Absolutely Independent.
MONDAYI‘OOTOBEB 2, 1893.
'l'ize Daily Gazette, established in 1890
.The Weekly Gazette in 1800. '
2 1w Weekly Gazette circulates throughout
Nor-walk and the adjacent towns, With mall
subscribers scattered throuihout the world.
it goes to the homes of t e most thrifty,
and intelligent people. those who have
money to spend and tastes. to gratify and
as an advertismg mediumit has no local
p. r. ,
‘ze manufacturer. the merchant. the me-
chanic and laborer. are _all daily and de-
voted readers of the Body Gaectte. En-
Ierprising. attractive and honest. its readers
believe in_it and peruse it thoroug ly; and
its Editorials and Advert1sements get closer
attention than do the columns of less to-
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EDISON‘S FINANCIAL SCHEI‘IE. '
Money Should be blade of \that
and Iron.
_ NEW YORK, Oct. 2. —A new solution oi
the silver question has been ofiicrcd by
Thomas A. Edison. In an interview he
said: “The hankering after gold and silver
is largely traditional. People allow them-
; selves to be governed by the Old ideas on
the subject of coinage formulated at a
time when national credits did not exist
and currency would only be taken at- an
intrinsic-value. 'W'hat we need is a new
standardof value. I think that the best
dollar could be made out of compressed
wheat. You take a bushel of wheat and
squeeze the. n ater out of it and then com-
press it imo a hard cake the size of a silver
dollar and stamp the government mark
upon it. That Would represent actual
value and labor performed, and then you
could eat your dollar, for when
you wanted to use the wheat all that
would be necessary would be to put
your’money to soak. We should then
have the bushel of wheat as a permanent
unit of value, which all farmers would
appreciate, and the currency of the coun-
try would represent actual worth and
labor performed. Both gold and silver
could then be dispensed with and the
present bi-metailic problem solved. Our
currency, moreover, would be as good as
gold or silver in foreign exchange, for our
wheat goes to all countries of the world.
“In all this talk about metal for coin»
age,” c‘bntinued Mr. Edison, “I am sur-
prised that no one has suggested iron.
iron is the most precious metal. Mankind
has no use for either gold or silver; iron
could not be dispensed with. If the peo-
ple would only give up this foolish, tradi-
tional, hereditary hankering for gold and
silver, those metals, ould not be worth
the price of old lem d would be kicked
aside by civilizati ' The human race on
the other hand cannot dispense with iron.
iron must be produced to keep pace with
consumption or its price will steadily rise.
The demand for iron is steady and will
never cease. Therefore, why not issue
l-reasury certificates on iron? This is the
greatest iron producing country in the
world and our output amounts annually
to more than the output of gold and silver.
Instead of loading up the treasury with
these useless metals, and, as people would
want bills of large denomination to ac-
company the wheat dollar, why not buy
iron or steel instead, and issue treasury
certificates upon that.”
.- SULTAN AROUSED.
Interest in Armenian Prisoners in
Asiatic-Turkey.
LONDON, Oct. 2.~—Dispatches from Con-
stantinople say that the sultan has been
greatly moved by the agitation in Eng-
land on behalf of the Armenian prisoners
in Asiatic-Turkey. He has ordered that
all the papers bearing on the recent trial
of Armeniansvin Angora be laid before
him—especially those concerning the
charges against Professors Thoumayan
and Kayayau, of the American college in
Marsovan. Abstracts from these docu-
ments, were made aweek ago and were
dispatched on September 28 to Rustem
Pasha, Turkish ambassador in London. A
courteous autograph letter from the sul-
tan was sent with them. "
BEST NEWS IN THE WORLD.
The United Press Gains Two Great
Victories.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 2.—Thc crumbling
condition of the Western Associated Press
is constantly becoming more and more ap-
parent. On Friday last Washington Hes-
ing resigned his position as a'dire'ctor in
the organization and has .siuce withdrawn
his'newspapor, the IllinoisStactI-Zoitung,
from, the Associated Press and put it into
the United Press. This is the leading Ger-
man journal of the west, and it was a
charter member of the Associated Press.
