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{Shore Line.
The Consolidated railroad has been
engaged on a comprehensive work of.
improvement on the Shore Line, for a
considerable period of time past, which
in magnitude and importance is only
second to the four-tracking of their
main line. If “Jordan is a hard road
to travel,” the building of railroads
along the western shores of Long Is-
.and Sound, is far harder, and from
New Haven to New London, is one
continuous succession of salt meadow
flats and rocky ledges. The double
tracking of that line is now nearly
completed and the reconstruction and
relaying with new steel rails, of the
Old Single track, practically finished.
The immense new iron bridge at East
Lyme is also nearing completion. The
line of the road-bed has been shortened
in many places by taking out old
curves, cutting through rocky ledges
and making air-line shoots across salt
marshes. The outlay has been some-
thing enormous, but it is evident the
public are to be greatly benefitted by
these extensive and expensive changes,
as well as the great corporation con-
ducting them. As good or even better
time will be made on this line to Bos-
ton, than is now made via Springfield,
while the charm of the seaside riding
over this route,through Connecticut in
hot weather, cannot be exceeded any-
where on the continent. In a fewyears,
as things are now going, this beautiful
beach of the Sound will be studded
with summer cottages all along the line
from Fair Haven to New London.
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TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
“Billy ” Bishop was in town yester-
day. '
George Ward Selleck and wife are at
Lake George.
Expressman Lincoln’s horse died at
3 o'clock this morning.
Lawyer J. Belden Hurlbutt is in New
York to-day on legal business.
Miss Mary Selleck is spendintT a we ek
with Mrs. Delevan at Rye, N Y
Miss Nellie Van Scoy, of Danbury,
is visiting friends on Belden avenue.
The New York State Republican Con-
yention opened at Rochester this morn-
ing. __
——“A Little Irish Girl,” the “Duch-
ess” Latest Book. For Sale by Bene—
dict. 181 tf
.Miss Louise Cuddy, of Brooklyn, is
Visiting at Levi Hanford’s on Belden
avenue.
Clarence Smith, formerly of. Nor-
walk, now of New York, was in town
yesterday.
_A lone trombone player made life
miserable for a short time yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. Martin Arendt, of Fair street,
sailed for Hamburg, Saturday, to join
her husband.
Melville Kellogg leaves today to ac-
cept the DOSll‘dOD. of advance agent for
Ullie Akerstrom.
Henry J. Grumman won a hand-
some diamond ring in a raffle at his sa-
loon last evening.
—Miss Annie E. Hall has returned to
Norwalk and will resume teaching on
and after September 12. ‘
Mrs. Adel Leonard, of Kent, who
has been visiting Mrs. Henry Cornell,
Will return home Friday.
Theodore Ellwood, of Bridgeport,
formerly of Norwalk, was visiting
friends in town yesterday.
Mrs. S. S. Patterson, of New York,
who has been v1s1ting friends in town,
returned home this morning.
Mrs. Minnie Sohm, of Philadelphia,
who has been Visiting her sister, Mrs.
G A. Franke, returned home this
morning.
A seat on the N. Y. Stock Exchange
was sold yesterday for $22,000. This is
the highest bid that has been made for a
seat for more than a year. The last seat -
was sold for $18,500.
The front of Mrs. Fawcett’s millinery
store, on Main street, is being re-
,painted.
John Wade has gone west for a week.
He‘took his gun with him and proposes
to kill all the woodchucks in that sec-
tion.
Buckingham Lockwood started this
morning for Philadelphia to witness
the raCes-a't Point Breeze, where he
has horses entered.
Our Bridgeport friends are making
great preparations to receive the White
Squadron, which is expected to anchor
in their harbor this afternoon.
The butchers of Danbury are giving
a grand barbecue and picnic tO-day and
Norwalk and South N orwalk butchers,
to the number of twenty, are present.
The case against Conductor Gould
Hoyt for pushing the two Knapp chil-
dren off his car, Labor Day, was dis—
missed by Judge Austin yesterday.
