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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27

The City Council committee on ecu
cation meets tonight at 7.30 o'clock.
The City Council committee on
claims meets tomorrow afternoon at
80 o'clock, at the City Hall.
City Clerk &. H. Towne issued a
marriage license yesterday to Noah
w. Long, %, and Florence E. Bos-
worth, 20.
The library committee of the Y. w.
c. A. will hold it's monthly meeting to-
morrow morning at 1890 O'Clock IN the
class room.
The Women's Missionary Society of
All Saints parish will hold it's monthly
meeting at the parish library, this at
ternoon at 3 o'clock. ...... ......-
Edward Brosnihan, living in the
rear of 25 Green Street, took fit near
his home last night. He was taken to
the City Hospital in the police ambu-
lance.
Worcester Central Pomona Grange
meets today in Auburn. An electric
car will leave City Hall at 10 o'clock
for the accommodation of Worcester
members.
The members of Hose Company No.
2, at Providence and Grafton Streets,
were given a box of cigars as a
Ciil lGliliio III CCCIlN Wy ~ IL Ivy NOCAt
the shoe manufacturer on Winter
Street,
The Primary Sunday School Union
will meet in the Y. M c. A. building
at p. m. today and the lessons will
be taught by Mrs. Louie E. Ware of
Trinity Church. There is to be re-
view of the quarterly lessons.
Superintendent of Public Buildings
c. H. Peck yesterday issued building
permit to the Messenger estate, S. 1.
Howard builder, for brick addition
to the building at 206 Main Street, for
store purposes, estimated cost $500.
Rev. DR.. John s. Holmes. pastor of
the Adams Square Baptist Church, will
give an illustrated lecture in Mechanics
Hall Saturday night, Feb %, on Nor
way. Sweden and Denmark, under the
auspices of Thule Lodge. I. o. o. F.
The annual business meeting of the
Finnish-SWedish Lutheran Church will
be held tomorrow night in the Hall, 207
Main Street. New officers are to be
elected and several important ques-
tions are to come up for consideration.
The annual meeting of the Parish
of the First Baptist Church will be
Thursday night. At this time the ques-
ton of a new church building and a
new location. which was referred by
the church to the parish, will come up
for consideration.
The Board of Aldermen had one of
the shortest meetings on record yester-
day noon. 1t lasted just III minutes.
A decree making public Noyes Street
and a decree for relocating Newton
Square were received and placed on
file. Adjournment was taken to Mon
day night.
The scandinavian Mission of
Greendale gave a Christmas festival
at the parsonage, IL Brooks Street, to
the children of the Sunday school last
night. There was a musical and lit
erary entertainment in which the
children took part. Each child received
present and a bag of candy.
Permission to open and obstruct
streets was granted yesterday by
Street Commissioner w. S. Prior to the
water department, for new service on
Dupont Street, repairs at no Austin
Street; to Worcester Electric Light
Company, removing poles on Foster,
Bridge and Mechanic Streets.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
OBITUARY
ARTHrR e. DAVIS

Arthur E. Davis, a well known tail-
or, died last night aged AZ years. Mr..
Davis was born in Princeton, son Of
Henry w, and Lois (Bigelow Davis.
He had lived in Worcester nearly all
his life He formerly worked for the
tailoring firm of Davis & Lytle, COM
posed of ]. Edgar Davis and William
A. Lyle. That firm dissolved and the
firm of Davis & Company was organ
lied doing business at first near the
present Spy office, and later removing
to the State Mutual building. Arthur
E. Davis worked for this company and
became a member of the firm. 1t sold
out less than a year ago to George
w. Macomber
Mr.. Davis was a member of Quinsig-
amond Lodge,.A. F. & A M. the Han
cock Club the Travelling Mems Asso-
citation, and the Merchant Tailors' As
sociation.
He leaves a widow.
Mr.. Davis lived at 81 Windsor
Street. The funeral arrangements
have not been made.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
THEATRE EMPL0YE
STOLE THAT HE MIGHT EAT

