WHAT THEY SAY EVERY EVENING WHEN THE " GAZETTE COMES, THERE. IS A -' SCRAMBLE FOR IT. WE D1VIDE ITx INTO’ FOUR *PARTS, AND EACH onus TAKE ONE. VOL. VII." NO. 1656. lALI NORWALK, CONN... WEDNEsDAY EVENING, JULY 14,1897. PRICE CNE CENT. - THAT IT "INCHES; THAT THE GAZETTE IS A HOMI PAPER. THAT-THE GAZETTE 1". A NEWSY PAPER. THAT Tm: ~GAZETTE IS A CLEAN PAPER. THAT EVERY PAGE OF THE GAZETTE IS READ. , , 1 4 WASHINGTON NEWS. The Presideut will Withhold the Currency Message ' Until Proper Time. The Tariff Conferees Still Striving to ‘ Come to an Agreement. GAZETTE BUREAU, 1235 NEW YORK AVENUE, ~ WASHINGTON July 13. l The cabinet meeting to—day lacked importance; nothing of deep interest was considered. The Hawaiian situa- tion was under brief discussion, but it is stated that there are no develop- ments in that subject of an alarming character. No time was given to a discussion of the currency message. The President said that so long as members of Con- gress deemed. it inadvisable that the -message should go in he would hold it. o o o , TO-day, before the cabinet members had left the cabinet room, two neatly dressed little girls, about ten years old each, walked into the White House, and with childlike simplicity, inquired if they couldn’t see the President. That was something which two or three hun- dred office applicants had been asking for montns, but hadn’t gotten. Secre- tary Porter thought he would give the little Visitors a chance to see the Presi- dent and stationed them at the door of the cabinet room. With inquiring eyes and radiant faces they looked in upon the President. He looked up saw them and gave them a smile and a tow. That was enough for the young misses and they went away intensely pleased. O o o ' General Stewart L. VVoodford was at the White House to-day for a few min- utes. He is making final arrangements to leave for Europe by the steamer City of Paris on the 28th of this month- 0 o o .The tariff conferees find themselves today apparently less certain than at any previous time as to the date when they will reach a final agreement, though professing to hope that the time will soon come. Two of the questions which, ' it is stated upon good authority, have been decided recently, are those affecting lead ore and white pine lumber. o o , o The batch. of consular nominations was again held up tO-day by the Presi- dent for the purpose of adding a few more names to the list. As far back as last Friday this batch of nominations was thought be ready for the Senate, but each day there has been pressure to'get a few more appointees on the list. . . O o o A statement prepared at the mint bureau shows the number of silver dol- lars coined at the United States mints during the last fiscal year was 21,203,- 701 on which the seigniorage, or profits to the government, amounted to $6,336,- 104. The profits have been turned into the treasury from time to time as the coinage progressed. o o 0 Judge R. J. Walsh of Greenwich, Col. W. W. Skiddy of Stamford and Representative Lewis of Westbrook, are here. BUTCHERS’ eAneecue. Committee Will Invite Stores and Factor- ies to Close at Noon. At a meeting of the Butchers, held at the market of Adams Bros, last evening, James-E. Wixon, A. Avison and Jacob Schaub were appointed a committee to invite all places of busi- ness and factories in town to close at noon on July 28th, in order that clerks and employees can participate in the grand barbecue on that day. The bids for the privilege of selling refreshments, fruits, peanuts, candies, etc., were opened, and the same award- ed to George H. Beck, of' the Lakeside Inn, Stamford, he being the highest, bidder. NOVROTCN. St. Agnes Guild of St. Luke’s church is preparing for the annual lawn sale in August. ' Gage Inslee of Stamford is preparing plans for an addition to the Presbyter- ian Church, 26x60. It is to contain a conference room, parlors, class-rooms, kitchen, etc. V'r ~Advertise in the GAZETTE. FOOD