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Brisk ConteSt Among Stock-
holders of Norwalk
. Lock Co.
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lN COURT LONG TIME.
Majority Stockholders Oppose the Efforts of
the Minority.
The matter of appointing a'receiver
to the Norwalk Lock Co. has finally
reached trial. It has been before the
Superior Court for a long time, and
came-up for argument among the short
calendar motions Tueslay when the
applicant for a receiver was ordered to
make more specific his charges of
mismanagement.
Judge Ralph Wheeler opened the Sn-
perior court early Tuesday, to'e'xpedite
matters. The first case reached was
the application of F. G. Noyes of Nash-
ua, N. FT., who asks that thecourt ap-
point-a receiver winding up the affairs
of the Norwalk Lock Co. The plain-
tilT is represented'by Davenport &
Banks and J. H. Reed. He is a minor~
ity shareholder, and represents 1,325
shares at $25 per share. He is not him-
self otvner of all those shares, but has
power of attorney for other sharehold-
ers. F
'Sixty stockholders representing 7,-
123 shares oppose this motion. They
admit that the company lost money
during the years of the panic, the
same as all other manufacturing con-
cerns, but-they say that the 'worst is
over and that there is now a mark-
ed improvement. They say that the
money borrowed on the bonds is to
make further improvements and they
believe that with the new machinery
which theyvcan purchase with this
money they will be able to meet all
competition. ’
Mr. Noyes alleges gross mismanage-
ment of the concern, and that a re—
ceiver would save the capital of the
minority shareholders. The defense is
represented by Attorney Winthrop H.
Perry, of Norwalk, and Attorney Scott
of Danbury. The claim of the defense
is that the general depression in the
iron industry has affected the company
as it has all the other like concerns in
but if unhindered the
company is perfectly solvent. has a
surplus of $37,000 overall indebtedness,
and is doing a prosperous business at
the country,
the present time.
The evidence was of detailed charac-
ter relating to the business of the con-
cern, its dropping off in business from
1894 till the present year; it was shown
that since last January the business
. had increased enabling the concern to
increase its assets and’deCrease its in-
debt-edness.
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Norwalk Girl to Blame for it All.
in certain circles about Oak street,
there was consternation, Sunday even-
ing, caused by the disappearance of
a young man who is not so small a
tot that one would think he would
readily go astray. It had been about
decided to diSplay a "Lost, strayed or
stolen” notice, when the person turned
up. By this time it was well on to-
wards daylight yesterday morning,
and everyone interested was glad to
get the lost one back without asking
any explanations. And it is said that
aNorwalk girl caused it alll—Stam-
ford Advocate. '
Prisoners at Jail. .1
, There are now 160 prisoners at the
county jail in Bridgeport. Seven of
these are prisoners who have been sen-
tenced to the state prison, but there is
no room for them at that institution
and they will have to remain in Bridge-
port until there are enough discharges
at the state institution to make room
for them.
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Bass and Blackfish.
Striped bass have appeared off Sea-
side Park, Bridgeport, and are biting
freely. Monday Commodore Burritt
caught twenty, of which the largest
weighed 171} pounds, and the smallest
four. Blackfish are also biting well,
and a. number of catches are reported.
nonwnnx, CONN., wEDNEsoAy EVENING, JUNE 21,1899.
MISS RICHMOND’S CASE.
She Visited an Oculistin Bridgeport and He
Found More Steel.
The'case of Miss Ollie Richmond, or
Danbury, who was assaulted by a
strange man who rubbed‘ red pepper
' and broken needles into her eyes‘still
has a great deal of mystery about it.
Captain Ginty has found, a witness
who saw the young woman a moment
before the alleged assault occurred.
There was no one else in sight on the
street then. ,
At the request of the police two phy:
sicians and an oculist ,examined the
young woman’s eyes. They found no
pieces of steel. Yesterday Miss Rich-
mond went to Bridgeport and an oeulist
in that city removed two pieces of
needle from her eyes.
Captain Ginty is investigating the
case carefully but as yet has found
nothing that leads towards a clue to
the young woman’s assailant. The
police have in their possessien a'letter
which a young woman said was tucked
beneath her door recently. It bears
the initials of a young man of her ac-
quaintance.
Legislature Adjourns.
