‘ 'wooiiocccsus.
‘prying open a shutter at the gangway
, walk. The sale commences on Friday
‘of ladies and Misses skirts of the large
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‘ death was consumption.
. two weeks old. .
.69 Main street, Thursday afternoon,
: . gcftheir‘birth,to-dpyléflour.‘ ._
THE VONL Y EIGHT-PA GE ONE-CEET‘EAILY [N THE ova/e
V01. VI. _Whole N0. 1297
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“ceremony .11, 1896.
[ - “ 7 Price: one Cent. ‘_
The R. & ,6. Style of Stays
Stolen from the “City of
Norwalk.” .
The Thieves Also Help Themselves to "a
Tub of Butter. .
New York thieves on Sunday night
last made a raid on the prepeller City
of Norwalk and stole a case containing
sixty pairs of corsets and a tub of first-
class country but-ter' shipped by ex-
pressman Ferris, to a friend in" New
York.
They gained access to the boat by
of the boat as she lay at the foot of
Beekman street. The captain and crew'
were sleeping soundly in their bunks
all unconscious that they had visitors.
Fortunate for the visitors it was, too,
that neither the Captain or deck hands
awoke else the number of visitors Would
have been declmiated as all of the crew
shoot with the exactness of a Bogardus,
and to kill.
Not until 7 o’clocklthe next morning
did Captain Bouton find that the boat
had been visited by thieves they having
politely closed the shutter on their de-
parture. , ‘
As the freight was being removed
from the boat, and checked off from
the manifest it was found that there
wasa tub _of butter missing and all
efforts to find it were without avail." It
was knownthat it was put aboard of
the beat before the propeller left N or-
walk, and its disappearance was a prob-
lem that the captain decided to solve
later in the day, and the unloading of
the freight was continued.
About this time a member of the
police force came aboard of the boat-
with some emptyr corset boxes and in-
quired if anything of the kind was
missing. .The freight list was looked
overga'nd ‘an'“.in,spection ~made “of- the. ..
freight when it‘was mass that- the con"
tentsiof a" case which had contained;
sixty pairs of R. & G. corsets were
missing. r_
The officer explained that he“ had de-
tected four men acting in a suspicious
manner near the market, about 100
feet from the boat, and had placed two
of the number under arrest and found
somethingflike twenty pairs of corsets in
their possession. He had secured further
evidence that they had offered them for.
sale. = .
The goods were identified by Captain
Bouton as those stolen from the boat.
An alarm was sent out and the police
were immediately on the track of the
other thieves and expect to recover the
balance of the corsets as well as the
tub of butter. . _
It was a bold robbery, nicely planned,
but thanks to the police the robbers
were detected before they could make
way with their spoils.
The parties arrested are liable to do
time in the penitentiary, a fate they
richly deserve.
D. A. R. Spread.
The Daughters of the American Rev-
olution will give a Blllrrur' and enter-
ltainment, in the Atherseum to-morrbw
night. The supper will be under the
supervision of Mrs. James G. Gregory
with efficient assistants. Mrs. J. L.
Stevens will _see that the decorations
are in keeping with the.occasion. Dr.
Augustus F. Beard will read a paper on
the present and future N orwalk. Other
speakers will be. Mrs. E. » J. Hill of
Washington and J udge Perry of South-
port. There will also be excellent vocal
and instrumental music.
9
Great-Skirt Sale.
In {ow-day’s issue H. Krieger announ-
ces a great skirt sale at his emporium
in the Mahackemo block at South Nor-
the 14th, and is for two days only. Mr.
Krieger has purchased the entire stock
manufacturing house of S. Holtz Jr 00.,
of,Broadway, New York, and proposes
to place them before his customers at a
price that will make them disappear in
two days time. If youarelooking for ,
a bargain,‘don’t fail to visit his store
and inspect the mammoth stock.
, Attorney MorehouSe Dead. ,
Attorney John L. Morehouse died at
his home, 113 Colorado avenue, Bridge-
port, yesterday morning after an ill-
ness of nearly a year. The cause of his
He was 33,
years old and leaves .-a wife and two
children. The youngest :child is only
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‘ ——Cake sale by the ladies of "Grace ,
church, Guild at-the' home of Miss Hoyt,
. sister.
NATIONALCAPITAL
s.
Sudden Death ofv-Bepresenta.
tive W. H. Crain. .
Samuel B. Wheeler Nominated for Post-
master at Westport.
GAZETTE’s BUREAU. )
‘ 709 EAST CAPITOL STREET ,~
WASHINGTON. FEB. _10. _l
Representative W.'H. Crain of Texas
died in this city this morning. fiis ill-
ness was very brief, beginning with a
severe cold taken last Tuesday evening
and pneumonia set in. .
