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OUR Jormm G DEPARTMENT.
MR. HARRY M. GARDNER, JR. Of New York,
has charge of the GAZETTE’S Engraving, Book
and Jobbing Department. He is an expert
a mi experienced Job Printer, and no work en-
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.
THE LIVE NEWS OF TO-DAY.
The Earl of Wicklow is dead.
Henry Guthrie was a little more com-
fortable yesterday.
A large number of town people are
picnicing at Roton today.
Miss Lulu Stanley has returned from
a visit to Norfolk, Conn.
—Chew Harvey’s Best fine out To-
bacco. ‘ 1w146
Henry Cornell will sail his new boat
“Ermie” to Long. Island to-morrow.
The White squadron left New York
for Fisher’s Island. at 10 O’clock this
morning.
Leo Grathwold, of Troy, N. Y. is vis-
iting Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mathcrs on
”High street. . _ ,____
Mrs. William Bradley, of Boston, is
visiting her uncle, Mr. James Scofield
of Belden avenue.
The City Of Berlin with the American
Knights Templar on board, has arrived
at Queenstown.
Drygoodsman Scofield is preparing
to sink an artesian pipe well at his
residence on Belden avenue.
~—A BRAINY BOY, 15 or 16 years of age,
is wanted immediately in the Jobbing
Department of the DAILY GAZETTE.
Ai'thur Earle, of New York,.will sail
his handsome schooner yacht “Sun—
shine" to Norwalk on August 3d.
Sansone Bros.’ fine orchestra, of
Bridgeport, played for the Comedy of
Error company at the opera house last
night.
George Comstock has brought us a
luxurious specimen of a new seedling
of the Lawton blackberry which hehas
raised. ‘
A census Office bulletin shows that
the United States in 1889 produced
more copper than the rest of the world
combined.
The U. G. T. R. Association will hold
a pound party in connection with a va-
riety entertainment, in their hall, on
Tuesday evening, August 4th.
The Swedish Singers, Of Bridgeport,
will give one Of their fine concerts in
the temperance hall, Washington street
bridge, on the evening of August 8.
—-Fancy Chewing Tobacco Harvey ’s
Best. 1w146‘
Miss Alida Ball goes to Danbury to-
day to spend a short time with Mrs. C.
B. DeKlyn, who is _Ivisiting the home
Of her father-in-law Mr. Chas. DeKlyn.
Everything in the Boston store gets
so in the habit of dropping, especially
in the way Of prices, that it is not to be
wondered at that the fixtures drop, too.
Yesterday’s copious rain has helped
out the pastures and lawns, wet the.
corn and potatoes, laid the dust in the V
streets, and altogether made life more
tolerable. . ' ‘
Henry A. Matthews and 'wife of Wa-
terbury, were guests Of Mr. and. Mrs.
Charles S. Lockwood of West avenue,
yesterday. Mr. MattheWs was formerly
mayor of the Brass city.
—Extra Fine Chewing Tobacco Har-
vey’s Best, .1w116
J othade wants to spank the Anan-
ais who sends scandalous stories from
Norwalk to the; New York press." All
right _Jphn,,g<2;3§ahead. , You ,won’t have
far @320 gfrbinhyiour own office to find
him. j ' 33s a" , 4.} g
The 'So’utliei‘u ”New; England Tele-
phone company has opened a station at
the camp grounds _at Niantic, which
will be Operated there ”until camp w‘éekg
is over, acc‘o dingito; thei‘Cus’tOm'of
was in town yesterday.
Mr. Cecil VWarren, of New Haven, is
visiting with friends in town.
voo Island, tO-day.
Alarge theatre party of Westport
people enjoyed the “Comedy Of Er-
rors” last evening.
Mr. John Patterson,~of Hartford, is
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Phillip
Knapp, of Maple street.
Engineer Wood was busily engaged
in re-establishing the curb line of the
avenue, yesterday afternoon.
John Weyerhauser leaves N Orwalk
next Tuesday to accept a position in a
large New York brewery.
