' session. . a Summer visitor to our town. , gins short time. -o VOL-VI. Whole No. 1506 r I THE ONLY EIGHT-PA GE ONE-CENT DAILY 'IN THE wORWALks. Nerwalk, COnn., Wednesddi Eyening, December 9, 1896. *— # Price One Cent.- NATIUNIItIlAPITAL Silver Republicans Will Not Act With Sound Money ' Senators. Cuba to heDehated in Senate. Gszn'rcrn’s BUREAU, . 709 EAST CAPITOL STREET WASHINGTON, DEC. 8. On convening, the House promptly proceeded to business by a call of com- mittees, commencing at the point where left off at the close of the last 0 o o Threeihours were consumed in the consideration and passage of three bills favored by the Post Office Committee, full details of which you will get in your wired dispatches. o o o The General Pension Bill \was then discussed and after a short speech by ex-Speaker Grow on the Tariff, the House adjourned till tO-morrow. " o o 0 ~ The Senate was in session but a half hour,,nnd then adjourned, as a mark of respect.to the late ex-Speaker Crispd whose death during the recess was of- ficially announced by a message from the House. 0 o o Congressman Hill expects to return home at the end of the week, to be present at the marriage of his daughter, next Wednesday. ~ 0 0 Our Congresgman Russell dined with Mark Hanna last night. 0 o 0 Dr. Caroline B. Winslow, who had a local fame as a remarkably successful medical practitioner and a national reputation as a leader among women reform movements, died at her home here on Grant Place, on Monday night. She was known and warmly esteemed by several Norwalk people and has been She was actively prominent in'social purity organizations and woman’s suffrage movements. She was for several years adirector of Wimodaughsis, and "was active in the management of other women’s organizations. She was sev- enty-four years old, and at one time, had the largest medical practice of any physician in Washington. 0 o 0 Notice was served on the Senate that Cuba was to becomela chief topic of debate. , , O 0 0 o The Senatorial republican caucus set- tled the fact-that the free silver repub- licans will not act with the sound money wing of their party, and this ‘virtually kills the Dingley bill and all remedial legislation for this session in the opinion of Senator Hawley. o i o o , Senator William B. Franklin 0 Hartford is here presiding over the meeting of the managers of the National Soldier’s Armies now in session. —o—>——~ Hospital Officials. ,- The following arethe newly elected officers of the Norwmx Hosp ml asso- ciation: John H. Ferris, president; Robert Van Buren, vice-president; S. W. Vel- sor, secretary; Charles B. Stevens, treasurer. Counsel, - John H. Light. Executive commitee, Dr. J. G. Greg- ory, Thomas I. Raymond, Rev. S. H. Watkins. Auditors, William A. Curtis, Jacob M. Layton. Visiting commitiee, Mrs. Isaac S. Jennings, Mrs. Ira Cole, Mrs. B. M. Andrews, Mrs. E. J. Hill, Mrs. James L. Stevens, Miss Maggie Cavanagh, Mrs. John H. Ferris, Mrs. Francis Seymour, Mrs. Oscar S.’ Par- trick, Mrs. John Jarvis, Mrs. Charles F. Tristram, Miss Julia Hatch, Mrs. C. W. Bell, Mrs. F. W. Lawton, Mrs. H. Sheffield. Medical Board. Lauren M. Allen. M. D., Frederick B. Baker, M. D., Charles J. Bohannan, M. D. William C. Burke, Jr., M. D., James G. Gregory, M. D.,. Walter Hitchcock, M. D., Samuel H. Huntington M. D., William J. Tracey. M. D. Consulting Physicians, "William G. Brownson, M. D , Edward Everett Smith, M. D. , On a Burglar’s Trail. Deputy Sheriff Theodore Miller, who has been busy fOr several days'past in- vestigating the burglary of Webb & Abbot’s store in Noroton, last Wednes. day night, is satisfied that he has dis- covered the parties who commmitted the dead. The bungling manner by which an entrance was forced is con- clusive proof. that it was the work Of amateurs. A suspicious character with» a shady reputation was seen about No- roton that day with a satchel in his" possession. He has since disappeared. Mr. Miller expects to'“have the burglars " A LARGE BLAZE. = The Saugatuck Iron Works Gutted by Fire. The Building Uninsured. Saugatuck was visited at an early hour this morning by one of the most ' destructive fires in the later history of the town. . Just before 4 o’clock this morning, Mrs. Allen who lives near what was or- iginally known as the Saugatuck Iron Works, was awakened by a bright light shining in the window and alarmed her husband who on leaking out saw that the Works were on fire. Officer Albert Allen gave the alarm and the fire departments of Saugatuck