Vol. v1. Whole No.1342
THE ONL Y EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT DAIL
Norwalk, Conn, Thursday Evening, April 16, 1896.
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TATIUNAroAPITAL
Senator Platt Against'wTrans-
mission of Bets on Races
and Prize Fights.
interesting Washington News and Chat.
GAZETTE'S BUREAU, )
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET .
WASHINGTON, APRIL 15. l
Senator Platt yesterday introduced a
bill to prohibit the transmission of the
reports of results of bets on prize fights
or races from one State to» another and
making such transmisssion a misde-
meanor, to be punished by fine or im-
prisonment.
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Senator Hawley yesterday introduced
a general bill for the reorganization of
the militia. The bill is a veluminous doc-
ument and is a complete recodification
of the existing laws.
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The Senate committee on Agriculture
yesterday authorized Senator Warren
to make a favorable report upon the
animal industry bill. The bill is a re-
codification of the existing laws bearing
upon the subject of animal and meat
inspection, with numerous important
additions. '
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At a special meeting of the House
Committee on Territories yesterday
the Arizona Statehood bill was ordered
reported favorably to the House.
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, There is rapidly devoloping in the,
House a well defined opinion that the
Senate is an institution all to itself, and
‘while nominally a co-ordinate branch
of Congress" with the House it is in
reality not accountable for its action to
any power on earth except itself.
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The Senate has always maintained
that its control of its own organization
should be absolute and unembarrassed.
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’ The House called the record on what
it calls Senate extraVagance, by show-
ing that the average cost of employee
to each member of the House'was $939,
while that of each member of the Sen.
ate was $4,483, and the Senate now in-
sists on an addition of thirty-eight an-
nual clerks to Senators not chairmen
of committees, and also insists on the
increase of the compensation of their
individual clerks from $1,200 to $1,500.
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It was made apparent after a lively
colloquy in the Senate yesterday that
there was no disposition among the
silver and Populist Senators to allow
the resolution for a Senate inquiry into
recent bond issues to lapse.
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The Mary Washington Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
of which Mrs. Lee is Regent, will give.
a tea on Saturday afternoon, April 18,
at 5 o’clock, at the Washington Club.
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The threatened foreclosure of Mrs.
Kate Chase Sprague’s homestead,
Edgemere, has been averted by the
raising of a trust fund to which Senator
Brice and,Representative Sorg', of Ohio,
each contributed $5,000 yesterday.
The amount, all told, is sufficient to lift
the mortgage} from Mrs. Sprague’s
heme and to enable her to spend her
remaining days in comfort.
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Congressman Russell’s bill giving
Alcohol to arts and manufacturers was
voted down yesterday in the. ways and
means committee. The Stone bill whi h
was adopted after the Russell substitii%ia
was voted down, repeals outright dud
unconditionally section 61.
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The Senate ratified the treaty with
England providing a Commission to
settle the claims of Canadian sealers. ‘
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The old fight against the re-election
of General W. B. Franklin of Connecti-
- cut as a member of the board of man-
agers of the National Soldiers’ Home
. broke out again. Mr. Blue (rep., Kan.)
‘ moved to strike out the name of General
Franklin and insert that of General 0.
0. Howard. He charged that General
Franklinswas either grossly negligent,
grossly incompetent, or was not honest.
Congressman Henry of the Hartford
district ably defended Gen. Franklin.
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lnformal Meeting.
An infbrmal meeting of the citycoun-
oil was held late this morning, at which
matters pertaining to the Mill Hill lay-
out were discussed, but as one or two
members of the board were absent no
action was taken. It was what the re-
porters call a “close meeting," that is,
they were not admitted. Two of the
members present at the meeting, how'
ever, informed a GAZETTE reporter that.
,“nothing was done.”
BIGYGLE ACCIDENTS.
Gertie Onstead Collides With
a Horse and a Reporter
With a Sprinkler.
Accident Season Opens With Two Victims.
Gertie Onstead the 14 year old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Gardner
met with an accident late yesterday af-
ternoon on Cross street that on-loock-
ers thought would surely prove fital.
Miss Onsteod was riding a bicycle, and
when in front of O. I. Jones’ house was
run down bv a team driVen by John
Thatcher of New Can-ruin.
Thatcher was about to drive into Mr.
