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Local News.
{Miss Florence Mack is visitingfriends
in Bethel. ‘
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Platt are visiting
in Lancaster,—N. H.
Harry Leobold now displays a union
card. in his barber shop.
George P. Swords, of Boston, 13
spending a few days in town.
Miss Lulu Hazard, of Hackensack,
N. J., is visiting Mrs. George Bell, of
Cove street.
Mrs. S. W. Gregory and Miss Pearl
Gregory, of West avenue, are in New
Market, N. H.
W. H. Mosher, J r., has resigned his
position as engineer at the South N or-
walk Electric Light works.
St. Joseph’s T. A. B. and the Stam-
fords will play ball on the Baxter
Grounds Saturday afternoon.
Funeral Director P. D. Stannard and
3.111in and Andrew V. Heath and
family are camping out at Calf Pasture.
Mrs. Roxanna Walters and Mrs
George Fisher of Taylor avenue, are,
’ spendingafew days in Cold Spring,
L. I.
Miss Laura Poyvez of Philadelphia,
who was a guest of Mrs. F. E. Lock-
wood of West Main street, has return-
ed home.
Miss Lottie Hosegood of East Nor-
walk spent Sunday with Mr. and hits.
George 1“. Elliott of Stamford.
Fish Commissioner Alden Sol mans
inspected the proposed shad pond in
Oranoque on Monday.
The barbecue of the Bridgeport
butchers will be held at Avon Park on
Tuesday, August 29.
Miss Natalie Disbrow, of West ave-
nue, is the guest of relatives in New
HaVen.
Miss Elizabeth Tate, teacher in the
Annapolis grammar school,is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smith, of Osborn
avenue
M r. and Mrs. William G. Thomas, of
St. Louis, are guests of his mother,
Mrs. William G. Thomas, of East ave-
nue.
Frank L’Hommedieu succeeds the
late S‘. Smith L’Hommedieu as agent
‘for the Connecticut General Life In-
surance company.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Semple of
West avenue, left Monday for a trip to
Portland, 01e., and SanFrancisco, Cal.
The excursion fare from South Nor-
walk to Camp Lounsbury, Niantic, next
week, will be $2.30.
Miss Mable Smith of Poughkeepsie,
' i- N. Y., is the guest of Mrs. E. S. Bowen
of 20 St. John avenue.
,_ A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Street of Darien Sunday night.
M r. and Mrs. Charles Greenwood
have returned from their wedding trip
to Saratoga and are residing on Chest-
.nut street, South Norwalk.
Mrs.Samuel»H. Olmstead ofWestave-
nue, has gone to West Bridgewater,
Mass, to spend several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. James Schofield, of
Belden avenue, are enjoying a vaca-
tion trip down east.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Buren,
‘ Miss Vera Wood and Mr. R. s. Van
Buren are spending a few days in
Stockbridge.
Mrs. Clarence James, of Texacana,
Tex., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. G. T.
Benedict, South Osborn avenue.
J. Louis Allen of Middleton n,' is vis-
7 iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hel bert
' C. Allen, of Cross street.
Robert L. Shepard and party of
Southport, are spending several weeks
i camping at the Norwalk Islands.
1 l The Southport fire department will
1. give a picnic to its members, Monday,
'1 September 4.
I Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Watkins of
Darien are taking a trip through the
3 White Mountains.
,. The eleventh annual meeting of the
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'{Conuccticut Funeral Directors’ Asso-
' '_-'i"tion will be held at the Sea View
3.,hotel New Haven, Wednesday, August
ii, g23.
Miss Bertha Fancher, of Newark,
';.N J., has returned. home from a visit
lto her tuna, Miss Lyle Baldwin, of
, Unioi street.
Mrs. Harriet Louise White died at
_?he. home in Rowayton, Sunday. aged
She was the wife of Edward
EWhl’tm
John R. Commons, professor of
;political economy, of Syracuse Uni-
ve1sity, vas in town Saturday and in-
‘spected the electlic light plant of
South Nor walk.
