=battcry as a battery.
I 'ING GAZETTE!
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EVENING GAZETI‘E‘
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a Trial
NORWALK, CONN., SATURDAY EVENING, MAYG, 1899.
PRICE TWO CENTS
HIS wnjgnunnn
Counsel Claims Russell L.
Hall Held Only a Life
Interest.
FAMOUS. GRABLE CASE.
The New Canaan Banker Was a Victim of
the Promoter.
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In the civil superior court yesterday
Judge Ralph Wheeler listened to the
arguments in the case of J. Wesley
Supplee, of Philadelphia, vs. Russell
L. Hall and others, of New Canaan.
Attorney Tracy appeared for the
plaintiff, and asked that the answer of
the defendant be expunged and other-
wise corrected.
defendant, argued that the answer was
complete as far as it was possible to be,
under the circumstances.
The action recalls the peculiar opera- .
tions of the regretfully remembered
C. Grable, the famous promo-
in these parts will
Francis
1tor, whose pursuit
lbelong remembered. 31155911 Hall was
an New Canaan banker and was one of
the Grable' s victims. He gave his notes
I0 Grable, secured by property which
befonged to his wife, and in which it
is élaimed he held simply a life interest.
The notes falling of redemption at
maturity, foreclosure proceedings were M
instituted.
The defense alleges that. fue‘ wife of
the plaintiff, during her life, earned
an annunity of $500 which was turned
over to her husband in trust, and he
invested in real estate, mingling it
with his own. The amount earned by
his wife with the accrued enhancement,
due to the investment, reached $20,000.
In all of this property the defense
maintains the plaintiff had only a life.
interest, and had no right to dispose of
fit to'thh principal, as it appears he has
in fact done. The
.papcrs'ior examination.
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Trouting for Four Towns.
Sportsmen in Stamford, Darien,
G1eenwich and New Canaan can now
go fishing for t1out 111.hout violating
the law. Two \ears ago a bill was
{passed through the efforts of Dr. tow-
ell, then a Representative of Stamfo1d,
prohibiting t1 out fishing in the st1eams
in these towns fo1 five 1ears. Since
then No1 walk spo1tsmen have had the
pleasure of fishing in the brooks lun-
ning thl ough this town into the ad-
joining towns. In Nor walk it was legal
1to do that which was forbidden in
Stamford. The law has been repealed.
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Oppose Seth Sanford.
There is opposition to the confirma-
2tion of Seth Sanford, of Bedding, for
shell fish commissioner on the part of
friends of George -W. Hallock, of New
Ha11en,w1ho was not reappointed by the
.governor. Benjamin Slade, of New
Haven and Horace‘.Doolittle, of Bran-
1f0rd appeared before the committee on
executive nominations and protested
. against the nomination on the ground,
.principally, that. the appointment was
not distributed accordingto geograph- _
ical1divisions.
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AGood Game Promised.
There promises to be an excitmg
game of ball between the Norwalk
" .V‘University School team and the Betts
Abademy team on Monday. The Now»
walk team if in good condit1on will
fight hard for supiemacy. .The Bette
team won the game with the Trinity
=school of New York last Saturday and
the latter nine has held the champion
ship among schools with which they
have played during the season. Some
pretty good playing may be expected.
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Ordered to Parade.
Brigadier General Russell Frost has-
been directed by the Adjutant General
'to order his command, with exception
-of Battery A, to parade during the
present month, as fcllows: First, Sec-
cond, Third and Fourth regiments to
parade by regiment, and machine gun
Anniversary of Bridge Accident.
To-day, May 6, is the forty-sixth an-
niversary-of the first great railroad ac-
cident, [when a train'of cars were pre-
cipitated through the drawbridge at-
”South Norwalk and fifty were killed.
WELEIIMlIQPlISIflII
The First Methodist Society
Hold Reception‘in ,
the Church. .
FULLY 300 PRESENT;
A Fine -Supper Served andthe Spirit of
Goodfellowship Reigned.
