The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-02-07

with its myriad lights, they dominat-
ed the whole scene and made a picture
OF rare ecclesiastical impressiveness.
In the company which witnessed the
ceremony were many hundreds who
sought by their presence TO convey the
depth Of their personal feeling for
archbishop OConnell. Men in public
life, representatives Of charitable or
! Eanizations and men and women who
had followed his career since his earli-
est days in the priesthood took this
occasion to pay in this way their per-
sonal tribute 10 him.
All OF the ceremonies precedent TO
! the investiture itself were on a scale
OF impressiyeness i'm keeping with the
occasion that brought TO Boston church
dignitaries from all parts of hmori-
| ca.
| Possibly the only man in the world
! without friend outside OF prison walls
! is William Il. Hill civil war veteran,
who is serving life sentence in the
Chares'own prison.
II Is B. years and four months since
! Hill was committed. In all the history
Of the institution, only one man has
! been within IT'S walls a longer time,
and ne was in prison only two years
more than Hill. Jesse Pomeroy comes
next TO Hill in length of confinement
with a record Of 33 years.
Hll's friends deserted him from the
! first His wife, who aided him In the
! commission Of The crime for which he
| IS suffering, turned states evidence
| hnd would have sent him TO the scaf-
| fold but for the clemcncy of Gov. Claf-
| lin, who commuted his sentence to life
imprisonment
The murder for which Hill was CON
| victed and sentenced TO be hanged oc-
Cured Feb g. 1870. The victim was
nm old man, William Jacobs, who lived
I'm a secluded spot about a mile from
| StOuRhton Centre.
Hill and his wife, who later con-
! iessed hat she had another husband
! living, and John Phillips lived short
! distance away They learned In some
way that Jacobs had $40, and Hill in
! Guced the others TO aid him In seCur-
| Ing IT, According TO the testimony, they
! did not intend to Kill the old man, but
simply to disable him and then secure
his money.
GOV. Clafin Commutcd HIS sen
tence TO life imprisonment chiefly be-
cause Of his belief bat he did not in
tend TO kill Jacobs and because he had
n record of honorable service in the
Union army He served in the 55th
Massachusetts,. The eloquent plea OF
John QuiAcy Adams, who was HIPS
governor
A mayors dinner" NJ the Boston
CITY club a few nights ago TO discuss
Greater Boston" developed into a dis
cLsslon OF government by commission.
Several of the mayors of whom - were
present declared themselves opposed
10 the idea, but cXMayor Barney OF
LINN argued for II as the best means Of
simplifying municipal government
The frame Of city government in
New England" he said, is so complex
lIil lllt a. Ntl bbt man tiAuilS Nlll HOll-
tics as he would the plague. The diff
Guilty now is that we can't place the
blame where il belongs; YOU don't
know where to go TO cure the evils. If
we simplify our government we can at.
tract men of higher Caliber We want
expert service men that can do tho
business II we expect honest, compe~
~,
pay as well rs large business concerns
pay"
Irof Henry Su2zallo OF Columbia
University who was formerly associat-
ed with District Attorney Langdon Ia
San Francisco. gave an adddess on mu-
nic!pal government. and urged the es-
tab,ishmont OF a bureau of municipal
research in Boston.
lie said: We have in us two deep
seated traditions; first, the high dream,
of democracy, and second, the love oS
efficiency The problem in the govern
mel,t of great cities is the reconcilia-
tior OF these two doctrines.
"Fhe ultimate power 10 decide must
be left with the people. The direct
fIlhldlN ullNk'S NhS Sap utNNNth Nuc
real choice and the exercise of repre-
sentative government, by giving the
people a direct voice in naming their
candidates. But for efficiency We must
have expert service"
Mayor HibLard wa. presiding officer,
and said he thought the interest OF
Boston and the metropolitan district
should he closely allied and that he
intended to ask the mayors to form
another association TO consider those
I Interests.
Seldom has it been the lCt OF any
| stage favorite TO meet with the abso-
mtclT tremendous receptions that
greeted May Irwin at Keith's last weak.