THE, PEOPLE’S PAPER.
Largest Circulation.
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Vol. I, No. 227.
“Eqitfli-and Exact J astice to all Men of thtever ’State or Per.saasibn, Religious or Petitieal‘.”,—Jqferson
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Norwalk, Conn., Weilgfiresday Evening, November 11,1891.~
O LEADS in ADVERTISING; .
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9 wants, I Cent a Word.
Price One Cent. ”
The Daily Gazette
Is issued very week-flay at 3 P. M., at
EONE GENT PER com.
The Cheapest Rates for Advertising. and
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION.
The Weekly Gazette.
[Combined with Friday s Da1lv.l
Is issued every Friday at Noon, at
mass. CENTS PER com, on $1.50 PER YEAR.
The Daily and Weeklydl
Served to Local Subscribers at
was CENTS PER WEEK. on 35.00 PEP. YEAR.
A. H. BYINGTON. Proprietor
This paper has the largest circulation of
my pa per in the State west of Bridgeport.
0 UR J OBBIL‘ G DEPARTEIElVT.
Mn. HARRY M. GARDNER. Jn. of New York,
has charge of the GAZETTE'S Engraving. Book
and Jobbing Department. He is an expert
“-xld experienced Job Printer, and no work on
trusted to him will be unsatisfactorilv done.
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TERSE TALES OF THE TOWN.
Dwyer’s Band will go to Westport to-
morrow evening andmake mus1c at the
opening of the Catholic fair.
The police of London and Dublin ap-
pear to be watching for the arrival of
emissaries of the Cla n—na-Gae from
America.
—If you want to make a Xmas gift
of a handsome gold watch (ladies’ or
gent’s) join Fletcher Clubs now form1ng.
Mary McAleer, aged 70, residing in
Pawtucket, was struck by the Old bol-
ony train last evening, near Woodlawn,
and instantly killed.
Colonel George M. White, assistant
adjutant-general, still remains in a low
condition. His physicians do not yet
give up hope.
Marshall T. Andrews, of Pittsfield,
Mass, is spending a few days .w1th W11~
liam T. Lockwood at his remdence on
——A high grade bicycle, cushion tire,
tangent spokes, all ball bearing. Terms
$2 weekly. NO first payment. W. P.
Whitney, agent. .
Mrs. John Mitchell, who resides on
Hoyt street, suffered a severe shock of
apoplexy Sunday, but at this writing
she is much improved.
O. E. ‘Wilson has sold two building
lots on Clinton avenue to Henry
Schenck, also the Berwick place on
France street to Mrs. Emily F. Platt.
George E. Williams, of South Nor-
walk, has drawn the fourth bicycle in
the bicycle club, which wa 3 formed 1n
town some time ago.
The boiler and heating apparatus for
the new Norwalk club building arrived
at South Norwalk last night. It is of
dimensions that ought to assure a plenty
Of heat.
A car load of all kinds of glass for A.
Stommell arrived at the Consolidated
freight office last night. Evidently
“Tone” does not propose “looking
backwarc .”
~-W. P. Whitney is sole agent for the
Fletcher Watch and Bicycle Install-
ment Co. of Neijork City. Office in
Sullivan’s Cigar Store, South Norwalk.
Office hours 7.30 to 9 a. m. and ’7 to 8 p.
m. If you can’t call, send postal. Easy
payments. Reliable goods.
Seven Fletcher Clubs are now run-
ning. The following members were
voted out this week : A Fletcher bicy-
cle for F. E. Williams, Norwalk, and a
gold watch each for Harry Gage, S
Blissard. A. H. McChesney, L. .
Wheeler, Joseph Smith and J. Seymour.
While eight miners were descending
into the pit of a colliery near Nevers,
France, yesterday, the rope broke and
the cage and its occupants were dashed
to the bottom of the pit. Three miners
were killed and the five others were
probably fatally injured.
Nally, the man who was prominent
in the Mayo conspiracy in the early
days of the National Irish Land
League, and who, with a number of
others, was in 1882, convicted of sedi-
tion and sent to prison, has died in jail
in Dublin. His term would have ex-
pired at the end of the current month.
The United States supreme court has
postponed until November 30 the argu-
ment in the case involving the constitu—
tionality of the McKinley tariff act and
also the case in which the act which
provides for the classification of the
worsteds is attacked,on the ground that
the speaker had no right to count a
quorum in passing the bill.
