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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-04
TINGLING CIRCUS A BIG
SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY

their master and mistress, a profess
sional act, made one of the big hits of
the circus. The dog, handsome col
lie, stuck to his steed and jumped over
banners as though he liked it. The
pony, too did a number of amusing
tricks, and concluded by chasing his
master from the ring.
Ladies and gentlemen" said the an
nouncer Though the big show is not
half over, yet 1 wish to call your at
tention to the concert to be held on
the elevated stage Immediately after
the performance. To mention half the
acts to be presented at this concert
would take too much time, but l can
say that each and every one will be
worth the price of admission. The
gentlemanly agents will pass among you
with tickets, the price of which will be
10 cents each. That is, 10 cents is the
least you can give, but if you hav'nt
change you lose"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-04

The Primary Sunday School Teach
ers' Union will meet today at the Y. NJ.
c. A. at 3. Mrs. Monroe Murphy VIII
teach the lesson.
Barney Gilmore the popular young
Irish comedian who is starring In kid
mapped in New York" and his company
spent two hours in the city yesterday
en- route from Manchester, n. H. TO
Hartford, CT. Mr.. Gilmore plays at
the Grand Opera House, Boston. week
of Oct IA. and will be seen at Lothrop' S
week of oct. 2S.
The Women's Missionary society OF
All Saints parish win hold its first au-
tumn meeting in the parish library this
afternoon at 3 o'clock
w. c. T. q. will hold a tea meeting
at the home OF Mrs. c. 5. Hall. Z
Homestead avenue. today to sew for
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-04
RICE FINDS POLICE
ARE ACCOMMODATING

John Rice. somewhat the worse Lor
drink. asked Officer George r. moore ,I IoI
,,arysiasior Ia be arrested last night. The
officer decided to accommodate John ana
sent him to Station /. Before being con
signed 10 a cell John told Lieut.. James =.
Johnson to be sure and remember that us
wanted to be sent to the state Farm
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-04
ENGLISHMEN WON CRICKET
BY SEVEN WlCkETS

New York. Oct 3. 90 The International
cricket match between Bosanquets Eng
Iish experts and Y players from this city
a. tSYic[erbocker Athletic Club. Bergen
Point \. J.. the Englishmen winning by
seven wickets.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
PERSONAL.
Indianapolis, March Il, 1901.

Hendrix Willem Mesdag. the painter celebrated
his SEVENTEEN birthday the other day at The
Hague Although he did not begin to paint until
ne was thrty-hve years old, he advanced so rapidly
to fame that in 1910 he gained the gold medal at
the Farls Exhibition. He then settled at The
Hague and his ample fortune enabled him to
gather together of the richest collections of
modern art in Europe The Dutch school of paint
ing owes much to his liberality and he has ever
peen ready TO give helping hand TO beginners
lie gave life to the Dutch Water Color Association
and enabled The Hague Painters Union to acquire
a large building in the Workout.
Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, is to deliver the address
before the graduating law class of Washington and
Lee University, Lexington, Va, at the commence
ment in June.
The will of the late Professor Nathaniel Holmes
OF Cambridge Mass. bequeaths his valuable COL
lection Of books to the public library of Peterboro.
N H. This library. established early in the nine
teenth century. was the first in the world 10 be
supported by public taxation Judge Holmes was
ochool, ana was formerly of Justices Of rha
Supreme Court of the State of Missouri He Was a
lawyer Judge and educator of the old school type.
Sir Wiifrid Laurer has declared that II fs ro+
the intention of the government 10 make Nav u
queen Nictorias birthday. a statutory holiday
While the Queen was alive the celebration of the
day was dear TO Canadians. and much dfsappoin1
holiday as d
H. w. Chisholm who died recently at the age Of
ninety-three. the father of the British c,,,I
Vile to junior cerkshp in the bill department of
the exchequer. in which his father was senior
clerk before him. The office hours in Mr. CJbIS
hoirn early days were from II to ..
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
MR. STR4NAHAN'S LOGIC.

