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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21

Lem Booton.
Prick" Watts.
Harry Good.
All residents of the coal fields.
In the excitement, Demon, whose
home is in Cattlettsburg, KY, left the
saloon by a rear door and up to a late
hour tonight had not been captured In
fact, but very little effort is being
made to apprehend him. He is an as
sistant bookkeeper for Cole & Simpson
of Cincinnati.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21
TO Be FRIENDLY
NOT HOSTILE
Senator Hanna Says That Will be
Future of Working Men and
Capitalists in Dealing With One
Another
TOO MUCH MUST NOT BE
EXPECTED IN EARLY STAGES

The Senator Confidently Of 0pin-
ion That CapitaI-Labor Confer
ence Will be a Factor In EStab-
Iishment of Closer Relation
ships
Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Han
ma. chairman Of the committee of &c,
who has just returned from the cap
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21
"JusTIFYING IT'S EXCELLENCE"

This is the title of little book Civ
ing a short sketch of the Lake Shore
&, Michigan Southern Railway and its
famous white Mall which carries
the mails for the United States gov
eminent between Buffalo and western
cities. It is a very interesting book
which will be sent free upon receipt
Of 2 cents postage, by A. ]. Smith, G.
P. A.. Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railway, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21

WILL POSITIVELY CURE SICK
HEADACHE and prevent its return.
This is not talk but truth. Carter's
Little Liver Pills. One pill a dose. Try
them.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21

Orders for Xmas Cakes Of all de-
scriptions taken at H. ]. Hass Bakery,
ornamented or plain. l. x. L. Bread a
speciality.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21
Modern Merchandise Co. for clothing.

The family trade is what we are after
and we deserve It Your table and your
medicine chest both need US. l-45
Waldo Street George T. HeWett Co
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21

At all times and In all climates
George F. Hewett Company's Private
Stock Highland Whiskey. George F.
Hewett Company, 41-45 Waldo Street.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21

More than half century ago Kenne-
dy's name stood for the best baking in
New England. The same name stands
today for the best butter thin biscuit.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21
Catalogue Cabinets

C. E. sTIMPsON & CO. 81 PLEAS
ANT ST.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21

Wholesale prices in medicA az
Bufingtons should be compared With
so-called cut prices.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21

Modern Merchandise CO. for clothing,
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Modern Merchandise Co for clothing.
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until 2 D. m, while bills are being intro
duced, reports are being presented, he
will personally preside. But after 2
o'clock he may hand his gavel to some
senator, descend to the senate restaurant
eat Il sumptuous luncheon and later re-
tire to his luxurious sanctum to puff a
fragrant Havana and chat with whoever
of his callers he may wish to see. His
presence in the senate will not be again
required until adjournment time. If he
wishes to take a few days of extra holi-
day he can delegate his powers to the
president pro tempore. Z
Thus you will see that the hero Of San
Juan sEiH will have abundant time for
hunting. big game and for devotion to
private literary work. He will be a
valuable addition to the literary colony
which has sprung up here among high
officials, under the leadership Of Senator
Lodge and Secretary Hay. He will prob
ably receive more orders from publishers
than he can possibly fill. A man in high
official life with any literary talent can
rdinarily double his salary In thiS way
Tom Reed might have derived hand
some income from his pen, but he would
rot exert himself in literary channels to
4 great extent.-W ashington Star.
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ACROSS NIAGARA IN ABAsKET

In the Museum at Buffalo, N Y. there
IS an iron basket which always arouses
.he curiosity of the visitor. The basket
8 about five feet long and four feet
board. and. is made. of iron strips inter
laced after the fashion of common
splint basket. Nc one would ever guess
its purpose were it not labeled after the
manner OF museum curios
This basket was used half-eentury
ago, when the then marvellous engineer
ing feat of bridging the Niagara river
just below the falls was undertaken. The
basket was made for the purpose of car
rying the workmen across the riven after
the cable was secured, but the first per-
son actually to cross was COT. Eugene
'Childs, now q resident OF Minneapolis,
then q boy Of seventeen who had been
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THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT.

