r
an inguinal.
IliE lilSl'lllll iii A ll" lllill ll
lEilSE PliiABllAl'ilS.
crisp uremic concerning Cami twin
Gathered Fran the ”ways and lywaya
cl lyrical Generalist 1m
Mrs. William W. Bloom is ill at her
home. i lowu street.
The dead grass at Elineuwortli ':is
burned over yesterday.
Mrs. Jone ti. Buckley. who has berm
tlaugemualay ill at Iii‘l‘ home in Urohiml
street. is m-overing.
Deputy Milk Inspector ’I'lionias llunt
yesterday finished his April collection of
samples from tnilkineu.
Miss Edytli Hunter entertained the
(iirls‘ Literary club at her home in East
avenue, yesterday afternoon.
Forty penmns will be confirmed at St.
Paul's church, Sunday morning. by
Bishop Talbot. of Wyoming.
Miss Umrgia Taylor. of Buckingham.
Woman‘s Itelii-f Corps, visited the Bol-
du-rs' lionii- at Not-Mon. Thursday.
The funeral of William Baxter was
held from his into home in Harriet
street. this afternoon. Rev. I". E. Rob-
bins officiating.
ll‘he traveling r-ornet soloist. who visits
Norwallt every spring. made his annual
advent yesterday. He rendered solos
and then passed his but around.
The Washington correspondent of the
Gazette writes that PatentConituissiont-t
John a. Seymour's physician has ordor-
ed him to Fortress Monroe to remain
over Sunday.
Anothercntertainment will be given
next Wednesday night. in Knudsen's
Hall, by the Young Men's Christian
Leauge. There will be a potatoe rave _
and fence Vaulting.
Conductor Edward Searels,of the Nor-
walk Street Railway line. will shortly
move from High street. Norwalk. into
rooms over J. T. lluyos' news store,
Main street.
Mrs. George H. Raymond and daugh-
tor, of Harriet street, Were out on a (lo-
lumbia tandem, yesterday. They are
graceful riders. The daughter Wm":
fetching bloomer costume.
In the Suphrior Court, yesterday. Miti-
uie McLean. of Stamford, was granted a
diforcc from Walter J. McLean. of the
same place. The custody of a twr-lvc-
years old child was given to her. The
gvouud for the petition was adultery.
Word has been received in Bridge-
port'to the effect that the Russian
government has agreed to pay to Her-
mann Kompinski 45.01%) roubles. or
about $40,000. in settlement of an act.
ion for 100.000 roubles brought against
theta.
The baseball uric-ital at Yale will be
opened today with the game against
Wesleyan. The Yale team returned
from its Easter trip to the South in good
condition, and with a fine record of
victories against the Southerners. Out
of five games played the Yale men lost
but one. the. second of the matches
with'the University of Virginia. which
the home team won by the score of
eight to four. '
SEARCHING FOR ms CHILD.
Taken from the County Home by her Mother.
who Deserted her Husband.
Vinceuzo DeBliisio formerly lived at
2n; East Mhin street with his wife and
little girl. He had a streak of hard
luck in the summer of '94, and found it
hard work to make both ends meet.
On account of “involuntary neglect."
his little daughter. Marie. aged 3. was
sent to the (friunty Home in August of
that year. Times proved no better. it
appears, and in the following January
his wife deserted hitn. going “Off with
one Louis Nero. an “Italian friend and
neighbor." The ('ullplt‘i wont toIlrook-
lyn to live. and although Vincenzo tried
to find them he was unable to do so.
perhaps by tensor of thi- filf’l‘ that
Nero had' an alias. He travels undt-r
the name of Louis Rosa more than he
does his own name.
