Founded in 1800.] VOL. XCIV.—-l\_lo 21. Me THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER. Influential ill all tints: Neutral in 110111an. / The Gazette has the largest ctr- culatlon of any paper In Norwalk. and furnishes the lowest advertising rates. Perpetuating the Spirit. Referring to the recent reunion of the confederate veterans in Birming- ham, Ala., in which thirty thousand ex-rebels participated, The Social Economist says : “They met under the two flags to glorify the principles involved in the war against the union. Numerous state governors were pres— ent and nearly every southern state was represented, Texas alone by over fifteen hundred delegates. The con— vention opened in the “Winnie Davis” wigwam and the chief business related to insuring the use in all southern schools of such histories of the strug- gle between the confederate govern- ment and the government of the Uni- ted States as will tend to keep alive the spirit of the confederacy under the forms of the union. The Imperium in imperio of an ideal republic sacredly dedicated to the principle of the right of man to own men, is still held in rev- erent devotion by thousands as some- thing better, nobler, braver, purer and more ‘southron’ than the government of the United States, even when the latter is ofiicered and manned by a president, cabinet and administration of their own selection, and is wholly engaged in making war upon northern industries. ’ ’ How They Are Working. There is no doubt that the pension bureau is working along economic lines. The pensioners everywhere are made painfully aware of that fact. Their allowances not only come along slowly, but the amount of money re- mitted is sometimes a. few dollars less than the amount called for by the voucher sent in. The letters of appli- cants are not answered with the cus- tomary dispatch, and so far as estab- lishing new claims, increasing allow. ances or paying dues is concerned the new commissioner appears to show no haste. _ -' We do not know how many pension- ers are receiving less money than their vouchers call for, but a few in every state would make a saving of thousands in money paid out. Recently a conservator was appointed in Norwich, says the Bulletin, by the judge of probate over a veteran soldier and the legally certified papers sent to the pension department. After a long delay the papers were heard from in a new way. The certificate of the pro- bate judge, which heretofore had al- ways been accepted, must be made ex- plicit. The commissioner must be in- formed in detail why a conservator was necessary. It is generally known that conservators are not appointed over men of sound minds. The legal reason was forwarded by the court “that men- tal disability had made the veteran in- capable of managing his own affairs or of handling his own money.” The policy of obstruction in order that a democratic saving may be made at the close of the year is being well kept up in the pension department, and by freezing out and wearing out pen- sioners, delaying just claims and mak- ing suspensions, quite a showing may be made at the close of the year in favor of an economv which is largely founded on false pretense. A; A Novel idea. A Norwalk man is trying to intro- duce into general use in this city what he claims to be an all around improve- ment on a lawn-mower. H is first claim for the “contraption” is that it_ saves a large amount of physical exertion and works automatically. They are not ex. pensive, and increase in value and weight according to the amount of grass cut. They never need ailing and are not liable to get ‘out of order. . A blanket nearly all wool and ayard Wide keeps the machine from rusting. If in the fall you wish to dispose of it almost any butcher will purchase the same, failing in which you can have it killed and served in various ways. The con- traption referred to is a sheep, and they dome all Sizes. E DANA’S sansammnnmrsi U s “THE KIND THAT cones. " To Detect and Punish. The number of peoplesvadmg or violating the statutes relating to keep- ing unregistered dogs, is unusually large this year. The old scheme of hiding dogs in cellars and other places not likely to be visited by the_dog enumerators is extensively practiced. Another dodge is to “lend" the dogs to friends who live outside the town until the enumerators have completed their rounds. Neither of these plans Will be likely to work this year, however, as the selectmen are determined to detect and punish the guilty parties if it takes ‘ the entire year to do it. CTION S .................. -, -5 OFA WAR MUURRESPUNDENT. BY THE , Editor of the Gazette. Copyri glite d 1:94. CHAPTER V. The second and last session of the memorable Thirty-sixth Congress met on Monday, Dec. 3, 1860, a scantmonth subsequent to the election of Lincoln. A brilliant galaxy of notable men and experienced legislators were members of that historic body. Connecticut was represented in the Senate by