AT gAviPooiiKi: Under Canvas. All Organizations Will Be Under Canvas by I0 O’Clock A. M. Colonel Henry C. Morgan. assistant quartermaster-general, has completed arrangements with C. T. Hempstead, the general passenger agent, and N. A. Wilcox, general freight agent of the “ Consolidated ” road for the transpor- tation of the brigade C. N. G., men, horses. baggage, etc., to Camp Cooke, Monday, August 16. Five thousand tickets will be required for the trans- portation of the troops, caterers and attendants. The First Regiment with Company 1, Fourth, the First Section Brigade Sig- nal Corps, First Section Machine-Gun Battery, local members of the brigade and governor’s staff who do not go to camp on the Saturday previous, horses, baggage, etc., will leave on a two-sec— tion train at 6:50 a. m. by the Valley Division. Companies C, Rockville, and G, South Manchester, will come in over the New England road at an ear- lier hour. At Middletown, Companies D, E and I, from New Britain and Com- pany H, Second Regiment, will join the train. The Second Regiment will leave New Haven at 6:50; the Third, New London, at 9:10; the Fourth, Bridgeport,at 6:20; Battery A, Branford, at 6:50, Guilford at 7 :05. All organizations will be under canvas before 10 o’clock. The horses for the Fourth Regiment will be shipped the Saturday night previous to camp, and all others will go on the military trains which will comprise troops, bag- gage, horses and camp equipment. Men of the quartermaster-general’s department under charge of Captain George A. Cornell, state armorer, will go to N iantic Saturday, July 24, with a train load of tents and camp equipage and prepare everything in readiness for the troops. Notwithstanding prevarications and denials in certain official circles, the members of the governor’s staff have been ordered into camp for six days’ duty. L. W. Fox, of Harwinton, will cater for the Fourth Regiment, and General Day has arranged the following daily bill of fare for Camp Cooke. 1t is prac- tically the same as for Camp Graham last year, except that veal, which is so likely to disturb the organs of digestion, has been omitted: MONDAY. Dinner—Tomato'soup, roastbeef and roast lamb, potatoes (boiled), bread and butter, pickles, melons, coffee, tea. Supper—Cold ham, corned beef, hot rolls, bread and butter, coffee, tea, stewed prunes. TUESDAY. Breakfast—Fried fish, corned beef, corned beef hash, oatmeal and milk, potatoes, hot corn bread, bread and butter, tea, coffee. Dinner—Bean soup, roast beef, corned beef and cabbage, sweet potatoes, pota- toes, pickles,catsup, bread and butter, melons, coffee, tea. Supper—Hot oysters, cold meats, pickles, crackers, bread and butter, erries and milk, tea, coffee. WEDNESDAY. Breakfast—Bacon and liver, baked fish, rice and milk, bread and butter, tomatoes, tea and coffee. and beans, mashed potatoes, sweet po- tatoes, catsup, apple pie, bread and butter, tea and coffee. Supper—Chowder, cold meats, hot Corn bread, crackers, bread and butter. THURSDAY. BreakfastéFried ham, steak, hot corn bread, bread and butter, potatoes, tomatoes, tea and coffee. Dinner—Tomato soup, roast beef, corned beef and cabbage, mashed pota- toes, bread and butter, pickles, melons, tea and coffee. Supper—Cold ham, corned beef, hot rolls, bread and butter, tea and coffee. FRIDAY. BreakfasteBeef steak, boiled blue fish, fried and boiled potatoes, hot corn bread, bread and butter, milk, and oat- meal, tomatoes, tea, coffee. Dinner—Bean soup, roast beef, baked fish, pork and beans, mashed potatoes, pickles, bread and butter, catsup, tpma- toes, melons, sweet potatoes, tea, coffee. Supper—~Hot oysters, cold meats, bread and butter cheese and crackers, stewed prunes, rice and milk, tea, coffee. . SATURDAY. Breakfast—Steak, fried bacon and ham, corned beef hash, potatoes, bread and butter, tea, coffee. baked potatoes, pickles, bread and but- ter, apple pie, tea, coffee. ‘ Milk and sugar with tea and coffee at all meals. Mrs. George W. Bradley took her music cla'Ss to Roton Point this morn! ing where they ’will spend the day, Bill of Fare for the Troops i Henry B. Wheeler—12. to stake out the camp, pitch the tents, ’ Wilton.