THE Vol. v1. Whole No. 1502 SUDDEN DEATH. Captain Carlsen Drops Dead on the Deck of the Barge Hornet. Leaves a Wife and Five Children. Captain Karl C. F. Carlsen, of the coal bargeE. H. McCullogh, with coal for JohnH. Ferris, dropped dead on the deck of the steam barge Hornet near the Washington street bridge 'about 7 o’clock last evening. Captain Carlson was in command of the McCullogh, one of the numerous barges owned by the McWilliam brothers, which was loaded with coal. He was getting ready to haul his boat through the Washington street draw- bridge when it became fast under the guard of the steam barge Hornet, lying near the bridge. Captain Carlson thought that the in- coming tide would sink his boat and he became very much excited. In his ex- citement hejumped upon the deck of. the Hornet and was making strenuous efforts to release his boat when he and- denly fell to the deck. He was assisted to a barrel and Dr. Bohannan sent for, but before the doc- tor’ s arrival Carlson was dead. Captain Carlsen was a native of Den- mark and made his home on the barge McCullogh with his wife and five small children. He had been suffering some time with his heart and had been warned , by a Bridgeport physician not to be- come excited or he might drop dead. He will be buried 1n St. Mary’s cemeo tery this afternoon. 0 Died at Washington. Two dispatches were received in this city yesterday from Washington an-. nouncing the death in that city of B. F. Holmes, who was thought to have a wife living in Norwalk. The dispatches were turned over to ,Chief Bradley, and after considerable trouble he succeeded in locating the woman, who proved to be Mrs. Mary E. Holmes of Orchard. street. For a number of years Mrs. Holmes has not lived with her husband, and it was net known by a great many that she had a husband living. She will provide for a suitable burial of the remains. G. A. B. Election. The annual election of officers 'of Buckingham Post, G. A. R. took place last evening and resulted in the choice of the following gentlemen: Aaron Decker, Commander; E. E.‘Pelton, S; V. 0.; George A. White, J. 'V. C. ; James H. Hoyt. Quartermaster; William Am- bler, Chaplain; Thomas Bradley, Adju- tant; Jarvis Kellogg, Officer of the Day; N. Kline, Officer of the Guard; George W. Raymond, Alonzo Wheeler and Patrick Buckley, Trustees; J . H. Hoyt and R. J. Cutbill, Delegates. Grand Hospital Benefit. On Tuesday evening, December 22, in the Norwalk Congregational church, the cantata, “The C - mug of Me King,” .by Dudley Buck, “in be fenJUI‘BC, un- der the direction of Miss Camp, for the benefit of the Heapital. ‘ The soloists ’ will be Mrs. Lillian Sherwood Newkirk, Miss Alice May Sherwood, Mr. Harry Pepper and Mr. Ericson Bushnell. The chorus is made up of forty leading voices from the choirs of the churches of the two cities. 'A short concert will precede the cantata. ——<+ . The Bette Case. The case of Trustee Austin of the in- solvent estates of James H. and Phebe A. Bette vs. Charles A. Acton was heard in the Probate office before General Charles Olmstsad, yesterday. Mr. Bette and Mr. Acton testified as to the ' ownership ofcertain goods and chattels, but no arguments were advanced by the attorneys interested. The further heariug'of the case was adjourned until Tuesday next. —Parlor Entertainment. The Speaking Circle K. D’s. of First Baptist church will give a parlor enter- tainment consisting of reading, instru- mental and vocal music on Friday even- ing, at N o. 7 Mott avenue, for the benefit of the church. Miss Gertrude Lyon elocutionist, every one welcome, in connection with the entertainment will be held a loan exhibit which will remain open one week. Dec. 2, 3t They Entertain. _ Mr. and Mrs. George Mills enter- tained a party . numbering eighty of their friends, at their home in Broad River, last evening. The host and hostess made all welcome and it Was a late hour when the festivities came to an end. THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-C CENT DAILY INITHE WORWALKS. TUBE PROMOTEB. Colonel Frost to be Brigadier- General of the National Guard. Will Succeed General George Haven. The