Mrs. Charles F. Osborn, of East ave-
nue, is spending a few weeks with
friends in Middletown, New York.
The Florence B. has a party Of East
Norwalk people out for a sail tO-day.
It will take a borough party out to-
morrow.
The Iron Molders’ Union have three
handsome silver medals for the 220 yds.
run and bicycle races, on exhibition at
Spencer’s.
The'beautiful floral pieces used at
the Worden funeral were brought to
Readman’s gallery tO-day to be photo-
graphed. He photographed those for
James Boyle yesterday.
at Compo Beach breaks up today and
returns to Norwalk. Next week Fred
will assist the boys in putting young
“Sawdust” through the mysteries Of
Phoenix Engine CO.
Mr. Maples and Mr. Green are, we
suppose, in Portland, Oregon, tO-day.
——Hour. - _
“Suppose” do you, why don’t you
telegraph the Chief of Police and find
out if they havn’t been locked up as
“crooks,” as our East Norwalk excur-
sionist came so near being, when he
reached Oregon. '
Miss Nelly Hanlon,.one Of the ex-
pert clerks in the Boston store, who
went to the Stamford branch a short
time since, had a narrow escape from a
very serious accident there yesterday.
A quantity Of the fixtures fell upon her
and injured her 'so severely that she
had to be taken to her boarding house
in a carriage. " '
One of the most pleasing features of
the Tennis club sociablesis the absence
Of the stiff conventionalitie‘s of dress.
Members usually attend, wearing
their tennis suits, a 'very comfortable
costume during the warm summer
nights, and a pretty picture is made by
the high colorings of some of the» out-
ing suite. The dance this evening at
tended as the others have been.
The editor of the Hour is lost in the
wilds of the west and versatile Johnny
Wade is on deck and knows where to
go in the absence Of his boss to get'the
right kind of items to interest the few
readers Of his clumsy, lumbering week-
ly, so he copies and gives first place un—
der the Hour’s editorial head, to one
of the “hustling” little DAILY GAZETTE’S
facetious items anent Mr. Eli K. Street’s
birthday.
Whilst Mr. J. Arthur Pinneo was Of-
ficiating in the lobby of the Operahouse
last night, he was waited upon by a
number of CO. F. boys, who tendered
him the nomination for the Office Of
first lieutenant now vacant in that com-
pany. Mr. Pinneo has not as yet ac—
cepted the honor, but if he does con-
clude to do so, he will undoubtedly
make an Officer of whom the company
would feel proud. What a picture Pin-
neo would make in soldier clothes.
“Many Citizens” desire the DAILY
GAZETTE to ask the borough god-fath-
ers how much longer the highway and
walk are to be left torn up in front of
the Norwalk Hotel. It is really dan-
gerous in its present condition. Alady
and gentleman from New Canaan came
near having their carriage wrecked
there last night and it was a narrow
escape that they were not seriously
hurt.
Lieut. Henry Matheis leaves the em;
ploy, of. good Uncle Samuel on the first
of August, Nature never ’ designed
Henry for afoOt—pad manual-riot, go'Od
1. Soldierjandlunrivaled marksman though
he is. .'His‘3withdraWal from the postal
service has nothing whatever to do
cutidn so relentlessly carried on against
him, or the, anonymous. letters. _sent
former years.
iPOstmaster ‘ Hubbell “by these same
conspirators.
Mr. J. Arthur Ambler, of New York,»
turned from a two weeks camp on Nau-i
Old C. M. Selleck property, on East
Fred E. Lockwood’s camping party ‘
the casino will doubtlessbe as well at-
' horns.
With the wicked conspiracy and perse- *
, , i .
Since 0. E. Wilson found himself a
. thOusand dollars ahead at the bank, he
- has been fiercer to go on that J erusa-
lem excursionthan ever. He says he
has n6 fears but that he and Hill can .
