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The Woman’s Column.
the subject, gives us a bright and help-
ful article in “The Fortnightly Re-
view,” upon Electricity as applied to
Decorative Purposes. This comes so
directly in the line of certain advanta-
ges, and annoyances brought to our
minds by the general use of electricity
in lighting, that 'we feel like giving
some of her ideas on the subject.
One who has given any attention to
the veryimportant matter of lighting
her drawing-room, library, or dining-
room, and what woman with a particle
of asthetic taste, has not done so ?
knows that there is no more becoming
light than the combination of candle
and fire—light, but alas, these days of
modern invention have done away with
such old-time methods except as acces-
sories. The electric light seems to
glare at you so uncomfortably and is
placed so high, that one must sit direct-
ly under it to get its full effect. As
business and pleasure become year by
year more closely crowded into our
lives, the importance of rest and home
comfort, when we have“ time to com-
mand these luxuries, increases. What
were simply luxuries to our ancestors,
become necessities to our over strained
nerves. There are such marvelous
possibilities in electricity that there
must be some fault in the designers of
lights-and holders if they are not what
they should be. Very probably it is as
our friend in the Fortnightly says. So
far designers of electric light fittings
are too much the slaves of precedent,
derived from their experiences with
gas, candles and other relics of the
past ; forgetting that the shapes of ‘the
holders of all these lights are deter-
mined by the necessity of leaving a
clear space'above them for the escape
of hot air, and also _by the condition
that they must be within the reach of
the match used for lighting. Not till
they realize fully their freedom from
these limitations, will designers begin
to appreciate properly the artistic pos-
sibilities of the new illuminant, and
give us original designs of flying fig-
ures, birds and carved cupids, delicate
chain work, faintly tinted glass, and
china powdered with flowers. In the
rooms where we live, there should be
two kinds of light, a faint shaded one
to read, talk or think by, and a
brighter light to ”play by.” With a
bright light meditation will not be fer-
tile, and with-a dim light play will not
be vigorous. Light, like sympathy,
should be unobtrusive to be pleasant,
and soft reflected rays fall more kindly
than direct light on tired eyes, and on
the faces and figures of those who have
passed the “half-way house” of life.
The master of the house generally
wishes to get all the light possible, and
the mistress to have it as becoming and
pretty as possible. It is rather difficult
to reconcile these two wishes,- and
after some discussion the master testi-
ly exclaims : “My dear, what is the
use in going to all this expense, if you
7.0%“ tie the lights up in bags ‘2”
Electricity solves the long standing
problem between conscience and incli-
nation, as it enables us to read in bed
safely. "" i‘
It is interesting in the sudden and
unwelcome ‘ ‘cold snap” which has over-
taken us, to note the different, yet
equally forcible motive power which
keeps people really and actually warm,
for we don’tbelieve they are shamming.
We think it is simply another evidence
of the power of mind over matter!
There is the pretty maiden whose light
and stylish jacket for spring wear is so
becoming that though the winter winds
are whistling, the calendar showing
spring makes it impossible for her to
keep on' the heavy winter wrap, and the
woman whose fur cape looks so much
better when worn alone, rather than
over the heavy coat. She dofi’s the lat-
ter, notwithstanding her pinched el-
bows. This motive power we may call
vanity, and who doubts its power ?
Then there is the man too poor to buy
a new winter overcoat, but who has. a
light top coat. He wears the latter and
is kept warm by pride. But most won-
derful of all there is the .corner loafer.
No chilling wind, no driving storm
from the north pole, is cold enough to
drive him from his post of vantage, and
take away the only occupation he seems
to have in the world. It is a never end-
ing matter for speculation to busy folk,
‘ what these men find to talk about day
after dayand evening after evening
It must be with them as with the man
who had for many a long day held up a
gate post. . He was asked by a gentle-
man interested in this very subject,
what he thought abdut all the time.
‘ ‘N othing,” was the dreary and proba—
bly entirely correct answer, more cor-
rect than most things in this uncertain
world.
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Rivals of Patti.
The two bright stars of song, Esther
Palliser and Mary Howe, are sketched
in Thursday evening’sMail and Express.
