[cellular collars. 2- for- "’““'*"*' “~"flse-Wr2s'lcls‘ f "*"MIio-E==.Ii-fi :86 ”WE . ' 'noisiwxiiiii' ’56 WALn'sTEEEr, ' » i ”Equal and Exact Justice to V01.AIII.—K—WholeNo. 608 . THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER.- maintain all things: Neutral 111 naming. The Gazette has the largest clr- :ulatlon of any paper ln Norwalk, and furnishes the lowest advertising rates. ‘ Those Water Meters. When Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity, Morse the telegraph, Howe the sewing machine, Fitch the steam- boat, Edison the electric light and Bell the telephone, the, world looked on aghast and wondered what startling discovery would next appear. - They were great discoveries, but they pale into infinitesimal insignificance along- side of the Borough water meters, which a short time ago were placed by the Water Commissioners upon the motors of‘a selected few of our water consumers. A motor in use by one of the Com- missioners was exempted from this se- lected number and he cannot.therefore, ’ enjoy the wonderful mechanism con- tained in one of these innocent looking ‘ little machines, nor can he stand and gaze upon it and watch the “ w’eels go wound ” with that awe and admiration enjoyed by the members of the selected few, but he can, however, throw up his hat with enthusiasm and cheer his col- leagues who so kindly provided for his motor’s exemption. ' - ' 'On December 8th, 1892, the follow- ing retroactive notice was sent out by the clerk of the Water Commissioners to the selected motor users. ' Norwalk, Ct._. Dec. 8, 1892. Please také notice that from and after N 0V. 1, 1892, your water supply will be furnished you by meter measure- ment,'and the rate charged will be 50 per M gallons. By order of the Board of Water Commissioners. - Respectfully yours, . A. H. Cam, Sec’y. None of the water consumers who received this illegal notice discontin- ued their water service, however, but they watched the canning little dial fingers as they joyfully sped around their meter disks with far more inter- ‘ est than did “Helen’s Babies” when they eyed the watch; and well they .might,for with a. concealed velocity un- known to man they danced about the dial’s face, each striving with the other for superiority and each grinning with ghoulish glee as he thought of what the selected few would say when they received their water bills on May first. Bright and early on Monday May 1st clerk Camp with a Mugwumpian smile o’er-spreading his face journeyed to the post office laden with the. water bills for the selected few. He appeared un— usually happy as he tripped along. He laughed, joked, shook hands with, and told a jolly story to every one hemet as though he, too, was enjoying the huge joke perpetrated upon the mo. tered users of Borough water as well as those jovial little fingers who had made for themselves a record that'no human power could excel. The first of the selected few to re- ceive his bill was Captain'R. M. Rose, who found that in fifteen days his me- ter had registered 495,998 gallons of Huckleberry water. The next to fall in line for gruel was John Wade, who was thrown into a violent attack of the grip on discOvering that the Hour mo- tor had used but 1,249,235 gallons of the precious fluid. After Wade came the GAZETTE, (which had been unable to turn its press with water power without the aid of a steamengine) with 1,888,700 gallons. ' - These bills were ridiculous enough, but they were not in it with A. J. Meek- ’ er & Bro. When A. J. opened his yel- low envelope he found that in six months’ time thoée dear little fingers had waltzed about the disks on his me- ter until they registered 5,631,766 gal- lons, and his please-call-before-the- twentieth-and-settle called for $281.59. The record made by the _Meeker meter was never excelled in but one instance when Captain Rose succeeded in coax- ing his dial up to 6,721,528 gallons in six months. , . ' After receiving the bill and inspect- ing the inoffensive looking little demon, . ,the Gaznr'rn concluded that it was either crazy or some unseen power was toying with its interior. >With that conclusion in view a letter was ad-3 dressed to the New York Scientific American, the standard authority on "everything relating to mechanics and . hydraulics, requesting them'to state . how many gallons of water, with a 75- pound pressure, could pass through a , one-quarter inch nozzle (which the GA- za'rTE is using on its motor) in 155 days . or 1240 hours, allowing eight hdurs of continuous, running each day. On Monday last we received a reply