What the Future Has in Store for
~; MIR. Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt's vice presidential
salary Of $4,000 a year will fall far short
of paying his actual expenses during the
! next four years. The house at Steven.
teenth street and Rhode Island avenue
which he has just leased furnished from
Bellamy Storer, minister to Spain, will
cost him $4,000 annually. In other words
the new vice president will spend al but
$4,000 of each yearly ,stipemed for mere
housing comforts. This meager balance
the grocer alone will dispose of before a
single season spent in Washington has
gone into history Financially speaking,
'he has taken a great tumble within the
past few months. AS governor of New
York he received $4,000 a year and had
free use of the beautifully appointed exc
entive mansion at Albany. Taking all
things, into consideration, the governor
ship netted him $4,000 more a year than
will the second Office of the land.
MI AooseMeh,s leasing of the Store1
mouse indicates that he intends to shine az
a social star. The rental asked for it
would Indicate that the Storer mansion
IS one of the show houses Of Washing
ton. But as seen from the exterior it is
unpretentious. 1t is OF buff brick has
Shree stories and a basement and con-
ttains about twenty rooms. 1t is Of mod
,crn renaissance architecture, with classic
enoldings, which lend a colonial effect.
Although cut UP into many small rooms,
1t is artisctically decorated inside. The en-
trance, on the basement floor, is reached
through a vault-like vestibnle with grated
doors. The drawing room above is Iuxuri-
ously furnished and contains many
souvenirs of Mr.. Storer's travels. The
xnost notable apartment, however, is
eapa cious dining room, added since Mr..
SO or came here ten years ago to take
his seat in congress. High officials. gath
cred about its broad mahogany board will
pc surfounueu ny rare specimens OF pot
atery and porcelain. In one corner q valu.
able bronA. image Of Buddha now keeps.
silent vigil. The room is made radiant Il
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the daytime by a large window OF vel.
low glass overlooking Seventeenth street.
To the Storer mansion library Mr..
Roosevelt will move his valuable books.
Here during each morning while congress
Is sitting he will be engrossed with his
private secretary and the early mail.
Leaving for the capitol at 11:15 he will
enter his private carr!age-Uncle Sam will
furnish him no equipage-and drive to
the senate wing Of the capitol Alighting
within the porte cochere formed by she
eastern portico, he will enter. the front
main floor and proceed to his official
sanctum-the Woe presidents room. This
is the most luxuriously appointed office to
be seen in Washington. It is approached
cnly from the senate lobby. s.s s 3. .s &
Visitors admitted to the new vice presi-
dents presence viii enter his sanctum by
the first door met on the right of the
lobby. They will find the second gentle
man OF the land seated in the center Of
the room at aslhuge mahogany nat-top
desk. His feet will rest upon gorgeous
royal Sennah rug, which cost $2l2, and
the light from the two large windows at
his back will fall over his shoulders
through two pairs of Brussels point lace
curtains fer which the senate few years
ago paid $500. Looking up from his pa
pers his eyes will fall upon a 5000 grand
father clock. in a mahogany case, just
to the left OF the s155 SIN -.elvet portiere
covering his doorway. Turning to his left
the new president of tfa senate will sur
veg $3.50 mahogany sofa Immediately
beneath Large postralt OF washington.
From either. side of this portrait the mar
BILE features Of Fomer Vice President
Wilson and Former President Pro Tenn
pore Lafayette Foster will look solemnly
down upon their successor.
Mr.. Roosevelt will have his back turned
to marble mantei surmounted by !
large mirror covering the space between
his two windows. whose light will be re-
;fected in the polished tops Of three small
mahogany desks, upon another two-hun-
tl-ed and -tWslve-dol liar rug, In the rear
OF the room. The vice president neces,
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A Clear Field.

