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Norwalk, Conn., Thursday Evening, September 3, 1891.
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may paper in the State west ofBridgcport.
OUR. JOBBIL G DEPARTMENT. ,
Mn HAEEY M. GARDNER, JR. of New York.
has charge of the GAZET'r-E’s Engraving. Book
and Jobbing Department. He is an expert
and experienced Job Printer, and no work en-
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.
TERSE TALES F THE TOWN.
Read our want column to-day.
Mrs. E. J. Hill was at New Haven
yesterday.
A fairly good string gutter band is in
town.
Miss Julia Mollor, of Danbury. isvis-g
iting friends in town.
Monday being Labor Day no paper
will be issued from this office.
The Civil Engineers’ Association of
Connecticut met in Birmingham to-day.
——Choice grapes of all kinds at Bay-
mond’s. 179tf
To-morrow is the day for executing
pension vouchers.
—Headquarters for Peaches, Plums
and Pears at Raymond’s Grocery. 179tf
Read the Labor Day advertisement
in another column.
Spurgeon is very weak and constant-
ly failing. He is unable to partake of
foo .
—The finest line of Pipes ever shown
in this town can be found at Benedict’s
News Stand. 178tf
Miss Sallie Ayres, of Brooklyn, is
visiting Miss Charlotte Betts, on the
church green.
—All lovers of choice groce ries, etc. ,
can find them at Raymond’s, at the
lowest possible prices. 179tf
Gen. Chas. Olmstead expects to leave
town Friday, to join his wife who is at
the White Mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. Middleton, of Bay
Ridge, are visiting Miss Ann Jennings,
on Merwin street.
—Ask Benedict for the Horseman,
the most Reliable Paper on the Horse
ever issued. 178tf
Hon. Thomas B. Reed delivered a
eulogy on Hannibal Hamlin, at Port-
land, Me., last night.
Louis Potter sold two handsome safe-
ty bicycles to R. S. Craufurd for his
youngsters to ride about Compo.
The Hartford & New York Transpor-
tation Company will put a ‘new twin
steel propeller on that line next year.
—-—The “Celebrated Green Mountain
Grapes” for sale at Raymond’s. Fresh
every day. 179tf
The doctors have given up all hopes
of the noted Hartford criminal lawyer,
Samuel F. Jones. His death is expect-
ed at any moment.
George S. Pratt, of Bridgeport, is to
score the birds at the Orange Co., New
York, fair, to be held at Port Jervis,
from the 22d to the 25th of September.
The railing erected on Riverside ave-
nue, Norwalk, is a great improvement,
and that thoroughfare is now one of
the prettiest drives in t0wn.—Sentinel.
At present there are only 267 prison-
ers confined in the state prison at Weth-
ersfield, a decrease of more than 100
within the past year.
Rev. William H. Gilbert, secretary of
the Connecticut Bible society, has re-
moved from South Norwalk to 33 Wall
street, New Haven.
—The line of Cigars on sale by Bene-
dict cannot be surpassed in this town
for their excellent flavor and quality.
178- tf
Mrs. Alexander Britto, Of Harbor
avenue, is thought to be (1 ing of the
cancerous affection of whic she has so
long been a sufferer.
Capt. Charles F. Loomis is to be one
of the mounted marshals in the Labor
Da parade, and a good one he always
ma es.
—Pads,_ Tablets and Stationery, in
great variety, at bottom prices, can be
found at Benedict’s News Emporium.
178tf
Burgess Isaac Bowe and wife, Brad.
Keith, John McPherson, CharlesPlatt,
Caleb Wood and George Scott are all
at Stony Creek to-day, attending the
re-union of the Tenth Connecticut.
_ —-Handsome new Double Buckboard
1n Quartered Oak, for sale at low price.
‘ his home in that city yesterday. His
David Mellenger, of Lowell, Mass,
was found murdered in his store yes-
terday morning. There is no clue.
O. E. Wilson has sold two lots on
Woodbury avenue to a New York shoe
manufacturer, who expects to put up a
fine residence thereon.
—The N. Y. and Paris Young Ladies
Fashion Bazar for October, with all the
Fall..S‘tyles can be had now, at Bene-
dict’s News Depot. 178 tf
Ex-Chief De Forest is putting the
basement of Tristram& Hyatt in “ap-
ple pie order” for their occupancy in
a new line of goods.
