The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-13
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James Mycue of MAnviile has beer
granted a pension OF IS per month.
The glass milk Jars were stolen from
the back door of George Gormley's house.
at 1s4 Broad street. yesterday.
A Brahma rooster and nine hens were
stolen from Charles II. swarts' hen coop
at l73 Charles street this week.
A canvas coat valued At 81 was stolen
from In front Of Isaac Samusf's shop 1T
321 South Main street yesterday.
Hose put out a roof fre at tho Benefit
street school house at 7:30 this morning
A tinsmith's furnace caused the flre.
Arthur Movicker OF s2 Prairie avenue
reports that an overcoat valued at SIS
was stolen from his hallway yesterday.
Monis Roscndale OF 5s Providence street
reports that somebody threw a stone
through his kitchen window last night.
Archibald Knight, OF South Fair
street. Pawtuxet. was relieved Of q pock-
etbook containing SIS while on his way
to this city In an electric yesterday.
A horse attached to a delivery wagon.
the property of tho Star bakery. ran
away on Broad street at 1 30 .. m. yester-
day. The wagon was overturned and
considerably damaged.
Frederick r. Bouivar was arrested on
Charles street at $50 last evening and
delivered into the custody Of Detective
Henry OF Pawtucket Bouivar is want
ed In that city for the alleged theft of a
bicycle.
Arthur Blackstafr, OF l5 Ocean street,
employed at Smith Bros shop on Bassit
street. was treated at the Providence
Emergency hospital yesterday for an in
Jury to his right foot. piece Of ma
chinery fell upon and cut the member.
The Faithful Workers will hold cot
tage prayer meeting at the home OF Mr..
Henry w. Price. $50 Pawtucket avenue.
Pawtucket. Friday evening at 7:45
o'clock. Mr.. John ID. Davis will lead the
meeting. All are cordially invited to be
present.
Louis III. Grannier was placed on pro-
y
land today on the charge OF support
OF wife and children, Grannier is a COM
petent workman and can command good
wages but he has preferred 30 let his
wife take In washing and support him,
as well as the remainder OF the family
John Sullivan was fined $40 and costs In
the sixth district court today for the
theft of a bag OF rags valued at $3.50 from
Jacob Berger. The latter left his junk
wagon at the corner OF Washington and
Aborn streets Wednesday afternoon Sui
livan. who is n North End bum. appro-
prlated the rags and sold them to an
other junk man.
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock, I'm
front OF the state house, a large party OF
representative business men and fire de-
partment officials Witnessed a conclusive
test OF extingushing fire under the aus
pices OF Beach a Sweet. state agents OF
the "Kilfyre" dry chemical compound A
pine structure i5xSx6 feet was erected,
and inside were placed some So strips OF
white pine light stock. This was thor
oughly saturated with 10 gallons OF kero-
sene oil A very strong wind was blow
Ing ct the time. and many OF the spec
tators doubted the ability OF the powder
NKilfyre'' 10 extinguish the flames. To
thoroughly test Its ability several quarts
OF Kerosene oil were thrown on the nre
while burning furiously and throwing on
an intense heat One tube Of ''Silfyre"
extinguished this blaze in Ave seconds.
More kerosene was then applied and the
fre lighted the second time and extin-
guished easily as before.