Miss Howe is a Brattlebpro, (Vt) girl,
and enjoys the distinction of Singing
one note higher than any other living
singer. She is statuesquel beautiful,
and her many photograp s are made
b her father and brother, who are
photographers. Miss Howe has friends
amon the elite in all the Connnecti-
cut Wiley cities where she an s, and
is a cousin of a rising young artford
journalist. ,
—Do you want a bargain Saturday?
A. H. Hoyt & Son will sell 100 pairs of
Ladies, Kid, Hand Sewed $5.00 shoes at
$3.00 per pair. Common Sense. None
better. B. C. D. and E. 2 1-2 to 6.
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STE-AMER BURNED.
DESTR 110 1‘1 ON OF THE CITY 01"
. ‘ RICHJlfLV'D. SHIP AND CARGO
-1 TOTAL LOSS. SHE "’AS ABOUT
READY TO START ON HER RETURJV
TRIP TO IIJRTFORI). .1 COLORED
"2f TUIL'IIAN S UFFO CA. TED.
The big sidewheel steamer City of
Richmond of the Hartford line was tak-
ing on freight in New York at Pier 24,
East River, at 3.15 o’clock Thursday
afternoon when somebody sung out :
“Fire on the main deck! ”
The flames were in a pile of cotton
bales amidships, and the alarm was
given barely in time. The boat was to
have left for Hartford at 5 p. m., and
several men who were to have been on
duty all night were sleeping in their
bunks. Four were in the forward cabin
below the main deck, called the “glory
hole.” In the saloon cabin were the
steward, H. C. Hills, Quartermasters
H. C. Williams and J. B. Anderson,
Pilot Timothy \Varner and other offi-
cers, beside some of the waiters and
chambermaids. All of the above nam-
ed got ashore in safety but without
their belonging, and» some of the wait-
ers who hadn’t time to save even over-
coats were glad to borrow car fare to
take them to friends up town. ‘
Of the four men in the “glory hole,”
Sam Lambert, a colored watchman,
alone had not been seen when the fire
was finally subdued. Halsey Hills,
another watchman, who was the last
man out, said that Lambert was asleep
in his bunk when he saw him last.
When the alarm of fire came the three
men tumbled hastily up the ladder, and
had to run the gantlet of the flames“
fierce breath before they reached the
pier. . '
Lambert’s escape was cut off by the
smoke, which soon poured into the
“glory; hole” in dense clouds and sufi'o-
cated him. 'After the firemen got to
work a large force concentrated their
efforts on this part of the ship, but it
was an hour and a half before the lad-
derway was clear. Firemen tried to
chop through the deck to the imprison-
ed man, but the thick layers of plank-
ing resisted the efforts of axes, picks
and saws for a long time. When the
“glory hole” was entered Lambert was
dead. He was thirty-five years old.
The City of Richmond was fully load-
ed and her cargo included 150 bales of
cotton, crude rubber to the value of
$10,000, dry goods, groceries, tinware,
notions and several hundred bales of
rags and paper. She lay with her head
to the stream, and the fire-fighters
poured watery broadsides into her from .
both sides. The port side of the boat
was burned to the gunwale, and only a
skeleton of the upper works remained
when the flames were finally extin-
guished. ' '
Sparks from somewhere, perhaps
from a careless deck hand’s pipe, are
thought to have fired the cotton. The
loss to the New York and Hartford
Transportation Company, which owned
the boat, will be $50,000; covered by
insurance to the amount of $75,000.
The damage to the cargo is estimated
at $40,000.
The City of Richmond was built seven
years ago and plied on the James River
for awhile. She is 265 feet long, 34 feet
3 inches beam, and of 1,000 tons burden.
No passengers were booked yester-
day, as the purser’s office did not open
for this purpose until an hour before
sailing time. The City of Richmond
was scheduled to sail on Wednesday,
but was delayed by the storm on the
down trip from Hartford. Her sister
steamer in the line is the City of Spring-
field.
Once before the City of Richmond
was on fire, though the flames did far
less damage than yesterday. Three
years ago, during Christmas week, she
struck a rock near the foot of Ninth
street and sank. The water rushing in
the hold drove the fires to the deck,
and there was a lively blaze in the car-
go for awhile.
Q UES TI 0N5 ‘FOR SOMEB OD Y TO
ANS WEB.
