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VOL. Ken—No. 29.
For the accommodation of our patrons, the
business oflice of the Daily Gazette will b
open every evening from 7 till 9 p. m.
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Martial Law and Civil Law.
There can be no martial law at Home-
stead without a proclamation to that ef-
fect from Governor Pattison and, of'
course, he will issue no such proclama-
tion, for the obvious reason that there
is not now nor is there likely to be any;
necessity for it.
Proclamation of martial law in a civil
community in time of peace is an ex-
treme measure of last resort. Andvery
properly, so, considering the .summsty
and practically unlimited powers over
life, liberty and property which may
then be wielded by the military au-
thorities. Civil law must prevail at
Homestead. The militia commander
there is subject to the orders of the
sherifi‘. The troops are simply a police.
force to support the sherilf in enforc-
ing the civil law for the preservation of
peace and order.
The Sherifl himself has no other au-
thority nor any other duty than to en-
force the civil law.
A Remarkable Scene.
The funeral scene at " Ardsley ” yes-
» terday, says the Herald, was one that
has rarely been and can rarely be
equaled in any country.
Ar ouud the bier of Cyrus W. Field.
who died at the "age of seventyothree,
with a fame as one of the world’s great-
est benefactors, were bowed three bro-
thers, the youngest of whom is more .
than a septuagenarian, and the eldest
little less than an ectogenarian, and all
of whom have won places in the history
of their time.
David Dudley Field is a jurist of in-
ternational fame, of whom it has been
truly said that he has “done more for
the reform of laws than any other man
living.” Stephen J . Field'has been for
nearly a third of a century foremost
* among the judges that compose the
highest judicial tribunal in the world.
Henry M. Field has made his mark in
theology and literature.
Truly it is a family remarkable both
for physical and intellectual vigor.
Mount Etna in Eruption.
A cable despatch from Rome says the
eruption of Mount Etna is rapidly in-
creasing in violence. Immense streams
. of lava are pouring down the mountain
side, threatening several villages with
destruction.
As the despatch states that all the
craters are active the sight ,must. be
very remarkable. The famous cone of
Etna, rising nearly eleven thousand
feet above the sea, is dotted with a
large number of minor cones, number-
ing, according to Beclus. seven hun-
dred. Apparently the present erup-
tion must be one of the most violent
recorded since the seventh century.
It is usually supposed that volcanic
action on the globe has been much
more powerful in the early periods of
its history than in our times. But the
grand eruption of Krakatoa in the last
decade and the present outbursts from
the numerous craters of Etna afi‘ord,
says the New York Herald, striking il-
lustrations of the conclusion reached
by Sir Archibald Geikie and other
geologists that “it may be doubted
whether any of the Paleozoic volcanoes
equalled in magnitude those of the
Tertiary period, whether any of the
latter ever produced such stupendous
changes as have been efi‘ected by med-
ern volcanoes still active.”
Ought to be Cared For..
John Buckley called on Chief De-
Forest, yesterday afternoon and asked
to have a Mrs. Hall who lives in one of
his (Buckley’s,) houses, arrested. On
being asked as to why he Wished to
have the woman arrested, he said that
she was lying in bed all day long half
dressed and unable to care for herself.
He admitted that she was sick and
added that she was in a deplorable and
filthy condition. He said that her
daughter cared for her at times, but
. that she had to be absent at work a
- greater portion of the dag.
. also of the opinion that t 6
He was
old lady
was at times under the influence of in-
toxicants, but was not sure of it. The
chief referred Mr. Buckley to the sel-
ectmen, as he did not think it proper
to arrest the woman in her present
sickly condition and confine her in. the
station-house and did not beleive that
i the jail authorities would receive her if
he caused her arrest. The case if one-
‘ half as bad as is stated by Mr. Buckley,
' is surely one that ought to receive the
- attention of some one and the woman
removed to different quarters. Whose
:- business. is it to act in the matter?
The eighteenth State convention of
he Connecticut Sunday School asso-
iation will be held in New Britain
I ov. 15, 16, 17. Every Sunday school
- the state is entitled to send a dele-
; ate.
A big meteor fell last evening at
bout 10 o’clock. It wasa lat e one
-nd exceedingly . brilliant. eople
'ened it to an immense skyrocket.
t came from the southwest and swept
.ver the sky, describing a huge circle.