The Cilizens’ Executive Committee
on the National Encampment of the
Grand Army of the icpublic to be held
in Washington next year, has decided
to recommend the secondweck of Octo-
bcr as the date for holding the encamp—
ment. This action will be laid_ for ap-
proval before Commander-m—Chief
Palmer and the National Council of
Administration at a meeting at \Vash-
ington to-day.
Niobe apparently pleased the audi-
ence at the Bijou Theatre last evening.
The production was greeted with
hearty laughter and long-continued ap-
plause, and the general verdict was
that. it made a success. * ‘“ * Its
stayat the Bijou will be a long and
prosperous one; it is bright, laughable
and cleanf—the latter a very desirable
quality i" i“ ‘4‘ never descends to
horseplay.-N. Y. Telegram;
General Watson and staff inspected
the whole Bridgeport battalion last
evening. _-_____
The removal of the Adams Express
Co’s Oflices from Boston to Bridgeport
is now denied. _.~._
The General Assembly of the Knights
of Labor opened at Toledo yesterday,
Mr. Powderly being present.
Senator Hearst has wired Mr. Munro
asking him if he will now race the Nor-
wood with the Vamoose for 80 knots.
,—If you want a bicycle between now
and April 1st, join Fletcher Clubs now.
Five wheels in town and one every
week. _-__
The horse trot and foot-ball game an-
nounced to take place on the Fair
Grounds this afternoon, have been post-
poned on account of the weather.
Ladies’ Straight Goat Patent-tipped
Extension Edge Shoes only $2. Don’t
fail to look at them at Hoyt’s, 37 Wall
street. __ ~_____ 226 2t
Stuart Robson, the celebrated actor,
and Miss Mary Waldron Dougherty,
daughter of a well-known newspaper
man, were married in New York yes-
terday.
—A gold watch, (filled case) Elgin or
'Waltham, ladies’ or gent’s, for 3520.
Terms 50 cents weekly. $18 cash. W.
P. Whitney, agent.
Charles I. Tremaine, proprietor _ of
the Scoville House, Waterbury, died
yesterday afternoon from the effects of
a stroke of paralysis, which he suffered
October 30.
A barn belonging to John Crotty, of
Danbury, was burned yesterday. A
pacer valued at $1,500, and a colt
perished in the flames. Loss $2,500,
insurance $1,000. _
——At the Methodist church t his even
ing, from five to ten o’clock, an apron
and towel sale. Fine assortment. En-
tertainment at 7.30. Refreshments all
thelevening.
Sherifi Toner yesterday. levied on a
horse and buggy belonging to John
Englehardt, Of Cranberry Plains, _ to
satisfy a judgment obtained by Silas
W. Gregory, against him.
Mrs. Laura M. Baker, wife of 2: Chi-
cago dentist, suing for al-i’divorcc, al-
leges that her husband allowed her
only two meals a day and refused to
take a berth in a sleeper on. their re-
turn from their wedding tour.
The case of Fairchild vs. Price Was
up in the Court of Common Pleas, at
Bridgeport yesterday, but was settled
between the parties, Mrs. Price re—
linquishing all claims against Mrs. Fair-
child, and each party paying their own
costs. ,
The recitations and ‘the Japanese
wedding, and the settings and sales at
the oriental booths, at the Fete last
evening, at the Opera House, were un-
bounded successes,- despite the storm,
and will draw a full house again to—
night. .
Dr. David Webster, who removed
two cataracts from ex-Parson George’s
eyes, testified in the latter’s trial at
White Plains for manslaughter, that
such an operation as George was sub-
jecteld to would further weaken 9. weak
minc. '
The County Commisioners were pre-
sented with a petition six feet long and
containing 265 names, at Danbury last
week, protesting against the granting
of liquor licenses to applicants on
North White street. No licenses were
granted.
At the meeting of the Yale Corpora- ,
tion in New Haven yesterday, Bu-
chanan Winthrop, of New York, car-
ried off Chauncey M. Depew’s hat by
mistake, and Mr. Depew walked to the
depot with a borrowed smoking cap on
his head.
TO-day the County Commissioners
will visit New Canaan to consider the
application of Thomas Waterbury,
against whom there is a remonstrance.
TO-morrow the office will be open for
paying of bills and Friday and Satur-
day for granting of licenses.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Matta, of
Chili, says there is no unfriendly feel-
ing in that country toward the United
States. Judge Foster, who is conduct-
ing the Baltimore secret inquiry, agrees
to let one Of the American officers be
present if he can speak Spanish.
