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Norwalk, Conn, Tuesday Evening, June 9, 1896.
Price, One Cent.
NATIONll_l._C_APITAL
Adjournment of Congress Will
Soon Take Place.
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interesting Washington News and Chat.
GAZETTE’s BUREAU, .
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET
WASHINGTON, JUNE 8.
Everything in both‘houses of Con-
gress is being “ hustled ” with an
earnest purpose for an early adjourn-
ment. This has now become an abso-
lute necessity as neither house will be
able to maintain a quorum after, to-
morrow. -
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In the Senate to-day, the modified
General Deficiency bill was” passed. An
effort was made to stop all action on the
Sherman Statue, when Gen. Hawley
remarked there were two sides to this
contention and moved that the matter
go over which was carried.
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Naval conferees finally agreed on
three battle ships as a compromise, and
several conference reports were agreed
to when Senator Morgan took the floor
to address the Senate gain on his Cuban
resolution. '
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In the House. several important bills
were passed under suspension of the-
rules, a lot of conference reports acted
on and others ordered on a number of
bills.
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Senator Brice of Ohio, who knows as
much about the condition and purposes
of the democratic party as any one and
deservedly so, as he is credited with
being one of its most liberal contribu-
tors, says that “not less than six weeks
ago the contest in the Democratic party
practically ended with the victory in
the grtisp of the free-silver faction. It
is useless to disguise the certainty that
the silver men of the party will control
the Democratic National Convetion at
Chicago.” ' .
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Mrs. 'Ihurber, the wife of the Presi-‘
dent’s private secretary, left this after-
noon with her children to take up her
summer residence near Gray Gables.
Mr. Thurber will remain here until
Congress adjourns and the President
goes to Buzzard’s Bay.
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The statement made here yesterday
by a member of the cabinet, that rather
than vote for a free silver democrat,
should one be nominated at Chicago,
President Cleveland’would support Mc-
Kinley if he is nominated on a gold
platform, is believed to correctly rep-
resent the President’s feelings and
probable action in the matter.
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It is asserted that the administration
has informed Spain that the crew of the
filibustering schooner Competitor, tried
by drumhead court martial, must not
be executed.
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The passage to-day of the modified
general deficiency bill and its approval
' by the President removes one of the
principal obstacles to early adjourn-
ment, although four appropriation bills
are still in conference.
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The free alcohol commission, of
which Senator Platt is chairman, has
not yet held a meeting, but it is under-
stood that an effort will be made to
have one before ’ adjournment for the
purpose of organization and the discus-
sions of plans of procedure. It is not
thought anything will be attempted
during the summer except in the way of
correspondence.
The Wheel Wrecked.
Plumber Holmes is the owner of a
balky horse. The animal was hitched
up to a carriage and this morning Mr.
Holmes jumped in and gathered up the
reins and started to go up Water street.
The horse commenced to back and re-
fused to go ahead with the result that
the carriage collided with a wagon load
of coal and one of the hind wheels
was wrecked. A section of gas pipe
was secured and the horse demurely
dragged the vehicle to a carriage shop
for repairs.
Gets’l-lis Deserts at Last.
Yesterday “Jimmy” McNally, “King
of Green Goods Men,” was sentenced
to three years in the Illinois State
prison under the name of “Williams.’:
, McNally’s career in New York and res-
idence at Black Rock and exploits in -
Bridgeport are well known.
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Needs Repairing.
Belden avenue opposite Grace church,
was badly washed and filled with large
and small cobbles by the late heavy
rain. It is in a dangerous condition for
travel and should be at once repaired.
THE MILL HILL CASE.
A Committee Appointed to As-
sess Benefits and
Damages.
The Mayor and Council to Appear in Court.
A special meeting ofthe City Council
was held last night in response to the
following call: .
NOTICE is hereby given, that a hear-
ing will be had before the Mayor and
Council of the City of Norwalk, in the
Council Room in said City, June 8th,
1896, at 7 :30 o’clock in the evening, to
consider the matter of changing the
grade of East Wall Street, in said City,
and of taking the necessary land from
either or both sides of said street to
widen the same to not exceed forty feet
in width, from the westerly end of the
Quintard building easterly to a pornt
opposite the Bissell Homestead, at
which time and place all persons whose
land is proposed to be taken for. or af-
fected by such grading or Widening are
hereby notified that they may appear
and be heard in relation thereto.
The Mayor and the full 'board were
present. In the lobby were Messrs.
