‘I‘ruth above all things.’ ’
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1894.
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Passage of the Wilson Bill.
The present House of Representatives
was elected in 1892 and its Democratic
majority is understood to have received
its instructions relative to tariff legisla-
tion from the Democratic convention of
that year. I It is to be assumed, there-
fore, so great and decisive is the vote
of the House in favor of the Wilson bill,
that the passage of this measure is an
act of obedience to the instructions of
the Chicago platform. There are those
who claim that this platform contem-
plated the adoption of a tariff for reve-
nue and not such a radical reform as
to Iowa the tariff below a revenue bums.
‘Iae House evidently construes its in-
structions in a different way, as mean-
ing legislation in the direction of free
trade, with on! y incidental regard to
the revenues of the government.
In obeying its instructions, so inter-
preted,the Democrats have not only ex-
ercised a right, but performed a duty.
There might have been something in the
way of suggestion to our Democratic
friends in the result of the elections of
1893, but nothing therein in the nature
of binding force. They were chosen the
year before for the express purpose of
repealing that “atrocity of class legisla-
tion”—the McKinley law—and so far as
possible at the south end of the Capitol
they haVe done their appointed work
with an extraordinary degree of pluck
and unanimity. To this exent they have
won the applause of their Democratic
constituents, if the latter are now of the
same way of thinking as they were in
the last Congressional campaign, and
can go to the country with at least the
claim that they have discharged their
trust with consistency.
But willing as the Democracy of the
country may be to shoulder the conse—
quences of this legislation, as being in
the line of their political professions
and party faith, we very much mistake
the temper even of the Democratic
people of this country. if they do not
call their representatives to account for
cumbering the reform bill which they
have so long demanded with an obnox-
ious rider in the lul‘lu of an income tax
.. which theyiareron recordmsyhav’iug al-
ways antagonized.
In what platform, by what conven-
tion, through whose authority, on what '
principle of justice or equity, is Con- ,
gross authorized. after having passed
an act to create a deficiency, to pass
another act of odious memory.of doubt-
ful constitutionality, of , Populistic
origin, and of sectional characteristics,
to help make up the shortage?
Defective as the Wiliou bill unques-
tionably is, inequitable as many of its
schedules are, wantonly as it menaces
the credit of a government that is
already driven to borrow money for its
support, its “culminating atrocity” far
greater than the atrocity of the Mo-
Kinley act, is, remarks the Washing-
~ ton Post, its resort to class legislation
still more iniquitious for raising reve-
nues that might readily be raised under
an honestly and fairly adjusted tariff.
The bill itself, without this incum—
brance, will prove a heavy load for the
party to carry. With it, the load will
be unbearable.
Hev. Mr. Clark Sues-
_ The liev. W’illiam \V. Clark, former-
ly pastor of the Methodist church in
this city, but now in charge of a parish
in Brooklyn, was the plaintiff 111 a legal
action against_the Bridgeport Steam-
boat company in the Court of COmmon
fleas in Bridgeport Wednesday.
Says the Standard:
. "About a year ago Mr. Clark was as-
signed to his preSent charge in Brook-
lyn and decided to move his household
effects to that city by boat. He made
his arrangements With the company’s
officials, and on April '30, 1893. removed
his furniture, library and piano to the
company’s wharf.
On that day it will be remembered a
terrible storm raged and the company’s
steamer was unable to reach the dock
in Bridgeport. The tide was unusually
high and backed up on the boats and
wharfs along the water front. Mr.
Clark’s goods were on the steamboat
company’s wharf, and he, claims were
badly damaged by the salt water. He
alleges that when they reached the
destination the library was almost
ruined. He immediately presented a
claim against the company and pay-
ment Was refused.“ Mr. Clark, through
his attorneys, Paige A: Carroll, insti-
tuted a suit to recover $355 damages.
