RE’TIRINe'
From Business? Stock must
' be sold at once.
'TAFT Bees, Wall Street.
Sefling Out ‘
WlNlER *rCLOTHlNC-g
at less than cost,
Retiring from. busmess;
TAFTBRos
“Equal and Exact Justice to
vot'v. Whole 1930. I079.
all Men of Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious
Nerw'alk, (loam,- Saturday Eveningjlliarch 30, 1895.
or P0litical.”—-Jeferson
Price OneUent.
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LOGIC. ~
Disappointment with a
purchase is as rare as Straw-
berries in J anuary—you get
the BEST, and prices are
always ' reasonable. Very
often the price on some spec-
ial offering is ‘unreasonable’
——lower than it- ought to be,
for us to make a profit. But
that is from 'our standpoint,
not yours.
These'will suit you: Steel
Enamelled Ware—Tea Pets,
2 qt. 39 cts., 3 qt. 49 cts., 4 qt.
59 cts. wash Basins, 17 and
19 cts., ”Pudding Pans, 2, 3
and4: qt. for 17, 19 and 23
cts. Tea Kettles, 89 cts.
Preserving Kettles, Sauce-
pans, Farina Boilers, etc.
Tinware doesn’t out much
of a figure, nowadays, it’s steel
enamalled ware—cleaner,
better.
Painted Foot Baths, 25 cts.
Self-wringing Mops, 25 cts.
Galvanized Chamber Pails,
25 cts. » Nest of 5 wood boxes,
complete, for 39 cts.
CROCKERY and GLASSWARE
—everything that’s new,
everything that good taste
demands From an elabo-
rate Dinner Set down to cut
glass Salts and Peppers with
plated tops, for 19 cts. -
We never have had a better
line, nor has it ever been
more complete, or prices so
low. Our pride is excusable;
your purchases commendable.
A twe—days’ sale of Holmes
& Edwards’ and \Vm. Rogers’
strictly first-quality Dinner
Knives, $2.98 per dozen.
Still selling Castile and
Palm Oil Soap, 10 cakes for
25 cents. Perhaps it’ll last
one or two days longer, can’t
tell.
A Human OUTHAGE
Mrs. Renten’s Almost Incredible Story
Fully Confirmed.
RESULT OF INVESTIGATION.
The Cruiser Montgomery Brings Details of
the Murder of Mr. Benton by Rascals
Who Coveted Valuable Prop-_
erty He Had Acquired.
NEW YORK, March 30.'—Tho return of
the United States cruiser Montgomery
from a secret mission of investigation in
Central American waters has piqued pub-
lic curiosity, and the purpose of the cruiser
is now know’n to have been an inquiry into
the murder of C. W. Renton, an American,
at Brewer’s lagoon, Honduras, on March
16, 1894. '
It will be recalled that when Mrs. Em-
ma G. M. Renton arrived here in May
last to demand justice from our govern-
ment the dramatic story of her husband’s
murder and her escape was received with
scant credence. A chapter taken from
the wildest of border romances could not
have contained more of sensational detail.
But George W. Deasc, a lawyer at 307
Broadway, to whom Mrs. Benton applied
for assistance in bringing her case before
the state department, felt assured of his
client’s Sanity and truth. He made a care-
ful investigation and then laid the matter
before Secretary Gresham. Following this
came a careful inquiry by the state depart-
ment through P. M. B. Young, minister
to Guatemala and Honduras, the principal
object being to determine if there had been
a murder coupled with a refusal of justice
by the little Central American republic.
Minister Young’s report reached the de-
partment on Jan. 17. It contained a full
copy of the testimony taken in an investi-
gation by Cesar Bonilla, Honduranean
minister of foreign relations and brother
of Policarpo Bonilla, recently re-elected
president of the republic. This testimony
was accompanied by a personal letter from
the Honduranean minister, the substance
'of which has been carefully guarded from
publicity by the department at Washing—
ton.
The lVIontgomery Sent Down.
That it was unsatisfactory would seem
certain from the fact that a month ago the
Montgomery sailed for Central America,
as it develops, under orders to thoroughly
investigate the case.
The cruiser, under command of-,Captain
Davis, returned from her mission March
532, arriving at Mobile with two witnesses
of the murder—Sam Davis. colored, and
James Hardy—and evidence gathered at
the scene of the atrocity, which sustains
the surprising story of murder, arson and
cruelty told by the unfortunate Mrs. Ren-
ten. Commander Davis is reticent pend—
ing his formal report to the department,
but enough has been learned from the
Montgomery's officers to indicate accurate-
ly the results of their investigation.
