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FRIDAY JULY 6, 1894.
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Controls All Rivers.
The Secretary of War has received
from Attorney General Olney a deer-
siou in regard to the Altamonte Water
Company of Minnesota, which in effect“
declares that the Secretary of War has
jurisdiction under the statutes of all the
'ivers in the United States, the paint at
issue being whether streams lying
wholly within a single state, but tribu-
‘tary to waters in other: states, come
under the provisions of acts of Con-
gress. .
The Attorney General decides, first,
that the St. Louis and Colquit rivers
we navigable waters of the United
Sates.‘ Second, that the Secretary of
W 1' has exclusive jurisdiction, and can
134.. mit obstructions in these rivers.
'l‘l.:-.d, that such permit having been
granted the Secretary of War has no
authority to revoke it when the grantee
has broken no condition of the contract.
In the opinion of War Department
officials this decision disposes of the
question Concerning national contro
of small streams and the erection of
dams without the consent of the Secre-
tary of War. may be prevented, and
existing obstructions in streams may
be abolished.
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- Down to the Bootblack.
Among the witnesses before the Lex-
ow investigating committee on Tuesday
last was one Francis Skolastika, who in
spite of his name, appearsto have been
an honest, industrious young fellow,
'carrying on the business of a bootblack
in front of the store of Haslin Bros. to
00., who had permitted him to occupy
the locittion in consideration of his
keeping the windows and sidewalks
clean. Skolastika’s testimony was as
follows. _ _ _
“My stand is Within the stoop line. I
never had it on the sidewalk. Last
3. ear the policeman demanded money.
‘1 he ward man asked it. I~then offered
35 He said that would not be enough.
I offered $10 and he took it. _He said
he would have to give $5 of it to the
‘other party.’ He did not tell me who
the other party was. Mr. Haslin- told
me I had no right to p-zv the police, and
that they could not put me off as long
as he said I could stay. Policemen used
. to come around and ask me for half a
' dollar at a time, but I never gave it to
them.”
“When did you pay the man the
$10?” asked Mr. Nicoll. -
"A few days after the 1st of May a
year ago,” said Skolastika, promptly.
"Who was With you?”
“Ah” said the Witness, “nobody.
,The man took me to a liquor store and
into the closet, where nobody could see
us. ‘1 here I gave him the money, and
when he got the $10 he said: Come on,
Frank, and let’s have a. drink, and 'we
hadadrink, and he treated me, and
paid 2'5 cents, so that left' $9.75 out of
the $10.
And the magnanimous freebooter,
having done his. errand, made off with
_ his plunder to divide with the “other
party.”
The system of blackmail which the
Lequ committee, not altogether on
the testimony of the keepers of unli-
1' ceased bar~rooms and bagnios, but by
many reputable witnesses, has shown
to have been flagrantly carried on year
after year under the very eyes, and,
neoclssai'ily, with the knowledge of the
police authorities, must have been as
comprehensive in its operations as it
was infamous in its character. It was
no rcspecter of persons. It sought all
classes for its victims, from the mer-
chantwho,.sooner than be dragged into
court "on Some technical charge of en-
cumbe‘ring the sidewalk or otherwise
offending against the municipal ordi-
nances, consented to be bled by the
“ward man,” down to the poor boot-
black, who did not even occupy the
sidewalk, but whose simplicity made
him easy prey to the official highway-
. man.
In the face of this vast mass of con-
demnatory testimony that has been ad-
duced, all going to show corruption in
the department to an almost incredible
extent, the wonder is that the people of
New York do not rise in their wrath
and sweep away the political organiza-
tion upon which the ultimate responsi-
bility rests. Or is this organization so
strongly entrenched, its resources so
enormous, its influence so potential,
that its thraldom cannot be broken?
We can have but little ”sympathy with a
community that tamely, and year after
year, submits to such a despotism; but
for the honor of the country and its
chief metropolis, for the sake of de-
cency and dignity and good govern-
ment, may we not hope that even New
York, says the Washington Post, will
rally to the rescue at the ensuing elec;
tion and save whatever good name she
has left from further abasement?
‘ Attorney Howard W. Taylor of Dan-
. bury, has been readmitted to practice
before the Fairfield County‘bar.
George Jennings who has been ser-
iously sick at his home on Leonard
street is thought to be somewhat better.
James Larmer of New Haven is in
town. He has seen Seventy-five sum-
mers, but neverless he is as skittish as a
young colt. ’ ‘ - .
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lndependencebay Quietly Observed
in Norwalk.
Comparatively Few‘Accldents.
The one hundred and eighteenth an.
niversary 'of Independence Day was
quietly observed in this city on .Wed-
nesday. It was the quietest 4th of July
that Norwalk has had for many years.
