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THE LIVE NEW—56? TO-DAY.
Miss Sadie Lewis is visiting on Long
, Island.
Mr. Charles Hubbs is seriously ill at
his home on Harbor avenue.
A son was born yesterday to Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Barrett of Main street.
Rev. Mr. Watkins has two sisters vis-
iting him at Grace Church Rectory. .
Don’t forget the borough meeting
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock.
“Every man of sense has some favor-
ite recreation,” what is yours?
Pioneer Castle No. 1, A. O. K. of the
M. C. will work the second, degree to-
night.
T. B. Morton is very feeble at his
home in East Norwalk. He is a war
veteran.
The Southington Game and Fishing
club lost 2,000 trout by the giving away
Of a dam, Saturday.
The Connecticut Masonic Veteran as-
sociation will meet at Bristol, Thursday
June 25th, at 11 a. m.
Postmaster aFitch of Wilton is out
again, recovered from his severe at-
tack of scarlet fever.
The many friends of Mrs. Stephen
Comstock will rejoice to know that she
' is tigain able to be about.
FrankiAlle’n’s fourteen year old son
is dangerously sick with typhoid fever
at his home in East Norwalk.
at the
begins
. The annual spring meeting
Charter Oak park, Hartford,
to-day and continues four days.
William, the four years old son of
William and Ellen Niler of this place,
died yesterday after a short illness. .
Mr. J. S. Gilmore, superintendent at
the Union Mills, left for a business trip
to Massachusetts yesterday. He stopped
over at Hartford last night.
Mrs. Vernon and daughter of New
Superior, are guests at Mrs. Fred. T.
Betts.’ Mrs. V is a daughter of the
late Joseph Hubbell.
Gus Heinz received a first-class hair
cut this morning with a pair of horse
clippers in the hands of “Buck,” Harry
Dann’s right hand man.
Douglas Fowler Post, G. A. R., will
picnic J uly,4th on Losee Island, Noro-
ton harbor, and will be taken there on
the steamer Irene D. Connor.
The last meeting of Grace Church
Guild. before the summer vacation, is
to be held at the house of Mrs. Harvey
Fitch, 17 Park street, tomorrow after-
110011.
Warden Keeler hopes that every citi-
zen of Norwalk who is interested in the‘
Rice:Hanlon case or who can throw
any light on the matter, will be present
at the adjourned hearing Thursday
evening.
A New York and New Haven train
ran over and killed a man named Hon-
ger in the tunnel at Seventy-second
street yesterday morning. The acci-
dent caused a blockade of trains ’which'
lasted for some time. '
_—On the Bargain table to-morrow at
the Norwalk Boston Store, will be
found remnants of wool dress goods at
half price. This is a rare opportunity
to buy fine dress goods for the price of
ordinary qualities. Call and see these
bargains.
The official investigation of the con-
duct of the Soldiers’ Home, Noroton,
has been held, and the charges of mal-
administration, etc., against the super-
intendent; Dr. Munson, were sustain-
ed, resulting in the formulation by the
court of arecommendation for his dis-
missed.
The Winnipauk Sunday
hold their annual strawberry. festival
on Thursday and Friday evenings'iof
this week. _____ _ __ _
Albert Hamm, the well-known scul-
ler, died at his home in 'Sambra yes-
terday morning of hemorrhage of the
lungs. He was 31 years old.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Pickering this morning. Con-
nor Bros., the contractors, for fjwhom
Harry drives the steam- roller, have
presented Mrs. Pickering with a‘ twen-
ty dollar gold piece.
As to the eternal fitness of things this
strikes us as being eternally fitful :—
“Eight children stood up with a cOuple
recently married at Charlottesville, Va.
Four of them belonged to the bride
and four to the groom.”
Rev. Mr. Watkins now takes his out-
ings on his-safety bicycle. which he en-
joys very much. He finds the roads of
Norwalk quite different however from
the concrete paved streets of Washing-
ton, the paradise of wheelmen.