Mary Green, the sixteen-year-old
white girl, who was assaulted at Red-
ding by "Zip”- Willis, colored, 00 years
old, was taken with convulsions when
confronted with the prisoner in the
c'ourt room Monday, and has grown
steadily worse until her life is dospaired
of. Willis is under $51,500 bonds.
Letters written by ex~Governor Wal-
ler, Of Connecticut, to the lawyer who
is counsel for Naval Engineer \Villialn
ll. Platt in his suit for divorce, in which
the cx—Governor’s son Martin is named
as too-respondent, show that he paid
money to have the suit go by default,
so that his son’s connection with the
case might be kept secret.
Odd Fellow, G. A. Frank, took it up-
on himself to see that the brethren of
Our Brothers’ Lodge, I. O. O. F., con-
tributed funds enough to purchase :
neat and suitable tablet to the memory
of their late brother Conrad Staab, and
yesterday P. W. Bates, who executed
the work,_placed the stone above the
remains 1n Union Cemetery. Poor
Conrad, he was everybody’s friend and
it is a joy that the place of his Sepulchre
,is thus gratefully and, appropriately
gmarked; g ," ;'
*Venison-iat’Pecples’ Market on Sat-
urda‘y. -. , sewn.
METER 0le METER.
No Meter on the Hour’OMotor‘ Yet.
Present State of the Case.
In an interview with Mr. Maples yes-
terday, he is understood to state his po~
sition anent the water meter as some-
what difi'erent from the street gossip
that has been given such wide publici-
ty. * He recognizes the right, it is un-
derstood, of the Water Commissioners
to take any such action, if they do it as
an Official board. But that in the pres-
ent case, there has been no meeting of
the board, no recorded action looking
thereto and no proper notice served 0an
him of such a purpose. Also,_that the
board cannot legally put him alone un-
der a restrictive ban, and as a matter
of fact the board has not. His claim is
that Commissioner Prowitt has not
been “in it” and does not propose to
be coerced intothe project, and that
Commissioner Mead gave only reluct-
ant assent to Commissioner Street’s in—
dividual and personal action in the mat-
ter. He is reported to say that when
the Board of Water Commissioners or-
der meters on all water motors in use
in the Borough, Commissioner Mead’s
among the number, he will make no
opposition to one being put in the Hour
office. But he does and will oppose to
the full extent of the law any single
member Of that board Selecting him
out as the first victim. So far as the
. GAZETTE is concerned, it has no Objec-
tion to the Board or anyindivi lual mom:
ber of the Board, at“ ' ’ “oneterfto
our water motor, i 1 ’ ’- 7’
satisfaction. Indggd, -_
to have" them know he “lit , . _, ,
they have furnished '11s;fbut we‘wOuld
suggest 'i’that it would have‘been a lit-
tle more decent to have sent the agent
to our press room by the front door,
the rear, where the public are forbid-
den to enter.
the Borough is clearly liable in heavy
damages for the losses we have sustain-
its contract and furnish us with power,
cover back the water rents it has exact-
ed from any of its customers while not
furnishing the water charged for. This
is only just as well as legal, for how
long would our citizens tolerate such
exactions from the Gas or Electric
Light companies, when no lightJ‘was
furnished by them, no matter from
what disaster, or accident caused? It is
safe to predict, however, that in a legal
contest Mr. Maples will be found equal
to any single Water Commissioner, or
the whole Board,for that matter.
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«Japanese Napkins of all kinds, at
Pinneo’s. 226-2t
Hostilities have broken out afresh in
the Cobble Hill case of Waterbury vs.
Murphy, and the battle rages fiercer
and stronger than ever. Tufts of grass
and broken glass not stopping Mrs.
Murphy from going down the Marshall
street river bank path; she now charges
that Waterbury is lining the same with
his chamber slops. ‘
—With every 25 cents worth of Ci-
gars, Benedict gives a box of Matches.
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Mrs. Charles A. Platt, who has been
seriously sick for the last six weeks
with a fever, at her home on Main
street, underwent a very painful opera-
tion yesterday, by having a large ab-
cess opened which had formed in her
stomach. The operation was performed
by the skillful management of Drs.
Gregory, Burke and Higgins. At the
present writing the result is not known,
as she lies in a very critical condition,
but her many sympathizing friends
and anxious relatives are hoping and
praying that it may be favorable.
