Y\“*. w , making them stronger , E“ If you want the best — goods for the least money "read the advertisements in the Gazette. family paper the Cazette’s , advertising columns will , prove- its value to you. ‘ VOL. v11. NO. 1710. NORWALK, CONN, THURSDAY EvENINC, SEPTEMBERSO. 1897. PRICE ONE CENT. 1 . Republican City Nominees. The Republican city caucus last evening acted wisely in renominating the old city officers for another 'term,’ and every decent voter, irrespective of politics, should be only too glad to-cast his ballot for them. Beginning with Mayor Wheeler and ending with the council, each and every one has been characterized as a thief, .‘but this branding has come from such a houi-ce that it has only succeeded in with the good people of the city. I»; ,is feared that several of the gentle- me: 1 will refuse to allow their names to be again p1esented to the people, but we hope they will reconsider thei1 de- ter mination to withdraw, as we do not believe that the voters of the City of N orwalk are convinced on the authority of a “Wandering Jew,” that Arthur C. Wheeler, Eugene L. Boyer, Harvey M. Kent, William H. Smith, Charles F. .Tristram, Arthur B. Hill and Alfred A. Chinery are thieves. A ‘ ‘vlr #EASTMAN’S POCKET KODAK’S re duced from $5 to $2.50, at Riggs’ Druid Store. j 15 tf STRUGK BY TRAIN. An Unknown Man ”Killed Near Pine Island. His Body at Raymond’s Morgue South Nor- walk. At the Morgue of D. W. Raymond in South Norwalk, there lies the body of a. young man advictim of “death on the rail ’ At an early hour this morning Officer Pennington of South Nor walk was noti- fied. that a man had been killed by a railroad train near Pine Island, by the 2 o’clock up freight train, Engineer McConville and Conductor W'eyler. The officer notified Coroner Burke who o'1dered the remains taken to Ray- mond’s morgue. A crunching under the car wheels warned the men on the train that some- body had been run ove1 and the train was stopped and the lifeless body of a man was found beside the tracks. Just how he met death is not known, but the nature of his injuries would suggest that he was either lying on the tracks or that he had fallen from one of the cm s, as they were confined chiefly to his head. His jaw is broken in such a manher that it falls on to his neck and his tongue was exposed to the roots. The main out being on the right side of his face which 15 badly abrased. A clear cut hole not unlike a bullet wound is seen over his left upper lip. His skull is fractured' In one 011 more places, any one of which wounds would probably have caused death. He was about 5 feet 4 inches in height, smooth face, and appeared to .be about 20 years of age. He had black hair, brown eyes, and hands that seem- ed to be unused to laborious work al- though they were somewhat begrimed with dirt. He wore a black frock coat, a dark sack coat, black vest and trous- ers, black socks, gfay underclothing and a striped collarless outing shirt. On' his feet were a pair of well worn lady’s kid button shoes, but partially buttoned, a black Derby hat was also found. No marks 'of identification were found about. his person. A paper of ' “shorts” tobacco and a few small onions were found in his trousers pockets. It is thought that he was a “man on ' the road” a member of what is known I as the tramp fraternity. His apparent 1 young age though lends a doubt to this theory. The remains are being placed in a recognizable shape by funeral director , Raymond and his identity may yet be established. Surprised. Miss Lena Millard was the happy victim of a surprise party at her home on Chapel street last evening; The visitors consisted of perhaps twenty- five young ladies and gentlemen. All made merry in singing, dancing, games, and an enjoyment of refreshments. The Owls were preparing to watch the rising'of the sun When the visitors left ,. for home. ‘A V‘ _7 New Hotel Open To-Night. Mr. John Hadden will open his new “Hotel Preston,” to the public for in- spection, this evening. ' ’ , commenced writing aletter. WERE 0N WHEELS. A. Man and HisWife Create a Sensation in South Norwalk. The Man Arrested and Furnishes a BOIIII. Late yesterday after noon 9. horse and carriage swung into the dr—ive —way of Scofield’ s stable at South N orwalk On the car 