to our inquiry from the Scientific American 1 stating that about 800,000 gallons of water could pass through the nozzle. Here is a fine state of affairs forgthe consumers of Borough water to gaze . upon, especially the selected few who are to be taXed by meter measurement. Charged with millions of gallons of water when only 800,000 can be de- livered. Great are our Water Commissioners, but greater by far are their water meters. O» . TERsETALEs OF THE TIMES. A Swedish republican newspaper will be published in New Haven. ' —Lustrine, ask. for a free sample. A concert Will be given in the A. M. E. church, Thursday evening. The reception of the'Norwalk club takes place to-morrow evening. _ ——BCY WANTED to learn the drug busi- ness at Riggs.’ 607 2t 'Deputy sheriff William B. Perry of Lakeville was in town Tuesday. No man who calls Cleveland a Mug- Wump can get an office at his hands. ~Hale’s Extract of Malt 20 cents. 607 tf Mr. Sidney 'Williams is removing his household belongings to Bridgeport. David Brotherton, aged '75 years, died Monday morning at his home in Weston. The semi-annual inspection of Hope H ose company will take place on Tues- day next. .- 'John Lycett is sick at his home on Plymouth avenue with an attack of the rheumatism. ' —-WANTED—A good reliable kitchen girl. Apply at the American House, Main street. - » 106 tf June 10 the Firstflonnecticut Heavy Artillery will . hold their annual re- union in Putnam. ' Messrs. Bernard" Tully and James Sutherlandhave gone to Bridgeport today, on jury duty. The Campania and locom otive 999 should meet at some convenient- water- tank and take a drink. —Inscct Powder, White Hellebore, Naphthaline and Moth Balls at Halg'l’ilf . - 9 . » “r 6 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Relyea of fish- ington, D.aC.. are spending a ek With Mrs. F: B. Wakeman of reens Farms. - - The reception of the, graduates and alumni of the Over River School will take» place at the Opera House on Fri-, day evening. , Buckingham Post, G. A. R. will meet to-night. Tne principal business will be the arrangement of a Memorial day programme. —'1‘he Ladies of Grace Church Guild will hold a Cake Sale at Mrs. Weed’s, 65 Wall street, to-morrow, Thursday afternoon, at 3 o’clock. The Tramwaycompany mean busi- ness and the Court of Burgesses should give them a suitable layout through Wall street at once. The deadly oil and gas stoves are now ready for business, and from now on will be depended on to kill their quota with great regularity. A popular Kentucky souvenir Spoon represents a race-track, a statue of Mary Anderson and a barrel of whiskey entwined with'tobacco leaves. ' A ten hour walking match for a purse of $100 has been arranged between George Whittaker and Gus Burns to take place in Stamford on June 3d. .. Rev. John H. Watson, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, at Hart- ford, has sent in his resignation. He 1113,37 been rector of that church since Grand Juror John H. Heyt denies the statement published in the Sentinel of yesterday, to the effect that he re- fused to sign the complaint made against young Rogers for riding a bicy- cle on the sidewalk. He says further- more that he was not asked to sign it. Choirmaster Hills of Grace church Will take a vacation next month. . The singing during his absence will be by the male quartette composed of Messrs. Nash, Austin, -Keeler and Bonnell. During the absence of Mr. Hills the choir boy‘s Will not take part in the , sing-ing. , Mrs. Jonathan Camp has netified the Borough highway committee that she will give the land necessary for the straightening of the highway near her residence on Cannon street. Action on the matter will probably be taken at the next meeting of the Court of Burgesses. The initial number of the Sunday Morning Globe, printed in Waterbury, has reached our exchange table. It is a neatly printed paper of eight pages, clean, full of fresh news, and has many special features. It premises to be ag- gressive in its warfare against‘dishon- est methods, progressive in all lines of reform, and ’ “ Will-printthe news with careful diScrimination, and it will not feed the appetite of a vitiated, depraved taste."’ N'Orwalk, Conn., Wednesday: Evening, May 17, 189.3. ,, Base Ball. . The New Haven newSpaper-m en and the'newspaper men of Bridgeport Will cross bats on Saturday, May 27, at Parlor Rock. . , Robbery. . Mr. Thomas Owens works in one of the mills at Winnipauk. He keeps bache- lors hall in a small house not far from where he is employed. Tuesday after- noon on going home he found that. the house had been broken into and articles to the value of about $30 stolen. The po- lice have been notified and Will try to apprehend the guilty parties. ‘ .