THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT DAILY-IN THE WORWALKS. Vol. VI. Whole No. 1.386 ' Norwalk, Conn, Tuesday Evening, February 25, 1896. Price One Cent. THE TOWN which. The Tramp Question Settled but the Bounty Claims Problem Still Un- solved. The Town House Crowded With Voters and Taxpayers. The Town House was in a. fairly pre. sent-able shape when yesterday after- noon perhaps 250 voters? assembled in response to the following call published in the several daily neWSpapers of the to Wu : The inhabitants of the town of Norwalk are hereby notified and warned that a specml Town Meeting will be held at the Town House in said Norwalk on the 24th day of February. 1896. at 2.3-) O’clockin the afternoon. for the followmg purposes, yiz.: FIRST. To reconsrder so much of the vote under the "First” item of the call of the Town Meeting. held at the Town House on the 20th day of January. 1896, at 2 o’clock in the after- noon. as may be necessary; for the purpose of appointing a committee and to appoint a committee of citizens of the town of horwalk to receive all claims for bounty of soldiers in the lite war of the rebellion; and, at public hearing to fully examine into the same, and the records, accounts, vouchers receipts and releases of the town; and to hear any proper eVidence presented and claims and arguments of counsel representing the town and any claimants, and to f ullyarbitrate and determine what bounty claims With interest, shall be paid by the town of Norwalk, said committee to proceed at once to hear and determine any and all claims for bounty. The desismn and award of said committee to be final and con- cluswe against .said town, and any person or persons presenting a. claim to them for their investigation and decision; and to direct the town treasurer to pay the amount _Of any bounty, upon thewritten order pf said com- mittee: and to direct said committee to make a written report, to the first town meeting calledafter the completion of their duties, of all claims presented for bounty, and the claims rejected and those allowed. and the amount found .due on each claim allowed; and to make proyiSion for the payment of said committee for its services. _ . _ SECOND. To take into consideration the action of the selectmen regarding the tramp house, and the lockup at Norwalk, and to in- struct the selectmen in the premises. TRIED TO take such action as may be deemed advisable. regarding the refusal of the selectmen .to comply With the vote of said town meeting of January 20th, 1896. The meeting was called to order by Town Clerk Herbert H. Smith, who read both the petition and the published call for the meeting. Judge James T. Hubbell was the choice: of the voters present as moderator, and grasping the gavel he formerly called the meeting to order. Attorney Joseph A. Gray then pre- sented the following resolution: » RESOLVED: That, whereas the Sel- ectmen of the town of Norwalk have neglected and refused to comply with and carry out the provisions of the vote of said town. under the “First” item of the call of the town meeting, held at the town house, on the 20th day Of Jan- uary, 1896, at 2 o’clock in the after- noon; and have refused to obey the in- structions therein contained, and given therein; so much of said vote as desired under the call of this meeting is recon- sidered and in lieu thereof and in addi- tion thereto the following is voted: That Hon. A. H. Byingtou, James M. Laue, Esq, and Captain Addison A. Betts. residents and citizens of the town of Norwalk be and they are hereby ap- pointed a Committee to receive all claims for bounty against the town of Norwalk of soldiers Of the rebellion, and to fully7 examine into records, ac- counts, vouchers,receipts releases, and any other papers of the town of Nor- walk, and to receive and hear any evi- dence relative to said claims, and claims and arguments of Counsel for the town and any claimants, and fully arbitrate and equitably determine what bounty claims, and bounty claims with interest shall be paid for 9he town of ' Norwalk. Said 00mml*li.’i.