, The funeral of the late Sanfo1d S
"L’ Hommedieu was held from his home
.on Henry street Sunday afternoon at
12:30 o’clock, Rev. J. J. Foust officia-
’i‘ting. The interment was in Union
;.
cemetery.
Mrs. C. W. Olney, formerly Miss
Dora Wilcox, daughter of the late
'ThcodOIe Wilcox, of South Norwalk,
fdied last Saturday at her home 1n Free-
;p0rf.. L. I., where her husband is p1 1n-
{cipal of schools.
l A stone was thrown against one of the
"windows of a. smoking car on the Dan-
bury road near South Wilton Monday _
fui’orning, and the b1 oken glass struck
‘ i {lRudolpb Wagner of Danbury in the
‘eye makinga painful wound.
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WEEKLY- NORWALK- GAZETTE.
Miss Fanny O’Brien of Bayview‘ave
nue is spending a week in Ridgefield-
Miss Blanche Aiken, of Main street,
is entertaining Miss Hurd, of Bridge-
port.
The steamer Harlem will give an
excursion to Coney Island next Sun-
day. , .
Mrs. Esther Sims and daughter,
Miss Bessie, are at the Thousand
Islands.
Miss Nellie Disbrow of Union ave-
nue has returned from a visit to New-
. ark, N. J.
Miss C. K. Rost, of New York, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Kate P. Hunter, of
Main street.
I Miss Gertrude McMahon, of New
Britain, has been spending a week
with Miss R. A. Furlong.
The German Sick Benefit Society
and the Socialistic Labor party held a
picnic in Magner’s Grove on Sunday.
A memorial service for the late
Joseph Sheehan will be held in St.
Mary’s church Saturday morning at 8
o’clock.
Miss Margaret Kearney. of Poquon-
nock, Conn, and Miss Fleming, of
Bethel, are visiting at St. Mary’s
rectory.
Rev. Francis Murray, of St. John’s
parish, New Haven, ofliciated at the
8:30 service in St. Mary’s church, Sun-
day morning.
The Misses Carrie and Elizabeth
Schumann and Hattie McPherson left
this morning for a two weeks stay at
Asbury Park.
Miss Clara Hughes, of Bridgeport, is
a guest of Miss K. Olive Hutchinson,
of High street, South Norwalk.
Royal F. Fosterand family of Dan-
bury are spending a few days with T.
H. Foster at Sunset Cottage, Bell Is-
land.
Frederick H. Quintard is mentioned
as a possible candidate for the Re publi-
can nomination for selectman 1n the
second voting district.
Louis S. Beers has been served with
a notice to appear as juror in the Unit-
ed States district ccurt, which sits at
New Haven, Tuesday, Aug. 22
Miss Luella Relay, Jeannette Stevens
and Mrs. James Brundage will go to
New York next Sunday and wheel to
Coney Island over the bicycle path.
Mrs. J. Irving Dibble of Bayview
avenue has returned from a week’s
visit in Katonah, N. Y.
Mrs. Fannie Emerson of Bridgeport.
isa guest of her sister, Mrs. George
Reed,of WeSt Norwalk. ~
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith. of Os-
born avenue, are entertaining Miss
Tate, 'of Annapolis, Md.
George T. Brady has returned home
from a month’s visit in Poughkeepsie,
and other points in New York.
Mrs. C. D. Mathews and family, of
Elmenworth, are spending several
weeks at the Profile House, Profile, N.
E.
Miss Sadie Powell of Elwood place,
ard Miss Anna Keogh, of Leonard
street, are spending a week with Mrs.
Joseph Kemp, of Yonkers, N. Y.