The men charged with Renten’s murder
were tried and acquitted in Honduras
months ago. but these proceedings are
shown to have been farcical, two of the ac-
cused being identified as personal friends
of the Honduras governor then in author-
ity. Commander Davis will, it is almost
certain, recommend that the Honduras
government be compelled to pay Mrs. Ren-
ton an indemnity and alsoto properly try
and punish the murderers of her husband.
Close upon the Montgomery’s return
came a cable from Minister Young to the
department, announcing that the Hon-
duras government had expressed its ex-
treme eagerness to make atherough inves-
tigation of the case. Secretary Gresham,
although not yet in receipt of Commander
Davis’ full report. promptly wired Minis—
ter Young to notify the Honduras govern-
ment that such an investigation should be
made with every diligence.
While Commander Davis’ report is pend-
ing the unfortunate Mrs. Benton, sick
with anxiety and fear. is living in practi-
cal concealment. thn the murderers of
her husband finally abandoned her in ‘a
lonely spot near the coast, their parting
warning was:
“If you cause us any trouble over this
business, we will follow you to the States
and kill you. ”
A Cur’s Typical Threat.
The leader of the band was Edgar Eude,
a Frenchman. Recent advices from Hon-
duras report the murder of an English sea
captain by this man and his flight to New
Orleans. Information from private sources
received last week by Lawyer Dease is that
Eude before fleeing publicly avowed his
determination to kill Mrs. Benton, 'evcn
at the cost of his own life.
She, knowing the desperate character of
the fugitive, new in this country, is in
constant fear of assassination and not-
withstanding the probable interference by
the state department in her behalf is living
the life of a prisoner in out of the way
rooms on the west side known only to her
counsel.
The story of the murder has never been
fully told in print. Charles W. Benton
was a native of Connecticut and for years
a well known figure in mercantile circles
here as president of the International Col-
lection agency. His wife was born at
Owego, Tioga county, N. Y., 30 years ago
and was married in 1885.
With a capital of $50,000 Renton decided
in 1886 to take advantage of the free land
offers made by Honduras and to establish
a large trading station on the coast, sup-
plemented with a stock ranch, a cocoanut
plantation and an orange grove, all on a
mammoth scale. It was a year later when
he finally staked out his claim—ten miles
square—en the Mosquito coast, 150'miles
from Truxillo, the seat of government in
the province. . The lay of the land was
admirable for his purpose. At the northern
extremity of his claim there stretched east
and west a narrow ten mile strip of fertile
land, cutting off the Caribbean sea from
the mainland.
On this narrow strip Benton planted
6,000 cocoanut trees, representing an out-
lay of several thousands of dollars and an -
assured return of at least $14 per tree each
season. On the southern shore of thala-
goon he built a substantial dwelling. the
finest in the province. 3. large trading store
and a settlement of; cabins for his native
helpers. The rest of the land was planted
with orange trees, and thousands of yards
of barb wire brought from the States was
used in fencing the property.
Here the Bentons, accompanied by their
adopted child, a girl 8 years old, settled in
the fall of 1887. Benton invested every
dollar of his capital in improvements and
in two years had established the most prof-
itable trading post on the coast.
Renten’s Enemies Appear. .
Cannon island, near the western end of
Brewer’s lagoon, is a rocky, sterile ro-
minder of the days of buccaneering on the
Spanish main. When Renton settled on
his claim, the island, a mile offshore and
in full sight of his new lrUilll‘, was unoc-
cupied. All this wrs so ":3 :23; ,Zlaznfg'cd in
1890, when a band of laugh locking, hard
drinking men, blending the nationalities
of the world, appeared and took possession
of it.
They called themselves the French com-
pany, dealers in produce, with home offices
at Belize, British Honduras. Thcconccrn
was controlled at the outset by a French-
man, who was supposed to hold a major
share of the capital, and who mysteriously
vanished from the scene a. year after the
occupancy of the island.
The title of the band was then changed
to Brewer’s Lagoon Wood and Produce
company, and J. G. Dawe, a Scotchman,
became the so called manager. He figures
conspicuously in the tragedy, together
with the following members of his band:
Edgar Ends and Fernando Eude, brothers
and Frenchmen; J 0550 Kittie. a Texan;
Arthur Sandham, Canadian; Arthur lsort,
a German, and Johnson and McCoy, ne-
‘groes, all in the company’s employ.