_ o o (1
At the request of Mr. German Sena-
:fitor Quay this morning permitted his
resolution recommitting the tariff bill
to go over until to-morrow.
o o o
The District Commissioners to-day
forwarded to the Senate District com-
mitte, an important document. It
recommends the theory of municipal
ownership of gas, telephone and elec-
tric plants, and practically points out
control of all conduits. It also pro-
vides for a share of the gas companies’
earnings going to the District, and for
$1 gas for consumers; '
o o' o
A statement prepared at the Treasury
Department under the direction of As-
sisant Secretary Curtis shows that the
government will realize from the new
loan $111,378,836. 97, or over eleven and
a quarter millions in premiums.
0 o o
The President to day sent to the Sen-
ate the name of Samuel B. Wheeler as
postmaster at Westport, in place 'of
postmaster Hyatt whose term has ex-
pired. .
o o o
The death here of Judge Jeremiah
Halstead of Norwich, brought hither
Attorneys John C. Averill and Willis
A. Brisco of Norwich to superinteud
the removalpf the remains of the noted
gentlemanand ’jurist'to his: home. A
'brief funeral service was held- at the
hotel at four p._m, to-day and the re-
mains will be accompanied by the
widow and the-gentlemen above named
to Norwich, in the morning. Judge
Halstead celebrated his seventy-fourth
birthday on Saturday. His widow was
nee Elizabeth M. Fairchild of Ridge-
field. The wife of the late William
Lee of that town, was Mrs. Halstead’s
The Judge and Mrs Halstead
were frequently seen by our citizens on
their summer trip to and from Ridge-
field. He wasa most able jurist and
noble citizen.
0 o o - '
Senator Platt is to visit the Phila-
delphia mint on Wednesday.
0
BIGFIRE IN BETHEL.
Nichols’ Block and Its Contents Devoured
. by Flame. ’
At an early hour this morning fire
was discovered in ’what is known as the
Nichols block situated a short- distance
from the railroad station at Bethel, and
before the flames were subdued about
$5,600 worth of property was destroyed.
The upper part of the building was
occupied by Mr. Nichols as a boarding
house. There are three stores on the
first floor one of them occupied by A.
T. Sanford the undertaker, another one
by an Italian fruit dealer and the third
one vacant.
It isrthought that the fire originated
in the vacant store and the flames
seemed to shoot upward and in a short
space 0f time the upper part of the
building was enveloped in flames and
the occupants considered themselves
fortunate in ,escaping with their lives.
The adjoining building known as the
Fox Bros. block also caught fire but
heroic work On the part of the firemen
co nfinedlthe flames to the cornice. _
Mr. Nichols’ less on funiture will be in
excess of 81,000, and the estimated loss
on the building is over $2,000. Mr.
Sanford’sploss is something like $603.
The fruit dealers loss was about $300.
‘ Call for Town Meeting.
The selectmen are in receipt of a peti-
tion signed by the legal voters of the
Town of Norwalk asking them to call a
town meeting for the purpose of recon-
sidering the vote at a previous town
meeting in reference to the payment of
soldiers’ bounties and to appoint a com-
mittee to act in the matter of such
bounty claims, also to take some action
looking to the providing of tramps with
proper shelter. No date has yet been
fixed forthe meeting. ,. ’ I l
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1 infant Police. -
Members of Norwalklspolicc force
are celebrating the secpn‘d, anniversary
3.317! lath from}? untilfio’clock. 2t
. State. ‘ ' ,. ,
' Attorney 'Gregory’s argument was:
convincing and Judge .‘Habbell found;
the prisons, guilty and _gfined
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’ MAYHEchlLu.
Judge Hubbell lmposes a Fine
of $25 and Costs.
The Prisoner’s Own Testimony Convicts
Him.' ' l "
The case of Theodore Mayhew,
charged with indecent exposure, which
has been going on before Judge Hub-
bell in the town court since Saturday '
morning, was concluded yesterday and
Judge Hubbell found Mayhew guilty
and imposed a fine of $25 and costs,
from which decision an appeal was
taken and the prisoner released on 3200
bands furnished by Carl Schaub of
South Norwalk. . _
Nearly the entire day, yesterday, was
taken up by the examination of Mayhew
who was placed upon the stand to clear
himself. ‘
When the first witness for the state
testified she stated that after Mayhew
had insulted her he passed her house
and she later saw him stop and talk
with a Mr. Knorr. When; that gentle-
man was placed on the stand by the de-
fense he admitted that- he had talked
with the prisoner on East avenue but
could not tell whether it was on Mon-
day, Tuesday or Wednesday. Under
cross examination, however, he stated
that he left the shop every afternoon at
4:30 o'clock for his home.
