The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-07

garet Ada Uglow, contralto, and 4. AL
fred Shirley. tenor. The recital was
successful one n every way. and afforded
great pleasure to those who were present.
The attendants petition for new trial
has been denied by the appellate court In
the case Of Ben jamin q. Richards ct al.
vs. Michael Spraight ct al. Inc court
states that IL sees no ground for disturb
ing tho verdict The plaintiffs sued TO
recover for gravel taken by the defendant
from lot owned by them.
The woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety held its quarterly meeting at the
Hope Street NJ +. church yesterday after
noon with the president Mrs w. II.
Thurber in the chair. supper was served
from 80 to 80 p. m, following which
Miss Clementina Butler gave a most in
teresting address on Mexican life and the
progress of missionary labor among the
Mexicans.
The appellate court has decided that
John j. Heffernan, administrator on the
estate of Catherine Maroney, is entitled
to a bank book and claim on the Woon-
socket Institution for Savings for de-
posit in that institution which was in the
name or the deceased and one John Ma
loney. The court holds that though the
deposit was in both their names that tho
testimony shows Catherine Maroney al
ways retained control over the deposit.
Arnold Post, No T. met last evening
and elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: Commander, John III. Gil
bert; senior vice commander, james !.
Locke junior vice commander, James
III. Cbaffee; sergeant, Oscar L. Towne;
chaplain, Louis La Rock; auartermaster,
William III. Davis; officer or the day,
James Fauls; officer of the guard, Ber-
nard Boyle; first delegate, Charles A
Mathewson; second delegatr, James Fal-
Ion; third delegate, James ]. Locke: first
alternate, George NJ. salisbury: second
alternate. l.. IL. Frazier; third alternate,
Benjamin Il. Potter
The annual meeting OF the stockholders
Of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust COM
pany was held at l2 o'clock today. The
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, Herbert j. Wells;
vice president, Samuel X. Dorrance; Sec
retary, Edward Ii. CLARK; assistant secre-
tary, William A. Gammell: directors.
Christopher Lippitt, Royal e. Taft, Rob.
ert III. !. Goddard, George w. X. Mat
teson, William ID. Ely, Robert !. Gam
NELL, William Birney, William Ii.
Weeden. Rowland Hazard, Edward ID.
Pearce, Horatio n. Campbell. Robert
Knight. John W. Danielson, Herbert j.
Wells, John c, Pegram, Lyman B. 'Gog,
Eugene W. Mason, George q. King,
Rowland q. Hazard, Lucian Sharpe.
The quarterly meeting of the Laundry
and Allied Trades Association OF New
England was held in Tillinghast's Assem-.
bly, rooms last night. Cue SITS were pres.
ent from Boston. Providence, Cam bridge
Lynn, Newport, New Bedford, Weymouth,
Fall River, Lawrence and towns In the
immediate vicinity OF Boston. An elabo.
rate banquet was enjoyed and interesting
papers on subjects OF interest to the laun-
drymen were read by Alfred y. Richards
OF Philadelphia. president of the National
Laundrymen's Association; f. IA. Harri.
man OF Maynard Mass, and W. M. Clarke
of Boston. Previous To the banquet Paul
Clifford of the Mitchell Wing Company.
Everett A. White Of the Crawford Laun-
dry Machine Company, Alfred Smith of
the Maple Street Laundry OF Fall River
and John ID. Marshea of the Mi chell Wing
Company were taken on a tour of the
laundries or the city by Fl. A. Drum
mond.