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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1896
Page
2
The Rhode Island legislature will convene next Tuesday amid a docket focused on corporate acts including several street railroad incorporations in Bristol County. Competition among proposed routes has stalled all projects as lawyers tighten controls on charter trading.
After a two year absence Bishop Thomas March Clark of the Episcopal diocese preaches at St. Paul’s Church Holden Street Providence. At 84 he has long suffered poverty and the sermon draining him may end his preaching career.
The piece notes some social leaders are adopting new marriages as fashion, citing two divorced women Mrs. W. H. Van derbilt and Mrs. James J. Corbett. It also reports the death of John McAuslan of Callender McAuslan Troup, Boston Store Providence, who died Wednesday at 7:45 after brief pneumonia illness. described as a self made and influential city businessman.
Mavroyeni Bey the Turkish Minister to the United States states the Turkish Government bears no hostility toward Armenians and only seeks their prosperity under rightful authority. The remark is greeted with irony about Turkish help to prosperity.
Mt Hope Council No 1187 H Royal Arcanum installed its officers with District Deputy Grand Regent John P Brownell of Massasoit Council presiding. Installed were Regent Clarence E Booth vice regent Edward F Wilkinson pastor Jeffer son Galvin etc. One member was initiated and refreshments followed.
Mrs Anne Magee wife of Richard B Magee died at her Wood street home Wednesday morning from pneumonia after a two day illness. A 40 year town resident she was sister to the late James Anderson. She leaves a husband and one sister Miss Maria Anderson of Bristol.
Mails close at 6.35 and 9.20 am 1.05 8.40 and 5.50 pm. Relief for a ball on Easter Monday. Diphtheria patients and scarlet fever cases progress well. Major Perry ill in Richmond but improving. Mrs Manchester entertained friends at 55 Bradford St. Remains of Thomas Bonner buried at Providence. Subscriptions offer for Phoenix and New York World. Edith McCormack dies at 13 of gastric fever Bristol Neck. Byfield Council confers second degree. Y.M.C.A. ends 9 am service. Ira Ballou dies of pneumonia. body goes to Woonsocket. Migs Clark honors Pansy Blossom Club birthday. Oysters thriving in Warren River beds. some to Boston, Providence. Skates advertised 35c+. Recruiting office sought for light artillery. Leeds, Mass. Phoenix subscription deal ends. Mrs Easterbrooks ill with peritonitis. Bristol Fair Week preparations for Bristol Light Infantry. Ice harvests in Bristol water. U.S. Rubber Co. eyes Bristol plant operations. tax relief noted. New Bristol Public Market opening at State and Thames. Mare drownings at Fall River dock. Frog in Your Throat window display at Phoenix. Various local notices on real estate, theater changes, and public meetings. Funeral for James Medion Munroe. I.O.O.F. united brothers meeting and committees named. Dr Foulds Eva Specialist visiting Bristol.
Albert Cornell, 19, stepson of prominent conductor Byron W. Fish, vanished yesterday afternoon after boarding the 1.26 train with Fish. His mother later reported cash and valuables missing totaling over 1000 dollars, including a five dollar gold piece, two diamond pins, three diamond rings, and a gold watch. Providence detectives seek him. Fish suspects he fled toward California based on the loaded valuables.
The Ivy Guild of St. Michael's church held its regular meeting on Tuesday evening and voted to send money to St. Mary's Orphanage in Providence for necessary expenses. Dr. Locke read poems by Eugene Field to the group.
Comings and goings include Miss Luli Ctate visiting Portsmouth Alabama and Arthur Penno from Riverside visiting town. Mr and Mrs A Johnson returned from Deighton Massachusetts while William Liming and wife dined with James Connery on Thames street. Mrs W S Dixon returned from New York and Lizzie ODonnell and Jennie Mortis came back from Brooklyn. Mrs William Henderson returned from seven weeks in Chicopee. The King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co No 1 held its annual supper on Thames street with 56 attendees and a turkey dinner.
Wardwell Lumber Co offers Defender calendars printed at the Pranix office. The marine calendar features the yacht Defender with a white hull and sails, embossed in white against a yellow background with terra cotta borders. The phrase Time, Date and Defender wait for no Man appears on the lower area. The firm sent copies to prominent Defender associates.
The Bristol Train of Artillery held its regular weekly meeting last night. One member was voted in and Lieut W B Dodge received thanks for a steel target purchased for the company. The battery drilled in cannon loading and firing and infantry tactics. A large spectator turnout enjoyed a social dance and lunch afterward.
Local residents suspect a foreigner employed at Herreshoffs after repeated evening strolls near the harbor. Servant girls knocked on windows, he approached thinking he was needed. He regrets the indiscretion and language gap caused the suspicion, while his boarding family speaks highly of him.
James A. Herne's Bhore Acres begins a week at the Providence Opera House Monday January 20. The play has achieved nationwide success with Providence showing unusual favor and is praised for its silent expressiveness revealing Herne's personality.
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