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Norwalk, Conn, Wednesday Evening, April 22,1896.

 

 

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Distinguished and Eminent Men
Gathering in Wash-
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WASHINGTON, APRIL 22

A gathering of distinguished men
representing every section of the Union
and the best and most advanced thought
in their respecdve communities will as-
semble to-morrow afternoon in Metz-
-erott Hall to exchange views upon .the
most important subject now engaging
the attention of the nations of the earth‘
——the necessity of the settlement of in-
ternational differences other than those
which afi':ct the sovereignty of nations
by recourse to arbitration.

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The views of Senator Morgan on the
Pacific‘railroad refunding bill were sub-
mitted to the Senate to-day.

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The latest story in regard to the Vet-
ezuelan controversy is that it has been
the cause of “serious friction” between

ard. The immediate cause of the al-
leged difference between the two high
officials is due, so it is said, to Mr.
Bayard‘s reported opposition to the
policy adopted by the administration:
as enunciated in Secretary Oiney’s let-
ter to Lord Salisbury, in which it Was
pointed out clearly that this govern-
ment regarded British encroachments
in Venezuela as a violation of the Mon-

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The intimation was made to-day by a

that ex-GoVernor Pattiaon of that state
lie to be the administration candidate

cago. ‘
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.-Franklin Lodge, No. 2, the oldest
lodge of Knights of Pythias in the world
celebrated its thirty-second anniversary
last evening in its hall, which was
crowded to the doors with the friends
of the members.
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The remains of the late. Captain
Isaac Bassett will be removed from the
vault and interred in the Congressional
cemetery to-morrow morning.
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‘ Senator Hoar leaves Washington to-
morrow. He is going to Europe for

rest and to consult old-world physicians. .

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Bids were to-day opened at the trees-

life-saving station in Boston harbor,
near City Point, Mass. The bid of
Robert Palmer & Sons of Noank, Conn.,
at $6,000, wasthe lowest.
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A special meeting of the Senate
finance committee was called this morn‘
ing for the purpose of considering
whether they would recommend an
amendment to the sundry civil bill re-
pealing the free alcohol clause, but that
action was prevented by a member of
the committee pointing out that that
would be originating a revenue measure 4
in the'Senate, which under the rules
, cannot be done.

 

 

A Genuine Surprise.

Howard Gregory was the victim of a
surprise party at his home on Westpnrt
avenue, last evening. The door bell
sounded and on answering the same he
was surprised to find about forty of his
young lady and gentlemen friends, the
spokesman of the party saying, “How-
ard, we have come to spend the evening
with you. Let us in, it is not very
pleasant out here.” Recovering from
his surprise, Howard welcomed the
,party, and in a short time all was joy
and happiness. Games were indulged
in, refreshments served and the festiv-
ities were prolonged until 12 o’clock.

Contracted in Norwalk.
Sunnyside Farm, Danbury, is. quar-
antined for diphtheria. The attending
physicians, says the Dispatch, think
that the disease was contracted by one
.of the Parson children in Norwalk,

The girl returned home and complained
of a sore throat and was not treated by
a physician until three days after. The
two children that are now sick are of
the Parson family. Their ages are 11
and 14 years. The'doctors are of the
opinion that the disease will not de-
velop. A woman and two children
from Norwalk, who had been visiting
the Parsons, started to leave the Farm
yesterday morning. Dr. Lemmer heard

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REPUBLlliills MEET.

The Convention Adapts a Plat-
form of Sound Money
and Protection.

 

Edwin C. Keeler Elected a Delegate.

The first gun of the Connectidut carn-

paign was fired last night when the 'deI--
egates to the Republican State Carmeni

tion assembled at the Hyperion theatre,
New Haven, for the purpose of nomi-
nating delegates to the St. L )uis eon-
vention.

All day the delegates from all parts of
the Nutmeg St its “ere irriving, and at
night the hotel corridors Were t‘irungcd
with politicians.

The supporters of McK;nlev were on
hand, and thull‘ arrival was followed by
the extensive distribution of buttons

'nd large red badges bearing a portrait

bf McKinley and inscribed, “ Patriot-
ism, Protection, Prosperity, Win. Me-
Kinley, The Nation’s Choice.”

No Reed badges or emblem-l Were in
evidence but the friends of the Maine
states man were legion.