Aurelius J. Meeker, John O’Sullivan,
Platt Price, Frank E. Quintard, J. S.
Yanderhoef, P. H. Dwyer, Edward
Merrill, A. C. Golding, J. Belden Hurl-
butt, Dennis Donovan and others.
After the call had been read Mayor
Wheeler asked if there was any one
present who desired to be heard there-
on.
Platt Price said: “I am interested in
the proposed widening of the street as
I own property on the north side of the
same. 1 did not come here to talk but
rather to listen. I understand that
some sixteen or eighteen feet are to be
taken off from the front of my building.
I suppose that the railway tracks will
be laid as near the center of the street
as possible. My building will probably
have to be moved back. I have confi-
dence that those who have the matter
in charge will act justly with all those
concerned in the improvement. Later
on I can tell better and may then have
something to say.”
' Mayor Wheeler then remarked that
it was only a preliminary hearing and
that a committee would probably be
appointed to assess benefits and dam-
ages.
J. Stanley Vanderhoof asked if any
approximate estimate had been made
as to the probable cost of the proposed
improvement, and said that he was
very much in favor of the change of
grade, etc. Had understood that it
would cost from $25,000 to $30,000.
Thought that it , ought to be done at
the expense of the city and not the
people.
As no one else seemed inclined to say
anything the hearing was adjourned
and the Council resumed its regular
business session, and the minutes of
thelast meeting were read.
The following resolution was passed:
WHEREAS, at a meeting of the Coun-
oil of the City of Norwalk duly held
June 10th, 1896, it was voted that the
Council proceed to consider the matter
of grading and widening East Wall
street from the westerly end of the
Quintard building easterly to a point
opposite the Bissell homestead, and
WHEREAS, in and by said vote a time
and place for a hearing thereon was set
for June 8th at 7:30 in the Council room
at which time and place the clerk was
directed to give legal notice to all per-
sons afi'ected thereby to appear and be
heard in relation thereto; and
WHEREAS, legal notice of said hear-
ing was duly given by the Clerk ac-
cording to law: and
WHEREAS, a hearing in said matter was
duly had before the Mayor and Council
on said 8th day of June, 1896, at 7:30
o’clock, p. m. at which time and place
all persons appearing were given an
opportunity to be and were fully heard,
Now Therefore
RESOLVED, that we the Council of the
City of N prwalk do find and determine
that public convenience and necessity
require the grading and widening of
East Wall street between the points
above named, and further
RESOLVED, that Eugene L. Boyer,
Charles F. ’l‘ristram, William H. Smith,
Harvey M. Kent, Alfred A. Chinery,
Jr. and Arthur B. Hill, Council-
men of the City of Norwalk, be and
they are hereby appointed a committee,
who shall make such aleration in the
grade and width of said East Wall
street between the points above named,
as to them shall seem proper, and report
the same to the Council, which report
shall embody a descriptive survey of
said street to be graded and widened,
and an estimate and appraisal of benefits
aud_damages, as .tbe case may be re-
sulting or .accruing to any person or
persons, for the taking of any land for
such grading or widening, or from such
alteration ; or from such change of grade.
" g3 Approved, -
‘ ARTHUR 0. WHEELER,
~ ’ Mayor.
Councilman Hill stated that he had
investigated the matter of allowing two
or more buildings to be connected with
a sewer at one opening of the same and
was not in favor of such grant being
made. (This especially referred to the
Moody building on Main street.)
City Attorney Lockwood said that he
had been served with papers in the
matter of the appeal of the Street Rail-
way from the city’s decision in reference
to the double tracking of Main street,
and the Mayor and Council had been
cited to appear before Judge Hall in
the Superior Court on the 23d of J one
then and there to be heard on the
matter.
The Council then adjourned until
next Monday evening. -
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ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT.
Miss Baird’s Young Lady Scholars Will
Graduate This Evening.
The commencement exercises at the
popular and thoroughly disciplined
young ladies institute conducted by
Miss Cornelia F. Baird on West avenue
will take place this evening. 'The fol-
lowing programme has been arranged
for the occasion:
PART FIRST.
Instrumental—Fifth Rhapsody in E,
Prof. Alex. S. Gibson.
Invocation ,
Rev. D. M. Seward, D. D.
Instrumental—Fahnen Marsch,
Misses Frances and Isabel Deeves, Il-
ling, Van Zandt.
Vocal—The Journey is Long,
Miss Rose-Marie Newcomb.
