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NATIONALGAPllAL .
Congress Adjourns Over Satur-
day, the Members Attend?
ing the Launch 01
the loWa.
The Cuban Resolutions to be Called Up
After the Sundry Civil Appropriation
Bill is Passed.
GAZETTE‘S BUREAU. ‘j
7 )0 EAST CAI'ITOL STREET ,~
WASHINGTON. MARCH 20. _)
Neither House of Congress was in
session yesterday, about half their
membersbeing at the Cramps‘ SUCCQSS-.
ful launch of the great war ship Iowa.
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The Senate cemmittee on Judiciary
held a special meeting Saturday for the
purpose of considering the b mkruptcy
bill, but no result was reached.
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The President will issue a proclama-
tion opening the Red L tke Indian res-
A ervation in Minnesota to settlement.
The date selected is M ly 1. The White
‘ Earth reservation will be opened by a
proclaimation to be issued later, though
it was originally planned to issue the
proclamations simultaneously. The two
comprise about a millions acres, and
form a portion of the old Chippewa
lands. _
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Mr. Hitt, chairman of the Foreign Af-
fairsCommittee,decided yesterday after
consultation with Speaker Reed. not to
callup the conference report on the
Cuban resolution until the sundry civil
appropriation bill has been passed.
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The United StatesLegation at Con-
stantinople has cabled Secretary Olney,
under the date of Friday that the
British Ambassador has been informed
in writing by Tewfik Pasha that relief
may be freely distributed in the in-
terior of Turkey by English and Ameri-
can agents, one member of the Turkish
commission being present at every dis-
tribution. Miss Barton’s agents are
thus able to distribute supplies direcutly
with their own hands to whomsomever
they think proper.
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Commander J. J. Brice of the navy
has received his commission as commis-
sionercf fish and fisheries and will en-
'ter actiively upon the discharge of the
duties of that office to-morrow.
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Bishop Satterlee preached three ser-
mons to-day, his first Sunday here.
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A Timely Discovery.
“About 11:30 o’clock last night. as
Captain Wallace Dann was walking
down Water street, he discovered a
bracket lamp on fire in the store of R.
E. Goldschmidt. After considerable
rapping he succeeded in arousing Mr.
Goldschmidt who was asleep in his
living rooms over the store, and he
lost no time in getting down stairs, only
partially dressed, and into the store.
The room Was filled with a dense
smoke through which Mr. Goldschmidt
made his way to the back door and.
opening the. door the smoke escaped
and the Captain and the proprietor
p:oceeied to investigate the damage
done. '
They had in the meantime extin.
guished the blaze from the lamp which
fortunately had not come" in contact
with any combustibles. Two canaries
were found stiffened out in their cages
but on being taken into the fresh air
soon after revived.
No damage was done ,thanks to the
timely discovery by Captain Dann.
The breaking of a chimney on the lamp
which is kept burning every night was
the cause of the trouble.
Fell From a Telephone Pole.
Charles Wright, night operator at
the central telephone office in this city,
' Saturday afternoon, accompanied Line-
man Phelps on a. trip to Carter street,
.New Canaan, where repairs were to be
made to one of the company’s wires.
While up a‘3r3-foot pole, Wright lost his
hold on the pole and fell to the ground,
luckily, however, striking on his feet
and escaping injury. On his return
home he remarked that he was “Wright
all right,” but he does not propose re-
. peating the act.
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His Salary Raised.
Gordon S. Coit, who is well known in
this city, being formerly an official of
the New Haven Steamboat Company
and afterwards a conductor on the Con-
solidated Road, is at present clerk of
the Board of Charities in Bridgeport.
As a demonstration of his valuable ser-
vices as clerk he has had his salary in-
creased recently from $900 and $1,200.
ARE*~lll DIRENEED;
Mrs. Henry Daynard Found in
a Pitiable Condition.
A Chance for Charity at Home.
On Saturday afternoon a lady called
.at the office of the EVENING GAZETTE
and said that she had just come from
the home of Mrs. Henry Daynard at No.
8 Franklin avenue, where she had
found thepoor woman in apitiable con-
dition and in need of the necessaries of
life for herself and babes.
