dominion—so. n
' numerals-anesthesia:
“no on ens-s. with as.
‘ barman-am.
The ’Norwslk police made a clever
capture at an early hour this morning
in the arrest of John Owens, who. it let
allied. was arrested in the act of hur-
giat'lilhg James Henry Hoyt‘s store in
Water street.
qus was formerly employed 1 by
alludidy't as a bartender and had a
thorough knowledge of the premises.
it is believed that his arrest is the col—
initiation of aseriss of thefts that have
been committed there at various times
within the past two months. Owens’
connection with the piece having end-
ed at that time.
At first hit. Hoyt could get no clue
to the mysterious manner in which his
best bundles. whistles and cigars and
change from the cash We! disap»
neared. but he determined to make an
. investigation.
He learned that Henry Gage. a Nor-
walk man. had seen om. coming out
of the front dour of the saloon at i
o'clocklest Sunday morning with a
bottle of handy in his hand
This clue was reported to the Nor-
walk police. and a conference was held
between Chief of Police Bradley and
layer Glover. which resulted in Spe—
cial Ollcer Hunt being engaged to
watch the premises. while Odlcer Ken-
ney strolled about his best as usual.
Forenme time it has been the custom
of Ovens to make his appearance upon
the streets about 4 o'clock in the morn»
ing. After hanging about chatting
with Oleer Keaney for a time he
would watch his chance. and when the
oilicer was on of the way he would
suddenly min; Water street.
Owens was hand each morning
this week. but the conditions were not.
ripe for another haul bananas of too
m‘ ' E we:
. cash iiuat was miles from an
olice in the W building and saw
Owens hurryyup to the front door of
the saloon. haatily unlock the door and
disappear Inside.
Blowing hiswhiatle for Oilicer Ken-
ney. Officer-Hunt hastened down Wa-
ter street. followed by Dulcer Kenney.
The officers found the saloon door
open with the key in the lock. while
their man was at work inside.
"Come on.’.lohn." said Officer llunt.
poking hie head inside the door.
“You came once too often. Owensfl
interposed Oillcer Kenncy.
"That's what i did." good-naturally
“responded Owens.
He then came out and the oflicers
escorted him to police headquarters.
where he was searched and 82.50 in
silver was found.
A search of Owens‘ trunk at his
boarding place revealed a pair of shoes
and a necktie owned by lilr .iloyt. as
well as a bus of cigars. several empty
flasks and a silver ilask. a relic left
to Iir. Hoyt by the late Frederick St.
John.
The key used by Owen» is one which
he evidently made himself and titted
to the lock.
A marked one~dolinr bill which was
in Mr. Hoyt's cash drawcr as a ball
. l's misting. but It is believed that
Owens became suspicions that it might
be marked and destroyed it.
The plumbing was examined this
morning with the expectation of lind-
ing the money. but the search was un-
-, successful.
“ Owens will probably be examined in
the Town Court this afternoon. and
bound over to the next term of the Eu-
psrior Court for trial.
01”“!!an or man
W
I'M and m test for lead t
lens-ea lane-nu My.
a Hons-u will launch today
the shipyard of William little".
at Stafford. a boat 43 test in length.
llfsst in width. and lit feet in depth,
titled with a Gillie lt-hnrse power
Mine angina. with all the latest bv
i
is
‘ has me who society of‘tbe
« l” Norwalk Baptist church. have
._ -' armed for a unique sort of meeting
at the church next lionday‘evening. it
will take the character of a parliament
of religions. Several of the members
will represent iconiusciusllm. Buddh-
ism. liohammodanlsm and Chrlatlam
ity, dmd in native costumes. while
they tell the stories of how people. ee-
pscially the women and girls. live un-
der mess various forms of religious be-
lief. A Hindu widow will tell the pa~
thetic story of her life. Special music
will be furnished by s quartette.
This society new numbers nearly 60
members. and during the past winter
the meetings have been noted for their
pleasing variety. attractiveness and
large attendance. A great deal of en-
thusiasm has attended them in all their
efforts. The meeting planned for next
Holiday evening will he one of the best
of the season in point oi interest and
instructivencss. These young people
have proven that it is possible to pre-
sent the various missionary interests
in a thoroughly live and attractive
way. Their gatherings are never dull.
and no special effort aside from that
put into the preparing and giving oi
their excellent programmes is needed
to insure a large attendance. Owing
to the very special character of the
parliament of religions and the inter-
est already shown. this meeting will
he held in the auditorium oi the church
in order to better accommodate the
large number who will wish to attend.
