1—1 ’ ‘ E VENI G M THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT DAILY IN THE WORW/ILKS. Norwalk, Conn, Thurssday Evening, April 23, 1896. T‘ a Price One Cent. g’ Vol.‘VI. Whole No. 1347 NATIONALQAPITAL President Cleveland’s Horses Have a Fall. Interesting Washington News and Chat. ‘ GAZETTE’s BUREAU. 1 709 EAST CAPITOL STREET, WASHINGTON. APRIL 22. ) Both Housesin session to-day. 6 o o The Senate proceedings opened with the presentation of presidential vetoes of two private pension bills. 0 o o TheSenate was chiefly occupied with the Indian Appropriation bill. o o 0 Petitions from Baptist churches in re- lation to the arrest of Bishop Dis 2, a naturalized American citizen, by the Spanish authorities in Cuba were pre- sented. O O 0 The House considered the General Pension bill and seated Mr. Goodwin the Populist contestant from the Fifth Alabama district. 0 o o The International Arbitration Con- gress began’a two-day’s session here to- day. Ex-Senator Edmunds of Vermont was chosen permanent presiding officer and made an impressive address. Carl- Schurz was another conspicuous figure. 0 o 0 ~ ' The.Senate Committee on Naval Af. fairs yesterday voted to recommend that the Naval Appropriation hill prc~ viding for the enlistment of 1,000 addi- tional men in the navy be made imme- diately available. This action was taken on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy. 0 o' o The House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries yesterday author- ized a favorable report upon a bill for the protection of yacht owners and ship- builders of the United StatesL It pro- vides that yachts belonging to a regu- larly organized yacht club of any for- ‘eign nation, which shall extend like privileges to the yachts of the United States, shall have the privilege of enter- ing or leaving any port of the United States without entering 'or clearing at _ the custom house or paying tonnage tax. 0 o o Considerable excitement was caused to-night by the report that the Presi- dent had met with an accident. While enroute to Woodlev in his Victoria, one of his horses slipped on the railway track at the “Chevy Chase” road and fell, _ pulling down his mate. Mr. Cleveland remained quietly in the carriage until the second horse fell. Then at the suggestion of his driver, he left the vehi- cle. The President was not injured in the slightest. o o o Postmaster General Wilson issued a lottery and fraud order against the Monon Seed Company, of Chicago, Ill.; a lottery order against the American Coupon Investment Company and its officers and agents at Pueblo, 001., and a fraud order against the following , operating under various aliases as one establishment in New York city: The Home Weekly Publishing Company, the Fireside and Home Weekly, the Home Weekly, the Home Weekly De- partment, Franklin Turner Publishing Company, Franklin Turner, and the American Fireside Weekly. 0 o o Gen.George Washington came out of his winter quarters yesterday on the plaza of the Capital—or, as the work- men express it—he had his wooden overcoat removed, and is once more basking in the sunshine in picturesque deshabille. . o o o '1 The President has taken up his abode at Woodley, with Mrs. Cleveland and the children, and now spends only the working hours of the day at the White House. 0 o 0 Washington Colonial Dames gave a , reception last night to the visiting dele- gates of that society at the Washington Club. 0 o o Congressman Russell returned here to-night from his very satisfactory visit to the' Connecticut Republican state convention. 0 0 0 The friends of Speaker Reed are - more than delighted with the outcome of the Connecticut Convention. 0 o o Congressman Hill has left for a brief visit to Norwalk. » I , ‘ o o 0 Mr. George I. Buxton of Norwalk who has been here for a brief period of rest, is to return home Saturday, Advertise in the EVENING GAZETTE and catch the spring trade. ) q amounts BIG FIRE. Two Hat Factories Completely Destroyed. The Loss Estimated at $50,000. One of the most disastrous fires in Western Connecticut since Jan. 1 visit- ed Danbury yesterday afternoon, and ‘ destroyed two hat factories, entailing a loss of $50,000. They were owned by MacKenzie do Sons and Davenport & Von Gal, and were located in the midst of the hat manufacturing centre, in Taylor street, on the line (f the Dan- bury & Norwalk railroad tracks. The blaze originated in the factory of Mac- Kenzie & Sons, and spread with great rapidity. The fire is supposed to have started from the alcohol used in the work, and is less time than the alarm could be sounded the whole building was a mass of flames, the burning oil giving of} a dense black smoke, and a foul odor which penetrated the whole city. The entire fire department was called out, but they could not check the progress of the flames until they had Spread to the adjourning