E EVENI THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT DAILY [N THE WORWALKS. ”‘r 1 Vol. v1. Whole No. 1473 ,dyorwaik, Conn, 'gignjursjday Evening; October 22, 1896.- :3 Price One Cent.- ——_— HESTOLEIJLAMDNIIS. Thompson Sentenced for the Theft of Jewels from His Employer. Norwalk Cases Before the Superior Court. Twenty-eight cases constituted the docket in the Superior Court at Bridge- port, yesterday. “Not guilty,” as usual, was the popular plea when court opened and the information against the various prisoners was read, but before business 'had preceded far, ~ some of them showed a disposition to reverse their pleas. Among those who by advice of coun- sel first pleaded not guilty, was Charles Thompson of this city who was charged with having stolen about $400 worth of diamonds from Mrs. E. Hubbell Hotch- kiss, of Arch street, last September. Thompson, it will be remembered, pawned all the stolen gems, except a diamond pin, in New York and Boston. He gave the pin to a friend. When the theft wasldetected and he was discov- ered to be the criminal, Thompson ex- pressed repentance, told where the dia- monds were, and all were recovered ex- cept the pin. The family did not care to proceed against their former trusted servant. His counsel yesterday was Attorney Chamberlain of Bridgeport. The information against him was changed to one of theft of diamonds valued at 349 and he then changed his plea to guilty and was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to six months in 'ail. _ J Lowis Ansenberg and Charles Schultz were among the first to plead. Both were found in South Norwalk on Sep- tember 21st in possession of a number of cloaks and sacques which they claimed were given to them. It devel- oped later that the articles had been stolen from the Adams Express com- pany. The men were held on a charge of burglaryF Both pleaded not guilty and were defended by Attorney Lynch. They later changed their plea _to - guilty and'were sent'enced'to one year each in the State prison. . Max Miller and Charles Schultz were charged with the theft of a horse be- longing to Arthur Sherwood in South- port. :zThe men were arrested in New . York through the efforts of a South Norwalk liveryman. Miller was for- merly employed by Sherwood as a farm ‘ hand. The horse was taken to New York and sold at one of the auction sales held in that city. A South Nor- walk man purchased it and soon dis- covered that it was stolen. Later, while in New York, the same two men'ap- peared at the same stable with another turnout which they ofi'ered for sale, and they were arrested. In presenting Mr. Sherwood’s horse for sale one of the men said that it belonged to the estate of his father, who had died in New Jersey, and his mother desired him to sell it, as they had no use for the turnout. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. The evidence produced was sufficient to warrant Judge Robin- son in sentencing the men to three years in State prison. William J. Mercaxiv Wei t into the pockets of one Luke Shannon in Stam- ford, September 14. ' He abstracted from the pockets of Mr. - Shannon $40 worth of money and jewelry. He plead guilty to the charge of theft from the person. Judge Robinson’s sentence was $100 fine and six months in jail. 3 John Cassidy, charged with assault- ing Edward Gormonde of Stamford, pleaded guilty. He received a sentence of six months in jail. 0-... u. Oyster Men to Meet. Secretary Mathewson and Civil En- gineer David C. Sanford of the Shell Fisheries Commission have completed their work of appropriating the funds which will go to the various oyster dis- tricts in this state. In each of these districts including New Haven the oys- ter growers will meet to recommend a man to be appointed as watchman by the commission. The New, Haven meeting will be of members of the local committee of the Connecticut Oyster growers’ association. The total fund will be divided among the difi'erent dis- tricts according to the amount of cu’lti- vated grounds in the respective districts as follows; New Haven, 3882; Milford, $262; Stratford and Bridgeport, 3621; Fairfield, 8198; Norwalk, $474; Stain. ford, and Greenwich, 3366. Recent Deaths. John B. Reed, jr., the long-time and popular cashier of the Stamford N ation- al Bank, died suddenly at his home in that city yesterday. His wife was a Miss Hazzard, of N orwalk. He was widely known and everywhere esteemed as a gentleman and bank official. SOUND MONEI RALLY Hon. Samuel Fessenden and N. w. Bishop at South Norwalk. Hoyt Theatre Packed to the Doors. The South Norwalk meeting held last night in the interest of Honest Money and Protection, was in numbers, enthusiasm and effective interest, the equal of any held anywhere during this extraordinary campaign. Bridgeport’s famous Tippecanoe Club opened the meeting and set the