11 iage-box appear ed the name “Elmwood Hotel.” . In thecarriage were two men and a woman, and strapped to the rear were two bicycles. One of the men was in charge of the tu1 nout and the other occupants were the man and his wife en route, as they claimed, f01 New York. As'they alighted from the carriage it appeared as though the two latter had been drinking. They left the stables and proceeded down Maui to Washington street, causing more 011 less attention. Some parties became suspicious and Ch1ef Vollmer was asked to keep an eye on them, an unnecessary requesr. as he had already been doing that very thing. He, however, did not think that he would be justified in arresting them as they were not creating any disturb- ance. ' He also enlisted the services of Cap- tain Gladstone who was in citizens dress to watch them. They went into the post-office, Gladstone following closely after them. The latter picked up a newspaper and pretended to be reading it. The man stepped up to the desk and A woman walked up to the desk and began rap- ping on the desk which annoyed the man, and he informed her that he could not write while she rapped. At this Gladstone stepped up to the woman, asked her what the man said to he1, and she told him. Gladstone then g1 abbed the man» by the neck and threw him against the side of the build- ing. Gladstone is 111ep01 ted as having said, “I am officer, ’ at w hich the man said, "' Show me your badge. ” Gladstone then grabbed the man by the coat collar remarking as he did so “You had better come with me. ” ‘ The man resisted and there was a rough and tumble in which the man’s wife caughtahold of her husband ‘ to protect him, but did not Ofier to molest Glad- stone. At this junction Chief Vollmer Came up and took the woman in charge, and Officer Pennington assisted Captain Gladstone in taking the man to the lock- -.up He was chaiged with being intoxicae ted and had no trouble in securing a bond of $10 for his appearance in' court. It is the general opinion that the in- terference of Gladstone and the arrest of the man was entirely uncalled for, and that Gladstone’s methods and man- ner of making arrests in general are severely condemned by the public. 1: <v AN INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE OF THE RETURN OF PROSPERITY IS THE CONSTANTLY AN D. RAP- IDLY INCREASING CIRCULATION OFTHE EVENING GAZETTE. M. E. Church Social. The Church social of the Norwalk Methodist church last evening was a great success in every way. There was a splendid program of music and readings. Miss Byxbee,‘ Miss Staat, Mrs. Kent, Mrs. Vail, Mrs. Keeler, Miss Gregory, Mrs. Lyon, Mi. Sterling and Rev. Mr. Scofield taking part in it. Ice cream, sandwiches and coffee were served by the Willing Workers, and a silver offering of over $30 given. Vv" Miss Stevenson to Wed. Invitations have been issued by C01. and Mrs. William H. Stevenson to the marriage of their daughter Louise Shel- ton Stevenson to William Beverly Pow~ ell, which takes place at the family res- idence, 111 Golden Hill street, Bridge- port, Tuesday, Oct. 12. The wedding will bea very quiet home affair and only the immediate friends have been invited. A Six Founder. E. S. Adams was in receipt yesterday of a six pound salmon trout, which he placed on exhibition at Adams Bros. market, where it attracted consider- able attention. It came from East Stockbridge and was caught by Court- landt Van Buren, of this city. —-Live Merchants keep their names before the ,Public. An Advertisement In THE GAZETTE will be‘ read. THIEF GAPTURED. Man Who Attacked Miss Dor‘a Bulkley Held in $I,000. Constable Allen Caught Him in Saugatuck Yesterday Morning. The burglar who entered the Bulk— ley homestead at SouthpOrt Tuesday night was captured in Saugatuck yes- terday morning by Constable Allen who had been on the watch during the night, having been notified soon after the burglary. When captured the man had the gold watch and diamond rings taken from the Bulkley home were on his person. He gave the name of'Har- ry Mead, but refused to give any fur- ther account of himself. Later in the day he was arraigned before Justice Howard N. Wakeman at Southport on acharge of burglary. Mead pleaded guilty to the charge and was bound over to the next term of the