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NATIONAL BAPITAL—
' A Large Number of Private
Pension Bills Considered.
Notional Marine Engineers Convene.
GAZETTE’S BUREAU, I
709 EAST CAPITOL STREET, $
WASHINGTON, JAN. 19.
DEAR GAZETTEz-Both Houses were
in session‘to-day.
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In the Senate the discussion of the
Nicaragua Canal bill occupied most of
the day, Senator Turpie making a
strong argument against It.
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' Senator Jones, of Nevada, occupied
his seat in the Senate chamber to-day,
his first appearance at the present
session. *
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. Ex-Vice President and Ex-Governor
Morton, was a conspicuous occupant of
a seat in the Senate to day.
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In the House the day was chiefly de-
voted to the consideration of a large
number of private pension bills.
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The House Committee on Invalid
Pensions to-day voted to pass over the
President’s veto the Senate bill grant-
ing a pension of $30 a month to Nancy
C. AllabaCh, a widow of Colonel Alla-
bach, a Mexican War veteran.
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Secretary Lamont has recommended
an appropriation of $75,000 for the con-
struction of a sea wall at Sandy Hook,
N. J., in order to maintain land trans-
portation over the isthmus as well as
. the navigation of Shrewsbury River.
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Secretary Olney congratulated his
expected successor in the State Depart-
ment, when Senator Sherman called on
him to-day. The Senator invited the
Secretary to appear before the Foreign
Relations Committee to-morrow in re-
gard to the general arbitration treaty,
which-he promised to do. ,
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Vice - President - elect Hobart has
leased for four years the house of A. L.
Barber. The mansion is of granite and
is surrounded by an extensive park and
shade trees. It stands at the extremity
of Fourteenth street, and was formerly
occupied by Chief Justice Fuller. The
house is adapted to entertaining. It is
probable that when the Vice-President-
' elect and Mrs. Hobert come to Wash-
ington a reception will be given to their.
March2 by Vice-President and Mrs.
Stevenson, as the precedent for such .a
thing was established by Vice-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Levi P. Morton.
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The convention of the National
Marine Eugineers’ Association as-
sembled in this city today. This or-
ganization includes the greater part of .
the 19,000 men who have received li-
censes to take charge of marine engines
A of various descriptions.
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The eightieth annual meeting of the
American COIODIZJIIULI S 'Uleiy was
held here ~to-day. In the absence of
the president. Bishop Potter, the Rev.
Dr. Byron Sunderland was elected
president. '
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. Mr. Mark Hanna it is positively an-
nounced, will not be a member of Mc-
Kinley’s Cabinet, but is determined to
he United States Senator, or nothing.
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THE WHEELMEN’S CONTEST
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George Allen of the Alpha. Club Again in
the Lead.
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The contest for the GAZETTE’S Wash-
ingtoninaugural trip is growing more
exciting every day. Yesterday W. A.
Wheeler of the Twin City Wheelmen
was in the lead by ten votes, but to-day
--George Allen of the Alpha’s appears in
front with forty votes to spare.
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" The Sick.
George Os'terbanks, who has been
seriouslyill with painters’ colic, is re-
‘portedfis being somewhat better.
Miss Nettie Bouton’s condition re-
mains about the same.
George Shellhoos’ condition is criti-
cal audit is feared he cannot survive.
’Mrs. Edward Simons is slowly im-
proving from a serious illness, although
she is’not yet out of danger.
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. Broke His Leg.
A horse belonging to Andrew John-
son of West Norwalk, fell and broke
one of its legs on West avenue last
evening, and later was put out of its
misery with a well directed shot from a
revolver in the hand of Officer More-
house.‘ - -
..self by taking morphine.
a TWO topless.
One Victim Shoots Himself and
the Other Takes Car-
bolic Acid.
Were Tired of Living.
William Wendover, aged 60 years,
committed suicide in New Canaan yesf
terday by shooting himself twice with
arevolver, once in the forehead and
once in the mouth. The latter wound
proved fatal. Wendover had been
despondent of late lwcouse of his in-
ability to secure employment and a few
days ago attempted to despatch him-
He left a
note to his wife and one to an under-
taker in the latter of which he gave
his age and his birthplace, New York.