: t lit up the whole sky.
N ORWALK, CONN., FRIDAY, JULY 1 5, 1892.
‘ TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES.
These be glorious days for the hay, ‘
corn and potato crops.
e—Figured J ap. Silks 43 cents at Sco-
field & Hoyt’s.
Yesterday' was the hottest 14th of
July in these parts in the last sixteen
years. - ‘ .
Agent David Gould and wife are ex-
pected home from Washington, to-
morrow. .
——Big drive in iron Bedsteads at Sco-
field & Hoyt’s.
A genius is a man who would starve
were it not for his friends who are not
geniuses.
George William Curtis is believed to
be slowly dying from a cancer in the
stomach. *
—Folding Beds cheap at Scofield &
Hoyt’s. -' -
The four Connecticut representatives
in the House voted against the free
coinage bill. .-
The nomination of Edward E. Good-
year to be postmaster at North Haven
was sent to the Senate yesterday.
Many of the boss barbers of Bridge-
bort admit that their efforts to secure
Sunday closing is practically dead.
A defence of Cain has just been pub-
lished. Almost any man can get sym-
pathy nowadays if he is bad enough.
——The Triumph T. 'and C. filter is not
a spout attachment, it is used inside the
pot. Coffee never muddy, 25c each.
_Now that the silver bill has been
kicked out of the House, it is thought
Congress may adjourn about August 1st.
The great West is bound to lead the
procession. Nevada now boasts of a
hug which chews up the barbed wire
ences.
George Pomeroy has started in the
grocery business on Chapel street. He
opened his store for the first time yes-
terday. '
Town Clerk Smith last evening issued
a marriage license to Oscar S. Partrick
and Elsie E. Ainsworth, both of East
Norwalk.
The eloquent Ex-Governor and Ex-
U. S. Senator Newton Booth died sud-
denly last evening at his home in Sac-
ramento.
Mr. T. S. Morison’s “Pickett ” won
the 2.29 race at Philadelphia yesterday
in three straight heats. Time,.2.29t,
2. 28%, 2.27%.
Dwyer is ' showing some celluloid
campaign whip attachments. Those of
the democracy are red and the republi-
cans blue.
Four artists arrived here from Bos-
ton yesterday afternoon, and are now
engaged on the interior embellishment
of St. Mary’s Church.
Gleston A. Ferris, a valued engineer
on the Consolidated road, died sudden-
ly at his home in New Haven, yester-
day, Of rheumatism of the heart.
About 700 pleasure seekers from New
Haven visited Roton Point on the Elm
City, yesterday. It was the excursion
of the Grand avenue Congregational
church.
George Allen, who has for a long
time been liabationer at the Grumman
Bros.’ refectory, has resigned. He
Will devote his time to bicycles and
watches.
.The call for the 23d annual conven-
tion of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of Connecticut is out. The con-
vention will be held in Meriden Tues-
day, August 30.‘ '
The Herald sensibly sug cats that as
coal has gone. up and meat as gone up,
the proper thing, for poor mortals to do
is to buy a gas or coal oil stove and
fishing outfit. ‘
Dwyer’s band, while on the way
home after the concert last night. stop-
pedin frontof the residence of Miss
Julia Lockwood and played two of
their best tunes.
While M. McPherson was driving his
team out_of his stables on West avenue
last evening, one of the horses slipped
and fell on the curb doing some dam-
age to the harness. ‘ -
William Thompson, who has done
considerable contract work in town,
has accepted a position with a firm of
contractor in, New Jersey. He has en-
gaged for one year.
President Hyatt was. up from Roton
yesterday p.- in. looking robust and
. ronzed, so that the surmises of his
friends that the mosquitoes had devour-
ed him, were unfounded.
George Raymond’s beautiful grocery
Maltese cat, _is becoming about as un~
iversal a cruiser as he is favorite. He
now extends his morning walks up as
far as the Norwalk Club house.
—Mr. Stanley Whitney, of D'arien,
Con n., graduate of the Merrill Business
College, Stamford, is filling a position
as stenographer and typewritist, ‘with
the Phoenix Insurance 00., New York
City. ' ' ’
W. L. Squire, treasurer of .the Con-
solidated road, has been busy of late
exchanging the stock of the road for
stock of the N. Y., P. and B. recently
acquired. There are 50 000 shares of
this stock whose par value represents
$5,000,000. Stockholders holding 45,000
shares have exchanged the same for
stock of the Consolidated road. ‘
COME MRIEF.