appointment of Brigadier-Gen- eral George Haven of New London, to the ofiice’ of adjutant-general on Gov- ernor Cooke’s staff yesterday, leaves vacant the brigadier-generalship, the head, under the governor, of the Na- tional Guard. There have been th candidates for this‘position, Colonel Russell Frost of the Fourth Regiment and Colonel Charles L. Burde'tt of the First. The appointment is made by the governor, and the Hartford Courant is authority for the statement, that it was understood yesterday that Governor Cooke had notified friends of Colonel Burdett, who applied to him, that he intended to appoint Colonel Frost, con- sidering‘ that he was the senior in rank. I; I",‘ / 4 I g; a ‘ ‘ Ir ‘6’ 1‘.“ i gifted". / '/ «.k/ 1. 91/, ' , l x .1“ ’ COLONEL Rosanna Faosr. The promotion of Colonel Frost to be brigadier-general will leave vacant the position of colonel of the. fourth regi- ment. This vacancy will probably be filled by the promotion of either Major James Sheridan, of Bridgeport, or Ma- jor Charles W. Hendrie, of Stamford. It might be that Lieut-Col. James 0. Crowe will be advanced to the colonel- cy, but thisisnot probable unless Lieut- Col. Crowe agrees to retire immediate- ly after being so promoted. Q GOVERNOR COOKE’S STAFF. Military Titles Conferred on a Number at New Men. Governor- elect Cooke has announced his staff as follows: Adjutant General—George Haven, of New London. _ Quartermaster General—Louis K. Van Keuren, of Bridgeport. Commissary General—Albert P. Day, of Hartford. ' Paymaster General —— George E. Keeny, of Somers. Judge Advocate General—John F. Carpenter, of Putnam. Aides—James B. Houston of Enfield, Clayton H. Case, of Hartford, Charles W. Pickett of New Haven, and Charles E. Turner of Waterbury. No appointment of Surgeon-General has yet been made. It is likely that of- ficial will come out of New Haven county. There are many rumors in the air as to minor officials. The general belief at the present time is that Adjutant- 'General Haven w111 continue as his as- sistant Colonel W. E. F. Lenders, and that Quartermaster-General Van Keu- ren will appoint Colonel Henry C. Mor- gan of Colchester in place of Colonel Louis R. Cheney. It is understood in Colchester that the position has al~ ready been tendered to Colonel Mor- gan. O. ‘ Republican Electors Meet. The Republican electors of President and Vice-President met at the State Secretary’s office at Hartford yesterday in compliance with the State law. J. Deming Perkins of Litchfield was elect- ed Chairman of the delegation, and Robinson S. Hinman, chief clerk in the State Secretary’s office, was appointed clerk. The electors then adjourned to meet on Monday, Jan. 11, when they will meet, as required by the United States law, and ’cast their ballots for McKinley and Hobart. Will Leave Norwalk. Associate Judge Hubbell announces to-day that he will not beacaudidate for re-election to his present office. His present intention is to leave town next June and take up his residence with his famlly either in South Caro- lina or Southern California. His term i of office will expire on May 1st. ., -: .m. ”.15, Norwalk, Conn.,‘Thursday Eveiiiiig, December 3, 1896. woo‘n 11001101. Danbury Hatters Testify at the Congressional Hearing in New York. All Agree that Wood Alcohol is Injurious. The joint Congressional committee yesterday resumed the taking of testi- mony of those interested in the pro- posed measure to abolish the internal revenue tax on alcohol used in the arts and manufactures. ‘ C. E. Merritt, a hat manufacturer of Danbury, said that the experience of the batters had been that wood alcohol injured the eyes and health of the em- ployee. There could be no doubt that grain alcohol was much better for their purposes than wood alcohol, but its tax made its use out of the question. Dr. Oley, an 'oculist of Danbury. who, he said, had many batters of that city among his patients, told of the in- juries resulting from the use of wood alcohol to the eyes. Similar testimony was given by oth- ers. E. B. Stevens, chemist of the Man‘ hattan Spirit 00., of Buffalo, said that by avery simple process a mixture of grain and