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'NORwALK. CONN. MONDAYEVENING, MAY 17, 1897.
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wummnpli NEWS.
President McKinley Returns
From Philadelphia and Re?
ceives His First Mili-
tary Reception.
The Democratic Members of Finance Com-
mittee to Offer Amendments‘to
Tariff Bill.
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President McKinleyr and party re-
turned to this city from Philadelphia,
last night, reaching Washington at
9:45. The first military reception that
the President has received since he
was installed in office, was given him
at the depot by the battalion of school-
boys from New York, who are in the
city on a visit. They were drawn up
in a line before the entrance, and when
President McKinley appeared they sa-
luted, and the President returned the
salute by raising his hat. He smiled
when he lifted his hat to the boy sol-
diers, and appeared to be quite pleased
' with his reception. -
This battalion of little soldiers are
' the most indefatigable sight-seers that
have ever - visited Washington, and
from eight in the morning till after the
President arrived last night, they were
constantly on the move, and covered
more territory and so as many points
of interest as are ordinarily covered in
a week by other visitors. They return
to New York to-night.
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The Democratic members of the Sen-
ate Committee on Finance were in con-
sultation for two hours yesterday on
the tariff bill. They decided not to of-
fer a substitute for the Finance Com-
mittee bill, but to propose amendments.
They regard the committee’s bill as a
revenue producer and calculate that,
even withoutthe‘pr‘opbrsed beer tax, and
tea duty, it would’bring a surplus into
the Treasury. '
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The resignation of Principal Exam-
iner Eugene M. Harmon, of the Patent
Office, was announced yesterday. He
is a brother of the ex-Attorney General,
and as heretofore Stated in the GAZETTE,
will practice law in New York with ex-
Commissioner of Patents, Seymour.
Josiah McRoberts, of Illinois, has been
promoted to be principal examiner, and
T. C. Tipton, of Nebraska, son of ex-
Senator Tipton, and a veteran patent
examiner to be first assistant examiner.
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Public Printer Palmer was the prin-
cipal witness before the Senate Com-
mittee on Civil Service Reform yester—
day. The session was quite interesting
owing to the freedom of expression in-
dulged in by the Senators present, as
. well as by thewitnesses. There were
fiVe,-_ Senators—Messrs. Pritchard,
LodgekElkins, Harris, of Kansas, and
Chilton. The result of the inquiry
showed that Mr. Palmer is in favor of
some modifications of the present rules.
He insisted that as the head of the
Printing Office he should have the
right to pick out his own subordinates.
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The defeat of Senator Call removes
a picturesque » character from public
life. For eighteen years Mr. Call was
in the Senate.
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Both Houses of Congress will meet
again at noon to-morrow.
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Mrs. McKinley received yesterday
afternoon for the first time in the Blue
Parlor, and a number of prominent
people were among the guests.
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' A Veteran’s Sad End.
Louis B. Hayward, an old _Grand‘
Army veteran of East Bridgewater,
was found hanging to a tree in the
woods between here and Elmwood Sun-
day afternoon. He was last seen Thurs-
day afternoon, and it is thought the
deed was committed at that time. He
had recently drawn $400 back pension
money, but it is thought that he had
been drinking heavily of late, and his
money being gone he feared that he
would become a charge on the town.
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Planking Completed.
A gang of workmen from the Berk-
shire division of the Consolidated road
completed the planking over tne Wall
street tunnel Sunday. The Tramway
and Street Railwayhad to transfer their
fiassengers during the work. A large
crowd watched the men at labor.
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Look aF‘YourVTickets.
"' Number 69465 drew the bicycle given
away at the Boston Store, Norwalk,
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Saturday evening.
FORFEII_E_D__ BONDS.
E. I. Wadhams and Mrs. Isa-
dore Dunn Leave $25
Each in Stratford.
_ They Accepted the Easiest Way Out of the
Difficulty.
Attorney Charles IV. Mann, of
Bridgeport, who was to have defended
E. J. Wadhams and Mrs. Isadore Dunn,
of South N orwalk, arrested last week
on a serious charge by Sheriff Stagg,
met his clients in Stratford on Saturday
and advised them to forfeit their bonds
of $25 each.
The attorney’s advice was accepted
and the bonds forfeited and the prison—
ers returned home. .
