Norwalk gazette, Friday, January 14, 1898 · page 9

 

LOCAL NEWS.

Letter carrier Tyler is on the sick
\
llt. ,

Mrs. George Styles of South Norwalk
is on the sick list.

Owing to the changeable weather,
weik has been stopped on the building
of the Franklin stieet school- house

Mrs. Thomas S. Dorsey of Belden
place. visited Danbury friends over
Sunday.

Th1. annual ball of the East N01; 11 alk
fire depaitment will take place on the
evening of l‘cb1 11.11) 71h.

DLucien R. Bouton has joined the hat-
ting firm of Hoyt and \Volthausen, of
South Norwalk.

A. Dickenson and daughter Florence,
of South Main street, have réturned
homc from a visit in New York state.

A daughter has been her 11 to M1. and
Mis. ( '11ailes Caifrey. I111.Cati'reyisa
conductor on the Tramway line.

DMi- s Lama Kitc hen of Nor oton, was
a gUISt ov-ei Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Avison, of Main street.

The bricklayers and plasterers fin—
ished their work on the East Norwalk
9 school Saturday, and the carpenters
the finishing touches on

Q

are put: ing
the same.
Parley"(;‘a1n1r.ons and wife of Savin
Rock, are 1isiting their daughter. Mrs.
Benjamin Head of South Norw.alk

The expenses of the Danbuiy Agri.
cultural Society the past 'year were
1 $25,619.66 and the cash on hand amounts
to $608.72.

The commissioners on the insolven
estate of Hubbard Blakeslee are Levi
\Varner and R. H. Rowan.

Mrs. Arthur H. Keeler, formerly of

South Norwalk, is reported- as being
. critically ill at the home of her parents
,2 in Nyack, N. Y.

Mr. aud Mrs. Bernard Reynolds of
Haviland street have been visiting in
\Vethersfield.

The fourth annual banquet of the
South Norwalk Fish club will be held
on Friday evening, Feb. 4th at fig).
club headquarters on the \Vashington
street bridge.

F. W. Stearns formerly of this city
but now superintendent of the Star
Shirt factory in'Bridgeport is rejoicing
at the arrival of a baby girl in his fam-
ily. Mother and child are doing well.

Lambert Schutsky was a loser at the
Herman Schmidt fire Saturday night
to the extent of a $100 bicycle which he
purchased for $40, two sets of boxing

, gloves, .1 $10 silk umbrella, two straw
hats, two base-balls and a base-ball uni-
form N 0 insurance.

County Commissioner James E. Mil-

» » ler is still confined to his bed at his
home in Danbury. Last Tuesday he
ventured out and went to Bridgeport.
The result was a severe relapse and to-
day his condition is not at all favorable.
He is suffering from a severe attack of
grip.

Mr. and Mrs. Neil D. Benedict and
children of Litchfield are visiting rela-
tives in South Norwalk. Mr. Benedict
some years since was employed at Pho-
tographer North’s, but he later opened
a succe esfuhotographic studio in
Litchfield. He contracted the Klon-
dike fever, sold out his business and
joined the Norwalk~Stamford Alaskan
Gold Hunters. His wife and children
after a short sojourn here will return
to thehome of MrsBenedict’s parents in

‘ 0 Florida, and anxiously await the news
that Mr. Benedict has “struck it rich”
in his new field of labor where thous-
ands of olinces of gold simply await the
picking up by the venturesome.

The following facts in relation to the

’ oyster business are taken from the an-
nual report of the shellfish commis-
sioners:

“The number of steamers engaged in
the oyster business in the Sound is 78,
of which 21 are owned in New Haven,
Norwalk has ”3.2, Bridgeprt 14, New
York 7, Milford 4, Greenwich 3, Pat-
chogue, L. I., 1; Port Jefferson, L. I. 1;
Gr eenport, L. I. 1, Stamford 1, Stony
Creek 1, New London 1, and Provi-
dence 1.

“Henry J. Lewis of Bridgeport, owns
the greatest number of steamers.

