Newport Mercury (Newspaper) - March 30, 1907, Newport, Rhode Island Jhe I PUBLISHED BY PUBLISHING CC JOHN P SANBORN Editor THAM E In June and Is now In Its on hundred ind forty-ninth year It Is the oM eM newspaper In the and with les Hum n dozen exceptions the printed In the It I column wilh stale loral general well selected lanv and tie so ninny u Iii anil other elates the limited to advertising Is very valuable to men H year In copies In conies can obtained of publication ami cit tlie various rooms In the city Specimen co pi ea Mnt free and 6 pec in terms the Board of Tiie regular weekly meeting of the Board of was ou day evening for hie purpose of ing the pay transacting some other After the approval of the pay rolls of tbe various ments without much discussion the board Thomas E Sherman a weigher of coal and other dise A communication from the board of Stewards asking leave lo purchase 1000 feet of boae at a coat of provoked considerable discussion but a tion was passed authorizing the chaw Mayor ClarKe called up the claim of Mrs James H Barney Sr for injuries received by a fall ou a walk It was voted that tbe sum be paid her in full compensation Tbe claim of Miss Duffin fur in juries was also Uken up aud tbe pell given leave to withdraw Her was alleged lo have occurred over the projecting step of the old lery house ou Thames street aud the members of tbe board believed that her claim was against the owner of he properly rather against the cily Bids for the City Documents for 1906 and the Tax Lial for 1007 were opened aud the contract was awarded lo the ny The new proved to have worked somewhat of a change in the tbe fire ment Chief Klin in asked if the amount received for sale of two fire horses could bo applied lo the of one new horse and was Informed that tbe money must go Into the general treasury fund aud could not even be added lo the appropriation for the lire department without action by the representative council It that iu the past horses bad been purchased from the regular ment appropriation Patients at The contract between cily of Newport and trustees of the Hospital for the tare of city cases aud certain contagions diseases has been signed by both parties und tbe patients have been transferred from tbe Cily Hospital to tbe Hospital The is regarded as very to the city und though its term Is only for one year Mayor Clarke has received assurances from hospital authorities that there will be ho objection to a renewal when time expires The have Leeu transferred from the Cily Hospital with the ex- ception of one This one is from tuberculosis und there Is a question whether thb disease Is one thai is lo he admitted to the me terms of t lie contract is somewhat of among medical men as to whether Is to be considered a gions or infectious disease and it is on point that tbe decision rests The old City Hospital will be cleaned nud and prepared fur occupancy for other pood Inspector Weeded The of has cent to Dr George V Ramsay a letter expressing of his very valuable vices aa physician iu charge of tbe Cily Dr Ramsay give his cervices without charge aud the bers of the hoard realize tbe value of the gift Bull has returned from Florida where be has been spending the winter mouths He Is of his brother Dr William T Bull iu New York Mr Everett H Bryant who Mr Bull on his trip bus arrived iu this city Miss Jennie G Johnson who has been Dr and Mm John H Sweet Jr at home on Spring street returned lo her home lu Conn on Thursday uled by Miss Alia U Crandall who will be her guest over Easter Mr Theodore A Underwood of Kingston R was a visitor here the past week Mr Underwood has just recovered from a severe attack of illness Hon T Mumford was able to drive out the past week but la still from tlie of his fall Colonel aud Mrs will Rhode Island avenue early in April Mr Alexander Peck ham of West Superior Wta has been visiting tives in this city Pitcher Greene has gone to Va to join the Buffalo ball totm Tomorrow will be Easter Day hough it conies rather earlier than sual it will be hailed as the advent of and if the weather is al ail there will be a showing of er costumes at church and on the Not always however is it warm or pleasant to permit f the usual Easter parade aud It may be that this year display have to be postponed The KB been so backward aud Easter comes early that there has hardly been the sual big business In stores but the circumstances trade has been aa good as could be expected There will be special services iu all the Christian churches tomorrow aud special Easter music will be furnished by the choirs iu some cases ed for occasion The should be large if the weather Is Many uf the schools aud colleges have closed for the spring vacation aud a number of sons arid daughters will be at home for Easier The public schools of port closed ou Thursday night and will not until April 8th Henry A of this cily has been given a verdict In the Superior Court in for In hla suit William H Dowd of that city case was rather out of tbe nary Mr claimed to have empty starch barrels of de- to ship fish built developed hat Ibe barrels bad contained oxide of zinc and the Hah were spoiled The necessity for tome with jurisdiction over the food supply of tbe city has developed this week and the outcome will undoubtedly be a law suit A well known umrki-t mun bought tome from one of the wholesale houses und when It bad been delivered to his market he detected n