The Georgia-Alabama Bubble
' BUPSt.
Fifteen Thousand Stockholders
Learn a Lesson in Financiering.
Anyone in search of a fine object les-
son in financiering can find what he is
looking for, says to-day’s New York
Times, by calling earlienough to avaid
the rush at Parlor of the Astor
House. In this apartment the corpse
of one of the greatest financial schemes
'ever sprung on a confiding public is ly-
ing in state. This corpse is “the re-
mains” of the Georgia-Alabama Invest-
ment and Development Company, late
of Tallapoosa, Ga.
Until it met with its sad end, the
Georgia-Alabama Company had at its
head Benjamin F. Butler. Just at
present, however, the company is in
the hands of the undertaker, as every
well-regulated corpse should be when
it has reached the stage of Gen. But-
ler’s corporation.
The undertaker in charge is C: A.
Norton of Tallapoosa, Ga. Technical-
ly Mr. Norton is the receiver, but has
been domg very little receiving. His
principal mission has been to explain
matters to an indignant lot of 15,000
stockholders, who feel that they have .
, been gulled by a company of gentlemen
of high positions.
Mr. Norton is one of the stockhold-
ers so gulled, and has therefore a goo
deal of brotherly feelin . He arrived
Wednesday, and yester ay was kept so
busy meeting the stockholders of the
company who live in New York and
Brooklyn that he didndt get a chance
to eat breakfast until 6 o’clock last
evening. .
The statements contained in the big
advertisements of the company were of
the most alluring character. The capi-
tal was 84,500,000, divided into shares
of $10, par value, which were offered at
from $3.33;— to 83. 50 to those who got in
“soon enough.” 15,000 persons got in
“soon enough.”
The chief officers besides Gen. But-
ler were Logan H. Boots, ex;member
of Congress from Arkansas, Vice-presi-
dent; C. W. Perkins, Cashier of the
Massachusetts National Bank of Bos-
ton, second vice-president; JamesW.
Hyatt, ex-Treasurer of the United
States, treasurer, and T. E. Major sec-
retary. Amon the directors were J.
W. Caseldine ashier of the Merchants’
and Miners’ Bank of Tallspoosa; Thos.
C. Smith, President of the Seventeenth
Ward Bank of Brooklyn; Georg; 0k
or -
Scofield, President of the New
Contract Company and L. M. Sanford,
President of the Bank of New Castle,
Kentucky. .
The “ Advisory Board” included the
names of ex-Gov. and now U. S. Sena-
tor Gordon of Georgia, ex-Gov. Taylor
of Tennessee, Richard H. Bright, form-
erly Sergeant-at-Arms of the U. S. Se:
nate, E. R. True. Cashier of the United
States Treasur . D. C. Scoville, ex-Su-
perindent of ducation of Michigan,
and others. The International Trust
Company of Boston was the transfer
agent and offices were_ opened in most
of the large cities of this country, With
a branch in London for foreign invest-
ors, of whom there are about 2,000. The
main ofices were in Boston, and the
“ Southern offices ” were at Tallapoosa.
In New York the company had ofiices
at 11 Wall street; in Chicago in the
Stock Exchange; Philadelphia, Drexel
Buildin ; Baltimore, Bank of Balti-
more uilding; Providence, Butter
Exchange. The London office was at
Token House Buildings.
All these fine offices are no more.and
hiave knots of maps on the door han-
es.
“And who did all this,” Mr. Morton
was asked : “ Why, the man who did it
all is R. L. Spencer. He lives at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. But you won’t
find him. He’s gone fishing. I tell
you he’s a dandy—a regular out-and-
out Napoleon of finance and a diplomat
from ’wayback.”
“He hails from Connecticut, and was
penniless. Now he has a million dol-
lars. -
The first thing he did after looking
around the vicinity of Tallapoosa was
to organize the Tallapoosa Land Com-
pany. The mere fact that he had no mon-
ey out no figure. What terms Spencer
made with Butler and the other :big
guns. on his board .nobody knows.