Senator Stranahan in a newspaper interview
defends bis Mortgage Tax bill and processes to
meet the charge that it evies double taxation.
He says:
The only criticism the bill so far as brought
TO my attention. has been mainly that the tax
OF five mills on mortgages would be an add-
tional tax upon real estate This proposition is
not correct.
Suppose A. a young man going 10 farming
has 5000 and wishes to buy a farm worth
$4,000. He borrows 5000 from B on a mort
gage. IL under Mr.. Stranahan's bill that mort
gage is taxed. will the tax be levied on any
other property than the $4,000 invested In the
farm which already pays a general tax on it's
full assessed valuation? If So then the bill will
not bring double taxation. If, however, there is
only $4,000 worth of property there to be taxed.
then Mr.. Stranahan would be putting an addi-
tional fax upon the real estate for all the prop
erty appertaning TO both the mortgageor and
the mortgagee, so far this transaction goes.
is in that land. and If the land should be sold
for real estate taxes the mortgage might be
wiped out utterly. Unless by some hocus-po
the recording Of n mortgage made land worth
$4,000 suddenly become worth $4,000, Mr..
Stranahan is advocating double taxation. He
says:
III the rate of tax higher It might be pos
sible for the lender TO shift it to the borrower
but whether il will be possible so to shift il will
largely depend upon the amount of money seek
ing investment
That is to say it is not double taxation.
because the new levy is so tiny that the double
ness may probably not be noticed so long as
times are prosperous and plenty of money seeks
Investment. That comedies the wrong principle
OF mortgage taxation and contents itself with
cNcusing hodge-podge makeshift on the ground
that it will do little if any practical HARM Mr..
Sfranahan expounds his doctrine with the arAu-
mcnt:
IL the lender finds that he can nav the five
Inliis liis tax on mortgages held by him and vet
feaize net income high as or higher than
upon otner Investments, he will not be a BILE to
shllt IL upon the borrower. because there will be
coinpeouon between the lenders for this class of
secuflues' and undertake to say that there is
Iow no considerable investment available more
uesnaoie IMAM mortgages upon real estate In
@ @.he city OF New-York at from TO A.. per cent
.iie Iale no" obtaining. and this will still be
true IL reduced five mills by the tax proposed
with the proposed five mills tax these mort
cages would net from 3I2 10 per cent. Tues.
/ Gays quotations showed that New-York Central
a12 per cent bonds, which are exempt from Mr.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
JUSTICE LINPING SADLY.

Red snow. red rain and red dust have af-
frighted sUperstitiouS peasants from the south
ern coast of Sicily to the northern boundary of
Austria in the last few days. But no tremen-
dous catastrophe has followed Some months
ago red ruin in the Red Light district of Man.
In ttan caused a considerable perturbation. But
no impressive calamity has yet befallen the
faithless officials whom the chief blame lay
for the blackmailing and bribery which ran riot
in the red light district on the East Side. The
heels of justice in such cases in York carry
as much lead as the keels of Cup defenders.
The speed of the yachts is not crippled by the
tons of the heavy metal which give stability
to the huls and enable the vessels to carry
Il magnificent spread of sail without turning
turtle.
But Justice has been sadly overloaded in Man.
haitian by the burdens which Devery and Her
lihy and their hackers have heaped upon her
dilatory feet. Lame originally. she has limped
in the most exasperating style. Tammany has
not only poured molten ore into her clumsy
shoes. hut has also put clogs end hopples upon
her CALLED ankles. Mercury, nimble god of
thieves, is the presiding and protecting divinity
of our present municipal government.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15

about "a per cent of the estimated annual
benefit 10 shippers. The commissions project
would have saved So, 100000. at expense OF
$4,000 600. the interest on which would have
amounted TO 62 per cent Of the saving effected.
So the probable benefit as compared with the
cost. seems to be greater from the completion
of the plan of 1880
There is fair room for doubt whether an an
nual charge of 81. 100000 on the State is worth
while to secure S2900000 for shippers AS TO
this there is much to be said on the side of
those who think il is better 10 maintain the
canal as IL is On the other hand. 1t is TO be re-
membered that the benefit of cheaper rates is
not confined 10 the canal shippers and their
tonnage. but so far as the canal keeps down
railroad rates an improvement affects the whole
commerce from the lakes TO the seaboard.
Nevertheless. when these figures of cost are
studied they suggest speculation. If instead
of investing S20,OO0.O00 on canal Improvement
the State should spend the interest of that sum
TO purchase free or much reduced railroad
transportation for grain and other products
from Lake Erie TO New-York. would not the
commerce of this State and city receive even
greater stimulus? There is not the slightest
chance of any such scheme being carried out
but the economic possibilities of il are interest
ing for comparison with the benefits TO be de-
rived from free waterways.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
CANAL PROJECTS.

