.. . ~‘\ \ FATAL “ FOREST ins 'Ten Persons ifliohght to Have Perishcd in. Manitoba. '1' . FLAMES STILL SPREADING Heavy Damage Done in Michigan and Indiana by Flames Sweeping ._ Over Dried-Up Prairies—Potatoes Roasted in the Ground. Winnipeg, Man, Oct. 8.—The forest fires that have been raging in Mani- toba, close to the boundary line, for the past ten days, have broken .out more furiously than ever. Ten or twelve persons are reported to have been burned to death, and the fire is rapidly spreading tlowards N orth' Dako- ta. Hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of timber has been destroyed, besides grain and farm buildings. It is feared that the fires will get beyond the control of the settlers. At Beausejour, Man., seven per- sons are reported to have been burned to death. Mrs. 0. W. Thomas, her young son and a daughter, had a race with the flames 'for several miles. They lost a team of horses, which they kept‘on‘the run. Sparks from the burning timber were blown into the dry. grass of a prairie which they were compelled to cross and soon they were surrounded by the flames. The frantic horses started to run straight ahead into the burning. timber. Before they had gone far the carriage overturned and they were thrown down an”em- bankment into a small creek. This probably saved their lives. They were badly burned. A report from Morris, Main, says a. prairie fire has been raging there and that one family of four persons is known to have perished. The fire is supposed to have been started by the spark of an engine. Potatoes Roasted in the Ground. Niles, Mich, Oct. 8.—-East and north of this city, marsh fires still continue. Farmers have fought the flames night and day for a week and are exhausted. They have moved their household goods to places of safety and have sac- rificed their homes. - Near Berrien Springs. on what is known as the Big Meadow, hundreds of acres of potatoes have been roasted in the hills. The fire is the worst that has occurred invthis vicinity since 1871. ,3 Large Fires in Indiana. 5 Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 8.——Forest fires Zare raging in the eastern part " of this county and farmers have or- ganized to fight the flames. Last even- ing the little town of Edgerton and Baldwin were threatened with fire and were saved only after hard work. Barns, corn in shock, and 'acres of YWinter wheat which was dried up, have been destroyed. .3: LU ETGERT’S FATE NEAR. State Continues Its Attack in the Luetgert Trial. Chicago, 111., Oct. 8.——The State yes- terday continued its attack begun the day before on the defense set up by Adolph L. Luetgert to the charge that he murdered his wife and destroyed her body in a. sausage vat. The State's attorneys are at present dealing with the allegation that Mrs. Luetgert is still alive, and they have brbught cutsome damaging testimony against\_Matthew' Scholey, who swore that he saw her in Kenosha, Wis., on May 4 and 5. j_ Witnesses have now de- clared that they would not believe Scholey under oath, and two of them have sworn to conversations with Scholey since he was a witness, in which he said he “was satisfied with what he' got for testifying," and that “Luetgert made a good job of it, any- way.” ~ , As to Luetgert’s contention that he was making softsoap in the big vat at the time it is alleged he was boil- ing his wife’s body, the State, through Frank Moan, custodian for the Sheriff, has-shown that there were many cases. of‘allkinds of soap in” the factory when he took possession, so that Luetgert did not need to make any. Neither did the factory need cleaning. So far as the evidence is concerned thevfamous Luetgert trial is nearing its ' close. It is expected that the rebuttal evidence of [the prosecution will all be - in by to-morrow night. Some rebuttal on the part of“ the defense will follow on Saturday and both sides are ex- .pected to rest their cases Saturday afternoon. ' Never before in Chicago has the in- terest in a murder trial been sustained from start to finish as it has been in o the Luetgert case. , Luetgert was moved to deep profan- ity in the county jail to-day by the - visit of a professional hypnotist. The man of hypnotic science asked Luet- gert’s permission to hypnotlze him. . With a richly flavored German oath. Luetgert observed as he stood behind the bars: ~ “If I was out there in the corridor I‘d hypnotize you with one poke on the jaw. I’d put you to sleep good and plenty, you humbug.” _ Blow to Silver. London, Oct. 8.