Everybody will be welcomed. Monday
evening. March 28. at 7:45 o'clock.
Topicsforloondfsble Won.
In the round table discussion at the
Central club next Monday evening at
8 o'clock. the following topics will he
treated: The Present and Future (low
ornment oi Our Town. John ll. Light;
Our Need of Good Roads. lion. E. ii.
Keeler; Our Need of Church llnlty,
Dr. Gerald ll. Beard: Our Business
Noah. Frank A. Ferris; Our Need of
Gaol Roads. Samuel Richards Weed,
of Hilbrook. Rowayton; Our Need of
51* Spirit. Dr. T. K. Nbble. Dr. A.
I'. hid will also speak if he is in
. town. Each member of the Central
dabls entitled to invite one genth
man: no invitations to ladies outside
the club. The members oi the Nor-
.walk slab are invited in a body.
‘1. season "DWI"!
fl hanks with Warmth legarding
has Val-mini Itaumsnts.
Key West. Fla. limb 24.—Rear Ad-
miral Blcard said to a correspondent
last night that the linited States naval
court of inquiry into the loss of the
battleship Maine was not yet dissolved.
He added: "i expect to dissolve it in
n few days. i am almost certain that
the Washington authorities will not
require any further investigation."
(Yoiumandcr hlcCalla. of the United
crulscr Msrblchcad. left bla ship in the
harbor yesterday and sailed last night
on the Olchtte for Tampa. it is pre.
earned his visit is in connection with
the investigation conducted there-and
hm by Captain Barker.
Miss Clara Barton. president of the
lied t'rosa society of the United Stall-s.
who has Just returned from llovaua.
whcn soon yesterday evening in licr
('fllllli on board the Ollvr-ilc. said: "i
wish to any to the whole world through
the Associated Press tho! the plililislm
ctl statements regarding tllacuslona in
tho ltcd (miss eta-lcty. turdlnosu in nope
plying relief after its arrival in Cuba.
and the stories of my own fwblc
health arc utterly without foundation.
Provisions are reaching the suffering
Cubans with commendable prompt-
ness. The statement that my bcaith
or mental powers are impaired is cruv
cily false. The dimension emanates
from outside. and not from inside, the
lied Cross."
Miss llorton was intensely indignant
on this sublect and spoke with suitable
erable warmth. it was the brat time
in her life. she declared that 'Ilcroga~
tory stallsnents” had been published
slumt her work. Continuing site said:
"During the six weeks i have beam in
Cuba the mlltiou of starving thous-
ands has much Improved. thanks to
the generosity of the American people.
dilll much more remains to be done.
and it arson hard that work of this
description is hampered by external
criticism and interference. Spaniards.
Cuban and American ulciale have
done all in their power to help. taking
ranch nestled relief to the caterers.
The mm that the lipaniards do
anything to retard the distribution of
provisions is moons.
”ism returning to my home ill
via-stance. he
Cubs W.
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_NN.. THUMDAY.mH 24.1898. .
RICO
News Reached the Navy Department T odey
that the Spanish Torpedo Boats had
i
, Left the Canary [Bl " nds.
ABSENT CilNGRESS N
wmsn TO BE ssmr.
—-,-——-
Rumored in Washington that the President has
L Message to Congress, Announcing his Po 2
to the Cubans-Aligning Bob Evans Tat _
lows—Captain Slgsbee and Other Officers '
7 Dictate to Send a
of Seeding Relief
Command of the
cited from liaise.
Washington, March 24.—Caplain
Robley D. Evans. better known as
Fighting Bob Evans. reached here to-
day and was immediately ordered to
take command of the Iowa. Captain
Sampson, of the lows, and also of the
Maine court of inquiry. has been ex—
pected to take command of the North
Atlantic fleet, relieving Admiral Sicard.
who is ill. Commander W. s. Scblcy
will. in all probability. be placed in
command oi the squadron at Hampton
Roads.
an MOI"!!! I‘m.
llancolsfussstolilowlttobsllnwn
up With Dynamite.