Mrs. C. D. Mathews of Elmenworth,
entertained Almiral W. S. Schley on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Rockwell and
daughter of Chestnut street are visit-
ing in Ridgefield. y
_ Thomas Knapp of Danbury is visit-
ing Mrs. Ellen F. Andrews of Union
avenue.
Mrs. Henry Tilly and daughter, Eva,
are spending a week in Worceters,
Mass.
Miss Minnie H. Wood, of East N or-
walk, is spending a week at New Lon-
don.
Frank Doty, of New York, is visiting,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Doty,
of Osborn avenue.
Mrs. Mary G. Rider and Mrs. Harry
Rider and daughter are at Lake VVara-
maug.
Mrs. Mack Roth, of South Norwalk,
is visiting in Amenia, N. Y.
Mrs. Joseph Tammany, of Monroe
street, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
John Hanlon, in New Haven.
Rev. Dr. Riker, of Portchester, is
visiting at Rev. Alexander Hamilton‘s,
Newtown avenue.
The U. S. lighthouse tender Mistle-
toe was sounding on Green’s ledge reef
for the new lighthouse on Monday.
Misses Maud Fauntleroy and Hattie
Malkin and Louis Fauntleroy are en-
joylng a week’s vacation at Bantam
Lake.
Franklin Truesdell, a well known
newspaperman, at one time city editor
of the New Haven Palladium, died at
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Philadelphia,
Sunday, after an illness of four weeks’
duration, from typhoid fever.
The ex-ofiicers of the 4th Regiment,
C. N. G., reunion and banquet at
Pleasure Beach,Bridgeport ,September
4th.
The thirty-third annual encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic
will‘be held in Philadelphia, begin-
ning Monday, Sept. 4, and continuing
for five days. _
Zachariah Nichols of Stamford is
missing. Before leaving, however, he
sold all of- hi. furniture and left his
wife and ten year old daughter in (108-.
ltit'ute circumstances.
ANEWBAII 11111.
The Norwalk Board of Underwriters
held a meeting at the office of Cowles
& Merrill in this city/ Monday after-
noon and voted to revise the rate book.
The regular rating committee was
composed of O. E. Wilson, N orwalk,
Frank M. Raymond, Westport, and J.
M. Layton, South Norwalk. To this
committee Monday’s meeting added R.
H. Golden, South Norwalk, Goold Hoyt
Norwalk and Joseph G. Hyatt, West.-
port, who were empowered to prepare
a new rate book, as the old book which
had been in use for many years was
considerably mixed.
The committee, who will act in con-
New England Ex-
junction with the
lchange,Vvill prepare an entire new rate
book
walk. South Norwalk,
and Weston.
covering fire insnrance in Nor-
Darien, Wilton
Building and Loan Officers.
The Norwalk Building Loan [and
Investment association held its annual
meeting and elect1on of offices in
Taylor &Golden’s office onVVashington
stteet Tuesday. The following offi-
cers were, elected:
President—Nelson Taylor.
Vice-president-—Andrew Hutchinson.
Secretary--—Richard H. Golden. '
Treasurer—George C. Stills on.
Directors— E.
SVvartz, M. Corbett, H. Hoffman. Wil-
liamC. Foote, W. S. Sturtevant and
Leo Davis.
Audito1s—-John W.D-1ke and Edwin
Wilcox.
Hamilton Case Postponed.
In Stratford on Monday Judge Peck
had before him George Hamilton, mo-
torman of the trolley car that plunged
into the ravine at Peck’s bridge Sun-
day, a week ago. The case had been
continued from last week. The ac-
cused was present, as was Grand Juror
David Rhodes, who brought the com-
plaint. As the coroner and his jury
'have not completed their examination
of the witnesses, the only course was a
further continuance. Judge Peck
named August 24 as the day for the
hearing, as Coroner Doten figured that
by that time the labors of his jury
would be completed, and the finding
announced.
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A. C. Wheeler Will Go.
