WEEKLY - NORWALK - GAZETTE.
‘3cts.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
BLOWN OPEN BY BOMBS.
.\ ‘l‘raiu lleld Up and the Express Car
Splint-cred by Masked Men.
ABOUT $100,000 SECURED.
The Daring Robbers Dumped the Safes
Out of the Car, Forced the Messenger
to Give Up Then
Ordered the Train to Move On.
the Keys and
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 13. -—'1‘he midnight
train from Chicago on the Chicago, Mil~
wankee and St. Paul railway was robbed
by masked men near Western Union Juncv
tion at 1 o’clock this morning. The train
had got about half a mile beyond the
junction, which is twenty—three miles
south of this place, when the fireman, Ed-
ward Averill, who was putting some coal
into the furnace, was startled by anoise
behind him. He turned around and dis-
covered two masked men climbing over
the locomotive’s tender. Both leveled
double barrcled guns at the fireman and
the engineer, \Villiam McKay, saying:
“Don’t more an inch till we tell you or
we will blow the tops of your heads off. ”
McKay, the engineer, was directed to
run the train to a point about one mile
from W’estern Union Junction. Here he
was commanded to stop. Both men were
ordered to step out of. the cab and get in
line ahead of the robbers. They were
marched to the express car under the
cover of the rifles, and then the work of
blowing open the express car b
Blown Open by Bombs.
Several bombs—at least that is what the
firemen think they were—were thrown
into the car. The explosions were terrific,
and must have awakened every passenger
on the train, but nobody appeared on the
scene. The robbers numbered not less
than six or seven men, judging from the
manner in which they conducted opera-
tions. The trainmen believe they had a
team close at hand with which to cart
away the safes, which were taken bodily
out of the car.
Fireman Averill’s story is the most
comprehensive. “They made we walk
ahead of them to the express car,” he said.
"‘and they gave me a jimmy to pry open
the boxes. I had to move all the ‘dead
matter’ off the boxes and do their dirty
work generally, but I was glad to get of!
with a whole skin. They got the ines—
senger’s keys, though he was in no hurry
to give them up, and they will have no
trouble in getting away with all the
money. ”
The ain was held for over half an hour.
The r bers’ efforts were centered on the
express car, and not a passenger was mo-
lested. The fireman thinks there were
half adozen men, however, guarding the
coaches.
About. $100,000 Stolen.
“Less than five minutes out of Western
Union junction,” said Murphy, the ex-
)ress messenger, “the train slowed up
. ddenly. A musket was poked through
a top window of the car, and a second
later a terrific explosion occurred that
knocked both myself and Mr. Cook in a
heap. Half a dozen more explosions fol-
lowed, aud both doors flew off the bolts.
Then two men wearing black masks
climbed quickly into the car and covered
us with double barreled guns. We were
cautioned to maintain silence under pen-
alty of getting our heads 'blowed off.’
“After glancing hurriedly about the car,
the robbers fastened their eyes on the two
iron boxes of the American Express compa-
ny. The robbers brought the fireman in a
little later and went through all the boxes.
They compelled us to hand over the keys.
They dumped the boxes out on the road-
bed. One of the robbers kept us covered
with his gun all the time, while the other
robber superintended the operations of the
fireman. Then the train was ordered to
move on, which it did." Murphy said
that he had secured all the bills of the
money contained in the safe, and that the
sum was undoubtedly a very large one.
According to his story, the total amount
of the robbers’ booty will reach $100,000
and possibly more.
An officer of the St. Paul road said that
the train which was held up was the one
which generally carried all the money re-
ceived by Milwaukee banks from the east
in the morning.
The Express (Ear Splintercd.
John F. Bell, agent of the American
Express company, said to a. reporter after
Murphy had made his report, that an ap-
pmximate statement of the amount taken
by the robbers could not be learned. He
said that $5,000 in local packages was cer-
tainly gone, besides a sum contained in'
two sealed envelopes.
Some of the passengers who were asleep
did not know anything about the robbery
until the train arrived in Milwaukee.
Some passengers thought there were
twenty or thirty of the robbers; others
thought they saw only a dozen, while
others said there were more robbers than
passengers.
