HE EVENI . ,»,.J..- . THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONECENTDAILY IN THE WORWHLKS. J: Vol. VI. Whole N0. 1414 ——_.7 Namath—Rom, Wednesday EVenmg July ‘29, 1896. Price One Cent: HILL 0N "MONE The Cdngressman’s‘Able Talk Against the White Metal. Heat, Humidity and Hand-organ His Rivals . Congressman Hill was greeted last ’ evening at the Methodist church by a densely packed audience of interested listeners to his clear and convincing argument against the free coinage of silver. The evening was oppressively sultry and hot, yet the speaker held the undivided attention of his auditors, despite the heat and humidity, and for a portion of the time, an asthmatic hand-organ, in front of the open doors of the church. He showed that the de- preciation of silver as a metal and coin was goverened by the immutable laws of supply and demand; that up to a dozen years or so ago, less than three million legal tender silver dollars had ever been issued since the establishment of our U. S. Mints and since then over two hundred millions of these silver dollars had been coined, for the reason that our silver mines and those of other nations, had increased their outputs a thousand fold. He stated that a silver miner in Canada had told him there was silver enough still in the mines between Alaska and Mexico to shingle every house in America, and thus its value must decrease by such enormous in- Crease of production the same as wheat or potatoes would. That the Govern-' ment could not legislate a higher value 10‘: silver as claimed by free-coinage mam-any more than it could by legis- lation, convert a wooden nutmeg into a :real one, capable of seasoning a pad« ding. - Mr. Hill’s diagrams showing the progress and fluctuations of silver, and the silver countries, etc. was a very in- structive object lesson. His lecture should be given in every town in Con- necticut. Past masters Meeting. Preparations are being made for the semi-annual iheet‘ing Of the Past Grand ’Masters’ association, A. O. U. W., of Connecticut. The committee in charge have just decided that the celebration shall take place at Lighthouse Paint, New Haven, and have selected August 23 as the date. The delegates present, who will embrace all former grand masters in the state, will meet at New Haven about noon and will take special cars for the Point, where a shore din- ner will be served and an elaborate program carried out. 0 Norwalk Fire Insurance Company. At the annual meeting of the Norwalk Fire Insurance Company, held this .morning, the old Board of Directors "wasre-elected, and the following offic- ers: A. G. McIlwaine, President ; George B. 'St. John, Vice President ; F. E. Shaw, Secretary ; George R. Cowles, Resident Secretary. The statement ”made to the stockholders shows Gross Assets, $416,935.53; Net Surplus, $129, 849.50; increase c Re-issue Reserve, $40,390.04. Another Attack on the Beetle. Mrs. William K. James is having her few remaining elm trees resprayed with Paris green in the vain hope of saving them from the ravages of their imported enemy the German elm tree beetle, which has ruined so many of New England’s noblest shade trees. The newly hatched larvae are now be- ginning a second work of destruction for the season, and anything that will destroy these newly hatched grubs, will by so much, save the trees. County Home Visitor. . The County Commissioners yesterday :ppointed William H. Bunnell, ex-Snpt. .fPoor, as one of the visitors from 'ridgeport to the County Home. As m r. Bunnell has had many years’ ex- nerience in watching the managemen‘5 f charitable institutions, the selection a a good one. A Good Example. Following the example set by Presi- . ent Greehe of the Connecticut Mu- ual Life of Hartford, the New York ife Insurance Company has issued a ircular letter to its policy holders warn- ng them that if the democratic ideas of - nance prevail, policies may be paid in . ebased currency. ‘ Every savings bank should do like- -ise. ‘ . New Books. ' Mrs. Giles Seymour of ’78 Franklin venue, is canvassing for a campaign ife of McKinley issued by the Star ' ublishing Co. Also a book of “Famous . merican Men and Women.” We com- .. end Mrs. S. to the generous patronage f the public. , .. w. E.8MI_T_H__00. FAILS Big New York Clothing House Succumbs to Hard Times. W. A. Benedict 8:. Co. Will Not be Affected The Warren E. Smith Company, manufacturers of clothing at No. 841 Broadway, has suspended, and Elbridge V. S. Besson has been appointed re- ceiver for the company by Judge An- drews, of the Supreme Court, on the application of Warren E. Smith, the president and principal stockholder of the concern, the bond being fixed at 325,000. :Mr. Smith holds 989 shares out of 1,000 common stock, and 186 out ,of 871 shares of the preferred. The com- pany is a New Jersey corporation, with a capital stock of $200,000, and Mr. Bes' son has also been appointed receiver in New Jersey by Chancellor McGill. Business has been very dull, notes are maturing as well as other obliga- tions, and lhe company has no cash to