wood alcohol could be de- methylated. He denied that the hand-1 ling and manufacture of wood alcohol were injurious to the workmen. Mr. Stevens argued that to remove the tax . on grain alcohol would be to ruin the wood alcohol business. George B. Bauer, representing the firm of J. C. Ayer & Co., of Lowell, Mass., read a paper in favor' of the abolishment of the tax. His firm, he said, manufactured five proprietary medicines. They were able to furnish these medicines to European and South American druggists cheaper than to American dealers. This was accom- plished by purchasing alcohol made in Germany from potatoes. This was brought in under bond and made up in the proprietary medicines for ex- port only. The tax on alcohol in this country prevented the medicines from being sold cheaper and within the reach of the poor. Mr. Bauer thought the government could easily be protected from all fraud by a rebate system. .0..- wrsrronr. The new board of selectmen held their first meeting Tuesday. They pro- pose toitake hold of and prosecute the town’s business with vigOr. H. B. Nash, with three companions. A. D. Sanford of Saugatnck, C. Jellifi' and G. Sturges, drove to Lyons Plains Tuesday for partridge and rabbits. Snow made conditions wintry. Among the farmers who delayed tak- ing out their carrots in order to get the full season’s growth were D. C. Nash and H. Staples. Tuesday, in the snow, their men were hustling to make the best of the situation. There was no injury to the roots. Mrs. Lloyd Nash and children, now in Albany. N. Y., who went thither the day before Thanksgiving, expect to re- main about ten days. Mr. E. A. Stone, late of the West- port Water company, has become a grocer on commission with Taylor, Richards & Co., on Main street. Mercury got down to 9 above on Tuesday. A cow belongingto Milkmen Swa- girt, who occupies the Rev. James Co- ley’s premises, for which $75 had been offered, died a day or two ago, but not on account of the owner’s refusal to accept that price. Sermons to young men by Pastor Wakeman of the M. E. Church have in- duced that clergyman to preach special sermons to young women, thus avoid- ing seeming sex favoritism. The first discourse was delivered Sunday even- ing. _ ‘During Advent the sermon subject of the Rev. Mr. Barhydt at Christ church will be “Baptism" on Sunday mornings and on one Sunday there will be a. confirmation service. Mr. and Mrs. Max 0. Huncke and Miss Huncke have returned from Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Deputy Sheriff Lyon has placed two attachments on property belonging to Mrs. Alice Clark. The two claims do not aggregate forty dollars. The Heptasophs expect to hold their annual election Dec. 16. After the bus- iness is over the members will partici- pate in a “deepnow.” 1'.l The adjourned case of Waterbury vs. Ahern is being tried befdre Judge Frost to- -day. HERE AND THERE. An Epitome of Happenings of of Interest to the Public. Gathered With Scissors and Pencil. It i; a cold wave with a vengeance. The A. O. H. will. elect officers this evening. ‘ TheéBricklayers’ Union will meet to- morrow night. The A. O. 11. will hold a regular meeting to-night. —Gregory. the Wall street butcher has almost everything 1n the meat and fish line and is selling at prices that are bound to attract. There is good skating on several ponds about the city. Heir. E. J. Hill expects to leave for Washington to-morrow. Mrs. Ferris Gay is. visiting at her former home in Wilton. G. L. Edwards has been appointed postmaster at Millington. The'tobacco shops in New Milford have rte-opened for business. Thermometers registered 5 degrees above zero at 6 o’clock this morning. There will be a dance this evening at St. John & Fiedler’s hall, Broad River. Mrs. Harriett A. Sturges left town to-day for a week’s visit in New Mil- ford. There are seven divorce cases on the short calendar list in the Superior court. Hon. E. J. Hill was present at the free alcohol hearing in New York on Tuesday. The Women’s Relief corps, of Buck- ingham Post, G. A. R. will elect offi- cers this afternoon. A man named Whitlock was arrested in New Canaan, yesterday, on