The First Methodist church society
tendered a reception to its pastor Rev.
James Montgomery in the church last
night.
There was an enthusiastic audience
of about three hundred people. Mrs.
James Golden on the organ, Master
Frank Sturtevant on the violin, and
Judge Carroll, for the . Miss Korn on the piano helped to pass
the time pleasantly and B. M. Andrews
gave a readirg. Thomas 1. Raymond
delivered the address of welcome.
Rev. James Montgomery replied in
an eloquent address in behalf of him-
'sclf and family, after which a social
time was enjoyed the pastor O1oing the
lrounds shaking hands with his new
£68k.- _ .. - ' .-
Asupper of all that was palatable
was then served.
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EAST NORWALCK.
The Epworth League meeting at the
ethodist church Monday evening will
be led by Sam. Holmes.
Miss N ellie L’Hommedieu will begin
her year’s sserv‘ice as organist Sunday
morning.
The teachers of the Methodist church
met in the church parlors last night.
Jame-)1 .L’Hommedieu’s class of six
young ladies held an outing yesterday._
afternoon at the home of their teacher
in Seaside place. Games were played
court took the.
and refreshments served. At ten
o’clock the teacher took them home.
M1s. Frank Day is having a curb
and sidewalk laid in front of he1 home
on Betts place '
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“Dead Bloke.”
That’s the condition of lots
of people because they have
been 1" laid off.”
Nine times out of ten there
is no excuse for it.
Nine times out- of' ten they
would find theirservices in
great demand if they would
make their qualifications
and desires known through
the GAZETTE want columns.
If the coat fits you send in
your copy.
user HHHNHHH
AMUSEMENTS
The Head of the Family.
The outlook for the success of William
H. Crane’s representation of "The
Head of the Family” at Hoyt’s Theatre
011 Friday could hardly be brighter.
Of course there is always a desire to
see an actor of Mr. Crane’s reputation
and standing in the profession, and the
desire at present being expressed is
undoubtedly intensified by the many
pleasant things which have been said
about “The Head of the Family.” Ac-
cording to report this play is me of the
most satisfying the stage has had this
season. It' 15 described as aclear,b1ight
and jov1a1. comedy of domestic life that
has one serious strain running through
its mirth. The production will be a
handsome one, it is promised and the
sale'of seats,-which= begins this morn-
ing, will be large enough to again at-
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Trolley" Roads Delayed.
The Norwalk trolley lines are unable
to secure steel rails, switches,etc. neces-1
sary for their proposed improvements
ders to be filled when possible. This
delay will probably prevent the Street
Railway cars from going toRoton this
summer. and the Tramway company
.naan.
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J The Weather.
Fair tonight and Sunday. .
as the steel companies are taking— o1-'
1frorn extending their-line to New Ca- I
DAUGHTERS OF THE KING.
Annual Conference of the Connecticut Diocese.
In Willimantic.
The seventh annual conference of the
Daughters of theKing 'of the diocese
of Connecticut, was held at St. Paul’s
church in Willimantic yesterday with
75 delegates attending. Bishop Chaun-
cey B. Brewster was present and at 10
a. m. celebrated the holy communion.
He was assisted by the Rev. Dr. Samuel
Hart, of Trinity college, Hartford, and
the Rev. Henry Macbeth of St. Paul’s
church, Willimantic. A memorial ad-
dress on the late Bishop \Villiams was
delivered by Dr. Hart. At the busi4
ness meeting of the Daughters of the
King, the following officers were elect-
ed: President, Mrs. T. L. James of
Seymour, first vice- president, Mrs. F.
president, Mrs. Carrie Beaumont of
New Haven; secr‘etaly and treasurer,
Miss A. E. Burt of Hartford The sum
of $50 was voted to the Bishop Wils
liams memorial fund.
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Officers Elected. ,
The Farther Lights Society of the
Sodth Norwalk Baptist church held its
annual business meeting and election
of officers in the church last night.
