WEEKLY. you WALK - GAZETTE.
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Local News.
Miss Agnes Ratchford has returned
from a visit in Danbury.
Miss Sadie Brown of South Main
street has purchased a new wheel.
Mrs. Mack Roth has returned from a
two weeks stay in the-Berkshires.
Mrs. Harry I. Smith of Fair street,
is visiting at Richmond Hill, L. I.
Miss Clara J. Kellogg, of Center ave-
1 ac, is sojourning in the Catskills.
Miss Katharine O’Connell has re-
turned from a visit with Bethel friends
Mrs. Joth. Treadwell and family -
have returned from a visit in New
Milford.
Mrs. Alfred W. Betts and Miss Ada
Betts, of Norwalk, are sojourning at
‘ , Port Jefferson, L. I.
Ralph Bennett and Percy Wilson
of Riverside avenue are spending a
short time at Asbury Park.
Mr. and,iMrs. Samuel Watkins of
k" Darien have returned from a trip to
the White Mountains.
m'i'and Mrs. Harry Wilson. of New
York, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.
G.- Wilson, of West avenue.
Mrfand Mrs. William Osterbanks, of .
Isaacs place, left for an outing at
Providence iiver on Saturday.
Ray Curtis and family, of Pittsburg,
are guests of Mrs. D. S. Curtis, of
Knight street. '
Capt. Thomas Smith. of East Nor-
walk, took Admiral Schley blackfish-
ing on Saturday.
David J. Sheehan, ofthe Patent of-
fice, Vi’ashington, is home on his annu-
al vacation.
Miss Edith M. Graham. of Berlin, is
a guest of Miss ('lala Ryder. of Lynes
place.
Ge mge Cornstock, of Maple street, is
5} etdir g a week in Asbury Park.
Miss Estelle Deverell, of Providence,
is a guest. of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Deverell, of Belden avenue.
Miss Alma E. Hamilton, of Newtown
avenue. is visiting at Lencx, Stock-
bridge, Great Barrington and New
York.
A committee of the Norwalk Baptist
churrh, is considering the matter of
placing new heating apparatus in the
church.
Presiding Elder A. J. VanCleft of
3; Scrar ton, Pa., is visiting his daughter,
M 128- Thomas 1. Raymond of Hillside.
The Westport Knights of Pythias
will have a clam roast at Compo Beach,
Labor Day,
Mrs. Sturm, alias the “Wild Rose of
Wilton," is reported to have eloped
from the town farm with Howard
Dauchy, a one-legged compositor.
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Peck, of Main
sstreet, left on Saturday for a week’s
visit with their daughter, Mrs. G. T.
" Bromfield, of Hartford.
, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Patterson and
”son, of New York, are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Manice D. F. Lockwood,
of East Wall street.
Mr. and Mrs. Anson Barnt m and
and Miss Rita Harrison ciDanbury are
the guests of H. B. Wigham .of Elm
street.
John Cummings and Harold Bowen,
of Jersey City, are guests of Stephen
J. O’Brien, of Bayview avenue.
The Harlem will go to North Beach
Sunday Aug 27, leave South Norwalk
at 10:30 and N02 1h Beach at~l o’clock.
Fare, 500.
Misses Helen and Annie Hyland and
Mary Hortcn have returned from a
visit to Savin Rock.
Misses Helen and Minnie Bell of
Cove street are spending a week in
Hackensack, N. J.
ME. and Mrs. J. S. Morgan of Cove
get are entertaining Miss Alice
._ - arker of Stamford.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Johnson, of
, Bridgeport, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Anna E. Helmer, of Cedar street.
Rev. F. M. Murray has returned to
his clerical duties in New Haven after
a visit to his old home in Norwalk.
J. R. Plymert Hoyt and Hezekiah
Sitts are making out a tax list for the
“Middle Five Mile River school district,
this week.
Samuel J. Gorham died, Sunday, at
'his home in Noroton. He was eighty
years old, and of late years had lived a
very quiet life.
Misses Kitty Dowd and Bessie
Dempsey of Long Island City are visit-
ing Miss Sadie Dowd of Union place.
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Frederick Wood and family of Phila-
-._ delphia, have returned from a visit to
his father, Noah Wood of East avenue.
Mrs. Robert McAllister, J r., former-
ly Miss Lulu Bonnell, is a guest of
Mr. and Mrs. William Saunders, of
South Main street. .
y Capt. Charles C. Riley, according to
the Klondike Nugget, published at
Dawson City, July 22, is on the Empire
liner, "St. Michael,” on business con-
nected with the Boston firm, which he
represents.