“The total number of acres devoted
to the culture of oysters is 66,745.7.
Henry C‘. Rowe 8: Co. of New Haven

”are the largest owners.”

1 J .Woolsey Selleck, of Stamford, an old
time Democratic politician and an ex-
selectman, was found dead in a field a
short distance from his home Sunday
morning between 5 and 6 o’clock. Mr.
Selleck owns a large farm on Selleck
avenue 1n the western part of Stamford.
Saturday evening between 7 and 8°
o’clock, Selleck took some milk to De-

_ witt J. Betts. He then spent the even-

I' ing with Betts, leaving the house about

.1 , . 10 o’clock.

? Mrs. Selleck Sunday morning went

' I into his room and found that it had not

been occupied during -the night. She

. at once went to Betts’ house and

i ; asked Betts if he knew the whereabouts
~ of her husband. Betts then returned
with Mrs. Selleck to her home and on

‘ his way he saw the body of Selleck ly-

- ing near a stone wall. Medical Exam-
,iner Rowell said that he had been dead
for several hours. He gave heart fail-

if ure as the probable cause of death.
. Selleck was 57 years old. He leaves

’ i a Widow and two sons.

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'WE EKLY — NORWLAK-

6 A new and powerful crane is being

put in at the Norwalk Iron Works.
There were 24 homicides in Con nec-

ticut in 1897 as against 25 in 1896.

A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
James Monahan. of School street.

Miss Laura Lawrence, of Academy
street has gone to A lbany to spend the
winter.

Boat-builder Taylor is constructing a
jib and mainsail boat for Captain Cab-
anna, the keel of which was laid yes-
terday.

Mrs. D. Kelleher of Hoyt street is on
the sick list, and her ailment is of'a
serious nature.

The 2511111th01 walk firemen will at-
tend divine services at Ho1ts Thu-1110
next Sunday ‘e1ening.

Clarence Barker, the 16-year-old son
of William Barker, the postmaster at
North Branford, was drowned in Rog-
er’s pond while. skatingi Monday night.
The young man skated into a hole and
was ca1ried under the ice. His body
was recovered. '

F. C. Becker is having a number of
large trees cut down from in front of
his property on Maple avenue, East
Norwalk. It is stated that he has of-
fered a portion of his property to the
town to the end that an avenue 0'1-
street be opened to a point near what
is known as Keyser’s hill:

At about 11 o’clock, Saturday nigh‘t
HermanSmith who with his wife and
father-in-law reside at Poplar Plains,
was literally burned out -of house and
home.

The first intimation that Mr. Smith
had of the fire was the labored breath:
ing of. his fatherrin-law .who slept in' a
room adjoining.

Mr. Smith got out of bed to investi-
gate the trouble and on opening the
door was met by a volume of smoke
that threatened to suffocate him.

He managed, however, to get into
the room and awaken the old gentle-
man. In the meantime Mrs. Smith had
awakened. All three started to escape
from the house by a stairway but found
the same all in flames and their egress
in this direction cut off.

Clad only in their night clothes they
ran back and managed to make their
escape by jumping from a window to
the ground. All were nearly suffocated
by the smoke before getting out of the
building which burned like tinder.

The house is a three-story building
with a basement. Not far away was
the barn containing besides harnesses
and wagons, a horse and three cows.
And a short distance from those a stack
containing six tons of bay.

The barn, live stock, hay, etc. were
saved, but by a streak of good fortune,
the wind happily blowing from the fire
in an opposite direction.

The house and its contents including
all of the clothing of the inmates with
the exception of a pair of trousers and
waistcoat belonging to Mr. Smith,
which he hastily grabbed up before he
jumped from the window, were burned
up. Aside from this Mr. Smite lost
nearly fifty dollars in cash.

That all three inmates of the build-
ing were not burned to death is one of
the remarkable features of the fire.

Mrs. Smith and her father were taken
to the homes of neighbors and cared
for. Mr. Smith donned his trousers
and barefooted assisted in the saving of
the property in the barn.