lTnbeknown to the father. the mother
applied to the (lottity Home in Mart-h of
‘95 for the resuiration of her child. and
her request was granted. Since that
time the father has been searching for
both hiswifc and his daughter, and has
been assisted in his search at timosby
the Brooklyn poliee‘and the Gert-yaw
r-iety. Some months ago DeBlasiobe-
gun a personal search in Brmklyn. and i
finally got track of his wife. but' he can 3
find no traces of the little girl. E
He has made complaint. to the Brook— 1
lyn authorities about his wife and shel
has been arrested and will be tried for l
bigamy. It appears that the woman l
married her Nero when in Brnklyn l
The whereabouts of Nero and the child
can not be ascertained. and it is‘ pre- 5 m, but took , ourglell um .10" ml was "nominated for congress
earned that they are in bi ling. or have 1‘ me. It. not the sudden impulse not.
det‘amped. Anyway. the woman will.
not tell where they are. She says she:
does not knowf—Bridgeport Farmer.
.my nature,
cents:
The Arch is" " or run the
Story of Crimes.
- ‘ a
fill KILLED WI: - 3278' PEOPLE
A .0on of lncrodibl «silty and Ovul-
Iy~ In" He Was d of a Dull.
Dorian-sly not. . lie Ion Wish I
lingual Knife.
PsiLaolLriitA. A li.-l‘iadlag that
there is no possiblll stay or reprieve.
and that he will cor ly go to the not»
fold on Iiay 7. ll. olmes has made a
complete confession 0 following stato-
meal is made by a “political?
"The confession lolinea opens with
the statement. '1 w urn with the very
devil in mo.’
"Even now he no that the evil
I lrit is the guldln nine of his destiny.
i o belicves that l- lullr under the
wallet the dam ad dfllpllo thew
Iortlnns to the con y that he is receiv-
ing the attention «mom of God.
and is generally thing fin and with
the spirit of total are and religion. he
feels that he isl )psleuly. Ila even
gone farther. lie rts that he is grad-
ually changing in peanuts. in figure:
that his face is . mlng distorted, and
he sees. whether i he distortion of his
bloody imaginati which ronjnru no
basis of magma: lling deed, or not.
his face assumin to look, the eyes the
luv and the very the exact similliude
of the picture of . u himself.
" 'Yss. [was be 'itli thodevll in mo.’
says he in one pa his confession. “I
could not help tb 't that Iwas a mu!-
derer no more th ill post can help the.
inspiration to I nor the ambition of
an intellectual to be great. Iwas
born with the . one standing as my
sponsor beside th -d where l was usher.
ed into the wor ad he has been with
me Ilni‘f'. ’
" "l‘hc lnclin to murder came to
me as naturall, the inspiration to do
right chines to iajorlty of persons.
" ‘Whore oth hearts were touched
with pity min led with cruelty. and
where in oihurs ecling was to save life
I reveled in the min of destroying the
same. 4’
“ ‘Sot only i " I was not sail-fled in
taking it in the ‘inary way. I sought
devices strange. tactical and even gm
torque. It plea y fancy. it gave me
play to work in urdcrous will. and I
reveled in itw the enthusiasm of an
alchemist who i‘ot on the trail of the
pbllosopher's rig.
ll'l,’ continues Holmes,
‘canio to me e in life. I remember
when a more my ambition was to
study medicine at i might know the
relative effects poisonous gases: that i
might fully be c acquainted with their
uses and learti» be an expertzln ban
dling them. »
"'1 am minced.‘ he declares. 'thai
since my imp ‘iment l have changed
woefully and "‘sritnefully from what I
formerly was 1 stars and in figure.‘
Char-gun Appearance.
“‘If you lorat my picture, when I
was first talle'pnto custody in Boston.
nearly two young“. and look at my face
now. you may bin to observe something
of what I mean
“ ‘1 mean. tract. that my features are
assuming noibg more or lrsis than a
pronounced sallcal cast; that I have be
mine amlctedfih that disease. rare but
irrriblc. wltli bich physicians are ac-
quainted. butver which they realm to
have no cont 'batover.
“ "l‘hnt «its?! said he. ‘ls a malform~
ntlon ordis on of tho orseons parts.
causing deform' somnrkvd that in many
cases tnen are add to assume likenesses
to the Inferior llmai. .