Mrs. Harry Nichols, aged 44 years,
the wife of a prominent Danbury butch-
er. committed suicide yesterday by tak-
ing a dose of carbolic acid. Her" hus-
band left his wife apparently all right,
and two hours later a relative of the
family, sought to gain entrance to the
house but was unsuccessful. Mr. Nich-
ols was summoned who burst in the
door and found his wife in convulsions.
It was discovered that she had poisoned
herself and efforts to restore her proved
unsuccessful.
Mrs. Nichols, who had been in poor
health for years, had been melancholy
of late and it is stated that she attempt-
ed‘self destruction about a month ago
by taking laudanum;
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OBITUARY.
CHARLES T. RAYMOND.
The sad news reached Norwalk from
Stamford,sf that ,Mr. Charles T. Ray-
mond had'expired with unexpected sud-
denness there, this morning. Mr. Ray-
mond was in his 4lst year and a son of
Samuel Raymond, President of the
Raymond Sr Comstock Hatcompany of
South Norwalk, and was the brother-in-
Iaw, by marriage, of General Russell
Frost. The deceased was a member of
the New York firm of Hitchcock, Der-
mody 8:. Co., Hatters’ Furs. He was a
young man of kindly and winning dis-
position and was esteemed by all who‘
knew him,for his upright,geuerous and
attractive qualities.
His last days were clouded and sad-
dened by a mental malady, which has
terminated his earthly career, and at a
time when all the bright hopes and
prizes of a joyous and prosperous career
seemed opened up before him.
He leaves a widow, Dudlena P.,
daughter of the late Dudley P. Ely
and two young sons, with hosts of
friends to mourn the close of an earthly
career so unusually bright in the pros-
pects of success and usefulness.
D. B. LOCKWOOD.
Judge D. B. Lbckwood, one of the
leading criminal lawyers in Connecti-
cut, died at his home in Bridgeport,
yesterday after an illness of a few
days. Judge Lockwood was a man
of large stature, being about six feet
three inches tall, and until a recent ill-
ness weighed about 335 pounds. He
had always been one of the prominent
figures at the meetings of the famous
Fat Men’s association, of which he was
president for several years. Mr. Lock-
wood was born at Weston, January 7,
1827. He was graduated from Wesleyan
University in 1849, and was admitted to
the bar in 1851. He enlisted in the
Second Connecticut Light Artillery in
1862. He leaves a widow and five chil-
dren.
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Attached.
An attachment for $7,000 has been
placed on what is known as the Fred
Mead residence on Union Park, to 00':
eraclaim of Stephen H. Holmes for
$4,000; the Helmes, Keeler 8r. Selleck
Co. for 82,500 and E. K. Lockwood &.
Co. for $500. The papers were served
by Deputy sherifi' Lyon. The place
which is now in Mrs. Mead’s name is
heavily mortgaged.
Fonasus Installation.
The officers of. Ponasus
No. 1268, Royal Arcanum, were in-
stalled at their hall in the GAZETTE
building last evening by State Regent
Prentice of Hartford and Distrlct De-
puty Hutt of' New Haven. Members
from Sherman Council of South Nor-
walk were present. A turkey supper
was served after the installation.
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The Hoffman Butchery.
. To-day’s Herald says that despite all
their efforts and many important dis-
coveries, the police, have been unable
Council,
to clear the mystery surrounding thez
murder of Mrs. Hoffman, in her bed,
in‘West Hoboken. ‘
D-EFENDIIII ‘DEAD.
Charles E. Nadine Dies With a
Breach of Promise Suit
Pending Against Him. .
The Plaintiff‘a Norwalk Woman.
-Charles E. Nodine a. former resident
of Bridgepliyt but lately of Lee, Mass.,
died in that'city on Sunday. He was
at the time of his demise the defendant
is a suit brought by Esther J. Wood of
this city, in which the plaintiff claimed
$5,000 for breach of promise. It is pos-
sible that the suit will end with the
death of the defendant, though it may
be that it will be prosecuted against his
estate. For years he conducted a large
milk route and managed the Sterling
farm in Teumbull. Later he branched
out in a dairy business at Bridgeport
and then purchased the feed store of
Clarence Swan on State street. It was
while conducting this business that he
acquired posession of Glynallyn farm
in Lee, Mass. I
When Mr. Nodine announced that he
was to move to Lee, he also announced
that he was to be married, his choice
being a Miss Maher 'of Bridgeport.
