The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-17
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1NE w OIL Il i y.
There in the high. blue heavens, blest.
a lofty mountain lifts it's crest,
So sure SO white. so free from dearth,
II hardly seems to know the earth.
Yet. far beneath. the black rocks brace
To Feep the summit in its place.
The common earth yeafns upward. free
And wins its own supremacy.
Truth.
The oficers-elect OF ElmwOod lodge,
i. Of p. win be publicly installed this
evening.
stephen @. Smith. So years OF age,
died suddenly and from natural causes
at No p sheldon street, yesterday.
Damon lodge. X. Of p, celebrated it's
29th annual last evening with sn en-
tertainment supper and whisi. 1t was
very home Ike and an enjoyable az
lair.
The Christian Workers OF this city
VIII meet at the Randall Square Gospel
mission. 81 Gladstone avenue. this
evening at 7:45. Mr.. Henry 5 Rey-
no,ds will lead the meeting
Henry 2 Winters was fined $50 and
costs by Judge Sweetland today for
failing to settle a board bill at the
Narrasansett. Winters skipped to Bos-
ton and was arrested there yesterday.
Patrick Barry pleaded not guilty to-
day of assaulting his wife, Eliza. and
Judge sweetland held him in $500 for
trial next Friday. The police contend
that Barry blackened his wife's eye.
The appellate court is Of the opinion
that the demurrer in the case of Ap
ponaug Bleaching company VS. Charles
i. Rawson et al should be more specific.
A rescript to that effect was handed
down today.
The complainants in the cause OF
Charles Walker ct al VS.. Edward w
Fiske ct al were by decree entered in
the appellate court today given leave
TO amend their bill. The suit is an
equity one for partition.
Patrick Riley was fined 500 and costs
in the Sixth district court today for as
saulting George III. Parnel. Riley had
been kicking up rumpus on Fountain
street and Purnell was asked 10 go for
an officer This -enraged Riley and ne
struck Purnell in the face and knocked
him down.
Andrew i, Stewart waived an exami-
nation in the Sixth district court today
on the charge of maintaining a COM
mon nuisance and was held in $1,000 for
the grand jury. William A. Shallcross
and Lucy Eukers arrested jointly for
the same offense. pleaded not guilty
and were held in $1,000 each for trial
next Friday.
William NJ Harris was by decree Of
the appellate court today made a party
defendant I'm the case OF Sidney r.. Ia
ber ct al VS.. William II. Hall ct al. The
complainants have filed a bill i'm equity
that looks 20 the appointment of harbor
lines between the piers Of the Stonng-
and the gas companys works on the
north.
Among those who were with Gen.
Lawton when he met his death I'm the
Philippines was Herbert r. Williams
OF this city. who is now a trooper in
the Eleventh United States cavalry.
Trooper Williams was a member of Co
A, First Rhode Island volunteers. dur
ing the war with Spain. and as soon as
b, was mustered out he Joined the reg
ulars, HIS relatives reside at No. g.
Ocean street
Dennis Carroll pleaded guilty in the
Sixth district court today OF failing TO
support his three minor children and
promising 10 do better In the future
was placed on probation until June
Carroll buried his wife last March and
the children were sent 10 the st. Vim
cent de Paul home. He took them out
and put them TO board. and falling to
pay for their keeping their temporary
custodian put them out Of the house
and upon the sidewalk.
Henry r. Martin OF Riverside was
arraigned in the Sixth district court
today on the charge OF perjury. pre-
fened by John f. Bowden. The latter
had his wife, Leonatta, arrested for al
legged adultery. In her trial before the
Slfth district court Bowden submitted
proof that she was in particular
house in this city on the night OF u G
5. 1893, in company with man. While
his proof appeared conclusive and Mrs.
Bowden was bound over by Judge
sweetland. Martin, Mrs. Bowden's step
father, swore that on that day and at
the time named by Bowden's witnesses.
she was in his house at Riverside. Mar
tin will be tried next week Friday. lie
was placed under $1,000 bonds.
Eleven different fats in emulsion have
been tested 10 determine whether they
would allay cough and increase weight