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“Equal and Exact Justice to all .M en of Whatever State or PerSaasion, Religious or Politica .”-¥Jefersoa I
vol. III.—Wliole N0. 6 I 9..
Norwalk, Conn., Saturday Evening, June ’3, 1893.
Price one Cent.
THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER.
llllltlltlllltlll 111 all things: Neutral lll nothing.
The Gazette has the largest clr-
oulatlon of any paper in Norwalk.
and furnishes the lowest advertising
fates. ,
Advice Accepted.
Chief of pOlice Dann this morning
assured a GAZETTE reporter that “What-
ever I know, I will keep to myself.”
Evidently he has "decided to act upon
the advice of the GAZETTE. However,
the GAZETTE is,not selfish, and when-
ever it may come within its province it
will gladly assist him in bringing to
justice all who may be deserving of
arrest and punishment.
0.—
Hungarian Thieves.
While oflicer Sam Ireland, of South
Norwalk, was standing near the Whistle-
ville bridge at about 9 o’clock Friday
night he saw two Hungarian boys ap-
proaching, one of whom was carrying
. a bundlewrappediup in an old red handk-
' erchief. When the boys discovered the
Officer the one with the bundle attempt-
ed to hide it in front of his body,but his
suspicious actions made the officer
watch him more closely. After they
had passed for some distance Sam
thought it would be good policy to ex-
amine the parcel. Acting upon the-im-
pulse he hailed the boys and requested
them to halt, which they did. He in-
quired of the boys as to what they had
lathe bundle, but only succeeded in
ehciting from them that they had a col-
,lar tied up in the hankerchief. He
‘thought the bundle looked consider-
ably smaller than the one hetfirst saw,
but after searching them allowed the
boys to depart. As they went up the
hill towards J. O’Brien’s the officer
caught a glimpse of' the bundle again
by the aid of the electric light and was
more than ever convinced thatit was
smaller than the original and that there
was something wrong. He called to
them to stop,:but instead of doing 'so
they started on a run for Snowden’s
woods with the officer in hot pursuit.
The boys got into the Woods and Sam
was unable to locate them. He then re-
tracted his steps to the point where he
first halted them, and lighting a match
looked around to see if they had drop-
ped anything. He was rewarded in his
search by discovering alongside of the
railroad, fencegthe original bundle car-
ried by the boy. Upon opening the
handkerchief thefofficer—found 250 cigars,
which it has since been ascertained
were stolen from Chichester’s grocery
on South Main street. ~
Knowmg that the boys would have to
cross the Whistleville bridge to reach
home, the officer secreted himself at
Mr. O’Brien’s and was soon rewarded
by their appearance skulking out of the
weeds. When they arrived opposite his
hiding place Sam quickly pounced out
upon them and carried them to the sta-
tion an locked them up. This morning-
before Justice Barrett they gave their
games as Frank Kerikus and John Top-
on. . ,
The justice imposed a fine of~$5 and
costs each, amounting to $10.76. Top
don’s mother paid his fine, but it is
likely that Kerikus will be committed
to the reform school.
Ofiieer Ireland deserves great credit
for his prompt work, as it was only
through his persistency that the ex-
change of bundles by the boy was dis-
covered and the cigars recovered. ‘
A Clamming Excursion.
Friday afternoon a reporter of the
[GAZETTE observed a man driving a
'double team recklessly down Mill Hill
and to Wall street, where he turned
into Main street, and stopped in front
of a Main street irrigatory. In the
wagon, a two seated one, were three
other men. The whole fourappeared
to be under the influence. The next
thing that the reporter heard of the
party was that the driver of the team
was lying unconscious in William Mc-
Cormack’s blacksmith shop with a six-
inch gash in the back of his head.
Further inquiry elicited the follow:
ing. It seems that the driver of the
team was Seth Benedict of Branch-
ville. The party drove along all right
until in front of William McAllister’s
residence in Winnipauk where they
collided with a team from Dr. Smith’s
sanitarium, in which were seated at
coachman and two ladies. The hind
wheel of Dr. Smith’s turnout was
wrecked, but fortunately the occupants
of the carriage escaped injury. An-
other carria e was telephoned for from
Dann’s stab es, and the - ladies were
taken to their home in Wilton. The
hind wheel of the Benedict wagon was
considerably damaged, and the driver
of the team concluded to return to the
Borough for repairs. He had not gone
far, however, before the wheel was
completely wrecked. Right here it
may be well to state that two of Bene-
dict’s companions got out of the wagon.
Benedict then gave the horses a clip
with the whip and proceeded down the
street with the wagon on three wheels.
