One» Cent. Absolutely Independent. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1891. N0 WOMAN NEED_;APPLY. The Chicago Presbytery seems to be wrestling with a most momentous question, it being nothing more nor less than that of opening another door to women. Shall women be admitted to the ofii- cial circle as deaconesses? was the question which sent a shiver through the anatomy of many a good brother. It seems that a committee had been previously appointed to consider the overture of the General Assembly re- specting the selection of deaconesses. The committee’s exhaustive report set forth that a careful search of the Bible and of sacred and profane history fail- ed to show that any such office had been recognized by the early Church. Unless ancient records are romances time was when it would have been as much as a woman’s life was worth to have related her “experience” in pray-' or meeting, and we need not go very deeply into history to learn that wom- en were the “bewers of wood and the drawers of water” by a large majority. But times have changed since then. The writers of so-called profane histo- ry were men, but it is safe to assert that if the women of those days wroz‘c no profane “history they no doubt Mung/1t it, and often felt like taking a hand in it. The deacon of to-day who is afraid to salute his good wife as a deaconess, is, to all intents and purposes a: worthy descendant of the gentlemen of anti- quity who slept on feathers, (if there were any,) while his other half had to hustle with the rest of the herd for barn room. Great days those for women ; for the motherhood generally, but we are in the sunlight of the Nine- teenth century, and the man who is afraid to compete with woman for worldly honors or emoluments un- doubtedly has just cause to fear the re- sult of such competition. On that ground, perhaps, he is more to be pit- ied than blamed. _ 4 ,, ,_. _ I. Seven thousand Chicagoans, who subscribed $600,000 toward the VVorld’s Fair fund, refuse to pay the first as- sessment on their subscriptions and are to be sued forthwith. W’hich reminds us that if you sue a beggar you gener- ally catch a—well, the same kind of a quadruped that cannot escape from a fine tooth comb. -- ”-14-, _ .. ._- Despite an occurrence which might have . downed forever any other public man. it is apparent that Charles Stew- art Parnell, more than any other man, is still the greatest force in the Irish Nationalist party. His wonderful pow- er and executive ability were never quite so conspicuous as at the present time. <_._>__..-1 The Senate on Saturday confirmed Thomas N. Hart to be Postmaster at Boston; N: L. Frothingham, of Mas- sachusetts, Assistant Commissioner of Patents; Henry B. Atherton, of New Hampshire, Land Commissioner; W. H. Doherty, U. S. Marshal for Massa- chusetts. Collector Erhardt’s decision award- ing the cartage contract to the lowest bidder has been reversed. Attorney General Miller says this is not a Gov- ernment contract, and therefore need not go to the lowest bidder. Being worth $300,000 a year, it will go with a pull. __-..--._4-,___.-__ Affairs in Hawaii are in queer shape since the death of Kalakaua, and Queen Kapiolani expects any minute to be called on to exchange her crown for a sun bonnet. ————4~—<o->~r— —. — BRIEF DIENTION. The pope celebrated his eighty-first birth- day in the Vatican at Rome, receiving a visit from the college of cardinals. Frank McGrath, president of the Kansas Farmers‘ Alliance, has announced that the Alliance in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri will make arrangements in the spring to handle the grain and control the market in those four states. It was rumored in the treasury depart- ment in \Vashington that ex-Secretary Mc- Culloch was dead, but the rumor proved to be untrue. The ex~secretary is, how— ever, suffering from a s'cvere cold. The president has approved the bill to