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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
LEAK IN GAS MAIN
CAUSED SERIOUS TROUBLE

New Haven, Dec. l. Fifteen persons
living in a large tenement house were
made seriously sick by inhaling illumi-
mating gas today, and one. Mrs. Agnes
Gauld. who was found unconscious in
bed. may die. At the New Haven hos
pital tonight her condition was report
ed as critical The other sufferers from
the gas will recover.
A leak in the street main which al
lowed the gas to enter sewer in front
of the house was found to be the source
of the trouble.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
PET DOG BITES HIS
TWO-YEAR-OLD MISTRESS

A tWo-year-old daughter Of e. F.
Sullivan of 81 Orange Street, was Bit
ten over the left eye by a pet dog, at
her home, yesterday afternoon. The
animal is owned by the child's father
and never before was known to dis
play any vicious tendencies. The child
was playing with the dog in the front
part of the Sullivan home when the
animal. without prOvocation, jumped
at the child and narrowly missed bit
ing her left eye. The dog sunk its
teeth just above the eyebrow, infiicting
painful but not dangerous wound. At
the Emergency Hospital the wound
was cauterized by DR.. L. A. Cottle.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
MEETS TO ADJOURN

The Democratic City Committee evil
IDENTIFY has the sulks. 1t had a meeting
at the office of Chairman James f.
RYAN yesterday afternoon to discuss
plans for the municipal campaign but
it came to the conclusion that 1t can
do no work without funds and adj
iourned until Thursday night to see
if any money will come it's way.
A meeting Of Mayor Philip J. O'Con-
nel's friends is to be held at the Bay
State House tonight at S o'clock to
take steps to further his campaign.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
PROVIDENCE PEOPLE
WENT DRY YESTERDAY

Providence, r. L, Dec. lit is prob
able that less liquor was sold here to-
day than on any Sunday for many
years. All liquor licenses expired at
midnight Saturday and none has yet
been renewed by the newly appointed
board of police commissioners.
Pending investigation Of the appli-
cations already received the saloon
keepers holding licenses were told by
the commissioners to continue business
until further notice. At the same time
instructions We're given the captains
of police TO stop Sunday selling.
out of fear Of losing a license should
they have been caught selling liquor
today, saloonkeepers and hotel pro-
prietors took the precaution to keep
bars closed
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
INTERCOLLEGIATE CHESS
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

New York, Dec. 1.-The 10th annual
intercollegiate chess tournament be-
tween Columbia, Harvard, Yale and
Princeton has been. scheduled to take
place at the Columbia Grammar School
in this city, Dec. &c, p and IS.
Four men from each university will
play, but each team will meet each
of the opposing teams only once. so
that the contest may be played in three
days. Following is the schedule for
the games:
First round. Dec. 26. Columbia VS..
Yale, Harvard VS.. Princeton: second
round, Dec. q, Columbia VS.. Princeton,
Harvard VS.. Yale; third and final
round, Dec. IS, Columbia VS.. Harvard,
Yale VS.. Princeton.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
CANADIANS TO URGE
MRS. MAVERICKS RELEASE

Cleveland, o, Dec. I.-FOrmer Cana-
dian residents in American cities are
again active in their efforts to have
Mrs. Florence Maybrick released from
her English prison. A petition is be-
ing drawn up by a Cleveland lawyer
and copies will be sent to all the cities
bordering on the Great Lakes; copies
will also be sent to the mayors of
Montreal and Toronto. The petition
will ultimately go to the King of Eng
land and the English premier.
The present time is considered as
opportune to his majesty for clemency
by the Canadians, because of the vail
ant work of the Canadian soldiers in
the Boer war.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
FR0HSINN MEMBERS
WILL PLAY PIN0CLE

The FTohsinn Society had a meeting
at its hall yesterday afternoon and
voted to have a pinocle party at the
haI Thursday night. The society will
keep open house election day, Tuesday.
Dec. 10, and in the evening there will
be a dance, and election returns will be
received. A committee of five was ap-
pointed to make arrangements for the
annual Christmas tree. Dec. "a.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
PROVIDENCE & WORCESTER
RAILROAD COMPANY