The General Assembly of 1899 held
its closing session yesterday and ad-
journed sine die. There were many
farewell speeches, expressing the good
feeling which has existed in each house
during the session. All matters of
busine3s were cleaned up and the
House refused all inducements to re-
vive some matters. Lieutenant-Gover-
nor Mills, who has made an exception-
ally able presiding officer, Speaker
Brandegee, the clerks and chaplains
of both bodies were, the recipients of
valuable presents and the best of good
feeling prevailed.
A resolution presented Senator
Muzzy, giving the gavel used by Sen-
ator E. O. Keeler of Norwalk president
pro tem., to him, was passed. ‘
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New Highway Law. -
_ Highway. Commissioner MacDonald
has issued to selectmen a copy of the
new law regarding the improvement of
highways, and a circular of instruc-
tions to selectmen. August 1 is the
final day on which they may apply for
aid under the new law. A list is given
of towns having a grand list of over $1-
000,000 which are entitled to two thirds
the cost of highway improvements bot
exceeding $4,500, and a list of those
havingagrand list of $1,000,000 and
under, which are entitled to receive
three-fourths the cost of highway im-
provements, not exceeding $4,500.
Blown Ashore.
Commodore J_. J. Walsh had Judge
Frank W. Perry and a party of friends
out for a sail in his yacht Blackstone
last evening. When the storm came
up an attempt was made to lower the
sail, but by the time that it was secur-
ed the wind had blown the yacht ashore
near Commodore VValsh’s house. She
was gotten off, however, without in-
jury.
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Paid Largest Fee.
, About $30000 has been received by
the state treasurer this session of the
General Assembly for charter fees of
companies incorporated and allowed in-
crease of capital. The largest single
amount was from the W. R. Grace
Company of Norwalk, a corporation
which paid a fee of $6,000.
Chicken Nuisance.
Constable Thomas Hunt this morning
served notice upon several parties
residing near the Center school, to
keep their chickens out of the school
grounds.
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THE MODERN BEAUTY
Thrives on good food and sunshine
with plenty of exercise in the open air.
Her form glows with health and her
face blooms with its beauty.’ If her
system needs the cleansing action
laxative remedy, she uses tl' ‘ gentle
and pleasant Syrup of Figs, made by
the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
Attorney J. J. Walsh is in New York
to-day. ~
The Klondike club will hold a. picnic
in Magner’s grove, West Norwalk, on
July 4th.
Mrs. J. Edward Russell and son
Willie, are visiting Mrs. Russell‘s
brother, Charles Haluenbeckr in Brook-
lyn.
Limbs of trees were blown off all
over town last night. One large limb
fell on Elmgrove place.
Mrs. Silas W. Brown wontto Bridge-
port this morning to nurse her daughter
who is quite ill in that city. .
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'Narrow Escape From Death
of James Walker at New
Haven.
WAS STEALlNG A RIDE.
Landed on His Head and Side and Suffered
Several Severe Cuts.
NEW HAVEN, June 21.—-James Wal-
ker, of 2,435 Second avenue,New York,
city, tried to steal a ride home on a.
freight train from this city yesterday
afternoon.
The train had reached West Haven,
between 4 and 5 o’clock, when Walker
was discovered by a brakeman. Ac-
cording to his story, the brakeman
deliberately kicked him off. He land-
ed on his head and side, and suffered a
severe gash above his eye and his leg
, was also cut.
Dr. Barnett was summoned and took
several stitches in‘ Walker’s head and
leg. He was taken care of last night
by the selectmen of Orange, and when
he is well enough to travel he will be
sent by them to New York.
The man who saw the occurrence
was hunted up by Dr. Barnett last
night and it is~ probable that the bor-
ough attorney will be asked to prose-
cute the brakeman if his identity can
be discovered.
The brakeman’s act was said to be a
deliberate one and that there was no
"excuse for his kicking Walker as he
did. Dr. Barnett said Walker had a-
very narrow’ escape from instant death.
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Horse Stolen-
The police have been notified to look
out for a rubber tired red geared buggy,
drawn by a black horse with white star
on forehead, stolen in New Britain
yesterday by a youth aged about 16
years, and evidently an Armenian.
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Trolley Ride.
