- ler and in executive see Founded in 1800.] VOL. XCVll.—_No 5 NATIONAL CAPITAL Commissioner of Patents Sey' mour Sued by An Inventor. Live News From Weshington. GAZETTE’S BUREAU, 709 EAST CAPITOL STREET, WASHINGTON, JAN. 28. DEAR GAZETTEt—Both Houses were in session to-day. o o o - In the Senate the Monetary Confer- ence bill was explained by Mr. Chand- sion extradition treaties ‘with the Argentine Republic and the Orange Free State were rati- fied. . o o o In the House after the passage of the Indian Appropriation bill, the Agricultural bill was taken up and dis- cussed. o o o The statement is semi-authoritively made here that the President-elect has tendered the Secretaryship of the Treasury to Mr. Lyman J. Gage of Chicago who has accepted. The opinion prevails here that unless General Stewart L. Woodford, accepts a place in the new Cabinet, New York will go unrepresented. o o 9 News reached the capital this evening that Henry Heitfelt,_a Populist farmer, was chosen United States Senator by the Idaho Legislature to succeed Du- bois. o o o Justices Fuller and Brewer have been selected by Venezuela to act as arbi- trators in the boundary dispute with England. . . o o o . Attorney Dorsey yesterday filed suit in behalf of William H. Brodie against the Commissioner of Patents to compel him to make decision as to the priority of invention in the interference case of Lemuel Coburn vs. W. H. Brodie. o o 0 Miss Mary Ferry has been seriously ill with the grip, but is now better. ' o o. o . Miss Sarah E. Fitch, one of Norwalk’s popular Wall street milliners, is a guest here of Mrs. John S. Seymour. . ”’0'.“— Legislature. Both houses of the General Assembly stand adjourned to Tuesday, February 2. the House at 11:30 and the Senate at 12:30 o’clock. ‘ . The unsettled claim of the state of Connecticut of something like $400,000 principal and interest, for supplies fur- nished the general government during the war will shortly come up in the general assembly. The claim has been the subject of much discussion unoffici- ally in the capital. During the admin- istration of Gov. Coffin an offer of $13,- 000 in ‘settlement was refused. When the matter comes up it w .‘1 be referred to the finance committee, of which SenatorMarigold is the chairman. The following sensational memorial has been introduced :— aIWhereas, It is provided by the gen- eral statutes of the state of Connecticut that certain property belonging to the ecclesiastical and. college corporations for ecclesiastical and educational pur- poses shall be exempt from taxation, and Whereas, By such exemption a fer- tile source of revenue for the puposes of government and general welfare is cut ofi most to the state, and several municipalities and - “Whereas, The amount of property so exempt is yearly increasing, and threatens to curtail materially the rev- enue of the state and municipality, and “Whereas, We firmly believe‘ that said exemption is being used to a great extent for the purpose of evading the several state municipal taxes.” The memorial is numerously signed. The majority of the signers live in - Windham county. Promoted. . Mr. Fred A. Lockwood, son of Col. F. St. John Lockwood, has been pro- moted to be assistant cashier in the banking house of F. W. Hubbard & Co., at Port Huron, Michigan. Of Mr. Lockwood, the Tribune of that city, says: “By unvarying courtesy and affability, the young man has acquired a host of friends who will be glad of his well deserved promotion.” Dangerously Ill. Reports from New Yorksay. that S. Henry Hurd, son-in—law of the late P. T. Barnum, is dangerously .ill and it is feared that lib cannot survive much longer. 1‘ . . - l .An Entertaining and, Instruciivc- Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local .Neivs and Interests. NORWALK, CONN., FRIDAY. JANUARY 29. 18975—12 PAGES. , THE. LAWS. A, Avison Shovels Snow Piled in Front of His PremiSes Back Upon the Road- way. What the Statutes Say About Railroads. Yesterday during the snow storm the Street Railway’s huge sweeper went over the company’s tracks to Winni- pauk and covered up every crosswalk as well as throwing the snow in danger- ous piles along the roadway. ' ' In front of the property of A. Avison on Main street an unusually high and dangerous pile was left. Mr. Avison secured assistance and shoveled . the snow back upon the roadway. which caused the Railway company some de- lay and annoyance. , The company are naturally incense at Mr. Avison’s action, and are of the opinion that he violated the law govern- ing the malicious stopping of street railway cars, passed in 1895, as follows: Sec. 3. Section 1517 of the general statutes is hereby amended so that the same will read as follows: Every per- son who shall unlawfully, maliciously, and in violation of his duty, or contract unner‘e:sarily stop, delay, * * * any street railway car. or shall malici- ously * * * obstruct the use of any * * .