‘ to proceed at once to hear and determine first the claims of all persons named in said vote or' the town, of January 20th 1896, and afterwards, and all others may be pre- sented, against the town. Any person or their Attorney presenting a claim to said arbitors for their determination shall present the same in writing, and in connection therewith a written stip- ulation signed by them or their Attor- ney, stipulating that they will accept the term of this vote and abide by the determination of said arbitors and that the decision will- be final and conclu- sive. . The decision and award of said com- mittee to be final and conclusive be- tween said town of Norwaik, and any person or persons presenting a claim to said committee of arbitration for their investigation and decision; and said committee or a majority of them shall give the party making the claim for bounty, or if said claim is presented to said committee by an attorney, shall give to such attorney. a written state’- ment, to the Selectmen of Norwalk, stating the name of the person whose claim is allowed, and the amount award- ed, and the Selectmen shall thereupon draw an order upon the Town Treasurer for the amountso stated, to the order of the person or the attorney present- ing the same as the case may be, and the Town Treasurer shall require the presentation to him of both said state- ment of this committee and the order, before paying said order. . _ Said committee shall report in writ- ing to a town meeting called after the completion of their duties, all claims made for bounty all claims allowed and the amount paid on each claim allowed. Said committee for all services, ex- penses and disbursements, shall receive one hundred dollars each. B. W. Maples offered an amendment that the resolution be divided up into parts, each of which should be voted upon separately, let to rescind; 2d ap- pointment of committee; 3d, who shall constitute that committee; 4th, the re- . port’ of each committee. Attorney Gray said that the resolu- tion was clear and ought to be voted on as a whole, and said that Mr. Maples recognition of the same was evidence that it was understood. He also rose to a point of order in the separation of the resolution into parts Mr. Maples said that he was not surprised at Mr. Gray’s objection and that it not only showed indense butintense ignorance on points of parliamentary law. ' . Mr. Gray retorted' by saying that any- thing that might be suggested by Mr. Maples or his paper was not of weight, and considered his, Maples’, remarks as insulting. He thought it better to proceed in an orderly manner- The resolution was complete in itself, and the meeting ought to proceed to not up- on the some. Any other motion was not in order. Those Wan were Interest- ed in the resolution bod p: esentcd it in a straightforward and honest manner. Their rights ought to be disposed of. He rose to a point of order. The Chair decided in favor of Mr. Maples’ suggestion as to separation. Caleb Wood questioned the point as to a division. Maples quoted Cooley on parliamen- tary law, and said that to him it was more satisfactory than Gray’s idea of law. ' Mr. Gray replied in a sarcastic way by saying that Maples had taken hold of something he‘didn’t know anything about. The resolution ought not to be separated. It must fail or win on its merits as a whole. A vote was taken vice nose on the handling of the resolution in para- graphs, and the chair decided for the afiirmatlve. The vote was doubted and the chair ordered a rising vote and ap- pointed Messrs. E. O. Keeler and R. H. Golden telleis. The vote announced was 182 for and 35 against. A motion to adjourn was lost. Attorney Gray claimed that the Sc- lectmen had refused to disclose any- thing in reference to the matter when called noon to do so. Gen. Charles Olmstead said that Sel- ectman Selleck had advised him that he had not refused information‘when ask- ed for it by old soldiers or claimants, and he did not see why the vote passed at a previous meeting should be re- scinded. He felt assured that any war veteran applying would receive all the information desired. . Mr. Gray was of the opinion that Gen. Olmstead was traveling on the wrong road. They, the veterans, had been refused by Mr. Selleck. (Cries of show him up! show him upl.were heard). Continuing Mr. Gray said I have been there and Selleck said I won‘t pay any of those claims. I know or have been credibly imformed that men have called at the Selectman’s office who had never been in the war and as a test. put in a claim and Selleck said “I have your receipt.” This assertion was question— ed by Mr. Selleck. Marcus L. Pelham an old veteran, accepted the challenge, and made the assertion that. he and others had visited the selectmen’s office and asked to see the receipts but were refused. Robert Wilcox said that he had called at the selectmen’s office and was told by Selectman Selleck “I have your rc- ceipt. When the proper time comes I will