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. President and Mrs. Cleveland
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WASHINGTON. FEB. 5.
DEAR GAZETTEZ—Both Houses were
in session to-day.
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In the Senate the: session was given
special interest by the swearing in of
Richard R. Iienney. His credentials
were made out in usual form and so
Republican Senators conceded that it
gave him a prima facia right to be
sworn in and so made no present oppo-
sition.
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The tariff Committee to-day agreed
to restore the McKinley bill rates on
t" lumber except white pine lumber,
which, under the‘McKinley law, was
taxed at $1 per thousand feet in order
to put it on the same footing as spruce.
The restoration of the McKinley
rates on lumber will be defended by
the republicans as necessary for pro-
tection and for revenue.
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The President and Mrs. Cleveland
will follow the usual custom of inviting
the President-elect and his wife to be
their guests at dinner at the Executive
Mansion on the evening of the 3d of
March. President Harrison enter-
tained President and Mrs. Cleveland
in this way before the last change of
administration.
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Yesterday John Addison Porter tele-
graphed vfrom Cleveland, 0., to the
,Connecticut congressional delegation
that he had been offered and had accept-
ed the position ot' private secretary to
President McKinley. The members of
the delegation all'expressed themselves
' as much pleased, and Representative
Henry wenttc the White House and .
informed Mr. Thurber, who said he
woiild take pleasure in assisting his
successor in every way in his power,
and will immediately put himself in
communication With Mr. Porter. “The
latter is expected here soon to make ar-
rangements for the coming of Major
McKinley and his family. The news
was a pleasant surprise to Connecticut
men here, as only a week ago Mr. Por-
ter was indorsed by the entire delega-
tion for minister to:Italy.
went to Canton last Sunday, and while
there the offer of private secretaryship
was made and accepted, in lieu of the
mission to Rome.
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Senator Hawley’s amendment to the
appropriation bill providing for pur-
chasing land and erecting an additional
. building for the Bridgeport custom
house and post office has been delayed
because the committee has not had a
meeting since its introduction. Sena-
tor Hawley was assured -to-day that
early actionfwould be taken.
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It can be stated q'iite positively that
the republicans wul be able to pass
their tariff bill.
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THE WHEELMEN’S CONTEST
The Vote for Cotter Considerably In-
creased To-day.
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The contest for the Gazn'r'rn’s inau-
gural trip has not changed to-day,
other than that R. F. Cotter,! of the
Alpha club, has increased his vote con-
siderably and George Allen also places
over ahundred votes between himself
and Wheeler.
, A Gold Bug.
Some up country gold-bug recently
brought several hundred dollars in glit-
tering gold coin of the realm and de-
posited it in one of the local savings
banks. *No chance of any premium on
gold now as in less than one month
‘ McKinleylis to be President.
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New Haven Girl Married Abroad.
A London dispatch to-day states that
Miss Beatrice,daughter of Paul Roessler
of New Haven, Conn., was married yes-
terday to James 'Gross of Paris- The
wedding took place at Folkestone.
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Father Kelly'to Address Veterans.
Rev. Thomas J. Kelly of New Ca-
naan has been invited to address the
members of the New Canaan Grand
Army Post there on Thursday evening,
Feb. 11, and has accepted the invita-
tion. ‘ ’ .
Attorney Joseph A. 0 Gray and
children are ill-with what threatens to
j develop into anattack of the grip.
Mr. Porter .
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Norwalk, Conn., Saturday Evening, February 6, 1897.
ON A BAKE 0F ICE.
Cornelius Coyle Has a Narrow
Escape From Drowning.
Rescued by Members of the Fish Club.
At 2:30 o’clock this morning mem-
bers of the Fish club who were “wind-
ing up" their anniversary meeting for
another year at the club house on the
Washington street bridge,‘South Nor-
walk were startled by cries of “Help!
Help!” which were located as proceed)
ing from the inlet at the west end of
Germania hail.
It was found that a man named Cor-e
nelius Coyle was hanging from a large
cake of ice, his body being in the water
up to his shoulders.
Theodore Smith, John Paul, Carl
Weisheit, Messrs. Lymer and Hunger.
meyer and William Jordan were among
those who rushed to the man’s rescue.
