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THE soil! TRIAL .
A Session of Argument and
Little Testimony.
A
Oettclive Pender Under Gross Examina‘
a
j tion by Attorney Lynch.
The spectators crowded the criminal
superior court room yesterday to‘ hear
the case of William Sidney charged
with killing, Edward Long in Green-
wich.
In the morning Detective Pender was
called to take the' stand, Attorney
Lynch, continuing the cross examina-
tion, begun the day before. The de-
tective stated he had tried to have the
. witnesses Doran and Dobson change
their statements, telling them that they
must tell the truth.
versation had with Mr. Greer of Stam—
ford, who said he had seen the woman
He told of a con-
man y times, connecting her with Water
street Bridgeport, and in the “Drum”
“Casino.” Witness was on the
case three months, but never found out
any thing favorable to Sidney. He de—
nied that he (witness) or others. at his
instigation got any of the witnesses for
the state drunk. He stated that in one
of the conversations with Dobson, he
and
called him a liar and said the gang had
concocted the story which they told the
coroner.
The states attorney offered the state-
ment, written out by Pender at the
suggestion of Sidney in the jail; he
said no inducements of any kind were
made to Sidney to get the statement
‘from him. . a
_ Attorney Lynch asked the court for
five minutes to look over the statement.
After examining it smile 20 minutes or
more, Attorney Lynch .asked witness a
few guestiOnSZas to thematter of writing
the statement. Witness said Deputy
J ailer-Scofield was present and several
pens were used, thereby accounting fer
peculiarities of writing, The
wordingof this statement was gone in-
etc.
to, witness saying “he would tell me
something and I would translate it into
plain English. He would repeat it and
I would write it down’. ” .
Attorney Lynch then objected to the
admission of this statement as evidence
at this time. This objection was
argued by. both counsel for the state
and the accused. In factduring the
remainder of the morning the attor-
neys discussed what evidence should
or should not come before the court.
After hearing the cases cited by Attor-
ney Lynch as bearing upon the ques-
tion of admitting statements of pris-
oners or accused people, Judge Shum-
way stated he would defer making a
ruling, until later, as he wished to
look the matter up thoroughly. ‘ Pen-
den was then excused. ‘
Thomas J. Ahearn, ProSecuting At-
torney walsh’s stenographer, was then
called. He took notes of the first state-
ment made by Sidney to Pender at the
Lenox house. i '
Attorney Lynch was given an oppor-
tunity to ' ask the witness concerning
what was said to Sidney before the
statement was taken.
After questioning the, witness Attor-
ney Lynch formally objected to the
statement made by Sidney at the time
being submitted and moved that all
evidence concerning this statement,
brought out yesterday, be stricken out.
Judge Shumway granted the motion
and sustained the objection. Attorney
Fessenden taking an‘ exceptibn, the
first one that the state had noted in
this trial. ,
Deputy Sheriff Miller. of Stamford,
was put on the stand and was questioned
by Attorney Lynch about the manner
of statement and whether accused was
under arrest- at the time it was made.
Mr. Miller did not know Whether he
was or was not. Counsel for both sides
argued further concerning testimony
was admissible and whatnot.
' Coroner Charles A. Doten was next
called. He said he was the coroner for
the county'and madelthe preliminary
examination. When 'it came to the
matter of the statement made by Sidney,
the attorneys locked horns again. At
this point the jury was excused till 10
o’clock Tuesday morning. _ The at—
torneys then agreed to argue the mat-
ter Of admitting the questionable evi-
dence before Judge Shumway at 9:45
Tuesday to Which'time the case was
then adjourned. ' ‘
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AN OBJECT lesson.
How Municipal Ownership of a Gas Plant
Operates in a Great City.
For many-years the city of Philadel-
phia, has presented a valuable object
lesson in municipal ownership of fran-
chises. It has conducted the city gas
works by the usual methods that pre—
vail in American cities. That is to
say, the works have been part of the
city political machine. There has
been the usual result of extravagance
and inefficiency. Gas has been high
and poor, management has been costly
and the plant has deteriorated by ne-
glect. .