II is believed that Governor Odell will recon-
mend the completion of the canal improvement
project Of 1895 instead OF undertaking any more
ambitious scheme of enlargement. This would
be a direct reversal of the policy recommended
by Governor Roosevelt's Canal Commission
which, under the presidency of General Francis
v Greene. after long study made an elaborate
report on the subject These commissioners
declared that 'the completion of the project of
"ls9a as originally designed, and producing
waterway TO be used 10y boats of 800 tons.
would produce so slight an improvement over
"existing conditions not 10 Justify the ex-
'penditnre of public money" The Governor
il is predicted. viii not take this view. notwith-
standing that the cost Of CARRYING out the work
on which S9.0o0.oo0 has already been spent is
estimated by the State Engineer at an addi-
tional Sl9.f97S2s subject TO possible reduction
owing 10 the invalidity of the Prevailing Rate
Of Wages and the Cut Stone laws. which when
in force added TO the cost of public work
This plan is probably not one that would be
chosen if the choice were unhampered. The
situation is bad one. and the problem is to
make the best OF IL. General Greene and his
colleagues presented an attractive scheme for
barge canal. but they estimated that il would
cost about S5S.ooo.000, and figures since made
W. However valuable this barge canal might
ne. the possibility Of securing a vote of tha
people ior such an expenditure is slight. and
The Governor may have concluded that u w,s
waste OF energy TO continue along that line and
nave fallel back on the old project as the only
refuge from leaving the canals in their nracon,
condition.
Notwithstanding its objection to complc,;nc
the project Of 1895. the commission in its renor,
gave some schedules which presented the plan
in more attractive light than did its general
recommendations. In said that while the cost
OF transporting ton of freight from Buffalo
10 New-York was al present 81 cents under the
plan Of 1896 il would be IS cents. and the cos,
of transporting wheat a bushel would be re.
duced from 2o2 cents 10 L75 cents. On an as
sumed tonnage Of 100000 TONS the saving
to shippers from the completion of the proiect
would be S2,900.000 annually To save this the
State must apparently spend s2o.00o.OOo. the
Interest on which at per cent is s., 10000 or
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
BENJAMIN HARRISON.

Bowed, midst a universal grief that makes
Coiumoia's self stricken mourner. cast
In tears beneath the old flag at halfmast,
A sense of glory rouses us. and breaks
Like song upon sorrowing. and shakes
The dew up from our drenched eyes that smile at
last
In childish pride-as though the great man passed
TO his most high reward for poor sakes
Loved or all men-we muse-yet he was;
Choice of the nations mighty brotherhood
Her soldier, statesman. ruer-aye, but then.
We knew hin-long before the worlds applause
And after-as a neighbor kind ana good
Our common friend and fellow citizen.
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
Indianapolis, March Il, 1901.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
TIGHT sQUEEzEs OR LONG WAITS

As n lively letter from Paris which was
recently printed in The Tribune described the
state of things in the French capital men,
women and children are often compelled to wait
for many bad quarters of an hour when they
wish 10 travel cbeaply from one district TO an
other because the local ordinances forbid the
admission of passengers TO any part of an omni-
bus if all the seats have been taken. France is
not yet ready TO tolerate the outrageous over
crowding which is seen every morning, after
noon and evening on our elevated roads on both
sides of the East River This shameful jamming
and squeezing are constant from one end of the
city to the other in every borough and every
district. In modern Gaul this hydraulic pressure
in local traffic is unknown and is never likely to
be endured.
But New-Yorkers who visit the world famed
City of Pleasure are impatient of the delays To-
which they must submit in journeying here and
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
Amnsemfnis.

-
Sc1pFMY OF MCsIc-s :l5,-Unels Toms CABIN
.XFRTCaN YyITATRE-2-s:i5-Carrnen
BIJol-e:l5-The Climbers.
CAeTNfp-S :I5-Floro6ora. -
Sf.ITfRIoN THEATRE-s:I5-when Knishthood was IN
DaIY's THEATRES: :l0-San Toy
FTFN MrsEE-The World in Wax ~,
J5NpFsp, THEA TRES .2O-Mrs. Danes ilefehoe'
GaRrE~ THEATRES. l5-Ureer Two rags H..
GARRIcK THEATRES :i5-Csptain JtnKs "i ue '''4'
Grand OPERA Hor'sE-s-Bsrbara Frietchhiies
EaTsTFM OFFfaA HOUSE,: s:i5Jarlice Ae[.l -,
HERALD SQUARE TEEATRE-s:is-lhe "i' 'V
There - ,-.x, ,-on tJeute
IRVING PLACE THEATRB-s:l5-Frauen Won he"'e
KEITH E--Confinuous Performance ,- .-. 20 TJols
ENIrKERBOCKER THEATRE-s-Io rave anu ~ ~
KrsTpp q :45-7 :45--N NaudeVlile
r,YCTr-M THEATRE-s:29-The llash oI
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-lO a m-Sior'sfe" >
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE tns ,Saios lin
METPoPoLrTAN OPERA HOUSES l. Arricai"e ~
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-2-s-The Adventure u
Lady Crsps-
.SEW-YOPR-s:i5 -,
PASTOR 'S-Day and Ntght--Confinuous Sho"'
PROCTOR Performance
PEPrBI-Ic-s:l5-In the Palace OF the Ming
SAyoY-s:15-The Governor SON - ,yo.uev Match
sT STCFIOI.as SKATING RINh-sl5-1ockeS fAa'
VICTORIA TREATRE-s:l5 :l5-My Lady .r,,+ If Eliza
TyaIIAcK'S THEATRE-s:2o-An On Aoe0uh' " -
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15