Z ride a drOmedary gracefully enough,
A large party Of Norwalk boys re-E because he and Hill rode the same po-
litical horse in the Greeleycampaign, '
‘ but it always chafes him to ride, and he .
don’t know about the mutton tallow ;
market in and about the land Of an-
cient Canaan- He says he’l‘emembers
reading, when a child, in the Young
Marooners, Robinson Crusoe, or some
such book, about “Balm ,Of Gilead,”
but, he don’t know as he could get that
lotion and if he did, he don’t know how
it would act on his curticle abrasions.
Still he hopes to make a deal in those
Jerusalem corner lots. 3
Ella May, the eleven months Old
child Of Alexander and Hattie Mason,
and grand child Of Mr. Jesse Denten,‘
died this morning at its home on Pros-
pect Hill. '
Rev. Mr. Burnes of the Methodist
church, will exchange with Rev. Mr.
Pegg Of the East Norwalk Methodist
church, tO-morrow.
.. ~49»-
, Killed.
George Buxton, a well-known Char-
acter about Stamford, was struck by a
New Haven train. at Glenbrook. this
morning and killed.
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Butchers’ Picnic.
The New Haven Butchers’ association
has appointed a committee to make ar-
rangements for a barbecue to be held
in the latter part Of August.
Can it be Possible ? .
“Rosey” wants twenty men for Rot-
on Point next Monday. .“Rosey” 1s a
decided success in making and hand-
ling big Clam bakes. He has had large
experience, and his excellent judgment
is sure to make every one he handles a
success—Sentinel.
What! Can it be possible that our
Reuben has gone to baking clams? ,
6
Noroto nwhlgm 8:. .....
The big black walnut book case said
by the G. A. R. men to have been un-
warrantably removed from the Noroton
Soldiers’ Home, and {sold for $5. has
been discovered to be stored away in a
barn at Five Mile River. A piano they
claim is also missing, but its present
whereabouts has not yet been ascer-
tained, although the G. A. R. boys are
following up clues to locate that also.
——#~—~——4§
Another Suicide.
Charles Webb, aged 24, a well-know
resident of Darien, on the New Ca-
naan road,attempted suicide last night,
by swallowing a twoioun‘ce vial of laud-
anum. Physicians worked two hours
upon him, and with the aid of a stom-
ach pump succeeded in saving his life.
He had been married but about two
months and domestic difficulties are
supposed to be at the bottom of his
attempt at self murder.
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\‘Robbed of Watch and Money.
Among the passengers that alighted
from the steamer Waterbury when she
arrived at Bridgeport yesterday after-
noon was George Thorne, an elderly
gentleman from Greenpoint, L. I. He
was on his way to visit friends at
Greens Farms. When he left New
York he had a large amount of money ,
’ replenishment after the expenses are
and a watch. As he stepped from the
plank his watch chain dangled from his
button hole. He noticed it and on
feeling for the timepiece discovered
that it was gone, so was his money.
“Better take one while you can get
it, for we can’t get any more.”
(The above was the salutation Of one
of the bright little newsboys who de-
light tO sell the “hustling little DAILY
GAZETTE,” to a gentleman he approach-
ed with his' wares, and who thought it
such a cute piece of native-wit that he
came to this Office to report it. But it
was the sob er‘truth the boy was telling.
That night,as happens very frequently,
our entire edition had been sold out be- .
fore 5 O’clock and so the ' newsmen and
newsboys could get no more.
Come Up Top Neighbor.
(From ,Weduesday’s Daily GAZETTE.)
This mOrning as the 8:21 train on the
i through New Canaan.
, The Right Thing to no.
Last Evening’s Bridgeport Post ends
its reference to the Noroton Home ac-.
cusations with a concluding paragraph
of rare good sense: (ED. GAZETTE]
SOLDIEBS’ HOME cameras.
The Norwalk GAZETTE yesterday
printed a long article concerning the
Soldiers’ Home at Noroton and making-
very serious charges against Dr. Muur
son, thelate superintendent. The late
3 expose comes from a veteran said tO'be
a member Of Douglas Fowler Post in
South Norwalk and the» GAZETTE inti-
mates that in a great part it believes the
charges to be true. , ,
Colonel George M. _White was seen
in New Haven last night, and asked
about the matter, declared himself thus:
“From beginning to end his the most
unblushing tissue of falsehoods that
was ever concocted and put into print.”
