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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Worcester Republicans are saving
wood this year. Maybe they are drift
ing, but that is what they need. They
have had a surfeit of the opposite in
former years. Not for many a day
have ante-convention events been so
favorable to Republican success on
election day as now. 1t Is a certain
ty that if the Republican convention
dominates a reasonable ticket, if it
nominees only honest men for alder
men, If 1t fails to renominate alder
manic candidates who have deliberate
ly recorded votes upon most important
public affairs under conditions that
have astpnished Worcester citizens, the
ticket named by the Republican party
not by dollars-will win by a large
majority. Otherwise it will go into the
scrap heap. No more Doodle alder
Worcester Telegram.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

A poor workingman of Echols, KY,
dug up pot OF gold worth about s1s15.
With it was the will of the man who
had buried the treasure, giving the
money to the finder.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

A British firm has secured the county
council contract for electrical tramway
equipment in London against hundreds
.of American and other foreign tenders.
The newspapers express intense salts
faction over this since heretofore al
most all such contracts have gone
abroad and they feared that Charles T.
Yerkes would succeed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15
WOrCeSter's Mayor

Republicans in Worcester are talk
ing seriously of endorsing the renomi-
nation of Mayor O'Connell. There is
no doubt that Mr.. O'Connell has a
pretty good record in office and has
done well by the taxpayers generally.
He has not achieved such a brilliant
success in financial matters as Mayor
Hart has won in Boston, but at least
he has been honest, faithful and fair.
In almost all such cases in this state
1t is generally found that the Republi-
cans are far more willing to endorse
a Democrat than the Democrats are
to endorse a Republican. The Worces-
ter Spy talks favorably of the idea of
a Republican endorsement for Mayor
O'Connell. The Boston Post, Globe or
Herald would shy in fright at the idea
of Democratic endorsement of Mayor
Hart, simply because he had given this
city an honest and successful admin
istration. Yet Boston is considered a
doubtful city in municipal elections,
while Worcester is generally regarded
as safely epublican.-Boston Adver-
tiser.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Chicago firms are said to be buying
up all the eggs they can find, and plac-
ing them in cold storage. They think
that by January 10 they can dictate as
to prices.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Tonight would be a good
time to speak to papa"
Lindsay-"Why do you think SOP"
Carrie-"He wore a new pair of
shoes all day and his feet are so ten
der he wouldn't dare do anything to
hurt them. chelsea Gazette.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

The New York State Mckinley Asso-
citation has already collected over
twenty-one thousand dollars.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Four thousand tons of American coal
have Just been landed at Rouen con-
signed to Paris dealers
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

1t is proposed by the government to
purchase forty small gunboats for use
in the Philippines. They will be en-
ployed in policing the islands and for
the carrying of mail, the transporta-
ton of officials and the patroling of
some of the inland waters.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

! HABITUAL CONSTIPATION CURED
and the bowels strengthened by the regu-
lar use Of Carriers Little Liver Pills in
small doses Don't forget this.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

st hope you will never hazard your
money on horse-racing," said the ia
Their to his son, who was about to go
to college.
mo, father" replied the son humbly,
put how about church bazars ?"-Ohio
State Journal
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15
EDITORIAL COMMENT