Mrs. Kate Coe, Mrs. Mary E. Prin-
dle, Mrs. Clara Bates and Miss Georgia
Taylor, of Buckingham Woman’s Re-
"ief corps, will attend the National‘En-
camptnent, G. A.R., which meets in
party will leave Norwalk-on Labor Day.
VPhiladelphia, Tuesday, sept. 5. The!
Dr. Edward O’Reiley of Elizabeth,
N. J., is in Norwalk.
Mrs. Frank Gregory of Union Park
is visiting in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bussing and John
Buxton are in New York.
Manice De F. Lockwood and son
Manice have gone to New Preston.
William H. Hunter of Main street
is spending a few days in Stonington.
Miss Rita Harrison of Danbury spent
Sunday with friends in South Norwalk.
A daughter was born Monday morn-
ing to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Glenden-
ing. ~ ‘
Mrs. E. L. Monroe of Courtland
piace is spending a short time at Sara-
toga.
Miss Germond Vosburgh of Court-
land Place is spending a short time at
Saratoga. . p .
St. Joseph’s Sunday school will have
a picnic at Roton Point the latter part.
of this month. ‘
Miss Biris of New York is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. William Billenstein of
Harbor avenue.
Miss Grace Agnew of Baltimore,
'Md., is the guest of the Misses Baxter
of Harriet street. .
Miss Mangaret Murphy, of New
Britain, is a guest of Dr. T. F. Clune,
of Belden avenue.
Ebenezer Valentine, of New York
was a guest over Sunday of Mrs. Susan
Ferris, of West street.
Miss Mary F. Hutchins of Day street
has returned from a visit to Mrs. Thad-
deus Hoyt of Ox Ridge.
Miss Ella MacDonald of New York
is the guest of Miss Margeret Pindar
of Concord street.
Miss Phoebe Persons; of Montclair,
N. J., is the guest of Mayor and Mrs.
C. L. Glover, Grand Street. «
' Miss Carrie Smith of Beatrice, Ne-
braska is the guest of her cousin, Phil-
ip N. Smith of Bayview avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. James French of Phila
delphia are visiting Mrs. French’s
brother, Charles B. Gray, of Chestnut
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Keeler, of
Green Bay, Mich., are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Raymond, of
West street.
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
will have a Clambake 1n Smith’s woods
next Sunday. Austin Cockefur will
have charge of the bake.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Thompson
and children of Quintard Place have
returned from Hartford, where they
have been spending the summer.
Mrs. Harry A. Vail, of Broad River,
who successfully underwent an opera-
tion for the removal of a tumor in a
New York hospital, has returned home
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Seymour and
family will leave town next week for
Whitney’s Point, New York state,
where they will make an indefinite
stay. '
Misses Florence D. Kniffin, Ada W.
Dehart, and Florence A. Bouton, of
New York city, 'were guescs of Mrs.
H. K. Selleck,_of Berkeley street, over
Sunday.
Senator E. O. Keeler received a tele-
gram Saturday evening stating that
his brother Joseph Keeler was dead in
Chicago. Senator Keeler left for that
city on a late train.
The. Richardson & Morgan foundry
company have granted their men an
increase of ten per cent. in wages and
have become a union concern. The
new schedule goes into effect on Thurs-
day.
Mrs. Susanna. Miller, wife of Carlos
Miller, died at her home in Glenbrook
on Saturday, aged 81. Deceased was
the grandmother of Mrs. H. W. Greg-
ory and Mrs. Clarence Osborn of this
city.
Rev. Mr. Davis, the new pastor of
the Advent Christain church, has leas-
ed William Warden’s house on Van-
Zandt avenue and will take possession
of it about the middle of September.
Mrs. John Ross of Brooklyn has re-
turned home from a visit to Mr. and
' Mrs. William Billenstein of Harbor
avenue.
Mr. anl Mrs. Charles'Dow of Eliza-
beth street will leave for Saratoga,
Niagara Falls, and other points of
interest soon.
Mrs. William Hulse, of Bellport L.