Mrs. A. R. Richardson, who for sev-
eral months past has been a valued as—
sistant in Miss Fitch’s millinery estab-
lishment, and who has made many
friends at the Norwalk hotel, returns
nent residence. , . ~ 7
Dr. Ellery C. Clark came to Norw a1
Saturday p. m. to see his little son. He
received the congratulatiOns of his
friends for about two hours and then
returned to New York where he left
his bride and daughter Grace. To-day
Dr. and Mrs. Clark expect to visit Bos-
ton, returning thence to Washington.
Miss SusieSutliff'e, for the past six
years the efficient and popular forelady
in A. Solman’s hat trimming depart-
ment, will resign her position, July 1,
on account of failing health, and return
to her old home in Brooklyn. She will
be succeeded in the factory by Miss
Mary Hopson. _________
Capt. Oliver S. Clark of the yacht
“Three Brothers” hasa cherry tree of
the White Spanish variety in his back-'
yard on Merwin street, 'from which
there have been picked lacking three
quarts of nine bushels .of cherries; and
he says that he has left at least two
bushels on the tree for'the robins.
F. W. Goodale, of'Danbury, is prob-
ably the oldest son of a veteran in the
state. He is 56 years old, and enlisted
in Co. C, 17th Conn. Vols, in 1862, and
served three years. Friday night he
was mustered into the Nelson L. White
camp, Sons of Veterans, of that city,
as his father was also a soldier in’ the
late war.
Sim Keith has received notice from
the snivel service board that recently
examined him for the position of rail-
way mail clerk that he had successfully
passed, which is far better forthis
giddy young man than wearing a paste
diamond as big as the moon. We now
hope that our genial friend Simeon will
not die of old age before a paternal
' government calls him into its service.
The following members of Concord
Division, S. of T., went by carryall to
New Canaan on-Saturday evening to
pay a friendly visit to Friendship Di-
vision, where they had a very pleasant
time, returning home - about midnight.
It was a close shave, getting back be-
fore Sunday, 'but they did it. Broth-
ers Ells, Kellogg, Hubbell, Ambler,
Reed, June, Carpenter, Buckley and
Loomis, and Sisters June, Reed, Cole-
man, Maud ancl Mabel Rogers com-
prised the delegation.
Charles Payne an aged carpenter,
while at work shingling J no. Watkins’
new hOuse, Taylor ave., yesterday, ac-
cidentally fell from the second scaffold
to the grOund, a distance of over twen-
ty feet. His descent was partly check-
ed by his coming in contact with the
lower scaffold, otherwise it is believed
he would have been killed. As it was,
he sustained a bruised arm and internal
injuries. It is not a long time since
that Mr. Payne fell from ' a building at
Bell Island, receiving injuries that laid
him 11p for several months. Charles T.
Payne of the borough is his son.
Abiathar Blanchard, of the Sbuth
Norwalk batting 'firm- 'of Dennis _&
Blanchard, and George Honnecker,
who went to New Haven to be exam:
ined before the state board for admis-
sion to the Bar, were putfirough an
unusually severe test as to’ their legal
attainments. No such exhaustive ex-
aminations have ever before been made’
in this state and it is stated by old at-
tornys of high standing at the Bar,
lawyers 'of the state could‘pass such an
examination.
The spring meeting of the Danbury :1
Gentlemen’s Driving association begins
‘ today. I A; .5 ~ ‘
school .will,
to New York this after'noOn for permit?"
that probably not half of the practicigg‘
. Float the Flag.
Mr. J Arthur Pinned-and Dr. Wil-
é‘liam Acton are engaged in the patri-
otic and praiseworthy task of trying to
secure contributors enough to give a
creditable fireéworks display from the
Lawn Tennis grounds on the night of
the Fourth of July, and they will sue-
ceed too. But won’t these public spir-
ited young “gents, while their hands and
hearts are “ in it,” also endeavor to se-
cure funds sufficient to erect on their
grounds a neat". flag-staff}! and purchase
masthead all of that National Holiday?
Let to the Lawn Tennis Club be as?
cribed the honor of unfurling the first
American flag in Norwalk with its full
complement of forty-four stars.
Governor Bulkeley said yesterday
that he had received no charges against
Dr. B. W. Munson, the superintendent
and resident physician of the soldiers’
home at Noroton. It had simply been
decided, he said, that it would be bet-
ter to separate the management of the
homcand hospital. Dr. Munson will
I continue in-charge‘ of the home, and a
physician has been appointed ,to take
charge of the hospital.
