The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-28

Two young men who live i'm the vicinity
OF Red bridge had an experience yester-
day they viii not soon forget In fact
one OF them had a very narrow escape
from being drowned II being a pleasant
day they thought q little spin on the river
would be just the thing. and after row
ing about for a while began the fool
trick Of rocking the boat The result was
that the boat was upset one OF the
young men succeeded I'm clinging TO the
boat and the other struck out for what
Is known as Tea Cake island. which Is
about half way between Red and Wash
ington bridges, which he succeeded In
reaching In much exhausted condition.
A little later he was toined 10y his COM
panion who had picked up a sufficient
quantity of driftwood 10 build fire, and
here they remained until they got dry
The men were seen struggling In the
water by Frederick Johnson. superinten-
dent of Washington bridge. and his en-
gineer II was late in the afternoon when
the young men got into their boat and
rOwed away.
MAY CONSOLIDATE.
Canonicus lodge Of Workmen will meet
this evening, when a delegation from
Pomham lodge of Riverside is expected
and both lodges viii talk over the matter
Of consolidation. as an invitation has been
forwarded 20 Pomham lodge for this pur-
pose. The membership Of each lodge is
SUdl anu the attendance smaller, ana Dy
consolidation the expenses Of the two
bodies will be just one-half what they
are now. The financial conditions OF both,
however. are all that could be asked.
HIGH WIND THE CAUSE.
There came near being collision at
Washington bridge this morning on ac-
count Of the high wind. as the engine was
not powerful enough TO handle the bridge.
and as the tugbOat was making its way
bridge was moving supposed that he
would be open I'm time 10 allow the craft
TO pass through The tugboat however,
was stopped before any damage was done.
NOT SO EASY AFTER ALL.
William G. Percival and Frank Wilbur.
who are the pillars of the Stub Cribbage
club. thought that they had two easy
victims I'm Stephen Miller. a member of
the Providence Gre department. and Ed
ward Burgess last evening. They played
70 games and when they came 10 figure UP
| the easy victims had seven OF the games
/ won.
ARE GOING TO WORCESTER.
! The 'Pettlcoat" degree team OF Reliance
lodge OF odd Fellows has accepted an I'm,
vitatlon to go TO Worcester. Mass. on tn,
evening of Wednesday. April 25 Tn.
lodges OF the order in that city hav'
combined 10 give an entertainment, an'
this degree is TO be the leading feature o
the event.
! Patrolman Taggart found man In
helpless state OF intoxlcation on Bougl
street at o'clock this morning He wa
loaded into n wagon and taken 10 the sta
| ton.
! At the meeting Of Reliance lodge OF Ode
Fellows last evening the third degree wa
conferred upon one candidate and on
! application for membership was received
At the session OF the Seventh Distric
court this morning one man was fneC
hnfv >,
was without funds was committed
Mr. James Callahan. the local manage
OF the Lenox OIL company, has beer
obliged to put still one more team on tn
| road
The Rev. ". G. Dana, who has beer
spending his vacation In the west, re
! turned 10 his home last evening.
| The Womans Christian Temperance
! union met with Mrs. Woodbury. on Free
born avenue yesterday afternoon.