The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-04

There is a vacancy, or rather three va
cancies in the home circle OF Charles
| Hewitt. who keeps a restaurant on
| Watchemoket square. Saturday after
noon Mrs. Hewitt employed an express
man to take some OF the furniture from
the tenement over the restaurant and had
II removed to the residence OF her sister;
| She also took the two children, Harold
and Viola, away from the freside OF her
! husband.
The reason for this action on the part
of Mrs. Hewitt is said to be the sporting
! proclivities of her husband. together with
| his inclination TO be abusive at such
times as he was at home, which. accord
! ing to the reports OF various people, was
! not often. Mrs Hewitt has been In the
| habit OF conducting affairs In the Kitchen
of the restaurant. in which work she was
/ assisted by hired girl. She has the
| reputation of being hard worker.
| Hewitt and his wife are well known
! both here and at Riverside, where he was
] formerly in various lines OF business. AT
| one time he drove a bakers team and
! later operated a restaurant where Ham
monds cafe now is.
| In this place as we'll as at Watchemoket
Mrs. Hewitt did most of the work, while
| Hewitt worked a motorman on the
cars at such times as he was not some
| where else. The sympathy of those who
! arc familiar with the affairs of the fam
! lily from observation sympathize with
! Mrs. Hewitt, who bears a most enviable
| reputation.
This morning there were two employees
in the restaurant, but Hewitt was alb
sent.
A FINE CRAFT.
Yesterday The News reporter. who had
| heard of the magnihcence of some of tie
| schooners engaged in the coasting trade,
| visited the sx-masted schooner Addie M.
| Lawrence, now discharging at Wilkes
barre -Pier--TheL vessel, which brought
$500 tons OF soft coal TO the pier. ex-
! ceeds all the reports (which have been
! made about her.
Three minutes after the reporter. with
! friend sprang upon the deck of the
| craft he was In more luxurious apart
ment than can be found I'm most of the
was cordially greeted by Capt. krieger
/ who is a typical New England skipper
from the Pine Tree state. and royalty en-
tertained for the remainder of the af-
! ternoon.
The captain takes great pride i'm the
vessel. which is without doubt the finest
got-up schooner afoat and showed the
| reporter all over her, explaining the va
! rious improvements and devices which
had been embodied In the construction OF
| the ship She has shear lines. which are
a departure from the old usage. the bow
being lowered and the stern raised.
which gives the vessel better sea quail
! ties
The floor and partitions in the cabin are
brightly polished and vanished and the
various state rooms are better than the
writer has yet beheld in any vessel. The
walls were decorated with pictures Of the
| captains family and his Maine home
both OF which he spoke of frequently and
! is very fond
Captain Bunker, OF the schooner j. w.
Walker was the guest of Captain Krieg-
] er yesterday and assisted materially IN
the entertainment of the reporter. Be
! fore leaving the vessel the reporter went
| to the mast head to get a look at the
surrounding country and glancing down
was struck by the shape OF the vessel.
which is the ~prettiest he has ever seen.
AT STATE CAMP.
James Coyne. is today attending the
State camp OF the order of Modern Wood
men of America, in session at WoonsodS-
ct Mr.. Coyne is a delegate from Enter
prise camp. II is expected that consi-
derable business of interest to local MEM
bers of the order will be transacted.
AT THE DRY DOCK.
Work on the steamer Norman which Is
moored along the dry dock is progress
| ing quite rapidly. She has got practi-
cally n new stern starboard from nearly
lmidships way aft and new spar and main
decks. The planking Is nearly all on
| and a portion OF the outside shea thing.
A force of men are now at work caulk-
ing the ships sides.
The spar deck is finished. being all
caulked and the seams filled with pitch
over the caulking. new deck house
is being put on aft. At the present rate
II will not be long before the ship will
be ready for sea again.
THE BRIDGE.
The work on the bridge proper has been
held up by the work Of putting In the last
two OF the cylinders. These are now IN
place One OF them is filled with Port
land cement and the other almost filled
This Is a slow job and has taken con-
siderable time. When the work on the
| cylinders is completed the force of men
will resume operations on the upper
structure and the work will be pushed
forward to early completion
POLICE NEWS.
Yesterday two officers we're detailed
for Crescent Park and one for the lower
part Of Riverside.
This morning Officer Burgess arrested
a man whom he found intoxicated in the
street and Sergeant Monroe brought I'm
a victim from the Second station. Both
were assessed the usual s. and costs
Both victims" were teamers in the en-
ploy OF Joseph Mccormick.
ALONG THE DOCKS.
The barge Josephus OF New York is
discharging coal at the Harrington dock
/ The hVe-master. Rebecca Palmer, Is
discharging al Wikesbarre Pier.
Several OF the catboats and launches
which have not been already put over
board were painted and rigsed yester-
/ day
The Paul Palmer Is lying IN the stream
awaiting a birth at the pier
THE HIGHWAYS
The work of cleaning un Washington
T bridge and the cutters OF the streets rum
nina % Il was IN progress this morning.
Warren avenue from the bridge 20 In
grahams corner Is now as smooth az a
floor and Taunton avenue Is in better
many years