Because he was hungry and unable
to get anything to eat, Fred Reed, an
usher at Lothrop's Opera House, stole
an overcoat from the theatre check
room yesterday afternoon. The coat
is owned by Anderson V. Newton of
Englewood Avenue and was purchased
by Mr. Newton Saturday.
He attended the performance yester-
day afternoon and checked his coat at
the cheCkroom. Reed was in charge
for a time and when the countup came
on oVercoats after the show. Mr.. New
tons was missing. The loss was re-
ported at Station / and Inspector Pat
rick O'Day was detailed on the case
by Chief w. ]. e. Stone. The inspect
or cornered Reed and the latter admit
ted stealing the coat. He took it, he
said because he was hungry and want
ed something to eat. He disposed of
the coat for 81 and spent part of the
money in securing a square meal. Reed
does not bear an untarnished reputa-
ton on police records and suspicion
points to him as the man who took a
number of articles recently from a
church. Inspector ODay recovered
the coat.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
BIG CROWD AT OPENING
OF THREE NIGHTS KIRMESS

A three nights kirmess. under the
auspices of the ST. Jean Baptiste So
ciety and the Garde Lafayette was
opened last night in St. Jean Baptiste
Hall, where a crowd that taxed the hall
to its capacity, passed the evening in
dancing. The entertainment is Fun
Jointly by the two organizations, the
Garde Lafayette to use it's share of the
profits in procuring new uniforms. The
crowd last night included big delega-
tions from the French Carpenters
Union, St Joseph.
The floor officers of the evening were:
Floor director, Capt. Joseph Lavigne;
assistants, Cyrille Lamothe, w. F.
Grenier Oliver Berthiaume, ]. B.
Labossiere Albert Bouthillette, Joseph
Ruby Hormidas Picard and Louis
Hebert.
Tonight the societies will have as
special guests the Garde D'Honneur
and Union Canadienne of St. Josephs
parish, and tomorrow night two out of
town societies are expected.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
YOUNG DEER CAPTURED
AND DIED OF FRIGHT

A young buck deer was captured
yesterday morning at o'clock on the
railroad track above the Green Street
crossing by jeremiah Cotter, John
Carney, Thomas OBrien and Tip
O'Neil. The animal was first seen on
Grafton Street at O'Clock and was
chased UP Winter to Green Street
by crowd of boys. and ran
into the yard adjoining the transfer
depot of the New York. New Haven &
Hartford road. 1t was taken to the
stable of Thomas O'Flynn, 8 Green
Street, where it died in two hours The
police were notified and Capt. David A.
Matthews came down to the stable and
told Mr.. O'Flynn to put the animal in
cold storage for three days, and if no
one called to claim the dead animal he
could keep it.
Mr.. O'Flynn will have the animal re-
moved to the cold storage room of
John P. Squires &, Sons.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
A PILGRIMAGE TO
L0NGFELLOW'S HOME

Boston, Dec. 26.-The Modern Ian
guage Association of America, which
began its three days sitting today, will
make a pilgrimage to Longfellow's
home, in Cambridge, tomorrow. Miss
Alice Longfellow will receive.
The convention opened with the vel
come by President Eliot of Harvard.
There were papers by Prof. Cook of
Yale, Prof. Rainbean of Technology,
Prof. Walz of Harvard, Prof. Jones of
Brown, Prof. Mead of Wesleyan, DR..
Boulae of Michigan and Prof. Grand
gent of Harvard. In the evening the
members of the society We're enter
tanned by President and Mrs. Eliot at
their home on Quincy Street, Cam
bridge
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
AUXILIARY
INSTALLS OFFICERS

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen had VT
installation of officers in A. o. H. Hall
last night, when the following officers
We're vested with their proper authori-
tY by Past Mistress Mabel Wilson,:
Mistress. Annie McGuinness; vice-mis-
tress. Mary Williams; secretary, Mary
Luby; treasurer, Nellie Luby; con-
ductress, Margaret Gleason; warden,
Mary White; chaplain. Caroline John
son: inner guard, Catherine Kennedy;
outer guard Mary O'Connell; delegate
to national convention. Annie McGuin-
ness: alternate Mary Williams.
After the installation, the members
of the Auxiliary entertained the repre-
sentativSs of the brotherhood at supper
and the evening was closed with a
dance
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
BROKE THROUGH THE ICE
AND DROWNED TOGETHER

Bridgewater. N. S., Dec. 26.-Four
boys went skating on Lahave River
yesterday and their failure to return
for dinner led to a search. The four
had broken through the ice and
drowned together.
They were Ferry and Merrill Rho
denhauser, brothers, IA and u years
old; Curry Hubley, aged 70, whose
birthday anniversary it was, and
George Bachman, aged 10. The tragedy
was the most startling here for years.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
CITY GUARDS DRILL
FOR 1.-THE DRUMMER BOY"

