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WEEKLY - NORWALK - GAZETTE.

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HE RDBBEMIAROUND

More Instances of Edward M. Field ’s
Rascality Come to Light.

HE DABsLED IN FORGERY.

 

And Likewise Deliberately Plunder-ed His
Partner, Wiechers, of Over $300,000,
Some of “'hich Was His W'ife’s
Money—Cyrus Field Gaining.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—Dr. Granger, who
directs the Vernon House, the private in-
sane asylum in which Edward M. Field, son
of Cyrus W. Field, is incarcerated, was
visited by a. reporter, and in answer to an
inquiry said: “Mr. Fieldis very restless. His
mind did not seem to permit him to lose
himself in slumber. His appetite is very
poor. He takes but little food. He remains
very much depressed. He is very much
agitated at times and highly emotional.

“He is kept in his room and confined to his
bedin order to secure that rest and quiet
which his mental and physical condition
very much need. He is still in a dazed con-
dition, and does not take any apparent in-
terest in what goes on about him.

Robbed His Partner.

Two new developments in the affairs of
the wrecked Field firm have come out. In
the first place Edward M. Field not only

-— , has emptied his
father’s strong box
all its securities
and left Cyrus \V.
F i e 1 d pennilcss,
but he deliberately
robbed his partner,
John F. ‘Weichers.
Mr. Vfiechers him—
self is the authori-
._. ty for the story.
'- He says that Field
‘ not only robbed
him of the $350,-
' 000 capital he in-
EDWABD M. FIELD. vested with the
firm, but that he also took $50,000 in govern-
ment bonds left in the firm‘s safe when
Wiechers went to Cuba 8. number of months
since to negotiate the purchase of the sugar
plantation. These government bonds, Mr.
\Viechers adds, belonged to his wife.

“I left them in the safe,” said Mr. Wiech-
ers, “before I started, thinking it the
safest place for them. Another point was,
I thought that Mrs. Wiechers could always
get at them without trouble should any-
thing happen to me. I also left in my desk
in the office notes amounting to nearly
$15,000 given to me as collateral for loans I
hid personally made. Before leaving I in-
domed the notes so that on maturity Mrs.
Wiechers could collect them in my absence.
I told Field they were in my desk.

‘fOn my return the notes and the bonds
were gone. Field took the bonds and the‘
notes. I am now trying to trace them. In
order tohave no misunderstanding, I told
Field that the bonds and the notes were
the personal property of my wife.”

A Charge of Forgery. .

The next new development was related
by the representative of a large German
banking house. According to this, Field in
his desperation forged the name of a ship and
the captain and also a certificate of inspec—
tion to a. cargo of grain and, presenting the
bill of lading to the banking house, secured
the advances on a cargo of grain which had
no existence, and which was loaded in aship
whose-name does not appear in any of the
Lloyds on file in the Maritime association at
this port.

The banking house discovered how they
had been swindled and called Field to ac-
count. He is said to have used some of the
securities he took'from his father in settling
with the bankers, and they are now fully
protected against loss.

Cyrus W. May Recover.

It begins to look now as if Mr. Field would
ultimately recover. He is beginning to take
an interest in his surroundings, and asks to
see his friends. Every effort is making to
keep him quiet, as his malady demands, but
at his advanced age he must be humored in
his whims and fancies. Several of his more
intimate friends were allowed at his bedside
for a few moments today.

One who has seen Mr. Field every day
said: “I believe Mr. Field will. get well ulti—
mately, but he will never be the same man
again. His energy and mental stamina are
gone forever, and while he may recover
physically, he will never be able to develop
financial schemes or attend to his business
affairs again.”

Mr. Field’s two brothers, David Dudley
Field and the Rev. Henry Field, are con-
stantly with him. Judge Stephen J. Field,
another brother. is in Washington on im-
portant business, but stands ready to conu-
to New York immediately should any
change for the worse be noticed in his
brother’s condition.