Madrid. March Zl—A scml-udlclsl
note lust Issued says:
“At the Cabinet meeting yesterday
Senor Sagasta. the premier. read a tel~
gram from Captain General Blanca
saying that the captain of the Helm:
had requested permission to blow up
the wreck with dynamite and thit per-
mission to do so had been refused him.
The cabinet empowered the minister
for foreign alfairs, Senor Cullen, to
watch the situation with the view of
seeing iuatlec done and defending the
rights of lipaln.
‘The minister of finance. Senor Pul-
gcerver, declared the resources were
sulliclent for all war expenses until
the new chambers meet."
The note is absolutely reserved in
regard to the Spanish mmmlsslon rc-
port. on the loss of the Maine.
ligsbss Detached from the Idea.
Washington. March 24-0rdcrs were
laaued today detaching Captain Fillie-
bec and 0th odlccrs from the but.
ilcshlp Maine at Havana. and ordering
them to proceed home and await or-
dcrs. This order includes all the of-
ilcera except Captain \Vainright. who
is in charge of the wrecking opera-
tions, where he will remain until they
are completed.
Ipaalab'l'rsssury Bonds.
London. Mnrcll 2i~A siwcioi lilac
patch from Madrid suya the Spanish
cabinet derided yctllcrduy cvv-ulllg to
create treasury bonds to the amount of
200.000.000 pcsctus. upon the guarantee
of thc bank of spam. The ld’nuon ug-
enta of the bank of lipain say they
have heard nothing to confirm the
attainment. ond they add tlwy would
undoubtruily have heard it bad it been
a fact.
last and Galas in Ingland.
London. March 24.n«linow and sicol
is falling today in various parts of the
United Kingdom. while heavy sales are
sweeping the coasts and causing ves-
sels to seek shelter in the harbors A
blizzard is raging in lierbysbirr. im-
pcrrllllng the docks and pedestrians.
Terror an Anchor.
New York. arch 24»Wbile getting
under way for Key West this owning
the monitor Terror lost an anchm. A
wrecking m is dredging for it.nnli the
monitor will proceed llouill as soon as
it has been recovered.
hater Mates on ones.
Washington. ilareb 2+»ilenator
Thurston. of Nebraska. delivered an
tutors-rive speech in the Beasts nalay
on tile semen of Cuba.
Destiny's After Goal.
Dahlia. listen zl-«Two Bosnian tor;
psdo boat destroyers sailed irons Kim
town for Naipaul. muse. this
hereinaftsreoaiiag.
fists-serge .
WMMW e
New York, _' h 24~The Evening
World prints a is] from Washing-
ton that Speak Reed has instructed
the sergeant ms to wire every ah»
i at the session of
the House ‘ The dispatch also
ssysthatitis ' thatthe presi—
dent had decld {to send a mespge to
Congress. unouhclng his purpose oi
sending relief to the Cubans. and that
the action of the speaker was the re-
sult.
mmuhmflq.
Washington. larch 2i.-News has
reached the navy department that the
ilpsuislt torpedo boat flotilla has left
the Canary islands for Porto Rico.
New York. li'arch et—rsa stem:
Nourmshal. beinngln to John J. Ao-
tor. from New Orleans. liarcb 19. ar-
rived berc this nitrates.
”Mn——
Wichita. Kan. Mallet 24.—~.lamos hi.
Davis. a wealth! Quaker of St. Louis.
has becomothr resell! Garfield unl~
vcrslty. Davis preaents it to the so-
ciety of Friends, who will establish and
maintain a nstmnsl university.
.—
IA‘TIEI or 41 mass.
A Killingly Ian with Nearly a lisgi~
meat of Descendants.
A short ride from Moosup. in what is
known all the Sparks district. in the
lantern part of Killingly. lives ln-vl
llrndsbaw, ohmc record for wpulst
log the earth is such that he deserves
to become tannins. Bradshaw omit
grated from Canada and has lived in
that vicinity for about thirteen years.
lit- in now in in» list year. He has
lit-cu married tbi'cc tlmcn, and he is
the father oi forty-one children. forty
of whom are now living. Iiy his first
wife he had six children. including it
pulr of twins. ills scmnd wife borr-
blm twentyciour children. half of
whom were twins. ills present wlic
proscultvl him with eleven children.
lirndllbuw was not over ll years old
when he married llil' first time. The
l'lllf‘ill son is now ll. flllll bus several
children and grandchildren. Twenty,
bloc of tlio old man's Moms and dough—
lvl'u urt- married. and all have children.