The Helping Hand circle of the
Methodist church Will enjoy a trolley
ride to Roton Point and Stamford to-
night, the car leaving thc church at 8
o’clock. ‘
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A SPECTACULAR STORM.
It Came On at Sunset With Lightning, Torrents.
V of Rain and a Rainbow. ’
A thunderstorm, growling and spit-
ting fire, struck Norwalk an hour be-
fore sunset last evening. With a pat- '
tering swirl, came great raindrops in a
torrent so. dense that it seemed to move
forward like a glittering wall of chain
armor.
Then out' of the blackness that hung
over town, sprang a great rainbow
that grew and spread down its ends
until one rested over East Norwalk and
the other on Roton Point. ,Under the
rainbow and above it threads of light-
ning played. While this was going on
in the east, the sky in the west was a
glaring yellow, and nearly an hour
after the first breaking of the storm
broad salmon~colored bands stretched
along the horizon.
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New Cars.
The Consolidated road has just
placed orders for the construction of
500 coal cars. These cars will be of
the standard pattern adopted by the
Connecticut road. They are to be
built at the Wason shops in Spring-—
field,at the Bradley shops in Worcester
and at Keiths’, on the Old Colony rail-
road system.
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Business Men Meet and Adjourn.
There was to have been a meeting of
the Business Men’s association at South
Norwalk last night, but owing to the
storm only a few put in an appearance.
The meeting .was adjourned until next
September.
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Nichols Divorce Case.
The Nichols divorce case did not
come up yesterday, the Lock company’s
hearing occupying the attention of the
court all day. It is expected that it
will be heard to-morrow.
Lots of Frogs.
William Waldron and Charles Hose,
good went frogging 'to' fourteen" acre“
pond last night. They had excellent
sport and luck, returning with forty-
one saddles as a result of their capture.
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' WILTON.
The Congregational parsonage is be-
ing painted. _
MISS Zelma Thayer has returned
home from Norfield seminary for the
summer-vaca-tidn.
Miss Alice B. Olmstead is visiting
friends in New York.
Harold Weston of New York is the
guest of H. G. Thomson.
The local district schools have closed
for the summer vacation. .
Jose Salichs of Porto Rico is the
guest~of R. H. Fitch. .'.
The'Wilton B. B. C. visited Ridge-
field on Saturday and were defeated
to the tune of 15 to 9. ’
A. C. Bradley, agent at Wilton sta-
tion, was bitten by the little dog owu-
ed by C. O. Eakland on Friday last.
Dr. Gorham cauterized the wound and
no serious results are feared. The
dog was promptly killed by its OWner.
NORTH WILTON.
' Miss Alice Keeler of Oberlin college
is home for the summer vacation.
Miss Mary Comstock is teaching at
Nod distribt‘school, owing to the illness
of the regular teacher, Miss Lillian
Woodrufl. , " "'5- "
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, Sewer Construction.
Chairman Avison of the co nmittee
on sewers advertises in egg-other column.
for bids for the constructing of" servers
on Maple street and Pro‘sp‘em avenue.
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WESTPORT.
Mrs. Debs: ah Bradley is quite ill, at .
her home on Myrtle avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Hall, of .Noro
walk. were guests Sunday, of Mr. and
Mrs. Merritt Gault, Compo.
Alfred T. Seward and family, of New
York,-have rented and moved into the
Thomas residence, at Compo street, for
the summer.
The remains of Frank DeBourie were
buried in the Catholic cemetery by
Undertaker Fable" on Sunday.
The executors on the estate of the
late Horace Staples. and W. G. Staples
have come to an agreement, and the
case will‘be settled out of court.
Friday afternoon will occur the
commencementexercisesat the Staples
High School, beginning at two o’clock.
At a meeting of the Westport Driv-
ing club it was voted to hold another.
' meet in Norwalk in July. ‘ There will
be a race for Westport horses, 3. 2:40
race and a. special class race.
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Water Pipe Burst. .
“Coroner” Roach was ,called upon
at an early hour this morning to re-
pair a bad break in the water main on_
Harriett street.
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- As well as the haudsomest, and ot her
are invited to call on any druggist and
get free a. trial bottle of Kemp’s Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, a. remedy
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Patrick Reardon Ended His
' Life With Rough
0n Rats.