. Sim Keith, arrayed in his best pair of
clothes, struck town yesterday. Chief
Gormley has been shadowing im since
his arrival.
——Mrs. Timothy Collins charges that
Tom Silk and family, take advantage
of her husband’s absence to annoy and
insult her.
Lawyer Samuel F. Jones, of Hart-
ford, was removed from Twin Lakes to
condition has not improved.
John Demorest, of Rowayton has
sold the property lately purchased from
\Varren E. Smith, at hive Mile River,
to Samuel J. Beacom of New York.
George Wardwell wants 100 boys,
skilled in the game of euchre, to apply
at his market immediately and learn
Vet Taylor the mysteries of the game.
Mrs. George Beatty, somewhat im-
proved in health, has returned to town,
and is the guest of her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Robert P.Beat~ty, on I’Vest avenue.
A Mr. Goepler. of Danbury, has
starteda cider mill in the old Glover
mill at Sanford station. It has all the
modern improvement for squeezing
apples.
Postmaster Knowlton of Bridgeport,
has received his instructions to visit the
post-offices in Fairfield county and rec-
ommend changes for the benefit of the
service.
If the earth trembles some evening
next week, be not afraid, as it will only
be caused by the Forresters initiating
the three jumbo’s, Giles Gregory, Hart
Weeks and Fent Pomeroy.
George B. Gregory is moving into
the Osborn House to—day, on Newtown
avenue near the Allen Betts’ pond, he
having sold his Belden Hill farm to Mrs.
Arraline Weedeu of New York.
J. Pierpont Morgan of New York, has
given $5,000 to the Hartford Y. M. C.
A. building fund which now reaches
$90,000. When $10,000 more is contri-
buted the building will be begun.
Burgess Bowe was around this morn-
ing,as fearless as an old Roman soldier,
notifying those of our merchants who.
were occupying more of the sidewalks
than the law allows, that they must
“draw in” just a little bit.
Oliver Jackson was at Hartford yes-
terdaylooking after the Norwalk wheel-
men’s interests in the Hartford Wheel
club tournament, which opens at Char-
ter Oak Park on Monday.
James Hoyt, of New Canaan, writes
the Orange County Farmer, proposing
that a monument be raised to the late
Col. D.‘ Curtis, the agricultural
writer. by the farmers of New York
and the adjoining states.
In a few days, owing to increased
freight rates that always come with
cold weather, the price of coal_will ad-
vance fifteen or twenty-five cents. If
you have not ordered your coal for the
winter it will be well for you to do so.
Mr. Will Betts, of Niekerson St Betts,
accompanied his brother and sister on
their journey west as far as Detroit,
Mich. Mr. Betts is taking the trip for
the benefit of his health, which, from
overwork. has become somewhat im-
paired.
Mr. and Mrs. Geor e Ward Selleck
spent yesterday in ew Britain. On
their way up,- they chanced to be eye-
witnesses to the dreadful accident
which caused the mashing of poor
engine fireman Jones’ leg at a New Ha-
ven open switch. ~
Work has commenced on, at least, a
partial regeneration of the plank
covering of the Danbury rail-
road tracks in front of the post
office, This perpetual nuisance will
never be just right until iron girders
replace the old wooden saw logs.
Miss Rebecca Beers died last night,
aged 86, at No. 3 Water street. She has
been cared for by Mrs. Brown, and her
wants supplied by the M. E. church for
many years past. She was a sister of
the late Nathan Beers. Dr. VanAlstyne
is to conduct her funeral to-morrow at
3 p. m. from her late residence.
Edwin Comstock, of Four Corners,
was down this morning with another
load of his rich and delicious Connect-
icut grown peaches. The peach, like
the orange and pine apple, when al-
lowed to ripen on the tree, is far su-
perior in exquisite flavor to any picked
in an unripe state, as all sOuthern fruits
shipped north have to be.
We are sincerely pained to learn that
Mr. B. W. Maples finds himself again
in a very serious ph sical condition,
since his return from is trip to the far
west, which was thought to have de-
cidedly benefitted him. His home
physician and a specialist whom he has
consulted, have ordereda complete ces-
sation from all mental and physical la-
Vernon Miller, the little son of C.