Tim grandfather docs not know just
how lingo his fondly of grandchildren
null areat-gmmirhlldrcu baa ilfi'lil’flt‘.
lie can enumerate up to lot). but he is
in tho dork no lo the remainder. llc
intimates that they may run up to 200
or so.
The Klilingiy patriarch married his
lost wife in Danlcleoh thirteen years
ago. Only one out of her eleven chil-
dren has died. The death occurred at
birth a few months am The mt so!
healthy and ruined. like the father.
Mr. Bradshaw is believed to be the
banner fstiier of New England. and
the trooper grandfather of the lTnlird
States.
The family live at a fork in the nude
in what is known as the fillippre
st-bnoihmise. it is a little nan-story
structure. and having been abandonrvl
for school use new time ago. now
shelters as bright a lot of oblivion: as
probably have ever liven under its
When a reporter callcd at live door
’lassss. and they looked frolicsowse and
very sweet. thumb perhaps not sit.
lamina had
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llaodsthsthavs‘ no Iona! lines the
Mable lies of lfll.
Plttsburg. Pa. Ilarch u—Lsat night
reports from all surrounding towns
give ilood news equalling those of 1891.
At East Liverpool the river pottery
factories are under water, many thou-
sand oi dollars of damage will result.
At Steubenvllie. 0.. the river has
reached forty feet and dve feet more is
expected. Fully dfty families along
Water street have moved to higher
ground.
The Cleveland and Plttsburg and the
Lake Erie and New Cumberland
branch railroads are covered with
from two to live feet of water.
At Beaver Falls the-flood in the Ben-
ver river is within a foot of the flood
mark of 1884 and the water is still
rising at the rate of two inches an
hour. All factories along the river
banks are shut down.
At Sharpsburg the mills are general-
ly shut down. At least 1,800 men will
be thrown out of employment.
At Freeport all the lower part of the
town is under water from two to
twelve feet.
At Tarentum the town is badly flood-
ed. The Tarenium and Creighton fac-
tories of the plate glass trtmt have
been entirely submerged and the dam-
age will be enormous.
At Newcastle the storm last night
and early this morning was the never-
est that has occurred in this section for
many years and as a consequence a
large part of Lawrence county is under
water. The damage done in one way
or another in the county will reach
8100.000.
At 2 a. m.. the galore recorded 29 feet
9 inches and still rising.
Cincinnati. 0.. March 24——At midv
night the river here was it; fem and 2
inches. having risen 3 inches in the
last three hours. A driuling rain is
falling and the clouds threaten more
rain.
Every railroad entering i’iltsbolg is
crippled by the floods. except the Penn-
sylvnnla and Baltimore and Ohio main
lines east. On these roads trains are
moving as usual. Freight traffic went
is completely paralysed.
0n the i’ittsburg and sttern wash-
outs and landslides will intcmlpt trav-
el for several days. The Plttsburg and
Lake Erie is compelled to transfer pas-
sengers at Saw him run. when for
Leon feet the 'racks are under water.
(in the Aliqheay Valley ralimad no
trains have been run since Tuesday
afternoon.
A sudden and decided full in tem-
pcrature checked the now in the bead‘
water streams this morning anti the
water in the rivers here is now falling
rapidly. At ill o'clock it had declined
one ftml.
The rise, while not quite equalling
the flood of ism. was the most dcsiruc.
iivl- since the memorable one of lxfli.
The financial load will run up well into
the hundreds of thousands. The low-
iliiltlll of tho t‘lilv's ll! I'iiulbill'g and Al-
lcghcny are under water and it will be
a week or more before business in the
sections visited by the frcsbct has rc-
sutncd iiil normal condition.