I.,_ who has been the guest of her sister,
Mrs. John L’HOmmedieu, of Betts
street, has returned home, accompa-
nied by Mrs. L’Hommedieu and son
Earle. ‘ ‘
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Kelley’s Bond Reduced. '
William Kelly, who perjured himself
at the coroner’s inquest on the trolley
disaster, had his case continued in the
Bridgeport city court Saturday morn-
ing until Sept. 2. His bond has been
reduced to $300 and his friends are
working assiduously to subscribe that
amount to‘release him from the predic-
ament. If tried he stands a good
chance of being sent to state prision.
Admiral Dewey’s Toast.
At a reception tendered ‘Admiral
Dewey during his stay in. Nat-lies, the
Admiral toasted the American consul
as follows: '
“Byington, here’s hoping you may
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live a hundred years and keep as young
as, you are now.”
in; nun SHAKE-UP
The council of the City of Norwalk
held a short session, Monday night, but
while the meeting was short the work.
of the council was not devoid of some
sensational developments. Especially
is this true in the action towards the
man Goold Hoyt, threw a bomb of
startling proportions, being nothing
more or less than a complete changing
of the hours of duty of Chief Thomas
Bradley and the force under him.
Heretofore the hours of Chief
Bradley have been from 8 a. m. to 6 p.
m. but by Councilman Hoyt’s resolu-
tion his hours of duty after September
.1 will be from 7 p. m. until 3 a. In. The
Chief, however, is given the authority
to designate which patrolman shall be
on duty at the new .hours mentioned,
and also to designate their beats.
The resignation of Wallace Dating as
captain of police was accepted, and the
officeswas abolished by a. vote of the
board.
The applications for appointment on
the force made vacant by the resigna-
tion of Captain Dann were .laid upon
the table until the next meeting. to be
held in September.
Prior to the meeting a short caucus
was held at which it is said Council-
m'tn Hoyt’s police resolution was dis-
cussed.
It was shortly after 8 o’clock when
Mayor Glover called the meeting to
order, Councilman O. E. Wilson being
the only absentee.
City Clerk Hurlbutt being absent,
Leo Davis was elected clerk pro tem by
motion of Councilman Goold Hoyt.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved, after which bills
amounting to $1,048.15 were ordered
paid. They were distributed among
(the several departments as follows :
Highway, $787.20
Police, 145.00
Sewer, 90.95
Fire, 25.00
The bill" of Michael Lubrino for
sewer construction, the amount of
which bill had been assigned to Her-
man Quittner, was presented by the
Mayor with the statement that $25 of
the same had been factorized.
After some discussion the bill was
referred to the Sewer committee with
pawer to pay all of said bill excepting
the amount attached. _
The attachment was made by Leo
Davis for W, S. Smith, of Pittsfield,
formerly of South N orwalk.
Mayor Glover presented the resigna-
tion of Captain Wallace Dann of the
police force, and the same was accept-
ed.
Councilman Goold Hoyt presented
the following resolution, which was
adopted:
Resolved, We, the Mayor and City
Council of Norwalk, regret that Cap-
tain Dann after a number of years of
faithful service now considers it for his
interest to retire from the police force,
‘and in accepting his reSignation we
extend our best wishes for his future
success. ~
At the passage of the above
tiOn Councilman Buckley moved that
the office of Captain of police be abol-
ished, and the same was carried.
Councilman Goold Hoyt then pre-
sented the following resolution, which
resolu-
was adopted:
Resolved, That the hours of the po-
lice force, on and after September lst,
1899, shall be as follows. to wit:
The hours of duty of the Chief of
Police snall be from 7 p. m. to 33.. m.
The hours of duty of the patrolmen
shall be from 5 a. m. to 1 p. m.; l p. m.
to 9 p. m.; 8 p. in. test a. m.; 9 p. tn. to
5 a. m., the Chief to designate which
patrolman shall be on duty at the vari-
ous hours mentioned above, and also to
designate their beats.
The Mayor read a letter from the
Board of Health calling attentin to the
fact that it was impossible for one man
to keep Main and Wall streets in a
sanitary condition and recommended
the appointment ofanother. The letter
was laid on the table.
Councilman Goold Hoyt submitted
several applications for appintment to
the vacancy on the police force, and
they were laid on the table until the
next meeting. ‘
The council then adjourned until
September. '
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Reunion of the 27th C. V.
The reunion of the Twenty-seventh,
Connecticut Volunteers will occurWed-
nesday,August 30th,at SavinRock,with
headquarters at the Sea View House.
The business meeting will-be held in
the parlor at 11a. m.; dinner at 1.15
p. m. Cars leave the Green at 10 a. .m.
police department, into which Councih .
