The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-21

Western railroads have pooled their the
atrical business.
Herr Gehlsen has returned te Berlin and
may prove dangerous.
Western farmers may carry over large
amount OF their wheat.
The revival OF tho mining industry is
helping western railroads.
The New York legislature will be urged
to economize in appropriations.
The largest drydock in the world Is
probably to be built Mt Eric Basin, N. Y.
John Henry, aged 10 years, had his skull
crushed in an elevator at Fall River, Mass.
Police Commissioners Roosevelt again
defends the present police systom of New
York.
New Haven railroad officials deny that
they are trying TO secure the Boston & AL
bany road.
Tim Keefe has been re-engnged as coach
for candidates for the battery Of Harvard's
baseball nine.
General Weaver thinks the Populists
and the Silverites will agree on an iden-
tical platform.
Trerc will be q general protest from the
Salvation Army against Commander
Booths removal.
In the last year the Boston Cigsrmakers'
union has paid out s37 500 In benefits Of
various kinds for members.
Miss Helen Gould has sent check for
$500 to Vassar college, to found scholar
ship In memory OF her mother.
The stable OF George Youldon at Provi-
dence was burned. Loss, $500. William
Orr, "a fireman, was badly burned.
ton, by popular subscription, liquidated
the debt of $1,000 incurred last season.
According to survey, the gold discover
les Of Forty Mile creek, Alaska, belong to
the United States, not 20 Great Britain.
Fire destroyed the large stables Of Ben
jamin w II rsh at Lancaster, Pa. Over 20
horses were cremated. The loss Is upwards
Of 10000
A torpedo outfit consisting Of 10 White
head torpedoes. was shipped from New
port, II. l., for the Oregon, now at Mare
island navy yard.
General Thomas Ewing was Knocked
down by cable car at New York. He
was not seriously injured, sustaining a
slight scalp wound.
Frederick Hiscock, 80 years cid, was In
stantly killed at Chelsea, Mass, by falling
from the top Of a shed into the shafting at
Magee's stove foundry.
The trouble between rival factions In
the Bclknap church at Dover, n. H., was
practically concluded by voting to close
tho church for the present.
The consss sidation Of number Of post
offices throughout the country on Feb Is
provided for In a number of orders issued
by Postmaster General Wilson. Among
these. Middesex Village. Mass. - 20 be
consolidated with Lowell.
Steamer Antiia, at New York from
Nassau, brought as passengers Mate Han.
sen and six shipwrecked sailors Of the
Norwegian bark Arctic, which was
wrecked ut Sandy Cay, Dec. 30. The Arc
tics cargo and material were saved.
The works OF the Burgess Gun company
Mt Buffalo were closed by sheriff. An
execution was outlined by Frank B. Io
Fevre for Slil, ,92070, this amount bcir,
due Mrs. LeFovre on notes for borrowed
money.
Firo in the Masonic Temple at Dover,
y. H., caused much damage 10 the occu-
pants of Sae building. The dense smoke
overcome Mrs. Il. ii. Biddle. on the fourth
roor, and she was carried out by the fire.
men.
The Sherman statue commission has
decided to place Il q equestrian statue OF
General Sherman, 40 be erected in Wash
lngton. on the reservation just south OF tho
United States t-sasury building, where it
eau he seen the length of Pennsylvania
avenue from tho Capitol westward.