-—Your correspondent is informed? from a trustworthy source that the Indian Government, in reply to a further pressing invitation by the English Cabinet to consider Senator “Tolcott’sproposal, has answered that it cannot reopen the question of the Indian currency, and it will not be a party to the reopening of the mints for the free coinage of silver. In well-informed English circles it is not believed that Lord Salisbury's Gov- ernment will dare to override the de- cision of the Indian Government. Senator VVolcott's mission must thus be~ considered a failure. Postmdsters Anna in ted. W'ashington, Oct. 8.—Fouth-class postmasters were appointed yesterday as.,follows: New. Jersey—Hawthorne, Passaic, Charles ,S. Story; Millbrook, Warren. George R; Spaugcnburg; Union, Edwin W. VVoolley. . New York— Moscow, Livingston. Frank M. Tilton. ' Pennsylvania ~..Belle Valley, Erie, DanielaShutenggGlg-n Mills, Delaware, Njewlin Mendenhall; Port _Carbon. Schuylkill, Jacob L. ,Lurwick; Stoneh- burg, Bezks. Katg F.,.Searie; West Mil- ton“, Union, Ephraim-.Datesmén. nous. Too. They Know a Good, Thing. _ When They See It. Many a woman has felt the depths of humiliation when her head, filled, to suffocation, and matter running from it down her throat was causing intolerable nausea, she has been forced either to hawk and spit, or to swallow the disgust- ing matter she knew was causing the trouble. Many a. woman can remember when, just as shewas making a. special effort to be entertaining and to please, her words were choked off by the same never ceasing dropping of matter down from her head into her throat. What’s that? You’ve felt it? Ofcourse you have; few in this climate escape. But though misery loves . company, that doesn’t make this cross much easier to bear. But to bear it, to endure all the in- convenience, h miliation, actual misery resulting from t e disease which causes this trouble, is not necessary. Not at all. You can check it at once, you can re- move it in a. week, you can cure it in a fortnight. And by the simplest means, with no trouble, and at an expense so trifling as to be almost nothing. Hun- dreds of women in Norwalk have tried it, and they know. Listen to what one of them says: Mrs. G. F. Borst lives at N o. 1 Bur- bank street, South N orwallc She says: “I think California Catarrh Cure is lovely; it has cleared my head and throat wonderfully, and above all helped my headaches from which 'I had not. been free for a. long time. I had tried lots of medi- dine, but never got much help, and read- ing so much of C. C. C. I went. to Plais- ted’s drug store and got a bottle. The effect has been all that I could ask, and the best feature of it is that it relieves-l at. once.” Break up your colds with California Catarrh Cure, and prevents colds “hanging on.” Sold by all dealers; 50 cents; three times as much, $1. TRYING TO COMBINE 0N cuss. The New York Situation at Wash- ington. Washington, Oct. 8.—-Rumc.rs have i-.:~‘-n revived in ‘Washington connecting ie name of Secretary Bliss with the "ayorality contest in Greater New -ork. Several Low people were in Ll e .lnterior Department, and it is said that they repeated the overtures made to the Secretary some time ago to unite the warring factions of the Republican party in the city on himself. At the department nothing can be learned as to the truth of the statements, but it is known that the Secretary does not in- ;end to become involved in the con- test; and it is believed, further, that the Administration will not~take any part in the contest. The Low people in Washington seem to be more anxious to effect a compro- mise with the Tracy people than do the latter. Another interesting piece of information is the statement that overtures are being made by the Low forces to the Tracy adherents to effect a compromise by uniting on Mayor Strong. Not much faith is plaCed in" this rumor by New ‘York Republicans in Washington. It was stated on good authority that if some agreement was not reached within a short time ,Senator Platt would again visit this "city-for the pur- pose of further consulting with the President and Secretary Bliss concern— ing the New York situation. It is feared that ifxthe Administration does not soon take some action to effect a compromise between the two factions it may involve the Legislature; The loss of the seats in New York and Brooklyn would bring the Republic'ar majority in the State Legislature down to a very small figure, and the turning over of a few additional districts in the State outside would give the Dem- ocrats an excellent chance for controll- ing the Legislature on joint ballot. Salisbury’s Poor Memory. London, Oct. 8.