Jones’ yard. He saw the girl coming
on her bicycle and reined to one side
so that she might pans. Unfortunately
she too turned in the same direction
and ran directly under the horse's head
and to save herself grasped the bridle
which action overturned her wheel and
she fell directly under the animal’s fore
feet, which wereupraised as she struck
the ground and threatened to crush her
life out, and would probably have done
so but for the rare presence of mind of
the child, who with a strength born of
desperation caught one of the horse’s
hoofs with both hands and pushed it
away, and it failed to strike her, al-
though as it was it landed within a few
inches of her head.
wo men who were near by grabbed
the horse by the head and succeeded in
rescuing the girl from her'perilous situ«
ation, after which she fainted. She
was taken to her home on Union Park
in an unconscious condition by Mr -
Thatcher, but revived soon after. It
Was found that beyond a few bruises
on her right arm and body she had sus-
tained no serious injury.
Fortunate for her it was that the
horse was of a gentle disposition else
she might have been trampled to death
under his heels. .
Reporter Wells of the News is quite a
bicycle expert, but even expertsflareu
subject to accidents. Yesterday after-
noon, mounted on his bike he was riding
in the wake of a street sprinkler which
suddenly stopped. Wishing to avoid a
too close acquaintance with the sprink-
ler the reporter guided his bike to one
side and onto the Street Railway tracks.
The wheels slipped, the reporter lost
control of the machine and down he
went wheels and all. Being a reporter
he naturally landed on his knees and in
so doing sufi'ered a severe contusion to
the flesh covering the fibula bone of
his right leg besides tearing a large
fissure in his trousers a few inches be-
low his knee.
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Got the Parson’s Hat.
The good ladies of the First'Congrc.
gational church have a lovely custom
of bestowrng the flowers that have
adorned the pulpit on Sundays to any
sick or destitute of their congregation.
Hearing that the able and aged Rev.
Dr. Seward was temporarily indisposed,
the ladies commissioned the truly good
Deacon Starr to bear a gaudy boquet
to the invalid Parson, The Deacon
executed his floral mission with his
usual cheerful alacrity, wearing his
wonted invisible snuff colored derby,
all redolent of fresh made candies.
He hung his tile" on the hall rack upon
entering the parsonage and was ushered
into the saintly man’s presence.
The coming together of two such
superlatively bright intellects was like
striking the flint on steel. Wit and fun
jolity and sparkling repartee flew for a
season and then things of earth were
forgotten and things eternal recounted.
As the godly deacon tripped out into
the hall he Was so spiritually minded he.
seemed to tread on air. He seized the
first hat he came to, donned it, and
drove his solemn sorrel dobbin home.
His family seeing him approach, with a
new silk tile. cocked aslant over his
larboard car, like an old, ungenerate
sport, stood aghast, wondering what
had happened to “father.” He was
called down from the misty ether in
which he had reveled all the way up
from South Norwalk to realize that he
had left his old candy soiled tile on the
person’s hat rack and taken, yes stolen,
his new silk hat! Back old sorrel was
hurried, an abject apology made the
' parson, who after a few original criti-
cisms as to any deacon’s mental condi-
tion who could make such a mistake,
pronounced absolution on our penitent
friend.
His Bounty Claim Good.
The Selectman have granted the
claim of W. H. Downs for back bounty
amounting to $50, there being no record
that he had previously received the
same. .
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TAKETLTQ JAIL.
Henry Carr of Westbrot At-
temps an Assault Upon a
Hungarian Women.
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Followed Her to South Norwalk.
Harry Carr attempted to committ an
assault upon a Hungarian woman nan.-
ed Mrs. Julia Callus about midnight
last Saturday, in Saugatuck. - Carr is a
young man about 23 years of age, and
worked with the woman’s uncle on the
street railway. A littleover a Week
agc he went to see the uncle, who re-
sided with his niecc, Mrs. Callus, and
her husban l, a short distance out of
the village. _
Last Saturday after her husband re-
ceived his wages, the' Callus woman
took the train to go to South Norwalk
to purchase shoes for the children. Carr
was loitering around the station and
boarded the same train she did. He
evidently watched her movements, for
he returned on the same train which
she did, the 11222 p. m. She left her
lantern at the railroad station and Carr
offered to get it for her, and then say-
ing she might be afraid, started to no-
company her home. When they reached
a lonesome part of the road Carr in-
sulted the woman and then attempted
to committ an assault upon her, but
she escaped from him and ran home.
A writ Was issued for his arrest and
served Monday by Constable Edward
Allen and Carr was taken to Bridgeport
jail yesterday to await trial in the June
term of the Superior court.
sunrise CAMPAIGN.
The Governing Board of the Norwalk Yacht
Club Hold an Important Meeting.