UllflMAllJlllEBEAHl
A man named John Verlin, aged
about 45 years, was found dead under a
cart in a shed in E. M. Tolles & Co. ’5
coal yard in Water stré‘et, South Nor-
walk, about 2 o’clock Monday after-
noon, by Timorhy Collins, an employe
of Chester F. Tolles, the box manu-
facturer. ..
Verlin, who was a machinist, board-
ed at the Saunders hotel, conducted by
Sarah Larrigan, at the corner of Water
and Haviland streets.
Verlin had breakfast at the hotel on
Sunday morning and then went aboard
the sloop Lucy A. Lane, where he
spent the night with Harry Dennis and
Mrs. Gilbert, the latter being the
alleged owner of the vessel.
About 7 o’clock Monday morning,
Verlin left the sloop complaining of a
severe pain in his left side and telling
Dennis that he was going to Mrs.
Larrigan’s and send for a doctor.
He was seen by some of the employ- .
ees of the hotel after that, but soon dis-
appeared and was not again seen until
his dead body was discovered by Col-
lins under the cart in Tolles’ coal yard.
When found he had apparently. been
dead four or five hours.
The finding of the body was report-
ed to the police, and Captain Glad-
stone placed a man in charge of the
dead body and sent for Medical Exam-
iner Huntington. I
Medical examiner Huntington after
an examination of the body decided
that death was due to apoplexy, and
ordered the body removed to D. M.
Raymond’s morgue.
Rev- Samuel 1. Austin Dead.
Rev. Samuel J. Austin, pastor of the
Congregational church of Darien, died
Saturday morning in the Stamford
Hall sanitarium. He hal for several
years been in failing health, and the
shock resulting from the sudden death
of his wife, which occurred recently,
seemed to make him grow rapidly
worse. About six weeks ago he went
to the sanitarium of Dr. Givens, for
treatment for a complication of dis-«
eases, among which were dropsy and
weakness of the heart.
Mr. Austin wasborn in Massachu-
settsabout seventy years ago. He
came to Darien as pastor of the Con-
gregational church Jan. 1, 1885, and
has since filled that position, earning
the respect not only of his congrega-
tion, but of the entire community.
The deceased leaves two daughters,
Miss Maud Austin and Mrs. George E.
Miller, of Norwalk.
‘ Mr- Rockefellsr’s Horses.
Mr. William Rockefeller keeps no less
than thirty-six well-bred trotters for
pleasure-driving in his private stable,
near Tarrytown. Most of them are
docked in hackney fashion, and are
driven to heavy traps and carriages.
Alice Bel, 2:291}, and Allie Bel. 2:191},
are the favorite pair for road driving.
The latter mare is said to be the'
fastest trotter to sleigh that he has,
ever owned. They are frequently
driven across country from Mr. Rocke-
feller’s country place near Tarrytown,
to Greenwich, a distance of about
twenty miles, up hill and down, in leSs
than two hours.There are miles of well
kept soft earth and macadamized roads
on Mr. Rockefeller’s place, so that he
can let his trotters step fast without
taking them to the speedway. ——Green-
wich Graphic. .
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Funeral of Rev. ’8. 1. Austin-
The funeral of the Rev. Samuel J.
Austin, who died Friday, took place
Monday afternoon at 3:30 from the Con-
gregational church, in Darien, of which
he. was for many years the pastOr. Rev.
Herbert Brown of Norwalk officiated.
The pail-bearers were Thaddeus Hoyt,
Alfred Morehouse, A. H. Scofield, John
C. Mather, Dr. E. T. Payne and Wil-
liam Nash. The remains were taken
to Westboro, Mass, for interment.
Dead at Age of 103.
Mrs. Lucy Williams, who was believ-
ed, to be the oldest woman in the state,
died at Uncasville, Monday night,
aged 103 years. Up to the‘last she
retained her faculties excepting her
eyesight and that she has been de-
prived of for years. Mrs. Williams
was born in U ncasville and was twice,
married. She is survived by one
daughter. '
Another Tangle.
It now appears that Attorney Joseph
A. Gray claims to hold a bill of sale of
the presses and type in the old Morn-
ing Call office on Main street, and if
George Lauder expects to regain
possession of them he will have to do
so through another court trial.
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The catastrophe of three weeks ago
has had no lasting efiect on travel over
the Shelton electric road. Sunday the
road was taxed to its utmost capacity
and many extra cars were run to ac-
commodate theath rong 8 taking the trip. 1
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There was quite an accident Satur-
day afternoon at Trinity church, South
Norwalk, where several workmen are
engaged in tearingflown the old build-
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church.
