The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-27
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1A'AfNe EilRfA 80 tsAANa IN ~
In Asia Minor.
An Epidemic of diphthcria is prevalent in
Washington, II. 1.
Boston Is 20 be opened rs n port OF OK.
port for Canadian cattle.
Dick Burge refuses to meet Joe Walcott,
but will fight Kid Layigne.
The Granite State Provident association
Is declared TO DO entirely solvent.
Edward Clark of Vassalboro, Me-, was
killed by u train Mt Haverhill, Mass.
Mrs. Harriet Parker of Milford, N. H.,
committed suicide at Marblehoad, Mass.
The handicap pigeon sweepstase at Ed.
dington, Pa, was won by j. *. IA
The wife Of Theatrical Manager LAX
Freeman dicd OF an overdose Of morphine.
The Peruvian government has signed
the law authorizing the Hualgayoc rail
road.
The Hancock National bank OF Boston
Is ready to furnish gold to bidders for
bonds.
Fishing schooners Falcon and John w.
Bray, Of Gloucester, Mass, are given up
for lost.
The boundary difficulty between Chill
and Argentine has assumed a highly
peaceful aspect.
Mrs. Lawrence OF Marlboro, n. H., cele-
brated her Tooth anniversary, and 1t was a
gala day In the town.
Designer Lacy of the Pacific mills,
Lawrence, Mass, is being sued for 5000
for breach of promise.
The Central Labor union of Brockton,
Mass, voted not 10 withdraw from tho
American Federation of Labor.
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been discovered at Frankfort, Wiesbaden,
Limburg and Cologne, Germany.
New Haven police raided n Chinese joss
house and opium joint, and captured 30
Chinese with a lot OF pipes and opium.
Gloucester, Mass, is all excitement
over the continued crusade Of Mayor Rob.
inson and City Marshal Parsons against
the saloons.
Joseph Conway and Howard Cody
fought to a finish in a barn, near Lewis
y ton, Me. Cody put Conway out In the
fourth round.
II Ali the Gloucester Mass fleet have left
Fortune bay, owing to the failure Of the
herring fishing, and have gone'to Placen-
tia for cargoes.
Rev. j.. M. Lowdcn. pastor OF the First
Free Baptist church, Boston, has accepted
the call to the First Free Baptist church
of O%lneyville, II. l.
William Stiller Of Albright, Mo-, was
found nearly asphyxlated by gas in his
room ut the Richmond house, New Haven.
1t Is thought he will die.
The first Sloyd teachers training school
In the United States was opened In Bos-
ton. The instructor is Gustaf LARSON.
The first class numbers 10.
A woman caused q sensation In q Chi
cago court by DECLARING herself guilty of
the crime OF nikrder for which her hus-
band was expecting sentence.
The shoe-upper cutters Of the National
India Rubber company at Bristol, II. l.,
went out on u strike. They claim they
can earn but so cents to 81 a day.
A gang of toughs. 10 of which are under
arrest, attac~.cd Officer McNiff ut Water
bury, Conn, and fearfully maltreated
him while ho was making an arrest.
The British steamship Ailsawald, from
Hamburg, Jan. z, reached Philadelphia,
after n terrific passage. Seaman William
Sproyle was swept overheard and lost.
Fears are entertained for the safety of
the two-musted schooner Rachael Jane,
six weeks out from New York, for New
port, Il. L. She has n crew of three men.
The Bass Rocks hotel, n fashionable
uminer resort mt Gloucester, Mass, was
totally destroyed, with contents, by nm in
cendiary fire. The loss Is estimated at
S40,0 900.
The Wagg-Anderson Wooden company
Of Chicago was closed by the sheriff on
judgments aggregating over $4,000. The
assets are placed at $3.50. 00O, and liabilities
ut $275,000.
The first real snowstorm OF the season
set in at st. John, n. b., Saturday, and
has been nearly continuous since. The
total fall Of snow, however, will not ex-
coed one foot.
Plans are on foot to repair the old house
ut South Quincy, Mass, in which Prcsi-
dent John Quincy Adams was born, and
present as a museum TO the Quincy His
torical society.
The cycle show that had drawn thou
sands OF people TO Madison Square Garden,
Now York, last week came 10 a close sat
urday night. The receipts for the week
approximate 100000.
James Dolan Of Boston was fined $50 for
%unlawfuily compromising medicine. Do
Ian was employed In u drug store. and
filed n prescription which caused the
death 81 n young child
Tho Massachusetts, Mayors club elected
the following officers: Thomas N. Hart,
Boston, president; William A. Bancroft,
Cambridge, vice president; G. III. Porter,
Quincy, secretary and treasurer.
Captain Marcus J.. Taylor, u. s. A., re.
tired, died at Philadelphia. lie was about
40 years old, having entered the service
very early In life. Mot ~ Captain Tay-
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Wifi Hn--tw-f-ut & -eu--u- H-uns-
wick, Ga, the largest lumber and crosstie
dealers In tho southeast, closed thcircstsb.
lishment un.ler attachments a~ggrcgating
over $1,000; liabilities estimated at 500.
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William Carroll, better known rs n
black-fnccd banjo specialist. died az Chel-
ga, Mass, OF u complication OF diseases !