" ‘It began vb pains in all the joints.
followod ltv «lactating symptoms, local
on the head labourer of the face.
“ "Photo I trllmtcd at first to rheo-
niatlc troublcuntll I found that they
were graduallrauaing a change to take
place in my w'lo figure, quite in keeping
w' l my charter.
"l‘ho rea‘ptnrc of the malady then
ht gun to Wit} and Ireoollectsd having
studied onw-‘tvut a man whose features
had lmcoma :‘lrmed by this disease in
“ "l'hlii lncli
such a way i“ be. had gradually grown
to rrsvinble 7’ mkey.
“' ”I‘ho but ”of the thing did not pull
on too. for l as quite in keeping with
i. like a true medical stu
dent. I hegnt l study the new conditions
that bad aris
” ‘ll'rom wt I can see I believe folly
that l mu gr ing to resemble the devil:
that tho ass-ts parts of my head and
face are grnt lly assuming that. elongat-
ed shape sctnounced in what is called
the degenerabmd, and that slmllltude
is almost out loted.
“ ‘In fact. impressed am Iwith this
bcllef.’ (routines Holmes, ‘that I am con-
vinccd that' have no longer anything
human in my -
"‘Ilolmea' nfession from this on specks
of his cariykperiences of his boyhood .-
days on tliorin up in Vermont and the:
llfo he ledntil he entered college to ;
study medlm in Michigan. *
"It was I: until after he was graduat— L
ed. fully capped with the knowledge of'
poisons unithe easiest way to sever the
simple thrrl of life. that Holmes begs! |
his career _I| murderer nn’d mutilator.
TooTwenty-scven Liven.
“When hlegnu. he admits himself, he 1
was ruthlolmd never once halted until!
he took fillies.
“ ‘And bold bevecommitted six oth- .
er mnrdcft he added, ‘hsd not rertslnl
occurreacmtervened. i
" ‘I had'ianed them and was several‘
times obon‘o carry them outwhen some- .
thing interned. .
" i’nsslbbne of the worst. most brutal. i
revoltinghi disgusting crimes this archl
I
i
l I
will“.
n I!” ‘~ N
Mothers”!-
tookhlvniniotbo
uliooaibs tattooed
dross.
" 'l have often thought since that it
wuiihihoioohof mmmiiaidt
on the overall" table. as its pitiful oral
sauna iii-meanest him-acumen
all latent oeiyoo tho-mooted iacisioc.’
“With the almost abandon and with
bound Monomers-ii sighcf "out.
Iloluu then tells how he went through
the lion of instituting his own son.
" cullohow his own Mend blood
was made to submit to the barbarous blade
and than and than was mutilated simply
to pacify iho cravings of a moment's
heart.
"Finished with that. "aim felt lotio-
Iod and did notmmdor his boy outright."
SCAN DAL PROMISE 0.
Washington Threatened Willi Revelation l
film” or in tho “an Ala" Iii Berlin.
W narrows. April ii. --'l‘hm promises
to no a social upheaval in Washington.
which will rival the Kevin letter writing
scandal in Berlin.
The Washington trouble is also of the
letter writing sort. A dozen of the own ‘
prominent social leaders are clrmiy in
valved in it. and no one knows how many
more will yet be dragged in. There will
probably be a criminal [mmlillun for
blackmail anion tho [mrilrl soar-rand.
succeed in bushing it up. a frat which
now seems impossible.
Anonymous loam won mainly reociv- ‘
ed by at least seven. and perhaps nun...
very prominent lrulleo belonging In no
"swagger not." all written in a more or.
less cffsmlaoto band. Each letter hinted
at a knowlovlgoof relations is “Kilt" the
lady to whom it "as mldieuml and 0‘
member of the foreign imiony in Washing-
ton. a prince of renowmd lineage, villa is
a familiar flgorn in capital society it
went on to declare that the wines was im
poveriahod, and that. all things would-r»
ed. in the opinion of the anonymous
writer. a liberal sum of money should be;
sent to him to volinro his wants.
