The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-06

To say goodbye to you. sir.
Exchange.
Antoine LeDuc was fined 500 and
costs i'm the Sixth district court today
for selling impure milk.
John j. Goff was held in 5000 by Judge
Sweetland today for his trial. next
Friday. for a simple assault upon
Charles Stewart
Charles Francis Adams Of Boston will
lecture in Sayles hall next Monday ev-
ening on "Civilian Treatment of Mill
tary Operations"
Thomas Carey pleaded not guilty in
the Sixth district court today TO
charge of failing 10 support his family
and was held in 5000 for trial next Fri
day.
Mary Robinson. a woman Of weak in
tellect and who has served six terms at
the farm, was today sentenced by Judge
Sweetland TO serve two more years, the
allegation being that of vagrancy.
The Checker and Chess clubs OF
Brown are arranging for tournaments
10 begin soon. Entries close next Thurs
day. The committee in charge is Hap
good. 01: Blaisdell. 90, and Andrews,
'0l.
Kelman Gertz pleaded not guilty in
the Sixth district court today to tho
charge of assaulting Nathan Volpe, and
was held in $500 for trial next Friday.
The charge is that Gertz knocked down
and kicked Volpe.
James Cannon, a painter, residing al
63l Huntington avenue, left home, with
a horse and wagon. last Thursday To
do job of painting at Lymansville
Since then neither he nor his turnou,
have been heard from.
A resistance box on electric car No.
4S1, OF the Broad street line, caught
fire, yesterday afternoon, when the car
was at the corner of Broad and Chest
nut streets. Hose responded to a still
alarm and put out the blaze.
Hose responded 10 still alarm a
3:l5 this morning. given by Patrolmal
Jacobs, who discovered smoke pourinf
out of the second story windows. at "a
Washington street. A defective nue wa
responsible for the alarm; no damage.
James X. Polk and Samuel weeden
colored, were arraigned in the Sixth
district court today, one on the charge
OF Keeping a liquor nuisance and III,
other with keeping a house of ill-fame
Both live in the same tenenent house
on Harris avenue. They pleaded NOT
guilty and were held in $1,000 each for
trial next Tuesday.
The breaking OF trolley wire Oh
North Marin street, at the foot OF Con-
stitution Hill, at about 7:40 O'Clock last
evening, delayed electric car travel for
about half an hour. Officer Mccarthy
stood guard over the dangerous live
wire. until a gang OF men sent out by
the Union Railroad company soon set
matters right again.
Gas lights all over the city gave very
poor service last night. and the gas
lights that are supposed 10 run by clock
work, in ths centre OF the city remain.
ed unlIghted. Elmwood. olneyvine
North End and the East side. all re
ported poor gas service, and il is gen
orally believed 10 have been due TO the
weather conditions.
Paul r.. Bullard OF the class OF '97 OF
Brown University and for one year in
structor in physical culture at the uni
versiiy has recently returned from
business trip through Central America.
Tuesday evening Of this week he lee
tured In the Lyman gymnasium before
the members OF the fsrulty and tbei
wives and friends. The lecture was well
attended by select audience. Mr.. BuI.
lard spoke on From ocean 20 Ocear
in Central America" He treated es.
pecialiy Of the relations between the
United States and the Spanish Amer.
lean reDubllcs. Mr.. Builard Is force
ful speaker and everything which n,
said was clear cut and went straight
10 the point His lecture was ilIustra.
ted by stereopticon views which give
better impression OF llfe In Central Am
erica than can be obtained from read
ins.