——John C. Barrenger, Henry Dinner—Pea soup, roast beef pork. - (who picked up the sharpie from which Dinner—Barley soup; cold meats, . llSTllUdelRS. Selected by the Commissioners for the Coming Court Year The Names of Those from Norwalk and Nearby Towns. W. R. Shelton, clerk of the Superior court, John Brown of Stamford, and Lyman S. Catlin of this city, jl‘ll’y com- missioners, have completed the list of jurors for the county courts for the coming year. The names of those from Norwalk and near by towns are as fol- lows: Norwalk.—Tallmadge Baker, Fred Betts, George T. Brady, Sylvester Brotherton, Hiram S. Brown, GeOrge W. Bryan, John F. Buxton, Alfred A. Chinery, Charles E. Church, Joseph Cox, John H. Crockett, James C. Crowe, I W. A. Cushman, Samuel Daskam, Dan-Y iel Dunlop, Richard H. Golden, Claude Guthrie, Charles F. Hallock, W. S. Hanford, Stephen S. Hatch, Edwin G. Hoyt, Gould Hoyt, Gould, Hoyt, 2d., Frank T. Hyatt, LeGrand Jennings, Jarvis Kellogg, Frances Leonard, James L’Hommedieu, Theodore S. Lowndes, George W. Mills, William Mitchell, Robert Pearson, Jacob B. Raymond, William T. Raymond, Wil- liam B. Reed, Robert H. Rowan, Char- les 1. Selleck, Theodore R. 'Smith, Henry M. Stanton, James Sutherland, Franklin A. Tolles, Charles E. Wheel- er, George A. Wicks, Elbirt A. Wood- ward—42. Weston—Coley M. Abbott, Charles A. Adams, William Coggswell, Eben- ezer Fitch, Brewer A. Gilbert, Stephen W. Godfrey, Loomis N. Gould, Charles R. Morehouse, Morris W. Perry, Mar- tin V. B. Rowland, Moses D. Treadwell, VVestport.—Ebenezer Baker, Stephen Banks, E. C. Birge, D. B. Bradley, J r., Hull B. Bradley, Abram Buckley, Wm. H. Burr, Charles P. Chapman, George D. Dickerson, FrankexJN-Elwood, Na- thaniel Gault, Frank Godfrey, Bradley Goodsell, J r., George Hale,vT. B. Hill, J. H. Jennings, William H. Marvin, Lloyd Nash, Frank Raymond, William H. Saxton, James S. Sherwood, Moses Sherwood, George B. Smith, Frank Sturges, F. N. Taylor, E. O. Wakeman, E. Stern Wheeler, J r., Wm. T. VVood— 28. ' A. Barrett, William H. Benjamin,Sam- uel Setts, George F. Brown, Ebenezer Coley, Josiah Gilbert, Thomas F. Gil- bert, John Gorham, Seth L. Grumman, Sr., Elmer Jackson, William T. J eliffe, Samuel C. Lockwood, Samuel B.‘ Mid— dlebrook, Irad Morgan, Silas W. Olm- stead, Hezekiah B. Osborn, Gardner S. Raymond, Edwin O. Seymour, LouisH. Shipman, John B. Sturges, Joseph Weed—22. _ Darien.—Harry F . Andrews,William T. Barker, Newton H. Crofoot, Francis S. Fitch, George Gregory, Joseph B. Mather Charles Millspaugh, Seth W. Raymond, William Schildkn‘echt, A1- bert H. Scofield, Henry S. Scofield, Sands Selleck, James A. Shaw, Hiram D. Smith, Samuel P. Thompson. Mer- lin J. Waterbury, William H. Will- mott, J r.—16. New Canaan—Francis M. Bliss, Nor- bert Bossa, Samuel S. Brinkerhoff, John W. Buttery, Samuel Comstock, Charles Crofoot, Charles E. DeForest, Alva A. Dickens, James A. Fairty, George F. Geddes, William H. Gilbert, George M. Hanford, Theodore Hawley, Stephen Heath, Gardiner A. Hoyt, Stephen B. Hoyt, Stephen E. Keeler, Irving Lockwood, Thomas J. Mead, Henry A. Pinney, Lewis Provost, De- Witt C. Ruscoe, George Seeley, Sr., Herman Selleck, John E. Selleck, Joseph F. Silliman, Darius A. St. John, James D. Warren—28. Returned Wilmott’s Belonging. Capt. Young of the steamer Laurel, George H. Wilmott was drowned at Roton Point about three weeks ago,has turned the boat over to Capt. Ezra Bostwick of Stamford, with all of the unfortunate young man’s belongings, including watch and chain, clothing, etc., which were found in the cabin. Capt. Young declined to accept any- thing for his trouble. Capt. Bostwick and Mr. Wilmott we're joint owners of the boat. _ ' , . Bridge Washed Away. A passenger