refund the direct tax to the states that paid it. The mandate in the cases of George S. Key, Henry Jones and Edward Smith, the three Navassa rioters who are under sen- tence of death, was received from the United States supreme court in Baltimore - by James M. Chew, clerk of the United States circuit court. The prisoners will now have to be brought into court and re- sentenced to be hanged. An effort will then be made to get the president to com- mute their sentence. The on'é hundredth anniversary of the death of John \Vesley was celebrated in London, a statue in his honor being un— veiled in front of the City Road chapel. The house of representatives passed the senate bill appropriating $2,000,000 for a new mint building in Philadelphia. A meeting of business men was held in New York to take steps looking to the erection of an equestrian statue of the late Gen. William T. Sherman. About $6,000 was raised. It was thought that about $35,000 would be required for the work. Reports from Toronto and Ottawa, Can- ada, are to the effect that the Liberal party is more hopeful of carrying the election, although it is believed the Conservatives will be elected by a small majority. Rev. Dr. Talmage, of Brooklyn, has sent a letter to Senator Hiscock and Repre- sentative Cummings asking that the Bible be put on the free list in the copyright bill ~ now before congress. DAILY - Non-WALK- GAZETTE. R L.’ BROTHERTON, Sign and Carriage ’ O A P-ECULIAR ,HIDING PLACE. ‘ IA Horse Thief Caught .in a Cave Under . His Sister's Bed. CLEVELAND, March 4.—Tom Graham, 8 horse thief who escaped from the Pains- ville jail ten days ago, was captured at the home of his father in this city late at night. Believing that Graham was concealed somewhere about his father’s premises, Sheriff Ryan surrounded the house with a posse of deputies and then began to search the house. While searching a bedroom occupied by Graham’s two sisters, Ryan saw something under the bed in which they were lying that aroused his suspicion, and he. invited the young women to leave the room. They positively refused, and the bed with its~ occupants Were lifted bodily to one side. Underneath the carpet was found a trap door. This was lifted and found to lead to a sort of cave, but a tunnel, about the size of a man’s body, led out of it, and while Ryan guarded the entrance a po— liceman commenced chopping through the dining room floor to find the other end of the tunnel. As he struck the second blow a voice cried out, “Hold on! I will give in!” and Grahan slowly backed himself out into the cave, where Ryan captured him. T‘VENTY—THREE LIVES LOST. A Furious Gale on the James River Does Deadly Work. NORFOLK, Va, March 4.———Information which has just been received from New- port News says that the terrific gale of last Thursday night played havoc on and in the vicinity of the James river. Among the losses reported is that of a large sloop, capsized at the mouth of Warwick river, about ten miles from Newport News, re- sulting in the loss of the entire crew of fourteen men. At the mouth of Walter’s creek, near the James river, a. yacht capsized and seven men lost their lives. Two men in a. canoe near the same place were out in the gale and no information has been received of them. It is thought the list, which is already swollen to twenty-three, will reach many more when full reports from the storm swept region are received. It is said dead bodies floating by Newport News yester- day were a common sight. A Condemned Murderer Escapes. QUINCY, llls., March 4.