Newport Mercury (Newspaper) - October 21, 1905, Newport, Rhode Island VOLUME Mercury If I 21 1905 PUBLISHED THE MERCURY CO JOHN P SANBORN Editor THAMES STREET weekly of with local mill news wer Reaching so state selected le farmers and households In this and other to 82.00 a year in advance Sinn copies In wrappers 5 cents conies ca always be obtained at and HI the various news rooms In the j Specimen copies sent free and Party The delegates nominated at tile ward caucuses last Friday night mei in lie Slate House Monday and made the nominations for gates to the Stale and the nominations for Senator and font The following delegates were AVI 1 OLE terms given publisher by addressing tb Societies Occupying Mercury Hall ROGEK WILLIAMS LODGE No of St President Fre Hall secretary Meets 1st and Srd Mondays TEXT 13 Knights of Mat G Wilson Commander Charles S Crandall Record Keeper Meet 2nd and 4th Mondays WANTON filmy 01 V Illiam Ackerman Chief Han ger John IS Jr Secre tary Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays THE NEWPORT David Mclntosh 1 Secretary 3rd Wednesdays No 7 A 0 U P I Master Workman Perry B ley Recorder Meets 2nd and Ith days LODGE No as N E 0 Fred Watson Warden Mrs Dudley F Campbell Secretary Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays LADIES Ancient Order of Mrs J J Secretary Kittle G Curley Meets 2nd and Jth Thursdays REDWOOD LODOE No 11 K of W Callaghan Chancellor Commander Kobert 8 Franklin Keeper of Records and Seals Meets 1st and 3rd Fridays DAVIS DIVISION No 8 U R K of Knight Captain William H Langley erett 1 Uorton Recorder Meets days CLAN McLEOD Graham chief Alexander Gillies Secretary Meets 2nd and Fridays The establishment of lightship off Point Judith is favored by the dence aud Fall River lines lie chants nnd Miners Transportation Com- pany the Joy Line the Providence Kail River v Newport Com- pany the two lines running to Block Wand and it is hoped to interest also the captains of sailing vessels and tugs entering the en to deuce li is hoped long Hint a largely signed petition will tie mental In accomplishing this want King C Frank Third S Franklin Arthur L Burland Harry T Scott J K Douglas prank I King Fourth Harrett William F Robinson William F Adams Andrew Johnson S Gash Fifth E Tavlor Jr drew James John Ma ban E p Mason Hon Robert B Franklin was made chairman aud accepted the office will a brief address showing the great im- portance of the coming election Frank P was chosen secretary The following delegates were to the Slate P Gladding Armstead Hurley Robert Kerr Second F D Fayerweather Bar old A Peckham Gustave T F Mueller E Head Frank p M A Van Home Fourth F Adams J F Mitchell W S K Wetmore Fifth William W Marvel Andrew S Meikle William G Landers was unanimously named for the state central committee The ticket was then for the General P San born 1st N sard 2d S 3d lin Burdick The Democrats met In convention Tuesday with the following First C Albro Jr Martin John Shea and Louis Connolly Stai Brown J Frank Milas H Hazard E Mumford nd F H Third Pair lam P Clarke J r Fourth E Edward John J Duller J Connolly nd Dennis Fifth J Council Michael F velley J Joseph il Martin J J Martin and J Kelley Col Wm P Clarke presided and J rank Albro was the secretary The General Assembly ons were P Clarke 1st J Un- derwood drown Hd Jeremiah 1 honey William K ASSEMBLY TICKET The candidates for the General sembly in the towns of this county R Chase Republican Representative Charles H Ward Republican Elbridge I Stoddard Republican Heury C Republican William F Republican Representative Benjamin F Cottrell Republican Henry C Republican Representative S man Bowen Republican William Walker Prohibitionist nomination Little Philip H Wilbour Republican Representative Roswell B Burchard Republican New J Eugene Litllefield Republican Rav G Lewis Independent Representative lerC Ball Republican William T Dodge In Tiverton Henry Clay lake the place of George R fo Senator and in New Sena tor retires aud Mr Ray G Lewis takes bis place on the dent ticket There are no nominations in ally of the towns of th county Miss Vyse daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas A Vyse and Mr Thomas Mason Thomson wen married in Leo's Church New Vork on Tuesday afternoon The best mai was H Mason aud the were Newbold Morris Ernest Henry W Bull Lycurgus Winchester Fairfax Jameson Cutting aud Henry Richmond Taylor The bride Is an accomplished horsewoman and is a relative of Mrs Frederic sou and Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt Her grandparents were members of the summer colony here for many years a cottage on Madding St Mary's Church was the scene of a very pretty wedding Wednesday evening the contracting parties Miss Sarah Hannah bro only daughter of Mr and Pair J Poyle P M foney James J 1 CITY The Republicans met in Waid cus Tuesday night and the lowing delegates to the City tion to nominate a candidate for Mayor City Treasurer and School William Hamilton W Miss Ethel Bypher and Mr Rodney S Jarvis were married at on Wednesday at the quarters of the bride's brother Lieutenant Jay H Sypher D S N at the Training tion Rev Walter Lowrie rector of Trinity Church officiating The bride wore a dress of white aud ried a bouquet of lilies of the valley She was away by her brother Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Virginia only daughter of Mr aud Mrs Robert Ives Gammell and Mr Hurry Parsons Cross of Miss is j a of the late Mr and Mrs William Gammell and has spent j time travelling abroad Mr Cross j is a widower with three children I Thu newly elected Republican City Committee organized Monday night by the unanimous choice of Harwood K Read chairman Thomas B Congdon I secretary and treasurer Geo i hunt secretary I he j i tee have opened headquarters in tlie Mercury building where some of the j members can lie found every evening i Charles A Albro of South aud Mr Thomas Jellerson of Newport Rev Allen Jacobs rector of the church officiated The church which had decorated with palms potted plants and cut flowers was filled with relatives and friends At 7 o'clock tlie strains of the from Lohengrin pealed forth ing arrival of the bridal party The bride entered church on the arm of her father who gave her away She looked very sweet wearing a dress of while crepe de chine over white aud a long tulle veil caught up with while rose buds Her ornament was a brooch of sapphires and pearls the gill of groom Her bouquet was of Bride roses tied streamers of white satin ribbon Miss Sidonia R Crandall acted as maid of honor ami looked very in a dress of pink lansdown trimmings of lace in- sertion aud chiffon Her bouquet was of pink roses lied with pink ribbon and she wore a brooch of diamond pearls a gift of the bride Mr George Champion performed i the duties of best man and tlie ushers i were Paul O'Neill Murphy and George DeMills Congdon Their were of white roses I Mr Edward brother-in-law I of the groom presided at the organ and half an hour previous to the I inony rendered a pleasing program A reception followed at Oakland Hall where a large gathering were to offer congratulations lo the regular uf held at the Hall on Monday afternoon hen all the members were present Henry I Chase Cornelius Sullivan appointed Administrator on the estate of his er wife Mary and gave bond In the sum of 5300.00 with W Clarence Peckham as surety to pay debts teph F Albro was appointed of the estate of Nathaniel Peckham and the petition of Jane E A sod ers lo appoint Joel Peckham trator thereon was continued lo the third Monday of November with an dcr of notice Tx M Con- Icy Howard G Richard 11 Wheeler Jr and Alton F were appointed supervisors of tion lo be held November 7 the first two being nominated by the can town and the laM two by The of- bond of Charles H Ward was read approved and ordered on file The penal mm named In the bond was and it was signed by John 13 sureties Abram A Brown was granted an order on dog fund for 13.70 In payment of damages from dogs killing his A statement of expenses for care of and repairs on the stone bridge at to flip beginning of was presented bv A Commissioner The proportion assigned lo lo pay This amount was and lowed and paid from the town I treasury John D Blair presented an account of for bounty due several als for rapturing and killing skunks which was allowed and ordered paid couple the hall being prettily decorated for the occasion A collation vas served by LeClercq and dancing until midnight The uln club of which the groom is a furnished music Mrs Sadie Jash Gardner accompanying on the lano The groom presented his best man A amounting to 54120 for relief of dependent persons were also allowed RAILWAY COMPANY ox EAST MAIN repealed notices from the town council the Old Colony Pi reel Railway Company began musical Monday to trucks of tlie Newport and Fall River Street way on Ma In Road so as to to Ibe new of road bed established by the State Board of lic Roads In many places the tracks are higher than the road bed