The governing board of the Norwalk
Yacht club met at the residence of Vice-
Commodore A. E."Chasmar, on Wash-
ington street, South _Norwalk, last eve-
ning and arranged for the summer cam-
paign cf the club. '
It was decided to make Decoration
Day, May 30, the opening day at which
time the first race for the club trophies
will be sailed. Thebduse will be open
to members on Monday nex‘, the boat-
men having been ordered to report for
the summer on that day.
The Board accepted the estimate of
Builder Doty to erect the new bath
houses and Wbrk upon the same will be
commenced shortly. The house com—
mittee was instructed not to allow any
more repairing or painting of boats in
the club house. They were also in-
structed to obtain estimates for build-
ing a three-foot stone wall about the
rear of the house, to protect the lower
floor. _
M. A. Giflin was present and sub-
mitted a sample of the cap worn by the
Atlantic Yacht club, which was adopted
by the board as the cap to be worn by
club members. The commodore’s cap
will have two anchors and three stars,
the vice-commodore two anchors and
two stars, the treasurer two anchors
and the letter T, the secretary two
anchors and the letter S and boat own-
ers two anchors. The members will
wear one anchor with the club pin.
The meeting was an enthusiastic one
and the summer promises to be a great
one for the club. The limited member-
ship of one hundred is nearly filled and
the coming season will no doubt see the
ranks fully
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Price-Bennett.
A pretty and unostentations wedding
took place last evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius M. Daniels.
The principals in the marital contract
were George Louis Price, son of Platt
Price, and Miss Emma Bennett, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bennett all of
Norwalk. The contract was signed,
"sealed and delivered” by Rev. A. H.
Wyatt 1n the presence of a few of the
immediate relatives and near friends of
the bride and groom, who soon after
left in a coach for the railroad station,
for a short bridal tour, returning from
which they will dive into the mysteries
of housekeeping at already furnished
apartments on__Merwin street.
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Will Meet in Hartford. ,
The Democratic State Central com-
mittee met in New Haven yesterday
and decided to hold the State Conven-
tion to choose delegates to the Chicago
convention, at Hartford, J one 10.
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More improvements.
Mike Ratchford is having the side-
walk in front of his Main street:i Cafe
lowered to conform with the grade of
the rest of the walk. The improvement ,
will be a deciled one.
LEFT IN THE MUD.
it New Canaan lehu Comes to
Griet at South Norwalk.
Spilled Out of the Carriage,
One of Liveryman James H. Row-
land’s drivers drove from New Canaan
to South N orwalk, last night in one of
Rowland‘s turnouts. ' While in that city
his thirst overcame his long New Ca-
naan drought and he imbibed freely’of
a fluid that looked like hucklebery
water but had a froth on top that in-
ebriates. V .
At 10 o’clock he started to return to
New Canaan with a companion and the
two entered the wagon in front ofLinx-
weiler’s saloon on Railroad Place. The
horse had become impatient "from his
long wait and when the J ehu's whip
struck him he bounded off at a rattling
clip. An attempt was made to turn
around but the turn was too short and
over went the carriage, spilling both
men in the street, but fortunately not
injuring them.
The horse sped away toward North
Main and parted company with the ear-
r-iage at the Mahackemo corner,bnt not
before running our “Samson” Ferris’
foot which pr. jeoted several inches be-
yond the curb. He continued on up
West avenue and probably landed in
New Canaan. .
‘l'he driVer picked himself up and go-
ing to Solman’s stable second a team
and driver to take him to New Canaan.
His companion disappeared after ex-
tricating himself from Railroad Place
mud and has not since been seen.
G. A. R.
A regular meeting of Buckingham I
Post, G. A. R. was held last evening, at
which arrangements were made for the
usual observance of Memorial day.
Invriation to attend Memorial ser-
vices on Sunday evening, May 31st were
received from S. H. Watkins of Grace
church this city and Rev. A. J. Smith
of the Methodist church, East Norwalk.
.Thattof Mr... Watkins was accepted, and-
‘the one from Mr. Smith was declined
and a vote of thanks tendered him.
A committee was appointed to visit"
the public schools and learn how many
of,the pupils would contribute a potted
plant to be used on Memorial day in
decorating the graves of soldiers.
The Post accepted with thanks an old
sword and flint lock musket which had
done excution in the war of 1812, and
presented by Mrs. Warren Sheldon.
Nicholas Kline was mustered in as a
member of the Post.
