The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-01-10

ton Roads, was destroyed by fire.
Five male children, all perfectly
formed, were born to Mrs. Audrey
Lassen, OF Abbeyyille, La.
Colonel Goethals says ships will
pass through the Panama Canal by
October next.
John Clamp OF Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
drank a pint OF whiskey TO win bet.
He lived about eight hours.
William Sulzer was inaugurated as
Governor OF New York at Albany. and
pledged himself TO give an economical
administration.
The wireless station at Sayville, l..
~ have a new system installed IN
make IL the greatest wireless station
! in the world.
DR. Frank Mallory, associate pro.
fessor of pathology at Harvard, has
isolated the whooplng cough germ.
He calls II the bacillus pertussis.
Among the 10000 employees in the
Panama Canal Zone, only As deaths
occurred In December. The death
rate for 1912 was 25.46 per thousand.
Mrs. Emily Sawyer, a trapeze per-
former, fell through an unfastened
gate in a Pontiac, Mich, theatre and
was killed.
The parcel post mail became so
heavy at the New York post Office that
rs clerks were picked from the civil
service list and appointed.
Grover Bergdoll. son OF a Philadel.
phia brewer, cannot get an automobile
license in Pennsylvania, because he
Is held to be a speed maniac"
Charged with embezzling $4,000,
William Redolheim, brotherin-law OF
Governor Suzer of New York, was
placed under $1,000 bail in PhiIadel-
phia.
The brief in behalf OF Edward +.
Myllus, whose deportation is sought
on the ground that he libolled the
King of England, was sent to Wash
lngton.
During the past year, 221 persons
were killed by autos on New York
streets. or these 103 were children.
Other vehicles brought the list up TO
532.
President Taft granted a pardon 10
Michael Youtelamee, an S0-year-old
Flathead Indian. who was indicted in
Butte, Mont. for introducing whlskey
among the members of his tribe
A new law which went into effect
New Years Day in Washington marks
the passing OF the "growler." Here
after no bartender will fiji a can with
beer to be taken out of the saloon.
Governor Cole Blease of South Car
olna. who released 33 convcts on
Thanksgiving Day and 70 on Christ
mas, extended executive clemency TO
five prisoners in honor Of New Years
Day.
Michael Slater riverman OF
Brownsville, Pa, entered livery sta
BILE. wrapped blankets around the
stove and took it away. lie said no
one was using The stove and no ucei
ed IL.
The deadlock in the New Hampshire
House was broken by the election OF
William j. Brtton as speaker. Brtton
Is a Progressive and was elected by
coalition OF Democrats and Progress
sives.
Relatives OF the Rev. Dr. William
Brand, rector Of st. Pauls Lutheran
Church, of Pittsburgh, asked the
police to begin a nationwide search
for the minister, who disappeared on
December 2S.
A sixty.mile gale with rain swept
down on the coast Of Virginia, caus-
ing great damage to shipping and tel
egraph wires. Several small craft are
reported to have sunk with some loss
OF life.
The Woman's Suffrage party sent n
delegation 10 attend the funeral OF
General Merwin T.. Lee, who, as act
ing Governor OF Wyoming, signed the
bill giving the women Of that State
the right to vote The funeral was
held In New York.
Fire Commissioner Johnson N re-
port TO Mayor Gaynor said that one
fourth of the fires in New York are
caused by incendiaries at an annual
loss of 100000 due largely TO the
failure of insurance companies 10
make investigations before issuing
policies.