Why is it that the N orwalk station
has become at night a rendezvous for
a lot of noisy, unruly boys? much to
the annoyance of ladies waiting for
trains. Would good management per-
mit it?
Why is it, that a letter mailed in the
South Norwalk post-office only reached
its destination, eight miles distant, af-
ter thirty-six hours? Is that a feature
of quick and careful handling of the
the mail 2’ . -’
' Why is it, that the management (of
the Opera House does not protect its
audiences from annoyance from a few
gallery gods who persist in disturbing
the house by their noise and vulgar re-
marks during the play? A little police
authority might remedy the evil.
Why is it, that two inches of snow
should have blocked teams on the
Horse railroad when the company own
a sweeper and horses enough to draw
it? What are we coming to ?
Why is it, that the playgoers of Nor-
walk and South Norwalk commence to
rush for the exits five minutes before
the curtain falls on the last act? thus
annoying the actors and those who wis
to see the play out. I'
May any one to whom these questions
are most fitting, reply to them.
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The DJ ILY GAZETTE leads fit out. all.
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What the Daily Gazette Representatives
Saw mul Hem-«l at the 3151!.
Thursday afternoon representatives
of the DAILY GAZETTE visited the mill
of the Union Manufacturing Company.
and were most pleasantly received and
agreeably entertained by Superintend-
ent Gilmore. whose knowledge of cassi-
mere manufacture and the intricacies
of the business was only attained by a
thorough apprenticeship in every dc—
partment.
\Vhile in a general way there is but
little to be said in respect of the manu-
facture of woolens at this mill, a few in-
teresting facts were gleaned, which
were exceptionally instructive, to say
the least.
Piloted by Superintendent Gilmore,
the visitors were shown the process of
manufacture from wool washing, up to
the finished product. They also saw
the immense water wheel of 140 horse
power capacity, and in the domain of
Engineer Aiken the engine of about
400 horse power, and the two boilers of
over 100 horse power each.
Business at the mill is much better
than it was a year ago and the outlook
Employment is given to
nearly 175 persons, and in the dye
house it has been found necessary of
late to work overtime.
The passage of the McKinley bill has
already apparently been a decided
benefit. For example, Supt. Gilmore
picked up a sample of undressed worst-
ed and said : “Before the passage of
the McKinley bill this cloth was im-
ported at $1.90. Its price now is $2. 09.
At former figures American competi-
tion was practically out of the question.
Now, as it can only be imported profit-
ably at an advance of nineteen cents a
yard, we are enabled to compete suc-
cessfully and the business generally is
to that extent stimulated.”
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THE TUNNEL DISASTER.
Railroad omciatm'spousww by the
Coroner’s Jury—An. Unusual Finding.
Chauncey M. Depew, the directors
and officers of the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad are held re-
sponsible for the accident and accom-
panying loss of 'life in the Fourth ave-
nue tunnel on the morning of Friday,
Feb. 20, and warrants will be issued for
their arrest.
The twelve representative citizens
forming Coroner Levy’s jury, after a
careful hearing of numerous witnesses
and the opinions of signal experts, ren-
dered, last evening, a unanimous ver-
dict as above, each director and officer
of the New York, New 'Haven and
Hartford railroad being held directly
responsible for the death of Helen T.
Supple and five others.
The District Attorney’s office will be
responsible for the extradition of the
railroad officials residing in the state of
Connecticut.
Much sympathy was manifested for
Engineer Fowler of the New Haven-
road, whose train dashed into the local
shop tram, for it was felt that usually
he was a most painstaking official and
had faithfully performed his responsi-
ble duties for eighteen years. The ver—
dict of the jury shows that this was in
the jurors’ minds, for they virtually ex-
.onerate him from blame by saying that, -
owing to the smoke and fog, he passed
the danger signal without seeing it.
The third count in the formal pre—
.sentment by the jury is as follows:
\Ve would urge the Legislature to
compel the New York Central and Hud- _
son River Railroad Company to make
additional openings in the tunnel in or-
der to provide for better ventilation
and light in said tunnel, as from per-
sonal examination we find that the
present ventilation and light are inade-
quate; and we do further believe that
the use of anthracite coal when addi-
tional openings are made will contrib-
ute to the safety of the traffic. We fur-
ther believe that the preSent system of
the use of one man in the signal cabs
in the tunnel is insufficient for safety,
and we earnestly recommend the em-
ployment of two at all times. We fur—
ther recommend that each outgoing
and incoming train when passing.
through the tunnel be advised of the
train immediately preceding it and also
its reasonable headway. And we fur-
ther recommend that a uniform rate of
speed be adopted for all trains and en-
gines passing through the tunnel.