Osmond Miller, who is delivery . clerk,
for Niekerson St Betts, says the reports
of his ghastly find are none of them
correct. He was all alone picking gol-
road, in the lot. Not knowing what to
do he left it and went down to East
avenue, where he met some of his boy
acquaintances, who, with him, went
after Dr. Burke, who came and found
it a still-born child as stated, and or-
dered its decent burial. '
vice for fooling crabs. He went down
the creek 9. few.nights since, with his
lantern hung over the bow of his little
shallop, and as he tells it, the crabs be-
came so interested in, or fascinated by
his light, that they (just slid up, side-
ways, hincl-ways an
He came back in a very short time with
a plump bushel of the interesting and
delightful little crustacea. A]. says it
has many a time taken him longer to
go across the street and see a man, than
it did to catch that bushel of crabs with
his lantern.
Mrs. Arraline Wooden, the lady who
has purchased the George B. Gregory
farm, on Belden’s Hill, is. on the editor-
ial staff of the Turf, 'Field Sr Farm, and
expects to go up and down daily to her
work in New York. She will drive to
the South Wilton station and commute
on the Danbury and the N. Y. & N. H.
0878. She is a lady writer and litera-
teur of acknowledged ability in agri—
cultural, horticultural and animal in-
dustry matters. She has an invalid fa-
ther and husband, which she resolutely
and pluckily cares for, and .her pur~
country home. Mrs. Weeden’s coming
here to live is a most agreeable acqui-
s1tion to the locality.
Ex-United States Treasurer, James
W. Hyatt, is already being boomed for
the next nominee to head the ticket for
Governor at the next State election.—
Stamford News. '
The democrats are likely to “go
farther and fare worse” and no doubt,
will, just as they did last year. Had
we should have been saved the ridicu-
he would have been clearly and distinct-
1y elected. He has that way about him,
when a candidate.
Hyatt boomlet wave.
Accident to the Matt Rowe.
The tug Matt Rowe, which is at work
on a dredging contract of A. J. Beards-
ley & Son at Five Mile River,was taken
to Bridgeport, yesterday, and placed
on the ways. While turning around
the boat ran her stern into a bank, do-
ing considerable damage. The Annie.
R. Wood has taken the Rowe’s place.
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An Old Relic.
Barney Cummings, the horse railway
track repairer, yesterday, removed the
old wooden string piece of the road in
front of Dr.
July 1863, the day the draft riot oc-
curred in New York. Barney imme-
diately recognized his old friends by
and nut instead of. the spike, as used at
the present time.
Green Mountain Grapes.
Grocer G. W.Raymond has a consign-
ment of the Hoyts’ famous Green Moun-
tain grape. These are the first ones of
this choice variety that have been put
on the public sale in any market. We
congratulate friend Raymond on his
rare good fortune in being the first
merchant, in all the world, to handle
this grape, of which, at the recent
meeting of pomologists and others, at
the Hoyts’ Nursery, the following was
said:
“Mr. J. W. Manning, of Reading,
Mass, who is .a well known grape
grower, said he planted the Concord
grape five years before it was named.
He had made Grape culture a study,
and it was his 2honest conviction that
the Green Mountain was the best early
white grape yet introduced.”
“Mr. Draper, President of the Massa-
chusetts Grange, pronounced the grape
as raised by him, as overtopping all
other grapes known, in vigor, earliness,
exquisite flavor and prodigious yield.’
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Obltu ary.
JOSIAH RAYMOND.
At his home on the border line be-
tween Norwalk and Westport, last
night, the aged, honored and everv.
where respected, Josiah Raymond,
passed to the beyond, in the 85th year
of his age. A half century ago,he was,
aside from being a thrifty farmer, one
of the most active and Sagacious busi-
ness men in either Norwalk or West-
port. For years he was a Fire Insu-
rance agent and so absolute was the
trust everybody reposed in him,
that he did a large and Widely
extended business. For, a period
of a quarter of a century or
more, he was the Westport correspond-
ent of the GAZETTE, and must have
been a continuous subscriber for more
than sixty years. His funeral is to be
on Saturday and his interment at the
ners, Norwalk. 179 2t
bore and activities,which.will bea very
hard thing for him‘to do. , .
old East avenue cemetery, where ire-
pose the dust of his honored ancestors
and kinsfolk . -
den rod, when he‘sawthe bundle in the
weeds and bushes a little way from the '
A1. De Forest has hit on a novel de- 3
all other, but a ,
straight line way, to his boat and all he '
had to do was to just “scoop ’em in." .
chase of this forty-acre farm was for the {
purpose of giving them an enjoyable -
MrHyatt been their candidate last fall, ‘
lous Gubernatorial muddle our state is .
now in, for the simplest of all reasons, '
But there, the “ab- '
solutely independent” and absolutely |
non-partisan DAILY GAZETTE must stop ;
talking politics. Nevertheless, let the ‘
Pardee’s residence at .
