The Worcester Spy, 1904-05-31

Although the lowering clouds threat threatened - ened threatened ominously during the morning and during the afternoon poured forth a discouraging drizzle of rain, the au automobile - tomobile automobile parade, show and race car carnival - nival carnival of the Worcester Automobile Club went off just as It had been planned and there was hardly a hitch In the day's program. Notwithstand Notwithstanding - ing Notwithstanding the fact that dealers and owners of Worcester County were allowed to compete, the entries, for the most part, were by autoists of this city and this condition developed considerable en enthusiasm - thusiasm enthusiasm among the spectators. The attendance at the Fair Grounds was spectacular, considering the weather. Nearly 1000 spectators attended. The automobile festivities began at 11 o'clock in the morning, when the autoists gathered at the comer of Highland Street and Park Avenue to form for the parade. Everything in the manner of machine which could be called automobile was represented from great touring cars which moved with easy grace, to the little run runabouts, - abouts, runabouts, which scurried around, angrily spitting steam at their big brothers. The crowd of sightseers that gath gathered - ered gathered about the starting point augured great things for the box office receipts at the afternoon races. Perhaps the many hued jokes one reads in funny papers about brutal autoists who go looking for people to run over had Its effect upon the crowd, for it certainly was the most well behaved one that has assembled In Worcester to witness sporting events for many days. One or two 'official arms of the law were present, but they did not have to put themselves In evidence. J. Perley Kilgore of the Worcester Automobile Club, was marshal of the parade, and he assigned the various machines to their places in the line. Battery B band was on hand to start in the lead, but at the last moment, because of the non-appearance of a large oqt-of-town touring van, which had been engaged to carry the musi musicians, - cians, musicians, the musical part of the parade had to be dispensed with. The parade started shortly before 12 o'clock, the machines being straight straightened - ened straightened into line when Pleasant Street was reached. The route -was from the corner of Highland Street and Park Avenue to Webster Square by way of Park Avenue and Mill Street. From tWebster Square, autos paraded along Main Street to Lincoln Square and from thence to the Fair Grounds over Grove and West Boylston Streets. The leading automobile In the parade contained Marshal J. P. Kilgore, Chief William J. E. Stone and the chauffeur. The evenness of the parade line was undisturbed until the hill rising from Webster Square northward along Main Street was reached. At this point some of the machines were forced to use the low' clutch and make their progress much slower, while others were able to mount the hill with the high gear. There was a general shift shifting - ing shifting of places, but after the top had been passed the line straightened out and prodeeded uninterrupted until Front Street had been reached. Here one of the tonneaus ran into a wagon and smashed a headlight. The line behind came to a halt, while the dam damage - age damage was repaired. Among those who took part in the parade were: Ledyard Bill of Paxton in a Columbia electric touring car. The guests were the Misses Bertha E. Bill, Lucy S. Bil' and Grace N. Daniels. Mr. and Mrs. Anson A. Reed in a. dark bodied Oldsmobile. David P. Carpenter, in a red bodied Knox gosollne, with Dwight Perry and the Misses Carpenter and Fletcher. Walter C. Watson, electric runabout, olive body, with red trimmings. P. G. Kent and Clifton Watson were in th? car. W. P. Booge, In a White steamer touring car. The others in the car were Mrs. Booge, Mrs. E. A. Norcross, Mrs. M. L. Mansfield. John S. Gilchrist in a dark red and green Oldsmobile.

