The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-10
News Condensed.


Louisiana will pension disabled Con-
federate veterans.
The supreme bench rules that ga homo"
includes food and fuel.
The twelfth victim OF the Philadelphia
theatre fire has just died.
Washington Republican delegates are
all for Blaine IL he will accept.
F. X. Sturgis has been elected president
of the New York Stock Exchange.
The cotton mills at Ashton UNDER
Tyne, Eng, have resumed work.
Five miners were killed by the falling
of mine cage at Gilly, Belgium.
I The Boston Evangelical Alliance has
denounced the Chinese exclusion bill.
The steamer "City of Pekin" arrived in
San Francisco with small pox on board.
Henry Watterson thinks Cleveland will
withdraw his NAM from the convention.
Luke Jocelyn, aged 80 years, an old res
ident Of Waterbury, VT, dropped dead
yesterday.
The date of the Indiana Republican
convention has been changed from June
ZS to June %.
Several miners were killed in the
Manvers colliery in Yorkshire, Eng, by
falling mass OF coal.
1t is rumored at New Orleans that the
great Morganza levee, the largest In the
United States has given way.
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers are
still rising and great damage Is being add
ed to what has already been done
Stone cutters of New York and other
cities have left work in sympathy with
the strike here in New England.
Spain's West Indian engagements with
the United States prevent the conclusion
of treaties with European nations.
English miners started a riot at Gas
tleden colliery, near Hartlepooi, because
of the employment OF non-union man.
In consequences Of the receipt of threat
ening letters by a prominent Paris finan-
cier, the Bourse is strictly guarded by po-
lice.
A fire inquest is to be held in Saco,
which destroyed Charles M. Littlefeld's
steam mill.
The House bill giving the steamers
City OF New York and the City of Paris
an American registry passed the Senate
yeas 40, nays 10.
A horse and loaded wagon was stolen
from Thomas Pollock OF Burlington,
Mass, Sunday night. The wagon was
loaded with asparagus.
Mrs. Martin Scanton ended a quarrel
some existence with her husband, hotel
brains out with hammer.
People at the Massachusetts, State
House were yesterday excited over what
some think was an attempt to burn the
building or commit robbery.
The American bark Fred w. Carlton,
from Para, has been wrecked on Barbuda
Island, one OF the British Leeward Is
lands. Her crew have landed safely.
The city government of Worcester has
voted to appropriate $500 for Fourth
OF July celebration, providing an equal
amount is raised by popular subscription.
A farm house and its contents, owned
by Mrs. Mary Bush, and situated In
Litchfeld, Me-. was burned. The fire was,
caused by a defective chimney. Loss
$500: no Insurance.
The body of an unknown man, evident
ly a laborer, was found on the Pomroy
Coal Company's pier at Providence, r. l.,
yesterday. There were no marks OF vio-
ience, and IL IL probably man who dis
appeared suddenly from the pier some
days ago.
Rev. william RAIDER, Pastor Of the Sec
ond Congregational Church, at Bidde-
ford, Me-, who recently visited drinking
shops while gathering material for n tenn
perance lecture, has been summoned to
testify before the Grand Jury of the Su-
preme Court, next week.
The Methodist conference at Omaha
adopted resolutions for the investigation
Of Grant University Mt Chattanooga, ask
ing for protection for the public schools
against religious encroschments and pro-
testing against the government giving
money fof scclssiastioa education.