Worcester City Guards under Capt
Edwin G. Barrett put in two hours
drilling at the Armory last night. The
duties of sentinel and general drill
work of a soldier were taken up first
and the remainder of the time was util-
lied in practicing the drill to be per-
formed at the production of the Drum
mer Boy in Worcester Theatre during
the week of Jan. 6. The City Gua>--s
will appear two nights, Wednesday
and Thursday. One new member was
voted into the company and three ap-
plications were received. The company
will be inspected by Maj. Harry B.
Fairbanks Jan. 16. The next lecture
in the course arranged for by Capt.
Barrett will be given by Lieut.. F. H.
Lucke. ,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
C. E. M'GILLCUDDDY TELLS
OF HIS VISIT TO IRELAND

c. Eugene McGillicuddy gave the
fourth in the series Of lectures at st.
Stephens Church last night when he
told an audience that filled the church
hall about his trip through ireland
last summer. The lecture was illus
trated with stereopticon views of the
places where Mr.. McGillicuddyl visited
and his description of them was inter
esting and made enjoyable by many
anecdotes concerning the people he saw
there
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
THE SLAUGHTER OF DEER
IN THE ADIR0NDACKS

Albany. N. Y, Dec. 26.-The state
forest. fish and game commission re-
ports that express companies which OPP
crate in the Adirondack region. carried
1886 deer during the past season. They
include 1862 carcasses, 103 saddles and
121 heads.
This was 81 more than WIS handled
by the express companies during the
season last year, and scans that about
6150 deer were killed duri' 3 the past
season. as for every deer killed about
four are eaten in the onm0~. or are
taken out of the woods by m EAls other
than the express companies. Fifty
three deer were shipped from Child
wood
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
LIABILITIES 100000
ASSETS TWICE AS MUCH

New York, Dec. 26.-Alexander NJ.
Orr, of New York, filed an assignment
today to Joseph c. Behan, of Troy, n.
Y, which was acknowledged in Troy
on Dec. q. The assignment states that
it is for the purpose of paying his la
bilities individually and as a member
of the firm of Orr & Co., paper manu-
facturers, in Troy. who had an Office
in this city.
The firm was succeeded in July last
by the Orr Paper Co., which went into
the hands of receivers in November
with liabilities 100000 and nominal as
sets 1921, 900. Alexander NJ. Orr was
the president of the company.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
DEATHS

FOGARTY-In this city, Dec Goth, John
J. Fogarty "A Wall Street
Funeral notice later. Please omit
flowers.
LLOYD-In this city, Dec. 26th, Clifford
P. L., son of Owen and Emma Lloyd, 4
mos 90 days.
Funeral at parents home, No. 4 Sum-
mer Place, Saturday, at p. m. Rela-
tives and friends are invited to attend.
HARLOW-In this city, Dec. 26th, George
Wells Harlow, 60 yrs. 4 mos. days.
ROBINSON-In this city, Dec. Goth, Will
son A. Robinson, Il yrs. mos.
CROZIER-In this city, Dec. 26th, Eliza
beth Crozier, IA yrs.
Requiem high mass at Church of I'm
maculate Conception, Prescott Street,
Saturday, at 9 a. m.
DAVIS-In this city. Dec. 26th, Arthur E
Davis. AZ yrs.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
STORY OF CELEBRATION
AT YALE RELATED

Supper was served at Trinity Church
last night by the Ladies' Social Circle
for the members of the Sunday School.
1t was followed by an entertainment
and social. Henry G. Snyder of Yale
Law School spoke in an interesting
manner on the celebration of the BIZ
centennial at Yale. He was followed
by Marc S. Dickey of Milton, N. who
rendered a number of piano solos in a
brilliant and masterful manner. The
rest of the evening was passed in a So
cial manner
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
THE CRITICAL PERIOD
HAS NOW BEEN PASSED

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 26-Dr Long
year. who is one of the attending sur
geons on Gen. r. A. Alger, said tonight,
that the critical period in the generals
illness had passed and that his recov-
cry was practically certain, so far as
he could determine at present. Gen.
Ayers pulse was Sc and his tempera-
ture 9S.7.
He has been taking some nourish-
ment in the form of broth and has
passed a very comfortable day." said
DR.. Longyear.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
SEWING CLASS HAS
CHRISTMAS PARTY

The sewing class of Hebrew girls at
the Gospel Union Mission had a parity
at the mission yesterday afternoon.
There were about 30 present. Games
were played refreshments were served
and each member was given a bag of
candy and orange. Mrs Charles Edwin
Smith, teacher of the class, was as
sisted in entertaining by Miss n. New
ton and Mrs. L. B. Holt
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
FUNERALS
MISS MARY ]. CONLIN.