It will be remembered that Mrs. Day-
nard was deserted by her husband last
Monday night and left Without assist-
ance or money with two infant children
to care for. -
An EVENING GAZETTE representative
called at the house Saturday evening
to invest°gate and found an awful con-
dition of affairs. Mrs. Daynard and
two babies. one just beginning to toddle
about and the other an infant of four
months, were found together in the
from. room of the house. She had been
without food for herSelf, or even a can
of condensed milk for her baby, until
in the afternoon a kind neighbor had
succeeded in securing a munificent
order for $1.23 from the town and pur-
chased a few things to keep them alive
over Sunday.
The GAZErTE representative ascer-
tained that the generous supn‘y ob-
tained from the town had included ten
cents worth of coal which had nearly
been exhausted, and that she and the
children would be obliged to keep warm
the best way they could, over Sunday.
It was further ascertained. that Mrs.
Daynard was without shoes or proper
clothing for her children. Steps were
at once taken by the GAZETTE represen-
tative to procure a supply of meat and
coal to last the family over Sunday,
and as Mrs. Daynard stated that she
had attended the Methodist church,
her condition was presenter] to Rev.
Mr.,Wyatt who promised to see that
she was looked after by the good ladies
of his church.
Mrs. Daynard’s condition is a most
serious one and presents an opportunity
fér “charity at home” that cannot be
too quickly realized.
State Convention.
Herbert- E. Benton, chairman of the
Republican State Central committee,
has issued the case for the State conven-
tion to be held in the Hyperion theatre,
New Haven, on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, the let and 23.1 of April, for the
election of four delegates at large, and
four alternates to the Republican n1.-
tional convention to be held at S;
Louis, June 16, the appointment of a
state neutral committee for the two
years ensuing, - and the transaction of
any 0th :r business of a proper nature.
Eazh town is entitled to twise as many
delegates as it has representatiVes in
the general assembly. The primaries
for the selection of these delegates must
be held at least five days before the
meeting of the state convention, and at
such primaries, town committees must
be chosen to serve for the two years en-
suing. A vacancy in any town delega-
tion can only be filled by the written
appointment of a resident of such town,
signed by the other delegate or dale-
gates from said town.
The attention of chairmen of town
committees is specially called to the
party rule, requiring them to send cop!
ies of the credentials of the delegates
from their respective towns, to the sec-
retary ofthe Republican state central
committee, at least four days before
the meeting ~of the state convention.
Are a Nuisance.
A crowd of young lads made 'it very
unpleasant for residents on Orchard
street last evening by their antics and
boisterous language at the corner of
Harbor avenue and Orchard street. A
few doors away there was an aged
woman whose life was despaired of but
this made no difference to the boys
who continued their shouting and devil-
ment. It isa nuisance that ought to
be abated. The guilty ones are well
known. If they persist in their doings
they will as they ought to be, be placed
under arrest. They have been fre-
quently warned and can blame none
other than themselves if they land in
‘ jail.
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Will Make Another Trial.
Publisher Ackerman came to this city
on Saturday and purchased a bell and
whistle for Editor ‘ Bodemeyer’s new
bicycle. The genial editor is soon to
give his steed another trial, and as the
publisher did not purchase a lantern it
is quite evident that the trial _will be
made in the day time. And may we be
there to see.
Norwalk, Conn, Monday Evening, March 30, 1896: _
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The Hour Attempts to Stir Up
Strife Between South
, Norwalk Physicians.
Uses the Doctors to Get at Mr. Blanchard.
' The Hour editor on Saturday, smart-
ing under his bounce from the evening
school snperintendency, made an attack
on Mr. Abiathar Blanchard because the
latter had called attention to the fact
that certain physicians were alleged to
have violated the regulations of the
board of health.
The attack was made in the usual
manner of the Hour editor, over the
shoulder of some one else, in this in-
stance being D're. Bohannon and Allen
who were used for that purpose. The
tenor of the whole article appeared as
though the flour was anxious to create
a breech between the Health Officer
and the physicians and at the same
time hit Mr. Blanchard.
Mr. Blanchard was called upon this
morning relative to the matter, and in
response to an inquiry from an EVENING
GAZETTE reporter said,-that he had been
informed of the reported violation
through the board of health, but that
he did not desire to enter into contro-
versy in regard to the matter; the was
aware that the Hour editor would not
fail to criticise him as the ‘evening
school question still rankled in his
breast. He would say nothing further
in regard to the case.
