The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-12
AS 1T IS TALKED.

The ferocious assault on Wa,chman
| Armstrong by "Jim' Ryan in his at
| tempt to break out OF Cranston jail has
| furnished the topic Of conversation for
passengers on the horse cars in
the city, and many and varied
are the statements made reg riding
the attempt. The popular opiniol Is
! however, that under the watchiul eyes
# Warden Wall the mans spirit will be
| broken, and one man who seemed TO
| know the warlen said, "he'll keep Ryan
| if lie has To build stone wall about
him." All the sympathy is with Arm
strong, and his bravery is commended on
every side. A general feeling OF disap-
pointment is expressed at the monk ling
| OF Ryan, who it is Thought would be
better out Of than in the way
| The trouble over. the Robert Burns
statue has broken out again. this time in
| the supreme court at Boston. Some
years "a 20 the Rob rt Burns Monu1 eat
association undertook 10 erect in Roger
Williams park statut, 20 the Scotch
poet and iulpor William Clark Noble
was selected TO C instruct the statue. The
originators of the plan were finally
forced to abandon 1t because
of the small amount subscribed.
and Mr.. Noble was notified. The
CURED some expense He had finished
the model. having laid out some money
for the materials that went to make IL,
and he has an item I'm his declaration for
IS, $50, being seventy weeks labor at sl25
"a week. The defendants, who are John
McAuslan and John c. Pegram alleged
to be members OF the association, deny
their liability to the sculptor. aud each
says they never employed him, They
L 4 a. 4. -. - h..
piece of art was to be paid out Of funds
to be subscribed by citizens OF Provi-
dence, aud they were unable to raise the
necessary amount, but what was col
lected was paid over to him. Sculptor
Noble wants So. 900.
There is much interest in the game OF
living whist which is to be played In In
fantry hall April 20. IL will be decided
innovation, no far as Providence is con-
cerned, and will undoubtedly be great
success. The projectors have shown
their good sense in calling upon home
talent for their costu mes. instead OF rae
ing off to New York or Boston, as has
been often done on other occasions. Mrs.
Anna Rosenfeld will furnish the
tunes. She Is SO we'll known in this line
that it Is safe to say that the dancers
ould not have done better.
2 was forcibly reminded yesterday that
a there is a strong undercurrent OF interest
in the welfare and stay with-us- al ways
, ness of Roger Williams, I'd. | had bust.
ness with one of the large manufacture
ing jewelers.. and on entering the office
my gaze was attracted by a fancy box
fastened under the clock The art st or
designer OF this concern had printed wi h
4 a graceful interlining Of elephant tusks
!. and odd eyes all over the card that hung
above the box these encouraging words :
drop a nickel in tbs slot and get a
J. baby"
= The picture of Roger that the News
printed was pasted under this, the who lie
making a very pretty artistic effect.
Bachelors who probably often envy the
;, Benedict pushing the infants perambu-
i lator, and fathers who envy the free
9 from-care way OF single men, walk up to
y this box with common interest and in-
- vest in baby that will soon be common
J. property in the care OF Superintendent
n Hathaway. These boxes are seen in
+ several of the large stores ana factories
q and are sufficient evidence that Roger Is
interesting to the major portion OF ou'
city's population.
of Life's flckering candle went out in one
I'd mad moment this morning. Mr.. X. %
r. Dent, scarcely years old, was brutally as
IA saulted by lot of news and Office boys,
~ led by Arcade Sullivan. Eigtl O'Clock
Il. was the hour decided upon among th
rs consprators, IL they succeeded In can
re turing their common enemy, and I'd
eei gang" were on hand early. Some ha'
re window mops, others brooms. while on
Ia vainly tried TO borrow hose by tn
H. agency OF which he hoped TO make th'
ch poor fellows misery comple,e. Tue
a arch conspirator was the last one of the
re- Williams to appear, but he brought JOY &
a az the waiting crowd. With him, tirml,
nj secured, was the poor little prisoner
NV scared at the excitement he was causing
There was consultation as TO the bes
- means OF opening the assault aud 1t wa
\ finally agreed that circle be forme
Il and each man do his best to keep poo
little X. O. Dent from Dreakips through
2 This unusual stir naturally excited th
passers by on Weybosset street, ant
4 when the supreme moment ca ther
were forty or fifty people present anS
= ious 10 be in at the death. The assauI
was a short one. Red Thomas. arme
II with last summers broom, got in th
= first blow. which winded the little fe
low. A thru.. from a cart ruug finisne
the deed. The trap wag T turned to IL
owner, aud the body OF X. q. Dent wa
4 kicked into the gutter, while his en-
mics marched triumphantly away.
THE GOSSIP.