The fair recipients were so indignant
that some of them began to talk and Lulll' .
pore notes. it took no great while to die
lover that the letters were written by one
“(“10", They were placed in the hands
of a well known lawyer, who hauled up
the prim-e and demanded an explanation.
The latter exprcsml great surprise and in-
dignation and declared that he knew
nothing of the letters and suggested apos:
slbla claw lo the ldmiliyof the Writer.
The name he suggested was that of a
prominent young lady. to whom he had
at one time paid court 'Iltnu had been
an arrangement. and she had a motive
for revenge. '
On this point ltwas learned that ihs‘
young lady'- father had stopped the
prince’s atinoilnns inane-.0 he was with .
out means in support a wife
The anonymous letters. ii is said. show
a very intimate knowledge of things gun
oral and parilmlar in Washington society.
LORD HOLT'8 ESTATE.
“In. "ml“ .90th Child. lkr'lnru I'll“
am Is floor of the rum.
New Voile, April li.-—-)frs Harriet:
Hpofl'ovd (fhllds l-t one of the heirs to the
English estate of Lord John Holt. wtilrh '
has been in «honorary for half a tertiary.
rim has received nniiw. she newt“. that. ‘
Ly a recent tier‘lolori of an English court .
she will receive at least llfll’fi'J’Ull as bur
share of the property. all» is the widow
of In. Samuel It. Ibildr. at one time ‘
health officer of this port and an eminent :
physician.
llr. (fhllds was the physitiun and chief
adviser of Hephen lioli. a nephew of
Lord "all, who built the l‘uiod States
hotel and owned much mhorism property.
Stephen bequeathed one tenth of his estate
to m. (Ihllds. .
llr. Child! and his wlfc went to ling- .
land in left!) with letters of lotrxslnctton :
from President Fillmore, Henry Clay and
llanlol Webster. Mrs (fllllils was present
i-‘l'l to the «town and rifle-ritual in Paris
danced with Nupolron lll.
ii
inst-w
Imprisoned blunts Years.
Des Morass. April fi.-~ll’il|iam Slow.
ey‘. who has been in Fort Madison poni- :
tentl‘nry for lo yi-nvs for the familiar of n i
traveling man. in his saloon in (Hinton. '.
has been pardotwl. A negro named ”or ‘
ris. charged with liming an atmmmry. was ;
sent. to prison» for a term of yours and died l
there. im Ms deathbed he clinic/ts. d that 1
be and Mrs. r‘lovrey lulled the man and ‘;
that. Howey tried to bring him to life. as ‘,
they did not suppmo they had killed him. ‘
H‘owcy its an old man and served four
yam in the sunny. lie was a toodel prism l
oner. He has a brother in Sew York who .
ol’fers him» home there the rest of his.
life. .
Infant Numbered In to films”.
Nitwnrim. X. ‘2. April fl.—-Uscar i
(Trucker-on. the infant son of Mr. and W’s. :
James ilrmks‘wfi of Walkiil. iflsmr couu
ty. was smothered iodmill in hicmotlier's
arms while riding to Walden. where his
picture was to be taken. )fr'v. ('rlmkston .
' and her sluicelmlow, Mm. Carril- ls-Iarh .
of New York. were inking the baby to
Welders In a carriage. 0n the way the in.
fact zippesmlto in: mid. and Mrs. Crook-
ston wrapper! him up tightly In a shawl.
When the carriage stop-pod in from of the
,thotngrapbur"; plot at little (linear was
dead. He had too ”isotherm! on the way.
Cashier llarriord‘c Tranuriimu.
Rona. N. Y.. April ll..—Sforc of the
transactionsof the late Corbin-r llarnard
of the l‘orr. Stanislas book have dewlogml.