The following officers were elected:
Pl‘esideDU—Miss Viola ll: Decker.
Vice-Presideut— Clifton Cooley.-
Treasurer—Miss Lottie Morrell.
Secretary Miss Edith Ostrander.
Man’s Treasii’rer—‘Walter T. Aiken.
There was a good attendance at the
meeting.
1' Telephone Operator Ruffled
It is told that on the night of the fire:
men’s inspection Mike Powers ran shy
of Ruppert’s celebrated amber nectar,
and fearing that he would not have a
sufficient quantity on hand to supply
the demand until closing-up time, he
went to the telephone to call up Frank
Donohue and order an extra supply.
The night operator was on duty when
Mike gave the bell several violent,
twists, and quickly responded with
“Hello! What number. J Who do you
want ‘.J ’ .
“Donohue,” exclaimed Mike, in his
1ichest btogue.
‘ ',VVell I m blessed," said the man of
the phone, “If you don‘ t know who
how in the devil do you suppose I do?”
and bang went the switch as he con-
nected two other subscribers.
Mike didn’t get his beer, nor does he
1et understand why it 11 as that he was
so suddenly cut off from the phone.
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The Real Widow Brown.
A good sizod audience attended the
production of “The Real Widow
Brown,” at Hoyt’s Theatre last even-
ing. The piece was an amusing c'ome-
dy presented by an excellent company
and kept the audience in a roar of
laughter the entire evening. The
specialties were excellent, especially
those by W. C. Barrington and Eddie
Clark and the sweet singing of Miss
Luna Cooper, which was a treat seldom
met with.
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Camera Club.
Brown’s College in Washington street-
Theplub has been studying the new
photographic paper, the vebox and W.
F. Thode, an eXpert from Boston, gave
a demonstration on that paper.. He
printed and finished. Abom 50 people
were present.
M’OOD— I
Lindsley-~Benedicf.
Miss Susan Benedict, one I of Nor-
walk’s popular school teachers, who re-
sided at 3 Elmorest Terrace, was mar-
keepsie. Monday, in New York. The
couple are now in the south, and their
future residence will be Poughkeepsie,
N. Y
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New Court Officers.
. Judge Russell Frost announced the
new Town Court officers, for the ensu-
ing year, this morning. They are:
Attorneys Joseph R. Taylor and E. M.
Lockwood, prosecutors; W. F. Tam-
many, clerk. Their terms begin. toA
day.
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, Property Transferred.
Deeds were filed this morning from
the N orwalk Gaslight company and the"
Norwalk and South Norwalk Electric
cities to the Connecticut Lighting and
‘Power company.
. Case Settled.
Theoase of Frank McCormac: vs.
WilliamMartin'was-this morning set-
tled by the payment of the judgment
obtained‘aguinst-Mr.Martin.-
A. Peck of New Haven: second VlCB-.
Friday evening the Camera club held 1.
a very interesting entertainment at'
ricd to Edwa1d H. Lindsley, of Pough-.
,decision until Thursday,Herm
Light company transferiing all prop-‘
- :ment helped for 20 years.
FEAREDAN OPERATION.
Rather Than Submit to It a Bridgeport Man
' Committed Suicide. ‘
The body of Frank Spencer, 36 year
old, who disappeared from Bridgeport
April 1, was found yesterday near the
Naugatuck dock by Captain Peter
Boeru‘m of the Canal .boat Willis 3..
The_body had evidently been in the
water about a month as the head was
badly decomposed. Spencer went to
Bridgeport about a year ago from Win-
sted and was despondent over an im-
pending operation for internal t1 ouble
suicide.
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Is it Malaria or Alum?