When in front of McCormack’s black-
smith shOp he mined the horses uppn
to the walk, and he and his companion
were thrown out. _
Benedict struck on his head and his
companion landed on his back, the lat-
ter escaping with a ,few eli ht bruises.
Benedict _was taken into t 6 shop and
Dr. Huntington summoned. He found
that he had sustained an ugly wound
on the head which the doctor dressed.
Shortly after Benedict proceeded to a
livery stable where he secured another
wagon and drove in the direction of
his home. '
. Mr. McCormack tdok charge of the
wrecked wagon and its contents, clams,
«strawberries, etc., and they this morn-
ing awaited the Orders of the owner.
To Mr. _McCormack the owner of the
team said, {We were out ona clam-
ming expedition and for a good time.”
‘fAnd I guess you got it, ” said William.
TERS‘E TALES OF THE TIMES.
. Joseph P. Moody will sail fer Europe
next Saturday. - . ‘ .
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—'—Ice CreamSoda 5 cents at Hale’s
to-day. ' " ' - 6
' Mrs. Emma Andrews will appear at
_Mgsic Hall Ito-night.
, 4B\a.le’s Emulsion 50c. ‘ 616-tf
J. Bechler was appointed postmaster
at Brookfield, Friday.
Regular meeting of the Court of But-
gesses, Monday evening.
—Norwalk Steam Carpet Cleaning
Works, 14 Knight street. 588-tf
Cleveland is doing well fishing. He
always was lucky at the poles.
It was never yet necessary to chloro-
form a N orwalk man to force an office
upon him.
. The Republican postmasters are leav-
ing'their positions because they cannot
take them. ,
~Wanted, six carpenters immediate-
‘ly. Apply to S. B. Wilson, 92 Wall
street.
Mrs. Mary Baker of West Norwalk.
is recovering from a severe attack of
pneumonia. .
Connecticut pensions : Original wid-
ows’, etc.—Br1dget Croal, minor Of
Charles Miller. ' .
Rev. Dr. Seward will preach in the
Congregational church, at Greens
Farms, to-morrow.
~—Hale’s Extract of Malt 20c. 617-tf
The over River school gave a very
pleasmg entertainment at the Opera
House, last evening. ‘
The Y. M. C. A. Sono' Service to-mor-
row afternoon at 4 o’clock will be led
by N. W. Benedict.
The engagement of ' R. M. Olmstead
of Cannons, and Emma A.Middlcbrook,
of Stamford, is announced. -
Rev. G. Haulenbeek will conduct the
meeting at the residence of R. T. Malt-
by, in West Norwalk, to-morrow.
On'e of a .pair of chestnut horses,
valued at $500, and belonging to Liv-
eryman_H.-~E.wDan-n, died fast night.
. C. Ford Seeley, formerly of_Norwalk,
is entered in the one-half, one and two
mile bicycle races at Ansonia today.
—Is your Hair falling out ‘9‘ Hale’s.
Comp. Quinine will stop it. 617-tf
Thaddeus Johnson and family who
went to California, last October. re
turned to their former home in West
Norwalk, Friday.
The ever genial Ansonia Sentinel,
that model paper of Connecticut, is the
first to succumb to a violent attack of
the cucumber colic.
The _state railroad commissioners
met .Friday afternoon in Milford to
consider the elimination of grade cross-
ings in that town.
The summary of the Weekly Record
for the current week credits Norwalk
With six real estate sales'and mortgages
amounting to $14,726.
A representative of the Berlin Bridge
company will come to Norwalk, on
Tuesday, and prescribe for the ailments
of the Washington street bridge.
Stephen Monroe was severely bitten
by a lobster, this ‘mcrning. It is not
believed that the lobster had the 138-,
bies, but certain it is that Mr. Monroe
was mad.
Ever since the published report that
Philadelphia had a daring and indus-
trious burglar, John Buxton, one of
Norwalk’s timid bachelors, looks under
his bed for a woman.
Miss Hattie Wever of Elm street,
who recently went to Washington and
who has been spending some days at
Atlantic eity, N. J ., is now with her
mother, Visiting friends in Elizabeth.
Daniel J. Riordan, an Friday, plead
guilty to appropriating, without per-
mission, a boat belonging to Patrick
Haugh. He was fined $1 and costs.
The fine was remitted on the payment
of the costs. . »
Victor, a three year old son of Fred
Smith was run down by a bicycle
rider .en a Main street sidewalk, one
day this week. Fortunate for the rider,
it was, that the boy’s father was not
near by when the accident occurred.
Albert Bates and James Foster, whom
the State papers credited with'having
eloped from Norwalk, some months
since, are now engaged in farming at
'Gorham, Kansas, and in a recent letter
to friends in town they claim to like it.