The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Providence and Worcester Railroad
Company will be held at the Treasurer
Office. Room POI. Lauderdale Building, in
Providence. r. L., on WEDNESDAY, De
cenber II, 1901. at 70 o'clock noon. for the
election of directors for the ensuing year
and for any other business that may le-
gally come before an annual meeting.
WILLIAM A. LEETE, Clerk
Providence, r. l., Nov. 60 1901.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
DEATHS

this city, Dec LIST, Fred
erick Lewis Hldreth, aged 60 yrs. IL
mos. % days.
FAY -I in this city. Nov. Goth Annie
white, wife of Bernard J. Fay, As yrs.
mos. 10 days.
Funeral from the family home. No. SO
Highland Street. Tuesday morning at S
O'Clock Requiem high mass i'm St
Pauls Church at o'clock. Relatives
and friends are invited to attend tBos-
ton and Pittsdeld papers please copyJ
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
BASKETBALL LEAGUE
SCHEDULE TO JAN. q

The Massachusetts Central Basketball
League had a meeting yesterday at the
Sherwood House, w. s. Horne of Mill
bury presided in the absence of President
Michael A. ORourke of this city. Secre-
tary George Dorman reported that he had
received applications for membership
from the P. A. c. of Lowell and a team in
Fitchburg which intended to play some of
its games in Leominster. The applica-
tions were laid on the table until the next
meeting, Sunday, Dec. s, at the Sherwood
blouse.
The principal business done was to draw
up a schedule to Jan. 4. w A. Darcy of
Woonsocket and ]. Fl. Thompson of the
Father Mathews were the committee
and prepared the following schedule,
which was adopted The first team named
is the home team, and all games will be
PLAYED in their halls:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
Local Weather

Temperature: Maximum, 47.6 degrees:
minimum. 1873 degrees; mean 33.7 de-
grees; noon, 43.2 degrees; s p. m, 3S.1
degrees.
Barometer: Noon. 30; S p. m. %. 90.
Vino: Noon, direction southwest, We
locity q. .. m. direction southwest,
velocity u. Precipitation. o.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
JEAN BERAUD WILL
BE SOLD AT AUCTION

Lexington. KY, Dec. 1.-At the sale
of thoroughbreds. commencing here to-
morrow, W. c. Whitney will offer the
stallion Jean Beraud. by His Highness.
who as a -year-old won 500. s95. The
England
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
NJ. MihiaIowsky Calls Them Agi-
tatorS, MurdererS and Black
maiIerS and Accuses Them of
Kidnapping Miss Stone
MENACING ATTITUDE
OF THE UNITED STATES
Has Evidently Much Impressed
BuIgarianS Who Declare They
Are Unable to Do Any More to
Secure Prisoners Release
Dixie Sails to Smyrna

Sofia, Dec. 1.-Mihialowsky, President
of the Macedonian committee recently
made a speech at Varnia, in Bulgaria,
in which he denounced NJ. Saraoff,
former President of the committee and
Macedonians as agitators, murderers and
blackmailers. Among other crimes he
accused them of kidnapping Miss Ellen
NJ. Stone, the American missionary.
The Macedonians of Sofia held an in
dignation meeting here today. Violent
speeches were made denouncing M.
Mihialowsky and in which M. Sarof
was eulogized as the hero of the Mace
DOMAIN youth This incident is i'm
portant as demonstrating the schism
in the Macedonian camp.
Reports received here today from
Dubnitza announced increased vigilance
on the part of the authorities and the
police of that place.
Bulgarian official circles are evidently
much impressed by the menacing atti-
tude of the United States government
in the Stone affair. They declare,
however, that they are unable to do
any more in the matter than they have
done already.
Washington, Dec. NAVAL officials
say the reported dispatch of the cruiser
Dixie firm Naples. Italy, to Smyrna,has
no connection with the case of Miss
Stone, the American missionary whose
release from the Bulgarian brigands
our government is now seeking to en-
force
The Dixie is now engaged in the
training service and has a number of
landsmen aboard. Her movements
while on the Mediterranean cruise are
chosen with the intention to give the
best training experience possible to the
men aboard and if as reported she has
been sent to Smyrna this, it is said by
naval officials, is without special sig
nifiance as bearing en- the Stone case.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
MILLBUhY

J H. Neudeck. the popular dancing
master of Minbury will be pleased TO
meet all patrons that care TO receive
instructions i'm the dancing line, at Elm
Hall Millbury Monday evening, Dec.
., at S o'clock.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