factory of Daveport «it Von Gal. '< Heroic efforts were made to save a portion of the goods and machinery in this building, but though the men worked rapidly but little was saved. In little more than half an hour from its discovery the fire had reduced to ashes the two factories. The buildings were about the same size, 120x50 feet, three stories high, and constructed of wood. With stock and machinery, other man-’ ufactures in the same business estimate the loss to be from 825,000 to $30,000 in each case. With the exception of a small brick stock house apart from the main building of Davenport & Von Gal, the structures were insured. This building was supposed to be fire-proof. It was, however, completely gutted. One hundred hands were employed in each factory, and they will be tempor- arily thrown out of work. It is estimated that the loss will ex- ceed $50,000. The MacKenzie building was owned by :George W. Taylor and was worth $12,000, with an insurance of $4,000. There was an insurance on the machinery and stock of $20,000, which will about cover the loss. Davenport & Von Gal carried an insurance of about $35,000, which will hardly cover their loss. The factory of McLaughlin & 00., across the tracks from g the burning buildings caught fire several times, but the firemen succeeded in extinguishing the blaze as often. Five thousand per-‘ sons witnessed the confiagration. O Lord Reginald and His Books. Lord Reginald de Montmorency Al- gernon Morris, with his valet of a shorter name, is in Norwalk. His pur- pose is to familiarize himself with the customs of the middle classes in this country, and to preserve his incognito he is selling books. If his desire is to see life, Lord Whats-his-name, did al- most as well in selecting Norwalk as he would have done if he had picked out Philadelphia. A stranger can see some- thing going on almost every month in either place. If the book selling feature of his so- journ, however, is his real and not his ulterior purpose, he would do well to move at once. Norwalk is not a good town, in which to sell books, even by “a majestically proportioned man, of distinguished appearance, who speaks fluently thirteen languages.” The Norwalk newspapers are so many and so excellent that the inhabitants don’t need books—Bridgeport Union. O Valuable Horse Shot. Some two weeks since the valuable sorrel mare owned by Frank 1. Jones was taken sick with rheumatism. Yes- terday, as she seemed to be somewhat better it was decided to turn her out‘on a farm at Cranbury. While on the way there and when in front of Edwin Tl. Barr’s house on N ewtown avenue, the animal sank to the ground unable to move. Dr. Schuppan was summoned and it was decided to kill the animal, which the doctor did by shooting it. The carcass was transferred to the Toner morgue on the Dry Hill road. O To Make the Children Happy. Manager Ellinwood proposes making the children of Norwalk all happy next Saturday afternoon, and to that end has purchased nearly a car load of presents which he will give away to the youngsters at the matinee performance. Some idea of thevalue of the presents can be gained by a glance into the show window of Weed’s drug store on Wall street. Every child will receive a pres- out. .0 Advertise in the Guerra. . ‘West avenue home. WILL [agony Selectmen Selleck and Merrill Call a Special Town Meeting. The Peoples’ Wishes Go For Naught. On March 23rd, last, a special town meeting was held for the followrng purposes: To repeal so much of the vote of said town passed at its annual business meeting held on the 20th day of J anuary. 1896, authorizing and directing the Selectmen to cause to be.im- proved a. certain highway according to the provisions of Chapter CCCXV of the Public Acts of this State of the year 1895, entitled “An Act to Provide for the Improvement of Public Roads,” as reads as follows, viz:— “that certain highway known as the Connecti- “cut Turnpike, beginning at the city line "of the City of South Norwalk about 140 “feet West of Taylor avenue and extend- “ing Easterly as far as can be done with. “the sum of money appropriated therefor.” and in the place and stead thereof to de ignate and direct some other highway or section of highway to be improved according to the ‘provisions of said vote and public Act. At this meeting the rescinding of the vote of January 20th was indefinitely postponed with but one dissenting vote, that of the town’s counsel. It was thought that after this r xprer- sion of the people the selectmen would act in accordance with their desire, in- asmuch as the city of South N orwalk had agreed to keep the road in repair and the state board of highway commis- sioners have said that it could be built as voted by the people on January 20th. But the people are apparently not in it, so to speak, as the following notice which appeared in a local paper on Wednesday indicates that two of the selectmen do not proposeto abide by the wishes of the people who placed them in office: The inhabitants of the Town of Norwalk are hereby notified and warned that’s. Special Town Meeting will be held in the Town House on Monday. the 27th day of April. 