Hon. Herbert F. Benton, chairman
of the Republican State Censral Corn-
mittee, called the convention to order
amid cheers. His opening, remarks
took the form of u. welcome to the dele-
gates. He said that the Conditions
surrunding the convention were the
most auspicious in his memory. In
closing Mr. Benton stated fiiat the R:-
publicansof Connecticut are in favor of
protection and honest money, and pr. 3
dicted an overwhelming moj )rity for the
Republican candidates in the Novem-
ber elections. He then announced

that the Hon. Elgar M, Warner, of.

Putnam, had been appointed temporary
chairman, and that gentleman deliver-
ed a Ion: address, describing the pres-
ent chaotic state of the currency, and
demanding a gold'platform.

When Judge Warner reached that
point in his address in which he referred
in order to Allison, Morton, Reed and
McKinley, the convention woke up and
pandemonium broke loose. The men-
tion of the first two was greeted With a
cordial cheer, but when the speaker in
a climax reached the name of Thomas
B. Reed, Rome began to howl. For
nearly a minute the delegates were on
their feet cheering and the speaker was
obliged to stop. When the Judge
rounded up his list of candidates with
an eulogy of Major McKinley the con-
vention went off in another burst of
applause and cheers.

CONVENTION ORGANIZED. ‘

At the close of the address of Judge
Warner the convention proceeded to
organize, and Andrew F. Gates, of
Hartford, was chosen as secretary, after
Which committees on credentials, on
permanent organizations and on the
platform, were chosen, and the conven-
tion was organized.

Congressman Charles A. Russell was
seen to enter'the hall, and in an instant
he was hurried to the platform, where
he indulged in an anathema on the
Democratic administration and urged
the necessity of the insertion in the
Connecticut platform of a gold plank.

He was follOWed by err-Speaker Sam
Fesse’nden, who, by brilliant‘Wit and
eloquence, moved the delegates to a
point of great enthusiasm.

MB. FESSENDEN’S SPEECH.

Mr. Fessenden spoke as follows:

“I have been in a great many con-
ventions. I never before saw a better
one than I see before me to-night. And
as I look in your faces I see the cer-
tainty of victory and so certain am I
of the result that if we trust to our-
selves I shall hesitate to follow my dis-
tinguished friend, who preceded me in
heaping obloquy upon the dead. (Loud
applause). I suppose I feel the same
way as the Populist leader, who, at the
issue of the last election was found beat-
iig a dead dog, and when asked why in
God’s name he was doing so, said that

' it was to show the sucker that there is

some punishment after death.

“Seriously. gentlemen, let me call
your attention for the moment to this
phase of the situation. If the elections
'of 1893, 1894, and 1895 have demonstrat-
ed anything beyond another it is that
the Democrats will join you to help on
to victory for protection of home indus-
tries and it depends on us whether we
will have the Democrats with us when
we count the votes in November next.
I feel that we are about to accomplish a
great and decisive victory and that
they are about to help us to attain it.
At the close of the administration of
Benjamin Harrison (applause) an un-
exampled state of prosperity in every

branch of trade and industry, in agri-V

culture, manufacturing and commerce
prevailed throughout :the length and

 

 

,_breadth of the country. And Isuppose

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that any intelligent- mnn who has read
the hlfitnl'y (if ”fi‘u’lqu in the United
States knows that therevnever was a
time. when the wage earner could ob-
tlin more luxurv and cwmfort for his
money then on that eventful day when
the Republic in pirty 'hwent out of
power. ‘

“ Why is it that under these conditions
there should have been a change I do
not know. That Democracy could buy
the votes of the people in so many cor.-
gressional districts is beyond .the capa-
bilitiesof human conception. I know
no other way of explaining it than by
referring to a story in mind._ Once
there was an old darkey who was
preaching over the death of a brother,
who had lust his life bl: being kicked
by a mule. ‘For forty years I have
her-n in the Master’s service but I
haven’t yet learned why it is that a col-
ored man will persist in approliching a
mule from the real.’ And after years
and years of prosperity how it Was thtt
Americans could intrust the control of
the government to Democracy is only.
to be eXplained as the colored preacher
said, ‘Bred’n, its come to this—we
must suffer in order to grow slrong.’
Well, We’ve suffered and we have grown
strong. There isn’t a liepubliCan to-
daywvho isn’t a stronger Republican to?
day than he ever was before~strong in
the doctrines of the Republican policy,
American protection and reclpz‘u-GJGJ .s
promulgated by that great leader,
James G. Blaine (deafening appl..u.~e_
and reiterated.)