The funeral of Miss Mary ]. Conlin
was yesterday morning from the home
of her sister, Mrs. William r. Newell
$50 Canterbury Street. A high mass OF
requiem was celebrated in st, Peter
Church at $50 o'clock by Rev. P. ],
Lee. Rev. d. H. O'Neil read the abso-
ing eulogy
The floral tributes included harp
with broken string inscribed Friend
from Denholm & Mckay Co, crescent
from Abbie Donahue and Katie Foley,
wreath from Cora and Lizzie Welch,
plaque from Kittie Kerns, mound from
Homer Ball and family. plaque from
Eta Carrigan, 10 white roses from
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
John ]. FOGARTY-

The death of John ]. Fogarty,a men,
Der of the Bay State Lodge, Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, occurred
yesterday afternoon, at his home, "a
Wall Street. He had been employed as
a foreman at the B. & A roundhouse.
He leaves a widow one son, John J.,
three daughters, Mary E., Gertrude C.
and Nora c. FOgarty, one brother Jere-
miah, and a sister, Catherine, wife of
James Flanaghan. Funeral arrange
ments have not yet been made.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
PATRICK r FINNEGAN.

The funeral of Patrick E. Finnegan
was yesterday morning from the I'M
dertaking rooms of Fay Brothers, l9
Temple Street, with a requiem high
mass at st. Anne's Church at 10
O'Clock Rev. ]. NJ. Cruise was cele-
brant The bearers were James Nj.
Finnegan. John F. Sullivan, Thomas
F. Floody. Edward A. Floody.
Burial took place in the family lot at
St Anne'S Cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
OFFICERS OF SWEDISH
GLEE CLUB INSTALLED

The Swedish GIee Club installed the
following officers last night in Granite
Hall: President, Carl Tiderman; vice
president, Henry Edstrand; recording
secretary, George Stanislaus; financial
secretary, Oscar Sandholm: treasurer,
Swanson Blur; musical committee, John
Bjorman, first tenor George Stanis-
laus, second tenor; Carl Tiderman, first
bass; Swanson Blur, second bass.
After the installation a banquet was
served and a program of musical and
literary selections was given, followed
by dancing
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
eno and Ethel Mclaughlin

Lena and Ethel Mclaughlin and
Florence st. Armoir, 10 white pinks
from Thomas F. Foley, wreath from
glove department of Denholm Nc
Kay Company, plaque from N. E. Null
len and family. wreath from James 2.
MulIens, 10 white pinks from Mrs. Levi
KAY and a beautiful standing anchor
from friends.
The ushers at the church were An
drew Smith, Edward Stone, David NC
Gee and Charles Campbell.
The bearers were Leo German. Ed
ward Foley. Patrick Conlin, j. A
O'Brien, John Masterson, David Nc
Gee.
The services at the grave in st.
Johns Cemetery were conducted by
Rev. P. j. Lee.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
GEORGE w. HARLOW.

George W. Harlow, a watch repairer.
for 30 years connected with W. H. Rob-
inson and the Robinson Hilton Com
pany, died last night at his home, AZ
Kingsbury Street, after a short illness.
Mr.. Harlow was so years, four months
and three days old. He was a member
of Main Street Baptist Church and
connected with Masonic organizations.
He leaves a wife and two children, a
daughter, Nina, who lives at home, and
a son. Fred, a resident of Chicago.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27

Henderson Grimett Of this place was
stricken with partial paralysis and
completely lost the use of one arm and
side After being treated by an emf
nent physician for quite a while with
out relief, my wife recommended
Chamberlain Pain Balm. and after
using two bottles of it, he is almost
entirely cured.-George R. Mcdonald.
Man, Logan County, W. Va. Several
other very remarkable cures of partial
paralysis have been effected by the
use Of this liniment. 1t is most widely
known, however, as a cure for rhsu-
mStism. sprains and bruises. Sold by
all druggists.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
CHAMBERLAIN FARMERS
OPEN WINTER SEASON

The Chamberlain District Farmers
Club met last night for the first time
this season at "Htllcrest," the residence
of George C. Blanchard. There was a
full attendance and the meeting was
very interesting. The speaker was DR..
John NJ. Bemis, who read an interesting
paper on Health" in which he de-
scribed the requirements for acquir-
ing and maintaining health. For enter
tainment, vocal solos were given by
Mrs. Ida Johnson and Fred L. Per-
cippe. The next meeting will be Jan.
29, at Locust Grove Farm, the resi-
dence of George T. Foster. City For
ester Charles Greenwood will speak on
Spraying and Care Of Trees"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
MICHAEL DEGNAN.

