The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-10
MEN AND AFFAIRS

SI5ibo Castle no doubt has stood
many an attack in days of old when
knights were bold and barons held
their sway. but it probably was never
called upon to Withstand such siege
as its present owner, Mr.. Carnegie, IS
forced to undergo. The great steel lord
did not gain possession by force OF
arms, as in the good old days of anci-
ent chivalry, but by the modern and
peaceful means of silver spears.
That is, he bought 1t. The former
proprietor, Mr.. Even Charles Suther-
land, who seems to have been sold out,
is seeking, through an Edinburgh
court, to have the sale set aside on ac-
count of some legal technicalities ana
Irregularities. Mr. Carnegie paid ABOUT
S425 900 for the place, and may nave 70
pay more before he is through. This
is a. case where moat and drawbridge
and portcullis will not avail the feudal
lord.-Brooklyn Union.
President Roosevelt's urgent request
for legislation restricting foreign i'm
migration should certainty meet with
response from Congress at the present
session. Effective support will be given
to the President by the immigration
Restriction League. which has been
working for legislation of that charac-
ter for several years. This association
urged the passage of the Lodge bill in
1896 and 1897 and it is now asking that
similar bill be passed.-Cleveland
Leader.
The Kansas City Servant Girls
Union failed to organize Thursday
through lack Of a quorum. The same
thing happened to the Chicago servant
girls recently. Unless the girls day
off is changed from Thursday, or the
| theatre managers can be persuaded to
cancel their Thursday matinees, the
outlook for organization Of servant
girls is decidedly gloomy.-Kansas City
Journal.
Mr.. John L. Parker. editor of the
Lynn Item" several days ago OBJ
served the fftieth anniversary Of his
entry into the newspaper business.
/ Rudyard Kipling, during his resi-
| dence in India, was for long regarded
/ as one of the best amateur actors IN
that country. He often took part in
theatrical performances in Lahore, be-
ing particularly effective in comedy
| parts.
! Brigadier General Bell. commander
! of Northern Luzon, has issued an or
| der making the purchase or drinking
| Of vino" a Filipino beverage, by sol
! diers and civilian employees military
| offense.
| Police Wardman George Bissert, con-
victed of accepting bride from the
! female keeper of a disreputable house,
was taken to Sing Sing Prison ana be.
gan the serving of Imprisonment or
/ five years and six months recently i'm
posed upon him.
The manager of an American Tool
! Company's works in Berlin has made
a remarkable comparison Of the wages
paid and cost of tools made in Ger
many with the wages paid and cost or
/ tools at the American works, both sets
Of .laborers using identicalu machines.
He finds that the American workmen,
making an exact allowance for the
difference in wages. turns out clear
/ % per cent more product for the same
unit of wages Man for man the Ger
man produces two-fifths of what an
/ American does. A shoe factory at Bres-
lau. using American machinery. Sc
lcured better results by importing eight
American workmen and paying them
by the piece. 10 stimulate the German
workmen. " no then came within 10 per
cent of the Americans work.
As a token OF interest in the Ger
/ manic Museum at Harvard University
Emperor William is having prepared
for presentation TO the senate at Har
ward a collection Of plaster casts. whicl
will duplicate some OF the finest Ger
man medieval stOnework.
Anna Colson Rich, a musical com
poser Of Maine, has about l65 cornposi