bridge over‘the‘ Nauga- tuck river between Litchfield'and Har winton was partly washed aWay by the rains yesterday. ,An abutment on the Litchfield side was carried away and. the approachwas let down to the water level. The rest of the ~ bridge’ is still standing; ._ . K|PPlE airmen. The Murdeims the Pen- alty of His Crime. “You’re Getting it Pretty Tight Aint You?” His Last Words. Thomas F. Kippie, the New Haven wife murderer, was hanged at the Wethersfield state prison at 12:36 ‘o’clock this morning. Within eight minutes from the time the drop was sprung, his heart ceased beating and in 10 minutes he was cut down. The con- demned man when asked if he had any- thing to say before sentence was exe- cuted, replied: “Do a good ‘job and dont’ make any foolish mistakes.” These were his last words with the exception of when the rope was being adjusted about his neck, he said: “You’re getting it pretty tight aint you?” The execution was successfully carried out without any unusual inci- dent. His neck was broken. LOCKJAW‘VICTIM DEAD. Little Harry McSherra a Victim of Fourth of July Celebration. Little Harry McSherra, of Danbury, who was injured while celebrating .Fourth of July, died Monday evening at his home on Foster street Harry shot himself in the hand with a blank cartridge pistol. The wound was slight. In fact, it seemed 'but a mere scratch. - Saturday evening the boy complained to his mother that it was difficult for him to open his mouth. He gradually became worse and when a physician was called Sunday he found that the boy had lockjaw. Everything that medical skill could suggest to save his life was resorted to, but without avail and death finally relieved the boy’s suffering. I MEN BEINSTATED. Save Up Their Cards During the Lockout in [893. . _ At a meeting of ’the Danbury Hat Finishing association last night it was voted to reinstate a number ofthe men employed in the factory of. Beckerle & CO., who gave up their cards at the time of the lockout in 1893. This decision was arrived at with the stipulation that‘ the men pay heavy fines, ranging from $750 down. The men agreed to pay the fine, and a mo- tion was made that if the money, which will amount to over $3,000, is collected, it shall be turned over to the coal min- ers now on strike in the west. The motion was tabled for further consid- eration, and to await the payment of the fines. ‘ v 7‘ . To Gazette Readers. Don’t leave town on your summer va- cation without first arranging to have sent you The EVENING GAZETTE to keep you in touch With the daily hap- penings in your city. The GAZETTE will to send any address in the United States postage paid, for three months, 75 cents, one month, 25 cents; for one week, 6 cents. Address changed as often as desired. You cannot afford to be away without your. home paper and you can- not get the events Of the day and night more completely chronicled than in The GAZETTE. Ross in Trouble. Charles C. Ross, the conductor who picked up the” body of Carmelia Fuda at East Norwalk on the night of Febru- ary 17 last, and who was one of the state witnesses in the murder trial of Guisseppi Fuda, is in trouble. He was arrested in New Haven yesterday charged with the embezzlement of $600 from the Order of Railway Con- ductors, being secretary of Division 3-71. The Nobel’s New Mate. Chief mate Amzi Waters has desert- ed the Marguerite, having left Captaih Riley’s bed and board as it were, and will act as chief mate of the Mabel dur- 'ing the 10 days’ cruise of the latter, Captain Riley is now engaged in look- ing up-a’ new assistant who can boil eggs as scientifically as Amzi. -—Malaria-Can'Shake . . and shackle the strongest constitution. Riggs’ Malaria Cure can smite and smother malaria. Will you take it in time, or will you shake and ache and feel twenty years Older? The cure is the same then,- only slower. 