The sovereign grand lodge of Odd
Fellows will hold its 75th session at
Detroit, Mich., in September, begin.
ning on the 18th. The session w11l last
a week. The Connecticut men who
will attend are John Blair, of Water-
bury, and Zebulon R. Robbins, of Nor-
wich, representing the grand lodge of
the state; George W. Camp, of Bridge-
port, and Arthur 0. Wheeler, of Nor-
walk, representing the grand encamp-
ment; Past Grand Master Leopold De
Leeuw, of Hartford, and Demond P.
Mervvin, of Milford.
Lawmakers to Feast.
The legislature of 1899 will hold a
reunion at Savin Rock, Wednesday,
September 6. Invitations will be is-
sued to the state officers, Senators
Hawley and Platt and Congressmen
to the members of the legislature of
1897. A banquet will be held and
speeches will be delivered.
Church Improvements.
Great improvements are being made
in the East Norwalk Methodist church.
The carpets and pews are all being re-
moved and a hard wood floor will be
put down. The walls will also be fres-
coed and the outside of the church will
be painted. Meetings will be held in
the Sunday school until the church is
refitted.
Post 0fTice Robbed
Burglars entered the post office in
Glenbrook on Sunday and opened
every letter and scattered their con-
tents about the fioor. Six dollars in
dies from the store in which the office
is located wet e stolen.
Daughter Won’ tCome.
A sister of Miss Hooten, who eloped
from Wilton recently, resides in Brook-
lyn and is said to be anxious to visit
the country, but will not do so because
her parents will not allow her young
gentleman frimd to visit her there.
New Medical Examiner.
Coroner Doten has appointed Dr.
George Sheri-ill as medical examiner
in Stamford, to succeed Dr. Charles E.
Rowell,‘ who has held the office for the
past twelve years.
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‘Never Too Old to Wed.
Erastus Ruscoe, aged seventy-six, of
North Wilton, add Sarah Northrup,
aged seventy, of Ridgefield, came to
No1walk on Tuesday morning and
were married.
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Reunion of the Sixteenth.
The Sixteenth Regiment, Connecti
cut Voluntee1 s, will hold its thirty-third
annual reunion at Lake Compounce,
Saturday, September 16.
A. Woodward, G.
Hill, Russell, Sperry and Henry, and .
stamps and some soft drinks and can- ,
PRICES FIXED.
Arbitration Settles a Disagreement Between
Crofut £1. Knapp and'Their Men.
Some weeks ago The Crofut & Knapp
Company disagreed with its men as to
the price to be paid for finishing and
for curling hats of the $30 grade.
The matter was referred to an arbi-
tration committee consisting of Alden
Solmans, Franklin A. Sm1th, Abiathar
Blanchard, Frederick H. Madden, Har-
vey S. Bedient and Frank I. Merriam.
This committee failed to agree and
Frank A. Ferris was called in to act as
umpire.
After hearing both sides and careful-
ly weighing the evidence submitted by
the committee, Mr. Ferris decided that
the price to be paid for the present
season should be 81.62% per dozen for
curling and for finishing respectively .
The men had asked for $1.75.
The company offered $1.92} for curl-
ing and $1.50 for finishing. The com-
pany has been paying $1.50 in each de-
partment.
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BRACELETS ON AN KLES
New/"Feminine Fad Said to .be in Vogue in
Stamford.
What is said to be one of the latest
fads has been introduced in Stamford.
This fact is vouched for by a man about
town, and a. prominent official whose
headquarters are not far from the Town
Hall. It ls a woman’s fad, and con-
sists of wearing bracelets upon the
ankles. A young woman from New
York who is summering 1n :1. rural sec-
tion of this town, is credited with the
handSOmest pair of ankle bracelets yet
seen 1n Stamford, and a short dress as-
sists in displaying them to the best ad-
vantage. That she showed excellent
taste in selecting them is admitted by
all who have gazed upon the ornaments.