meet the payments. Mr. Smith thinks that if the assets are judiciously handled they may realize enough to pay credi- tors in full, or nearly so. He cannot state the value of the assets, which con- sistof manufactured clothing, clothing in process, cloth, fixtures and book ac- counts. A large part of the assets con- sist of goods in process of manufacture, which, if completed, can be sold, and thereby enhance the assest. The book accounts aggregate $30,000, scattered all over the United States. The liabilities are estimated at $61,000. The business was started in 1887 by Warren E. Smith & Co., in Brooklyn, and was incorporated in February, 1892, removing to New York in Decem- ber, 1892. Besides this business Mr. Smith was interested in a firm in that city, another in Philadelphia and one in Providence. but is said to have with- drawn from these some time ago. Warren E. Smith, the head of the company, is well known in Norwalk and is generally supposed to be the chief partner of the firm of W. A. Bene- dict & 00., who operate clothing stores both in this city and South Norwalli’. A representative of the firm informs the "Gamma, however. that the firm ' will not be affected by the failure. Mr. Smith owns a summer residence on Chimmons Island, in Norwalk har- bor, and was the owner of a $40,000 residence at Greenwich which was destroyed by fire last summer. 0 AN EXCITING FINISH. Waterbury People Witness Some Splendid Racing at the Driving Park. The July meeting of the Waterbury Driving Company opened at the Driv- ing Park yesterday afternoon with an attendance of 1,500 people. The weather was very favorable for racing and the track was in excellent condi- tion. The judges were General Alex- ander Harbinson, of Hartford, who acted as starter; S. L. Hodgkinson, of Wallingford. and L. W. Hudson, of New Britain. The first race was the three minute for a purse of $200. Mc- Kinley was the horse that was in it from the start. He won three straight heats. The 2:25 class for a purse of $250 was an exciting race. The fight there was between Gloster H. and Bob Grant, the chestnut gelding owned‘by Frank Nich- ols, of Waterbury. The finish in the third heat was most exciting, Bob Grant winning by a nose. Many old horse- men said it was the prettiest race that they had ever seen on that track. The horse, Fairview Boy, owned by Daly of Manchester, fell down just after the beginning of the third heat, but his driver managed to get him up and off the track before the horses came around: for the second lap. The winners were as follows: Three minute. Purse $200. Eight starters. 1, McKinley. b. g., Rundle & White, Danbury. 2, Kitty, Hill, br. m., Charles Smart, 'tMeriden. 3, Roselett, M. J. Foley, Springfield. Best time, 2:31. 2:25 Class. Purse $250. 1, Gloster H, b. g., M. J. Daly, Lancaster. 2, Bob Grant. ch, g., Clark Nichols, Wa- terbury. 3, Stammal, br. g., C. F. Richmond: Naubuc. Time, 223%. W Drowned at Stamford. Alexander Ennis, a patient at the sanatorium of Dr. Amos J. Givens, in Stamford, was drowned while in bath- ing yesterday afternoon. He went with several other patients to Stillwater Lake to the swimming place in the rear- of the residence of A. M. Palmer, and waded out beyond his depth. He was unable to swim and sank before assist- ance could reach him. The young man was about 21 years old. LlNEMEllglhTWURK. More Trouble on the Compo Beach Trolley Road." Pay-day Several Times Postponed. Therewas more trouble yesterday on the Westport &,Saugatuck Street Rail- road Co.’s new line to Compo Beach, and fourteen linemen, the entire force, struck because of the non-payment of their wages. It was to be decided at 10 o’clock this morning whether the men will return to work or not. > The men have been setting up the trolley poles and stringing the wires. They have been working a week and three days, and were to have been paid for their first week’s labor last Friday. On Friday they were told that they would not be paid until the next day, but on Saturday there was no money forthcoming, and the men were put off until Monday. . They did not relish the postponement, but made no determined opposition, Monday afternoon, there were more promises made that they would be paid yesterday. There was no money in sight up to 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and a rumor became current that they Were to be put off again. At 3:30 the men decided that they would do no more work until they were paid, and putting on their coats, ceased operations. Shortly afterward, a clerk from the company’s office appeared, and made a definite promise that payment in full would be made at 10 o’clock this morn- ing. He requested them to return to work until that time. The men absolutely refused to accede to the request. They told the clerk that they would return this morning if they were paid, but that they would do no more work until they received their money. It is probably that the com- pany to-day will make an effort to sat- isfy the claims, and that the difficulty will be settled. .‘.