They received no salaries and had none
of the stock _in the company, except
enough to entitle them to act as officers.
Mr. Spencer and his friends formed a
pool and put $1,000,000 of their $4,500,-
000 of stock into the treasury. This
stock alone, was to be sold for the pur-
pose of :development. As a matter of
fact, the entire stock issue was sold,
and the way it. was done was this:
. “ In response to the glowing adver-
tisements, a request would come in, say,
for ten shares of stock. The Spencer
people would send one or two shares of
Treasury stock, and fill the rest of the
order from their own holdings. In this
way they got rid of every share they
held. At the present time neither Mr.
Spencer nor his officers hold a single
share. They’ve got the cash, and 15,-
000 people are loaded with the stock.”
“ Everything was done in. a way that
nobody has a remedy under the law. I
went With 'the company as Secretary.
It didn’t take Mr. Spencer long to con-
vince me thatl would have a mighty
fine thing by buymgstock.”
_ “ When the end was about at 'hand,
in January, I was made general mana-
ger, to have some one in position when
the crash came.”
“A big salary list to keep up all the
ofiices amounting in all to 840,000 a
year, had sapped the company, and the
money turned in from the sale of the
$1,000,000 of Treasury stock had dis-
appeared.
“The Merchants’ and Miners’ Bank
of Tallapoosa had a grip on ever thing
in sight to secure $275,000 in cash, that
it had loaned, and we had to come to a '
stop. So. I was appointed receiver on
- April 28, and here I am.
The 15,000 people who own this stock
paid about $1,500,000 for it. If matters
were forced now and the property went
under the hammer, this stock would be
Wiped out, and stockholders lose every
penny.
It is to prevent this that I have come
North to consult personally with the
people who own the stock. The prop-
erty now in my hands ought to realize
about $1,000,000. So far my plans have
been pretty generally approved. The
stockholders are scattered all over the
world.
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Shot Bv His Wife.
Charles Crosby, a prominent citizen
of. North Salem, N. Y., lies at the pOint
(if; death -at his home with a bullet
wennidjgst ,helewhis heart. . .
lieve "t at he'Was shot by his Wife a
French woman, but the family say he
accidentally shot himself. ‘
The New Reservoir.
Engineer Wood is now engaged mak-
ing surveys, and an outline map of the
Buscoe Amphitheatre, showing length
of the dam required to cross the chasm,
the depth of the basin and extent of
land that will be flowed, et3., which,
when completed, will be submitted to
the Water Commissioners fpr their
consideration and final action. He has
also made careful surveys and sound-
ings of the Grape reservoir, in order
to determine the actual quantity of
water it holds when full.
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The Quo Warranto Case. '3"
Judge Hall will be in New Haven to-
day to hold court there. He has given
the lawyers who were interested in the
quo warmnto proceedings of Phelan vs.
Walsh to understand that he would“ file
his finding of facts to-day, but a gen-
tleman who is in a position to know,
says that he is pretty sure that the find-
ing Will not be presented until a later
date. He says that he does not think
Judge Hall has completed the finding
yet, but would not state the reasons.
Death of John B. Robertson.
John B. Robertson, ex-Secretary of
State of Connecticut, died at his home
in New Haven yesterday morning. He
was over eighty years old, was born in
Charleston, S. C. ; was graduated from
Yale in the class of 1829, and from the
Charleston Medical College in 1831.
He was member of the House of Repre—
sentatives from New Haven in 1841 and
Secretar of State from 1843 to 1849.
He was ostmaster of New Haven from
1849 to 1853 and Mayor from 1860 to
1862. He was the father of Judge A.
H. Robertson. His illness was of short
duration. ‘
He Transpired Freely.
It was warm this morning. A well
known fact. But no one felt its effects
as much as did John Holdrich, who,
lookin at a thermometer on his way to
work,_ y some optical illusion was led
to beheve that the mercurp had run up
to 140' degrees. He immediately com-
menced to transpire and the perspira-
tion poured all from his forehead like
water out of a sprinkling cart. Fear-
ing serious results Charley Barrett se-
cured another thermometer and showed
Mr. Holdrich that it was not nearly as
warm as he thought it to be. He now
laughs as heartily as anyone over his
mistake.
A Squabble Over Junk.