Mrs. Elory'l‘ullyof litim, hm lug received
notional protest on a note forthi‘fi'fifr.
collation the Mills hero and denied its
making. she diverged lhrnard with using
her name. Another estate. left by Mrs.
mutilator 9" committed was "“3 h“ Rhoda Armstrong in trust, amounting to
sneaks of a chapter di’vVOWd ‘0 M“ “0le cannon. is gone. encrypting about $7,000
the son of s first wife. whom he married
in New Etlnud‘wblie but a youth. The
chapter in uesilon tells a story that Is
hardly crr'ble. coming as it does from
the lips 01' father, and outranks for her-
barous cr.,i.y any other not he ever com.
mliti'd. .
“The 0 . explanation he offers is that
he did it. .piy to gratify his love of ran-1
tilstlun. ‘
“ 'lt a shortly after I was married,‘
M a. char 'nnd our boy was then but a
Flumuste
of big at
with a w desire to destroy.
" '1 er .6 him in from the road, when
he was {making about like an innocent
tonrea‘wn. .
“ ‘lcpc know whatnwu pursued
laying about with other lads:
Fire and age, that I who seized .
in the stock of the Home and Clinton rail-
way. it is saturated that Bernard's mis-
management of estates and alleged defol-
t-ailons at the bank will reach catamaran.
WI: Mole (fa-Variation.
NEW Writs, April li.-lt is stated that
as the outcome of a‘ conference between
Senator David 13.. fflll 'and Democratic
State Cbainoon Dialer Hinkley that the
latter will call a meeting of the state Milk
mime to be held In ch York on May it»
or thereafter!“ The state contention will
he held in all probability in liar-sumo on
I June 23. a week after the Ilepubllcan na-
l iional convention.
with} l. ,1 other lads. and tool him cm.
Hm Wrist congress.
. farm, Ilia. April if.—It. IL Hist
by the lie
Sloth district. General
pnbllauof
of W and Judge
EMDA
the at dufrsof amber using ,
hllch but?” upmmmglkfifmnddmmwmumedu
world “ mug-sum“ the national «invention.
tho dd 13.1." m that» uglinmmurlcxiniov.
- "mmmfll
If
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. 318 BRILLIAH' UNIX ll SIDED.
. general. went to the colonel's bedside.
‘ Japanese war was to be the theater of big
. us out for Japan. calling from San Fran-
» ('lifn in February. isos.
. Temperance in Dayton.
“ the Montgomery county Democracy.
I ’i' M #5717]: .>
cot. contend nun.
Cerebral Apopgy Caused His
Sudden Taking Off.
“mam...” . a
Ila Woo Returning Home Ann o "ill.
hoot lo Jan-w I“ “ammo-eter'rl
My at the [haiku—Ibo" “etch of Iii. l
labors II the Newspaper I'iold.
Carlo. April Il.-—-t'oloaei John A.
(fool-rill was stricken with apoplsry in,
the barber shop of Hunt-card's hotel. 9
lie was unconscious from the beginning f
of the attack and died soon after. l
Conical L'ockeriil was out driving. up ,
paucity in prices health. On his rulul‘l: .‘
an owl lo the earlier shop at the hatch?
,aad while than he was mixed with at;
S upoploctic attack.
lie fell from the chair. .
was carried to his room. and Dr. Morison ;
, was sent for.
The dock» gave the following account!
of the can of the patient. who lay in hell ‘
partially dressed. breathing stortorously f
and absolutely unconscious: “Sly diagno ;
sis in cerebral ispuplel] from hemorrhagu ‘
It is a fatal stuck." 3
Mr. l'eiitieid. the l'nited Stain! dlplo '
matlu went in Carlo. on being notified oi
the melancholy event. loft a dinner party
i
MlJiNhl. Alilllh‘ A f‘m‘lihlllll.l..
at which he was a gnu-st. and with Mr.
Washington. the l'nitcd suites vice consul
His death was painless. lilr. Long
worth, Mr. Barney Washington and iii:
doctor witnessed the end and saw tho
body conveyed to a mortuary chapel.
hkeich of (‘nlonol Cock-rill.