Contractor Sheldon, went into “Saw-
dust” Price’s restaurant, Friday noon,
and ate sixteen fried eggs, and took for
a desert one pint of ice cream. _ He
spoke of the meal as a luncheon, and a
sort of appetizer for his dinner which
he proposed eating about 4 O’clock.
' It is in the air that the unfortunate
admission of Attorney Warner, in his
Tramway injunction petition of the
“large profits earned by the Horse
Railroad,” is likely to open up the long
threatened legal contest by the m1-
nority interests in that road, headed by
Hon. E. C. Benedict oflGreeiiwich. .
Hubert Bishop' has purchased the
yacht “Mabel” owned by the
James H. Nash. It is reported that the
price paid was $1,500.
Parties are negotiating for a lease of
the vacant lot on Hoyt street. It is
understood that they will erect a merry-
go-round on the lot.
A. DeForest has [the contract for
painting the old Merrill building ad-
joining the Wall street bridge, a straw
color with chocolate trimmings.
The remark is provoked by the ill-
ness of Booth and Jefferson that ithe
list of great actors will soon be nar-
rowed down to Corbett and Sullivan.
Charles E. Comstock died at his
home in Wilton Friday night, aged 72
years. His daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hyatt
of Westport, and son Theodore Com-
stock of Wilton, survive him.
Mrs. George Allen and child who
‘have been visiting friends in New York
for the past five weeks will return home
to-morrow, after which time George
expects to again enjoy his meals.
There is a dangerous excavation on
Mechanic street, back Of William E.
Dann’s store, that ought to receive at-
tention before the Borough is called
upon to pay a bill of damages for some
accident‘caused .by reason of the same.
The subject for the meeting of the
Epworth League at the Methodist
church, to-morrow evening, will be
“Home missions; or the heathen at
ou’r door.” Charles F. Tristram will
act as leader. ,
Officer June was detailed for special
duty on East avenue, Friday evening.
As a result he arrested George Curtis
whom he found riding a bicycle on the
sidewalks of that avenue. Curtis claimed
that he thought himself outside of the
Borough limits. Justice “Austin con-
vinced him to the contrary by impos-
ing a fine of $1 and costs. Curtis paid
up and was discharged. .
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Divorced.
Judge Hall granted two divorces at
the short calendar session of the Sn-
perior court Friday. Georgiana Bene-
dict was awarded a decree from George
Benedict, both of Danbury. Cause
habitual intemperance.
Cora Langford, from Joseph- Lang-
ford, of Greenwich. Cause, desertion.
The custody of a five year old child was
given to the plaintiff. They were mar-
ried in 1886.
Won His Bet.
The Wilton correspondent of the
Ridgefield Press tells the following
.story of John S. Sturges, who. died
very suddenly, on Wednesday: “If
there was one thing Uncle John liked
better than a horse trade, it was a lit-
tle wager on what his horses could do.
Some years ago he owned a powerful
horse of which he was justly proud.
One day, while in Norwalk, he was
watching a team of horses struggling
with a load of stone at the foot of Mill
Hill. Uncle John had fun with the
driver awhile, and, when he had him
sufficiently excited, he offered to draw
the load up the hill. On a bet of $10
the offer was promptly accepted, and
as promptly won by Uncle John.”
USE DANA’S SARSAPARIL LA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES. ”
O.
Winnipauk.
The entertainmentgiven by the pn-
pils’ of the Winnipauk school. Friday
was of a very interesting and pleasing
character. The programme as publshed
in the GAZETTE of Wednesday, was pre-
sented in an admirable manner. There
was a large and well pleased audience,
as was evidenced- by the hearty ap-
plause that was given each number on
the programme. The “ Seven Little
Fairies,” were favorites ; the “May
Queen Drill” was ver fine; and the
dialogue “ The Flour 4amily,” was es-
peciall good, as were also “Naughty
Boy B ue ” and “The Violet Song.”
The tableaus were excellent, in fact the
entire entertainment reflects great
credit on Principal George Thompson,
and his assistants Helen Clarkson and
Ecfina lKemp,as well on the pupils of the
so 00 .
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Danbury Soldier’s Memorial.
Governor Morris and his stafi‘ ar-
rived at Danbury Friday evening to at-
tend the reception to the visiting G. A.
R. officials at the opera house, as a
close to the exerciSes dedicating the
soldiers’ and sailors’ memorial window
in the Baptist church. -They were
greeted by an immense throng of peo-
ple and were escorted to the opera
house by the military organizations of
the city. —
The reception was particularly to
.Commander in Chief Weissert and his
staff. and in the afternoOn Commander
Rogers of Connecticut and his staff.