Said a bright clergyman to a DAILY
GAZETTE scribe, “what an admirable
article that of Mr. Seymour wouldhave-
been, which "you published, had he
taken the time ‘to condense it downjust
one half.” It is now the Senator’s
turn to get back at the parson and tell
him that 'there are a few things that
our Heavenly Father already knows, a
fact the average minister seems to for-
get, especially in his lOng Sunday’pray-
ers. Said the inimitable Beecher,
anent this subject: “Had Peter attempt-
ed to addressa modern orthodox prayer
to his Lord, he would have sunk to the
bottom of the sea before the Saviour’s
hand could have reached him.”
Frank M. Smith of Minnesota, who
will be remembered by our older citi-
zens as having been during several
years of his minority a clerkin the dry
goods store of E. B. Bennett & Son,
came east about a week ago and is now
visiting at his sister’s, Mrs. D. M. Platt,
on Union Park. AsFrank has matured
he has come to wear a most perfect
facial resemblance to, his honored
father, Capt. Henry Smith, for many
years a resident on the Newtown’ road.
Frank, like most Norwalk boys who
took Mr. Greeley’s advice and went west
has developed into a solid and success-
ful business man and is a prominent
citizen of Minnesota.
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Turned on the Gas and Died-
Some time'betweenSp. m. on Sun-.
day and 4:30 o'clock yesterday'after-
noon Henry C. Rover committed sui-
cide at his residence, 257 West 128th
street, New York. He had been cash-
ier and accountant for C. T. Dilling-
ham, the publisher, of 718 Broadway,
for many years, and had worked parti-
cularly hard thissummer. AboutJune
10th he told his wife to prepare at once
to visit friends in New Canaan, as he
felt that he must have rest. She made
ready to go, and on June 13th Mr.
Rover sent her money for the trip and
a letter in which he said he would fol.
low in a day or two. Mrs. Rover
started at once. Last Wednesday hav-
ing heard nothing from her husband, she
returned to the city to ascertain the
cause. She called at the publishing
house and learned that her husband
had obtained a vacation beginning the
first of the week, and had not been seen
Since.- Diligent inquiry failed to dis-
cover Mr. Rover’s whereabouts, and
Mrs. Rover appealed to the police, and
then returned to her friends in New
Canaan. ‘-
, She returned again yesterday after-
noon and found the house locked and,
apparently empty. Neighbors told her
they had seen her husband in the
neighborhood the previous evening
about 8 o’clock. The family occupy
the third flat. There was a strong odor
Of _ gas in the apartments, which was
traced to a little hall bedroom adjoin-
ing the parlor. Mr. Rover lay ~in the
room dead, with the gas turned full on.
It is believed that he committed suicide
in a fit of melancholy brought on by
overwork. , _ 1 . ' ' g
'; Rover was a German'about 46 years
old, and at one time lived with his
father, who owned a farm abOut One
mile above. New Canaan village. i His
sister is the wife Of. Charles Fairty .of
New Canaan, with whom his wife‘has
her’home there. He has ‘abbroth’er
employed in Farity‘s market. His wife
left New, Canaan’this, morningjon-a;
telegraphic Summons to ~come . to ' New'
York to claim his body. ‘ ‘
"aflflag and let'~"'Old Glory” float ffofm‘
been staying, his mother also making ‘
THE atcr ASSAULT.
Thoroughly Ventilated Last Night
in the Court of Burgesses.
The Warden and Burgesses met in
adjourned sessiOn last evening. Pres-
ent Warden Keeler and Burgesses
Bowe, Burr, Buxton, Kent, O’Reilly
and Vanderhoef.
Nearly every inch of space inside of
the railing as well as outside, was oc-
cupied before 8 o’clock by interested
citizens, eachon the tip-toe of expec-
tation. In fact so great a crush was a
decidedly unusual event? Two or three
times the crowd in the lobby became
so demonstrative that Warden Keeler
wascompelled’to call upon them to
preserve order. ,
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved. — '
On motion of Burgess Bowe the Bor-
ough Clerk .was authorized to pay the
interest on bonds and borough notes,
the sum being $3,909.16.
