THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT DAIL Y [N THE. WORWALKS. Hr... v1. Whole No“. 1372 Norwalk, Conn, Thursday Evening, May 28, 1896., :3 Price One Cent.’ I TATIoNAL CAPITAL. House Agrees to Appropria- tions for Spoliation Claims. Interesting Washington News and Chat. 709 EAST CAPITOL STREET WASHINGTON, MAY 27. In the Senate to-day the beer tax rider 'put on the Filled Cheese bill was killed and Senator Elkins made a sharp and cutting argument againstthe populistic Butler Bond bill, all of which your re- gular Congressional reports will give in fuller detail. 0 o 0 During Mr. Elkius’ Spirited debate on the bond sale bill be stated, that the first act of the next President of the United States will be to borrow money, no matter who he is, made necessary. by a repeal of the tariff laws. Why not look at the case just as it is ? Here we stand before the world as rcpudiating our obligations, as a bankrupt govern- ment. There is a serious consequence to all this thing. Further along in the debate our Sen- ator Plait asked the free silver contin- gent: 3‘HO'W can this Congress borrow money ‘3” “It can pass a law,” Mr. Stewart re- plied, “authorizing the borrowing of money”; ‘ “And that is what we have done,” said Mr. Flatt, “and that law is what you want to repeal.” o o o In the House, the Senate amendments to the General Deficiency bill, appro, priating money for the French spolia- tion and war claims, was agreed to. GAZETTE's BUREAU. } o o 0 After a hotly contested fight, the House to-day concurred, by a vote of 111 to 97, in the Senate amendment to the General Deficiency Appropfiation bill, providing for ,the. ,payment of French spoliation and war claims under the Bowman act, adjudicated by the Court of Claims, amounting to about $2,000,000. Unless the bill is now vetoed by the President, of which there is no reasonable prospect the followmg Nor- walk parties will receive these amounts scheduled in the billz—On the schooner “Hannah,” of Norwalk, Josiah Bouton Master, by George B. St. John, admin- istrator of the estate of Eliphalet Lock- wood, Buckingham Lockwood and Wil- liam Lockwood,all of Norwalk,$4,202. 09- To George B. St. John and Jarvis Kel- logg, administrators of the estate of Hezekiah Selleck of Norwalk, $4,202.09. 0 o o In his report accompanying the Ser- vice Pension bill, in accordance with the action of the Committee on Invalid Pensions yesterday, Chairman Pickler said that, in round numbers, 200,000 persons‘not now on the rolls will be benefited. o o 0 Mr. Mitchell (Rep., Ore.) to-day re- ported favorably to the Senate from the Committee on Postoflices his bill to increase the pay nflctter-carriers. Should this bill hes... a: a 1an it will increase the expenditures of the Post- oflice Department in the sum of $2,000,- 000. . o o o “The Star" says this evening: “It is an open secret that the Freedom has fully decided to veto the River and Harbor bill.” Members of the Senate and House interested in the bill are certain that the bill can be promptly passed over a veto. o o o The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, through Mr. Lodge, to-day made a favorable report on Mr. Lodge’s bill for the reorganization of the con- sular service. 0 o o 4 The Sherman statue commission to- day selected the design submitted by Carl Rohl Smith, of Chicago, and awarded to him the contract for com— pleting the statue.’ o o o The Senate to-daygimong others, con- firmed R. S. Blakeman of Connecticut to be an assistant surgeon in the navy. Base Ball. The 'Bar Harbor and Pequonnock base ball clubs will play a match game at Gregory’s Point Saturday afternoon. The players are: Bar Harbor—H. Kline, r. f.; J. Cahill, s. s.; L. Burke, 3b;J. Tully, l. f.; B. McCune,. 1b; J. Craw- ford, 2b. M. Leonard. p; J. O’Briea, c; J. Henley, c. f. Pequonnocks —— C. Kline, c; F. Smith, 1b; C. Schuman, p; J. Henry, :5. t; W. McPherson, r. f.; 0. Ashton, 3b, A‘ Ambler, s.s; E. Whit- lock, 1. f. . ’ ot.‘ An advertisement in. the GAZETTE wit: p.;."_i."