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Norwalk, Conn., Tuesday Evening. "Jailuary 19, 1897. '
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INAIIUNELEAPITAI
To morrow Set Aside for the
Hearing of Private Pen-
sion Bills.
Senator Hill’s Bill Favorahly Reported.
GAZETTE’S BUREAU, I
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET, i
WASHINGTON. J AN. 18.
DEAR GAZETrnz—Both Houses were
in session, with little of general interest
transacted.
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In the Senate the Army Appropriaf
tion bill was passed; the Monetary Con-
ference bill introduced and the Nicar-
agua Canal bill discussed.
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In the House, the day was mostly
spent in unimportant, miscellaneous
matters. A bill was passed to prohibit
and punish the sale of liquors to In.
dians over whom the Interior Depart-
ment exercise guardianship; amending
the patent laws along the lines pro-
posed by the American Bar Associa-
tion and to give to the United States the
,benefit of devices patented by the naval
"officers. . _
An order was agreed to, setting aside
td-morrow’s session for the considera-
tion of private pension bills.
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The final ascertainment of the elec-
toral voth of Tennessee was transmit-
ted to the Senate by Secretary Olney
to-day. He also transmitted an addi-
tional certificate from Governor Brad-
ley of Kentucky saying that J. S. R.
Wedding had been chosen by the other
electors of the State as the thirteenth
member—Mr. Wedding and H. S.
Howes having received an equal num-
ber of votes.
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Consul-General De Kay, at Berlin,
informs the Sttte Department that the
'Germant‘Millers’Union 'oflers a prize for
a method’of " destroying the meal moth
in'mills and fiour.He thinks some Ameri
can should win the prize and ofi'ers to
competition, which should reach him
not later than April 1. .
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The elaborate arrangements for the
great Inaugural Ball are announced as
practically completed.
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It is quite generally believed here
that General Hawley could have a place
in the McKinley Cabinet, were he wil-
It is well known that
ayertures to this end were made to
but met with no acceptance.
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The Senate committee on the judic-
iary to-day reported taverably the bill
introduced by Senator Hill which regu-
lates the term of office of postmasters,
fixing it at four years from the date of
their commissions. ~
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Dr. Richard J. Gatling and Francis
H. Richards of Hirrford, ara here to
attend the annual meeting of the Amer-
ican Association of Inventors and Man-
ufacturers which convenes to-morrow.
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WIND! snow lgFlREl .
These Three Make Short Work of a Load
of Finch Brothers’ ~‘Hay.
Yesterday, at the time the "little
blizzard” was at its heighth, a team of
horses was drawxng a heavy load of
hay from the Finch Brothers’ farm at
Chestnut Hill, and the driver turned
the team in under the commodions
sheds at the Henry Burr Coley farm to
avoid the blasts of wind and snow.
Shortly after he started on his way to
this city, only to be caught by another
cloudburst of snow and wind which
upset his load into the street.
The driver then took the horses back
home and made arrangements to reload
the hay. He was somewhat delayed in
getting back to the Wrecked load of
hay, and when he did arrive found it
ablaze and all efforts to extinguish the
fire were without avail.
Theflames made a brilliant illumina-
tion and as seen from this city led to
the belief that the large barns of the
Finch Brothers were on fire. A por-
tion of the wagon-only was saved.‘
As to how the fire was started is not
known but that it was, of incendiary
origin is very much in evidence.
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The 400.
Twenty'one tramps were given lodg-
ings at the Hotel HowardJast night.
The number given lodging so far this-
month is exactly 400.
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THE NEMFIGERS.
Will Improve the Fourth Regi-
ment’s Standing in the
Service.
Col. Sheridan’s StalfSoon to be Announced
The election of James Sheridan as
colonel and of Charles W. Hendrie as
lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth regi-
confidently anticipated. and the elec-
tion of the Major caused no surprise
either, as the Gaznrrn some days
since announced the uncles of the suc-
cessful ofiicers. l‘he promotions are
regarded as for the good of the regi-
ment. It is hinted that there will be
considerable strengthening along the
line of filling companies to the full ratio
and in other ways improving the stand-
ing of the regiment in the service.
001. James Sheridan certainly ought
to feel proud of his election and it is
the first time in the history of the
Fourth regiment that the office of colo-
nel has been unanimo usly tendered to
any officer. But it is no more than his
due as in the opinion of his brother
officers there is none so well equipped
to fulfill the duties of regimental com-
mander as he is.