On motion of Burgess Bowe the Wa-
ter Commissioners were authorized to
pay the interest on Water bonds, out-
standing notes, etc.
Thebill of the Gamewell Fire Alarm
Company for a signal box, amounting
to $125, was presented, and, on motion
referi ed to the fire committee.
At this point Warden Keeler read a
communication to the Court of Bur-
gesses from himself referring to the
charge of police and other official der-
eliction during the past week, and
whlle he was reading the same Chief
DeForest and the entire 'police force
appeared within the railing.
Burgess ”Q’Reilly moved that Chief
DeForestV’be requested to present a
statement to th, .‘Burgesses and Consid-
‘ered this the mcst favorable time for
'an investigation.
Burgess Burr favored this method
of proceeding thereupon Chief DeF0r~
est presented an oral statement of the
Rice—Hanlon trouble Thursday eve-
ning, which agreed substantially with
what has heretoforeappeared in the
DAILY GAZETTE. He said that he re-
leased Rice, when he arrested him early
in the evening, because John Malone
:told him thatpRicewas not at fault in
the premises. He was told that Officer
Morehouse had released Hanlon, and
that an effort was being made to find a
bondsman for him, etc.
In answer to Biu'gess Buxton Chief
DeForest said that quite often after a
brawl and the separation of the parties
they were requested to go home and if
they refused they were usually locked
,up. He supposed that the Rice—Han-
lon quarrel was over.
In answer to Burgess O’Reilly Chief
DeForest said that he knew but little
of the Friday night row. He was no,-
tified of it by Officer Adams and pur-I
sued the course which has been detailed
in the GAznrrn.
He also said that on Friday morning,
he had determined to institute pro-
ceedings for the punishment of the par-
ties at fault the previous night, but at
the request of their friends he desisted.
At 2 o’clock Saturday he obtained
the first reliable information respect-
ing the identity of Rice’s assailants,
and immediately swore out a warrant
for the arrest of William Hanlon, but
before he could serve it he heard that
Hanlon had left town.
- To Burgess Bowe: “The complaint
against William Hanlon was ready for
Service about 2 p. 111. Saturday.
To Burgess Kent: “I got the com-
plaint from the Warden between noon
and 2 p. m.”
To Burgess O’Reilly: “I heard that
William Hanlon had gone away before
I went-to the fair ground.”
Burgess Bowe: “That man went to
New York on the 2.54 train.”
Warden Keeler: “Was a threat made
that the Chief dare not arrest certain
parties?”
Chief DeForest: “No sir.”
Burgess O’Reilly said there were cit-
izens present who knew of this threat
and that they’ought to be heard.
‘ Officer Adams made a statement re-
specting the Thursday night brawl,
Which did not differ materially from
that of the Chief. If the fracas hadn’t
occurred on Friday night that of the
previOus night would have been for-
gotten. Dan. Honnecker told him that
On Friday night he saw Rice and Wil-
liam Hanlon go up Mill hill together,
but that he would not swear that Han-
lon committed the assault. ’
; To Borough Attorney Warner: "I do
not remember ' who the others were
who told me substantially the same
thing that Honnecker dic .”
To warden Keeler: , “I didn’t hear
_William‘ Hanlon boast on Friday night
that he had laid out Rice and. that his
friends had better go up there and look
after him.” 7 ' h I .‘9
, Officer. Morehouse told‘ his story
about: the Thursday night occurrences,
’ which practically tallied with those‘of
Chief DeForest and Officer Adams. He
had started over the hill- with Hanlon
' in order to file a bond for his appear-
ance before Justice Coolidge, Officer
Adams having suggested that this
course should be pursued. He went in
this reundabout way over the hill in
order to avoid an excited and noisy
crowd, which was every minute be-
coming more numerous and noisy,
which had congregatedfat the foot of
the hill. Soon after starting, however,
Officer Adams suggested that as the
fracas was over it might be better to
start all of the parties home, and on
Hanlon’s promise to go home at once,
Officer Morehouse released him. ’
To Burgess Buxton: “I was on duty
Thursday night in Officer McCarthy’s
place.”
