The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-16
EAST PROVIDENCE.
Special Meeting OF Taxpayers OF the
Watchem0k.t District.
Meeting OF Bucklin Post A Watch Thief
Promptly Captured.

Last evening special meeting OF the
taxpayers of tho Watobemoket fire dis
trict was Eeld in the town hall, at 8
o'clock. Moderator A. n. Cunningham
called the meeting. The first article which
was as follows, ITO 500 II the taxpayers
Of said district will confirm the action OF
their administrative board In relation TO
the contract with the city of Pawtucket
for future water supply, was taken up.
Mr.. ;. ;. Rich, after AN explanation offered
the following resolutions:
Voted. That the Watchemoket fire dis
trict does hereby ratify and confirm all
the acts done and performed by the
administrative board of said district in
relation to the proposed abrogation OF the
subsisting contract :or water with the city
OF Pawtncket, and the substitution OF a
new contract to expire In the year 1910.
This resolution was adopted by unani-
nous vote.
The second article "To see II the tax
payers of said district Will give TO the
administrative board such additional
authority rs may be necessary In their dis
cretion TO fully consummate the contract
with the city OF Pawtucket for tho above
purpose then came up. Mr. hlch
offered the following resolution:
Voted, That the administrative boGd
of the Watchemoket fire district be and
hereby lis given full power and authority,
In their discretion to enter upon and exe-
cute on behalf of the Same fire district "a
contract with the city OF Pawtucket for "a
supply of water. This vote was also
unanimously carried. Before these
motions had been offered, MIR Rich asked
| for statement in regard to the slight
| changes which it was proposed To make
in the wording of the new contract, and
Mr. Harmon :. Babcock gave them.
They were trilling i'm their nature anu
nf nn A mOdnra-
| tor then produced communication which
he said had been handed 10 him and read
it, IL was from Mr.. Eugene L. Phillips
Offering 10 supply the district with water
on favorable terms
Mr.. George i. Webster said the docu
ment should be received In business
manner but under the circumstances
nothing could be done with IL except to
receive it aud place IL on file, and on his
motion this was done. Tho meeting then
ad iourneu. having been in session just
/ twenty minutes.
The regular meeting Of Bucklin Post
No 20, q. A. X, was held last evening.
An invitation was accepted To attend a
sale and ENTERTAINMENT to be given by the
Relief Corps Thursday evening. A letter
OF thanks was read from the family OF
Capt. Samuel III. Thomas, late a comrade
of the post for the services rendered by
them at his burial at swan Point ceme-
Memorial day committee was presented
and IL embodied a number of recommend
ations Of interest to the post and II. G.
H. j. Pickersgill Il. ID. &. ID. - Ray
and Comrade George n. Bliss were ap.
pointed committee to consider the
recommendations.
u. G.. ii. j. Pickersgill, r. G.. John A
Medberry and q. NJ Sergt ). &. Moul-
ton were made committee To arrange
for the entertainment OF the national
staff association, who will make an Off
cial visit TO the post Tuesday evening
June 29th. u. ID. {. David >. Ray an
nounced the death OF Comrade Caleb Ho-
cart former resident Of East Provi-
dencc, who died suddenly yesterday at his
residence on Portland street. Providence.
Yesteray afternoon about four o'clock
Sylvester Leonard, an employs at Crescent
Park, reported To the police that some one
had entered a building near the clam
house and stolen his watch and chain
which was i'm his vest hanging in the
building Sergeant Munroe later arrested
man on trolley car on suspicion. He
had proceeded but short distance when
the prisoner took the watch and chain
from his pocket and attempted To thr w
them in the grass without the notice Of the
officer, but he was not quick enough the
attempt was detected and the property
recovered. The man was taken 10 the
Riverside police station where he gave his
rame as John Stewart and said he lived
at the corner Of Pine and Chestnut streets
in Providence When asked To describe
the house it was found he did not tell the
truth He thon claimed to Uelong in
Manchester y. II. He was placed in a cell
at the station but had been there but
short time before he r. moved the bail from
the cell bucket ana improvlsed a tool
With whicb he attempted tn remove the
bricks from his cell, and the officers regliz-
ing that they had "a desperate character to
dead with cbaired him to the cell door,
This morning he was arraigned on the
charge OF stealing the watch and chain.
and pleaded not guilty. He was also
arraigned on n charge Of Gefacnc q build
ing, the property of the town. On the
former case be was held In $1,000 bonds for
trial next Friday. On tho second charge
he pleaded guilty and was fined SO ard
costs.
Cranston y. Peck ham, who has resided
the greater part of his life in this town,
died yesterday at the residence Of Walter
u. Hubblrd, on Water street. in the nth
year Of his age.
Last evening Reliance Lodge, No. "a l.
O. O. t., held n meeting i'm Odd Fellows
hall. One candidate received tho first de-
gree and there will be no more degree
work performed until September.