The residents of Austin Terrace ' and
Brook street were startled this morn-
ing by cries of “police! police l” The
cause of it was two Junkmen named
respectively Ike Harris and M. Savage
who were trying to get posesaion of a
bag of junk, w ich a colored woman
named Carr had for sale. They called
each other anything but pretty names.
Emmitt Austin happened on the scene
and poured Oil on the troubled waters.
Harris secured the bag of junk without
spilling any blood, and drove off fol-.
lowed by_Savage who promised to make
it-exceedinoly warm for him during the
rest of the day. .,
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Sons of St. George.
At the annual convention of the
Grand Lodge, Sons of St. George. met
at Ston Creek this week and elected
the fol owmg officers: Worthy Grand
President, William Clifi'e of Lord N el-
son lcdge, No.187, Meriden ; vice grand
president,‘George Clark, Pioneer, No.
79, Bridgeport; worthy and secrets-
ry, Thomas Pollard, agna Charta
lodge, No. 163, Bridgeport ; worthy
grand treasurer, R. B. Lewis of Lodge
123, Danbury; grand messenger, B.
Fox, Capitol odge, 131. Hartford; in-
side sentinel, W. D. Locke ; worthy
chancellor, George .W. Parks, Albany
lodge, 202. . _
The retiring president R. H. Shepard,
of Red Cross lodge, New Haven,'ad-
dressed the delegates briefly after the
election of officers.
mitted showthat the order is in a pros-
perous condition and is constantly gain-
ing in strength. During the past year
three new lodges were formed, making
20 in the state, with a.total membership
of 1,500. The financial report submit-
ted to the grand lodge showed a ood
balance in the treasury. It also s ows
that much charitable work has been
doneduring the year.
There was a meetin of the Norwalk
and South Norwalk ectric Light Co.
yerterday afternoon. A committee was
appomted to examine into the matter
b Tight before the meeting, the com-
mi ttee to report at a meeting to be held .
on Thursday next.
Nothin is more calculated to pro-
mote hea th and comfort than a prop-
heated and ventilated home; the
..,,
, “ ictor” steam and hot water heaters,
(manufactured by the Richmond Stove
0s ’ .
for efliciency and economy,
building a new house or are in need 0
a new heatingnpparatus, y will do
well to examine this syste and in
ado ting it save your money and 'your
lies th and add to your comfort.
Norwich Coun., are un urpassed
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‘ .An Entertaining and Destructive Home Joumdl, Especially Devoted to Local News and Interests.
BLOWN SKYWllRD.
The Town of Westport Shaken by. a
Terriific EXDIOSlOfl 0f Naphtha.
—9-—-—'—
Four Men Badly Injured and Three
in the Bridgeport Hospital.
A terrific explosion which shook the
whole town of Westport, occurred
about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
and four Italian laborers were sent sky-
ward. Many thought an earthquake
had struck the place.
factory there. Adjoining their main
building is a smaller one, where is
stored naptha, which is used for the
purpose of cleaning the skins. Several
Italian laborers were employed in dig-
ging a trench,which leads to the naptha
tank. Thev had been warned a num-
ber of times about the danger of smok-
ing in or around the place. They be-
ing ignorant-of the nature of naptha
thought there was no danger of smok-
ing or striking matches on the tank.
Yesterday afternoon one of them
struck a match, the flame- of which
communicated with the naptha. A man
who happened to be in the building saw
the flame chasingalong the trench. He
realized that there would be an explo-
sion shortly. He jumped through a
window and yelled to the Italians to
run. They heard him, but they were
at a loss to account for his running, or
why he should call to them, He got a
safe distance before the explosion oc-
curred.
The four Italians were lifted from
the trench by the force of the explo-
sion. The burning naphtha flew in _all
directions. The men were soon being
roasted. Their cries were something
long to be remembered by all who
heard them. After the danger had
passed willing hands went to the res-
cue of the Italians, and removed them
to a place where medical aid was pro-
cured. Dr. Bulamb of the Westport
sanitarium, assisted by Drs. Fife and
Powers, did all human skill could pos-
siblv do for the sufi‘erers.
The building took fire and‘ burned
fiercely. The fire department was
called on and they did noble work in
checking the spread of the fire. It was
said that one man lost his life in the
burning building, but this story proved
untrue as all hands were accounted for.