The steamboat company were repre-
.e_nted in court by Attorney W. D.
lShOp, Jr. Mr. Clark testified as to
the amount of the damage, but the
company claimed that they were not
responsrblc for the damage as the goods
were not in their charge at the time.
Decision was reserved.” .
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Sprang Aleak. .
The freight tug City of N orwalk,
Capt. Peck, bound for this city from
New York sprang aleak near Execution
Light about 8 o’clock Wednesday even-
ing. The pumps were put in operation
and the vessel was kept afloat until the
steamer Vulcan, Capt. Roe, which
steamed to her aid, towed her to where
she now lies on the flats near White-
stone Landing. '1 he cargo of freight is
being unloaded. ' _
The Chapman Wrecking company’s
tug Hustlerlhas been sent for, and as
soon as the disabled tug is relieved of
her freight she will be towned to New
York. How the leak was caused is a
mystery. The frei ht was transferred
to the Vulcan an reached this cit
about 10 o’clock this morning. "
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w EE-KLY‘- non-w ALK GAZETTE.
ll sauna STORY.
ONE OF CIVIL AND ONE OF WAR
LIFE.
A Brave Man Wins a MGCIEII and a
Woman FIIlCIS a PPIZG.
They Will Both Interest You and
Tell You Just What You
Want to Know.
A most fascinating story comes to us
from Montpelier, Vt., concerning Mr.
Wallace W. Noyes and his wife, promi-
nent people of that city. Mr. Noyes
fought all through the war With distin-
guished bravery. he was in the bat-
tles of the Wilderness, Spot-tsylvania,
Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Winchester,
Cedar Creek and others.
He was wounded April 2d, 1865, at
Petersburg. He is one of the few pri-
vates who have ever received a medal
of honor from the U. S. government
for distinguished bravery. He stood
on the wall of the fort at Spottsylvania
in the bloody angle, and was the only
man that lived in that soot. Mr. Noyes
was wounded seven days before the
final surrender, and up to that time
never lost a day during the whole War,
enlisting when 17 years of ago.
His wife had an equally interesting
experience. We give it to our readers
in her own words expressed in the fol«
lowing letter:
“I. was completely run down,” she
said, “and my nerves were in every
weak condition. I had no refreshing
sleep and felt tired and dragged out all
the time. I was so extremely nervous
that when the door bell rang I would
scream out and if any of the children
dropped anything it would affect me
the same we y.
“My work was very hard and ex~
hausting at that time. My appetite
and digestion were very pow, and what
I did eat did not do me much good. I
was one day going to my family physi-
cian for help, not being able to work
any 101 ger in that condition.
MRS. W'ALLACE ‘W. NOYES.
“I had read and heard a great
deal about Dr. Greene’s Nervura blood
and nerve remedy. and that day I took
up a paper and saw more of the testi-
monials. That very day I got a bottle
and commeDCed taking it. Before I
had taken the first bottle I could see
that-it was helping me and 1 was feel-
ing better.
“I have now taken five bottles and
do not feel the need of any more, be-
ing completely cured. I sleep well and
have a good appetite. If I should be
taken again I should take Dr. Greene’s
medicine. Please publish this to the
world for the good of everyone.”
What greater prize oould the world
contain than a medicine which can cure,
such suffering as that? Dr. Greene’s
Ncrvura blood and nerve remedy is
constantly performing the most won-
derful cures all over the land.
Are you sick, weak or in pain? Then
take this wonderful medicine and it will
surely cure you. You need it especial-
ly at this season to prepare yourself
for spring. You need not fear to use
it, for it is purely vegetable and harm-
less and is the discovery of Dr. Greene,
of 35 West 14th Street, New York City,
the most successful specialist in curing
nervous and chronic disease. The cloc-
tor can be consulted at his cflice free,
personally or by letter.
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The Death of George W. Chllds.
