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Vol. VI.
Patent Commissmner Seymour '1
Makes Several Changes
.~';lnte"rest_inn Washington Plews'and Chat.
GAZETTE' s Beams. 1 '
709 EAST CArrro'n STREET
WASHINGTON, JUNE 1 i
In only one month' 1n its entire his-
tory of failure has the Wilson law pro-
duced such small customs receipts as
those shown by the May statement. '
With a single exception, the country
has not seen such small receipts during
May for more than a decade. The
. treasury debt statement for May shows
an additional deficit of over $5,000, 000.
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Washington was treated to its third
cyclonic storm this month on Friday,a
sort of after-math of the St. Louis hor-
ror. Within fifteen minutes the ther-
mometer a11d barometer fell nearly out
out of sight, and the Wind attained a
velocity of over seventy miles an hour.
Trees were torn up, houses were un-
roofed, but no loss of life has been re-
ported.- The destruction of shade trees
is enormous. V
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_ Several Patent Ofiice changes directed
. to be made by Commissioner Seymour
just prior tog~ his departure for Europe,
have been promulgated They include
one firgt efammer of patents, who Was
dropped 59m thh rolls altogether, and
six ether These examiners, who were re-
duced to the rank of fourth examiners.
. These vacancies have made it possible
[to make promotiOns of about thirty
officials to the different grades of ex-
aminers. It is reported that in addition
tothese, three principal examiners of
‘ patents are to be either dropped from
the rolls or reduced in official station.
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Clifton R. Breckinridge, the United
States Minister at St. Petersburg, cabled
~the5tate Department to-day, confirm-
ing dispatches from the United Press
special corresbondent in Moscow that
no Americans were injured in the ter-
rible catastrophe on the Hodynsky
Plain.
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p The House Committee on the Mer-
chant Marine yesterday reported favor-
ably the bill prepared by the American
delegates to the Inte1nationa1 Maritime
Conferenhe of 1889, providing certain
amendments for the prevention of col-
lisio'ns’at sea. , .
v o o o .
As everybody expected the veto of
the River and Harbor bill, the Presi—
dent’s action caused no surprise. An
effort will be made topass the bill over
the veto.
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Presidential vetoes of the bills to
pension Mrs. Amanda Woodcock, and
to restore Jonathan Scott to the pension
rolls, were referred.
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A circular, addressed “To the friends
of free silver,” has been given out from
the headquarters of the national silver
party here.
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Senator Allison says he sees ' no rea-
son why Congress may not adjourn by
the end of the present week.
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Senator Hawley’s family have gone
to Woodmont for the summer, where
he will join them as soon as he can get
away.
Bike Briefs.
Miss Jennie Fillow has purchased a
new Stearns’ bicycle which she has
under complete control.
Funeral director J. D. Jennings is
among the latest victims of the bicycle
fever, and he was in it head over heels
yesterday afternoon. He has subdued
all kinds of lodge goats, but never be-
fore met anything that can approach a
bicycle for being rantankerous.
Mrs. Daniel Evans while propelling
ther bicycle yesterday afternoon met
~' met and West Main streets.
with an accident at the corner of Sum-
The wheel
became frisky and ran into the curb
. and tumbled the rider to the ground.
It was found that she had. suffered a
fracture to the tibia bone of her right
limb, or at the ankle. The fracture
, was reduced by Dr. S. H. Huntington.
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Ollicers Elected.
At the annual meeting of the Nor-
walk Pottery company holden yesterday
the following board of directors was
electede. M. Holmes, J. C. Randle,
. E. 0(Keeler, Henry Seymour, Ira Cole,
A. J. Meeker and G. E. Miller.
Ata subsequent meeting of the di-
rectors ofiicers were elected as follows:
J. C. Randle. President, G. M. Holmes,
Vice President, E. O. Kceler,‘ Secre-
tary and Treasurer. ‘
.Léof‘l'heir Meeting ~Room.
Captain Donn andrl-lis Club to the Rescue.
A regular meeting of the City Counci]
was called for last evening, but when
the Mayor, councilmen and clerk
reached the door leading to the Council
chamber they were unable to gain an
entrance. The Janitor had the only
,key to the room and he was “out of
sight” on his bicycle.
It may be well to state that the quar-
ters are comparativelyinew to the
Council.
rescue and with unerring aim struck
the glass in the door a thwack with his
club that sent it shivering to the floor.
He then while the crowd stood back in
suspense bravely put his hand through
the ragged a’perature- and finding the
spring lock gave it a magnetic touch
and opened the door.
, The entire party then walked into
the room which was as dark as the cen-
ter of a bin of coal. It was not long,
howeven before the electric lights were
turned on, and the newly carpeted
room looked as bright as a prize medal.