Mrs. M. D. Clark and daughter, Miss
Sarah S. Clark have returned from New
Preston, where they have been spend-
ing the past two weeks with friends.
Auntie Miller Ronk has a new busi-
ness. She is now engaged in selling
and delivering flowers, and says that in
a short time Hanford and Guigue won’t
be “in it.”
Con. Conley put away a bushel of
crabs last evening and topped them off
With a milk punch. With the help of a
dOCtor and a stomach pump Con. is able
to be out this morning.
The relatives of Thomas Hable wish
to extend their thanks to the Knights
of Columbus, Hope Hose and Mutual
Drum Corps, for so kindly participat-
ing in the funeral of their dead com-
rade yesterday.
It now leaks out that the reason why
Arthur Pinneo deserted his sailing
friends on their recent trip‘ was be-
cause theyhad sprung a leak, owing to
too many collisions with rocks between
here and Essex.
The New York Press says: Miss
Helen Watterson, a bright contributor
to New York newspapers, who earns
$50 per week, and Mr. W. S. Moody,Jr.
another bright New York editor, who
earn: still more, are to be married next
wee .
The joint reunion and banquet of the
Timmy-third and Twent -eighth regi-
ments of war veterans in anbury,yes-
terday, was a big success. Over one
hundred and eighty members of the
Twenty-eighth and one hundred and
thirty of the Twenty-third attended.
Says a correspondent: “Many ex-
pressmns of ratification have been
heard In regar to the action of the W.
C. T. U. severing their connection from
any political club by securing a sepa-
rate room for the meetings and deliber-
ations. The whole community will now
Wlsh them success. "
Mrs, E. Hinman, widow of the late
Francis S. Hinman, who has been very
ill at the home Of her father I. R. Dor-
sett, of Academy street, has gone with
her daughter and sister, Miss Clara I.
Dorsett, at the advice Of Dr. J. G.
Gregory, for a visit to New Jersey and
a trip up the Hudson.
_ All hail! Cashier Chas. L. Rockwell
is the father of a little daughter that
dropped down from the skies to glad-
den his summer home, in Ridgefield,
last Friday, Sept. 4th. He and his
“bonnie bride” will receive congratu-
lations many and most hearty from
their hosts of Norwalk friends.
The members of the Alpha Wheel
Club did not return from the races at
Hartford, last night, as was expected,
staying over to witness tO-day’s races.
Capt. Seeley was entered in two races
yesterday, a two mile and one mile. In
the former he came in fourth, and in
the mile race he was not placed.
——Messrs. W. B. Hall 85 Co.,the Dry
Goods men, of Bridgeport. are this sea-
son outdoing themselves. In addition
to six buyers, who are hunting up nov -
elties in the American markets, they
have a buyer in Europe who is send-
ing chOice goods home through the
Bridgeport Custom House. Their bar-
gains this fall will‘be greater than ever.
The committee of the Pioneer Hook
and Ladder Company having in charge
the revision of the constitution and by-
laws of the company, met last evening
and revised the by-laws now in effect.
They will report to the company at the
regular meeting, Thursday evening,
and if the report is adopted, they will
be printed as authorized by the court
of burgesses, at their meeting,.Monday
evening. ..
Miss Bertha Webb, who has given
such delight to all who have been for-
tunate enough to hear her at Hillside
or the Opera House, is down for three
numbers on the programme of the Per-
ry Concert. to be given in the Congre-
gational church, on Friday evenin ,
the 25th inst. This is good news to a 1
who apprecmte a genuine artist upon
the violin.
George Grumman, of South Wilton;
brought to Norwalk yesterday, what is
probably the most peculiar potato ever
grown hereabouts. It is of the Pride
of South Wilton variety, and was grown
from seed furnished by the Agricultur-
al. Department at \Vashington. It
weighed two pounds and six, ounces,
and has seven distinct‘prongs or legs,
each of which is the size of an ordinary
potato.» It only needs a place to touch
it off, and a dark night to make a gen-
uine pin-wheel out Of it. It is on ex-
hibition at Grumman Bros. saloon,
Main street. ~ ' ' '
dayattending a meeting of the “Fair-
-—Broken Stone for Walks, Drives, :
Concrete. etc; P. W. BATES, 3
181 5t 42 Water street. .