Naturally the tonnr‘s of Cannon island
coveted the fertile (in ... of Rent-en’s and
as naturally tool; no ' .39. to conceal the
fact. Fooling strni . :o government
then in the hands of ":‘osidmt Vasquez;
under whom Isort held the afllcial post of
commandanto for the district, they began
a series of cncroachmonts and doprcdations
upon the property.
At nightfall March 15. 1894, gigantic
mounds of grasses on every side of the
home were fired, and the glare that lit the
sky made escape impossible. At daylight
Mr. Benton. believing that the band had
withdrawn, ventured from the house to
‘drive in one of the cows for milking.
Ashe reached a point 20 yards from the
house eight men rose from the underbrush,
eight rifles being leveled. The doomed
man darted back. There was a volley.
Staggering hous‘eward, Benton fell on the
threshold, mortally wounded. Two bullet-s
had entered his sidevjust below the heart.
Despicable liIiscreants' “’ork.
. Looking through the shattered panel of
the door, Mrs. Renton plainly saw the at-
tacking party, and in her statements to
the state department at Washington she
describes the murderers as Dawc, Edgar
and Fernando Eude. Kittie, Landham,
Isert and the nogrocs Johnson and McCoy.
Mrs. Benton and the girl were locked up
in a native but near the house with the
husband, barely alive and suffering torri—
bly. Under Dawo’s direction the hand-
up in the center of each room and saturat-
ed with oil. Mrs. Benton was then taken
from her prison and placed where she
could see the brothers Eudc apply fire to
the dwelling.
As the flames blotted out home and
trading station Dawo’s band danced around
the wounded and frightened woman, fir-
ing their revolvers. That night she heard
three of the guards discuss the arrange-
ments to complete the murder of her hus—
band and to then make way with herself
and the child. It was at first determined
to throw Benton’s body into the lagoon.
' but this plan was finally abandoned in fat-
vor of tossing it in among the embers of
the burned homestead.
Realizing that her husband’s death was
certain. Mrs. lemon bade him farewell.
He was conscious at the parting on the fol-
lowing morning, when tho unfor unarc
wife and child were taken away under
heavy escort and accompanied by Lacayo.
For six days the party trampcd through
well ‘nigh impassable swamps along the
Patook river. The suffering woman
pected hourly to be murdered and was too,
feeble to make any resistance when Edgar
Eudc, loading the party, forced her to
trace a signature to several documents,
presumably transfers of her husbam ’s
claim.
This Eude did while guiding the wom-
an’s hand and holding a revolver against
her temple. It was on the banks of the
Tapocounta river that the gang came to a
final halt. Dawe had been expected to
join the party from day to day, but he had
failed to put in an appearance, and the
men were suspicious.
The murder of Mrs. Benton was ovi-
dently a part of the programme, but the
leader’s failure to appear disconccrted his
followers. They evidently feared treach-
ery from their chief in washing his hands
of the woman’s murder. , Finally, on
March 24, when reports of approaching
soldiers were brought in by natives, the
band released Mrs. Benton and the child
in care of Lacayo with $100 and a warn-
ing to get out of Honduras within three
days.
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UTICA, N. Y. March 30.—-At noon i
Judge Coxe sentenced the convicted coun-
terfeiters as; follows: Ecks and Sohncr,
two years in the Eric county penitentiary
and $25 fine each; Dotz, Wolf and Jacobs,
18 months in the Erie county penitentiary
and $25 fine each.
Glad to Get the Fair.
PORTLAND, Me. March 30.——Nch of the
action of the New England fair trustees.
in Boston in voting to hold the next fair
in this city next August was hailed with
pleasure here. About $10,000 will be ex-
pended in preparations for the large ex-
hibit.
Afflicted With Rheumatism.
Mr. Geo. A. Mills, of Lebanon, Conn,
says: “I was afflicted with rheumatism in
my back all last winter. It was so severe
at times that I could not stand up straight,
but was drawn over on one side. I tried
different remedies without receiving any
relief until I bought a bottle of Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm. After using it for three days,
according to directions, my rheumatism was
gone and has not returned since. I have
since recommended it. to others and know
they have been benefited by its use. For
lsale by Gregory & 00.
some furnishings of the house were piled .
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POULTRY Foes .
it keeps them healthy, and in @
good laying condition. Best and
cheapest poultry food on earth.
Sold everywhere. . Send 2c. stamp for
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pictures.
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A Tllltii
To write a convincing advertise-
mentabout Clothing nowadayS.