[Popular Science Monthly]
Languor, loss of appetite, indigestion
and often feverishness are thecornmon
symptoms of a physiological condition
"malaria.” All these symptoms may
be ad frequently are the effects of the
us‘e" of alum baking powder' 1n food mak-
ina, Theie IS no question about the
poisonous effects of alum upon the
system. It obstructs digestion, p1 os-
trates the nerves, coagulates and de-
vitalizes the blood. All this has been
made clear,thanks to physicians, boards
of health, and. food commissioners. So
“highly injurious to the health of the
community” does the eminent head of
the UniVersity of Pennsylvania, Dr.
Barker,c consider the baking powder,
that he says “their sale should be
prohibited by law.”
Under these circumstances it is worth
the while of every housewife to employ
the Very little care that is necessary
~erous an element from
to keep so Gain».
the food of lier’ family;
A pure creani of tarta’.“ baking pow
der, which' 15 the only kind the. ‘f‘ should
be used, ought tio'fmst about forty-f"?e
to fifty cents a} pound. Therefore, if
you are paying much less, something is
wrong; if you are paying twenty-five
cents or less per pound, the powder is
certainly made from alum. .
Always bear these simple facts in
milid when puchasing baking pow der.
THE WHEEL CONTEST.
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The ballot at noon to-day was as fol-
lows
Irving H. Reed, Pioneer 3241
J. J. Goodwin, Old “fall 3029
J. H. Magner, Hope Hose 896
Smith Northrop, Phoenix 227
Elbert W. Clark, Putnam Hose 158
D.Hart TVeeks, Phoenix
Charles M. Smith, Pioneer,
Leo Davis, Old Well
Samuel McGowan, Putnam Hose
Geo. S. Grumman, Phoenix
F. TV. Darmer, Old Well
H. D. Cornell, Fire Police
L. M. Smith, Mayflower ,
D. W. Harford, Old TVell
Chief F. M. Wheeler, E.N.F.D.
Patrick F. Slattery, Hope Hose,
E. V. Baker, Old Well
Joseph Matheis’ Pioneer
Harry Mitchell, Pioneer
Fred Weiseit
Howard L.Lowndes,.Old Well
Geo. F. Foote, Old 'Well
John Yost, Putnam Hose
.. Death of Edward Hyatt.
Edward A.-Hy'att died at his home
on the Sau’gatuCk road this morning,
after an illness of about three weeks.
His wife and two children survive him.
He was 56 years‘o‘fage.’ -
CANNON.
Cannon Grange 11111 meet in the
school house until the new public hall
is h u ish'ed.
Charles Godfrey raised his hotrse this
week, and it is being rapidly pushed
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Itowa1 d completion.
Mrs. Bethel and two’ daughters have
1eturned from their
New York city to their
here.
The stock of the Cannon Impl'oi'rei
ment Co. isall subscribed for. '
DARIEN
At the trial of John Chas: before
Justice Schiltneck yesterday on the'
charge of bastardy preferred by Bert-
zah Zemetski, the jlfstice reserved his
an Quitt-
the accused’s
5111mm-
nel'fgiving bonds for
appearance.
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Red Hot From the Gun
Was the ball thn. hit G. B. Steadman
of Newark, Mir”; ,. 1n the Civil War. It
caused horrzrx Ulcers that notreat-
. , 'l‘hen Buck-
len’ s A1n1ca Salve cuxed him. Cures
Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Fel. ms.
Corns, Skin Eruptions.
on earth. 25 cm. a box. Cure guaran-
teed; Sold by John A. Riggs, Dr uggist
511 Main street.
Death was due to drowning probably.
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Bridgeport’s Republican Tax
Collector Wins First Round
in Contest.
GOES TO HIGHER COURT
Patrick Coughlin Will Try the Supreme Court
of Errors.
BRIDGEPORT, May 6.——Judge Ralph
Wheeler’s decision in the Coughlin-
McElroy contested election case was
rendered yesterday. It gives Mr. Mc-
Elroy a plurality of 22 votes. Attorney
Davenport, for Mr. Coughlin, has ap-
pealed the case to the supreme court of
He will make an effort to have
Election cases
errors.
it heard early in June.
are given the preference and a speedy
adjudication is looked for.