When the train arrived at the Union
station the express our looked as if it had
been attacked by artillery. Every door
and window had been blown out and the
plai form and walls were shattered in half
adozen places, while the contents were
piled in a heap in the middle of the car. J.
C. Murphy, the messenger, and his assist-
ant, C. H. Cook. were picking up frag-
ments of way bills and looking over the
remnants left by l 1e robbers.
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WESTON. .
I
The Ladies Aid Society will give a
Pancake Sociable on Monday evening
Nov. 16th at the house of tlrs. Eph-
raim Fitch. All areinvited. If stormy,
the next fair evening.
The ladies of Emmanuel Church will
give a literary entertainment in the
Church parlors, 1111 1.1 11 (vening of Nov.
18th.
Friends from Bridgeport have visited
Mrs. Arthur Bradley.
11112111111 Mrs. Vanderbilt Godfrey
spent Sundaw 1n Bidgeliold.
Friends from Monroe have visited»
Miss Ida Coley.
MrsAngclinc Gorhmn visits her son,
Dr. A. B. Gorham. 1 f Wilton
Miss Minnie Williams has ‘spent sev-
eral days with friends in Valley Forge,
\Vm. P. Smith, who was under Dr.
Gorham’s care, lust week, has recov-
ered. _ -
Mrs. Wm. din-1111111. of Cannons, has
1isited her mother and sister, this week.
Miss Louise anvis lof t town on Thurs-
day for Brooklyn where she will spend
the wrinte.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gregory,
Mr. and Mrs Charle:
drive to Soutliport, on Sunday last.
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Miss May Hamilton was severely ill 1
last week, butis now able to be out
again.
Miss Helen Wixon has entertained her
uncle and aunt. from Danbury.
Theodore Hamilton is doing mason
work on \Vm. Lockwood’s new build-
mg.
The dogs which killed sheep for
Charles Lock1v,ood 1ecentl,1, have been
identified as belonging 111 Redding,and
the owners have settled.
Mr. Sherman Adams, of Greenfield,
has visited his brother, \Vildman
Adams.
Miss Mame Perry spent last week
with Miss Annie Jennings, of Bedding.
A number of friends from this place
attended the funeral of Miss Sarah
Hill, in Beddingon Friday last.
Miss Ida Gilbert visited in George-
town last week.
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A Tax Decision of Interest-
The opinion of the Supr me Court of
this State on the case of the town of
Weston which assessed and taxed ex-
press stocks, will be read with interest.
The court reviews the arguments of
counsel for the town, and then gives
reasons why the town could not assess
and tax the stock upon which the State
had devised a tax. The express com-
panies’ appeal from the action of the
town assessors was sustained.
The court decides that if a stock is
taxable according to the laws of anoth-
er State, and the corporation or associ-
ation is located out of this State, the
shares are not to be placed in the list
in Connecticut. And this is true wheth-
er tho tax is actually paid in the other
State during the same year or not. It
is enough if it be rightly taxable 111 an-
other State. This point will be of 0 rest
interest to, taxpayers and assessors.—
Hartford Times.
Express vs. Milk Train.
The Boston express on the Long
Island Railroad plunged into the rear
of the Boston milk train at Jamaica
about 11.25 o’clock \Vcdncsday night.
The milk train is supposed to follow the
express. It stood on the main track
waiting for the express to pass on the
Brooklyn track. The man in the switch
tower relied on the conductor of the
milk train to get off the main track, and
did not switch the eXpress onto the
Brooklyn track.
The locomotive of the express train
plowed through three cars loaded with
milk cans and deluged the place with
milk. The passengers on the express
were badly shaken up, but no one was
injured. A wrecking crew separated
the trains, and another locomotive took
the express on to its destination.
COO——
A Straight Tip-
There’s nothing slow about New
Haven. Because somebody took Dr.
Chaunce M. Depew’ s silk but while he
was at inner, and he bought another
in that city. it was used as an advertise-
ment for New Haven and was tele-
graphed from one end of the country
to the other. New Haven boomers neg-
lected to add to the dispatch that as
soon as Mr.Depe1v reached New York
he gave the hat to the colored porter at
the Grand Central depot and sent down
to his hatter’ a for another because the
style was obsolete.—Ansonia Sentinel.
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Sult of Clothes Record.
