The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-26

Ida Ahlborn Weeks, in the Century.
At the Plymouth Congregational
church this evening the cantata MAJ
nIan" viii be sung.
Matte sherborn. alias Matte Prof
fit. and Charles Adams, both colored.
were fined $40 and costs each. in the
sixth district court, today, for Illicit
cohabtation.
Mrs. Belle Murray. of No. 81 Trumbull
street, Hartford, came TO this city to
do shopping, yesterday. and lost purse
containing one 500 bill and five $40 bills.
all in new money.
Annie Cruise, two and a half years
old. was found astray on Pearl street,
at $50 p. M. yesterday. by Patrolman
Degrade. and sent to the fifth station,
where her mother called for her.
Frank Dady, years old. was found
astray at 1850 p. M. yesterday, and TAX
en- TO the third station by Patrolman
j. r. Lyons. Michael Dady, of No. Ss
Corliss street, father of the boy, took
him home.
AT AIS p. m. YESTERDAY, John Them,
of No. III Minton avenue. Arlington,
and employed at No. 144 North Main
street, fell from a step ladder at that
store and broke his left arm. He was
sent TO the Rhode Island hospital.
At the Savoy this evening. Ralph
Waldo TRUE. OF Boston. will deliver a
lecture before the Rhode Island Meta
physical Association on THE Realza-
tion of the Divine Life" Miss Margar-
ct A. Gardner will give a piano recital
and tenor solos will be rendered by
Joseph Duhafnie.
John Riley, who lives in the rear OF
No. 2s5 Richmond street, reports that
q few days ago man called at his
house and induced his wife TO subscribe
:or a magazine purporting to b pub
lished at Boston, and that since she
paid the man for the magazine he has
learned that the alleged agent was a
fraud.
A debate. under the auspices of the
Young Mems Social and Debating club.
will take place this evening at the
Working Girls Hall on Arlington
avenue. The debaters will be Charles
Kroll and Prof. II. b. Gardner, and the
subject will be, us 1t Probable that
Socialism would Improve the Industrial
Condition of the People"
At the fourth police station last
night Conductor Jordan OF the Olney-
VILE trolley line reported that a revol-
yer bullet struck his car about IL
O'Clock Monday night while II was run
ming on Westminster street in the
and did not imbed itself in the wood
work. There were number OF pas
sengsrs an the ear at the time.
Irving Hewitt. years old, was
knocked down and bruised about the
head. on Elmwood avenue. near Peace
street. yesterday afternoon, by William
+. Patstone's horse. Mr.. Patstone was
riding horseback and did not observe
that the boy was in the street. A cit
izen took Irving TO the seventh station,
and later Patrolman McCaffrey took
him to his home, No. 56 Daboll street.
Detective Merrill arrested two men
in the Central district this morning.
who had been giving people good deal
OF trouble. more in the way OF annoy
ances than otherwise. They were Rich
ard Sullivan and Daniel McNally two
"bums," the former pretending to be an
actor and a palmist, the latter acting
as stool pigeon. Sullivan went from
door 10 door and solicited the women
to allow him to read their palms, and
was persistent in his endeavors 10 gain
an entrance TO each house This fright
ened .he women folks. caused stories OF
bad men" to be bruited, hence the ar
rest.
Members OF the Board OF Aldermen
and several city officers started at
o'clock yesterday afternoon for sy-
racuse. n. Y. where an inspection OF
the garbage disposal plant will be made
The party was made up as follows: Al
derman Walter II. Vincent. Henry r.
Winship. James r. Freeman. Horace
Remington, A. Herbert Arnold. Thomas
r. West: William +. Clarke. city clerk;
City Messenger r. $. Rhodes: DR.
Charles V. Chaplin, superintendent OF
health; Robert r. Smith. commissioner
OF public works: Albert c. White. D.
=. Hayden, council clerk: Burmah r.
Perkins, @. Richmond Parsons and A.
J. Cushing.