The day was ushered in at 12 o’clock
by the ringing of bells, firingof can-
non, crackers and other explosrves and
the looting of horns, and the din was
kept up until 7 o’clock when the noise-
makers seem to have become weary.
and only the occasional snap of 'a fire-
cracker, cannon or pistol was heard.
At noon the city streets seemed al-
most deserted, except for the small boy
who was out in large number with can.
non and cracker.
The shore resorts seemed to be the
portion of the people. Several picnic
parties were held and all returned home
seemingly very tired but happy. ’
The day was an .ideal one up to 3
o’clock at which time there was a show-
or but it was of short duration, and
served to lay the dust and cool the air
and was altogether welcome. There
was another shower-in the evening after
9 o’clock. .
The display of flags from private
residences Was unusually large, and
there were comparatively few houses
from which “Old Glory” did not float.
But very few intoxrcated men were
Observed on the street during the day,
but best of all was the remarkably
small number of accidents as compared
with previous 4th of July celebrations.
At Norwalk Park there was a good
attendance all day, and in the evening
the crowd was considerably augmented
ir numbers. In the morning a game
of base ball was played between the
horwalk Parks and the Harlem Ath~
letics. The local team outclassed its
opponents and won the game almost
with hands down by a score of 15 to 11.
In the afternoon the same clubs played
an uninteresting game, the Parks Win-
ning by a score of 17 to 3. The follow-
ing is the score by innings:
1 2 3 4 5 6 '7 8 9
Norwalk Parks 1 4 0 0 0 6 0 2 4—17
Harlem Athletics 2 0 0 O 1 O O 0 0——3
The athletic games were not started
until some time after the hour an-
nounced owing to the rain which left
the grounds in a muddy condition.
But three of the events were called
the first being the 100 yards dash, in
which there were three entries. The
judges decided the first heat to be a
dead one between George Heckerman
and William Sleeb. Another heat was
run in which Heiker‘mau won with ap-
parent ease. ‘ .
The next event was a three legged
race which was won by John Clune and
James Mason, members of Co. F.
About forty boys took part in the
race for the‘greased, pig which was cap-
tured by a lad named James Mulligan,
who lugged the pig'ofi‘ in triumph fol-
lowed by a crowd of happy youngsters.
Messrs. John Paul and Fenton Pom-
eroy acted as judges.
During the afternoon and evening
there was dancing to music furnished
by Prof. Lowe’s orchestra, and the
floor was filled by lovers of the art
terpsichore.
In the ball games John Bogardus
acted as umpire and his decisions were
fair and impartial.
Thousands of people visited Boton
Point during the day. The trolley cars
with trailers attacheduand the steamer
City of Albany being well patronized
every trip. Kohanza Hose company
and their friends from Danbruy were
present in large numbers. Heine’s
brass band furnished music in the grove
and a first-class orchestra was provided
for the dancing in the pavilion. The
merry-go-round was liberally patron-
ized and the various other attractions
including bathing greatly enjoyed by
large crowds. In the evening there
was a grand display of fireworks. It
was a great day at this popular resort.
At the Knob the day was celebrated
with enthusiasm. Owing to the lack of
wind only one race was sailed, that be-
ing between Thomas Benedict’s Mar-
guerite and A. E. Chasmar’s Kearsarge.
The course was five miles and Mr.
Benedict won by 22% minutes. In the
evening a fine display of fireworks was
given, Captain Joseph Lockwood act-
ing in the capacity of gunner. After
the fireworks the party adjourned to
.the club house and spent the remainder
of the evening in dancing to the music
of May’s Banjo club of Bridgeport.
At the Baxter grounds a large crowd
assembled to enjoy the beautiful fire-
works furnished by W. A. Benedict &
Co., the popular South Norwalk cloth-
iers. The list was a long one and con-
sisted of rockets of every style and
description, red and green fire, sur-
prise boxes, whirlwinds, geysers, floral
fountains, batteries, mines of all des~
cription and floral bombs. The people
were dellsh ed withvthe display and
many express-mus of thanks were given
Benedict (b L... {or the evening’s pleas-
ure.
At Keyser Island the day was appro-
priately celebrated. . In the evening
rockets and Roman candles were dis-
charged, borfires built andred fire
burned, the light from the latter pre-
senting a beautiful sight as its reflec-
tion danced upon the waters of the
sound.
At South Norwalk the boys made
“Rome howl.” Church bells were rung
and bonfires started in the streets.