—For that cold,,try Smith Brothers’
Cough Drops; Benedict sells than? tf
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John Weyerhauser was arrested yes.-
terday, charged with stealing cases and
beer bottles belonging to the Oriental
Bottling Works. Weyerhauser was
formerly in the employ of the Oriental
Company, but left them sometime ago,
and went to work for another bottling
concern. He knew where the Oriental
folks sent cases of beer, and it is said
that since he left their employ, he has
been in the habit of collecting the
empty cases and turning them over to
his new employer. He gave :{5‘35 bonds
for his appearance for trial to-morrow.
* «Remember you can 9:: t the GA-
ZETTE for nothing if you purchase any-
thing in his line amounting to 5 cts. or
more at Benedict’s 227 tf
l’oliccnlun Sniitll Aanittcd.
PATERSON, N. J., Nov. 11.—Brooklyn
Bridge Policeman Patrick Smith, who was
indicted here for manslaughter for acci-
dentally killing John McEllenb‘erry by
shoving him down on the sidewalk last
August, has been acquitted by a jury.
A Woninn Shot and Killed.
LOS LUNAS, N. M., Nov. 11.—-’\Vhile
Adile Jaramillo was seated in the depot
. here last night waiting for a train some
one fired a bullet through a window, kill—
ing her instantly. A young man who was
in IOVe with her is suspected. ,
and that it only requiresasuitgto re- l
' Q .Pcist Office. Robbedt
The need; oflice at'__Highwood,_ just
outside of New Haven, was burglarized
last night and the safe blown open.
The explosion was so great that the
door of _ .
side of the, building. $600 in money
and stampsfigre. taken, and the build-
ing is completely . .wrecked. No clue
has been obtained 'to the burglars, but
they are supposed to be. the same gang
“tht? have been operating all over the
s a e. . . ,
Dr. :Keeley’s Profits.
Dr. Keele is getting a big return
for his ou lay of_ money and time.
Treatment at Dw1ght costs $25 per
week to every individual who goes
there. No deduction from this price is
made for any one. The income from
800 patients", and the number is con-
stantly increasing, is $20,000 per week.
The expense of running the sanitarium
cannot be more than one-quarter of
that sum, so :you-see the Doctor is mak-
ing money at a great rate. The Keeley
Company is erecting a large hotel and
a new sanitarium. Both of the build-
ings are nearly ready for occupancy.
In a measure the Doctor ismaking up
for keeping the secret of his discovery
by selling th‘g right to physicians who
have had ex,er1ence in administering
the remedy; to establish sanitariums
similar to the one at Dwight in the
different States. Alread thisprivileoe
has been sold in twenty tame—Roch-
ester Democrat'and Chronicle.
TheJapanese Fete.
The following is'the personelle Of
the Oriental Entertainment given at the
Opera House last evening, by the
ladies of Grace Church:
In charge of. the Basket booth were
Mrs. W. F. 1%1shop and Mrs. Wm. H.
Smith. 4-.
FANCY Booa‘Hers. Thos..S. Mori-
son, Miss Allie Cholwell and Miss
’Mable Vandgrhoef.
JAPANESE jitBoorH—~Mrs. Watkins,
g. (“Miss Fowlerand Miss Millard.
, CANDY Boone—Miss Ella Bette and
Miss Nettie Camp.
REFRESHMENT§ —Mrs. Weed and Mrs.
Hobbs. €11"; -' .
FLOWERS—~Miss Besland.
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The Japanese Wedding was greatly
like agentleman, rather than down mirez‘aioyed and proved 9' great 81100688-
The wedding tOok place on the stage,
which was elegantly set with Japanese
articles of all: descriptions, and with
The GAZETTE is legally advised that lthe handsome. costumes, presented a
beautiful sight. The bride was Miss
Alice MallOrygand the groom Mr. Fred.
S. Lock 00d. Mr .V '.
ed by reason of its failure to carry out ET} W ‘ s an Enron and M1
S. Morison; were the groom’s lpar-
cuts, and Mistregory and Dr. Geo.
Baxter thejgb de’s. The bridesmaids
were M ”. . . 'Quintand, Mrs: Geo.
R. Byington, Mrs. Horace Hubbell and
the M1sses Millard, Cram and Sher-
wood, while Miss Mabel Miller per-
formed the services of Go-between in
a very charming manner.
Mrs. Blssell’s recitations came in as a
welcome and pleasin variation to the
pantomime, and the. short and pithy
announcements of Dr. Many brought
down the house in uproarious applause.
The Jerome May Banjo Club greatly
delighted everyone with its exquisite
musm.