mid sequently the quick passage of surface water into the gutters The j road bed would have been seriously damaged if left in such a condition at the grave was a representative one relatives aud friends coming from Kingstown and Kingston Jamestown Newport Portsmouth erton Little Compion Fall River ton New Vork Maine and Conn The assembly con- outnumbered people and it was remarked that a much larger ering would have been if it been held on Sunday Saturday being a hard day for the business men to get away Mr Albert C Young of Newport of grocery store at tlie Para- dise Avenue Corner has hired the tage recently owned by Mr Christopher Ellery on Taggart's Lane for a period of live years jf Mrs Slarkey Its new owner Mr Young has recently added a new delivery wagon to his business establishment and his route is steadily gaining In custom The schools have been closed since Wednesday while the eachers were attending the Teachers Institute in Providence Miss Gladys Brown and Miss May Peckham are home from the State Normal School Providence for a few days Newport County Pomona Grange No 4 Patrons of day at Jamestown mouth Middletown and Jamestown were represented The hour in of Mrs li A of Grange was devoted lo the subject of How a plant lives Dr Hartwell of Kingston Col- i lege who was the main speaker pre- sented an able address on the subject with Illustrated charts and also formed many Interesting ex- demonstrating the need of proper plant food necessary for good growth The subject for the next Ing will be Hie debate Birds Are they Hie friend or enemy of tlie the meeting to be held Grange in December A busking of over a hundred spent Saturday evening at Mr James Barker's on Paradise Avenue husking 150 bushels of coin Pumpkin and Japanese lanterns and a beautiful October union made the spot quite tive A bountiful collation was served from long tables arranged In the by shed Portsmouth John of this died at his Illness a handsome pair of cuff buttons I cor are In irs fd the i Home fields were materially tne pins groom i aged by Worms are a handsome gold watch the ing a bountiful crop of good sound corn during tlie and spring The j home on Thursday niter lion in greatest need of attention runs extending from Sunday last Tlie cause from a point near the Two Mile Corner of his death was appendicitis He was a to tlie town hull Conx farmers on the Island who grow Indian ft of the bride Wedding cake was 1 is I ri billed lo the boxes hearing the A considerable part of hist season's crop remains undisposed and Ibis fact taken the prospect abundant vest this season bas tended to depress the price of com and tlie market is dull market gardener aud a man much re- spected He was a member of Eureka Lodge of Masons and Aquidneck Royal Arch Chapter His funeral will take place today from Church He will bii buried by Lodge A Real Estate Jales and Rentals Minneola Council 3 D of P gives ils whist of the season next Tuesday evening in the and Merchant Exchange Whist will start promptly at 8.15 and will be followed by dancing Cunningham's orchestra will furnish music The com- in charge of these socials have worked hard in times pact for the cess which has been attained and this year they assure all who attend a ant and social time Robert Keir Jo John William Joseph S Lai Ward Pike and Second Baptist Church of Newport R I Rev J Chester Hyde pastor worship Oct subject Where Jesus Bible school 12.15 International Lesson Rebuilding the Y P S C E Juniors at 3 p in subject Two Conquering Evening ship at ID subject Children of M B C of Full River has re- wages in the Iron Works Mills lo the basis of for weaving print cloths This action is different from A K by the Cotton Mahon Aaron A Potter W H and j Association It A I wl effect Oft Ward C Ebbs WAUL i Mr A trip to A Sherman Fari P j he Cape lias not been as pleasant a one be anticipated He borne that lie has sick ever since his ture from Newport and is from a mild attack of pneumonia Officer Maurice K Crane lias the 110 A G Scott Ward Thomas Hodson I Kohert H Joseph H and William F Adams FIFTH WAliD James Charles 11 Andrew lames nd John The barn on the summer estate of William Goddard of Providence at Neck was totally destroyed by fire Thursday the damage being at about The origin of the fire is unknown A screen of thick trees intervening between the barn and the suminer dence saved the residence from lion FOR CITY Tlie have nominated the following Council First alderman Robert P Hamilton for first councilman