Pictures of bracelets worn on the ankles
are not uncommon in illustrations of
members of some of the savage and
semi-civilized tribes, but it is said on
excellent authority that the real arti-
cles have not been seen in Stamford
until this season. Maybe the summer
visitors area setting the style. Who
knows ?~- Advocate. “
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Driver’s Leg Broken-
A carryall having on board the Sun-
day school of St. Mark’s church of New
Canaan, en route to Roton Point was
wrecked Saturday morning and a num-
ber of children thrown out. Charles
Stevens, the driver, had his leg brok-
en, and George McKenzie, son of Frank
'McKenzie a dry goods merchant, was
seriously if not fatally injur.ed
Death of Miss Emma Fitch.
Miss Emma Fitch, a siste1 of the late
Harvey Fitch, died at her home on
Camp street Monday afternoon, aged
68 years.
The funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.
Pitzer—Anderson.
Frederick Pitzer, of Stuart avenue,
and Miss Ella Anderson, both employ-
ees of the Old Well Cigar Co., were
married at the First Congregational
parsonage, Saturday afternoon, by
Rev. T. K. Noble.
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Address Wanted.
F. Lathrop of Manchester, Conn.,
wants the address of any man who was
a member of the 14th U. S. infanty in
1864—5 and who was in Virginia when
Lee surrendered.
Vels to Hold Clambake
The Union Veterans Union will hold
a Clambake at the home of James L’-
Hommedieu on Seaside Place on Wed«
nesday, August 23d.
27th C. V. Reunion.
The twenty-seventh regiment, C. V.
will hold their reunion Wednesday,
Aug. 30, at the Sea View House, Savin
Rock.
Reunion of the 28th C. V.
The annual reunion of the 28th C. V.
will be held at Pleasure Beach Bridge-
putt, on Monday, August 28th.
The steam d1edge is digging out the
channel near Leonard’s dock
The annual convention of the Cath-
olic TotalAbstinence Union of Connec-
ticut will be held in Hartford next
month.
The Fairfield Gun Club will hold a
shoot in the rear of their new club
house at Little Danbury, Labor day.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Corbett of Row-
ayton are entertaining a party of
friends from New York.
Applicants for ad mission to the State
Normal school were examined in the
Franklin street school Tuesday.
William Osterbanks and wife and
Charles Mead and wife will sojourn at
Providence river for a short period.
The party will leave town Saturday
afternoon.
’ Major Gilbert L. Fitch, commanding
the FirSt Battalion, Fourth Regiment,
has appointed James Howard Raymond,
of Noroton, to be battalion sergeant
major, succeeding Sergeant Walter
H.111, of South Norwalk, who resigned
to accept ap appointment a. mounted-
orderly on the staff of the brigade com-
mander, General Russell Frost. '
BBBKE BLLLAB BBNl.
Wovd has been received from New-
port announcing the arrival there of
Mrs. Frederick Belden‘ of this city with
a broken collar bone.
Mrs. Belden sailed for Newport on
Friday last with her b'other-in-law,
Mr. J. B. Thomas, on board of his
handsome yacht.
When the vessel was off Point Judith
and during the pitching of the yacht
Mrs. Belden was thrown from a chair
against the deck rail and her collar
bone broken,
N 0 word of the accident was sent
here 11.. 'lafter the boat‘s arrival in
Newpo. . when her relatives were in-
formed.
1013b? TIATS.
Danbury Makes More Union Hats Than Any
City in the Country.
The Journal of the United Hatters’
North America, contains some statis-
tics which are of more than usual in-
terest to batters. They show that
Danbury not only makes more. union
hats than any other city in the country
but that it makes nearly as many as all
the other citles combined.