Rudolph Bergen a German gardener,
in the employ of Frank Green of Noro-
ton Heights committed suicide by
hanging in Mr. Green’s barn shortly
before seven o’clock Saturday morning.

For sometime pastBergen had shown
signs of insanity which his wife states
was brought on by his recent arrest for
beating a boy for teasing him. Bergen
left his home on the Darien road a
short distance below the Soldiers’ borne
about six o’clock to attend his duties at
Mr. Green’s residence and before leav-
ing lie asxed his wife for his revolver,
which she had taken away from him a
few days ago, but this she refused to
give him because he was acting strange-
ly. When he reached the barn, in-
stead of milking the cows, as was his
usual custom, he took a ladder and as-
cended to the rafters of the barn. He
attached a clothes line to the rafter
and then about his neck.

When he had completed the ar-
rangements he kicked the ladder from

beneath him and fell several feet,

breaking his neck.

Mr. Green went to the barn about
eight o’clock to see if the men were at
work and was startled to find the man
hanging from the rafters.

He immediately went back to the
house and summoned his superinten-
dant who cut down Bergen’s dead
body.

He notified Medical Examiner Dr.
W. F. French of N oroton who gave a
verdict of suicide by hanging and grant-
ed permission to remove the body to
the man’s home.

For sometime past Berger had been
plagued by boys living in the vicinity
of his home and he as was a man easily
excited it preyed upon his mind. He
was a married man and leaves beside
a wife a boy, eight years old. His wife
stated that they owned their home and
had considerable money in the bank.

He was well known about Noroton,
and Darlen, and was a member of sev-
eral societies.

 

 

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J. W. Carrol of Baltimore is visiting
friends in town. I , i ‘

Miss Amelia Seymour of West ave
iiue is visiting Brooklyn friends.

Mrs. Samuel V’Voodrufi' of New Ha-
ven is a guest of Mrs. Orsen Stannard
of Elizabeth street, South Norwalk.

Miss Ethel Keep of West street. South
Norwalk, has returned to Northampton,
Mass, -to resume her studies.

The annual meeting of the Lounsbury
11 Bissell company will be held on Jan-
11ary25th.

G. A. Velie, of South Norwalk, has
returned to North Creek, Adirondack
Mountains, for the benefit of his health.

Mrs. M. Lauder has given permis-
sion to flood her lot in West street. A
fine place will thus be afforded for
skating.

Five hundred quail will be liberated
on the Wilton preserves this week, the
liberation being under the direction
of the Game associationl

Frank McKendry of New Canaan
rode to No rwalk on his wheel. to see
his best girl last Sunday. When. about
to return home. which was rather early
in the morning, he found that his bi-
cycle was not in the best: of order.
Looking it over, he found that some
one had taken some of the most im-
portant parts of the w,heel and as it
could not be repaired at so late an hou1
he placed the wheel on his shoulder s
and walked home.

Russell L. Hall, for many yeai spresi-

‘ dent of the New Canaan National Bank,

failed to secure re-election on Tuesday,
being succeeded by Edwin Hoyt. The
board of directors is as follows: George
F. Lockwood, H. A. Pinney, Hiram
Curtis, S. Y. St. John, Gardner Heath,
L. C. Hall, Edwin Hoyt. The direc:
tors elected Edwin Hoyt, president;
George F. Lockwood, vice president;
G. F. Lockwood, H. A. Hinney, Gard-
ner Heath, executive committee.

Herman Schmidt whose house was
burned Saturday night estimates his
loss on the house as being fully $1,800,
and on his furniture and other belong-
ings in the same as something over $1,
200. He says that -,his insurance was
not much in excess of $1,000. He prides
himself on the saving of four pillows,
two bolsters and two comfortablés that
came from Germany, but weeps over
the loss of his clothes, eight pOunds 'of
freshly churned butter, two chickens
and several loaves of bread. '

He and his wife have accepted the
hospitality of one of his neighbors, the
same hospitality being enjoyed by Mrs.
Scmidt’s father.