Consumers rebelled and demanded
reform. The city could not improve
its own management, reduce expenses
and cheapen gas, and it was too stub-
born to abandon the principle of muni—
cipal ownership by selling to private
persons. So it has adopted the: middle
ground of a curious form of lease to a
private company, which provides for
dollar gas and payment to the city of
royalty of 10 per cent. the first five
years, increasing gradually to 25 per
cent. in the last five years of a thirty-
year term. The city may reduce the
price of gas by the amount of its royal-
ty, but must apparently pay interest on
the debt for the gas plant. The com-
pany promises to expend $15,000,000 for
betterments during the thirty years.
This is a makeshift forced upon the
city by the utter failure of municipal
ownership. It will escape the worst
evils of that system by securing eco-
nomical management through the stim-
ulus of hope of private profit, and it
will secure cheap gas. But by‘keeping
the title to the plant in the city it will
discourage prudent conversation of it-
In spite of the promise to spend 8515',-
000,000 for betterments, probably the
company will manage to return the
plant to the city in thirty years. prac-
tically valueless. ‘
Nearly all experiments in municipal
ownership of franchises in this country
have the same discouraging result and
lead to the common conclusion that the
method is not adapted to our political
system. We have been sadly misled by:
examples of successful application of-
the principle in British cities, where
conditions are very" different, where
strict limitations and high qualification
of the electorate, absence of the class
of professional politicians and. the hab-
it of seeking honor rather than profit
through public office put the affairs of
a municipality upon the same basis as
those of a well-managed'private corpor-
ation.
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Mr. Hill’s Address.
The address of Congressman ll). J‘.
Hill at the Norwalk Methodist Church
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I last night on his travels in Europe dur-
ing the summer, was exceedingly in-
teresting, holding the closest attention
of his audience from beginning to end.
The church was well filled. In the
early part of the evening Mr. C. G.
lves, the organist of the church, gave
an organ recital which was especially
enjoyed by the congregation.‘
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j A Cure for Gold Fever.
Pick out a morning next winter when
the mercury is below zero, shoulder a
pick and shove], go into the woods be-
fore breakfast; dig a hole sixteen feet
deep; return to the house at night and
eat a small piece of stewed bootleg and
sleep in a woodshed. Repeat the dose
as often as necessary unoil the Klondike
fever is entirely eradicated.
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. . Fingers Cut Off.
While cleaning his bicycle Chief-of-
Police Ford of Meriden caught his fin- .
gers in the rear sprocket‘ and two of
them were cut off as cleanly as though
by a surgeon’s knife.
The first finger was ta ken off between
the first and second joint and the sec-
ond finger at the first joint.
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Firm Name ,Ghanged.
Agreeable to a petition of parties in-
terested, the firm name ‘of the J ones
Manufacturing Co. has been changed
to the E. H. Hotchkiss Co. by order of
Judge Curtis of the Common Pleas
court.
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—Ad'vertlse 1n the GAZETTE.
A Blgjlii. +
The Waverly Hotel at Shippan
Point Entirely Consumed. ,.
The Pavilion" and All Outbuildings Also
Devoured by the Flames.
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Shippan point, Stamford, was visited
by the fire fiend at 12:30 o’clock this
morning, and the Waverly hotel and
outbuildings .were entirely destroyed.
In addition to the hotel, the large
pavilion standing some distance from
the hotel, was also destroyed.
The blaze was plainly seen here in
Norwalk, and the police of the Twin
Cities watched it for several hours.
The hotel and other buildings were
owned by John McDevitt, who esti-
mates his loss at $20,000 upon which
there was an insurance of $10,000.
At the time of the file there was no
one in the hotel excepting the bar ten-
der and his assistant. They were
awakened oy the smoke pouring into
their room and hastily made their
escape.
The origin of the fire is unknown,but
it is thought that it began in the
kitchen, as the bar tender- states that
when he reached the scene the flames
had catch their way from the kitchen
into the bar room. .
The point is without a water supply
and the distance too great for the
Stamford department to respond, con-
sequently there was nothing for the on-'
lockers to do but stand around and
watch the flames burn themselves out.
At the ttme of the fire the wind was
blowing a gale, sending the sparks high .
in the air and {carrying them a great:
distance.
Hospital Fair.
The fair for the benefit of the build-
ing fund of the Norwalk Hospital, will
take place at Lockwood’s hall on Tues-
day and Wednesday next, afternoon
and evening.