show it to you.” . Mr. Selleck was then recognized by the chair and said: show the receipts to Honnec‘xer and Gray. I want to have them sue the town and then I will show the receipts.” \A motion to rescind the previous vote as incorporated in the resolution was lost. .. The second part of the resolution was then brought to the attention of the meeting. Mr. Maples moved that it be adopted only with the elimination of names pre- sented invconnection with the resolu- tion. not in order and furthermore unlawful. The State had provided tribunals be- fore which aggrieved persons could ap- pear. This resolution would establish a tribunal of three persons who would act and fill every function of the Su- preme Court, with the powers of the same left out. The committee had no power over any individual to compel his attendance as a witness. It was a contravention of the courts, because certain lawyers (‘ ‘God spare the mark, ” he said with some emotion) want to constitute a tribunal. The brazenness of the resolution he added, is some- thing unlike anything I ever heard. Mr. Gray said that Maples’ idea of law was novel because it was not com- mon sense. It was a well known fact that any dispute can be referred to witnesses. Our legislature which is almost as wise as Mr. Maples, had so provided in the framing of Connecticut laws. We doubt Mr. Selleck’s correct- ness and we don’t want to'have to fight. The resolution simply calls for an ami- cable and peaceable settlement of the matter. Selectman Selleck rose but was de- clared out of order but. not Vbeore he “I have refused to The resolution, he asserted, was had said “I have shown fifty soldiers their receipts.” A vive voce vote was decided in favor of the adoption of the second part of the resolution with names eliminated as amended by Mr. Maples. Attorney John J. Walsh asked in what manner or whereby the town could be injured in the passage Of the resolution in full. Arising vote was then taken which resulted by a vote of 174 to 21 in “floor- ing” the resolution. Attorney Gray then withdrew the final part and the entire resolution was squashai to all intent and purpose. A resolution was then presented by Stiles W. Curtis instructing the select- men to keep the tramp house open, and condemning the previous action of Selectman Selleck in the matter. Ex-Mayor Keeler suggested that it would be advisable to provide Work for those who might be given shelter. Selectman Selleck said that if Tramps were to be provided for the city should have to pay for it, and let them, the tramps, break stone. I have had . enough of this tramp business. We have housed them and then they go to your houses and steal. Mr. Gray thought it much better to keep the so called trumps over night and not let them find lodging in the outbuildings of residents. It was a question of perhaps 810 a year. It was more expensive to keep Mr. Selleck’s economy ideas in force. The matter had been settled a long time ago by a a vote of the town, but Isaac Selleck had felt called upon to deny a tramp lodging. (A voice was heard that echoed Bobby Burns “a man’s a man for for all that”) Mr. Gray concluded with a, Don’t let the poor men freeze. Smith L’Hommedieu failed to agree with Mr. Gray and said so. Gen. Charles Olmstead was in favor of furnishing a desirable place for the so called tramps, but had found that when they were let out in the morning they called at houses and begged for something to eat. They had never been refused at his house, but he felt that he as well as others could not offord to pro- vide for them. If you warm them, feed them, he said, and then require that they do some work to pay for it. Rev. S. H. Watkins asked as to whether the meeting was competent to ask for work. He did not believe in swinging the pendulem as against the so called tramp. It was not Christian like. Take them in and give them warmth and work if necessary. Those who proved to be vicious let them be prosecuted accordingly. Mr. Maples asked that that part of the resolution which censured the se- lectmen for past conduct be stricken out, and said that he then would favor the passage of the some. The amendment was accepted and the resolution was then passed instructing the selectmen to keep the tramp quar- ters open and provide work for those given lodging. Mr. Charles L. Glover was of the opinion that work should be provided for the 300 or more men now out of work in the town. . The last clause in the call was tabled. State highway commissioner Mc- Donald was present and