The bright new carpet in the meeting
room, the neatly patterned oil cloth in
the lobby, the freshly papered walls
dotted with pictures of the wise and
"attractive faces of previous Wardens
and Mayors,were very pleasing,and the
subdued if not mouthful color of the
paint on the, woodwork, combined to
make one feel glad and sad at the same
time.
' The electric lights also brought into'
view a something hanging high up out
of reach over the Mayor’s chair, the
identity of which was at first puzzling.
It was later learned that it had been
purchased for a chandelier, but that it
had lost part of itself on the way to the
chamber. It was also observed that the
clock had stopped doingduty and was
quite as .free from ”tick” as the man
who sells for cash only.
It was 8.20 o’clock by the Mayor’s
and reporters’ watches when he the
Mayor called the meeting to order.
The council immediately, as is their
wont, proceeded to business. The
minutes of the previous meeting were
read, after which the following bills
from the different departments were
ordered paid: Police, $141.25; Fire,
$25.80; Sewer, 373.50; Finance, $40.06;
Light, $15.48; highway, 8240.13. The
bill of city engineer Charles N. Wood
for $149.72 and that of the city librarian
for $36 were also ordered paid.
The bill of William Sheldon for $6
for repair of walk in front of the fire
houses was referred; the bill of Health
inspector Hunt for $35 was referred to
proper committee with power; the bill
of the Norwalk and South Norwalk
Electric Light Co. for $566.34 received
the same treatment, as did also a bill
for $106.50 for library fixtures.
The Chief of police reported 14 ar-
rests for the month of May.
The Alpha Wheel club was granted
permission to run their road race over
thatpart of East avenue under the j uris-
diction of the city.
Mayor Wheeler-formally stated that
he had signed the agreement between
the City and the Street Railway com-
pany in the Mill Hill matter, and that
the latter had furnished the bond nomi-
nated in the agreement. The accept-
ance of. such bond was placed at the
descretion of the finance committee.
The Councilman Smith stated that a
modified proposition had been received
from the Street Railway company in
reference to the double-tracking of
Main street.
A proposition was also received from
the same company in reference to the
widening of Main street at certain
points notably near the Gusowski prop-
erty.
It was voted that both propositions
be considered at a meeting of the Coun-
cil to be held Wednesday, June 3d.
The chairman of the finance commit-
tee was authorized to borrow 31,500 on
the credit of the city.
Councilman Hill called attention to
the poor drainage on Hoyt street, and
stated that the old drainage for the
surface water leading into the river was
filled up by roots from trees and was
inoperative for the use intended and
thought it would be mere economical
to build a new one a distance of 140
feet rather than attempt to repair the
old one. He said that there was only
a fifteen inch sewer on the street men-
tioned and he did not think it would be
wise to have the surface water empty
into the same. The matter was referred
to the chairman of the sewer committee
with power.
Councilman Hill referred to the fact
Capta1n of Police Dann came to the.
that the. refuse from the closets, etc. in.
the three stores of the \Ioody building
on Main street at- present emptied into
the river. The owners were willing to
connect with the regular sewer system
but wanted to make but one connection .
for the entire building. After con-
‘ siderable discussion the matter was re-
ferred to Mr. Hill, he to report at a
future meeting of the Council.
Mayor Wheeler said that his atten-
tion had been called to the condition of
$50 was Voted to the Water Cdm- f
the sewer on Union Place, and Mr.
Hill reported progress at the point com- -
plained of.
Councilman Smith to whom the mat-
ter of sprinkling the city streets had
been referred, stated that the Water
Commissioners did not care to establish
the precedent of furnishing free water
for the sprinkling of the streets for
nothing, as there was no telling where ”gt:
it would end. The present cost sir
' sprinkling the macadam road from the
Methodist church to the city line was
$12. 50 per week.
Councilman Kentsuggested that the
sprinkling be done only at such times
as {when found necessary to preserve
the macedam.
The matter was referred toy‘the chair-
man of the highWay committee with
power.
The city clerk was instructed to call
a public hearing on June 81b in the
matter of grading and widening East
‘Wall street, and to give proper notice
thereof.
An invitation was received signed
by Alderman and councilmen of New
' Haven inviting the council to send del-
egates to a convention to be held in
that city to discuss methods of street
lighting etc. It was tabled.
Attention was called to defective
sidewalks on Main street and Belden
avenue. Councilman Smith explained
that the walks complained of would
probably soon be placed in repair.
The Council then adjourned till Wed-
nesday, J une 3d at 8 o’clock.
South Norwalk City Council.