The major part of the floods devas-
tation is above Pittsburg. on the Alie:
gheny river. in Sharpsburg. allivsie
and Ellis there were many bad wash-
mils. All the railroads (watering in
Pillsbury and Allegheny were I'rlpplcd,
outwwlnlly the l’liiaburg and Western
nod Wool Pennsylvania roads. Open.
ovations on ilwso two "aids are prac-
tically ulsptmdt‘vli and may not be re-
soup-d for it work. No loss of ”in has
been roptmmi,
filivrrmlsvlllc, flitlo, March 2l.~~~"i‘llla
plot-c is rmnplclt-ly illuslml and busi-
lives in entirely suspended. The Wheel.
log and lake Eric railroad tracks
have boon washed away for four
mile». thr- t‘lovelanll. Canton and
same condition. and this town is out
off from all railroad cunnmlons.
I'm m a follow.
lirangelmrg. ill?» March Ziml’rof.
.l. W. Hoffman. of the state colored rol—
lvwe of ninth Carolina. has been elect-
ed a fellow of the American ileograpb‘
lcai «misty at its annual meeting held
in New York city. It is the first in-
stance in which a negro has been bow
oral as a fellow in this assttriatitm.
Intestinal 'slsalth.
”moon. March le’l’hs foreign of-
fice has issued a statement to the ef~
feet that there is no truth whatever in
the statement made bytheliailberona
leis today that the long cabinet conn-
ril on Monday was called to consider
an intimation from the Marquis of Isl.
lsbsry of his desire. acting under wisd-
loal advise. to assign the premiership
Southern railroad is in practically the I
illilllllllllllllfl
Attorneys llonoeclter it Keoghwlll
Defend Frederick ll. Breckkaas.
THEY VISIT llll Ill lllL‘
tneYonnglan’sParsntssreW
heisauiltlessofthecommln
the turtles of David I. I.
LambertatWilloll.
Attorneys lionnecker ls Keogh have
been retained as counsel for Frederick
Max Brorkhaus. one of the alleged
murderers of David S. R. inmbcrt. in
Wilton. last December.
llrockhaus' parents are determined
that he shall have every opportunity
possible to clear himself of the charge.
They are positive that he is gnlltless.
holding that if he went to the house on
the night of the murder he did so at
the solicitation of Benny Willis. and
that the latter did the shooting.
Messrs. lionneclter and Ketgh ac-
companied Brockham' parents who re-
side in New York city. to the jail in
Bridgeport. yesterday. and held a con-
vemtlon with the prisoner. although
not much was sold in regard to the
case. Mr. Honncrker intends to see
the accused again this week. Brock-
haus, who is a native of Germany. has
been in this country only about illrr-e
years. but speaks good English. His
parents have been in the l’nitcvl States
less than two years. and do not under—
stand a word of English. They took a
quantity of fruit and wearing apparel
to their son. yesterday. and the mect~
lug between them was very affecting.
I! is expected that Brockhaus and
Willis will be tried at the lay term
of the Superior Court.
WANTED.
WANTED—(lid at ones in Rural
housework. Apply at 21 Union
street. l’nion Hum. “at
WANTED—Situation as machine
and gardener. ap 32, married. on
children. thoroughly andvatands
care of doc horses and carriages.
gardens. lawns. roads. cows and
poultry. Wife ilrabclass waiter.
Protestants. Six years' but refer-
ence. Apply. 34 Spring street. South
Norwalk. unity
WANTED—Stamford and South Nor-
walk National bank stock. hock
Box, 320. liouth Norwalk. mil 2w
MISCELLANEOUS.
TAILOR MADE Si’lTfi—aning taken
the agency for Wanamaker and
Brown. of Philadelphia. l’u.. i am
proparcd to furnish in the latest
suit-s twill-9'. mines' and t'l’illlll’l-n's
tailor~matle suits. silk waists. lllllli~
mer underwear. hosiery and bicycle
suits; also men's and boy's suits
trendy made or made to measurel
underwear. hosiery.
with cap to match, bicycle storkingu.
etc. l'uil dim suits and uniform
suits a specially. i will be pit-used
to call with styles and samples of
goods upon all who will send postal
card addressed to W. R. iicymmir.
Agent. South Norwnlk. Conn.
m2lzt
HAVE YOUR PIANO 'i'llNl-il)»~l). M.