There are few newspaper renders it ‘
whom the nurse of John A. Cricket-ll] lt
unknown. He has been well known as r
new-paper maker for 3'! years or more.
Win-u the fact becliiile evident that tilt
events and big news. Colonel Cockorill
By the time Ill
reached Japan most of the big fighting
was over. but the important diplometltl
battle was to cattle. Colonel Cooke-rill
wrote a series of letters to his paper. 'l'ht
lit-raid. on this. which made a comiccutlrl l
and interesting history. it was while on =
his return from this mission in the fall
out. while stopping In Cairn. attracted by l
the military preparations and the political »
situation there. that he had his fatal sell.-
urr.
John A. Cocksrlli was born in Dayton. l
0.. in 1H5. When the war broke out, lit g
enlisted in a drummer buy. and after tht l
war Ill‘f'fllllll n compositor on Thu Scion of i
llc subsequently became ono of the
clerks of the Ohio senate and next became
a partner with the famous ('lemvnt f..
\'nllnmllglmm in the publication of the.
Dayton Empire. at the time the organ of
From Dayton Colonel Cockarlli went to
llarnilton. 0., where he found employ»
meat as general reporter on a paper. Ills
Work there attracted wide attention. and
he was offered a position on the Cinoin
nutl Enquirer. which was then edited by
Washingnm McLean. lie accepted the of~
fur and began his career on a first class
newspaper as its humblest reporter. Ills
enterprise in getting news and his bright.
snappy way of writing it up soon gained
film promotion to the city editorship. He
was later made managing editor of The
Enquirer. and by his energy and enter-
prise he nmde it one of the foremost ot-
gnns in the west;
When the Russo Turkish war broke out.
he went to the scene of hostilities as ape»
rial mrrespondent for The Enquirer and
itxtlterlully added to his reputation by his
graphic dispatches.
(,‘olooel (foekerill was also successively
editor of the Washington Post. the Balti-
more American and St. Louis Post-Dis-
patCli. in all of which positions he iii-quit.
ted himself with distinction and by his
«ilorts added to the prestige and material
prosperity of those journals.
. “is New York Evporlence.
When Mr. Joseph Pulitzer took hold of
the New York World. he‘ imited Colonel
(Sol-kerlll to assume the duties of mating-
ing editor .of that paper. The success.
achieved by The World under the manage-
ment of (‘olonel (‘oelierill is of too recent
date to require rot-apitulation.
Colonel Cocknrill's next. move was tr.
assume the editorship of The Morning
Advertiser and The Commercial Adver-
tiser. in which position he remained for
three years. ‘
Ilen'as always proud of the fact that
ho had done everything about ii newepa-
per ofiice from setting typo and making
toilets in editing and direLtlng the whole
:ronwrn. Ila had filled very chair except.
perhaps. that of flnanci l reporter.
Colonel (.‘ockerill was a member of the
[1)an Legion, the Ohio society. the Rev
publican rich and the Quaint club. and
was president of the Press club for five
terms. lie was married, but had nocliii
drrn.
One who worked with him says: “Colo-
nel Coekerill was a handsome man. above
middle height and compactly built. lie
was one of the most popular men in New
York during his long residence in this
city. both ai‘nong his coworkers and among
laymen. His judgment of news was quick
and invariably correct. He nevur gave
mntradicwry orders. as his first impres-
sion of the value of matter proved to be
the best The men who Worked with him
and under him admired and loved him.
Tile loyalty of his staff was one of the
best recognitions of his journalist genius. "
Well Known Horseman Dead.
Blil‘ZWhTHRF, N. Y.. April il.—.lamcs
D. Baxter. one of the most prominent citi-
zens of this place. died at his residence
here. He was a dealer in horses and well
known in New York. Buffalo and (Ihica-
go. He wasa partner of Levi A. Show
of this place and James F. Gibson of New
York. ,
. .
uuaaLs roa sushicsse.
Waco-u
they Carton loco M at the Olympi-
Gonna.