and Westport responded, and did active work in trying to quench the flames, but the building, a brick structure, was doomed, and the firemen turned their attention to adjoining property, with good result. The entire woodwork on the building was burned out and only the brick walls remain. It was owned by Horace Staples and Andrew and Edward Nash . The plant is said to have originally cost $60,000, but was lately valued at $30,- 000. There was no insurance on the same. . It was at one time occupied by a ma named Filly and gained the name of Filly’s foundry, by which name it is perha 0 better known. ‘ Of late it has been occupied by Char- les Kemper as a sweat leather factory. He lost everything with the exception ofa few cases of leather, a portion of the Office furniture and the safe. It is said that his loss will be fully $15,000, covered by insurance. The fire originated in the engine room, but just from what cause is not known. ’ ' Th e blaze lighted up the heavens for miles around and was plainly seen in this city. .0 Has Returned. , V .- Mr. Peter McGowan of Leonard street returned home last night from Orange, N. J. where he went to attend the fun- eral of Samuel Lankau, who was acci- dentally killed by falling from a build- ing onwhich he was working. The deceased was an fictive and prominent member of the fire depart- ment and his funeral was the largest that has been in Orange for several years. He was an Uncle of John Mc- Gowan a compositor of this office, and his wife was 'a Mary Collins, of Platts- burgh, N. J. The Bottlers Meet. The annual meeting of the Fairfield County Bottlers’ Association took place at the Messrs. Grumman Brothers‘ store on. Main street, yesterday. The following officers were elected: George S. Grumman, President; Frank More- house, of Bridgeport, Vice-president; J. Mahoney, of Bridgeport, Treasurer; C. W. Baldy, of Stamford, «Secretary. \ meeting of the association will be held in Norwalk, January 2nd. , .00 Six Months in Jail. 1n the Criminal Common Pleas court at Bridgeport yesterday afternoon, Ed- ward Anderson pleaded guilty to the charges of drunkenness and assault on Daniel Gantley and was sentenced to six months in jail. The sentence of the Town COurt, "if executed would have kept him in jail for7 months and 20 days. ‘ I ' . M. D’s Meet. The annual meeting of the Norwalk Medical association'was held last even~ ing and resulted in the election of the following officers: Dr. Lauren M. AI-'~ len, president; Dr. Arthur N. Clarke, vice-president, Henry C. Sharer, Secre- tary. Only routine business was trans- acted. ’>——-——-—— . sColumbia Calendar. The twelfth annual issue'of the Col- umbia Pad Calendar has made its ap- pearance in more pleasing form than ever before, having scattered through its daily leaves many charming illustra- tions, with an appropriate thought or verse for each day in' the year. Annual Meeting. The annual convocation of Washing- ton Chapter, N o. 24, R. A. M. will take place in the Masonic Temfile, this even- ing. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and the B. A. degree con- ferred. For Surgeon-General. Governor-Elect Cooke has appointed Dr. A. W. Phillips of Derby, surgeon- general on his staff. This completes ‘the Governor’s military family. ' .that;i,_f_,Mr. F V A turkey dinner was served. The next‘ one) HIM FAIIIN. Sensational Testimony in the Porter-Rich Case. ' A Madhouse Threatened. The latter part of yesterday after- noon’s examination of Timothy Porter, plaintiff in the Porter—Bitch , case. was not so prolific of documents and letters as had been the foregoing examination. Still Attorney Fessenden submitted a few. In the course of the examination a discussion came up in reference to the codicilof Mrs. Porter’s will. In this codicil, Thomas S. Bitch and Schuyler Merritt were appointed co-executOrs with Mr. Porter. The witness con- tended by inference that undue influ- ence had been used on his wife to bring about the appointment of Messrs. Bitch and Merritt. Mr. Fessenden said: “Do you believe Mr. Bitch to be an honest man ?” Mr. Porter evad- ed the question at first, but upon a re- petition said: “No; most emphatically. no.” The witnesshad previously an- swered all questions in a low tone of voice; but this was thundered out. reply to the next question as to how long he had believed Mr. Bitch to have been dishonest, the. witness replied, “A good while.” The next few minutes were used by Mr. Fessenden in a vain effort to elicit‘ from the