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The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
Remains of Miss Sarah Allen of
BrookfieId Found Beside Bos-
ton & Albany Tracks at East
BrookfieId Yesterday Morning
NOBODY KNOWS HOW
ACCIDENT OCCURRED
Miss Allen Was Making a Tour of
TenementS Owned by Her to
Collect RentS-WaS Seen Alive
Early in the Evening al the
Long Block

Special to The Spy.
East Brookfield Dec. 15.-Nss Sarah
Allen of Brookfield was struck and in
stantly killed by train on the North
Brookfield branch of the Boston and AL
bany Railroad at 72O o'clock last night.
Miss Allen was about 70 years old, and is
reputed to be worth $4,000
The old lady has resided in the town of
Brookfield nearly all her life, and left
her home near the pond in the rear of
the power station of the Warren, Brook
field and Spencer Street Railway Com
pany, last night about $50 o'clock to go to
East Brookfeld and collect rent. She
rode with a neighbor as far as the home
of Mr. Newton, who lives in one of her
tenements She went in there and col
lected the S6 due her for rent When she
left the Newton home she said she was
going to the Long Block, situated on the
North Brooktield road, which is occupied
by a party of Italians. The block is
owned by Miss Allen.
That was the last seen of the woman
alive Her body was found by the crew
of the milk train that arrived in East
Brooktield from the North this morning
She was found lying beside the rails her
head crushed and one leg broken and
severely bruised about the body. The
tralnmen left word at the StatlOn at East
Brookfield and the team of Undertaken
George Keith brought the remains of the
unfortunate woman to Mr.. Keiths ware
rooms in East Brookfield.
Miss Allen has been resident of Brook
field nearly all her life. She inherited
comparatively large fortune from her
parents This money and property she
has increased and at the time of her
death was said to be worth nearly $4,000.
Not even her brothers know anything of
her affairs and it is said she conducted
all her business herself Her only rela-
tives are two brothers, George H, with
whom she has lived and Arthur Allen,
also of this town.
Medical Examiner Norwood of Spencer
viewed the remains this morning, and
gave as his opinion that death was caused
by an accident. The authorities are not
certain that the woman met her death rs
appearances indicate. 1t is generally
thought that while crossing the tracks 1t
North BroOkfield, after coming from the
Long Block, she was struck by the 1.2O
train out of East Brookfeld. The train
was late, and did not leave East Brook
field until 1872 o'clock.
Some one hinted that there might have
been foul play, but that idea was dis
credited, because all the money that was
found on her person was $l4, the exact
sum she collected from her tenants She
owns much property in the town of East
Brookfield, and it has been her usual
custom to collect the rent for this prop
erty herself
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
DEATH REMOVES A WELL
KNOWN SHOEMAKER

Haverhill, Dec. 15-Death today re-
moved Mark Knipe, a shoe manu-
facturer, of national repute. He also
was one Of the most prominent orni-
biologists and taXidermists, and en-
joyed the distinction of being the only
man in New England who was present
at the coronation of Queen Victoria.
He was born in Buckingham County,
England, 70 years ago, the son of a
woolen merchant, and started in the
woolen manufacturing business at
Rochester, n. H, his goods receiving
the worlds premium in the output of
the woolen industry in 1857. He also
located woolen mills at Brighton and
Oxford, Maine. He was a pioneer of
California. In 1880 he came to Haver-
hill and with his brother established
the shoe firm Of Knipe brothers.
Mr.. Knipe had been an extensive
traveller He was an ardent collector
of birds, his private collection is re-
puted one Of the most valuable in the
United States.
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
"THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
IN LITERATURE'