Chief DeForest said he called on Of-
ficer Morehouse to do duty because he
had received a note from Officer Mc-
Carthy saying that he was unfit for
duty.
This led to a general ventilation of
the charge of intoxication in the course. .
of which it appeared that it was partly
correct but that there had been more or
less romancing concerning it.
Officer McCarthy told at length of the
Friday night row, and said that when
he found Rice he” was unconscious. He
assisted him into the wagon and he did
not regain consciousness before Chief
DeForest started with him for his
home. It subsequently appeared that
Rice gave the name of his assailant at
4 o’clock Saturday morning.
Officer Gormley said he wasn’t on
duty on either Thursday or Friday
nights. He had a conversation with
William Hanlon Saturday morning in
which he admitted having a quarrel
with Rice the night before, having its
origin over the possession of a bottle
of whisky, and gave the particulars of
the assault, claiming however, that he
only used his knuckles on Rice. ‘
Officer Gormley then told Warden
Keeler and Chief DeForest what he
had heard, but at that time he did not
know that Rice had been as badly in-
jured as he was. Had he known it he
would have taken the responsibility of
arresting Hanlon.
Attorney Lockwood said that when
Chief DeForest asked him to draw up
the papers of arrest it was about din-
ner time Saturday. ‘
Burgess Kent thought Chief DeFor-
est ought to have looked ' for Hanlon
immediately after receiving the war-
rant, . '
Burgess Bowe informed Mr. Lock-
wood that he did not see William Han-
lon leave on the 2:54 train. but he had
reliable information that he had done
so.
To Bur-gess' O’Reilly Chief DeForest
said that he had determined, after the
Thursday night trouble, to swear out
warrants for John and James Hanlon
and Rice, but that he, (Burgess
O’Reilly), had suggested that he drop
thematter. .
Burgess O’Reilly explained that h
told Chief DeForest if Hanlon made
any threats respecting what he would
or could do with an alleged “pull” in
the event of his arrest, to do his duty
in the premises, and he, (O’Reilly),
would sustain him by his vote if the
matter was to come before the Court of
Burgesses.
Attorney Lockwood made a manly
and dignified explanation in defense of
Chief DeForest’s alleged inaction on
Saturday in the matter of William
Hanlon’s arrest. He. (Mr. Lockwood),
understood from Dr. Tracy that at no
time had Rice been in immediate dan-
ger. He had an understanding with
Dr. Tracy that if the necessity for an
ante-mortem statement from Rice
should arise he should be notified at
once.
Burgess O’Reilly thought the re-
sponsibility for the failure to take steps
to arrest William Hanlon on Saturday
rested upon the shoulders of Messrs.
Coolidge, Lockwood, Munson Hoyt
and the chief of police.
Attorney Lockwood informed Bur-
gess‘O’Reillv that if he knew of the
commission of the crime and who the
perpetrator was, it was as much his
business to have brought about the ar-
rest as it was that of any other citizen
or official of the borough.
When he advised Chief DeForest re-
specting the proper steps to be taken
for Hanlon’s apprehension, after the
papers were duly executed he felt that
it was the wisest course to pursue and
should do the same thing again under
similar circumstances. He, (Mr.
Lockwood), did not believe in hunting
for a possible murderer with a brass band
nor with a policeman’s uniform. In his
absence from town, Hanlonwas kept
fully'advised‘ respecting Rice’s condi- ;
tion and the movements of the authori- l
ties and it would not have been possi- ‘
ble for Chief DeForest to have captur- ,
ed him anywhere in broad daylight.
James Hanlon made a statement in
corroboration of what Officers Adams '
andMorehouse had said and done on
Thursday night. He took it for gran—
ted that the officials simply wanted to‘
start him. toward home, and that he
was not under arrest.
Daniel Hanlon’s statement was along
the same line as that of his cousin
James. He heard nothing said about
bonds on the night in question.
Daniel Honnecker wanted to correct
an alleged misstatement made by 'Of-
ficer Adams, in effect that he told the
officer that he thought William Han-
lon might have committed the assault.