The following figures show the dis-
tribution of union labels from Novem-
ber 30, 1898, to May 31, 1899:
Bethel, 300,000
Bloomfield, 50,000
Boston, 100,000
Brooklyn, 155,000
Chicago, 80,000
Danbury, 1,510,000
Hamilton, 10.000
Newark, 800,000
Norwalk, 300,000
Orange, 500,000
Philadelphia, 150,000
St. Louis, 10,000
' Total for six months, 3,965,000
Total at last report, 107,007,694
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Grand total to date, 110,972,694
Number of journeymen and appren-
tices in the different distFicts:
Journey. Appren-
men. tices.
Bethel Makers 204 20
Bethel Finishers ' 302 25
Bloomfield Makers 26 2
Bloomfield Finishers 27 3
Boston Makers 40 6
Boston Finishers 102 8
Brooklyn Makers 242 14
Brooklyn Finishers 359 24
Chicago Finishers 50 8
Danbury Makers 895 65
Danbury Finishers 911 _ 63
' Hamilton Finishers 10
Newark Makers 426 12
Newark Finishers 433 27
Norwalk Makers 293 19
Norwalk Finishers 206 14
Orange ASsociati011,.\iak-
ers and Finishers 1,040 57
Philadelphia Makers 12?! 4
Philadelphia Finishers 144 8
St. Louis Finishers 14 1
Yonkers Finishers 18
5,871 380
Captain Dann to Retire.
Captain Wallace Dann of the Norwalk
police force will resign at the next
meeting of the city council, and re-
open the harness store in River street
formerly conducted by his father the
late William E. Dann.
Captain Dann has served as deputy
sheriff and constable in Norwalk and
New Canaan, and has been a member
of the Norwalk police force for 9 years,
having been chief, captain and patrol-
man.
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Special Three Days Prayer-
A letter received recently from Rt.
Rev. Bishop Tierney of Hartford was
read at St. Mary’s church at all the
servicesSunday, announcing a special
three days prayer, after which the en-
tire peOple of the parish will be conse
crated in special names to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus.
This ceremony Wlll. be held next Sun-
day evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Dropped Dead.
Captain A. Martin Prior, one of the
oldest and best known Stamford oyster-
men, dropped dead during the noon
hour on Saturday. Deceased was the
father of Mrs. C. Lepper, of South
Norwalk.
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Thrown From His Horse.
Ansor. Phelps Stokes who was thrown
from his horse at Lenox, Mass, on Sat-
urday and so badly injured that his re-
covery is doubtful, is the fatherqof
Mrs. John Sherman Hoyt of :Con-
tentment Island.
Mrs. R- EJWhilman Dead.
Harriett, C. Willard, wife of Col. R.
‘E. Whitman, who formerly occupied
Keyser’s Island, died in Washington,
D. C., on Thursday last, aged 63 years.
The Craw Laundry Machinery Com-
pany has shut do“ n for a few days.
the heavy wind kicked up a big sea, ~
All AUGUST WEBBINBE
Miss Birdella May, daughter of Mr.I
and Mrs. George W. Parker, and Fred-
erick Charles Barnum, formetily of
Bethel but now of South Norwalk, were
married at the home of the bride on
West avenue Tuesday afternoon at 4.30
o’clock by the Rev. Thomas K. Noble
of the First Congregational church.
The wedding was a quiet one, only
the relatives of the contracting parties
being pres .‘nt.
The ceremony was performed amid a
profusion of palms, ferns and vines
tastefully arranged and forming a pret-
ty background for t‘ie bridal party.
The bride was gowned in a tailor-
made suit of dark blue, and were a hat
of yellow straw trimmed with black
velvet and yellow roses. She was at-
tended by Miss Eva Barnum, sister of
the groom, as bridesmaid, 7491 Warren
P. Smith,,J1-., actel as best man.
After the ceremony a. wedding sup
per was served, after which .Mr. a'hd
Mrs. Brrnum left for a weddingttrip
to Boston, Providence and New Yank",
The young couple were recipients of
many useful and valuable presents.
Upon their return they will reside
at the home of the groozn on Trinity
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place.