___.__..__4_.. USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S “THE KIND THAT CURES.” Ho- They Doubt lt. _, There was a $30 robbery in ,Winni- pack on Tuesday. Don’t‘be surprised if you pick up a state paper and find the figures increased to $300, by the “fake” correspondent. He announced the McGrath robbery as amounting to 3500; Residents ofWinnipaiik in- cline to the ”belief that it did not amount to 50 cents if indeed there was any robbery at all. Bigamy in Bridgeport. Mrs. FrederickHubbell of Bridge- port was arrested Tuesday, charged Wlth bigamy. Her husband is an oyster-» man and on July 25, 1892, while he was on one of his cruises, Mrs. Hubbell Called upon the Rev. J. N. Enery, pas- tor of thg Universalist church there, and was married to Henry Carter. The police are now making an inves- tigation. , _ Rev. Mr. Pond. At a meeting of the Parish of St. Paul’s church held last evening, it was voted 24 to 8 to extend a call to Rev. S. B. Pond, of Leavenworth, Kansas. The vote was made unanimous. The call was made to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Rev. Mr. Graham. The salary was placed at $2,000 with use of the rectory. Mr. Pond has been advised of his election and it is be- lieved that his letter of acceptance will be received within a few days. -<+ USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S ‘ THE KIND THAT CURES.” . . A False Alarm. People were aroused from their sleep about 12.30 o’clock this morning by long continued blasts of the Whistle at the Electric Light station. The fire- men turned out thinking it an alarm of fire. The cause of the whistling was the ringing of the fire gong at the sta-i tion. Several of the other small fire gongs were rung, but the fire hell did: not respond. The trouble, it is be- lieved, was occasioned by the crossing of the fire alarm wires with those of the Electric Light company. 9' Should Have Been Discharged. George Platt had James Smith ar- rested Tuesday evening for assault, drunkenness and breach of the peace. This morning before Justice Austin Smith plead not guilty. Platt when placed on the stand denied that Smith asgaulted him or that he was drunk. Smith’s two sister’s, h0wever, testified that he had been drunk for six months, which is not generally believed, but as a N orwalk justice court is as uncertain as one of Barnum’s mules, Smith was fined .85 and costs, . \ Trotting Track. _ A' tract of land on the east side of the Shippan Road, git Stamford has been purchased, and a half mile trot- ting track will be made. The Advo- cate says "That while the track "was purchased for the private use of ”those directly interested, it will, in a meas- ure, be available to public use for rac- ing, etc., and to organizations that may Wish to have games and racing.- It is admirably .located on the Sound, ac- cessible by boat and rail, and will be- come one- of the popular resorts for patrons of horse-racing and other out- door sports.” USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLAJT’S “THE KIND THAT cans." 9. Object to Murphy. A majority of the officers and pri- vates of the C. N. G. regard with dis- favor the invitation to Thomas E. Mur- phy, the temperance revivalist, to at- tend the encampment at Niantic next August. Ex-Adjutant General Embler in speaking of the matter said : “ Per- haps it is proposed by those who have invited Mr. Murphy to Niantic to change the state militia into a salvation army. If so a band of revivalists ought to be be sent to camp and not allow M r. Murphy to bear.the whole brunt of the battle.” Adjutant General Bradley thinks it doubtful if Mr. Murphy’s presence at Niantic would be attended with bene- fieial results. The first objection was that the men do not want him. Sever-' at others who were interviewed ex- pressed similar opinions. _ . Over River School. It was very stormy Tuesday evening but that did not prevent a goodly num- ber of people attending the graduating exercises of the Over River school, at the Opera House. . The stage was decorated with plants and flowers and presented a very pret- ty appearance. - - The members of- the graduating class are: Miss Maude E. Gregory, Miss May R. Scofield, Miss Mai 0. Curtis Miss Alice L. Glover, Miss Kate E. Smith. Miss Louise B. Woodward and Miss Carrie 0. Schumann. . ‘ The following interesting and enter- taining programme was presented : Cnonns—“ Lead Us, Heavenly