In rendeiing his decision 1,1113 judge
announced that he had rejected 38 bal-
lots which bore a Patrick Coughlin
paster over the origi 1al paster on the
ballot. 1 Those ballots which bore the
paster of Joseph P. Coughlin over the
republican candidate for tax collector
Were also rejected. The ballots which
contained pastors upside down were
counted. The decision gives McElroy
a total of 5,053 and Coughlin 5,03]. . The
original count was McElroy 5,083 and
Coughlin 510651 T1113. 1991.11 1.1 1935 of
30 votes for Mr. McEl‘roy from the
Oligin‘al count-and 34 less for Mr.
winter heme in .
home '
Best Pile cu1 ed
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SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES.
Finer CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.—
Thomas K..Noble, pastor. Services at
10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Rev. Thomas
C. Jackson of Maynard, Mass, will
preach morning and evening. Sunday
school at 1‘2 m. Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:30
p.m.
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To-Night and To- morrow Night,
And each day and night during this
Week, you can get at any druggist’s .,
Kemp’s Balsam fo1 the Throat and
Lungs acknowledged to be the most
successful remedy ever sold for Coughs,
C1oup, Bronchitis, Asthma and Con-
sumption. Get a bottle to- -day and
keep it always in the house, so you can
check your cold at once. Price 250
and 500. Sample bottle fiee.
of West
Southern
is slowly
Miss Florence Jennings
street,‘ an operator of the
New England Telephone Co.,
recovering from her illness.
The gate between the stations at
Darien caught fire about 4 o’clock this
morning and burned up, the plank
floor also being destroyed.
Tallmage VanDoren, the young son
of the new Baptist minister, has pur-
chased a sail boat, and will join the
fleet of the Young America Yacht club.
A large picture of the lodge to be
built at the entrance of Riverside ceme-
tery is on exhibition in the window of
David W. Raymond’s office on Wash-
ington street.
The warden and burgesses of West
Haven have notified the police officers
of the borough that they must arrest
all bicyclists who ride their wheels on
the sidewalk.
John Soratt was arrested last night
for intoxication by Ofiicer Walter Hall.
He furnished. a cash bond of $8 and as
he did not'appear this morning Judge
FrOst declared the bond forfeited.
Vice President John M. 151-111 of the
1New York, New Haven and Hartford
irailroad announces that trains will be-
gin r'unning regularly on the Norwich
Iand Wo'r'ceste1 extensmn‘ do” Thursday,
iJub'é 1.
Daiiie‘l HanIOn was a1 rested by Chief
Bradle’y yesterday afternoon for intoxi-
cation: This‘morning Judge Gregory
sentenced'him to 30 days in jail and
suspended EEntence upon the promise
'of the prisdher‘ to leave tOWn and not
return.
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What Do the’Chil'dren Drink?
Don’ I. give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food diink called
Grain- -O. 'J 11. is delicious and non: ish-
iug and take he place of coffee. The
more G1 ain-O youg trive thechildren the
more health you distribute thro ugh'
their systems. Grain-U is made of pur e
grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee
.but costs about :I: as much: All grocer s
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Committee Will Visit Nor-_
walk on..Friday
Next. '
NORWICH 0N . THURSDAY
To Inspect the Proposed Sites ~for the New
Building.
The committee on humane institu-
tions have set Friday, May 12, as the
day upon ,which they will visit Nor-
walk andinspect the site upon which
it is proposed to build the, new insane
hospital. '
Prior to coming to Norwalk the com:
mittee will visit Norwich on Thursday
next and look over the Fort Point site,
which has been recommended by that
town.