there within the borders Of the metropolis on
the Seine They are so accustomed at home TO
comparatively swift transportation over long
distances fer five cent fares that they complain
bitterly when they are forced to linger long be-
fore they can secure seats in an omnibus in
London or Paris. Of course, they have the OPP
ton of hiring cabs in England or France at
rates much lower than those which are Gus
tomary in Gotham but prudent and frugal peo-
pie of small means sometimes shrink from the
expense of riding in carriages when they are
abroad. Here in America they find fault with
the overcrowding and they have reason for so
doing. In the Old World they object to the long
waits before they are admitted to the buses
The happy mean is yet to seek.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15

The fight for the championship between
Diver and Foley in the lid Assembly District
calls TO mind the characteristic features of a
Corbett-McCoy contest in the prize ring. Both
Foley and Diver loyal to Tanlmany and
to Croker. Each of them is battling for every
thing in sight. as the practical politicians say.
Many hard hit each of them is landing on
the other. Upper cuts. under cuts. cross-count-
ers. corkscrew thrusts and solar plexus ex-
changes are so rapidly repeated to be almost
continuous No matter which of these gladi-
ators is victorious the taxpayers and all decent
people will suffer. "Arcades anlbo.' those two
sluggers. Spoilsmen both and spoilsmen of the
lowest grade
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
ErcHIyGs At rae GROLIER CLUB.

There are at present on exhibition at the o-OA ~
Club some etchings by modern Frenchnaen-CoiO-
Daubigny, MIllet. Bracquemond and LestOs- -
names are all familiar but the show Is OF 80
uncon,n,on sIgnidcance inasmuch as the impres-
sions shown-originally collected by SIT E'a"N"
Seymour Haden-are extraordinarily nne
The Mflets are especially striking out PetN-E
the most interesting group of all IS that na0e -
OF Bracquemond's works. He Is less I4i"O~ s..s "a
come Of the others but is intrinsicaIly second 10
none of them in interest for the student or e'c'7
There is a specially notable set OF the VdI'oS 49,.
states of his plate after the Erasmus oil I~io'oe ~
in the Louvre. This exhibition was arranged siIg-
for the pleasure of the meubers OF 'iie - -
Club. but il will remain accessible untH 'O-iiiO
night to those who will present their persoHAA
cards the door.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
EXERCISES AT CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL

Carlisle Penn. March 1.-THE thirteenth anhua
commencement and twenty-second anniversary OF
the Carlisle Indian Industrial School was held 70
day. The gymnasium was crowded. visitors oslls
present from Washington. New-Ycrk. PhliadeIph,@
and Western cities. An inspection of the schoo,'
and workshops shows that the institution mas au
vanced. especially along Industrial lines IH'
graduating class numbered thirty-nine-the larsss.
yet sent out. In the absence of Superlnteh44sr-s 4-s
Pratt Captain A J. Standing presided OLsl.1s,
were delivered by Anna Gcvitney. Pueblo; GeoI +
Ferris. klamath; Ina ParneN Neg Percss; L.5s Lszst
Tibetts, Chippewa. and Herman Niles. Stockorl1-9s
The Rev. DIR. Sheldon Jackson. Commissioner O. e,
Education for Alaska, presented the diplomas u
the class. which represented eighteen tribes
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15

who is so completely hand and glove with pro-
tected gambling and gamblers that the spinning
OF roulette ball or the shutting of faro pack
would to be more to his taste than the
duties and responsibilities OF municipal admin
istration.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15

