' t r ‘7' #1:“ . 2' E # EVEN ; ' .544, '.-. ‘6 THE ONLY EIGHT-P465 ONE-CENT DAILY 1N THE WORWALKS. - - '_ Norwalk, Conn, MOnday Evening," April 6, 18.96; Price One Cent. Vol. VI. Whole N0. 1334 NATIONitoAPITAC A Monument to the Memory of Private Soldiers and Sail- ors Wanted in Wash- ington. Interesting Washington News and Chat. GAZETTE’s BUREAU, ) 709 EAST CAPITOL STREET ,> WASHINGTON, APRIL 5. ) Only the House was in Session Sat- nrday. - 0 0 0 Representative Watson, of Onio, has introduced a bill making an appropria- tion of $100,000 for the erection of a monument in this city to the memory Of private soldiers and sailors who fought in the war of the rebellion. - o O o The Post states that there are rumors afloat to the effect that when the Con- necticut convention meets on the 21st of April there will be a demonstration of McKinley sentiment whichl will not be pleasant to the» Reed followers. It is true that when these rumors were brought to the attention of a Republi- can Senator from the Senate yesterday he denied them, saying that Connecti- cut would not follow after New Hamp- shire’s pattern, but as he declined to let his name be used as an evidence of good faith, the denial does not- seem. to carry much weight. 0 o O .. The House continued its session late Saturday night discussing the Cuban -‘ resolutions finally agreeing to come to a vote to-morrow. ~ I O o o Arrangements have been made to consider the river and harbor hill to- morrow. ' O O o The first professional exhibition game of the year in Washington will be played tO-morrow between the Senators and the New Haven Texas Steers, who won. theechampionship. .of ..the ,. Texas, League last season, as the Dallas Steers. o o 0 ~ At Eastertide here calla lillies are always limited, but this year nearly the whole supply was cornered by the Catholic churches and they rose in price to four dollars a dozen or fifty cents for single blooms. All the churches here were profusely decorated, but the Roman Catholic churches ex- ceeded all, previous years in floral adornment. . o o 0 At Bockville, a pretty suburb of the Capital the Gun Club’s first installment Of live partridges for stocking purposes, about 2'00 in number. have arrived from Kansas and are being turned loose throughout Montgomery County. ' It is the intention Of the club to purchase many more birds to be set at liberty. o o o ‘ ‘Chamberlin’s,” the mostmagnificent seaside hotel in America, was opened Saturday at Fortress Monroe, with great festivities. About haif the public of Washington were in attendance. The Marine Band furnished music. ' o o o . Mr. Fisher, of New York, Created a brief ripple of interest in the House yesterday by offering a resolution di- recting the Secretary Of Agriculture to comply in spirit with the resolution Of Congress directing the distribution of ' seed and to have the seeds inclosed in packages in accordance with the direc- tions of Senators and members.- 0 O 0 Attorney Curtis Thompson Of Bridge- port, registered he re yesterday. 0 Escaped Cremation. The barn and farmhouse of Turney Northrop, in the Palestine district in Newtown, were bestroyed‘by fire early Sunday morning. Two horses, 19 head of cattle, many tons of hay, grain, farm- ing implements, wagons and carriages were destroyed. Turney and his wife and child had a very narrow escape from being burned to death. 9 Ladies Day. The first and third Tuesday after- noons of each month have been estab- e lished as Ladies Day at the Norwalk club. It is expected that there will be a large attendance of the ladies of the families of the club members to-morrow afternoon. As this is the first Opportu- nity after Lent, and these social and in- formal gatherings have become'quite popular, very' many will avail thema‘ selves of the hospitality of the. club. 009— Hicks Backs Out. \ _ The Meriden Journal published Sat- urday evening an annoucement from Batcliffe Hicks. representative from Tolland in the last legislature, that he is not a candidate for any political Of- fice this year. A FRIlll-ITLUL DEATH. William Tuhey’s Lifeless Body Found Hanging From a A 'Carriage, on the “Green.” Neck Broken and Head Badly Lacerated. About 8 o’clock Saturday evening, the attention of Charles 0. C. Belts who lives on the Church Green, was at- tracted'to a horse and carriage which stood near the watering tank at 'the south end-of the Green. He observed that seemingly ther-- was no one. in the carriage and that a bmhaot was drag- ging on the ground. He saw a man, who proved to be James Whitney, standing 8 short dis- tance aWay and called his attention to the horse. Whitney went t) the tank and was horrified to find a man hanging head downward from the carriage. With some assistance he succeeded in disentangling the man from the carri- age and upon placing him on the grass discovered that he was dead.’ Officer Bartram was summoned and the dead man who proved to be William Tuhey, was placed in a grocery wagon and his remains taken to Jennings’ morgue. . - Coroner Burke was summoned and after making an examination of the body adjourned the hearing until 10 . o’clock Monday morning. The entire left side of the unfortu- nate man’s head—skin, hair, flesh and all—was Worn down to the skull as smoothly as if dOne by a grindstone. His windpipe was broken as was also the frontal part Of his neck, and his left hand was badly scratched. Other- wise, no apparent injuries tO his body are shown. Remarkably enough there are no abrasrons of any kind on his face. Justexac'ly how the accident -Oc- curred will probably never be definite- ly established,...btifi...-..QLB., ..Oggyyrences leading up to the same are substan-_ tially as follows: JohnGrafiZaGerman, has been for the past four years in the employ of John GOiham at Chestnut Hill. He had for some years previously worked for the Finch Brothers who live in the same locality and was considered to be a faithful workman. Saturday morning, Mr. Gorham paid Grafi' $15 and understood that he was coming to Norwalk, and he did. At five O’clock in the afternoon he ex- pressed a wish to return home, and madeahargain with the unfortunate Tuhey to drive him to his home or rather to Sherman Morehouse’s, .who lives in Wilton, the price to be paid being $1.50. Tuhey secured a horse at Liveryman Dann’s and in company with Graff' started off. The next seen of Tuhey in this city was when he was discovered on the Green as above stated. Yesterday morning, Chief Bradley secured a team and drove to the Finch Brothers farm and asked ,for a man answering the description Of the one who had left here in the company of Tuhey. He found that the party of whom he was in quest, worked at John Gorham’a, and he drove to Mr. Gor~ ham’s residence where he learned that the man’s name Was Grafl' but that he had not been home since Saturday morning. ‘ To the Chief’s inquiry as to where Graff might be found, Mr. Gorham suggested several places and to facili- tate the search sent another of his em- ployees to accompany the Chief. Grafi' was found at John Butler’s on Hurlbutt street, South Wilton. He unhesitatingly told the story of what had happened to him since leaving Mr. Gorham’s the morning before. He said that he came to Norwalk and after tiring of being about town en- gaged Tuhey to take him a part 'of the way home. He said that liquid re- freshments were secured preparatory to the start. It was understood that he was to be taken as far as Sherman Morehous'e’s from which place it was his intention to walk home.-'. On their way they stopped at McGrath’s saloon in Winni- pauk,’ the supply Of refreshments having become-exhausted. At McGrath’s they hadadrink and secured some to be used later on. He says that he finally concluded to go to John Butler’s and gave Tuhey an additional 25 cents to take him there. Reaching his destination he got out of the carriage and bidding ,Tuhey good night the latter drove off while he walked to Butler’s house. He expressed surprise at the sad fate of his companion, but could, give no further information than that he had WAN‘i‘Eoiiis HAT. lt Blew on. while ,He was Passing Between Two Cars. John Kelly Stops a Fast Express Train. The passengers on the Boston express ; which is due at the Grand Central sta- tion at 6% o’clock P. M. had a trying experience on Saturday afternoon, and when the express failed to maintain its schedule time Conductor David J. Mann ning came in for a storm Of complaints that nearly turned his hair gray. Three times between New Rochelle and New York, the express, which was bowling along at the rate of forty-five Or fifty miles an hour, came to a dead stop, and * when it pulled into the Grand Central station, five or more minutes had been lost. , The cause of all the delay was John Kelly, 32 years Old a New York ma- chinst, and it is only through the inter- vention of the conductor that he escap- ed rough usage at the hands Of several Of the most indignant passengers. On Saturday morning Mr. Kelly came to South Norwalk to visit a friend- In honor of the occasion he wore a brand-new brown derby and a light Overcoat. He boarded the 6:30 Boston express for the return trip Saturday afternoon. When the express was pas- sing through New Rochelle, Kelly,'who had occupied a seat in the smoker, de- cided to change to one Of the rear cars. When he started to cross the platform between the two cars, the wind blew off his new derby. For an instant he watched the hat turning somersaults alongside the track. Then he reached up and gave the bell rope a vigorous jerk. Thinking that something unusual had. occurred to make Conductor Man- ning signal to stop the train, the engi- , neer applied the. air brake so suddenly , that some of the passengers in the smoker nearly swallowed their cigars. .... Kai-Lyimdescendjng. to .the',‘ ground to get his but when the conductor, whO couldn’t understand why his train had been stopped, ran out on the platform. “Hold on there, what’s the matter ‘9 ” he shouted to Kelly. “ I’ve lost myhat, ” began the latter, “and———” w“Did you stop this train?” asked the conductor angrily. “I guess I did,” replied Kelly, cooly, “ and if you’ll wait a minute till I get my hat, I’ll be with you again. " In reply the conductor pulled the bell rope for the engineer to start up again, and the owner of the lost hat had to clamber back to the platform. 