witness the reason or reasons that had caused th' belief of Mr. Bitch’s dishonesty. ugh Attorney Fessenden twisted ‘ H questions into every conceivable form, Mr. Porter would notfflstate any facts bearing upon the matter. He, how- ever, said that he did not cite any reasons as his head was not big enough or strong enough to hold all of the facts, and he did not wish to make any- thing but correct statements. Mr. Fessenden then took a new task and asked only for one fact? Mr. POrter’ would not give , yendiéiiie; but he said I was very anxious to know his reasons for believing Mr. Bitch dish‘Onest that he would give him all the facts in the case if allowed times ‘ Mr. Fessenden, after some talk as to the time required, agreed to wait for the facts. ' Later in the examinations another discussion was precipitated. This one was in reference to Schuyler Merritt. The matter came about through the reading of a letter by Mr. Fessenden; This letter was one written by Mr. Porter to his son, -Louis. An extract from the letter read as follows: “Fa gin Bitch and his office trained pal, to- gether with the lawyers, take all the prOfits." “What did'you wish to infer when you called Mr. Bitch ‘Fagin Ritch?’ ’ asked Mr. Fessenden. “I-remembered Fagin as a character in one of Dickens’ Works. 1 don’t re- mem'ber just why I called Mr. Bitch ‘Fagin Bitch.’ ” "Wasn’t Fagin a teacher of thieving?” “Yes, I remember him as being writ- ten of as such.” “Can’t you give me any reason why you designated Mr. Bitch as a teacher of thieving?” . Mr. Porter slightly evaded the ques- tion by saying that the letter was prob- ably one written in a moment of anger. Then the old question of facts came up for a few minutes’ talk. - “Who did you mean by 'his office trained pal ?’ ” .. ‘ “He wasthe man associated with Mr. Bitch on the attack on me.” “Yes, we understand that, but who was the man?” . " "Schuyler Merritt," very emphatical- ly replied Mr. Porter. . "And so you called Schuyler Merritt, your brother-in law, a pal of a teacher of thieving?" ' “My indignation at that time was very great.”. Further on in the. questioning Mr. Porter made the. statement that his wife had never intended Mr. Merritt to be an executor of the will and that he believed M_r. Merritt was not lawfully appointed. Letters and documentary evidence in quantity were submitted in the trial in the morning. The letters related to the marriage of Mr. Porter and to the objections of that marriage to the son, Louis Porter. One 'of'gthe letters was written by Timothy Porter to the fam- ily physician, Dr. Ephraim Cutler. In this letter Mr. Porter asked whether marriage fuld‘provebsneticial to him or otherwi ,e.'j."D_r‘.- Cutler’s answer fbl- lowed. e advice given in this docu- ment was to the effect that marriage Would be the best thing: that Mr. Por- ter could do. A letter fromLouis Porter~ to Dr. Cutler was also read. Young Porter was after the same information thathis , In‘ ~ 1,. , Mrs. Karl Feininger. .ly. father had been. The latter, however, was not worded the same as the one sent by his father. In thisletter young Barter mentions “an adventuress,” “a discredited clergyman,” “a woman of questionable character,” These re- marks were presumably leveled at Mrs. Porter, then Miss Earle, Rev. B. G. S, McNeiIle and a Miss Clark, respective- ly. .As all three of the. persons men- tioned have always had good reputa- tions, the remarks are certainly un- fOunded and more probably the result of animus. Mr. Cutler’s response was the same in substance as his first letter. if Mr, Porter told of an interview with gin son, in which the young man asked him to sign a document which read: “I fiereby agree-to give up all intentions I; re-marriage and to stop correspond- ~iiig with Miss Earle and Rev. Mr. Mc- Neille." Mr. Porter said that he re- 'nqsed to sign the document and that ‘Ouis then gave as the ultimatum the ' adhouse. The conversation that oc- iirred in this interview did not show game Porter to possess any filial love. I cursed his father and the intended Ife. I: 1. ”At Lockwood’s Hall. " Another evening of delightful har- monies, was enjoyed at Lockwood’s gall last night, despite the rain storm. _-he artists were Mrs. Newkirk, so- tralto, and Prof. Karl Feininger, violin- ist and Mrs. Feininger, pianist. The following choicely selected programme was superbly rendered: PART I. 1. 2d and 3d MOVEMENT or VIOLIN CONCERTO. Adante: allegro molto Vivace. F. Mendelssohn Profitand‘Mrs, Karl Feininger. 