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Norwalk, Conn, Wednesday Evening, May 13, 1896;
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Miss Juliette Betts’ Eenslon
Bill Reported Favorably '
to the Senate.
Interesting Washington News and Chat.
GAZETTE's BUREAU. 1
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET
WASHINGTON, MAY 12. i
In the Senate, the controversy over
the California deep-sea harbor was end-
. ed by the adoption of a compromise-
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' In the House, the record was broken,
by that body ordering an unspoken
Speech of Congressman Wheeler of Ala~
harm, to be taken out of the Congres-
sional Record, where hitherto, so many,
undelivered speeches have found place
under the easyégoing “leave to print"
methods in vogue in the House.
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Another election contest consumed
the time of the House to day.
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The heroic cq'iestrain statue erected
on the triangular square on the north
west corner of, Pennsylvania avenue
and Seventh street was to-day unveiled
with appropriate ceremonies and in the
presence of a vast concourse of dis-
tinguished military, judicial 'and civil
citizens, which your telegraphic reports
will more fully give. President Cleve-
land delivered an eloquent address.
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Senator Morril reported the Commit,-
tee ordered by the Senate, to investi-
gate the bond-sales. Our Mr. Platt is
the only republican representative on
the committee, the majority being dem-
ocratic and four-fifths populists or free
siver.
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The Star, of this city, furnishes this
interesting item as to one of the pre-
vailing Congressional “perqs:” “The
mileage of Congressmen runs all the
way from $3 to $1,100. The law re-
quires that the mileage shall be calcu-V
lated by the nearest route of travel. A
Maryland representative gets the lowest
rate—83—which includes his coming
and going, while an Oregon member
gets the larger sum. The California
congressmen get on an average $850
each for mileage.”
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The statement that a successor to
Mavroyeni Bay, until recently Turkish
Minister in Washington, would be sent
soon was confirmed to-day at the State
Department by a despatch from Mr-
John W. Riddle, United States Charge
d’Afi'aires at Constantinople, who said
that Mustafa Tachsin B_ey, principal
assistant in the Turkish Foreign Office,
has been appointed Minister to the
United States.
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Congressman Hill’s bill for the dona-
tion of War material to Bedding Park
was yesterday reported favorably to
the House. The report is as follows:
“The Committee on Naval Affairs,
to whom was referred the bill (H. It.
8696) granting to the commissioners of
Putnam Park, in the town of Bedding,
State of. Connecticut (said park being a
memorial of the R volationary war,
now owned and Its .sursu..._«d by the
State of Connecticut), tour mounted
cannon and four pyramids of cannon
balls, having considered said bill, beg
leave to report the same back to the
House with the recommendation that it
do pass, with the following amendment:
After the word ‘ four,’ in line 7, strike
out the word ‘mounted. ’ ”
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The venarable Hon. James Harlan,
the only surviving member of Lincoln’s
Cabinet who is now a delegate from
Iowa to the Methodist General Confer-
ence, has greatly encouraged the hosts
of Presidential supporters of Senator
Allison here and elsewhere by the fol-
lowing utterance :—-‘ ‘Allison will not
withdraw from the Presidential race.
The. people out there know Allison and
they like him and have confidence in
him. The vote of his state will be cast
for him from start to finish. Allison
had no particular desire to go into the
fight in the first place, but now that he
has been started he wants to win if he
can.”
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Congressman Hill appeared to-day
before the Senate Committee on pen.
. lions to urge the passage of his House
bill granting a pension to our “aunt”
Juliette Betts, Norwalk’s only living
child of a Revolutionary soldier, Capt.
Hezekiah Betts. Upon hearing Mr.
Hill’s narrative, the committee unani-
" mously authorized Senator Gallinger,
to report the bill favorably to the Sen-
ate, which he did this afternoon. It
will be put upon its passage as soon as
possible. '
' Robert A. Smith of Milford is one of
the beneficiaries, of the award of, the
Ford Street Theatre disaster commis-
' slum Hewitt. receive $1,200. v
TRACKING DELAYED.
Judge Hall Grants the City an
Appeal to the Superior
Court.
Mill Hill Safe Fd’r the Present.
A gang of men assembled at the Street
Railway car house this morning in read-
iness to commence work on Mill Hill.
They did not go to work, however, and
were informed that the Work Would not
be started at present.
Unexpectedly, to the Company, who
- were of the Opinion that Judge Hall’s
decision in granting them a layout was
final, the Court l‘etlef‘ntel his former
decision but added that the Street Rail-
way could not lay tracks upon Mill Hill
until the City of Norwalk had been
given an opportunity to appeal the case
to the Supreme Court.
It is understood that the appeal has
been prepared and Judge Hall has
granted it.