TO—night the stage entertainment will
be under the direction of Mr. Robert
YanBuren, wh1ch is a guarantee that
it Will be well worth hearing.
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——Great Bargains in MILLINERY. All
goods at two-thirds their value, at the
Boston store for the next ten days.
215-3w
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A Famous Case Reopened.
BONHAM, Tex, Nov. 11.——In the county
court, Sara Adore, of Washington, and
Jane and Mary E. Murray, of Fairfax,
famous Tom Green estate, valued at
$1,000,000. They name all the heirs in the
petition. This suit reopens the whole case.
Stuart Robson Married.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—Stuart Robson,
the actor, was married at the city hall to
May Waldron, the leading lady of his
company. .
Shot and Killed Ills Brother.
UNIONTOWN, Pa., Nov. 11.—-Iu a fit of
jealousy a Slav miner at Grindstone Coke
works shot his brother, killing him, and
then cut his own throat.
Author of The Little Hatchet Story.
An interesting character in Ameri—
can history is the Rev. Mason L.
VVeems, pastor Of Pohick Church, and
biographer of George Washington.
He was something of a romancer, and
to his powers of invention we owe
some very interesting stories of the
childhoOd of the Father of the Coun-
try. The most familiar and cele-
brated of these anecdotes is the one
which tells how little George hacked
his father’s favorite cherry tree, and
when taken to‘ task about it nobly
replied:
“ I can’t tell a lie, pa; you know I
can’t tell a lie. I did out it with my
hatchet.”
At one time Mr.Weems was engaged
as a colporteur. An incident which
occurred during this time shows that
he had a good deal of human nature
and, despite his cloth, exhibited on
occasion something of the old Adam.
It seems that one of his customers, to
whom he had sold a Bible, demanded
a receipt forthe money paid for acopy
Of this Holy Writ. Mr. Weems con-
strued this demand as an insult. He
gave the receipt, but in so doing he
contrived to avenge his wounded
feelings.
season of the summersolstice, and the
rec-oi 3' t read as follows:
"Ii:‘-<:ni‘.*€(l, on the longest day of
,the year, from the most particular
ble price for the best book ever pub-
lished.”—Washington Post.
he safe was blown through the'
Va., filed a petition for the partition of the y
The event occurred in the-
" man in the world, the smallest possl- _
Mll llnery. I
/
.In another column the Misses St.
John announce their winter millinery.
They have added 'a large number of
.‘tr1mmedlhats in all the latest styles and
shadeis, which will just suit the ladies.
hats” give the‘Misses St. John a call.
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Dogs Attack a Cow.
Thomas MONally, of Spring Hill,
came down to police headquarters last
night and complained that several dogs,
be onging to Pat Hennesy, James Cav-
anagh, John Kelly,‘ and Mrs. Darney,
had attacked his cow and severely
bitten her about the neck. He was re-
ferred to an attorney.
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Afflicted with Dlphtherla-
The town of ThOmpsonville is having
an epidemic of diphtheria. In all about
fifty cases are reported. During the
past week, six cases, all in the same
neighborhood, proved fatal. The town
authorities insisted on immediate bu-
r1al. It is probable that the schools will
be closed on account of poor attend-
ance, caused by the prevalence of the
disease.
Terrlbly Burned.
_ Gus :Andrews, aged forty, employed
in a wire factory at Georgetown, acci-
dentally fell into a vat of boiling water
and sal soda yesterday afternoon and
was terribly burned. A large roll of
wire cloth in the bottom of the vat pre-
yented his sinking out of sight and be-
ing drowned. When taken out the
man’s clothing was removed and the
flesh came off with it. He may recover.
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The Oystermen Meet.
At the meeting of the recently or-
ganized Oystermen’s Association, in
Bridgeport, last evening, over forty
new members were added to the organi-
zation. Alarge number of the mem-
bers of the new society were present,
and the meeting was very harmonious
and enthusiastic. A letter was read
from the fish commission pledging their
co-operation. The advisability of bold-
ing meetings in South Norwalk was
considered and it was unanimously
voted to hold such meetings, and an ad-
journment was then taken for two
weeks,to re-assemble in the latter place.
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Amusements.
Arlington’s Minstrels appeared to a
large and enthusiastic audience at the
Town Hall last evening, and gave a
performance far above the average.