densely packed audience fairlv wild with their fresh and original and topical campaign songs. The club generously responded with song after song to the audience’s furious and persistent encores. Hon. William D. Bishop, an old time democratic leader, ex-member of Con- gress, ex-U. S. Patent Commissioner ex-Presideut of 'the New York & New Haven railroad came over accompanied byhis young son, Nathaniel W.,who is not only “a chip of the old block” but one of Bridgeport’s rising young law- yers and who for nearly an hour pleaded with his fellow democrats. to hurrah for Grover Cleveland an old time, honest democract, but in this crisis to vote for McKinley and Hobart. Young Bishop was followed by Hon. Samuel Fessenden, “Our Sam,” who gave one of his usually happy, cogent and convincing arguments in favor of Honest Money,Protection and McKin- ley. His stories were as apt as any ever told by Lincoln and clinched a logical point more effectually than a half hours serious argument. “Sam‘s” big heart- ed and great natured generosity to his political opponents, was manifest throughout and if any one left uncon- vinced by his arguments, none went away angered by unjust abuse. Senator John H. Ferris was Presi dent of the great meeting and stage, boxes, body and the gallery and aisles of Hoyt’s Theatre, were so densely packed thatwith extra Chitile the; aisles, standing room could not he had by the eager crowds pressing in at the doors, and multitudes were forced to leave unable to gain admittance. One gratifying feature of the monster meeting was the great numbers of old time democrats who were present and as interested and enthused as were the Republicans. Brain Food Hunters. George H. Raymond the furniture dealer is a successful fisherman. He occasionally takes a day off to go down the harbor. Yesterday was one of those days, and he caught about fifty pounds of tautogs which he distributed among his friends. Messrs. William Catchfish Banker and D. Holdthem (even if we we’s) Weeks are down the harbor to-day after black fish. Henry S. Grumman chaperoned a party of fishermen to Bell Island this morning, all confident of catching fish. Smith Northrop took six of his friends, four bottles of Olden Time Root beer, halfa peek of clams, and sixty cents worth of fishing tackle out yesterday, and as he remarks “squat down” on the Bell Island bridge and hooked 150 frost fish within the space of two hours. And there are others. The Little Child That Died. Last evening, Florence Elizabeth, daughter of A. Carmi and Jesse B. Bette, of Newtown avenue, passed from earth to the care of Him who took lit- tle children in His arms and blessed them, and gave the comforting assur- ance to all bereaved parental hearts that “of such .is the kingdom of heaven.” She wasa bright, winsome child ‘of nine years, the stricken pa- parents’. first born, whose sweet mem- ory will endure until the grief-stricken parents meet their loved one in its heavenly home. Qt. A Correction. An‘item stating that Editor Rode- meyer, who has withdrawn from the joint proprietorship of the News, would remain with that paper only until after election, is we are informed, erroneous, in that no specified time has been set- tled up‘on when he is to dissolve his connection with that paper. ...___...__._.._ T. G. L. C. The Girls’ Literary club will give an informal whist party to their gentle- men friends on Saturday evening in the Assembly rooms of the Central club, at the club house on West avenue. ' The A. O. H. will give a sociable in the Athinseom, Monday, evening, Nov- ember 2d'. ' DON’T llKE FRENCH. O. P. Dexter Causes a Stir at ‘the Annual Meeting of the Consolidated Railroad. He Also Objected to C. P. Clark. The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the New York and New Ha- ven railroad opened With abreeze of excitement in Stockholders’ hall, in the new office building in New Haven, yes- terday. The breeze was raised by O. P. Dex- ter of Norwalk. He appealed from President Clark’s decision, character- ized last year’s action of the board of directors as the most absurd of parlia- mentary law he had ever witnessed, and closed by denouncing Carlos French, a member of the board of di- rectors, because he had “so long dallied with the party of anarchy.” President Clark, however, cheerfully ignored Mr. Dexter. There was about 50 stockholders pres- ent, including several ladies. ‘ H. L. Goodwin of East Hartford was not present. Immediately after President Clark had called the meeting to order, Mr. Dexter arose to a point of order. “But there is no disorder,” replied President Clark. “But I thought you would proceed as you did last year,” said Mr. Dexter. “We have made a change since,” was President Clark’s answer, “as there are no Democrats now.” Dexter—“Phen I move that we pro- ceed to the election of a chairman.” President