Norwalk gazette, Friday, April 10, 1896 · page 1

 

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, VOL. 'XCVI.—No 15

NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Senator Quay Still in the
Presidential Race.

 

Interesting Washington News and Chat.

 

GAzETTE's BUREAU,
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET
WASHINGTON, APRIL 9.

Senator Quay, through his son, Rich-
ard Quay, made an emphatic denial
this morning of the published statement
that he intended to withdraw from the
contest for the republican nomination.

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The House Committee on Territories,
by a vote of 6 to 4, to-day, ordered a
favorable report to be made on the bill
admitting New Mexico to Statehood.

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At the Cabinet meeting to-morrow it
is expected that definite results will be
reached as to the President’s purposes
concerning Cuba. It is understood that
the President has a document ready to
submit to his associates.

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Representative Fitzgerald, of Massa-
chusetts, made an open attack on the
A. P. A. to-day during a discussion of

«the :District of Columbia bill. That
measure deprives several Roman Catho-
lic institutions here of money usually
appropriated for their benefit,

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President Cleveland and Privete Sec-
retary Thurber are keeping bachelor
hall at the White House, both being
quarantined from their families by' rea-
son of the outbreak of measles among
the children.

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The Treasury yesterday lost $63,700
in gold coin and $1i,200 in bars, which
leaves the true amount of the gold re-
serve $127,936,167.

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Mr. Teller’s ,bill requiring national
banks to keep their reserves in their
own vaults came up in the Senate on a
motion that it be referred to the Com-
mittee on Finance.

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The compulsory pilotage bill was de-
bated all day in the House yesterday
with understanding that a vote shall be
taken on it to-day.

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The House Committee on the judic-
iary yesterday completed its work upon
the bankruptcy bill, and decided to re-
port the bill to the House this week.

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Senator Turpie’s speech on Cuba was
the event of the day in the Senate, and
in many respects it was the most pic-
turesque and vehment utterance heard
on that subject.

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Senator Morgan’s‘condition was great~
ly improved last night, and no fear is
now felt by his friends for his recovery.

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Senator Platt is reported to be better.
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The annual dinner of the Alumni As-
sociation of the Columbian University
was held last night.

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Yale defeated Georgetown at. River
Veiw Park this afternoon by'the score

of 16 to 11.
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Patent Commissioner Seymour’s phy-
sician has ordered him to Fortress
Monroe to remain over Sunday.

Orv
lllust Carry Bicycles Free.

The New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford road hereafter will be obliged to
. carry bicycles in New York state free
of charge. The New York legislature
has passed a bill relating to the carry-
ing of baggage by railroads. Bicycles
are now deemed baggage and railroads
in that state must carry them as such.
Passengers shall not be required to
crate or otherwise protect or cover
them andthe railway corporation shall
be made responsible for damages to
bicycles.

Frightened by'a Locomotive.

Yesterday afternoon Groceryman
Bates’ horse which was hitched near a
house on Chestnut street, became
frightened at a passing locomotive and
breaking a hitch-line ran away. In its
flight the animal scaled a fence, made
its way to Henry street and started
down the decline on Pine street for
Main street. In going down the decline
on Pine street he' threw himself and his
flight was at an end. The wagon was
badly wrecked. Aside from that no
damage was done. '

Shot His Finger.

Albert Stevens, of Bethel, who is
visiting in Bridgeport while examining
a 'shot gun yesterday, accidently' dis-
charged it. He narrowly escaped hav-

 

 

 

 

ing,his hand blownpfl' but came out of
‘ the afi'airlwith a badly lacerated finger.

 

fln Entertaining and Instniciive Horne Journal, Especially Devoted to Local News and 1ntere$ts.
“NORWALK, CONN.. FRIDAY, APRIL 10. 1896—12 PAGES.

' , A LIVELY MILL.

An Italian and an Intoxicated
Irishman Have a Bloody
Encounter.

 

South Norwalk Depot the Scene of the Fight

Domenico Belogno, an Italian, was
walking along Railroad Place yester-
day afternoon when he met Michael
Rafferty. Rafferty was drunk and
seizing the Italian he hurled him into
the street at the same time cursing him
and calling him vile names. The Ital-
ian immediately began to return the
abuse in broken English, but after
same angry words they separated.

Later in the day they met at the de-
pot and began hostilities again. The
latest adjectives were hurled at one
another until the Italian becoming in-
furiated picked up a large stone and
struck Rafferty in the face. The blow
made an ugly cut on Rafferty’s face
and caused him to cry out for help
which started the Italian 011' on a run.

Special Ofiicers J ohn, Cashew and
Charles La Croix started after him and
succeeded in overtaking him. . In the
meantime Captain Gladstone and Spec.
ial Allen having captured Rafferty both
were taken to the lock-up.