The first part was a representation of a
court reception at a Persian palace,
amply illustrated and enacted by a
and comedians. The 0110’, or part two,
was devoted to the exercises Of gym-
nastics by the Shelvy, Brothers, very
clever artists, followed by DeForest, a
juggler of no mean ability. Fox and
Ward, the old time favorites, were just
as funny as ever, and carried Off the
honors of the evening. Wilson, as a
ventriloquist, proved himself a peer
among his contemporaries. J. W.
Reagan rendered some very taking
songs, and as a vocalist is unsurpassed.
The performance, asa whole, was the
best ever given in this town—Cold
Spring Recorder. ‘
Traglc Death of Charles Jones.
The widow of the late Charles Jones,
a former Norwalk boy, accompanied
his remains from Vermont here and at-
tended their burial in a plot purchased
in Riverside Cemetery. She was a
guest at the Mahackemo hotel while
ere and expects to return to her home
in Poultney this afternoon.
her husband’s condition after his re-
turn from the funeral of his mother
here and of his tragic death. While
poor “Charley” was here he met so
many old friends and chums of the
baser sort, that it was the easiest thing
in the world for him to relapSe into his
former habits of dissipation, and When
he got back to Vermont and tea strictly
prohibition town, he soon got into such
a deplorable condition that his physi-
cian prescribed frequent potations of
whiskey to prevent an attack of de-
lirium tremens and for him to brace up
on. £80 a pint a day was ordered from
the town agent by the physician and
given him to “taper off on.” While
under the exhilerating effects of these
potations he drove to the county grist
mill behind a spirited horse and on his
return attempting to speed the animal,
the wheel of his wagon hit a large
stone beside the road, which threw him
out head first, and he was almost in-
stantly killed.
Judge A. E. Austin has been charged
by our Court of Probate to administer
on the estate of the deceased, he hav-
ing left monied property here to the
amount of between one and two thous-
and dollars. It has come to Judge
Austin’s knowledge that Jones had a
former wife, now dead, by whom he
had a son, a reputable hatter now re-
siding in Danbury, and who was visited
by his father when last here. He has
also a daughter by his present wife, and
it becomes a tangled question as to
whom the residue of his savings bank
deposit legally inures. There is some
doubt as to whether his first wife was
dead, when he married his last wife,
and if not, then the daughter’s interest
in the little residue of the estate be-
comes vitiated. It is going to be any-
thing but an agreeable labor for the
present surviving widow, and for Judge
Austin to close up the tangled and
complicated affairs of Jones’ estate.
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, Y. M. c. A. NOTES. ‘
The class in vocal music will be com-
menced this evening at 8 O’clock.
The meeting for young men “held at
the association rooms last evening, was
one of much interest. This evening
the Rev. T. K. Noble will make a stir-
ring address. Meeting begins at 9 p. m.
—Ncw line of Japanese Napkins just
‘
220—21:
in, at J. Arthur Pinneo’s.
If you want’to secure-f-"the “latest in .
corps of exceptionallyugood vocalists ,
She gives the following account of’
. THE SENATE MEETS
And Adjourns Until December 7-—
The l_-louse Called for To—day at
Noon.
The Senate ~met at 2.30 yesterday, and
according to an agreement reached in
the caucus of Democratic members,
was adjourned until Monday, Decem-
7. Senator Shumway wanted to adopt
a resolution, asking the Supreme
Court for its advice, but his proposi-
tion was not entertained. The House
meets at noon to-day and,asa prolonged
session would be useless, will no doubt
follow the action of the Senate in ad-
journing to December.
Charles G. Root, chairman of the
Democratic caucus,issued the following
call to Democratic members:
To the Democratic Members of the lHouse of
Representatives :
heroes, the state officers, except the comp-
troller, whose Ofiicml terms have long since
expired, continue to hold the offices of trust
which belong to the Democratic candidates
who were elected in 1890, it becomes our duty
to use all reasonable and proper means to
secure the removal of the old officials and the
installation of those recently elected. There
is no doubt that a majority of the house be-
lieved land we think plainly expressed their
belief in the proceedings of the House last
w1nter) that Justlce demanded the recognition
throughout the state of the claims made by
us at that time, but other counsel prevailed
and Justice was not done. It is now too late
to dOJustice to the dead. but it is believed
that, With a. proper presentation Of t eir
0111111118,. the livmg state Officers may secure
recognition. As a means to this end it is pro-
posed that we assemble at 12 O’clock. noon, at
the Supreme court room, capital building, on
November 11. 1891.120 discuss the situation and,
1f poss1ble,adopt an appropriate line of action.
