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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
The initial meeting of the city coun-
cil of ’98 will be held to-night.
Mr. and Mrs. George Carl and Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Reynolds enjoyed a
New Year’s feast at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J abmes H. Rundle.
Morris Buttery, formerly of Wilton,
has moved into one of the Adams’ resi-
dences on Orchard street.
— Fine toilet cases, shaving sets, col-
lar and cuff boxes, photo. hoaxes, neck-
tie boxes, glove and handkerchief
boxes, Aluminum combs, brushes and
trays and manicu1e sets at Rig gsl’6 D1 uo
store. D. .tf
New Year’s day was quietly observed
.in this city. There were comparatively
few calls made. .The old time custom
of making New Year’s calls is seeming-
ly a thing of'the past.
Our Brothers’ lodge, I .O. O. F. will
hold a regular meeting tonight.
Mrs. Betsy Smith of Celebrook, Litch-
field county, is visiting friends in tow n.
—F ancy Pei fume Atomizers, deceiat-
ed and Cut glass at Rigg’s D1 110' store.
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Mrs. Sarah L. Bessey returned heme
today from a few days visit with rela-
- tivcs in Stamford and West Norwalk.
Mrs. Albert Heine of South Norwalk
witnessed the monster Greater New
York celebration Friday.
' —Secu1e coupons for the $105' 1n gold
at A. H. Hoyt a Son s. Some one will
get it. You may 50c sale or on ac-
count gets one. D31 3t.
The Christmas tree festival of St. Jo-
seph’s took place at Music hall Saturn
day evening. As a matter of course‘all
had a merry time.
The N orwalk club will give a “smok-
er” to-morrow evening- '
Edward I. H111 and Miss Adelaide
Godson were married Saturday night
by Rev. F. W. Norris.
——Fine Key West and Havanna oi
gars, from $1. 25 to $6 per box, at Riggs’
Drug store. D. 16
The Christmas festival at the County
' Home takes place to-night and promises
to be an eventful occasion for the many
‘children who are provided for at. that
institution. '
The officers of Buckingham Post, G.
A. R. will be installed next Monday
evening.
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John Kilboy, a New Haven printer,
was in town,Saturday visiting relatives.
There was not the usual large atten
dance at the watch night services held
Friday evening at the churches. This
was no doubt due to the severe rain-
storm that prevailed during the day.
Douglas Fowler Post. G. A. R. kept
open house on New Year’s day and
treated all callers to a fine luncheon.
The new South Norwalk city officials
were-sworn in this noon.
—Lubin’s, Lazell’s, Pinaud’s, Reck-
secker’s, Wright’s, Londborg’s and
Colgate’s perfumes at Riggs’ Drug
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The Old Well Hook and Ladder com-
pany enjoyed a feast of stewed and fried
oysters at the truck house on Friday
evening. The feast, it is said has
caused an advance of ten cents a quart
on the price of oysters.
The Arion Singing society held a jol-
lification Friday night and served re-
freshments in abundance, a roast pig
being the particular piece de resistance
As the pig was a small one the resist-
ance was in favor of the appetite of
those who‘were given an opportunity
to test “the fruit of the stye.” It was
a great occasmn for the Arions.
—-Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well-known
, oculist Optician, canbe consulted at his
office in the parlors of the Mahackemo
Hotel, South N orwalk Tuesdays from
9 a. m. to 8 p. hm. Eyes examined free.
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son, Ward, of South Norwalk, are
visiting Rev. and' Mrs. George Van
Alstyne cf Brooklyn.
Captain Walter W. Minor of the
3.; , Isteam tug Joseph Stickney and Miss M.
,-A. Finch of Ansonia, were visitors at
the home of Mrs. E. M. Wheeler on
Bette-”- place, East Norwalk on New
, , _ ,gYea'r’s.
- be something like 8 feet 6 inches.
George R. . Van Alstyne and.