A duty that the executive board‘owes
to the people of this state is to hold an
investigation and give the doctor’s ac-
cusers a chance to state what they have
to say under oath. If they are telling
false stories they should be punished.
The doctOr’s reputation as an honest
man is attacked, and if he is wronged,
justice should be done him. Let this
matter be probed to the very bottom
and the foundation for the stories dis-
covered. , .
._____....,____
The T. o. L: c.
The next social affair of importance
will probably be the afternoon lawn
party and theatrical performance to be
given next Tuesday afternoon, July 28,
by the T. G. L. C. at the residence of
the Hon. J. S. Seymour, East avenue.
T. G. L. C. is the mysterious name of
a club Of little girls who have been for
some time meeting once a week to read
good authors. They conceived the plan
of giving a play for the benefit Of the
Library, the proceeds of which should
be in part devoted to the purchase of
books for children. This met with
hearty recognition from the elders, and
what little help the . children needed
from others has been gladly given, but
they are very independent andcapable
young folks, and wondeiifully little has
been allowed tO'fall upon the mothers
and fathers, cousins and aunts. There
will be ice cream and cake sold on the
lawn from 3 O’clock till 7. At 5, one or
two recitations, and a play called “A
Love of a Bonnet,” is to be given in
the barn, the barn doors to be used in-
stead Of curtains, and seats for the spec-
tators placed in front on the lawn. If
the weather should be unpropitious it
is intended to give the affair on the first
pleasant day. Tickets are 25 cents each,
admitting to the play, and can be pro-
cured at J. A. Pinneo’s. ~
6.
Comedy of Errors.
Never before has a strictly amateur
performance of a Shakesperian play
been received with such unalloyed de-
light by a Norwalk audience, as on last
evening, when the New Canaan dra-
matic association gave the Comedy of
Errors with a distinctness of elocution,
grace of acting and smoothness Of run
that would have done no discredit to
Robson and Crane.‘ We hope such
superb‘ histrionic local talent may be
reserved for future use and delights.
Their audience was a thoroughly ap-
preciative one and comprised our best
citizens. Had the atmospheric condi-
tions been more favorable the hall
would have been jammed. Quite a neat
little sum will be left for our Library
all liquidated, and the people Of Nor-
walk are under especial Obligations to
these good and generous Canaauites for
their gratuitous services in promoting
so worthy a Norwalk charity and for the
exceeding pleasure accorded our peo-
ple. '
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Another—Old Subscriber.
Mr. John Benedict, formerly Of New
Canaan, but now a resident here on
River street, is another old GAZETTE
subscriber. Sixty-two years ago he
lived at his father’s, who took it from
Post-Rider “Pop Smith” who used to
carry the GAZETTE from Norwalk to
Wilton and Ridgefield and then down
Fifty-six years
ago he began to take it for himself and
has taken it every year since, and has
, read it attentively every week, until
” it has become a part of his life.
Danbury road arrived in this city, at- ,
tention was attracted to the pilot of the
locomotive by reason' of its having ‘
, It seems that at Georgetown
the locomotive struck a cow and the
horns became so thoroughly 1mbedded
in the locomotive pilot they could not
be remOved. - .
' (From Friday’s Sentinel)
The express Of South Norwalk struck
a cow- near Georgetown. Wednesday
morning. The horns Of the animal
were so firmly imbedded in the pilot
that they could not be removed, and
the cow was proportionately damaged.
——Danbury News. .
Moral—Read the DAILY GAZETTE for
fresh news.
'l
_ness Of diphtheria.
Mr.
Benedict is now in his 80th year, and
enjoys a hale and hearty-old age.
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Improving. .
The GOdfrey children are thought to
be recovering from their scarlet fever
attack. . » .