James Dixon and Lafayette S. Foster; in the House by Dwight Loomis, John Wood- ruff, Alfred A. Burnham and Orris S. Ferry. It can be truly said, that all those members who had supported Lin- coln in the Presidential canvas, re- turned to their seats in either House, with hearts and minds filled with a sin- cere desire and purpose to conciliate the Southern fire-eaters, to any extrem- ity not violative of honor and patriot- ism. Many of these Congressmen had been earnestly and specially impor- tuned by home constituents, prior to their departure for Washington, to let no possible efforts be lacking to pacify the arrogant and belligerent South?! Some such, plead for the love of peace; more perhaps for the mercantile hope of continued business relations and trade with the South. At New York, the olive-branch ex- pedient of expurgating anti-slavery sentiments from school and other books had been inaugurated, and even the Tract Society was accused of cutting from its stereotype plates all that could possibly offend the rampant slave pow- er. or diminish the circulation of its publications at the South. In the Republican City of Brotherly Love, which had just given Lincoln the largest majority, if we mistake not, of any city of the Union, it was deemed discreet at least, on commercial grounds, to have its Mayor publicly re- quest the recall of an imitation given that most eloquent lecturer, George William Curtis. by some of Philadel- phia’s literary societies, because, for- sooth, Curtis had been of New York’s delegation to Chicago. . _ I here recall, as the most delighting experience of my trip out to that por. tentous gathering. which Bromley describes as one whose “transactions overshadowed in importance, out- stretched in consequences, and tran- scended in results, those of any assem- bly of men that was ever gathered on this continent,”—that from Niagara to Chicago, Curtis was my car-seat com- panion and proved to be the most en- tertaining, the most instructive, the most fascinating conversationalist, it was ever my good fortune to meet. Never, in all literature and the chmcest works of fiction it has been my priv1- legs to peruse, was I ever so enchanted by the witchery of .words, as by this great-natured man’s incomparable gen- ius in their use in conversation. His lofty thoughts, his purity and sweetness of diction, his charm of v01ce, his gen- tleness of manner, his hatred of shame and wrong, his love of country, of the oppressed, of the Right, his all-pervad- ing, irresistable personal magnetism, captured and captivated beyond the power of words to describe. The ardent friendship there farmed. endured and grew in mutual warmth, until _With tear-dimmed eyes I said “good-night” at his untimely departure, from_all he loved so dearly and well. In life, his kindly regard was ever. to me a bene- diction; in his death, his revered mem- ory is one of the most sacredly cher- ished legacies enshrined in my heart. Dear, departed, marvelously gifted one, “peace to thy ashes.” _ It is needless to say that all this efi‘u- sive abasement at the North and super; erogation of proffered “Conciliation, inspired only derision and contempt at the belligerent South. The fire-eaters interpreted all such acts and efforts to- ward “patching up a peace,” as a be- trayal of our cowardice, or exhibition of a sordid pusillanimity. Again, while large numbers of our people were ready to make any sacri- fices, however humiliating, to avert the horrors of threatened _war, a great many others could not bring themselves to believe there was to be really much of a storm. Mr. Greeley, at the close of an able and elaborate leader in the Tribune on the day followmg Lincoln’s election, said among many Wise and good things: “The measures now being inaugurated in the cotton states, With a view (apparently?) to secessxon, seem to us destitute of gravity and legitimate force.” At the same time the New York Herald, Express. and J rnal of Commerce, were shouting the selyes hoarse with the howl that the Union would come to an end, because of the election of 'Lincoln, although conced- ' ing that his election had been secured by all lawful and constitutional meth- o s. One of the first acts of the House upon its reassemblage was to raise a “Committee ofSafety” of one from each state, to which all matters in Buchanan’s fourth; last and lamenta- ble message, relating to the Nation’s perils, were to be referred._ Tom. Cor- win of Ohio was the Chairman, Win- ter Davis Justin Morrill, Wm. Win- dom and Perry, of Connecticut, were among its members. FrOm the slave States there wasa monopoly of fire- eating and secession extremists, on that .A n Entertaining and I nstrnctivc Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local JV NORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY- MAY 25, 1894. Committee. From no Northern State, was there a Single man specially noted for anti-slavery zeal or opinions. It did not take