explained what must be done and under what condi- tions the town could get appropriations from the state to be used in highway repairs. He thought that where the highway proposed to be repaired was Within city limits it would be' advisable for the city to vote on the question as well as the town. After a few remarks from Engineer Briggs a motion to‘adjourn prevailed. Norwalk Team Defeated. The Y. M. C. A. basket ball team from Stamford, visited Norwalk last night, and at the Assciation rooms here, contested for honors in a basket ball game. The Norwalk players were greatly outclassed as to weight by the Visitors but put up a plucky game in the first half, the result being in favor of Norwalk by a score of 7 to 3. The last half went to Stamford by a score of 10 to 3. Seven of the points it is claimed were made by fouls on the part of Stamford players and ought not to have been allowed. A. collation was enjoyed after the game. ' v-v A Clever Mind Reader. Andrew J. Seymour gave a clever performance in the Opera House last night in the way of mind reading and hypnotism. He reveals your secret thoughts. You concentrate your mind and he will inform you of what you are thinking. Messrs. Ira Cole, 0. E. Wil- son, Joseph 0. Handle, J onn H. Hoyt, F. E. Lockwood, Ward Gregory and Thomas 'B. Hopper, were the committee seated on the stage, and he exposed their thoughts with marvelous ease. He also did some surprising work in hypno- tism. Mr. Seymour appears at the Opera House again to-night and he lshould be greeted with a large audience. NATIONAL CAPITAL. President Cleveland Goes [luck Shooting Again. House Committee on Banking and Currency to Take Up Congressman Hill’s Bill. ; GAZETTE'S BUREAU.~ ) l 709 EAST CAPITOL STREET ~ WASHINGTON. FEB. 24. l TESS President slipped away again Sun ay night for another duck shoot. He is. expected back sometime .to-night. o o o The House committee .on Banking and Currency expect to take up Con- gressman Hill’s bill at its next meeting. 0 o 0 Senator Pasco, from the committee on commeme, to-day made a favorable report upon the bill requiring second and third-class sea-going vessels to to licensed, and providing also for the licensing of the mates of these vessels. v o o o " A Senator Frye to-day introduced a bill amending most of the existing laws re- laiing to American seamen. ' o o o Luella Wagner of Bridgeport, who is visiting friends in this city, by invita- tion sang a solo at the Church of the Covenant yesterday. 0 o 0 Senator Platt is expected back from Waterbury .to-night. ' o o 0 . Mrs. Milo El. Parsons and her young son, are still visiting friends here. 0 o 0 Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Meeker are ex- pected at the Hotel Paige this evening. 0 o o P. F. Wheeler of Long Hill arrived here yesterday. 0 O 0 Mrs. E. H. English, S. K. English and E. H. English, jr., New Haven, are here. sev.w. ll. B'OOLEDEAD. He Was a Former Pastor of the Methodist Church in South Norwalk. The Rev. W. H. Boole, one of the founders of Prohibition Park, on Staten Island, died at his home there yester- day. He was 68 years old. He was born in New York, and after getting a public school education became a Methodist preacher. His first pastoral charge was at Clinton in 1854. He was stationed afterward at Saybrook, Mil- ford, New Britain and South Norwalk, and at Mount Vernon. He then went to New York and in 1862 was at the York street church and then at the Thirty-seventh streetchurch. He joined Gen. Sickles’s brigade as chaplain and went to the front during the war of the rebellion coming back in 1867, when he went to the South Sec- ond street church in Brooklyn. His last pastorate was at the Willett street church in New York. He began talking and preaching against the liquor traffic many years ago, and two of his lectures, “The Bar- barism and Usui'patiou of Liquor Leg- islation” and “The Great Impeach- ment,” he hadidelivered in many parts of the country. His wife, Elsa Boole, has also been active in temperance work and is a leading member of the W. C. T. U. She and four daughters survive . him. A Child Killed. As the result of the sudden collapse of a building on Meadow street, Stam- ford, about 5:39 o’clock Saturday even- ing, John Demaina, an Italian, ten years of age, was killed; Bernard Kil- kelly, age ten, was seriously injured; his brother Patrick, age eight, and a boy named Babbitt were slightly hurt. The building was just south of the railroad on the east side of Meadow street. It was formerly owned by Michael Kenealy, but had recently been . sold to Contractor George A. Rogers. The building was one of the oldest in, the neighborhood. Old Rube Tanner. “Old Rube Tanner,” with John J. Black in the title role, held the boards at Clark’s last night. The play was one Of the best rural comedies that has been seen in Norwich in several seasons, and the audience was .a well pleased one. The orchestra is one of the finest that has ever visited Norwich with a travel- ing theatrical company. Come again, Mr. Black, and you’ll get. a crowded house.