The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-05

WEsrMINsTEE ThkATkR-The Seton Comic
Opera Company.
INFANTRY HALL-Poio: Providence vs.. Salem,
atsi3o.
The tickets for tn police ball will be
put on sale tonight.
Tomorrow Company ID, I'd regiment,
will contest at the State rife range for
the Company prize.
City Engineer Shedd has ~ far re-
covered from his recent ipdisposition as
to be able to resume his duties today.
The Rhode Island Wheelmen enter
tanned q delegation from the Massachu-
setts Bicycle Club OF Boston yesterday.
Preparations are already completed for
the lelection tomorrow. The ballots and
boxes we're put in readiness this morning.
The Rumford Chemical Works Company
has presented the Providence Permanent
Firemsn's Relief Association q check for
SIS.
! There was q harvest concert OF Sunday
school OF the Roger Williams Free Baptist
Church, last evening, which was very sue
cessful.
The committee on manufacturers' waste
to inspect the system OF disposing OF
waste in that city.
The plan for plumbing the new six-story
| Studley Building on Weybosset street
was hled Saturday. There will be 5S wash
basins, 10 closets and 10 urinals.
The New York, New Haven q Hartford
Railroad Company has asked the city to
abate q portion OF its taxes. The petition
| is now n the com m Tee on ella lma.
Alarm OF fire was sounded from box So
| late yesterday afternoon for a slight fire
| on the roof of Torrance McCiinn's house
at the corner OF Borden aud Mary streets.
The school department has issued neat
| little directory giving the location OF all
the school buildings and the name, resi-
dence and school OF every teacher in the
employ Of the city.
While getting off the fence in the rear
| OF Taft q Weeden's mill at Olneyville yes
terday, James Hill, aged is, fell and his
left ankle was sprained. He was taken to
| the Rhode Island Hospital.
| A team owned by Archibald Turnbull,
and in charge of William Jones, collided
with an electric car NJ the corner OF
| Atwelps avenue and Dean street last even
ing. The forward wheels were broken.
The four driving wheels of the engine
drawing the moving freight train from
Fall River TO this city, left the track at
| the Darlington brick yard, and delayed
all trains during the early part OF the day.
All departments in the hall, with the
exception of the city clerks Office, the
| police and fire departments, will be closed
| for the day. This weeks session of the
| Municipal Court will occur on Wednes-
day.
y Richard Gary, IL years old, and James
| the Rhode Island Hospital yesterday.
| The former had broken wrist and the
7 latter a spIained ankle, each the result OF
| a fall.
Several Dorrance street cellars are re-
ported 10 have been flooded by the rain
| last week and this morning. The high
| wind Saturday tore many flags which
were flying over downtown business
blocks.
Captain Hazard, who has been in COM
mand of the steamer Maine of the Ston-
| ington line arrived in town today, and
was assigned command OF the freight
steamer Nashua. Captain George Row
land will begin his vacation Thursday.
During October "a animals found to be
afflicted with tu berculosis were killed by
order of the cattle commiss toner's of this
State. There we're 81 cows, oxen and 1
hog, and their appraised value was Sl375,
of which the State paid the owners one
half.
Albert b. Evans, who for the past three
years was in The public department in the
City Hall, has resigned TO take position
in he employ of the National India Rub
ber Company. His successor in City H. II
is Frank Il. Magoon, brother OF the city
auditor.
City Clerk Clarke and his assistants viii
go on duty tomorrow morning at $50
| O'Clock and distribute 100000 ballots to "a
policemen, who will take ~ hacks
tor as many different polling places.
The city of Providence does not cast
100000 votes, buu the law requires that
there shall be great many extra ones.
The smallpox oven in the laboratory at
| City Hall became overhested this after
noon and LOT of tainted literature that
was being fumigated, burst intos blaze
and was totally destroyed. Officials on
the upper floors Of the building opened
their windows and wondered whore the
smoke came from.
The annual convention of the Rhode
Island Sunday School Association will
begin tomorrow evening. The sessions
are at the Central Congregational
Church and there will be speaking
by II. II. Meredith of Brooklyn, William
Reynolds of Illinois, b. +. Jacobs of Chi
cago, Raiph Wells of New York and Miss
Annie s. Harlow of Lowell, Mass, and
others.
Officer James A. Lee Of the Central Sta
tion, arrested Alice Skain. aged 10, and
Mary Hammett, aged 10. in a house
on Fountain street last evening. The
girls came from Fall River Sunday even
ing, and did not have any wraps or
clothes Of any sort except those
they wore. The police are OF the
opion that the Skain girl
las been I'm the habit OF enticing girls OF
her own age to this city for immoral pur-
poses. The parents the girls have been
notified. The girls are at the Central Sta
tion, in charge Of Agent Thurber OF the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 10
Children.
Costly Picture Frames.
Some splendid picture frames NAV he