Frank P Gladding for second cilman Robert Kerr for third cilman William K Rogers sympathy of his many friends In the loss of his eon Maurice V J Crane who died Wednesday it his home on Burnside of pneumonia after an Illness of three weeks Mr C Leroy Grinnell who has organist at the First Presbyterian Church for tome time past bas accepted the position as organist at Trinity Church In place of Mr Kenneth C Grant who resigned some time since Mr Victor Baxter will succeed Mr Grinnell and begin bis labon this mouth Crocker who bas been In com- mand of the steamer the past summer died suddenly at hit home in Connecticut on Wednesday The to Long wharf are rapidly approaching completion The Improvement In this locality it very marked Colonel H Wetherell aud Mr W Wetherell figured in a away accident on Sunday last Both were thrown out and suffered slight i juries which caused them to remain in Second alderman George I doors for several days W Ritchie for first councilman ert Frame for second councilman Herbert for third councilman Frank S Third alderman Herbert Bliss for first councilman George H Wilbar for second councilman Imm O Milne for third councilman Earl P Mason Fourth alderman Joshua B Bacheller for first councilman Alexander Mae Leila D for second councilman John H Tiernay for third councilman Charles R mar Jr The Democrats have made tions only in the Fourth and Fifth wards as Fourth alderman Dennis for first councilman John J Butler for second councilman John B Donnelly for third councilman Rt Rev William N Bishop of laland was a visitor here past week Is able to sit up John P Casey Fifth alderman Michael F Kelley for first councilman J Joseph M Martin for second cilman Patrick J for third councilman J Martin FOB MAYOR Democrats met in city tion Thursday night and nominated Mayor Boyle for the fourteenth time They nominated John M Taylor for City Treasurer and Mrs Victor chan Dr R E Darrah John B livan and George O for School Committee Mr Thomas Lawton one of the old est residents of on Thurs day He was a member of Rhode and Lodge I O O F and one of the oldest if not the oldest member The public schools closed day afternoon until Monday for the teachers to attend the Institute of In- struction which was held Thursday aud Friday In Providence Chapter No 7 0 E 8 will give oue of Its delightful whist parties In Masonic Hall next Tuesday evening Oct 24 Tickets 85 cents they can be procured at office In the district court Tuesday ing was fined and costs for being a leader in the ance at the Opera Mouse on September He appealed B Gladding an Injury to his right hand the past week while making lew cream at his place of on Broadway City Westcott has been kept busy the part week posting the ward lists In various parts of the city Mr B m has returned from the Herbert Lawton son of tlie late Mr and Mrs Asa T Lawlon of fly wa- married Miss Louise A Waterbury daughter of Mr Henry II Waterbury of Stamford Conn Stamford Tuesday evening The ding which took place at the home of the bride's father was a very quiet fair owing to the recent death of tlie groom's lumber mid was attended by only relatives and very intimate friend's of tlie young couple Mr boyhood days were spent in Newport where he is well known and since his removal to ford he has been a visitor litre He is a law student and has inherited quite a fortune from his parents Lieut George W of the port Artillery Company has been placed on the retired list with the rank of First Lieutenant His military shows that on April 26 he joined the Newport Artillery Company April 25 April 25 was and sioned First Lieutenant and Paymaster and served as such until October 7th 1905 An alarm of fire was sounded at I 25 Monday morning calling the fire paratus to Bliss Road Park where a shed property of Mr Michael by was destroyed The fire was dis- covered by a man and woman driving in from the country and they gave the alarm The origin of the fire is un- known Funeral Services oi Nathaniel The hist sad rites over all that re- mained of Ibe mortal were held at the ilie Inle Nathaniel on Peckham avenue at noon on last before 1 p in Ibe hour appointed foi funeral services C li has for Amus W Hazard of Providence thu upper part of his bouse Thames street to J II William K sold for El In H of Detroit her two and lot til No Fa street to William G Turner The property is bounded on land of Charles Thu bride who very popular was the recipient of many beautiful and Cosily gift and Mrs on their wedding trip and on