-ii. ITS 200th ANNIVERSARY. The First Congregational Church, of Dan- bury Begins lts Celebration. The First Congregational church of Danbury began the celebration of its 200th anniversary, yesterday. There were present alarge number of. minis- ters.from surrounding towns, the for- mer pastors of the church who still sur- vive, and many of the former members who-now reside elsewhere. The exercises began at 10 o’clock, the Rev. Noel J. Hough of Berkshire, N. Y., delivering the opening prayer. The Rev. A. F. Pierce, pastor of the church, gave an historical address and Judge F. D. Brewster an address on the relation of church to town. Mayor. G. M. Rundle responded. ‘ At 2:30 in the afternoon addresses were given by the Rev. Thomas K. Noble of Norwalk on “The Mother Church,” and by the Rev. H. L. Slack of Bethel, the Rev. Cyrus W. Francis of Brookfield, the Rev. E. Sanborn of Ridgebury and the Rev. F. A. Hatch of Danbury on .“The Daughter Churches. ” In the evening the Rev. Charles Ray Palmer, D. D., of New Haven, told “What Congregational Churches Stand For.” The celebration will continue to-day and on Sunday. O.- OBITUARY. WILLIAM CHURCH. William Church a well~known farmer and capitalist, died at his home on the old Saugatuck road last night in the 84th year of his age, surviving his wife about three years. He had been sick since last September, at which time he suffered a stroke of appoplexy. Three sons, Charles E., Ebenezer J. and Frank Church, survive him. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon Rev. Charles M. Selleck officiating. GEORGE w. WEALEY. George W. Whaley, a well-known andrespected colored citizen, died at "bishome on Knight street at an early hour this morning aged ,70' years. A family of children survive him among the number being C. Bryant Whaley, a practicing physician of Savannah, Ga. The deceased is spoken of as having been a consistent and conscientious christian. . The funeral of the late Mrs. Emma Church was attended this afternoon, Rev. Mr. Hyatt of the Methodist church, and Rev. Mr. Robbins of the Baptist church officiating. The deceased was a daughter-in-law of William Church who died last night. G. A. R. Arrangements for the observance of Memorial day were completed at a reg- ular meeting of Buckingham Post, G. A. R. last evening. A vote of thanks wasextended to the Sunday schools and churches for the substantial inter- est manifested toward the Post. The Post will'assemable at headquar- ters at 10:30 oc’lock on Memorial day and headed by the Merrill drum corps, with the Colonel Roberts cadets as an escort, will march to St. Paul’s church yard where the graves of soldiers will be strewn with flowers, from thence the march will be continued to Nor- walk cemetery and like services per- formed. At the same time the graves of soldiers in Riverside and St. Mary’s cemeteries Will be decorated with flowers by a committee appointed by the Post for that especial purpose. Returning to Post headquarters a col- lation will be served by the ladies of Buckingham Relief Corps. " The Post asks those who may have flowers to contribute to take them to the Post headquarters Friday night or early Saturday'morning, or leave word at George W. Raymond’s grocery store and they will be called fer. O Poisoned by Candy. Little Georgie Weyerhouser, the 5- year old son of Mrs. Mary Weyerhouser, of River street who was poisoned Mon- day night by eating a box of cheap con- fectionery, still lies in an unconsoious condition. He aroused for a few mo- ments this morning and asked for some water, which he drank and saying ‘ ‘That tastes good” dropped off into uncon- sciousness again. The case puzzles the attending physicians. O Memorial Day Closing. The grocery stores in this city will be closed at noon on next Saturday, (Me- morial Day,) for the rest of the day. This with one or two exceptions, where the stores will be re-opened at 5 o’clock. The markets will be open all day. Q Annualllleeting. The annual meeting for the‘ election of officers of the Over River School Dis- trict. will be held at the school house on . Thursd-iy evening, June 4th. TRIED TO RUNAWAY. George Buckmaster’s Horse Tries to Make Things . Lively. Washington Street Has an Exciting Time. South Norwalk is experiencing a ser- ies of runaways some of which while doing no harm are very exciting for the time being. The latest addition to the list of “tried to runs” occurred this morning when George Buckmaster’s horse at- tempted to stir things up on Washing- ton street. The horse was hitched in front of the City National Bank on Washington street, and the driver, White, had gone into one of the stores on that street. In some unknown manner the horse just as a train of cars came round the curve onto the Washington street rail- road bridge. - The noise made by the train was too much for the frisky ani- mal and he started off down Washington street at a lively gait. Standing in front 'of Taylor & Gold- en’s office was the carriage of William J. Craw. The horse paid nb attention, however, and a collision resulted in the loss of the top of the Craw carriage. Freeing himself the horse continued down the street until caught by Louis Sheldon in front of the Library build- ing. The animal sufi'ered a' bad cut on the hind legs, but beyond this escaped injury in his short and furious attempt to make things lively. 