He has been in the service since 1868,
when he enlisted as a. private in Co. E,
8th regiment. He was a private but a
short time and was soon promoted to
corporal and sergeant in turn. He he-
came second lieutenant in January,
1871. A few months later the company
was changed into 00. E, Fourth regi-
ment. In May, 1874, he was promoted
to first lieutenant, and remained in
office till February, 1879. when he re-
signed. He was out of the ranks for
just 13 davs, and returned to his com-
pany as first lieutenant again. He be-
came captain of Co. E in 1880.
He was promoted to major of the
regiment in 18 92 at the time Capt. Bus-
sell Frost was made colonel.
In civic life he has been ajprominent
citizen of Bridgeport the major portion
of his active life. He was born in Ire-
land, and his father was an officer in
the British army. Col. Sheridan came
to this country at an early age, and has
been a resident of Bridgeport the last
quarter of a century. He is a member
of the board of Assessors Of that city,
Col. Sheridan has the appointment of
seven commissioned officers and four
non-commissioned ofiicers. His most
important appointment will be that of
adjutant of the regiment. He will prob-
‘ably name his staff within a week.
Lieut. Col. Charles Hendrie of Stam-
ford enlisted as a private in 00. C, 4th
regiment, April 29, 1886. On Dec. 27,
1882) he became quartermaster sergeant
and on Jan. .27, 1890 he was elected sec-
ond lieutenant of, the same company.
His promotion to the captaincy followed
in July 2‘), 1891 and on June 28, 1893 he
was elected major of the second bat-
talion. He is well and favorably known
in civil life as in military circles, and is
'a great favorite among the officers and
men of the regiment.
Major Merritt F. White of the First
battalion is a resident of Bridgeport
and a member of the firm of J. S. White
St Son. He entered the service as a pri-
vate in Co. B, Feb. 18, 1884. He was
elected corporal Nov. 17th, 1888, second
lieutenant June 3, 1890 and first lieuten-
ant Jan. 1892. On Augut 9, 1892 he was
elected captain of his company and is
regarded as a model ofiicer.
Maj or Fitch enlisted in Co. 0, Stam-
ford, Nov. 19, 1888; became corporal,
Aug. 3, 1891; second lieutenant, Aug.
24,1891; first lieutenant, Nov. 18, 1892;
captain, July 19, 1893. He resigned in
January, 1895, and was re-elected cap-
tain Jan. 9, 1896. He is a model officer
and the members of his company regret
that they are obliged to part With him.
Death of James P. Wallace.
James Phillips Wallace died yester-
day in Brooklyn aged 80 years. He
was a relative of the Norwalk Marvin,
Stuart and Chichesterfamilies, and was
an occasional visitor here. Mr. Wal-
lace was the first president of the New
York Produce Exchange and president
of the New Yorkauaranty and Indem-
nity Co. afterwards merged into the
great Central Trust company of which
he became-a trustee. He was an ex
Alderman of Brooklyn, a. member of
the Chamber of Commerce, and an
elder in Rev. Dr. Storrs church.
. A Big Drop.
At 7 o’clock this morning thermome-
ters registered 10 degrees above zero
or 35 deErees lower than at the same
hour yesterday morning. .
‘ . s—Tomtljef._l£ad'l'e.s.
Special bérga‘ihéf for Friday and Sat-
urday atiztherBazaar .25 .. Mai-n ~'-strect in'
Woopfa‘seinators, bonding-Jinan tray
cloths; towels 50 up audio-g, r
a—Advm‘lise in the Gamma.
,2 for 5c '
ment, at Bridgeport yesterday, was '
WAS slflm BED.
Mrs. Madeline Hoffman Killed
With a Hatchet at West
Hoboken. '
Possible Clue to Her Murderer.
Chief of Police Bradley was in re-
ceipt of the following telegram yester-
day afternoon from West Hoboken:
A woman by name of Mrs. Hoffman
Was murdered here between the hours
of 11 p. in Sunday and 6 a. m. Monday
January 18th. Her husband lives at 27
Main street, Norwalk, Conn. Please
find out if her husband was at Norwalk
between these hours. Husband’s name
William Hoffman. Let us know as
soon as possible by telegraph. .
The story of the murder is as follows:
Mrs. Madeline Hoffman, a respect-
able, middle-aged woman, who lived
with her son Richard and a friend of
his, named John Englebert, on second
floor of the frame house at the corner
of Syms street and Central avenue,
West Hoboken, was murdered in her
bed early yesterday morning. The
murderer used an axe, and with this
weapon cut the woman’s head in three
places.
Richard Hoffman and Englebert, the
boarder, have both been arrested, but
the evidence is all circumstantial and
looks as bad against one as the other.