The walls of the Childrens’ Home, on
the Westport road, are now up to the
second story.
Ed. Meeker’s new house on Westport
avenue, is resplendent in its gay colors
of new paint.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Fillow have. re-
turned from their three weeks’ visit to
New York state.
Borough Clerk Hubbell and wife ré-
turned from their visit to 'Wilton last
evening.
The winners of the athletic prizes on
Labor Day can obtain the same of‘ C.
J. Conley, 33 Butler street.
Miss Marguerite Brophy returned
from her annual summer trip to
Bridgeport yesterday and at once called
on 001. Daskam to pay her respects.
Miss Carrie Colton, of Collinsville,
Conn., is the new teacher in the North
Center school. She is boarding at pre-
sent yvith Edward Merrill, on France
stree .
James E. Allen, of 74. Main street, one
of Norwalk’s old and honored residents
and one of the best masons in our town,
is moving to Bridgeport to-day. Hall
is doing the transportation of his goods.
0. E. Wilson has sold this morning,
the Martin Morris place on Elm street,
to Charles \V. Rogers, who will reno-
vate the same and make it his future
residence from and after October next.
John Adams, the leading clothier of '
Middletown, N. Y.. brought his family
here yesterday for a short visit at the
old home. He left for the stirring cen-
tral city of the empire state, this morn-
ing.
Dr. Bates is the new veterinary who
will take the place of Dr. S. W. Schup-
pan, who leaves Norwalk Saturday.
Doctor Schuppan has made many warm
friends during his stay in town, who
will regret to hear of his departure.
At the meeting of the Merchants’
Protective Union to be held at George
W. Raymond’s grocery store to-night,
all who feel an interest in the purposes
of the organization are invited to at-
tend, whether already members of the
Union or not.
Dr. Noble was in Green’s Farms yes~
field West consociation,” which was
convened for the purpose of ordaining
young Mr. Elwood, a native of that
town, to the foreign missionary work.
He will sail for India with his young
bride next month. Dr. Noble Ofi'ere
the ‘ ‘Ordaining prayer.”
Gentle reader, you have probably
wondered why Mr. T. B Hopper did
not attend to business yesterday, at the
old stand, and likewise why Mr. Geo.
L. Locknood. the driver of DeKlyn’s
bakery wagon, limped around on one
leg. The answer is plain. Both took“
the initiatory degree in Our Broth‘ers?.
Lodge, Monday evening. since which,
time they have sincerely believed. that
life is not worth living. ..
Our Public Schools." ‘ _.
The following is a list of the teach-
ers in the public schools for the." com-
ing year :
OVER-RIVER.
H. B. Wigham, Principal; Miss Susan
Curtis, asst. principal. Miss Bertha
Allen, Mrs. Jonathan Camp,Miss Reba
Taylor, Miss Mary Leverich, Miss Ad-
die Bouton, Miss Benedict, substitute
for Mrs. Camp.
CENTER.
Charles A. Tucker, Principal; Mrs.
Susan B. Welch, asst. principal. Miss
Sadie Hull, Miss Cornelia Elwood, Miss
Carrie Flynn, Miss Annie T. Pardee,
Miss Gregory, Miss C. M. Glover. Miss
Ella Scofield, Miss Anna Brown.
NORTH CENTER. ‘
Miss Ellen Merrill, Principal; Miss
Carrie Colton.
WINNIPAUK.
George Thompson, Principal; Miss
Helen Thompson, Miss Etta Kemp.
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Bicycle Tournament.
The first race of the Hartford theel
club’s tournament was started at Char-
ter Oak park at 1.40 yesterday.
The first event on the card was the
first heat of the one mile novice race,
pneumatics barred. The heat was eas-
ily captured by P._ J._ McDufi'ee of
Lynn, Mass, in. 2.52 4-5.- -
The second heat had eight starters.