I ‘ . That New Racer
Capt. “Eph’-’ Merritt at his bOat
house on Water street .18 buildinga
sailing craft that he anticipptes‘o will
make all boats of its inches, in calm or
storm, follow rather than attempt to
. lead. The boat, has a 20— foot keel, a.
length over all of 24 feet and a 3-foot
over—hang. Her extreme width will
The
craft will j be cat-rigged. - Such old
mariners as Captains “Ike”and George
Selleck and “Ed” Beers watch its c011-
struction with interest, but fail to com-
mit themselves other than to say that
her lines are good and she‘ is being.
staunchly built.
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Prize Winners.
The shooting for the December prizes
at the Saunders rifle gallery came to a'
close Saturday night. «Dr. A. N. Clark
and Elmer Miller had tied for the first
prize a ten dollar gold piece, in the
professional class, and shot off the tie-
with alternate scoring of five 'shots
each Saturday night, with the reSult
that the final score was Cla1k,277;Mil-
ler, 272. In this class J. E. Lowell was
second and secured the watch. In the
amateur class Charles Manning won
the graphaphone and the second prize
a watch was awarded to Lowell. Score
.119 to 120. George Curtis tied Lowell
but failed to put in an appeai ance
within a specified time to shoot off the
same.
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Recent Deaths.
George T. Carr, a well—known black-
smith, died at his home in Cranbury,
Friday afternoon, in the 78th year of
his age. ,I-Iis wife and one child sur-
vive him. The funeral will be held
this after n00u.
Moriis Wood1uif died at Wilton, on
Fiiday, aged 27 yeais. The 1emains
were taken to New aYork. The funeral
took place this morning from the late
home of the deCeased at 27 East 22d
street.
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, Lo.t Himself.
Considerable excitement was occa-
sioned-at the Mahackemo hotel yester-
day by reason of the unexplained ab-.
sence of the porter, George Rector. It
was about concluded to send out search-
ing parties, when to the surprise of all
the young man put in an appearance.
He had been paying a two days’ visit
with a friend in Wilton.
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0 Lamont Club Officers.-
The Lamont club held a regular
meeting yesterday and elected the fol-
lowing oflicers: President, Frank A.
Ferris; Vice President,
win Brown, J 11., Chairman, Charles, R
Baker; Secretary, Clarance E. Par-
sons; Treasurer, Alex. E. Wrensch.
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. Whist Party. _
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson H. Hoyt enter-
tained a whist party at their home on
Bayview avenue, Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. J. Irving Dibble won the first
prize, Mrs. W. H. Evans the second
and Mrs. Philip N. Smith the third.
Light refreshments were served.
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Rumors Untrue.
Landlord John Hadden wishes the
GAZETTE to deny the reports, to the
effect that he is soon to close up his
Hotel Preston. Through his manager,
Mr. Brennan, the reporter is given to
understand that the hotel is-in a fairly
prosperous condition.
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Trolley Extension. 1 1
The hearing on the Bridgeport Trac-i
tion Co. ’5 application for permission to
extend their line from Southport to
Westport will be resumed in the super-
ior court to-morrow. before Judge El-
mer.
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Gould Seymour treated a party of
youngsters to a holiday feast one day last
week.
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Messenger George Selleck is on the
sick list.
The Bricklayers, Masons and Plaster-
ers Union ~Will meet "in Buckingham
Post, G. 'A. R. hall to-night.
There W111 be . a pig-roast at the
Pioneer headquarters to-morrow night.
~William Weaver is visiting. friends
in Patterson. _
There willbe three busy B’s, at
least, in the new city council, 1. e.
Bates, Burr and Bates.
.Miss Elizabeth Baird left‘ Norwalk
to-day to resume her duties as inst’ruc-
tor in the Preparatory department of
Cornell University at Ithaca, N. Y.
A Hungarian society indulged ina
dance at Germania hall, Saturday
night. '
The sloop Flash, with- a load of live
cod is expected in mm next week.
A noonday prayer meeting was held
at theY. M. C. A. quaiterS'this noon.
They will be continued during the
week.
St. Joseph’s Lycehm will home" so-
cial session to-morrow night. John H..
Light will give an address on “Oratory
and Irish Orators.” A musical pro-
gram has been prepared.
The funeral of the mother of Luther
Whitney was held in North Wilton,
yesterday. _ ,
Thomas Ed-'
The Emmett clubw iimaet 1941110111,
. John F King of Brooklyn is. visiting
._in South Norwalk ' - -~ .,
Douglas Fowler Pest, G. A. R. kept,
were the callers who partook of the
hospitality of the Pest.