Tewne-D' Auber tells ME he's in love witt,
his art ~ t- .-#-..
BroWne-1s he? We'll, he. need never have
any fear OF a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
act with more rigor against political or
ganizations that threatened the peace Of
the kingdom, and when Sig. Depretis on
Dec. 20 of that year presented to the
chamber of deputies the members of a
new cabinet, he announced that the min
tstry would preserve order under existing
laws without recourse to harsh measures,
but without displaying weakness. .g
In the following year, 1879, when po-
iitical agitation ana demonstrations in
favor of republican form of govern
ment we're still rife in Italy, Giovanni
Passanante, for his attempt to assassi-
nate the king, was sentenced to death.
Humbert here evinced his policy Of leni-
ency, and at his instance a decree, signed
by the ministry, was issued committing
the sentence of death to one of imprison-
ment for life. Passanante, accordingly,
was sent the same year to the Island OF
Elba.
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Ten minutes after the narrow doorway
was opened and California Ike sa1to:l-
stall had mounted the cket%selfer's box
crowds were pouring into the shack. 10
ward night the jam became so great that
the price OF admission was raised to 80
cents, but the patronage was not IN the
least diminished. The news spread ever
the lower part of the city and to Brook
lyn, and thousands came to see tie
strange spectacle Of four solemn red
wattled turkey gobblers dancing in state
ly measure to the music of "a violin
played by Hank Penny.
On a platform, raised about four feet
from the floor, was wire cage, in which
the turkeys We're confnad. 1t extended
from the floor of the platform to the cell
Ing. 1T had a floor space Of about eighty
square feet. The bars of -1re cage were
placed we'll apart, so that there was an
easy view OF the interior. Directly in
front of the cage on the floor Of the
shanty was a chair, in which sat thei
fiddler, facing the cage. Behind him. att
a distance Of six feet, was a stout hiGkcry;
RAIL- and inside the railsd-ctf space theI
spectators were not permitted to enter. :
Before the exhibition began it was
Penny's custom to deliver a lecture, in
which he extolled the wonderful instinct
in this particular species of turkey, which
caused them to recognize musical
sounds. ''They are so rare" Penny would
begin, 'that they are unknown to the
students of ancient or modern natural
history. It is presumed that they are
the descendants Of the winged creatures
in IA H.
before. John of Patmos. Each of these
birds cost $4,000 iii gold, and eleven
precious human lives. Only actec a fierce
and bloody battle with the natives we're
they secured, and on the voyage to this
country three superstitious passengers
died of fright at seeing these strange
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the WALKER tariff bill by the deciding vote
or George NJ. Dallas, vice president d,1rina
Poik's administration No bill or resoll,
ton nassed by the senate during the mex,
four years will be authentic without Mr.
Rccsevelt's signature. But not being q
member of the senate Mr. Roosevelt viii
have no hand in the formation OF the
senate committees. Neither will he be ad.
mitted to the caucuses Of republican n sen
ators, which VIII appoint the committee
and the many officers Of the senate. 7,
other words Mr.. Roosevelts legislative
powers will be. almost at the absolute
zero of Importance compared. with those
OF the speaker of the house. President Prt
Tempore Frye Of the senate is te-day
more powerful man in his body thar
Mr.. Roosevelt will be on Tuesday ane
thereafter. Moreover, Mr.. Frye, in. ad
dition to receiving the fun vice president
ial salary, enjoys many perquisites whicl
will not legitimately fall to the vice presi
dent.
Beng senator, Mr.. Frye has seen en-.
titled each year to 20 cents a mile 70,
traVeh . expenses to and from sessions
Sl25 70. stationery, $40 worth of packina
boxes, hundreds of bound government
publications, "a box OF plants and cuttings
from the Botanical gardens, ten charts
from the coas. survey. 5000 packages OF
garden seed 400 packages of flower seed
and various bulbs and cuttings from the
department of agriculture. But while nc
one appears to be legally authorized te
regularly furnish these incidentals to the
vice president, he will probably have nc
difficulty in obtaining, by courtesy OF the
officials. whatever products Of the gov.
eminent grist he desires for personal use
About tWo-thirls Of the next four years
will be vacation. pure ana simple. FOL
Roosevelt, so far as his official duties are
concerned. In other words, he will be
required to devote only about sixteen
months CT his entire term to oflicisl work
mot counting Saturdays and two weeks
of Christmas vacation. Even then he
need sit IN the senate but about two
hours each day when It IS ID session.
During the morning hour from Nom
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creatures dancing a quadrille ty~ ss,oon-
& light. You will now have the pleasure
sHof SEEING "a quickstep by the four danaings