F..L. Warner of New York, won the
heat by fifteen wheels ; time 2.59 4-5.
The final heat had eight starters.
McDufi‘ee won without serious contest
in the slow time of 3.11 1-5.
The first heat Of the quarter-mile
safety, open, had eight starters, includ-.
ing Willie Windle, “Pete” Berlo,
Rich, the Murphy Brothers, Banker
and Brinker. Berlo finished first. The
heat was declared off on account of a
collision.
In the second heat Zimmerman won
in 34 4-5 seconds.
The third heat was easily won by
Word-en of the Manhattan Athletic club.
The first heat was run over and was
won by Berlo in 33 3-5 seconds. _
The half-mile safety National L. A.
W. championship had seven starters.
The race was between Zimmerman,
Berlo and W' E Murphy, the trio com- years’ bride, a liberal purse in hard
: cash was bestowed: The company was
a large and most enjoyable one, and the
evening one long to be remembered by
ing to the wire last. .
Zimmerman won by two wheels in
1.22 1.5. - 5
The firsh'quarter was done in 29 4-5 ;
seconds, breaking the world’s record of =
-30 4-5 seconds.
BURGLllRS ll won.
Saugatuck visited by a Gang of
Burglars Early This Morning.
A Number of Places Entered.
Between one and two o’clock, this
morning, watchman Oscar Allen, who
is employed by the Wheeler Button
00., the Wakeman Mattress Factory
and others as a night; watchman, heard
and then saw a’two horse hack or cov-
ered carriage cross the Saugatuck
bridge, coming from the east and going
up past the Mattress Factory towards
Westport. At twenty minutes pasttwo
he, being at the Button Factory, heard
the smashing of window glassin thedi-
rection of-Wakeman’s Mattress Factory.
Hurrying up there he saw two heavily
set men running from the south west
corner of the factory and going up
street. He made an examination and
found they had broken out two panes
in the lower sash of Mr. Wakeman’s
office, but not being able to raise the
lower sash, they ‘had pulled down the
upper one and made an entrance and
exit over the top of that into Mr. Wake- y
man’s Factory. His desk had been all
tumbled over and all his papers and up-
holstery samples disarranged. An at-
. tempt had been made to pry open his
safe, but as the rascal onthe look-out,
no doubt, either saw or heard Allen
coming up the road they did not suc-
ceed, and the only thing Mr. Wakeman
has been able to discover as missing is
a quantity of Sunday cards. He had
just received an order to re-upholster
one of Hartford’s largest churches and
the samples of the goods the cushions
were to be covered with,'were all jum-
bled up in an indistinguishable mass.
Spots of candle grease were dropped
all about his safe, desk and on the
papers therein, showing the thieves
. were ‘_ not supplied-v with professional
burglar lanterns. One of the smaller
drawers of his desk they carried off
when they ran away as it was found
early this morning up the road in front
of Dr. Fyfe’s residence.
From Wakeman’s they seem to have
gone around in the Dublin or West
road and broke into Wm. Williams’
saloon. Here they got but a few pen-
nies in change, and possibly a few
drinks. From Williams’ saloon they
seem to have gotten around in the rear
yard Of the Hotel Stanley. By taking
» Out a wire screen covering the kitchen:
.window, they made entrance intolthe
hotel basement and very leisurely threw
q back the table cloth of the servants
table, and sat down and devoured sev-
eral large cakes, a quantity of cheese,
crackers, cold meats, etc., and seem to
have enjoyed a quiet meal.
On departing they carried Off the
cook’s coat, with about a dollar in
money in the pocket, 9. bag of crack-
ers, a large chunk of cheese, and the
remainder of a dozen loaves of cake
the cook had baked yesterday.
From the hotel, they went to 'White’s
saloon, near the depot, cut the putty
from the glass in the door, and gained
entrance there. Here they indulged
in sundry drinks, and cleaned out the
drawer of a few cents in change.