London, Dec. 1.-Sousa and his band
played by royal command tonight at Sand
bingham before King Edward, Queen
Alexandra and the royal family. The
concert lasted two hours. At it's close
Mr.. Sousa was presented to King Edward
who received him very graciousy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02


with severe injuries.
THE DEAD.
Mrs. Mary c. Burk, AZ years old.
Adam q. Burk, IL.
Mary f.. Burk, 10.
Joanna Burk, IL.
Joseph Victor Burk, years.
Carl w. Burk, the husband, is seri-
ously burned about the back.
Mrs. Burk and the children, save
Adam, retired at the usual hour last
night Mr. Burk, who was in Altoona,
did not get home until late The lamp
was burning in the kitchen for him.
Before he went up stairs he turned IL
low A lunch was left on the kitchen
table for Adam, who is stage hand at
the Altoona Opera House, 1t is not
known what time he came home.
About 130 o'clock Mrs. Burk was
awakened by a dense smoke in her
ROOM She awoke her husband He
dressed hurriedly and FASTENED down
stairs. Opening the kitchen door, he
found the room was ablaze. The draft
caused by the open door accentuated
the fire and. with a roar, the flames
swept through the house.
Burk's clothing was ignited and he
sprang outside and rolled in the snow
to eXtinguish the tiny tongues of fire.
he lnen summoned the ASSIST dHCt VI
neighbors. There was no hope of saw
ing the house when they arrived and
to rescue the inmates was impossible.
Every time the men tried to enter, the
intense heat drove them back. Burk,
in d mad frenzy, tried to rush through
the flames but was prevented
Meantime the agonizing screams of
the inmates could be heard.
For one brief second Mrs. Burk APP
peared at an upper window. In her
arms she carried a child. Then the
flames arose about her and she sank
back and was seen no more.
Burk was sent away to a hospital
about this time. crazed with grief.
The house, which was a tWo-story
frame structure, was soon consumed
and the search of the ruins COM
menced As there was nothing left but
the foundation stones, the bodies,
charred and blackened, were speedily
recovered. one corpse could not be dis
tinguished from the other. They were
brought to a morgue in this city.
Coroner Mccartney today impanelled
a jury to investigate the five deaths.
Some testimony was taken after which
the jury adjourned until tomorrow.
The jury will endeavor to ascertain the
origin of the fire The kitchen stove
shows evidences of a hot fire, but the
general opinion is that Adam forgot
to eXtinguish the light in the lamp
when he retired and that the lamp was
in some way upset, possibly by the
family dog.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
Butterfly Carnival

Annual Fair First Universalist Church,
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY. Dec. 40
Operetta Wednesday 4SO Afternoon ad-
mission to children 10 cents. Adults 10
cents. Hot turkey supper at $50 and $50
95 cents. Evening admission Is cents:
Thursday Dee 5th, salad supper at $50
and $50. So cents. "A Blighted Bud at
p. m. very amusing. Evening admission
Is cents Special butterfly decorations.
Va rietv of hooths. D1,2,4
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02

Terryville, CT, Dec. Rev. William
Alfred Gay, D. D., pastor of the Terry
Vile Congregational Church, rendered his
resignation today, to take effect June l,
1902. He has been pastor of the local
church since 1898.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
Card of Thanks

To the many kind friends whose tender
sympathy and loving tributes have shown
their interest and affection for me ana
mine in our great sorrow, l wish 10 e&-
press our appreciation and gratitude;
SOPHIA n. MEYER.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02