This morning they appeared before
Judge Hubbell in the Town Court who
found them both guilty and fined Be.
logno $7 and costs and Rafferty $6 and
costs. ,

Belogno paid up and was discharged
but Rafierty had no money and Chief
Vollmer escorted him to Bridgeport jail
en the noon train. '

FISH COMMISSIONERS MEET.

 

 

Fresh Water Area and Mileage of Rivers
in the State.

 

The Commissioners of Fisheries and
Game, Hubert Williams, of Salisbury,
James a Bill, of Lyme, and Abbott C.
Collins, of Hartford, held a meeting at
the Capitol yesterday. The meeting
was to perfect plans for the distribution
of several million of smelt and pike-
perch fry, which are expected the last
of this month. The commissioners’
messengers have already distributed
over 500,000 brook trout fry for public
streams of the state, and there remains
about 700,000 more to be distributed
among the applications now made for
this spring.

The commissioners’ engineer, H. F.
Keith, has returned his report on the
fresh water area of the state, and the
mileage of the rivers and streams of
Connecticut. The report is very inter-
esting, although one of figures. A few
are quoted:

Total acreage of waters in Fairfield
county, 3,481; total miles brooks and
rivers, 967. Total acreage of waters in
Hartford county, 6,302; total miles
brooks and rivers, 1,206. Total acre-
age of waters in Litchfield county,
6,474; total miles brooks and rivers,
1,631. Total acreage of waters in Mid-
dlesex county, 6,788; total miles brooks
and rivers, 495. Total acreage of waters
in New Haven county, 3,835; total miles
rivers andbrooks, 973. Total acreage
of waters in New London county, 11,-
100; total miles brooks and rivers, 917;

county, 2,983; total miles brooks and
rivers, 694. Total acreage of waters in
Windham county, 2,694; total miles
brooks and rivers, 736. .

Total acreage of waters, 43,637. To-
tal mileage of rivers, 7,619,

- Some offinE Sick.

Water Commissioner Fred Mead’s
condition remains about the same.

Mrs. George L. Taller has nearly re-
covered from an attack of pneumonia.

Miss Josephine Little of Orchard
street is convalescent of a severe attack
of the grip.

The almost centenarian Mrs. Jane S.
Bulkley who has been dangerously ill
at the home‘ of her daughter, Mrs. Mary
E.Wilson,' was able to sit up for a short
time, yesterday.

Mrs. W. E. James of East avenue is
able to be out after having suffered a
severe attack of the grip. .

“Commodore” George Grumman is
reported as being somewhat better to-
day.

 

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Democrats Called to Meet.
Chairman Clinton B. Davis of the
Democratic state central. committee
yesterday issued a call for a meeting of
the committee at headquarters in. New
Haven on April 15, at noon to decide
upon the date and location of the state
convention for the election of delegates
to the national convention.

 

Advertise in the Gamma. .

 

Total acreage of waters in Tolland.

 

' THE LAST or EARTH. -

 

' Funeral Services of Mother Superior Har-

riet Starr Cannon.

 

Funeral services were yesterday held
in St. Gabriele’s chapel and cemetery

at Peekskill, over the remains of the.

late Mother Superior Harriet Starr
Cannon. A number of clergymen, in-
cluding Dr. Morgan T. Dix, Dr. George
H. Houghton and Archdeacon Van
Kleeck, were present.

After the chapel office had been per-
formed, the bier, proceeded by the offi-
ciating clergy, and followed by a long
line of the sisters and associates of St.
Mary, was borne by four clergymen to
the quiet sepulchere-vale, within the
institution’s beautiful Hudson-height
inclosure. Here the body was rever-
ently committed to the ground, after
which the gathered sisters tenderly
sang Dean Alford’s inspiring words:

Ten thousand times ten thousand
In sparkling raiment bright,

The armies of the ransomed saints
Throng up the steeps of light:

’I‘is finished, all is finished.

Their fight with death and sin: 7
Fling open wide the golden gates, ’
And let the victors in.

The large group of mourners re-
mained until the tomb was filled and
mounded, and finally, so magnificently
crowned with a wealth of rich color,
that in turning from it, at the close of
the service, the pathetic plot seemed
transformed into a garden bed of rare
flowers all “blossoming in the smile of
spring.”

The Cannon family was represented
by the Norwalk school lad of some
seventy years ago, now the venerable
Col. LeGrand Cannon of the Union
League, New York city. The departed
mother had several years since he-
queathed to the distinguished Colonel
the Cannon family Bible, and he yes-
terday remarked“ that he had already
entered upon its page the record of the
decease of the subject of the days
solemnities. This valuable book is the
register of the Cannon lineage down to
Commodore John Cannon of Norwalk.