Lockwoml. piano main-r. tuner and
repairer. Ten years' factory exper-
lance. Again for the old reliable
hit-Phail pianos. Repair shop and
wareroorns, s and lo North Iain 8t.
upstairs. South Norwaik. Orders by
mail will receive m attention.
mail ”it
FOR 03“.
run akin-4A “its; out... team of
chestnut robs: Mirna hands high,
eight years old; will ht.- sold cheap
for want of use. Price. to». Auto
out Bmkinann. 2i filmlirook on.
one. Stamford. iron». in” at
mu BAlzwA row and young rail.
Inquire oi Prentiaa. Wotaiward ave-
nue. iloutb Norwaik. Conn. unlit
mil SAWA Chickerlag IfIIch
grand piano. Inquire of Nine Bette.
is last arenas. Novwaik. mti if
mil-elm Imminent
.hargalns. Applyw. W. W"
. Is
bicycle suits. ‘
no RENT-in Darleli, .. .1,
month. Apply to A. e. =
70 m —House No. s um,
seven rooms. All modern
vments. inquire of Taylor.
deli. ‘ i
To LET—~Four‘front roman .,
block. over grocery storm
painted and papered. Rent.
vply to J. lrving Dibble...
coal olilce, or at lodel"
North Main street.
TO LET—Ammonia No.
Main street. 5 rooms. rent
second lloor No. ill Day .
87. Apply to or M
Youngs. 42 East avenue, ‘
walk. Conn. '
1‘0 RENT—lower half of noises,
all modern convenience and;
garden. 17 Chapel street.
Item. 39 per month. inquire
premises.
T0 LET—Lower apartments
shall street. Water and m
na'tions. Possession at m .
ucl T. Hatch. ‘ 5 '
TO LET—Dower part of limp,
Hanford place. Five mfg.
two in attic. inquire No. 1%
Main street. A. 1'. Km.
'ro LET-Half of house. :1 lim
Norwalk. all momenta, ‘
moderate. %;
1'0 LET—Cottage with all ' '
movements, No. 7 Lynne Place;
renewable. inquire of Cool”
Lyrics, 9 Main street. NOW“.
.21
TO LET~Four room apartments ‘
Dibbie's block, over grocery W
All improvements. Newly M
and papered. Front 88; rear,
bin. at Ferrls‘ coal office, or at Hols-
el Grocery. 321
T0 LET—House and barn on straw"
berry Hill ll room cottage). Juanita.
of C. L. Hyatt, Strawberry lull. ,
11- '
{fl
T0 LET—~Ffom AM] hi.
’ ('ourtlandt place. All
a)
ments. inquire of Taylor I
'ro LET—leven rooms. st ll
avenue: six rooms. Music Hill
suitable for oillcea; brat ”I.
rooms, No. in Union street. I. A.
Woodward. '
1’0 LET—One four room
first floor; also small Mint. ave-
rooms; rents moderate to small fads
tiles. Water and sewer mm
6. i‘lnulenbeek, 23 Orchard atrial.
mitt!
T0 LET—A pleasant seven'rooli can
tagc. one minute from trolley. Wet»
or and sewer connection. and Maser
in. Kent. ll: per month. inquire
of l-'. E. Quintard, lit Iain M
Norwalk. all if "
To RENT—Four-room apartments. 1st
story rear. rent 88; also murm-
apartments, full story front. Int.
39; over D. W. Raymond's. 98 W“-
ington street. windows la "'3‘”
morn. ~llails lighted. :m [it
cleaned. inquire chine Old Well on
gar company. 83 Washington am“
' M
To Lulu-The second and third I!“
of the inntard bulldlngmoraan
and Knight streets. Norwalk. 4 ,
able for odices. W rooms, or
manufacturing. lunt
inquire of l’. B. Qaintard. I“ f
street. Norwaia. or I'. ll.
5 Washinston street. m
Israels of ilailsbury. it is uncured.
is very ranch stronger. in better health
and starts for the illness on filter.
I’- day.
mas-am.
Washington. listen m pessi-
deatmnththedensietohythsasai-
iaatisaoilndaeaWJlbmana.
mummified-slay.
‘ao ‘ ‘ ' use
and the ferries secrstaryship. The ”
..,
soar.
i.oll“r--A gold tame stick sis between
(foiby's easily salve. lists street.
Norwalk. and It. Ian's coma.
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