* street railway car, or street railway, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not . more than six months. As the Street Railway company also covered every crosswalk through the Bridge with snow to the depth of two feet, in which condition they remaincd for several hours, the following law is published for the benefit of all parties : Sec. 3601. No horse railroad com- pany shall allow any snow * ‘ * removed from its tracks to be placed upon any sidewalk or paved gutter. or :vheria it obstructs or endangers public rave . ...———-—_—————— TITLE coNTESTEo. Westport Electric Road is Alter Gompo ' Beach. The attempt of the Westport Electric Co., to get possession of Compo beach is not likely to meet with success at this session of the legislature. The judici- ary committee listened to .the argu- ments on both sides on the bill which takes the title to the beach from the state to the town. At the conclusion of the hearing the committee, although it did not formally so decide, practically agreed to report against interfering in anv way. It will be remembered that the elec- tric road attempted to lay its tracks to the beach last summer but was stopped by Daniel Bradley and other well known residents about the beach. They claimed the town had no right to grant the electric company the right to go to the beach as it was private property. A town meeting had been held in the meantime to help out the company. But the injunction stopped any further effort and it was determined to‘ get a special bill through the legislature to convey whatever title the state was sup- posed to have in the beach over to the town.’ This bill was introduced at the opening of the session. .v Oyster Grounds Tax List. The Shell Fish Commissioners having prepared the tax lists on Oyster Grounds of the State for the year 1896, which lists will be open for inspection at their office in New Haven. on the 2d and 9th days of February, at 1.30 p. m. and at the Court Room, Town Hall, Stamford. on Feb. 16th. and at South Norwalk, in the City Council Room, Feb. 231. at 1 30 p. m. on each of said days. All owners of Oyster Grounds who have sent in their lists as required by law, are notified'to appear, if they see fit, examine said lists and file any ob- jections to the same which they may desire to make. No hearings will be had or changes made in said lists a or Tuesday, the 23d day of February, 1897. n Savings Bank Officials. At the meeting of the Fairfield County Savings bank. of Norwalk, Wednesday afternoon. these directors were elected: Asa B. Woodward, J. T. Prowitt, J. C. Randle, J. G. Gregory, G. W. White, Charles 'Olmstead, T. S. Stout, A. C. Wheeler, J osiah, Kellogg.. Officers: President, A. B. Woodward; vice president, J. G. Gregory; secre- tary and. treasurer, Victor Selleck. Has ' Resigned. Miss Edna Knapp, a teacher at the Winnipauk school, has’ resigned. Her resign) tion takes effect to-day. ' [$1.00 a Year A (CIA Wm? - MRS. ADELAIDE HERRMANN. Mrs. Adelaide Herrmann, the young and beautiful widow of the late magician Alexandre Herrmann, will appear to- night at Hoyt’s theatre, together with her nephew, Leon, who made his public debut last night at the Metropolitan opera house,New York. Mrs.Herrmann will about equally share the honors of the evening. She captured New York last night with her spectacular color dances, her illusions and her gorgeous gowns. The latest of these marvelous erections was worn for the first time in the Trilby illusion and when she ap- THE WHEELMEN’S CONTEST ’ George Allen of the Alpha Drawing Ahead in the Race. ' I The contest for the GazETTE’s Wash- ington inaugural trip, still excites in- terest among the wheelmen. George .Allen of the Alpha club now has a good lead for first position and R. F. Cotter, also cf the Alpha, is gaining fast on W. A. Wheeler, who holds second position. -.,7 Dr. Baxter Surprised. Chief Bradley was in receipt of a let- ter this morning from Captain Stephen O’Brien, of the New York City De- tective Bureau, stating that Dr. George Baxter had called upon him with a clipping taken from the GAZETTE,Which said he was wanted on a serious charge by a Dr. Franklin Mohr, of 36 West. 60th street, New York. , Dr. Baxter was surprised and said if he was wanted on a serious charge he desired to know it. Chief Bradley has forwarded to Captain O’Brien Dr. Mohr’s address. Four Funerals. The funerals of James J. Powers, peared:upon the stage she fairly daz- zled the eyes. The gown was a white satin fabric, elaborately embroidered in a gold and silver peacock design, set off withjewels, amber blue and pink, The design of the train was an enor- mous peacock feather. So captivating is this gown that one scarcely noticed the fine jewels which she wore—a necklace of Indian topazes beneath a rope of pearls, a serpentine bracelet set with flaming gems and evenjeweled rings on the toes of her _ pretty sandal clasped feet. Bidgefield Cattle Killed. A Ridg-field dispatch says: Allen S. Apgar, a well known New York banker, the owner of one of the finest stock farms in this section, has