Rear Admiral Amman, U. S. N., an old
friend of Mr. Field’s, called and was ad-
mitted to the sick man’s bedside. He said
Mr. Field appeared very feeble and greatly
prostrated, but that his condition was great—

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Storing \Vheat ln Residences.

CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—The Lake Shore ha»
followed several of the Chicago east bound
lines by giving notice tha\_ grain in bulk by
transfer would no longer be received from
western connections Without previous, ar-
»» rangement. The car shortage is getting
larger every day. In portions of the whcor
belt every vacant store and even residences
have been used for storehouses and are
bursting with grain.

BRIEF MENTION.

Governor Campbell returned to Columbus
from Chicago quite ill with a sore throat and
high fever and immediately took to his bed.

Smallpox is still raging in Newark.

Miss May Mortimer Talmage, second
daughter of the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage.
was man'ied in the Brooklyn Tabernacle to
Daniel Delevan Mangam, J r., the bride’s
father performing the ceremony.

The hearing of the application of the
Countess of Russell for a separation was
continued in London, the petitioner’s case
being closed. At the adjournment a large
crowd hooted Earl Russell, but he displayed
remarkable coolness, and before driving
away walked up and down in the face'of
the angry mob.

Recent experiments in Baltimore with the

phonograph as a cure for deafness and noises '

in the ear have shown successful results.

At the meeting of the New York state
board of canvasseis, at Albany, the Repub-
licans gained the first point in the fight for
the control of the senate by getting an in—
junction staying the board from ousting
Sherwood. in the Twenty-seventh district.
Certificates of election were granted to all
the state congressmen recently elected.

Treasurer l-llnmn. of Allen county, 0.,
has sued Senator Elect Calvin S. Brice for
unpaid taxes. the penalty on which aggre-
gates alrcady over $2,000.

 

Advertise in the Wnnxmr GAZETTE.

 

OWEN’S SHAKESPEAREAN CIPHEII.
It Denlonstrates That Bacon “'as the
Son of Queen Elizabeth.

DETROIT, Dec. 4.—Dr. O. W. Owen last
evening made the first public presentation
of his Shakespearean discoveries in an enter-
taining lecture before the Reading club. He
said he had devoted five years of hard labor
to the study of the subject, and felt sure
that he was not only on the right track, but
had mastered the enigma. The first folio
edition of Shakespeare, published in 1623,

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DB. 0. w. OWEN.

is the volume which contains, besides the
thirty-six plays, a number of other works,
historical, biographical and poetic, each cut
up into minute fragments and fitted togeth-
er like a mosaic. Each fragment of the same
narrative begins and ends with the same
one words, and intelligent references are
given when the story is carried from one
play either forward or backward to an-
other.

The first of these hidden narratives which
Dr. Owen will give to the world in print
will be a biography of Shakespeare into
whichiswoven the counterpart of one of
the Canterbury tales—the Franklyn story.
He read several extracts from the MSS.
From this it appears that a. morganatic mar-
riage existed between Queen Elizabeth and
the Earl of Leicester, of which marriage
Francis Bacon was the fruit. He was, how-
ever, passed ofl’ as the son of Lady Nicholas
Bacon, who was the devoted friend and
confidante of the queen. Queen Elizabeth
sought to secure to Bacon the succession to
the throne, but was compelled by circum-
stances to give up the idea, and Bacon
boasts of leaving no children to set up dis-
turbing claims.

Orphans Half Starved.

CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 4.—The removal of
Mrs. Steele, the matron of the Colored Or-
phan asylum, creates an immense sensation.
Miss Maud De Long, of Oberlin, 0., who
came to Chattanooga on Oct. 4 to accept a
position in the home, said in an interview
yesterday: “I left the institution with three
ladies on Saturday because Mrs. Steele
made it so unpleasant for us that we could
not stay. The children were treated in a
horrible manner. They were poorly fed
and half clothed. Mrs. Steele’s rule was
that the children should have meat to eat
twice a week, but if they got it that often
they did not know it. The children would
come into my room eating bones like dogs,
and they would act like one of those beasts
when the bones would be taken from them.
They were required to do without food for
two or three meals as a punishment. To
cut a long matter short, they were half
starved.”