The funeral of Michael Degnan was
yesterday morning from the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Kate Tighe, rs Mar
ket Street A high mass of requiem was
celebrated in st. Annes Church at y
o'clock by the pastor, Rev. j. P. Tuite,
who also delivered eulogy.
The bearers were John J., John F.,
James, James P, Peter and Peter o.
Degnan all cousins of the deceased.
Burial was at st. Johns Cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
MRS. MARY O,NEILL.

The funeral of Mrs. Mary O'Neill
took place yesterday morning from her
home 90 Winter Street, with requiem
high mass at st. Johns Church at 8
o'clock. Rev. c. NJ. Foley was cele-
brant and also OBLIGATED at the grave
in St. Johns Cemetery The bearers
were Patrick Conlin, Thomas Dowd
Martin Dowd, John keenan,, John L..
Burns and John ]. Sullivan.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
Stockholders Meetjnu

The Stockholders of the NORWICH &
WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY
are hereby notified that their Annual
Meeting will be held at the Office of the
President in the State Mutual Building,
Worcester, Mass, on WEDNESDAY,
January s, 1902, at o'clock p. m
First-For preliminary business
Second-For choice of directors for the
ensuing year.
Third-To act on any other business
that may properly be brought before said
meeting
Per order
NJ NJ. WHITTEMORE. Secretary.
Worcester, Mass, Dec. 23 1901. DIS
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
GARRISON A. SPENCER

The funeral of Clarkson Adams
Spencer was yesterday noon at his
late home, as Lake Street. Rev. DIR.
Moses H Harris offfciated. The bear
ers were H. H. Spencer, H. A. Spencer,
NJ. H. Whitcomb and V. o. Whitcomb.
Burial was in Hope Cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
Local Weather

Temperature-Ma 42.s, mini
mum 25.9, mean 94.3, noon 42.S, s p. m.
1853. Barometer--noon 1923; s p. m.
30.16. Wind-Noon-direct n. W,
velocity light, s p. m.-direction s., vel
ocity 10. Precipitation 0.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
SPECIAL NOTICES
POLO POLO

Mechanics Hall. Christmas Night.
SALEM VS.. WORCESTER.
Friday Night,
LEWISTON VS.. WORCESTER.
General admission 25c.
Reserved seats 35c and soc.
Game called at $50.
Reserved seats on sale at Rawsons
Cigar Store
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
MRS. ELIZABETH CROZIER

Elizabeth Crozier. widow of Robert
Crozier, died yesterday of old age at
the city almshouse. She was IA years
old, and was born in Ireland her maid
en- name being Hines. Burial will be
in st. Johns Cemetery.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
Expresses His Thanks

Nathaniel Paine wishes to sincerely
thank the Worcester Fire Department
for their successful efforts in saving
his house from destruction yesterday
morning; also to the Worcester Fire
Patrol for their excellent and effective
work in protecting his furniture and
library from damage.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
CLIFFORD p. LLOYD

Clifford P, infant son of Owen and
Emma Dykins Lloyd, died yesterday at
the home of the parents, Summer
Street Place, aged months and 20
dayS
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
MRS. ELIZABETH E. HAMMILL

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth E
Hammill will be this afternoon at 2.3C
o'clock at her late home, So South
gate Street. Rev. George S. Dodge will
officiate
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27
SENATOR SEWELLIS
GRADUALLY SINKING

Camden, n. J.. Dec. 26.-The physi-
clans attending United States Senator
William J. Sewell, gave out the infer-
nation tonight. that their patient is
much weaker than he was yesterday.
Unless there is some improvement
shown very soon. they believe the SEN
ator will not live much longer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-27

ANY ONE CAN TAKE Carter's Little
Liver Pills, they are so very small. No
trouble to swallow. No pain or gripping
after taking.