long, however, to discover that the fire-eaters on this committee! desired “conciliation” and were in no mood to be placated. In the Senate, the traitorous senti- ment was still more bold and defiant. Crittenden, of Kentucky, the friend of Henry Clay with Bayard and Seals- bury, of Delaware, fruitlessly plead with their erring southern brethren, for peace and the preservation of the Union. Said Mason, of Georgia, in his seat in the Senate,—“You cannot stop this revolution. Before the fourth of March, eight States will go out of the Union. In less than twelve months a Southern Confederacy will be formed and it will be the most powerful and successful government on the earth. The southern states, thus banded to- gether, will be able to resist any force in the world. We do not expect war, but we will be ready for it.” The atmosphere of Washington was gloomy indeed, yet many northern men could not bring themselves to be- lieve that the South would reallv inaug- urate an armed. resistance to the Na- tional authority. A Peace Congress was held at the Capital, on the invita- tion of the legislature of Virginia, at which thirteen free states had dele- gates. Connecticut sent Roger S. Bald- win. I was in daily communication with our Congressional.representative Ferry, on the Committee of Safety. Being called home about the middle of December, I asked his deliberate judg- ment, based on the information and evidence before his committee. as to the probabilities of actual hostilities on the part of the South? His belief then was, that while hot-heads would emit no end of treasonable, threaten- ing talk, and there might be some local outbreaks. yet he did not think that the southern leaders would be guilty of the madness of attempting to resist the power and authority of the nation- al Government, by a resort to the san- guinary arbitrament of battle. I had been in Norwalk but a few days when 1 received aletter from Ferry in sub- stantially these words :— My dear Byington :—Since you left I have had a long and serious talk with Barksdale just here from Mississippi. He convinces me that we shall have war .’ And it will be a terrible, bloody conflict, without known end or mercy ! Get all your business affairs into shape in preparation for it, as a sailor does his ship, when he sees a tornado com- ing. Yes, I assure you, we are on the brink of a bloody revolution, that will shake the Continent ! God only knows its result, its duration, its agony. Yours Truly,—O. S. Ferry. I was soon back at the Capital and from all that transpired in and about Congress, with the ravings of the south- ern orators there, and at their homes, and with the blood-curdling extracts from the southern‘journals, it did not take long to reach the sorrowful con- viction, that Ferry had in no wise over- stated the situation in the face of such inevitable prospects of war. . , On the morning of the 27th of De- cember the country was startled by news of the removal of the feeble gar- rison in (Fort Moultrie to Sumter. A public meeting was held that night in Washington to protest against Buchan- an’s Secretary of War, Floyd’s, action in depleting northern arsenals, and sending, as he was doing, all our avail- able mu‘nitions of war south. Isaac Toucey from Connecticut, Secretary of the Navy, was also arraigned for des- patching all our war vessels to southern waters, where they could fall an easy prey to the disunion conspirators. On the 29th, Floyd resigned and “went to his own place” and the Ken- tucky patriot, Joseph Holt, was ap- pointed to the War portfolio. And so, the dark cloud of Civil War grew apace, until it enshrouded not only southern skies, but the whole horizon in its gloom, when on the ever memor- able fourth of March Abraham Lin- coln was inaugurated President of the United States. .0. Mystic Shriners. The summer meeting of Pyramid temple, Ancient Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, was-held in Bridgeport Thursday evening. The heavy storm of the day prevented the arrival of a great many nobles from all parts of the state, but did not prevent more than 300 of the elect meeting in Sailer’s hall and between 8 o’clock in the evening and midnight inflicting the most horri- ble cruelties upon thirty-five novitiates who were willing to undertake the journey necessary to enjoy the title of noble. About forty other candidates who were expected did not appear. They will be dragged over the sands at the fall meeting, and additional cruel- ties will be practiced upon them to pay them for their delinquencies. The membership of the shrine now numbers over 1,000. Prohibition Party Conference. There will be a conference of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Senatorial dis- tricts, (the Twelfth district including Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Ridge- ficld, Stamford and Wilton, and the Thirteenth district, Fairfield, N orwalk, Stratford, Trumbull, Westport and Weston) on Saturday, June 