'AA‘ er —A GAZETTE ad. will pay you. ‘ 4! a, severe illness at his home in Winni- 'pauk. , HEAVY FALL 0F RAIN. The Distributing Reservoir'at 4 Bridgeport Gives Away. ‘ Very Little Damage Done In and About Norwalk by the Storm. The remarkable volume of the rain- fall for the past 24 hours caused abreak of 20 feet in the south side of the dis- tributing reservoir at ,North Bridge- port shortly after 9 O’clock yesterday morning. The water rushed in a tor- rent over the embankment, tearing away the mason work and rushedldown hill, twisting trees and cutting a wide swath in its path until it reached the tracks of the Berkshire division of the N. Y., N. H. & H. railroad. The bed of the road was torn out for a distance of several hundred yards. The 9:55 train reached the vicinity a short time after the break and it was found dan- gerous to attempt to continue until the tracks had been “jacked.” The train which was in charge of Conductor Flynn, returned to Bridge- port and a force of men was sent to the washout and the necessary repairs made so that traffic on the road was re- sumed last night. In the meantime a force of men under the direction of Supt. George Richardson, repaired the break in the reservoir. The repairs to the latter were not completed until nearly noon. It is estimated that 2,- 000,000 gallons of water were lost from the reservoir, and the damage will probably amount to $2,000. The dam- age to the railroad will probably reach $1,000. Carson street and Sylvan ave- nues were torn up by the flood of water that escaped from the reservoir. V This reservoir is the one that formed the necleus of the fortune of $30,000,000 accumulated by the late Joseph Rich- ardson. It was constructed as the main reservoir of the city, but has of late years simply been used for distributing purposes. _ It was fortunate that the break oc- curred in the day time, otherwise trains on the Berkshire division might have been ditched. The storm was quite severe in N or- , walk, and the rainfall was the largest experienced for a long period. The rain was accompanied by a high wind in the evening, but it did no great amount of damage. Decayed limbs were blown from the trees and scattered about the streets and yards, and this was especially true of West avenue which was littered nearly its entire length with decayed limbs. The wind also caused an arc lamp on Cross street to fall with a crash to the ground. Limbs were also torn from trees in South Norwalk, and in a few instances young trees were blown down. The high picket fence at Ferris’ coal yard was laid sprawling in the street, and at East N orwalk a peach tree containing fully three bushels of fruit in the door- yard of William HosegOod was blown down. Shipping suffered little or no damage, W. F. Bishop’s yacht Mabel dragged her anchor a short distance and the Stanley boy’s boat was blown ashore but escaped injury. The tele- phone wire to the Knob. Wilson Point and Yacht club was also blown down. The crossing of the fire alarm wires by the wind caused the fire alarm bell to ring several strokes. The awnings at the Prowitt residence on Elmcrest were badly rended and torn and the limb ofa tree in A. A. Chinery’s yard was rudely twitched from the parent A tree, and hurled on the lawn. The streets were pretty thoroughly cleaned, and the storm was altogether a welcome and beneficial one. Q; ‘ Notice of‘an Appeal. Deputy Sheriff Doolan, of Bridge- port, was in town this morning, and served Official papers on City Clerk Lackwood giving notice of an appeal by the Consolidated railroad company as lessees of the Danbury and N orwalk railroad against the assessment of $70 benefit by the city in the matter of widening Wall street, on the ground that the city had no right to assess the company for any public improvement. V .7 Lineman Hurt. Edward Dolran, a lineman in the employ of the Western Union Tele- graph company, is reported as being se- riously hurt by falling from a pole near South Norwalk. He was taken to the New Havenhospital on the 4:30 train and the extent