Commander R. Burton Rogers of
James E. Moore post of Danbury, ex-
tendeda welcome to the. visitors, on
the part of the posts. Mayor Andrews
extended the freedom of the city to
Commander Weissert, presenting him
With an immense solid silver key, and
Commander Weissei't ‘responded hap-
'plly. Addresses Were made by Com-
mander Rogers, Governor Morris and
others. ' '
At the unveiling exercises at the
' church Friday afternoon, Commander
Weissert spoke of its being the first
instance .where a memorial window had
been set in a church and dedicated to
the memory of the soldiers and sailors
of the rebellion and thought the ex-
ample thus set should be followed every-
where. .
— ————<-o- >————-—-——-
UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
Letters remaining uncalled for at the Nor-
:33? post ofiice for the week ending June 3.
Sam. Foot, -
Andrew Lent,
Annie Steward. . ,
, To obtain any. of the above letter thesp-
‘Dlicant must call-for advertised otters.
' CARMI G. HUBBELL. P. M.
late '
Waterbury Races.
The trotting races at Waterbury
ended Friday, after'a very successful
four day’s meeting; Jim won the un-
finished 2:45 race, and, Maggie T. and
Woodmont took first money in the
2:20 and 2:38 class races.
A Token of Esteem.
The Finance committee of the state
Treasurer Morgan, at Washington, Fri-
day, a handsome gold locket watch
charm, as a token of respect and esteem
in which he is held ;_ by his late asso-
ciates on the committee.
USE DANA’S SAR APARILLA.IT’S
. ‘gTHE KIND T 0 T CURES.”,
Shells for thefBig Race.
Two new paper; shells of the Yale
navy have just arrived at New Haven.
They were tested by Captain Ives Fri-
day, withflthe most satisfactory results.
One of them will be used in practice
by the varsity crewuntil they go to
New London next week and then
turned over to the freshmen for ser-
vice. ' The other will be used by‘ the
varsity crew while at ew London and
in the big race.
Three Saved Fr. Drowning.
The reported dro ning accident at
Woodmont Thursday evening was an
accident without the owning. Three
men in a small “ski ’
were T680118
W. Smith, in boats The
three in . Murray, John
Fitzp, _ chaefi'er. Schic-
fi'er‘ w’ ij lmostdrowned,
and , . 5 -1y assistance of
Burw‘ 3‘ 1 three men, who
were~ -f Sted, would un-
doubted! ' t. .
USED t ARILLA,IT’S
“ CURES.”
Thai in“ a " 11 go into effect
on July 17.23;}, j, -rson owning or
.hafiiflt,‘ are custody
, - iapy dog accus-
tOme’d to go critically highway or
common and greed“), or bite, or
otherwise annoyfarhyfifijrson or horses
lawfully using such. , ghway or com-
mon shall be fined not," ore than seven
dollars or be impriso- not more than
ten days. or both ; pre'ded, that writ-
ten notice of any gra‘Efi juror, justice
of the peace or prosec‘_ 'ng attorney of
the town where said do - are owned or
' 0y given to said
owner or keeper.” ,
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USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA.IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
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Freight Trains Colllde.
Two heavily loaded freight trains col-
lided at the Branford depot Friday.
The engines weie totally wrecked ; the
freight depot was badly damaged and
several cars partially wrecked. A
gravel train stood on the main track
unloading gravel to fill in around the
new telegraph block house which is be-
ing built preparatory to the introduc-
tion of the block system on the Shore
Line Division.
The crew of the train heard the
through freight leaving New Haven
shortly before 11 O’clock coming toward
Branford.- The engineer hastened to
his cab and at once put on a full head
of steam, hoping to reach the Siding
and avoid the oncoming freight. The
two trains met a few feet from the
switch. .
Both engines were completely de-
molished. The freight depot had the
foundations knocked out and the whole
building swerved askew. The caboose
of the through freight was hurled down
into the meadows. The gang Of Ital-
ians jumped from the gravel train and
ran in all directions. N 0 one was hurt.
A wrecking train was sent out from
New Haven and the tracks were cleared
'in about two hours.
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cannon SERVICES. .
NORWALK METHODIST Cnuncn.~Sac—
rament. and reception _of members in
the morning. Preaching by the pas-
tor in the evening. Subject :‘ “Why I
believe the Bible is the book of God.”
A. M. E. CHURCH.——Pastor,Rev. I. D.
Jacobs. 10:30 a. m. Preaching Subject,
“ The Love of God.” 12:15 p. m. Sab-
bath School. 6 p. in. Prayer Meeting.
