The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-09-04

dDO put lntO Idlrly SUCCESSFUL opera
tion the first electrical locomotive. Its
power having been furnished by q
storage battery.
He invented a shoe pegging machine
which he sold for 10000, and which
is said TO be valued today at 5000
900. Only two years ago Mr.. Green
ough finished an essay on the origin
Of superstition and the advent OF the
various religions OF the world.
In his old age he took great in
terest In aerial navigation and had
strong ideas on the subject maintain
ing that time devoted 10 experiment.
ing with steerable balloons was vast
ed. His belief was that the success
full airship must be made 10 soar by
means OF the same motor that propels
IL. He held patent for device
which he believed contained the basic
principle Of successful flight.
The seriousness Of the Cole-Luce-
rockingham fight for lieutenant gov
ernor is now fully apparent TO the par
~ leaders. Senator Crane has spent
several days in Boston talking with
various prominent Republicans upon
the aspects OF the fight and the state
committee has arranged its commit.
tees So as TO give each Of the candi
dates share in the representation.
The lead which Mr.. Cole took when
he began TO make his fight has never
hU nth
tlemen, although both have made
gains through hard work Mr.. Froth
ingham has one or two friends that
are making desperate attempts TO get.
away the Cole strength. Mr.. Luce is
working against Mr.. Cole throughout
the state.
Both candidates are obviously di-
recting their entire fight against Cole.
Luce says nothing about rockingham.
rockingham says nothing about Luce.
They both attack Cole. Both are to-
gether in the view that the state can
afford anything IL wants to afford.
Speaker Cole is decidedly against the
view.
The meeting Of the state committee
was interesting from the fact that the
committee appointments showed the
preponderaDce Of sentiment In favor
OF the speaker. Said the Boston Jour-
nal the morning after:
Speaker Cole had conference with
Senator Crane before the executive
committee meeting yesterday morning
but neither would say what the out.
come was. Many OF the Cole men
were satisfied to merely look over the
list OF convention officers"
The Suffolk county situation is CIV
ing the rockingham men no little
alarm. Their weekly statement for
two months has claimed every one OF
the 264 delegates in Suffolk. Today
they are more conservative.
On the eve Of filing nomination pa
pers in Suffolk 1t appears that wards l
and 2 in East Boston are practically
solid for Cole. Charlestown, which
was claimed to be solid for Frothing-
ham is badly split. In Mr.. Frothing-
hams adjoining ward, Brighton, there
is a split which gives Cole majority
Of the delegates.
In another adjoining ward, 10, the
rockingham men are admitting de-
feat. In Roxbury and Dorchester there
will be pledged Cole delegations.
South Boston is pretty well for Cole.
These are the facts which have from
time to time been chronicled In the
Boston papers.
One thing that has hurt the Froth-
ingham and Luce cause badly Is the
attempt that each has made to justify
extravagant expenditures. The tax
rate in Boston has leaped from 1880
to $16.50 and the tax payers feel ii.
Commencing with Monday evening,
Aug. 81, the Hollis Street Theatre in
Boston opens its season In 19OS-09,
with a gala production Of Julian Ed
wards new comic opera success, The
Gay Musician" with book and lyrics
by Siedle and Campbell. The engage
ment is strictly limited 10 two weeks,
with matinees on Wednesdays and
Saturdays and on Labor Day. AS Bos-
ton is the only city in New England to
hear THE Gay Musician" this season,
there will be a pronounced desire on
the part Of music lovers in this city
10 witness the performances OF the
latest sensation in musical circles.
The rapid strides taken by yaude-
vile since B. +. Keith made 1t prom.
inent factor in the amusement world
less than twenty-five years ago, will
be well illustrated at Keith's Theatre
next week when the leading feature
OF the program will be one OF the
greatest successes, as we'll as one OF
the most pretentious productions vau.
deville has ever known, The Naked
Truth" This is a comic opera in min
iature by Edward A. Paulton, one Of
the writer's OF "Erminie," and is pre-.
sented by Harry Davenport, Phyllis
Rankin and a company OF twenty peo-
pie.