The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-06

yesterday afternoon. He Is described as
Sc years of age, light complexion. slim
build. five feet nine inches In height and
was dressed in the gray uniform OF the
asylum.
The regular monthly nesting Of the Ex-
prsssmcns Beneficial ard Sick Benefit
Association was held IN King Philip hall
Yesterday. The following officers were
elected: President, T., w. Ormiston; first
vice president, W. Il. Baker; second vice
spresldt nj, J. G.. Nichols; secretary. job
5. Briggs; financial secretary, IL, j.
wsthsrsll; treasurer, II. w. Robinson.
It being the third term OF President Or
rniston, the members presented him with
: diamord ring A. B. sphinx made the
presentation speecn.
The subject of Dr.. NJ. S. Kaufman's
address at the Mathewson Street NJ. i.
church last evening WV lessons from
Football. Ths speaker took his text
from II. Tin. II. IS: "If a m also strive
for inasseries, yet he Is not crowned OK
cept he strive lawfully" Among other
thugs he said: Football IL brutal only
when played by brutal men. by invssti-
cation we find that fatal injuries are ex-
csedingly rare and permanent injuries ara
comparatively few. Much OF the out
standing prejudice is due to the igno-
rance Of the manner In which the z me
Is played. Football is not what the
newspapers have described it. 1t is an
honorable, exhilarating and manly game,
and cannot be we'll spared from the role
Of Legitimate college athletics. -
At an early hour Sunday morning
Richard jennings saw two young fellows
acting In suspicious manner on Chapel
street. He watched them ana saw one of
them step behind fence ana leave
bundle he was carrying. jennings no.
titled Patrolman Bennett and they exam
ined the b1ndls and found it contained
pair Of new shoes Leaving the latter be-
hind the fence the two went on tour OF
iuvestisation and found that the windows
OF Peabody's shoe store OF Snow street
had bcen troken and a pair of shoes np.
parsntly distracted. shortly after this,
ono OF the young men previously seen
came back for the shoes and was arrested
By Officer Bennett who took him TO the
Central station. He walked along psace-
ably until they arrived at; the station.
when the other young man ran up behind
the officer anu struck him on the hand
with black jack, causing him TO relax
his grip on the prisoner. Both men then
succeeded in making their escape
Previous to the meeting Of the common
council tonight the joint special commit.
tee On voting machines will meet In the
Office OF the clerk Of committees aud make
up their report for presentation to the
council. They will report that having
had bat one machine submitted To them
they are unable To maze any report of
comparative efficiency and therefore ask
20 b discharged. lhe proprietors Of the
Myers machine brought working model
Of their apparatus here. but the commit
tee wanted machine instead of a model,
and did little with IL. No otter makers
could Ie induced to come here Tn "a Is
10 mopey available now 20 Introduce ma.
shines here. and although many of ths
members Of the committee OF which Al.
derman Nichols Is cbaifmau, ar, Of the
opIs ion that voting machines are.ihs com
ing method Of casting tho ballot. they do
BOT fe,i like maklrg any mendations
st this time. and especially in view -
~ limited experience they nave had
With the msohires.