the charge of illegal voting. An annual meeting is being held at the County Home for Children, this afternoon. DeKlyn will cater. —At Gregory’s Wall street market can be found'fish, clams, oysters etc. in great variety. The fourth annlversary of the conse- cration of St. Mary’s church wil be cel- ebrated Sunday, December 13th. The Bridgeport Telegram says .Fred Hull Parsons formerly of Norwalk is very ill at his home on State street. The funeral of the late Monson Hoyt was attended at 3 o’clock this afternoon from his former home on Main street. Colonel and Mrs. F. St. John . Lock- wood are expected home this evening from their visit to their daughter in Michigan. ' The annual meeting and election of the N. P. U. will take place at their hall in the GAZETTE building to-mor row evening. I Miss Emma L. Edwards and Mr. Harvey Hubbell were married in Bridgeport, last evening by Rev. George Nicholson. The receipts of the Bridgeport post office for the month of November amounted to $6,915.12, against $7,224 - 83 the same month of,1_895. Members of Welcome Stranger attendeda meeting: of Magna Charts lodge in Bridgeport, last evening. Henry Ghermann and Charles Flynn went after wild ducks last night. It is not definitely known at this writing as to whether they have bagged one or one dozen. -—-All kinds of game, meat, fish, etc. can be bought at a fair figure, at Gre- gory’s Wall street market. The date of the annual election of the Fire Department has not yet been decided upon by Chief Prowitt, but it will no doubt occur some evening dur- ing the present month. Clinton Commandery, K. T..-con- ferred the order of the Temple. last night. Grand Inspector Spencer ,of Waterbury was present. A banquet followed after the work. Fred A. Walter of No. 31 Main street is doing quite a brisk business in the sale. of harness and horse goods. He also does repairing and makes har- names to order. Lodge, Sons of St. George of Norwalk,— Amusr‘menrs. Philharmonic Concert. Nothing but genuine merit on the part of the artists could have drawn so large an audience of refined and- cul- tured people, at the reopening of Lock- wood’s Hall last evening, despite the ' sudden and severe cold. ‘Every num- heron the programme as rendered was a gem of brilliant melody. Miss Ken- nedy won the favor of her audience even before she sang, bther winsome personality. Her voice was at its best and her tones as clear, limpid, melodi? ous and strong as a song-bird. T e GAZETTE did not overstate the fact when it said one of her songs was worth the price of admissidn. Her generous responses to enthusiastic encores were received with unbounded delight, as indeed were those of the Philharmonics. The concert as a whole, was a dream of the seraphic choires above and all were more than delighted. Messrs. Hendee and Gibson have won for themselves and they abundantly de- serve it, the gratitude of all so fortun~ ate as to enjoy the rare and everyway delightful treat. The hall too, always noted for its fine accoustics. never seemed to reverberate the melody of voice and instruments more divine. It was beautiful too, in its redecorations and electrict lighting. Mr. Gibson announced the next en- tertainment on their proposed winter’s course, to be a first class reading and recitation, but last evening’s entertain- ment will linger as an enduring and de- lightful memory. The Turn of the Tide. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Byron’s new play, “The l‘urn of the Tide,” scores the hit of the season. The story of the melo-drama is one that is full of inci- dent, cleverly linked with a novel and absorbing plot. In some of the scenes the dialogue and situations possess a dramatic force and vigor that hurries the audience'aloug breathless to the climax Oliver Byron, as “Vandaleur” is unusually strong in a scene in an inn where a combined attack is made upon' him by his enemies. He fights them off in a manner that brings cheers and appluse from the audience. Mrs. By- ron, as “Peggy,” a "Hibernian Dago,” is an excellent bit of character study. P. Aug. Anderson, as an Italian plotter, also works himself into favor by his