The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-05

Jon THE STREET
Whether Il was due to the police reg
ulations or not. / am not yet prepared
to say. but the fact remains that there
We're fewer accidents in the city yes
terday than there have been for many
years on the Fourth of July.
ran across Col. Frank +. Olney In
I the post Office lobby yesterday morning.
just after the military parade had
started and l asked why he was not
out at the head OF his crack Infantry
company in the line. The colonel, who,
by the way. Is the prince of good fell
lows, 'winked the other eye," and re-
piled: "We did our parading Tuesday
evening. when II was cool. and our
turnout did not cost the city cent"
My friend Burmah Perkins was the
grand central figure of yesterdays cell
ebration, and the city certainly ought
TO be proud of the way in which he
directed the carrying out of the official
program. 1t is another illustration OF
the fact that when the Ninth ward
starts out 10 do a thing IL does It just
as 1t should be done.
I see that Charlie Thurber is deter
mined to purify Roger Williams Park
--at least that is what Charlie says he
is going TO do. Well. that's all right,
but II Mr.. Thurber wants some pointers
l would respectfully refer him 10 a
well-known local comedian. who could
tell him something about The Sights
| saw at Roger Williams Park"
At one OF the wn-the-rver resorts
there is some sort OF a creature labelled
as the monkey faced" woman. and a
hoarse-voiced fakir announces that She
"eats raw meat and drinks fresh blood"
Yesterday morning at quite an early
hour this hoarse fakir was waving
about seven pounds OF raw steak in the
air and informing the people that the
occupant OF the cage would feed upon
evening the same piece Of steak was
still being waved in the air. Now just
imagine the condition of that meat.
NJ friend Henry Young, of the frm
OF Murray, Blanchafd & Young. put in
an hour or two fishing with his SON.
yesterday afternoon. They went out a
short distance from the rocks adjoin-
ing the ball grounds at Rocky Point.
and came back with five squiteague
weighing % pounds. Mr.. Young is
truthful man. but to make assurance
double sure / saw the fish.
A lady made a suggestion TO me last
evening, that i respectfully refer TO
General Manager Potter of the Sub
urban railroad company. This lady,
who was coming up from Warwick on
evening, had just picked good-slzed
bug from the back OF her neck, and
large moth from her hat. when she
said: Air is all right. and We want
plenty of 1t, but bugs. mosquitoes and
other winged insects are not pleasant.
why cannot the big open windows be
supplied with fine wire screens?"Now,
gentlemen, 1t is up to you!
Coroner Eugene II. Lincoln, who Is
chock full of common sense, was in
reminiscent mood yesterday. He is on
his seventh year as coroner and felt
inclined 20 discuss a few of the inn
portant cases he has sat upon. One
deduction he drew from all he saw At
to tell me was that death In any form
does not shock us today as it used to.
In effect, he said that II person was
murdered or died suddenly SO years
ago an entire community was shock |
ed. Now, we live in such swift age
and sensations are so frequent, moth
ing makes a lasting impression. Never
theless. the coroner believes that some
sort Of punishment should be meted
out to everybody who causes loss of
human life. even though the grand
jury fails to indict, as frequently hap
pens in cases in which he is interested.
Speaking OF the fiendish habit team
sters have of hitting up" their horses
at crosswslks. especially when you are
going across the street, Coroner Lin
coin related 10 me an interesting ex-
perience he recently had. He was COM
ing down TO his Office on his wheel and
at the corner OF Dorrance street slowed
up in orderNto allow the stream of pc
destrians to cross. There were so many
that ne was obliged to balance himself
several seconds. Coming toward him
was an expressman driving quite rap
idly. Instead Of halting, although cars,
wagons and people were thick at that