Father.” . Pnnrna— - Dr. '1‘. K. Noble. Sarn'rnrqiir— ' Alice L. Glover. ADDRESS—" Common Sense in Education," ‘ , _ Pro . Morrell. Cnonus—-—" Hail, Evening Bright.” _ - VALEDICTORY— Carrie Schumann. Presentation of Diplomas. Rev. 8. H. Wat-kins. Cnohn5—- Commencement Dam? , l’ .. Superior, court on Tu 9 day. Union. A Bank thePlaintiff. -. The suit of the Feurteenth Street- bank of New York against Gerritt Sco- field of Stamford to recover upon _a note for $15,000 was on trial in the own 1.. Connecticut Odd Fellows The annual session of the Grand 'lodge of Connecticut, I. 0. O. F., con- vened in New Britain, to-day. The convention was called to order by Grand Master Charles B. Ware. of New London. Our Brothers" Lodge is represented by Bradley S. Keith and John Kenney. . e >——‘ ————— The Consolidated Road. The railroad investigating commit- tee of the legislature voted to-day 11 to 4to report that the New York, New Haven & Hartford road has not, as alleged at the hearings at the_ state house, violated its charter. This re- port will be made to the senateto-mor- row. - . e Plucky Miss Sands Enjoined. Deputy Sheriff Pond on ~ Tuesday served papers on MissJ'Mary Sands. of Darien in an injuncti'pn restrainning her from cutting down the poles of the Postal Telegraph Company, which have been erected on fiand near .her land. Miss Sands has ,c‘ut down eight poles in all. She sees that s-he W111 fight it out in the cou ‘ Strawberrles add Cream. A strawberry and ice cream festival will be given to-night under the sus- pices of ConcordDivision, .S.__of T. Among the features will be singing by a quartette from the Baptist church, banjo solos by the Worden Brothers, and other attractions by local talent. The Concorders claim that the festival is in response of the GAZETTE’S call for the first strawberry festival of the sea- son. Now for the next, and the next and so on. It pays to advertise in the GAZETTE. j .. USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA,IT’S "THE KIND THAT CURES”. Justly lndlgnant. A airl‘residing in a-Lake Michigan town has recovered $500 damages from a steamboat company for. naming a boat after her without asking her per- mission. An exchange says she took offence at themai‘ine item stating that “Kittie Marshall, having been through- ly scrubbed, painted, refitted With canopied stern and new boners, Will hereafter serve as mailcarrier, and poke her pretty nose into the lake busi- ness for all she’s worth.-”—New Haven Davy Crockett. Frank Mayo will appear in his origig nal creation and masterpiece the wood- land romance “Davy Crockett.” at Music \Hall Friday evening May 19th. The Baltimore Sun says : “It is a char- acter peculiarly Mr. Mayo’s own, and itssubdued quality, its numberless fine shades of feeling, its wholly new av01d- ance of the mere muscularity of hero- ism and yet is admirableand sconstant suggestions of physical prowess. its nice presentation of the traits of the backwoodsman, his dialecth his man: hers and his mental simplicity all strike . Norwalk, 26 ;‘ Waterbury, 83. > one as evidence of unusual talent and fine artistic method. ” Superior Court... The Superior court, criminal side, comes in at Bridgeport_ to-day~ when John Hawley will be tried again for the murder of Mary Munson. There is much speculation on the probable re- sult. Some of the'important Witnesses against Hawley have died and his attor- neys believe that to be a- point in the prisoner’s favor. On the other hand it is said the state will push the case‘ with renewed vigor and that States Attorney Fessenden will do his utmost to send Hawley to the gallows this time. Such occurred in the case of Jacob Scheele. He was dissatisfied With ~ receiving a sentence for life and insisted on a new trial with the result of being con-. demned to die. _ ‘ . - . - The Gorilla Escaped. The $5,000 gorilla of the. Barnum & Bailey show escaped from its cage at Binghampton .Monday while the men were at dinner and made his way tothe dressing room in which were two ladies. The frightened women ran screaming from the tent, and the big monkey es- caped into the open air. The people immediately scattered in every direc- tion. The growling brute finally took his stand near a barn, where several of the canvassmenv who tried to capture him were badly injured. His Portuguese keeper finally arrived, and the gorilla, after hugging and kis- sing him with joy, accompanied him to his cage. He would not enter however. until an elephant, of which he stands in mortal fear, was brought in. 4—,“. Mortality of the State. - State Secretar Lindsley