Szmultaneously with this change the
Memphis Scimitar severed its rclat on:
with the Associated Press to become d all
member of the United Press.
SHOT A BOY FOR FUN.
Negro Miners Imitate Cowboys and
MayGet Lynched.
PITTSBURG, Kan, Oct. 2.-Ever since the
importation of negro labor from Alabama ,
for the mines the nogrocs‘have been in the
habit of hiring livery'rigl and riding about,
the country. Yesterday several were per-
suing the practice, and when riding through
Chipopee, a mining camp. Opened fire on
19-year~oid Jaipu- Harrison and shot him
four times. mhcl‘Ilemastcr and apes-c
caught three fugitives and lodged them in
jail. Large revolvers were taken from
them by the marshal. “ It is said that the
attack on the boy was without cause, and
that the negroes'shot as if they enjoyed it.
Lynching is threatened.
SIAJ‘I TROUBLES SETTLED.
Convention Between France and
Siam to Be Signed To-morrow.
BANGKOK, Oct. 2.-——Tho final settlement
of the questions in dispute between France.
and Slam were concluded'iyestorday. . The
convention will be signed on-VTuesday
morning, and in the afternoon M. Le
Myiede Vilcrs, France’s special envoy,
will leave this city prpbablv' for Saizhon.
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Will Germanyls ' Emperor
Stand the Strain?
lilethqdicul Methods and a Superior
. Memory—No . Hope of Reconciliat-
tion . “'ith Bismarck—Congress
of Social DcrfiOcrats.
(Copyright by the United Press.)
BERLIN, Oct. Ell—Emperor William’s
(leer-stalking expedition in Swedeu.~ has
been his only genuine holiday for many
Weeks. From his arrival at Gothenburg
Thursday until he boarded the Hohenzol
lern again utKarlskrona on Saturday no
official dispatches were sent or received by
him. Even this brief respite from state
cares afforded him more _ complete rest
than he has taken before. The coucensus
of opinion among the officials around him
is that he overexerts hisboly a nd brain and
will not long bear up under the strain.
He does notssleep sufficiently at night, he-
gins work in the early morning, and pro-
ceeds with feverish unrest throughout the
day. Dr. Lucanus, chief of his private
cabinet, finds it u trying task to keep up
with the activity of his imperial master,-
who openly chafis him if business be not
pushed ahead rapidly enough. In|an inter-
view with the United Press correspondent,
Lucanus expressed great admiration of the
emperor’s capacity for\incessunt Work.
The emperor worked methodically, Lu-
canus said, and was aided by afine mem-
ory. ”It was never necessary for him to
write his speeches beforehand. he had al-
ways a skeleton of the subjects to be
touched and filled in the blanks as he made
his address. After speaking he dictated
to the. chief of his cabinet the whole
speech. usually without the slightest
— change, as he remembered the slightest
turn of a phrase. It 'was a rare occur-
rence for him to hesitate even in retailing
l. word orascntence. - . .
The newspaper discussion of the emper-
or’s relations to Bismarck does not abate,
although the public have been disillusioned
as to the probability of their becoming
friends. Official opinion, as explained in
last week’s letter, never shared the popular
illusion. Reports are still rife as to ex
changes of messages between the emperor,
Bismarck and the. Empress F rederick,‘ as
to mediation through Count \Villiam Bis—
marck, and as to the emperor’s planning
a visit in F'riedricheruh. The truth is
there is no present plan of reconciliation.
Neither‘the emperor nor Bismarck ever
intended a reconciliation to be acheivrd in
any way except by the others complete
submission. With the growing strength
of the prince the Bismarckisn newspapers
are increasing the offensiveness of their
criticisms of the government.
The congress of social democrats will be
opened on October 22d. The delegates
will hear the executive committee’s report
on the recent general election and will de-
bate plans for May day of next year. The
relations of socialism, anti-Semitlsm and
the subject of strikes also will be discussed.
Editor Landau, leader or the Berlin an-
archists, advises his comrades to join the
socialists so as to reform them. The socia-
list leaders are on the watch and will
throw out any ‘snarchists who try to take
part in the congress. The credentials of
all delegates will be scanned closely and
no subject will be admitted. The anarch-
ists will have to do their reforming there-
fore outside of the socialist organization.