' The Mead family are slowly but sure-
1y recovering from their perilous ill-
The little Wilson boy is well of his
diphtheretic sore throat and with his
parents is cottaged at Bell Island.
_ " _‘._ ' .
“Harvey’s Best 'TObacco only five
cents. \ . 1w146
BOILER _tlgtoston
An Engine on the Consolidated
‘ Road Explodes.
Two Men Badly Scalded.I
Switch engine NO. 40, on the Con-
solidated road, which had been repaired .
and returned to the Stamford freight
yard yesterday, blew out the crown
head shortly after 7 o’clock this morn- ‘
ing. The force of the explosion drove
the fire, fire bricks and everything in
the fire-box out into the cab. Engin-
eer Leahy and Fireman James Burns
of Stamford, who were in the cab at
the time, were horribly burned and
scalded. ' Dr. C. S. Darby was called
and examined'the men, and it Was at
first feared that they had inhaled the
steam, but later the doctor thought
Burns would pull through, but was not
so sanguine Of Leary, who was more
dangerously injured. The cause Of the
explosion is unknown.
The Reporter Saw It.
At a picnic given by some Of the lady
residents of the Green at Compo Beach
on Tuesday last, there was one young
lady in the party who refused to go in
bathing with the other owing to a lack
of avoirdupois. They finally inveigled
her into a bath house in company with
a bathing suit under a promise to put
it on and venture forth. While she
was disrobiug another member Of- the
party produced a sign bearing the in-
scription, “Admission 50 cents to see
the Living Skeleton,” which she pro-
ceeded to tack on the bath house door.
While those Of the party outside of the
houses were laughing at the joke, the
idea struck the joker that it might get
into the DAILY GAZETTE and she quick-
ly tore it down, but not quite quick
enough, however, for here it is. '
EXTRA-SOUTH NORWALK. NEWS.
A Weston horse went lame on North
.Main street, yesterday afternoon, and
an examination showed that the poor.
animal. had stepped on a vagrant nail.
The nail was extracted and the animal
proceeded on its way limping.
On Wednesday we made an item to
the effect that a cow was killed by a lo-
comotive at Georgetown, and its hOrns
imbedded'in the pilot of the locomo-
tive. On Thursday it appeared , in
the Danbury News, on Friday in the
Sentinel and to-day in the Hour.
While being backed up into the Con-
solidated freight yard, yesterday after-
noon, all the trucks on one freight car
and the forward trucks on another
jumped a switch. They were quickly
set on the track again and the crowd
that had quickly assembled to the
scene dispersed. _
A large party of employees at the
Lock factory, left for Long Island on
the yacht Gertrude this morning.
They took along bats and balls and we.-
termelons and such things in abund-
ance and expect to have a first class
time. They also took a photographer
with them and expect to bring home
some pictures Of the good times they
have.
Mrs. Catherine Merritt was arrested
in East . Norwalk last evening for
drunkenness and breach of the peace.
She would not walk along with the
officer and so was placed in awagon
and brought to the station house. J us-
tice Smith this mOrning gave her fifty
days in jail and costs on the two charg-
es tO which she plead guilty. She is
the reputeduwife of an umbrella mender
named Merritt, and has been to jail
several times before.
O
CHURCH SERVICES.
FIRST BAPTIST.—F. E. Robbins, pas-
tor; Service at 10.30 and 7.30. In
the morning the pastor will preach a
sermon especially for the children.
Subject, “Among the Red Ants.” In
the evening Mr. Robbins will preach
the second sermon upon “The Wine
which Jesus Made.” The public cor-
dially invited. All seats free.
Sunday afternoon at 4 O’clock Pastor
Robbins of the First Baptist church
will. preach in the grove near the Du-
rans cottage at Bell Island.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL.—'—Rev. Thos
K. Noble, pastor. Services at 10:30 a.
m. ahd 7:30 71).: m.. Morning subject,
“What Think Ye Of Christ?” Evening,
“The Great Congregational Council in
London.” Courteous ushers. will fur-
nish seats. Everybody welcomed.