This action on the part of the City
will prevent tracks being laid up Mill
Hill for some time, as the Supreme
Court does not sit until next month and
there are a large number of cases on
the calendar which Will take precedence
over this appeal.
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THE BULLET EXTRACTED.
Principal Bennett Being Treated in a New
York Hospital.
J. H. Bennett, the principal of the
Sound Beach school who was shot by a
would-be assassin while returning home
from a spin on his wheel Saturday
night, is reported to be getting along
favorably. Dr. Bohannan had the
patient removed to the Presbyterian
Hospital in New York, where the bullet
was extracted. The pieces of clothing,
howeVer, have not yet been found, but
it is not positive that they are in the
Wound. The young man, Dr. Bohan-
nan saye,-had a -very~-narrow.-escape.
The police have obtained no clue to the
person who did the shooting, and from
the very meagre description given of
the fellow it is not likely they will, It
is thought he may be a lunatic, but if
so he is a dangerous one to be at large.
Many are unwilling to accept the
theory that the man who fired at Ben-
nett was animated by the idea of rob-
bing him. It is argued that, if robbery
were his intention, he could readily
have accompliched his purpose by at-
tacking the bicyclist with a club or
other weapon that would place him at
his assailant’s mercy. The average
footpad is not liable to take a man’s life.
The theory has been advanced that the
assault was made by some one actuated
by revenge, but no one knows that the
teacher had an enemy.
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Gets a Letter.
“Uncle Linus” Benedict is in receipt
of a very interesting letter from the
lady, who forty-three years ago on May
6th, he chiefly aided in bringing back
to life after her submergence for near] y
half an hour beneath the water at the
.world’s first great railroad slaughter" at
Norwalk Bridge. She was the daugh-
ter of the gifted author and clergyman,
Rev. Dr. Griswold of N. Y. She is now
the Wife of the Episcopal Rector at San
Gabriel, California and by name Mrs.
Benjamin Hartley. She tenderly con-
cludes her letter thus:-—-“If there are
any of the people still in Norwalk who
were so kind to me at that time, please
give them my love. And if not asking
too much, will yot not write me of your
own history during the past years.
My husband and I feel deeply interest-
ed to hear about you. Mr. ‘Hartley
asks to be gratefully remembered to
the man who savad his Wife for him.
Hoping that many more years may
be added to your life and that they
may be filled with blessings, believe me
Most Gratefully Yours,
EMILY HARTLEY.”
To Mr. Linus Benedict, Norwalk, Conn.
Obituary Notes.
Mrs. Margaret A. Mitchell wife of
\Ma'rchant Mitchell, died in Southport,
yesterday, aged 53 years. ,
The remains of Mrs. Margaret J ellifl'e
who died at Asbury Park on Monday,
will be brought to Norwalk to-morrow
and from here taken to Wilton for in-
terment.
Will Visit Trinity.
Miss Jane M. Hyatt will accompany
a party of Norwalk people who expect
to attend the anniversary of Trinity
church, New York, .to-mOrrow. It is
recognized as Ascension Day and the
services will be elaborate. Calcium
lights will be used and both of the large
church organs will be used assisted by
a leading composer beingsung.
WAS HoonHANT
Friends of Isaac, C. Kinkaid
Come to His Rescue.
Had Bean Sent to the Stamford Sanitarium
The following item appeared under
the head of court news in Monday’s
EVENING GAZETTE:
A man who gave his name as Isaac C.
Kinkaid, pleaded not guiltv to the
charge of vagrancy and breach of the
peace. During his incarceration at the
station-house he bursted a door with -n
section of a stove in an attempt to gain
his liberty. A hearing in his case was
continued until this afternoon.
The item was seen by Fred Ray-
mond, the agent at the South Nor walk
depot, who mentioned it to a conduc
tor on the Consolidated railroad. The
latter recognized the name as that of
a man who lived at No. 236 Willis ave-
nue, New York, and who had beeh sent
to a Stamford Sanitarium by relatives.
The conductor described the man to
Mr. Raymond and requested that he
visit the station house and see if his
ilcntity could be established. Mr
Raymond came to this city yesterday
and going to the station house with
Chief Bradley fully indentified Kinkaid
as the missing New Yorker. ‘
It appears that Kinkaid’s relatives
placed him on a train at the Grand
Central depot over a week ago, w.th
instructions to go to the Stamford Sani-
tarium. When the train reached Stim-
ford Kinkaid did not get ofi but con-
. tinued on to this city where he has
been ever since, roaming about the
streets and getting food and assistance
wherever he could find it.
When the matter was reported to
Judge Hubbell yesterday, he suspended
execution of sentence until Kinkaid’s
relatives in New York could be in-
formed of his whereabouts.