He entered upon alengthy explanation
of the events of Friday night which
was interesting but not materially dif-
ferent from the statements previously
made by others.
On motion of Burgess O’Reilly in-
dorsed by Warden Keeler and second-
ed by Burgess Bowe, it was resolved to
adjourn the hearing . until Thursday
night at 8 o’clock.
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“And They Began to Make Excuse.”
The meeting of the Court of Bur-
gesses held last night was fully attend-
ed ahd the unusual public interest in it
was made manifest by the crowds in
the building and the greater crowds in
the street, unable to gain admittance,
and all eager to learn what was to be
done with and about the murderous as-
sault upon Jack Rice, A full, fair and
impartial report of the meeting is pub-
lished in this number of the DAILY GA-
ZETTE and from it the readerwill learn
that sonic effort was made and discuss-
ed, feeble though it was, looking to the
arrest of Rice’s assailant. With the
question whether Officer McCarthy was
or was not drunk on duty, the evidence
was not clear, but that he had been un-
der the influence of drink on several
occasions, since coming -on the police
force seemed to be the inner. con-
viction of all the Board. But
,_ that was a question of -miner moment
to the public. The universal feeling
is, that a great and terrible outrage on
the peace and good name of, this bor-
ough‘has been committed, and that
its public officers who, should be the
guardians of both, have shown no prop-
er or adequate appreciation of their re-
sponsibility in the matter and made no
sincere effort to bring the offender to
justice. Had the chief offender been
arrested and bailed, or had last night’s
meeting peremptorially ordered Chief
DeForest to secure his arrest at all haz-
ards, [it was well known that he re-
turned to Norwalk last evening,_l and
then adjourned. the feeling in this
community would be far different from
what it is to-day. Had inoffensive John
Ronk, or “Auntie Miller,” or “Mag”
Brophy, even staggered on the streets
the public know they would have been
promptly arrested. Our Warden’s
fault and the fault of our Chief of P0-
lice, in the eyes of their friends and
best constituents, is that they did not
more energetically rise to the duty of
the occasion. Practically nothing was
done at last night’s borough meeting
to allay the public anxiety, indignation
and alarm. So far as the expression of
any desire, or plan, or determination
to arrest the violator of the public
peace is concerned, this meeting turned
out as big a farce and fizzle as was Pat’s
boiled watermelon—“a dombed big
nothing.”
McCarthy Suspended.
In the light of last week’s occurrences,
and the developments at last evening’s
meeting, Warden Keeler this morning
issued an order suspending Officer Mc-
Carthy until such time as a thorough
investigation can be had, the .direct
charge being that of intoxication when
on duty. . I "
Now let some officer he found who
dares to, can and will, put William
Hanlon under arrest. That is what
the people demand and will have, or
know the reason why. No vicarious
sacrifice of poor Tim. McCarthy, can
be made to divert the public from this
stern purpose, either.
All Moonshine.
- An interesting and quite peculiar
natural phenomenon caused no little
excitement about the Bridge last even-
ing, a little after 8 o’clock. When first
seen, it was thought that another large
fire was ragingin East Norwalk. Owing
' to the peculiar conditions of the humid
atmosphere, a lurid red light shone
brilliantly from behind the heavy green
foliage of the tall elm trees, while the
clouds were of that vapory form and
substance resembling rising and float-
ing smoke. It proved to be the great
full moon rising and breaking its way
through the fieecy folds of mist. So
the few moments of excitement in an-
ticipation of a conflagration, all ended
in moonshine. :-
Y. M.»C. A. NOTES.
All members of the association de-
siring to take excursion tickets to sell
can procure them at the association
rooms. .
There will be a meeting of all inter-
ested in the formation of a tennis club
at the‘rooms on Thursday evening at 9
o’clock. Any member of the associa-
tion‘wishing‘ to join the club should ats
tend this meeting.
= turgid
William Hanlon Voluntarily Sup
renders Himself.
Bonds of $1,500 Accepted.
No one attempting to arrest him (and
apparently not desiring to do so,) Wil-
liam Hanlon at about half past ten this
morning voluntarily surrendered him-
self to Officer Adams. The two then
repaired to Justice Coolidge’s office,
where Michael Shecdy appeared and
gave bonds in $1,500 for him and he
was released. So a truce for the pres.
ent at least, of this miserable travesty
of justice.