e turkeys-Athos,- Porthos, >Finnegan and
Brannigan.'' -"
With that Penny would seat himself
and start off with ''The Campbells are
Coming" or ''The Devils Hornpipe,'' the
turkey standing nlotionless with necks
craned as he began to play. In a few
minutes they would move from one side
of the cage to the other: "Dance, Athos!"
Penny would cry. cliff foot there.
f1nnegan! Come Athos, change corners!"
All the time he would keep tapping with
hds right foot on the floor As the music
became easter and shriller, the awkward,
stupid looking creatures would lift their
long. ungainly legs first slowly and then
more rapidly, and with such regularity
that they actually seemed to be keeping
time to the music. Then, after five min
utes Of this performance. which always
would Slow down to a walk, and the tur-
keys would cease to dance.
Up to April II, 1866, the date of the as
sassination CT Abraham Lincoln, the
dancing turkeys coined money for their
owner. Two hundred and fifty dollars a
day was the average receipts, The only
expenses were a few bushels of corn and
nominal rental. On the night of the
18th drunken man forced his way past
the rail and lurching over Penny fell
against the platform. To save himself
he put out his hand. 1t went between
the wire bars and touched the floor of the
cage. The turkeys We're then dancing
furious quickstep, leaping high into the
air, and occasionally giving voice to un-
Earthly gobbles. .-s
The intruder pulled back his, hand with
howl of pain. "Wow!'' he shrieked
why, that's pretty, near red hot. No
wonder theyLdance. Come on. boys!
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One of the gold pieces. was given a
light coat Of gum on both faces. The
Hlmy leaf was placed on each surface
and pressed in with a soft bit of linen
So thin was the leaf that a maenifyine
glass could not detect the laying on, but
when the coin was dropped on a hard
surface it gave forth dull, leaden sound
altogether unlike the ring of the true
metal.
Penny and Saltonstall went together to
famous old gambling .house, then on
Center street, but long since destroyed.
"A stack of blues." said Penny, throwing
: down the piece not covered with the leaf
He attracted attention by ringing it sew
,eral times. Gold was not current in those
days, and it's possessor was usually re-
garded with interest. Penny got his
chips and began. to play. California
!: lke' asked for a stack and tossed over
the doctored coin. He purposely caused
1t to fall on a marble topped table along
side the dealer
iIhe sound it. gave forth caused the
group Of players at the board to laugh.
Ike became indignant. Penny became
lnquiring. He picked up the piece and
said 1t was as good as the coin he had
just invested. The dealer rang" therhalf
eagle again and pulled roll of green
backs from his pocket. Twenty to one
it's a counterfeit he said.
Til take that responded Penny, flash
ing up ten-dollar note. The dealer di-
rected an attendant to go to a drug store
and get some acid. Penny suggested that
he could prove the genuineness of the
coin himself. SO he brought out pocket
knife and scraped the gold leaf from both
faces. The 5000 thus won became $1,000
before the night was over, and a couple
of days later the partners started the pre-
liminary of what they believed was
big thing" ,s5: 4. @.5Esse r = = ..s..@. Z.
For men Of their experience, and with
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sary reference volumes will be visible
through the plate glass doors of a broad
mahogany bookcase almost covering the
wall to his right. If he wishes to- wash
the dust of official labor from his hands
he need but brush aside the draperies of
an alcove penetrating the wall to the left
Of his doorway. ~ ~ = + +
When. Mr.. Roosevelt wishes to- dictate
letter he will turn to his private secre-
tary, to whom Uncle Sam will pay a.
salary of $4,000 year. His official ,er-
raDds will be attended to by a messenger
made happy by attended to by a mes
made happy by IA generous annual salary
of 81, 40. 49,
Roosevelt has been cramming senate
rules and preeedents during his leisure
since the Philadelphia convention. AS a
parliamentarian he is not so experienced
as was Ec. Hobart when he arrived at
the capitol. four years ago. The former
vice president had been speaker OF the
New Jersey house of representatives for
two terms and president OF his state SEN
ate one term. Mr.. Roosevelt was mem
berSof his state legislature for two years,
but nearly two decades have elapsed since
he gained thu brief parliamentary train.
Ing. TherefofG he has had to spend con-
siderable time OF late mastering the rou-
tine and detail OF the senate proceedings
Moreover he has had to study the numer-
Gus and technical parliamentary prece-
dents testa pllshed in the senate since the
very first days of the republic
Although presiding over the senate, Col
Roosevelt, strange to say, will be neithe,
an officer nor q member of that body. I,
will be impossible for the senate, acting
directly. to remove him. Yet he will re.
ceive all communications addressed to rhe
senate by the president, the house, any
other branch of the government or any IN
