mmbmwgrmmm hm News“; it goes-oo- ttlrdl'mller than any other brand. Absolutely Pure ROYAL “MG POWDER 00., NEW YORK. A LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS Mrs. Fred H. Quintard, of Washing- on street, has. returned from a week’s visit in New Milford. Mrs. Robert A.McDona1d,of Crescent Terrace, has returned from a visit with relatives in Keyesville, N. Y. The illumination made by the burn- ing Jarvis’ barn last evening, was plainly seen in South N orwalk, and the Electric Light company’s whistle awoke the echoes in that city. There will be a large reduction in the Lock factory force on Monday next. The witnesses in the Daniel Hanlon case are being paid by ClerkVosburgh. The Democratic senatorial conven- tion meets at the Norwalk Hotel at 11 o’clock to-morrow. Mrs. W. H. Platt and son Ernest of South Norwalk, are visiting in New York. ______‘ Senator E. O. Keeler spent yester- day at the meeting of the Wholesale Grocers’ Association in Boston. The Friday Afternoon club is meet- ing to-day at the home of MissMinerva Nash of West street, South Norwalk. \ —10 lbs. fresh pork $1. 00, 6 Water St. The Salvation Army will hold a coifee and cake sale at Armory hall, Washington street, on October 3lst. Business is booming at the Rowland oyster establishment. From three to five hundred bushels of oysters are being o‘pep‘ed daily. Mrs. C. B. Wood and Miss Eno o Simsbury, and Mr. and Mrs. Cheney, of South Manchester, were in town, Wednesday. —Leg of lamb 13c, 6 Water St. A civil service examination’for ap- plicants for carrier and clerk duty, will be held at the South Norwalk pest ofiice, on Saturday. - _.__—_.5_ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Littlefield, of Dorchester, Mass, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. George F. BearSe, of Fair- field avenue. ' The Norwalk Yacht club house will be closed on November lst. The key will be found by members in charge of A. B. Tut-hill whose residence is neanthc club house. Mrs. Daniel T. Ballard and daughter, of Main street, N orwalk, have return- ed home from a visit at Long Ridge. Mrs. J. Herbert Lincoln, of Warren street, and her son Robert, are visiting relatives in Bridgeport. Mrs. Enos Kellogg and Miss Hattie Hubbel], of Riverside avenue, Norwalk, have been guests of Miss Vail, of Dan— bury. ‘ Miss Mary C. Bouton, of South Sa- lem, N. Y., has returned home after a week's wisit with friends in Norwalk. ———- The 13th District Democratic Sen- atorial Convention will be held at the Nor walk hotel on Saturday morning, a 11 o’clock, to nominate a candidate for senator; also to appoint a senatorial committee and to transacu any other proper business. Attorney James T. Lynch, counsel for Benjamin Willis before the close of the present session of the Criminal Superior court will ask for a stay of execution for his client, who has been sentenced by Judge Thayer to be hang- ed on Nov. 4th, for the murder of Da- , vid S? R. Lambert of Wilton. A design patent for a money belt has been granted L. E. Varni-Gardinier, of South Norwalk. The selectmen of the’Town of Nor- walk have been enjoined from the plac- ing of the town bonds for an amount not in excess of $300,000, with the firm who they, the selectmen, had accorded the same. ‘a New York firm represented by Attor- ney Joseph A. Gray. The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Sherman Council, 1242, R. A., has extended to the members and their families a cor- ' dial invitation to attend a reception and entertainment to be held at the Council rooms, 126 Washington street, on Thursday evening, October 27th, at The plaintiff in the case is 1 Rev. J. J. Lester has moved from Plainfield. Conn., to this city where he will reside. ’ A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver B. Jackson of the Green. Clinton Hartwick has resigned his position with the Adams’ Express com- pany. Sherman G. Morrell has secured a position with the Ad tlLlS Express com- pany at South Norwalk. Rev William James has moved from Bell Island to Brooklyn, N. Y. There will be a social and entertain- ment in the First Methodist church this evening. A fine program has been prepared and a large attendanee is ex- pected. A. H. McChesney of Orange, N .J.,is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Fred Church, on Orchard street. Charles J. Prescott is home after a visit with friends in Paterson, N. J. , Herman Goldschmidt, more or less identified with the R. & G. corset manufactory, will reside in South Nor- walk, boarding at the Mahackemo for the winter. ———Smoked shoulder tile, 6 Water St. Mrs. Sarah Lee of Poughkeepsie, N; Y., is a guest of her sister, Mrs. C. T. Raymond of West street. George R. Van Alstyne will open up his steam laundry for business, on Wed- nesday next. Mrs. James C. Crowe of West ave- nue, is visiting her son, Dr. W. H. Crowe, in New Haven. Iceman Betts is out with a new de- livery wagon. A new roof is being placed 0:1 the Mallory place on West avenue. Wilbur Byington has decided to re- main on dry land. ——-——<o.o>————-— THAT JOYFUL FEELING With the exhilarating sense of renew- ed health and strength and internal cleanliness, which follows the use of Syrup of Figs, is unknown to the few who have not progressed beyond the old-time medicines and the cheap substitutes sometimes offered but never accepted by the well informed. Buy the genuine. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. ‘ ‘-‘ V: ’ FOUNDER OF THE sec: csoss. Spent a' Fortune and. a Lifetime in Estab- lishing the Organization. “To Mr. Henri Dunant, a Swiss gen- tleman, belongs the honor of originat- ing this movement,” writes Belle M. Brain in telling "The Story of the Red Cross” in the Woman’s Home 'Com- panion. “Being in Italy at the time of the battle of Solferino, July 24, 1859, he visited the battle—field. Appalled by the needless and terrible suffering. he remained many days, doing all in his power to relieve it. During these terrible days Mr. Dunant conceived the idea of a system of organized relief whereby aid could be given under such circumstances. Returning home, he published a book called ‘Recollections of Solferino,’ that aroused great inter- est. His appeal touched a responsive chord in all hearts. Being invited to address the Geneva Society of Public Utility on the subject, he unfolded to them his plans. From that time for- ward he labored indefatigably to win adherents to his cause, writing arti- cles, delivering addresses, traveling from place to place, consulting officials high in authority at the European courts. * * * "By the provisions of the Red Cross treaty, nurses, ambu- lance trains, and all hospital supplies are considered neutral, provided they display a uniform badge and flag, ac- companied by their national flag; “In compliment to Mr. Dunant and the Swiss government, the protective sign and flag agreed upon was a red Greek cross on a white ground—the re- verse of the Swiss flag. Turkey alone has objected to this. Her soldiers. in their intense hatred of the Christian symbol, refused to work under a ban— ner with a cross, and they were allow— ed to use a red crescent in its place. “Mr. Dunant is now about 70 years of age. Having spent half of his for— tune in establishing the Red Cross, and having lost the other half in un~ fortunate business ventures, he lived for many years, poor and unforgetten, - in a plain district infirmary in Switz- erland, of which he was himself the founder. Now, however, through the pensions granted him by Dowager Empress of Russia and the Federal Jouncil of Switzerland, and by the generous gifts of money sent him by the citizens of Stuttgart, Gcrnmny, he is spending a peaceful old age in com- fort and plenty.” Origin ofa “Round Robin." A round robin was originally a peti. lion drawn up and presented by the sailors of the British navy requesting their officers or this Admiralty to do something in their interest. As peti- tions were sometimes offensive and those who signed first were liable to punishment. the names were signed in a circle, so that it was impossible to say who had been the first to append his signature to the document—St. Louis Globe—Democrat. Among other innovations likely to be made before we go to war again is that,,of supplying the medical depart- ment with doctors and medicines. ' ,Gen. Brooke is a difinified document, one RULE m pom-o nice." “I Gen. Brooke Installed In the Palace .10 Sun J uun. San Juan. Porto Rico, Oct. 21.-—The city remains orderly, and all is quiet elsewhere. Major—Gen. .Henry re- mains as commander of the district of Ponce. Brig-Gen. Grant has been ap- pointed commander or the district of San Juan. w Senores Rivera, Blanca, Lopez, and Carbonnel, Ministers of the insular government, have tendered their res- ignations to Gen. Brooke, saying that they will perform their functions, if desired, until their successors are ap- pointed. ' The first general order issued by and has been Well received by the peo— ple. , The postoffice here, under American auspices, is being established with all possible haste. United States Special Commissioner Carroll arrived here Wednesday on board the steamer Panama. Plague Scare In Vienna Vienna, Oct. 21.—The death of Barisch, the employe in the bacteriolo- gical department of Professor Noth- nagle’s establishment, who contracted the bubonic plague here while assist— ing in cultivating the plague bacillus Vienna. The body was buried with re- markable precautions, it having been soaked in disinfectants and placed in a. double metal coflin, carefully sol- dered. Barisch’s two nurses have developed alarming symptoms. They have been isolated. His duties in the Nothnagle estab- lishment were to cleff and feed the rabbits, rats and guinea pigs that were the supjects of experimental inocula- tion. His widow says that familiarity with danger made him careless. Train Killed Three Boys- :2 Buffalo, Oct. 21.