It is claimed that the arrest of" these
two parties was due to the ill feeling
which exists between John W. Fancher
and Wadhams. They were in business
together but had a falling out and since
then have been doing all they could to
injure each other. Wadhams accused
Fancher of setting fire to his store in
South Norwalk and Fancherretaliat-
ed by pressing the above charge against
Wadhams. What the next outbreak
will be will be awaited with curiosity.
Services at the Methodist Church.
Large congregations assembled at
both services at the Norwalk Metho-
dist Church yesterday. At the conclu-
sion of the morning service the pastor,
Rev. F. A.‘ Scofield, stated that the
amount needed to meet the expenses
of the year was $4, 700, and that
$3,000 was already provided for in
the rentals of the pews, etc.
In a very short time, over $1500 was
subscribed and the entire current ex-
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penses of the church provided. After.
the evening sermon which was preached
tothe Epworth League on their eighth
anniversary, the pastor invited all the
youngmen present who would make
one c‘dihpl‘e’te ‘consecration'to G‘Cd‘ftir
service to come forward. In a
few moments the altar was sur-
rounded, and a short consecration
service was held. This church begins
its work with its new pastor under the
most promising circumstances and the
outlook for a successful year is very
encouraging.
Killed by a Fall.
Albert Camp, one of the most promi-
nent residents of Northfield, met with
a sudden death, Sunday. He slipped
and fell from the hay mow in his barn,
striking his head against a post and
breaking his neck, He leaves a widow
and three children.
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Sustalned ,Serious Injuries.
‘ John White while engaged at the
Blue mountain quarry where the stone-
crusher is at work, received severe in-
juries on Saturday afternoon, by being
thrown from a ledge by the falling of a
volume of debris from a cliff above him.
He was taken to his home and is re-
ported to-day as getting along nicely.
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. PERSONAL NOTES.
Captain Lewis the contractor is in
town.
Frank Kearns, of Boston, is visiting
friends in town.
Mrs. J. H. Stevens is visiting friends
in Bridgeport to-day.
Ira Hoyt, John Lowndes and Harry
Wilson spent Sunday in town.
Mrs. William M. Weed, of Orchard
street, is visiting friends at Yonkers,
N. Y. '
Mrs. Lester Cole, of Brooklyn, is a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cole, of Elm-
crest.‘ ,
Mrs. H. A. Sturges =’has returned
home from a ten weeks’ stay at the
home of Mrs. Sarah Belden.
Miss Carrie Mason .Smith, daughter
of Hon. Asa Smith, formerly of N or-
walk, is a guest of Miss Fannie Hoyt,
East avenue.
Mrs. Frank Smith and daughter,
Miss Ethel, of Brooklyn, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. McDon-
ald, on the Terrace.
Mrs. Sarah Belden has rented her
residence on the Green to Mr. Fero, of
New York, while she is absent in
Southern California.
Mr. George Butterworth and family
of New York, and Mr. Crawford are
domiciled for the summer months at
Mrs. LeGrand C. Betts’, on the Green.
David Hartley Weeks, George Grum-
man, Smith Northrop and others are
in Bridgeport to-day getting acquaint-
ed with Butfalo Bill and his buffaloes.
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GAZETTE advertisement gets there
A BLACKSTUNEMEET.
Judges, Generals and
LaWyers Meet and Eat
Clams and Fricas- .
,sed Chicken.
Exgudge Hubbell Presides.
The disciples of Blackstone of the
town feeling that ex-Judge James T.
Hubbell, who has for SOme months
past been without home and perhaps
without proper nourishment, banded
together and gave him a banquet such
as he never yet accorded to a prisoner
brought before him in the Town Court
at which he so ably and conscientiously
presided for the past year.
The Judge, (sub-rose.) would hold the
self-same position to-day other than
that his family was in a “foreign state”
and he had for the benefit of their
health decided to cast his lines in other
and perhaps (to himself) not as agree-
able places.
But it was the banquet of which we
started to write. It took place at the
famOus summer resort at Gregory’s
Point, on Saturday evening, May 15th.
With an intuition born of practice no
reporters were included on the list Of
invitations. -
But it was not necessary with such an
array of talented gentlemen as the fol—
lowing: J. Belden Hurlbutt, Presiding
Elder, Judge Asa B. Woodward, J os-
eph A. Gray, A. E. Austin, Leo Davis,
George H. Vosburgh, John H. Light,
General Russell Frost, George A. Hon-
necker, Joseph R. Taylor and last but
by no means least, John J. Walsh.
