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VOL. VIII. NO. 2015

N ORWALK CON N ., TUESDAY EVENING, _DECEMBER 13, 1898.

PRICE ONE GEN T.

 

 

 

 

WILL IT BE WIILLEIIZ

The Ex-Governor May Get
Complimentary Vote For
United States Senator.

SILVER ISSUE IS DEAD.

Gold Men May Decide That the Honor Shall Go
to One of Their Number. ‘

While the press of the state has been
teeming with articles speculative of the
chances of the Republicans who are
candidates for the election to the sen-
ate of the United States from this
state and while the efforts of the Re—
publican politicians of the state have
been directed towards securing votes
for their candidates, absolutely nothing
has been said as to the man who will
receive the complimentary vote of the
Democrats in the general assembly for

senator.
There is a larger number

crats in the legislature now than there

of Demo-

was two years ago when the compli-
ment was paid to the Hon. Joseph B.
Sargent of New Haven. It is a ques-
tion which is disturbing the minds of
the leaders of the party in the state
whether it is advisable to nominate a
pronounced gold man, a pronounced sil-
ver man or one who has not been prom-
inently indentified withIeither wing of
the party during the past three years.
The platform adopted by the Bridge-
port convention was a com promise and
it was evident thatin that convention
the gold men were in full power, which
3 is an indication in the minds of many
I that silver as an issue in this state is
I dead.
There is no doubt that the silver
I men who have been elected members of
the legislature will insist that the nom-
ination go to a Democrat who has been
‘identified with the silver cause, firet,
last and always, and it is sure that the
clarion tones of ’William Kennedy, of
Naugatuck, will be heard in advocacy
‘ of this plan.
I It is doubtful, however, iflthe silver
men will be allowed to have their way,
I as the gold men are in the majority in
‘ the general assembly and may insist
that the nomination go to one of their
Ixovm kind. Of course, the nomination
is nothing but an honor, but it is an
honor that would be eagerly accepted
by any Democrat, as it would indicate
that he was one of the very popular
members of his party. I
I If the gold men decide to honor one
of their number, it is possible that the
Hon. Thomas M. Waller of New Lon—
don will be the man selected.
of his recent controversy with the Hon.
Charles F. Thayer of Norwich, who was
the candidate on the Democratic ticket
for Congressman from the third con-

In view

.gressional district, in which he took an
uncompromising stand in favor of gold,
he is perhaps the most prominent of
those comprising the gold wing of the
party in the state. There is no doubt
that his nomination would give gen-
eral satisfaction to the gold men, but
it could hardly be received by the sil-
verites with equanimity. Another pos-
sibility for the honor is the Hon. Car-
193 French.-—New Haven News.

V :

 

Favors Reform.

Err-Representative Stephen W. Kel~
logg of Waterbut y, one of the most

prominent Republicans 1n the state, has
written in opposition to the policy, and
record of his party, a letter strongly
havering the reform of the state con
Istitution and criticising recent Repub-
lican legislatures for resisting it. He
favors a plurality law in electing gov-
ernor s, depr i‘ving no Con necticut towns
pf their present representation in the
Tourer house, but giving towns with
more than 10, 000 population one addi-
tional representative f01 each added
10,000 population, representatives in
gneh towns to be chosen by districts.
He admits inequalities of rep1esenta-
film), in the state senate, but says that
reform is impracticable, owing to the
opposition of the counties to 1educed
representation. Hc u1ges strongly that
the next legislatuie take up the sug-
gested reforms.

 

.DOOD.

DESEHTEI] HIS WIFE.

Mrs. Delia Baner Claims That
Her Husband Deserted Her
in the Snow atWinnipauk.

.____.

WALKEDTO SO. NORWALK.

Will Probably be Sent to Her Home in Brooklyn
by the Selectmen.

At a late h'our last night a fairly well
dressed woman applied to the South
Norwalk police for lodging, she claim-
ing that she had been deset ted by her
husband.

She was given shelter at the station-
house and this morning told her tale of
woe, in substance as follows : ’

Her name was Delia Bauer, and she
said that she was married in New York
in 1889 to a‘ German named John Bauer
and that about three months ago he
deserted her, and went she knew not
where.