The men were upon a scaffold en-
gaged in removing the stone from the
side wall of the church at the time of
the accident.
Suddenly and without warning the
scaffolding gave way with a crash, pre-
cipitating Nicholas Christiano and two
fellow countrymen to the ground be-
low. . |
I - falling, the stories which had been
piled upon the scaffold prior to being
ing removed below by a crane, fell
upon Christiano and broke some of the
small bones in his right foot.
Christiano also had his head and face
badly cut, his eyes filled with sand and
was rendered unconscious.
Drs. _D"utnortier',' Kennedy and Allen
were summoned and had the injured
man removed to the hospital where he
now is.
Christiano’s companions escaped se-
rious injury but were somewhat bruis-
l ed by their fall.
It is thought that the breaking of
the scaffold was caused by the Italians
loading too many stones on it.
Had an Elegant Time.
A certain Norwalk man congratu-
lates himself on the fact that he has
the best wife in the world. He does
not mean to draw any invidious com-
parisons by this superlative estimate of
his helnmeet, but he thinks no other
woman would so well adjust herself to
his eccentric habits. To tell the truth,
he has not yet settled down S) much
that he does not enjoy a little whirl
“with the boys.” Sometimes these
celebrations develop into orgies. of
magnificent proportions. It is here
that wifcy’s good dispoaition asserts
itself.
When her hubby comes home in the
wee hours, and is groping vainly for
the btnisters, he is not confronted‘by
an irate spouse at the top of the stairs.
He is not compelled to listen to a cur-
tain lecture before he is allowed to
sleep off his potations. He is confront,-
ed by no sour looks when he gets up
the next morning with a fever-dizzy
head, consequently he feels stricken
with remorse. He evens things up
with his conscience, or tries to, by
purchasing tine raiment and various
articles for the feminine toilet in
order to make himself believe that he
is in some degree worthy of such a
wife.‘ It makes no difference whether
he takes his bender at home or on the
Pacific coast; it seems impossible to
eradicate the dark-brown taste until
he has bought his peace offerings.
But the good wife herself had come
to understand the meaning of these
gifts. Not long ago thehusband went
to New York on some business. Con-
tact with convivial friends and numer-
ous “high bills” produced a Baccha-
nalian fete that lasted for three days.
With sobriety came remorse, and the
Norwalker went down to a fashionable
dry goods emporium and outdid him-
self. He bought an elegant dress and
trimmings, which footed up $50. He
expressed them to his wife and await-
ed developments. .
In a. day or two came aletter. It was
not very affectionate, it is true. but it
was a good long one It recounted the
effects of the recent cyclone at the
Yacht club even more vividly than it
was described in the newspapers. The
torrid weather also received honor-
able mention. All the details of the
latest neighborhood gossip were fully
recited. N o mention was made of the
receipt of the dress in the body of the
letter. The postscript, always the
best part of a. woman’s epistle, co'nsist-
ed of this brief sentence, which spoke
volumes:
“You must have had an elegant
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i‘me.
A. L. Frisby Dead.
Augustus L. Frisby died in New
Haven on Sunday, aged 51 years.
in South Norwalk where he was con-
nected with the old Fair-field County
Fire Insurance Company. Of late
years the deceased has been engaged
with the Security Insurance Company
in New Haven.
children. The funeral was held at
Christ church, New Haven, Tuesday
. morning at 9 o’clock. Interment in
Albany, N. Y.
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John H. Keyser Dead.
John H. Keyser, the former owner of
Keyser Island, died' at his home on
Saugatuck avenue On Sunday, aged 81
years. -.
The deceased was well known here
inN orwalk and has many friends among
the older residents who will be pained
to learn of his death.
, Mr. Keyser removed from Norwalk 3.
number of years ago, but for the past
two years he has resided on Saugatuck
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ing preparatory to erecting a larger .
Mr. Frisby some years ago resided
The deceased leaves a wife and five 4
ll norm,
The 1 passengers on the steamw
Harlem had an exciting experience in
New YOrk harbor Tuesday afternoon,
and those who‘remained‘with the boat.
did not reach South Norwalk until-9
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o’clock at night. -~
When the ti he arrived for-the d
parture of the Harlem fromPier 23,
Captain Moses Wilson received the
startling information thatttheengineer
was drunk and'vin no condition-zoo run
the engine. He investigated‘thereport
and found it true, but thinking perhaps
the engineer would be able to perfom
his duties notwithstanding his condi-'
tion, decided to make an attctnpt'to
bring the steamer home.