Alexander Bowler, In Pierce Motor Motorette, - ette, Motorette, accompanied by G. F. Miller. Nell Dixon and Clifton Comey, in a neat looking Stevens-Duryea. George B. and George H. Cutting, in a Knox car trimmed with olive, with yellow wheels. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Gay, in a Phelps touring car, the first of its kind in Worcester. The party Included Mr. and Mrs. H. Ward Bates, and Master Grant Gay. Fred Taylor in a brand new covered Winton touring car, in which were Mrs. Taylor, Miss Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. H. Russel. H. G. Barr in a Cadillac touring car, with H. Swanson Bjuhr and Mrs. T. M. Behrens, J. S. Harrington in Stevens-Duryea with E. M. Dodge. Mrs. John S. Harrington and Mrs. E. M. Dodge, in Studebaker electric, of novel design. John A. Dean, in Grout steam touring car. In the party were Mrs. Dean Miss Nellie and Paul Dean, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Coates were in a dark red Cadillac. J. A. Saxe and E. A. Carpenter in a dark green auto-car. L. E. Young in an Orient runajwut, Thomas McGrath accompanying him. Alfred Thomas in a Pierce arrow touring car of high power. M. Marble, in a mauve-colored Thom Thomas - as Thomas light tonneau. Richard S. Matthews and Warren Weeks of Brookline were also in the car. W. H. Burns and family, in a dark red Winton touring car. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Holman, in a red Rambler, with Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mc- Carthy. A. E. Howard and family, in a red Cadillac. E. C. Harrington, in a Cadillac, with Arthur Harrington and Frank L. Coes Mrs. James A. Saxe in a White stear er, with A. K. Miller, Miss Helen Gal Gallagher - lagher Gallagher and Miss Miller. J. W. Murphy, in a Stevens-Duryea, accompanied by J. F. Murphy and family. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Cobb, in a red Rambler. J. W. Watson, In a Rochester steamer with his two sons. John McCusker, on an Orient buck buckboard. - board. buckboard. accompanied by E. Quinn. A. E. Enberg, in. a red Locomobile with Arthur E. Newton. O. S. Walker, in an Autocar, with Mrs. Walker and children. Mrs. G. A. Williams in a waterless Knox touring car, accompanied by Mrs I ?^ ge ' Mr3 ' H ' s - Woodis. M Wilson Tyler and Mrs. W. E. Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. William Allen of Marl Marl^ - ^, Marl^ ro ' Kn<>X tourln ^ accompan accompanied - ied accompanied by Mr and Mrs. A. D. Gleason, of GleasondaJe. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Greenwood in a dark green surrey, driven by Miss Arra Greenwood. Mrs. J. A. Pitman was also m the car. In a big, dressy looking, dark green Searchmont were P. W. Wood, Sr Miss Frances I. Wood, A. W. Wood and I. Nichols. P. W. Wood, Jr., did the driv driving. - ing. driving. In another Searchmont of similar build were J. F. J. Oterson, with Mr. J ' M ' Car Penter and Miss Mary Nott of Boston. John Toit had a place In the line with a natty Cadillac. With him was Officer Gustaf Fyrberg. Dr. H.| Roscoe Swan and party were in a gasoline runabout. When 1 o'clock, the hour apoplnted for the beginning of the races, drew near, the starters did not hurry the preparations for the first event, be because - cause because of the decidedly threatening weather. The rain held off, however, until a short time before the start and then, as the grandstand seemed com comfortably - fortably comfortably occupied by spectators, the race carnival w-as declared on. Several of the cars entered for vari various - ous various events took the opportunity of warming up and some of the machines had to be ordered from the track by Starter Hapgood. (Continued from Page Six.) The Price You Pay for Goods governs the quality. Cheap prices mean cheap goods. Our prices are as low for pure goods as they can be sold. Buffington Pharmacy Company.

was almost cowed by the terrible array of anarchlal elements that presented themselves at every point; but that victory admitted the ray of light that I have followed ever since." That vic victory - tory victory led Kentucky and Tennessee to stay in the Union and throw their in influence - fluence influence on the national side. "The following year he gained the fa famous - mous famous victory of Vicksburg, in which more than 30,000 soldiers surrendered to him with their arms, the largest cap capture, - ture, capture, it Is said, of men and materials ever made In war. For this great vic victory - tory victory which opened up to the National forces the navigation of the Mississippi and cut the confederacy in two, he was made major- general in the regular army. Passing from Vicksburg he won the battle of Chattanooga, one of the brilliant victories of the war. Comte de Paris wrote that "the bold and skillful manoeuvres enhanced the glory of the Conqueror of Vicksburg. It proved that his mind Is powerful to conceive and firm to execute, Is fertile In resources at the critical In February 1864 Congress passed an act restoring the grade of lieutenant-general. This grade had originally been created for Gen. Washington and had never been held by any other officer in the army. Pres President - ident President Lincoln nominated Grant for this high honor and as the nomination was confirmed by the Senate, Grant was or ordered - dered ordered to Washington to receive it. It was on this occasion, March 1864, that Lincoln and Grant met for the first time. He was now apiiolnted by the I president to command the armies of the United States. Personally he assumed i command of the army of the Potomac. I This army which McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker and Meade had each in urn commanded aqd with which ea in turn had tried in vain to tr j Richmond, Grant brought face to 1 .e with Lee's army. The iron pur- >se of the great soldier now became learly manifest. The other comman commanders - ders commanders sought to take Richmond, but he to conquer Lee and then the 'Confederate capital would easily fall into his hands. With merciless persis persistence - tence persistence and tireless e.nergy he pressed his great antagonist from point to point and steadily drove back his army. It was during this period, after six days of fighting with fearful slaughter on