She said that he came to New York
yesterday, and telling her that he had
a good situation in Wilton, persuaded
her to accompany him back.

On reaching South N orwalk she says
they boarded an electric car and rode
to the end of the route and then start-
ed to walk to Wilton.

They had proceeded but a short dis-
tance, she avers, before Her husband
was suddenly and “ as much missing as
if the earth had opened and swallowed
him up.”

Unacquainted, as she claims, with
this section, she managed by wading
through snowdrifts up to her knees,
to get back to the railroad statlon,
where she was found by the police.

She could assign" no reason for her
She said that she
was penniless, and wished to get back
to New York.

She was directed to the selectmen’s

sudden desertion.

office and started off for the same.

The truth of her story cannot at
present be verified, but it was not al-
together doubted by the police.

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RAILROAD HEARINGS.

City of Danbury Wants Trolley Cars Vestibuled
in the Winter.

 

A meeting of the railroad commis-
sioners was held at the Capitol yester-
day and various matters were consid-
ered. The board assigned a hearing at
the City Hall, Danbury, for Tuesday,
December 20, at 10:45 a. mi, on the
petition of the common council of the
city of Danbury that the commissioners
order the Danbury & Bethel Street
Railway company to vestibule the
platforms of its cars during the winter
months. /

The commissioners also assigned a
hearing at the court house in Bridge-
port on Monday, December 19, at 10 a
m., on the petition of the common coun-
cil of the city of Bridgeport that the
commissioners cause the gates at the
Seaview avenue crossing on the .line of
the “Consolidated”road, to be operated
twenty-four hours in every day in the
year.

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Injuries Proved Fatal.

WILIIInMAN'rIC, Conn. ., Dec. 13.——A

W. Clark, the rail1oad engineer who

. was injured by being struck by a loco-

motive at Canterbury, Saturday, died
at the hospital he re yester day after
Clark was engineer of a. freight
train and was making a run from Willi-
mantic to Providence. He had taken
a siding at»? Canterbury toallow a pas-
senger train to pass and while waiting
did a little work under the locomotive.
When he emerged from under his en-
gine he stepped directly in front of the
passenger train. He was about 50 years
of age and made his home in Provi-
dence. He leaves a wife and two grown
children.

Vv' ‘7

Consolidated at 198 3-4.
Consolidated railroad stock sold in
Boston yesterday for 198%. A bid for
the debentures at 172 was made in Bos-
ton and in New York a block of 5,000
sold at that price.
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The Weather.

Cold wave; cold weather will con-
tinue till Thursday.

 

 

 

 

II LIVELY MEETING.

The Norwalk Board ofUndere
writers Discuss a Stamn
Clerk.

RATES HAVE BEEN cur.

Messrs. Golden and Mead Have a Heated Argu-

ment Over Insurance Matters.

A meeting of the Norwalk Fire Un-
derwriters was held in the office of
Cowles &. Merrill, yesterday afternoon,
which was prolonged until after six
o’clock by a lively discussion over the
question of having a stamp clerk.

A number of the
anxious to have a stamp clerk whose
duty it shall be to examine all policies
for fire insurance before they are sent
to the company, to ascertain whether
the agent has cut the rate in force in
Norwalk. If found correct they will
be stamped O. K. and forwarded to the
home office.

IPresident- Homer Merrill occupied
the chair, and Secretary J acop M. Lay—
ton read the minutes of the last meet-
ing, which was held. during the past

members are

summer.

The question of a stamp clerk was at
once entered into, when it was discov-
ere-l that the matter had not been incor-
porated in the call for the meeting and
therefore could not be acted upon.
This, however, did not prevent a. live
ly tilt between R. H. Golden and M.
E. Mead.

Mr. Golden called
postal card sent out by Mr. Mead, upon
which it was stated that certain agents
were trying to foist a stamp clerk upon
the Board. He took exception to the
word “inlet,” and said that he thought
He also said he

attention to a

it reflected upon him.
had not received one of the cards.