Kinkard was quite violent this morn-
ing and demolished the dishes on which
his breakfast was served.
Mr. John Quick, of New York, came
to Norwalk this morning in the interest.
of. Kinkaid’s family, and saw Judge“
Hubbell who ordered the unfortunate
man’s release and he Was taken by Mr.
Quick to a relative’s farm in Stamford
this afternoon, where it is hoped rest
and quiet will restore his health.
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YACHTING NOTES.
Great Preparations Being Mdde for the.
Summer Campaign.
The annual opening of the Riverside
Yacht club will be held on Friday.
Great preparations are being made at
the Norwalk Yacht club house for the
grand opening on Decoration Day. '
Vice-commodore Chasmar has largely
increased the sail area of his Kearsarge
and hopes his new suit of sails will carry
him to victory on Decoration Day.
Ex—commodore G. E. Bogart has
added several square feet of canvas to
his St. Lawrence skifi' and promises to
make all the boats hustle on Decoration
Day provided a good breeze is blowing.
Judge Alonzo W. Smith will sail H.
A. MathewsOn’s boat in the Memorial
Day race of the Yacht Club.
“Tom" Benedict’s canoe “Mar-
guerite,” will not be the last over the
line on Memorial Day.
Commodore Sanford has provided
the Yacht Club with an elegant brass
cannon which will make its speech on
May 30th. -
Treasurer James C.Green’s “Nimbus”
will make the canoes a‘ gallant fight in
the coming regatta of the Yacht Club.
It is probable the every St. Law-
rence shift and canoe 'will take part in
the races of the N orwalk Yacht Club on
May 30th.
The grading of the Yacht Club’s front
yard goes merrily on and will present
a fine appearance on opening day. The
wall at the rear of the house has been
ereCted and the bath houses will soon
a
. be constructed. .
G. R. VanAlstyne has reconsidered
his determination not to put the “Ward
V” in commission this year and arrange-
ments have been made to have her
launched in a day or so.
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Challenged.
If any early risers or late home
comers should chance to see Assistant
Cashier ’I‘readwell out on his wheel and
' spurting down some outlying road like
a streak of greased electricity, the ex-
planation is that “Doc” Huntington has
challenged our “John” to ' a five mile
“scorch” on Decoration‘Day and John
is only getting up his muscle and wbrk-
tag 011‘ a redundancy of averdupois. If
he can' succeed in running off about
foi‘ty- pounds of his fat, John feels sure
a large orchestra and choir, a mass by.
he can beatthe Dodtoi' out of'his boots.
THE SGAFF__0_LD FELL.
Frederick H Ferris Breaks His
Arm.
His Wrist Also Dislocated.
Frederick H. Ferris of. Warren
street, East Norwalk, met with an acci-
dent at Ridgefield yesterday that might
have lost him his life, but while he
escaped death he received a dislocated
wrist and fractured forearm.
Ferris is employed by Contractor
Thomas S. Stout, of this city, and was
working on the house of Mr. Storer in
Ridgefield when the accident occurred.
He was at work on the bow-window
and was standing on a scaffold which
had been erected over the window.
Suddenly and without warning the
structure gave way precipitating Ferris
to the ground below. He landed upon
his lczt side With his arm under him.
His fellow workmen rushed to his as-
sistance and picked him up and assisted
him to the residence of Dr. Lowe,
Where it‘was found that in addition to a
severe shaking up he had dislocated he
left wrist and fractured his forearm.
Dr; Lowe reduced the fracture and
replaced the wrist in poi ion and then
sent Ferris to his home in Eart Nor-
walk'on the early train tLankful that he
had escaped with only a broken arm.
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A FEW SLIGHT BLAZES.
Three Fires in Norwalk Neither of Which
Result in Serious Loss. *
Yesterday afternoon one of the deck
hands on the propeller Eagle which lay
at the dock on Smith street, discovered
a fire on the Wharf on the opposite side
of :the creek. About the same time
John Tierney who had been taking a
siesta on the back veranda of a Wall
street store, saw the blaze. He lost no
time in skipping across the bridge and
down Water street where the fire was
cheated. On the way he secured a pail
air’dz-a section of rope.
Chief Bradley had in the meantime
been advised of the fire and pulled box
15 at the corner of Wall and Main
streets, but the alarm bell refused‘to re-
spond. ‘
It was but a short time, however, be-
fore the fire department was out and
ready to drown the blaze, but their
services were not needed, the fire having
been extinguished with a few well
directed pails of water.
The fire was located at a point be‘-
tween the Hill & Hubbell company’s
lumber and C. 'l‘. Leonard’s coal yards.