Sager Midgley and Gertie Carlisle,
two of the cleVerest juvenile imper-
senators on the vaudeville stage, are
the principal features at the Park
Theatre this week. They are one of
the highest-salaried teams before tls-
public. Jordan and Crouch, a great
novelty dancing duo, will present
unique act Mr.. and Mrs. Harry ThOrne
anil company will be seen in their
popular comedy, AN Up Town Flat"
Smith and Chisholm, two remarkably
clever Swedish athletes, will present a
startling act. The Simon brothers will
be seen in funny musical act. Nam
has Japs will present a novel act and
Bristols trained horse and mule and
the biograph, presenting 10 new pic
lures, will make up a strong and
varied bill. The usual daily matinees
will be given.
Manager Wilton is much pleased
with the business done by his Vaude-
vile Stars in the nearby towns thA
past week He has engaged an entire
new company for the present week, the
list including many Worcester favor
ties among them-the faVOrite Irish
comedian Mark Murphy; the European
grotesques RAMA and Arno; the we'll
known Yankee comedian, John H.
Keefe, who made such a phenomenal
hit at the Park Theatre last season;
the dramatic stars. Mr.. and Mrs. Au-
gustine Melville: Howard and Burke,
the funny comedians who were a big
hit at the Park last week; Katie Allen
Fox, dainty singing comedienne. and
the Ahearns, the marvellous acrObatiC
duo. The route for the week is as
follows: Webster, today; Milford, to-
morrow; Clinton, Wednesday; West
boro, Thursday; Southbridge, Friday;
Gardner, Saturday An afternoon and
evening performance will be given in
each town.
The attraction at Lothrop's this week
will be Lincoln J. Carriers great scenic
melodrama, THE Fast Mail" 1t has
been one of the greatest successes
known to the stage for years. It tells
a story of thrilling interest, and the
scenic and other mechanical effects are
said to be marvellous. There is a rep
resentation of an engine room on a
Mississippi steamboat, with the fur
naces under the boiler in active opera
ton A very realistic train of cars
shoots across the stage, and the Niagara
Falls scene is one of the most elab-
crate and daring ever undertaken in
the drama The falls are shown by
moonlight with the roaring plunging
waters. and the mist that arises from
the seething current. One Of the most
prominent of the plays features is the
complete freight train of II cars, with
an illuminated cabOose. drawn by a
practical locomotive. The play itself
has thrilling situations in abundance
plenty of humOr to tighten its tone and
give it an agreeable flavor throughout.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
Stops the Cough
and works off the Cold.

Laxative Bromo -Quinine Tablets ours
a cold in one day. No cure. No Pay.
Price 25 cents
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02

George Heimorod of Omaha has been
appointed Consul-General at Apia,
Samoa.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02

Dec. 9-Lyceum VS. Millbury.
Dec. 12-Fr. Mathew VS.. Millbury.
Dec. 13-Webster VS.. FIR Mathew.
Dec. 14-Millbury VS.. Lyceum.
Dec. Woonsocket VS.. Webster
Dec. 16-Fr. Mathew VS.. Webster.
Dec. 17-Woonsocket VS.. Lyceum,
Dec. 19-Lyceum VS.. Millbury,
Dec. 21-Webster VS.. WOonsOcket.
Dec. 21-N1illbury VS.. FIR. Mathew.
Dec. 23-Fr. Mathew VS.. Lyceum.
Dec. WoOnsocket VS.. FIR. Mathew.
Dec. 25-Milbury VS.. Webster.
Dec. 26-Lyceum VS.. WoonsoCket
Dec. 2S-Webster VS.. Millbury.
Dec. 31-Lyceum VS.. FIR Mathew.
Dec. 31-Woonsocket VS.. Millbury.
Jan. Pr. Mathew VS.. Woonsocket.
Jan. 4-Webster VS.. FIR. Mathew.
Jan. 4-Millbury VS.. Lyceum.
Afternoon
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02

COnstantinople, Dec. 1.-The report of a
mutiny of Turkish troops in Ell Hedaz,
Arabia, and the occupation by the rebels
of the grand mosque at Jeddah published
in the United States, is officially declared
to be ridiculous invention.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
Are Burned to Death in Fire Which
Destroys Their Dwelling House
at GWin Station, Three Miles
From Altoona, Pa.
HUSBAND ALONE
SAVED HIS LIFE
He Went Down Stairs to Investi-
gate and Draft Caused by
Opening a Door Accumulated
the Fire and With a Roar
Flames Swept Through House

Altoona, Pa, Dec. Shortly after 2
o'clock this morning five persons, a
mother and her four children, were
burned to death at Gwin Station on the
Wopsononock Railroad, three miles
north of this city. The husband escaped
with severe injuries.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02

Berlin, Dec 1.-The marine correspond
ent of the Algemeine Zeitung proposes to
prevent the Amercanization of German
lines of steamships by 10-year contract
between the companies controlling the
steamers in question and Count Won Bue-
low, the imperial chancellor which will
give the latter complete disposal of all
these ships in times of war.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02