0 Another Cyclone Horror. Two tornadoes met at St. Louis last evening w1th heartrending and terribly destructive results. The numbers killed outright are estimated at from three to five hundred and the loss of property at millions. Fire set in and added to the horror of demolishedbuildings and the terrors of lightning, wind and’flood. Public buildings, churches, depots, cars, bridges and boats, were over- turned and hurled about as if chafi'. P. S.—Th'e latest news up to going to press gives the number of dead as cer- tainly more than one thousand with an apalling number of Seriously wounded. O WESTPORT. The Westport & Saugatuck Street Railroad Co. will put their open cars on the line Memorial day for the first time. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Birge are the guests of Mrs. Birge’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Coley of Westport. cupied the Ketchum mansion last year, have leased it again for this season, and will take possession to-day. The Saugatuck Manufacturing Co. will be closed for the week, as there is a new boiler being placed in the factory the old one having been condemned by the inspectors. As Arthur Jeliff was attempting to get into a wagon in front of his father’s residence in Saugatuck, yesterday, the horse started, throwing him to the ground, and then ran as far as Eli Bradley’s place, where it was stopped byastranger. Mr. Jellifi‘ fortunately was not injured, and the animal did no further damage than to break his her- ness. Democratic caucus to nominate dele- gates to the state convention, to-night. There are thirty subscribers to the S. N. E. Telephone Westport Exchange ——those who prefer an $18 to a $75 per year rental. The number limited by the system here is thirty-six. Speaking of the expected Democratic presidential candidate, a leading Demo- crat was heard to say last week that he would positively not vote for him, unless there was a straight gold plank in the Chicago platform, and he said “there were others.” BROAD RIVER. The annual meeting of the Broad River Chapel Society was held last eve- ning and the old board of officers was re-elected. ' The Latter Day Saints-are holding meetings every night in the school house. The services are led by Elder I. M. Smith. A Committee of Safety. Itis‘suggested that a Committee of safety should be raised, to accompany Chief Bradley when he goes up to “‘Polly’s Cedars” to firstlattempt, his . wrestle with theiCity’s offiical bike. detached the hitch-line from the weight . IT IS MEMORIAL DAY. And the Decorating of Graves is a Part of the Memorial. Some call it “Decoration” day, others "Memorial” day. The latter are right. At the National encampment of the G. A. R. in Baltimore, in 1882. the following resolution was adopted unan- imously: ’ .‘ ‘That the commander-in-chief be re- quested to issue a general order call- ing the attention ‘of the officers and members of the Grand Army of the Re- public and the people at large to the fact that the proper designation of May 30 is ‘Memorial day,' and to request that it may be always so called.” The decoration of graves is a part of the exercises. There is a. wide differ- ‘ ence in the meaning of the two words, decoration being that which adorns, en- riches or beautifles; something added by», way of embellishment, ornament, firkmemorial that which preserves the £0” of a person or event, some- ""11; g which serves to keep something else in remembrance. - lnsisted on Owning the Car. Margaret Brophy was around the street this morning with an “elegant jag.” About 11 o’clock she boarded a Winnipauk car and made use of violent and obscene language, and besides re- fusing to stop her talking also refused to pay her fare, until finally the car was stopped and she was helped to the