of the state board of health as issued his monthly report for April and by thefigures it is seen that death has reaped a big har- vest in the state during that month. There were 1395 deaths reported. This was 83 more than-1n March; it was 263 more than in April, 1892, and 261 more than the average number of deaths in April for the five years preceding the present. ‘ The death rate for the state was 21.2. Bridgeport is credited With cases of nearly all of the infections diseases. among them being la grippe, diphtheria and croup, typhoid fever and cerebro- spinal fever. From the latter 39 deaths resulted in the state, the largest num-. ber ever reperted from this disease. .. ' The secretary repOrts that many towns have adopted the house to house‘in- spection scheme, - . The total number of deaths inBridge- port was 85;-Danbury, 24; Hartford, 136;, ‘Meriden', 40; New Haven, 1.93,;- - «Read the Gamma. ‘ Co‘urt of Burgesses. An adjourned meeting of the Court of Burgesses was held Tuesday even- ing. It was understood that the meet- ing was called for the purpose of pay- ' ing bills only, but at the outset other important business was introduced. The Warden and full board were present. After calling the meeting to order Warden Sloan remarked that there were some gentlemen present' who evidently wished to be heard, and extended to them the privilege of mak- ing their wantsknqwn. - Mr. G. M. Holmes then arose and ‘ said, that it had been suggested and that the suggestion met with the ap- proval of property owners in that vi- cinity, that the layout given the tram- _way company for the laying of their tracks from a point near the foot of Mill Hill to a point on Wall street near Knight street be changed so as to run diagonally from a point near Smith street to said Knight street, instead of on the southerly side of Wall street as designated in the former layout. Engineer Hill of the Tramway com- pany said that the company was willing to make such change and believed that it would be to the advantage of the property owners if so changed ; but added that it made nogreat difference to the company whether the change Was made or not. Mr. John O’Sullivan who owns prop- erty abutting on Wall street was in fa- vor of the change. A resolution was presented embody- ing the change of layout. After some discussion it was decided that the Court of Burgesses investigate the matter and it was voted that when the Court adjourn that it be until 8 o’clock, Wednesday morning, at which time definite action would be taken. The following petition was presen- ted by Engineer Hill of .the Tramway 00. After the reading of the same it was voted that it be tabled : . To the Court of Burgesses of Ner- walk :-—The N orwalk Tramway com- pany respectfully represents : That pursuant to the terms and provisions of its charter it requested said Court on or about the 27th day of June, 1889 to fix and determine the center line of tracks it then proposed to lay through certain highways of said borough, in- cluding Wall street from Knight street to Isaacs street; that thereupon said Court took certain action with refer- ence to such application and the fixing and determining of the line and grade of said line of tracks through said por- tion of said \anI street, which action is recorded in the records of said Court ; That on 01' about the 12th day of Sep- tember 1892, said company again ap- plied to said Court to fix and deter- ‘mine the center line and grade of the single line of the tracks which it then proposed to lay in continuation of said first mentioned line and through cer- tain highways in said borough includ- ing said Wall street from said Isaacs street to Belden avenue; That there- upon said Court did fix and determine such location and grade for said has of tracks through said portion of Wall street from Isaacs street to Belden av- enue, which action is also recorded at length in the records of and Court; That the said Norwalk Tramway com- pany not; proposes under the ,power and auth )rity given it in and by its charter, to locate, lay and construct another, a second line of tracks through said Wall street from Knight street to Belden avenue, so that its tramway through said street shall when com- pleted consist of two lines of main tracks rather than of the single line of tracks heretofore proposed and loca- te . . Wherefore, The said Norwalk Tram- way Company hereby notifies ‘ said Court of Burgesses that it so proposes to locate lay and construct another, a second line of tracks through said Wall street from Knight street to