On Wednesday afternoon a Special
Punch and Judy matinee will be given
by New York artists for the children,
at which the price of admission will be
10 cents.
There will be a concert each even-
ing, and in addition to a number of
special features refreshments will be
Served. The general admission has
been placed at 25 cents.
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WESTPORT.
At a citizen's meeting heldnin Bett’s
Hall, during the year 1857, (just forty
years ago,) a committee was appointed
to go to \Vaterbury, and purchase a
hand engine, for the village of West-
port.
following: John H. Phelps, William
Wood, John S. Jones, Elijah S. Downes
and Charles H. Taylor, only one of
whom, Editor Jones, is living, at the
present time. '
On Friday morning, a little daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. Mackenzie, while tak
inga bath, slipped and knocked over.
an oil stove standing near. Immedi-
ately, the oil flowed out setting fire to'
a rug. Mrs. Mackenzie who "happily
was in the room at the time, with rare
presence of mind, caught the store up
and threw it out the window. A seri-
Ous conflagration was thus ayeuted.
The child,~Caroline, was badly scalded
by water from a kettle that was stand-
ing on the stove at the time. ' -
Surprised.
Mrs. 'William White of PrOSpect
avenue was the kind hostess of a num-.
ber-of her friends who gave her a sur-
prise party last night. ' The evening
was happily spent, and twenty or more
“surpriscrs” returned home fully
pleased that they had made no mistake
in the selection of their hostess.
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Mrs. Goldrick’s Surprise.
Mrs. Patrick Goldrick' was the vic-
tim of a surprise party at her home on
Leonard street last night. The visit-
ors were armed with both music and
refreshments and it was not until an
early hour this morning that the fes~
tivitics came to a close.
Death of Mrs. Oargill.
Mrs. Caroline Cargill died of, the
home of Charles Scribner on Chestnut _: ‘
lble befOre
street last night in the 75th year of her
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The committee consisted of the. \
i_ m. ‘During the absence of the rector,
sEnlous CAT one. ' l
Prominent Reading Man in Critical Condi-
tion From Blood Poisoning.
Amos Hurlbutt, a prosperous farm-
er residing near Reading Center lies
in a critical condition as the result of'
being bitten by a pet cat.
, The injury was received some weeks
ago. Mr. Hurlbutt was feeding the fe-
line small. bits of raw meat causing her
to jump for it. In grabbing the meat
the cat fastened her teeth into one of
Mr. Hurlbutt’s fingers causing a slight
wound. '
He thought nothing of it at the
time. until. the finger and finally‘his
whole arm commenced to swell and he
was taken down with what the attend-
ing physicians says is the result of
blood poisoning. , ~
“Though in a bad state every effort is
being made to bring the injured man
through.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
h-‘lisses Susie and Louise Mead, of
Greenwich, who have been visiting
their aunt, Mrs. Orlando Allen, of
Washington street, have returned
home.
.‘Miss Alida Ball, of Mott avenue, was
in New York. .
Miss Alice Doran, of New York. is
visiting Mrs. Harry Finch, of 'Wash-
ington street, South Norwalk.
Rev. M. J. Gleason, of W'aterbury,
has been a guest of’Rev. J. J. Furlong.
Miss Ella Collard, of Banksville, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. Oster
banks, of Main street. .
Miss Martha Chinery has returned
to her home in Chestnut street, South
Norwalk, after a three weeks’ visit in
Waterbury.
Charles Fitch is the guest Of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Fitch
WILL |_T_B_l_i_ slim?
A Liberal Ofi’er Made to the
_City for a Small Plot _
oi Groulid.
A Possibility of ‘a Big Addition to Wal
Street Buildings. '
A liberal offer ‘for the purchase of
the triangular piece of ground recent-
ly purchased :by the city in its line of
improvement of Wall street has been
received.
The" plot referred to is at the east '
end of the Wall street bridge, the pur—
chase of which has been fully discussed
pro and con. ’
Had the original intent of the Mayor
and council been fully carried out it
. would no doubt have been the more ap-
parent that the purchase of the prop-
erty'was a wise move.