The official visits on the part of the
Mother Superior to the new St. Mary’s
hospital'to be-erected on the Norwalk
Rocks were looked fondly forward to
by her N orwalk friends. God, however,
has seen fit to take her to rest before
the accomplishment of her cherished
project. Her foreparents are buried on
the 'old Stratford plain, while her own
dust is peacefully urned on the pictur-
esque eminence opposite to, or nearly
so, that of the majestic Hudson Dunder-
berg.

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Popular-Price‘s Next Week.

Again we are to have with us Rice’s
Grand Opera House Stock Company
foraweek at Hoyt’s Theatre with a
change of name. This season the com-
pany is known as Rice’s Comedians and
the class of plays to, be produced are
comedies and comedy-dramas. Thea-
tre goers will doubtless .recall ‘the
crowds that attended these performan-
ces here last season. There are many
new faces and new features this season
that keeps the attraction “up to date.”
“Too Much Married,” a very funny
comedy, will be presented on Monday
evening. ’

 

Sewer Clogged up.

Work has been commenced for the
purpose of freeing the Belden avenue
sewer of the large amount of sand, etc.,
which threatens to entir'ely clog up the
system at a point near Union Place.
Indeed, the connecting sewer on Union
Place is entirely clogged up causing an
unhealthy overflow on the lower part
of the street. Considerable difficulty
is being experienced in remedying the
evil, caused, it is said, by an overflow
of sand from the catch-basins.

DARIEN.

Miss Georgia Taylor of the Woman’s
Belief Corps of Buckingham Post,
Norwalk, paid her accustomed visit to
the old veterans at the Soldiers’ Home,
yesterday. She found from 75 to 80 in
the hospital and 263 able to do duty at
the dinner table.

The two Waterbury brothers at the
Soldiers’ Home are deemed incurable
by the medical authorities.

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Mrs. R. K. Fitch [is with her cousin

in Bridgeport. . .

Miss Hoyt of. Bidgefield has-been
visiting Mrs. V. Godfrey.

Mrs. Charles Gregory of Canterbury
has been spending a week with her
mother, Mrs. Carrie Budd.

Miss Hall of Chicago, who was' the
guest of Mrs. J. S. Lane, sang two solos
at the Y. P. S. C. E. consecration meet-
ing. . *

 

—Advertise in the GAEETTE.

. year of his age.

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A' LIGHTED MATCH
Thrown Into—dime Basket

Threatens a Blaze.

Extinguished by Dr. Henry A. Woodward.

 

There was an incipient fire in Room
2, of the Masonic building, late yester-
day afternoon. The room is occupied
as a dental office by Dr. Henry A.
Woodward. A customer on leaving the
room lighted a cigar and then careless-
ly threw the match into a waste paper
basket which stood conveniently near.

In aninstant the paper in the basket
caught fire and soon the basket, which
was of celluloid, was in flames and
burning merrily communicated with a
valuable rug which was burned so bad-
ly that it is of no further use.

Mr. Woodword quickly picked up the
basket and taking it to the sink turned
on the water and extinguished the fire.
His left hand was severely burned, and
and will be a source of much pain for
some days.

Fortunately the fire occurred while
there was someone in the room else
the damage done would have been much
greater.

 

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. , Obituary.

William J. Baxter a well known
painter, died at his home on Harriett
street, yesterday afternoon, in the 50th
Four children survive
him. The funeral will be held from his
late home, Saturday afternoon,'Rev. F.
E. Robbins officiating.

I. 0. 0. F.

Kabaosa Encampment, I. O. O. F.
conferred the Patriarchal degree on
five candidates last evening. A special
meeting of the'Encampment will be
held next Wednesday night, at which

 

conferred.

The Pauper Soldier.

They carried the man to a. soldier’s rest.
The drum was muffled. the fife sang low;
A-blade-of battle was on his breast,
A tattered banner that knew the fee,
The? sprang from the roof of ‘ his earthly
en ,
A peal of thunder and flash of flame;
With glory’s plaudits the air was rent:
(He died in the poorhouse all the same):

A chaplain stood by the coffin side,
And preached a story of long ago;
This frozen visage would flush with pride,
If just but the dead could hear and know.
Again with young and vigorous hand,
He climbed the ladder of early fame,
And pawned a life for his native land,
(And died in a poorhouse all the same.)

0 proud Columbia 1 well ’tis said.
If ever an insult you may meet,

A million heroes, victory led,
Will lay their lives at your very feet !

But strip the flags from the shining domes,
And bow your beautiful head in shame,

If men who fought for the palace homes,
Must die in a poorhouse all the same.

—Will Carleton’s Magazine.

wrsfi’om.

Westport readers of the EvENING
GAZETTE get eight pages of live reading
matter for one cent.

A large delegation of St. John’s
lodge, No. 3, F. & A. M., of‘Bridgeport
came to Westport last night to see Tem-
ple lodge confer the third degree.