Health Ofiicer,.Dr. Coburn, was also
interviewed and said that the regula-
tions required the reporting of all con-
tagious diseases to the Health Officer.
If the regulations rt quireda tooth-ache
to be reported it was the duty of the
physicians to so report it. Doctors
who did not report their measle cases
were violating the regulations. The
regulations required that in case of an
epidemic of measles a sign should be
put up to notify the public that the
disease was there. He sald that physi-
cians who failed to report cases were
the ones'that made the regulations a
farce. He also said that it was strange
that during the recent epidemic of
measles Dr. Bohannan had no cases to
report and Dr. Allen had but one,
while the other physicians had reported
numerous cases.
The recent action of the city council
in the premises is in the hands d? the
printer and will soon be sentbut by the
city clerk to physicians, who will be
requested to follow instructions con-
tained therein.
Trout in His Boots.
William Mitchell is responsible for
the story that yesterday, when Jupiter
Pluvius was deluging the town with
water from a few of his overburdened
rain—clouds, James Lyon of Knight
street, who probably has caught more
trout and shown fewer specimens of
what he has caught, than any other man
in Norwalk, put on his hip boots and
waded up and down Barnum’s brook in
search of that delectable fish, thinking
to locate their haunts in order to on
Wednesday next book some fine speci-
mens. "After a couple of hours fruit-
less search,” says Mitchell, “Lyon re—
turned home and on taking ofl'his boots
found in them three trout weighing
nearly a pound each.” , “He placed
them in a pail of water” and will to-day
put them back in the brook; Nit."
W. H. Starbuck Dead.
William H Starbuck, sixty-one years
old. died yesterday of heart disease at
his home, No. 8 East Sixty-first street,
- New York.
Mr. Starbuck was born at Nantucket,
Mass, in 1835. He became president
of the Honsatonic railroad in 1888, and
held the position until 1892, at which
time he was also a director in the New
York and NewEngland railroad. In
1892 he took the Oregon Improvement
Company out of the receiver’s hands
and became its president, which posi-
tion he held until last June, when he
retired from'active business. He leaves
a widow and two sons.
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Waiting for His Departure.
Next week Judge George W. Wheel-
er closes his term on the Superior court
bench and will be succeeded by Judge
11‘. B. Hall. It is said that there are
atleast twenty divorce cases being held
in abeyance until Judge Wheeler has
taken his departure and a more lenient
judge, in such cases, is on the bench.
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Town Court.
Charles Gregory was fined 33 and
costs b y Judge Hubbell, this mOrning.
He paid up and was discharged.
The case of the State vs. Joseph Ga-
van was continued for two weeks.
Secretary Jackson Tells Some
.Homely Truths to His
Audience.
Large Attendance at the Y. M. C. A. Service
There was a large attendance at the
Y. M. U. A. song service in the Opera
House yesterday afternoon. The illus-
trated solos as well as the singing by
the quartette was warmly received as
were also the stereopticon pictures.
It was the last of these services under
the auspices of the Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Jackson, the former secretary,
asked a vote of the audience as to
whether they would like the services
continued, and it was manifested With-
out a dissenting voice that such was‘tbe
wish. To a GAZETTE representative he
this morning said that he should act in
accord with the wish of those assembled
and the services will be continued as
usual.
' As is well known the asscciation has
by vote of the board of directors been
“closed” and the belongings ofiered for
sale. ,
The secretary at yesterday’s service
talked plainly and among other things
said the association had been disbanded
because Christian men of means had
failed to take that interest in it which
was absolutely necessary to its success.
He must speak the conviction of his
heart and'say that if the majority ofthe
board of directors had not been so in-
different to the needs of the young men
of the town and so reluctant to take any
step that would entail a little trouble
on themselves the money necessary to
pay running expenses could have easily
been raised. $1,200 was about all that
was necessary to pay the' expenses for
one year, and notwithstanding all he
had heardabout the meanness of Nor-
walk people. He believed they were
as generous as any other people and
prozected against the responsibility be-
ing placed upon the public.
' “The people of Norwalk had shown
him nothing but kindness since his ad-
vent here and he was convinced that if
the men placed in charge of the asso-
ciation had made but a little effort the
institution would have prospered.