In the death of ShuGeorgc W.Childs,
of Philadelphia, "the country loses one
of its most conspicuous and best-loved
citizens. He was everywhere well known
and everywhere held in high esteem, as
a generous, whole-souled man, a genu-
ine philanthropist, a typical American
citizen, and an embodiment, of the car-
dinal virtues shat gave to life its dis-
tinguishing ch 111115.
The story of in ,~ early struggles of
Mr.Childs, of his subsequent successes,
of his final ascent to the height of hu-
man prosperity, was elaborately told in
the colums of yesterday’s GAZETTE.
It is a career abounding in interest
from the time when as a boy he was
thrown upon his cwn resources through
the years that intervened to the high
and honorable culminations with which
his undertakings were ultimately
crowned. It not only abounds in_inter-
ests, but in lessons that young men
generally may emulate,as exemplifying
in their most impressive form the self-
reliance,the foresight, the well directed
energy, the sagacious use of opportu-
nitics, that constitute the inepiration
and assurance of life’s Substantial good
fortune.
Mr. Childs was not a man of ambi-
tion, in the ordinary sense of the term.
He never sought political preferment.
.He never aspired to literary eminence.
His character was utterly devoid of
pretense, as it was of selfishness. Hav-
ing succeeded in establishing the Ledg-
er upon permanent foundations and
made it an affluent source of revenue,
he devoted himself to the broadening
of its influence with conscientious
fidelity, and to the interests of those
with whom he was associated, with a
sympathetic sense of duty and regard
that eminently characterized him in all
the relations of life.’
But the tangible achievements of his
industry and enterprise are not his only
or his greatest monuments. As a citi-
zen whose public spirit knew no limits
short of the welfare of the community
in which he resided or of the country
which he loved so well; as a philan-
thropist whose public benefactions were
many; as a’private doer of good deeds,
ever alive to appeals of distress, he
leaves memorials without number to
the wisdom, the benignity, and the
great-hearted kindliness of his nature.
It is to be regretted, indeed, that a
life so eminent for its broad activities
and constant beneficence of motive
should have been brought to atermina-
tion ere the shadows of advancing age
had dulled his sympathies or clouded
the genial warmth of his temperament;
but it cannot be said that he has gone
before leaving his life work incomplete.
He wrought his appointed mission well.
He neglected no duty that fell in his
way. The cypress leaves that we place
upon his grave are mingled with never-
fading laurels.
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Mr. Edmunds on the Situation.
Hon. George F. Edmunds has been
visiting New .Orleans, and receiving
there the graceful and genuine hospi-
tality which distinguished visitors'may
always confidently count upon at the
hands of that charming cosmopolitan
city. In the intervals of excursions
on lake and river and dalliance With
the orange and magnolia, the famous
Senator has been discussing public
affairs, and among other questions,
that of tarifl‘ reform. This he does
with his accustomed good sense, and
what he says is worth considering.
Touching the proposed income tax
he makes the point that it is not only
names but unconstitutional. “This
Constitution,” says Mr. Edmunds, “re-
quires that all taxation shall be equal.
The income tax measure will make it
unequal.” He illustrates by supposing
the case of a man whose income is de-
rived from real estate. That man is
taxed first on the property from which
he derives his revenue, and afterward
on the revenue itself. This happens,
at least, where the property produces
more than $4,000 per annum~—say
34,100. If, however, the income be
only $4,001) he is tailed upon the prop-
erty alone. 'ifhus, if A. with a revenue
of $4,100 were taxed 1 1-2 per cent.
locally audit per cent. by act of Con-
gress, he would be paying 3 1-2 per
cent, while B, with a revenue of
$4,000, Would be paying only 1 1-2.4 A
would pay an annual tax of $143.50,
and B, with only $100 less income,
would get off with $61.50. The practi-
cal operation of such a law would be
to force A, in simple self-defense to
give away $2,000 of his capital—sup-
posing it to yield 5 per cent. rcvcuue-
in order to escape spoliation at the
hands of his government.