A sad and fatal drowning accident oc-
curred at the Lee’s Mill pond in West-
port yesterday afternoon.

John Hank, aged 15 years, a 'son of
Christopher Hank, a mill hand, in com-
pany with another young lad named
Edward McKenna went fishing through
the ice on the pond.

While they were thus engaged. the
ice suddenly gave way and both boys
went down into the icy waters.

Young McKenna, who happened to be
nearest the shore, succeeded in saving
himself, but John although making a
heroic attempt to reach the shore.
was carried under the ice and drowned,

The alarm was given and a crowd
soon collected and a search made for
the boy’s body, which was recovered a
few hours later.

Deacon Charles Mead, one of the best
known residents of the town of Green-
wich. father of County Commissioner
“'hitman S. Mead, died Monday morn-
ing at his residence in Greenwich. He
was only ill about a week and upto that
time enjoyed remarkable health for a
man of his years. Had he lived to Feb.
4th he would have been 86 years-old.

Mr. Mead came of one of the oldest
Connecticut families. His ancestors
settled in this part of the country over
200 years ago, the land they now own
coming to them by deed from the In-
dians. It has remained in the family
uninterruptedly ever since the deed to
it was obtained.

Mr. Mead was a man of sterling in-
tegrity, a Yankee of the old fashioned
sort, honest and straightforward, a man
whose word was considered as good as
his bond in the town which knew him
all his life, in politics he was'a Repub-
lican, although he never took a very
active part in party affairs. His Wife
died about 10 years ago. The funeral
will'take place Wednesday.

The Connecticut and Alaska mining
company held a meeting Sunday after-
noon in South Norwalk to further ar-
range for the trip to the gold fields.
thters were read from Harry King
who went- to Seattle a short time ago to
make the necessary arrangements for
the company. W. Gardiner of Port
Chester, who is one of the party pre-
sented a1 beautiful silk American flag
and a compass to be used on the schoon-
er Moonlight which they have bought
to take them from Seattle to the mouth
of the Copper river. One member of
the party withdrew but there were two
who were anxious to take his place so
the number is up to its limit.

Doctor Cartwright of Hoboken, N.J.,
has joined the party and will start with
them. Dr. Cartwright was formerly
surgeon of the West Shore railroad,
and resigned his position to go to

Alaska. '
The Moonlight will carry a number

of passengers from Seattle to the Cop-
per river and already 31 persons have
booked for the trip.

A Z E T
ANNUAL MEETINGS.

At the annual meetibgs of the sever-
al National Banks held to- -day the fol-
lowing oiiicel's we1 e elected:

CENTRAL.

Director: — George M. Holmes, Eu-
gene L. Boyer, Peter L. Cunningham,
J. Thornton Prowitt, Stephen H.
Holmes, Horace E. Dann, James Cum-
mings. Jr.

At a subsequent meeting the board
of directors, unanimously elected:-«
George M. Holmes, President; E. L.
Boyer, Vice President: William A.
Curtis, Cashier.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY.

At a meeting of the stockholders of
the above bank, the following board of
directors was elected, they in turn con-
tinuing in office the present clerical
force with Cashier L. C. Green at the
head:

Edwin O. Keeler, President: David"
H. Miller, Vice-President; F. St. John
Lockwood, Ira Cole, Moses H. Glover.
A. J. Meeker, Theo. E. Smith. Chas. F.
Tristram, Directors.

 

‘ ’ NORVVALl-C.

The annual meeting of the National
bank of Norwalk resulted in the selec~
tion of the following board of directors:

Ebenezer Hill, E. J. Hill, Edward
Beard, E. K. Lockwood, .l'. A. Osborn,
D. W. Fitcli,O. E. Wilson.VV. F. Bish-
op and J. C. Bandle. ’

At‘a subsequent meeting of th 3 board
'13 Hill was elected pr-esident; E. J.
Hi“, vice- president: H. P. Price, cash-
ier.

ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. MEETING.