Following is the score to date, of the
balloting in the contest for the $50 suit
of clothes. to be presented by the
\VEEKLY GAZETTE to the most popular
working man in Fairfield county:
F. E. Lockwood. Singer Sewing Mach. 00.. 215
H. C. Bouton, Norwalk Horse Railway. 178
Samuel McGowan. Knapp’s Hat Factory. 8
Thomas Hunt. Arnold Foundry. 5
William Vollmer. So. N. Police. 3
A. A. Chinery, Jr., Hutchins, Colo Jr, 00.. 2
Thomas Powell, Rid: G. 1
14
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Captain Sandy Knapp,
Now Tr y This,
It will cost you nothing and will sure-
I_v do you good, if you have a Cough,
Cold, 01' any trouble with Throat,
Chest or Lungs. Dr. Kinrr’ s New Dis-
eovci'y. for Consumrtion, Coughs and
Colds is guaranteed to give relief, or‘
money will be paid back. Sufferers
from La Grippc found it just the thing
and under its use had a speedy and per-
fect recovery. Try- a sample bottle at
our expense and learn for yourself just
how good a thing it is.
free at H. R. Hale’s drug store.
size 500. and $1.00
Large
‘Thirteen th street
Gregory iook a '
Trial bottles
HOOTED BY ANAHCHISTS
The Stars and Stripes Greeted with
Yells and Hisses in Chicago.
GARNAGE BARBLY AVERTED
Pandemonium Reigned at a Meeting to
Commemorate the Execution of Spiel
3nd His Colleagues—Mrs. Parsona'
‘Vild Wail Started It.
CHICAGO. Nov. 13.—Thc stars and stripes
waved aloft amid a scene of excitement
unequaled since the Haymarket riot. Over
a thousand anarchists, or anarchist sym-
pathizers, had crowded into the West
Turner hall to com-
memorate the day, Nov. 11, 1887, on which
their fellow anarchists were hanged. It was
the most decisive demonstration of the
kind in this city since the ev entful evening
of May 4, when scores of police went down
in blood.
The speeches were extreme, and red em-
blems covered everything.
Henry VVeissmann, editor of the New
York Baker, a German trades paper.
Inspector of Police Hubbard, accom-
panied by Lieutenant Gibbons and a
squad of officers in citizens’ clothes, were
seen to quietly approach the stage. They
ordered an American flag placed among
' the flaming crimson banners, which were
conspicuous everywhere.
Bloodshed Barely Avon-ted.
Instantly there was a profound sensa-
‘tion in the motley audience, and the police
were hissed from all part-s of the hall.
Mrs. Lucy Parsons, who occupied a chair
against the rear wall, shrieked out‘, “Hang
the murderers of my husband!” '
In a second pandemonium reigned, hun-
dreds of excited men pushing forward,
cursing the officers and seemingly only
wanting a nod or look from a leader to
precipitate a fearful spectacle of carnage.
Nevertheless, Inspector Hubbard un-
fiinching ly ordered a suspension of the
meeting until his commands were obeyed.
Through the din the half hundred police
could be seen placing their hands on their
clubs and revolvers preparatory forafight,
which seemed inevimble. It was fully ten
minutes before order was restored.
The flag, meanwhile, had been reluc-
tantly hoisted to a place over the stage,a
proceeding only accomplished when the
officers were found ready for action and
‘cooler hedds among the exci cd audience
and spectators had time to e ercise some
influence. .
Pandemonium Reigncd.
The first the crowd knew of the police
being present was when Inspector Hub-
bard, with his detail, entered from a side
door under the stage, having come up by
a private entrance. When he ordered the
hoisting of the American flag the ten-
sion was something almost unprece-
dented. Hiss after hiss, yell after yell
frantically rose until the audience seemed
like a thousand demons instead of human
beings.
The leaders of the meeting say that the
gathering was only to 5110”“, regard and
reverence for the men who perished while
laboring for the benefit of humanity.
W'hen the proceedings opened the stage
was fairly buried in red bunting, banners
and trimmmgs. In the front of the
structure on either side stood out in bold
contrast to the surroundings bronze busts
of Spies and Parsons. These were cheered
wildly by the spectators.