3 “ What are you doing that for ‘P ” said he. “ That was a new derby and I can’t afford to lose it. If you were a gentleman you’d hold on a minute. ” “Oh, hell!” burst out Manning. “You’d better go. home and look for your brains. Don’t you know any bet- ter than to stop an express train in that way?” . . Kelly went back tO his seat in the smoker and brooded over his wrongs. Then he decided to get even with some one. street the gong in the cab Of the engine suddenly clanged again. The engineer swore at the fireman, but again the ex- press came to a dead standstill. Con- ductor'Manning found Kelley in the rear platform of the smoker with, a broad grin on his face. “I want to go back for my hat,” he began, but a chorus Of oaths from the dozen or more passengers who followed in the conductor’s wake interrupted him. . When the tumult had subsided Man- ning explained that it was Kelly who had caused all the trouble. the passengers heard that he had stopped the train in order to look for' his hat, one man, who said he wanted to get a train for Philadelphia, sug- gested that he~ be thrown after his Derby. ‘ ' “I guess if you’d lost your best hat you’d want to stop and get it, too,” said be; “If the conductor bad wait- ed a minute at New Rochelle, there wouldn’t have been all this .trouble.”_ By this time the express had started again, but Kelly remained on the Plat- form. As the train was passing Fifty- ninth street he pulled the bell rope for the third time. The conductor was on the lookout, however, and signalled to the engineer not to put on the air brakes. .Then he told a brakeman not to let the man without a hat get away. when they reached the station. “You won’t step any more trains with your damned nonsense,” said he to Kelly. . After the express had reached the station the conductor and brakemcn kept guard over Kelly until Policeman [CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE] [CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE] .. I As the train was passing 102d ' When ‘ VERY “unwraps. ,They Enter'lohn Malone’s Sa- " Icon and Carry off Gin and Whiskey. The Police Discover the Front Door Open. About 12:30 o’clock Saturday night, Officer Bartram in making his usual rounds discovered the front ddor of ,John Malone’s Wall‘street "saloon open. 'As Mr. Malone lives at the upper end EOf Main street the police did not notify him but instead entered the saloon and after securing the front door daparted by the side door taking the key with Malone this morning. An investigation Of the premises by Mr. Malone revealed a broken window in the rear ,of the saloon. The burglars attempted to enter by the back door " but succeeded in only starting the bolt. They then gave up the door and turned their attention 'to' the window. Here they forced out a pane of glass and reaching in drew out the nails from the sash. The window was then raised and an entrance effected. . - After getting inside the thief went to the bar andtook a bottle Of Monogram whiskey from off a shelf. At the end of the ice box was a box of gin from which three bottles are missing. NO money Or cigars were taken as far as can be nscertained. ', It is surmised by Mr. MalOne that there were two persons engaged in the robbery, and that one stood in front of the saloon to give warning 'while the' Other entered from the rear._He is al- so Of the opinion that the man in front signalled his companion by shaking the front door, which accounts for the door ,being found Open, the force used in 1ialiaking having sprung it Open. ";.“There is no clue to \the thieves but I . Malone has an idea that they were We'll acquainted with the premises. *fifi- The Riverand Harbor Bill Reported to the House of Representatives. The river and harbor bill has been reported to the House of Represen- tatives at Washington, Connecticut fares very well under the circumstances, receiving $149.000—388,500 for harbors and $60,500 for rivers. Twenty thous- and dollars is appropriated for dredg- ing the Connecticut river below Hait- ford. \ Bridgeport does not get all she ex. pected but the amount may bezincreased in the Senate. The allowances for har- bors in Connecticut are as follows: Bridgeport, $18,000; breakwater at New Haven, $100,000; New Haven har- bor, $8.000;Stonington, $5,000; Stam- ford, $10,000; Norwalk, $10,000. For Connecticut