South Norwalk, which he put down in ;
the fact that it was put down with bolt :
Water Scarce Again.
The Water Cenfimissioners have an of-
ficial notice of special interest to water
consumers in another column.
Crooked Work on the Track.
The judges have declared off all pools
on the pacing race, at Philadelphia, yes-
‘ terday, owing to suspicions 'that Hal
Pointer had been'tampered with.
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'1 - To Be Sold.
The employee ofithe Osborn& Chees-
man works in Ansonia have received no-
tice that the mill Will be shut down Oc-
tober 1 and will not be opened again b
the present manhgement. The goo s
as well as the progeny w111 be sold and
the proceeds will e_ divided among the
creditors. , .. ' .
A Bad Barber.
William McQuien, a Westport bar-
ber, disappeared Monday night, leav-
ing, it is said, a large number of un-
{paid bills, and taking with him razors
and cups belonging to customers, be-
sides an amount of money borrowed
. from friends. A wife and infant child
' are penniless.
GOP-
Struck by nghtnlng.
In a severe rain storm at Grand Is-
land, Omaha, where the State Grand
Army and Sons of- Veterans reunion is
being held, a lightning bolt struck the
. camp. Nine men were prostrated. The
tent was wrecked,- and it is believed
that if it had not been for the metal on
the pole many people in the surround-
ing tents would have been killed.
The New Postal Cards.
The first shipment of the new postal
cards from the factory at Shelton has
3 been made. There were 7,000,000 of the
, large manilla, or business men’s cards,
' and 5,000,000 of the pearl gray cards for
ladies. They were sent to the St. Louis
sub-agency, but will not be issued un-
til the Chicago agency is supplied and
there is an accumulation of stock at the
E factory.
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Base Ball Games.
National leag‘ue——New York 2, Chi-
, cage 11 ; Broo iyn 1, Cleveland 8; Cin-
cinnati 7, Boston 0,; Pittsburg 4, Phil-
adelphia 8.
American Association—Athletic 4,
.St. Louis 5; Boston 4, Columbus4;
, Milwaukee 2, Baltimore 4. At Wash-
ington rain. ,
Eastern Association—«Lebanon 5,
Buffalo 3. Albany 6, Troy 3.
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~Last lfigtallment.
The City of Albany brought up, last
night, the last lot of fresh air boys
f who are to go to Branchville this sea-
‘son. There were ninety-seven of the
little fellows,jammed three in a seat, in
the Danbury car, as it started up the
road and that they were not uncom-
fortably pinched, is evident from the
fact that they went off singing as loud
as their little screeching voices could
yell out, the chorus of the song they
- were struggling to sing.
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A Runaway Boy.
A boy who gave his name as James
; Wallace and his age as thirteen years,
was taken in charge by Officer Gilligan
at the New Haven depot last evening
and taken to police headquarters, where
he was locked up in the truant room.
The boy says that his father and
mother are both dead and that he ran
5 away from a farmer named Faulkner
on the Bethel line, near Danbury,who,
he says, treated him so cruelly that he
was obliged to run away.
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G. A. R.
l
g The first meeting of Buckingham
' Post, after the long summer adjourn-
ment, was held last evening and an un-
usually large number of comrades were
present. Capt. Wm. A. Ambler gave
an interesting account of his trip to the
national encampment .atDetroit, but
perhaps the most cheering news of.the
evening to the old Vets, was that g1 ven
by an agent of the Corporal Tanner
Pension agency, at Washington when
the agent announced that under the
last pension act, every old soldier was
entitled to a pension.
MaJor Tibblts.
It is very gratifying to the friends of
Major John A. Tibbits, now occupying
the post of United States consul at
Bradford, England, says the New Lon-
don Day, “to ear direct from Messrs.
Augustus Brandegee and Judge Crump,
who saw him less than a fortnight ago,
that he has regained his health and is
lOoking like himself again. Major Tib-
bits ,is as fully interested in all that
goes on in the state of Connecticut as
though he had never left these shores.
