The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-29
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EAST PROVIDENCE.
Can0nicus Lodge. A. o. u. w., Has
Secured New Quarters.
About the Coming Spring Election-New
Voting District Bill.

Canonicus Lodge, A. .O.U.w. has secured
quarters in Odd Fellows hall. At the
meeting Wednesday evening Deputy
Grand Master Workman McGee, assisted
| by Past Grand Master Workman hi ggins
! and Grand Guide Cloves of-Provi1ence,
installed the following officers: Past
master workman, DIR. William w. Hunt;
master workman, 4. T.. Bucklin: fore
! man, Walter Dexter; guide, William A.
| Vance; fnancier, William f.. Olive; re-
ceiyer Charles II. Carpenter; recorder,
| William II. Adams; outside watchmsn,
Walter Matteson.
There will undoubtedly oe considerable
interest In the election OF q board OF tax
assessors this year who are to De elected
by the people this year, instead of being
chosen by the Town Council as hereto
| fore. ..Tney are TO be elected. one for one
year, one for two years, and one for three
years, and after this year one will be
elected each year to sorve period of three
years. Ibis will always leave two old
mem bers on the board. William III. Nc
Iwiggan will doubtless be the Republ
can candidate from the Wstcbemoket dis
trict. There arc two candidates mentioned
for the Rumford district, Francis T..
Hill, and Charles T.. Baich and for the
Riverside district ii is understood the
present iucum bent, George III. johnson,
does not intend TO be a candidate and as
yet, no one has been publicly mentioned
to represent thst district. There will also
without doubt be much interest in the
election OF member OF the school COM
mittee, as the term of Mrs. Annie L.. j.
IL zard expires this year. 1t is not known
whether Sue is desirous Of again being a
candidate. IL she should run again it
will not be upon the Repu blican ticket,
as thore Is hardly doubt thst Judge
George n. Bliss will be the candidate OF
the Republican party.
Yesterday a petition was teing circu-
lated and receiving numerous signatures
asking his Excellsncy the Governor to
grant pardon to Mrs. Catherine Cor
man, who received a sentence of six
months at the county Jail at the Septem-
Der term OF the court of common pleas,
for keeping a liquor nuisance.
Last evening in spite of the storm few
brave members of the Up To-Date Club,
made their way to the rooms. and held
short business meeting.
Yesterday Mrs. Margaret Christie died
at her residences on Burgess avenus after
a brief illness. Mrs. Christie has teen a
resident of this town about ten years, |
and was LADY of very quiet and low
able disposition.
Mrs. Eugenia Rich, wife OF Mr.. Stephen |
S. Rich OF this town, died at the resi- |
dence of her husband corner OF Broadway |
and Grove avenue at an early hour this |
morning. Mrs. Rich, mas been i'll but a |
short time and the announcement of her |
death was shock TO her friends. She |
caves a husband and eigut children, one |
Of whom is the wife of Robert Gibbs.
There is opposition in the General As
sem bly, TO the act introduced in that body
permitting votsrs OF this town to have
their names placed upon the voting list
which would suit their convenience
about voting, and today another bill was
introduced changing the boundary lines
between the First and Second district az
follows: Beginning at Red Bridge and
thence thrQpgh the center of that avenue
to Broadway, through center OF Broad
way TO Gentre- street. through Gantre
street TO PswtucSet avenue to len Mile
river thence eas,erly on Ten Mile river
to the Massachusetts line; also begin
Ming at Silver Springs, running east
orly 10 residence OF Col. James IA. Arm.
inetcn, thence essterly to boundary lire
of Rhode Island aud MASSACHUSETTS,. All
territcry embraced within the above
boundary lines to be known
rs cislTi No. OF East Providence. Ii
Is UNDERSTOOD there viii be no obje tion
to the pas age Of this act, as it is at once
evident that il il for the best interests OF
the voter residing within those lines.
This morning he Crescent Park electric
ears were stalled at Armiugi on's corners
ana could procesd no further the snow
bad blown &C 'oss the largo field at that
place, Snd piled up to thesdspth of from
tour TO six feet A large force of aon,
with the zig roid machine of Joseph Me-
CormicK worked several hours before the
road was cleared.