“ Why, gentlemen, the Speakerst a.-
selVes in congress cry that they are in-
‘competent and even the present incum-
bent of the White House said that the
poor are growing poorer and the rich
richer. But gentlemen, .we’re all the
same to-day the poor and the rich are
growing poorer. There is not an intel-
ligent Democrat on _ this continent,
who, if he is sober-(applause loud and
long) WlII tell you and he believes it

least chance to elect the next president
of the United States. The party is hope-
lessly divided on every question. One
wing, and it is pretty well winged, de-
clared for protection of some sort at
Chicago. Again they believe, both
houses of congress in free trade, yet
they have not brains enough to put their
plans is such a way th_at,thsy will meet
the apprOVal of , Grover Cleveland.
‘Perfidious!’ P~e-r-f—i—d-i-o-u-s! . But
I’ll let her go. ‘(Applanse)’ That‘ is
what he has done. Ain’t that so? And
where is he to-lay, when is he not hunt-
ing? (A voice, ‘Fishing’). - I speak
with all due respect to the angle, the
rod, and the gun. Do you , know?
Haven’t they straddled on every ques-
tion?

“If you know, you know more than
any Democrat does. We hear a great
deal about a free coinage plank in the
Ohio platform. .Was there ever aDeni-
ocratic convention that dared to go at
the question unless they went. at it
blind ? Can it be that the government
will ever again be intrusted to such
scamps? I refer more particularly to
this, for a Democratic friend in the rear
of the hall who said to me as I left him
to come upon thestlge, ‘Now, Fessen-
den, gave them hell, they. deserve it.’
I’ll wager my head against a football
that from the time of that hero, Abe
Lincoln, there hasn’t a Democratic con-
vention declared for sound money.”

At this point"Genial Sam” fairly took
the breath away fromthe McKinleyltes
by landing to the skies the son of Maine.
or as he said, “New England’s candi-
date."

_ Mr. Fessenden closed by asserting
the belief that whoever the candidate
ofthe St. Louis convention may prove
to be, he will be a man in whom the peo-
ple may repose their whole confidence.

The delegates then went into caucus
by County and Congressional districts.

Judge John H. Perry was appointed,
, chairman of the Fairfield County caucus
and upon motion of Howard .Wakeman,
of Fairfield, the caucus unanimously
voted to support E. 0. Keeler of Nor-
walk .for delegate, With John A. Rus-
ling, of Bridgeport, as his alternate.

It was also voted that the name of
Samuel Fessenden be presented to the
convention by Judge Perry, for dele-
gate-at-large, with Judge Howard B.
Scott, of Danbury, as his alternate.

The district caucus was organized
with 0. W. Fyler as chairman and E.
E. Hall, of Stratford, as secretary.
Judge Roraback cf Canaan was selected
to second the "nomination of Mr. Fes-
senden.

TO-DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.

The convention met at 10 o’clock this
morning, Hon. W. E. Simonds being
elected permanent chairman. The fol-
lowing delegates were elected:

First district—Morgan G. Bulkeley

. of Hartford,.-delegate;Linus'P. Plimp-

ton of Hartford, alternate.

Second—J. L. Hutchinson of Essex,
delegate; W. F. Rockwell ‘of Meriden,
alternate. ‘

 

 

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that he thinks the Democracy has the _

ABALL’OF nu.

Floats in a Window and Kills
a Greenwich Man.

His Right-Side Was Tattooed.

Christian. Anderson, of Greenwich,
agedr28, was instantly killed in the
presence of his family,'at 8:30 o’clock
last night during the progress of a heavy
thunder shower. . . ’

Anderson came to this country ten
years ago from Denmark, and by hard
work had beenable to send for the
rest at the family, on‘e‘by one. His
mother was mama to arrive, and to
celebrate her coming, a family reunion
had been planned, and all were gath-
ered at supper when the tragedy hap-
pened. _

Although the storm had been unus-
ually severe, the window in the dining
room had been open) The bolt of light-
ning came through the window, and the
shock was so sudden that none of the
family is able to give an accurate ac-
count ofwhat happened. It appeared
to be in. the form of a ball of fire and
struck Anderson squarely in the face,
cutting a gash two inches long on the
right side of his nose. The fluid passed
through his body to the floor, its force
being considerably lessens-l by the
thick leather of his shoes. Anderson
was killed instantly. When his body
Was picked up the right side appeared

though there were 15 people about the
table,, none of the others were hurt.