The Czar “'ants Them Stamped Out.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 4.—_The czar has is-
sued a rescript appointing a new metropoli-
tan of the Greek church at Kieff. In it he
urges that vigorous action should be taken
against the Stundists, who, the czar says,
“are injuring more and more the faith of
our fathers.” The Stundists are a Protestant
sect, consisting mostly of Russians from the
Eastern church, which was formed in 1817.
They repudiate the sacraments and demand
an equal distribution of property. A synod
of the Eastern church some time ago pro-
nounced them guilty of blasphemy and an-
athematized them. It is estimated that the
sect has over 1,000,000 members.

Fanny Davenport Prostrated.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 4.—0wing to a severe
attack of nervous prostration, Fanny Dav-
enport was unable to appear at the thea-
ter last night and the performance was
postponed. The physician in charge says
that Miss Davenport is in need of a long
rest. She is suffering from a constant and
severe pain in the head.

Flames in “'atcrbury.
WATEnnt'nv, Conn, Dec. 4. —Tracey
Bros.’ lumber yards and shops on Meadow
street were burned. The stables of the
Platt Elevator company and A. B. Simon’s
carpenter shop were also burned. Loss,
$20,000.

\VOKLD'S FAIR NOTES.

 

 

The monster Manufactures and Liberal
Arts building requires more than 200 car-
loads of lumber, or 3,000,000 feet, for its
flooring alone, and five carloads of nails to
fasten it down. Three electric saws are
kept running night and day sawing and
sizing the flooring. Twenty buildings of
the size of the Auditorium, or 1,000 houses ‘25
by 50. could stand on this mammoth floor.

Medusnline, a new composition designed
as a substitute for brick and building stone,
has been adopted for the sidewalks and
driveways in the Exposition grounds. The
committee on grounds and buildings granted
the contract to the Medusaline Manufactur-
ing company, of Chicago, for the construc-
tion of 450,000 square feet of such sidewalks
and driveways. The price is (3% cents per
square foot. The concrete composition to
be used by the contractors is said to be as
hard as perfect stone, and it is now thought
probable that it will be used instead of staff
for the exterior ornamentation of the Fine
Arts palace and several other buildings. '

VVyoming’s building at the fair will be of
the French chateau style of architecture, 50
by 70 feet, two stories high, and will cost
about $20,000. ‘

. The Chicago Furniture Manufacturers’
association, which has a membership of 1510
and an aggregate capital of $26,000,000, pro-
poses to make a united exhibit of mammoth
proportion in the furniture and upholstery
line.

A very notable diamond exhibit from
Cape Colony, South Africa, will be made by
the De Beers Consolidated Mines company.
This exhibit will give visitors to the expo—
sition an idea of the various processes
through which the gems pass from the time
they leave the mouth of the mining shaft
till they reach the hands of the jeweler—-
crushing the blue, diamondiferous clay,
Washing the earth by means of a rotary
.vashing machine, cradling the pebbles,
obtained from the last process, through a
pulsator, hand sorting for the small stones,
and cutting and polishing the stones. In
the Cape Colony exhibit will also be a. mass
of crystal, elevated on a pedestal, equaling
in weight all the diamonds found in the
Kimberly mines since 1870. Cape Colony
has appropriated $25,000, and the De Beers
company has voted to expend alike amount.

Job Printing neatly done at this office.

 

 

WASHINGTON WHISPERS

Bynum’s Withdrawal Not So Great
a Mills Boom as Was Expect-ed.