The couple were married and at once
took up their residence on the farm in
Lee. Soon after the marriage the
friends of Mr. Nodine were surprised
to learn that he had been made the de-
fendant in a breach of promise suit, in
which Mrs. Esther J. Wood of this city
claimed $5,000 damages for a wounded
heart. The suit was returned to court
and is still on the docket. During his
life Mr. Nodine denied the charges in
the suit. Warner & Ferris represented
Mrs. Wood.
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COUNTY Aunlrdlis cnossn.
The Commissioners to Schedule the Coun-
ty Needs. ‘
The Fairfield county Republicans
met at Hartford yesterday afternoon
and organized by choosing J. F. Wood-
ruff of Sherman as chairman, and L. L.
Valden, of Ridgefield, as clerk. Coun-
ty auditors were chosen as follows:
Jonn F. Close of Greenwich, and James
Lee of Brookfield, the present incumbé
ant, and the Democratic auditor.
At the next meeting, the county tax
will be laid. All three County commis-
sioners were present and on motion of
Representative Hurlbutt they were in-
structed to have printed a statement of
the needs of the county, so that in lay-
ing the tax. the representatives might
be guided intelligently.
The meeting then adjourned to the
first session day in March.
Whist Parties.
A whist party was given at the resi-
dence of ,William A. Curtis on West
avenue, last evening, in honor of Miss
Bates, and Miss Blair. There were five
tables of players. Light refreshments
were served. The prize winners were
Edgar Bloom and Mrs. C. A. Harstrom.
The Main Street Whist club will meet
at the home of Miss Peck on Main
street, to-night. .
The Clover Leaf Whist club met at
the home of Edward Wilson on Chest-
nut street last evening. Mr. Wilson
and Miss Mary Webber won the. first
prizes and Harry Bailwitz the consola-
tion prize. a
The Social Whist club passed a pleas.
Kent, last night. ' Jesse Colwell and F.
E. Lockwood tied for first gentleman’s
prize, the lady’s prize was won by Miss
Kemp and James Grifi'eth was awarded
the consolation prize.
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All Were Happy.
It wasa happy party of twenty or
more that assembled at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William Osterbanks on
Isaacs Place last evening. Owing to
illness at a residence near by there Was
no instrumental or vocal ,music, or
dancing. The evening, however, was
pleasantly passed with a free indul—
gence of pleasing games and the par-
taking of a feast of good things edible.
Mr. and Mrs. Oéterbanks proved them-
selves to be splendid entertainers and
it was with reluctance that the guests
departed for their several homes at a
late hour. ., '
A Pretty Calendar.
The New London Day, a wide awake
newspaper, has published a pretty cal-
ender for 1897. It presents the pictures
of 150 or more babies belonging in that
city, anyone of which appears bright
and pretty enough to win a first prize
at a baby show. The calendar ought
Lprove to be a joy forever. ' ' ~
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ant evening at the home of Miss Ruthe
“LIBERTY TEA.” "
An Interesting Lecture With Much Valuable
Information. ‘
Notwithstanding the cold of yester-
day, many“ members" of the Central ,
Club, imitating the fortitude of their
“Fore-Mother's,” braved then tempera-
ture to hear Dr._Fran'k S- Child, of
Fairfi€ld speak upon "Liberty Tea.”
Dr..Child is the author of “The Colo-
nial Parson” and ”An Old New Eng-
land Town.” The lecture wasextreme-
l'y interesting, containing much valua-
ble information, and touched through:
out with quaint‘gleams of humor. The
“Critic,” commenting upon a recent
story of Miss Wilkin’s, remarked that
the incident which made her plot was
briefly reported as a fact in a single
paragraph of the “Tribune” last spring,
and that aspiring writers might well
learn a lesson as to how the artist can
take the smallest incident and weave
out of it a glowing tale. This thought
was brought to mind by the illumina-
ting imagination which characterizes
Dr. Child’s work.
The description of the old-time tea-
‘party and its hOSpitalities,‘ the graphic
account of the spinning, and quilting
i‘bees,” a simple and oft "told tale,
seemed under his touch to become ‘new
and instinct with life. This is a very
entertaining lecture, as well as a valu-
able one, and should be heard by every-
one interested in “old times,” and the
“Spirit of ’76.” ' And what true Ameri-
can is not? It is not left for our special
societiesto uphold alone the spirit of
liberty and patriotism in the land. It
is a spontaneous growth within us.
