The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-30
Have Sine important Matters to
Conslder This Week.
CHARGES AGAINST AN OFFICER.
Board OF Assessors to he Hauled Over
tho Goals why the Mayor Asks for
Hearing-Iwo weil-Knuwn Men
Dead.

| This evening the Pawtuckst board Of
| aldermen will ho d = meeting for he pur-
pose Of c c,nsidering the charges that Chief
| ~ Police Perry has made against Officer
Giroux. A few diys ago Girnux at en-
pted'to arrest Peer Johnson. Peter ran,
aud Giroux struck him on the head
with his club. Pc o. fell and was severe
| lv injured. He was taken To thu stotion.
| Otficer Giroux was snspe nded and charges
we're made against him by the chief OF
poics.
Aner the Assessors.
On wednesday night the board will
proceed to haul the tax assessors over
| the Goals. The SCISSORS havs
been accu cd Of not doing their duty ~ 1t
shouli be done, owing to alleged discrim-
ination in assessing the property OF
various persons. Mayor Brown has
AIKEN no ON ial notes OF these
| quasi charges against the as
SCISSORS, preferring to keep aloof
RON IL untill his duty as mayor
should prompt him to take acrion.
ne has now obtained evidence
which has prompted him to ask the board
| Of aldermen to investigate \ portion OF
the as .essors' work. Il the laying out Of
stree's under the betterment act, the law
governing matter states that the amount
of betlerment against an estate shall be
Ut into tie next annu II TAX by the as
ors of g. xes, and collected IA the same
manner as are collected the regular real
| e-tate taxes. In signing the notes on the
East avenus improvsmei Mayor.
Brown a.certainei that this had
got been doue, aud pursuing his investi-
nations he found IL has not been done
since 1882 The bel termsnts since that
time amount to more than SIG. 900 with
out interest, which should have been
paid the ci y but which the city has
not resolved, aud peculiar ss it may
seem, II payi X interest on up 20
the prese t day. Aud what makes the
c ,se more aggravated 10 the fact that tae
,ity auditor gives it NJ his opinion that
some OF these unpaid betterments can
not lie collected for several re sons. which
he stated in communication 10 Mayor
Brown. There 10 no small smou It of in
terest manifested in the out ONE of the
hearing.
o. Thursday evening the ldermen may
remain at home, but on F,id night aud
all day saturday, wi h an extension late
into The evening, they will bs engaged in
the rather tedi US work of canvassing the
voting lists to be used at the city election
on Nov. z.
Club House Dedicated.
Saturday evening the nov club house
OF the Fsirlawn nprovenent and Social
8 ciety as dedica ed In the presence of
Urge crowd. p esd mt Hilton CAV an
address Il welcome. Henry f. Tlepke
spo g bri, fly upon municipal
government. Then followed reading
in the Lancashire dialect
by william Ainsworth; song by William
II s.; piccoo solo by Weston Ross; rad
ing, "rne Fireman. Wedding" by Mss
L ina Hemngwag: song by John Carter;
song by Mrs. John NJ, Mullen, accom-
panic by herself on the organ. and Mr..
McMullin on the cnrio let; comic
song by David Shawcro.s song by Wes-
ton Ross. Rrfreshm nts were serv II, and
then there was moro entertainment by the
same talent, all OF whom are residents OF
Fairlawn.
Dead In hor Bedroom.
Saturday night Miss Sarah Waugh,
aged 76 years, retired in her usual ealth
Yesterday morning. however, she did OF
put In an app arence. aud mem bers of her
family became alarmei. They proceeded
to her room. where they found her dead
Medical Examiner Kelliher discovered
that death vas due to natural causes.
Death OF DR. Gaylord.
Yesterday m rnins Dr. william A.
Gaylord died 1T b . residence. He was 73
y, ara old. List Thursday niQht he was
taken i'll. and pneumonis rap dly dsve-
oped. DR.. Gaylord was born in West
field, Mass. Tnrown upon his own re-
sources early in life he managed, with
pluck d p, rsistency. by teaching mig it
school and penmsnship. lecturing on
phrenoloRy, etc, to secur. an education
at Trinity college. atthe Harvard Medical
school, from whc he graduated in 1877.
ard at the New York university. HIS
diploma is signed by Oliver Wendel
| Holmes He commenced practice in
Pawtucket in 1850 and has reside here
ever since, except during the time he
served in the army as surgeon Of the
Seventh Rhode Island infantry. -FOUR
teenth Massachusei Is heavy artillery,
Second light artillery, and Fourteent
Rhode Is and regiments. DR.. GAYLORD
was n physician o. the old scho 4, but
kept vel up wi h the times aud was C n
sidered one OF the mos ski full.
simon ". Dexter Dead.
Simon w. Dexter. aEed "a years. iii ed
Yesterday mornng. lie ha been i'll s me
| time aud week ago subnittel To a.
opera iop. lie rallied so newhat, but
other complications arose. sulting IN
h death. Mr.. Dxter WAS the son OF
! Nathaniel G. Is. Dexter. who was one
| of the pioneers OF the cotton manufsc.
ture In this country. Nathaniel G. IL
Dexter was IN I employ OF Samuel Sla-
ter more than aqiarter of century. aud
IN 1850 began the manufacture Of yarn
his own account For ha,f centu The
| Dexter yarn ha, been known the country
over. His sons. Simon w. (the subj CT
If this obituary. and Daniel 3, were 49,
sociatci with him In business while,
and then carried on the business the az
selves for many wears. under the firm
name Of Dexter Brothers- iow the Dex-
10 Yarh company. The present post
Office bildin was built by the Dexter
| Brothers aid betrs their name. Simon
w. ID xter WAS born In PaStucke. iu
$50. where the Miller block now il. He