Butcher Smith is engaged in cutting
eight inch ice on the Union factory
pond to-day '
A son was born to. M1. and Mrs.
James Farrell on the last day of the
year 1891'
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It is reported that Chauncey Lock-
w ood' 15 Willing to be street CommiSSion-
ers, if the newcity council is agreeable
to anything of the kind. But ' “there
are others.” ' . »
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SIX LIVES LOST.
Clicked by Smoke at an Early Morn-n
lug Fire in Jersey City.
New York Jan. 3.—-Through a series
of blunders six out o a. family of eig'l'i't
perished in an insignificant fire in the
Hudson City district of Jersey City
yesterday morning. The first error.
was when the father, Adoltheich, re-,
fused to believe the fire was dangerous,
it is supposed, and told his wife and
daughters to seek safety in the base-
ment, instead of the street, as they
,were dressed only in their nightclothes.
They meekly obeyed, it is- thought, and
went to almost certain death. The
next and worst blunder was made bY'
Jersey City firemen. They stood out-
side and played a few streams on the
fire which was only remarkable be-
cause of smoke.
A youth, attired in his unde1clothes,
begged them to venture only a little
distance inside the doors. He was cer-
tain his parents and brothers and sis-1
i815 were within reach. ,
“If you want anybody to go in there,’
said a fireman, armed to fight fi1e and
smoke, ‘go in yourself.”
.At that very moment six poisons
weic being stifled to death’ within
three feet of safety. A father and two
sons lay within reach of the hall door-
way; a mother and two daughters could
. almost breathe outer air close ,to the
basement door. But it was a tragedy
of blunders—so they died.
. ' READY TOQBUY COAL MINES.
Repregenfative of English Syndicate
Asks Owners to Fix a Price.
Louisville, Ky” Jan. 3.—Vv "illiam Jou—
ulma.,n legal repiesentative of the Eng-
lish syndicate which has been flying
to buy and consolidate Tennessee and
Kentuck1 coal mines, was in Louis-
ville last 11 eek and notified the mine
ow ners hole that the syndicate has ’the
money ieady for the purchase and sug-
gested that the price be fixed at once
The Louisville stockholders will hold
a c-onfeience next week.
The mines are situated in the south-
e-astein part of the State. They be—
long, 11':- i-he Bird’s—eye Jellico Coal
30031311111113 the main mountain concern;
the 'i‘v'oelridge Coal Mining Company
and the Procter Coal Mining Comp'ahyu'
The first two corporations control the
~‘g'reater portion of the property, but the
lattei two companies have property of
considerable magnitude also.
All the mines are on the Cincinnati
and the Louisville & Nashville rail-
roads, and are easily accessible. ' It is
estimated that the properties are worth
from $3 £00,000 to $5, 000, 000. The small-
er companies, it is said, have already
sets .. x-aiue on their property, but the-
two larger companies have not as yet
seen fit to do so, and it is their repre-
sentatives 1th Will hold the meeting
this 11 eek.
NEW CU'RR‘ENCY'PLAN.
The Monetary Commission Favors
the Gold Standard.
Washington Jan. 3.—-The report of
the Monetary Commission appointed by
the sound—money convention held in
Indianapolis has just been made pub-
lic, and presents what.the members of
the commission consider a. safe and
complete remedy for. the‘present evils
In 13-111 currency and banking system.
It v. ill be presented at the conference
to be held in Indianapolis on Jan. 25.
in arriving at the present plans the
son‘mission had the assistance of sug-
igemions, either complete or on' special
subjects, from experts and laymen all
over the country, who were .asked to
contribute their ideas and suggestions
in writing.
From the mass of material the com-
mission, composed of several of the
thirst and most’ experienced public and
financial men of the country, have
culled what they consider a sterling
plan for the existing‘ faults. Goldis
the keynote of the entire report. 1
[stills Herself at a Fashionable Hotel;
New_Y0rk, Jan. 3.—-In. the fashiona-
ble Windsor Hotel, at Fifth avenue, and
ifith street,.a well-dressed, handsome
‘voung woman last night swallowed the
:ontents of a vial of carbolic acid. She.
was in the agony of death when an
ambulance teok her away to the
Flower Hospital, and five minutes after
her arrival there she gasped out her
life.