Considerable delay has been caused
by the action of the selectmen in not
awarding a contract for the building of
'a stone arch for the widening of the
bridge, as voted for at town meeting
regularly called. ,
It now looks as though the people
would be compelled to be content with
a plank walk and wooden rail until next
spring.
And winter visitors to Norwalk will
smile and perhaps remark that Nor-
walk is rather slow. ‘
The offer made for the property is
said to have been abbut $3,000. If the
city votes to sell it is not improbable
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of West street, South Norwalk. . .
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Force of South
Main street, South Norwalk are visit-
ing Mr. and Mrs. Harry Force of
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» Churches. ,
’ FIRST CONGREGA‘TIONAL CHURCH.—
Rev. Thos. K. Noble pastor. Services at
10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. ,m. In the morn-
ing..Rev. Gerald H. Beard will occupy
the pulpit. Subject " Do all things
work together for good ‘2 ” In the
evening the poster will give the sixth
of a series of discourses upon “ Popular
Misapprehensions in the realm of Re'
ligion.” Sunday school at 12 m. J un-
ior C. E. at 5 p. m. Senior C.E. at6:30
p. m. Annual re-union and roll call.
next Thursday evening with supper at
6 o’clock. ~_ '
NORWALK METHODIST CHURCH. ~—
Rev. ‘Frank A. Scofield pastor, will
preach to-morrow morning on Method-
ism’s Greatest Doctrine. In the even-
ing Rev. J. W. Beach D. D. will preach
and hold the Quarterly Conference.
Mr. Frank Comstock and a male quar-
tette will sing at the evening service. .
GRACE CHURCH.—On Sunday Canon
Knowles of Trinity parish, New York
will preach. Morning at 10:30. Even-
ing at 7:30. There will be Holy Com-.
mdnion 8 a. m. Sunday school 12:15 p.
Rev. C. H. Hamilton will assume the
parochial charge.
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Attached. ~ ‘
Messrs. Raymond & Son have placed
an attachment on preperty belonging
to the estate of John F. Rice, near the
Town Farm, to the amount of $200 to
cover, as is alleged, in the complaint,
damages amounting to $75. The hear-
ing in the complaint is made returna-
the Town Court November:
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that there will be early in the spring
if not before the commencement of a
i «building or rather a block that will be
I an ornament to the street.
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new GANAAN.
A lot of yOung people enjoyed a
l strawride to Stamford last night.
I Miss Alice Lawrence is visiting with
I her sister, Mrs. Wm. A. Reid, Railroad
avenue. _
H. W. Van Sciver of Norwalk, has
opened up an insurance office in the
building formerly " occupied by Gus.
J ackel, the florist. . .
Miss Sarah and Margie ,McKendrick
are visiting with their sister Mrs. Dutt
in New York this week. '
Mrs. H.S. Pope and sons,of Bayonne,
N. J ., are visiting with her mother,
Mrs. Mary A. Reid, of Locust avenue,
until after Thanksgiving,
Mrs. George Gregory of Stamford,
visited with her parents several days
this week.- 1 . ‘
Miss Christina Macherien of New
York, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred.
Banzhaf on Seminary street.
lic church} this. Sunday. Interesting
services will be held during the ,week.
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Increased Sales.
The offer Of Olsen \Bros. to give away
$105 in gold or silver, at their white
shoe store in the GAZETTE building,
has increased their sales to mammoth
proportions. The offer ceases on J an-
'uary 3, and then the money will be
awarded to the five customers holding
the lucky tickets.
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Expected Home.
, Mr. and Mrs. John E. O’Sullivan are
expected home from their wedding trip
on Monday next. ’ ‘
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—All the Successful. Merchants or
éA GAZETTE ad. win her you.
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this City Advertise in THE GAZETTE. ‘
The Mission will begin in the Catho- '
' Al VEliolcT foaysofioo,
It is Against loo—33mm noall an
the Largest of Its Kind. - “g.
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A Verdict for $30,000. was rendered
in the..New York supreme court yester-
day in favor of Emily H. Mixsell
against the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Co. She instituted
the suits as the administratrix of the
late Dr. A. J . Mixsell, one of the' most
prominent physicians. of Westchester
county. He was killed by an express
train at Mammaroneck on Feb. 13, 1893.
This is the largest verdict given under
the new statute-which repeals the for~
'mer statute placing a $5,000 limit on
jury awards in cases of that sort. .