Murphy and Devery must be proud of tbair
police force. Fifty-nnth-st is one of tbs chic,
roadways of crosstown travel A conductor y,
his electric car was murdered in that street and
no policeman was at hand until long after tba
crime had been committed. Our po,ice fore. q,
so busy in collecting Tammany blackmau tba,
it has little time to spare for the protection of
the lives and the property of the people who arc
subject to a taxation of nearly So 600 ooo aoo,
year for the maintenance of this inconona+Ar.
department.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15

Mayor Van Wyck winces whenever the Com
mittee of Fifteen is mentioned. He will prompt
ly veto any bill which he suspects the Long ISL
and Railroad Company favors. His discovery
that the pennsylvania and Long Island roads
were trying to get control of the local govern
ment was as impressive as Michael Murphy 5
Immortal utterance that the asphalt pavements
reeking with malaria Van wvck and
Murphy birds of feather and tbe,, ,.,,,
moult together later
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15

In a Western mining town the Mayor has re-
tired from office in order to devote his time 10
the congenial occupation of dealing faro Here
and there in the East a Mayor may be found
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15

The Ice Trust has reduced its capital stock
Accounts indicate that it has reduced its Naire
ice stock. too, a preliminary to forcinr nm
prices next summer
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
Businrss Hontc5.

IVERs & POND PIANOS. ,e.. c.
Highest grade only. Joscelyh' io E@0 ~
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15

Since Mr. Abel asserts that he is still Com
missioner of Police under the old law. he will, of
course. not think of accepting an election COM
missionership under the new law. For this relief
much thanks.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15
ANOTHER LIBRARY GIFT By CARNEGIE

Canton Ohio March 14-Word was received ~
teriay that Andrew Carnegie, before saluhs 10
Europe had promised William L Ha"k' o. -
vi, Tor,,ar resident of Canton. $4,000 for
bIir Ubrarv building if the city will provide sLeo
wear for maintenance site has a4It5ddINSS area = rre+
provided The condition. il Is thought VIII % 49,
without difficulty
New-York tribune., 1901-03-15

Senator Stranahan in a newspaper interview
defends bis Mortgage Tax bill and processes to
meet the charge that it levies double taxation
He saws:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-04-05
FOLLOWING sPAIN's EXAMPLE
Cubans Under Complete
Subsection.

Three or four years ago, when Weys
Ter introduced his reconcentrado poll
cy into Cuba, the people of the United
States were horror-stricken. The tales
Of suffering were at first not believed;
the inhumanity of il all was incredj-
BILE. But as one after another OF
reliable newspaper correspondents
joined the ranks of those already In
Cuba it became apparent from their
reports that even the sensational
press Representatives who had pre-
coded them had not exaggerated.
They told in awful detail the suffer.
ings Of those compelled to leave their
farms, already devastated and yielding
but the most meager of crops, and
move into the already crowded cities,
where absolutely no provision had
been made or could be made for their
reception and care. From privation
bitter enough in their own homes they
were driven to the torture of death by
slow starvation. AS stories OF cruel
ties added to cruelties came to our
knowledge. Indignation waxed hotter
and hotter until il burst into fame.
and Weylcr was driven from Cuba.
shortly to be followed by the Spanish
army.
How sentiment on this subject has
changed. How familiarity with the
suffering Of others has bred indiffer-
cnce, That same policy is being prac-
t;ccd in the Philippines to-day by our
own army officers The latest report
from the island of Martinique de-
clares that Maj. Smith. commanding
the American garrisons on the island.
has issued an order requiring all ma
tives to live in the five principal towns
where American troops are stationed.
Those natives who continue to live in
the country will be considered insur-
gents"
That is Weyler's policy, pure and
simple. Try as you may. you can
make nothing else of it. In the as
sertion as made that the inhabitants
of the Philippines favor drastic pol.
icy" the officers in charge of the re-
concentrate operations but add an
other Weyleresque touch to their
work. 1t will be remembered how
Weyler said that the reconcentradc
policy was ordered at the request OF
the Cubans themselves. 1t will also bs
remembered what an unmitigated lial
Weyler was shown to be. Is it prob
able, then--is it human nature, which
Is the same the world over-that these
. Filipinos are imploring the American
army officers to drive them from theN
homes to starve in the garrison towns
Is it less. of an outrage to infiict sucl
things on the Filipinos than upon tn
, Cubans? Is starvation more pleasan
| at the hands of our soldiers than a
the hands of those of Spain? Is lif
I. less precious in Martinique than Il
I Cuba? How comes it that the horror
G of 1897 were potent enough to drive u
. to war. while the same course of pre-
. cedure in 1901 fails to arouse pre-
4 test?-Utica Observer.