Mr. Smith secured a rope and made
several ineffectual attempts to lasso the
man, who'dodged the rope each time
and sinking overheadin the water came
up on the opposite side of the cake of
ice. Mr. Smith became disgusted and
stopped further effort in that direction.
After considerable trouble the fellow
was finally landed on the bridge and
taken to the Fish club’s headquarters
where he was provided with dry cloth-
ing and later taken to the police stai’
tion, from which place he received an
honorable discharge this morning. He
was greatly puzzled as to whose clothes
he had on and failed to explain as to
how he landed on the cake of ice where
he was found. Perhaps he didn’t know.
The club voted themselves a “vote of
thanks” for the rescue as Coyle seem-
ingly forgot to do it for them.
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KlPPIE SENTENCED.
Will Die At, Wethersfield on Wednesday,
lulyl4.
The sentence --of death— was-pro-
nounced on Thomas F. Kippie, wife
murderer, by Judge Prentice, in the
Superior criminal court yesterday
morning. Kippie will expiate his crime
on the automatic gallows in the Con-
,necticut state prison at Wethersfield on
the 14th day of July.
Nearing the Shadow Land.
The condition or the little Woodward
boy is critical.
May the Good Father comfort and
sustain all these stricken ones.
It is feared that young George A.
Shellhoos is rapidly approaching the
hour of his dissolution.
Mr. Frederick Mead is reported not
so well and his long and determined
fight against disease, seemingly grow-
ing weaker.
General D. N. Couch is greatly pros-
trated by nervous debility which leads
to the sad apprehension that the sands
of the old hero’s life are fast running
out.
The condition of Mr. Frank I. Jones
is stated to be quite serious. He has
long been a most intense sufferer and
fought for life with courageous heroism,
but his vital forces seem to be giving
way under the tremenddus strain and
his departure would now seem more
probable than his recovery.
Danbury Hatter Dead.
William Betta, one of Danbury’s old-
est hatters, died suddenly yesterday
morning at his home in that town. He
was eighty-two years of age.
Mr. Bette was a native of Cannons
Station and his father, who was aprom-
inent resident of that place was-engaged
in bat manufacturing. Mr. Betta
learned his trade there and when a
youth went to Danbury and secured
employment in one of the factories.
He worked at his trade until about
eight years ago, when he retired be-
cause of his advancing years.
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Connecticut Crime.
Of the counties of this state last year
New Haven led in crime, with a total of
2,805, Hartford was next, with 2,111;
Fairfield, 1,963; New London, 1,943.
The other counties had less than 500
each. Windham having 423; Litchfield
228, and the lowest of all was Tolland,
with 72. The total for the state was
8,784 nearly all of which are sent to
the jails directly or indirectly by
liquors. _
For- the Ursuline‘ Sisters.
Leland Castle at New Rochelle, re-
cently burned, and formerly occupied
by Col. Roberts for his Military school,
has been soId to the ._Ursuline Sisters
for $50,000, and will be repaired and
used by the-guns for a semihary. ’
Price one. Cent
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° FISH (Lin EAT.
They Celebrate Their Anniver-
sary With Much Eclat’
and Fish.
A3“ Specter ” Smith Chowder Served.
Something like ninety members of
the Fish club and their friends in and
from out of town celebrated the club’s
an iversary at the club house ,at the
east end of theWashington street draw
last night. '
Speeches were made by out of town
guests including one by Reporter Krom
of the Danbury Dispatch and a medley
of songs by Warbler Hackett of the
same city. There was instrumental
music by a Hungarian band and singing
by a German quartette.
fl shore dinner was served which em—
bodied about twenty gallons of clam
chowder, fifty pounds of baked salmon,
an abundance of lobster and potato
salad, 200 crabs, about as many sand-
wiches. and a plentv of coffee, tea, etc»
It was altogether one of the happiest
and best attended gatherings ever held
by the club. The festivities did not
come to a close until 3 o’clock this
morning, at which hour several mem-
bers of the club went out. and rescued
a man who was floating about on a cake
of ice in the harbor near Germania hall.
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Yesterday’s Divorces.
Rev. Daniel E. Day, of Greenwich,
was granted a decree of divorce‘ from
his wife Harriet on the ground of deter-
tion, yesterday morning in the Su-
perior court. The plaintifi married
the woman in Eastport, L. I. After
living with him one day she deserted
him. No reason was assigned by her
for the act and although he wrote to
her repeatedly no answer was vouch-
safed.
