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THE EVENING GAZETTE.l
ENTERED A'r 'rnn Pos'r Orrron’m Nonwanx
As A ansrApnn.
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS,
DAILY, one year. 83; six months, $1.75; three
months. 51.00; one month, 30c.
WEEKLY. one year. in advance. $1.00; six
months. 600.; three months. 350.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1896.
A Boom for Ex-Governor Bulkeley. ii.
It is not infrequently that _ politicians
have to depend on their opponents for
their best information. The Hartford
Telegram assures the public that it can
“authoritively state that our ex-gov-
ernor is the choice of Major McKinley
and Mark Hanna for Vice President,
now that Speaker Reed refuses to ac-
cept second place on the National
ticket. This news we \hope is not of that
kind ‘too good to be true," but that it
is really and truly so.
A brisk boomlet" was assayed last
week for U. S. Senator Proctor for the
Vice Presidency, which may or may
not have been inspired by influential
parties. .
But it bears none of the strong ele-
ments of probability which attach to
that of our redoubtable ex—Governor
Morgan G. Bulkeley. In the first place,
Mr. erfield Proctor is f; om the abso-
lutely certain Republican State of Ver-
mont, while Gov. Bulkeley is from the
ordinarily esteemed doubtful State of
Connecticut. Mr. Proctor’s term in
the United States Senate does not ex-
pire until November 4, 1899, and Major
McKinley is too sagacous a politician
to wish to take from the Senate, a man
with a three years’ unexpired term of
service, when the party or his State
could receive no possible benefit by
.50 doing.
The Telegram states that when “LX-
Gov. Morgan G. Bulkeley journeyed to
flhio the other day and occupied the
now famous guest chamber in ex-Gov.
William McKinley’s pretty home at
Canton, speculation was rife as to what
was the political import of his mission.
When Gov. Bulh- le'j returned he said
very little as to his violi; but that is the
way Gov. Bulkeley conducts his busi-
ness. He is not given to be garrulous
to newspaper men. With those of the
fraternity to whrm he takes a liking.
and whom he finds he can trust, he is
apt to be open and candid when discus-
sing public affairs, but it is not for
' publication that’he talks.
The Telegram has learned from a
very authentic source that the name of
ex-Gov. Morgan G. Bulkeley will in all
probability be presented to the dele-
gates of the St. Louis convention as
the candidate for the vice-presidential
nomination, and it was to discuss this
combination that Gov. Bulkeley was in-
vited to Ohio.
It is further stated that the friends of
McKinley have all along been anxious
to secure an Eastern man to go on the
ticket with their candidate. For a time
it was hoped that the Hon. Thomas B.
Reed of Maine would consent to delay
his own aspirations for the presidential
nomination and accept the honor of
sharing the fight as McKinley ’s cc-ad-
jutor, but Mr. Reed could not be made
to see the overtures in a proper light.
Then it was that the McKinley man-
agers turned their eyes to Connecticut
and Gov. Bulkeley was sent for.
No Republican in the East has done
more to advance Republican power and
Republican prestige than Governor
Bulkeley. He is on terms of intimate
acquaintanceship with all the leading
men of his party. He has been a
prominent worker at all the national
conventions. He is known to be com~
potent and capable, and above all, has
the nerve and backbone to rule over
the deliberations of what promises to
be a very turbulent Senate. He is
known to be all right on the currency.
Pledges have been given Governor
Bulkeley from all parts of New Eng-
land, so the Telegram is informed, and
the visit to Governor Bulkeley of ex-
Governor Brown of Rhode Island was,
it is asserted. to bringhim the cordial
support of thatlittle state.
There is no doubt that should McKin-
ley be named for president and Gover-
nor Bulkeley secure the nomination for
vice president, it will do more to carry
the Eastern states for the Ohio candi-
date than any other combination”,
Editorially, the Telegram further
states that it takes especial pride in call-
ing the attention of its readers to a
startling development in the program of
national Republican politics. It pres-
ents, from a most thoroughly reliable
and authentic source. the details at. the
'Connecticut Democrats there
TH E E V E N 1 NG GAZ ET TE
“ ”my “*5 mmmrrrflm '
~
probable combination of nominations
that will be attempted at the Republican
national convention, to be held at St.
Louis, commencing June 16.
It will be good News for Hartford
and for the state of Connecticut to
learn that there is more than a reason.-
able probability that ex-Governor Mor-
gan G. Bulkeley will be the candidate
for the nomination for vice president.