Ararat. April ll.-iniho Incl been a
‘ the unfinished events of the Mound sec
and days of the Olympic games the Amer
loan athletes were again anecdotal.
The :00 motor race was won by Thom:
is: Burke of Bosnia in i9 mails
lioifuuui. the German champion. wm
second.
The high jump was won by Ellery H
(‘iarh of Harvard. a member of tho lit-um
team. He cleared lei centimeters.
The hurdle race of llu meters was Win
by Thomas I’. (‘uriis of Iloston in 17 ii i
seconds.
ilouldlng. the English champion. we:
second.
The stadium was packed. It is oaiiiiiat
ed that ibiwou persons ircru present.
The coats”: at the parallel Imi’n mm
T. I. lil'IlKl. I. ll. l‘LAllK.
. won by ll'latcw. German. and Zuttor. Swiss
* 'i‘iie maniac-i at climbing the pole wore
» won by the Greek athletes. Antlri, Kupou
ion and Xenakla.
The race of ill kilometers was Won by
Louis. a Greek. in ‘J hours and in min
lites. \‘auilacos illreek) was fli'i‘iilld. in :
hours. The enthusiasm of the crowd a
the conclusion of this race was very great
In l'lovcn l'ntliorno of Wear.
this Passer-en, April ll.-Notblm
has yet been done toward raising the lirit
loll ship Illnllilnofe, which capsized in tin
bay and which is nowat. tho bottom in
it under seven fathonia of water. 'l'io
consigni-es. John I). fiprerkels a (To.
will have charge of the task of raising tin
submerged vessel. The o-xpr-nso ulll i»
great. At the llrlilsh mnsulnto utcpa lmvi
been taken to provldu tiiu rescued met
with temporary llihlhlfilli'u lll lho way u
clothing and maintenance. .\ comulm
investigation of the disaster will he lmgot
next. Week. Much ndvurm comment. is ex
pressed for the captain's alleged neglect
to sufficiently ballast. his ship.
Oregon For McKinley.
Potirt..i.\'n. (lr.. April il.-’i‘be llopub
licnn slate convention adopted rewlutium
iii-trusting the delegates to the :‘t. Louli
convention for McKinley. Three delegate:
at large to the convention were elected lli
follows: A. R. ihmth. J. W. Moliirutn ant
(.‘harles Hilton. A fourth dclegataat lsrgi
has yet to be elected. The Democrat“
state convention chose delegates to the no
tlonal convention. selecting I". A. If.
titan of Multnomah county as chalrmar
of the state central committee and Hindi
congressional nominations M follows
First. district, Jefferson Myers of Lyn!
county; Second district, A. S. Bennett 0:
Warm county.
air-nod lilo liter-k to Death.
EXE'l‘i-zn, H. 1.. April ll.-—(.‘barles Ii.
Tefft. an unmarried farmer, 1i: years old.
will be exntnineil as to his sanity. A visit
to his burn revealed the fact that. althougl’.
it had been well stocked. the stalls Wen
fillet] with carcasses of starved sheep, sums
of which had lain them a month, while
olln‘l‘s recently dead had been thrown intt
corners. ’l‘wo cows. wasted to death. weri
still tied at the stanchion-l. and it drove ol
:5 sheep in the barnyard ware almost timid
from starvation. 'l'hu mows of the burr.
were loaded with buy and grain. and 'l'cfl'l
only explained the condition of affairs by
saying the rattle ‘ refused to not when fed.
Digest of the Crop Report.
Wssutxurov, April il.--'l‘ho l'nltec
States department of agriculture report
on the condition of winter grain ans
healthlof live stock April 1 says: Con
solidats-d reports from township, county
and state correspondents show a conditior
of winter wheat in nine lending states iii
follows: Pennsylvania. iii: Ohio. to
Michigan, 82; Indiana, 77;
70; Illinois. 31; Missouri. 7.3: Kansas, as
California. 91; average for tho eutiri
votintry, 77.1; last year hi. i and 56.7 it:
16in.
Cardinal (Iiirbone' Book.