noticeable odor which it is supposed to have acquired by in an ice box where Hie air was not pure lu fuct the claims to have noticed tbe odor In plant of tbe wholesale house There were also some bad places ou the beef but not so much that tbe meal without the odor would have been refused got Into cation wilh tbe malinger of the sale house and demanded that the beef betaken buck This wus refused Then some cily was sought to decide whether such meat was allowed to be sold Mayor Clarke into well as a veterinary and the United Slates in- spector Tbe inspector slated tic had no jurisdiction over meat within tbe but In reply to n question by the manager of the wholesale bouse said that he would allow the meat lobe shipped oul of the bUle provided that it was uu The controversy ended just where it began tbe saler refusing to receive it back ami tlie retailer lo accept It and sell It to his customers Apparently out- come will have to be n lawsuit But the point of whole matter of interest to city is the in tuch matters Mayor Clarke desires that there with full-power to inspect all food plies and condemn any that a dangerous condition officer to be subject to tbe direction of tbe Board of Health An ordinance providing for an will be submitted to tbe next meeting of Ibe representative council for their consideration for Rural Progress Mr W J Merrall father of Jlr A E Merrall died in New York ou day lu the seventy-sixth year of his age Mr Merrall the nal members of the firm of Acker rall The Newport slore was closed on Wednesday the funeral ser vices being held on that day The Brown University Clubs will give a concert at Masonic Hall on the evening of Friday April 12th for the benefit of the building fund of the Young Men's Christian Association The club is always popular In Newport where it has been beard a number of times by large audiences Captain Alexander N Snow com- mander of the tug Richmond which went ashore below Fort Adams last February ban been held responsible for the accident by the United States Board oi Inspectors of Vessels and his license as a master has been suspended for twenty-five Captain Snow stated to the board that he left the wheel iu charge of u deck hand for a short lime after him the proper course Although the night was clear the man al the wheel ran Ibe veatel ashore aud it was bung up ou the rocks for several weeks extensive repairs be- lug when she was finally hauled off The made uo at- tempt to evade for and the felt it necessary to make him subject to mild discipline HIa record has been excellent in past and the present breach of the rules was really technical Mr and Mra Carl Jurgens have re- turned from their trip abroad Alderman and Mrs Kane have returned from Europe Mr Samuel h spending vacation in New York Mr Benjamin U Carr tbe retired veteran letter carrier is 111 bis home ou Prospect Hill street Mr Cook celebrated the eighty-seventh anniversary of his birth ou Sunday at his home on Park street Mr Henry I Hass of Vale College is spending his Easier with his Mr nud Mrs Henry J A number of the public school era their vacation lu New York Officer Hare who has been confined lo his home by Illness Is able to be out Miss Harriet E Carr la III at her home on Howard si reel Mr A Y Hudson Is critically 111 at hiahome The funeral of Albro took place from his late residence ou Baptist street Sunday afternoon al 2 o'clock mid was largely attended Rev Stanley C Hughes of Trinity church officiated and read the service of tbe Episcopal faith The members of the Walter Lowrie Club attended In a body and the bearers were nil of tbe Messrs Edward Ball Edgar Barker Caleb Anderson Thomas Bishop aud George Sherman Tbe floral tributes were very beautiful The Interment was In the Island Cemetery A French conference under the tronage of tbe Newport committee of the will he held at the parlors of Mrs French E wick society Oakwood Terrace on Monday April 1st at 3.30 p m M Le Brar Chevalier of the Legion of Honor aud Laureate of the French Academy will discuss Ibe literature tradition and legends of the Theatre of Bretagne Tbe well known evangelist Hev Thomas Houston has been con- ducting services al the Kirel Church this week He preached there for the laat Sunday and each evening luls week except there have been services of Offices V S 0 ns K J George H IM B r 0 H B An- erson A tiy lecturing bro B K J O'Connor lor three S R Crow toy The attendance has very good and apparently Jlr efforts ore showing The funeral of Marie the three-year-old daughter of Mr aud Mre Patrick J Houlihan who died Saturday after a few daya curred Sunday Interment waa In St Columba's where many floral tributes were placed upon grave by relatives and friends Mr duties former ly of city but now of has been obliged to abandon bis proposed trip to England on account of poor health The sessions of the annual conference of the League for Progress which has been held in this cily this week have not been is ly attended as they deserved as much interesting matter was by men in H position lo know subjects upon which Tbe first session win held with Grange of Middletown at tbe Town Hall on Monday evening with a good attendance The meeting was of H vory interesting nature and present took a deep Interest In the All Hie other sessions were held in Newport The Tuesday morning session was held in Masonic Hull with Col An- drew K presiding Dexter M Rogers who is In charge of tlie sy moth