The annual meeting of the Norwalk
and South Norwalk Electric Light com.
pan y was held yesterday afternoon and
resulted in the choice of the following
board of directors: E. O. Keeler, E. S.
Adams, W. E. Guthrie, H. M. Francis,
S. D. Green. Mr; E. O. Keeler .was
elected president; E. S. Adams, vice-
president; W. E. Guthrie, .l‘reasurer;
H. M. Fancher, Secretary.

Matters pertaining to the extension
of the company’s territory were fully
discussed, and the work so far done in
the enlargement of the plant met with
full approbation.

It is understood that an increase of
pay has been awarded to the employees
of the company but that the pay-days
shall be on the 15th and 30th of each
imonth.

'1‘ Apparently the company is in a very
prosperous condition.
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Good Road Making.

Highway Commissioner Macdonald
has made his 1"e1101t for the six months
f1 0111 July 1 to Dec. 31. The towns
among which the amount set apart for
grading was devide‘d. with the amount
given by the street to each, included:
Bethel, $413; Easton, $413; Monroe,
$300: Stratford, $413; Westport. $413.

‘The county securing to itself the
most contracts town-wise is Litchfield,
securing nine out of 11 contracts let for
improvements of their roads under the
law of 1897.

Following is the list of the towns in
the state in which the. selectmcn have
taken contracts in behalf of the town
under grading appropriations: Berlin,
Prospect, Easton, Monroe, \Vestport,
Bridgewater, Canaan, Goshen, Harwin-
ton, New Milford, Norwalk, North Ca-
naan, Washington and Winchester.

The commissioner believes that the
farmers of the state of Connecticut
have been fully awake to the necessity
for better roads many years. He has
traveled the state over, and in his trav-
els never met a man, who was nota firm
believer in good roads.

The commissioner favors trunk line
roads running n01 th and south and
east and 11 est, to be built by the state,
thus insuring uniform width and con-
struction; the towns simply to keep the
road in order; this scheme not to in-
terferc with present town to town
roads

 

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Supposed it Was Perfumery—~A Story
from Noroton Hill.

A young man of Noroton Hill is re-
lating an amusing incident, which oc-
curred a few nights ago, and which has
since broken up the serenity of his
hitherto unmarred married life. About
Christmas time the young man received
at one of the saloons a Manhattan cock-
tail, in a small fancy bottle. Doubting
the ingredients of the cocktail, he
carried it about for several days.finally
leaving it at home, still untouched. A
few nights since, during his absence
from home, some company called unex-
peCLedly. \Vhile making a hasty toilet,
his wife found the fancy bottle. She
concluded that it was a present for her
and, removing the cork, was delighted
with the perfume. After using almost
the entire contents of the bottle she
went down stairs to recoive her guest-s.
Her husband arrived later, and the not
unfamiliar odor which pervaded the
house tickled his nostrils and caused
him to ask questions of his wife. Then
it came out that she had used his cock-
tail for perfume, and there was a hot
time in .the old house that night—-
Stamford Advocate. '

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Mr."‘W. E. Buxton who for nearly
seventeen yeaas has been keeping
house in the old Fairfield County
bank building has removed to his room

 

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wtsmN- cyuncn.

Mr. Lane Asks for Supension
‘ of Judgment Until the
Trouble is Inves-
tigated.

Rev. Mr. Arthur’s Character'and-Work to '

he Presented to a Council.

Enrron on THE GAZETTE:—

Statements have been appearingin the
papers for some time past about the
troubles in Weston church. in which
members of my family have been men—
tioned frequently as being promoters of
of trouble. The name of Mr. Chas. M.
Arthur, hired by the church as Pastor,
has been prominentalso. and it is rep-
resented that we are in 'contest with
with Mr. Arthur.

I am not going to make an attack
upon Mr. Arthur. A council composed
of Congregational ministers
tion will meet at .VVeston, Thursday,
January 18th, at 10:30 a. m. and will in-
vestigate his character and work pub-

of this sec-

licl '.