His voice will be heard from the stump
in his native land, in 1892, and he prob-
ably does not guess how hearty will be
his welcome from people of all shades
of politics. ”
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Newspaper Changes.
Franklin H. Hart has resigned his
position as vice president and director
of the Palladium Publishing company,
and Gen. E. S. Greeley has resigned
his position as director. In his letter
' of resignation Mr. Hart stated that his
action was prompted by the course of
the paper during the legislative contro-
versy. '
A statement coming quite directly
from the Palladium office, yesterday, is
that on Monday night, at about 11
o’clock, ex—Judge Harrison transferred
his controlling interest in the paper,
1,400 shares, to Harry Alloway, of New
York. N o authentic information about
the matter can be obtained for publi-
cation. It is also said that there will
be a change in-the business manage-
ment of the paper. _. ., . ..
ever, and is as well posted in politics as
A Curlous Accldent. '
_Mr. J. Linxweiler’s horse, yesterday,
did something that no horse, in this
section at least, has been credited with.
It caught its hind foot in its mouth,
and was unable to extricate. It is
thought that a flv alighted on its
mouth and, in an attempt to brush it
(the fly)_ away, the animal’s hoof got
caught in his mouth as above. After
considerable exertion the foot was ex-
tricated from its perilous position and
the beast placed on his “pins” again.
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Qulnn Escaped.
John Quinn, alias Jersey, who com-
mitted rape on little Lillie Khueny sev-
eral weeks_ago and was sentenced to
five years in state prison at Tolland,
has escaped from Tolland jail. He is
thought to be hiding in Manchester and
the officers are scouring the town for
him. .
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First Congregatlonal Church-
The social branch of the “Ladies’
Association” of the Congregational
church held the first meetin of the
season yesterday and made p ans for
their fall work. They completed ar-
rangements for the grand concert to be
given in the church by Edward Baxter
Perry and Miss Bertha Webb on the
25th inst. All lovers of good music will
have a rare treat, in hearing these re-
markably talented artists.
CO.
The Derby Races.
There was a much larger attendance
at the Derby races yesterday, the sec-
ond day of the eleventh annual fall
meeting of the association. In the 2.40
3135:, Frank W. won. Time 2.42, 2.3931,
.Lady Thompson won in the 2.27 class.
Time 2.20%; 2.30, 2.31.
Fannie won the members race in two
straight heats. Time 2.59, 2.58.
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Sheepshead Bay' Races-
The races at this track yesterday re-
sulted as follows:
First race, 7 furlongs—Arab 1, Tan-
ner 2, Chaos 3; time 1.27 2-5. Second
race, 6 furlongs—Rex 1, Madrid 2, Azra
3; time 1.15 1-5. Third race, 9 furlongs
——-Cassius 1, Kingmaker 2; time 1.56.
Fourth race, futurity course—Ludwig
1, St. Pancras 2, Alscinder 3; time 1.11
1-5. Fifth race, 7 furlongs—Willie L 1,
Soho 2. chepete 3; time 1.28 3-5. Sixth
race, 1% mile—Coral 1, Snowball 2, Vir-
'g1e 3; time 2.15.
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“Casper. The Yodler.”
“Casper, the Yodler,” as presented
by Chas. T. Ellis and his excellent com-
pany is attacting the largest audiences
of the season wherever he appears.
Mr. Ellis is reaping the harvest by his
faithful zealous work:“ No young ac-
tor, and Mr. Ellis is a young man yet,
has such a brilliant future before him.
Possessed of all the elements necessary
to make a successful actor, coupled
with the fact that he is the sweetest
Singer on the stage to-day, is in itself
enough to attract the large audiences
which greet his every appearance. New
scenery has been especially prepared
for this season’s production, and Mr.
Ellis will sing a number of new songs
of his own composition. He is sure to
have a crowded house here.
Carpets in Panoramlc Splendor.
If the D. M. Read Go. keep on tun-
nelling, annexing, reaching up, down
and across, they will absorb what is
known as the Wheeler building in a
few years. Their latest acquisition is
the entire monstrous store known as
No. 448 Main street and No. 79 Middle
street for special displays in the carpet
and rug lines. They have united this
magnificent wareroom by aconnection,
virtually making the two main stores
one and the'same. The main object of
establishing this circuit of stores. is the
better and more convenient display of
hundreds of rare and elegant products
in the carpet and rug line never before
shown in such profusion in this city. ’
These goods embrace every known
quality, pattern and style of floor or-
namentation in the home or foreign
markets, and being leaders and manu-
facturers, as well as wholesale and re-
tail dealers in carpets, the D. M. Read
Go. feel fully warranted in defying
competition in prices.