work in New England for Hie United States government gave a very interesting lecture on the gypsy moth by views He told how the motti was brought here for entomological some years ago and has siuci then spread dangerously He showed of Hie al various and also of the damage done by it The brown tail moth wus also discussed and tures were shown Rev E T Root lielii secretary of tile Federation of Churches and ian in Island ed the lopic of Church Federation for showing Unit the church ould not exist for itself alone but woik for of the community He told of some of the work for progress Unit is being done by different pastors and churches Rev Anderson author of The spoke on The New Rural Life He spoke of the wonderful growth In methods of ing and modes of living in the country and paid that future would un- doubtedly Fte further development of refinement and cultivation In rural life The cities are growing ami here is an increasing demand for farm products which will do away with tbe abandoned farms Rev Emery H Porter D D pre- sided ut afternoon session in sonic Hall ou Tuesday Hon William delivered an address of come to tbe members of the League the response by the president Rev E T Root Rev Edward F Sanderson Church Providence presented the topic What the Strong City Churches can do to Help Weaker ral Churches Mr Sanderson advised the rural lo secure strong energetic young men for pastorale and the salary should uol be Jess than city churches being called upon for help if this amount con Id not be raised locally The rural preachers should go to bear their city and should get in touch with their methods Dr E V Murphy of Newport pre- sented a address ou Tlie Pre- vention of Tuberculosis He spoke of the various sources of bly from sputum and through tlie milk supply and urged immediate tion with competent authority for a cough or other symptoms of tuberculosis Jlr Waller E Ranger State commissioner of public schools took up tlie matter nf school gardens and what the teacher could do to Influence the minds of her pupils in the right direction He waa followed by Mr Henry Lincoln Clapp spoke upon the practical side of the question Illustrating by cou views many successful bits of dening per on The League of Improvement Societies in Rhode In- by President Edwin A Noyes was rend by Jliss Harriet E Thomas of the Charily Organization Society At six o'clock a bullet lunch served In he main dining room of the Perry House and In the evening the session of the conference held In the Rogers High School hall Hon S presided and the first address was by L H Bailey of Cornell University He of the functions of tho al college and told of tbe many modern Recent Henry D Scott Captain Henry one of tbe veteran businessmen of died at his home Tuesday night of incident to old nge He was eighty two rears old ami had been tilling Mr Holmes formerly of but now of the Training School waa a here the patt week TIM public on daj for tbe vacation improvements for both work nml living lu he country emphasizing the need for these to keep the boys on the farm He was followed by Hou B Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives whose toplo was Good Mr IB a fluent speaker and thoroughly In touch with tils subject He of necessity fur good roada Stale and showed what had already been done to secure a complete system of main highways In Ibe country He spoke of the advantages offered by various kinds of roads and In closing pledged to do his utmost to advance cause of good roads Mlw Bessie of tor of In Boston her Easter vacation in Newport guest of her parents Mr and Mrs mine although hint been con- fined lo his bed for only weeks Although not n native of Scott hnd been long associated with and civic of this city Formany years lie en- In business and bv strict and he n competency mid retired tome He was held in the highest esteem by alt who knew him His record in tlie Civil War nn en- one and since the close of great conflict lip had an active in the the Grand of the He was In positions his fellow citizens of Newport Scott's curly days were on the farm whore he was born in Muss and nt the age of 24 ho went to California like many n not her young man of time lo en- gage In the search for He re- mained in the West for a few years and then returned to New Hedford where he took up carpentering trade working al Hint until the ouU break of the Civil War He one of the first to volunteer for service and went out as lieutenant In a setls later being transferred lo lie Sixteenth Buttery with the rank of He had a well-earned for gallantry on the field bis command taking part In many of the hard fought battles of the war He was several times wounded in action and at Gettysburg received such H vere bullet wound in the face that he was sent home to recuperate Captain Scott came to Newport after the close of the war and built up a grocery at Thames Langley's wharf which is now conducted by his son Jlr C Scott gome fifteen years ago he re- tired from active business but finding Idleness irksome lo his spirit he after- ward opened a little store at the corner of Spring arid Mary streets which he for a short lime Of late his failing health had precluded his attention to affairs He was a charter member of Gen G If Warren Post No 21 G A It and had served as commander of the as well as filling oilier Ho was a member and former president of the California Pioneers Association He served his ward for