‘ JACK” .LYCETT on neck. Renders Valuable Aid to an Unfortunate and Badly Injured Bicyclist. “Jack ” Lycett, of this city, ren- dered timely assistance to an unfor- tunate bicyclist, at New Canaan, Sun- day afternoon. The young man, who is a son of a wealthy New York gentlcn man that has a summer residence on the “Ridge,” was coasting down a steep hill in the vicinity of his home, when the bicycle got the better of its rider, and striking an obstruction in the road threw the boy off and he landed on a pile of stones at the side of the road. Lycett who was passing in his carriage wrtnessed the accident, and went at once to the young man’s rescue. He found the latter badly injured. Three teeth were missing, his arm was severely sprained. and he was otherwise “knocked out.” Placing him in the carriage he drove him home as soon as possible, and then went back to the village after medical aid. Both of the local physicans were out at the time, but one of' them was finally secured and took charge of the boy and dressed his injuries. Bloom and James. A meeting of the members of Co. F, 4th Regt., C. N. G. was held last even- ing, for the purpose of placing in nomi- nation a first and second lieutenant, to fill the vacancies caused by the promo- tion of the first lieutenant to the cap- taincy of Co. D and of second lieutenant dismissed. There were forty-seven members present. . The result of the ballot for first lieutenant was as follows: William W. Bloom...................... ...... 26 George R. Nash........................ ....... 19 Mr. Bloom was declared nominated. . The vote for second lieutenant was: W. E. James...... ..... ........ ...... 40 George Nash ..... . .............................. 6 Mr. James was declared nominated. ¢.___—_ “lack” Splan Stabbed. “Jack” Splan, the noted horsemen, at his home in Glenville, Ohio, yester- day, discharged Oliver Russell, who has been doing odds jobs, for using abusive langu‘age. AsSplan started for the house to get money to pay Russell, .the latter drew a knife and plunged it into Splan’s back. Splan got hold of a horse whip and knocked down his as- sailant. Splan’s wounds, while serious, are not fatal. Russell was locked up. ..——__F 011’ to Pawson Park. ‘ The Methodist Sunday-school . and .a number of their friends sailed on the steamer Isabel, this morning, for Paw- son Park, where they will hold their , ; annual picnic. ANOTHER — BURGLARY. Raymond &' Son’s Grocery . ‘ Store. Broken Into. . Polite-Z'Think Burglars Want Only Cash. “Miler of those now numerous at- tempts“ at robbery was made in South Norwalk last night. The place of ac- tion Was in Samuel H.Raymond & Son’s grocery store on South Main street. Samuel T. Raymond, the junior mem- ber of the firm, remained in the store untillate in the evening, working: over the books. , When he got ready to leave, he locked up the rear door and barred the windows. He also closed the door of the potato bin and placed a large log against the back door.- This morning when he arrived at the store he found the potato bin door open and also the rear door, the log having been moved aside. He immediately summoned Chief of Police Vollmer, who made a careful in- spection of the whole store. The Chief found that no attempt had been made to enter the store from the outside and it was clearly seen that the burglars had secreted themselves in the potato bin while Mr. Raymond was at work and after he had left, had rumaged the store, and escaped through the back door. On examination the only things Mr. Raymond found missing were several bars of tutti-fruti chewing gum. The lid of the jar had been left 011‘ by the burglars. Later foot-prints were bound inside the fence in the rear where the burg- lars had climbed over. The police think the burglars are simply looking for cash and as they did not find any they left without taking anything with them. Killed by a Train at Naugatuck. Thomas Finn, 24, of Naugatuck, was run over by a north bound passenger grain on the'Naugatuck division of the Consolidated road at 4 o’clock yester- day afternoon. The accident occurred near Union City but the first known of the afl'air was when the train arrived in Waterbury, the engineer noticed blood on the the engine. The dismembered body was found scattered along the roadbed. It is supposed from the way it was mutilated that the man was lying directly across, the track. Petition Granted. A Stamford dispatch says that the council of that city has granted to the Consolidated railroad its petition ask- ing for a modification of its proposed layout of the trolley road to Darien. By this action the way is paved for the connecting by trolley of Stamford and Norwalk. thus making them the first two important cities in the state to be connected by trolley. Back from Newport. The Norwalk contingent that went on the excursion to Newport yesterday, reached homeabout 11 o’clock after a very pleasant day’s outing. D. Hart- ley Weeks wanted to purchase the Van- derbilt cottage but was persuaded by Billy Banker to let Art Slauson have it, and arrangementsvwere made