Judge Wheeler allowed a decree to
J. Mead, of Stamford. His wife, he
alleged, had been guilty of adultery.
The co-respondent named _.3,.Was rt
Tallmadge. He had been'mgrried five"
years. .
George Harrison, of Stratford, was
married 18 years ago, Five years lat-
er his wife took French leave and with
her went the household goods. The
plaintifi'claimed that he never heard
from her. The decree was granted.
Desertion and intolerable cruelty prov-
en to Judge Wheeler’s satisfaction ob-
tained a divorce for Mrs. Hugh O’Fla-
'herty, of Hartford. Mrs. O’Flaherty’s
marital experience has been rather pe-
culiar. Some 20 years ago she-mar-
ried O’Flaherty. She lived with him
for five years and then secured a di-
vorce on the ground of adultery. A
year or so after they met and found
thatamutual regard still existed and
were again married. It only took Mrs‘._
O’Flaherty a few days to discover that
she had made a mistake. The divorce
followed.
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AMUSEMENTS
The Merry World.
The attractibn that Manager Hoyt of—
fers at his theatre, to-night,’is “The
Merry World,” which has just finished
avery successful engagement in New
York. ~Of this production it may be
said, it is one of the finest and most
complete on the road, and is something
out of the ordinary, being equipped
with magnificent scenery and gorgeous
costumes. The Merry World comes
highly recommended, and from the re-
ports of other cities where it has ap-
peared, it is a certainty that the per-
formance is one worthy offimention.
The Fast Mail.
Lincoln J. Carter, ‘the young Chi-
cagoan, author of the melodrama “The
Fast Mail," is a remarkable young fel-
low, on the La Vinci pattern, in variety
of accomplishment. He wrote his own
play—and it’s a'good one of its class——
he acts a principal part and does it well,
he paints all his ow’n‘ cenery,»constructs
his elaborate mech‘i, ’cal effects, and
designs all the pictori. .work used for
advertising “Thé Fast 'Mail.” Truly a
bright young fellow, who creates his
towncareer without trampling over
anybody else. Hoyt’s Theatre, Friday
evening, February 12. ' 2-, ’
Louis P. Wei], representing the well
known liquor firm of Zunder & Sons of
New Haven, “was a guest of Mr. M.
Ratchford to-day. ‘ V
The North Center school will repeat
its recent entertainment, this time more
commodious quarters at the Baptist
church having been secured. ‘
Robert Anderson was fined 35 and
costs this morning for being intoxicat-
ed. He‘ didn’t bave'tliat amount about
him and he went to, jail. to earn it. I
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FIRE GHIEFTALKS.
Important and Valuable Sug-
,3 gesfions Made to the
' Council.
The Communication Read to the Board:
The following is the full text of a let-
ter addressed to the Mayor and Council,
and read at the meeting of that body
on Monday evening last:
Norwalk, Conn., Jan. 31, 1897.
To His Honor, Jlfayor A. 0. lV/ieeler
and Councilmen of the City of Norwalk.-
GENTSI—It was fully my intenticn to
have been present with you at this,
our first meeting in February, to have a ‘
talk upon suggestions from the Fire
Underwriters, a copy of which has been
sent you, also to every insurance agency
in town. -
As the copy I have in my possession
now Was received from one of our local
agents, the outcome of these sugges-
tions arises evidently from a visit made
our department lately from in agent
sent direct from the National Board of
Fire Underwriters of theUnited States.
The Fire Underwriters, as I under-'
stand it, is simply the higher board of
insurance, governing the insurance
rates of the country. They employ a
man, generally some one who has been
afireman andin this, the ex-chief of
_ Philadelphia, whose business it is to go
through the country and examine every
fire department, and upon the strength
of that visir to secure my answers to
questions asked by them.
To the outcome of this recommenda-
tion. In my report to your honorable
body before the close of last year I rec-‘
commended the purchase of 1,000 feet
of hose, and suggested as soon as prac-
ticable the purchasevof a new truck.-
You have already, Mr. Mayor, in your
report to your colleagues recommended
not only the purchase of 1,000 feet of
hose but a new truck for which you
have my hearty thanks, but our board
of fire underwriters go farther and. say
we shall havefi permanently, etc.
