The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-11-22

andes In Boston harbor for several
weeks. received S1S6 from the city the
other day for killing seals within the
harbor limits. Under the law a boun-
ty of SO Is paid for each seal killed in
Boston harbor. The Indians, as a re-
suit of their labors, appeared at the
Office OF the city clerk with the tails
of sixty-two seals that had been
killed by them. After the tails had
been counted by one Of the clerks
the Indians were given an order on
the city treasurer for 1856 which they
collected.
George Washington appeared in the
first session OF the municipal Grim
ina lcourt a few days ago to swell
the list OF the illustrious and famous
men and women who have lately been
in that court to answer to the charge
OF drunkenness. Those who have gone
before number among them some OF
the most notable names in the pollu-
cal and social history of the repub-
lie. 1t was not long ago that Sarah
Bernhardt Richard Mansfield Andrew
Jackson and Julia Marlowe graced the
lower courts with their presence.
George. like his illustriOus namesake,
could not but tell the truth, and was
therefore sent to the state farm.
Money will soon be a drug on the
market and may not be able to com
mand better than or percent re-
marked the president of a Boston bank
recently.
The banker argued that while Bos-
ton had felt the recent panic In a
very light manner, those who had
withdrawn money from the banks
would soon be hurrying back to re-
deposit it and place it again In
circulation
mo money is so dead" continued
the banker, "as that which Is not
earning its living"
That any considerable amount OF |
paper money had been withdrawn from
circulation and boarded by the suspic- |
ious. is not generally credited in bank !
ing circles.
Bankers admit that there has al !
ways been a shortage of small bills !
and that banking legislation has al
ways attempted TO remedy this de- |
feet, but declare that the greatest diff |
ficulty about this time of the year as |
Christmas draws near is to obtain suf- |
ficient amounts Of small change.
In reply to the numerous members |
Of the sect of Orthodox Jews who |
have openly attacked Rabbi Charles !
Fleischer because OF his statement that !
the Jews should observe the present |
Sunday instead of the old traditional |
Sabbath on Saturday, Rabbi FIeischer
has made the following statement:
when | made my statement did |
not ask the Orthodox Jews TO agree
with me, and | do not intend to enter
into any controversy with them on
the subject.
IL made the statement to my con-
gregation, who are progressive, liberal
and radical Jews, and differ from the
Orthodox Jews as much as the Unitar-
ians differ from the Roman Catholics.
The Orthodox Jews may do as they
please, but the object | have in view
is to have Sunday services under
Jewish auspices, and Jews. and non
Jews and anyone who wishes TO at
tend the services are cordially invited
to come. | have just instituted n
Sunday service to supplement that OF
the old traditional day, which most
men find themselves unable to attend"
More work for the force Of the
Charlestown navy yard to do after the |
battleships leave has been ordered |
Orders were received from Washing |
ton for the yard to build four more |
big wooden coal barges for the coal |
ing station at Bradford, II. l. The |
yard built about dozen barges for
the station several years ago. The or
der will assure employment TO a num- |
ber of millmen and ship carpenters |
OF the construction force for some |
weeks.
The officers do not believe there will !
be big reduction in the working force
Of the yard Immediately after the bat
tleships depart al work Is being
sidetracked for that on the big ships,
and when they leave the other work
will be taken up. There is the Of
ficers say, more than years work for
large force on the rebuilding OF the
armored cruiser New York, and the
orders on the Des Moines, Scorpion,
Vesuvius, Celtic. Detroit and Nashville.
all at the yard. aggregate very large
amount OF work One or two of the
departments may feel a scarcity of
work and suffer a reduction of force,
but the boat shop, ropewalk, chain shop
and such departments all have orders
already in hand which will keep their
working forces busy for sometime TO
come.
Orders for additional work aud
equipment can reasonably be expected