2, at 1:30 p. m., at South Norwalk. Chairman Lin- coln of the Prohibition State commit- tee'will be present, and lay before the conference plans for the 1894 campaign. - USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S “THE KIND THAT OURES.” Scarlet Fever: in 'Stratford. Three cases of scarlet fever have been found in Stratford and an epi- demic of the disease is feared in the town on account of attendance at school Wednesday of the last child taken 111. Gone tovBoston. I The steamer City of Bridgeport has been chartered. by a Boston steamship company for one year, and left Bridge- port to-day for that port. V'LAA * -.Jil BillZE IN WESlPORT. The Barn of Deacon Wheeler on State Street Destroyed. A Valuable Horse Burned in its Stall. At about one o’clock this morning the barn of eacon Nathan Wheeler on State street, Westport, was discovered to be on fire. An alarm was sounded and the fire department reaponded promptly and soon had three streams on_the' fire. Owing to the close prox- imity of the barns of Charles Taylor and Frederick Kemper the department went ito work to save them as the Wheeler barn was entirely enveloped With flames, and succeeded in doing so. Thcythen turned their attention to the Wheeler barn and soon drowned out the fire. Deacon Wheeler lost a.valua- ble horse, which was burned in its stall, and a quantity of hay and straw. The barn is not more than fifty feet from the \Vestport hotel, but the prompt and efficient work of the fire department prevented any damage to the former. _ It is believed that the fire was of incendiary origin as no light had been used by Deacon Wheeler about the barn and the lateness of the hour when it broke out adds to that belief. Much praise is due the fire depart- ment for their quick response to the alarm and valuable service rendered at tlie'barn, while the new water works again proved their worth. Deacon Wheeler had a small insur- ance on the barn, but nothing on his horse. All of the carriages were safely gotten out. i l Will Sue for a Divorce. The following item appeared in the Gazette of Thursday : ' Daniel, McCarthy has returned from a trip through the South. " An. innocent looking item, but it meant much for Mrs. McCarthy. The same evening, Constable Morehouse served papers on her for divorce on the complaint of her husband, the charge being adultery. Mr. McCarthy, who went away soon after his marriage, had been advised that his wife had not been behaving as she ought to, during his absence and he came home a week ago to investi- gate, and it is alleged has secured all the evidence he needs of his wife’s un- faithfulness. , Mrs. McCarthy is a daughter of the well-known Roger McGinnis, and lives on the New Canaan road with her fath- er. She had previously been mar- ried to a man named Duffy, who died. Some months after she caused the ar- rest oig McCarthy and he married her, rather-than stand a trial, but soon after left town. . The co-respondent in the present suit is well known in town. Amusements. HOYT’S OPERA HOUSE. To-night Hoyt’s Opera House will be occupied by Callender’s Original Geor- gia Minstrels, who will present a mam- moth musical festival, unlike any other organization now before, the public. Peerless in plantation melody and dance, they also excel in comedy, giv- ing a clean-cut, pure and wholesome entertainment. ’l'hey are now on their twenty-third annual tour. The com- pany Wlll make a grand band parade at noon. Don’t miss seeing Sergeant Simms’ cempany of Columbian Cadets in their military drill and native dance. They are said to be simply perfect. USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S “I‘HE KIND THAT CURES. ” Court of Common Pleas. The following cases are set down for trial in the short calendar list of the Court of Common Pleas to-day: 0. E. Wilson vs. Frances M. Peaslee, fore- closure; D. H. VanHoosear vs. Town of Wilton, taxation of costs; E. J. Wadhams vs. Samuel Griffin, plaintiff’s motion to strike out part of answer and .to cite in new defendant; .W. M. Terry & Co. vs. John Bubea, judgment for want of answer; Nelson Smith vs. Nor- walk H. R. R. Co., judgment for want of answer; Margaret Barnes vs. James, judgment for want of answer. Hon. Howard J. Curtis is the judge. Bicycle Race at Danbur . The following wheelmen from his vi- cinity are entered in the one-half mile handicap, one mile 2:50 class, one mile handicap and one mile scratch, at the meet in Danbury of the Altair Cycle club, on Memorial day: H. W. Merrill, Norwalk; R. B. Gregory. West Norwalk and Harry L. Bossa. of New Canaan. A Splendid Gift. Messrs. Hanlon Bros, famous as baking powder manufacturers, have placed an order for $3,500 worth of as handsome wall pockets as one often sees. The front of the same is a bean- tifully framed picture. Hanlon .Bros. propose giving them away to their sev- eral thousand customers. AA; An Electrical Episode. A St.Louis small boy fastened a stone to a finewire and tossed it over a trolley wire with the result that a chunk of electricity came down the WHO and shook hands with the juvenile;two days later the small boy had a “coffin fit” with rosewood trimmings. USE DANA’S SARSAPABILLA, IT’S “THE KIND THAT CURES.” . ' Drowned in Bridgeport Harbor: Michael Welsh. aged 36, of Ansonia, while intoxicated fell off the dock at Bridgeport Thursday morning and was drowned. The deceased was Single but it is _thought that he leaves a sister in Birmingham. Killed by the Cannon Ball. The Cannon-ball express on the Shore line, while running at a 'high speed Thursday evening,struck and instantly killed two unknown men, probably tramps, whowere walking on the track between Branfo'rd-and Stony Creek. ——-4.