The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-09-04

Congress expects 10 complete It's
business Of legislation by October i.
Whether or not II will adjourn then
will depend upon conditions rising
from the European war.
Red Cross fund now totals $42,6l5
in New York and s22.262 in Newport
Senator Overman OF North Carolina
introduced a bill amending the bank
ing and currnecy laws so that the tax
on emergency currency for the first
three months OF its issue shall be
reduced from three per cent 10 one
per cent
Walter Jackson has been nominated
for president OF the Boston Stock Ex-
change.
Henry c. Frick. the Pittsburgh steel
man, is dying at his summer home in
Beverly, Mass.
Business houses at Fargo, y. D., are
shutting up shop 10 release help for
the harvest.
A large part of the town OF Shelton.
Wash. was destroyed by fire at loss
OF 100000.
Albert Miller. president of the Inter
national Fur Workers Union, stated
that 1000 members have gone on
strike.
Mrs. John r. Randall, widow OF the
poet. famous as the author OF Mary
land. My Maryland" died in Balti-
more.
DR.. A. L. Skoog. professor of neurol-
ogy In the University Of Kansas, has
been made head of the La Petre Hos
pital, Paris.
Delegates to the American section
of the Theosophical Society gathered
in Washington for their twenty-eighth
annual convention.
Isaac Brandon, one OF the mer'
chants indicted for defrauding the
Government in the purchase OF sup
plies at the Panama Canal, was held
In $4,000 bail.
Homer Dean, cashier OF the First
National Bank at Sutton. Va, disap
peared after shortage OF $4,000 was
discovered. The bank was closed i'm
mediately.
Exhaustive tests were made OF the
huge guns at the Pacific end OF the
Panama Canal in order TO ascertain
their fitness. The tests were entire
ly satisfactory. There was an all-day
firing of the guns with both normal
and over charges.
c. C. Hills, 20 years old, secretary
OF the Cleveland Provision Co., was
shot and killed by an unidentified
man who then killed himself.
Thomas Murphy, letter carrier oi
New York, who was dropped because
of physical disability after 20 years
OF service, committed suicide. -
While driving an automobile al
Batavia. n. Y, Mrs. Frank Bullock oi
Brooklyn, ran down and killed Patrick
Welch. wealthy Civil War veteran
Forest fires are raging in the Tahoe
national forest reserve near the
Nevada State line. Two hundred mer
have left Grass Valley, CAL, to fgh
the fires.
The Pacific Alaskan Navigation
steamer Admiral Sampson was sunl
near Seattle by the Canadian Pacific
Liner Princess Victoria. Seventeen
persons were reported lost.
No more playing hockey from
Congress. The House adopted the
Underwood resolution calling all alb
sent members of Congress back tt
work and to cut salaries OF those
absent without legitimate excuse
Ice-boxes have been installed II
several large postoffices to take care
of the large parcel post business II
poultry, eggs and other foodstuffs.
The United Fruit Co., The Stand
ard Oil Co, and the United States
Steel Corporation notified the Govern
ment of their intention of placin,
their fleets under the United States
flag under the new law extending
home registry to foreign-built craft