HAD BEEN ON A SPREE
Was Arrested Several Times for Drunkenness
Before Committing the Act.
Patrick Reardon living at 190 Broad
street, Bridgeport, committed suicide
last evening by taking Rough on Rats.
He had been drinking hard for several
days and was melancholy. It was at
first thought that his life could be saved
but his condition thwarted the physi-
cian. Reardon was nearly, 60 years old.
' The story of Rear-don’s act dates
back to Friday. A woman entered the
police station about i 10 o’clock that
evening and informed Sergeant this
that a man was lying in the road on
Broad street, near South avenue. She
said he was either dead or drunk. Ser-
geant Otis sent Officers Larkin and
North to investigate. They found a
man lying in the middle of Broad
street, about midway between South
avenue and Houston street. He was
lying on his stomach andhis face was
buried in the mud. He was apparéntly
lifeless. The patrol wagon was called
and the limp body taken to the police
station. He was aroused and with
much difficulty persuaded'to give, his
name. He was held and charged with
drunkenness.‘
When his case was called in the
Bridgeport city court next morning
Reardon pleaded guilty. The court
fined‘him $5 and costs. The fine was
paid and hemwas released. That even—
ing at 8 o’clock he was arrested again
on the same charge. The city court
imposed a second fineon Monday morn-
ing. .
At 5:30 o’clock last evening the am-
bulance was called to Reardon’s home
on Broad street. Dr. Hair was inform-
ed that he had attempted suicide. The
physician was brought into the sui-
cide’s bedroom. Helay lint upon the
floor and was groaning. He was quick-
ly taken to the emergency hospital.
Dr. Hair learned} that he had swallow-'
ed a large quantity of Rough on Rats.
He administered an antidote. Rear-
don apparently recovered from the ef-
fects of the poison in a short time and
was allowed to sleep in the accident
room.
. Ambulance Driver Jack was ordered
to turn Reardon over to the police at
Reardon was drunk when
Driver Jack did
Near of the
8 o’clock.
he took the poison.
as instrUCLed. Driver
patrol wagon in making his rounds
about‘f) o’clock heard the suicide groan-
ing and called Sergeant Otis’ attention
to the case. Sergeant Otis called Dr.
Ives of the emergency hospital staff who
recommended removal to the Bridge,
port hospital. The ambulance was
again called out and Reardon taken. to
the Bridgeport hospital, where he died
at 11:15. ~
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House Moved From Foundation-
-A new house of John Banks in. the.
course of erection on Fifth'avenue, East
Norwalk, was moved from its founda-
tion by the strong wind which accom‘
panied last night’s storm.
Tower Blew Down.
The tower at Dorlon Point from
which Prof. Norin makes his dive into
the tank of water, blew down in last
night’s storm.
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i The Weather.
Fair to-night and Thursday.
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whose Ssomach and Liver are out of
order. All such should know that Dr.
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StOmach and Liver Remedy. gives a
splendid appetite. sound digeszion'and
a. regular bodily habit that insures
perfect health and great energy. Only
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THE SAYINGS OF SCHLEY.
A Correction of the Published Stato-
ment of Commander Hodgson.
WASHINGTON, June 21.—Another
chapter has been added to the contro-
versy over .the Brooklyn’s loop by Cap-
tain French E. Chadwick, commanding
the armored cruiser New York, in a re.
port giving the result "of an examination
made by him of Lieutenant Commander
Lewis G. Heilner in regard to the latter’s
statement that Lieutenant Commander
Hodgson repeated to him the colloquy,
between Admiral Schley and Mr. Hodg-
son on the Brooklyn when Schley gave
the order for the Brooklyn to make her
peculiar maneuver. .The report of Cap-
tain Chadwick was received at the navy
department yesterday morning through
the ordinary official channels. Lieuten-
Chadwick that the report of the colloquy.
as published was practically the conver-
sation repeated to him by Lieutenant
Commander dodgson.