Superior court, in $1,000 bonds. Mead is a sleek looking man about 30 years old and gives evidence of being out of the ordinary line of petty thieves. He refused to give any account of him- self except that he had last worked at South Beach on Staten Island. The police think that he 1s an expert second story thief and that he has a record rs a crook which will develope later. He was taken to the countyjail yesterday afternoon where he will remain until his trial. The lady who discovered Mead at the Bulkley homestead was Miss Dora Bulkley. Her sister Lena was in the house at the time, but had no encoun- ter with the burglar. V‘ v‘ V‘ exrnsss TRAIN WRECKED. Collision in New Haven and Engineer Pearson Killed. By failure of the air brakes to work and by the apparent neglect of the ' crew to Obey the signals of the engineer, , 'the Boston express due in New Haven at 11:05 collided with a locomotive, in that city yesterday, and Charles Pear- son, engineer Of the express, was in- stantly killed. Only by a miracle did 200 passengers escape injury. How it Is in South Norwalk. On Sunday morning last, a grocer in South Norwalk was roused out of bed by a. young man who was going fishing and who wanted to purchase some crackers and cheese to take along for lunch. When the grocer appeared at the front'door of his residence the young man said he wanted to purchase fifty' cents worth of crackers and cheese. He was advised by the grocer, that owing to the Sunday law he could not sell him the desired edibles. Throwing open his coat and displaying. a. pint bottle of whiskey in each inside pocket he exclaimed—“This is a h—l of a city I You can get all the rum you want but can’t get a loaf of bread.” --‘ <vw PERSONAL NOTES. Miss Mar y Nettleton, supe1 intendent of the Whittier s1hool at Hampton, Va., is «the guest of Miss Winona Nash, of South N orwalk. To-mo'rrow they start for Hampton, where 'Miss Nash will also teach during the coming year. Miss Nettleton and Miss 'Nash spent several days recently visiting the schools in Boston. Miss Florence Smith, of New Cmaan who has been spending a week with, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis St. George, of Main street, returned home yesterday. Rev. C. M. Selleck was in New York yesteiday, attending a convention of the Hartford diocese of the Episcopal church. Miss Bertha Valentine, of. Darien, is visiting her sister, Miss M. Henrietta Valentine, of Main street. Councilman Tristram, 'of Be1keley= - street, is visiting in Middletown, N,'tx Y. Mrs. T. K. Noble'will address the Mothers in Council at the Olivet church parlors,VBridgeport, Friday, Oct. 1, at 5:30 p. m. Subject: Conduct of Meet- 1ngs. ' ‘ AfA. Chinery-has returned from a visit in Litchfield. E. Hubbell Hotchkiss sailed yester- day for England. George G1 umman attended the Bot- tler’s convention in Bridgeport yestei- day. . ‘ r Noon Burglary. Burglars broke into Hoyt’s dental parlors, at South Norwalk, this noon, andstole eight pairs of forceps and f four of five dollars in gold. FOR 1:111 OFFICERS. 110111111111 llEllllIIllllTES 11115 0111 11011111 11111 souni 110111111111 Will. 1111 1111111111 1. FEIIIIIS. 1111. 30111111111 WILL HAVE mum-1111211 BOTH CAUCUSES WELL ATTENDED AND HIARMONY PREVAILED IN THE TWIN CITIES. Senator E. 0. Keeler in the absence of City Committeeman John H. Wade, called the Republican city caucus to order at the Town House last evening. .Ex-selectman Charles H. W’heeler was elected chairman and F. A. Hill secretary. _ Senator Keeler was recognized by the chair, and complimented'the present Mayor and board of councilmen. He said that he thought they were en- titled to a renominationp They had been broad and progressive in their views and had caused improvements about the city that when completed would make it one of the finest cities in the State. It was a duty, he said that we owe to them and ourselves to renominate them. After further laudation of their fitness for the offices held by them he moved that Mayor A. C. W11eeler,.and Councilmen, Boyer, Smith, Kent, Hill, Tristram and Chinery be renominated by acclama-~ tion. Gen. Charles Olmstead said that he fully endorsed all that Mr. Keeler had said, but did not like the idea of plac- ing the men in nomination by acclama- tion, and