—The misunderstand— ing that has arisen over the Behring Sea conference is due entirely to one of L'ord S’alisbury's extraordinary freaks of memory. ‘Hedoes'. not now denythat Ambassador Hay' verbally informed hit-m in July last of the intention of the United States to invite Russia and Japan to participate in the conference, but declares that 'he instantly replied: “Oh, no; Great Britain will not pant-ici- pate on such conditions.” 1 1’ ~' Ambassador Hay did not hear any. such reply, and interpreted Lord Salis- bury's attitude as a tacit consent to take part in the conference. Col. Hay had no intimation of the British objec- tion to Russia and Japan until a few days ago. This is by no means 'the first time that Lord Sailsbury 'has‘ affirmed that he had said What may have been in his mind, but which was not ex- pressed. (fnnuda and the United States. London. England, Oct. 8.—Mr. W. S. Fielding. Minister of Finance of the Lominion of Canada, has arrived here to negotiate a loan of £2,000,000 to take up outstanding obligations of Canada. In an interview, Mr. Fielding said: "The Canadian Government is well aware that a number of influential men in both parties of the United States are dissatisfied with the present state of trade between the United States and Canada, and it is quite pos- sible this will lead to some action. If the United States approaches the Cana- dianGovernment on thersubject it will be met in the right spirit. “‘We strongly believe that it is for the advancement of Canadian as well as imperial interests that there should be friendly, trade relations with our neighbors.” 'the. Lattinler Missing. Hazleton, Pa., uct. 8.—No trace of the whereabouts of Henry Diehl, one of Sheriff Martin’s deputies, who disap- heared the day of the Lattimer shoht- ing, can be found. He is 42 years old. His wife is prostrated. She and he.- five children are in poverty. ‘Dlehl left home without even telling his wife of the shooting. - One of Deputies Dr. Jameson in Cape Colony Politics Cape Town, Oct. 8.———Dr. Jameson, the leader of the raid into the Transvaal. for which he served a term of im- prisonment in England,‘will be a. can. didate for the Legislative Assembly. at the next election. His electoral plat- form will ‘be the federation of South Africa. ' ‘ 5 g l E i , ‘ HEE CHECKER-BOARD BUSINESS» DIRECTORY; N ORWALK Fire Insurance Co. . ' In Successful Oper- ation Since 1860, No Outstandinu Claims. Solos For. Iloni- nwmss mm . IN Safe Deposit Vault OF THE NATIONAL BANK "or nonwux. GAZETTE Ans. BRING GOOD RESULTS 6. Ward SolIook, BEST GOODS. TEAS and COFFEES 18 WALL s'r. Frank T. Hyatt DENTIST, 8 West Avenue. Geo. W. Raymond, DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groceries AND Provisions No.9Main St. Edgar Buttery, Nursery man, NORWALK, CONN. Trees. Shrubs Plants. strawberry Plants 8. Specialty. Brandy Wine.Bio and Marshal. 30 other . Varieties. .omce, 6 Water St. Nurs’ys, Broad River. and ' FRED A. WALTER MAKER OF AND DEALER IN .HAKNESH AND - HORSE GOODS- PIEL BROS’. Real German Lager, 0n draught .. g Repair-in of 11]: d and 1!) Bottles. done at s orizfl'nofiitlsle.B _ u _ Harness made tc or. der 3. specialfi. 31 MAI b1. NORWALK, - - 003x. BATGIIFOIIII’S, 4-4- Maln Street. ‘ \ chas. T.Loonard Wholesale and Retail Dealer in W. H. BYINGTOII Insulin. Hm I. Smile IIIIIIII, Office and Yard. 33 to 43 Water Street. ~ STORAGE I t Furniture or other . ,, articles taken in ~ . storage by the week, 4 month or year at low a rates. For terms up plyto— - S. B . W I L S O N IBuilder. 92 Wall St. Norwalk. Conn- Pointing. Pa er mm glna‘fia 'fi’fi?’ . . a: w : Carpool“ lld ' Iszgimr on u or, - - i 52 was.) A , sumac An mun ,ngm,“ "‘52; 76 Franklin Ave. , Send for book con. NORWALK. CONN. PARLOR 1 3.3.1.3030”. ' . ~ 4-7 Main Street. NASH HANSGOY ‘ —Dea.lers in— citement. Gum inn Gmss WARE. 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