Cannons and fire arms were discharged
interspersed with the cannon cracker,
gates were lifted and what deviltry was
forgotten by one was thought of by an-
other. A reprehensible piece ‘of work,
for which the police should have made
arrests, was the piling of huge boxes in
the street in front of the Norwalk
Hardware company’s store and setting
fire to them. The intense heat of the
flames cracked one of thelarge plate
glass windows of the store door and
also destroyed the foliage of the trees
overhead. Some one' turned in an
alarm of fire and Putnam Hose prompt-
.ly responded and extinguished the fire,
also giving some of the crowd a good
wetting. This act was the most wanton
and dangerous that was committed at
South N orwalk and is universally con-q
demned by all good citizens. .
At the Norwalk Lawn.Tennis grounds
all was life and activity and a select
crowd of ladies and, gentlemen were
present to witness the final games in
the singles and doubles. In the former
Ross Burchard won, and in the latter
R. Burchard and Fred. Lockwood were
' the victors. During the afternoon light
loadstones that attracted the greater,
,plaster, and caused two pictures to fall
refreshments were starved by the ladies,-
and in the evening-one of the most suca
was greatly enjoyed. , The music was
by Weidenhammer. . .
There Were several grand displays of
times Wednesday night the "air seemed
to be full of shooting meteors and fall-
ing stars.
A number of people visited that de-
lightful summer resort,Gregory’s Point,
and were more than glad that they did.-
for they returned home with renewed
energies, not wearied and out,
Another act committed which is se-
verely censured is the breaking of ‘all
the windows in the old horse car stand-
ing. near the depot. ,
ACCIDENTS.
Fred. Stoots was up early in the
morning and with some companions
was having lots of sport firing a mor-
tar. About 6 o’clock he put in an
“awakening” charge of powder and
touched it off. There was an explosion
and pieces of the mortar flew in all
directions. One piece weighing about
six pounds tore its way through'the
siding of the house occupied by Mrs.
Mary E. Persons. 89 Harbor avenue
and fell to the parlor floor. In its
course it knocked off a large section of
to the floor and break the glasses.
Strangely enough one of the pictures
included the declaration of indepen~
deuce. Fred. and his companions es-
caped injury but they were terribly
frightened.
Charley and Johnny Lane, uncle and
nephew, While playing with some pow.
der on Leonard street, were Severely
burned about the hands and face.
Johnny’s injuries were cared for at the
hospital. Charley’s injuries were not
of as serious a. nature. though painful.
A young son of Joseph Carier fell
from a fence which he had mounted to
recite a few lines of the Declaration of
Independence, and broke one of his
arms.
Ira Howard had his right hand and
his face quite badly burned by the ex-
plosion of some powder with which he
was loading a cannon. ’
Henry I. ’l‘readwell grasped an ani-
mated cannon cracker in his hand and
for a few days will have to use his left
hand when he wants to eat.
France Grumman, a young sonjof
Henry J. Grumman, received a severe
injury to his eye from a cannon cracker.
Harry Bussing winks'the other eye
to-day, his right eye having been dam-
aged by a cannon cracker.
Street car conductor Joseph Buck-
nam has a severely burned right hand.
Cause, a Roman candle.
A blank cartridge caused a severe
wound on Willie Roach‘s left hand.
Henry S. Bisscll had his right hand
badly burned with a Roman candle.
At South Nor-walk accidents were
numerous and some escapes miracu-
lous. Joseph McMahon of Bayview
avenue, was standing in front of Fred.
Coleman’s when some one in the crowd
set fire to a dynamite fire cracker he
had under his arm, which exploded and '
injured him severely. His clothes were
torn and his side lacerated.
_ .Bichard Murphy was crossing Wash-
ington street and stepped in front of a
cannon, which went off, the charge
striking him in the knee badly lacerat-
ing the flesh. .He was taken to Still-
scn’s drug store where Dr. Burke ren-
dered medical assistance. It is feared
that Murphy will lose his leg.
Clarence Hunt was struck between
the eyes with a stone, at Roton Point,
and his forehead badly cut, requiring
several stitches to close the wound.
Albert Schaub, a son of George
Schaub, was accidentally shot in the
ankle, the bullet going in one side and
coming out the other.
., ' Oliver B. Mumford had the rear part.
of his pantaloons taken out by the ex-
plosion of a giant cracker.
There were several other accidents,
but nothing of a more serious nature
than those chronicled above.
'roanDons.
The sale of pyrotechnics was nearly
as large as a year ago.
Large bonfires were built near the
Methodist church and on Main street.
A specially reprehensible act'was the
overturning of tombstones at Bates’
granite works.
Trailers were run on the trolley cars
between Roton Point and Riverside
avenue all day.
The clam was king in the fodder line.