Clark ruled the motion out of order, and Mr. Dexter appealed. President Clark said that the by-laws provide that the president should be chairman of stockholders’ meetings. Mr. Dexter replied that according to parliamentary law every meeting has the right to select its own chairman. Mr. Dexter closed his speech by say- ing that he did not wish to be financial- ly represented by a__ man like Carlos French, who had “so long dallied with the party of anarchy.” Mr. French was present, but kept his seat until the close of the meeting, when he gave Mr. Dexter an oppor- tunity to makea personal explanation. Dexter’s appeal was not sustained by the meeting, and President Clark an- nounced that the consideration of the annual report was the next business. Mr. Dexter raised another point of order, saying that the report was not properly before the meeting. A. Hea- ton Robertson moved that the report be accepted. and it was. While the tellers were counting the votes for directors, President Clark, at the request of a stockholder, gave a de- scription of the work done toward the Union depot at Boston. _ The tellers reported the whole num- ber of votes cast as 283,903. All the nominees for directorship except Carlos French received the full vote. Mr. French’s vote was 283,033. The direc- tors elected were: William D. Bishop, Henry C. Robin- son, Charles P. Clark. Joseph Park, Chauncey M- Depew, Henry S. Lee, William Rockefeller, Leverett Brain- ard, :J. Pierpont Morgan, Gen. Mac- culloch Miller, John M. Hall, Charles F. Choate, Nathaniel Thayer, Royal C. Taft, Charles F. Broolrer, Carlos French, George F. Brush, I. DeVer Warner, Arthur D. Osborne ; for stock- holders’ auditors: Charles A. White, William M. Hudson. After adjournment Mr. French found Mr. Dexter and demanded an explana- tion. “Why did you attack me? ” asked Mr. French. The ex-congress- man was angry and Mr. Dexter was very white- . “What reason did you have for at- tacking me?” repeated Mr. French. “Prominent men are fit subjects for criticism,” replied Dexter “and the Tribune within two weeks srid you were a member of the Popocratic committee, and I don’t believe any decent person can be identified with that party.” “That is your opinion,” answered Mr. French, but others hold different opinions.” After some further conversation the two men moved toward the" door. Mr. ter was making his way among the chairs six feet away, when he remarked: “No gentlemen would deny me the right to my Opinion.” “What did you say,” demanded the ex-congressman, ' stopping short. Dex- ter repeated his remark and French re- torted: “No gentleman would express himself as you have,” and the two left the hall together. Fifty-one new voters took the. oath in Ridgefield, yesterday. \ French had almost reached it, and Dex- ' A STATE, MONUMENT. Dedicated at Arlington Cemetery, Yes- terday. A Washington dispatch says : “The monument erreoted in Arlington cem- etery in honor of the fallen heroes of the Second Connecticut Heavy Artil. lery, was dedicated yesterday with ap- propriate exercises. The Sixth Cav- alry band furnished music for the occa- sion. Lieut. F. M. Cooke. presided. “After an invocation by Rev. James M. Deane, Quarter Master General W. E. Disbrow, of Connecticut, made the presentation speech on behalf of the State, and- Captain E. W. Marsh the speech of acceptance. Dewitt C. Sprague recited a poem and Judge Au- gustus H. Fenu, of the Connecticut Supreme Court, delivered an oration. At the conclusion of the exercises the visitors were entertained by a drill of the Sixth Cavalry at Fort Myer. “The monument was erected by the State of Connecticut." - Thinks He is Shamming. John Burns, the cowardly assailant of little Ellen Gardner, of Bridgeport, was put to plea in the Superior Court yesterday. Burns, with a. criminal’s cunning,feigned insanity, hoping there- by to escape a term in Wethersfield and take chances at Middletown, Clerk Haviland had scarcely read three lines of the charges when Burns commenced to mutter idiotically. He called for his mother and brother in iuarticulate jabberings. The second act was to stamp and rave, yelling at the top of his voice, and shaking his clenched fists at Judge Robinson. The second scene showed Burns reaching over and bury- ing his fingers in the kinky curls of Charles Thompson, a colored prisoner, from this city, who stood near him. Deputies Stagg, Scofield and Blackman sprang to stop the scufile that ensued. Burns resented, but was carried bodily from the court room. ‘ States attorney Fessenden inclines to the belief that Burns is'shamming. *>—-——- The Convention Ended. . 