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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
The RACE WAR

The news of the race riot near Ball
town, La, was of the worst sort, mark
ing as it did another of the frightful
tragedies for which the United States
has gained such a reputation. To
Americans the particulars are revolt
ing. How they must seem to foreign
ers, unfamiliar with conditions in this
country can merely be surmised. 1t is
not strange, in the light of such events,
that the idea has never been complete
ly eradicated abroad that a portion of
this country is in a state bordering on
barbarism.
Whether white men or negroes were
to blame for the beginning of the
trouble is not perfectly clear, because
the reports of the affair differ. 1t seems
in the first place that the colored peo-
pie were in a state of alarm because of
the burning at the stake recently of a
negro. and that the white people were
still indignant over the crime that had
instigated the lynching. A restaurant
illegally conducted at a camp meeting
1t is said, on the one hand, that the sole
purpose of the constables was to arrest
the proprietor. On the other hand, it
is stated, that the Illegal restaurant
was used as a pretext to break up the
camp meeting. in addressing which a
negro preacher had strongly denounced
the lynching. The reports also vary as
to which side fired the first shot when
the restaurant proprietor refused to
surrender or to show his license. At
any rate, heavy fusilade occurred, the
building was set on fire, and the church
itself in which colored people We're as
sembled became a target for bullets.
When the battle was over a white man
and dozen or more negroes had been
killed, among them three women and a
child. Two of the women and the child
were burned to death in the restaurant
Who was morally responsible for
this unseemly slaughter may never be
known. Perhaps it is just as well so.
The ugly fact that must be confront
ed is that lynchings by hanging and
burning. together with fights Of magni-
tude between white men and black men
are occurring, and may be expected TO
occur again and again.
Missouri, Texas and Louisiana have
one after the other been the scene OF
these riots 1t is impossible not to won
der whether even worse catastrophes
of this sort than those that have re-
Gently occurred are not to disturb the
country
From time to time in the midst of
such discouraging and humiliating
events come hopeful assurances that
conditions are so adjusting them
selves under the influence of education,
industrial and intellectual, that the day
is slowly but surely approaching when
the law will be, in a reasonable degree
maintained. In such assurances rest
the nations chief consolation.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
HE NEW YORK CAMPAIGN

Mark Twain is taking an active part
in the -Tammany campaign. He
made speech, Tuesday, introducing
Seth Low to an audience of 5000 per-
sons He likened Tammany to a ba-
mana that is all rotten save a little
at one end, which is white and good.
The little clean tip is Shepard. Mr..
Shepard, he said, had an idea that he
could purify the rest of the banana.
But the result would be the destruc-
ton of the wholesome part.
Generally speaking, the New York
campaign fight is being conducted
without gloves. The leaders know that
they must reach the people and that
homeliest SMILES and metaphors are
not to be despised. Mr.. Low, now as
formerly, speaks boldly of what he will
do. Devery shall go, Mr.. Low affirms
over and over if he wins the contest.
There is no attempt at insinuating
charges delicately. They are declared
outright. The time has come when
there must not be any possibility of
confused meanings.
Mr.. Shepard, too and all Tammany,
are working untiringly. They have
lost some ground, nevertheless, be-
cause Mr.. Shepard's personality, which
for a time was made to stand forth so
prominently, has more and more fallen
into shadow behind the real issues of
the fight.
The betting has been closely noted
throughout the campaign. 1t has been
almost a regular feature of Wall Street
trading Sometimes Tammany hackers
put up money at the rate of 10 to 9, and
even 10 to s, but again they demand
even money. 1t is intimated that these
bets are not regulated entirely by the
outlook, but that Tammany gives odds,
hoping thus, by having the news of
| the terms noised about, to gain
| strength with a certain class.
So nearly as can be gathered from
the metropolitan press, grave anxiety
is felt by the leaders, both of Tam
many Hall and of the Fusionist move
ment.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
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The stylish outdoor wear.