The political farmers who are erect
ing in their patronage fields terrifying
scarecrows of a war on the Admins
tration and party split if President
Roosevelt dares to oppose any of their
Spoils plans or to curtail any of their
patronage perquisites have not learned
as much about the gentleman now oc-
oupying the White House as they
might have learned if they had used
their eyes in recent years. Theodore
Roosevelt is not a man who is easily
frightened by threats. The man who
| undertakes to scare him off a project
or determination has ahead of him a
surprise which will knock all sorts of
stars into his head when he bumps it.
New York Press.
1t being assured from the mere fact
of fusion victory in New York that the
present police organization will be rad
ically changed by the new mayor, the
question now uppermOst in the metro
politan mind bears upon the identity
| of the new commissioner and his imme-
date aids. There is abundant aVaila-
! BILE material in the field for selection
for the chief office. Among the names
mentioned is that of Gen. Wesley Mer-
rift U. S. A., retired. At least half a
dozen others of unmistakable qualifi-
cations are suggested. Mayor Low will
perhaps be embarrassed by the rich
ness of his opportunity to give New
I York chief of Police upon whom the
people can confidently rely to cleanse
the department and to stop the
graft. "-Washington Star.
Alabama is now in line with the
Carolinas, Mississippi and Louisiana,
the States have made Constitutional
changes that restrict or prohibit negro
voters in the exercise of the franchise.
Virginia will soon follow. What the
supreme Court might say of some of
these changes is an open question. AL
though in almost every instance the
trainers feel certain that they have
obeyed the letter of the Constitution
of the United States they often frankly
admit that they have striven to evade
the spirit of that famous instrument
Providence Journal.
President Roosevelt has caused to
be known that neither personal con-
slderations nor political influence
VIII count in army promotions. This
was his answer to a Senator who
sought to have two excellent Majors
promoted at one jump to the vacant
Brigadier Generalships. 1t is a grand
good thing for the country that the
present Chief Executive has had ex-
perience in both army and navy, and
knows great deal about the prac-
teal work and needs of both-Boston
Journal.
Mr.. Maclay says he will revise his
history if the court of inquiry exon
/ crates Admiral Schley. The world. in
Its search for the facts of its existence
wants no hedging historian. Mr.. Mac
| lay has forever destroyed any value he
might have as an historical author
and there certainly ought to be a pub
lie protest against any more dock
made histories as textbooks in our
great national schools.-Baltimore
| American
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

ANY ONE CAN TAKE Carriers Little
Liver Pills, they are so very small No
trouble 10 swallow. No pain or gripping
after taking.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

A bear has just been killed in the
Adirondack Mountains which weighed
SIS pounds and measured seven feet
and three inches in length and five
feet, four inches in girth. It is said
to be the largest bear killed in the
Adirondacks in many years. The ami
NAL was shot by a well-known guide.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15
WHIMSICALITIES

WHIMSICALITIES
Miss Manhattan, encouraging her
| friend)-"Never say die!"
Miss Hub-"Oh. 1 never do; always
say expire. New York Times.
His mamma-'Tm mortified to learn
that you stand at the foot of your
class. I can hardly believe it posi-
ble"
Bobby-''Why, it's de easiest thing
in de world. Detroit Free Press.
Carrie-"Tonigh would be a good
time to speak to papa"
Lindsay-"Why do you think SOP"
Carrie-"He wore a new pair of
shoes all day and his feet are so ten
der he wouldn't dare do anything to
hurt them."-Chelsea Gazette.
'Who is the man who Keeps saying
it is always the unexpected that hap
! pens?"
I'm not sure. Probably an attache
of the weather bureau. Washington
Star.
81 hope you will never hazard your
money on horse-racing," said the ia
Their to his son, who was about to go
to college.
mo, father" replied the son humbly.
but how about church bazars ?''-Ohio
State Journal.
What do you think is the reasSl
that Shakespeare's plays so frequently
/ fail to draw?"
Il don't know" answered the man
! with the plaid vest and the big dia-
mond. unless it's because he insists
on employing a lot of college profess
sors as press agents. "-Washingto
Star.
Seeing that the mule had kicked one
of the farm hands into the air. the old
man shouted to the rest of them:
Don't be standin' dar lookin' up in
de elements! Go home and fix fer de
funeral!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Actors are funny people," observed
Mr.. Sourdropp. They repeat the lines
of the play to show the audience what
a smart man the author was, and then
they come out and make curtain
speeches to show the difference. BAL
timore American.
''They had some very expensive
presents at the De Bosh wedding"
Did they? What did her father
give them?"
Three barrels of potatoes and two
pumpkins. cleveland Plain Dealer
why are your people so dissatisfied
with your new Minister"
Because he is so satisfied with him
self. "-Philadelphia Record.
Il see that our soldiers had a great
night with the insurgents in Samar
killing a lot of them and capturing
large stores"
Dear me, I wonder if they were de-
partment stores?"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Ida-I wonder why that thin girl
told the photographer to take unusual
pains in finishing her picture?
May-Oh, 1 guess she thought she'd
News.
Pooh! My papa wears evenin'
clothes every time he goes to parties"
mat amt anythin' Our minister
wears his night clothes every time he
breaches. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
fully.
He started for the dentists office.
When he came to the stairway lead
ing up to the office he didn't hesitate
an instant.
His tooth was aching worse than
ever, and he went up stairs and had
1t extracted
Ihis, 1t is believed. never happened
before, in just this way.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