- During the evening the “crowd” or-
ganized itself into the Norwalk Bar as-
sociation with “Judge Hubbell”
. “barred out” by reason of his moving
out of the State. The full benefits of the
new association were accorded to him
and it is possible that a U. S. working
card for every state in the Union will.
be aw’Ordéd him. ' ' - "
Speechmaking was indulged in and
'repartee, it is said, kept the whole
party dodging else the “dig” fall on
their several pates at a time when
they, were in the full enjoyment of
'what surrounded their appetites, and
was “coursed” out to them with the
usual celerity and satisfaction accorded
by Landlord O’Sullivan.
Everybody had something to say,
‘quite naturally, but the Judge presided
with a dignity and grace that permit-
ted of no‘ levity, and as gracefully ac-
knowledged the deserved compliments
that his brothers-at-law had accorded
him. .
The affair exemplified the fact that
our Judge Hubbell is not without
friends in his own country. Can we
wish for him more in his new land of
promise?
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A bicycle cYub organized in East
Norwalk. ~
More prompt mail service between
the Twin Cities. ~
The road roller at work on the VVin-
nipauk roads. 7 '
An ice cream dealer who promptly
removes his leaky tubs after a banquet.
A blind man who can regain his
sight as quickly as a tailor.
A military battaliOn formed from
among the scholars of the several pub—
lic schools.
All societies in town join with the G.
A. R. on Decoration Day.
A motorman who won’t flirt.
Music on the Green twice a week.
The Leiderkranz reorganized.
Roton Point opened for the season.
Billy Shepard win the Danbury bi-
cycle race. '
An anonymous writer who is not a
coward.
Disciples of Blackstone Show more-at-
tention to hungry reporters.
The artist who can paint a carriage
asgood as Luther Wright.
The announcement of Selectman
Merrill’s wedding. '
The Wilson Point road repaired at
once. .
The unused lamp posts removed from'
the streets.
Ex-Judge Hubbell row a sailboat
against the tide.
Butcher Frye.
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Sunday Fisherman Drowned,
Joseph Pardo, aged 24, while fishing
off the Fairfield avenue bridge, in
BridgepOrt, Sunday morning, fellinto
the harbor and was drowned. "TI :9
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unsung TIME.
Clinton Meant to MurderRev.
Dr. Newman Smyth
of NewHaven.
Crahk Threatens the Clergyman Reformer
”*1. With Death.
Walter R. Clinton, a young meChanic
about twenty years old, living in West
Haven, was arrested Saturday ‘evening
by Captain Cowles of thefdetective bu-
reau upon information Offiev. Dr.
Newman Smyth, paster of Center church
that Clinton had threatened to kill him.
Dr. Smyth furnished evidence that led
the police to believe that there was
imminent danger of the reverend gen-
tleman’s death should Clinton meet
him, hence the arrest. ' Clinton has
been an attendant at Dr. Smyth’s church
and the latter has taken considerable
interest in him. He once, at Clinton’s
request, called and examined a device
which Clinton thought would yield a
fortune.
Six months ago .he wrote to Dr.
Smyth, telling him that he had in-
jured him (Clinton) to the extent of
$900‘by getting him discharged from
several shops. He said the clergy-
man’s object was: to compel him to be-
comea minister. “If you get me a loan
of $12,000,” he wrote, “I will build a
madhiue shop and manufacture the
maédfline I have invented. You can do
thi§'_'and it will be doing me but little
justéice. If you refuse there will be a
firs’dijclass funeral some day, and you or
I wrll be the corpse.”
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“Father” Kemp Dead.
Egbert Kemp, better .known as “Fa;
the??? Kemp, __the originator of the
“old“, folkes’ concert,” whose fame
oncéfgfextended‘throughout this country
and foreign lands,‘died in Boston Fr-i-
day night. During the past five years
.hghatl .‘bfeen--._ helpless from creeping
paralysis, a ' disease which gradually
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In the Happy Land of Canaan.