The same forces that are bent on secur-
ing the nominations of Major William
McKinley, Jr., are pledged to support
the nomination of ex-Governor Bulke-
ley and the victory of the Ohio candi-
date will, in all probability. mean a vic-
tory for Connecticut.”
Next to the honors and interests of
is no
citizen of the state in whose political
advancement the Telegram takes a
warmer or more personal delight than
in the successes of our estimable tOWns-
man, Morgan G. Bulkeley. He: has
always proved himself a thoroughly
public-spirited, patriotic citizen. He
made a splendid mayor, and a chief
executive that did Connecticut honor
and credit at home and abroad. He is
eminently qualified both by experience
and ability to fill the position of vice-
president of the United States, and
though the Telegram sincerely hopes
to see a Democratic president and Vvice
president elected next November, it as
sincerely hopes that Governor Bulkeley
will be the choice of the Republicans
at St. Louis for the vice presidential
nomination.”
To all of which every true republican
in Connecticut will say amen.
The Hartford correspondent of the
New York Herald, referring to this sub-
ject, remarks that “At present this vic-
tim of circumstances is not seeking it
in the sense that he has avowed his in-
tentions.
He has been to Ohio and has chatted
with the great McKinley himself, and
dined with Hanna. He does not, on
the other hand, deney the soft impeach—
meat, as he stands out in the open high-
way, waiting for the nominination to
tzke its constitutional airing in that
direction.
Morgan G. Bulkeley, for heis the man
with a lightning rod out, will accept the
nomination if it seeks him.
Four years ago, at Minneapolis, the
name of Bulkeley was in many months
as Vice Presidential timber. He had
gained a country wide reputation as the
hold over Governor of Connecticut.
The crowbar episode had been tele-
graphed to every newspaper in the Far
West and in the Far South. The curi-
osity to see him was general, and he
came in for a lion’s share of attention
as a celebrity.
It is no longer a secret that the lead-
ers in five delegations considered the
advisability of presenting his name to
the Convention. He added further to
his reputation in seconding the nomina-
tion of Whitelaw Reid for Vice Presi-
dent. Though not a speech maker, the
emergency presented by his sudden ap-
pearance before the vast Convention on
his part had to be met. He met it with
a capital speech, which secured for it-
self what General Horace Porter’s did
not, two or three rounds of applause.
'Ihe reputation made then has not
died out. It sleepeth, but with shrewd
manipulation, can be aroused and made
quite formidable. Upon the theory
that a New England man upon the
ticket would in a measure overcome
the prejudice here against Major Mc-
Kinley, Bulkeley is the strongest.
comes from the .only doubtful New
England state, and enjoys a wide per-
sonal popularit: .
With McKinley the nominee by ac-
clamation, the field would be open and
free to all comers. Why not Bulkeley?
The Ohio machine would certainly not
be averse to this program. It feels
very kindly toward Connecticut, which
it had hoped for, but not counted upon,
in spite of the enthusiastic assurance
given that popular sentiment was all
one way. It feared Fessenden, and
would tc-day pay a handsome price if
his support could be gained. It seems
to be probable that the twelve votes of
Connecticut will be cast for McKinley
bread to be sliced and buttered before
it may be taken as an assured fact.
In this connection it may be asked,
Where is General Hawley, whose fitness
for Vice President has been acknowl-
eged for many years? There is is every
reason to believe that he would bear
the Vice Presidential progress of his old
antagonist with great presence of mind.
Besides being a philosopher,'the talent-
ed and handsome Senator is a .man of
commonsense. It would be for his in -
terest to aid. not puncture, the Bulke-
ley boom.”
Amen, and Amen!
. dance at the Democratic convention in
- “The West as it. Struck Me,” at the
He'
upon the first ballot, but there is some
An Epitome of Happenings of
Interest to the Public.
Garner-ed with Scissors and Pencil.
Ex-selectman Daskam is in Hartford
to-day. ’ .
Bishop McMahcn council will meet
to-night.
Mrs. George Clarke and mother are
at Norwalk Park.
P. Slattery, the East Wall street. bar-
ber is on the sick list.
Our Brothers’ Lodge conferred the
third degree last night.
There is a leak in the South Norwalk
‘Water main on Spring hill;
The display in the Boston Store win-
dows is bewitchingly bewildering.
There will be music every Wednes-
day and Saturday evening at Roton
Point.
Miss Milli M. Wever of Elm street
has gone west to visit her sister Mrs.
Glines. ‘
The Knights of Columbus will give an
excursion to Pawson Park Thursday
Augest 13th. ~
Mrs. Samuel Daskam was in New
Haven yesterday attending a meeting
of the D. A. R. '
Attorney John J. Walsh is in' atten-
Hartford, to-day.