Instrumental—Polonais et Polonaise,
Misses Jones, De La Torre, Upperman
and J. Seymour.
Essay—“Where are You Going, My
Pretty Maid? ”
Miss Elma Butler Terry.
Instrumental—Lustspiel Ouverture
Misses Nelson, Blackwood, Levy and.
Seibel.
Essay—Hidden Music,
Miss Sara Maude Downham.
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VIOhn Duo 22. Deuxieme Menuet. ,
PART SECOND.
Instrumental—Loreley-Paraphase,
Misses Seymour, Mitchell, Newcomb
and Stoddart.
Essay—Woman’s Opportunity,
Miss Bessie Richards Simpson.
Instrumental—Ouverture “Elizabeth,”
Misses Terry, Dave'v, Stetson and
Downham.
Elocutionary Recital—A Story of the
Mines,
Miss A. Bertha Hardy.
Instrumental—Rondo Brillante,
Misses Atherton and Wightman.
Essay—The Child Characters of Dick-
ens, with Valedictory.
Miss Edna Haskell Stetson.
Address and Presentation of Diplomas,
Rev. Charles M. Selleck.
a. Calm as th ‘g ,
Vocal ' {6. Spring Sonegfql ht
Mrs. Lillian Sherwood—Newkirk.
Benediction,
Rev. D. M, Seward, D. D.
A Base lander.
Some wicked Norwalk fakir of news
has imposed on the Associated Press
by sending out what is denounced as a
tissue of falsehoods, by Rev. Father
Daugherty of St. Marys, who is accused
of scoring his people because of their
lack of support and that he had applied
to Bishop Tierney to be transferred to
another parish.
The good father has visited two hun-
dred families of his parish in the past
six weeks and failed to learn of the
disafl'ection of a single parishioner. He
attributes the slander to the unprovoked
and wanton malevolence of one person,
to whom Father Daugherty, is not
conscious of ever having given cause
for offense.
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Is an Expert Wheelman.
If Selectman Merrill could only cut
loose from the hypnotic influences of
Capt. Ike, as easily and gracefully as he
skims over the route between his rural
Broad River home and the Selectmen’s
office, on his bicycle, he would be "a
thing of beauty and a joy forever.”
How it must excite the envy of Capt.
Ike as he sees the man Friday skim the
highways as beautifully as an eagle cuts
and cleaves the air. ‘
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Shuttled on His Mortal con.
Frank Mayo, the popular actor of
world-wide- fame died suddenly last
night in his sleeping car, as it was ap-
proaching Omaha. Heart trouble is
the supposed cause. He retired in usual
health and good spirits and was found
dead in his berth.
Colored Methodist Appointments.
Bishop Hood has announced his .ap-
pointments at the conference of the A.
M. E. Zion church. They include:
Norwich, Conn., W. J. Smith; Willi-
matic, C. C. Ringold ; Hartford, L. H.
Taylor; ~Middletown, A. E. Clark;
Bridgeport, John F. Waters, Water-
bury, G. H. S. Bell, Danbury,‘ W. H.
Parker; Meriden, W. H. Jones. S. C.
Birchmore is presiding elder. '
- of promise. The complainant is a hand-
. next Thursday.
A GIRL Edwin.
Little Mary Cramford Outraged
by a Tramp. '
Was‘ Returning From Church, in Westport-
. Mary Cramford, 12 years old, the
daughter of Samuel Cramford, a farm-
er residing about three miles from
Westport village, was the victim of' a
criminal assault committed by an un-
known tramp, Sunday night. The
child is ill now from the effects of the
treatment she sustained at the hands of
the brute, and the consequent shock._
The girl, with a number of others of
abOut her own age, had attended pray-
er meeting at the Westport church,
and was on her way home when the
crime was committed. She had left
her companions and had still some dis-
tance to walk. She had reached a lone-
ly spot in the road when she Was accost-
ed by a man whose garments bespoke
for him the character of a tramp, who
called to her to stop. .
The girl naturally was frightened at
meeting a stranger in a lonely place,
but stood until the man reached her.
He then seized her and threw her on
the ground. Her struggles were with-
out avail against the strength of the
powerful brute in whose grasp she was.
It was some minutes after when the
girl gathered sufficient strength to make
her way home. She told her parents of
what had happened, and the neighbor-
hood was at once alarmed. A isearch
for the girl’s assailant was instituted,
but the man was evidently taking no
chances of capture, for not a trace of
him could be found.
