The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-04
TELEGRAPHIC BREvIT les.

John ID. Rockefeller gave $4,000 more
TO Chicago university.
New York union garment makers pro-
test against new unions.
Selim Pacha, physician of the late Khe-
dive Tewfik, died at Cairo.
Albert Pane, aged s5, lifelong resi-
dent OF Barre, VT, died of old age.
William p. Earle, the oldest hotel pro-
prietor in New York, is dead, aged SO.
Benjamin Gale, veteran of the late
war, died at Northheld, n. H., aged 62
George w. Savage, the American con-
sui at Dundee, died after a lingering ill
ness.
Salem (Mass.) business men are trying
TO raise fund for the establishment of q
gold cure there.
The London Truth charges that foreign
exhibitors ut the fair are liable not TO get
their goods back.
II has been proven that the Omladina
society of Austria is closely connected
with the anarchists
w. ID. Lovitt of Yarmouth, N. s., Is
dead. He was probably the wealthest
man in Nova Scotia.
The first iron sailing ship built in Maine
will be launched from the Sewall yard in
Bath about Feb. l.
John A. Lattime, IL years old, has been
missing from his home in Newburyport,
Mass, several days.
Adolph l.. Sanger, prominent lawyer
and ex-president of the New York board
of aldermen, is dead.
A joint debate between socialists and
anarchists in Vienna failed to change the
ideas of either faction.
Another relief party has started to hunt
for George Colgate in the Bitter Root
mountains, Washington.
Vincent Garcia Torres, founder of FL
Monitor Republican,, died in the City of
Mexico. He left largeestate
Baron Soloyns, minister of Belgium to
Great Britain. died suddenly. He had
held the post for nearly 81 years.
A London paper says that the wholesale
arrests Of anarchists were made in order
to ease the minds of vaillant's jurors.
The Illinois state auditor may instituts
proceedings against officers of the National
Building and Loan Investment company.
A North Cambridge (Mass.) girl named
Mary Daley was killed while trying to
cross railroad tracks under freight car.
Advices from Newfoundland report the
death of Very Rev Abbott Fitzpatrick of
Mt. Military Trapplst monastery, aged 80
years.
Miss Ellen M. Barton, principal of the
Portland (Me.) school for the deaf is
dead, aged 50. She was a native of Char
lotto Vt. Al
Hermann c. CallendAr Of Sheffield.
Mass, is dead, aged SO. He had held
many public Offices. and was leading
politician.
Colonel Floyd Clarkson died suddenly
in New York. lie was at one time com
mander of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie OF the state of New York.
Professor Lothar Warmth who was
at one time connected with an Austrian
university and came tptthis country in
1875, died in Newark, ~ j. lie was dis
tinguished linguist
The plan of collecting statistics OF desti-
tuition in New Haven. suggested by the
Central Labor union. has been adopted by
the police commissioners. and the patrol
men will engage In the work
At special town meeting at North An
dover. Mass, the board of commissioners
was directed To postpone action relative
10 establishing system of water works
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The New Haven Street Railway COM
pany has just received consignment OF
new cars. When they were opened il was
discovered that thieves had broken into
the cars and had stolen the car register
bells and other fixtures.
The Navy Register OF today shows that
of the 22l officers above the rank of
lieutenant in the navy in 1851 only five
are now living and these are on the re-
tired list. They are -Adinirals |
Thomas q. Selfridge, samuel u. Lee. .Jo-
seph Il. Greene and Henry Wake and !
Commodore Henry Bruce. During the
last five years death has removed of this
class ViceAdmiral X G. Rowan. eight |
rear-admirals and six commodores.
Expedients TO draw people TO church are
not always successful. The Rev. Walter |
Walsh OF Newcastle, England abolished |
creed Inscription for membership in his |
church, inviting all who wished TO live
like Christ No increase OF working-folks |
was visible. Then he put the pulpit |
away, and put In a platform, and made
worship only incidental. while all topics
OF social interest were treated. This. too,
was failure. aud Mr.. Walsh now says:
After ell, congregations are more inter |