What do you think is the reasRl
that shakespeare's plays so frequently
fail to draw"
I don't know" answered the man
with the plaid vest and the big dia-
mond, unless it's because he insists
on employing a lot of college profess
sors as press agents. Washington
Star
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Miss Manhattan, encouraging her
friend)-"Never say die!'
Miss Hub-wOh, never do; always
say expire. New York Times.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

"Who is the man who Keeps saying
it is always the unexpected that hap
pens?"
I'm not sure. Probably an attache
of the weather bureau. Washington
Star.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Adolph Won Gross, the Bayreuth
banker, has for years borne the re-
sponsibility of the general and finan-
cial management of the Wagner festi-
Nlis. He is a son-in-law of Frederick
Uenstel, the great friend of the COM
poser.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Seeing that the mule had kicked one
of the farm hands into the air. the old
man shouted to the rest of them:
Don't be standin' dar lookin' UP in
de elements! Go home and fix fer de
funeral!"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

His mamma-"Im mortified to learn
that you stand at the foot of your
class. I can hardly believe it posi-
BILE"
Bobby-"Why, it's de easiest thing
in de world. Detroit Free Press.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15
FIRED L. HILDRETH.

GA TOREA,
Bears the hTh8 Kind You Have Always Buuga
' If &.HRzlzx
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Actors are funny people," observed
Mr.. Sourdropp. They repeat the lines
of the play to show the audience what
a smart man the author was, and then
they come out and make curtain
speeches to show the difference. BAL
timore American.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15
IN ST., WORCESTER. MASS

IEntered at the Worcester Post once as
Eecond-class Mall Matter.1
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

The Rev. DIR. P. S. Henson, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Chicago
for twenty years. announced to LIS
congregation Sunday morning his rHs-
ignation. to accept the pastorage of the
Hanson Place Baptist Church in
Brooklyn.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Gen. A. w. Greedy, chief signal Off
Ger of the United States army has
just returned from the Philippines, by
the way of Europe. Gen. Greedy
stopped in London long enough to
persuade the officers Of the telegraph
and cable companies to reduce the ca
bile rates on government messages to
and from Manila by fully one-third.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

''They had some very expensive
presents at the De Bosh wedding"
Did they? What did her father
give them?"
Three barrels of potatoes and two
pumpkins. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

why are your people so dissatisfied
with your new minister?'
Because he is so satisfied with him
self. philadelphia Record
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

DIR. julius Caesar Hautzsche, whose
death in his seventy-eighth year is re-
ported from Dresden, was formerly
physician to the Russian embassy in
Persia. He there made himself so
great an expert in the Oriental tongues
that he was subsequently invited every
year to Berlin to take part in the ex-
animation at the Oriental Seminary.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Il see that our soldiers had a great
fight with the insurgents in Samar
killing a lot of them and capturing
large stores"
Dear me, I wonder if they were de-
Dealer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-15

Lord Rosebery possesses the cost
liest collection of snuffboxes in the
world. Many of them are of solid gold
and some are set with brilliants. AL
though the collection only comprises
ue is $175,000.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-01
T4MHANy AND THE BRIDGE.