While they have him in hand, I shall
say nothing about him. But I wish to
ask through your columns for a sus-
pension of of judgment on the part of
the public, until the matter is pro-
nounced upon by the ministers and lay-
men of our neighboring churches.

I wish also to protest against the im-
pression conveyed by statements from
time to time made public, to the effect
that members of my family “will not
let the matter rest.” For months we
tried to do so. Since mid-summer sev-
eral families, and among them my own,
have not attended the church services,
owing to constant. personal abuse from
the pulpit, and have refrained alto-
Arthur.
Mrs. Lane was

gcther from opposing Mr.
What was the result ?
expelled from the church without warn—
ing,trial, or opportunity to defend her-
self, on a charge of which no evidence
was brought. An action which a coun—
cil of twelve churches, the most repre-
sentative of this region, declared hasty,
irregular, contrary to the letter and
spirit of the directions of our Lord, in
the 18th chapter of the Gospel accord-
ing to Matthew, and in violation of
the usages of our Congregational
churches, and of right, null and void.”
Moreover, all members who had
thus stayed away from, church for the
sake of peace, were by a constitution,
adopted in their absence, debarred
from voting. A proceeding outrageous
to Congregational principles. We
have tried, and do now try to be peace-
able. I We have never before been
members of a church while such a
trouble raged in it. We know for the
first time what it is to have to suffer in
silence false charges, waiting for the

vindication of time.

As a tax payer 1 am well awareo
the damage done to a town by such
trouble. Surely it is not beyond the
truth to say that property in Weston
has been depreciated ten per cent. by
this trouble. I deplore the agitation
which tends to drive away property
owners from the place to which I have
recently came as a resident.

The chief consideration is the pres-
ent welfare and'future usefulness of
this church. The continuance of the
present state of affairs must be fatal
to both.

For these reasons and others the ‘at-
titude of my family, and Ibelieve of
others, has been a passive one. Even
last spring when it seemed that the in-
terests of the church demanded that
Mr. Arthur be opposed. we did not
maintain opposition. '

The Christian Endeavor
which he has opposed has for the sake
It was only

society

of peace, ceased to meet.
when my wife’s church membership
was assailed on November 14th, and
when he at the' annual church meeting
on December 17th, deprived one-half
of the members of the church there
present of their right to vote, that in
self-defence we and some thirty others
appealed to a council of the church.
We desire to leave the troubles of
Weston church in the hands of that
council. ‘

XVe ask that opinions -be suspended
until that council looks into the facts.»

The ministers and churches compos-
ing it are trusted by the public. The
sessions of such councils are open to all.
Let us leave the matter with them.

Yours Truly,
J. S. LANE.
Weston, Jan. 11, 1898.

'chief postoflice

 

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Chandler Says the President Fa-
vors International Bimetallism.

 

TO RENEW NEGOTIATIONS

 

Envoy Will Be Sent to Europe Agifim
He Says, After an Interview with
Mr. McKinley-~0ivil .Servicd Debate
Resumed in the House Yesterday.

“’ashiggton. Jan. 11.—Senator Chan-
dler had a conference with President
McKinley yesterday upon the subject
of bimetalllsm. and he said- after the

.close of the interview:

“The President stands firmly in favor
of international bimetallism as- prom-
ised by the St. Louis platform. He con-
siders the negotiations with the Euro-
pean powers only temporarily suspend~
ed, on account of the peculiar condition
of affairs in India. and it is the Presi-
dent’s intention to again send his en-
voys to Europe as soon as the condi-
tions are favorable for continuing ne-
gotiations."

Senator Chandler added the opinion
that the President is as earnestly in
favor of bmetalllsm—“the use of both
metals as standard money”—-—as the
Senator himself.

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THE HAWAIiAN TREATY. ~~

Annexation Bill Considered in Executive
Session by the Senate.

Washington, Jan. 11. ——Acocrding to
arrangement, Sen? tor Davis asked the
Senate shortly before 1 o ’clock yester-
day to go into executive session to con-
sider the Hawaiian annexation treaty.
There was no objection, and Senator
Davis made the opening speech, which
was an elaborate argument in favor
of the treaty.

