The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-03-13

| They have been watching the members
! Of several OreaniZat ions ever since the
killing OF the Denver priest SO that
The instructions Of Secretary Straus Of
! the Bureau of Commerce and Labor
| found them already ON the job.
Officers who have been stationed In
the North and oSulh ends for years and
who are familiar with Italian and Rus
sian suspects. have been detailed as
plain clothes men, acting under Os-
dcrs from headquarters.
Daniel Michael The leader Of the
! Anarchists in This city, said the other
night: THE members Of the Anar-
| chisls here have nothing 10 do with
the recent outbreaks. We are brought
into the limelight because it is the
desire OF our opponents 10 divert The
attention Of the working people, VINO
are suffering terribly from The financial
cricis, from the real conditions.
True history will show that the
anarchists are as a rule a very peace
fu people, who conduct meetings far
more peacefully than either the Dem
ocratic or Republican parties and are
banded together simply to study con
ditions
Secretary Slraus' orders 90 prepare
for "a roundup Of anarchists Is funny
one and cant be accomplished Being
an anarchist comes after study Of eX-
listing conditions in this country and
leaves no mark that will enable the
police 10 detect one"
Mardi Gras was celebrated in the
Italian sections Of the North and West
Ends last Tuesday, but with less noise
and demonstration than i'm former
years The hard times. which are felt
bitterly by many Of tn" families Of
the laborng men Of the districts, have
made their lot SO hard that IL was diff
hcult for some of them TO awaken even
passing thrill OF pleasure on the
day thai I'm their own country Is the
special day Of rejoicing of the year
There were many, however, who put
aside every other thought, to give free
dom TO pleasure, and many or the
better off families made an occasion
for giving help TO those who needed
II. I'm some of the families parties
were given for the younger children.
and the boys and girls of the poorer
families received special and pressing
invitations to attend I'm others il was
made known that the former rcsjric-
tlons Of visits 10 relatives and acQuaini.
ances were removed, and all would bc
welcomed.
The masQucrading feature Of the day
has been i'm other years left for after
! dark, but many Of the younger peo-
pie could not restrain themselves So
! long. and i'm the late afternoon ap-
peared on the street in grotesque COS
tunes. and began their quest for tav
ors The stores were their first visit
ing places. I'm the city as well as in
the country the gOod-natured store
! keepers and the parsimonious ones are
| as well known TO boys and girls ae
! their own parents, and the former were
picked out as the easy marks for the
! first visits of thc bands of young mas.
| queradcrs
/ ~
! AT the recent dinner of the Boston Real
Estate Exchange at the Hotel Somerset
! fairly bristlcd with matters of extreme
! public interest.
I Real estale-thc real estate of Bos-
! ton-was the main topic as holittcd the
occasion. although he touched briefly
upon the financial condition Of the
, city.
II was I'm some respects the most notc-
! worthy address his honor has deliver
ed since assuming Office and was
heard with extreme interest.
Mayor Hihhard stated that although
he has met the taxation problem ol
Boston i'm part, at least, by reducing
appropriations, 1t will only be by strict.
est economy that the present rate OF
$3.50 can be maintained
lie advocated the erection, on the
Old Court House site, of a modern of.
lice building for various city depart.
ments lie said il should be of the
ordinary office type 50 that when The
time comes to abandon City hall tn,
property can he sold at a profit. Tie
wishes TO sell the school committee
property ON Mason street As he believes
it is too expensive 10 be used for It's
present purposes.
Mr. Hibhard lis I'm sympathy will
amy movement for the better utiliza
tion of Che property now occupied bl
[ the park Square station.
"Thc only hope for "a greater business
Boston lies to thc southwark he said
fremont street and Hoylston stree
should properly develop as husincs
ihurouphlarcs"
Boston has seen no such thca'rira
success as that now being recorded b.
''rhe Man OF the Hour AZ the Tremon
theatre. where capacity audiences ar
the regular thing every evening and a
the matinces. This, ar the Tremoni
means that the orchestra is under th
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