Belden av- enue, so that its tramway through said street when completed shall consist of two lines of main tracks; and said com- pany hereby formally request said Court to fix and determine the grade and location of its said second line of tracks through said Wall street from Knight street to Belden avenue. all ac- cording to the terms and provisions of the charter of said company. The petition was dated N orwalk, 'Conn., May 13th, 1893, and signed the N orwalk Tramway Company by George W. Mansfield, Secretary and Treasurer. The following bills were ordered paid: W. H. VanWagner, $6 ; M. Whalcn, $1.50 ; Joseph Osterbanks, 32; J. T. Prowitt & 00., 318.53; R. Mc- Ginnis, $47.30; \V. B. Hawkins, $4.85; J. T. Prowitt, $2.40 ; W. Sheldon, $20; John Clarity, 154.27 ;S. Sheehan, $8.40; ,D. Deering, $1.50 ;D. Connolly, 348,42 ' Owen Winn, $10.50; M. Mullen, $14.25; W. H. VanWagner, $6.75 ;-M. Whalen, $12.75 ; John Edmonds, 82; William Ryan, $12 ; George Otham, $2.80 ; Nonwnnx GAZETTE, $3; Wallace Dann, $37.50; A. A. Martin, $28 ;L. Burdick, $4; Lewis June, 310; George North- rop; $28 ;T. Howard, $30. A bill for $13.80 to cover the expense ' of the visit to Hartford of Warden. Sloan and Burgesses Chinery and Suth- . erland in the interest of the proposed city charter was presented and ordered ~ paid. ~ A special meeting of the Court was held this morning Warden Sloan, Bur- esses Glover, Fillow, Squires and Mc- filullen being present. It was ‘Voted, That this Court, does hereby consent so'far. as it lawfully may that the center line of the tracks . of the Norwalk Tramway Company may be changed from the location as hereto- fore established from a point at the foot of Mill Hill at the easterly corner of Wall and Smith streets to the cor- ner of Wall and Knight, running on a curve from the west side of Wall street at the corner of Wall and Smith streets to a point on the rear line ex- tended of the Quintard‘building said point to'be about .7 feet from the north" curb'line of Wall street, thence 'to‘a point on the line of the front of said ,Quintard building extended, said-point ;to be .five and one-half feet southpf _ the north curb. linezo‘f ,-Wall street, from thence.-wissterly~ intersecting the ‘ center line of said Norwalk‘Ti-amway’s all Men of Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious or Political.”—+Jefiersca' location as heretofore established at a point south of and directly in front of High street, and that the grade of the tracks on said change be as established this day and marked upon the curb of Wall'street by the engineer of the bor- ough. It. being understood that this change is. not in any wavto effect or alter any other part of the location of said. Tramway, tracks as heretofore es- tablished. The, meeting then adjourned. At Hartford. ‘ A long debate in the House ensued Tuesday on the bill permitting public concerts on Sunday, which are now prohibited under the statutes. This was reported adversely by the Judiciary committee, and on a division Was re- Jected 66 to 60, just a quorum. A reso- lution was presented appointing Jos- eph Tomlinsonj udge, and G. M. Wake- lee deputy judge of the Town court of Huntington. The incorpora tions com- mittee made an unfavorable report on the resolution incorporating the Asso- ciated Press of Connecticut and the thing about the resolution is that the Hartford newspaper men named as in- ccfirizorators repudiate any knowledge 0 1‘. The Senate passed an act prohibiting the setting of seines, nets and pounds, in Bridgeport and Black Rock harbors. Another bill passed prohibits taking striped bass between April 1 and July 1. The salaries of Bank commissioners were raised to $3,000 each per year by adding 8500. ' The Connecticut Pomological society and the Rippawan Banking Co. of Stam- ford were incorporated, and the Bridge- port, tlorse Railway Co. was author- ized to change a grade crossing from East Washington avenue to Congress street. The Senate again passed the bill prohibiting boys under 18 years of age from driving public carriages, 1'8- jected in the House, and Senator Jones was appointed a conference committee. The Claims committee reported against a law providing that men who were drafted or enlisted in the army during the war may recover unpaid bounty on proof that they served, notwithstand- ing the statute of limitations. The Cities and Boroughs committee report- ed a bill giving towns control over reservoirs to prevent fishing and nuis- ances. Ofiences are to be misdemean- ors. Forfeited rights were restored to Hosea O. Pulling of