7:30 p. m. Preaching, “ Three Prom-
ises.” Grand rally, for the pastor’s sal-
ary. *
GRACE CHURCHr-Bev. S. H. Watkins
Rector. First‘ Sunday after Trinity,
June 4th, 1893. 9.50 a: m. Morning
Prayer. 10:30 a. m. Litany, sermon
and Holy Communion. 122m Sunday
School. 7:30 p. m. Evening Prayer
and sermon. The rector will ofliciate.
All are welcome. .
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL.-—Bev. T. K.
Noble, pastor. Servmes at 10.30 a. m.
and 7.30 p. m.. Morning subject:
“Christ’stoctrine of Idle Words.”
"In the'evenin Rev._William R. Ben-
nett, of New ork,_w11l occupy the pul-.
it. The public is cordially invited.
unior Endeavor at 4 :30; Senior En-
deavor at 6 :30 p. .m. The Thursday
evening meeting will be a missionary
concert. The ladies’ meeting Wednes-
day afternoon at 3 :30.
-FIBS’1‘ BAPTIST.--F. E. Robbins pas-
tor. Services of the day: Early prayer
meeting at 10 a. m.; preaching at 10.30.
Subject: “Pastor Robbins’ 2d anni-
versary as pastor of this church.” In
the evening occurs the “ Children’s
Day” concert, consisting of choruses,
glees, duets, solos, and a happy time
for young and old. _ The public inv1ted.
The evening offering goes to weaker
churches. Do not forget the “State
Convention” offering in the morning.
Next week—Tuesday evening, center
districtgcottage prayer meeting at J.
Morris Benedict’s, Chestnut street;
Thursday . evening, regular prayer
meeting in lecture room'; Friday even-
ing, Unionville, meeting at SH, Rich-
mond’s. . “
senate forwarded 'to United States-
rshad, trout and salmon.
At Hartford.
There was a lack of a quorum in the
House on, Friday, but the attending
members ignored this fact in their de-
sire to forward business. The commit-
tee on constitutional amendments made
adverse reports on the three measures
they had not previously submitted.
One was the act known as the Ryan-
Cleveland bill. It provided that the
state should be divided into not less
than 25 nor more than 36 senatorial dis-
tricts,'each to consist in population as
nearly as possible of an equal number.
These districts were to be composed of
contiguous territory, lying if possible
in the same county, the basis of popu-
lation to be founded on the last United
States census. This apportionment was
to continue until the next census was
taken,and the General Assembly should
make only such changes in districts as
the changes of population, as disclosed
£353 the next national census, warran-
e .
The second bill rejected was the Rat-
cliffe Hicks measure intended to equal-
ize representation in the lower branch
of the General Assembly. It provided
that each town be entitled to one rep-
resentative, with one additional one for
every 5,000 of inhabitants, the latter to
be determined by-the preceeding U. S.
census. The act was not to go into op-
eration until the year 1900.
The third bill adversely reported and
rejected was that providing for. the bi-—
ennial election of selectmen in Bridge-
port,so as to conform to the election of
city oflicers, and providing that their
present sole power of making voters be
transferred to some other court.
A minority and majority report were
submitted by the judiciary committee
on the corrupt practices act which had
been recommitted to them. The former
was virtually the bill adapted by Lynda
Harrison, while the majority report
embodied the chief features of the for-
mer bill. Fox, Beardsley and Stod-
dard signed the majority report, and
Wood, _Wilcox, Hale, Corttis, Palmer
and Judd the minority report. The
latter is a Democrat and for the first
time acted apart from his party asso-
ciates on the committee.
_ The principal subject of discussion
in the Senate was a bill designed to
prevent processes of a criminal nature
to be used as methods to enforce the
collection of debts. Holden, Pierce
and Holcomb vigorously championed
the measure, which Was passed. They,
argued that its effect would do away
With 'much of the “shyster” lawyer
practice, now too prevalent. It is Spec-
ified in the measure that when an ac-
tion is brought containing an allega-
tion of fraud and the defendant is ar-
rested on a body writ, the plaintiff,
prov1ded he fails to prove' the fraud a1-
legation, and substitutes the common
counts, shall at the most recover only
taxable costs“. The court may, at its
discretion, decline to award even costs
to the complainant and assess double
costs against him on behalf of the de-
fendant.
The “civil actions” act providing for
a j ‘3; trial in suits against corpora-
tions when the defendant has entered
a demurrer and thus made the judge
the party to pass upon damages, barely
missed passage by the Senate.
The debate in the House on the bill
Wednesday led to the sensational epi-
sode in which Gunn called Healcy a
liar. The measure is now regarded as
virtually dead. For the last twenty
years it has been regularly introduced
in the House and as regularly killed by
the Senate.