The presence and co-operation of every Demo-
crat are. necessary to obtain what we are
striymg for, and that is justice, pure and sim—
ple, nothing more. DO not fail to be present.
_ HARLES Gr. ROOT,
Chairman Democratic Caucus.
One explanation given of the Senates
precipitate action in adjourning before
the House convened, was a fear that
the House might pass a joint resolu-
tion pledging itself, to in good faith,
comply and iadhere to whatever de-
cision might be reached by the courts
and thus corner the Senate into an
adoption or rejection of this proposi-
tion. It being freely charged that the
,recalcitrant Senators intend to insist
”upon the Republicans promptly seat-
[ing their candidates, in the event the
:Court decides in their favor, but that4
they do not propose to be bound by
the court’s decision should it .be to the .
lefi'ect that they were not duly elected. 3’
In an, interview with Senator Seyr‘
mour last evening, on this point,he ad-
mitted that should a! decision of three
to two, or anything akin to that occur,
he had no doubt that his Democratic
colleagues in the Senate, would refuse
to be governed by it.
SO that the humiliated state of Con-
necticut must wait till the geo warranto
is decided by its Supreme Court, and
the majority of the Senate determine
whether they will abide by it or not.
To the non-partisan outsider it looks
very much as if it was to be a game of
“heads I win and tails you lose.” But
December 7 will soon cycle around and.
then “we shall see what we shall see.’
Particulars of Bishop Boone’s
Death. »
Several private letters from Shang-
hai, China, were last evening received
in Norwalk, which give in detail the
particulars of Bishop Boone’s illness
and decease. The troubles of late in
the Empire had given himself and the
missionaries great anxiety. One of
these latter had just completed his
house at Ichang when the mob assault-
edit and in twenty minutes everything
was burned up except what the mission-
ary wore on his back, and the washer-
man chanced to have in his keep-
ing, The constant solicitude for his
charge and apprehension of danger
probably predisposed the prelate for
sickness which finally ended in death.
He was making his episcopal visitations
and had reached Hankow. It was the
evening of September 26th last, and he
had with him one Of his missionaries, a
young man formerly of BishOp Hunt-
ington’s Central New York Diocese. A
great fire broke out that night in Han-
kow, and the Bishop and his compan-
ion went out to the city wall to see the
conflgration. .A fresh breeze was blow-
ing and he was urged to stay under the
wall ; desirous of getting a better sight
he ascendedthe wall and sat down 011 its
,top. Here, it is thought, he must have
taken a chill, as he was soon seized
with sudden sickness. From this he
rallied and was able, in a day, or two to
reach Wuchang. On September 30th
he was so much better as to decide
that afternoon to start for Wuhu,but wn s
almost without warning prostrated. He
so far recovered from this attack,_how—
ever, that his physician ordered him on
October 2d back to Hankow. Borne in
a log chair, slung to poles, he was car-
ried very carefully to that elty, in
which for two days he seemed to gain
more and more. During the night of
October 4th his symptoms became
alarming, and from that time until the
following evening he gradually 'sank,
passing away at about '7 o’clock Without
pain. His body was there prepared for
burial, and the remains sent to his resi-
dence at St. John’s College in Shanghai.
Here he was buried by the side of be-
i loved ones who had preceded him. He
’3 was a-native of China, his father before '
him having filled the Episcopal chair in
that Kingdom. '
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PREMIER. ABBOTT’S POLICY.
['0 War on the Immigration Policy t
the United States- . '
OTTAWA, Nov. 11.—An official in the di .
artment in a position to know what 1::
going in the executive circles, states that
remier Abbott has decided upon a thor- :7
)ugh reconstruction Of his immigration
policy, which will be carried out as soon
is the new ministry is formed and the suc-
bessor to Minister of Agriculture Carling
ppointed. He said that parliament would
is asked to votea. considerably increased -
mm for immigration purposes.
The large expenditure for the past ten '1
years in railway construction and other
public works will be greatly curtailed
next year, and the money hitherto ex- '
ended on that account will be devoted to
migration purposes. The government
is now preparing reports for circulation in
Europe in which it was proposed to score
point against immigration toward the
Halted States by showing a large number
f Dakota settlers who had deserted theu'
larms this summer in that state to take
up farms in the land in the northwest.
It is evident, he said, that in fighting to ‘
secure the population of the vast, unset-
lled northwest, they will do so by depre-
:iating the advantages the republic to the
south has to offer intending settlers. It
in fact promises to be war against the im-
migration policy of the United States.