1896 at‘ '2‘ :30 o’clock in the evening. for the following pur- poses, to wit: To authorize the Selectmen to cause to be constructed, under the statute law of this state passed in 1895, it being chapter CCCXV of the Public Acts. 8. Telford road on the Connecti- out turnpike westerly from the Telford road already laid, towards the town line; to make the necessary appropriation therefor; and to rescind the vote passed at the annual town meeting held January 20th, 1896, authorizing the Selectmen to construct said Telford road in the City of South Nor walk, Dated at Norwalk this 2;st day of April. A. D. 1596. ISAAC SELLECK, Selectmen, Town F. H. MERRILL. of Norwalk. ‘ This call, signed by but two of the selectmen. was prepared and submitted to B. W. Maples, the boss of up- town town affairs, for his approval prior to its publication, and it was his cunning hand, no doubt, that changed the word- ing of the closing paragraph, which in the call of March 23rd described the exact location of the road,so as to read, “Authorizing the selectmen to construct said telford road in the city of South Norwalk,” for no other purpose if pos- sible, than to fool and prejudice the people at this end of the town. It is unnecessary to state that this notice for another special meeting did not appear in the widely circulated and read colums of the EVENING GAZETTE, but in order that the public may know that a special town meeting is to be held, we reproduce the call as above. It will be noticed that the name of selectmen Thomes does not, for gcosl and sufiicient reasons,appear at the end of this call. ‘ When the special meeting was called for March 23rd to rescind the vote of January 20th, it was in the hands of the printer with Mr. Thomes’ name at- tached, hours before he saw or signed the document. This time it is different and Mr. Themes refused to add his signature, preferring to obey the over- whelmingly expressed desire of the people. This coming meeting on Monday night will be the second attempt to pre- vent South Norwalk from obtaining what the tax payers of Norwalk have voted she should have, and why it is done is not understood as no one out- side of the two selectmen whose names appear'on the call and officious and ob- sequious Mr. Maples have the slightest desire to deprive our sister city of what she is rightfully entitled to, and what fair play, that everybody desires, would give her. O A Quiet Wedding. 'Miss Emily Mosman was united in marriage this noon to Mr. Chores Hubbell of New York. The bride is a sister of Mrs. E. J. Hill and the quiet wedding took place at her hospitable Congressman Hill came on from Washington to be present on the happy occasion, and onlya few very near friends were in- vited. , Rev. Dr. T. K. Noble perform- ed the marriage ceremony. A'Hloo 0L0 ROLLER. Breaks Loose on Fail-field Ave- nue and Dashes Down the Hill. A Runaway Team Adds to the Excitement. The residents of Fairfield avenue, South Norwalk, were treated to more genuine excitment, this morning, than they have enjoyed since the Adams- Briggs bridge controversy. Contractor A. Bach’s big road roller was the cause of the first part of the cut attainment and a team of runaway hoi‘sfisfi‘added their share to the excit- ment'itthe close of the roller’s sport. Four of Contractor Bach’s horses wege engaged in drawing the immense roller up Fairfield avenue to the work now'going on at the crest of the hill. When a point just above the residence of Edwin Adams was reached, the driver stopped the horses to give them a breathing spell from their hard pull. The horses had barely come to a stand- still when the roller and horses parted company and the former began a de- scent of the hill gathering momentum at every foot. In front of Mr. Adams’ residence a faithful lamp post wile doing duty and towards this the now flying r‘oller sped. There was a crash and the lamp post lay stretched in the roadway while the roller gathering its second wind sped swag for a telegraph pole in front of Edifdr Golden’s residence. There was a second collision and the pole received a. regular Lynch-Webster knockout and that, too, was knocked out. The force of the collision had effected the roller as well as the pole, and the former was brought to a halt. The antics of Bach’s roller had at- tracted quite a crowd and while the spectators were engaged in watching the wreck of the pole, a runaway. team of horses made their appearence, coming down the hill at a break-neck pace. Thai crowd scattered and made for pinch of safety just as Mrs. Kate War- ren and her son Torn were thrown