GRACE CHURCH, July 26th.—Ninth
Sunday after Trinity. 10:30 a. m. Morn-
ing Prayer, Litany and sermon- {12 m.
Sunday School. ' 3:30 p. m. Holy‘Bap-
tism. 7:30 p. m. Evening Prayer and
sermon. . All are welcome. ‘
ST. PAUL’s.—Rev. S. T. Graham, rec-
tor. 10:30 a. m., Divine service with
sermon. Subject, “Peculiar People.”
7:30 p. m., Divine service with sermOn,
subject, “Heart-aches . over the Past.”
‘12 m., Sunday school. A {cordial wel-
come to all.
. 6% furlongs.
"TENNitssE-E's Guava PROBLEM."
Iroo/ps Say They Will—‘Not Go to the»
Mines u Convict Guards.
KNOXVILLE, Tenu., July gas-The miner-8' -
trouble at Coal Creek has been continued 4
by‘th refusal Of Governor Buchanan to.
cousi er the miners’ pro Ositiou for an
armistice, on the gound t ate-it would be
an Implied compromise with violation of
law that might at the end Of that time, in
case the legislature declined to eompl
with the demands of miners, be renew
with impunity. The representatives of
the miners disclaimed any threat and pro;
posed to accompany the proposition with
an explanation ‘whlch would relieve it
from such a'construction. The governor,
owever, declined to yield. .
Complications are arising on all sides. ~
The troops object, and some say they Will
not go to the mines as guards to convicts,
and‘if they insist on this, there is no law
compelling them to go. , There is great
dissatisfaction among them. The gov-
ernor seems to be nonplussed , as to what
course to pursue, although he realizes that
something must be done, and quickly. It
ls.reported.that the sheriff says he has no
needffor a posse of soldiers, as he has no
processes to serve and there is at present
ho mob to put down. ,
THE SARATOGA RACEs.‘
Only a Small Attendance on Account of
the Showery Weather. .
SARATOGA, July 25.-— e weather was
cloudy with occasional cavy showers,
and in Consequence the attendance was
small. The track was muddy. v
First Race—Purse, $500; for maiden $-
ear-olds;._five furlougs. Astrakhan, first.
lIagudoline, second; Montello,‘thlrd. Time,
Second Race—Purse, $500; hrs-year: Ida
and upward; one mile. Forerunner, t;
Saunterer, second; Gettysburg, third.
Time, 1:48. - . .
Third Race—Purse, $450; for 3-year-olds;
Fearless, first; Strata em,
second; Belle of Orange, third. 6,
1:26X. - ' ‘ 3 ' '
Fourth [Raced—Purse, $600; mile and
three-sixteenths. Les Angcles, first; Can-'
Can, second; Maurauder, third. Time, 2:09.
Fifth Race—Selling; purse, $400; for 3-
year-Olds and upward; six furlongs. Rosa
[1, first; Cerberus, second; Longleaf third.
Time, 111991.
Editor McKnight Won’t Tell.
BUTTE, Mon, July 25.— Editor Mc-
Knight, Business Manager George E. Boos
and City Editor Bowie, of the Helena
Journal, were taken before J udgc McHat-
ton on a charge of cOutempt of court.
The alleged contempt is in an article pub
lished in The Journal purporting to be an
interview with .“An Old Montauiau,_” and
stating that it was impossible to obtain a.
fair judge and jury in Silver Bow county
for the trial of the Davis will case; that .
Republicans and Democrats alike last fall
united in re—electlng Judge McHatton be—
cause they thought- he would take the
Butte _view of the case, and that unless a
change of venue could be obtained the jig
was up. Editor McKnight acknowledged
writing the article, but declined to state
who furnished the information for the
article. The judge said he would commit
the defendant to jail until he should die--
close the informaut’s name.
Collided on a' Bridge.
JAMESTOWN, N. Y., , July 25.—-West
bound freight train No. 88 broke in three
sections .just east of Water-bore on the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio rail-
road. Two of the seetlons came together
on the center of the east span of bridge
number six'with such force as to derail
the cars, and to throw them into the mam
trusses of the bridge, thereby breaking
the struts and destroying the structure.