Editor Jacob Weissmanu is a medium
sized man, with light hair and mustache
and partly bald. After a flaming intro-
duction he launched forth into the fatal
Haymarket riot. It was at this juncture
that the police made their entrance and
the consequent uproar ensued. When the
police orders had heed finally obeyed an-
other meetiug was announced to beheld
later on.
Clergymen Change Faith.
Bosros, Nov. 13.—The Rev. J. F. Spaul-
ding, the rector of Christ church in Cam—
bridge, has resigned, and is going to em-
brace the Catholic faith. The Rev. Charles
Follen Lee, of Charlestown‘, for many
years pastor of a prominent Universalist
church and now one of the editors of The
Traveller, also anuouncesachange offaith.
He says he has been confirmed in the Epis—
copal church by Bishop Brooks.
The Cool Heap Still Burning.
DULUTH, Nov. 13.-The fire in the coal
pit of the Pioneer Fuel company, which
has been burning aweek, is now fiercer
than ever. The Minneapolis firemen say
the fire will burn a month yet. unless the
coal pile is carried away. The loss, it is
now said, will not be less than $100,000.
1.11m: MENTION.
An epidemic of diphtheria is prevalent
at Stoneborp, near Franklin. Seventeen
deaths have occurred and 100 people are
.prostrated with the disease.
It was stated at the White House that
the president is not at all likely to make
any important appointments before the
,meeting of congress.
Joseph Mulhatton, known as “Orange
Blossom,” was arrested in Pittsburg, ac-
cused of larceny.
It is stated inWashington that nothing
further can be given out concerning the
Behring sea treaty except that it has not
yet been signed by the representatives of
the United States and Great Britain‘i'al—
though all points of difference have been
agreed upon. The administrationiis rep”
resented as regarding the outcome with
great equanimity.
Asuit has been filed in the United States
circuit court by Henry Sanford against
John Hoey, ex-president of the Adams
Express company, to recover some stock
of the Southern Express company.
The New York customsofliicials have
discovered an enormous system of opium
smuggling from Canada, in which a num-
ber of wholesale druggists are said to be
involved.
A German butcher by the name of
Brueggeman attempted suicide at his
New York boniding house by cutting his
wrists and shoving a spoon down his
throat.
The lepers at Vancouver, B. C., are at
large, the locks having been taken off the
old: Canadian Pacific shed and the guard
removed. Neithei the government nor
the Canadian Pacific would take any ac- .
tion, and the city council was. so rash as
to turn them loose.
Three life convicts made their escape
from the state penitentiary at Waupun,
Wis” through a tunnel under the build-
ings and into the street which must have
taken them years to build. One of the
men had been in prison twenty-two years.-
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Advertise in WEEKLI GAzn'r'ru.
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The climax
.came during the incendiary utterances of
SHO F! NE WS.
Barnonron'r. Conn.. November is. 1891.
The weather to-aau : Clear.
I like to sell handsome
shoes at moderate prices. I
like to sell $6 shoes, but 1
like better ,to sel& two pairs
for $6. I like to dare the
comparison of the street on
my taste and skill in the mod-
erate priced ones, say women’s
kid button boots at :53, women’s
dongola kid patent tipped but-
ton boots at $2.50. men’s calf
shoes at $3, men’s oil grain
shoes at $2. Yes, this is the
store for $6 shoes‘, no doubt,
but as great at half or a third
olSB. 1 am selling some hand-
some slyles at $2 and 3.
JOHN G. HOWLAND.
405 Main Street
JARVIS KELLOGG,
FINE
Bids and Shoes,
Leather and Findings.
Everything .1: the Shoe Line!
PRICES THE LOWEST'
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY!
.m193l Main Street, Norwalk.‘
,37 WALL STREET.
LADIES, LOOK AT OUR
Waking Shoes.
Dongola, Patent Tipped, Extension
Edge Shoes only $2 Never before
have you seen as good for the price, $2.
150 pairs Kid Waukenphast, regular
$3 shoe. for $2 50.
Gents' Grain Leathei' Shoes,
you ever saw, for $2. '
The Celebrated Goodyear Glove Co. ’8
specialties In Rubbers, Light Zephyr
Rubbers.
Call and see our goods.
our best to please.
best
We will do
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”Painless Dentistry!
NEW METHOD.