The indications are that there were
four in the party,f'and they seem to
have been a party of “bums” out on a
carousel, and trying to get hold of
drinks, food and some money, as they
passed over many small articles of
value, which they might have carried
011', had they so desired. The party
apparently came from Bridgeport. A
man living on the turnpike near South-
port, saw a carriage containing four
men, and» answering the description of
this, pass his house about «midnight,
coming west. . ,
They got nicely fooled at the Mat-
tress Factory, as Mr. Wakeman, real-
izing that his place is cOnsiderably ex-
posed, does all his business by checks,
and has never left a dollar in money in
his factory over night, since he com-
menced business. It is clear they were
not professionals, and as they had a
livery turn-out, it ought to be an easy
task to get on the track of the mis-
creants.
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Westport.
The friends and parishioners of Rev.
Mr. Backus, learning that last night
was the tenth anniversary of his wed-
ding and just ten years since he enter—
] ed the ministry, gave him a rousing
surprise party. He had about every
thing in the tin line thathuman imagin-
iation could devise. while to his ten
all the participants.
A Labor Day Adventure.
On Labor Day two well-knownyoung
society men, who are known among
their friends as the two handsomest
members of Company F, and who we
will call Fred and “Ster,” became ac-
quainted with two young ladies, said to
be visiting at Five Mile River.- The
ladies of course desired to learn
the names of their new acquaintances,
so Fred gave his name as Fred Law-
rence, while “St‘er” gave his as Harry
Russell, which were accepted as gospel
truth. After spending the day in town
and being treated to ice cream, candy
and other sweets, the ladies excused
themselves and took the cars for home,
but not before inviting our friends to
attend a lawn party at Five Mile River
that evening, which of course they
readily accepted. Arraying themselves
in their finest, our two friends hired
one of Horry Dann’s best teams, and
started for Five Mile River. Arriving
at the appointed house they were sur-
prised to find it in darkness, and upon
waking the head of the family up, they
were informed that no lawn party was
to take place there, nor were the ladies
known to the residents. Thinking per-
~:haps a mistake had been made, our
friends departed and spent the entire
night in a fruitless attempt to find the
ladies or the lawn party, and were fin-
ally obliged to give it. up. Not to be
outdone by two handsome girls our
friends made another effort to find them
last evening, but with no better results.
They'returned home at daylight this
morning. both realizing the fact that
they had been taken in by two clever
city girls.
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A Funny Incident.
After the parade on Monday and Al-
exander Leslie Austin had divested him-
self of Hump Smith’s military coat, he
hired a livery team and started to take
his best girl out for a ride. Calling at
the house of his lady-love he was mor-
tified beyond expression to find that
she had gone Off with George Nash to
enjoy a Clambake at Dorlon’s. Not to
be outdone. however, he invited Tom-
my Hunt to join him and partake of a
moonlight ride. Arriving at South
Norwalk, on their return from a cham-
pagne supper at Roton, and in the act
of crossing the track, they found a
freight train bearing down on them,
while at the same time a horse-car was
coming towards them, which required
quick action. Alexander was equal to
the emergency and quickly turned the
horse Off the horse-car track and point-
ed his head toward the flaming head-
light of the engine, allowing the horse-
..car to pass in safety, but what was Tom-
iny’s astonishment to see Alexander’s
horse begin to weave. With one jump
Tommy was out of the carriage, and
with both hands against the horse’s
side he held him up until he got
straightened put again, then jumped
into the carriage, and off our two‘he-
roes drove, much to the amusement of
the crowd of bystanders.
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George Joyce Found.
Chief Vollmer received a telephone
message about 6 O’clock,last night, from
New Haven, stating thatGeorge Joyce,
16 years of age, and belonging in this
city was under arrest there. It will be
remembered that young Joyce got in a
fight at Bull Run one week ago last
Sunday, and was pretty severely pun-
ished. On going home he was threat-
ened with further punishment by his
mother, and suddenly disappeared,
since which time, and until last night,
nothing further was heard of him.