rivers the amounts are: Connecticut River below Hartford, 820,000; Honsatonic River, $25,000; Th imes River, $12,000; Mystic River, $3,500. -IO. Unholtz—Kelleher. Miss Katherine Kelleher of this city, and William Unholtz Of Stamford, were married this morning by Rev. J. B. Daugherty Of St. Mary’s church. George White of Stamford, acted as best man, and Helen Kelleher a sister of the bride, was bridesmaid. ’A recep- tion was held at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Mary Kelleher on Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Unholtz, who will reside in Stamford. were in receipt 'Of many valuable wedding presents. O A Splendid Number. The Hartford Courant, one of the best dailies in New England, published asplendid “Easter Number” on Sat- urday. The cover was an artistic and seasonable display of the well known enterprise of the publishers. and them- side pages were replete with the news of the day, and in addition there were several original stories by writers of more than ordinary ability and note. Credit for Congressman Hill. . Congressman E. J. Hill of this dis- trict deserves praise for having secured the largest amount ever put into an ap- propriation bill for Bridgeport channel alone. Mr. Hill has worked faithfully for the improvement of our commercial facilities and he should have the credit that belongs to his successful efforts.— Standard. Engaged. The engagement of Mr. David White head Raymond and Miss Alice Gardner Layton, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Ja- cob-M. Layton of South Norwalk, is an- , nounced. them, which they .turned over to Mr. answer’s CHANCES coon! our HUNDRED [Journal A Magnificent Piano for the Most P0pular School,L_odge, Society, Glub or Fire Gom- ' pany in Faiifieldx County. I - _- Which is our most popular school, lodge, society, club or fire company? . L Which one has the most admirers and friends ? Doubtless these questions are beyond the. power Of anv 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 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 Whichgets the most votes. ' . n. l and“ . -xx -5” HERE IT" IS! _ 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: l—THE GAZETTE will print each day a blank coupon, each coupon being good fOr one vote for the school, ledge, 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. . 2—The contest wiil close on July 2, and the winner announced on July 3. 3—Any school, lodge, society, club or fire company in F airfield County is 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- . 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 iiiiinuii” limit THE St} .lilll + tSllllS. ..l_ 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 Ofwhich Will ap- pear in THE GAZETTE daily. NOT GOOD AFTER APRIL l3. Name, Town, BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS. Hope Hose Company ..................................................... ............... 6204 Norwalk Yacht Club .................................... ........................... , . 5486 St. Mary’s School ........................................................................... . ........ 5436 Welcome Stranger Lodge... .......... .......... . 1177 Center School ............................................ \_-..; .................................. ' ..... 884 Pequonock Pleasure Club ........................ ' .......................................... 494 Over River School... ........................................... Pioneer Castle.... .................................................................................... . E. Club 7o Arion Singing Society .................................................................. ~..’..=.-. ~ '60 T.G. L. C. ........................................................... ., ...................... ...... ..... 36 NorwalkLiederkranz...................................................................‘....‘.'...‘.....'.‘ '24 . Sword Fish Club ................................ . ..................... . .......... ~...;...v.l.,,.. ‘........ 23 The Central Club... . ................................. . .... j ....... ‘ 13 N. B. C----...... . . . . ................. ................~..L'.‘.1.‘*- .......i’.‘:---- .12 Compo Engine‘CO., Westport .................................................................... 10 Bishop McMahon Council ........ ---- ........... 10 Catholic Union Counctl .......... ;...;..‘.'.'.;.".;...;.';..... 3 Uncas Tribe .................................. . ................ ’ L .................. _ 3 Knob Outing Club ............................ ....... . 2 Pine Ledge Club .................... . ................ ,,,, " 2 S. S. Club ................ ....... .. .......... ~ 2 Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company -- ..... .., 2 . 1 Pbtfinlx Engine company."......"un-u..aai........is(..r « l
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