ing a small hall, if they could find
desirable lot, and could run bazaar or
something to pay for it. If am not
mistaken at the last convention of the
Catholic societies in Fitchburg, it was
the general opinion of some of the Off
GERS that societies should be organized
for young men and boys. II han
could be built som thing like the one
recently erected by the young men of
South Worcester it could be used by
both men and boys.
The only club in this section is the
Normal Club and I think its members
would work as hard as any toward
this end if it were called to their atten-
tion. One gentleman has asked me to
start an offering toward this purpose by
saying tat he will give SIS toward 1t,
but think the only proper way would
be to see the pastor of st. Anne's
Church and have a meeting called "
the young men Of East Worcester and
get the general opinion.
WILLIAM T. FINNERAN
106 East Central Street.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
EARNEST THOMPSON SETON NOW

EARNEST THOMPSON SETON NOW
Let everybody be careful not to say
Mr.. Ernest Seton-Thompson. The
writer about wild animals is to be
known henceforth as Mr.. Ernest
Thompson Seton. In writing the name,
discard the dash. Mr.. Seton has no
use for it now that he has sandwiched
the unfortunate Thompson part of his
name between noble sounding Ernest,
and the Imposing Seton.
The change of name was made reg
ularly, in accordance with the laws of
the state of New York. 1t was the
result of an appeal to- the Special Term
of the Supreme Court In his appli-
cation, the author explained that the
surname Thompson did not belong to
his family. 1t was merely a pseudonym
assumed by some of his ancestors who
had taken part in the Jacobite rebel
lion of 1745 in Scotland, in order to con-
ceal their identity.
And finally" he says, your petit
toner finds ground for this petition in
the fact that the name Thompson is a
common one and that there are num-
Der of persons bearing that name with
whom your petitioner is sometimes con-
fused and from which many annoying
complications arise, and a change of
his name as desired will, in the opin-
ion of your petitioner, inure to his ben
eft, and your petitioner knows of no
reasonable objection why he should not
be allowed to assume the name herein
proposed, and he verify believes he will
be saved much trouble and inconve-
nience if the prayer of this petition is
granted"
The prayer was granted, and that is
why Mr. Ernest Seton Thompson is
now Mr.. Ernest Thompson Seton.
Along with the announcement of the
change of name comes the information
that Mr.. Seton is developing so acres
of wild land near Greenwich, Conn. He
has already expended $4,000, it is said,
in making improvements. A park has
been laid out something after the fash
ion of an English park. In the midst
of this domain Mr. Seton intends to
build a home.
1t is, perhaps, somewhat unusual for
a person who has made his name so
well known as that of eton-Thompson,
to seek to change it. But surely, if
Mr.. Seton wished to do so, no one has
reason to object, not even the Thomp-
sons
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
COMMUNICATIONS
q the Editor Of The Snv:

To the Editor Of The Spy:
would like to take up a little OF
your space in The Spy in regard to an
article in an evening paper few even
ings ago, which stated that the young
men Of st. Anne's Parish thought OF
building a clubroom in East Worces-
ter / have had such an idea for
long time, but it was recalled to my
mind when at meeting OF the Asso-
ciated Charities held Oct. 81, Mr..
Streeter of the Boys Club said he
would like to have boys club in all
sections of the city. II such a building
as suggested by tine young men of st.
Anne's could be erected in East Wor-
cester, it could be arranged so that one
part might be used by the boys and the
other part by young men and 1 think
a gymnasium could be added.
At a meeting Of st. Anne's confer
ence Of St. Vincent de Paul's Society,
Oct. q, 1 spoke to few Of the MEM
bers and they thought the young men
OF st. Anne's Parish capable OF build
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

Mrs. Helen C. Neagle of Bath, Me-,
who has just celebrated her hundred
and fifth birthday, refutes the idea
that advanced years necessarily mean
great deerepitude and failing health.
She was able to support herself after
husband and children had died. 1t was
not until a few years ago that she
called on the city for support, deciding
to it, in return, her home. She is able
still to do her homework unassisted.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
o Lord our God, arise,
Scatter our enemies
And make them fall.
Confound their politics;
Frustrate their knavish tricks.
On thee our hopes we TX;
God save us all!