It is the intention of the friends of
annexation to content themselves with
as few speeches as possible, and there-
fore Senator Davis' argument was com-
prehensive in every particular.

The friends of the treaty in the Sen-
ate are in, Washington, and expect to
remain here. The return of Senator
Foraker, who is a strong advocate of
annexation, is looked upon as an add-
ing strength to the fight for the treaty.
He will take a large part in the run-
ning debate and in answering the at-
tacks of the opposition. ~

Senator Davis was interrupted by
Senator Pettigrew, who said he wanted
the question whether the treaty was to
be discussed in executive or open ses-
sion settled before the general debate

,began. This at once precipitated a dis-

russion, in which a number of Senators
participated.

PLACES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Postmaster-General Tells What Offices

Should be Excepted.

Wéshington, Jan. 11.——Postn1aster-
General Gary has sent to the Senate a
reply to the resolution asking what po-
sitions should be exempt from the
classified civil serviCe. He says:

“In ’my judgment, the following po-
sitions should be exempted from the
rules governing the classified civil ser-
vice, in addition to those of private
secretary and confidential clerk of the.
Postmaster-General and unskilled la.-
borers, which are now exempt:

“Chief clerk of thepPostoflice Depart-
ment, distributing clerk, appointment
clerk, private secretary and chief clerk
to- each of the four Assistant Postmas-
ters—General, private secretary and
:onfidential clerk to the Assistant Post—
master-General for the Postoflice De-
partment and confidential clerk to the
inspector, postal—card
agent, five postoffice inspectors, watch-
men, firemen, assistant messengers,
pages, laborers of all kinds and char-
women.

“In the postoffices throughout the
country I would recommend the follow-
ing exceptions:

“Superintendents or clerks in charge
of carrier stations, assistant cashiers,
private secretaries and stenographers
to the postmasters in the larger offices, .
messengers, porters, cleaners, janitors,
watchmen and lab01ers.”

CIVIL SERVICE IN THE HOUSE.

More Representatives Attack the Re-
form System.

Washington, Jan. 11. -—The Civil Ser-
vice debate was resumed in the House
yesterday.

Mr. Cooney (Dem., Mo.) opposed the
whole Civil Service reform idea, which
he denounced as a. cheat and a narrow
swindle. A Civil Service pension list
and office-holding class. he argued,
were logical and inevitable if it was to
continue.

Mr. Dorr (Rep., W. Va.) followed
with a set speech in opposition to the
law. Mr. Cox (Dem., Tenn.) said he
was so utterly opposed to Civil Service
reform that he would vote to strike out
the appropriation for the commission
and for the repeal of the law. Mr. Lit-
tle (Dem., Ark.) antagonized the prin-
ciple, theory and practice of the law.

No Successor to Major Handy.

' Washington, Jan. 11.—While the mat-
ter has not been definitely decided, it
is said that the President probably will
not nominate a. sucdéssor to the late
Moses P. Handy, as Special Commis-
sion to the Paris Exposition. The rea-
son for this is that the work for which
Mr. Handy was selected has been
brought so well along that the subject
may be turned over to the regular Ex—
position Commission, for which Con-
gress is expected to provide during the
present session. .

 

Cornell’s Ultimatum.

Ithaca,- N. Y., Jan. 11.—The Cornell
Athletic Council considered Yale’s new
challenge yesterday afternoon. The
opinions of several of the council were
sounded, and seem to be unanimous in
favor of declining Yale’s conditional
challenge. One of the council members
is known to be advocating that Cor-
nell take the firm stand for an “open
regatta on a fair course and no favors.”

Prince Bismarck Nearly Well.

London, Jan. 10.—A dispatch to the
Standard from Berlin says Prince Bis—
marck is comparatively well again,
Answering the inquiry of an old Ital-
lan friend, he wrote: “I am suffering
from pain in my joints, but otherwise

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