THE HATCH MEN INDIGNANT

A Story That May Lose the Texan Their

Support—Proclar’s Successor u. Presi-
dential Secret, but Grant's Friends
- Are. Hopeful He “'ill Be the l‘vIan.

\VASIIINGTON, Dec. 4.—The withdrawal of
Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, in favor of Mr.
Mills for the speakership does not seem to
have the effect intended by the Indiana
congressman. It was believed by the friends
of Mr. Mills that Mr. Bynum’s declaration
in support of their candidate would bring to
the Texan’s support all the Indiana delega-
tion and nearly all the other votes on which
Mr. Bynum had counted. .

This belief, however, has been backcapped
by the declaration of other of Indiana’s rep-
resentatives in favor of Mr. Springer, a very
natural decision because of the geographical
situation of Illinois and Indiana. Mr.
Springer will also have the support of the
Iowa delegation, but if he is withdrawn, or
if it is certain that he cannot win, the dole
gation will go over to the Mills ranks. This
statement is made on the authority of Judge
Walter Hayes, the leader of the Iowans.

Hatch Men Indignant.

There is said to be considerable unfriendly
feeling on the part of the Hatch men toward
Mr. Mills on account of the publication of a
story that ex—Representative Cochran, gen-
eral solicitor of the Missiouri Pzwific rail-
road, who is working for Mr. Hatch, was
representing Jay Gould and that his inter-
est in behalf of the Missouri candidate meant
that Mr. Gould was working to secure
Hatch’s election.

The Hatch men are very indignant over
the publication, and they claim to trace it:
origin to supporters of Mr. Mills. Some 01
the Missom'ian‘s supporters have gone far
enough to assert that the story will result
in the loss to Mr. Mills of Hatch votes that
would naturally go to the Texan if Mr.
Hatch were withdrawn. No surprise is ex-
pressed over the avowed intention of ten of
the fourteen New England Democrats to
vote for Mr. Mills.

This was to be expected, but the Crisp
people have not given up hopes of capturing
a few of the ten if Mr. Mills runs some dis-
tance behind Mr. Crisp on the first ballot.
Two of the New Englanders will vote for
Springer and one for Crisp, while the other
will not commit himself.

Proctor’s Successor a Secret.

The president will send to the senate but
one nomination for a. cabinet position, and
that will be secretary of war. Who will be
the new member of Mr. Harrison’s official
family no one can tell. The president has
kept and intends to keep this a secret, and
even the cabinet is in ignorance of the
choice. .

Mr. Blaine will remain in his place of sec—
retary of state. Rumors of his intention to
Withdraw and announce himself as a can di-
date for the presidential nomination are
without foundation. The course Mr. Blaine
will pursue has been communicated to Mr.
Han-ison and the situation between the
two understood.

The announcement that Mr. Blaine would
indicate his course was at first taken liter-
ally and understood to mean that he would
in writing or officially state that he could
not be a candidate. It has since been
learned that the Wiser course will be pur-

sued and that some verbal announcement
will be made to friends.
Grant’s Friends Hopeful.

Secretary Proctor was at work early
Thursday clearing up a few matters he has
had under consideration and referring those
he will not have time tmnsider to Assist-
ant Secretary Grant. He is taking up no
new matters and hopes to dispose of the
matters he has before him by Saturday, by
which time he expects to have his resigna-
tion as secretary accepted by the president.
The friends of General Grant, assistant sec—
retary, are still hopeful that he will succeed
Proctor.

The war department has revoked theor-
der suspending the court martial ordered to
meet at New York for the trial of Major
Throckmorton, Second artillery, and in—
structs the court to meet on the 9th inst.
and proceed with the trial. '-

The president has made the following
appointments in the navy: W'. H. Jones to
be medical inspector; Frank Anderson, 8111'-
geon, and T. W. Ryan, lieutenant.

 

Han-lot Confesses the Murder.