A Pecullar- Phenomenon.
A startling and most remarkable phe-
nomenon occurred in Brookfield on Sun-
day night which will be remembered to
life’s end by those who heard it. An
electrical storm occurred which was in
no wise different from many others
either in kind or intensity. About the
time for the evening service, and when
the eongre ations of the churches were
awaiting t e commencement of wor-
ship, it began to thunder and lightning
in the distance and the shower appear-
ed to be rapidly approaching until it
was direc‘ly ove‘rhead.’ Suddenly, as all
claps of thunder come, there was a
burst of musical thunder, sounding
somewhat like a gong in different tones
and so marked was the musical notes as
to be sweet and almost bugle-like. As
quick as a flash all the eyes of the con-
gregation in the church were directed
to the ceiling and the suppressed cry of
“What’s that? ” could be heard all
over the church. “ It’s thunder ! ”was
the exclamation from all. All were
startled, although some were more
frightened than others. There were
those who doubtless being a little con-
scious stricken, thou ht of the final
reckoning.—Danbury ews. -
Put Croton Oil in the Ice Cream.
VISALIA, 0111., Sept. 3.—Eleven boarders
in the house of Mrs. McDermott were
taken suddenly ill immediately after eat-
ing some ice cream. A doctor was sum-
moned” and an investigation made, when it
was discovered that a. large quantity of
eroton oil had been mixed with the cream
before it was frozen. A boarder who had
been ordered to leave on account of his
drunken habits is supposed to be the guilty
party, and the police are now in search of
.him. 'Alltlie eleven boarders are said to
be out of danger. . ..
c'onuur'rrox IN cANAnA.
Grave Charges ' Made. Against Chapleal'l
.Administratoln by Mr. Lister.
OTTAWA, Sept. 3.—In the public ace
counts committee J. 13. Roland, ofthe Ro«
land paper mills at St.‘ Jerome, was asked
by Mr. Lister how it was that he had
tendered bids for paper at 6 5-6, 7 and 7%
cents and had got the contract at 7% cents.
Roland said that he did not know; it was
so, but he could not explain it.
Mr. Chapleau, secretary of ‘ state, said
that a number of samples had been sent
In with various prices, and that the best
and highest quality had been accepted,
and that Lister, in putting the question
In the form practically of a statement, as
he had done, was wilfully misleading the
committee.
Mr. Lister warmly denied this charge,
and said that in making it Mr. Chapleau
was deliberately insulting him. He had
not yet said anything that he could not
back up. He had charged that the secre-
tary of state’s department was racking
with corruption, and he had amply proved
it. Never in any country in the world
had such a. state of corruption been known
to exist. Before he got through he threat-
ened he would bring home his charges
pretty close to the secretary himself'
When he stated that Roland had tendered .
bids at 7% and had got 7% cents he knew
what he was saying. The secretary of
state was talking of things he knew noth-
ing about.
Several Liberal members said that Chap—
leau should take back his insult. Mr.
Chapleau held that he had not insulted
Mr. Lister any more than Mr. Lister had
insulted him, and with afew more pas-
sages the storm passed over. Mr. Lister
asked if the witness’ firm had paid any
money to C. A. Dansereau of the Conser-
vative association of Montreal. He said
he had. Mr. Chapleau said that the ques-
tions were irrelevant to the investigation.
In the course of his remarks Chapleau ad-
mitted that he himself had asked Mr.
Roland, as a. rich manufacturer, to con-
tribute to therelection fund.
THE PRISON INVESTIGATION.
How the Proceedings at Dannemora
Will Be Conducted.
ALBANY, Sept. 3.—The commission ap-
pointed to investigate the charges in the
public press against the officials of Clin-
ton prison met at the office of the super
intendent of prisons, and the following
course of procedure was decided upon;
No permission will be given to either
accused or accusers to be representedlby
counsel. Mr. Craig, the president of the
state board of charities, is a lawyer and
can ask all the necessary questions in
proper legal form.