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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
George Dann is suffering from an
attack of painters’ colic at his home on
Orchard street.
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Mrs. Kate C. Selleck, wife of Francis
K. Selleck is now occupying the former
Congregational church parsonage, and
will accommodate a few boarders. ‘
A maple syrup man is doing a thriv-
ing business in town to-day.
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There will be a match game of pool
at the Monte Cristo billiard parlor next
Thursday evening for a purse of $25 a.
side, bewteen Messrs. Keisler‘ and Hall.
Mrs. and Mrs. Clarence Osborn are
reported as being in Yokohama, Japan.
There is a possibility of their meeting
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Church, before
their return home. ‘ ~ .
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I Siberia‘s Sndw Flowers.
Travelers in Siberia tell of the won:
derful flower that grows there, and
which blooms only in January, when
the winter is at its height; The blos-
sOm has something of the characterisr ’
tics of a “morning-glory,” lasting only
a single day. The flower, when it
opens, is star-shaped, its petals of the
same length as the leaves, and about /
half an inch in width. 0n the third,
day theextremities of the anthers, ,
whichyare five in number, show min-
ute, glistening specks, veritable'vege-
table diamonds, about. the size of a
pin’s head—these are~theseed of the:
flower. A RuSsian nobleman named
Anthoskoff took a number of the seeds:
to St. Petersburg. They were placed
in a pot of snow and fr zen earth. On
the coldest day of the following Janu-
ary the miraculous flower burst
through its icy covering and displayed
its beauties to the wondering scien-
tists. The plant has been very appro:
priately named “the snow flower.”
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‘‘‘‘ z—‘H-é' is wedded to his
bottle. ‘ _
Jones-Brown—Yes, he calls 1!.
spirit wife—Truth.
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Five Serial Stories.
Five strong serial stories are an-
nounced for publication in the Youth’s
Companion during 1898. They are:
“The Freshman,” a romance of college f
life. by Jesse L. Williams; “The Gold'-
Fields of the Yukon,” a Story of..placer- ,
mining in Alaska, by Irving Andrews;
"Ferieda Fairfax, Writer,” the. story
of a girl who wanted to do newspaper
work, by Marguerite Tracy; "The
Story of a Bee Farm,” by Edith A.
Fairfield; and "The Making of Zimri.
Bunker,” a rousing tale of heroic deeds
in Nantucket during the War of 1812,
by William J. Long. These stories
make up only a small part of the good
things that will be spread before read-
ers of The Companion during 1898.
Present readers of The Companion who
renew their subscriptions, and new
subscribers will receive free a beauti-
ful calendar printed in twelve colors,
and embossed in gold. The paper will
be sent free to new subscribers every
week from the time the subscription is
received to January. 1898; then for a
full year to January, 1899. An illus-
trated prospectus will be sent free to
any one addressing
THE YOUTH’S COMPANION,
Boston Mass.
The Weather.
Partly cloudy to-night, Sunday prob-
:any fair, warmer Sunday.
DEATHS. ,
CARGILL—In N orwalk, Nov. 12, Mrs.
Caroline Cargill, aged 74 years.
COLLINS—In Bridgeport, Nov. 11th,
James Collins, aged 47 years. '
HANLON—-In Bridgeport, Nov. 12th
John Hanlon.
MURPHY—In Danbury, N 0v. 1], Nel;
lie L. Murphy, aged 22 years. '
LEGAL NOTICES.
ISTRICT of Norwalk, SE, Probate Court.
November 13th, A. 1).. 1897. .
. Estate of Jnmas B. SMITH. late of Norwalk
in said District. decease. . .
Whereas. wrirtensp heatlnn has been made
to this Court .by the xecutrix, praying for
.reasons therein set forth, for an or: or of. sale
of certain real estate of said decetstd which 18
therein fully described. _ _ ,
Ordered. That said a. pllcatzon be heard and
determined at the Pro ate office 111 Norm elk,
on the 17th do of November. 18197. at 4o’clock
afternoon: on that public notice thereof be
given to all persons interested therein by_ pub.
fishing the order in a. newspaper: having. a
circulathnnn said District. at location: days
before said day of heal-me.
. ASA B. WOODWARD. Judge.
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