He is a homely institution but has a
heart that was many“ friends.
An entrance was gained to St. Paul’s
church, but before many strokes of the
bell had been sounded the lads were
frightened away.
There was quite a number of out of
town people'here who improved the
holiday by picnicing on the shore and
in the groves about town.
The Alpha Wheel club was out-with
a mortar both Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings and made noise enough to
paralyze an army of sleepers.
The bell at the Center school was
rung .w1th a vengeance and one of the
boys is authority for the statement that
the tongud of the same was completely
tired out. '
Hope Hose boys remained at their
headquarters all night in readiness for
any fire. that might break out. They
and their friends were treated to sing-
ing, banjo playing and clam chowder.
A section of the iron fence in front
of Dr. W. _F. Acton’s residence and sev-
eral gates in various parts of the city
were torn from their moorings and dis-
tributed in various places, Tuesday
night.
The Alpha battery gave Chief Brad-
ley asaluteaof three guns at an early
hour ruthe morning. . The chief did not
show himself, but he heard all that was
gomg on, even to the “Let’s give him
another one." '
. The dull sickening tone of the bell
in the belfry of the Over River school
was. heard at midnight and at intervals
during the early -.morn, the “ringers”
havmg gained an entrance through a
basement window.
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is often so offensive than he becomes an
object of disgust, After a time ulcera-
tion sets in, the spongy bones are at-
ackcd and frequnently destroyed. A
constant source of di4comfort is the drip-
ping of the purulent secretions into the
throat, sometimes producing inveterate
bronchitis, which is usually the exciting
cause of pulmonary disease. The brill-
iant results by its use for years past prop-
érly designate Ely’s Cream Balm“ as by
far the best and only cure. Call 11an
your druggist for it. .
cessful dances ever given by the club ,
fireworks at private‘residences and at _
Norwallk,
The breath of a chronic catarrn patient I
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Dear Sirs:--
resource in my work.
The Doliber-Goodale Company,
Proprietors of Mellin's Food,
. ‘Boeton, Mass.
Fromimy experience with Mellin's Food in the
Day Nursery at the World's Fair, where Ifed four V
thousand babies with it without a single case of
sickness or trouble of any kind, I have come to look
upon Mellin's Food as a reliable and never-failing
Wagons £12m, away, 625; 6. 5m - dared. -
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April 12, 1894.
Since my return from Chicago last November, I
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babies are as a rule the children of the poorest
These
people in New York City and when brought. here are,
almost without exception, weak, sickly and unhealthy,
having never“been properly fed or sufficiently nour-
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After they have been fed on.Mellin's Food
here at the Nursery, they soon develop into sound,
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I feel it my duty to make known to all who are
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BEGINNING SATURDAY NONNING, JULY _ 7th
We Open Our Semi-Annual
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And for Early Corners We' Promise RARE BARGAINS.
Never was there a time in the history of the 'dry goods business when a. dollar was worth so much as at the present
- The Panic Scare
Has forced merchandise so low that the prices we quote below seem hardly credible
However, as our reputa-
tion for doing just as we advertiSe'is well understood, you can rest assured we maau to follow along on the same
straight road.
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Domestics.
Unbleached muslin, yard wide, 2 L20 per yard.
.. Prints, dress styles, 3c per yard.
Best quality apron checks, 3 '3-4c per yard.
Lining cambrics, all colors, 3 L40 per' yard.
Outing flannels, 7c yard. ,
Fast color Turkey red damask, extra quality cloth,
19c per yard.
4 4 chenille covers, 390 each.
Men’s Furnishings.
Fifty dozen outing shirts, the same that we sold
early-in the season for 500, for this sale 250.
Four ply all linen collars 70 each, four for 250.
The balance of our 250 neckwear for 9c.
Boys’ collars, 3c each.
Hoisery and Underwear.
Ladies' black hose, 7c a pair. '
Men’s socks, seamless, 7c a pair, 4 pairs for 25c.
Children's ribbed, all sizes, 7c 3. pair, all perfect
goods. -
N Otions.
Wlillimantic cotton, black, white and colors, 30 a
spoo . '
Corset steels, regular 8c quality, 4c.
Goff '3 black braid, two rolls for 50. '
Children’s hose supporters, in white. 5c a pair.
White feather stitch braid, ”12 yard lengths, 4c each.
Clark’s O. N. T. crochet cotton, in colors, 3c a ball.
"Princess” curling iron. 4c.
238i}: packages best quality toilet paper, full size for
c. '
Roll toilet paper, two rolls for 90. . . I
Boxed writing paper, envelopes to match, good qual-
ity, 7c a box. .
Pound note paper, extra super 90.
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