He soon found, however, that the
engineer failed to interpret his signals”
correctly, backing instead of gang:
ahead and vice versa. ', -
The Harlem was now out in -the~.
stream and rapidly drifting with the»?
tide towarcls.Govet'nor’s Island. ,3}, _
Upon finding himself helplesslilmthe”:
hands of a drunken man, Captain Whisk
son blew the whistle for assistance and
a tug responded and towedrthe boat
back into the slip at the foot of Beek—
man street. . ‘
A telephone message to Manager
Frew who was at South Norwalk, etiol-
ted the information that Engineer
Fred Lewis of the Vulcan would “be-
sent down at once to bring the boat
home.
Engineer Lewis reached the boat
about 5 o’clock and brought her safely
to South Norwalk. ‘
In justice to the New York and Non.
walk Steamboat company it shouldjbe i
said that the drunken engineer is
in the employ of the company from
which the boat is chartered and was '
sent with the boat, and is notamembea'i
of the Norwalk company’s crew. ‘1.
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SHE DIED UNKNOWN.
Victim of Apoplexy Expires in the Stamford
Hospital.
A woman died at the Stamford hos-
pital Tuesday morning whose identity
is a mystery. She looks like an Italian
and appeared to be about 43 years of
age. ‘
She left New York Saturday night on
the steamer Shady Side for Stamford,
but before she landed she was taken
ill, with what seemed to be apoplexy.
She was taken to the hospital in an un-
conscious condition and remained so
up to her death.
The woman was respectably dressed.
but there was nothing about her per-
son that would give any clue as to her
identity. She Ctrried a basket in
which were two flit irons, some food
and clothing.
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The Italian Lynching Cane.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-——Count Vin-
ci, the Italian charge d’alfaires, calledm
Acting Secretary of State Adee and in»
formed him that Baron Fava, the Italian
embassador, will sail on the 25th inst. for
this country. The officials referred to the
Louisiana lynchings, but neither side had
any new developments. The Italian re-
port made by Marquis Romano has been '
received in Rome, but the authorities
there have made no new representations.
The apparent desire there is to have the
lynchers prosecuted and punished with ali
due dispatch, and this view is shared by
the authorities here. Mr. Adee has not
yet received from Governor Foster the
report on the circumstances of the lynch~
' ing, nor is there any word from the
Louisiana authorities as to how the pros-
ecution is proceeding.
Movement Against the Erie.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 23.‘—A movement
has been started among railroad men, it
is said. to induce the Erie to withdraw
its reduced rate on New York business.
It is probable, moreover, that the pres-
sure brought to bear will be so strong
that the Erie may have to make a virtual
acknowledgment that the rate has been
withdrawn, but that it will not be with-
drawn in fact. The Erie has, it is said,
quietly entered into an agreement with
a great many people to give them the
rate, and at last it may take refuge be-
hind the interstate commerce law, which
prohibits discrimination and insists that
the low rate shall be given to all.
'l‘o Welcome Retfirning Sdldle}
WASHINGTON, Aug. Zia—Acting
Secretary Allen yesterday telegrafiofl
Mayor Phelan of San Francisco saying
that the navy department would be glad
to co-operate with the San FranciSco au-
thorities in'the Welcome it is proposed to
give to the returning soldiers on the
transport Sherman. To that end orders
have been issued to the commander of
the battleship Iowwto fire a salute on the
arrival of the transport, and all the sail-
ors and marines 'of the ships at San
Francisco will take part in the parade
and demonstration.
New Army Ofll'cerl.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The ‘tolv
lowing officers have lcen assigned to,
regiments under the second call for vol-
unteers: Thirty-eighth, Jefferson Bul-
racks, Mo., Major “’illard A. Holbroot: .
Thirty-ninth, Fortx Crook, Neb., Major
William C. Brown and Major Harry is.
Malford; Fortieth, Fort Riley, Kent, M:—
jor Michael M. McNamee and Major
John P. Parker; Forty-Decent], Fort Ni-
agara, N. Y., Major Lincoln 0. Andrew:
Forty-fourth, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Major Harry G. Hale; Forty-fifth, Felt
'Snelling, Minn, Major Daniel A. Fiel—
avenue.‘ . ,.
criek‘. .
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