Danbury, and others. - Washington Notes. Congressman Sperry of the Hartford District, and Attorney Tweedy of Dan- bury, are in Washington. Patent Commissioner Seymour \and his Wife, have had as guests the past few days, the Commissioner’s brother, Mr. Frederick Seymour of New York city, and his wife. They go home to- day, Mrs. John S. Seymour accom- panying them. Commissioner Seymour and his brother appeared before the U. S. Su- preme Court and were admitted to practice at the bar of that highest tri‘ burial, Monday. - The Sébretary of the Interior has or- dered an investigation of grave charges made by a Washington Patent Firm, against hit-Commissioner Simonds, to the effect that Mr. Simonds abstracted important papers from the secret files of the Patent office, prior to his de- parture, relating to Bell Telephone liti- gations. Commissioner Seymour spent an hour Tuesday, at the office of the Attorneys, making the grave charges, but it is not known as yet, that any legal evidence has been secured to sub- stantiate the charges. Stamford Votes to Be a City. The citizens of Stamford decided af- ter a five hours’ meeting last night to incorporate the borough as a city. The legislative Committee on cities and boroughs at the last hearing on the question decided to leave it with the town. The majority was forty-seven, and the meeting, which was the most remarkable ever held in Stamford, was presided over by the Hon. Samuel Fes- senden. ” Old Stone House ” Attached. The oldest house in New England, the “ Old Stone House.” in Guilford, was attached Tuesday by Sheriff Pond of New .Haven, in a suit brought by Thomas O’Hague of New York, to re- cover a claim of $1,800 against the owner of the place, Sarah B. Cone of Stockbridge, Mass. To Prevent Exhaustive Labor. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. May 17.—A bill has passed the senate forbidding railroad com- panies to make “runs” of tgainmen longer than thirteen hours each, and compelling at. least eight bears to elapse between runs. It is alleged that several recent accidents were due to engineers and, conductors be- ing physically exhausted from continued train work. Commission A; cut Decamps. QUEBEC, May 172—1“. .34. Carrier, 8. com- mission agcnt, who has been doing an ex- tensive business in this city, has myster- iously disappeared with $25,000 which had cen entrusted to him by several mer- chants of this city to be paid to western miller-s. Carrier leaves unpaid debts amounting to $20,000. ' Another Indiana Lynching. _ SEYMOUR, May 17.—Lou ’l‘renck, who murdered Henry Fedler a week ago last Sunday, was hanged at Brownstown at 1:20 a. m. by a mob from this place. The lynching party was composed of the same men who hanged Turley at Bedford. The‘ mob broke down the doors of the prison with sledge hammers. WASHINGTON, May 17.—1The president has appointed W. H. Dimond superin- tendent of the'United States mint at'San Francisco, and S.. W. Crameriassayer of hulls at New.'.York,"has been removed. resolution was rejected. A singular. Superintendent of the San Francisco Mint. 1 the United States mint at Charlotte, N .; C. . Michael > Co‘nklin, '. assistant inspector of "aw dWha 7 " - as wrench: chairs, 50 WALLs'rnEEr. Price One Cent. MR; "Minimalism Expert Rice.“ “Because of the publicatidn of Mr. Isaac L. Rice’s report, in which it is insinuated , that I 'induced the Philadelphia. and Read- ing Railroad company ,to relieve me of' a private speculation in the stock of the Bos- ton and Maine Railroad company and of the New York and New England Railroad company at a time when‘ it had greatly. fallen in value, in justice to myself, re quires me to State.the facts of that trans. action. I care not to say aught in vindica- tion of my management of the Philadel- phia. and Reading‘system. To the future - I must look for that. “In the summer of 1892 it was advisable, I thought, to secure such a. control of the stock of those companies as would bring about an alliance between them and the Philadelphia. and Reading Railroad com' pany under one, president—an alliance which would inure to the benefit of all, and especially. to the company of which I - was then president. I saw my way, by means thereof, to the placing, under "most favorable circumstances, in territory not - ‘ otherwise controlled by it, of an immense additional tonnage of anthracite coal; to the securin g of assured customers for large quantities of bituminous coal; to the making the Lehigh Valley branch 8. con- necting link' between the west and New England in the transportation of immense