Rev. DR.. Willard Scott preached last
night at Piedmont Church on ''The
Problem of Evil in Literature: Goethes s
Faust"
He showed that Goethe's ''Faust'was
in part Goethe's self-a man eager to-
know the truth, aspiring to hidden
knowledge, restless because he can
not find what he seeks for, but ulti
mately redeemed by his desire. Goethe
was tired Of the knowledge of his day
because it was no longer living. He
was against the Institutions of his day
as all progress must be against current
institutions for they are dead.
MephistOpheles DR.. Scott described
as the spirit of denial, human without
humanity let in, cynical, careless, ag-
nestle. He showed the resemblance be-
tween the problem of-evil as depicted
by Goethe and the story of the fall of
man in Genesis.
The question in Goethe's mind was
is the evil anecessary part of the great
yearning for knowledge? Is there any
way Of leaving out the evil?
DR.. Scott referred continually to the
story of Faust and it was very diff
cult FOR those to whom the work was
not freshly in mind to appreciate it.
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
AUTOPSY HELD ON
MRS. BROOKS BODY

Nashua, n. H, Dec. 15.-An autopsy
held on the body of Mrs. Eva Brooks,
who was killed by c. H. Hawkins.
showed that two shots had been fired
into the body. and one penetrating the
brain. 1t was decided that death re-
suited from the wound in the brain.
At the inquest held this morning in
police court, Roy, the son of Mrs.
Brooks. testified that he saw Hawkins
throw his mother on the bed, though
she resisted; that Hawkins pulled her
towards him and fired a shot into her
back; that he then threw her onto the
floor and fired two more shots into
her body
The coroners' jury reported that the
death of Mrs Brooks was caused by
pistol shots fired by Charles H.
Hawkins Hawkins will be arrigned
tomorrow.
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16

STREAMS SWOLLEN AND
L0WLANDS INUNDATED

special TO the spy.
Jefferson. Dec. 15.-All the streams
in jefferson are swollen and far above
their banks, and the lowlands are sew
eral feet under water, as a result of the
severe rainstorm of Saturday night and
Sunday morning. The water at Eagle
Lake Village is running over the mill
dam at depth of two and one-half
feet, and at the Jefferson Mill the wat
er is running over the raceway at a
depth of three feet. The lowland be-
tween the Eagle Lake and Jefferson
Woolen Mills, owned by Martin Farrell,
is flooded. The water approaches with
in a few feet of the footboards on the
bridge on Princeton Street. The land
owned by the jefferson Manufacturing
Company below it's mill is one stretch
of water
James Moore of Eagle Lake Village
is confined to his home with pneumo-
MIA.
Mr.. and Mrs George Flagg of
Worcester are guests of Mrs. John Ia
tro of Princeton Street.
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
RAIN WAS A BOON
TO TOWN OF SPENCER


Spencer, Dec. 15.-The rain storm that
ragged in this locality two days proved a
boon to the town of Spencer. Today and
last night the waters of the Shaw Pono
rose six inches By tomorrow morning it
is expected the waters of the pond will
have raised six inches more.
For the past two months the waters of
the pond have been steadily receding, and
every day the danger of a serious water
famine increased. The steam pump that
has been working at the pond has been
providing the citizens of upper Main
Street with water, but it has not been
filing Shaw Pond, and it has been the
general opinion that unless the pond was
filled by a rain storm soon the town of
Spencer would have to look elsewhere
than to Shaw Pond for water.
The exact cost of maintaining the
steam pump at Shaw Pond has not been
given out by the water commissioners
but the work of pumping the water f:om
the pond to the basin in front of the
main has cost no small sum, and, as the
pump is hired from the city of Worcester
the whole bill will amount to consiGara-
BILE.
The pond at the present time is by no
means filled, and it will take number Of
rain storms like the storm of today tG
fill it.
All about town today serious washClts
occurred as a result of the storm. ana at
one time 1t was thought the dam at the
old Bemis Pond in Westville would give
way Before the storm Bemis Pond was
nothing more than a swamp. This morn
ing ii had overhowed and covered many
acres of meadow land. 1t flowed up to
the East BroOkfield road, and the outlet
at the crossroads was in danger of
breaking away early in the morning. If
the little dam or sluceway should break
the flow of water would probably tie up
the Warren Brookfield and Spencer Elec-
tric road.
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
RAILROAD TRAINMEN
INSTALL OFFICERS