—-—The whole city is excited over the escape of the condemned murderer, Dan Porter, from the county jail. Porter was to have been hanged March 20 for the murder of E. D. Smith. Porter had by some means procured an impression of the locks of the jail doors, and with a knife, broom handle and the metal of a mouth harmonica made dupli‘ cate keys. He opened his cell door, passed into the corridor, opened that door and then into the jailer’s room. There he sc- cured a couple of revolvers, and then he went into the bath room. There he met the sheriff, who was taking a bath, and drove him out at the point of the pistol. Porter then made his escape. Posses have been scouring the country all around Quincy all day, but not the slightest clew to the fugitive has been discovered. She Made Faces at the Pastor. RACINE, Wis, March 4.—During the serv— ices at the German Congregational church Sunday Mrs. Fred Albrecht made faces and laughed at the pastor, the Rev. H. 0. Hanson. The woman was ejected from the church by a trustee. Tuesday morn- ing Mrs. Albrecht issued a warrant for the arrest of the trustee, charging him with assault and battery. He in turn had her arrested for disturbing a religious meeting. Last June Mrs. Albrecht was expelled from the church for having the pastor ar- rested on a charge of using abusive lan- guage to her, and since then has been in the habit of making faces and sneering at the pastor during the services. . Now He Will Sue for Damages. CHICAGO, March 4.—James T. Connorton, who killed Michael Haggerty in 8. Clark street saloon and was acquitted by a jury in the criminal court, has brought suit for 820,~ 000 damages against the men who he alleges conspired to bring about the fatal affray in which Haggerty was slain and the plain- tiff was dangerously wounded. The de- fendants are John Condon, Patrick Ryan, Samuel Palmer and James A. Webb. It is asserted by Connorton that the quartet constitute the head of the so-called gam- blers’ trust and that they wanted to put him out of the way because he had labored against the combine. Sequel to the Train Robbery. Los ANGELES, Cal, March 4.—About a month ago a train was held up by three men at Alila, and in the fight that fol- lowed the fireman of the train was shot dead. The police have succeeded in capt- uring two of the robbers. One is now in jail at Tulare, and word has just been re- ceived of the capture of another at San Luis, Obispo county. The third man is believed to be in this city under medical treatment, having been wounded in the fight with the train hands. Detectives are coping a close watch upon him. Not the Victim He Intended. ST. LOUIS, March 4.—-Miss Mary Bohm, a young, lady living at 1,320 North Tenth street, was shot and fatally wounded while passing in front of a saloon kept by Michael Schwab, at 1,013 O’Fallon street. The ball struck her in the left eye, and is lodged in her brain. It was fired from a revolver in the hands of John Schultz, and was intended for his brother- in-law, Michael Schwab, with whom he was quarreling. - ‘ An Aged Widow Burned to Death. CHELSEA, Mass, March 4.—\frs. John F. Drake, an aged widow, was burned to death in her home at 31 Ash street. The body was found on the kitchen floor by a neighbor, who heard the groans of the un- fortunate woman, but who reached her too late to give any succor. It is not known exactly how the fatality was brought about. Mrs. Drake was born in England over seventy years ago. Fell Overboard and Drowned. RICHMOND, Va, March 4.—Private in~ formation received here from Newport News states that Chief Engineer Edward Gray, of the British steamship Melbourne, while walking to a companion ship, the Queensland, lost his fOoting, fell over- board and was drowned. Ten Bloody Rounds. BEAinwooD, Ills., March 4—Con Doyle, of, Chicago, and Scotty McDermott, of Streator, fought ten bloody rounds here, when Referee DixOn decided the battle in Doyle’s favor. Opinion seems equally divided as to the merits of the decision. Must Light the Tunnel. New YORK, March‘ 4.