The Cities and Boroughs committee
favorably reported the bill incorpora-
ting the Greenwich and Granville
Tramway . ; passed the charter of
the Darieir ater company and tabled
the bill giving women the right to vote
in elections for school ofi‘icers. This
latter action was on account of the ab-
sence of Senator Milner, chairman of
the Suffrage committee. The House
passed the resolution incorporating the
Park Benefit association of Bridgeport,
and the bill appropriating $500 to es-
tablish a station for the propagation of
The bill Ire-
quiring County commissioners to keep
a record of persons whose applications-
were rejected by United States authori-
ties, and whether such rejection was by
reason of unsuitability of' person or
place, was rejected.
Some of the prov1sions of the corrupt
practices act named in the majority re-
port are that the amounts each candi-
date may legally expend in an election
are as follows: Governor, $600 ; Lieut.
Gov., Treasurer, Secretary, Comp-
troller, U. S. Senator, and County
ofiicers, $600; State Senator, Judge of
probate, $200 ; representatives of towns,
borough, city and school ofiicers $50.
All other officers $50. , ,
Both measures impose a penalty of
$1,000 or imprisonment in the county
jail or both for violation of these pro-
visions. The Democratic minority was
in favor of amending the present se-
cret ballot law in many details and the-
Republicans present a majority in favor
of substituting the Henney-Hotchkiss
compilation of the Australian ballot
bill. which was vetoed by Gov. Bulkeley
in 1889. All the measures were tabled
for printing and the calendar. The
proposed constitutional amendment
prOViding for electing state officers by
plurality vote was made the {special
order for Thursday, J une 8, at noon.
Measures passed as follows: IncOr-
porating the Washington Industrial
Development company of Derby, the
.Young Men’s Hebrew benefit: associa-
tion of Meriden; amending charter of
SecondMeriden Mutual building and
Loan association ; abating taxes of
Meriden, Waterbury & Cromwell rail-
road,‘ $14,000; amending charter of
Waterbury street railway company ;,
appropriating $12,000 for purchase of
land for Connecticut school for boys at
Menden.
‘ _Gov. Morris signed the new military
bill which passed both Houses about 3
weeks ago.
, In the .House the committee on In-
corporations reported favorably on
resolutions amending the charter of
the Westport Water .compaig', incor-
porating the Danbuer. M. . A., in-
corporating the Shelton Street Railway
company of Huntington, '
The committee on Education (report-
ed a bill compelling towns and school ’
districts having 10,000 or more inhabi—
tants to maintain evening schools. The
bill provides that no person over 14
and under 16, who cannot read and
write, shall be employed in any
manufacturing, mercantile or mechani-
cal occupation, unless he can produce
a certificate that he has attended school
twenty consecutive evenings in the
car.
A bill providing that damages in de-
faulted cases may be assessed by a jury
was passed. - .
These matters were passed: Incor-
porating the Litchfield Electric Light
and Power company; amending the
charter of the Citizens Gas company of
Bridgeport; appropriating $100 for li-
censes for oyster boats and $600 for
licenses for oyster buoys; incorpora-
ting the New Milford, Lake Waramaug
and Washington Electric Railway com-
pany; directing the Railroad commis-
sioners to make special investigations
of the condition of fences along rail-
road lines. . -
In the Senate, resolution incorpora-
ting the Woodbury and Southbury
Electric Railway company. Passed.
House bill providing a penalty on
owners, after notification. whose dogs
run on the highway and snap, bark and
annoy people, was passed. ,
Another dog bill came up, providing
for registration of dogs, .making the
tax on females $10.15. An amendment
relieving from. penalty a person who
ignorantly registers an unspayed as a
spayed female dog, was agreed to.
Anotheramendment fixing the tax on
dogs owned by Kennel owners or regis-
tered in the American stud book.
Agreed to. The bill then passed.
Resolutions were passed amending
the charter of the Lime Rock Water
company after rejecting a House amend-
ment. ‘ »
Bill appropriating $2,000 for investi-
gation as to disposing of the sewage
of the Naugatuck Valley. Passed.
Resolution incorporating the .Stam-
ford Gas and Electric company. Passed.
Bill requiring the display of the
American flag on all school houses was
passed. .
Communication from the Governor
transmitting the resignation of Senator
Morgan was referred to the committee
on Executive Nominations.
Bill amending the law relating to
taxes on investments, so that instead of
sending the securities to the State treas-
urer for taxation, a sworn list may be
sent, was passed. .