MISS FOUNTAIN AND HR. RALISTON
He Advertised formic! got a Hermon
Lady. '
“Gentleman in geod position in so-
ciety, . oo_d looking and who has a lu-
crative usiness,.desires to correspond
with a good looking young lady, with
fair mental quahties with a view to
matrimony. Money no object.”
This was the “ad.” that attracted the
attention of Miss Mary Fountain, ' of
Meriden, and Mr. William Raymond
Raliston, of Albany, a live stock brok-
er, was the advertiser. ' ,
Probably the majority of people who
ever had a hand in wedlock will con-
cede that the question of happiness
doesn’t depend entirely upon the
means of introduction. Certainly Mr.
and Mrs. Raliston are as happy as a
pair of clams at high tide, and no one
dares or wishes to say them nay.
Mr. Raliston is about 35 years old,
dresses finely, and stopped at the Win- »
throp when he came on to Meriden to
meet his fair correspondent. . He is
now booked at the City Hotel in that
place, and will soon depart for home
with his bride.
WALK - GAZETTE.~
Q7!
IA COLD 3WD BRUTE
Sickening Manner.
‘DISEMBOWELED A FRIEND.
And Then Licks the Blood on' the Knife
Blade and Smiles—A Suicide in 3
Railroad Station-The Top of
"is Head Torn Ofl'.
SAX DIEGO, 0211., March 7‘.—-.Toseph E.
Muir, a half breed, living in San Quentin,
made a desperate attempt on the life of
Filepe Sanchez. The latter was lying
asleep on the sidewalk in front of a saloon.
Muir, who was partly intoxicated, came
along and tried to awaken him. Failing,
knife made a motion to disembowel him.
He felt the edge of his knife, and evidently
thinking it was not sharp enough, he
stepped into the saloon and deliberately
sharpened the weapon.
He Licked 011' the Blood.
\Vhen he thought the edge was keen
enough he walked to- where: Sanchez . lay,
and kneeling down beside him plunged the
blade into the slceper’s abdomen. He then
partly withdrew it and run it over against
the hip bone. Here he turned the weapon
and forced it upward as far as the ribs
would allow it go. Muir then pulled the
shirt back over the horrid gap, straight-
ened up, smilingly nodded to those stand~
ing by, licked the blood from the blade on
one side and placed it back in the scabbard
by his side.
He was at once seized by the bystanders
and placed in custody. Sanchez was alive
at last accounts. Muir is now in jail at
Ensenadu. Referring to his crime, he says
he was a good friend of Sanchez’s, but he
wanted to try his new knife.
A GAS
HANGED T0 J ET.
A Young “'oman Commits Suicide in a
' Railroad Station.
PITTSBURG, March 7'.-—At 5:30 oclock Fri-
day morning a. young girl who had been in
the ladies’ waiting room at Union sta-
tion the greater part of last night entered
the lavatory. As she did not reappear in a
reasonable time Matron Elizabeth Hempt
knocked at the lavatory door, but received
no response. Later she knocked again,
and again getting no answer called Depot
Police Officer Zimmerman, who after an
ineffectual effort to open the door called
the station master and another officer.
The door was forced open. The woman
was found hanging from the gas jet, sus—
pended by a towel around her neck. The
body, yet warm, was cut down and car-
ried to the waiting room. Physicians were
called but the woman was dead, and the
body was removed to the city morgue.
She was about 23 years of age, five feet in
height, light complexion, light brown
hair and very neatly attired. In her
pocket was found a small purse contain—
ing two Polish coins. \Vritten on a strip
of brown paper was anotc in Polish lan—
guage, a translation reading:
“Please telegraph that I have commit-
ted' suicide because I did not stay in
my native home.———Ewa Bloch. Address
VVrotnowski, No 12, U lica, “’opohnic,
No 36, In \Varszawa, Rusland."
It is not known where she came from,
but it is thought that she arrived on the
Pacific expressand was looking for some
one from New York.
