The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-18

A, o'clock this morning Jeremiah |
puov one OF the watchmen at Fletchers
Mills. discovered fire In littie s'oie
conducted by Mrs. Maria McCabe AT ~
Valley street and quickly sent In an |
alarm from box 273.
The firemen were not long In reachlhs
the scene. and they found the little store
All ablaze. and it was with considerable
HrIculty that they confined the nre TO
che building which Is a large one the
.tore IN question being but a small por-
tion of r. There lived over the store TWO
n miles that OF John Richetella and VIII
han, Goodwin and as members or these |
Families are employed In the mills NEARBY, |
were getting their morning meal out
shey had little time TO spare In getuhs
their children out or danger nor was
there any time 10 dress the httle 0hes
The children were wrapped up IN neu-
clothe. and kindly cared for by neigh
bors
At B:1 Mrs McCabe. who lives rev
doors from her little shop, went into IL 10
ret a small quantity OF tea Tor her own
u,e. and 20 DO so lighted small lamp
which she left burning. while she re-
,urnad to her home with the tea She re-
turned to the store at just o'clock. ano
a rhe opened the door the flames burst
out and she had, quite narrow escape
from being severely burned ana no
doubt would have been had no, TWO
young men been passing at the ume'
while Mrs. McCabes stock was not IaIse'
A. was nevertheless a great loss TO her
The damages TO the building was esu-
mated at about 5000.
The furniture In the front rooms OF
Goodwin and Rchetella were badly dam
aged by wates
The latter had his furniture insured
but the former had none.
WAS HE MURDERED?
Catherine Mulcahey OF No. lawn
street called at the Chaffee street police
station last evening and told Lieut.
Ter that she believed that her hnsoano'
Joseph had been murdered ny an ltauan,
Mr. Mulcahey had for some time been
employed at the Bellfonte mills as nignt
watehman; and a few days ,S ago S,n,oyeS gol We'd
at the mill. He did not come home yen,,
terday morning, so she went TO the n,ih
during the day and learned that her nus,
band had voluntarily left the employ of
the company had been paid ms wages
and since then nothing had been hearo
Mrs. Mulcahey says that her husband
has always been sober. kind and indus
trious. and has never spent a night awhhs w
company and she is quite positive that
some harm has befallen him
POOR PLACE TO SLEEP.
Michael McCabe who for a year or
more has had more or less TO do with the
police was booked at the Chafree street
station again this morning, and undoeot-
edly will be arraigned as Nagrant. me
cahe. who is an aged man, claims TO
own a house at the corner OF Amherst
street and Tuxedo avenue, who're nor
many nights ago he went into the d~eha Ell
ing and undertook TO start fire on me
floor but was taken into custody Tor sate
keeping. Nearly every pane or glass .sT ssr
hnt, hlp ig concerned. IN not
much better than out OF doors,
The old man went In again last night
and when found was huddled up in cor
ner. with an old GOVERNS over him. ana
that he was not frozen TO death ls a
mystery to the police.
SHOWED THEM HOW.
A well-known young. man, who is qulte
q lover of game fowl, saw one woman woman
and two men, Italians, walking through
the square yesterday afternoon, and each
MAS sssrSas Ss Sni ke Se sSe wsy Ss that the folks
ing held by their legs. heads, down lie lie
they ought TO be arrested for carrying
hens I'm such a manner. The leader OF
the party replied that y WAS the only ny
way TO carry hen and then took the
one that he had up with his Nrms "
one would handle an infant. and said thst
should person carry neh IN rhs lns' vnung Isn,
man made all three carry the mems as
they should be.
FOUGHT 1T OUT.
A we'll known local bah player and a
carpenter. both young men, got into an
argument while eating In wagon last
evening, baseball being the subject. The
ball player claimed that he was as good
ss any local player. and the carpenter
said that he was not. The ball player
repl,ed that he was a better ball player
than he, the carpenter. was carpenter.
Then they got mad and decided 20 take a
walk up Hartford avenue and see who
was the best "scrapper." dozen or
more followed them Just 20 see that each
received fair play. but the scrap didn't
last iong for the ball player put II all
over the carpenter I'm a minute. They
shook hands and are friends again.
THE BUSINESS MEN.
The meeting OF the olneyvile Business
Mems association. held In Library hall
last evening. was one OF the most in
teresting ever held. the attendance belns
large.
The attraction was lecture by Tn,
Rev. Clay McCauley, his subject bcinl
Japan.
Ills lecture was not whit less interest
ing han his manner OF answering th'
many questions concerning that import
ant country delicious clam chowdc
and hot coffee was served.
GENERAL MENTION
A Young man and woman created quit
n scene on the square last evening. bot
being intoxicated. The young man fe
down. and the woman I'm her euorts q
assist him TO his feet also fell. Th
woman w~s taken in charge by Sergcan
Potter and the man by Patrolman WIKI
inson and wre locked up.
George Schoneld prominently connect
ed with the finishing department OF tn
E1rnsciiffe mills, was taken 20 the Rhod
island hospital. last evening, whore h
underwent an operation for appendicitis
The officials az the hospital this morn
ing say that he is getting along yer!
nicely.
Theresa Dolan. IL years old. was ar
rested at the home Of a friend on Oal
street, last evening. by Detective Maguir
on n charge OF stealing lace curtai
from the residence 81 Jefferson Moore. -
Amherst street. day or 80 ago. The cur
tain was recovered.
TNo fsrnero1 - Thomas i off he