—-Sun, Norwich, N. Y. “Old Rube” will appear at the Nor- w’alk Operazfiouse Wednesday and Sat- urday evenings. -—Fonr pounds ginger snaps 25 cents at Bette & Farringtou’s J 22-“ w» W" “I. 1.1. A Magnificent Piano for the. Most «Popular ' School, Lodge, Society, Club or Fire Ccm- . ’ pcny iii Fairfidc 'Ccunty. Which is our most popular school, lodge, society, club or fire company? ' Which one has the most admirers and friends 3 Doublless these questions are beyond the power of any absolute answer, but THE EVENING GAZETTE to—day opens an exceptional opportunity to make the test. THE GAZETTE pro- poses to poll the votes of the people. And the voting is to have zest in it. It is made worth while to vote. There is a magnificent prize at stake. . THE GAZETTE Will give A $400 UPRIGHT PIANO to the school, lodge, society, club or fire company which gets the most votes. It is an instrument of the very finest character It is beautiful in its workmanship, an ornament worthy of any home, and in all its musical qualities it is unsurpassed. Iii 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. The following are the rules which govern the voting: ' -- . leTnE 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. The coupon to-day is at the end of this article. Z—The contest will close on July 2, and the winner announced on July 3. 3—Anyrscllifiml, lodge, society, club or fire company in F airfield County is _ e igi e. 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- corded until a day later. , - 5—Coupons must be filled out in a plain handwriting, for otherwise blund- ers can not be avoided and votes will be lost. Blank coupons, of course, can not be counted. THE GAZETTE expects a big vote. Fairfield County 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. ElU. l l SUNS. THE PIANO OFF llll IS THE Sll It is a piano made upon honor and sold upon merit. A party buying one does not get merely a handsome case , He gets a thorough musical instrument. The tone of the instru ment is full, rich, resonant and well sustained, the scale is magnificent. Following is the voting coupon, or copy of which will ap- pear in THE GAZETTE daily. .L l .1. E WWW. m ' “ "-l Name, / Town, 1‘ Ho 9 Rose Company ................................................................................ 1231 NOTPwalk Yacht Club ................................................................... . ......... 910 St. Mary’s School ......................................................................... 7 8, Welcome Stranger Lodge. .................................... _ ...................... . .36? Over River School... ......................................................................... . .......... .143 Pequonock Pleasure Club ............................................................................ 138 Center School ........................................................................ 9;, Pioneer Castle........ . ........................... _ ................. . ...... ........................ 39 T.G. L. . uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu .o oooooooo ‘Iuoun-co-noo-nnuu..-- 0.0.0.5!03ICO aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa OOCIIOI-I'l ..... o. 0 Compo Engine 00., Westport ............ 14 Arion Singing Society ......... . ................................ . ...................... . .............. . 3 Catholic Union Council .......................... ........ 3 Uncas Tribe ..................... . .......... . ......... ...................... . Nor-walk Liederkranz ...................................... . ........................ . .................. .. a Knob Outing Clnb.. ................... . ............. -......... ................................. E Pine Lodge Club ..................... _---..... ...... ........ - ............... 0 S. S. Club .................. . ............ .. ............................ . .................................... .. nun HUNllll c [lflllllll PRIZE!
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