THE TOP OF HIS HEAD TORN OFF.
A Man Blunder-ed and Dragged Several
Miles by a. Rope.
BAY CITY, Mich, March 7.—A man of
the name of: Andrew Poulson was found
several miles from this city Friday morn-
in g by a gang of wood choppers, lying upon
his face, with the whole top of his head
torn off. He had been murdered during
the night, a rope tied around his body un-
der the arms and tlieu dragged several
miles to the lonely spot in the woods,
where his body was placed behind a wood
pile and left.
Poulson was arrested several months
a go for writing to green goods dealers, and
his case is now pending in the United
States court. The theory is that the green
goods men were afraid of him and deter-
mined to get him out of the way. He
must have been dragged behind a wagon
for the entire distance. Later in the day
Henry Holakie was arrested on suspicion
of being the murderer, as he was with
Poulson last night. Holakie was lodged
in jail, but refused to make any statement.
BRIEF 1M ENTION.
The report of the World’s fair commit-
tee on ceremonies was completed. It pro-
vides for a grand military display, a ball
and a civic parade.
The supreme court of Nebraska over-
ruled the demurrcr in quo warranto case
of ex-Governor Thayer against Governor
Boyd, and ordered that the latter’s attor-
neys file an answer in the case by Tuesday
next. .- i
.At the Brayton Ives sale in New York
the famous Guttenburg Bible was sold to
J. W. Ellsworth, of Chicago, for $14,800.
The Hartford passenger and freight line
steamer City of Richmond was burned at
her pier-sin New York. Nothing but the
hull is left. All else is a mass of ruins.
Two colored waiters, Halsey Hill and Sam-
uel Lampson, perished in the fire. By
almost a miracle every one else escaped.
Three young men—Frank and Harry
Charles and Craig Crossmire—are in jail
in Bellefonte, P8,, charged with causing a
train wreck in which an engineer was
killed. '
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dulany, who were
injured in a railway wreck while on their
wedding trip, are just beginning to regain
their strength after spending ahoneymoon
of sixteen weeks in a Pittsburg hospital.
As a result of treaties recently conclud-
ed with various Indian tribes and ratified
by the senate, over 8,000,000 acres of lands
in the west 'will bethrown open to settle
ment. _
The ' memOrial originating in Chicago,
but numerously signed in other cities, was
presented to the president, asking him to
open diplomatic negotiations with the gov-
ernments, of Europe for the purpose of
giving Palestine to the persecuted He
brews of Russia for a permanent home.
Senator Allison estimates the total of
appropriations made by the congress just
a Democratic member of the approprla
tions committee, puts them at $1,006,270,-
471.
or companies, forming the United State:
company, met at Pittsburg, Pa. , to perfecI
arrangements" for fighting the rival New
York cracker company.
He Tests His New Knife-in a. Most
he opened Sanchez-‘3 shirt. and drawing a.
adjourned at $989,700,000, While Mr. Sayers,
Representatives of the twenty-six crack-V
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Lace and chenille curtains.
The Bargains Continue. Additional Lets
LACE CURTAINS.
120 pairs Nottingham Curtains at $2, $2.50 and $3 a pair; positively
worth $27 5, $3 and :55. Every housekeeper should see them.
CHENILLE CURTAINS.
One {lot Spring Colors at $4.47 a pair. Not sold elsewhere "for
less than $6.00.
One lot $4.87, fully worth $6.50. ,,
One lot $5.25, veiy handsome, worth $7.
One lot, every new shade, $6. worth $8.
One lot, elegant styles, $6.50. fully worth $8.50.
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Wilton, Smyrnas, Bysantine and Mecca Rugs is very comprehensive.
Silk Furniture Plush.
One lot 24 inches at 75 cents; usually sold at $1.50.
‘ CrushedPluSh.
All {shades $1.25, usually $1.75.
Silkine Curtains.
With handsome fringe, $1.69, worth $2.25.
Lace Striped Scrim.
100 pieces at 4 cents a yard, advertised usually as bargains at 6% cents. _
Window Shades.
Full sized Window Shades 25 cents.
Window Shades with fringe 27 cents.
Both lots with spring rollers.
Pure Silk Crash.
Something new for polishing, 15 _ cents a yard. Ask for it at the
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