The badly burned Italians after be-
.ing attended to were sent to Bridge-
port. Two of them, Francis Ally and
Obit Ally, were removed to the hospi-
tal. The former is perhaps fatally 1n-
jured. He inhaled considerable of the
naphtha. Obit will recover. 1..
Shortly after 7 o’clock last evening
Niccollo Janet, one of the men blown
up, was removed from a wagon in front
of the emergency hospital in Bridge-
port. A more dilapidated looking
specimen of humanity it would be hard
:0 tfind, being bandaged from head to
co .
At the time of the ex losion two
daughters of Mr. Kemper were at play
in t e loft of his barn 75 feet distant.
The shock of the explosion was so se-
vere that one of the little girls, who
was standing near a companionway,
’was thrown to the floor below, sustain-
ing painful injuries.
Committed Mayhem.
There was an act of mayhem com-
mitted at the Grumman Bros. saloon on
Main street, last evening. An Italian
bootblack of South Norwalk, named
Woley Ragganiel was the party guilty
of the act, and an Italian named Salla-
vina, more familiarly known as Sulli-
van, was the victim. The two got into
a dispute over a game of pool. Sulli-
van expressed himself as not caring to
have anything more to do with Ragga-
niel, when he was suddenly grabbedb
the latter and drawn up close enoug
for Ragganiel to make a vicious and
cowardly‘bite at his face. Ragganiel’s
teeth shut down on Sullivan’s upper
lip tearing out quite a large section of
the same. Ragganiel then spat the un-
wholesome morsel on' the floor and go-
ing out of the door made his escape.
The uncanny piece of flesh with its hir-
sute decoration was about the size of a
nickel. It was afterward picked up by
6a young man who handed it to Mr.
Grumman who will see that it is re-
turned to the owner, Sullivan's wound
was dressed by Dr. Baldwin. He” was
about this morning but his lip was too
painful to permit of his talking much.
Carmen Remson died at his home on
the Fort Point road, yesterday after-
noon, .aged 69 years. .The funeral will
be held from the East Norwalk M. E.
church at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon. ’
There was a good attendance at the
concert given on the Green last even-
ing by Dwyer’s City of Norwalk band.
The several pieces played were greatly
enjoyed by all. These concerts are a
source of much pleasure and the band
ought to be substantially encouraged
to give one every week,-
A meeting of democrats was held in
the Platt Price building on Water
street, last evening. Mr. J. J. Phelan,
the speaker who had been announced,
was unable to be present. The differ-
ent committees were selected to perfect
a permanent organization and report
place next rllhursday evening.
were disappointed by the tie-up of the
Terminal boats. He went to the com:
pany’s wharves at Oyster Bay Wednes-
and-boarded the steamer.
He was to d that the boat would not
leave until morning. Returning the
next morning he learned of the tie-up.
After some k a‘ special car was pro-
vided and the party taken to Longqls-
ew
York, by cabs to the Grand Central de.
pot where the fares were paid- to South
Norwalk and other points on the Con-
solidated road.
"Chas. Kemper conducts 'a morocco:
at a meeting to be held at the same
John Hanlon was among others who
[$1.00 a. Year.
PRICETWO‘ CENTS;
i RECEIVMPOINTED.
Judge Hall Intrusts Hon. Lyman
S. Catlin with the Ter— ,‘
'm‘mal Affairs. ‘
A Temporary Injunction Granted in
the New York Supreme Court.
Hon. Lyman . Catlin was {esterda
appomted recei r of the N . and -
E. Terminal company. Judge Hall fixed
his bond at $25,000.
Attorney Wheeler, of Bridgeport, ap-
peared in the interest of the stockholda
ers who were opposed to 'thc appoint:
ment of a receiver. He waxed eloljueiits
ly.for a postponement in order that he
might prepare his case. Judge Hall
ruled against him. Charles Miller, gen-
eral manager of the N. Y. and N. E.,
had he personal knowledge of the busi-
ness affairs other than that which he
gleaned from reports submitted to him.
Second Vice-President Charles Par-
sons, of the‘New England road, was in-
terrogated by the attorneys, and stated‘
that the loss of the Terminal company,
during the past year, has been $71,124.-
82. For the last three years the losses
of the company had footed up 3322,-
933.78. He said further that the New
England had control of 999 shares of
the company.