DIEXICAN MANN ERS.
Bloods Shoot at Each Other and Edi-
tors Use Swords.
NEW Yonx, Oct. 2.-—Advices from the
City of Mexico report that Fernando Cro-
zes and Francisco Ibanez, well known
Mexicans, qparrelled in the fashionable
“Maison Doree” restaurant, and com-
merced shooting at each other without
preliminaries. Crozes fired three shots at
Ibanez without hitting him, but one bullet
lodged in the thigh of a young lady pres-
ent. Ibanez then fired, hitting Crozesjust
below the right shoulder, and then escaped.
N 0 one was seriously hurt.
Francisco Garcia, editor of the Siglo XX,
and Rodriguez Pena, editor of Don Quixote,
fought a duel last Sunday with swords.
Pena was so obviously at the mercy of
Garcia that the doctors present abruptly
left the field, after tvvelve assaults had
taken place, saying that they did not wish
to witness a murder. The dual was there-
upon suspended.
EXQUISITE TO BERNHARDT.
The Actress’ Idea of the Bombard-
ment of Rio.
PARIS, Oct. 2.—Sarah Bernhardt, who
has been making a. theatrical tour of
South America, has returned to Paris.
She was at Rio J aneiro during the bombard—
ment. When interviewed as to her ex-
perience, she exclaimed: "It was simply
exquisite. I spent three days and nights
in the roadstead to see the display. It was
grand, overpowering, magnificent. I shall
never forget it. I saw the grandest scene
of my life.”
“'eather Forecast.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—For New Eng-
land: Fair in the interior, cloudy and rain
near the coast; warmer in the interior and
on the Maine coast; north winds dimin-
ishing in force. For‘ eastern New York,
eastern Pennsylvania, District of Columbia,
New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland: Gen-
erally fair; slightly warmer; north winds
becoming variable. For western New
York and western Pennsylvania: Gener-
ally fair; warmer; east winds. ’
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l Locomotive Race.
5 CHICAGO, Oct. 2.—The famous English
locomotive “The Empress" now' on; exhi—
bition at the world’s fair,will race the New-
'York Central’s fiyer 999 ten miles for a
purse 0131,000. The money has been of-
(feted by W. J. Arkeil of New York.
l Argentine War. .2:
Buauos Avnns, Oct. 2.—Rosario was ap-
paptured by the government yesterday and
all the rebel leaders were taken prisoners.
ii ‘ Fire at Trenton.
i TuNTON, N. J.-, Oct. 2.—:Fire'last night
partially destroyed the Enterprise sanitary
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BANKS. _
FAIBFIELD COUNTY NATIONAL BANK.
Wall st. N, Incorporated 1824. _Oapital_.$200
000. President. E. O.Keeler;vice-pres1dent
David H. Miller: cashier..LOW1s . Green.
Safe Deposit Boxes, Free to Depositorc.
CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. Wall st. N.
capital. $100,000; surplus, $16,100: George M.
Holmes resident: E L. Boyer, vice-presi-
dent: l i iam A. Curtis.cashier. , '
FAIBFIELD COUNTY SAVINGS . BANK. 51
Wall st,N. Deposits. $500,000; surplus. $20
000. Winfield S..Moody. president ; Martin .
Crew. vice-presid’t: James H. Bailev.treac
NOBWALK SAVINGS SOCIETY. Wall st. N
Deposits over $2,000,000.sur Ins-$90000. Geo.
M. Holmes, resident; . . Craufurd.vioe-
president : eo. E. Millermreas urer.
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ATTORNEYS.
HUBBELL. JAMES T.. 9 Water street. N.
HUBLBUTT. J. BELDEN.
Attorney and Counselor at Law room 4. (up
stairs) Gazette Building. Norwa .
FAMILY GROOERS.
SELLECK. GEORGE WARD. 18 Wall st. N
Chorce Teas and Coffees. a speciilty.
LIVERY STABLES.