The Incorporation committee report-
ed adversely on incorporation ofthe
Bridgeport Dock and Building com-w
pany, the Connecticut Homestead com-
pany of Bridgeport, the Shelton com-
pany, the Lilchfield County club, the
D. M. Read company of Bridgeport,
and on amending charters of the New
Milford Fire association, Connecticut
Lumber company, and Wheeler S: Wil-
son company of Bridgeport.
. ' So Mote it Be.
Messrs. Reed and McKibbin,- thegcon-
tractors for the laying of the Tramway
tracks, this morning set a gang of Ita-
lians at work removing the Horse Rail-
way tracks on Wall street, from Belden
avenue to the foot of Mill Hill, four
feet further north and from the tracks
as laid by the Tramway company. The
gang is now at work_ from a point near
Isaacs street, southerly to Belden ave,-
nue. The south side of Wall street be-
tween those two points is necessarily
blocked by reason of the operations.
It is not at all unlikely that the two
companies will , come to an amicable
agreement and the work of completing
the Tramway be rapidly pushed to an
ending.
Badly Scalded. .
Miss Hannah Reed met with an acci-
dent Friday afternoon that will be lia-
ble to keepiher confined to her bed for
some days. She was descending a flight
of stairs at her home in West Norwalk
when she made a misstep and fell. She'
had in her hand at the time a pail of'
boiling hot water, which she dropped
and the water sputtered on to her limbs
scalding them in a terrible manner.
Luckily she escaped any other serious
injury as a result Of the fall. Dr. Bron-
son was summoned and prescribed for
the burns, which are of a very serious
nature.
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Business Change.
L. D. Keeler, the Water street butch-
er, has sold out his business to John
W. Bogardus. ‘ Mr. Keeler bespeaks
for his successor the fine patronage
heretofore extended to himself. Mr.
Bogardus is a hatter and is well known
to Norwalk people. If he can carve
beef as well as he can handle a hat he .
ought to be successful. Mr. Keeler
will devote his time to the interest of
two farms of which he is the proud
possessor;
‘ .
Saluted With Torpedoes.
George Hutchinson, a Consolidated
road conductor, was married in New
Haven Friday to Mrs. Julia Morgan.
When the train bearing the newly mar-
ried couple moved out of the depot,
there was a loud explosion of torpedoes.
which had been plaad upon the track
by railroad associates of Conductor
Hutchinson.
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Entertainment.
Nothing is more popular than an en-
tertainment of good local talent, and
the Hospital ~Benefit next Monday,
June 5th, offers two very amusing
plays, well acted and managed. It is
to be hoped that those who have work-
ed so faithfully will be rewarded by a
crowded and appreciative house.
sic by Wheeler & Wilson Orchefira.
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Refuses to Accept $500.
Ma or Horatio S. Sanford of Long
Islan City .has refused an increase in
salary. ‘ A recent act ofvthe Legislature
increased his salary from $2,000 to
$2,500 a year. Mayor Sanford says he
was elected to the office on. asalary of
$2,000 a year. That, is all he wants.
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A FINANCIAL SUCCESS. ‘
Director Schwab Says the Fair Cleared a
Quarter of a Million in May. .
CniCAoo, J une 3.—Director Charles H.
Schwab, of the World’s fair, says that the
exposition has cleared a. quarter of a. mill-‘
ion dollars for the month of May, and as a
result of a. general reduction of force to
begin next Monday a better result is con-
fidently anticipated for June. Mr. Schwab
took a rosy view of the. situation and
claimed that the financial success of the
fair is already assured. He says the run- ‘
ning expenses of the fair will be not 8100;
000 a week for the present, and this will be
cut down when the working forces are re.
duced, as has now been ordered by the of-
ficials. Mr. Schwab says the receipts for
the month of May have averaged $24,000
daily. ’ , *
Treasurer Seeherger says the financial
statement for May is not compiled, and
does not know when it will be ready. He
gives as an excuse the extra work entailed
on his department and the sickness of
his cashier. When asked if the exposition
had made $250,000, as claimed by Director
Schwab, the treasurer merely smiled and
said it Was necessary- to keep a pretty good
balance on hand. He was affixing his sig-
nature to a bundle of checks at the time,
and remarked that he was paying out
money as fast as it came in. He would not
say how much the exposition corporation
owed on contract account. It is a fact,
however, that more thanIenough to“ wipe
out any balance in the bank has been long
due the contractors, and certain high offi-
cials of the .exposition have either been
waiting for the whole of their salaries Oi
have been paid in part only, with the un- -
derstanding that when the money comes
. in faster thcyv’would get all that was due
them. ,
A conservative estimate by the commit:
tee in charge of the arrangements for the
parade celebration of German ' day, on
J une 15: places the number of. German-
American visitors at 100,000, and the par-
ticipants from Chicago at about 150,000, in
8.118. quarter ofa million.