Mr. Golden’s remarks
heated, and he and Mr. Mead indulged
in quite a heated argument over insur-
Golden said that
certain agents were cutting rates and
he had been obliged to follow suit to
He closed by tell-
ing the Board that they would have a

ance matters. Mr.

retain his business.

stamp-clerk whether they wanted one
or not.

Several others took part in the dis-
cussion, but it was finally, left for the
January meeting, the secretary to noti-
fy each member three days before the

date of said meeting.
The chair appointed 0. E. Wilson to

serve on the rating board for another
year,after which the meeting adjourned
subject to the call of Secretary Layton.

A BIG MORTGAGE.

Telephone Company Issue $1,000,000 Worth
of Five Per Cent. Bonds.

 

BRIDGEPORT, Dec. 13.—Perha.ps the
biggest mortgage ever recorded in the
town clerk’s office was filed yesterday.
The parties concerned are the Southern
New England Telephone 00., and the
New Haven Trust Co. The amount in-
volved is $1,000,000, and the mortgage
is placed on property in Hartford, New
Haven, Waterbury and Bridgeport.
The amount of war revenue stamps
placed on the document is’just $499.50,
and this is the largest sum in these
stamps put on any document since the
war tax was levied.

The cause 'fo1 the mortgage is seen
when the paper is read. it states that
as the telephone company has found it
necessary to issue bonds the amount of
such bonds has heed fixed at $1,000,000,
and a mortgage in trust has been
placed with the New Haven Trust Co.,
to guarantee that the bonds will be
paid when matured. They hear five
per cent. interest and are payable in
the year 1948.

m—‘W
Cornerstone to be Laid.

The cornerstone of the new South-
port Methodist church will be laid Mon-
day afternoon, December 19, at 2
o'clock. Rev. Dr. Worth, of New
York, will conduct thesarvicc, assisted
by the p.1stor, Ltev. F. P. Tower.

”<on

The Putn .hin Hose company banquet

takes place this evening.

 

were quite ,

 

11111 1111111111.

A Kerosene Oil Lamp Ex-
plodes in a Room at
the Norwalk Hotel.

THE DAMAGE NOTIHEAVY.

One of the Guests lumps from a Second Story
Window and Sprains His Ankle.

 

With the exception of three rooms,
all of the apartments in the Norwalk
Hotel are lighted with electric lamps,
among the exceptions being room num-
ber ten occupied by Henry Reeves, a
former watchman at the R. &- G. corset
factory.

At about 11:30 c’clockla'st night, C.
Leonard, one of the guests at the hotel,
when going to his room, was greeted
by a volume of smoke and he gave an
alarm of fire.

Landlord Hamilton had retired, but
was not asleep. At the first alarm he
jumped out of bed and hustled on his
trousers and rushed out of the room.

In the meantime the clerk of the
hotel who was sweeping the sidewalk
of its coating of snow was advised of
the situation and ran to the corner
meeting Captain Dann on the way who
sent in an alarm from box 15.

It was found that the fire was in room
number ten and had been caused by
the explosion of a lamp.

“Paddy” Cahill, employed at the
hotel, IOSt no'time in getting into the
room, and securing a pail went into
the bath-room and drawing water from
the fangéII‘Ieft, with the assistance of land-
lord Haéiilton succeeded in quenching
the fire,I"but_. not before it had done con-
siderable damage to the building and
the furnishings in the room to say 110th-
ing of the damage to the belongings of
the occupant.

Mr. Reeves who occupies the room
had left a lamp burning during a tem-
porary absence, and it exploded. He
reports the loss of two suits of clothes,
an overcoat, several pictures, table 01'-
naments, etc., upon which there was no
insurance.

The loss on Mr.

was covered by insurance.

Hamilton ’5 property

The alarm aroused every one in the
house, and in the excitement one of the
guests named M.Ansbury, jumped from
a second story window and suffered a
sprained ankle.

The fi‘re
promptly but fortunater their seryices

department responded
were 11‘. t needed.

TheII‘I landlord wishes to extend his
thanks to all who did good work in
stopping what might have proved to be
a. disastrous blaze. I

 

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The Gazette Wonders.
If yesterday’s snow spoiled the skat-
ing.
. Why Motorman Matheis insists on
wearing his ulster these cold mornings.