Mr. Edmunds very naturally desires
- the defeat of a measure which so clear-
ly offends common sense; and so ‘ obvi-
ously violates the Constitution. Nor
has he any confidence in the income
tax as a revenue-prcducing expedient,
because of the great difficulty and ex-
pense attendant upon its proper and
equitable collection. He looks, indeed,
to a dufy on imported sugar as the most
promising alternative, and says:
“I don’t think sugar, hou-‘ever,'.vill be
placed on the free list finally. It is, no
doubt, the disposition of Congress to
make itduty free. But what is to be
government? Being positive in my
opinion that the income tax meas-
ure will not become a law, I am pretty
sure that sugar will not be placed on
the free list. The revenue to be derived
from sugar is too valuable to the gov-
ernment to go free in the lane of wide
expenditure and a deficit.”
He stands, indeed, where a publicist
of his experience and enlightened ap-
prehension might be expected to stand
—opposed to a tax which is unequal and
therefore unconstitutional; which will
in practice be enpensive to the govern-
ment, oppressive of the individual, and
productive of unnumbered evils, and in
favor of a tax which will yield the larg-
est results at a minimum of public cost
and private inconvenience. Mr. Ed-
munds is neither a demagogue nor a
visionary. He is a statesman and a pa-
triot.
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Naramake Club Meeting.
A meeting of the Naramake Rod and
Gun club held in the office of . C. B.‘
Coolidge Wednesday evening was well
attended. Several new members were
admitted swelling the number to 148.
An important addition was made to the
by-laws prohibiting any member of the
club from hunting and fishing for profit.
A committee was appointed to purchase
quail and another to ascertain the game
laws of the state and the protection
the club has under them. It was also
voted to hold a regular meeting of the
club on the first Wednesday evening of
each month, after which the meeting
adaourned.
‘ Divorces.
Several applicants for divorces ap-
peared 1n the Superior Court, before
J udgeIShumway Tuesday afternoon.
Abbie E. Burritt of Bridgeport,
sought a separation from Charles Bur-
ritt of Greenfield Hill for desertion.
The case was continued for a week.
Howard B. Knox of Wilton, was di-
vorced from Jennie W. Knox on the
ground of infidelity. Adetective found
the defendant 1.“ a compromising posi-
tion in a hotel in Newport.
Mrs. Alice Phillips of: Bridgeport,
was granted a. decree from William
Phillips; cause desertion. Married
September, 1887. . '
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done for revenue with which to run the ,
SHOI HER IN THE HEAD;
tempts to Kill His Wife.
He Afterwards Tries to Kill Himself
as the Stat-ion House.
Shortly after noon Wednesday Fred-
erick Green of N o. E) Wood street,
South N orwalk, employed at the Lock-
wood Manufacturing Co.'s factory on
Day street, returned to his home on
account of illness. As he entered the
house he told his wife that an attempt
was going to be made upon his life and
that as he was coming home a man had
fired a pistol shot at him. Mrs. Green
tried her best to quiet him but he
ing to kill him. Shortly before eight
o’clock in the evening as Mrs. Green
was preparing her two young children
for bed Green walked into a bed room
and when he emerged he carried a pie-
tol in his hand. When he arrived with-
in fivo feet of where his wife was sit-
ting in a rocker with her babe on her
lap he shouted out that some one was
going to shoot her. Almost instantan-
eously with his remark the report of a
pistol rang out in the room. Mrs.
Green grabbed the child in her arms
and fled up stairs to the rooms above.
Green then walked back into the bed
room and threw himself on the bed
where he was found by Mrs. Annie
Goodwin who occupied a room upstairs.
She asked him what was the trouble
and Green replied that nothing was the
matter. Mrs. Goodwin saw the pistol
lying on the bed and at once picked it
up and carried it up stairs.