Thomas O’Gorman of Providence was
in town this morning, looking as'bright
as a new lawn dress.
John F. Marsh a Danbury saloon
keeper was fined $500 yesterday for
violating the liquor law. ‘
Officer Morehouse is acting as Chief
of Police to-day. The Chief is busily
engaged picking strawberries.
W. J. Mobre of this city installed the
officers of Nelson Lodge, Sons of St.
George, at Danbury, last night. ’
Colonel W. C. P. Breckinridge an-f
nounces that he will again be a candi-
date for Congress at the next election.
John Malone will deliver alecture on
next meeting of the Knights of Colum-
bus. - ' '
Aborse belonging to a man named
Benedict was shot on Merwin street
yesterday afternoon by Humane Ofiicer
Morehouse.
Expressman Martin and Groceryman
Bates were throwing snowballs at each
other at the O. T. R. B. plant, yester-
day afternoon.
For the first time in many days there
were applicants for lodging at the Hotel
Howard annex, last evening. There
were three guests.
Councilman “Charley” Tristram,
sails to-morrow for merrie England
and “may all the gods go with him,”
and grant him safe return.
William E. James of Co. E and James
A. Smith of Co. D have received notice
from the Adjutant General’s office to
appear before the examining board in
New Haven on June 24th.
James Merritt and “Jake” Hess, of
Port Chester, were guests of R. E.
Goldschmidt of this city, yesterday.
Mr. Hess is the father of William Hess,
the Main street barber.
The gospel tent will be pitched on
the lot dividing the houses of Dr. A. H'
Baldwin and Street Commissioner Kel-
logg on Wall street, to-morrow in?
readiness for the services which will
take place in the evening. ,
Raymond & Sons have purchased a
pair of horses. One of them a chestnut
mare is a beauty and “Billy” believes
that she is able to keep out of the dust
of any other horse in town. Of course
they are to appear in brand new bar-
nesses.
At the clcee of the Thursday evening
meeting in the First Congregational
chapel the Prudential committee will
be in session to meet those who wish to
unite with the church at the July com-
munion either on confession of faith or
by letter from other places.
‘ Landlord Tuttle of the N orwalk hotel
has placed. a large receptacle on the
apex of the stately elm tree which was
sawed off at its armpits in front of the
hotel and will fill the same with plants
that were the N orwalk city flower
mounds to meet would cause them to
blush in jealous envy.
An .Aflidavit.
This is to certify that “on May 11th, I
walked to Melick’s drug store 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.
Wnrznn, Sunbury, Pa.
Sworn and an scribed to before me on
August 10,1894.—-WALfrEn SHIPMAN, J. P.
' HEREllN_ll_THERE.N
A TEERORTOEATS;
An Odd Character ofqthe Pacific
- Coast.
Like the Pied Piper of Hamelln He
Wields a Strange Influence Over
the Rodents—His Peculiar
Business.
A" queer counterpart of the Pied
Piper of Hamelin has been visiting the
seaports. of the Pacific coast lately,
driving or drawing hordes of rats from
the ships at. the wharves and occasion-
elly from the warehouses and big
hotels. He seems to have a. strange
influence over rats and readily tame
and makes pets of strange rats. He is
not a. ratcatcher, for, Whilenhere is no
doubt of theithoroughnesss with which
he ride a ship or a. house of rats, he does
not catch them, nor does he care What.
becomes of them. He only undertakes
to drive them away. More than this,
he claims to be able to bring the rats
back again, and it. is said he has done
this in two or three instances where a
ship’s captain has played him false,
and, being rid of the rate, has failed to
live up to [his bargain with the rat-
charmer. ' - - -
He is, or has been, a seafaring man.
His name is Joe Peoples, though he is
known along the wharves as Rough-on-
Rats. Usually he has his pockets full
of rats~not pets of long acquaintance,
but ordinary rats which he has caught
- recently, and which he keeps to use in
his peculiar business. He says there is
no art about handling rats, and that
they will not. bite if properly handled,
but either he. exercises some strange
power over the animals, or else he has
learned a secret of handling them that
is not likely to become common prop-
erty. It is the same with a rat as with
a. nettle, he says. If you pick up a rat
as though not. afraid of it the animal
will net bite; and. if you place it back
on the ground and let. it run away of
its own accord it will be equally harm-
less. But if, having gone so far as to
get hold of a rat, you place it on the
floor and draw your hand away sharply,
the rat will, as'likely as not, take a
piece of your hand away with it. At
any rate, this is ’part of Mr. People’s
peculiar theories.