dividual. He will not participate in de
bates. He win only be heard when giving
his decisions and opinions He viii have nc
vote except in case Of a tie, and this op.
pcrtunity will have slim chance for oc
Scurrence during the next four years. The
5mcst notable case Of q vice president
making history thus was the passage q,
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w., stIaIr q. dozen gsoIsazsrsa ready for AM
kind of a. lark, broaas a. the eiSaf III and
pushed into the :,GSs W sssssf ne crowd
surged after them. Penny was thrust
aside while an investigation was made,
and this is what the crowd found: A
thin sheet iron floor at the bottom Of the
tage: a charcoal. brazier filled with glow
Ing embers beneath it: the snout of a
pair of bellows in the aperture of the
brazier beneath the fire, and one handle
OF the bellows, heightened by splicing,
leading to the point where the fiddler
kept time by tapping with his foot.
The cage was ripped to pieces, the tur-
keys carried off, and the printed an
nouncement torn to tatters Penny did
not resume business next day. but sought
tbs gaming table and lost nearly all he
had made" in two weeks. With the break
1Ilg up of his show he was dubbed "Tur-
key Penny, and that name stuck to him
until a more ambitious project in wider
field caused him to be known eoftenea. as
, "Kinky" than as Turkey" 81 <..... -.
After the sacred birds from the Isle of
Patmos had been carried off, and proba .
bly, fattened and eaten by their captors
Penny was in hard luck. OF the $4,000
he had made on Chatham square, he had
not more than $50 left. The gambler had
a, well-defined plan in his head. and he
proceeded to carry it out. He wanted not
less than $1,000. and more If he could
get it. california Ike," his partner in
the turkey scheme Che got cne-fourth Of
the profits), was taken into his confidence
and they began operations. - -
Penny with his $50-all the money he
had in the world-yisited broler's Of
flee and bought two ten-dollar gold pieces,
paying a. premium, which reduced his
capital to a little less than $40. In a
goldbeater's shop he bought a small
book of leaf for S., and from sta
toners he got small pot Of liquid gum
arabic. Il. - 49,.
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>orn and reared within sight of the falls
Col. Childs was one of four to make this
irst trip and the distinction was awarded
aim on account of the part which he took
n successfully carrying out the plans Of
he engineer.
With the aid of two companions he flew
kite across the eleven hundred feet
between shore and shore, successfully
and.ng it upon the further side To the
string<of the kite was attached heavier
:ord, and still heavier one, until after
the usual manner sufficiently strong
:ope was pulled across to draw after it
the one-inch cable Of thirty-six wire
strands, the ends Of which were then
firmly imbedded in the sold rock. So well
did he succeed with his kite flying that
when the strong cable was firmly i'm
planted and the iron basket made ready
for the workmen who were to cross to the
opposite shore, he, with his companions,
was singled out as deserving Of making
the first trip.
With boyish enthusiasm they accepted
the offer. To each End Of the basket was
attached a strong rope which ran over
a Windiass on each side of the river.
Everything was made safe, and the boys
started on their novel Journey They
were only one hundred feet blow the
p'unging cataract. and directly over the
wh.ring rapids, at an elevation of more
than 10 feet. Col. C1iids confesses that,
there were blanched faces in that iron
basket before it reached the opposite
shore and was drawn back again. But
the trip was one of the experiences Of his
life which he would not willingly forget,
although the hair-ra.sing sensations
which he underwent while suspended IN
midair over Niagara are as distinctly re-
called as are any OF the more tangible
events Of the day, and the odd looking
iron basket in the museum has very
special significance Tor him.
Col. childs served during the Civil war
as captain Of Company a. Fifth Iowa in
fantry until 1863 and In 1866 as colonel
of the Forty-seventh Veteran Volunteers
sof Iowa. He has now retired from active
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,One dollar; a bottle was the pricec
asked but il he had offered a gross for
a, dime, the swindler would have made
just as many sales. If money was not
to be had he would accept rings or any
article Of jewelry. In middle Virginia
he was offered a piano, which was buried
in a corn field, for two bottles, but he
couldn't accept the price. The hundred
or so bottles he did sell were used with
great faith and persistency, and many an
cid darkey's head was rubbed bare o.
wool in an endeavor to unkink what little
black fuzz he mad left.
California Ike disgusted with his
failures. caught UP with his partner at
Atlanta. The expedition went to pieces
there, and they came North after twice
beirg threatened with 1ynching. "Kin-
ky PennXis partner may be living still.
he was last heard of four years ago,
when he was dealing in faro bank in
ChIcaeO