According to the Messenger, New
Canaan has a bachelors’ club, and an
"Old maids’ club” is about to be
formed. .The clubs are to form wheel-
ing parties and take moonlight rides to
Norwalk. In the same column with
this interesting information is an offer
to furnish a horoscope and a pictureof
a future husband or wife for ten cents.
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PANIC IWHURGH.
Flames In a Bridgeport Edifice
and Several Persons
Injured.
A Cry of Fire Starts the Congregation
Rushing for the Doors.
A panic was created during the ser-
vices in the Slavonian church in
Bridgeport Sunday morning owning to
to the decorations on the statue of St.
John, near the altar taking fire. Some-
body shouted “fire ” in the confusion
and there was a general rush for the
doors by the several hundred people in
the congregation. In the stampede,
however, there‘ was no serious injuries,
though a number were severely crushed
and in the panic several women faint-
ed. The men in the congregation tore
01f the burning decorations before the
flames had a chance to spread, and
were burned severely about the hands.
The fire was caused by a portion of the
decorations being blown against a
lighted Candle. St. J ohn’s day was
being celebrated and the statue was
elaborately decorated for the occasion.
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The ChromatoscOpe.
The Chromatoscope is an instrument
by means of which instantaneous photo-
graphs of moving objects, whether ani-
mate or inanimate, are brilliantly illu—
minated and displayed in natural colors,
greatly magnified, upona screen, so as
to be visible to thousands of people; not
only this, but also exhibiting every
motion of the object, with an effect
that is so startling and so true to nature
in every particular as to almost force
the observers to believe that they are
viewing the reality, and not its photo-
graphic reproduction.
The Chromatoscope and the Phoneto-
phone together'with a monster aggre-
gation, will be at Hoyt’s Theatre to-
» Admission
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Yale Boys.
A group of six Yale men among whom
were Messrs. Valentine, Lampson, Wil-
cox, and George E. Cram of this city,
sailed over in a sloop yacht from New
Haven, Saturday night, after the Yale-
Harvard games, and spent Sunday at
the latter’s home on East avenue.
They enjoyed a very pleasant time and
returned to New Haven with a good
opinion of old Norwalk and its hospi—
tality, . ,
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EAST NORWALK.
The Epworth League prayer meeting
of the East avenue M. E. church, will
be led this evening by ' Mrs. William
Poyvez. Subject, “A Good Name.”
Mrs. Mary G. Rider, Mrs. Harry
Rider and daughter of East avenue are
in Bridgeport to-day attending Buffalo
Bills’ Wild West Show:
The funeral of Mrs. George W. Am-
bler who died Saturday morning, was
held this morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. William H. Corbin, in
Betts’ place. Interment at Danbury.
The revival band of the East avenue
M. E. church will go to Cannons on Fri-
day evening of this week to takecharge
of a prayer meeting in the M. E.
church of that place. It is proposed to
go by carryall. -
Charles ~W. LeCount, the recent
bridegroom that was to be, has re-
turned to his home. Of course the
community is delighted to have him in
their midst, especially mothers with
marriageable daughters. It is to be
hoped he suffers no qualms of con-
Science.
'The services at the East Avenue \I.
E. Church were well attended yester-
day. In the morning the pastor
preached from the subject “Put on the
Shelf,” showingthat if Christians were@
not useful in God’s Service they would
be put one side and others would do
their work. In the evening the eighth
anniversary of the Epworth League
was celebrated 'with special music by
the choir and a speCial address by the
pastor to the League. Subject:
“Youthful Heroes, Their Successes
. and Failures.”
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NEW CANAAN.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Dimon, of
New York, are visiting her mother,
Mrs. George Gardiner of Ponus street:
The ladies of the Baptist church are
making arrangements for a fair to be
held in Raymond’s hall, May 27 and 28.
Miss Hattie Edwards, who for some
time past has been teaching in the Cen-
ter school, has accepted a position in a
school at Nyack, on the Hudson.
F. B. Lawrence and F. E. Weed will
attend as delegates from Wooster Lodge
the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows, at New Milford VVed-
nesday. '
Messrs. Raymond & Green, the insur—
ance agents, have added to their list of
companies the Norwalk Fire Insurance
Co. This company has been represent-
ed by S. Y. St. John for about 30 years.
The Hygenic Ice company are about
to erect a steam ice cream plant in this
town manufacturing all ice cream from
sterilized cream. Prof. E. H. Knox,
the chemist, will be in charge of the
plant. .