His mother feared that he had wan-
dered off, or met with foul play, and
searching parties scoured the country
for milesaround. It seems that Joyce,
fearing the ire of his mother, ran away
to New York, returned to South Nor-
walkhand then went to New Haven,wh ere
he was apprehended as above. His
mother went to that city last night and
her “dear boy” returned home with
her.. Chief Vollmer was of the firm
conviction, as Soon as he had investi-
gated the matter, that the boy had run
away to escape punishment from his
mother, and the results prove the truth
of such conviction.
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A False Alarm.
A party living on Chapel street, sent
word to the police yesterday that his
child had fallen in the well. Ofiicer
Howard responded : nd found that in-
stead of being in the well, the child
was locked up in an upper room of the
house.
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Had to Pay.
Ex-County Commissioner George W.
Olmstead, having, refused to pay his
commutation tax, was arrested in New
Canaan on Friday and required to pay
the tax and ‘cOsts of arrest, amounting
in all to $13. ,. .
Sheepshead Bay Races.
The races at this track yesterday re-
sulted as follows: , .
First race, futurity—St. Charles 1,
Kingstock 2, Tormentor 3; time 1:10 1-
5. econd race, 1 mile—Ballyhoo 1,
Santa Anna 2, Saunter 3; time 1:42 1-5.
Third race, 1:} miles—Pessara 1. Port-
chester 2, La Toska 3;.time 2:09 2—5.
Fourth race, 1 mile, 3 furlongs—Long-
ford 1, Ali 2. Kenwood 3; time 224 1-5.
Fifth race, 7 furlongs—Merry Monarch
1, St. Florian 2, Bustford 3; time 1:29
2-5. Sixth race, futurity—Harlem 1,
Laughing Water 2, Schuylkill 3; time
1:12. Seventh race, 1:} miles turf—'
Snowball 1, Carroll 2; time 2:18.
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can. Sloat Gets a Place.
Roger Welles of Connecticut, the
financial clerk of the patent Office ,has
resigned to accept the position of law
clerk in the office of the assistant at-
torney-general for the interior depart-
ment, and General Frank D. Sloat, of
Connecticut, has been nominated to the
vacancy.
General Sloat has been commander
of the department of the Grand Army
in Connecticut and served a term as
comptroller Of his state, being the only
candidate elected at the time on the re-
publican ticket. The position is worth
$2,000 a year. .
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Rallroad Men’s Clam Bake.
The employes of the New York and
New England road, the New York,
New Haven and Hartford road and the
Adams Express company, to the num-
ber of 150 or more, will enjoy a clam
bake at Boister’s grove on Sunday.
The New York and New Haven men
and the employes of the Adams Ex-
press company will journey to the rove
on the neWspaper train. After a1 ex-
‘penses are paid the proceeds will be
given to the children of Richard Cos-
tello, the New England conductor who
lost his life at New Britain a short time
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Y. M. 0. A. NOTES.
The educational committee will hold
ameeting to-morrow evening at nine
o’clock to arrange for the classes to be
carried on during the coming winter.
Already several names have been
handed in for the football club. but
more are needed. Any young man
wishing to join should do so at once,
as the club will be organized in a few
ays.
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The Waterbury Races.
The four days’ meeting opened at the
Waterbury driving park yesterday af-
ternoon With the 2:50 class. Four heats
were necessary to decide the contest,
which was won by Dr. J. M. Black’s
Auction.
The 2:30 class was won in three
straight heats by Little Sport, owned
by Mr. H. S. Beach, of Meriden.
O.
Base Ball.
The league games resulted yesterday
as follows : Cincinnati 7, Brooklyn 4;
morning game—Boston 8, Cleveland 6,
afternoon game—:Cleveland 6, Boston
3. Rain prevented the other games.
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The M. A. C.
The Manhattan Athletic Club have
issued invitations for the opening of
the “Manhattan Field” at 155 street
and 8th avenue, New York, which event
takes place September 19.
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Death of Sam’l F. Jones.