Anything pagan and anti Christian that this would
find Note that the Lord God national uteary
deity whose Office protect England and her enemies
the earth They be COMPOUNDED and made
whole world
EACH NATION CLAIMS TO BE FAvoRITE GOD,
THE CHOSEN PECULIAR PEOPLE. PLAIN THEY
AL RIGHT. 1T is PROBABLE ALL ARE WRONG
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

such terms of bitter denunciation, such
scorching epithets, as those hurled by
Mr.. Hoar in his scathing speeches in
the Senate. But Senator Hoar eulo-
gized Mr.. Mckinley when favoring his
reelection as President. The great
American people mourns President Nc
Kinley, while fully recognizing the mis-
chief of the policy of conquest which
he inaugurated and regretting the cruel
burden it lays upon industry.
The only eulogy which is worth any
thing, which, in fact, Is not a mockery
and sham, is eulogy which recog-
nizes the faults and the limitations of
its subject, as well as the character
istics which we honor and praise We
forbids him to undertake this task
Boston Post.
The Bay State will not quarrel with
Senator Hoar for his decision, Wor-
cester will regret it, because it de-
prives Senator Hoar's home city of a
great anticipated pleasure and a priv
ilege. But his fellow citizens the great
majority of whom supported the Pres
idents position and now believe more
positively than ever that it was a right
one, will honor the frankness of the
senator's reply and will appreciate the
genuineness of his motives.-Boston
Journal.
Senator Hoar declining to be the pub
lie official eulogist of President McKin-
ley in the senator's city of Worcester
will be understood and appreciated.
He admires the dead President per-
sonally, and holds in high esteem his
many excellent and amiable qualities
of character, but Mr.. Hoar feels that
Mckinley should have a eulogist more
strictly in sympathy with his views on
the Philippine policy of the govern
ment than are his own. He thinks Nc
Kinley is entitled to unreserved eulogy.
and, realizing that he could not af-
ford this, he gives way to others who
can conscientiously praise all the pub
lie policy of the President This is
said in a manner that reflects honor
upon Mr.. Hoar for sincerity. We learn
from it that his opinions as regards the
course taken by the nation in the case
have not been changed, but are held at
present with all their pristine tenacitv
He would not stand in the way. how
ever of an orator who can praise tha
eX-President unreservedly for his
course in this connection.-Boston Her
aid.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

It was a peculiar mistake that
brought to the Rev. DIR. Lyman Alb
bolt, editor Of the Outlook, a letter or
dering him out to practice for the Har-
ward baseball team. That Rev. DR.. Alb
bolt appreciated the humor of the
thing was shown by his graceful little
note in which he said he preferred to
be I'm football"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

Arizona will make another determln-
ed effort to secure statehood at the
coming session Of Congress. William
C. Greene has been appointed to urge
the claims of the territory in Washing
ton By the last census Arizona had
a population of 122.931.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

The Democratic campaign in Rhode
Island is indeed dull. At rally in
Pawtucket but eighteen persons greet
ed DR.. Garvin, the candidate for gov
ernor, when the meeting opened. The
audience was finally swelled to about
sixtV-fiYe
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

Miss Lillian A. Norton, it is said, re-
ceives the highest salary paid to a wo-
man in the service of the government.
She is chief of one of the most i'm
portant divisions Of the postoffice de-
partment in Washington. The pay is
S2250 a year.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

A new remedy for billiousness is now
on sale at all drug stores. If is
called Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. It gives quick RELIEF
and will prevent the attack if given
as soon as the first indication Of tha
disease appears. Price % cents Der
box. Samples free.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