When Mayhew _was placed on the
stand, he stated that on Monday, the
day of'the alleged exposure, he had
been at Linxweiler’s saloon and
Pitzers barber shop on Railroad _Place
during the whole afternoon and had.
not been near Norwalk or East avenue;
This statement was in corroboration of
his numerous witnesses who‘ had. pre-
viously testified to the same efi'ect.
Tuesday he said that he had not left his"
home having been engaged the entire!
day in nursing a sick daughter. .On.
"~Wednesday he had come, :tO " this city,
walking up West avenue. ” " After- arm.
ing on the bridge he had watched, the-
water in the harbor for ashort'time and
then started down East avenue towalk
home and was on that avenue when ,ar-
rested. He could not tell the exact
time that he had been placed in the
lockup but thought it was before dark.
He also admittéd talking with Mr.
Knorr but said it was on Wednesday.
Mayhew was followed by Officer It.
N. Morehouse, who told of meeting the
prisoner on East avenue near the resi-
dence of George W. Cram on Wednes-
day afternoou. He passed him and
after walking a shprt distance turned
around to watch Mayhew and found
the latter had stopped and was standing
1n the center of the walk watching
him. The officer turned and started
towards this city .and when Daskam’s
lane was reached he turned again and
found the prisoner had disappeared into
the vacant lot next to the Gram resi-
dence. Officer Morehouse got behind
atree and soon saw Mayhew emerge
from his hiding place and look up and
down the street as though trying to
discover where he, the officer, was.
The officer then related the arrest
and emphatically said that Mr. Knorr
had. not come along, nor did Mayhew
speak toanyone. He fixed the time of
arrest at 4 o’clock.
This closed the testimony and Attor-
ney H. W. Gregory, for the State, of-
fered to submit the case without argu-
ment, but to this Attorney John J.
Walsh, for the defense, would not
agree. Attorney Gregory then opened
for the State and was. followed by At- .
toruey Walsh in'a most stirring addreés
for the acquittal of his client. He went
over the ground thoroughly and his
words were attentively listened .to by
the crowd in the court room. At times
he became‘eloquent and pleaded pas-
sionately for the release of the prisoner
and the restoration of his good name,
as far as the court was able to remove
the stain that had already been put
upon it by his arrest on such a heinous.
charge. -.
Attorney Gregory in’ a few words
closed for the state and .fastened the
crime on Mayhew beyond a question of
a doubt. He took up the prisoner’s
testimony and called the attention of
the,courtto the fact that on Tuesday
Mayhew could not” have talked with
Knorr on East avenue as he was
at home on that day nursing a sick
child; that he could not have talked
with him on Wednesday because he was
locked up before Mr. Knorr left his
work. This being the case," it could
have been on no other day. than Mon-
day that he talked with Knorr’as testi-
fied to by the chief witness for the
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To .«Attorney Gregory belongs the
credit of Mayhew’s conviction. Seldom,
if ever, has a criminal case in Norwalk
been more ably handled than was, this
one by the Prosecuting Attorney. His
i-adroit leading of nearly every witness
.for the defense’s alibi to Pitzer’s barber
I l-shop, would have done credit to the
z‘fablest criminal lawyer. In fact Attor-
sfiley Gregory’s entire _conduct of the
fhase showed unusual ability and tact.
WOMAN’S
.9.
ASSOCIATION.
An Inspiring Meeting Held at the Club
House.
An inspiring meeting of the.Woman’s
Central Association was held in the
Club House of the Association, yester-
day morning; The report of the Score.
tary, Mrs. E. H. Fox was most interest-
ing. The public-spirited and philan-
thropic women who have given so free—
ly of their time, endeavor and money
for twcyears, find the pleasant assur-
ance that the warm spirit of friendliness
between-the two cities has been one of
the , finest products of this unselfish
work. In seeking ‘to .benefit others
they have found great benefit them-
selves." A‘ nominating committee; con-
sisting erm. T. K. Noble, Chairman.
Mrs. Isaac S. J ennings, and Mrs. W.
A. Curtis, was appointed, and a com-
mittee to revise the constitution, Miss
Pinneo, Chairman, to select her co-
workers. Adjourned meeting to be
held this week Saturday at 10 a. m. At
this time a most surprising and pro-'
gressive plan for work for another year
will be reported upon, and the mem-
bers of the society who can make it con-
venient to be present are sure to be
much interested.
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FOR A TROPHY.
Agile” Clubs of Norwalk and Bridgeport
. Will Play For a Silver Cup.