—William Berner, Fred Berner, and Charles Coatswrith, three young schoolboys of Cheektowa— ga, were killed by a fast passenger train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad in that township. The boys were stealing a ridepn'a freight train and jumped off, landing on another track directly in front of the passenger train. Their bodies were horribly mangled. .:' e..- .‘ n We Need Swift Ships. Washington, Oct. 21.—Engineer-in- Chief Melville, in his annual report, says the war showed the necessity of high speed in battle-ships and of the training of engineers. He lays stress on the help rendered by the repair ship Vulvan off Santiago. The torpedo boats showed a. long list of accidents and he thinks they cannot be safely used as blockade ships. He advocates the water tube boiler. '. _ 40 Children in Peril. .. Putnam, Conn., oct. 21.—The Wind- ham County 'Children's‘ Home, a at Thompson was totally destroyed by a fire yesterday. .- The fire started in the barn and quickly extended to the house by way of the connecting sheds. The forty odd children in the home were saved. The loss is estimated at $15,000, partly covered by insurance. \‘I’oman Commits Murder. Naugatuck, Conn., Oct. 21.—Mrs. An- geline Rose, aged 21 years, was mur- dered yesterday forenoon by Mrs. ‘Marie Pompanio, aged 25. The two women, who are Italians, quarrelled and Mrs. Pompanto stabbed Mrs. Rose in the side with a table knife. The murderess gave herself up to the au- thorities. Thief Caught: Kills Himself. Omaha, Oct. 21.——An unknown man has committed suicide in the Public Library here under rrfysterious circum- stances. Everything points to the fact that he hid himself in the building the night before with the intention of tak- ing the Byron Reid collection of coins. When detection and capture confronted him he fired a bullet into his brain. Dr Brooks Finds a Comet Geneva, N. Y., Oct. 21.—Dr. William R. Brooks, director of Smith Observa- tory, has discovered a new comet. Its position is right ascension, 14 hours, 33, minutes; declination, north, 80 de- grees, 26 minutes; motion, southeaster- Iy. The comet is large, round, and bright. This is the twenty-first comet discovered by Brooks. Three Killed On Torpebo Boat. Astoria, Ore., Oct. 21.—The torpedo boat Davis, which started on its official trial trip yesterday, was disabled by the bursting of several boiler tubes. Eight of the crew were badly scalded, and three of them died soon after reaching here. The dead were C. McNeeley, P. Luitho and H. Wood. Balloted All Night for Congressman. Boston, Oct..21.——The Tenth District Democratic Congressional Convention after a session lasting until after day- break, yeterday morning, nominated Henry F- Naphen. Boardman Hall led from the beginning to the final bal- lot. Steamboat Sinks a Tugboat. Cleveland, Oct. 21.—The tugboat L. P. Smith was sunk in the harbor yes- terday by the steamboat Olympia. Fireman James McCarthy was drown- ed and Capt. William Colter and Pat- rick Donaldson had a, narrow escape from death. The Captain and engi- neer were picked up by the Olympia’s boats. $500,000 Loss by Fire. St. Louis, Oct. 21.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Tex., says that the extensive plant of the Texas Drug Company in that city was barned yesterday. The loss is estimated as; $500,000. Comes to Regls‘ter, Chicago, Oct. 21.+Secretary Bliss, of the Interior; will leave the President‘s party to-morrow and go direct to New York, in order 130 register on Satur- for purpose of sclntific in investigation. . has'almost created a plague panic in . WEEkLY-NURWALKsGAZETTE- EXCITING TIMES m WHEAT. European Complications and Demand- Mark Prices Up Sharply. New York, October 21.-—There was a decided flurry in wheat yesterday and for a. time after the market opened the scenes in the pit were of the same ex- citing nature as they were last spring during the progress of the Leiter deal. The foreign -markets were responsible for the unusual advances both here and at Chicago, as the December and March options at Liverpool were sell- ing fourpence higher than yesterday when trading began here in the morn- ing. This sudden bulge was entirely unexpected, and early traders on the ket the speculative futures started the day at a two cent gain over the day before, and as the pendulum on the big dial under the gallery which re- cords quotations made a. complete cir- cuit twice, inactive traders cheered and active traders bellowed and per- formed amusing contortions in their efforts to sell or buy at an advanta~ geous figure. The political situation abroad, which was regarded as more serious than ever, combined with the immense ex- _ port demand from nearly every large _ European country, has caused the up- turn in wheat prices. Sales are daily being made in this city and at Balti- more and‘ Philadelphia of from 1,000,- 000 bushels'to 1,500,000 bushels of wheat and com. This is greater than the amount of new wheat that is at the seaport cities, or is due to arrive ill some time. The greater part of these sales are for the United Kingdom and for the Continent. The flour sales also are enormous. ”n... An Execution Car nival Vancouver, B. (3.. Oct. 21.