Worcester Lodge, Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, installed officers
at the meeting in Commonwealth Hall.
$50 Main Street, yesterday afternoon.
J. p. OConnell, conductor, was the in
stalling officer. The officers are: Mas
ter. Patrick Jones vice master, P. J.
McGrath; secretary, T. f. Stearns;
fnancier, J. w. Bonnell; journal agent,
w 1. Warren. At the close of the in
stallation, Master Patrick Jones an
nounced the following appointments
for the year: Chaplain, Frank Wilson:
conductor. J. P. O'Connell; warden, H.
P. Lajoie; inner guard, Michael SulH-
van outer guard, T. Langway. DIR.
Michael Scannell was elected lodge
physician. Three applications for
membership were received.
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
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The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
FATHER MATHEW SOCIETY
HAS ANNUAL MEETING

At he meeting of the Father
Mathew T. A. S.,yesterday afternoon,
thefollowing officers were elected for the
year: President. Nicholas j. Mooney;
vice president, Bryan Mccormack; re-
cording secretary, William Birch:
financial secretary, George O'DonneH; ;
treasurer, Richard O'Flynn: board of
directors. John DAILY (chairman), Jere-
miah sullivan secretary, Martin Cul-
len, Peter Agnew, Thomas Doyle. Con-
nor O'Brien, James p. Powers, Will
liam Carpenter, Edward Hayes, Will
liam BarrOws and DENNIS Cronin: trus-
tees, John J. O'Hara. Patrick Kilcoyne
and Patrick J. Murphy; auditors, John
j. o Hara, Fred BurgOyne and Will
liam kenney; physician, John J. Nc
Gillicuddv.
Eight new members were admitted
and six applications for membership
We're received.
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
STUDENTS BODY WILL BE
BROUGHT TO WORCESTER

Alfred Juhlin. of the firm of Juhlin &
Lindquist, undertakers, leaves today
for Canada to take charge of the body
of a brother of Maretuos Boyajian. VINO
died there Saturday. Mr.. Boyajian's
brother was a student in Canada. Mr.
Juhlin is expected home with the body
Friday, and the funeral will be Sunday
from the Church Of Our Savior, Laurel
Street.
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
PECULIAR AFFLICTI0N OF
A FORMER WEBSTER GIRL

Special to The Spy.
Webster Dec 15-Rowena, 17-year-old
daughter of f. B. Randall of Worcester
formerly of this town, where he was
employed as painter, is lowering be-
tween life and death. According to her
father who was in Webster today her
death may occur at any time. Her dis
ease is a most peculiar one and one that
II IS almost an impossibility to cure
Nhen she was a young girl her kneepan
was twisted around by an unfortunate
accident, and since that time has both
cred her more or less. OF late she has
had serious trouble. Before that she ex-
perlenced very little serious difficulty, but
now the knee refuses to perform its Gus
tomary duties Her father says she must
either lose the limb or die
Since last September she has not been
| out of the house and for some time was
! in the hospital. Miss Randall was well
known in town while she resided here
with her father She attended the High
school and was popular with her school
| mates and teachers as well as other
friends in town who knew her
Unless Otto Pulls, Pleasant Street
! barber, consents to live up to the rules
and regulations of the BARRIERS Union
the union card will be taken from his
shop tomorrow. So state the officials of
the local union. 1t is allege Pulls has
| broken the rules Of the union, and that
FRIDAY night he kept his shop open after
CLOCK RUS says ne had good reasons
! IoE not closing ms Shop. He says an
other barber who also signed the union
| agreement, mas Kept ms place of business
| open until NJ o'clock BY closing so early
Whne the other Pleasant Street BARRIERS
| remain open, Puls claims he has lost GUS
toners lie Is willing to close at the
agreed hour providing all are loyal
w eDster tans are becoming each day
more confident the local champions of
laSI year VIII TINS year WIN the pennant,
| ana the victory over Woonsocket Satur-
| uaY llsHI pIl nope IN the hearts of Web
slef rams. Nepster is commencing to get
INTO IT'S iaSt year form, The next game
! NoohsoGkei. CnIlstmas afternoon the
famous l"enty-third street team of New
! ork city VIII play IN Music Hall, and at
nlsht webster goes 10 MiilburN. Cooley
Is now Playing as tast as any back in the
I'7sue IL IS SAID teams III other leagues
( are trying TO secure ms services. South
ffamlhsham especially is trying TO get
MN CnarIes Noonan, captain of the
rather Mathew team of Worcester is
] considered by many one OF the most pop
! ular and hardest working forwards in
| the league. He and "Ruse' Conlon
! played together on the FAMOUS old Fitch
/ purg champion team
-tltty-hve members of the Viking Bicy-
/ Gle cub OF Worcester enjoyed ride to
/ webster saturday night and had supper
/ at Hotel Dewitt, special menu being
/ prepared and served at o'clock.
! purchased a new delivery wagon that is
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
INDEBTEDNESS OF
THE TOWN EXPLAINED