BALTIMORE, April ll.—Cnrdllml Gib
bons has placed in the hands of his pull
lisbers. John Murphy & Co. of this city,
the manuscript of his new book. Thi
work is strictly religious in character and
will bear the title. “The Embassiiilor of
Christ." Ill-i eminence has devoted all of
his spare time during the past live your:
to the preparation of the work. taking it
with him during his recent trip to Eu.
rope and working upon it at such the
ments as he could spare oven at that time.
The filaughtcr of Armenian».
PORTLAND, Me. April ll.-—-T. Peter. a
member of the local Armenian colony. Illl!
received a letter from his brother. who is
in Armenia The letter describes the burn-
ing and massacre at 'I‘idoin and Kouloo.
The soldiers closed in on the Armenian-
and the sheik cried out, ”How many he
llevc in Mohammetl?" "Nails.” replied
the Armenians. Then tho butchcrybo
gun, and fully 200 ware killed. At tbs
tlrst fire I’ctcr‘s father, sister and mother
were killed.
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Died In a Dentist. Office.
Paovt’ntztvcta. April ll.—-Benjarnin (l.
Chase. aged 85 years. a man of considera-
ble prominence. dropped dead in aden-
tlst‘s ofllce. He had just recovered from
the effects .of nitrous oxide gas. He was
an intimate friend of the late General Ii.
l-'."Butler and assisted the latter in the
attempt to save the famous .r‘i,00ii,o(l(‘
Hpraguc estate after the failure of the
Hprague company.
Meeting of Humbert and William.
LONDON, April il.—A Rome dispatch
to The Daily News says: "In view of the
meeting between King Humbert and Etn-
peror William important documents have
been taken to Venice from King Ham.
bert's private chancellory and from the
foreign oilico in reference to the disciw
sion of the international situation and at-
titude in the face of possible, compiler
lions. '
Vern] and Soul-r Must Bang.
DI‘LI'TII, April if.-—Willia‘m Verill and
Joseph Sonia! were sentenced to be hanged
for the murder of Samuel do More at. Bo-
wabik on Jan. )3 last. Vcrlll is to years
of age and Scalar 17. The murder was a
most brutal one and was deliberately
for the hanging.
Weather rm
l
Kentucky”
manicure 1m.
lahackomo liotol Block.
We vary the
in
You can find i‘l't‘l'yllll
lll'lk"
South Norwalk.
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llADIE
patty. which i
I Wool
us and
ack
leviots,
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i9 MAIN ST
Nor‘walk.
REET.
ESTABLISHED in.
H. KRIEGER,
South Norwalit.
largest and best assorted
stock of
the twin ci ties.
ltl our
Coal: and Cape
Department
ilg suitable for spring wear.
is are the lowest.
H. KRIEGER,
MILLINERYl. ..
Our
554- aud 550 Main St. Bridgeport.
’ WAISlg!
M
We hav - added to our stock a line of ladies' Waists made
by the celebrated l'iiiied Shirt and (iollar Coni-
s a guarantee of their lit
. and style. . . . .
Men’s Business Suits,
$4.90, 7.50, 9.00, mm.
, $300 .-
CANN’OT'BE MATCHED! ' -
GUARANTEED As ADVER-ri‘szm
W. A. BENEDICT -& CO.
Clothiers and Furnishcrs,
SENTINEL BUILDING,
So. NorWalk.
Oil Stoves. .
Got. a. in
SOUTH NORWALK,
Gasoline Stoves -
New Process 3
Manhattan junior!
Insurance l
Jewel !
Majestic !
Process !
- Florence i
U I
. Gem !
Cable !
sin and West Streets,
1’
SCHAUB’S A MARKET,
38.Washin‘gton Steet, So. Moment. '
Hzaoquanrcws row
Generally fur; southerly whoa-
SCHAUB’S MARKET.
NASH '8. VANSCOY,
CONNECTICUT
/
First-Class - Meats”
planned. The governor will fix the do“
Norwalk Chronicler