Samuel F. Jones, the distinguished
Hartford lawyer, died in that city yes-
terday afternoon at the age of 63 years.
6.—
Another Ocean Record B'roken.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—A cable from Lon-
don says that the Inman steamship City
of New York, which left this port Wednes-
day last for Queenstown and Liverpool,
has arrived off Fastnet. She made the
trip in 5 days 22 hours and 30 minutes,
and broke the record for an eastbound
voyage.
The Trouble in Alaska.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9.—Mr. Robert
Reed, Who has just returned from Chignak
bay, Alaska, says the reports of trouble
there with the natives are unfounded.
The canning operations have not been in-
terrupted throughout the season.
BRIEF MENTION.
F. L. Carroll committed suicide ina San
Francisco hotel by blowing himself up
with dynamite. 7 He had said he wanted to
create a sensation for the newspapers.
The city of Minneapolis has rejected a.
proposition of OOESOIidation with St. Paul.
Mercantile Appraisers Edward W. Pat-
ton, James F. Bell, A. L. Crawford, Sam-
uel F. Hauseman and Harry Hunter, of
Philadelphia, have been suspended, pend-
ing an examination of the charges made
against them by City Treasurer Wright.
Hon. John P. Green, of Cleveland, a
colored lawyer, and the author of the bill
making Labor Day a legal holiday, was
ordered out of 3. Cincinnati hotel’s dining
room because of his color. '
. Jay Gould returned to New York. from
the West full of enthusiasm over the un-
precedented crops there, and said he looked
for a. long period of prosperity in this coun-
try.
Christopher L. Magee, the well known
Pittsburg Republican leader who has just
returned to New York after a visit to Bar
Harbor, said Mr. Blaine is in excellent
health, but he did not talk politics with
him. -He declared Mr. Blaine would ac-
cepta presidential nomination if he was
the unanimous choice of the party.
Minister Egan has telegraphed the state
department at Washington that he is on
excellent terms with the provisional gov-
ernment of Chili. Senor Lazcano, the
Chilian minister, has officially informed
the state department that he will be absent
from Washington for some time. ’
The resignation of Sir Hector Langevin,
Canadian minister of public works, was
accepted by Premier Abbot, and will be
iaid before the governor eneral. The no
ice was read before parl ament in session
it Ottawa. ’ ‘
EX-JUDGE LOWELL EXPLAINS.
Ho Talks About His Connection with
the Bell Telephone Suits.
BOSTON, Sept. 9.—In reference to the dis-
closures in the Western Union-Bell tele-
phone legal battle for supremacy, an in-
terview with ex—Judge John Lowell was
had, in which he acknowledged that he
had a “theoretical” knraedge of the fact
at the time of his decision in favor of the
Bell patent, in 1881, that his father was ‘a
large holder of the telephone company's
stock. _ .
“Did you have knowledge at the time
you acted as master against the' Bell tele-
phone for an accounting that your rela- '
tives owned a. large block of the stock of
the telephone company?” asked the re-
porter.
“Prior to this I believe something had
been published in the newspapers about
my relatives holding stock, and when I
accepted this appointment I thought, if I
thought anything about that stock-and
Idon’t know that I did—I thought that
the facts were kn own to both parties con-
cerned, and that knowing these facts both
the Western Union and the Bell company
were desirous that I should act as master.
“Does it not seem to you. somewhat
peculiar that the Bell telephone people
should seek a loan from your father upon
their stock as collateral when any pro-
ceedin gs again st the validity of their pat-
ents would naturally come before you as
United States circuit judge?” said the re— _
porter. ,
“Oh, not in the slightest particular,”
replied Judge Lowell. “I see no reason
Why the loan should not have been nego-
tiated with him as well as with any one
else, for even had it then been known,
which it wasn’t, that suits would get into
court, there were other judges \before
Whom such suits might have been tfied.”
A GREAT NEGRO EXODUS.
Thousands of Colored People Flocking
to the Sac and Fox Lands.