The dead man leaves a wife and two
children. His mother’s coming to the
New World Was a sad one, as she had
not seen her boy in ten years, and
joined him only to be a witness of his
tragic death.

THE FIRST VICTIM.

 

 

 

Assistant Editor James w. Maples Ar-
rested for Violating an Ordinance.

 

Special Officer Hunt arrested James
W. Maples‘of the 'Hour, last evening,
for violating a city ordinance which
provides that every person who shall
ride a bicycle on the' streets of the city
between one hour after sunset and one
hour before sunrise. Without having a
suitable lante‘rnlighted and attached to
said bicycle shall be fined five dollars. '

The ordinance was passed in August
1895, and was signed by Mayor James
T. Hubbell.

It has not previously been enforced,

become so flagrant and the number of
narrow escapes from bicycle collisions
so numerous, it was decided to appoint
a special officer to arrest all violators.
Fair warning was given some days
since that on and after the 20th of this
month the ordinance would be striczly
enforced, and Constable Hunt, who by
the way is a good bicycle rider, was ap-
pointed to arrest all violators of the or
dinance. ' .
. It was stormy last evening and but
few riders ventured out, but there were
two on West avenue. One of them was
Officer Hunt and the other James W.
Maples. The former had a lantern on
his bike, but the latter if he had one
did not have it lighted, a fact which
Hunt made quick mental note of, and
set chase after the rider whom he had
not recognized. He apprehended the
rider as he was about to turn into Ma-
ple. street, and then recogniged and
placed him under arrest. '
“Jimmy” demurred but the officer
was inexorable. He then offered to
buy his release for $1.00, but the officer
spurned the ofi'er. He, however, let
his prisoner go on- his own recognizance

before Judge Hubbell, and pleading
guilty was fined'85 which he paid an
was discharged. » -

Another provision in the ordinance
which makes bicycle riders liable to
the same amount of fine for violating,
and Which has not previougly been en-
forced is that they shall at all times be-
fore passing over any crosswalkin the
streets of the city ring a bell made for
that purpose, which shall be attached
to their bicycle, or' blow a suitable
whistle. '

But for the fact that it was stormy,
last evening, the number of victims ar-
rested would probably not have been
confined to a sblitary one.

 

He was Not in If.

John Morelock, the boxer, denies
that he Was defeated by McInerney, of
Winnipank, a few days ago, and an-
nounces that he is willing to meet Mc-
Inernoy for $50 or $100 at any time or
place—Danbury News.

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and catch the spring trade.

to be tattooed from head to foot. 'Al- .

but the violation of the ordinance has ~

until this morning, when he appeared '

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” Daily in” .Fairlleld County.

Which is our most popular school, lodge, society, club or
fire company? , . ., q »

Which one has the most admirers and friends?

Doubtless these questionsere beyond lhe pom er. of any
absolute answer, but THE EVENING .GAZE'I TE .oii’ers an
exceptional opportunity to make the. test. THE GAZETTE prion
poses to poll the votes 6f 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. . '

school, lodge,

society, club or fire company which geis’the'
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Norwalk Yacht Club .......................... . ........................ « ............................ .1155!)
Hope Hose Company........................ ...... 10395
St. Mary’s School.......: ........................................................................... 7052
Welcome Stranger Lodge... .. .............. ........' ..... ’ .......................... .. . 1479
Center School ..................................................... -... . ..... 922
Pequonock Pleasure Club ............................................... . . 566
Over River School. ........................................................................ 347
Pioneer Castle .............................................................................. 7 .......... 147
T. F. E. Club ................. '70
Arinn Singing’Soclety ........................ . .................... ~. ........................ 60
Norwalk Liederkrnnz ................................................................................. 24.
SWOId Fll‘b Club ---------------------- o ........................................................ u I 23
Lincoln Council................. . . ---- ........... 18
The Central Club... . . ....... .. ...................... 13
N. R.’C_-_-...... . . ........ . ..................... - ’13
Compo Engine.Co., .Westportnuu................; ......................... , .......... .. 10
Bishop McMahon Council ........................................... .. ...... ' ................. ‘ 10
Catholic Union Council .......... . ...... , .......................... ' ........................... 3
Uncas Tribe ................................. . ....... '. ................................. ., ........... 3

 

 

 

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