2. Dan WANDEnnn, Franz Schubert - Miss Alice May Sherwood. 3. VIOLIN SOLO—Witches Dance _ N. Paganini 4 _ Prof. Karl Feininger, 4, (a) INVOCATION. Guy d’Hardelot (b) FRuBLINosmED. U. Wail (Violin obligato by Prof. Feininger.) Mrs. Lillian Sherwood-Newkirk. , PART II. 1. PIANO Sonos. -. (a) Impromptu a. la hongroise, F. SOhubert (0) En Courant. B, oda-rd 2. Dun'rr. From 2nd act La Gioconda. Ponchielli Mrs. Newkirk. Miss Sherwood. 3. VIOLIN 801.03. (a) Arioso,_ K. Feininger , (0) St. Patrick’s Day. H. Vieuxtemps Prof. Karl Feininger. ' 4-.- Ladies Evening]. The ladies gave an informal reception at the Norwalk Club rooms last even. ing. Owing to the stormy weather the attendance was not as large as it would h.v: been. About fifty ladies and gentlemen were present, among the for- mer being Mrs. W. F. Bishop, Mrs. George C. Lockwood, Mrs. G. B. Tor- rey, Mrs. W. B. Smith, Mrs. J. E. Woodhull, Mrs. F. Leonard. Mrs. C. F. zGibbs, Mrs. Cito Hatch, Mrs. Edwin Clark, Mrs. Henry W. Gregory andsis~ ter, Miss Miller and the Misses Annie E. Smith. Fanny Leonard, Inez Keeler, Agnes Gibbs, Clara and Mary Maples, Annie Woodward and Annie Peck. Music for dancing was furnished by Purdy and Freeman. It was midnight when the last number was called. 0. Wheeler Escaped: . While waiting for the Anderson case to be called in the Common Pleas court yesterday”: E. M. Lockwood, Ander« son’s counsel, was assigned by Judge Walsh .togddefend George. Wheeler, -;7"Yellow,” who had been finedfil’ftird sentenced to 90 days in jail inthé‘Bridgeport police court. for assaultihg a woman. Attorney Lock- wootfiiross-examined the witnesses so endedcsfullyfihat Prosecuting Attorney Light suggested that he preferred to nolle the case, rather than have it go to theijury and Wheeler was released. 0 Bishop McMahon Council. The annual meeting of. Bishop Mc- Mahon Council, C. B. L., was held last evening. The following oflicers were elected: Owen A. Riley, President; James McSaIIy, Vice-president; Pat- rick Buckley, R. S. ; John Henry, Col- Iector; John McGlone, Treasurer; Thomas Varson, Marshal; William Hy- land, Orator; John J. Heynan, Guard; Thomas Heynan, Representative to State Council; P. Buckley, P. McSaIly and Edwin Powers, Trustees. stallation will take place at the- first meeting in January. ' . Norwalk Hospital. The committee on location for the proposed new hospital were out‘yester- day and viewed several eligible sites, but decided on no one of them definite- There is a need of an airy, sightly and easily accessible location, with from five to ten acres of land, if it were practicable. The lotion the Turnpike owned by the Association has not the room desirable. O -.-Advertise in the Guam, .\‘ prano;her sister Miss Sherwood, con- . The in- ‘ f’c'rllowinz lettering appears: HERE on THERE. An Epitome of Happenings of of Interest to the Public. Garnered With Scissors and Pencil. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Sloan of Cross street have a new son. —Carbonette‘ at Lewis’. D. 5 if The Grace church vestry will meet Friday evening. A daughter was ,born to Sergeant ' Mason of 00. D. last night. Buckingham Post, G. A. R., will hold a regular meeting to-night. ' , rl'he Carpenters and Joiners Union held a regular meeting last night. Miss Florence Waterbury is secre- tary of the Women’s Relief corps. ——Union beer only is sold at J. H. Gormley’s saloon, on Main street. George Carr has applied for a license to sell liquor at No. 10 Riverside avenue. Mrs. John Fields has returned home from a seven weeks’ stay in Waterbury. Mr. H. A. Sturges has returned home from a visit with friends in Mil- ford. The Pequonnock Ji’s and the Center school elevens will play football Friday afternoon. The high wmd tore the awning down from in front of Weed’s store this morning. ’ Norwalk Mystic Shriners will visit Pyramid Temple at Bridgeport, to- morrow night. Thomas Mason is to have another op- eration performed on his foot at a New York hospital. The Matinee Whilst—club will meet at the home of Mrs. George C. Lockwood to-morrow evening. David Conger, a war veteran and member of the Bridgeport fire depart- ment, died in that city, yesterday. The junior auxiliary Of St. Paul’s church will meet in the basement of the Chapel, to-morrow evening. The city employees were on hand this morning waiting the issueof the usual batch of checks by the city clerk. The weather this morning was not at all satisfactory to the thirteen tramps who lodged at the Hotel Howard last night. ' Miss Lillian Alford returned home to-day froma three weeks’ visit with friends in Stratford, New‘York and N orwalk.