—The board of alder-men at their meeting Tuesday passed an ordinance compelling the Central Rail- roadcompany to light the Fourth Avenue tunnel with electricity. ' "street, New York City. URGLAH— , _ BELLS, _ ' ALARMS. AnnunmatorsuAutomatlc Gas Lighting and Electric W1r1ng in all its branches and satis- ELECTRIC . ~———- Painter. All work promptl attended to. Shep rear of Gregory’s Livery ‘table._6t45 MISS ANNIE 'E. HALL, . Voice .Culture, _ ‘ 104 MAIN swarm, 110377.452, 110151?” Wm. Sheldon, Stone, Buck and Sewer Contractor. Curbing, Flagging and House Connections. 1125 Lock Box 36, Norwalk. M TH 85 CO.’S or address . .CHARLES RILEY. Norwalk. LAM CHOWDER—Wald. Copnms is pre- . pared to supply. families With his Cele- brated Clam Chowder at 20 cents per quart and 75 cents per gallon. All prders received at restaurant delivered at resulences without extra charge. ' For Sale or To Rent. HE PROPERTY of Mrs. O. S. Ferry on East avenue, Norwalk, Conn. Apply to Mus. FERRY at 1421 K street, Washington, 0.; or to ME. E. J. HANCY. No. 36 Wall 111'11111111311111.1111 Theodor—ejloleman, FURNITURE, Estray Chickens. EVERAL Estray Fowls are on the premises _ of the subscriber at No. ,1 Mott avenue, w neh the owner can have on provmg property and paying charges. 3t45n - . T. HENDRICKS. Notice. I HAVE belonging to the Insolvent Estate of BURR CABLES a small place near the Step- ney Depot, in the town of Monroe, containing about seven acres of land With a_ small _house thereon, which I W111 sell. It IS Within ten minutes walk of the depot and has some good timber on it. Address me at Norwalk, Conn. Norwalk, Februaryglsth, 1891. 202 21242 C. . COOLIDGE, Trustee. Frank H. Baxter, — 3mm PHARMACIST, 8 Main Street, South Norwalk. Must Be Sold. FARM of 35 Acres, all Meadow and Pasture and. Dwelling House, nlne rooms, about 20 years old. Large barn and cow house nearly new- Five hundred peach trees in full bearing. Apples, grapes and small fruits in abundance. Situated two miles fromNorwalk Budge, on the mam road to New Canaan, on high ground. Fine VleW of Long Island Sound. Price $4,000. Must be sold to settle an estate. . For further particulars en uire of - . ,3 O. E, 9mg.) Pull Hard, Never Rlp No. 3 GAZETTE Building. Norwalk. Ct. P E N 'I' S $500 REWARD I Thats the Kind to Buy! ARoqudD.;f.uuse..umms333.39 3113,1150, W21 W51 $'-5°- TAFT BROS, And everything pertaining to the Furniture Busmess, AND 204 WASHINGTON ST., SOUTH NORWALK. tf'40 Norwalk for the arrest and conviction of the party or parties setting any of the recent incendiary fires in said town, or any suchfit‘lmt ' 0 may occur hereafter SAM I ‘ ‘ ‘ NELEE‘ £9,8ng wiggtgggnot Wall Street, Norwalk OSCAR W. RAYMOND, of Norwalk. Sole Agents for the Pull Hard Pantaloon Co. Dated at Norwalk, February 16th, 1891. 3m 0 E. K. LOCKWOOD. FRANK I. JONES E. K. LOCKWCOD 3. Co. Plumbing, Steam and Hut 1111 Engineering, FULL LINE OF HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. NORWALK, CONN. The Daily Gazette’s Gift. A Superb ou‘o Watch; to be Presenloolo the Most Popular Working Girl1 511 Norwalk. The DAILY GAZETTE proposes to present to the most popular Working Girl in the town of N orwalk a handsome Gold Watch, her popularity to be determined by a vote of the readers of the DAILY GAZETTE, the voting to close on Friday May 1, the result to be announced on Saturday, May 2d. In order to facilitate the voting, and for the convenience of the voters, the appended official ballot will be printed daily in these columns. . This ballot is to be cut out, and the blank lines filled in by the voter, With the name of the candidate and her place of employment and sent to the following address : Gold Watch Editor, Daily Gazette, ' ‘ N orwalk, 001111. - BALLOT. Daily Gazette’s Gold Watch, For the Most Popular Working mo in Ilorwalk. Name. Employed Ballots sent addressed in any other manner than as above are liable to be cast aside and not cOunted. ‘ Any Working Girl working within the boundaries of the town of N orwalk is eligible as a candidate, whether employed in the factory, store, office, or in the household. The progress of the voting and the scores of the candidates will be an— nounced from day to day, that voters may keep themselves informed as to the standing of their respective favorite. The watch will be placed on exhibition in the window of one of the prominent stores of the Borough, and will also be exhibited in South Norwalk and East N orwalk. , And now the ball is opened. Let all join in. Cutout the ballot, fill in and send to. this office addressec‘ plainly as directed above. > thildrenls carriages, Picture Frames . ' Frederic Cromwell. . 