The search for the fiend is still being
kept up, but the chances of its success
are very slim, as the girl was so fright-
ened that she can give no description
by which to identify the man.
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g SHE WANTS $5,000.
A Norwalk Young Lady Sues for This Snug
Little Sum for Breach of Promise.
A Norwalk firm of lawyers will soon
present a claim against a prominent
Bridgeport man for $5,000 for breach
some young lady quite well known in
Norwalk, and the bringing of the suit
will no doubt create a mild sensation in
town.
The evidence in the case will probably
prove to be very interesting if not al-
together pleasing reading. 3‘
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At the Commencement.
Mrs. Blackwood and sister of the
West Indies are registered at the Nor-
walk Hotel. They came here to attend
the commencement exercices at Miss
Baird’s school this evening at which in-
stitute Mrs. Blackwood’s daughter is a
bright and promising pupil. Mrs J. W.
Seymour of the Mt. Airy House Ger-
mantown, Pa., is also registered at the
same popular hostlery, and has a
daughter at Miss Baird’s who enjoys
the confidence of her teachers and the
love of all who know her.
The City Bicycle Record.
The following is the number of miles
the cyclometer credits the city bicycle
with having traveled since its purchase,
the only rider up to date being Officer
Bartram: ' '
Thursday night, June 4th, ............... 13
Friday night .................................. 13
Saturday night, .............................. 00
Sunday night, ................................. 20
Monday night,.. .............................. 10
Adjourned.
The case of the State vs. John Tuhey
called for a hearing in the Superior
Court to-day has been adjourned until
A n’umber of Norwalk
people are therefore getting acquainted
with the Bridgeport police, among the
number representatives of the press.
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A Terrible Bite.
August C. McKay, a contractor at
Waterbury, is critically ill from the re-
sult of a bite of a poisonous spider. He
had to have his finger amputated but
blood possoning has set in and his re.-
covery is doubtful.
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Woman Killed by a Train. -
Nicolas Whalen, aged 65, was struck
by a train on the Naugatuck road at N
2:30 yesterday afternoon, “at Ansonia.
She died in twenty minutes.
Dioceasan Convention.
The Episcopal Dioceasan Convention
is being held in Hartford to-day. Rev.
C. M; Selleck represents St. Pauls and
Rev. S. H. Watkins, Grace church
-—Advertisein the GAZETTE. _
our HUNDRED noun szi“
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A Magnificent Plano for the, Most Popular -
School, Lodge, Society, 01111) 01' fire 00111-1
pony, in Fairfield County.
fire c1733; :7: our most popular school, lodge, society, club or
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 ‘
THE GAZETTE proa '
exceptional opportunity to make the test.
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 UPRlGHT PIANO to the
school, lodge, society, club or fire company which getsfgthe
most votes.
HERE 1']? IS 3 .
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:
1—THE GAZETTE will print each day a blank coupon, each coupon being
good for one vote for the school, ledge, 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 contest will close on J uly 2, and the winner announced on July 3.
3—Any school, lodge, society, club or fire company in F airfield 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 “iiiii’iiiiiiis THE sc lill} »+ 818(th
It is a piano made upon honor and sold upon merit.
party buying one does not get merely a handsome Case
getsa thorough musical instrument. The tone of the instru
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. . » -
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NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE I6
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Name,
Town,
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ope ose ompany .................................. ’. ............................. 13941
Norwalk Yacht Club .......................... ,1 3728
St. Mary’s School ................................ . 7101
Welcome Stranger Lodge ...................................... . 1576
Center School ................... ;‘ ........................................ ......... 936
Pequonock Pleasure Club .......................................................... . ........... . 568 ‘
Over River School.. ............................................................................ . 347
Pioneer Castle ...................................................................................... 173
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$rion Sigging Society.. ................................................................... so
Norwalk Liederkranz.................................................... ............................. 422
Sword Fish Club ................. ...... ....... . .............................. 23
Lincolg Council................: ................................... _ ..... . ...... ' ........ 13
The Central Club.. . . _ ............................. .. . . ...... . ......................... 1'6
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Compo Engine 00., Westport ............. . ...................................................... '19
Bishop McMahon'Council ........... , ............... . ........... Z ........................... 10
Catholic Union Council ............................................. ......................... it. _ 3
Uncas Tribe ............................. . ........... 3
Knob Outing Club... ...... ........ 2
Pine Ledge Club............ ---- 2
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Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company -- ............................................ .. ... 4 --
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