that if the motion prevailed it would be apt to create unjust criti- cism and cause it to be repmted that the meeting had exercised the “gag” rule. He said that he knew there had been considerable criticism in regard .. to the library tax for which the council \had been blamed, but did not think the matter was fully understood by the cit~ izens. He said that the expenses of the library had to be met and that the Mayor and council were not responsible as the library bills were contracted by the board. of management Of the libra ry. He was interrupted by Attorney Gray who asked “DOn’t they appoint the board of managers ‘9” Mr. Olmstead continuing, said, “If they have made a mistake in this can’t we pardon them. It is not an unpar— donable error if indeed it is an error. The council have the courage of their convictions and are making improve- ments about the city, and asked, “does any one question that they are not do- ing it in a business-like manner ‘9 ” And himself answering the question said, “I think not.” Councilman Kent then arose and said that he was not a candidate for a re- nomination and respectfully declined. Senator Keeler accepted General Olmstead’s, amendment and a risiJg vote was ordered by the chair. he ap- pointing as tellers W. H. Byington, J. U. Carler, W. M. Bette and W. C. J essup . The tellers reported the vote to be 83 for and 2 against the renomination of the candidates mentioned. .-On motion of General Olmstead, Isaac Selleckdeposited one ballot as the ballot of the meeting for. the nomina- tion of H. P. Pride for city treasurer, and the other officers on the ticket with the exception of Collector were placed' 1n nomination, they all being the present incumbents of such offices. 1 The ballot for collector resulted as follows: Whole number of votes, 142. Addisio’n A. Betts, 100 Charles E. Curtis, 40 Scattering, 2 Henry P. Price was elected to fill the vacancy of city committee, caused by John H. Wade, the former commit? teeman having moved out of towu. It was voted that the chair appoint a committee of three to fill any vacancies that might occur on the ticket, and he 1 appointed as such committee, E. O. Keeler, H. P. Price and Charles Olm- stead. MAYOR. ' Arthur 0. Wheeler. TREASURER. Henry P. Price. COLLECTOR. Addison A. Betts. ‘ AUDITOR. ~ Henry Chasmar. . CITY SHERIFF. , ° Robert N. Morehouse. ‘ .~ COUNCILMEN. Arthur B. Hill, William H. Smith, Alfred A. Chinery, Jr., Eugene L. Boyer, Charles F. Tristram, Harvey M. Kent. SOUTH NORWALK CITY CAUCUS. The South N orwalk Republican 'city caucus was held in Arion hall, last evening, and the fol low mg ticket placed in nomination. MAYOR. Frank A. Ferris, COUNCILMEN. StephenS. Hatch, Charles F. Boutwell, Charles N. Smith, Jesse M. Ferris, Venancio A. Scofield, Henry P. Morgan. TREASURER. Matthew Corbett. COLLECTOR. James Paul. TREASURER WATER FUND. Edwin Wilcox. CITY SHERIFF. John Paul. WATER COMMISSIONERS. Stephen S. Hatch, Charles S. Trowbridge, Lewis H. Nash. ELECTRIC IJGHI‘ COMMISSIONER. Leslie Sm1th. STREET COMMISSIONER. Franklin A. Smith. AUDITOR. George F. Bearse. INSPECTOR ELECTIONS. John J. Goodwin. REGISTRAR VOTERS. William F. Tammany. ——<O.-OD— . EAST NORWALK. Mayor Thcile of East N orwal‘k has returned home from a visit to his coal mines in Pennsylvania and his large farms in Ohio. He thinks that both the prices of coal and wheat will con- tinue to advance, and is corresponding- ly happy- ' J. Wallace Marvin supplied the East avenue M. E. church with coal for the winter. ,_ Platt & Wright have the cont ract to paint J phn Devine’s new house on the Strawberry Hill road. ' S. Smith L‘Hommedieu has started a subscription paper in East N orwalk-for the purpose of raising $100, to pay to concrete the East avenue walk of the Methodist church. Jesse Brundage,the East avenue mar- ketman, is entertaining Frank Gamar, of Brooklyn. Six newimail boxes have bOen- erect- ed in this place. on the new posts. They are located at the following places: Betts place and Riverside ave- nue, Cottage avenue, 23 East avenue, ' First avenue and New street First ave- nue and Gregory Point road, Sauga- tuck avenue and Gregory Point road, Fifth avenue and Gregory Point road, Cove street and Fifth avenue, corner Fort Point street and Van Zandt