An examination of Mrs. Green showed
that the bullet from Green’s pistol had
ploughed through the skin at the base
of the skull, and was a remarkable es-
cape owing to the close proximity of
the pistol to her head when fired.
As soon as the excitement attending
the shooting bad subsided Constable
Samuel Ireland was called in and placed
Green under arrest and took him to
the station house, where he remained
all night.
This morning during the absence of
Robert Bones, the keeper at the lock-
up, Chief Vollmer and reporter Mitch-
ell entered the station house to see
Green. As the Chief neared the cell
he noticed that Green was lying on the
couch with his head hanging over one
side. A closer inspection showed the
Chief blood dripping on the floor from
the prisoner’s head. He immediately
dispatched Mr. Mitchell for Dr. Bohan-
nan and rushing into the cell found
that Green had been trying to kill him-
self by butti g his head into the iron
bars of the cell. Dr. Bohannan prompt-
ly responded and dressed the injured
man’s wounds and he then became
quiet.
Green is a man about 45 years of age
*and‘a veteran of theswar. The present
Mrs. Green is his second wife. Mrs.
Green told a GAZETTE representative
that when a young boy Green was
thrown from a load of hay and had the
back of his head crushed. The doctors
performed the operation of trepanning
and ever since he has temporary spells
of insanity, although he had never be-
fime violent before or attempted her
1 e.
It is probable that Green, as soon as
he is able, will be taken to the Middle-
town asylum.
.0.
Two libel suits were brought against
the New Haven Register Wednesday.
Middletown may lose the Hatch Cut,
lery Co.’s factory.
_ An outbreak of scarlet fever is feared
1n Naugatuck. '
A Danbury theatrical troupe is strand,
ed in New London.
New London capitalists are interest,
cd in a Scheme to establish a big ship
yard in that town.
Three New Haven policy shops were
raided Wednesday for the second time
within a week.
Stephen Kearns of Middletown is
(lead, aged 15 years. Cause: excesswe
Cigarette smoking.
_ Tobacconist Charles Mann’s factory
in New Haven was damaged $500 worth
by fire Wednesday.
A water pipe bursted in the Price
building on Water street Wednesday
night and deluged the store on the first
floor with water. ,
The Senate has confirmed the follow,
ing nominations of postmasters: Con,
necticut, D. T. Walsh, of Ansouia, D.
1’. Gallivan of Clintonville.
A man named Stuart, employed on a
farm in Wilton, was taken to the gen-
eral hospital in Bridgeport, on Wed-
nesday. His feet are frozen.
To have an invention protected all
over the world it is necessary to take
out sixty-four patents in as many dif-
ferent countries, the estimated cost of
which is abOut $17,500.
New Haven is destined to have an ar,
my of fair Amazons. A class of 16 young
ladies are taking lessons with the foils
normal school gymnasium. ..
The Waterbury American says: Sires
Nickerson shot a fox the other day that
had a head like a man, also feet like a
man, but still- was a fox. He expects
to preserve the skin and have it stuffed.
The, annual reunion of the Thirteenth
Connecticut Volunteer associatiOn will
be held in New Britain, in the G. A. R.
rooms, Main street, February 13th.
Business meeting at 11 a. m.
will be served free of charge.
Chief Engineer J. Thornton Prowitt
was in receipt of a telegram this morn-
ing announcing the death of Mrs.
Charles Prow1tt, a former resident of
this city, at her home in Denver, Col.
The deceased was a daughter of the
late Ezra Curtis of Bridgeport, and had
a large number of Norwalk friends who
Will mourn her death.
W. Livingston Hammersley, former
ly of this city, and who died in'Ncw
his will that one-half of his property,
at the death of his father A. J. Ham
mersley, who has a life lease in the
same, be used for the establishment of
' injured jockeys. \
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While Insane Frederick Green At— _
continually talked about some one try. »
of an expert master, at the Anderson ,
Dinner ,
York some weeks since, provided in ‘
a free bed at the Roosevelt hospital for
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