The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-30


Providence Lodge, X. of r., who died
Sunday. will be buried tomorrow after
noon at2 o'clock.
Walter w. Dexter has been appointed
successor TO David s. Collins as secretary
of the Rhode Island State Fair association.
The Fair will be held Sept. 17-21 inclusive.
Yesterday afternoon Prof. Davidson of
New York delivered his fourth and last
lecture at the Womans College. He
summed up briefly the main points OF the
preceding lectures on Goethe's "Faust."
The pupils OF Miss Nellie Devenish will
give concert and entertainment in Car
roll Street Hall tomorrow evening, sup
plemented by dancing from lO to IL
o'clock.
The Providence Franklin Society will
listen TO John L. Hebden this evening. lie
will talk about "Dyeing," and Will illus
trate his subject with experiments. The
lecture will be free.
A couple OF small fires caused by burned
out electric wires called the department.
to the corner of Westminster and Math-
ewson streets last night near Ladd and
Shepard a. Co.'s stores.
The clothing store of Talbot Co. on
Westminster street was broken into some
time after midnight last night by forcing
the rear entrance. Piles OF clothing had
been thrown out and picked over.
Battery A, Light Artillery, was officially
inspected last evening by Lieutenant
Wolley, u. =. A. accompanied by Brigadier
General Kendall. The command made an
admirable showing.
Councilman Mccarthy lifted up his
voice IA times last evening in two hours.
Cushing says something about giving
somebody else chance, but lots of lati-
tude is accorded to orators in the body to
say nothing about longitude.
Ex-Councilman Covell was awarded the
contract for earth filling on the east APP
proach To the new union station yester-
day afternoon. Eighty thousand yards
will be needed, a large portion of which
will be taken from the Sans Souci Garden
lot.
Motorman Brown saved the life OF an
occupant of a sleigh on Chestnut street
yesterday afternoon who was thrown out
in front of Friendship street car. The
wheels were stopped within foot of the
man who was Frustrated on the track.
The committee on mems work OF the
committee OF relief for the poor has re-
ceived applications from 15 men for work
on streets on Smiths Hill. The committee
has not yet opened an office, but will do SO
soon at 90 South Main street Then the
applications will be rrceiyed in much
larger numbers.
At the January meeting OF the II. ].
Yacht Club at Narragansett Hotel last
night, A. T.. Austin, Robert l.. Greene,
Leroy Fales, G. q. Bloomer and X. III. Car
yer were appointed nominating COM
mittee, and will report IN three weeks.
An amendment to the bylaws was pro-
posed. The club numbers 369 members.
Shepard & Company's awning on
Westminster street caught fire from
sn electric wire shortly after 10 O'Clock
last evening and an alarm from box
81 was rung. just previous to
that an electric wire blazed at the side en-
trance of the Ladd Company's store and
for short time there was a crowd and
considerable fire apparatus in the vicinity.
No damage worth considering resulted.
A. II. Murdock, a we'll known secret
society man, was buried from the wigmam
of Pettaconsett tribe OF Red Men yester-
day afternoon. A portion OF the officers
of the great council and delegation from
the Barstow Beneficial Association were
present The services were conducted by
the Rev. - McInyre. There was large
number of beautiful floral offerings.
The interment was at Swan Point Gene
tery. He leaves wife and four children.
At the time of his death he held the po-
sition of sachem Of Pettaconsett tribe of
Red Men.
The monopoly Of the sidewalks encircl-
ing the canal bounded by Market square,
Dyer, South Water and Crawford streets
by the teams of the highway department
as temporary dumping ground for snow
pending its deposit over the railing into
the murky waters, is being sharply con-
demned by citizens who have occasion to
utilize the. thoroughfare. Commissioner
Smiths attention has been directed to it,
and it is possible that travellers may not
longer need alpenstocks to ascend the
lofty banks or be compelled to make
long detour along the horse-car tracks to
get across TO their places of business.
Hon. Thomas w. Bicknell addressed
the Brown University Press Club last
evening in University Hall. Mr. Bicknell
was of the class Of 1860 and his lecture
upon the making OF daily news
that the daily newspaper now
belongs to business enterprises. 1t sells
news, opinions and business information,
and its value depends upon the fresh
ness of its news in all de-
partments. There is no necessity for
literary style. Correctness is the main
thing. The members OF the Brown Press
club seemed to be much interested in
what Mr.. Bicknell had to say.
Mr.. George f. Foxes's lecture on Eng
lish Public Schools in Sayles Memorial
Hall, last evening had special
reference to the life and
methods OF education at the famous Har-
row School which was founded in Eng
land near London, in 1871. lie said: The
curriculum of the school is much
the same as that of Eton. In
social prestige it Is higher,
however. The cultivation of music is one
OF the principal studies while special at
tention Is given athletic features At
Harrow there is an immense open-air bath
thousand feet long, where contests or ex-
aminations are held every year and prizes
awarded.
The first shipment ever received at this
port of the famous Oregon pine arrived
here yesterday from Puget Sound con-
signed to James A. Potter q Co., the
pioneer southern hard pine lumber dealers
OF this city, being a portion of a cargo
Just landed at New York and shipped
from thence TO Providence per barge
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