The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-08-08

| best OF authority, that the turbine plant
| that Is now located on Manton avenue is
| TO be installed In the new building. The
building that now contains this plant has
not been In use but a short time, and was
built and the plant installed at a great
expense and the motive to transfer this
| plant TO the new building. so II is said. Is
| for the purpose OF concentrating the
| power department so that less help will
be required. 1t is estimated that where
seven firemen are now employed at the
| turbine plant that after the change, two
Is all that will be needed The time billed
TO make the change is the Saturday be-
fore Labor day. which will give the man.
| agement practically three days, Saturday,
Sunday and Monday nights TO make the
change. A large corps of electricians are
now at work putting In new cables and
getting the interior OF the mammouth
plant in readiness for the change.
GIBLIN-LEssARD NUPTIALs.
This morning at o'clock Patrolman
! John j. Giblin OF the Chaffee street po-
! lice station and Miss Agnes Lessard were
united In marriage at nuptial high mass
| in the Church OF Our Lady OF Lourdes on
Atwell's avenue, Rev. FIR. IL. Mongenais
officiating. After the ceremony a we'd
| ding breakfast and reception was held at
the home OF the brides parents at 10
| Julian street, where many beautiful
| tokens OF love and esteem were shown.
| At the reception Messrs. John T.. Nc
| Cram and William III. Huntley associates
| OF the bridegroom assisted very materi-
ally in entertaining at the reception. Mr..
and Mrs. Giblin VIII spend their honey
moon with relatives at Holyoke, Mass,
and there is a box of good ones at the
station this evening for all.
A CONGRESS OF NATIONS.
4 Nearly every nation or earth was repre-
sented on Chaffee street about 2:3o yester-
| day afternoon, the congress OF nations be-
ing called togsther by an alarm OF nre
from box 400 and this large and variega-
ted crowd was due TO the fact that many
OF the employees of a number of the local
mills are still 'loafng." The streets was
filled but the only excitement to attract
| their attention was the number or pieces
| of fire apparatus and the rushing nre-
men for thefre was confined to small
piece OF cloth that man named Mes
sier, who lives at 50 Chaffee street had
used to wipe off the top of cook stove
| and threw IL into a coal hod where IT soon
was ablaze.
A RIcKERTY TEAM.
There was hitched to an electric
light pole In the square yesterday al,
| ternoon one of the most fantastlcal
teams imaginable. Between the shafts
was a mouse-colored donkey that
would weigh possibly 500 pounds, ana
IL was 'arrayed" in pretty fair sort
Of a harness. The carriage had four
wheels, which of course were on axles
but the rear wheels were fastened TO
the front ones by two pieces OF wood
and these pieces were made fast TO
the axles by pieces of small cord. The
| floor" of the carriage was what was
once the back Of an old cane-seated
chair, and many wondered no wany
sane person would risk their life or
limbs by riding In such q rickerty
affair.
HE WAS NO HEN THIEF.
| Patrick Salmon, who lives on At
wells avenue, found himself in bad
box this morning, for he went 70 MS
home In slightly intoxicated con-
dition and got into the wrong yard
and bumped up against hencoop In
the yard of one of his neighbors, which
led TO his being arrested. but when
the neighbor learned who II was he
was well aware OF the fact that Mr..
Salmon would not take the value or
a pin from friend or foe, so he was
allowed TO go home. his ride TO the
Chaffee street station being sufficient
to make a sober man OF him.
MISS WEEDEN is IMPROVING
A report was circulated in the square
this morning that Miss Alice Weeden
OF Laban street, who Is one OF the
operators at the Union telephone ex-
change, had died at the Rhode Island
hospital this morning, but the officials
OF that institution report that she
passed a comfortable night and TO all
outward indications would recover
Miss Weeden has had one of her legs
amputated for blood poisoning and for
a day or SO the surgeons at the hos
pital thought that to save the young
lady's life that II would be necessary
to amputate the other.
| KEEGAN NOW.
Yesterday afternoon Messrs. James
Keegan and James Hughes. two OF the
best sprinters on what is known as
| Beer HILL" made weger of ''pout"
supper for a 1o0-yard foot race. The
contestants with about 80 friends.
went to Merino fats. where proper ar
rangements were made and the race
| ran, Mr.. Keegan coming in ahead by
a neck. Just when the "pout" supper
is 10 be served, where and who is TO
prepare the same has not been an
| nounced
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
Edward j., the infant son OF Mr.. and
Mrs Philip Coffey was found dead at their
home, 500 Harris avenue, at O'Clock this
morning. The facts OF the case. though
the police were sent TO Medical Examiner
Perkins who give permission TO the
parents to call an undertaken, as there
was no evidence but but what death was
due TO natural causes.
! LOOKING FOR A MAYNARD BOY.
The officials OF the Chaffee street police
station have been requested TO locate one
Carmine Ciaevamello. who is IL years old
and who has been missing from his home.
500 Oak street since Monday. Carmine Is
inclined to be a little forward" and got
.beyond the control OF his dad" and ma. T"
so II he Is found he will either get pro-
baton or IN ereform school.
DOING LIGHT DUTY.
Patrolman NJ +. Kelley OF the Chaffee
| street station. who was stabbed some time
ago by a man named simpson. has SO far
recovered as 10 he able 10 do light duty az
the Central police station.
| MAKING MORE IMPROVEMENTS.
The Rhode Island company has found II
necessary to make still another addition
| to the car barn on Hartford avenue. and
| at the same time will rearrange the tracks
| I'm IN interior OF the building so that cars
| can be handled with less time and help.
MR.. wINN MORE COMFORT tsf7fee.
| At noontime today the condition of
| former Councilman Henry NJ. Winn was
| reported as being a little more favorable.
4 hut tho cr ss Ia due fOrnOrrOW afternoon