Tamnany is posting the town with all sorts
of lnenda cious signs concerning various phases
of the campaign. IT is impossible 30 keep up
with its hillsticlzers and deny all their false
statements One particularly glaring piece Of
impudence however. calls for mention. 4 large
poster numerously displayed quotes William
Barclay Parsons as declaring that the Brook
Iyn Bridge is safe, and calls upon voters to re-
buke the anti Tammany people who are said TO
have slandered the bridge management for
partisan purposes
What are the facts: Mr. Parsons did say the
bridge WAS safe. The critics o: Tammany have
not said the bridge not safe. but that it was
mismanaged. That is absolutely true. Mr.
Parsons does not deny it. His statement does
not contradict the criticism of Tammany in
competence and inefciency. ON the contrary.
It rather strengthens it, when the circumstances
are taken into account. Mr.. Parsons did not. as
the Tammany poster might lead the voter to
s,I,Dlpnse cNamin.. the bridge and give CommiS-
sicner Shea n clean bill OF health. All he did
was TO look over the report Of the two experts
appointed by the District Attorney and say
whether il showed the structure to be safe for
traffic or not In other words. he made digest
Of she technical report far this point
of immediate Importance 10 the District Attor-
nev was concerned. lie did not however. in
the least discredit the findings Of the experts
as 10 the bridge management. These experts.
Messrs Duryea and Mayer, did, as Mr.. Parsons
reported say that the bridge safe. but they
also said: I'VE find some deterioration of
..the bridge has been allowed because of i'm
s.proper supervision and inspection They
found the rods which broke last summer were
INTENDED for use with fabricated trunnions, but
1.-The tr-unnions show no evidence Of fabrication.
The one removed and taken apart for exani-
nation was fixed tightly in the plates by rust
land paint They said: The breaking OF the
seven other suspenders is directly due to the
two rods broken first having been allowed 10
continue IN the structure. This WAS due TO
inefficient supervision and inspection"
They likewise found that bars and rods and
ropes had been allowed 10 rub and wear improp-
erly: that dust had been left TO accumulate IN
places which IL is essential TO keep clean, and
that the great saddles at the top Of tie towers.
meant TO be movable. Were fixed in rust. paint
ard dirt They declared that the bridge was
overloaded far beyond what IL was designed
for. Yet in spite Of this n,ismanagenient the
structure after ifs recent repairs was safe for
traffic. Now Tammany dares TO point 10 the
statement OF Mr.. Parsons that this report meant
that The bridge was safe e vindication Of its
bridge administration! Rebuke the unfaithful
New-York tribune., 1901-11-01
THE TWO !SHEPiRDS.

Tn the METROPOLITAN Museum of Art there is
heroic piece of statuary which represents two
naked athletes in agon!zing strife Their eyes
ar. starting from their sockets. their muscles
ara strained to the utmost limit. one can al
-,ost hear the rushing of the breath in and out
OF those huge and laboring bosoms. 1t is fight
70 the death; there IS shadow of doubt about
that The sculpture is entitled, Il feel two
natures striving within me- and the faces of
,bosa hinge gladiators might be the faces of DR..
Jelyll and Mr.. Hyde.
If Mr. Edward NJ. Shepard of 1897 is still
alive and inhabits the same earthly dwelling
with the Edward Nj. Shepard of 1901. is 1t
conceivable that he should sometimes interro-
gate his fellow lodger? Imagine the Edward Nj
Shepard of 1901 the candidate for Mayor of
Richard Croker and his accomplices, trial
before jury of his fellow citizens, charged with
the betrayal of the trust reposed in him by the
friends Of honest government, and imagine that
Edward NJ. Shepard cross-examined by the Ed
ward NJ Shepard of 1897. the lawyer and the
uncompromising foe of Tammany Hall and all
its unclean spirits. Might not the record of the
court read something like this:
Shepard the lawyer-Mr Shepard you opposed
Fammany Hall in the campaign of 1897?
Shepard the poitician-Yes.
Shepard the Iawyer-You called that organiza-
t.on 1.-The most burning and disgracefu blot
upon the municipal history or this country, did
you not?
Shepard the politician-Er-wen. you see
Shepard the lawyer-Yes no, If you please
Shepard the politcian-Well. yes.
Shepard the lawyer-And you are the
candidate of that same organization. Do you
think its character has changed for the better
since you fercely denounced it?
Shepard the politcian-I decline to answer.
Shepard the lawyer-On the ground that It
might tend to incriminate and degrade you?
Shepard the politician-Perhaps: 1 decline
anyhow.
Shepard the lawyer-You remember, / sup
pose that Mayor Van Wyck. now your fellow
candidate declined to answer questions as to
his holdings of Ice Trust stock on the same
ground?
Shepard the politician-Yes.
Shepard the lawyer-Have you forgotten the
Ramapo scandal?
Shepard the politician-No
Shepard the lawyer-Or the salary grabs or
New-York tribune., 1901-11-01
officials who thus mendaciously seek to cover
their faults and misrepresent their critics
THE CONTRAST.