ground. She persisted on boarding the car again and grabbed for the car- handles above the running-board. By the display of considerable strategy by both the motorman and conductor, the car eluded the now much enraged woman who sent after it a flow of lan- guagethat would split a log. 0 The Boston Store. The Boston Store, Nor walk, announce in to-day’s issue that they will close their store on Decoration Day“in honor of the men who lie in the ‘Bivouac of the Dead,’ that their‘memory, as well as their graves, may be kept green in the minds of the generations that have‘ sprung up since the great conflict.” In order that the day may not be lost to thcmin a business way, they will in- augurate a half price sale on something in every department, commencing to- morrow morning. In addition they pro- pose to give away a handsome bicycle. The example set by the Boston Store in their observance of Decoration Day may well be followed by our other merchants. O DARIEN. The County Commissioners were in Darien yesterday forenoon and heard. the objections of Mrs. Cornelia Brady ' to allowing the American Telegraph & C. F. Richards and family, who oc-l Telephone Co. to locate two poles in front of her premises. The objections not being such as to sustain the claims of Mrs. Brady, the poles were located as desired by the petitioners. O Prominent Banker Dead. PROVIDENCE, May 28.-—Henry C. Cran- ston, 70, a well known banker and presi- dent of the Providence Telephone com- pany, died suddenly of heart failure at his home in this city today. Mr. Cranston . had been in usual health of late, and his death was utterly unexpected. Larned TVins In Britain. DUBLIN, May 28.-_—In the all comers’ singles, in the lawn tennis tournament here today. W“. A. Larned, the American player, beat Martin 6 to 2, 6 to 2 and 6 to 1. Mulroney boat Durlacher, W. Baddeley beat Martin, Boyd bent Ballgreene and E. Baddeley beat Cazalet. Street Lighters to Meet. N Ew HAVEN. May 28.—The national street lighting convention will be held in this city June 18 and 19. Delegates from all parts of the United States will be pres- ent, and the purpose of the convention is discussion of better street lighting facili- ties. English Degree For Bayard. Lennon, May 28.—Oxford university in- tends to confer the degree of honorary D. C. L. upon the United States ambassador, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, and upon Mr. John Morley and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. No Meeting of Rubber Directors. NEW YORK, May 28.-—The directors of the United States Rubber company did not hold a meeting today for the purpose of organizing, as was expected. They will probably meet on Wednesday, June 3. An Afidavit. _ "This is to_certify that on May 11th, I walked to Melick’s drugstore on a. pair of crutches and bought a bottle of Chamber- lain’s Pain Balm for inflammatory rheuma- tism which had crippled me up. After us- ing three bottles I am completely cured. I can cheerfully recommend it. -- CHAS. H. WETZEL, Sunbury, Pa.. ' Sworn and subscribed to before me on August 10, l894.—-WALTER Summary, J. P. For sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by E. “P. Weed, druggist. ’ 1 09M , YAn advertisementplaced in these col- ”limbs brings satisfactory returns; ,’ -. ' rououuonoio mom omit" l A Magnlncent Plano for the Most Popular School, Lodge, Society, 01111.) or Fm: 0011!: . I ' ‘ l ‘ ‘ ‘2 , ' I pony 1n Falrfield County. Which is‘our most popular‘school, lodge, ‘society, club 01" 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. 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. ' Y< _ ___ 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: good for one vote for the school, lodge, 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 centest will close on July 2, and the winner announced on July 3. 3—Any school, lodge,scciety, club or fire company in Fairfield County is eli ible. 4—A fullgrecord of the voting will be published up to data“ 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 iiiifimoii” “his THE so no It SUNS. 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 instrii 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. . E t? We as i I NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE 4 LL. i“ ll of Name, _ . i ii Tower . ' IE BATTLE or TllE tutors. 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