KANSAS CITY, Septj 9.—It is expected
that within a few Weeks the Iowa and Sac
and Fox lands adjoining Oklahoma on the
east will be thrown open for settlement,
and in anticipation the faces of thousands
'of negroes are turned toward the new coun-
try. The circulars spread broadcast over
the southern states by negro politicians
have had the effect of starting enough
blacks toward the promised land to pre-
empt five times as large a territory.
Two thousand negroes are awaiting on
the border of the new land at Guthrie and
Langston City the president’s proclama-
tion. Many hundreds more are on the
way. The exodus from the south, espe-
cially from Arkansas and Texas, has been
well organized.
There are very few negroes in the south
who have not heard of the beautifulcoun-
try where the government is giving away
a farm to every black man who will come.
The ,negroes seem to have the idea that
the land is for their race alone.
Several carloads of Illinois and Ken-
tucky negroes passed through Kansas -
City yesterday bound for the border.
Robert a Good Man and His Wife a. Lady.
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—Yesterday morning
Robert Griffiths beat his wife inamost
brutal manner. When a policeman, at
tracted by the poor woman’s cries, arrived
at the house she was a mass ofibruises,
and blood was flowing from 5' dozen
wounds. The patrol wagon was called
and Griffiths, fighting and blaspheming,
was carried off to the station. Aneigh-
boring doctor was called in, and for three
hours he labored to stop the flow of blood.
“Robert Griffiths,” said she, “is as good
a man as ever stepped in shoe leather, and
if he beats me it’s nobody’s business.
This is not the first time he has whipped .
me within an inch of my life, but I’ll for-
give him. He is a good man. There is
none better in Chicago, and the persOn
who sent for the police had little to do.
Robert Griffiths is a gentleman, and-I am
lady enough not to appear against him in ’
court. ”
English Praise for America. ’
BOSTON, Sept 9.——The Earl of Aberdeen
and party arrived here on their way to the
White mountains, where they will be the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. H. Seward Webb.
In an interview the earl said: “In England
, we are always surprised that with the im-
. mense capital employed in your business
there are so few labor disturbances, and
that when happening they are so quickly
and amicably adjusted. I wish that the
keen, cool judgment of your business mas-
ters could be indoctrinated in England.
There is, and will be always, in, Great
Britain a. deep and proud ' love of her.
American cousins, and the pride is greater
yet when there come over to us suCh grand
mtlan as your Lowell and Phelps and Lin
co n.
The Hopkiiis-Searles Will Contest.
BOSTON, Sept. 9.—JudgelJOhn_Boart and
Lawyer J. Russell Wilson, of San Fran-
cisco, of counsel in the famous Hopkins
Searles will case, have arrived ’ here.' Mr.
Wilson stated to a reporter that ex—Secre-
tary Endicott, of Salem, had been added
to counsel—~Mr. Choate and Judge Boart—
and that the case would be’conducted by
them to the end. “Any statement,” con-
. tinned Mr. 'Wilson, “of a settlement of the .
case out of court has not come from our
client nor from us. Any talk of the future
course of the contest would be altogethei
speculative. ‘Ve have no knowledge of
their plans; we are quite sure: that the)
have no information as to ours.” - -'
SHEBOYGAN, Wis, Sept. .9.——-'l‘ne express
train on the Lake Shore road ran over a
man here who gave his name as Dan Mc-
Nally, of Clinton county, 'N."Y., aged
twenty-seven. He died two hours after -
the accident at the hospital. ‘
Crushed Her Head with a. Stone.
POTTSVILLE, Pa., Sept. 9.—During a
quarrel between Philip Williamsand Ida
Whitner, Williams struck IdaI/yvitlifliahig
stone, crushing in her skull. Sheltdied. and
Williams is in jail. ' " "
Death in a Quarry.
BARRE, Vt, Sept. 9.—By a blast at Scott
George s quarry one man was instantly
killed and another fatally injured. ‘-
> A Schooner Sunk. V
NANTUCKET, Mass, Se‘pt. 9.—A three
I’masted schooner is Sunk offhere in seven
fathOms of water. There ” ' "
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