} The NorWalk and Bridgeport Chess
- _ jalgsmiise'played a number of tourna-
zmliills in the past fevi'”“‘months, and in
all'.of them victory has crowned' the ef-
forts of the Norwalk "team. A month
eago it was talked over, 'and finally do
’cided that in order to make the contests
more exciting and interesting, .it would
be a goodthing to put up a trophy to
i
. be played ferrA subscription list was
started in Bridgeport and a/similar one
in this city. The jomt sum :of these
‘ subscriptions, some $50 or $60, will be
used for the purpose of a suitable cup.
The design of the trophy is not yet
decided, but will be an ornament to the
rooms of either chess club. 'The first
game for the'trophy will be play ed .at
Bridgeport and the winning team will
take possession of the trophy. The
lhsing club may try to win back the
trophy as many times as it wishes, but
each time they must play in the rooms
of the club holding the trophy. This
idea is greeted with enthusiasm by
both clubs.
O
WRECKED AT MAMARONECK
Southport Schooner GoesOn the Books—
All HandsvSaved.
The two-masted schooner White
Rock, 160 tons burden, of Southport,
Conn., bound for New York, went on
the rocks known as Scotch Caps, just
east of Mamaroneck, at 1:50-ro’cl‘ock
yesterday morning. The crew of five
, men, with Captain Fred J otrey, reached
shore in safety, but the schooner is
rhpidly going to pieces and over one_
half the cargo, which consists of farm
roduc ts, has been washed overboard
' y] the heavy seas. The Chapman
Wrecking cempany was notified of the
position of the boat, but found that she
ould net be gotvofil ‘
The schooner'was owned by the Jen-
hings line,and William Jennings, one
. f the owners, was On board the schoon-
when she struck. He, with the crew,
has returned to Southport.
4 Captain Bouton of the City of Not-
walk this morning informed a GAZETTE
reporter that-he passed the wrecked
'schooner yesterday and there were no
hopes of saving her.
. _ Critically Ill.
Mr. Jasper. P. Nickerson mentioned,
in these columns as being very sick,
now lies invaprecarious condition and
it is feared cannot survive but a few
hours. He was first taken sick on Wed-
nesday last. His complaint is pneu-
monia. It is the prayer of all that he
may live but the chances are by no
means favorable to such an end.
. Licenses Issued.
TheCounty Commissioners yesterday
granted a license toJ. Kelly Jr 00.. of
- Pioneer Castle......:.
Arinn Singing Society,
Catholic Union Council..... ..................
l'IUH HUNI]
A Magnificent Plano for the Most. Popular
School, Ladgc, Society, Clubor Fire Gom-
. - pony in Fcirfield County-
Which is our most popular school, lodge, society, club or
fire Company?
Which one has the most admirers and friends 2
Doubtless these questions are beyond the power of any '
absolute answer, but THE EVENING GAZETTE to—clay opens an
exceptional opportunity to make the test. '
poses to poll the votes of the people.
have zest in it. It is made worth while to vote.
magnificent prize at stake.
THE GAZETTE will give A $400 UPRIGHT PIANO to th
school, lodge, society, club or fire company which gets the.
most votes.
It is an instrument of the very finest character
beautiful in its workmanship, an ornament worthy of anv .‘
home, and in all its musical qualities it is unsurpassed. "
every sense it is a perfect and beautiful instrument—equal to
the best that can be anywhere bought for $400 IN GOLD.
The contest begins today.
which govern the voting 3, .
‘1—THE GAZETTE will print each day a blank coupon, each coupon being
good for one vote for the school, lodge, society, club or fire com-
pany the owner of the coupon may. select—the blank lines in the ‘
coupon to be filled . out with the name and address... _; ,Thecoupon:
to-day is at the end/of this. article; ' , 1. . 3277‘? I.
2—The contest will close on July 2, and the ’wihxnéi‘fannouncerl'onduly 3.
,3..-Any school, lodge, society, club or'fir‘e' company 'in’ Fairfield‘ Countyis
eligible.
4—A full record of the voting will be published :up to date every evening
in THE GAZETTE, but votes received after 10 A. M. will not be re- I
corded until a day later.
5—Coupons must be filled out in a. plain handwriting, for otherwise blund- .
ers can not be av01ded and votes will be lost. ' Blank coupons, of"
course, can not be counted.
THE GAZETTE expects a big, vote. ,FairfieldgCounty'is full
of popular schools, lodges, societies, clubs and fire companies.
The contest is bound .to be of wide and ’live— interest,.and
every preparation is made at this office to see that the voting
proceeds without a drawback of any sort. ' ’
on IS THE so
_ It is a piano made upon honor and sold upon merit. A
party buying one does not get merely a handSome case
gets a thorough musical instrument.
ment is full, rich, resonant and well sustained, the scale is
THE com] on
magnificent. ,
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Following is the voting coupon, a copy of which will ap-
pear m THE GAZETTE daily. " . '
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