Insome way the dock-log had become
ignited and threatened to fire a large
pile of spruce lumber in which event
there would have been a serious, con-
flagration as there are several hundreds
of thousands feet of lumber and other
combustibles in close proximity to
where the blaze was discovered. The
damage done was nominal.
A blaze was discovered yesterday in
the house on Main street owned by
Nelson Hubbell and occupied by Wil-
liam Bates. It was confined to a closet
and the damage will probably not be in
excess of $50. No alarm was sent in.
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
The fence at the Fair grounds caught
fire yesterday and about fifty feet of it
~-was burned before the flames were ex-
tinguished. It is supposed to have
caught from sparks thrown out by a
passing locomotive.
O.
A False Alarm.
About 12 o’clock lag; night Thomas
Cooney a well-knowd'msident of Har-
bor avenue was aroused from his sleep
by a loud rapping on the door of his
room. ' ‘
In quick time he: was out of bed with
a “Who’s there, Whit’s wanted?” and
into his ti orsers and galoshes.
He learned that an attempt was being
made to get into the house of Mrs. Nora
Mokely near by," and he immediately
sprinted to the business part of the city
aid notified Ofiicer Morehouse who in
company with another officer hustled
to the scene and found that the would-
be lgurglars were out of sight. "
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0. R. 8. Reception.
The pupils of the Over River school
gave a delightful reception in the Ath-
enaeum last evening. rl‘he floor was
well filled with young people and Purdy
& Freeman’s orchestra furnished 'music
for dancing. George L. Woodward
was the floormanager and he was as-
sisted by Messrs. J. Harvey BBttf,’
Harry Cousins, Louis Leonard, Wil-
lard Comstbck, ‘ Charles Rogers End
Fred Carder.“ Duringthe intermission
refreshments were served. ,It Was the
the school and it was a decidedsuccess.
lastdance of‘tne‘season tobe given by-
flUll HHHHH DlJtLAll will
Mann-w.me
It Magnificent Piano in the Most Popular
‘ 3011001. Mlle, Society, Club" or Fire Com-'4
pany in Falrfield Clarity.
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 arr '
exceptional opportunity to make the test. THE GAZETTE pros ’ 15’
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 which gets the ‘
most votes. '
HERE 1-:- IS! 1
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 55400 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, It. dge, society, club or fire com-
pany the owner of the or upon may selects—the blank lines in the
coupon to be filled out with the name and address. The coupon
today is at the end of this article.
2—The cont: st will close on July 2, and ths- winner announced on July 1:3.
3—Ary school, ledge, society, club or fire company in '1? air field 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 iiltfi““nlt’ttfiis THE sc HH H tSllllS.
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
in? gnificent. ' *
Following'is the voting coupon, a copy of which will ap-
pear in THE GAZETTE daily. .
tannin rt
Np'r coon AFTER MAY 20‘ , j -
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Name, 1
Town, '-
BATTLE or TllE BALLOTS.
Norwalk Yacht Club .......... . ..... ........... ........ . ................................ ....)2230
Hope Hose Company .......................................................... v ....... ‘ ............... 1 1816
St. Mary’s School ................................. . ................. . ...... .......... ................ 7,091
Welcome Stranger Lodge... ..... , ....................... . .......... ................. '.. . 1573
Center School ............................................................ ...................... 936
Pequonock Pleasure Club .......................... ... ..... . 568
Over River School.. ................................................................... . ......... ~ ..... . 347 ' {*3
Pioneer Castle........ .............. 167
T. F. E. Club ...................................................... 7o
Arion Singing Society ...... go
TnG. L. O. ----------------------- .0... so ............. o nnnnnnn 'un-n. oooooooooo annougoao.» 40
Norwalk Liederkranz ........................................................................... ...... 24
Sword Fish Club ..................... .. ........ ..................... 23
Lincoln Council ................................................... .13:
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The Central Uliih.. . ........................ . . , 1'2,
East Norwalk School .................... . .............................. ......... 16
Compo Engine 00., Westport ........ _. ........................................................... 10
Bishop McMahon Council ......................... ............. .....----. ......... .' ..... .‘ 10
Catholic Union Council .......... . ............................ _ .......... . .................... . ....... 3
Uncas I‘ribe .................. ................. .' 3'
Knob Outing Club ............... . ........... . .................. ........... . ...... ..... 2 v
Pine Lodge Club ........ ---- ........ .... . 2
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Pioneer Hawk and Ladder Company -- .......................... ..- ....... ' '4 ,
Phcnnix Engine. Company“. .. » ...... . 2
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Fire Police, ‘3. N.. ......... ................. ' ..... .....-a....---., ...... . ..... ..... ...- ;
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