The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-26
SUNDAY CLOSING
HAD GOOD EFFECT
Order Of Kew Head Of The Pawuckst Police Department Was
Rigdy Enforced Yesterday and Though There Were Many
Complaints From Store Keepers Il viii Continue 10 Be En-.
fOrCsd-Sarsed Association and Keamey Literary Held
Union Service in Memory Of the Manchester Martyrs

There were certain people in Pawtuck-
ct yesterday who suddenly realized that
there is new head TO the police depart
ment and that he is a man who has had
sufficient practical experience: that he
knows what are the needs of the depart
ment and also how the laws and the or
dinances Of the city have been continual
ly broken IN recent years Certain store
keepers have been in the habit OF keeping
their places open on Sunday without the
slightest authority for so doing. There Is
q general admission that newspaper deal
ers should be permitted 20 keep open
during the morning hours 10 accommodate
those who want a morning paper. Then
there are the baker shops which the peo-
pie believe ought TO have the same privi-
lege But this privilege does not extend
10 everyone who sells q little candy or
fruit or cigars and who may feel that
Sunday rs the most profitable day of the
week
But these people have been keeping
their doors open without let or hindrance
and there have been certain grocery
stores which have invariably kept their
doors open and IL Is 10 the knowledge of
the police that some OF these have been
doing a business In the illegal sale Of
liquor.
Some Of these shop keepers have applied
TO the board OF aldermen for victualing
house licenses and when they have been
granted they have not been taken out but
still they have gone on doing business
Just the same and they have not been
interfered with by the police
But yesterday morning a new order OF
things went into effect. Deputy Chief Hill
issued orders 10 all OF the patrolmen 10
keep q close watch on the storekeepers
on their beats and any one OF them who
opened his store yesterday and who was
mt Tot
cense was 10 be ordered TO shut up at
once and not to open again on Sunday.
This order had ito natural effect Com
plants without number began to pour In
10 the police station within half hour af-
ter the order was promulgated but the
complaints had no effect Deputy Chief
Hill knew what TO expect and he had de-
cided in his own mind what was To be
done He knew that the laws were being
violated and he proposed TO put "A stop
To Il I'm this regard at least
The stores were kept closed and the or
der which was enforced yesterday will be
enforced hereafter. II any OF these people
feel aggrieved they can go To the board
of aldermen and apply for a vlctualing
house license and If this Is granted then
they will have the legal right 10 keep
their stores open on Sunday but without
this license there Will be no more Sunday
business for them.
Ills dtllou on the part OF the new
head of the police department will be
commended by most of the people Of
the city and II may he a forerunncr
OF things TO come. lie is probably
aware that the laws OF the city are
being broken very frequently, and
while he may not go at the work with
a great flourish OF trumpets IL is quite
evident that he proposes 10 put II
stop to some things which have been
going on. and only he knows where
he will stop. There are other orders
which may he given within the next
week which viii cause even more Of
a stir than did the one issued yester-
day.
OBSERVED ANNIVERSARY.
The Sarsheld association and tie
Kearney Literary association OF Cen
tral Falls united yesterday afternoon
for a service in memory OF the MAN
chester Martyrs" The affair was held
IN Sarsfeld hall and there was a very
large attendance OF the members nc.
sides many guests who came out from
Providence.
IL was expected John =. Beagan of
Providence would be the speaker of
the afternoon, but he was unable 10
be present and the first speaker was
John Devlin OF North Attleboro. who
said in part:
1--WE OF Ireland's product have
gathered here today 10 commemorate
one OF the saddest events in the his
tory of our race We are here to pay
homage to the memory OF Irelaud's
martyrs, Allan, Larkin and O'Brien.
Although we have gathered here 90
honor their memories. we do not for
get the other martyrs, Of which our
land has had many. We are COM
remorating our martyrdom also, lav-
ing been driven from Ireland's shores
by compression. The memory OF Allan.
Larkin and OBrien is dear TO us as
ever. because IL brings back TO our
mind the memory of the land which
had men who were shot down like
beasts and who suffered for more than
500 years.
1--WE are gathered here i'm a free re-
public and we should thank God we
have the privilege OF living under the