-—According to the latest advices from China, eight subordinate leaders of the Kwangski rebellion have been beheaded at Wu Chow. They were carried in baskets through the principal streets as a warning spectacle amid the laughter and jeers of men, women and children. Ten thousand people witnessed the decapitation and made it a gala day. Little children copied their parents. who joked at the dying rebels a second before the axe fell. When all was over the children played among the head- less, bleeding corpses and made sport with the black, disfigured heads. Mandarins and headsmen improvised a sort of May pole and the heads of the rebels were placed on top, the children dancing around them. The governor advised the mandarins to make the to insure disgust for the rebels in the hearts of the people. A banquet was afterward spread- , The "Japan Mail" saysa petition has been sent to the government by foreign consuls requesting that beheading be discontinued. American Capital in China. San Francisco, Oct. 20—William Bar- clay Parsons, who represents the New York syndicate that is to build the new railroad from Hankow to Canton, is in this city, and will sail on the China, accompanied by several engineers, to make a reconnoisance of the route. The American syndicate is to receIVe in bonds guaranteed by the Chinese Government, the entire cost of the road, and an agreement upon percent- age to cover supervision and a profit. The syndicate is also to receive twenty per cent. of thenet earnings of the road for forty-five years, theother eighty per cent. going to the Chinese Government. During the forty-five years the American syndicate has the right to appoint all the officials and manage the road. At the end of the forty—five years the road goes abso- lutely to the Chinese Government. Asylum Building Contract. Albany, Oct. 21.——The State Lunacy Commission announces the award to Miles Leonard of Binghamton for $697,707 of the contract for the erection and finishing of buildings at Central Islip to be connected with the Man- hattan State Hospital, and designed to accommodate 2,250 insane patients. Leonard's bid was the lowest for semi—fire proof construction, involving fire-proof connecting corridors and en- tire fire—proof main cottage. The bids for entire fire-proof construction ex- ceeded the amount available for the work. Nova Scotia Gold Mining Deal Halifax, Oct. 20.——Negotiations for the sale of several Nova Scotia gold mines to an English syndicate are now on. The Picton and Jubilee mines at Renfrew, the Oland, Shepherd, Fer- guson and Salisbury mines at Mon— tagua, and the Gus Wilson mine at Waverley, together with water power, tract of land, a. chlorination plant, a. hotel and other buildings are included in the deal. Gold from the Klondike. Seattle, “rash” October 21.—The re- ceipts of the Seattle assay office and the San Francisco mint of the clean-up of the season‘s output of Klondike gold are $8,000,000. Superintendent W'ing of the former said that his office had to.- ken in $4,400,000, and the San Francisco mint $3,800,000. Besides this, it is esti- sent to Philadelphia, Denver, and Hel- ena. The local assay office has advices of a. single consignment of $663,000 new en route here. Reviewing Stand Falls. Elizabeth, N. J., Oct. 21.——During the progress of the Elizabeth firemen’s an- nual parade yesterday afternoon the reviewing stand on which were about one hundred officials from.Elizabeth, Newark, Rahway, Bayonne'and New Brunswick, suddenly collapsed, precip— itating them all in a. heap to the street. Two dozen of them were more or less bruised, but none seriously. Arnica was in great demand after the accident. The Elizabeth Hospital ambulance was quickly at the scene, but no one was hurt enough to be taken to that institution. The. crash caused some excitement among the assembled throngs, and caused a‘ brief day. stoppage of the parade. “curb" covered. their short contracts- ~ with great alacrity. In the open mar- beheading as festive as possible, so as mated that dust equalling $500,000 was . 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I1 MAIN STREET, IIIRWALK, GOII. MEEKEII GOAL 00., —DEALERS IN— GIIAL, WOOD, BRICK .BIIILIIII MATERIAL, -:- FARMING IITEIISILS, ETC. MEEKER 00M. COMPANY, Smith Street, llorwalk. J. I). JEIIIIIIIGS. UNDERTAKEB !- No. 7 MAIN STREET. NIGHT BELL AT OFFICE. DAILY |GHI LIN BETWEEN Nurwall, 3011111 Nurwalkanfl New York. ° Proptlierslulcan, any or Norwalk and Eagle Leave Noraalk 5 p. m. Leave New York at 5 p. In. Leaves South Norwalk at 6:00 p. m. GET YOUR JOB PRINTIN} w GAZETTE OFFICE. GOOD WORK. PRICES RIGHT V NOW STORE Main Street. - . There are different kinds of- are window panes and we have- we have- Hope=. you don’t feel pained after we" ‘ have taken the pains to tell you‘ a
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