just incurred a loss of fine cattle of several thousand dollars. Recently be notified the to inspect his herd. A Hartford doctor examined the herd and found thirteen head badly diseased with tuberculosis. They were ordered slaughtered and Wednesday they were killed. The lot included imported cattle, among them being a valuable bull. Buckingham Relief Corps. Buckingham Woman’s Relief Corps held a social Wednesday afternoon at the house of Mrs. Mary E. Fairchild in Winnipauk. A sewing society was formed and Mrs. E. Loomis was elected President, and Mrs. A. E. Pryor Secre- tary and Treasurer of the Society. The ladies propose to hold a meeting once in two weeks for the purpose of making useful articles for a fair in order to raise money for the Corps’ fund. An Appetizing Lunch. Despite the heavy snow fall and win- ter» blizzard, the good ladies of Grace John Shea, John Griffin and Salvator [church gave a most beautiful and ap- Spina, the four men killed on the rail- road at East Norwalk on Wednesday were held at St. Mary’s church this morning. A delegation from Division No. 1, A. O. H. attended the funeral of Powers. The four bodies were interred in St. ' Mary’s cemetery. Boston Store’s Great Sale. This local hive of commercial enter- prise and Metropolitan magnitude, is again outdding all previous records 'in the~ reduced prices of seasonable dry goods. Just read their fresh adv. in 'to-day’s GAZETTE and then call and de- monstrate for yourselfr“ the marvelous bargains Norwalk’s greatest dry goods emporium has to ofisr’" you. " -—Advertiseflin the "‘oazeae-v ‘ n petising lunch of dainty viands and sea- sonable delcacies to tempt the poor, weak man’s appetite and inspire his ignoble ambition to test his capacity to the fullest limits. Quite a large com- pany were present despite the storm. In the Courts. In-the Superior court yesterday be- fore Judge Ralph Wheeler, the case of Susan Anderson against the town of New Canaan was on trial. The matter comes up on appeal of the town from the decision of the county commissioners in ordering the defendant to maintain a road Which runs adjacent to the property of the plaintiff. ’ -':Place your'adv. in the GAZETTE- , checker-board directory. ' " .2. board of agriculture to send an agent PRESIDENT * q McKlNLEY WILL BE INAUGURATED n WASHINGTON oN MARCH 4 ' no YOU WANT TO BE THERE? IF rou AREA MEMBER OF A WHEEL GLUB, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO 60 AT THE GAZETTE’S EXPENSE. HUSTLE FOB VOTES AND WINE? President William McKinley, of Ohio, will be inaugurated at‘Washington, D. C, on the 4th of March. Extensive prep- arations are now being made to make the civic and military parade the largest ever seen in the capital city. Thousands of visitors from all over the United States will be present to witness the grand spectacle. Would you like to be present and see the great sight? If so, and are a member of any wheel club in Fairfield County, you are eligible to contest for the EVENING GAZETTE‘S free excursion ticket to Washington. ' OUR PROPOSITION. The EVENING GAZETTE will present to the member of any wheel - club in Fairfield County receiving the highest number of votes, a'free ticket to Washington and return on the occasion of President McKinley’s inauguration, . WHO ARE ELIGIBLE. No one can contest for the EVENING GAZETTE’S ticket unless a member of some wheel club in Fairfield County. Anyone connected with this office, either directly or indirectly, is de- barred, and votes sent in for any employee, or for any relative of an employee, will not be counted. THE VOTING. The winner will be determined by a vgte of the readers of the EVENING GAZETTE, the voting to close at 8 o’clock p. m. Thursday, February 25th, 1897, and the result to be an- nounced on Friday, February 26. . I In‘order to facilitate the voting and for the convenience of the voters the official ballot below will be printed in these columns every day, which is to be cutout, and the blank lines filled in by the voter, with the name of the candidate, the club of which he is a member, and his address, and seiit toihe GAZETTE office. ammmmmmannnsmmamk INAUGERATMN CE MEKINEIY. g g IMARCI-I4th,18974 § Name ....——_~ ......... 1 WWW club Address ‘ , > annnnnwmmmm ,, ' .THE‘ *‘b-I-E, nunwnm . eveninegteazrrrnisfi; FREE -:- TICKET; E 3 George E. Allen, Alpha --------------------------------------- coon-oonlauosnnboaolooooo-oco 83' ~ '- William A. Wheeler, Twin City ........ . ................... . ...... ................. 0° R. F. cotter, Aipha-uuun... Iatoll-IclooooolbloldotinloucolIIIcl!Col-o.....-.'........:00.0790Duel... 425 Leo Davis. Twin. City. .......... . .......... ...................... 342 Thomas F. Dunn, Twin Cit ................. ......... .. .......... ‘19 . Frank Smith, Orient.........’. ............. - .- ................. " """"" 11. ~ Ernest 0. Fleet, Twin City... ..... ............. ' 2— WilliamGunther.VOrient..................... .....
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