The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-26
Ne EWpORT News
Echoes Of the Municipal
Election Yesterday.

0TOm
NEwPoRr, Oct. 26.--The official count
by the Board OF Aldermen gives Captain
John Waters, the Democratic nhrninee, q
majority OF 26 votes over Mr.. SAN
born. II was II o'clock last night
before tine board had completed the Ave
wards. Waters great gam was In the
Second, where 112 votes were added 70 his
< count. There was loss OF q few in the
Third, and in the First and Fourth the
re-count lowered his majority quite mater
laliy. In the Fifth the changes we're not
% marked.
y In the Fourth ward, Wednesday even
ing. the wnrden's count gave MIR. Open
shaw. the Democratic nominee, 90 ma
jovity. The Board OF Aldermen gave him
two.
\ Councilman Aliens majority in the
Fourth Ward Is Increased. This quite an
honor 10 the Republican party-to elect
one man and run such close race with
another In a Democratic ward.
Political Bits.
The Aquidneck Cycle Club, which up TO
"Wednesday was supposed to exist
for the promotion OF cycling
interests, and TO be on strictly
non partisan basis, came out and
voted TO q man for Captain Waters. Mem
bcrs OF the club aliege that prize was
offered for one of their meets last year by
the City Courcil. and that It was never
received. But just how Mr.. Sanborn was
TO blame for this is hard TO say.
Col, Young, one ofthe aspirants for the
Postmastership, states that it viii not be
long before the appointment is made.
This is one OF the first matters that Grover
G. il to attend to on his arrival In WASH
1ngton.
The reason of the Republican defeat
lies ia the fact that up to short time be-
fore voting day they were too confident
of . walk-over, and did not stir about
enough.
Much speculation is.going on as to what
the size OF Col. Melville Bulls majority at
the Congressional election on November
8 will be-. Estimates are made from zoo TO
The Marquis de Crosic.
The Marquis de Crosic, probably better
known as Richard de Logerot, was in 1893
the owner and proprietor OF the DE
loxerot Hotel in New York, and OF the
cettaees here during that summer. In the
fall he iailed, and since that
time has lived quietly in small cottage,
within stones throw OF his former hotel.
The property has all changed hands but
the marquis still has several writs on his
hands. Yesterday Detective Sergeant
Reilly came from New York with bench
warrant, OF the general sessions, charging
one Richard de Logerot with perjury,
The case was referred TO the marquis
counsel, Mr.. s. X. Honey who, it Is under
stood, found that the warrant was not
strong enough TO take the man on.
Accordingly, fugitive warrant was
sworn out. and the marquis arrested on
that, but he Immediately gave the re-
quired bail OF $1,000, and the detective
returned to New York To procure another
warrant.
Last evening the marquis stated to The
NEWS representative that the detective
had called on him and informed him that
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charge OF perjury. He has consulted
with his attorney, Mr.. Honey, and the
case now lies in his hands. lie was
surprised TO be arrested on such
charge, as he had never testified in court
but tw ice--once in Newport and once in
New York. Both times 1t was relative TO
the suit brought by the. Gorham Silver
Company OF New York against himself.
City Scraps aud Snippets.
Schooner II. l.. Peckham, of the Rey-
noic's Line, III reported At Philadelphia.
The Salvation Army have branch here,
which, while small in numbers, is CON-
priscd of earnest workers, 10 the number
OF four. This quartet nightly makes
parade from their hall to Mar
ket square and return. The
two male mombers are pressed into
service TO carry the flag, and the
other to play the cornet, and the two
females, like the spanish dancing girls,
carry tam bourines and sing. This odd,
but earnest group, are nightly pestered
by gang of small hoodlums who follow
them, shouting and screeching at the top
OF their voices. This Is not
only intensely disagreeable to the mem
bsrs OF the army but also To pedestrians
who are obliged TO listen to cat-calls, ETC.,
inierspersed with tAoughtless jeers and
filings at religion. The policemen on this
beat cannot help noticing this nuisance,
but they seem TO do little to stopit.
Mr.. Raymond Humes, who for some
years has been connected with Coles
Pharmacy, has removed TO Providence,
where hc.has accepted position with the
Hope Rubber Company.