ex- cellent portrayal of the‘part. The sup- port is good and the staging handsome and well executed. Hoyt’s Theatre to- night. Minnie Lester. Minnie Lester and her excellent company will open their week's engage- ment at Hoyt’s Theatre, next Monday night, in the romantic drama. “Molly Bawn.” New singing and dancing specialties are introduced throughout the play. Prices, 10, 20 and 30 cents. Miss Lester's repertoire for the week is as follows: “Molly Bawn,” “A Close Call,” “Creole Spy,” “I‘he Search Light,""‘Sentenced to Death,” “Two Orphans,” “Muggs’ Landing,” “East Lynn,” and “A New Boy,” Four pop- ular matinees will be given during the week, when the prices will be ten cents to all parts of the house to everybody. Women Baptists Meet. The 24th annual meeting of the W0- man’s Baptist Foreign Missionary con- ference of Connecticut was held at the Asylum avenue Baptist church, Hart- ford, yesterday, with a large attendance of ladies. Reports were presented by the several officers, that of Miss Frances Z. Niles, the treasurer, showing the af- fairs to be in a prOSperous condition. Addresses were delivered by Mrs. Ar- chibald Wheaten, of Mystic, on the work of the association for the past 24 years. Mrs. C. R. Elwell,.of Burmah, India, told of her work for 25'years among the Coreans. Expiated His Crime. .Kasper Hartlein was executed at State Prison, Wethersfield, shortly after midnight, this morning, for the murder in South Manchester, Feb. 27, 1395, of Louise M. Trebbe. The drop fell at 12:26. Eighteen minutes afterwards Hartlein was declared dead. His body was cut down’ and his neck found to be broken. Twenty minutes after he stepped upon the platform of the auto- matic gallows his body swung in the air six feet and then dropped within two feet of the floor. The officers of the Y. P. S. C. E. of the Congregational church Will meet at the home of Mrs. Emily L. Ely to-mor- row evening. Rev. and Mrs. Freder- ick E. Curtis are to be the guests of the occasion- ' The breakfast cure is the latest. The treatment is to go without your break- fast, and the charm about it is that it comes within the. reach of the humblest and most deetitute patielit. i Price One Cent DON’T MISS THEM. The Latest Ads. Received Be- fore Going to Press. By the People and For the People; FOR SAL E. , 0R SALE—Benedict. Norwalkmewsdcal- or, is selling an excellent Fountain Pen and Holder for 250. Call and see it.1'12tf 101101 Notice is hereby given that at a Reg- ular Meeting of the Council of The City of orwallt, to be held in the Council Room in s'ald City, December 7th,1896,at 8 o’clock evening, said Council proposes to make further appropriations of money for Citv de- partments as follows: For the Sewer Department, $1, 000. 00; for the Highway Department, 381, 000. 00; for the Admin- istrative Department, 31 000 00. Said some so to be appropriated, to be used in the payment of the necessary ex- penses arising in each of said depart- meuts. Dated at said City of Norwalk, No- vember 30th,1896. By order of the Mayor and Council of said City, EDWARD M. Looxwoon, City Clerk. Hoyt’s Theatre, THURSDAY Dec. 3 ' lliver Byron, Supported by the Charming Artiste KATE BYRON, and a competent company in the new and de- lightful romance The Turn oi the Tide lisplete With Startling Situations and Uproarious Fun. PRICES. —35, 50 and 750. Seats on sale at Plaisted’s and Pinneo’ 3 stores Hoyt’s Theatre, ONE SOLID WEEK. Beginning Monday Dec. 7. EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE, MINNIE LESTER, in a new repertoire of plays Opening play Monday evening, December7 “MOLLY BAWN. ” Prices, IO, 20 and 30 cents. 4 Matinees. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Matinee prices 10 cents to all parts of the ones for every body. Seats on sale at Plaisted' s and Pinneo 5 stores “A New York Boy” Saturday Night. GIVEN AWAY FREE 2 Fine Hanging Lamp. DECEMBERON 31513., 1896. Every Cash Purchase to the amount of 25 cents, in either store, entitles you to one chance (in a Beau- _ tiful Lamp, at R. GOLDSGHMIDT’S, l6 & l8 Water Street, Norwalk. - Telephone Service. 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