Nobody was injured. Four loaded and
four empty cars fell into the bed Of the
river, which is at present dry, and about
twenty feet below the rail. Traffic on the
line is not being delayed, as trains‘arc
running via the Buffalo and Southwest-
western division and Dayton on the West-
ern division. '
An Innocent Man in Prison.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 25,—Otto Smith, the
last of the Horton gang of burglars, was
takento the penitentiary yesterday. On
the way to the station he declared that
the testimony by himself and Others was
pure fabrication and was given under the
gomise that it would result in shorter
ups of imprisonment. He said Rhom—
hold went to prison an innocent man.
The statement has created a sensation
uni].f may lead to efforts in Rheiuhold’s be-
ha .
Will Thank the Pope.
BALTIMORE, July 25.—-A special to The
Sun from Cape May says: At the next
meeting of the Catholic hierarchy of the
United States a letter of thanks will be
sent to the mm in the name of the bish-
ops of the country, thankiu him for hav-
ing rejected the petition of err Cohensly
and his associates. The hierarchy looked
upon the memorial as unwarrantablc in-
terference with the business of the Cath-
olic church in the United States.
CallfOrnla’s Falr Troubles. -
SACRAMENTO, July 25.-—State Comptroller
Colgan doubts the constitutionality of the
legislative act appropriating 8800,000-101-
California’s exhibit at the World’s fair,
and has in consequence refused to draw
his warrant for the- amount due as omce
rent for the California World’s Fair com-
mission. The comptro ler wishes the su-
preme court to decide t e question before
he pays out any money. _
Tramps in Danger.
BILLINGS, Mon., July 25.—The depreda-
tiou of tramps and a number of flagrant
outrages committed by those worthlcs in
this place has aroused the ire of the citi-
zens. It isfeared that the people will take
.‘the law in their own hands with regard to
.three Of the miscreants - who are now in
“jail charged. with having~ murdered. an old
man at his-place of business”.
Frightful and Fatal Explosion.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y., July 25.—The boiler
at Lee’s sawmill, at Nineveh Junction, ex-'
ploded.‘ Three men,‘ James Show, Fred
'Wheeler and Mr. Markham, all of Dora:
ville, wet-evinstantly killed, their bodies.
,being.mangled beyond recognition. The
building was blown to atoms.
BEDSKINS COOLING DOWN.
jl‘hc Bounce Are Abandoning Their
War Paint and Blankets.
». LCHICAGO, July 25.-Ca.ptain E. L. Hig-
’§us, of General Miles’ 'stafi, who has been
11 an ofi‘lcial visit at the Indian agencies
: the Sioux reservation, has returned to
army headquarters after an absence of
three weeks. Captain Higgins visited
Fort Bennett and the Cheyenne river
agencies and subageneies along the Chey-
, .enue river. '
"I found that the Indians are abandon-
3 their war paint and blankets,” said
‘goptalndliggins, “but crops have been al-
most total failures the last three years,
caused by the drought, and the conse-
quence is that those Indians who attempt-
ed to farm are now almost altogether de—
pendent upon what the government fur‘
nishes them for subsistence. Many have
returned to their old ways of digging wild
turnips, a few get a little game and furs
and an occasional pon is sold. I found
many farms that both dians and whites
had attempted towork deserted and the
owners gone away in disgust. This year
the crops in the Dakotas are very fair, but
the Indians live mostly in a region that IS
.911er with drought.”
THE STRUGGLE In CHILI.
An Incldent.That May End It in Favor
, ’ of Balmaceda.
PANAMA, July 25.—A great deal of ex-
citement has been occasioned here this
week by the news from France that the
ow Chilean warships had been released.
his means the speedy termination of the
war and the triumph of Balmaceda.
He already possesses all the troops and
transports necessary to conduct a victori-
ous Cam aign in the north, his trouble
hitherto avlng been the want of adequate
protection for his transports, which Would
have been promptly blown out of the wa-
ter by the heavy Congressional ships.
