The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-20
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Customs inspectors made a seizure
the other day upon the arrival OF the
French line steamer La Gascogne
whe ntwo young women were search.
ed and were each found TO be weai int
An opera coat of fine Irish point lace
both Of which were undeclared. Thir.
ty pieces of jewelry were found con
cealed in a bag secured around the
waist Of one Of the young women.
Both women broke down and sobbed
after the examination and protested
their innocence. The jewelry and lace
were seized by the officials and the
! young women were allowed 10 go.
w. j. Anderson, who arrived here
recently from Colon, Panama, and
Kingston, Jamaica, told a story Of an
estate worth several millions which
he may inherit through the possession
! Of d razor.
Mr. Anderson came from Columbus,
o., and is of Scottish descent. The
story Of a mysterious estate in Ireland
has been handed down in the family
for several generations, but trace of it
was lost years ago. With the story
has been identified the razor, which
has been handed down in the Ander-
son family from father 10 son for
about 200 years The final purpose,
according TO the tradition, is TO have
the razor identify its owner as the
heir 10 the estate.
Several months ago Mr.. Anderson
saw an advertisement in a New York
newspaper for heirs 10 an Anderson
estate that is on the records Of the
English chancery court. He believes
he is the sole heir to this property.
Mr.. Anderson said he had been at
work on the Panama canal since
March and had returned 10 take up the
quest OF the estate.
\ Every member OF the Smith family
will be gratihed with the showing il
has made in the one hundred and
twenty-first volume of the general di.
IectOry OF Manhattan and the Bronx,
ing by safe margin the lead in mum.
bers over the families. There are
thirty-seyen columns OF the new direc.
tory devoted to the Smith family.
Jacques A. A is the first person
whose name appears In the directory,
and the last one Is Louis XySa Be
tween these two are strange and orig
ipal names. There is one representa-
tive OF the Bykozynsky family, and
also a Wucherpfenning.
In the Colors the Browns and
Brownies lead by comfortable mar
gin. There are twenty columns OF
these, and the Whites come next,
with ten and one half columns. There
are eight columns of Greens and
Greenes, while the Blacks and Grays
break even with three columns.
There are approximately 100000
names in the book, which would indi-
cate a population of 2,500,000 in Man
haitian and the Bronx. two of the five
boroughs of Greater New York.
That about one-thrd of all the
school children in the United States,
or about 100000 boys and girls, are
behind their grades because Of physi-
cal defects that could be remedied is
the gist OF a report made by a com
mittee of prominent educators, headed
by Charles c. Birmingham, former
president of the board of education Of
this city.
This committee has investigated
conditions among school children, not
only in New York, but in Boston, Chi
cago. and other cities.
The report says:
IF the percentages recorded by the
Board of Health in New York should
be maintained throughout the country,
and il seems likely that they would
be as adenoids and impaired vision,
malnutrition and defective breathing
are found in rural ms well rs SUBURBAN
schools. there must be 1.440,O00 i'll.
nOurished children, 5.6l5,000 with en-.
largel glands and 6,925,000 with de-
fective breathing in the United States.
In New York city the estimated fig.
urcs are:
"Mauutrition $4,000, enlarged
glands $4,000, and defective breath
ing 23O. O.SOO. a toal Of 465, 500"
Opposition To the building Of sky.
scrapers was voiced vigorously at
public hearing held recently before
the committee on limitation OF light
and area of the building code revision
commission.
Georl, w. Bahb. president of the
New York board Of fire underwriters,
said his board was expecting a fire Of
unprecedented size at any time in the
high buildings. lie said it was the
belief Of fire underwriters that II n
fire started on the u0uer floors Of some
/ o. tre highest hu. ''gs II couli not
/ bc checked. as The water pressure is
/ Insufficient. ori he feared il wou..
spread TO many other high buildings
cYtaNirr enormous loss His board.
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