HAD SHOES 0N.
Henry Daniels of Norwalk Arrested for Sfpa‘lc
ing in Bridgeport.
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Henry Daniels of Norwalk and Pat-
rick Curran of Bridgeport were arrest-
ed in Bridgeport Tuesday for steal-
ing three pairs of shoes from a Water
street shoe store in that city.
When the police took Daniels and
Curran into custody, Daniels had on a
pair of new shoes. The others had evi-
dently been disposel of and the men
were drinking with their ill-gotten
gains when found.
Demented Patient Escapes.
Alexander Kamak, of Derby, who
was under treatment in the Bridgeport.
hospital for temporary mental abbera-
tion, escaped from that institution
Monday morning about 11 o’clock.
The escaped one is described as being
40 years old, 5 feet 11 inches high,
veight 175 pounds, full sandy beard,
wote blue coat and vest, brown t10us~
ers and brown alpine hat.
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MULES FOR MANILA.
\‘Van- Department Preparing Foe
Transportation to the Interior.
TVASHINGTON, Aug. 16.——The prob-
lem of transportation in the Philippines
has been under consideration by the war
depattment fo1 some time. It is ex--
pected that at the end of the rainy sea-
son it will be necessary to move the
t1oops some distance from the railroad,
and at the ptescnt time the means (if
transportation me not sufficient for a
large army and extensive operations.‘
The difficulty has been met by sending
mules to Manila in huge numbels. The
quartelmastel' s dept‘titment has already
about 600 of these animals and will send
800 more vely soon. There are nearly
2,060 more owned by the department,
VV hich will he sent if needed.
These animals will not only be used to!
t.ansp01 tmg supplies 1n wagons, but it is
intended to organize a pack train fa:
carrying guns and equipments where
teams cannot be utilized.
The indications are that the campaign
after the rainy season is to be conducted
’not only along the railroad, where Gen—
eral Otis has confined most of his oper-
ations, but that the interior of Luzon
will be penetrated.
THE MtlDDLEBU-RY TRAGEDY.
Eastwood, Who Shot Six Persons,
Gives Himself Up.
MIDDLEBURY, Vt., Aug. 10. —Freé
Eastwood of Gleenfield, N. J. ., who shot
and instantly killed Frank Fenn, his
brother-in-law, and attempted to murder ,
Mrs. Eastwood, Mrs. Marietta Brown,
Mrs. Frank Fenn and Edgar C. Brown
at East Middlebury Monday night, sur-
rendered himself to Deputy Sheriff WE.
liam Cobb yesterday.
Before he gave himself up he attempb
ed to commit suicide by shOoting through
the heart, but the bullet was too low, and.
he probably will recover.
Eastwood is about 47 years of age. He
is thought to have been under the influ-
ence of liquor when he arrived here. Ac-
threatened to kill her on several occa-
sions.
Five physicians are attending Mrs.
Eastwood. Although her condition is
serious, it is thought that she will ne—
cover. She is about 30 years of age.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Admiral Dewey continued ill at Leg-
horn.
Chinese robbers near Canton annihi-
fated a battalion of 500 soldiers.
Hiram A. Fletcher, a lawyer of Grand
Rapids, died from having cut his throat.
A hundred Klondikers were rescued by
the levenue cutter Bear at Kotzebue
Beach.
Judge Hilton, at Saratoga, had asink-
ing spell and was unconscious for some
time, but rallied.
A Lanarkshire firm has secured an
order for 10, 000 tons of Scotch steel for
the United States.
The Yaqui Indians in Mexico were me-
ported to have been beaten and dispened
by General Torres.
The Dominican government declared
that a victory over the insutgents had
ended the rebellion.
Yellow fever having attacked a ma-
tine at Havana, the rest or the battalion
lbas been ordexed notth to be quini-
titted at New York.
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cording to his wife’s relatives, he had ‘
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