All tailors claim so much, and
most of them too much. All I
do is to try and get you to look
at my new winter stock. My
constant aim is to put into the
clothes all the attractiveness of
artistic fashion and careful mak-
ing at the 10 "est possible price.
Ask those w 10 wear the latest
and finest clothes where they
trade and all will tell you with
KOCOUR,
17 NORTH MAIN STREET
So. NORVVALK,
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Just for a starter: Saturday
DRESS Goons.
only, Beginning-at 9 o’clock:
OSTON STORE.
GORNER MAIN ' AND WALL STREETS, NORWALK.
Be on Hand Saturday, for these specie ‘Ofierlngs.
Three thousand yards plain-and fancy Dress Goods, all good and staple styles, regular
, prices from 25 to 50 cents a yard: choice of the lot 12920 yard.
Five more pieces black silk warp Henrietta, same as we had such a big success on a short
while ago.
Early comers can have it at 690 a yard.
French Chcv1ot Serges in navy and black, 50 inch, the finest line on the market.
exactly what you want; regular price $1.00; at 75c a yard.
Cotton Diaper, 18 inch, best quality, regular price 45c, this week
DOMESTICS.
The regular value is $1.39.
Just
n;—
ooc. piece.
Another bale yardLWide Muslin, 40. yard; would be cheap at 6 cents.
Turkey Red Damask, some would call it good value at 29c. Special for this week, 19c. a
yaro. .
Good Dress Style Ginghams,
HOSlERY.
One hundred dozen ladies’ fast black hose, alwaysmonsidered a 25c stocking.
of it, only 1292c a pair.
at this sale Go a yard.
Children’s fast black ribbed hose, three pair for 250.
CLO-AK 399M.
HOSTEEY.
Ladies’ all wool Cloth Capes, black, navy tan and brown handsomely braided in deep Van-
dyke point effect.
A very stylish garment for $125.
We have just opened a new line of ventilating Corsets, same as are sold everywhere at 690
all sizes, this week at 39c pair.
Ladies’Gingham Aprons, good palte
[See Winslow]
rns, 10c, 15c, 190, 25. All new goods.
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Ilerse Shoeing.‘
The undersigned has taken the shop'm
the rent of S. '1‘. I uby’s on Cross street.
adi prepared to 0 horse shoelng 1n
" s-elw manner.
° John '1'. Lycett.
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New York Announcement.
"Our American Homes
and How to Furnish Them”
Can readily be ascertained by visiting
l—lfl are en’s
treat Furniture Emperiam
where everything is of the best quality,
I artistic excellence, and moderate in
price. No such assortment of reliable
goods can be seen in America.
Over two hundred and fifty distinctly
different Bedroom Sets in all the vari-
ous woods, Brass Bedsteads in over
seventy patterns, as well as endless lines
of Parlor, Drawing-Room, Library and
Dining-Room Furniture.
Hundreds of Imported Novelties particularly suita-
ble for presents. or home use and decoration.
All prices in plain figures.
as. .5. HORNER a 00.,
Furniture Makers and Importers,
61-65 W. 23d St.,New York,
Adjolnlng Eden Musee. '
Ilorner &. Cols establishment is one or the sights
of New York—Newspaper Comment.
Newsboys wanted.
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The Place toPurchase ‘
The Pines to Get the Best
The Place to Get the Cheapest,
IS AT
l-l. QLSEN’S,
8‘1 ,Washington Street,
50 NORWALK, -
— CONN.
1 ON’T send your clothes to Dry
. Goods stores or Tailors to be
dyed or cleaned.
‘ ON’T be out ofl‘ with poor colors
when you can get your clothing
done nice, clean and fast at Tocque’s.
DON’T wait ten days for your dye-
ing when you can get it done in
three days at Tocque’s.
ON’T rip your dresses all to pieces
_ to be dyed when you can get them
done. all made up at Tocque’s.
DON’T wear faded garments when
you can have them dyed like new
. at Tocques.
N. B.—-Fine blocks a specialty.
for mourning in three days.
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’ior-que 8t Sons,
Dyers and cleaners of ladies’ and gents.
garments, made or ripped.
TOCQUE’S FAST BLACK.
WM not to rub ofi‘.
Dyeing and :Cleaning Works, Broad
. River Road, Norwalk.
Done
~ N orwalk agency, Singer Machineto res
NEW
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alarm.
The Latest Styles at
E. Gusowski’s,
Cor. Wall and Water Sts.
J. D. Jennings.
UNDERTAKER
iKnight street. opposx to
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$91052 BELL A "’.’ OFF! 03’.
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