The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-24
EAST PROVIDENCE.
The Town Council Votes q 100000
Bond Issue.
Why q Baseball Umpire Retired Olher
Notes of G neral Interest

Saturday afternoon the Town Council
met In the Council chamber at the town
hall for tho purpose OF completing ar
rangements for the issuing Of bonds to the
amount Of 100000 to provide for the
floating debt Of the town and also to make
such improvements as may be deemed
necessary. This Is In accordance with n
vote Of the tax PAYERS at the annual town
meeting In April. The board was all
present and at !. 80 o'clock was called
To order by President Wilson. Mr.. Chad
soy offered the following motion which
was unanimously carried:
Voted. to issue bonds under the oorpor-
ate name and seal of the town OF East
Providence, to the amount OF one hundred
thousand dollars In accordance with the
act OF theGeneral Assembly passed May Ia,
1897 entitled an act authorizing the town
OF East Providence to issue bonds. Said
bonds shall be OF q denomination OF one
thousand dollars each; shall bear interest
at the rate Of four per centum per annum,
payable semi-aDnually, and the principal
and interest thereof shall be payable In
gold coin Of the United States of America
of the present standard of weight and
finances. Said bonds shall be divided into
two classes, whereof the first shall consist
or bonds TO the amount of fifty thousand
dollars, and become due and payable In
twenty five years from the date thereof !;
and the secondsclass shall consist OF bonds
TO the amount of fifty thousand dollars,
payable in fifty years from their date.
Said bonds shall he signed by the town
treasurer and countersigned by the town
clerk.
Ii was also voted that the president OF
the Council be committee to prepare the
bonds, To advertise for bids for the sale of
tho same, and TO have general supervision
Of the bonds until ready for sale. Voted.
That the notice for sale OF tho bonds be
advertised three times In the Providence
journal. and that the bids be received and
opened Saturday, juno 5tb, at /. 80 p. m.
Voted, That our representatives I'm the
General Assembly be and are hereby re-
quested TO procure the passage OF an act
authorizing the town Of East Providence
70 incur an Indebtedness OF four and one
half per centum OF the taxable property of
the town.
Mr.. johnson stated that he had conferred
with tho Union Railroad Company in re-
gard to.removing the switches at River
side, and that they are willing TO remove
the one on Pawtucket avenue near the
Blodgett place. but could not change the
one on Bullock's Point avenue After an
informal talk upon several matters but
upon which no action was taken the
Council adjourned.
Saturday afternoon one of tho most ex-
citing games of baseball that was ever
played I'm this town occurred on the Rum
ford grounds between the Phillipsdales
OF that place and the McLaughlins OF
Watchemoket. The excitement was not
on account OF the excellent playing or the
evenness OF the score, but on account OF
every man In both mines persisting in act
ing as umpire. The clubs were both COM
posed OF men, but their actions while
playing would put To shame the yelling
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man was selected as umpire and as far as
could be seen, acted squarely for both
sides. He was continually abused, bat
the climax WAS reached at the fifth inn
ing, when one Of the Phillipsdales delib-
erately went up to the umpire and called
him most abusive names. Before any
one could interfere the two were on the
ground with the umpire on top The
crowd Mt once rushed in aud separated the
fighters and after awhile the game went
on with more or less noise but with
another umpire, as tho first one refused
to act longer He did not consider il as
part of the umpire's duty to be Obliged
TO thrash every player who took excep-
tton TO his decisions. At the close of the
game, which took about an hour longer
than 10 should, the score stood Is To II
in favor OF the Phillipsdales.
Saturday afternoon the Epworth League
Bicycle Club made a run TO Attleboro and
hnd most enjoyable time, and yester-
day number OF the young people OF the
First Uni yorsalist parish made bicycle
run to Georgiavile, where they furnished
the singing at tho Universaist church,
presided over by Rev. Richard Eddy.
ID. ID. The Lakeside Bicycle Club of
Rumford appeared In their new uniforms
yesterday and twenty of them made
run to New Bedford, stopping at Fall
River for lunch, and taking dinner at
Now Bedford. They left tho club house
at & 80 o. m. ard returned ut p. III.
Saturday night Officer Comrie arrested
Charles Wilson on Taunton avenue, in an
intoxicated condition. Yesterday morn
ing no pleaded guilty to being drunk and
was fined 81 and costs, which he paid.
Yesterday afternoon tho annual Nav
procession Of young ladies and children
Of the Church of tho Sacred Heart took
place In tho church. Rev. Father Ward
Of the Church of the Immaculate Com
ception Of Providence delivered the ad-
dress
This morning Patrick Kagan Of River
side, died suddenly mt his residence
corner of Bullocks Point avenue and
River street. He has been afflicted some
timo with heart trouble, but has been no