Special TO The spy.
Leicester. Dec. 15.-The Indebtedness of
the town of Leicester is again accounted
for. This time it is by James Gallagher,
who says the assessors could not assess
the note for $3.50 that becomes due i'm
April the present year
In the list of liabilities of the town
there are two notes. one of which falls
due in January and the other in April
This latter note. the assessors say. they
could assess next year. If such is the
case, the debt of $S000 that could not be
accounted for at the last town meeting is
easily explained, and the accounts of the
town to a certain extent are Strengthened
out.
There will be a requiem high mass of
anniversary celebrated at St. JOseph's
Church Friday morning for the renosa Of
the soul of John Kerrigan.
Miss Myrtle Agnew of Auburn Street
who has been working in Westboro. has
resigned her position and returned to her
home in Cherry Valley.
There will be meeting Tuesday night
of the Sunday school board of the Cherry
Valley NJ. E. Church. Saturday the third
quarterly conference Of the church will
be held in the Cherry Valley NJ. f.
Church. Rev. Or. Perrin will preside
Sunday there will be snecfal services at
the church, and it is expected DR.. James
Boyd Brady will preach. One week from
Tuesday night there will be an entertain
menr and Christmas tree al the church
Mrs. George Boyd has charge of the en-
tertainment. and Mrs. Nichols will look
after the decora tiOns.
Saturday nights storm made work
for the road commissioners. and it looks
as if the appropriations mentioned al the
last town meeting will run up still higher
-Ihe Worcester Consolidated Street
Railway Company has received two more
big cars, and they Were run for the first
time on this line Sunday
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
TO BE BURIED IN FORT
Thai BEARS HIS NAME

Kansas City. No. Dec. 15.-Arrange-
ments have been made to bring the body
of Gen. Henry Leavenworth to Fort
Leavenworth for final burial in about six
weeks. The body is now buried at Delhi,
y. Y. There will be imposing military
ceremonies when the body is buried for
the last time. There is talk of erecting a
monument to Gen. Leavenworth near
that of Gen. Grant. in the Fort Leaven-
worth Triangle.
Gen. Henry Leavenworth founded Fort
LeaNenworth by establishing a canton
ment on the reservation in 1927. He was
a noted soldier Of the war in 1912 and an
Indian fighter.
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
SHAFFNER CLUB WILL
ENTERTAIN TONIGHT