The Board of Councilmen held their
regular monthly meeting 1n the Council
chamber 011 Washington street last
night. Mayor Lee presided, William
Tammany acted as clerk and Council-
men Ferris, Kendall, Pearson, Hatch
and Weed were present.
The meeting was called to order at
8:20 o’clock and the minutes of the last
meeting read and accepted. The
mayor inquired if there were any citi-
zens present having business to bring
before the council. A petition was pre-
sented from the taxpayers on Seymour
street asking the city to accept it as a
street, and also petitioning for a water
mam. The matter of accepting it as a
street was promptly referred to the
committee on streets. Councilman
Hatch moved that they lay the' water
main immediately. He said there was
agang of men at work there and it
could be done t'o-morrow. It was so
ordered.
Councilman Kendall then arose and
said he wished to bring up the Day
street matter and that he had invited
some of the residents to be present and
testify as to its conditions. G. F.
Waters said he had lived there for ten
years and it 'was never so bad as at the
present time. The ditch used to carry
off drainage had been stopped up.
Thomas Village substantiated Mr.
Waters remarks and said he had lost
one child through this nuisance and
thatthey had been making attempts to
have‘it fixed for the last seven years.
He now thought something ought to be
done in regard to it.
When asked, they both agreed that a
blind ditch was what was best adopted
to do away with the. nuisance. Mr.
Swartz made some: remarks in regard
to the matter. On motion it was voted
to have the residents open up this ditch
under the supervision of the Street
Commissioner.
Edwin Adams brought forward the
shocking condition of. Crescent street
and after a petition had been, read and
Mr. A. E. Winchester had made a few
remarks the matter was referred to the
committee on streets.
Bills to the amount of $756.59 were
ordered paid, and 8400 was voted, to the
Electric Light Commissioners for the
running of the plant during the month
of J une
W. H. Smith then asked permission
to erect two frame buildings on Frank-
lin street. The matter was refi‘erred to
the committee on fire department.
Councilman Pearson moved that
Councilmen Hatch, Ferris and Weed
should confer with the Selectmen in re- .
gard to the annual appropriation for‘1
streets. He said heretofore it had been
divided but this year Selectman Selleck
intended to divide it according to the
number of miles of street, so that in-
stead of getting $2,000.we would only
receive 8900. He urged the committee
to make a strong stand for the $2,000. '
Mr. Hatch moved that the' $0,800
,worth of no‘tes'due this month he 'psid '
meney. * :«
Tvertising for bids for the Woodward
d Lowndes avenue sewer He was
.g1ven power to do this.
He also spoke in regard to a catch-
basin at the corner of Bayview avenue
and Cedar street. On motion the com-
mittee on streets was empowered to
build the necessary catch- basin.
’ issicners to attend the convention at
this month.
Councilman Pearson moved that the
hilt plans for purifying the city water
and the probable cost thereof, to be
submitted to the people at the October
‘ ction; carried. .
1,5“ It was voted to adjourn until the 15th
and an executive session was then dc-
ciared
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Jurors Drawn.
The Selectmen have selected the fol-
lowing to do jury duty during the en-
Suing year. The list will be reduced to
forty by the jury commissioners, as
prescribed by law:
_'[George E. Allen. Tallmadge Baker,
Jnmes Bates, Walter R. Bates, Alfred
W. Bette, Legrand C. Betts, Edward
Blake, Isaac Bows, Sylvester Brother-
ton, Hiram S. Brown, George W. Bry-
an, Charles A. Burr, William H. Bying-
to’n, Frank E. Carr, H. L. Case, Alfred
A. Chinery, Charles E. Church, 0. S.
Clark, Thomas Cooney, J. H. Crockett,
James C. Crowe, D. S. Curtis, Stiles
W. Curtis, W. A. Cushman, John W.-
Dake, W. E. Dann, Samuel Daskam,
W. F. DeKlyn, Daniel Dunlop, Bernard
0. Feeney, E. H. Fillow, D. W. Fitch,
Fred. Freudenthai, George B. Gregory,
George S. Grumman, Claude Guthrie,
Sidney Guthrie, Edward Hafi'ner,
Charles F. Hallock, W. S. Hanford, W.
A. Hendrick, S. H. Holmes, Edwin G.
Hoyt, Gould Hoyt, Legrand Jennings,
E. , J. Ladrigan, Francis Leonard,
J aines L’Hommedieu, Charles W.
Lockwood, Frederick E. Lockwood,
Charles Loomis, Theodore S. Lowndes.