The outlook of the league was never
brighter, and to all appearances the pres
ent season is bound to be the best in the
history of basketball in this section, both
financially and in clean sport.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02
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Worcester Theatre, 2.3O and s p. M,
Home, Sweet Home"
Lothrop's Opera House, p, m, The
Fast Mail"
Park Theatre, 2.SO and p. M, Vau
leville.
Father Mathew Hall, p. m, Basket
ball.
Mechanics Hall. p, M, Reception to
Bishop Conaty.
Republican Headquarters, p. M,
Ward four rally.
At the Wrcester Theatre today and
tomorrow, with matinees both days,
will be presented the cOmedy-drama,
Home, Sweet Home" from the pen of
Edgar Smith, whose many successes in
light comedy Is guarantee that his lat
est effort, if not the best, is of the same
order Of excellence that characteriZes
his other plays Home, Sweet Home
is a play that in no sense is to be COM
pared with the cheap melOdramas that
are touring the country today. 1t is
clean wholesome drama, Astounding in
scenes of pathos and comedy and at
no time reaching that point that might
be termed sensational From the rise
to the final fall of the curtain, the in
terest of the audience never flags, and
with the strong line of comedy which
runs throughout the action, thereby off
setting the heavier portions of the
piece. the onlooker is kept continually
between laughter and tears. The cast
is especially strong. Special attention
has been paid to the scenic detail,
while the mechanical efforts while nov
ell, are of the highest order. This play
achieved instantaneous success on its
opening performance, and ever since
has been playing to packed houses
nightly
The attraction at the Worcester The
atre for Wednesday afternoon and
night will be the celebrated rural COM
edy, alvin Joslin." Alvin Joslin, an
old Vermont farmer, receives a letter
informing him that his half brother has
died in England leaving him his entire
fortune, provided he never marries, and
in case he is married the money goes to
Alvins nephew. a young New York
broker, provided he is not married. I'm
fortunately for Alvin he is married, but
in order to retain the fortune, he gives
his shrewish better half the slip and
goes to New York to visit his nephew
to whom he represents that he is a sin
gle man,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02

Constantinople, Dec 1.--Oficial reports
that Andran, a leader of Armenian ban
dts, has again occupied an Armenian
monastery in the neighborhood of Mush,
where he and his forces are surrounded
for a second time by Turkish troops.
Fresh Turkish outrages on Armenians
are reported from Mush Sassun and Bitlis
districts.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-02

Port Townsend, Wash, Dec. 1.-The ex-
portation of cotton to the Orient by way
of Puget Sound during the past few
years has made a wonderful increase.
November has been a record breaker in
that line. According to customs house
records here, shipments amounted to
1900 bales of cotton, valued at $500 000.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-29
W0UlO.BE ROBBERS
Frightened Away Alter Having Badly Beaten a
Hayerhiii Man.

tlaVerhill. Mass Oct. eS.-A darinp
attempt AT robbery was made al m
early hour. Sunday. by three men
AT IN" house of John Donovan on
Eighth avenue. when they entered the
mousse by means Of false KEYS and I;,y
IN wait tor the owner. Sandbagci him
ana assaultinS him upon his entrance.
The would-bc robbers obtained an
trance to the house some time before II
o'clock and at l2.25. Mr.. Donovan. who
uots business as "A fruit vendcr. re-
turned home and was immediately set
upon OE the men and severely beaten
he shouted Justify for help and his
cries attracted the attention Of persons
IN the vicinity. who broke into the
house and frightened the intruders
away. Two Of the latter were badly
bitten on the hands by Donovan as
they Were attempting to escape They
mad" their exit from the house bv
jumping through IL window. taking the
Whoie sash with them. The police We're
notified and found that the men board
ed Il freight train which left at o'clock
for Lawrence.
Ihe Lawrence authorities made a
search of the train when it arrived but
learned that the men had been seen to
leave the train near the Lawrence
bridge and all trace Of them has been
lost. The men are well known to the
loiice. however. ard their early cap
tu:" Is considered probable
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-29

for conditions favorable to the cultivation
of the filler tobacco such rs Is now raised
In Cuba. so that If possible All u" hller
tobacco used in this country eventually
may bc raised within tn" boundaries Of
the United States. now paying SS."9.o"j
for wrapper tobacco
in. i'm this country the conditions under
which al The wrapper tobacco W" needed
can be raised here and experts of the de
partm.nt of agriculture Tor tn" first time,
nr,, seeking Soiis adaptaIpc IL the cult
Natiou Of the fine filler pr,stuCt We nav \
parts Of s.nns, N ania. pt !" and TrN,si
! selected for the iuVrEtigat CONS of our TX
pcr,s. and land for similar Purposes will
be- selected in all our new ISLAND posses
sions with 4 view 20 aSccrIaining how an
under what conditions The Hllcr product
can be built up here.