FREEHOLD, N. J ., Dec. 4.—Louis Harriot,
the farm laborer, has confessed that he mur—
dered Mr. Charles T. Leonard, of Atlantic
Highlands. He says he asked her to pay him
his wages so that he could leave, and upon
her refusal struck her down with ahammcr.
then put a. rope round her neck and dragged
the body to the place where it was found.
He denies that he assaulted her. Ferdinand
Mutter, of Irvington, visited the Freehold
jail to try and identify Harriot. Mrs. Mut-
ter was assaulted by a. laborer in the same
manner as Mrs. Leonard, of Atlantic High-
lands, whom Harriot is accused of murder-
ing. Mutter says Harriot is not the man
who attacked his wife.

The Appraisers Plead Guilty.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.—The mercantile
appraisers were brought up before Judge
Finletter in the court of quarter sessions.
They were Edward W. Patton, Samuel
Houseman, Albert Crawford, James F. Bell
and Harry Hunter. Furman Sheppard, the
counsel for the appraisers, in their behalf
pleaded guilty to two of the six indictments

against them. The court accepted the plea

for each of the accused and ordered them to
be discharged from their office and pay the
costs of prosecution.

\Varmcastlc’s Accounts Not Short.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Acting Commis-
sioner Wilson, of the internal revenue
bureau, said that whatever irregularities
existed in the office of Collector Warmcastle,
at Pittsburg, they were not of a financial
character. He emphasized the statement
that there was no shortage in the collector’s
accounts. Mr. Wilson Would not say what

the nature of the irregularities were.

\Vant Mitre for President.
SANTIAGO DE CHILI, Dec. 4,—Thc. execu-
tive committee of the union civica. of the
Argentine Republic has resolved by a unani-
mous vote to break ofi’ all negotiations with
the nationalcs civica, and it insists upon

nominating General Mitre for president and

Senor Uriburu for vice president.

A f-luhptnnu for Denim-est.
NYACK, N Y., Dec. 4.—A subpoena was
issuedtoday 1.--._- who :m‘cst of ex—Assembly-
n.‘.- I
In».-- .- ~'

trial is sex . -=r next week.

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dent to a bilious state of the system. such as
Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Distress after
eating, Pain in th lids, 8w. While their most
remarkable success has been shown in curing

SICK

Headache. yet Carter’s Little Liver Pills are
equally valuable in Constipation, curing and pre-
venting this annoying complaintwhile they also
correct all disorders of the stomach stimulate the
liver and regulate the bowels. Even if they only

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Ache they would be almost pricelessto those who
suffer from this distressing complaint; but fortu-
nately their goodness does not end here,and those
who once try them will find these little pills valu-
able in so many ways that they will not be wil-
ling to do without them. But after all sick head

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Is the bane of so many lives that here is where
we make our great boast. Our pills cure it while
others do not.

Carter’s Little Liver Pills are very small and
very easy to take. One or two pills make a dose.
They are strictly vegetable and do not gripe or
purge. but by their gentle action please all who
use them. In vials at 25 cents ; five for $1. Sold
by druggists everywhere, or sent by mail.

'. CARTER MEDlCINE (30., New York.

nu Pill. Small Base. Small Price.

Claim

Of all the different makes
and an endless variety of
styles and shapes are now
shown; the prices very mod-

crate.
Tea Sets.

English Ware, decorated
in three colors, 56 pieces,

$52 .9 5.

Enorlish Porcelain, dainty

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decorations, 56 pieces,

$6. 50.
Carlsbad China, choice dec-
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$7.00.

Dmner Sets”
,English Ware, pretty dec-
orations in Brown, Blue or
Slate, I I2 pieces, $10. 50.
Mcakin’s “Melton," a stand-
ard make, has border pattern
in slate color, 115 pieces,
35 I 2. 50.
Also 'a full assortment in
choice designs from $15.00
upwards.

Lon/€99 Toy/0r

Grand Street Store. N. Y.

 

New York,
Nov. 30th, 1891.