If the GAZETTE did not get a scoop
on the'electric light deal.

When that Porto Rico railroad will
be built.

If the County ‘Commissioners will
give some of the Norwalk liquor deal-
ers a little more time, the same as they
did 1n Danbury

Why the man having a long stretch
of sidewalk always swears when it be-

gins to snow.
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Get Your Shares Early.

Persons desiring shares 1n the beauti-
ful doll- house which adorns Glenden-
ing’s corner window, should call early
and select their number. For the small
sum of twenty~five cents one has the
chance of drawing thls pretty house as
a Christmas gift for some little girl,
thereby not only delighting her heart,
but at the same time benefitting the
Norwalk Library, in which we all'feel
an interest. It is desirable that all the
shares may be. sold as early as possible.
~~~~-<o-o>~~ - >-

Guilford Case Goes Over. ~=

State’s Attorney Fessenden was not
ready to present his argument
against the motion to quash the Nancy
Gflilford indictment in the superior
court yesterday and the matter went
over for a week.

 

 

IAN EXPENSIVE

,, occupied by E. H. Sammis,

IIIIE IN NEW IJIINIIIIN.

Another Conflagra‘fibn In that
Town is Laid at the Door
of Firebngs.?

FIRE.

Blaze at Midnight Destroyed About $3,000
Worth of Property on East Avenue.

 

Another conflagration supposed to be
of incendiary origin occurred shortly
after midnight Monday morning, in
New Canaan. The property destroyed
is on East avenue-a barn owned by
James Rowland, with carriage-house,
building.
The total loss will, it is thought, exceed
$3,000, partly covered by insurance.
The owner recently removed to Brook-
lyn, and the premises have since been
the livery-

large shed and a smaller

man, who had stored in the carriage-
house three coaches, five wagons and a
carryall. ' He had in the barn two tool-
chests filled with tools, about $400 worth
of new hardware (brought from Ridge-
field, where he was in business), con-
sisting of locks, bolts, hinges, etc.; a
mowing machine and a horse-rake.
Practically all this stock was lost. It
was valued at $1,500 and the insurance
was $1,000. .

Frank Selleck the grocer, had horses
and wagons stored in the barn. The
horses were taken out, but the vehicles
were destroyed. He also lost a set of
bobs for a sleigh, also aquantity of hay‘
and grain. Two horses belonging to
Samuel Crisscy were taken out of the
burning barn, but -'~his wsgon was de-
stroyed. The carriage-house was about
25x50 feet. A large barn, office and
other buildings were saved through the
efforts of the firemen, who also pre-
vented the spread of the flames to
neighboring houses which were in im-
minent? danger. Everybody believes
that the fire was the work of an in-
cendiary, and that it was started in a
pile of straw in the shed. Footprints,
seemingly made by a person running,
led from the burned premises across
snow-covered fields to a piece of woods,
and it is thought these were the tracks
of the firebug. The first man who saw
the blaze was John Fairchild, who was
returning to his .home in Norwalk after
visiting friends in New Canaan Ibor-
ough. He promptly gave the alarm.

The hearing in the case of George
Walsh, one of the young men charged
with setting fire to the barn on what
is called the A. W. Noble place, owned
by the New Canaan bank, was resumed
Monday before Justice Nichols. The ac-
cused was held in $500 bail for trial in
Robert Jones be-
came surety on the bond.

the Superior Court.

DAVID A. WELLS’I wmow.

Relict of the Late Economist Expires Suddenly
From Apoplexy.

NORWICH, Dec. 13. —Mrs. Ellen Aug-
usta. Wells, widow of the late David
Ames Wells, the noted economist. died
very suddenly at the family residence
in Washington street at 8:40 yesterday
morning from apoplexy. Mrs. Wells
has been in feeble health for some tlme,
but her death at this time was entirely
unexpected]. She died about five min-
utes after being stricken. Mrs. Wells
was about 70 years .old, and it is sup-
posed that thedcath of her husband,
which occurred on Nov. 5 last, has-
tened her death.

Her stepson, Dwight Wells, and his
wife, are in London, having left here