An official statement published in Otter
we states that Canada’s public debt
Imounts to $235,000,000.
A Great Game of Steal.
TRENTON, Nov. 11,—The arrest of W. W.
Sweet, invoice clerk of the Arsenal pot-
tery, brings to light one of the greatest
onspiracies ever known in Trenton.
weet had upward of ten confederate
who were receiving the goods and dispo
lug of them in other cities at less than cost
to manufacture, and although the amount
taken cannot be exactly learned, owing to
the length of time that the operations
have been going on, Joseph Mayer, the
proprietor, says that it will reach $100,000.
Sweet apparently had entered into a'big
conspiracy with outsiders to ruin his em-
ployer. According to a statement by him
.he did, not suggest the thing first, but . 7 '
offered
crockery dealers came to him an
to divide the profits if he would send them
extra goods when they sent an order.
is probable that if he had not been caught
last at this time. he would soon have
haused the failure of the pottery.
A Paymaslew Robbed-
San momma»... Nov. lip-Pam
M230! 0. 0. Emma was robbed at F
Glark of @800. The money, in sacks; vfi
placed in one of the coils of the guest!
house. As the doors were not tempos-g"
with, it is supposed that a long pole wl ‘
5 book at the end was thrust through the
grated window and one of the sacks are?
hp and rifled. Two discharged soldie ,1
who left Fort Clark for San Antonio were
suspected of the theft and one of them,
John J. Sullivan, has been arrested. A
board of oflicers are investigating the case.
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An Editor in Jail.
ATLANTA, Nov. 11.—-J. B. Craigmiles,
owner and editor of the Bryson City (N.
C.) Times, is in jail here charged with
forgery. He attempted to commit suicide
with morphine, but prompt medical as-
sistance saved his life. Craigmiles says a
high toned young lady, well known in At-
lanta society circles, is the cause of his
troubles. He denies that he is guilty of
the forgery charges but says he made an
attempt on his life because the lady would
not marry him.
A Physician’s Disgrace.
BACINE, Wis, Nov. 11.—Dr. Charles N.
Palmer, one o the most prominent and
réspected physicians in this section of the
country, Was arraigned before the circuit
court charged with robbing the postofiice
at Raymond Center. He pleaded guilty
and sentence was deferred until some tes-
timony could be introduced as to the doc-
tor’s habits and the condition of his mind.
Hitherto Dr. Palmer has led an honorable
ife.
The Next Encampment.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—The citizens ex-
ecutive committee on the national en-
campment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, to be held in Washington next
year, has decided to recommend the sec-
9nd week of October as the date for hold-
ing the encampment, and this action will
be laid for approval before Commando iii
C iel’ Palmer and the national coqnci of
a
day .
Slebert and Mrs. Klechner Convicted.
AURORA, Ills, Nov. 11.——The jury iii the
Siebert—Klechne‘r murder case rendered a
verdict of guilty and recommended that
each prisoner be sentenced to twenty—giro
years in the . penitentiary William ii;-
bert, the Aurora saloon per, and Mrs.
Kate Klechner thus stand convicted of
having poisoned the latter’s husband. '
BRIEF MENTION.
It is thought that the Pennsylvania. state .
senate will decide that it as no jurisdic-
tion to try Treasurer Boyer, and that the
extra session will be closed this week.
Governor Pattison stated in an interview--~
that he had no intention of summoning
the legislature at this time, thus denying ,
rumors that it would be convened for the .
purpose of amending the mercantile ap-
praisement and other laws. .
New facts are constantly Coming to light
with regard to the affairs of , W. P. Bard, '
the missing Reading (Pa) lawyer, and
the total amount of his deficiencies is now
estimated at $40,000. It is not now thought-
that he committed suicide, but fled the
town, having been seen on a. Philadelphia
bound train.
. A postponement was granted at Pitts-
burg in the “case Of W. H. Dill, president
of the First National bank of Clearfield, ’
whose mental condition is such that he
could not stand the strain of atrial at ‘
present. :
Tensas, the first parish in Louisiana to .
elect delegates to the Democratic state
convention, chose men favorable to the
extension of the lottery company’s char-
ter.
The New York presbytery’s cOmmitteo if
on the revision of the confession of faith
reported in favdr of revision. .
.- Thefrex'a's SiftingsPuhlis’hi'ngcompany 1
is in financial amenities. ,
ministration at a meeting heré Wednes- '
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