One “point” on which we
are “well“ up” is the ability to
make good clothes for boys.
Nothing is too fine for our
trade, and yet the great de-
mand is for. serviceable and
durable garments at moderate
cost. The knack of putting

good looks and good quality

into clothes without making

them too expensive is where ‘

we excel.

We do the boys’ Hat, Shoe
and Furnishing Goods trade
as correctly as we do the cloth—
ing trade. It is a convenience
to find everything a boy needs
in one store. We have three
such stores.

Free deliveries to all pomts Within one hun-
dred miles of New York city.

ROGERS, PEET & CO.

THREE Prince,
BROADWAY A Warren,
STORES. 32d St.

 

Merrill Business College,
STAMFORD, CONN.

A wide-awake twining school for both sexes.
Every business branc taught thoroughly.
German, English and college preparatory
studies. . . _

Busmess houses supplied With Office assxst-
ants free of c urge. _ . . .

Headquarters 01' Norwnlk and v1c1mty for
the sale and rental of the Remington Standard
Typewriter. Typewriter supplies. For cat-

alogue, address. __ _ t 13
M. A. MERRILL, Presrdent.

A. CARD.

MRS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY, (daughter
of the late William R. N ash), desues

PUPILS IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
For terms apply to or address 193 Main Street

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festive story. But there is another

 

Comstock Bros.

Reducing His Bill.

This is the time when the gobbler
ceases to be a gobbler and is gobbled.
This is the time when he pools his
issues with the frolicsome mince pie
and goes the way of all turkeys. This
is the time when, however long he has
lived, no longer shall be live; when the
carver gets in his fine work and when
nothing but bones are left to tell the

story as seasonable as the story itself.
Open your ears and let it in. It is not
a Thanksgiving fairy tale, though it
sounds like one. We are actually
ofl‘ermg our

OVERCOATS, - -> . -
Ulsters, Men’s and Boys’ Suits
At Last 10 Per Cent. Below, the Regular Retail Pine.

Gemstock 28:205-,

Masonic Building, E 14 So. Main Street
NORWALK. so. NORWALK.

 

 

 

 

FINE LINE OF

ovucous and PEA JACKETS,
WINTER UNDERWEAR,

COMPLETE STOCK OF

Ladies’v- and - Gents’ - SHOES,
Rubbers and Rubber Boots a. Specialty.

HENRY BIELEFELD,

12 North Main Street, - - South Norwalk.

The Ema A.&P.Tea£u.’ ‘

Santa. Claus is Coming

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Beautiful Panel Card Entitled " Home Guard,"

—-——TO BIZ—-

Given to All Purchasers M500. Worth of Tea, coffee, Baking Powder
and condensed Milk,

Christmas week commencing the 14th inst, and continuing until the 24th
mt. Look in our windows and view the Sample Card of Home Guard
8 entirely original, painted specially for us and can only be procured 3.

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The Great Atlantic 85 Pacific Tea Co.

41 MAIN STREET NORWALK

Excels all others, in purity, flavor and economy.
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Must Be Sold.

FARM of 35 Acres, all Meadow and Pasture
Land. Dwelling House, nine rooms,
about 20years old. Large barn and cow house
nearly new. Five hundred peach trees in full
bearing. Apples, gra es and small fruits in
a bundance. Situate two milesfrom Norwalk
Bridge. on the mam road to New Canaan, on
high ground. F1118 View of Long Island Sound.
Price $4,000. Must be sold to_settle an estate.
For further particulars enquire of
tf43 O .E. WILSON.
3 GAZETTE Building. Norwalk. Ct.

$500 BEWARE.

AREWARD of Five Hundred Dollars will -

Large Assortment of

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be paid by the Selectmen of tne Town of

- orwalk for the arrest and convictu of the

oarty or parties setting any of the recent
ncendlary fires In said town. or any such that

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Curbing, Flagging and HousejConnections.

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