In his criticism of the directors he
did not include all the members for sev:
era] of them had done all they could
and sincerely regretted that the organi-
zation had to disband. He spoke very
highly of the ladies’ auxiliary and said
he had never met a more consecrated
band of women. Their earnestness,
energy and zeal had kept the institu-
tion alive so long, and yet not a word
had been said to them about its closing-
He blamed the pastors very severely
for their lack of interest in the Young
men of the town and said no secretary
had ever gone into a town to prosecute
a work for young men and been so com-
pletely ignored as by the pastors ot' the
town
He spoke very .feelingly of the few
faithtul young men who had stood by
him through all the up-hill work and
said he should ever love "and respect
them for it.
“YOU'Al-‘ili RIGHT.”
Lawyers and Others Ask for the Indexing
ofthe Land Records.
A petition signed by nearly every
lawyer in the town and several real es-
tate dealers, has been presented to the
selectmen calling for a special town
meeting for the purpose of ordering the
indexing of the land record of the town,
and to make the necessary appropria-
tion therefor.
A petition will also be presented ask-
Mason as bridge-tender at Washington
street South Norwalk. ’
In reference to the reinstatement of
Mr. Mason, Selectman Selleck said,
“We will reinstate him, if youjsay so,
Frank, (one of the selectmen) but you
won’t, will you ?”
“Oh no!” says Frank, “there are too
many objections against him. He don’t
’tend to his business and there has been
lots of fault found. ”
“You are right, ” said Mr. 'Selleck.
“My brother signed the petition and
when I asked him what he did it for he
said ‘ because, I thought him a good
man. ’ Guess you don’t know him,
George, said I. ”
It does not look bright for Mr. Ma-
son’s re-appointment.
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—You are cordially invited to the
opening of millinery at the Boston
Store, Norwalk, to-day, and to-morrow.
Finest line of trimmed and untrimmed
hats ever shown in Norwalk.
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—Advertise in the GAZTTI‘E.
’HE TALKEPLAINLY.
ing for the reinstatem cuts of Philip .
_ ‘ Price One Cent.
UUH Hutu nun on:
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A Magnificent Piano for the, Most Popular
‘ School, Ledge, Society, Club or Fire Com-
‘ . pany in Fairfield County.
Which is our most popular school, lodge, society, club-out
fire company? - ' ‘
Which one has the most admirers and friends?
Doubtless these question-4' are beyond the power of my
absolute answer, but THE EVENING GAZETTE offers an . -
exceptional opportunity to make the test. THE GAZETTE pro- '
poses to poll the votes of the people. And the young 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. .~ . ,
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newsovw,
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. In
every sense it is a perfect and beautiful instrument—equal to
the best that can be anywhere bought for $400 IN GOLD.
The following are the rules which govern the voting:
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 cem—
puny the owner of the ct upon may select—the blank lines inthe
coupon to be filled out with the name and address. The coupon
today is at the end of this article.
Z—The contest will close on July 2, and the winner announced on July 3.
3—«Ary school, lodge, society, club or fire company in F airfield County is
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4—A gilt-{22rd of the voting will be published up to date every evening
in THE GAZETTE, but votes received after 10 A. M. will notbe 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
THE iiiiinuiiiiiiiis on a u: .. lSUNS.
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, a copy of which will up
pear in THE GAZETTE daily. ' ’
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Hope Hose Company ................................................................................ 4571
Norwalk Yacht Club .............. . ........................................................ 4474
St. Mary’s School........_ ............................................................................ 3506
Welcome Stranger Lodge ......... . ........................................... . ........ - ...... . 1015
Center School ................................................. . ...................................... -642
Pequonock Pleasure Club ..................................... . .................................. 488
Over River School... ......................... - ........................................................ 3 4-7.
Pioneer Castle........ ......................................... 92 ,
T. F. E. Club ............ 70
Arion Singing Society .............................................. i ............................. 60
T.G. L. C ..................................... 36
Norwalk Liederkranz ................................................................................. 19
Compo ‘Engine 00., Westpoxt 10
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Sword Fish Club .............. _. ....... . ...... ‘ ............... 5
Catholic Union Council ......................... , ....... 3
Uncas Tribe .......................... ' 3
Knob Outing Club ......... . ................................. 2
Pine Ledge Club ................................................................................... 2
S. S._ Club 2
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company -.............; ................................ .. .. 2
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