their re- turn to Newport will Tyler huge filled ami Chase SO feet easterly on hind some people or more wailed about formerly of A G bile feel on and near the unable even lo i While 80 feet and guin admission the inn Nearer God to by choir from Methodist Episcopal chinch Messrs William J and John Peckham Mrs Ida Brown nnd Miss Louise Barker The burial service of Ibe Episcopal The services opened erly on Farewell street feet A has for the of the Abram's Block Bellevue Avenue store No on that block to Mirabella of New Vork for the season of A Taylor has rented for tlie read by Rev John li Diman and Rev i Misses Hazard of Church street their George Franks of Pier was fined by Judge in superior court at Kingston for having nine short Jobsten In bis potion He was found with in unmarked ear and It cost him a fine of and one Jay's Imprisonment Mr and Mrs Thomas F Walsh and daughter Evelyn Walsb will winter in California MM John C Bancroft has closed her muse near the second beach and gone o I Arthur N Peaslee of the Berkeley Memorial Chapel both of whom hail been members at various intervals of Peckham's household The There is a followed after which Mr Dinian touched with great feeling ibe long and busy life led by Mr his ness to ever nerve his town and its best of bis religious beliefs and principles ami said that while not a regular chinch attendant he felt such a life was a loss lo His from life has left a vacancy in circles us well as he was one of the oldest and most staunch spiritualists of his Jay having lived in that faith past -18 as did also his wife The closing hymn Abide was followed by and the benediction The brother associates from rious to which he had belonged were the pall bearers from Oakland Lodge I O O F George Calvert and Charles Sisson Aquidneck Grange Lewis Manchester Pomona Grange Charles H Ward James Barker and James R Chase representing both ders er members of cade The burial ceremonies were observed at the Middletown Cemetery at Four and comprised the Episcopal committal service performed by Rev John B and Rev A N Peaslee and the service of the Odd Fellows Mr John Walker ed by Mr Richmond rily filled the cilice of the dead chap huge middle stable street to i Mr W Foole as a private j mobile stable A Taylor has rented for the son to and LeRoyer of New York tlie stoie at No King Block Bellevne Avenue for Mrs King Taylor for J Alton I Barker lower tenement ai Greene street to Mrs A has reined the double tenement No Greene street for Mr George Williams formerly of port to Mrs Aithur Rosson A Taylor has rented to Mr and Mrs Wm T collage at No 23 I street for Mr George A Wood j A has rented for the summer season of tlie furnished j villa on avenue known as for Janney of land 10 Mr and Mrs W I erford of New Vork Miss Elizabeth H Swinburne State Regent of the D A It and Mrs David T regent of William Ellery Chapter were present at the ofthe monument to General Greene at Forge Bridge on Thursday The monument was erected under the auspices of General ael Greene Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution at East wieh Mrs O Fay Downing Is visiting her relatives at Railway N J The Newport Asylum Is undergoing necessary Improvements Officer Bckhardt In enjoying his an- vacation Iain which position he bad devoutly filled for the last The floral tributes were very ful covering and banking the casket upon which rested his Odd Fellows Re- galia Among the floral emblems was a pillow of white roses Illy ofthe ley and pinks with the word Father in purple Immortelles from sister Mrs Clark Peckham a large spray of while roses ferns and pinks lied with broad white satin ribbon the Odd Fellows their order emblem the three composed of purple wisteria and while roses a large of ivy leaves with white cactus dahlias and streamers from the Cavalcade and from Aquidneck Grange a pillow of lilies of Last evening the Grand Chancellor of Knights of Pythias of the State Wm H Langley accompanied by a full board of Grand Officers made au official visitation to Redwood Lodge No of tills city Grand Chancellor Ramsdell Past Grand Chancellor Clark and Supremo White of Massachusetts also him It was a notable occasion Mr Eugene Brown ion of Mr ward A Brown of this city who has been suffering from a bad cold at bin residence In New York Is rapidly im- proving Grace Lodge sent a ful of and while cactus The Republicans will meat tonight fayor City Treasurer and dahlias The gathering at the house aud also The first rain for a yesterday i made Its