7 Yesterday afternoon the“ahnual‘5non¥‘ vention of the Knights of Pythias of the state ended. The principal busi- ness transacted was the election of of- ficers. The election resulted as follows: ,Vincent M. King, of Danbury, grand chanceller; Frederick W. Cherson, of Waterbury, grand vice chancellor; J. W. Chapin, of New Haven, grand pre- late; Horace 0. Case, ,of Hartford, grand keeper of seals and records; W. S. Morgan, New Britain, grand master .of exchequer; John J. Gailey, of Water bury, grand master of arms. The most important matter transact- ed during the morning session was the raising of the per capita tax from 20 to 2') cents. Minor changes were made in the rules. 9 An Ugly Cut. A man named William Rodyver was engaged in playing a friendly game of cards in New Canaan. The game was "pedro,” and the score was being kept on a slate. Rodyver reached over to pick up the slate, which was unframed, and the edge of the same struck him on the wrist. causing an ugly gash and severing one of the main arteries. The. wound bled in an alarming manner, and the victim was taken to Dr. Sco- field, who not being a surgeon, could not take up the artery and then drove with the patient to Stamford, where surgical aid was secured. The patient is quite weak from loss of blood but otherwise is getting along nicely. -o~ Hoyt Will Case. A new impediment has arisen in the settlement of the costs involving the J. B. Hoyt estate of 5 several millions. Recently‘an agreement was reached be- tween the contestants whereby a final settlement was to be made. Now, how- ever, Probate Judge Finch refuses to approve of the charges made by the at- torneys in the case. The counsel for Timothy J. Porter have filed charges of about $5,000 to be divided be- tween Stamford, Bridgeport and New York lawyers, and the other side claims 89,000. The court will not approve of these claims without a hearing. O. Ladies Missionary Meeting. The first meeting of the season of the Ladies Missionary society of the First Congregational church, was held yes- terday in the chapel parlor. The paper by Mrs. Belden on “The Characteristics of the People of China” was enjoyed by all present, as were alsothe brief descriptions of various branches of 'Mission work in different parts of the empire which were given by other ladies, The whole meeting was calcu- lated to deepen interest in the great» country represented by Li Hung Chang. HERE AND THERE.‘ Anj Epitome of Happenings of of Interest to the Public. Garnered With Scissors and Pencil. The Grand Encampment, I. O. O. F. will be held in Stamford next year. R. H. Taylor of Westport has been granted apatent for a weighing ma- chine. —Everythiug in the meat, vegetable or fish line can be found at Gregory’s Wall street market. ' The selectmen made .174 voters yes- terday. They are in session at South Norwalk to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Morton, of San Francisco, are guests of Rev. Dr.‘ and Mrs. T. K. Noble. —-Coke six cents at works, or eight cents delivered, by the Nopwalk Gas Light Co. . George W. Cable and Mary A. Mat- thews were married by Rev. A. H. Wyatt on Tuesday last. A delegation of eight thousand sound money men from Illinois visited Major McKinley at Canton, yesterday. .—Escallops, clams and oysters at Gregory’s Wall street market. Hon. Robert Coit of New London is likely to be elected a Representative and be a leading candidate for speaker. A new fire-plug was set at the foot of Mill Hill last night, necessitating the shutting off of the water on East ave- nue for two hours. The funeral of Mrs. Joseph Byxbee will be held from her late home on Maple street, to-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. ——At Gregory’s Wall street market can be found smelt, salmon, weak fish, nieces,” cod, butter fish,-eels, etc.‘, etc‘. The funeral of Phebe Weed sister of the late Alvin Weed was attended from the Congregational church in Stamford, this afternoon. Mrs. Ellen Cockefur, aged 80 years, is dangerously ill at the home of Mrs. Theodore Brotherton, corner Main and West Main streets. The Street Railway company has commenced the erection of a shelter shed at the corner of Main street and the New Canaan read. —If you want fish, escallops, clams or oysters, don’t fail to call at Gregory’s Wall street market. A delegation from Concord Division, B. of T. is in attendance at the fifty- third annual session of the Grand Di- vision, S. of T. in New Haven to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Holmes ar- rived home from their wedding tour last night and are now domiciled at their elegant residence on Main street. Congressman E. J. Hill will speak at a Republican rally in Rockville to- morrow2evening. While at 'Rockville helwill be the guest of Congressman Henry. —The display of fish at Gregory’s Wall street market is large. and in- cludes everything from smelt to salmon. “W. H. J ohnson,” the Gilsey House guest who said he was sandbagged last, Saturday night, turns out to be W. H. Golden, a former State Senator from Meriden.