The case of Dec Underwood vs. the
county commissioners will come up in
the Superior Court to-day on a petition
for the issuing of a writ of preemptory
mandamus.

Tuesday, at _the house of President
Horace Staples of the First National
bank, Miss Mary E. Fillon, Mr. Staples’
general housekeeper passed away after
an illness of many weeks. She was in
her 66th year.
1.30 this afternoon from the house and
the remans were taken to Wilton where
a second ceremonial was to be held.

 

The burial was in the ancient cemetery
north of the Wilton Congregational
church.

EAST nos WALK.

 

 

The handsomeiresidence of the late
Theodore Chichester, on East avenue,
opposite the residence of W. H. Earle,
is offered for sale. '

The Sunday school of the Riverside
avenue Swedish church Will give a con-
cert Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock.

Mrs. C. A. Farnham, of First avenue
is entertaining her daughter, Mrs. F.
W. George, of New York. '

There is an epidemic of measles
among the cats on Benedict Farms.

Charles Hawkins has started the
foundation for a double house on St.
John avenue.

The Swedish Temperance seciety will
hold its semi-annual business meeting
this evening in the church on Riverside

 

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A Magnificent Piano for the Most. Popular

time the Golden Rule degree Will be

The funeral was held at.

Rev. Mr. Hart of Wilton officiating.‘

 

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Name,
Town,” '
BATTLE OF TIIE BALLOTS.
Norwalk Yacht Club ...................................... - ......................................... 10717
Hope Hose Company ................................................................................ 9341
St. Mary’s School .................................................................................... 6898
Welcome Stranger Lodge.... ................................................................ . . 1351
Center School-__- ............. . .............. 903
Pequonock Pleasure Club ....................................................................... . 563
Over River School .................................. - 347
Pioneer Castle ................................................................................ 128
To F. E. Club ...... :neu a...so.Ianooaoloeoc-Ioelllolu ooooooooooooooooooooo .4 7o
Arion Singing Society... ................ . 60
'T.G. L. . ....................... 35
Norwalk Liederkranz.... ........ 24
Sword Fish Club ................................. 23
Lincoln Council ............. . ......-_--.. .......................... 18
The Central Club.. .. . .................................................................. 13
1o, R. ‘_._-....... . . . . ................................... - 13
Compo Engine 00., Westportx. ......... . ......................................................... 1 0
Bishop McMahon Council .................................................................... 10
Catholic Union Council 3
Uncas Tribe ........................... ‘. ................... . ...... .3 . .
Knob Outing Club ......... . ................... ........................ . ........ . ........ 2
Pine Ledge Club ........................... . ................ . .................... . ................ . 2
S._ S. Club ....... . ..... . ............ : ................................. . ............. .., ...... .......; 2
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company ......... .......... . ........ ....... ...-—. 2 .
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PRICE TWO CENTS.

oun Hooono DULLAH noon

 

School, Lodge, Society, Club or Fire 'Gon1- ; ‘
pony in Foirflold County. .

Which is our most popular school, lodge, society, club or
fire company? _ ,
Which one has the most admirers and friends?

" Doubtless these questions are beyond the power of any
absolute answer, but THE EVENING GAZETTE offers an
exceptional opportunity to make the.test. THE GAZETTE pro-'
poses to poll the votes of the peOple. And the voting is to
have zest in it. It is made Worth while to vote. ‘ There is a
magnificent prize at stake. . -

THE GAZETTE will give A $400 UPRIGHT PIANO to the
school, lodge, society, club or fire company which gets the'
most votes. .

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It is an instrument of the very finest character, It is;~
beautiful in its workmanship, an ornament worthy of any
home, and in all its musical qualities it is unsurpassed. In
every sense it is aperfect and beautiful instrument—equal to
the best that can-be anywhere bought for $400 IN GOLD.
The following are the rules which govern the voting:
1—THE GAZETTE will print each day a— blank coupon, each coupon being
good for one vote for the school, lodge, society, club or fire com-
pany the owner of the coupon may select—the blank lines in the
coupon to be filled out with the name and address. The coupOn
to-day is at the end of this article.
2—The contest will close on July 2, and the winner announced on July 3.
3—Any school, lodge, society, club or fire company in F airfield County is

eligible.
4—A full record of the voting will be published up to date every evening
in THE GAZETTE, but votes received after 10 A. M. will not be re-

corded until a day later.
5—Coupons must be filled out in a. plain handwriting, for otherwise blund-
ers can not be avoided and votes will be lost. Blank coupons, of

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It is a piano made upon honor and sold upon merit. A
party buying one does not get-merely a handsome case He
gets a thorough musical instrument. The tone of the instru
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magnificent.

Following is the voting coupon, a copy of which will ap.
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