At the Hotel Normandle it was said
this morning that the woman who
killed herself in the “Windsor Hotel
robably was Miss B. Potter, cashier
n the _Normandie restaurant. Evi-
dently'she had carefully arranged to
conceal her identity.
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, Singing Lessons for Policemen.
In Stockholm the. policeman’ 3 lot is
.a happy 011e.- He must first pass an
extensive examination, but when' that
is over 'he wears a handsome uniform
and'occupies quarters provided with
fine furniture, hot and Cold baths and
a. piano with free singing lessons. The
Swedish police system- of telephones
and electric<bells is hardly eqpalled
anywhere else\in the World. 2
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" George Wash ngtonjfir as yours, slr!
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The Shaver—Why, your hair Can’I
be made to lle.—New York World
f —Advertise ill THE ”GAZETTE. I '
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“Open house” on Satuiday and many ~
‘ with the Dunning Morgue robbery.
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. A atriotic Head. 6 '
S-11a_er—I never saw such
The Shaved—What do you mean, ~
Alleged Plot to Convict Luetgert
Unearthedrin Chicago.
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lmplicating‘ Police in the Boiling of
, 371361131 to Prhclzre Bones Vt hich.
' “’es 1: Thought tJane Bee'n Used
in the Trial.
‘ Chicago, .Ian. 3.-—Attorney Lawrenc';
Harmon, chief counsel for Adolph L.
Luetgert, has unearthed what he says
Is a plot of the most sensational chai-
acter to convict the big sausage maker
of wife murder. The plot, it is char eyed,
originated with Chicago police officials,
‘ and it is intimated that a high official
is one, ‘of the chief conspirators Mr.
Harmon also connects Henry Ulrich, a.
former watchman at the County-Poor-
house at Dunning, with the plot.
Reports in possession of Luther Laf-
lin Mills, the criminal lawyer and ex-
State’s Attorney of Cook County, show
that in the boiling vat at the poor-
1 house laundry were tried experiments
with human bones and crude potash;
that the fragments of bones taken from
the. vat after the experiments were de-
Iiveled to a man who ivore a police—
man’s star, and that Ulrich, who be- .
came notorious thiough his connection
with the Poor-house morgue robbeiy
two months ago, was the main factor
In the operations.
The exact date of the operations on
the Poor-house laundry is not known,
but it is known by the witnesses to
have been a few days after the airest.
of Luetgert.
Ulrich, when confronted by the facts
ascertained by Mr. Mills, admitted
that they were correct, but defied any
one to feicé him.to betray his friends
who 'weie behind him in the matter.
'He intimated that the influence he had
gained by the “deal” would help him to
escape punishment for 'his connection
He
did, however, implicate Sergt. Stein,
of the Irvington Police‘Station, whom
.1e charged with being the go- -between
'11 the plot to com. 1ct Luetgert.
Three weeks ago Attoxney Harmon
received a lettcl from Adolph Dink-v
ledge, an attendant at the Poorhouse,
who repiesented himself as a former
detective and new spaper man. In the
lettei he said that if a reliable agent
was sent to see him he would tell some-
thing of great importance to the Laet-
gert defense.
Harmon sent Andrew McC-arry, a
trusted detective. Dinklcdge intro-
duced him to Adolph Bolstaff. night
watchman at the Poorhouse la111~.1diy,
and John Knauss, a convalescent pa-
iient in the Infirmary. The revelatiom
1V1e1e substantially as follows. 1
1 Some time in May, several days after
[.uet'gert’ s arrest, Bolstaff was lying on
a couch in one of the small moms in
the laundry buildings. TI: was aroused
.hearing some one mm 111 about in
the laundry. It was Ulrich who was
standing over one of the large vats
use for boiling clothes, and which has
a. 5 am Connection. '
"orized the employees of the infirmary,
he did not make his presence known,
out he told Krauss, and the next night
they watched and saw Ulrich and a
._'.nan who were no coat and had a. po-
Iiceman’s star on his vest enter the
place: They brOUght a. human corpse,
which they placed“ in the vat about 9
o 'clock, and which they boiled fer two
or three hours. When the man with
the star left the place he carried a,
box of bones which he and Ulrich had
description or the policeman who car-
ried ;away the bones. Owing to Luet-
zert’s poverty the investigation of the
’ story has been delayed for some time, '
but Mr.’ Harmon says the policeman‘s
identification is new assured. .
