The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-02-13


being held in the vestry of the Olney
Street Congregational Church.
The Rhode Island Whselmen Minstrels
will be given in the Auditorium at Paw
tucket tomorrow evening.
The repairs on the steamer City of New :
port have been completed, and she is
ready to sail as soon as the bay is navi-
gable.
There was reported to the superintend-
ent OF health today one case each OF scarlet
fever on Ives, Brook, Cromwell streets and
Winter court.
Three meetings Iare being held at the
bethany Mission today by the Providence
Auxiliary Christian Workers, at 10:30
a. M; and Z 80 p. m.
Coroner Lincoln was out at Mashapaug
pond today and took the testimony OF
ofseveral persons who were present at the
time OF the explosion OF the boiler in
Carpenter d Sons ice houses
Miss Ellen Bartlett, while skating on
the lake at the Roger Williams Park last
evening, fell on the ice and her right
ankle was sprained. She was taken to her
home, 13l Narragansett avenue, by Super
intendent Halfway in sleigh.
Manager Potter of the Union Railway
Company expects that by tomorrow cars
will run up College street by electricity,
the balance weight being almost ready.
IL was decided to complete the weight be-
fore attempting to repair the broken
cable as 1t requires less time.
Torrance McGowap ran away from the
st. Aioysius orphan asylum on Prairie
avenue yesterday afternoon and was taken
into custody later by Officer Foye of
station 3. He was sent to the Charity
building, where he spent the night and
was returned to the asylum this morning.
There was an alarm from box 415 at 3
O'Clock this afternoon for slight blaze
In the basement of the "Maxeyn house, "a
George street. The fire was in pile of
papers and resulted in but little damage.
The building is occupied by Brown Uni
versity students as dormitory.
w. ii. James, who resides at AZ Wilson
street, fell On the ice on Westminster
street last evening, ala the muscles Of
his right leg were severely strained. He
was assisted 90 the Office OF DIR. Whit
marsh by officer Tyler where he received
surgical attendance and afterward was
taken TO his home.
Frank Parillo, who keeps a store at 357
Admiral street, was rudely awakened last
night by the breaking OF a lot OF glass.
He made tour of his establishment and
found that two large windows in the
front of his store had been broken, but by
whom he did not know as there was not a
human being in sight.
According to the records at the city
hall Calender. McAuslan and Troup Com
pany have attached the ID operty OF Mary
A. Allen, and the Burke Brothers have
proceeded in like manner against Joseph
o. Smith, and the Capitol Heating Com
pany have made an assignment mt to John
Nick. Barbour.
At IL 80 today Mary Sullivan, aged 81
was knocked down and run over by team
driven and owned by Albert Mann of
Seekonk. The shaft of the wagon struck
the woman over her left eye, and cut
serious cash. She was assisted TO her
home, 107 Link street, by Officer Hugh
Rooblee, snd was attended by DIR. Duffy.
A party of railroad men got into a dis
pute IN a saloon, III North Main street
last evening, which ended In Frank Nor
ris being severely injured by one or more
Of his companions. Edward Riorden was
arrested and taken 10 the Central Station
and in the Sixth District Court this morn
ing he pleaded guilty to the charge of
making an assault on Morris. Morris
was taken to the Rhode Island Hospital,
and as he was not able to be present this
morning, Judge Cooke deferred sentence
until Friday, or such time as Morris Is
able to be present. The men are all well
known TO each other.