- An Error. . In binding the cloth bound edition of the General Index to the statutes and session laws, pages 44 and 45 have been leftout and pages 115 and 116 inserted in their place. Pages 115 and 116 are in the proper place. This slip impairs the value of the Index as the topics “Banks to Bequests” is left out in part. Bust of Mrs. Stowe Unveiled. The marble portrait bust of Harriett ‘ Beecher Stowe, executed bv Annie Whitney of Boston,was unveiled Thurs- day afternoon atWadsworth Athenieum Hartford, with appropriate ceremonies. The bust was unveiled by Hilda Stowe, a grand-daughter of the distinguished authoress. Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hook- er,Mrs. Stowe’s sister, made an address. The bust, which cost $1,000, was paid for by subscriptions of Connecticut wo- men. Mrs. Stowe’ was in too feeble health to be present. TERSE TALES OF THE TIMEQ. And now for strawberry festivals. Stratford is to have Trolley cars. William H. Mills of Westport has been granted a pension. .Mr. Thomas Ward has sold his pacer to a Westport party. Theodore Brush’s condition is re— ported as being very serious. —Cup, saucer and plate free with 1 lb. tea. N. Y. Store. it A battalion drill is announced to take place on Union Park to-night. A Memorial day song will be found on the seventh page 'of to-day’s GAZETTE It has now rained for seven nights in successmn. Who wouldn’t be a police- man. —— kc dish free with 1 lb. tea. N. Y. S e. . 1t Thomas Chine, who is at the Alle- gheny college,“ made a flying trip home on Thursday. Louis Goldschmidt, a graduate in the class of ’94 at the Over River School, proposes studying law. Persian POWder at Hale’s. 856tf Rev. Charles M. Selleck of this city, will conduct the services at St. James’ church, on Sunday next. Benjamin Drappo was taken to Wilton this morning by Constable Morehouse, for trail before Justice Belden. In the Superior Criminal court on Wednesday George Bennett, charged With burglary was discharged. y The Hendrickites met with a cool re: ception in Stamford. Almost as chilly as the one they received in this city. —Parlor broom free with 1 lb. tea. N. Y. Store. It The Stamford Cricket club is trying to 'make a match with the Norwalk Cricket club, and will probably succeed. Stamford is one of the very few towns in Connecticut from which the slot machines have not been driven out. The Carpenters’ Union is the first so- ciety in this city to announce a straw- berry festival. It will take place June 6th. —Low prices at Hale’s. 856tf Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Jennings went to Bedding to-day to attend the funeral of Mr. Jennings’ aunt, Miss Mary Ann Dennison. There will be a reception at_ the Opera House this evening. It Will be given by the class of ’94 of the Over River School. - Robert E. Day, president of .the Sc- curity company of Hartford, died yes- terday, aged sixty-six. He graduated at Yale in 1852. Chapter V of “The Recollections of an Army Correspondent,” will be found in another column. It is a very inter— esting chapter. —Roach exterminator at Hale’s. °56tf The Rambling Wheel club of Bridge. port will give a moonlight excursion to California grove, June 16, and a picnic at Samp Mortar Rock June 10. On Monday afternoon, at 3 o’clock. a council of deliberation Wlll be held by the Scottish Rite Masons of_Connecticut at the Masonic Temple in Norw1ch. ' —Ladics, clean your kid gloves with Josephine glove cleaner, for sale only by J. A. Riggs, Pharmacist, 11“Ma1n street, Norwalk. , 10-1yr A colored man from Stamford has rented the store recently vacated by Taft Bros. on Wall street, and it is un- derstood will open the same as a res- taurant. _‘ The police discovered a live electric light wire 1 ing across the walk on Spring Hill hursday night. The com- pany was notified and a man sent out to remedy the evil. 4 eras and Interests. I [$1.00 a. Year I l PRICETWO CENTS. “The Household of Ruth,” an auxil- iary of the colored Odd Fellows, gave a very neat little cantata entitled “The Singing Flowers,” Thursday night, in S. of T. hall. , —White Hellebore at Hale’s. 856tf The county commissioners are pre- paring to prosecute liquor dealers in all parts of the county, who have neg- lected to take out licenses and are still carrying on business. The New London board of trade is negotiating with a number of out of town capitalists who want to locate in that city for the purpose of manufactur- ing the Whitney hammerless gun. i The County commissoners on Thurs day gave to the Van Dorn Iron Co. of lCleveland, Ohio, the contract for 42 ’ new cells at the jail. Their bid was $14,775 and that of the Pauly Jail Building 00., of St. Louis, $15,000. Connecticut Pensions :——Original.