Bolstaff and Krauss were seen, and
botheorroborated'the report made by
Detective McGarry. Bolstaff was posi-
tive that Ulrich and the mysterious po-
licem‘an found a. body in the laundry
vat in which a. barrel of concentrated
ye had been placed. "3
A grave in the Potter’ 5 Field on the
Poor Farm was found to have been
opened and robbed, and the surmise is
that the body was taken to experiment
with.
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MRS LUETGER‘I‘ AGAIN.
BostOn )Mnu’ Says He Will Produce
' Her for $15,000.
Chicago, Jan. 3.——Fifteen thousand
dollars is the modest sum for which
John F. Schofleld, of Boston, offers to
divulge the hiding place of ‘t'he‘missing
Mrs. Luetgert, who, he declares, . is
ailive and in good health. Friends of
Adolph Luetgert have been. notified
that within twenty- -four hours after
the payment of the cash the wife of
the sausage- ~maker ' accused of her
murder 11 ill been a. train speeding for
Chie‘ago.
Schofield intimates that she is work-
ing in a small town ianennsylvania as
a domestic Scant faith is placed in
Schofield’s professions by the attbrneys
for the defense, but they are fully
aware that for six. months Schofield
has displayed remarkable activity and
interest in the progress of the vat
mystery“ Mr.’Schefield is associated
with a. butchers' trade paper, and has
been quoted as asserting that rival
sausage manufacturers have paidi Mrs.
Luetgert to remain in obscurity dur-
ing her husband’s ordeal.
Pullman's Insurance Policies.'
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Chicago? .Ia'n. 3.—The twin sons of the
late George. MePullman Will come into
possessmn of $18,000 each as [the result
ales carried by their father. The two
daughters will also receive in the neigh-
borhood of $18,000 each, and the widow
derives about $25, 000 from the policies.
The sisters and brothers of Mr. Pull-
man also are remembeied.
\Vlll Accept Lower \Vnges. I}
Fall River, Mass, Jan. 3.-——The M'ule
Spinners’ Association voted to accept
the reduction in wages, which will take
‘;—o —.day The announcement of the re-
suit caused much pleasure among the
business men, as they feel that a strike
Would entail much suffering in the
community. , . 1 '
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Being in fear of Ulrich, who had fer--
scraped up from the bottom of the
boiler. ‘ ,
The witnesses have given Mr; Mills a.
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of their interests in life insurance poli‘ '
New Direct Fast Line
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New loik and the Mediterranean
, Regular Pafselgfj.
New York, Naples and Genoa.
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During Entire Year.
OUTWARDS . . PREPAIDS.
To Naples $18 . . p . From Naples $17
“ Genoa 18 . “ . . . f‘ Genoa I7
“ Messina 20 . . ' . I“ Messina 19
“ Palermo 20 ’ . . . . “ Palermo 19
TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THIS OFFICE.
THE wum-z $111115 $101115 11511131111511 ILL.
Given Away
MONDAY EVE. JANUARY3, ’9. 8
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IN FIIIE PARTS, $50, 25, I5, I0,"AND 5.
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Ou1 new lines of School Shoes have arrived, consisting of all the
new toe shapes and made fiom the best guides of wear-resisting
leather with good stout soles. Prices from 750 to $1. 50. The most
complete andb up to date stock of goods at The Lowest Prices in
Town. REMEMBER, we offer you 13110181 values in shoes, and
' more prizes than any othe1 steie. __——-—IL
3 1 White Shoe Store
3 GAZETTE BUILDING.
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The fine office formerly occupied by,
P011011 Headquarters. Suitable for Insu’111-'
anoe, Real Estate, 810. Possession“ Jul1T1
Terms moderate. Ap pyl at
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