both sides, that Grant sent his famous despatch to Stanton, secretary of war, propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." "When Lee surrendered at Appoma Appomatox, - tox, Appomatox, Grant received it with faultless delicacy, according to his defeated foe (terms simple and generous as a brother could ask. "Grant commanded the greatest army in modern times, in one of the greatest i wars of history. It is estimated that on both sides about 5,000,000 men were engaged, of which nearly a million per- Jlshed; some by the bul et and sword; many by disease and other causes. I About 5.000,000,000 dollars were expend expended - ed expended which was about one-quarter of the whole capital of the country at that time. "What has been accomplished by this colossal sacrifice of men and money? Look at the amazing growth and prog progress - ress progress of this nation since the close of the war. This great Republic stretch stretching - ing stretching from ocean to ocean is more than twice the size the Roman Empire was at the period ot its greatest extent when it embraced much of Europe and the fairest portions of Asia and Africa. As Mr. Gladstone once said, we have natural basis for the greatest con continuous - tinuous continuous empire ever established by man." Our country is unified by the physical ordinances of God - great mountain chains and an unequaled sys system - tem system of rivers that roll down their sides and sweep through valleys like moving lakes. Do we properly appreciate our agricultural capabilities? Large stretch stretches - es stretches of territory which were once regard regarded - ed regarded as arid and worthless. Incapable of cultivation and even unfit for grazing purposes are now under proper tillage equal in the quantity and quality ot their yield to the best land of other countries. Many places now considered to be irreclaimable deserts will yet by ^me way the Inventive genius of man may discover, for conducting water to pathless regions be turned Into gardens and made to blossom as the rose. The best authorities assure us that if our arable land were all under cultivation this/country could support a thousand million people. Its mineral wealth is unspeakably vast. God has stored up in the granite safes of our hills all of (Continued on Page Five.)

On the return from the cemeteries the ' marchers were given a dinner In Wash Washburn - burn Washburn HaW by the Woman's Relief Corps. Thousands of persons visited the graves of their dear friends and planted flowers upon their resting places. Although the day was not as pleas pleasant - ant pleasant as had been hoped It would be ' a.nd in the afternoon the clouds gave I out their rain the people were not de deterred - terred deterred from patronizing the ball games, ' automobile races, golf links or any I other of the amusements^that had been planned for. It was nearly 8 o'clock yesterday morning when Commander Daniel E. ; Denny gave to the parade, which was formed on Main Street, the order to march. It was but a short distance to the Common hut the inability of some of the older men to march owing to In Infirmities - firmities Infirmities brought home to the specta spectators - tors spectators how rapidly the ranks of the sur survivors - vivors survivors of the War of the Rebellion are being depleted. At City Hall the pa parade - rade parade was met a<nd joined by Mayor Walter H. Blodget, ex-Mayors Edward F. Fletcher, Henry A. Marsh, Philip J. O'Connell, Rufus B. Dodge, A. B. R. Sprague and Francis A. Harrington. Aidermen Herbert B. Beloher, Julian F. Bigelow, Lewis J. Terrill and Theodore H. Day, Councilmen David A. Donly, G. A. Busby, Charles H. Harris and W. E. Higgins, Chief of Police W. J. E. Stone, City Engineer F. A. McClure, City Solicitor A. P. Rugg. City Clerk ®. H. Towne, City Messenger W. H. Pratt. ex-Councilman John P. Lund Lundborg - borg Lundborg and the following associates and guests: George M. Rice, George F. Brooks, P. W. Wood, L. G. White, C. H. Carpenter, Henry Brannon, W. H. Sawyer, Freeman Brown, George F. Hewett, Frank®. Hall, Charles H. Pinkham and C. N. Wailker. One of the features of the parade was the escort of police. Nine officers made up the escort and every man. with the exception of Sergt. Walter N. Drohan. was a veteran of the war. Officers In command were M. J. Foley. F. W. Millett, W. H. Mason, George W. Hall. John H. Walker. P. F. Ryan. John J. Flaherty and John Legasey. CARD INDEX SYSTEMS. * We make a specialty of t designing card systems for all purposes. Our line of supplies Is complete. G. E. STIMPSON & CO.. 57-61 Pleasant St