The Selectmen have appealed to the
Supreme court from the decision of
Judge Wheeler of the Superior court
in the Cheese Spring road matter, con-
cerning the working of a‘ highway for
Mrs. Susan Anderson.
Allan and John Patterson sailed on
Saturday in the steamer Furnessia, for
Europe. They took with them their
tandem and will wheel through Eng-
land, Scotland, France and Germany.
They are expected home next October.
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-Advertise in THE‘ GAZETTE.
ANOTHER FAILURE.
H. C. Frye’s Markets Find An
Cfficrr‘inCharge. ‘ -
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The Proprietor Leaves Town,
Some months since H. C. Frye canine .
to town and opened a. market on Bei-
den avenue. Being a hustler he did' a
fairly good business. Not content with-
his environments he sold out and start-
ed a market on Railroad place, South
Norwalk. ,
Here he did a good business but be‘
came possessed of a fever to do, more
and secured one week ago a market in
the Verity building on the Washington
street bridge which he fitted up and
sold goods in the fish andnmeat line at
prices that astonished even those from
whom he procured the goods.
Saturday evening, parties in interest
presented bills that the proprietor was
unable to liquidate and the result was
the markets were not open for business
to-day. ,
The leading creditors were Wil-
liam M. Terry & Company, and J. A.
Cuneo of whom Mr. Frye bought a large 1
supply of fish and vegetables." It is
stated that both of these firms are fully .
saved from any loss, but what of the
clerks of the establishments, Frank
Brooks, Arthur J Ones and Frank Han-
ford, who mourn the loss of a week’s
salary;‘and there are others who would
be glad to meet Mr. Frye.
It is authoritively stated that Frye
contracted several other bills in town,
which he did not pay, among others be-
ing one at a certain shoe store.
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FOR SCHDDL CHILDREN.
A Prize, to the First Sending in the
Largest Number of Correct “
Answers. '
Commencing with Monday’s issue of
the: “EVENING GAZETTE
buses'and enigmaSIIw-‘i'll
each evening expreé’gil: fOr
children of the public ant .
schools of the town. . .
To the one first sending in the largest
number of correct answers each week.
A Lincoln Fountain Pen with a war-
ranted solid gold pen and beautiful
chased holder will be given.
Answers can be handed in at this of-
fice, at the branch office, 12 N Orth
Main street, South Norwalk, or sent
through the mail. ' ' .' ‘
The winner’s name will be announced ’
in the VVEEHLY GAZETTE, each week.
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Arithmetical Problem.
XI.
A virtue, I leave you to give it a name:
But you must possess it to solve me this
same;
If you’ll carefully read now all that I
write,
And try (I don’t say you will,
might),
Find what is hidden, and then, clear as
day. '
Stands out the answer for your search
to pay.
In the hidden word eight letters see,
For which place numbers to agree;
Words are made from the hidden one,
And their numbers make the sum;
Division and multiplication you’ll see,
But I’ve spared you the awful rule of
three. - .
Cat by pan you multiply,
And then you subtract peace thereby;
Add pen, and fromthis panic take,
Divide by C, and don’t mistake;
Take cape from this, by E divide,
And 229 is by your side.
To this add ant, ice take away,
Ane 14’s left, as you will say.
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Unclaimed.
The following letters remain un-
claimed at the Norwalk post office, May
17, 1897.
Gordon J. Burgess, Mrs. Lucy Bolling
Ph. Gates, Miss Julia Hayes, Miss Isola
Marshall, Virgihio Merllia, James
O’Donnell. W. H. MALONE P. M.
The St. Paul’s Guild will meet to- :
morrow afternoon, and on Thursday
afternoon the J unior'AuXiliary.
The annual open meeting of the G.
A. R. will be held Thursday afternoon
at the Central club house. State Re-
gent Kenny will be present.
Sarah H., wife of John Craufurd died
at her home in Broad River, Saturday, ' '
The funeral. services . ‘
aged 56 years. ,
Will be held this evening. Interment
at Riverside cemetery to-morrow,
The case of Charles Demarest vs. the '
Town of Norwalk is being tried in the
Town Court to-day. Mr. Demarest sues
to recover damages by reason of a felt
from the draw—bridge at South Nor-f -
walk at a season when the water was
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