Edmond Rostand has answered the
critics who pulled to pieces the poem
he addressed to the Gear and Czarina
when they recently visited France. He
says the French people have lost the
sense of badinage and that now "all is
heavy formal and dark"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

The report presented by Edmund
NJ Barton, librarian Of the American
Antiquarian Society, at the annual
meeting of the organization yesterday,
contains the gratifying information
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

that the library is becoming more and
more appreciated. There has been a
marked increase in the number of per-
sons availing themselves of its privi-
1aoac
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

Miss Helen Gould will be president
of the Board of Lady Managers of the
ST. Louis Exposition. The management
of the fair is to be congratulated on
having secured her services.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
THE NEXT STEP
I'm COOPERATION
By SAMUEL M. JONES.
Mayor Of Toledo

BE trusts are making the application
of the cooperative principle in the
field of production. They are abol-
ishing the warlike methods of COM
petition and eliminating its dread
full and costly waste Any combi-
nation of men and materials that
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

The largest warship in the world is
the King Alfred, which has just been
launched. This great fighting craft
will cost England 5000. 900.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

Richard Croker has purchased Moat
House, Vantage, Berks, England. How
fortunate he is to have a snug far-oH
retreat, in case affairs set in too strong
ly against him in New York,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
SENATOR HOAR AND
THE M'KINLEY EUL0GY

There is no man in the United States
from whom patriotic citizens would
have reason to expect more eloquent,
more adequate, or more truthfully APP
preciative eulogy of the late President
Mckinley than from Senator Hoar, II
he would consent to perform the func-
ton. The reasons which he has given,
in his letter to the mayor of Worcester,
his home city, declining to accept the
invitation rendered him by the munich
pal government, are cogent reasons,
from his own point of view. His letter
breathes his well-known spirit of the
most charitable and Christian like con-
struction of the motives of those who
differ from him in opinion, together
with that infiexible adherence to the
right, as God gives him to see the
right, which he has shown on all occa-
sions throughout his great career.
But it may be worth while, even now,
to remind the public that it makes a
mistake when it demands, or seems to,
that even the most exalted parsonage
shall receive, after death, eulogy which
excludes all judicial estimates. The
best thing for any great mans fame,
after death, is such a setting forth of
his real self as that the living who
know the truth about the dead shall
be able to bear witness that his por-
trait has been painted by his eulogist
in colors not exaggerated and in pro-
portions not distorted.
The most ardent admirer of Presi-
dent Mckinley, even if he believes
that the man never made q mistake
in judgment, and never was swerved
by any human weakness, could not
possibly desire anything more con-
ducive to his high and lasting fame,
than that Senator Hoar should say of
him, what the senator believes to be
the truth, the whole truth, and moth
ing but the truth.-Boston Advertiser
Senator Hoar's scruples, which COM
pei him to decline to deliver a eulogy
on the late President Mckinley at the
request of the city government of Wor-
cester, do credit to the delicacy of his
conscience. He says that the eulogst
would be expected to narrate the prin-
cipal events of the late Presidents
public life, to set forth his service to
the country and to give his estimate
of that service. This, Mr.. Hoar says,
he could not do without stating frank
ly his disapproval of Mr.. McKinley's
Philippine policy; "and." he concludes.
Il should not, if I were to do that.
I am afraid, seem to the men who
agreed with him to do justice to him or
to them"
w me tlAiS dSlSAiliAldllOu Is honorable
to the senator, it implies derogation
of the worth OF eulogies of our pub
lie men which must detract sadly from
their value. Is a eulogy necessarily
made UP of Understanding flattery?
Must the great acts of our great men.
when these acts are also great mis-
takes, be ignored in the estimate of
character which we call a eulogy?
1t does not follow, by any means
that we condemn a public man because
we disagree with him at many points.
No one of the opponents of the late
President Mckinley ever applied to him
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

There is a suspicion that the Chinese
court is not on its way to Pekin as
represented. and that it may be plant
ing itself in one of the ancient capitals
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
FOR FOUR YEARS

I have not taken my shoulder from the
wheel but have kept right on improving
my business, and consequently Increasing
the volume of my custom. have an
army of thirty customers who would NOT
think Of going elsewhere for anything in
the Wall Paper line. If you are interested
let me hear from you.
GEORGE Il. HARRINGTON. ii Anstin q 9.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
Stops the Cough
and works off the Cold.