Mr. Hewitt has pronounced sentence on MT.
Shepard's course in this campaign in manner
with which Mr.. Shepard is perhaps naturaiis
anxious to find fault But Mr.. Shepard Wouii
have been wiser if, after confessediy nasty
reading of Mr.. Hewitt's letter published yester-
day morning. he had not called it long ana
labored"; and if, on further consideration, he
does not acknowledge. at least to hlmseI' lhe
remarkable vigor, logic and completeness OF the
arraignment his failure TO do so will be an
other proof that his own mental powers have
temporarily. we hope, deteriorated-
1t is not necessary to rehearse in detail the
manifold points of contrast between the canol-
dacy of Mr. Hewitt for Mayor In 1886 ana the
candidacy of Mr.. Shepard In 1901. But untii
the polls close 1t may not be wholly superfluous
70 hold up to public attention one monuments
difference in their cases. Fifteen years ago Mr.
Hewitt insisted. as condition precedent 10 HIS
acceptance of the Democratic nomination. that
the entire county ticket should be satisfactory
TO him, and in order TO guarantee honesty snd
efficiency In the Mayors office, In case OF MS
OWN disability. chose the late Henry r. Beck
man for president of the Board of Aldermen.
How does Mr. Hewitt's OF his own honor
and tbe nublic welfare strike Mr.. Shepard at
tho nrasent time as he thinks of his fellow
nominees Did he take the slightest pains to
secure respectable associates in the government
of New-York in case of Il Tammany victory
He has not intImated that he made any Such
effort. and If he did it was obviously mlSer-
able failure Or Is he satisfied with tromlhe'
Tnger and the rest of them? He has NOT shld
that he is satisfied. The supposition is that lie
has not been willing to say so But neither mas
he dared TO say anything to the contrary
II is no wonder under the circumstances. 'hat
Mr.. Shepard dwells eagerly on the Mayor
poyver under the revised charter and the virtues
of the head of the Tammany ticket de Is
forced 10 ignore in public, and as far as possiple
forget in private, the facts which make MS
candidacy unpardonable-
New-York tribune., 1901-11-01

to do its part under the law. If that be true
the State should rid itself Of the reproach at the
earliest possible opportunity.
This Is one of the first such accidents fe
corded-perhars the very first. 1t suggests
without any Judgment concerning the care or
lack of care exercised in this case-the pecul1ar
need OF watchfulness by automobile motormeh
at railroad crossings. In large proportion OF
cases the approach of railroad train Is nrst
TO be detected by hearing. Now. the sound
made by n train is so entirely different from
that made by a horses hoofs that horsehah
can readily distinguish it above the latter
There is however a marked similarity between
the noise Of a train and that of many autono-
biles and it is easily conceivable that the
mctorman Of one of the latter. hearing the
noise of an approaching train. might contouhd
II with the noise of his own vehicle. In view
of that fact and in view also Of the facility
with which an automobile may be stopped and
started again. and the safety with which 1t may
thus be halted close to the railroad 1t "ouiu
seem TO he the part of wisdom for motormen TO
come TO q dead halt for a moment peiore
vanturing upon n dangerous crossing, IN oroer
that the noise OF the automobile itself may
cease and give opportunity to hear coming
train That will be an inconvenience. OF course
and one which reople ought not to be compelled
10 suffer But we must all put up with some
Ills until the dangerous and foolish system Oh
grade crossings is abolished and those Ills anu
inconyeniences should serve TO stlmuiate ae'!oh
for such abolition.