a short time after the death of Mr.
Wells. Mrs. Wells’ maiden name was
Ellen Augusta Dwight. She was a
native of Springfield, Mass, and a sis-‘
ter of Mr. Wells’ first wife. She was
married to Mr. Wells in New York,
June 10, 1879. Mrs. Wells was the last
of the well known Dwight family of
Springfield.

 

«0..»—

James Morris rendered valuable as-
sistance at the fire in the Norwalk ho-
tel, last night. I

Attorney J. Belden. Hurlbutt is in

 

New York toI-day.

ATE A ROOSTER.

Danbury Epicure Ordered Partridge and Inno-
cently Ate a Rooster.

There is a Danbury professional man
who prides himself above everything
else on being a judge of good food, and
when he orders a dinner, he considers
that everything has been ordered with
the taste of an epicure. It is said that
pride comes before a fall, ‘however, and
the Danbury man’s pride has taken a
tumble of the most pronounced sort,
since Saturday.

The professional man had been work-
ing hard all the mornlng on Saturday,
and when it came noon he decided to
treat himself to a swell dinner. He
went to one of the leading hotels and
after scanning the menu ordered a.
whole broiled partridge. He was told
to return in half an hour and he went
out.

Durlng his absence the proprietor,
knowing the failing of this particular
man, sent out to a neighboring market
and purchased a rooster, which was
broiled and placed before the profes-
sional man when he returned. The
bird was eaten with a relish, and the

. professional man would never have dis- I

cove1 ed that he had not eaten a prime
partridge unless he we1e told to- -day.
—News.

DIED DIF FTllGHT.

Runaway Boy Was Made Delirious by the Visit
of a Deputy Sheriff.

 

STAMFORD, Dec. 13.---Charles S‘taub,
a fifteen year old youth and a fugitive
from the Westchester County Home for
boys located at White Plalns, N. Y.,
died Saturday night at the home of
Fred Herr-man, on Ponus street, a few
miles north of this city, after a short
1lln’ess.

Last Saturday night Deputy Sheriff
Fitzroy of Greenwich appeared at the
house for the purpose of having the
boy returned to the home.

Thinking that the boy might be made
more 111 if he was removed Fitzroy told

to the house and could stay where he
was and then left for home himself.

Mr. Hcrrman came down town Mon-
day and gave the information that
the boy had died during the night,
having been delirious as a result of
Sheriff Fitzroy’s visit.

SAILED Eon EHAVANA.

Lieutenant Leonard D. Wildman of Danbury
Ordered to Cuba.

 

Lieutenant Leonard D. VVildman, of
this city, wrote home on Saturday that
he would undoubtedly sail for Havana
Monday on the Mobile. He has been
transferred from the Fourth to the
Seventh army corps which is under the
command of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.

Lieutenant Wild man will serve in
the same capacity in the Seventh corps
as he did in the Fourth, being in the
signal corps. He has been for some
time at Savannah superintending the
loading of the apparatus on the Mobile.
——Danbury News.

AMUSEMENTS.

Burrill Comedy Company.

The Burrill Comedy company opened
a week’s engagement at Hoyt’s Theatre
last night. The company which is a
good one presented Infatuation. The
dancing of Burdi Bartram and Nellie
De Veau between the acts was loudly
applauded. The house was packed and
the audience was not slow in showing
its appreciation of the many strong
points in the play. To-night
Old Glory will be presented and there
will beat matinee performance to-mor-
row afternoon.

 

7‘

Brown— Ferris.

Mi. and Mrs. FrankA. --Fe1ris have
issued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter Jeanette to Thomas Ed-
win Brown, Jr., on Wednesday after-

wedding will be a small one, none but
relatives and very intimate friends
having been invited.

Mrs. P. H. Dorsey and son Harry, of
Providence, have returned home after
a visit to Miss Norah Ryan, of Selleck
street.

The annual meeting of the stock-
holders of the Fairfield County Agri-
cultural society will be held at Norwalk
Park, Wednesday. Dec. 31.

William Walgrain and family, of
South First street, have moved to New
York for the winter.

 

 

 

him that he would not be taken back I

noon, December 281b, at 5 o’clock. The‘