A check for a. liberal sum was recech
ed from Gen. D. N. Couch, the money
to be used toward defraying the Memo-
rial day expenses.
Royal Arcanum.
At the fifth annual session of ,the
Grand Lodge Royal Arcanum, hean
Torrington yesterday, the folllow'ing
officers were elected: Chas. H. Pren-
tice, grand regent, Hartford; H. G.
Palmer, gran). vice regent, Stoning~
ton; H. P. Wetmore, grand orator,
Winsted; John S. Davenport, past
grand regent», Stamford; E. B. Hollo-
way, grand secretary, Milford; Burton
G. Bryon,grand chaplain, West Win-
sted; C. E. Hoadley, grand guide, New
Haven; I. _B. Taft, grand warden,
Stamford; W. A. H. Hatfield, grand
secretary, Bridgeport. Past Grand
Regent Harrington of Bridgeport was
elected representative to the supreme
council, his alternate being Past Grand
Regent Mackrille of New Haven. The
officers were installed in the afternoon
by, Deputy Supreme Regent Black of
Virginia.
Vital Statistics.
The monthly bulletin of the State
Board of Health for the month of March
announces the total number of deaths
in the State as 1,288 of which number
39 are credited to Norwalk, 11 of which
were of children under 11 years of age.
The causes of the deaths as announced
are as follows: Measles, 5; cerebro-
spinal fever, 1; diphtheria, 5; erysipelas,
1; diarrhoea, 1; consumption, 3; pneu-
monia, 8; bronchitis, 1; nervous dis-
eases, 2; heart disease, 2; all other dis-
eases, 10; still births, 2.
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Hard Luck.
Flat fish are biting and large catches
of them are reported. Messrs. Harry
Bailwitz, Leon Cannon, and Jesse 00].
well, however, claim that such reported
large catches are base fabrications;
The animus of their claim is plain,
when it is learned that all three of them
spent seven hours yesterday, down the
harbor, and succeeded in catching but
four fish all of which weighed scarcely
a pound.
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Advertise in the GAZETTE.
mun HUNDRED um szi!
A Magnificent Plano lor the Most P0pular ‘
_ School, Lodge, Society, Club or Fire Gom-
. - pony in. Falifield County.
Which is our most popular school, lodge, society, club or
fire company? ~
Which one has the most admirers and friends?
Doubtless these questions are beyond the poWer of any
absolute answer, but THE EVENING GAZETTE . offers an
exceptional opportunity to make the test. THE GAZETTE pros
poses to poll the votes of the people. Andflthe 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.
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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 pegfect 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, lodge, society, club or fire com-
pany the owner of the or upon 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 will close on July 2, and the winner announced on July 3.
3—Any school, lodge, society, club or fire company in Fairfield 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 rea
corded until a day later. _
5—Coupons must be filled out in a plain handwriting, for otherwise blunda
ers can not be avoided and votes will be lost. Blank coupons, of
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course, can not be counted. -
THE PIANO OFF RED IS THE SGHLEIU .
It is a piano made upon honor and sold upon merit.
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 ap-
pear in THE GAZETTE daily. ‘ '
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Name, /
Town,
BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS.
Norwalk Yacht Club ............... . .............. ‘. ................................................ 11106
Hope Hose Company ............................................................................... 9980
St. Mary’s School ............. . ..... ........... 7034
Welcome Stranger Lodge ................................................ ‘ ......... . .. ........ . 1452
Center School..........................................-_--.‘ .......................................... 917
Pequonock Pleasure Curl. ................................. . 566
Over RiverSchool-.." .......................................... .. ................................... 347
Pioneer Castle........ ......................... ........... 139
T. F. E. Club...._. ............................................................................. 70
Arion Singing Society ............................................................. . ............. .. 60
T.G. L. C ........................ . .............................. ........... 40
Norwalk Liederkranz ....... . 24
Sword Fish Club ............. ' ......... . ........... . ................. ...... .. 23
Lincoln Council ................................. ......---.’.........’ .................. '13
The Central Club.. . . .............................................................. 13 A
N. R. C__-- .......................... . ........................... . ..................... _ 13
Compo Engine 00., Westpoit ................................................................ 10
Bishop McMahon Council ..................................................... 10
Catholic Union Council......... ........ .3
Uncas Tribe .................... ,3
Knob Outing Club ............... .. ........... .. ‘ 2
Pine Ledge Club .................................... . . '2
S. S. Club........' .................................. '- ......................... uv-J ' ' 2
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company -- ...... .. ....... . ........... .. . 2
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