F. S. Lyon, W. __F., ‘Mather, E. H.
Meeker, GeOrg‘e W. Mills, William
Mitchell, William J. Nash, Milo H. Par-
sons, George Partrick, M. L. Pelham,
J. S. Randall, Oscar Raymond, George
E. Robinson, Joseph“ Ruscoe, Charles
’1. Selleck, Frank Selleck, John Shee-
han, Henry M. Stanton, Noel Stanton,
James E. Stevens, James Sutherland,
William F. Tammany, Jr. , Franklin A.
Tolles, Bernard .Tully, George H.
Wardwell, Oliver Weed. Jabez Whea-
ter, John H. Wilson, Caleb Wood.
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Commencement Exercises.
The Sixteenth Commencement exer-
cises of the Norwalk Military Institute,
are being held this afternoon. The
following interesting programme has
been arranged:
Overture—“The Three Clerks of St.
Nicholas.” \
“Ireland’s Want,”
Arthur Edward Healey.
“The Crucifixion of a Roman Citizen,”
Henry Bliss Wilson.
Selection—“Maritana,”
“The Leap of Roushan Beg,”
Louis Victor Owen.
“Unsere Marine, ”—Original,
Leonard William Kip.
“Thoughts of Home.”
“Burr and Blanerhassett, ”
James Newton Hamlin.
“The Deacon’ s Masterpiece,”
Alfred Hudson.
Gavotte—“Dora.”
“Abraham Lincoln,”
Herbert Milton Jacobson.
A reception will be held this evening
for which first-class music has been
provided.
The cadets.are oflicered af follows:
Arthur E. Healy, New Haven, Captain;
Leonard W. Kip, New York, Adjutant;
James N. Hamlin, Rhinebeck, First
Lieutenant; Herbert M. Jacobson, '
Brooklyn, Second Lieutenant; Henry
B. Wilson. Chief Musician.
Honest 0. L. B.
Two promisory notes of considerable
value were found on Mott avenue yes-
terday afternoon by , lightning-rod
agent 0. L. Bassett who returned them
to the owner a lady whose name led to
the identification of the “slips of paper ”
They were received with thanks to the
“honest young man” from Wilton who
has never told a lie since he has been
selling rods to attract electric fluids
from the heavens.
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Our“City Library. .-
The Norwalk library is to be closed
in order'to move its contents to their
new quarters. Cards have been sent to
those having books out requesting the
immediate return of the same. The
library committee earnestly request
prompt compliance with this request in
order to facilitate the work of the li-
brarian.
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d-Advert11~e tn the GAna-TTE. -.
as the city would have the necessary .1
»,«. Mr. Ferris then asked in regard to ‘*
Lynn, Mass, the 10th,11th and 12th of _
Water Commissioners prepare and sub- ‘
, school, lodge,
party buying one does not get merely
. Magnificent Plano for the Most Popular
School Lodge, Society,Glol1 or Fire 0011
’ pony in _____tooolyiai1fiold “
Which is our most pop-nn_—lar school, lodge society cluh'n
fire company? ’
Which one has the most admirers and friends?
, Doublless these questions are beyond the power of any -
absOlute answer, but THE EVENING GAZETTE o'fi‘ers so "
exceptional opportunity to make the test. THE GAZETTE pro.
poses to poll the votes of the people And the voting is to
hays zest in it. It“ 1s made worth while to vote. There is a.
magnificent prize at stake.
THE GAZETTE will give A $400 UPRIGHT PIANO to the
society, club or fire company which gets the
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most votes.
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HFRE 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 anvwhere bought for $400 IN GOLD.
The following are the rules which govern the voting:
1—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 coupon may select—the blank lines in the
coupon to be filled out with the name and address. The coupon
to-day 18 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 re-
corded until a day later. .
5—Coupons must be filled out 1n a. plain handwriting, for otherw1se blund-
ers can not be avoided and votes will be lost. Blank coupons, of
THE iiiiinoiimfiitii THE so 11. . 11011
It IS a piano made upon honor and sold upon merit.
a handsome case He .
gets a thorough musical instrument. The toné of the instru
ment is full, rich, resonant and well sustained, the scale is
magnificent.
Following is the voting coupon, or copy of which will ap-
EMEWE Pl ’ “ 80MB”.
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Hope Hose Company ....... . ........................... .. . .. 13452
Norwalk Yacht Club. ... ...]3053
St. Mary’ s School ............... .. ................ . ............................ 7101
Welcome Stranger Lodge... ... ... .. ... .. ..... . ..... ....... .. . 1575
Center School ...................................................... .......... ....... 936
Pequonock Pleasure Club.... ................................ .......... .... .......... 568
Over River 8011001.. ..... . ....... . .......... . ........................................... . ........ . 347
Pioneer Castle........ . ............................................ . ....................... .. 173
'1‘. F. E. Club......,............. ............................ . ........................... ......... 7o
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