The Shaffner Club will entertain
Worcester Lodge, l. 0. 0. F.. tonight
at the clubrooms. 317 Main Street. The
entertainment tonight is the second of
a series planned in which all lodges of
Odd Fellows in Worcester will be the
guests of the club. Progressive whist.
pool, billiards and other games will be
played during the evening, and a
spread will be served.
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
WATER BOARD WILL
OPEN ITS DEFENSE
Will Occupy Two or Three Days Trying 10
Convince Commission That Clinton,
Sterling and Holden Are Benefited
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Clinton has produced evidence of
varied injury. The greatest damage is
alleged to come from the depreciation
Of values Of real estate, especially in
the Germantown district This district
is a prosperous village which lies in
the valley of the Nashua River just
below the proposed dam. Any accident
to the dam would eliminate this COM
munity with tremendous loss of life.
and also the Lancaster mills, which
employ $500 hands and is the largest
industry in Clinton.
A special damage arises from the
loss of the flowing stream, which is
now almost a dry bed, from which bed
bad odors arise and affiict the town.
The property in COachlace Valley is
affected because it lies directly beneath
an earthen dixie, which will be 5000 feet
long, and which will hold back water
enough to wipe out 10 towns like Clin-
ton. if the floods could make a start
The bursting of the dixie would wipe
four-fifths of Clinton off the map. The
flood would take the Bigelow Carpet
Companys two mills. the Clinton Wire
The Worcester spy., 1901-12-16
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-26
STREET RAILWAY STOCK
AN INCREASE OF SIXTEEN POINTS IN
ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
President MCGOWAN mt N Loss to Ac-
count for the steady Rise-PrOs-
it's Go Into Betterments.

Word was received here last night that
the stock Of the Indianapolis Street-rail-
way Company was quoted in Philadelphia
yesterday at 1914, which is about sixteen
points over the price that prevailed six
weeks ago. The report stated further that
the bonds Of the company were quoted at
SPY. and that the company would make
money enough this year TO enable it to de-
clare a dividend of 3 per cent. if it should
wish to do so.
Hugh ]. MCGOWAN, president and general
manager of the Indianapolis Street-railway
Company. was seen last night in regard TO
the above report and expressed great sur
prise: AZ am at a loss to account for the
steady rise of the stock of the indianapolis
Street-railway Company during the past
week." he said. II attribute Ii in part to
the circulation of rumor in the East re-
Gently to the effect that the Indianapolis
Street-raiiway Company and the Union
Traction Company of Indiana (the Ander-
son interurban road were about to consoli-
date. This rumor is absolutely without
foundation.
THE advance in the price of the stock of
our company is the more surprising, con-
tinued Mr. MCGOWAN, ''in view of the fact
that it has been and will be for some time
to come the policy OF the company to spend
large amount of money in continuation OF
our former policy of building up the prop
erty This expenditure Of money will. OF
course. include the expenditure of any sur
plus that might accrue in the meantime. so
ms to bring the property up TO the highest
possible standard, thereby making its Sc
curities second to none in the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-26

than 20.oO0 engines and 23.0Oo boilers. Its
output OF boilers has exceeded by 1000 or
5000 that OF any other similar establish
ment in the United States. Agencies for the
sale of Atlas products are conducted in
Japan, India, the Philippine islands, Ten
Tsin, Shanghai and Hons-Kong, China.
Russia. Central and South America. Aexi-
CO. England. Australia and practically all
OF the English colonies ''In fact said r.
NJ. Seeds. lit is difficult To find a quarter
of the world in which there is any mechani-
cal industry at all that cannot show some
kind OF an Atlas engine. II IS 10 this wide
spread foreign trade that the fact at
tributed that the works did not have to
cUrtail Its operations in 1896 TO any amount,
despite the great shrinkage in domestic
trade" Mr.. Seeds said the Atlas engine
works has never closed down for lack Of
orders, the only periods when the great
machinery has been still having been when
repairs were needed.
This has been a marvellous year in de-
mand for engines and boilers" continued
Mr.. Seeds, and we take this 10 be an in
dication that prosperity has become a
permanent institution among the people
OF the country. Our strong demand at pres
ent is in the domestic trade and this de-
nIand has been general and persis-
tent that il has nearly swamped every
builder of the right kind of engines"