The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-23
bruises. The horse was stopped before
further damage ensued.

bruises The horse was stopped before
further damage ensued.
Coroner Lincoln expects to finish TAX
ing testimony on the MoQuarrie case this
afternoon. The men who were on the
stage when ii fell and were injured have
been heard from but they were unable 10
give any information of any value to the
coroner. They simply know that the
whole affair tumbled down. IL Is im-
probable that any case can be found.
One of the injured men is still in the
hospital and one at his home.
The annual banquet of the Rhode
Island Division Of the Travellers Protec-
tive Association will be held in Iilling-
hast's assembly rooms Saturday even
ing November -, at 7:l5 o'clock.
large attendance is expected. Among
the speakers will be National President
Joseph Wallenstein of Virginia, Mayor
McGunness, Francis Colwell and George
II. Littlefeld. The Falstaff club will
furnish entertainment
A resident who says he is one of the
oldest inha bitants Of this city said this
murninR that this was pretty COCO
Thanksgiving weather. but hardly up TO
what il used 20 be when he was boy.
In those days he declared he bad fire.
quertly gone rabbit hunting weeks before
Thanksgiving and that there was ALWAYS
plenty of snow on the ground. Moreover
this relic Of a former generation stated
with good deal OF pride that IL was his
frequent Thanksgiving day pastime to
skate on the Providence river.
The man who was found unconscious
I'm endorsement of the Grand Opera House
at Atlanta, Ca, few days since has
been identified rs Herbert Wiswall
wealthy Boston capitalist. Mr. Wiswall
was for II or 10 years tho SUPERINTENDENT
of the Riverside Worsted mills at Olney-
Vile and is well known i'm the state. 1t
is presumed that he was sandbagged and
robbed as money is missing from his per
son. The physicians say he may die with
out recovering consciousness.
Manager Guile Of the Brown football
team is making arrangements for the
Thanksgiving game with Wesleyan to
take place at 10 o'clock in the morning
instead OF ? o'clock in the afternoon.
There was some opposition to this change
on the ground that it would take the
people away from the services in the
churches. Immediately after the Thanks
giving game when the football team will
have their pictures taken, the manager
and captain for next year. Nathaniel
Howard Clifford of Providence. who has
acted as assistant manager this year will
probably be elected AS manager and Fred
captain.
John O'Neil was tried In the District
Court this morning for an alleged assault
on Zelik Zawatsky. He claimed on the
stand that hc demanded five cents for n
putty knife he had sold TO Zawatsky, and
the latter not only refused to pay, but
made pass at him with some instru-
| ment. He claimed he then caught hold
of Hawatsky and threw him down. Ed
ward Doherty stated he did not fee
1 cblieu upon W SsDhfhto tno iiieI, uS nv ldN
been hired 10 work. not to fight Iawat
| sky contradicted many of O'Neill's state
ments and told so straight a stroy that
Judge Sweetland found tho man guilty
| and fined him SEQ and costs.
From Washington comes the informa-
| tion that an appropriation is to be made
| for the widening and deepening of the
channel OF the Seekonk river. Harboi
| improvement has been in progress some
20 years now on the Narragansett Bay,
but the original scheme is nowhere near
completion. That big anchorage basin
so much talked about in years gone by
exists only on Iarer and those range
lights that were TO guide the incoming
skipper have never been established. But
good deal of progress has been made,
nevertheless, ana some time the water
ways to tie ocean may be made what they
ought to be for the development of the
commerce Of the port OF Providence.