The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-20

And he sorter smiled at that furrun hound
And he ses, Well. dunno,
We may sesm lost in the greed fer gold,
Divided and all upset,
But when we're right and we've GOT ter light,
reckon we're tr<e blue yet.
Il. A. W. Bulletin.
Arnold A. Taft of this oity has been
granted pension of $6ta month.
Some OF the Italians who are employed
by Contractor Evsraon In the laying
out OF the new baseball grounds for
brown University struck yesterday af-
ternoon for higher wages.
Firemen from Steamer were called
about O'Clock last night to put out .
LITTLE blaze csusud by the explosion of a
kerosene lamp on board the tug Walter y.
Sutton at her dock on South Water street.
Secretary Rose OF the school COMMITTEES
and the teachers of the public schools,
Who went ON the excursion to Washing
.oh. d. g., and other points South, arc
expected TO return home on Saturday
next
Workmen wnre painting q sink on the
top floor of tue Kant g. Stanley building
shortly before d o'clock last night, when
the paint caught ure. An alarm was
rung in from box 44t, but the flames were
pus ont before the arrival OF the depart
ment.
Rev. X. Heber Newton. ID. d.. rector
Of All Saints Church, New York City.
viii deliver lecture In the Mathewson
street. M. Z. Church this evening. under
the auspices Of the X. l. Metaphysical
Association on the subject, spiritual
dealing as Eeen From Orthodoxy"
william II. Williams and Alvs A.
Hitchcock, doing business as grocers at
1l0 Washington street under the firm
name of william II. Williams e. Bros,
made an assignment yesterday afternoon,
according to the city hall records to Will
liam A. Fisk. The liabilities are said to
bo about s5o. 600.
The executive committee of the Butch
ers' and Marketmen's Association met
last night to complete arrange ments for
Che aSnual banqust and ball to To given
~ the Trocadere next Wednesday.
his will be the most elaborate affairsevsr
ayen by the association. Reeves orches-
jra will furnish the music for the
\ occasion.
The oyster industry of Nsrragansett
1 hay appears TO be in q very thriving con-
ditioD, and 1t IL probable that more oys-
ters will be planted this season than for
nme ysars past. several Connecticut
drms are row arranging for land privi-
< isges telow snbins Point, and one firm
alone viii plant 100, 900 sets. These will
20 ready for market In about two years.
Quite : number OF local firms and oor-
poratipns have decidsd that the places OF
man II their. employ who belong to the
state militia will be kept open for them
until after hostilities have ceased. How
many OF these men Will be called upon 10
leave the city Is not yet known. but there
may probably be large number, partio'
uIarly II President Mckinley issues Z
call FOR several thousand men.
The joint standing committee on
claims OF the City Council met in Coun-
eli Clark Haydsn's Office at 10 O'Clock
tnis morning, and later started out on a
tour Of inspection of several places al
which accidents are said to have occurred.
The joint standing committee on savers
viii meet in Mr. Hayden's office at
o'clock this afternoon, and the Alder
manic committee on streets met In com.
1nittee room A st 3 O'Clock.
Mr.. ". r. Dacrow, general manager Of
Che New England Gamewsli Company.
read . very interesting paper before the
Providence Association of Mechanical
Ensineers last night on Municipal Pro-
tsction by Fire and Police Telegraph
Systsna'' The history Of the develop
nasnt OF these systems was gone into In
detail and ths various steps In their
aroWth were carefully described. A large
audience gave the closest attention to the
speaker.
A gentleman who has given the matter
CLOSE attention, said last evening that
thsre were not more shan % bona flds
Epsniards In Providence, while he could
not lind trace Of any In other sections Of
tho state. There were several Spanish
names, but the majority of these were
oWnsd By Cubsns and Mexicsns. Whether
tbess ~ SpsniArds will leave the city IN
osss Of war remains unknown, but rs si,
or seven OF them are American oitizeni
thsss VIII probably remain here.
The Junior Auxiliary Of the womsn'l
Board Of Foreign Missions gave an inter
estine recital In the Union Congrega
tIoual church last nisht the program
bolpg - follows: Manu." Boroski
Hiss EDDY; -. stay Morning." DENIM
"0cod Might, 'Swset Drsams" BischofT
Nl>s CummiDss; prelude, kachman
inoR; "Filsuss" (spinnins 6ongl
Xoot<rofl; "IdyIle. 'schsttentsnz'
fshsdow Daposl. "lfunesrisn Dance. >
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