30. Nfll‘Wlllll llfllllfll PlPlflI‘S,
Over Post Office, South Norwalk.
Teeth Filled and. Extracted
Without Pain.
Teeth Extracted .............................. 25c. -
Teeth Extracted Without Pain ............ 500.
Amalgam Fillings ........................... 5.00
Platinum ..................... 75c. and $1
Gold ............... $1 and upwards
Cleaning and Polishing ...................... 75c.
Artificial Teeth Without Plates.
(CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK. )
Sets of Teeth from .......................... $5. 50
BEST SET on red rubber .................. $8.00
No better made no matter how much you pay.
All Work Guaranteed to be the Best.
Open ev enings to accommo 1 its those engaged
uring the «lay.
11141 DR.F. W. DABMEB Manager.
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JARDINIERS
FROM 50 CENTS UP.
H. H. WILLIAMS.
15 WALL STREET.
Albert DeForest,
PAINTING, - GRAINING,
Decoralini and Paper-Hanging.
Also KALSOMINING in the best possible
manner and at the LOWEST LIVING
RATES. _ All orders sent to
N0. 125 HIGH STREET,
Will receeivc prompt attention. 1w46
P. W. BATES,
Steam - Stone - Polishing
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The Weekly GaZette’s Gift.
A Tailor-Made Salt of Clothes;
.. Valued at $50.00
To 111 P11311111 In the M181 P01111111 Working Man
111 Falrlall Gout.
THE WEEKLY GAZETTE proposes to present to the Most Popular
Working Man in Fairfield County a Handsome Tailor-Made Suit of
Clothes to cost $50, 00 his popularity to be determined by a vote of the
readers of the W 1:11va Gazn'r'rn. the voting to close on Friday. December
18th, the result to be announced the following week.
, In order to facilitate the voting and for the convenience of the voters
the appended official ballot will be printed weekly in these columns.
This ballot is to be cut out, and the blank lines filled in by the voter,
with the name of the candidate and his place of employment and sent to
the following address— .—
111111111111111 Gazette, Norwalk, Bonn.
‘hEAnnon.
Weekly Gazette’s Suit of clothes,
For lhe Most Popular Working Man in Fairlield County.
Name . .
Employed
Any \Vorkinnr Man 1v01king Within the boundaries of Fairfield County
is eligible as a candidate, whether employ1 d in a. factory. store. office or in
the household The progress of the voting and the scores of the candi
dates will be announced from week to week, that voters may cap 1; hem‘
selves informed as to the standing of their respective favorite.
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111 used P1icr_1_11___~ WEB 18123 1.
On January 1,1892,tho price of the WEEKLY GAZETTE will be reduced
to $1.00 per year In view of this fact the WEEKL! GAZETTE makes the
following ofif'er :—
To the one sending us the largest number of new subscribers before
Januaryl,1892, we will give a handsome GOLD WATCH (Ladys or
Gent’ 3).
To the one sending us the next highest number of new subscribers we
Will give $20 IN GOLD.
To the one sending the third highest number of new subscribers we will
give $10 IN GOLD.
' THIS COMPETITION ”WILL BE OPEN TO EVERYBODY
EVERYWHERE—Men, Women, Boys and Girls.
Address all communications,
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The Great Atlantic 81 Pacific Tea Company?
——————HAVE THE————'
Finest Teas and Selected Coffees
At Prices that. are Truly Marvellous. .
We have been instrumental in breaking up the high prices of those
articles of necessity, Teas and Cofi‘ees, and putting them within the reach
of rich and poor. We are determined to carry on the good cause ’till every
hamlet and village in the United States are supplied with pure goods, and
sold at prices that even the '1er poorest can enjoy a cup of pure tea
or coffee. it
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SPECIAL FOR. THE HOLIDAYS.
1, 000 Picture Frames Given Away! !
NTIL JANUARY 1, 1892, I will give with each dozen Cabinet Photographs 8. Fine 8x10
Frame, 1% inch Moulding. Englis Matt, Glass and Picture. at my regular price, .3 oo
' B. DOZEN . No CHARGE Fen FRAME AND EXTRA PICTURE. All work strict g first-class. Nb
inferior work permitted to leave the gallery. Petite Parol PhotOgr-nphs, $1. 0 Per Dozen.
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