quantities of the products of the former, and to many other advantages. “Everything I did, from the beginning to the end. in the purchase of shares of the . Boston and Maine Railroad company," and of the New York and New England Rail- . road company, was done. solely and ex- clusively for the purpose of insuring to the Philadelphia and Reading company for its benefit, and not at all for my own, of the pontrol necessary to accomplish this al‘ liance. At no time was I acauated by any desire to benefit myself personally. ' I had. no intention to speculate in the shares of ‘ stock of either of those companies upon my own personal account, nor to reap any pecuniary benefit therefrom. “My motives and intentions were com- municated at. the .time not. officially, but very fully, to three directors of the Phila. delphia. and Reading Railroad company, to one of its prominent officials, and to several other persons. They Were fully ' _, apprised from the beginning and through- out of my intention concerning these shares. After reviewing at length his negotia- tions for the absorptionof the two roads, and defending his action in the matter, Mr. McLeod concludes: “Reflecting now upon what was dons, then in this matter, I believe I acted with no selfish desire and with‘no inten- tion to do other than. that which I deemed for the true interest of the road I repre~ l sented. If compelled againtoact in the , . matter, with the light I then possessed, I would not act differently. ~ “I disclaim all responsibility for the sales, since my resignation of the presi- dency of the Philadelphia and Reading 'Railroad company, at very inadequate prices, and in an injudicious way, of the shares of the Boston and Maine railroad ”' BAsEeALL YESTERDAY. National League. At St. Louis: B. H. .E Cincinnati......3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 x—910 3 St.Louis ........ 180000002—6103 At Boston (six innings): R. H. E. Boston........ 3 ‘2 0 3 0 2—10133' New York .................... 0 0 0 1 0 0—1 2 3 At Chicago: , n. n. E. Pittsburg ....... 001000002—372 Pittsburg ...... 000000200—242 Pennsylvania State League. At Altoona-Altoona, 21; York, 3. -Will Patronize Union Labor. At the regular May meeting of the ‘ Norwalk Hat Finishers’ association,thc following resolutions were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, The Carpenters, Painters, Shoemakers, Elastic Web Weavers, Cigar Makers, Iron Moulders, with the Hat Makers’ and Hat Finishers’ associa- ,- tions have combined to form the Nor- .' ' walk Central Labor union for mutual ' benefit and a'sssistance, and . WHEREAS, We deem it to be the duty of each labororganization to do every- thing possible to advance the interests of every other labor organization, and . recognizing as we do that the very best I , way to do this is to demand union labor ' and the products of union labor as” ~ against non-union labor and the pro- ducts of such labor ;”' therefore be it Resolved, That we, the Norwalk Hat _ Finishers‘ association, hereby pledge ourselves, that should we have any work to be done requiring a carpenter, . mason or painter, we shall insist upon . sf. having it done by union men. When ' ' " purchasing paints, oils or wall paper, we will deal with those who employ union painters only. Before purchas- . _-. ing boots or shoes we will see that they T bear the label of the Boot and Shoe 7 Workers’ International Union, and if Congress, the label of the Elastic Gor- ing Weavers aswell. . Will purchase ci- gars of those who deal cXclusively in union-made cigars, bearing the blue la- bel of Cigarmakers’ International Union, and when purchasing stoves or castings will see that they bear the la- bel of the Iron Moulders’ Union. , In a word, when we become employers 'our- selves. as we do everytime we purchase anything or pay for havmg anything done, we will be consistent‘and employ - those who, like ourselves, are main- taining labor organizations to the end that the struggle of life may, 'become ‘ just a little less hard, and , ' ‘ - Resolved, That a copy of these reso. lutions be printed in the public press of Norwalk, and a copy sent to each"- I shop in this district. -.N0_r_i_._caéa RUBY has removed his Wagon Works to his a new shopiii the rear of his- house, 14;. brossstreet.. Having increased facilities and ' room, he isxable to ,compete with an‘yiin his: . line. he public areinvited, beingasSured of *1 -, . . New at its esteem ' ‘ l a , sec 3. Looms. an ~ ‘ Oars FOB‘EALE, worth the money. . " 4 W”. 3
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