The hearing will not be open to the pub-
lie, but all the testimony will be taken by
a stenographer, and at the conclusion of
the hearing all the evidence, as well as the
report of the commission, will be given to
the press.
The commission will determine from
time to time as the hearing progresses
what measures shall be taken for the pro-
tection of witnesses who maybe sworn.
The superintendent will adopt whatever
course in that regard that the commission
decides is proper or necessary.
The commission invites all persons hav-
ing any knowledge of facts bearin g on the
merits of the matters to appear before the
commission at Clinton prison without
delay. The hearing will begin at Clinton
prison, at Dannemora, Thursday, Sept. 3,
at 10 o’clock.
Turned the Hose on Them.
CLIFTON, Ont., Sept. 3.—There has been
ill feeling between this town and the
Michigan Central railroad, and the latter
refused the town the privilege of laying a.
water main under its tracks. The town
put a force of laborers at work excavating
and the railroad put another gang at work
dumping gravel into the excavation.
Finally the town authorities ordered out
the fire companies. The water work’s
pump was started and the nozzles of a
number of lines of hose were turned on
the railroad men. Things were lively for
a time, but the railroad gang was finally
vanquished.
Big Interests Involved.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 3.——Habeas corpus
proceedings were instituted in the au-
preme court here to secure the release of
Mrs. J. Short, of Garfield county, charged
with killing her stepchild. The impor-
tance of the case lies in the fact that it
calls in question the organization of Gar-
field county, which, it is claimed, has
never been legally organized, and there-
fore its courts have had no jurisdiction.
If successful it will render void the
numerous mertgage foreclosures of that
county and liquidate the county debt at
one fell swoop.
The Erie Strike Resumed.
LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 3. —Freight
brakemen and conductors on the Lake
Erie and Western road struck again last
evening, and have notified men atPeru,
Lima. and Indianapolis of their action.
The new schedule did not prove satisfac-
tory to them, and the committees saw
General Manager Bradbury yesterday at
Indianapolis. The conference did not
prove satisfactory and the strike began.
Knocked the Engineer’s Head Ofi’.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. ,Sept. 3. —Richard Nash,
of Philadelphia, engineer on the fast Read-
ing express, while on the lookout, was
struck by some obstruction, near Oreville
station, and his head was severed from
the body. The body hung out of the cab
window some minutes before the fireman
discovered what had occurred.
A Child Sufl'ocated. .
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. 3.—The big
icehouses at Holyoke, owned by the
Holyoke and South Falls Ice company, ‘to-
gether with a barn and two houses, were
burned. A child in one of the buildings
was suffocated and two others had nar-
row escapes. The fire is supposed to have
been the work of incendiaries.
The New York Disaster.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—The coroner’s in-
vestigation into the Park place disaster
was continued, and several witnesses tes-
tifled‘regarding the shaky condition of the
building, and gave further evidence con-
tradictory of the theory that the disaster
was caused by an explosion. ‘ . -
Gunman m2 mas. nannisox._,
Mrs. McKee and Mrs. Rushell’B. Harri?
son Return from Europe. -
NEW YORK, Sept. 3.4—The steamer Ma.
estic, after a voyage from Queenstown in
days 21 hours and 50 minutes, arrived at _
quarantine, and the revenue cutter Grant,
with Mrs. Benjamin'Harrison, Mr...Rus-,,f'
sell Harrison, Mr. J. R. McKee, Mrs. W.‘
A. Dimmock, Lieutenant Cowles, George
W. Boyd, general agentof the Pennsylva-fi
nia railroad, and wife; J. A. H. Hay and-i: . '
others on board arrived at the’same time, '
and Mrs. Russell Harrisonand Mrs. Mc-
Kee were immediately: transferred. from
the Majestic to the Grant- The baggage of
the two latter ladies was then lowered-to
the tug, a. special custom house inspector
having been detailed to examine the bag‘
gage on board the tug. The little boat
then steamed away to the foot ofTwenty-
third street, where the presidential party
Were landed and driven to the Gilsey
House.
Two days ago Russell B. Harrison, son
of the president, went to Collector Fassett
at the custom house in this city and asked
the collector to lend to him the revenue
cutter Grant, so that he might meet the
Majestic at quarantine and bring Mrs.
Russell Harrison and Mrs. McKee to this
city by a private vessel. ,Collector Fassett.
refused to lend the Grant to Mr. Harrison.
