The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-09-25
Chat Aboas
& People.

There's many slip twlxt the cur
and the lip, and this time Il comes
down TO So OF foot in length aud
~ seconds allowance time I'm a 3o-mils
rum with the odds in fsvor OF tbs
Amsricsn boat. Now, which way "a
the cup going 10 slip? In spite OF the
assurance OF our British visitors: IN
spite or the greater sail area, mors
towering topmast. etc, etc, which
are quoted az indisputable evidence
ana proof that Shamrock III must be
superior IN every way TO Columbia
there is notable absence of big
~agers on the challenger.
NO American Will cry precav now.
None viii indulge in idle boasting OF
Columba's prowess. We know that
We nave "A great boat aud that In n
stin breeze she Will be A credit 10
her designer and builder. her owner.
and American yachting She viii
carry every inch OF canvas IN alb
solute safety, while Shamrock III viii
be I'm constant danger af collapsing
and 10 avoid disaster she will have
to take in her topstils.
Am I weakening? Not by long
chalk. l don't expect to see Sir
Thomas Upton carry ihe cup DER the
sea this year.
So Hiram Hart is dead, Well. ne
was almost the last OF the old watch
which guarded Providence o. nights
Mr.. Hart became an officer Ia 1853 At
that time the patrol Travelled I'm
pairs. They went OF duty az 2 o'clock
at night and travelled two hours The
beats all centred at the lookup and
each pair having been out two hours
came in and rested half an hour,
then took another turn of two hours
and so on until sunrise
There were no regular assignments
of beats That is TO say, a pair would
on the hrst patrol so over one section
OF the city and the next trip take
I'm another section, and on the third
and fourth guard still other districts
The compensation was hve shilings
a night. or about 81, as against 81
paid to the highest grade patrolman
today. There were plenty OF aspi-
ldilA0 ANl DAdtfr Dii the lOItt even
In those days. and they earned every
dollar they received, for Providence
had pretty tough element 10 deal
with, especially slong-shore
In the latter days of the old Union
Passenger station MIR. Hart was a
familiar figure. The travelling public
found him sffsble. gentlemanly and
courteous: just az the children AT the
park found In him careful guardian
Of their lives. limbs and welfare
Steve Blanding. now in the dog and
hack bureau OF the police department,
said yesterday: "It was IL years ago
that Harvey Jenne then a Second
sta ton officer, came 10 my house at
o clock one morning and chucked a
little kitten into my door. saying as
no did SO: Long life 10 it, steve
Jenns died that same year. hat that
cat still lives. and RS regularly as
well-behaYcd alarm clock. comes 10
my room and awakens me every morn
ing at O'Clock
The foreman Of the composing room
sent the devil ont for a sandwich
his morning Five minutes later a
procession entered the shop First as
escort was the devil" then came a
pa per bag i'm which was the Frankfur-
Ter sandwich. and as rear guard was
, Fox terrier | am In doubts; but
he Cheerful Idiot asserts that the
iog recognized and Was following the
'cmains Of a friend. Who knows?
Hardly had the good news circulated
'bout Fall River that NJ. G. n. Borden,
,wner OF the Iron Works mills. had
'dvanced the wages Of his 5000 opera
ives hve per cent, when George a.
'hase. treasurer OF the Bourne Mills,
Rhode Island corporation employ
ng GOO hands, posted notice OF sim
lar import. The increase in wages
lad not affected the market up 10
loon today. Min men who were seen
Ieclined 10 express an opinion on the
esult OF Mr. Bordens action. Among
peratiyes there was the iubilant belief
hat the print cloth men would have
o follow Mr.. Borden's example. This.
4 course, may mean a corresponding
I'm the stipend Of thousands
+ wage earners I'm the Pawtuxet and
Blackstone valleys.
The fact that the jury remained out
ONE Is minutes in the Czolgosz case
Gems 10 indicate only that II wished
o have the appearance of DELHI
ration about its work. Probably the
lry was as unanimous as jury I'm
ertain notable win contest in this
tate was from the moment the door
losed on its members, though IL re-
lained out several hours.
The late Judge Bradley was counsel
DR. the contestants Of the will and the
irors made NJ their minds To sus-
ain the will before they left the jury
OK. Some members after the unan-
nous ballot wanted 10 go In with the
erdIct at once. but the ma iority was
T opinion that as Judge Bradley. who
as then the leader az the state bar.
as counsel for the defendant party
would he only respectful 10 stay out
while The desire OF the majority
as followed and those interested in
~ case had TO remain anxious for n
Dod while.
Yesterday 7 saw two bright looking
tile boys, who had been discharged
placed on probation from the re-
rm school. 20 into y rum shop. and
little later came out with can 81
hat 7 suppose was beer. | could not
N think of what the end would he
iih those two boys learned that
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