several terms as a member of common council nnd waa at one time a nominee for tenant governor of the Slate ou ho Prohibition ticket lie was an active member of the Central Baptist Church Caplain Scott leaves a widow and seven children three sons anil four Jlr W Scott Is a conductor on the Consolidated running out of Newport Jlr William C Scott conducts business established by his father and Mr P Scolt Is ths well known organist and musical di- rector of Boston The daughters aro Louise Clarke aud Mrs Elmer E of this city Joseph Mrs liam Boyce of Providence Dudley Jlr Dudley Newton died al his dence on Spring street on Thursday after a considerable Illness He was first some years ago his ness being of such a nature thai he was obliged to give up his business though he was still able lo get about much of time For the lasl few mouths he had failed steadily and It was realized that he end was mar Dudley Newton was a son of the late James R nml Betsey Viall and was one of a large family of dren Ho ou uary J 1846 nud his life had been bete While still a boy he entered tbe architect of the late George C where by close cation coupled wilh his natural ability he mastered details of Ills ion to that when he was only one years of nge he opened an for himself He was successful almost from the atari and the some summer palaces aud substantial buildings along Thames street remain as a monument lo ills ability Asa supervising architect Jlr wos always active In the interests of his client He waa regarded as one of the strictest supervisors that local builders ever encountered keeping a watchful nnd when a man of Newport Artillery Company lie served for many years as a director of the Bank He was for many years an active member of the United Church end for some timen member standing committee of the church Jlr Newton Is survived by n widow a daughter of the late Samuel C ey and three children Messrs Newlon Jr C Newton and Miss John D Mr John D Wright died In York on Friday of lust week though he been In good health for tome lime his death gave surprise lo liis many friends about tlie cily He was n native nf Island but bad been a resident of Newport many yearn He nnd his brother Mr el D in Hie ing business in Newport fur u long time and bud a wide acquninUneo with the men Last ary Mr Wright went to New York to live having purchased n retail liquor store A widow survives him also a Bister and two brothers He was a member of St John's Lodge No 1 A F A A M and Aerie of Eaglee The body was brought to this city on Saturday and funeral services held from his brother's residence on ington street being largely attended Rev C D Burrows of St Matthew's Church officiated Tbe bearers were all The inter- ment was In the north burial ground nt Jamestown and delegates from the and Eagles accompanied to the grave There were many handsome floral tributes Jlr Richard n well known citizen of Newport and for ninny years bandmaster ut Fort Adams died at bis home of nia after on illness of about a month He was a man of a cheerful disposition was deeply interested in his fellow citizens He was a veteran of tlie Civil War serving with tlie First Artillery and the Third Infantry He look au active part In several battles He was a talented musician and a kind aud open friend to all who wilh him He was an idealy husband and a kind father A widow and four children Mr Richard J Donovan of and Jlr Thomas Donovan of Washington and Miss ovan and Miss Alice Donovan both teachers In Hie public schools The body was laken to Washington for Interment William C Simmons Professor William C Simmons died at tbe Hospital In New York on Sunday after a short Illness of pneumonia He had been a dent for many years tirst coming here as a private tutor for some of the wealthy families After his family established a residence here Jlr Simmons was accustomed to go to New York where he was for many years connected with the Berkeley School He an excellent tion aa an and was highly re- spected by all who knew him He Ig survived by a widow and three li and Elizabeth P Simmons both teachers aud Mr Henry G Simmons Funeral were held at his late residence on Wednesday Rev James A Richards officiating The remains to Norfolk Maw torment funeral of J Zarle and Incorruptible eye on every detail that went Into a building Mr Ion retired from active some three years ago when sickness came on him Mr Newton waa formerly a ber of a number of organizations In the city but bad withdrawn from most of them He waa a former ber of St John's No A F A M of Newport Ueo's The of the late Stephen of Mis Maria B Gratrix who riled from tropical fever at Rico on the brought to Mils cily Hint funeral were held st mother's residence on Broadway Thursday afternoon being very largely attended There were many floral erings them being handsome pieces from which he was a member Hev Stanley C Hughes of Trinity Church officiated nnd Interment was In the family lot nt tbe Four Cor- ners The bearers were George C Earl P Masou J Gottlieb Claun J Powell Cozzeus of tula city aud Mr Chambers of Providence Mr waa a member of Mount Vernon Lodge No 4 A F A A M of Providence Chapter K A M aud St John's K T all of Providence also of the Galahad Club of Trinity church Dr Russelt K Bryer of New York of his Mr Bryer lu this city Mr Bryer Is also entertaining hb nephew Mr Mark Mitchell of Brooklyn Miss Helen Scannevin of Mr and Mn John H is visiting Mr aud Mra C In Ntw