The third suspect is the woman’s hus-
band, from whom she has been separa-
ted for fourteen years. He has been
living with his daughter-in-law in Nor-
walk, Conn., and the only thingagainst
him, when the police began looking
around for suspects, was the fact that
he was on bad terms with his wife.
Later in the day, however, a telegram
lice informed them that Hoffman had
been away from Norwalk for over a
week, having been ejected by his
daughter-in-law for declining to work
and contribute to the support of the
household. This convinced the West
in custody they would have the mur-
derer among their three prisoners, and
consequently a general alarm was sent
out for Hoffman. ,
Richard Hoffman is 25 years of age
and is a loom fixer in Jivernaud’s silk
mill in West Hoboken. Englebert is
24 years of age and a silkweaver in Poi-
debard’s silk mill on the Paterson
Plank road. “
Richard Hoffman woke up yesterday
morning at half-past 6 o’clock. When
he glanced at the clock and saw what
time it was he jumped out of bed in
alarm, and, concluding that his mother
must have overslept, ran into Engle-
bert’s room, shook him, and called out:
“John, wake up! Mother’s over-
slept herself and we’re late.”
“ What’s the matter?” demanded En-
glebert, rising in bed.
“I’m going to see,” said HOfi'man. “I
guess mother worked around late last
night and overtired herself.”
Englebert heard Hoffman go out into
the parlor and then into the kitchen,
where he heard him rap on his mother’s
door and call out:
“Wake up, mother; it’s half-past 6.”
About two minutes later Hoffman,
pale as a ghost and trembling like a
leaf, came staggering into Englebert’s
room again. .
“Mother’s been killed,” he gasped.
“She’s dead in her bed there. Some-
body hasmurdered her.”
“Stop your fooling.” said Englebert,
who thought Hofi'man was joking.
“Don’t joke abbut things like that.”
“Come and see,” said Hoffman, .and
he went staggering out of the room
again. - . '
Englebert finished dressing and then
bed, the clothes cOvéring her entirely
from head to foot. Everything was
. quiet and peaceful, but right across her
chest, outside of the covers, was an
axe.
When the blanket was pulled down, a
horrible sight met the gaze of the two
men. The bed wail saturated with
blood, which had flowed from three
gushes in the head. One of these was
straight across the forehead, and was
about two inches long. It was evident—
ly the first blow struck, and the woman
must have been in bed ‘and lying on,
her back when the murderer hit her.
The second wound was on the top of
the head, and at right angles “with the
first. It is also two inches long; The
third blow made a gash of-i'the same
length on the eldest the head, an inch
and a half above the right ear. , ‘
Hofiman said that-he spent the even-
ing with his‘sweetheart, Annie Dillon,
who lives at 185 Zabriskl‘e street, Jer-r
sey Cltfigeights. He was there until
12:30 o’cldckfiyhen he' walked: home.
The front'doo'r. was unlocked and Hoff?
man says he lockedF-fit behind . him...
The upstairs door ‘ was’ docked," but} be
from Chief Bradley-:of the Norwalk pow
Hoboken authorities that with Hoffman
followed. Mrs. Hoffman was lying in“
{been piti'rbatedd .
unlocked it and went in. His mother
was not up then, and as her door was
shut he concluded that she was asleep
and didn’t bother her. He went quiet-
ly to bed and remember, nothing more
until he woke‘ up at 6 30 o’clock. His
story of the finding of the body is ex-
actly the same as that told. by Engle-
bert, excepting that he says that the
axe was across his mother’s chest, Way
up by her chin. .
Both Hoffman and Englebert are
badly broken up over the matter. The
former does nothing but walk around
his cell wringing his hand and crying.
“Oh, this will ruin me! this will ruin
me!” while Englebert, who is a great
powerful fellow, scbs the whole time.
He has lived in West Hoboken for
"twenty years, and has an excellent rep-
utation. Hedi worked for Postmaster
Conrad Keim when the latter was a
baker, and had boarded with Mrs.
Hofi'man for four months. Hoffman
has an excellent reputation too. His’
story of leaving Miss Dillon at 12:30
o’clock Sunday night is corroborated
by the girl and her mother.
The last person to see Mrs. Hoffman
alive, except Englebert, was her daugh—
ter, Mrs. Frank Peety, who lives on
Demott street, West Hoboken. Mrs.
Peety left her at 5:30 o’clock and says
she was well then. The only property
that Mrs. Hoffman is known to have
had is a number of insurance policies
in benefit. societies. One of these is
the Sterbcn Kafle Society of West Ho-
boken.
