The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-07
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Entertainments This Evening.
PROVIDENCE OPERA HoUsE-Camille D'Ar-
/ Vile in Venus"
b. r. KElTHs OPERA HOUSE." The Dazzler."
LoTHRoP's OPERA HOUSE" Frou- Frou."
WESTMINSTER THEATER-waldmann's Spec
ialty Company.
Winfield Daly's barber shop on Snow
street was broken into last night and
sundry razors rewarded the incursion OF
the thieves.
The Journeymen Tailors' Protective
Union are making arrangements for their
annual banquet at "a North Main street IN
| the near future.
The Republican city committee met
last evening and decided to call the pri-
| maries for March IL, and the city cohven-
tion for Friday, March l6
The Prohibitory city committee will be
held at the Central Police Station this
evening. No state ticket has been
arranged and its complexion seems to be
| in doubt.
Mr.. Marsdon j. Perry, one OF the re-
| ceivers for the New York x New England
railroad started yesterday on tour of the
| system. He will be joined in New York
| by Receiver Platt.
Rev. Percy Grant of the Church of the
Epiphhny, new iork, oncia,eu a.. oiaee
Church last evening, and the theme of his
address was the disaster that attends
upon wasted opportunities.
EIlery Wilson stood alone in the min
ority in opposition to the Factory lnspec-
tors bill yesterday. Undoubtedly Lieuten-
ant Allen would have joined him, but his
seat was vacant during the session.
The Press Club committee who are TO
represent the club at the funeral of the
late ex-President Remington, and such
other Press Club men who will attend, are
invited to meet at the rooms at O'Clock
tomorrow.
Some vandal threw a missile through
the window of the outgoing 20 train at
Olneyville yesterday. Past Department
Commander Cranston, q. A. r., narrowly
escaped serious injury from flying frag-
ments OF glass.
The "public class night" at Y. M. G.
Association Hall last evening was patron
| lied by good sized audience. The enter
] tainment consisted OF music and athletic
exercises, the latter under the direction of
John A. Howland.
Providence Lodge, Order OF ElISs, has
selected Past Exalted Rulers Eugene b.
Crocker and Joseph Il. Roberts as bearers
at the funeral of Brother Orville Nj. Rem
ington, at the Church OF the Mediator to-
morrow afternoon.
Plans have been accepted for the new
armory to be jointly occupied by the
Naval Reserve and Company b of the
State Militia at Newport. The appropria-
tion is not sufficient and more money will
be needed to insure its completion next
fall.
Congressman Patterson and General
Black of Washington, who are to address
the Business Mems Association tonight,
arrived in this city with their ladies yes
terday afternoon. They are being taken
on visit to the principal manufacturing
establishments today.
James Sullivan was fined $40 and costs
in the Sixth District Court this morning
for an assault on his wife Margaret Sulli-
van. The assault occurred last night
at Sullivan's house on Trenton street.
He became enraged at his wife and struck
her in the face with his fist.
DIR. Garvin's prophetic inference yes
terday that with the election of David $.
Baker he would succeed himself, and
hence perpetuate the commissioner OF i'm
dustrial statistics in office, was highly re-
freshing. But then the Doctor has fire.
quently miscued in his calculations.
Major McCrudden of the State Militia
in his defense of Captain Hackett charges
that carelessness and negligence has not
been confined to the subordinate officers
but the highest officials have been derilict.
Such bold assertion may be supple
meDted by his summons To court
martial.
Refreshed and invigorated by a days
vacation at the State Institutions yester-
day, Chairman Hayward and his fellow
members OF the finance comm'tte reap
peared in the House chamber today. They
stood Bre'r Honey's long distance consti-
tutional oration with remarkable patience
and submission.
Mayor Olney may possibly feel obliged
to gravitate between the executive chair
and the hack stand in front OF the union
depot to arrive at satisfactory adjust
ment OF the jehus' grievances. The Board
OF Aldermen apparently shifted the re-
sponsibility with the utmost alacrity.
The joint committee OF the Board OF
Association, Advance Club, and the
Bristol County Terminal Committee
will meet at the rooms OF the Business
Mems Association tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock TO consider the question of
the Bristol railroad extension.
At the afternoon session OF the Hackett
court martial yesterday, Quartermaster
Sergeant Giblin, Corporal Philip III. Nc
Kenna, Privates John It. Rush, Frank A.
mChtnna, IOuls NlCbONhU, NllilHm
McSoley and Thomas Duffy testified for
the defense. The court adjourned until.
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The annual election OF the Rhode Island
Poultry Association will be held at Til
linghast's assembly rooms March 21, at 3
o'clock, followed by the society banquet
at 9 80 o'clock. Prominent fanciers, farm
ers and practical men will be present. III.
M. Collingwood of The Rural New Yorker
and New England experts have promised
TO attend.
There IL a lively scramble for the Office
OF Shipping Commissioner since the with
drawai ofex-Commissioner Freeman from
the list OF candidates. IL II noised abroad
that the appointment may be made before
the spring elections which j. n much
safer security than that vouchsafcd To-
sspirsnts for postmasterships.
John Mclaughlin, W no lied at his home,
17p Early street, last Sunday, was born i'm
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