his heart in a
very weakened state.
Ludington, Mich, Dec. 29.-The wrecked
! car ferry Muskegon is slowly sinking
into the sand, and the probability of saw
J he Lose
| every hour.
Fall River Dec. 2S.-Rev. Owen Kier-
nan, pastor of the Immaculate Concep-
! ton Church died tonight after an illness
| of two days, death being due, it is said,
/ to overWOrk.
Trenton, N. J.. Dec. 23.-Franklin Het-
! trick, alias Williams, was arraigned this
morning for the murder of John Krause
on Thanksgiving day. His counsel
/ waived hearing, and Hettrick was re-
/ manded to Jail to await the action of the
| January grand jury.
Concord, Dec. 28.-wflliam Ellery Chan
! ming, the last of the brotherhood includ-
ing also Thoreau, Hawthorne and Emer-
son, which made Concord famous, died
today. He was born in Boston, Nov. %,
/ 1918.
| Washington, Dec. GAS a result of a
| cabinet discussion, it has been decided
I that the executive departments shall be
closed on Christmas day and New Years
day, and that the clerks and employees
may be excused for half a day tomorrow.
Hamilton Bermuda, Dec. 23-The Boer
/ prisoners of war landed on Hawkins Isl
and have been isolated, as several of them
are suffering from mild form of mea-
sles.
Easton. Pa. Dec. 23.-It is estimated
that the flood of a little more than
valley Railroad Company to the amount
/ of $780, goo.
Pelkin. Dec. 2S.-The Chinese court ar
/ rived yesterday at Tsu Chow, within the
| boundary Of Chi Ii Province, where it
was welcomed by numerous officials
Utica, N Y. Dec 20. - Four large
| wooden buildings at Herkimer burned to-
| day, entailing a loss of S35, 900 They
were occupied by various stores and Of
$4,000 '''''' was '''0u'
Hartford, Ct. Dec. 23.-Hon. William C.
| Case, eX-speaker of the Connecticut
House of Representatives. and one of the
most widely known lawyers of this state.
died at his home on Atwood Street here
this afternoon after a few weeks illness.
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| Richmond, Va, Dec. 23.-James Stiff.
! the third man shot in the Westmoreland
/ tragedy by Herbert Marx, several weeks
ago. died at his home in Westmoreland
/ County TODAY
! London, Dec. "a navigating party Of
] CHILEAN officers, engineers and sailors
[ have arrived at New Castle-on-Tyne for
: the purpose of manning the warship re-
Gently purchased for Chill and taking
her to Gillian waters.
Washington, Dec. 23.-Charles F. Wen
neker, who was nominated for the posi-
ton of collector for internal revenue for
the St Louis district just before the holt
day recess of Congress, but whose nom
nation was not confirmed has tele-
graphed the President TO withdraw his
/ name.
| A new remedy for billiousness Is now
on sale at all drug stores II is
called Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. It gives quick relief
and will prevent the attack if given