How he drives outthe rats he. is will-
ing ‘to explain in part, but the main
_ secret he naturally reserves. He selects
a. lively old. rat, ties at little bell, like a,
sleigh bell, with wire around its neck,
paints its'back with phosphorus, then
drenches it in some liquid not divulged,
and turns it. loose. The rat runs
through all its accustomed haunts, but
all its late comrades run ahead of it.
They don’t like its blazing back and its
alarm bell. But more than anything
else, Mr. Peoples says, they don’t like
the smell it brings with him.
Mr. Peoples’ doctor-ed rats smell like
a. whole cageful of ferrets. Rate par-
ticularly dislike ferrets, and neverstop
to investigate when there is the slight-
est suggestion of one being near.- Or-
dinary rat catdhers corroborate Mr.
Peoples in this. The consequence is,
and it is a. consequence in fact as well
as in logic, that. the doctored rat drives
every other rail“. before it, and where
the doctored rat has once been no rat
will venture afterward while the smell
lasts, and Mr. Peoples guarantees the
smell for one year. The unfortunate
rat with the bell, its illuminated back,
and its terrible smell, seeks its old
friends in every hole and corner, and
wherever it goes it is the. last rat that.
will go there in a. year. Mr. Peoples
says he has frequently known; rats to
jump overboard from a. ship. in their
efforts to escape from a. doctorcd rat,
and many witnesses bear him out in
this statement. There is. no question
of his success in entirely clearing a.
number of ships and warehouses at.
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Port Town:
send and other ports on the coast which
were formerly overrun with rats.
For his claim that he can bring back
the rate there seems to be only Mr.
Peoples’ word. He names two or three
ships plying up and down the coast
on which he had played his second trick.
The. captains told him, after the rats
had all left their ships, that they
guessed he hadn’t done much toward it
and offered to compromise. Mr. Peo-
ples says he just doctored half adozen
rats. with a different kind of medicine
and set them free on these ships, and
scattered some of the same kind of
stuff about the holds, and he avers that
in a; little. while there will be four times
as many rats on the, ships as formerly,
and he will, charge four times as much
to charm them away—N. Y. Sun.
Making Work Less Obnoxious.
Scullery work may be made less ob-
noxious by a little forethought. Cook-
ing utensils should be filled with cold
water as soon as their contents have
been removed and they should then be
placed on the back of the range. The
water heats slowly, the particles of food
are loosened and when dish-washing
time comes little effort is required to
clean the vessels thoroughly. A chain
dishcloth is an effective. aid to cleanli-
ness. -The washing 9f china and glass
dishes is more of an art than the average
maid realizes. They should be scraped,
not with a knife, as the general custom
is, but with a. piece of bread crust, which
removes the debris without scratching
the dishes. Very hot water made soapy
by the use of a, soap~shaker should be
used to wash them. Then they should
be placed upside down in a wire drain
ing—pan and deluged with clear hot
water. They are easily dried after the
hot bath. A little soda. in- the first
water helps to clean china and to bright-
en silver and glass. -— Philadelphia.
Ledger. ' »
' Creamy Icing.
Mix one cup granulated sugar, three-
fourths cup sweet milk, and the grated
rind of one lemon, and, when dissolved,
boil exactly five minutes, take from the
fire, pour in the bowl, add half-teaspoon-
ful of vanilla extract, one teaspoonful
flour and beat until slightly thick;
spread on the cake quickly, as it soon
For sale at 25 and 50 cents
P. Weed, druggist. _
per bottle by E.'
. , ._ '3,
burdens—St. Louis Republicu
Among thé delighted crowd from
Norwalk who attended the B. &_ B.
show in Bridgeport, Saturday, was a
parscn. - "And he got his .money’s
worth,” as Barnum, were be alive,
would say.
_. NOTICE 7
ANNUALEEETING.
The inhabitants and legal Voters of
Centre School District of the town of
Norwalk are hereby notified and warned
that the annual meeting for the election
of oflioers of the District required by
law to _be elected annually, will be
holden in the school house in said Dis-
trict on Tuesday evening. J une 9th, at‘
7:30 o’clock; also to lay a tax upon the
polls and property of said District, if it
shall be deemed advisable, to hear re-
ports of all committees and to pass any
and all votes necessary to carry into
effect any act or resolution of said Dis-
trict which it is proper to pass at the
annual meeting, or under the call. '
Diiggg athrwalk this let'day of June,
C. A. QUINTABD,
Gno. B. ST. JOHN,
{District Committee.
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