Secretary and Treasurer M. E. Stone
of the Housatonic, was called next.
The Terminal company’s statement, he
said, showed assets April 30 last, to be
$1,007,551.10, while the liabilities were
$1,225,000. In addition. to the above,
he said there was an item'bf several
hundred thousand dollars of debenture
bonds, which were stated to be unis-
sued. Of these the Housatonic «held
$52,000. ' ' -
_ The appointment of ex-Senator Cat-
lin as receiver of the company was the
result of a compromise, the Terminal
Co. advancing the name of Howard H.
Knapp and the New England favoring
State Treasurer Stevens. Mr. Catlin’s
name was opposed by only two stock-
holders. '
It was developed that the New Eng-
land holds the Terminal company to a
twenty years’ contract. It is said that
an interesting mixing up of matters
Will be a suit brought by the trustees
of the Terminal company a ainst the,
N ew England to prevent the atter from
“diverting” into other channels the
business of the Terminal Co. The
bond of Mr. Catlin being placed at
such a low_ amount was the cause of
much conjecture and surprise. ,
A temporary injunction was granted '
the N. E. Terminal in the Supreme
Court, New York, yesterday, restrain-
ing tthousatonic and New England
from interfering with the Terminal’s
business in the event of a receiver be-
ing appomted. The Housatonic owes
the Terminal company $300,000.
The new railroad line in Boston via
Long Island receiveda serious set-back
yesterday.
The east-bound Boston express left
Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday-
as usual at 11 a. m. The passengers
were told when they reached Jamaica
that there might be some delay at Oys-
ter Baly, but that everything would
probab y be in good running shape be-
fore long.
When the train ’ reached there the
Cape Charles, the transfer steamer,was
ready to steam over the Sound, and the
cars were run on board. There they
stayed. The boat did not start out
though she kept up a full head of steam.
Capt. Bixby explained that on , Wed,-
nesday night he had received orders
from President and General Manager
Starbuck. of the New England Termi-
nal Company. not to leave Oyster Bay
until further instructions. He proposed
to obey orders.
Capt. Bixby saidhe had no idea what
was the cause of his detention on the
Long Island shore. The Long Island
Railroad people also denied all knowl-
ed 6 of the peculiar proceedings.
ate last night it was developed that
there was a most excellent reason for
‘the Cape Charles to remain on the
Long Island shore. » A‘ Connecticut
sherifi‘ was at the Wilson Point landing
aching to get his hands on the boat, He
was armed with authority from the
courts to seize her on a libel issued late
on Wednesday. The allegation was
made that the New England Terminal
people owed a coal bill of something
like $30,000, which the coal firm -
been trying in vain to collect from
President Starbuck. It was impossible
last night to get the particulars, as
everybody in authority declared that
he knew nothin whateverrof. the cir-
cumstances. T ' e ticket agent,the only
official at the Long Island City depot
last night, said: -
“I don’t know anything about the
facts in the case, but it was reported
about here this afternoon that the New
England Terminal company owed a big
coal bill, on the other side, and the
Cape Charles had been libelled to se- '
cure its payment. The. amount of the
bill was stated at about $30,000.”
“Did the boat leave Oyster Bay at.
all yesterday ?” .
“N o, she’s there yet, I believe. ”
Latelast night-a telephone message
came from Wilson Point to the effect
that the Cape Charles run over under
cover of the darkness. . . .
‘-
His index Finger Crushed;
Eli Burchard, who drives the Castle
Coote milk w'a cu, had a. pretty close
call to loosing '8 right hand this morn-
ing. 'He had delivered some cream at
the DeKlyn ice cream factury and stood
”watching the. power ice machine at
work. On the machine are two large
cog wheels. In' some manner Eli’s hand
became caught between the‘twp wheels
and before he could. extricate it his in-
dex finger was badlycrushed. Dr.Bald-
windressed the injured member and Eli
drove home to. breakfast. The ice-
crusher was game; at a slow rate of
speedat the time of the accident, else
Mr. Burchai'd’s inju would have been
even more serious t an it is. The lad
in charge of the machine quickly threw .
off the belt when he saw Burchard’s
predicament. . . ‘
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Norwalk Chronicler