0119 Cent. THE MUTUAL % me Insurance + i Company, OF NEW YORK. ‘ RICHARD A. McCURDY,President. L Statement for Year Ending Dec. 3 O,’9 0. Assets, —. - $147,l54.96l.20. Reserve on Policies at 4 per cent, - $136,668,368 00 Liabilities other than ‘ReServe, - - — 505,359 82 Surplus, - - —- - - - 9,981,233 38 ReceiptsdrOm all sources, - — - — 34,978,778 69 Payments to Policy-Holders, ' - — - 16,973,200 05 Risks assumed, — - 49,188 policies - 160,985,985 58 Risks in force, - - 206,055 policies - 638,226,865 24 The Assets are Invested as FolloWs: , ' 375529.231 72 51,311,631 54 8,624,400 00 3,556,441 59 7,133,256 35 3147a 54,961 20 I have carefully examined the foregoing statement and fi (1 the same to be correct. A. N. WATERHOUSE, Auditor. Real Estate and Bond and Mortgage Loans, — United States Bonds and other Securities, - - Loans on Collateral Securities, - - - Cash in Banks and Trust Companies at interest, - — _ Interest accrued, Premiums deferred, etc., - # From the Surplus above stated a dividend will be apportioned as usual. ————-g-——-, The business for I890 shows INCREASE over that of I889, as follows: 310,753,633 18 10,554,091 94 3,859,759 07 1,772,591 67 9,383,502 21 72,276,931 32 In Assets, - 7 - ’ - - In Reserve on Policies and Surplus, ' - In Receipts, — - - - In Payment to Policy-Holders, - - . In Risks‘assumed, - 4,611 policies In Risks in force, ~ 23,745 policies "i' '1'. ’ lentsto 1.: , .-..- YW- Asihuiiiga. Outiiiiixding. I’dlig'l-Holders. he‘d-1P“- AM“- 1884 $34,681,420 $351,789,285 $13,923,062 19 $19,095.3-18 41 $103,876,178 51 1885 46,507,139 368,981,441 14,402,049 90 20,214,954 28 108,908,967 51 1886 56,832,719 393,809,203 13,129,103 74 21,137,176 67 114,181,963 24 1887 69,457,468 427,628,933 14,128,423 60 23,119,922 46 118,806,851 88 1888 103,214,261 482,125,184 14,727,550 22 26,215,932 52 . 126,082,153 56 1889 151,602,483 565,949,934 15,200,608 38 31,119,019 62 136,401,328 02 1890 160,985,986 638,226,865 16,973,200 05 34,978,778 69 147,154,961 Board of Trustees: S. Van Rensselaer Cruger. Charles R. Henderson. George Bliss. Rufus \V. Peckham. ~ J. Hobart Herrick. William P. Dixon. Robert A. Granniss, Henry H. Rogers, ' " Jno. W. Auchincloss. Theodore M orford. William Babcock. Preston B. Plumb. Stuyvesant Fish. Augustus D.’ J'uilliard. Charles E. Miller. James W Husted. Walter R. Gillette. James E. Granniss. Samuel E. Sprouls. 0 Lucius Robinson. Samuel D. Babcock. George S. 008. Richard A. McCurdy. James C. Holden. Hermann C. Von Post. Alexander H. Rice. Lewis May. Oliver Harriman. Henry W. Smith. Robert Olyphant. George F. Baker. ~ J os. Thompson. Dudley Olcott. J ulien T. Davies. Robert Sewell. ROBERT A. GRANNISS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President. WILLIAM’J. EASTON, Secretary. , . FREDERICK SCHROEDER, Assistant Se'cre ary 'ARCHIBALD N. WATERHOUSE, Auditor. EMORY MCCLINTOCK, LLD., F. I. A., Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, JR., Asst. Actuary. CHAS. B. PERRY, 2d Asst. Actuar FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. ‘ JOHN FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier. _ WILLIAM G. DAVIES, Gen. Solicitor. WM. RICHARDS, Comptroller MECICAL DIRECTORS—GUSTAVUS N. WINSTON, M. D.; E. J. MARSH M. D.; GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M. D. - » - ' John W. Nichols, New Haven, GENERAL AGENT Eon STATE 01‘ CONNECTICUT.
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