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Discharges For Raleigh’s Crew. ‘
WASHINGTON, May 6.-——The cruiser
Raleigh, after leaving Southport where
she now is, will proceed northwaf‘,
probably touching at New York again,
on her way to Portsmouth N. H. where
she will be put out of commission pre-
liminary to extensive repairs and alter-
ations. Orders have been given Captain
Coghlan to commence the discharge. of
the men entitled which includes abo
half of the crew 91111111 Baggy. ‘
captain is auEiiOrléed to provide rail-.
way transportation to New York and
Portsmouth for such of the men as re-
quest it. The remainder of the Relegfivgzj
crew, whose te. ms of: Some haVe not
9391.5”; wul probably be placed on the
receiving ship Ver 12931 g the New
York navy yard, an ap n Coehlau
himself will be placed on waiting 0 d'.
ders,
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Will Not Affect Us.
WASHINGTON, ay 6.-Oflicial €15".
surance's' have bee-ii gl'Ven to our gov-
ernment that the agreement reachgg
between Great Britain and Russ1a as *td"
spheres, as influence in China. concerns
ohly the two parties and that in no_
manner does it affect the iniéf‘estg Of
the United States. The agreement does
not amount to a seizure of the lands in
China defined as being within either of
the two spheres, and even should any
territory be acqui1ed in them by either
of the parties to this agreement the
United States, it has been stated, will
not be the subject of any discrimina-
tion in commercial or trade matters.
Such rights as are now possessed in
treaty ports will continue to be enjoyed
freely by the United States.
Bridges For the World.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-——Tl1e Phoe-
nix Bridge works of Phoenixville has
just contracted ’with representatives of
the Japanese government to build a.
large steel bridge for the Imperial rail—
road of Japan. The contract was se-
cured after asharp competition with a.
number of the leading bridge building
firms of Europe. The company has also
contracted to build a number of steel
bridges and viaducts for railroads in
Brazil, Canada, Central America and
Peru, besides building 12 steel railroad
bridges for the Eastein Chinese rail-
road, the southeastern terminus of the
great Transsiberian railroad now be-
ing built. by the Russian government.
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Dinner Semi '61: For Raleigh. '3
WILMINGTON, N. C. May (1—de
elaborate receptions were tenderedsto
Captain Coghlan and Mrs. Coghlan and
the officers of the cruiser Raleigh in this
city last night. The first was at the res-
idence of: Mrs. James Sprunt at 6:30
o’clock, when a handsome silver dinner
service was presented to the cruiser.
One of the pieces bears the, following
inscription: “Presented by a few friends
in Wilmington, N. C., to the United ,
States cruise’ Raleigh to commemorate
her arrival in Cape Fear waters with
the trophy from Manila, May 1, 1899,”
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Coal Miners Killed.
SHENANDOAH Pa., May e.-.—wmiti’i
Bernard Sucotskie, aged 28 years, and
Henry Chesona aged 23, coal miners,
were loading coal cars in the Turkey.
Run colliery near here yesterday they 1
were caught under a fall of top Coal and'
almost instantly killed. It took a gang;
of men over three hours to dig them:
out. Their bodies were badly mangled.
Both men were single.
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A Cat‘s Bite Fatal. ‘ ’J
__CLEVELAND May 6. —-Joseph_ .A 5
Hackman, a well known contractor 01?1
this city, died in terrible agony yester-l
day as the result of a cat bite. Last.
Monday he was bitten on the thumb by'
a pet Maltese cat. Little attention was
paid to the matter at the time, but later
Hackman was taken‘ill, and lockjaw
set in. , _ ..
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RALEIGH, May 6.——A special to The ’
N ewa and Observer from Marines, S. C. .. -
says that what appears to be the skele-
ton of a. mastodon has been cast up by
the sea at the mouth of New river.
single bone from the skeleton weighs
600 pounds. A strong sea current cut
away the share, laying the skeleton, to-
gether with several stumps of trees,
bare. A force of hands is laboring to
1 save the skeleton.
Two Army Corps Disbanded.
WASHINGTON, May 6.—Acting Sec-
retary of War Meiklejohn, by direction
of the president, has discontinué‘d the
Second and Seventh army corps owing
to the dlsbanding of the subdivisions of
the corps by the return to the United
‘ States 501 the 11111111111191 troops.
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