where- by George Allen can secure the cottage opposite for Walter Bates. . Railroad Commissioners’ Hearing. The railroad commissioners will give a hearing at the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford passenger station in Brigeport on August 4 at 11:30 o’clock, on the petition of the mayor and com- mon council of the city to- have gates erected at the Noble street railroad crossing of the road. Would Cutshine the Briton. for'the town clerk of Halifax at an in- clusive cost of £18. What a scheme it would be to thus decorate Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith as soon as winter weather sets in. Triplets At New Haven. The wife of James 'W. Manning of New Britain gave birth Monday night to two girls and a boy. All are strong and healthy. About two years ago Mrs. Manning gave birth to twins. Real Estate Sales. There were six real estate sales in Norwalk last week and the mortgages recorded amounted to $14,150. For the corresponding week, last yearthere ere four: sales in Norwalk and mort- gages to the amount of-8875. " fiSubscribe for the Gazn'r'rn. A gown and wig are to be purchased» HERE A_NQ_THERE._ An Epitome of Happenings of of Interest to the Public. Garnered with Scissors and Pencil. Butcher Fred Smith is at Pawson Park to-day. Thomas Hefi‘ernan will remove to New Haven. \ Letter carrier Nickerson is at Pawson Park, to-day. Mr. George W. Selleck has returned home from Ocean Grove. —Round clams, fresh every day at Gregory’s market on Wall street. Mr. S. K. Stanley and sons will spend a few days at Ocean Grove, next month. A Winsted inebriate has refused to take the gold cure because he is a free silver man. Miss Edith Whitney gave a musicals at her home on Connecticut avenue, last evening. William Morrell and Robert Brodt of New York were calling on friends in this city last night. Willet, the young son 'of Mr. and Mrs. A.A, Chinery who are visiting friends in Boston, is quite ill in that city. The estimable wife of Selectman Isaac Selleck, is reported as still con- tinuing seriously ill, at her home on Arch street. Captain James H. Hoyt and Commo- dore Frances Burritt are hunting for bass to-duy. Their hunt will not be a vain one either. One of the great mysteries of house- keeping yet to be solved is how the flies get in when every window and door has screens. ' There, 'Was a lively fight in the vicin- ity of Butler street at a late [hour last night, to the annoyance of people liv- ing in the neighborhood. —Meats of all kinds at Gre or ’s Wallstreet market. ‘ g y Employees of the Street Railway are making arrangements for a ride over the Tramway line,_to be followed by a shore dinner at Gregory’s Point. Three extra cars were run to ’South Norwalk by the Street Railway com- pany, last night, at 11 o’clock, to ac- commodate the Newport excursionists. Everett Wigham denies that the yacht X-rays was upset and himself and George Montgomery spilled out into the water. He says that the story printed in that connection is “false in every way.” Commodore James E. Hubbell is busily engaged repainting and decora- ting his newly purchased steam yacht aud when all is complete the press men of the town are to be given an outing on the salty deep. - Silas Brown while engaged treading for round clams near Calf Pasture, yes- terday afternoon stepped upon a slip- pery rock and went head first to the bottom of the sea. William Osterbanks came to his rescue and succeeded in saving his life. Our venerable clam merch ant friend George Ayres, who was born in 1813. or just thirteen years after the old Gaznr'rn was born. isquite feeble and suffering from a recent illnes. He is an upright, worthy man and may he soon recover. U. S. Patent Commissioner John S. Seymour has leased the Captain Smith mansion at Smith’s Island, from August for the remainder of the season. Mr. Seymour is now in Washington and Mrs. Seymour is visiting her sister Mrs. L. C. Betts on the Church Green. —A fresh supply of.fish can be found at Gregory’s Well street market. A Prospect Hill belle fond "of draw- ing picturesque suburban scenery, re- cently drew a country barn, in a copse of trees and sent it to a lady friend. She got an answer saying her picture drawing was excellent, but asking if they had no roofs on their barns in Norwalk. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Benedict having arrived home from Europe, the funeral of their son Howard, will take place on Friday at 2 p. in. from No. 10 West 51st street New York. He was a nephew of the late banker LeGrand Lockwood of Norwalk and not as pub- lished, of Banker E. C. Benedict of l Greenwich. DON’T MES THEM. The Latest Ads. Received Be- fore Going to Press. By the People and For the People. .01 ED. ST. JOHN—On Sunday J u‘v 26. 1896 Earns: . x 333ml.“ J 011x, aged 81 ) ears. ’ Funeral FOR 84:11. E. FOR SALE—Bicycles, guaranteed $75 1896 models. seamless steel tubing. drop ‘ forged steel connections. choice of ’ at SOUTH Nonwamr Haanwaan Co. 1511.39255' :35! OR SALE—Benedict. 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