ave- nue, South Osborn' avenue, Henry street and East avenue, Pleasant ave- nue and Fort Point street, front of L. W. Doty’s, 65 Osbornavenue, corner ‘St. John and East avenues, 51 Maple avenue. V r r FRATERN AL N EW... Secretaries of fraternal, or seen! so- cieties are invited to sand to the GAZETTE, the elections of officers and other news pertaining to their lodges to be printed in this (olumn. The names of officers should be brought in on sthe evening or their election and all other news with equal promptness. There will be an adjourned meeting of the Norwalk Central Labbr Union at Iron Moulder’ 5 Hall, Norwalk, this evening at 8 o ’.clock ' " -'-.No claims, no affidavns out a. GAZETTE advertisement gets there every time. TURNEDJIMDOWN. New Canaan Republicans 011-- able to Stand Grand . Iuror Benedict. Constable Sam Raymond . Also Sent to the Bear. The Republican caucus in New Car- naan Tuesday night was the most largely attended of any ever held in that town. Not less than 400 men took part in the proceedings in the Opera House. The feature of the caucus was the overwhelming defeat of Grand Ju1~ or Lew Benedict and Constable Sam Raymond, who were candidates for re- nomination. Benedict was roundly hissed, and received only 20 votes of .350 east. Raymond’s defeat was not so pronounced. Their unpopularity is due to their prominence in. recent liquor raids and more especially to the singular attitude of Benedict towards the Sunday law. George E. Raymond, the present first Selectman. was given second place on , the ticket, and Selectman Alva L. Dickens failed of renomination. It was nearly midnight when balloting was over. The following is the full ticket as nominated: Selectmen, Joseph F.l_Sil— liman, George E. Raymond; Town Clerk, A. F. Jones; Treasurer, F. M. Bliss; Assessors, George M. Hanford, F. E. Weed; Board of Relief, Levi S. Weed, W. A. Smallhorn; Constables, John Davidson, Charles Taylor; Grand Jurors, Norbert Bossa, Lewis Provost; Collector, Norbert Bossa; School Com- mittee, Dr; C. H. Scoville, Rev. J. H. Hoyt; Justices of the Peace (to fill va- cancies,) F. E. Weed, Alva Dickens, George M. Hanford, D.’ A. St. John; Registrar, R. A. Hall; Auditor, L. C. Hall. AA— "7 FIRE IN STAMFORD. A Carpenter Shop andr‘l‘hree'llouses Con- sumed by the Flames. A fire which started in. the engine room attached to the carpenter shop of George A. Rogers, Lee’s avenue, late yesterday afternoon resulted in about $15,000 damage before the flames were extinguished, mostly covered by .in- surance. Mr. Rogers shop and con- tents quickly succumbed to the flames and resulted in a loss of about $4,000. The flames quickly spread to three dwellings adjacent owned by Joseph Rogers, C. Scanning and Frank Hook respectively, all of which were de- stroyed, though the greater part of the furniture was saved. The houses were valued 'at $3,500 each and were all newly erected. The origin of the fire is a mystery: DARIEN REPUBLICANS. Raymond and Waterbury, Head the Town' Ticket. The following ticket has been nom- inated by the Republicans of Darien: Selectmen—Charles W. Raymond, Charles G. Waterbury. Town Clerk—Thaddeus Bell. Collector of Taxes—'William Ballard. Assessors—John R. Cohn, William A. Ferris. Board of Relief—Clarence Scofield, H. T. Tristram. Auditor—G. W. Clock. Grand Jurors—F. H. Dart, S. C. Sil- liman. COnstables—Alonzo Mather.- Registrar of Voters—~G. W. Foyvler. School Committee—S. J. Austin. It was the largest caucus ever held Weed, David vote for selectman. Ex-representative Lounsbury carried off the palm in the contest for selectman, but in several other contests his men were turned down with a bang. The Weather. Fair to-night, and Friday warmer, MARRIAGES. BARNUM—HUMPHRIES—rln Danbury, Sept. 27th., by Rev. E. Jay Teagarden, Frederick R. Barnum and Lizzie Hum-' phries, both of Danbury. DEATHS. BAIRD. —In Bethel, Sept. 26, Henry ' H.- Baird, aged 72 years. PETER. -—In Danbury, Sept. 27, Ber- tha. N owlan, wife of Henry Peter, aged 27 years. , PROVANDm—In Bridgeport, Sept. 28, Edward F. Provandie,aged 19 years. WHEELER. —In Bridgeport, Sept. 28, Sarah Louise Wheeler, wife of Charles F. Wheeler, aged 54 years 6 months. in Damien—209 ballots being cast in the - ' "
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