——N. Y. Herald. Doctors Tracy and Burke performed. a delicate surgical operation on J esse Britts yesterday afternoon, at his ham :1 on Harbor avenue. The patient is re- ported as getting along nicely. William H. Martin of Stamford and Miss Florence Thompson Selleck, daughter of J. K. Selleck, formerly of this city, were married in St. Paul’s church, Riverside, yesterday afternoon. —Wheels rented and repaired at the Orient Palade, 12 North Main street, South Norwalk. ~ . 3t Past commander Hall of New Canaan made the annual inspection at Buck- ingham Post G. A. R. headquarters, last evening. He found everything in first-class order. Aluncheon followed the inspection. An autumn party was held at the .home of Frank Randle in Winhipauk last night. It goes without the saying that all present enjoyed themselves amazingly. Frauk,knows how and never fails to entertain his friends. ’ and Holder for 25c. DON’T MISS THEM); "The Latest Ads. Received Be- , fore Going to Press. -——‘=-==—nnr By the People and For the People; LOST. V DST—Between the center of Merw' "' I) and Grace Church. a pocketbook hiddiiig? ing a. small sum of mone and cards. Findeii‘ can leave same With J. ’I'YHayes, 5 Main St. FOR SA]: E. “ ~. 0R SALE—A second—hand Col .' :“ Ofiicecycle. Price. 515. Can be segimggtli‘i: OR SALE—Benedict. Norwalk - er. is selling an excellent Fouiiltg‘i‘iiedf’gii Call and see it. j12tf u... WAN I E D. ANTED—A competent housekee er d.e~ . Sires a. situation. Re erencep if re- quired. Address H.H..care this office. e223t ‘NANTEDTRespectable man as colle t ance 0313(1); fghcitxr fiir €h%9§udential 11121133 . . ppyn .AHL,A .S . Whitney B’ld’g., Stamford, Conn.- ssii221§iit Registrars’ Notice. Notice is hereby given that the Regis— trars . of Voters of the First Voting District of the Town of Norwalk, Will be 1!]. sessionat the Town Clerk’s office . in said District on Wednesday, October 23st, 1896, from 9 o’clock a. in. until 5 o clock p. m; and on Saturday, October 24th from 10 o’clock a in. until 5 o’clock, p. m., .for the purpose of correcting RUdTeVIFIDE the voting list of said First Voting District. SAMUEL LYNES, I . JOHN J. WALSE,) . Registrars of Voters of First Voting District. Dated at Norwalk, October, 16, 1896. N ORWALK OPERA HOUSE. F.W.MlTCHEll, - MANACIN. ONE WEEK, Commencing MONDAY Oct. 19 Special engagement of the World's I. argest Grandest and Best Amusement En- terprise now before the Public at Peoples’ Popular. Prices REPERTOIRE: Monday—“In the Trenches." Tuesday—“Beacon Lights.” Wednesday—“All in the Family.” Thursday—“Under the Lion’s PaW.” Friday—‘_"Twixt Love and Duty.” Saturday-“Dan’l Boone. ” 25—People—25 One Car Loan Scenery; Elegant Costumes. Prices Only IO, 20 and 30c. Seats on sale Friday at Weed’s and Tomlin- son’s Drug Stores. CONNECTICUT - LAUNDRY, Ilaviland Street. For reasons unnecessary to state, we have concluded to shutdown our steam plant on Saturday, October 17th. Our business has reached one hun- dred and twenty-five dollars a week, which indicates that there is an excel-- lent field here for a first-class hand laundry to succeed us. To any party acceptable as tenant to. the owners of the building, we will turn over free of charge sufficient property, With slight alterations, to fully equip a fine hand laundry. every convenience is in the building, which is a substantial brick edifice, re- markably well lighted. We do not owe- a dollar anywhere, so far as we know but should we have overlooked any small item, it will be cashed upon pre- sentation. Some accounts are due us which we shall be glad to receive direct or th rough either of our drivers. We very heartily thank all those who h we so kindly given us their patronage. CONNECTICUT - LAUNDRY. llaviland Street. SouthNorwalk, Conn1 0 the Board of County Commissioners for Fair field County. _ hereby singly for a druggists’ license to sci: spirituous an_ intoxicating liquors. ale, lage beer. Rhine Wine and cider, at 55 Wall street town of Norwalk. , , . y place of business is located _Withm 200 feet in a direct line of a. church edifice or- public school house.or the premises .ertaining thereto, or any post oflice or public ibrary. Dated at Norwalk this 2181; day of Oct.. 1896. WILLIAM C. BAUR, A plicant. We, the under-51 ned, electors an tax-pay- ers. as defined by aw, of the town of Norwalk, hereb endorse the application of the above name William C. Baurifor such license. Dated at Norwalk this fllst do. of Oct., 1896; . John P. Treadwell. Herbert Kemp. Wil- liam J. Brown. 15!. P. Price, Stephen Comstock. I hereby certify that the above named en- dorsers are electors and tax— ayers. as defined by law, of the town of Norwa k. - Dated at Norwalk this 2lst day of Oct-, 189d HERBERT B. SMITH. Town Clerk. Rice’s "comedians The rental-is $25 per month, and- -
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