PARDRIDGEIN TROUBLE.
The Chicago Speculator Charged with Al)-
ducting a. Young Girl.
CHICAGO, June 3.—Edwin Pardridge, the
- well known board of trade man, was ar-
rested yesterday afternoon on a warrant
sworn out by Mrs. Francis Korzinski, who
accuses him of abducting her daughter.
Sarah Korzinski, 16 years old. The war-
rant was issued by J usticc .aHamburger,
before whom Pardridge was taken, and
gave bail in the sum of $1,000 for a hearing _
June 9. The complaint alleges that, Pard-
ridge met the girl on State street on March
28, and induced her to accompany him too
down town house
~~-‘*Ncither:-Pusdstidgemjmyself,” said
Mr. Smith, hist-l'iondsman. ’ “know any-
thing of’the girl. ~7‘I‘skii6w that one night
she stopped him on State street to ask him
some questions about her way about the
city. Pardridge walked away without
paying any heed to the matter. About two
weeks ago he was approached by the
, mother, who told him that trouble would
be made'for him unless she was given 3500,
adding that a‘man as well known as Mr.
Pardridge could not afford to have the
matter followed up for that amount.
Pardridge refused to give up a cent, and
will fight the case to the end, as it is
nothing but an attempt at blackmail.”
Fatal Fire in Kansas.
T OPERA, Kan, June 2.—-The residence
of F. G. Swehla, one and a. half miles east
of Wilson, was burned, and his two daugh
ters, one 2 years old and the other 20, per-
ished in the flames. Mr. Swehla had been
sick for some time, and during the night
fire broke out out in the roof, probably
through'a defective flue. The youngest of
the two girls was sleeping in the upper
story.‘ The older went upstairs to rescue
her. At the head of the stairs was a. trap
door. This closed after she had passed it,
and the father was unable to force it open.
Accident oh a Virginia Railroad.
PETERSBURG, Ya, June 3.—-Early in the
morning a coal train on the Norfolk and
Western railroad was wrecked between
Disputanta and W'averly, about ten miles
from this city. The crown'sheet of the
locomotive blew off, causing the engine
and twenty cars to be thrown from the
track. Albert Potts, engineer, was thrown
into aditch, but not hurt. A. W. Red-
graves. fireman, was scalded in the face
and thigh, but not. seriously.
Conservative Amendments Rejected.
LONDON, June 3.—-In the debate on the
Irish home rule bill yesterday on] amend-
ment was offered by E. W. Byrne to p --
vent the Irish legislature from exacting
laws in respect to the use of arms by
armed associations forOdrilling purpos'es.
Colonel Lockwood moved that the Irish
legislature be prohibited from dealing in
the sale or purchase of arms and explo-
sivEs. Both amendments were rejected-
' Must Explain Their Methods.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 3. ——Ex-'Governor
Chase and Zimi-i Dwiggins, of Chicago,-
have been summoned before the grand
jury to tell what they knowof the af-
fairs Of the Greentown bank, and the
make a. clean breast of the whole matter,
intimating that he was simply the victim
of his superiors, and that they are the real
culprits. , .
Death of a Popular Autuoresm
BOSTON, J'unc 3..—-Mi's. H. B. Goodwin,;
author of the “\VingwoodTSerics,” “Dor—
othy Gray” and‘ many essays on art and _ ,
educational matters, died at her , home ‘
here. . --_.-.., ___ . __ _ : ‘\
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.
National League.
At chxri'brkUOinnings): ' a ll. .
Cleveland..1 0 0 2 -2 0 1 0 1—8 16 2
NewYork..1 0 0 6,00 0 0, 0 07715 3
At Philadelphia: ' ' , . ‘ ‘n.u.E
Chicago ......... 10011008x—1182
Philadelphia..0 0 .2 0 0 0 0 0 3—5 8 2
AtBrooklyn: ' ’ . R. ii.
Pittsburg......., 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 (r 2—— 7 10
Brooklyn ........ 000004 000—44
At Boston: , 11.3.
Boston- .......... 1 1 3 2 1? _0 2 ‘1 x-ll 11
Louisville. ..... 000020010—37
Pennsylvania State League. _
At Altoonar-Altoona, 14; Scranton, 8. - ,
At J ohnstownpraston, 4; Johnstown. 2.
" ‘ Eastern League. , '
‘ 1"5;_'1’ro_vld'ence.4. ..
At; Wilkesbarre (11 innings—Wilkes
cashier, now under arrest, promises to
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