The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-14

snort Is the journey 10 hours or delight
LULLABY. hushaby. baby. goodnight.
--Addle S. cullom in Woman's Home
Companion.
William Whitaker has begun suit
against Harlan A. Page. Jr.. to recover
$1,000 alleged TO be due on book account.
William Dolan. common drunkard,
was sentenced to the farm for six
months by Judge Sweetland this morn
ing.
The appellate court went to New
port today. There are a number of i'm
portant matters on the docket for
hearing there.
Nellie Sheridan and Minnie Grant
were sent to the farm for nine months
each by Judge Sweetland today for
being common night walkers.
Hugh Mulholland and Hugh McNul-
ty were fined IS and costs each in the
9th district court today for playing ball
on West River street yesterday.
Angelo Plazzo. IL years old. was fined
81 in the juvenile court today for steal
ing a base ball glove valued at rs
cents from Shepard G. Co.'S store last
Saturday night.
superintendent of Health Chaplin re-
ports new cases of scarlet fever on
North Main. Cranston and Madison
streets. and five new cases of measles
in several sections of the city.
George +. Donovan. who runs a
flake" show on Westminster street.
elected Charles Gillooley from that
place last Saturday night and once get
ting his noisy patron to the sidewalk.
kicked him. For this Donovan was
fined $50 and costs.
Herbert Chandler was fined 500 and
costs by Judge Sweetland today for the
theft OF a lot of pillow cases. towels
and other wash. valued at 9s5, be-
longing TO Howard A. waterhouse
and which he stole from the latters
yard on Washington and Aborn streets,
Saturday.
VIM. Whitman, who died on a fish
ing vessel off Block Island, the latter
part OF last week. was buried in Old
Cemetery in Newport. yesterday after
noon. Mr.. whitman was captain Of
the fishing schooner Mary e. Webb of
Gloucester. His body was brought
ashore last Saturday.
The small boys of Gano and Ives
streets have been playing ball on Sun
days. although repeatedly warned not
to do so, Yestsrday Joseph A,arkey.
Joseph Silva and William Larden were
arrested on Gano street and were fined
81 each in the juvenile court for that
violation Of the statutes.
The joint standing committee on har-
bors of the city council met in Coun-
ell Clerk Hayden's Office at noon to-
day for the purpose of talking over
the work 10 be done in dredging the
harbor In the vicinity of Point street
bridge. The committee on ordinances
and the special committee on additional
accommodations in city hall. will meet
in the same Office at 7:45 o'clock this
evening.
Samuel Duffield, so years of age, was
found dead on the floor OF his tene-
ment upstairs at 40 Shawmut street
yesterday. Simon silverstein. the
owner Of the house. who resides down
stairs. made the discovery. Medical
Examiner Perkins viewed the body and
pronounced death due to natural
causes. Dufiield had been indulging in
liquor very freely OF late, and IL 10
thought that this hastened his death.
The alarm from box 81 at 1920 this
morning was for a fire in the brick
block at the corner OF So. Main and
Transit streets. The upper floors are
occupied by Joseph Rozender as a
boarding house. Emanuel Almy. a
boarder. discovered smoke in his room
and gave an alarm. and John Riley
pulled the box. The building, owned by
Saltian Rouslin, was damaged TO the
extent Of $500. Rozender's loss was
about 500: Abram Makler, gentiemen's
furnishings. loss $780, by water. Cause
OF fire. defective nue.
Two demure. very persistent, fearful.
half-fainting and visibly trembling
young women were arraigned in the
Sixth district court. today. and were
placed on probation until December 7th.
for being common night-walkers Some
OF the court attendants pitied them. but
II was a case Of wasted sympathy
These girls ran away from Haverhill.
Mass. and had been living with ne
groes In a dirty North End hovei. and
AT 3 a. m. today. were arrested. in
company with two negroes in a Chinese
Joint on Page street. They were Lucy
Gardener and Viola Brackett.