-The navy department: issued a state-
Chadwick on the explanation made by
Lieutenant Commander Hodgson regard-
ing the colloquy between Admiral Schley
and Lieutenant Hodgson. In the state-
ment given out Monday the copyist in
the department made an error in copying
Captain Chadwick’s letter. ,The error
was in the. omission of an important re~
mark credited to Admiral Schley by
Lieutenant Hodgson. The correction as
issued by the navy department reads:
“The typewritten copy of statement of
Captain Chadwick and Lieutenant Com-
mander Hodgson given to the press yes-
te'rday was in error in the following
points: About one-third from the begin-
ning, where published statement reads:
‘I intended him to understand there was
danger of running into the Texas. He
said, “All right,” or words to that effect;
I cannot repeat verbatim,’ it should have
read: ‘I intended him to understand there
was danger of running into the Texas.
He said, “All right; the Texas must look
out for that,” or words to that effect; I
cannot repeat verbatim.’ ”
CLEVELAND LABOR TROUBLE.
Serious Riotlné Yesterday—A Settle-
ment Believed to Be In Sight.
l CLEVELAND, June 21.-—Whi1e the
prospects. for a settlement of the strike
of the street railway men are brighter
than they have been at any time since
the trouble began, there was more seri-
ous rioting yesterday than at any pre-
vious time. The disturbances began early
in the morning, continued throughout the
day, and last night a big mob surrounded
the south side barns‘ofthe Big Consoli-
dated company, determined to get at the
nonunion men who are housed t ere. ,
While the sympathizers of the strikers
were hurling bricks and stones at hen-
union motormen and conductors a spe—
cial committee of the city council was
trying to get the representatives of the
strikers and the officers of the company
together. and it succeeded to the extent
proposition in writing and getting the
consent of President Everett of the Big
Consolidated to submit the same to the
board of directors this morning. The
strikers’ proposition abandons the de-
mand for the recognition of the union,
but asks that all the old men be taken
back save those who may be convicted in
court of destroying property. The mem-
bers of the council committee believe a
settlement is in sight.
New York State Press Asiocintion.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., June 21.—
The thirty-third annual convention of
the New York-Press association is in
session here. Carry A. \Villard presided
and read his annual address on the his-
tory of the association. Memorials were
rend by Henry McMillan on the late
Charles L. MacArthur, by Charles E.
Garnett on the late Corydon Fail-child
and by A. O. Bunnell on the late John G.
Holden. Papers were read by James A.
Ca‘nfield-of Patchogue on "Subscriptions
In Advance” and Miss Margaret Haga-
dorn of the Salamancn Republican on
"The General Utility TVoman." Yester-
day afternoon the publishers and editors
and members of their families visited the
power house of the Niagara Falls Power
company. In the evening there was a
ball in honor of the visitors at the Inter-
national hotel. ~
Storm In Central New York.
FORT PLAIN, N. Y., June 21,—Cen-
tral New York experienced its first fierce
storm of the season yesterday afternoon.
From 1 o’clock until _4 lightning, wind
and a torrent of .rain made things lively
and caused considerable damage. At
Sprout Brook, :1 hamlet six miles south of
here, .six barns in the path of the tornado
were toppled over and wrecked, and a
number of burns and houseswere un-
roofed.” Many large trees were ruined,
.and great damage resulted to growing
crops. especially hops. In the country a
few miles west of here two large barns
were struck by lightning and burned to
the ground. '
General Wood on‘er‘ed :1 Position.
Leonard Wood. the military governor of
Santiago province, has been offered the
presidency of the W'ashington Traction
and Electric company of, this city. The
company has been formed recently and
owns and controls, directly and indirect-
ly, all the‘ street railroads in the District
of Columbia, with the exception of the
Capital Traction company. It also owns
the two electric light companies. Yester-
dny afternoon General TVood was in con-
sultation with parties interested in the
new company. lie has the matter under
advisen’u‘nt.
Rochester Laborers Still Firm.
on Mngne street yesterday, but it was
quickly stopped, and for the most part
the strike situation is quiet. Practically
all work on city contracts is still sus-
pended, the laborers striking for eight
hours’ work ‘and ten hours’ pay remain-
ing out. It is possible that a decision
will be reached to import laborers from
out of town it the strikerstdo not care to
accept the contractors’ terms. ,
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ant Commander Heilner told Captain ’
ment: correcting the report of Captain '
of inducing the strikers to submit 3'
WASHINGTON, June 21.—-General '
ROCHESTER. June 21.—-There was a A
‘fight between a striker and a workman ‘
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