The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-14
When Police Had Hard
Fights On Federal Hill.
A Desperate Struggle Ended
in Killing of Sallie.
Wells a Danger to Weak Eyes-A
C0nvlcl's Scheme for Escape.

AltlOuEn rows are Stlll llequcbb ou
Federal Hill, especially IN the ltalinn
colony that section of the city is very
quiet compared with what IL used 10 DO
in years gone by. Indeed that particular
district was once the most turoulonJ III
Providence and many were the fights and
brawls and even murders that took place
there. The police had very difficult
times in those days, and tho men who
travelled tho Federal Hill beat practically
took their lives in their hands every time
they went on duty. IL man were ar
rested in tina section IL was the common
thing for his friends TO make a concerted
attack upon the officer who 'had him in
custody. and the latter was assailed with
stones clubs or any other weapon that
could DO secured. In many OF those
affrays policemen were beaten almost To
death. but they kept 20 their work until
the lawless and dangerous element was
thoroughly cowed. A tragedy ttiat con-
tributed greatly TO the suppression of the
lawless spirit of the Federal Killers was
the killing of Sallie by Patrolman Snow
This happened In 1854. In those days
the watohmen, as they were called, trav-
eled their beats In pairs and Snow had as
a partner Officer Francis As they were
proceeding along Atwells avenue they no.
ticed that a large crowd bad gathered and
was ugly and quarrelsome from liquor,
beating woman. The officers ordered
Sallie TO 90 home, and he started of with
the woman. Snow aud Francis followed
TO seq that the woman was not again at
tackled. Sailie and his companion entered
q house. and the officers turned away sup
posing there would be no more trouble.
Suddenly they were startled by cries of
murder" from the woman and they ran
back TO the house, just as Sallie and "a
man named Magee rushed out. Magee
introduced himself by knocking Francis
down. while Sallie siezed SHOWS club
and closed with him in desperate struggle.
Others came and Joined in the attack on
the officers. The crowd rained stones
and brickb bats on the struggling officers
and Snow received n terrible blow on top
of tho head. He was in great danger OF
losing his life when he succeeded in draw
ing his revolver. He told Sallie TO stop
or he would tire, but tho latter only be-
came the more vicious in his attempt TO
disable the officer At last Snow did fire
and Sallie dropped in his tracks. Magee,
seeing his follow assailant fall, ceased his
attack on Francis and started for Snow,
but the latter fired again and Magee fell.
The crowd dispersed, cowed and fright
ened. Assistance came tn the bruised
and bleeding watchmen, and then 1t was
found that Sallie had been mortaily
wounded In the throat. while Magee had
bcen shot In the thigh. Sallio died in
half an hour, but Magee recovered.
Snow was commended for his brave stand
against such overwhelming odds and "a
Jew months later was promoted.
Some women who complain that their
eyesight is falling might find the cause
for this impaired yisieH In their practice
OF wearing wells. DIR. Casey a. Wood OF
kS..asp tIxr tnd xrt.fa al
specimens of wells and applied the ordi-
nary test of ability 60 read while wearing
them. These tests showed that every kind
OF veil affects more or less the ability TO
see distinctly, both in the distance and near
at hand. Thesmost objectionable kind Is
the dotted veil. Other things being equal,
vision is interfered with in direct proper
tion to the number Of meshes to the
square inch. The texture OF the veil also
plays an important part in the matter.
When the sides of the mesh ars single COM
pact threads, the eye is much less embar-
rassed than when double threads are en-
ployed The least Objectionable veil is
without dots. sprays or figures of any kind,
but with large regular neshes made with
single compact threads. Eye troubles do
not necessarily result from wearing wells,
for the healthy eye Is as able as any other
part OF the body to resist the strain they
impose upon 1t. But weak eyes are hurt
by them, and prudence should teach not
10 strain healthy eyes too much.
The United States have 466, 000, 600 acres
OF timber and Russia 426, 000, 900 acres.
In both countries the forests are being
destroyed in reckless manner, and 10 is
reported that those in the proximity of
iron works In the Ural district in Russia
are becoming exhausted. The annual cut
in Russia Is g, 200. 600, 600, and IN the
United States the annual cut Is 9, 800 000
COO cubic feet. Russia's product is worth
$2O4, 00O, 600 and that Of the United States
$500, 600 600. Russia cuts fifteen cubic feet
to the acre and the United States twenty
cubic feet. Over thirty per cent Of the
area Of European Russia, including the
Caucasus. is forest But that fact gives
no correct idea of the extent Co which con-
sumers throughout Russia have wood ut
their disposal. While the northern dis
tricts have "a per cent of tho forest area
and the central Volga and lake districts
30 per cent the Moscow trading dis
tricts, Poland and the Baltic provinces
have only from 20 TO IL per cont Ct forest
and the black soil stoppeS practically
n 4.