of his injuries could not be learned, but they are thought to be of a serious nature. Frank Randle is somewhat better of _-RlPE_lltllAllE. ' Albert Morehouse Celebrates His Eighty-Ninth Birthday. ‘ A'Large Company Gathered at His Merwin Street Residence Last Night, 0 Notwithstanding the pouring rain last evening, quite a large company gathered at the residence of Mr. Albert Morehouse on Merwin street, to .celee brate the anniversary of his eighty‘ ninth birthday. Mr. Morehouse is a remarkably ac- tive man for his years. He enjoys g‘bod physical health, a wdnderful memory, is able to attend to business every day and reads without glasSes. A number of tokens of remembrance were presented, and after a very social evening refreshments were Served and the company dispersed leaving many congratulations and kind wishes with their aged host. . Among those present were Rev. G. Haulenbeek and wife, D. W. Fitch, Mrs. Ann Canfield, Mrs. William Lacy of Brooklyn, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Rockwell, Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Morehouse and family and Mrs. Phebe Crabb. Mrs. Phebe Crabb who was among the guests will be, if her life is spared, one hundred years old on August 5th, and will celebrate the event by receiv- ing from her many friends her centen- nial congratulations. -————‘0.0>———-—— IS HE INSANE? Richard Gray Exhibits Signs of Dementia and Attempts to Kill Himself. Last evening Richard Gray went in- to the Austin restaurant on Water street, and had not been in the place long before he began to make trouble, and all efforts of those present failed in' quieting him. Finally Captain Dann was summoned and with Officer Hunt placed Gray un- der arrest and finally landed him in the station house. J ailer Howard later heard a noise in Gray’s cell and found that he was try- to butt his brains out on the stone wall. He succeeded in quieting him. Gray will be examined as to his san- ity, and such examination may result in his being placed in an asylum. He is a hatter by trade but has worked at painting and has served as an insurance agent. Until within” a few years he had enjoyed the respect of those who knew him best. He has a wife and child and it is un- derstood that his wife is seeking a legal separation from him. He now imag- ines that his former friends are now his enemies and that they are doing everything to injure h’im. AcAm VOTED DOWN. For the Third Time the aver River District Tax Payers Vote Against an Addition. Despite the stormy weather there , was a fairly good attendance at the Over River district school meeting last evening, called for the purpose of con- sidering the advisability of building an addition to the school-house at a cost not in excess of $2, 500 and instruct- ing the'committee to borrow the money necessary to build such addition. B. W. Maples was elected chairman of the meeting. . A resolution in accord with the sug- gestion of the committee that such. ad- dition be built, and a vote taken by ballot on the same. N o arguments pro or con .were made by any one present. - The counting of the ballots showed that 34 voters were'in favor of the pro- posed addition and 52 against. The votes were deposited on the chair- man’s desk by each voter. The resolution was declared lost and the meeting adjourned. . DEATHS. CUMMINGS—In Southport, July 12, Margaret, only daughter of John and Ellen Cummings, aged 22 years. M’SHERRA.—In Danbury, July 12, Harry D., son of Miles and Vyna Mc- Sherra, aged 15 years. . WEBB.——In Stamford, July 12,. 'J0- seph H. Webb, in his Slst year. WELLES.-—— In Southport, July 13, Josie Edna, daughter of Joseph ‘Edgar and Emma A. Welles, aged 13‘Ayears. RAYMOND—In Upper Montclair. N. J ., July 12, Ruth Amelia,“ daughter of Estelle Littell and Nelson E.Raymond, . aged 2 years and 6 months. ‘ LYDEN. —— In Norwalk, July 14th, Ellen Goodgvin Lyden, aged 56 years.
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