This bringsllis back partly to my rec-
commendations of three years ago when
I invited your honorable body to visit
with me the Stamford fire department
and see how nearly complete they had
placed the department for actual duty.
At that time you were one and all
pleased with the working of the depart-
ment, also inside arrangementlof house
as remodeled.
I advised the remodeling of the Main
street houses to conform in great meas-
ure to the Stamford quarters. Upon
your suggestion or the suggestion of
the board I obtained a plan of the pro-
posed change which was submitted and
finally adopted. That plan you have
in your safe.
It was proposed then to add horses
to the department and uot be compelled
to wait’ for horses to come from the
livery stable as at present. It was then
proposed to work the highway and fire
department together, and so make
horses and men available, and at the
same time make the horses pay their
way by doing the highway work.
But when we had our plans all laid
and ready for presentation to the peo-
ple, before having an opportunity to
present our case the people out the
highway department appropriation so
close, that one could not even do the
highway work and buy a 'cow much
less buy horses. So the matter has been
virtually dropped from that time until
now, when the insurance people have
brought it back to the surface and ad.
vise these improvements.
We do not need or Wish a paid de-
partment. A volunteer department cut
down to efficient men, as I believe we
have it, could do all the work {required
in Norwalk for ten or, twelve years
more, provided they meet with assist-
‘ance from our people from time to
time. -
The day has gone by when men are
willing to make horses of themselves.
Our fire district has been extended so
far that no man could live that would
attempt to run to either exteme, so
when I was compelled to take the agent
over our line, he asked how we could
expect men to run to the Fair Grounds
or Stuart avenue, or to the Children’s
Home, or W. H. Earle’s house on. East
avenue and attempt to do any execu-
tion after reaching any of these points.
Well, we have one hose wagon loca-
ted at the livery stable, that comes out
in fair shape, but thewagon is in an
‘ open shed and cannot be kept in even
fair condition. This wagon should be
kept in the engine house.
Now what we need is. 1,000 feet of
hose, a new modern light horse truck
and ,a new hose wagon, making a hose
wagon for each company, and not less
than four horses. ‘It would require one
man to each two horses, but as these
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HUSTLE FOB VOTES AND WIN.
President William McKinley, of Ohio, will be inaugurated
at Washington, D. C, on the 4th of March. 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 all over the United States will
be present to witness the grand spectacle.
Would you like to bepresent and see the great sight?
If so, and are a memberof any wheel club. in. Fairfield ’
County, you are eligible to contest for the EVENING GAZETTE’S ‘
free excursion ticket to Washington. - K“
OUR. PRO£0SIHON. . ,
The EVENING GAZETTE will present to the member of anywheel .
club in Fairfield County receiving the highest number of.
votes, at free ticket to Washington and return'on the occasion
of President McKipley’s inauguration. ‘ .-
WHO ARE ELIGIBLE. ,
’No one can contest for the EVENING GAZETTE’S ticket unless
a member of some wheel club in Fairfield County. Anyone
connected with this office, either directly or indirectly: is de-
barred, and votes sent in for any employee, or for any relative
of an employee, will not be counted: I
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 91p. m.
Thursday, February 25th, 1897, and the result to be an-
nounced on Friday, February 26. I i
In order to facilitate the voting and for the convenience of h
o... .Jters the official ballot below Will be printed in these -
columns every day, which is to be cut out, and the blank
lines filled in by. the Voter, with the name of the candidate, . it
the club of which he is a member, and his address, and sent 0
to the GAZETTE office.” " A
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George E. Allen, Alpha....................... .............................................. 1178
William A. Wheeler, Twin City .......... . .............................. ' .............. 1,058 ‘
R. F. Cotter, Alpha ........................................... '..... ............. '. ............... ...;. ,672
Leo Davis. Twin City I. .I. 19
William Gunther. Orient..- ................... .......... . ........... ' 30
Thomas F. Dunn, Twin City ......... , ................. '. . ............ . 1T 0
Frank Smith, Orient. ..................... . .......... ................ , ........ . ....... ..... _. 62: '1 '
Ernest C. Fleet,’Twin City... ..... ............. ...... ‘ ...... ......... ... -' *
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