DANN. H. E., 8 River st.. Livery Stables.
HOTELS.
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COLORADO POLITICS.
The American Protective Association
as a Factor.
DENVER, Oct. 2.—The American protec-
tive association promises to cut a greater
figure in the approaching election here than
the silver question. The association has
grown rapidly within a year and has been
able to dictate the nominations on both the
republican and populist-democratic tickets,
‘l‘he candidates of both parties for import-
ant offices are said to be members of the
A. P. A., or in sympathy with it. Catho-
lic populists and democrats have bolted
their tickets and republican Catholics will
probably do the same.
Colored Masons.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.——Medina temple of
the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine of Masonry of North and
South America was instituted Saturday
night in this city by John G. Jones, 83d
degree, most imperial grand potentate of
the order of the United States, with solemn
and impressive ceremonies. This is the
first temple organized in the state of New
York for colored masons.
Rockefeller‘s Palace.
New YORK, Oct. 2.—-John ID. Rockefel-
ler, the Standard oil magnate, has com-
pleted the purchase 6&450 acres of ground
at Tarrytown Heights.”‘at a cost 'of‘over
$400,000. He will begin operations imme-
diatelly to erect the handsomest country
] mansion luthiscouugry.
Ministers Against the Ger-v
- bett and Mitchell Mill.
Public Officials Interested in the
. Coney Island Club Are Called by
Name in the“ Pulpit and Hold Up
to Scorn. ' V
BROOKLYN, N. Y. ,- Oct. 2. ——There seem»
to be a concerted movement among Brook-
lyn ministers to draw attention to what
they consider the failings of the city and
county officials. Yesterday the proposed
fight betwoen champions James Corbett
and Charles Mitchell, scheduled to come
off at the Coney Island athletic club, was
the subject of discourse in several 'pnlpits,
the most severe sermon being that delivered
by Rev. J. F. Carson of the Central Pres-
byterian church. Among other things he
' said:
“Mayor Boody allows the saloon element
to triumph. District Attorney Ridgway
does nothing to suppress gambling. 'ihe
sheriff of our county endorses and en.
courages pugiiism and with his two boys
attends the prize fight, while justices of
our courts patronize and derive profit
from it. ,
“Within the past Week our city has «be:-
come a hissing and a by-word Id'fll‘e
country. In open defiance of law and in
utter disregard of public decency arrange-
ments have been made within the borders
of this state for a brutal fight for a purse
of $40,000 to take place at Coney Island in
December and the man who consumated
the arrangements and secured the signs-
tures of the principles ,to the agreement is
a justice of the peace in Kings county—
Justice Richard B. Nevvton. .
“What an insult to law. What a re-
proach to our county to see this man sworn
to execute the laws and punish all viola-
ti0u, stepping down from the judicial
bench and binding men to engage in an
encounter which is a. gross violation of the
law, and an exhibition of brutality and
Vice. :
“But that is not all. Justice Tighe, who
sits daily‘in a court in this city, is finani
cially interested in the club under whose
auspices this and similar fights are given, '
and according to reports has. charge of the
tickets for the fights. Let the citizens ol
,this county demand that these men, who
cause and abet in the violation of law, be
removed from the position of prescrvers oi
the peace.”
RevfiC. E. Nash, in his evening sermon
on “The Defiance of-Law in Kings County
by its swern Executors," said: “The worst
feature of this outrage is not the brutality
of the participants, but its toleration by
the officers of ,the law._ There is no ex-
cuse for allowingit l0 take place. Nor do
,thosc whose. duty itis to prevent it" seek
for-any excuse. They-boldly defy public
sentiment in their—v'iOlation of the law.
The mass of the people of this city of
churches revolt against- this . outrage. ”
TheRev. A. F; Newton, pastor of the
Rochester Avenue Congregational church,
and’the’Rcv. Edwin Hornet Wellman, D.
'D., rector of the 'Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Atonement, on'v'Se'v'enteenth
“street, delivered discourses in the same
tenor.
COAL MiNER‘S! PAY.
Five Per Cent. Increase Because Coal
Advanced. .