Once the large an well equipped army
of the dictator is thrown upon Congres-
sional soil it must end the struggle. It is
understood that the Congressionalists are
cndehvoring to pull themselves together
to strike a decisive blow ere the naval re-
cnforccmcnts enable Balmaceda to turn
the tables on them.
‘Donnelly Opposes the Combine.
ST. PAUL, July 25,—President Ignatius
- Dcnnelly, of the Minnesota State Farm
crs’ Alliance, has just published an Open
letter to members in opposition to the
scheme propounded for withholding their
present wheat crop for the double pur-
pose of obtaining higher prices and crush-
ing the wheat speculators’ combination.
Mt. Donnelly bases his Opposition to the
combination of farmers on the ground
that if the farmers held their wheat any
length of time it would only lead to the
market being eventually glutted with it.‘
Every farmer would be attempting to sell
at the same time. Prices would quickly
drop to ruinous figures and the last con-
tiOn of the agriculturists would be worse
1: an the first. He argues that the move-
ment is not in the ri ht direction. He is
strongly opposednto 516 speculators’ com-
bine, but thinks it can be more effectually
dealt with by law.
Wrecked by a Broken Ball.
DES .MOINEs, July 25.——A train on— the
Wabash road was wrecked about. thirt -
five miles east of here. A broken ral '
caused the accident, and three coaches
were plunged dowu an embankment. Fif-
teen people were in the sleeper and in the
rst coach. Of this number four were in-
und, none fatally. The fact that the
rain was running at a slow rate of s eed
at the time of the accident was all hat
prevented worse results.
Governor Campbell’s Campaign.
Commune, 0., July 25.—From a semi-
omcial source it is learned that Governor
gilmpbell has requested that err-President
eveland, Governor Bill, General Pal-
mer of Illinois, Governor Peck of Wis
cousin, Governor Boles of Iowa, Senator
Voorhees and Senator Vance be invited t0
take part in the Ohio campaign. Fro
t to six speeches are expected from eac
0 ese gentlemen.
A Famous Freemason Dying:
8 _, LBY‘VILLE, Ind., July 25,—William
£1” er, the well known author and write]
reemason , is ill, and a few hours
gre will end h 5 career. For more that
y Ears his works on Masonry have
n s ndard and the best authority on
3 c ritua .lstic and secret work of the or
or. He Is eighty-two years old.
Professor. Bret SeriOnsly Injured.
wAUKEE, July 25.—Professor Bret, a
we known educator of Paris, France, was
so ously injured internally in a runaway
atAshland, and lies in a precarious condi-
tion. Professor Bret has been in this
country several months looking up pub
lic school matters, of which he has to re
port tothe French republic.
New Haven'Sued.
NEW HAVEN, July 25.——William A
Brickell and others, Of New Jersey, have
sued the city of New Haven for,$80,000 be
cause of an alleged infringement by the
city fire department on an improvement
in feed water heaters patented by Brick-
ell. ’ A similar suit has been brought
against the 'city Of Hartford. .
A Mischievous Storm.
SALEM, Ind, July 25.—‘A severe wind-
storm and cloudburst passed over here.
Several buildings were unroofed, store
fronts were blown in and shade trees up
rooted. No one seriously injured. The -
country wheat stacks were blown down
and much damage was done to growing
crops. , , ..
A Train Crashes Into a House.
BANGOR, Me, July 25.-—A freight train
heavily loaded with timber, left the track
of the upper Stillwater branch of . the
Maine Central railroad and crashed into
the house of.Mrs. Mudgett, pushing the ‘
building from its foundation. One of the
cars went into the canal. _
Killed on an Electric Road.’ ..
DECATUR, 1115;, July 25.—.Miss Hattie
Lockwood, daughter Of Mrs. Frances Lock,
,wood, ofElgin, 1118., met her death in an
accident On the Decatur Short Line Elec
tric railway coming in from Riverside
park, and several other persons were more
or less seriously injured, g __ __ _.
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