— Daniel Foley, Naugatucks Renewal and increase—Benjamin P. Russell, Noroton Heights. Increase—William H. Mills, Westport. Original widow— Carrie L. Saunders, Naugatuck. —-Camphor gum at Hale’s. 856tf Charles E. Williams, a young colored man of this city, has received notice of his recommendation as a messenger in , the Patent Office at Washington. The matter of his appointment has been re- ferred to the Secretary of the Interior. E. C. Benedict and family of Green. wich have returned to their summer home, “The Maples.” Miss Helen R., daughter of E. C. Benedict, sails for Europe Saturday. She visits Paris, where she will remain until about August 1. ——If you only knew how cheap we are selling men’s and boys’ summer clothing, hats, etc., you would be sur- prised. We have an immense fine stock. Call and see us in our new store. Taft Bros, 27 Wall street, first store west of the bridge. .________I “Jack” Tierney and “Harry” Brown who shipped on the schooner W. D5 Hilton, for\ Portsmouth, Va., a few weeks since, were in town to-day. The schooner is now in Bridgeport and Jack and Harry propose being on deck when she sails for a southern port to- morrow. —Creamery butter in prints, 260. 1b.; fancy dairy butter, 230. 1b.; y llow X sugar, 26 lbs. for $1; granulated sugar, 23 lbs. for $1; soda crackers, 50. per 1b.; McAlpin shorts, 40.; condensed milk, 70. per can. W. R. Bates’ cash grocery, 47 Main street. Says the Danbury News: Dr. W. F. Lacey, who was supposed to be'serious. ly ill, surprised the occupants of the City Hall Thursday, by appearing there in the rain. He was in search of Judge Hodge, with whom he wanted to con-_ sult regarding his will. He was lightly clad and wore slippers, and it was ap- parent that he did not have possession of his faculties. His nurse followed him to the hall and persuaded him to return home.” The doctor has several acquaintances in Norwalk. EXPLOSION IN A" MINE. The Workmen “’ere Warned and lilac» aged to Get Out In Safety. WILKESBARRE, Pa, May 25. —A boiler in the engine house of N o. 5 mine of the Le- high and VVilkesbai-re Coal company at South Wilkesbarre exploded today. The house was wrecked. The accident caused the stoppage of the fan supplying air to the men To the mines. It was also impos- sible to hoist the carriage. \Vith the aid of the telephone communication the men below were warned of their danger. The men made their escape from the mine by way of the Stanton. shaft. As soon as the fan stopped raid the gas began to accumulate couriers. we sent through [the mine to give warning. The miners and laborers at once threw down their ' tools and fled. The force of the explosion was so great as to destroy the foundations of several houses in the vicinity. No. 5 shaft is the most gaseous in this section. New Jersey’s Latest Girl Murder. BORDENTOWN, May 25.—Lizzie Hollo- way, the young girl ‘vho was assaulted here yesterday morning while sleeping in her room, died early this morning. A partial statement was made by her to Mayor Hudson in which she said that William Massey, who had boarded with her family for four years, committed the assault. A hammer handle was found in the room occupied by Massey, who will be held to answer the charge of murder. ' , The Discontent In Servia. BELGRADE, May 25.—The police have discovered a. secret cartridge manufactory Where ammunition for the peabody rifle, with which the Servian militia is armed, has been turned out in large quantities. It is estimated that 3,000,000 cartridges have already been sent to the provinces. M. Tajsics, the Radical leader in the- last skupstchina, has been arrested. The Arch Priest Gyurics has also been taken into custody. Queen Victoria’s Birthday. - LONDON, May 25,—The birthday of Queen Victoria, which occurred today (her ma- jesty was born May 24, 1819), wasobserved throughout England, although the official celebrations of the» event Will not take place until Saturday next, according to custom. At Windsor the church bells were rung. flags were displayed, and a. royal salute was fired in the Long walk. Congresfinna‘l Convention In a Deadlock. PHlLLll’SBURG,— Kan, May 25.—Thc Sixth district Republican congressional convention, which met here yesterday aft- ernoon, is in a deadlock. Nineteen ballots have been thkou without change as fol- lows: A. H. Ellis, 23; W. B.'White, 17; \V; S. Tilton, ‘24; J. -H. Recdcr, 16; C. A.-Lewis. 8; W. A. Simpson, 18; M. C. . llcvi‘in. P. a“ - a... ._
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