—Danbury News. Patriotic General Couch isn’t much of a politician, nevertheless, there is some very deep pipe laying ha’rd by his Isaacs Place residence. ’ The Quigley place on West" avenue is being treated to a new roofing of shin- gles and the rusted out gutters and eave pipes are also being renewed, Madame Callias Bey, whose husband recently died in London, will soon re' turn to Bridgeport. She will perhaps be better known as the widow of P. T. Barnum. U It is said that the-New York Herald will not hereafter allow the Bridgeport . Sunday Herald to make use of its special Sunday train for the distribu- tion of its editon throughout the state. The last will of the late Mrs. Mary C. Camp widow of Jonathan Camp, wa. read after her funeral yesterday after- noon. It is said that the bequests are in the main to her children.’ Street Commissioner Kellogg will as soon as the weather permits lay a drain- age pipe on Smith street. The ‘ new crosswalk at the foot of Mill Hill will be finished as soon as possible, and a curb and gutter laid on Brook street. Alson J. Smith has been elected cam- mander of Nelson L. White Post, G. A. B. and Thomas McCorkel has re- ceived the teams distinction at the hands of the members of James E. Moore Post. Both Posts are located in Dan- bury. . The new Town Court room is nearly ready for occupancy. On the main door leading i‘nto‘the court room the “Town Court Room, for Court Officials Only.” The spectators a ‘djothers reach the room through anot er door on the op- posite side of the landing. DON’T MISS THEM. "The Latest Ads. Received Be- fore Going to Press. By the People and For the People. ' WANIEI), situation to do Apply No. 9 Grant streeignlsgfi 7-5t WANTED._A housework. walk. T IOR SAL E. FOR "SALE—Benedict. Norwalk new d It er. is selling an excelle t ’ ' s ea and Holder for 25c. Call andnseeFEIDtmglzgfgn lSTBICT of N rw , . D December 9-12. Aida; 151:96.P robate Court, late of Norwalli . Estate of MONSON H .. in said CI‘Jistrtict}dlegceasedciYr e our 0_ _ robate for the ' ' Forwalk hath limited and allowed gisgbfitlig mm the date herenf for the Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. ose who neglect to present their accounts properly attested. Within said time. will be de- arred a recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate are re<Eiested to malre immediate payment to LIZABETH H. HOYT . Administratrix. O the Board of Co I ’ ' I beg: blifi: io(i>l(i’of]oli't31lli::n f::::::::: : or essayist:trusses.lessee“twig “slants. . - ‘ m7“ 200 a... in a. ai’r'éé‘méi-Iftiififéiefai‘t’ESt‘i public schoo'-house. or the premises pertain- ingtheretomi any post-011i 'e or I ublic library .' ' Dated at Vorwalk ‘his 9th dav of Dec ‘ h IA , 9 3S 6- GEORGE CARR, Applicant.9 We, the undermgned. electors and tax-pa - ers, as defined bv aw. of. the Town of Norwalk, hereby endorse thea plicaiion of the above-l najngfig GfieeoliigeJCilirr Br Sillch li'rI'eiilse. 4' . . o In un . 0 Michael Gleason. Gould Heat. 11 Buckley, Dated at Norwalk this 9th day of Dec . 1896. I hereby certify that the obove-named en- dorsers are electors and tax-payers. as defined bygaatwaofttge ’1 owln (hf N orwalk. e a orwa I t is 9th day of Dec . 1896. HERBERT B. SMITH. Town Clerk. NOTICE 1 License Applicants. The County Commissioners Will be in session for the last fime, at the City Council RoOms, South Norwalk, on Friday, December 11th, from 10 o’clock a. m., until 4 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of issu- ing Licenses in the Town of Norwalk.. WHITMAN S. MEAD, County HENRY LEE. Commis- JAMES E. MILLER, sioners. Bridgeport, Dec. 4th, 1896'. 0LD TIN-ROOF FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. cm in oizrrrr orrlcr. HOyt’s Theatre, - I'D-NIGHT THE LITTLE MERRYMARER MINNIE LESTER, A Close Gail! Prices, I0, :20 and 30 cents. I 4—MATINEES—4 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Matinee prices 10 cents to all parts of the house for everybody. Seats on sale at Plais- teas and Pinneo’s stores. “A Ilew York Boy” Saturday Ilglil. l J. D. Jennings. _ . . UNDERTAK ER 4 Knight street. oppOsite ’ StreetrRailway Depot. NIGHT BELL A 1' OFFI (in. Piano Lessons. . . GEORGE W. BRADLEY. (dan 'hter of the late Wm. B. Nash.) gives 0 cent an satisfactory instructions on the Piano at her home No. 193 Main street. , “3‘1, . - .-‘
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