As muchas is Hanlon’s crime to be
abhorred, he thus comes out of it and
stands before the "community in a far
more manly and creditable light than
do our borough officers of justice,
charged with the protection of life and
the preservation of the public peace. .
The examination of both James and
William Hanlon will be held at the
borough courtroom on Saturday morn-
ing at 9 o’clock.
Call a Halt.
The murderous assault upon poor
John Rice, Friday night, would go to
show that very little heed has been
taken of the terrible warning given by
the Scheele execution and the ending
of a vicious career, marked by persist-
ent violations of every law human and
divine. How many are there here in
Norwalk who, like Scheele. delight to
defy the laws until their vicious careers
are ended by violent death. Jacob
Scheele, wild, excitable and ungovern-
able, is no more. Evil associates led
him from bad to worse, until finally
the end was reached—executed on the
gallows. His terrible example should
prove a warning to all those on the
downward road who recklessly violate
the law of God and man. -
v—va+>—~ - _..,_.
Strawberry Festival.
Sherman Commandery, No. 470
United Order of the Golden Cross will
hold an open meeting and strawberry
festlval this evening in Y. M. C. A. hall
at 8 o’clock.
An elaborate programme has been
prepared including readings, recita-
tions, instrumental and vocal solos and
banjo duets. At the close of the en-
tertainment strawberries, ice cream
and cake- will be served. Admission
free but by ticket and all who have not
received one will be supplied with them
at the door. -
Lawn Fete To—nlght.
Don’t forget the ladies’ lawn fete at
the Congregational church grounds to-
night. If you miss it you will miss a
good thing as well as a rare array of
the other kind of Misses. ’
A Timely Note. ~
In view of the deplorable transac-
tions of the past week, hci e in our bor-
ough, we think the following brief ex-
tract of Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth’s ad.
dress will bear republication :
Our politics to-day he thought cen-
tered on local affairs. Making good
local'self-government in all communi-
tles 13 the unsolved problem of Amer-
ican politics. There are two classes,
the evfl. and the indifferent on the
wrong Side of the question, especially
do the latter, thou h 'ood men, who
take no mtere'st in Tocafl politics, cormt
on the wrong side. There are .many in
Connecticut who will never do anything
ood 1n a hurry unless they die sudden-
y_some day. To him it seemed that
thmgs had come to an era of deadlocks
and deals. An invitation to corruption.
It was time to look facts in the face.
He deprecated the admission of the
kind of men who nowadays got into the
clty councfls and matters of public in-
terest were settled on purely personal
grounds. Politics stood in the way of
everything and hampered good works
of every kind. It is the duty of good
men almost to stand out of politics, and
he had come to think every good man
ought to vote at elections against the
party that had won at the previous
election. Public opinion seemed to be
like a great sleepy giant. Occasionally
1t arouses and with its club sweeps ev-
erything away. Then it goes to sleep
agaln and is harder to awake next time.
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The Indicted Directors on Irma.
. NEW YORK, June 23.—-The trial or the
New Haven railroad directors 0n ind-{Ctr
ments for misdemeanor, charging m
with allowing the use of stoves in pm
ger trains contrary to the statute,
gun before Judge Van Brunt, in the
of oyer and terminer this morning. On
three. of the twelve indicted directorsa
peered in court. The directors did 11
have to face the bar as ordinary .psrao
charged with crime must, 1101' W , -
bonds of those who were absent
forfeited, as is the custom with ban
of ordinary persons. Most of the (farm
taken up with getting a jury.
Liverpool Cotton Firms Shaky.
LONDON, June 23.—Disquietm' 31‘“ng
" are afloat in Liverpool in connection wit
cotton matters. It is hoped, however, that
nothing more serious than a. heavy Prefl‘
sure on firms weak financially will ensue.
The excellent clearing house system. 0093’
polling weak operators to close an ‘
bargains before becoming too deeplyin-
volved, tends to assure this result. Man-
chester lacks a similar system, bl“ a. m
tious pelicy has been pursue _ I: V- ' '
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