from the wagon. The horses continued on down, the hill with Eddie Donnelly in the wagon and were stopped near the school house without injury to Donnela ly, but one of the horses received a bad cut on his leg. Mrs. Warren was badly shaken up and received a severe bruise on the nose and was taken into Mr. Golden’s resi- dence and cared for. Her son was not injured. - It is thought that the horses became frightened by the whifiletree striking their legs causing them to run away. ANOTHER VICTIM. This Time the Violator of the City Ordi- nance Rides a Tandem. Last evening, special officer Hunt ar- rested F. H. Ganung for violating the city ordinance relative to propelling bicycles through the streets between one hour after sunset and one hour be- fore sunrise with an unlighted lantern. The arrest was made on East avenue about 10 o’clock, and the officer re- tained the tandem bicycle which be- longed to Randall & Hoyt of South Norwalk, as security for Ganung’s ap- pearance for trial this morning. At 9 o’clock, Ganung appeared before Judge Hubbell who fined him $5 with- out costs. . Ganung was very indignant over arrest. near the Methodist church, the lantern went out and that he got off the saddle and walked through Wall street up Mill Hill and down East avenue, as far as 001. Roberts’ school pushing the bicy- cle along by hand. At this point he got on the wheel and started for home, but had gone but a short distance when he met the officer and was placed under arrest. He confessed to being posted as to the ordinance but pleaded in ex- tenuation of his actionlthat he was un- able to secure any oil with which to fill hislantern and not feeling like walking his home had mounted the wheel not ex. pecting to be apprehended by an officer- _————.. More Renovation. No sooner had the Republican State Convention come out for a single gold standard than Cashier Green started out for a thorough regilding cf the iron screens and decorations in the old Fair- field County Bank. It will look as gol- den as one of Uncle 'Sam’s bright and freshly coined double eagles. And yet an unrezenate silver standard populist cynic, enviously remarks, “ all is not gold that glitters.” —-An advertisement in the GAZETTE is a sure winner. Try it and be con- vinced. He said that on West avenue , l Magnificent Piano for the Most Popula School, Lodge, SOoioty, Club or Fire Com- _pany in Fairfield County. school, lodge, society, club or FUUH HUNDRED DOLLAR PHI Which is our most popular fire company? Which one has the most admirers and friends ‘3 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 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 P IAN O to the school, lodge, society, club or fire company which gets the most votes. llI1'lulllll\l\\\\\\\\\\_\\\\\\lll Ill! nlllll ~lns Alum“ £2" 0? r“ llllon l 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, lodge, society, club or fire com- pany the owner of the ct 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 thv winner announced on July 3. 3—Ary school, lodge, society, club or fire company in F airfield County is eligible. ‘ for otherwise blund- 4—A full record of the voting will be published up to date every evening corded until a day later. ' ' 5—Coupons must be filled out in a plain handwriting, Blank coupons, of course, can not b 3 counted. . Pllllll OFFERED 18 THE SUHLEIG . Milli . I party buying one does not get merely a handsome case He gets a thorough musical instrument. The tone of the instru magnificent. . . Following is the voting coupon, a copy of Wthh W111 ap- in THE GAZETTE, but votes received after 10 A. M. will not be re- . ers can not be avoided and votes will be lost. It is a piano made upon honor and sold upon merit. A ment is full, rich, resonant and well sustained, the scale is pear in THE GAZETTE daily. NOT GOOD AFTER APRIL 30. Name, Townfi Lfi some or "E BALLOTS. Norwalk Yacht Club .......... . ..... . ................................... . .......................... 11573 Hope Hose Company ........................ . ....................................................... 10404 St. Mary’s School ............................................................. . ..................... 7052 Welcome Stranger Lodge .......................................................... ...... . . 1494 Center School .......................................................................... ............ 931 Pequonock Pleasure Club ....................................................................... . Over River School._ .................................................................................. Pioneer Castle ................................................................................. ' ....... T. F. E. Club .......................................................................................... 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