William Hofi nan is quite well known
here in in Norwalk. He lived with his
son, Louis Hoffman, at Broad River at
the time the latter was killed by a rail-
road train at the railroad crossing
near the Fair Grounds, on the 25th of
July last. After his son’s death he con-
tinued to live with his daughter-in-law
up to within about [two weeks ago. i
The widowed Mrs. Louis Hoffman is
employed at the Buckley & Son elastic
web factory. A GAZETTE reporter was
granted an interview with her this
morning. To the question as to whether
she had heard of the murder of her
“Yes!” and after some further ques-
tioning the following was elicited :’
“After my husband‘s terrible deatb,I
did not at first want to let his father go
away. I secured work where I now am
and left him home to care for the chil-
dren, of which I have three. I sup-
ported the family. At times he was
ugly bnt I think it, was from drink.
Finally I got tired of having him
around and told him he must go some-
where else to live. I was living in De-
Klyn’s building then, but have since
moved to River street, He had, she
said, oftentimes threatened to commit
seicide by hanging or poison, but she
had heard it so often that she paid
no attention to his threats about killing
himself.
He also kept talking about going to
the home of his son in Holyoke, Mass. ,
and about two weeks ago I gave him :96
and he left and I have not seen him
since. I don’t know where he I Went
but I do know thd’t his wife never want-
ed to see him again for she told me so
when I visited her a few weeks since.
Mrs. Hoffman did not seem to care
much about what happened to “old
man” Hofi'man, who is about 65, but
she did seem to feel sorry over the
death of his wife. Speaking of Richard,
the son suspected of the murder, she
said she did not think him guilty but
refused to say as to why she so thought.
in fact seemed to be sorry that she
_ made the remark.
As a matter of fact the affair did not
seem to concern Mrs. Hoffman nearly
as much as did the loom at which she
'was at work. -
Parties in towniwho are well acquaint-
ed with Hofi'man do not believe that he
is guilty of the murder, and some con-
fess surprise to learn that he had a wife
living when here.
THE WHEELMEN’SCONTEST
No Change Among the Leaders But Very
Close. '
The contest for the GAZETTE’S Wash-
ington inaugural trip is getting more
exciting as the time draws near for the
winner to be announced. W. A.Wheel-
er of the '1‘. C. W. still retains the lead
but George Allen of the Alpha club "is
but ten votes behind him.
The race from nowvon promises to be
ills-exciting as a ten mile road race.
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Real Estate. .
There were four real estate sales in
‘Norwalklast week and the mortgages
amounted to $15,550. For the corre-
sponding week last year there were
.eight sales and the amount of Imort-
gages was $37,937. ' 4
The last will and testament of the late.
Mrs.‘ Elizabetlrwfiadden has not set
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Do YOU WANT m BE THERE?
IF YOUiAREA MEMBER or AlquEL elus vouzuliE
iELleIBLE To to AT THE liliZETTE’S EXPENSE.
{HUSTLE FOB NOTES AHD'WII. . “
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President William McKinley, oi Ohio, will be inaugurated
at Washington, D. C, on the 4th of March. - Extensiv‘eiprep-g,
arations are now being made to make the civic and mi‘litary'nt”
parade the largest ever seen in the capital city.
Thousands of visitors from all over the United States will
be presentvto Witness the grand spectacle. ‘
Would you like to be present and see the great sight?
If so, and are a member of any wheel club in Fairfield
County, you are eligible to contest for the EVENING GAZETTEl
free excursion ticket to,Washington.
, OUR PROPOSITION,
The EVENING GAZETTE Will present to the member of any wheel '
club in Fairfield County receiving the highest number of
votes,‘a free ticket to Washington and return on the occasion
of President McKinley’s inauguration.
WHO ARE ELIGIBLE. .
No one can contest for the EVENING GAZEl'l'I-I’S ticket unless
a member of some wheel club in Fairfield County. Anyone
connected with this office, either directly or indirectly, are de-
barred, and votes sent in for any employee, or for any relative
of an employee, Will not be counted. ,
THE VOTING.
The winner will be determined by a vote of the readers of
the EVENING GAZETTE, the voting to close at 8 o’clock p. in.
Thursday, February 25th, 1897, and the result to be an-
nounced, on Friday, February 26. '
In order to facilitate the voting and for the convenience of
ihevdiers the official ballot below will be prinieciiu these
columns every .day, which is,to be cutout, and the blank,
lines filled in by the voter, with the name of the candidate,
the club of which he is a member, and his address, and sent
to the GAZETTE office. . I
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