Porrsvrntn, Pa., Oct. 2. —'The committee
of the Schuylkill coal exchange, after
drawing five collleries to return prices of
coal acid in September in order to deter-
mine the rate of wages to be paid miners
and mine laborers in the Schuylkill region,
find the average price of coal sold by these
collie-rice to have been $2.643-10. They
have therefore fixed the rate of wages for
the last half of October at 5 per cent.5 above
the $2.50 basis of 6 per cent. in crease over
wages paid last month. The reason of this
large increase is due to the fact that coal
from the collieries drawn was marketed
almost entirely along the line and butlittle
sent to tidewater, and is not due to any
such increase in average price recechd “for
coal in the general market. -' -
A CHINESE BRIDE..
Commander “'hiting of the- Navy
and hfiss All Fang. ;
WASHINGTON, Oct, 2.—The matrimo-
nial alliance of Commander \V. H. VVhit-
ing, of the United States navy, and Miss,
Ah Fang, the CLiueSO maiden efHav'vaii,
will soon be consummated. Theonlyob-
staclc in the way has been removed by
an order issued from the navy department
relieving Commander Whiting frOm the
command of the Alliance r, and granting
him-a month’s leave of absence with per-p
mission to apply for an extension.
St. Louis Baseball Club.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.——Radic‘al changes an
. proposed in the St. Louis bascball club.
The 'Browns of ’04 will likely dispense with
‘Werdcn, Quinn and Crooks. Either Haw-
ley or Clarkson will give way to a new
pitcher and there are several new deals on
for an infield. ' The new team will proba-
bly include Farrell and King Kelly.
- Republican Congressional Committee.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.——Thc membership
of the Republican congressional campaign
committee Has not yet been entirely com-
pleted. Several states have not selected
their representatives, notably New York
and Maine. A meeting of the committee
has been called for Wednesday night of-
this week for organization. .
Foot Racing. I
ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 2.--James F.
Smith of this city is out with a sweeping
challenge to run Priddy,:McClellan'd, De-
laney or any man in America a , one-mile
, foot race for the championship and $1,000
a side, the race to take place any time
during October. ' '
Will Go it‘Alone.
OMAHA, Nob, Oct. 2. —--The Union Pa?
cific railway has served formal notice that.
it would withdraw from the western pas-
senger association Oct. 10‘. _
_ Smallpox in Muncie. ,
MUNCII, Ind, Oct. earners hcvciboen
121 cases of mailbox and 11 deaths here.
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Soutlifefiih‘i—éilf‘Dny—How Colonel Rich-
Some Damage to His Enemies.
When the Washington artillery was
y‘. MorganCity, there were many strik-
ing incidents that sprang out of the cer—
emonies of dedicating Fort Star and Of
practicing -w‘ith-' the ” solid shot. The
whole day the war and its memories
were kept before the people, but it was
not a reawakening in which the bloody
shirt had any "{playrv-but more of a
thoughtful retrospection, in which the
recalling of battles washotwlth bitter-
ness, but with ‘an..impartial » sadness.
Among the happenings: of the day none
was more singular and» noteworthy than
one which occurred t6 Colonel :Richard-
. Ion, the commander ofthe‘ba’ttalion.
It Was during the timefwlicn, the bat-
teries were firing shell 'gt7-Ithetwo tar-
gets, which looked like. tiny _ handker-
chiefs on the water, they were so far
sway. A good shot was fired,'and the
spectators were applauding the excellent
marksmanship, and the colOne'l'v-st’epped
up to the gun to commend the gunner,
when without cause or without knowing
why the memory of asimil'ar shotwhich
had been fired 29 years ago almost” to the
very day flashed into his mind when he
and stepped up to a. gunner and compli-.
nented him in much the same style. ‘
It was when he was at Fort Malone at
the siege of Pctereburg, which .wac
tops of two Sibley tents which pooped
command held a daily consultation theta.
fact that they hitched their horses around
the tents. . ;.
Colonel Richardson was then a -cap-_
tain in the Washington artillery, and be
conceived the idea. of scoring a point on
at the time of the daily consultation.