He said that the cutter had been built for
business purposes and not as a pleasure
boat. Collector Fassett telegraphed to
Secretary of the Treasury Foster, who con-
trols the movements of all revenue cutr
ters, and received from him an official re-
ply supporting the action which the col-
lector had taken in the matter.
Later in the day, however, the collectox
received this telegram from Secretary
Foster: “I notice by morning’s papers that
Mrs. Harrison, wife of the president, is on
her way to New York to meet her daughtei
on the Majestic. Under the circumstances
you will kindly put the revenue cutter
Grant at Mrs. Harrison’s di’sposaLtO b1».
used at her discretion.”
SOLDIERS’ HOMES OVERCROWDED.’“
And So All the Old Vets Who Can Work
Must Leave.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 3.——Nearly all the
old soldiers now in the national home here
who are able to werk will be compelled tc
leave the institution shortly, as the result
of action recently taken by the national
board. The question of pensions will out
no figure, and all ablebodied men, with Oi
without pensions, will have to leave. The
action of the national board was caused by
the discovery that the national homes 9.12
over the country were greatly over-
crowded, and that many of the inmates
were vigorous, hardy men, fully able tc
earn their living. .
This was especially true of the home
near here. It was decided to order a thor-
ough medical examination of all inmates 5
of the various branches of the home, with
a. view of reducing the number of perma‘
nent inmates. The examination here will
take some time, as there are now 1,94(
regular inmates. The result of the phys-
ical examination, it is thought, will reduce
the number so that all actually entitled tc
care and a home can be properly accom
modated. . <
Dr. Justin's Experiment Successful.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. 3.——Dr. Joel J us
tin went to Perryville, accompanied by
some friends, to make a test of his recent
invention. The doctor’s experiment cons
sistedin throwing a. 60—pound shell from a
5-inch parrot gun against a solid wall of
limestone rock a: half mile distant from
the gun. Dynamite was not used, but in
its stead nitro gelatin, a much more via
lent explosive. Forty-one ounces of this
substance was used in the shell, and when
the missile struck the target it exploded
with terrific force, tearing down large port
tions of the wall. Only one shot was
made and that was wholly satisfactory.
The public experiment, in which both guns
will be used, and at which a. number of
gublic officials will be in attendance, will
e held some time during the present
month. ‘
Another Rainmaker at Work.
CHEYENNE, Wy., Sept. 3.—Frank Alber-
son operated here yesterday with his secret
process for rainmaking and the result was
two showers, amounting to nearly half an
inch of precipitation. The heavy'rain was
local. Cheyenne being the storm center 01
a ninety mile circumference. Albersor
keeps his secret well. He works in a. barn
and has a. hole in the, roof for his use, but
its utility has not been ascertained. Opin-
ions are divided as to whether he use:
chemical gases or electricity. The 'twc
storms came from diflferent directions.
The Davis Will Contest.‘
BUTTE, Mon., Sept.‘ 3.'—A climax was
reached in the Davis will ease yesterday,
when experts tested the ink on the docu
ment to prove whether it was nigrosine
or logwood. In case the ink was logwood
the acid would cause it to turn a light red,
while if nigrosine the appliance of acid
would cause no change in color. To the
chagrin of the contestants, the color of fill!
writing where the acid was applied turned
to a reddish tint. The, test was the 01084
of the testimony of the contestants.
Tried to Bob the Wrong Man.
VELPEN, Ind, Sept. .3.—Three men
named Posey, Miller and Fleming, Went
into a small restaurant here and attempt
ed to rob the proprietor of everything they
could lay hands on. The proprietorrar
for his pistol and shot, instantly killing
Posey and Fleming. He then ran to the
door and shot twice at Miller. One shot
took effect in the fleshy part of the thigh,
inflicting an ugly wound. The man whc
did the shooting was arrested.
A Crlsis in Gautemala. :
CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 8,—Advices re
ceived from Guatemala say that the elee
tion excitement there is intense, and it is
feared no election can take place. In such
case President Barillos will hold' over, and
he may try to declare himself dictator.
which will not only cause complications
in Gautemala, but in all Central America
Five Thousand Acres Burned Over.
GRAND Fonxs, N. D., Sept. 3,—Five thou-
sand acres of hay land, studded with
stacks, was swept clean by "a. prairiefin
last night, supposed to have caught'fron:
a Northern Pacific locomotive, burning t4:
the banks of the Turtle river. . , -
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