along- the pages ot history there are scattered splendid illustrations of power of a man when he represents a great cause, to change the face of society, lift the very stream of history out of its old channels and turn it into new ones and open to nations and the world greater and more magnificent possibilities. A well-known historian has declared that the overthrow of that system of government which re restricted - stricted restricted the growth of the English rule ' and opened to greater England that career which she has pursued with! such splendid success under William I 111, Pitt, Peel and Gladstone, was largely due to the genius of Wash Washington - ington Washington and the steady valor of the men who suffered with him at Valley Forge and whom he led to victory at Yorktown. The freedom which he then won, he won for England and her colonial possessions as well as for this land. I think no one could read the history of the civil war. follow the military campaigns of Grant, or peruse his two remarkable volumes of me memoirs, - moirs, memoirs, without feeling that his mag magnanimity. - nanimity. magnanimity. self control, generous deeds, great public actions and service which contributed so powerfully to give us a reunited country from which slavery had been banished, entitled his name to a place with Washington's and Lin Lincoln's - coln's Lincoln's in the nation's galaxy of her greatest men. Although Grant was educated at West Point, and ^pent 11 years In the regular army, and had passed through the Mexican war and was present in every bpttle but one. I and twice- commended for skill ana I bravery, he disliked military life and resigned his commission When he reached the grade of captan'. InM^Sl when the civil war broke but. although , he had reached the age of 40, he was wasan - an wasan unknown and humble citizen of Ga Galena. - lena. Galena. When he wrote to the adjutant general of the army offering his serV serV'lces, - 'lces, serV'lces, he received no reply. The gov governor - ernor governor of Illinois employed him to drill volunteer troops and appointed him colonel of the 21st Illinois Infantry. Now began that career which was to carry his name around the world and

Arriving at the monument the par parade - ade parade was distributed as follows: At the right, directly In front, were the guests of honor, including Mayor Wal Walter - ter Walter H. Blodget and Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain. In the centre were the Grand Army Veterans, Sons of Vet Veterans - erans Veterans and Legion of Spanish War Veterans. To the left were the militia, Highland Military Academy Cadets and the musical organizations. On the stand were Commander Dan Daniel - iel Daniel E. Denny, Rev. Dr. Archibald Mc- Cullagh. he erator of the morning, and Rev. Dr. E.. B. Patterson, pastor of Grace Church. After prayer had been said by Rev. Dr. Patterson, Commander Denny in introduced - troduced introduced Rev. Archibald McCullagh as the orator of the day, who said: disposition to celebrate great events and thus keep them fresh In the memory of man is as old as history. The Jews still observe their Passover in honor of their deliverance out of bondage. We celebrate the Fourth of July In honor of the time when this nation proclaimed her independence and first took her place among the nations of the world. And so for a generation this day has been set apart to do honor to the memory of those who faced sufferings no tongue, how however - ever however eloquent, could adequately por portray, - tray, portray, and who soaked the soil with their life blood in the greatest and most momentous war of modern times to save this nation from dismember dismemberment. - ment. dismemberment. am glad to have the privilege of addressing so many of those who fought through that war. This is a time when you revive old memories, live over again past scenes and recall the characteristics of companion heroes who sleep in distant or unknown graves, or who have more recently passed from your ranks into the great unseen. I wish, as a fitting theme for this occasion, to say a word of one whom you all admire, whom I had the honor of knowing personally, the greatest military leader which the war produced, namely General Ulysses Grant.

As soon as the visitors began hammer hammering - ing hammering Noonan Smith got out, but he did not go into the box. O'Rourke began lim limbering - bering limbering up his arm With Coach Tom McCarthy and when Holy Cross' third innirig ended he went into the box. There was a decided change from the first, for McCabe and Hobbs went out, 1 on grounders to the pitcher and short shortstop - stop shortstop and Reeves could not hit the ball at all. Holy Cross could not get a man to first, the first two men up failing to, connect, and O'Rourke putting out a grounder to short. It was one, two, three with the vis visitors - itors visitors again in the fifth, Ennis getting a putout on a foul fly and two assists. After Devlin filed out to right Skelly got a hit by short. Noonan was as- , sisted out by Hobbs and then Stankard | drove out a long fly to left. O'Brien I got the ball in his glove and made a glaring muff, Skelly scoring. Hoey I gave the centre fielder a high fly. A foul tip from Orcutt's bat damaged ' Pete Noonan's finger in the sixth. There was a delay of two minutes while the finger was being bandaged and then Pete went behind the bat again and caught the game out. Maine put out ; a fly to Skelly and Glaze gave ^tankard an assist. - Grounders by Flynn, and Ennis went straight to Kelly and Mc- Keon gave Reeves an assist. The damage in the seventh started with another poor pitch by Stankard which gave McCabe first. He kept on to second and went to third on a sacri sacrifice - fice sacrifice by Hobbs, scoring on a wild pitch. Reeves went out, O'Rourke to Flynn. Witham landed a long fly over In left centre and took two bases. Keady put one cut in the same direction which looked good for a home run but Hoey made a good return and held the run runner - ner runner at third, Witham In the meantime scoring. O'Brien's hot liner by the box took Umpire Dowd on the back a.nd the runner got to first, Keady scoring, but O'Brien w-as forced at second by Or- \ (Continued on Page Two.)