He selected the best gunner in his com-
mand and told him what he wanted him
the guns for a special shot which he was
going to direct them to make the ensu-
ing day. The young captain was sure-
that he had gunners he could depend n
he asked General Malone to be present
when the shots were to be fired.
It was noon the next day when the
upon them ‘and to be certain to make
their shots tell. Those two shots were
in Fort “Damnation" for that day, for
the word was passed around that the do.
struction Of the ofiicers’ tentswas to be'
attempted. '
. After'a deal of preliminary arrange-
ments the two shots were fired, and the
like ca'rdhouseSvin a gale of wind. The
success of the shots was the signal for
cheering on the part of the Confederates.
General Malone complimented the 'ac-
curacy of the artillerymen, and it was
then that the captain steppedtothe gun-
ner and expressed- his approbation in
much the same way that he used to-the
one that had made the good shot at Mot-
gan City. But there had always been a
tinge of dissatisfaction about that shot
at the Federal tents, and that was that
he had never ascertained whether any
one had been hurt in the tents, and for
the 29 intervening years that one thought
had pervaded the whole incident.
,With these thoughts in his mind Colo-
.nel,_ Richardson turned away from the
gunner at Morgan City, and at that mo-
ment one of Morgan City's prominent
citizens, Mr. Gray, stepped to the colo-
uel’s side and said:
' “Isn’t this Colonel Richardson?"
“Yes.”
"Well, I have been wanting to meet
you for many years, ever since I heard
you had been in. Fort ‘Damuation’ at
the same time that I— was in Fort ‘Hell.’ "
“Yes?” said the colonel, "and when
were you in Fort ‘Hell?’ ” p
“In July, 1864. In fact, just 29 years
ago today,” answered Mr. Gray. '
The colonel instantly thought'of those
two shots and wondered if his curiosity
was to be Satisfied. “Do you remember
a day while you were opposite .me in
Fort ‘Hell' when the tents of the ofiicers
were taken down by two shots which
were almost simultaneous?"
The stronger ‘ did not reply for a full
minute. A-shadow - seemed-to: fall over
him, his eyesgrow dark, and he stem
back and surveyed the colonel from
to foot. Then he broke out feelingly:
“D-———n you! I shall nevertorgetthoso
shots. They swept away theifiowfer of
my corps. My first lieutenant was killed.
and the leg of my second lieutenant was
did you fire that shot ”
The deep feeling» of the man was revi-
colonel, you are new teaching your young"
cacers laid down their " lives.”-—New
Orleans Times-Democrat. - .
Too For .03.
He had wandered about into dozens of
stores hopelesslytrying to match a piece
of goods for his ‘wife. .At last he quit
and: leaned up against» a- .post with the
sample" invhis, hand. »
_"‘What"s‘the -,m’atw" asked a passing
friend. “Sick? ’ - ' ‘ .
“ch. , I guess I'll have to go to heav-
en,” he repliedgsticlrlug the sample out
aimlessly toward the inquirél“. ,
“What do you mean?” ‘
1 “Well,"t'hcy say matches: are made in,
- heaven, and p I'- guess ; they’re: right! fI'll
' swear they’re not made anywherearound
here.”-—Dctfoit Free Press. ,-
Read the Gamma.
ardson Came to,l{now'That He Had Don. ‘
known as Fort “Damnation," when the _
shot 29 years before had been fired, and. p
the Fourth of July was almost the anni- _ '
versary of the very day. Instead“ of j
white targets for amark it had been the .
over the ramparts of Fort “Hell,” just: '
o posite Fort “Damnation.” They were: .
t etents of the Federal oflcers. He knew} .
that from a deserter who had informed:
him, also that the oficers of the whole. .
and that he could tell the time from the: ' ‘
the Federals by firing on the tents .just .
to do,'and that was to loadand prepare . I
on, and to make his triumph comple 0'
horses of the Federal oflcers were seen '
collected around the two tents. The .
. gunners were told to train their guns
made the center of the interestof thosej -
tops of the two Sibley tents disappeared.
shot off, and five others were killed. . And-
dent, but amoment later he said, “Welt.
sOldiers to serve the flag for which my.
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