The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-20

There Is a howl going up in the vert
make the ct,y hall shake, and this on ac-
count OF an application for a LIQUOR IL
cense in what is known as Mechanics hall
on Plainneld street, and the residents OF
this section claim, that II there Is any
virtue in a howl. and petition. the APP
plication for this license will be given
leave to withdraw"
As soon as II was learned that an ap-
plicatton for a license at this place had
been fled, the work OF getting mp a PEE
ition was started. and has been a sue
cess. for not one In 80 persons who live
I'm the vicinity want a saloon located at
this place, or In fact any where near IT
One of the most representative men OF
the district informed The News man last
evening that he did not want TO be set
down as n straight laced man. or being
unwilling not TO live and let live.
Here are some OF the reasons why a
saloon should not be allowed az this par
ucular place: First. 1t is within the limit
law Of the high and Daniel avenue
school buildings. From $50 TO 200 children
are I'm the vicinity OF where the proposed
saloon Is to be located, three times a day.
All OF the teachers OF the above named
schools leave and take cars here. There
Is dancing school In the hall above
where young folks OF the vicfni : meet
two or more evenings a week and TINS
same hall Is used for dancing purposes
by the best element OF the place, and last
but not least. on the last half OF ma. Y
night i'm the year, there are no police IN
the district. and this the citizen claimed
may for the reason that the residents
here are orderly and law abiding. and
atE %.
When asked about the absence os a pa
trolman. he replied that when shere was
n man shot at the Chaffee street station
the one whose duty II was to cover this
bee'. was sent 10 take the place of the
absent officer in some other part OF the
district
Some years before this portion OF the
town was annexed 10 the city, a man
built a house. and succeeded I'm getting
a license for short time, but the same
citizens got together. and were strong
enough to have him shut out and "a the
applicant for the proposed licence is a
foreigner. they will work still harder 10
keep him out. and they will leave no
stone unturned TO accomplish their end.
MARIO wEscAPE
There came near being another child In
jnred by nre IN this vicinity last evening
The incident happened on Heath street.
and In family where there are -four
small children, whose parents are employ
ed in q mill. and as they go away early
IN the morning they Leave lamp burn
one OF the children arises and prepares
breakfast for the others. and then the
lamp 10 extinguished and the children 20
TO school. and when they come home 10
dinner. which they prepare themselves.
and befors leaving for the afternoon
burning. so that the house will not be IN
darkness when they return at night.
Last night one OF the children under
took To turn the wick up and In 80 doing
overturned the lamp. when the children
the young man who occupies the upper
tenement In the house was Just coming In
the back door and smothered the flame
Before any damage was done.
There are many such cases in this vi
cinity. and there are those who say that
a should be a crime 10 leave children
alone In tenements. for they a0t only en-
danger their own lives. but those cf
' POLICE CHANGES.
liza. Patrolman Francis Dunlavy, who
for years has been the bicycle patrolman
at Roger Williams PARK. been se0rchedI
need a new whse and II he by the law
Of the police commission Obliged TO fur
nlsh that necessary article himself ana
refuses TO buy onef are som, or The qJes-
tions the patrolmen OF the cha Zee street
Mr. Dunlavy reported there for duty and
again what was tho matter with that
honest and true ratrolman. W y. His
gins who ha. done such good work. that
ne should be sent from this station u
the old hero. James Moan. he or Johnston
fame. taken from his old time beat and
cent TO the 81 acre lot and Patrolrnan