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure
a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay.
Price Is cents.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

So far as human agency could effect
1t, CEolgosz's elimination was complete.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
EDITORIAL COMM TENT

Ocean freights are lower than for
years past, having fallen from 70 TO Az
per cent. The heavy shipbuilding
abroad has been accompanied by the
release of vessels used by England,
Germany and the United States in
military operations, and this has ADDED
to competition. Where rates would
go if the Boer war closed, it is hard
to say. When the Layland Steamship
Company directors advised a sale OF
their line and boats to American pur-
chasers on the ground that dull sea-
son was before ship owners they seem
to have known what they were about.
Philadelphia Press.
1t is now certain that the Pan
American Exposition will close with
large deficit, and much of the money
invested in it will be lost. That is TO
say, the exhibition, considered solely
as a business enterprise, did not pay.
But as an advertisement for the Unit
ed States in general and the city of
Buffalo in particular, as well as for
the work it did in bringing together
the various states of North and South
America and making them better ac-
quainted with each other, it was well
worth its cost, and more.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Now the London papers are finding
fault because the Cape government has
placed orders for engines in the Unit
ed States. But the American bidders
offered to do the work at once more
quickly and more cheaply than the
British. and as time and money were
both important factors, they took the
contracts.ZBoston Journal.
1t is interesting to know that Mis-
sissippi is to hold an election" this
year. At this election, however, only
one ticket, the Democratic, is to be
offered to such citizens as wish to
fancy that they are exercising the
franchise when they go to the polls
and vote.-New York Tribune.
The Belgian glassmakers who sug-
gest an. international trust are simply
carrying an idea to its logical con-
clusion. The old adage competition is
the life of trade has received so many
rude shocks that few more or less
will not be noted.-Washington Star.
The South African war has cost Eng
land much more than any other con-
fiict in which she has been engaged
since Napoleon's day, and nobody is
predicting a time at which the end
will be reached.-Hampshire Gazette.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

which has been well fortified against
invasion.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31
When Patriotism y n sy
OCGV11ACS q 9OC 20 EDSIisb Critic

- ATRIOTISM is virtue when it lifts above self
I'D ishness, above absorption in the interests
of our family when it untes u.s. not only with our
friends, but with those who Indifferent US
N0@&E@NA nay, even with personal enemiesn devotion
WfgF4SRyIa to the good of our country
But when it leads hate foreigners, to
noush blind prejudice against other countries
injustice to other nations look upon other peoples enemies
desire deprive them of land wealth freedom applaud
support national policy greed and grabn Short when
interests and npathies fills with stupid PRIDE
hatred and contempt for other nations and
devotion exclusive and incusvehen these things
PATRIOTISM BECOMES A VICE
THIS PATRIOTIC HATRED BASED ON PROFOUND IGNORANCE
is ARTFIcIALLY EXCITED AND ALL KINDS OF
ExPEoIENTs MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE
IN HISTORY" AS 1T Is CALLED, WHICH RECEIVED
CHILDHOOD. OUR SCHOOL HISTORIES WITH THE
DoNGs AND GRIMES OF MoNARcHs AND ARsTocRATs
WHICH THEY BROUGHT ABOUT
ENGAGED.
The national countries inspired hatred and
defiance of neghborng nations Take national anthem
Following fusoe praise of the rng the fox
lowing prayer:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

The South African war has cost Eng
land much more than any other con-
fiict in which she has been engaged
since Napoleon's day, and nobody is
predicting a time at which the end
will be reached.-Hampshire Gazette.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-31

ENTERED at the Worcester Post Office al
second-ciass Mail Matter.l