Much may it flourish and long may it
last.
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AMUSEMENTS.
“Charley's Aunt.”
Those who were unable‘to’see “Char-
ley’s Aunt,” the famous comedy, when
it was here last, and in consequence of
the disappointment of many of our
theatre-goers, who wished to see the
production, will now have ample oppor-
tunity for visiting Auntie, who is to re-
turn here Wednesday night, January
27, at Hoyt’s Theatre, bringing With her
famous cat, the bogus aunt, the college
chums, the lovers and other.
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Committees of Ten.
A special meeting of Phoenix Engine
company was held last evening, at
which a committee of ten consisting of
the following gentlemen, A. A.Ch1nery,
Charles M. Smith, George Nash, Smith
Northrop, George Aiken, D. H. Weeks,
Fred Lockwood, George Lockwood,
Fred Castle and Harry Bouton was
appointed to confer with a committee
of ten members of 00. D, C. N. G. in
reference to the holding of a grand" fair
for a week to open at the Armory, on
Washington's birthday.
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Recent Deaths.
David Porter died at his home in
Bridgeport yesterday. The decdhsed
was an elasticweb weaver and well and ,
favorably known in this city. He was
amember of the Sons of St. George
and of the Elastic Web Weavers’ Union.
.9.
The Ahleged Cuban Negotiations.
MADRID, Jan. 20.—The Heraldo asserts
that the United States has refused to con-
tinue the negotiations to restore peace in
Cuba on the ground that the time for such
negotiations has passed. In official circles,
however, it is reiterated that the negotia-
tions referred to have never existed.
. After the Bicycle Thieves.
BOSTON, Jan. 20.-—-A bill has been intro-
duced in the Massachusetts legislature by
Senator Roberts making it a. felony to
steal a. bicycle valued at‘ $10 or more and
providing punishmentby imprisonment in
state prison‘of not less than one year 1101‘
-more than five.
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Tho South Dakota Senator-ships.
PIERRE, S. 1)., Jan. 20.-—-The Populist
caucus failed to agree on a. senatorial can-
didate. -~ Senator Kyle held the lead, but
his, highest vote was eight short of the nec-
essary number. Seventeen ballots were
taken.
Suicide 0! a. Violinist.
BERLIN, Jan. 20. -—— Fritz Spahr, an
American violinist, committed suicide by
taking poison, it is supposed, after a course
of dissipation. He left the sum of 1,100
marks for ‘his wife, who is in America.
One Day’s Government Receipts.
WASHINGTON, Jan. fad—National bank
notes received today for redemption, $525,-
707; government receipts from internal
revenue, $199,119; customs, $448,079;
miscelI’aneous, $284,444.
\Vashfngton Populiets In the Majority.
OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. 20.—-The house
has unseated a. Republican member and
seated his Populist contestant, which gives
the Populists a. majority of one on joint
ballot.
_Teller Rev-elected. \
DENVER, Jan; 20.—Thc Hon. Henry M.
Teller was re-elected United States senator
today by the almost unanimous vote of the
Colorado legislature.
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no you WANT TO BE THERE?
IF YOU AREA MEMBER OF A WHEEL CLUB YOIIIIBE
ELIGIBLE TO 60 AT THE GAZETTE’S EXPENSE.
HUSTLE FOB VOTES MID WIII.
President William McKinley, of Ohio, will be inaugurated
Extensive prep-
arations are now being made to make the civic and military
parade the largest ever seen in the capital city.
Thousands of visitors from'a'll over the United States will
be present to witness the grand spectacle.
Would you like to be present and see the great sight?
Elf so, and are a. member of any wheel club in Fairfield.
County, you are eligible to contest for the EVENING GAZETTE!
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.
N 0; one can contest for the EVENING GAZEI‘TE’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. m.
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
the voters the official ballot below will be printed in 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.
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George E. Allen,
THE. VOTE.
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R. F. Cotter, Alpha ...... ...... ........................ '... ........ .. ........ - ......... . ............... n... 78
Leo Davis. Twm City. ..... ........................ .................... 19
Thomas F. Dunn, Twrn City.. ............................. .................. 11
Frank Smith, Orient .......... a ....................................... . .............. 6
Ernest 0. Fleet, Twin City......... ......... . ............ . ..... . .............. ....... 4
William Gunther, Orient.............................. ...‘m . 3
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