Founded in 1800.] // VOL. - XCIV.——No; 34.. .51 n Entertaining and I nstructive Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local NORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY AUGUST 24, 4.894. A :JVews and Interests. [$1.00 aYear 1 PRICE. Two CENTS. A //"i // THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER. /- _____’—-————-—— llllltlltlllllllll 111 all things I llllllllill lll llllllllllll. Funeral of Rev, Mr. Blssell. The funeral of the. venerated Rev. S. B. S. Bissell will take place to-mcrrow from the First Congregational cnurch at 2:30 p. m. Rev. Dr. Noble, assisted by Revs. Messrs. Selleck, Watkins, Servard and Elvvood, will conduct the services. Interment will be at Union cemetery at the convenience of the family. _. _ ___. ... _ The Long Drouthi The long and unbroken drcuth ex- tending as it has over a large extent of our country, is proving seriously dis- astrous, especially to the farmers. Pc- I tatoes, corn, and buckwheat it is thought, will fall short fifty per cent. over last year’s crop in Connecticut and New York states. Plums and pears seem to be about the only things of which there is a full yield. . ' And yet the old proverb is verified here in Norwalk, in one particular at least, that it is an ill wind that blows nobody good. The many, many days , without rain have served to crowd our trolley cars with men, women and chil- dren, riding in unprecedented numbers, for either business or pleasure. Even our ever welcome country cousins have gotten into an almost universal practice of driving here to Norwalk and putting up their teams at our livery stables, and then boarding the trolley cars with .their families and friends for a trip to Roton. This saves the horses, and gives the rural excursionists a new sen- sation and novel experience. This method has become a most popular fad with our friends from Wilton. Keep it up; itis sensible, healthful and econom- ical, and they are always welcome. -.O. The Coming Elections. Now that the politicians are getting things in shape for active work in the state campaign, involving the election of the members of the Fifty-fourth Congress and many state, county, and city officials, we have the usual discus- sion of details and naming of candi- dates. On the democratic side our present Governor Morris is expected to be again a candidate. On the republi- can ticket, several candidates are al- ready in the field with Colonel Cheeney, the great silk manufacturer, apparently in the lead. The prohibitionists have already put a ticket in the field of abili- ty and character. For Congress in this district, Mr. De Forest will undoubtedly be a candidate again, as he deserves to be, because he has worked exceptionally hard for his political friends and obeyed every be- hest of his party. Who is to be the republican candidate is as yet an un- known quantity. E. J. Hill of Nor- walk, is locally most prominent,'but err-postmaster Knowlton and ex-speaker Paige are claimed to be on the anxious seat and quite as active as Hill, in lay- -‘ ing wires for the nomination. A rumor is also current, but not very strongly supported: that ex-ch. Lounsbury, would not be averse to representing this district in Congress. He would make a strong candidate, if nominated. For state Senate, the friends of Hon. John H. Ferris seem to desire his re- nominalion. If this is not acceded to, Mayor Keeler is most likely to succeed him, if it. is, MLEIKecler will no doubt be returned to the House and await an advance to the Senate until the next term. The Gaznrrn predicts a short, sharp, lively and interesting campaign. It is gritfyicg in this connection to feel as- sured that we shall have a thoroughly clean camyaign. All the indications are that not only the candidates, but Sh) journals which support them re- spectively,givc assurance to the people of the state, that the coming battle will be free from the filth and slime of par- ‘ tisan malice, and that the defeated can- didates will retire from the contest, re- lpected by friends and fees. The people of our state have become too intelligent to sanction the vituper- ati n ihat once deformed our political conflicts. It was once the first duty of a political opponent to defame the can- didate as well as the party he battled against, and some of our conflicts have been nearly as disgraceful as were the contests of olden times between the Federalists and Republicans under Ad- ams and Jefferson. Fortunately we have outgrown all such political meth- ods, and Connecticut will this year have a campaign of earnestness and yet of dignity and decency. Whatever may be the result .of the contest, let none of the candidates, nor any of their leading supporters, have occasion to regret the methods ad opted to promote the success of their respective favorites. . And “may the best mén win” is the motto of the B. L. D. GAZETTE. #1 p.-. .............. RECOLLEOTIONS \ \ OFA WAR “JURRESPUNDENT. BY THE . Editor of the Gazette. Copyrighted 1894—. CHAPTER XVIII. The Bull Run disaster fell upon the President, Congress and the loyal peo- ple, like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. The first feeling in Washington was one of apprehension lest the vic- torious rebels should dash into the city and capture and despoil the National Capital. But this dread soon passed away and on the 23d of July, the day after our inglorious defeat, General George B. McClellan was summoned to Washington from the theatre of his brilliant army operations in West Vir- ginia and made Commander in Chief Of the Army of the Potomac.- General McDowell, though blameless, was per- mitted to gracefully retire, he believing his loss of prestige would seriously 1m- pair his usefulness with the troops. The enemy, meantime, kept up its shouts of derision at our defeat, but were careful to make no more serious assaults upon us, than that of their con- temptuous braggadocio. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, in his ac- count of the Bull Run battle, states that the Confederacy was far more in- juriously afi'ected by their victory than we were by our defeat, and this is prob- ably a true statement. For, with that amazing power of recuperation and that marvelous elasticity with which the American people are so abundantly endowed, the Nation almost instantly rose from the deepest depths of des- pondency, to that of the highest exalta— tions of true courage, fortitude, faith, hope and patriotism, just as some ma- jestic ship rises from the trough of the sea up to the crest of the topmost bil- low. The whole loyal North awoke from its illusory dream of an easy tri-. umph, and rose to a true realization of the power and the bitter purpose of the traitorous South, to destroy the Re- public, and it firmly resolved, with God’s help, that treason should be throttled and overcome at what-ever cost of life, of treasure, of suffering and sacrifice. “As to an end of the war, until the rebels are subdued, no man in the North thinks of it,” said eloquent and patriotic old “Thad.” Stevens, on the 2nd of the following August, in his place in the lower House of Congress, and he voiced the univer- sal sentiment of the re-awakened and re-determined loyal people or the American Republic. Money and men and supplies were voted by Congress and pledged by different states of the Union, by cities, banks, societies, men of wealth, etc, and recruiting stations opened at every cross road and hamlet. The North was soon ablaze again with patriotic ardcr, and recruiting sta- tions and military organizations were in full operation all over the Northern States. One such recruiting headquar- ters was immediately opened in the GA~ zaTTE building, under the store of An- drew Selleck, and another one followed at South Norwalk, and both received on- listments faster than the men could be duly equipped and mustered into the United States service. There was an end of the three months’ enlistment nonsense, and volunteers were accept- ed only for three years or the termina- tion of the war. ' The effect [of the Bull Run defeat had been deeply humiliating and de- pressing to the N ation,as already stated, but this feeling was not of long du- ration, Alarm for the safety of the Capital was soon at an end, and the ‘firm resolve to’put down the wicked rebellion at whatever cost, daily grew upon the people. Of course there was, bitter denunciation of Patterson for his stupidity, or worse, in letting Johns- ton’s army slip away unbekncwn to him, when he had been stationed at Martinsburg specially to watch, and if need be, to engage him, and thousands would croak that had he done half his duty in preventing the reinforcements reaching Beauregard, the victory would have been ours. hitter charges of treachery were also freely made against him that he did not, as soon as be dis- covered that h‘e had been cut-generaled by Johnston, hurry his own troops to the aid of McDowell. But, despite all these things, it is plain to see, in the light of subsequent events, that our distressing and sorely disappointing defeat at Bull Run was not an unmixed evil. The effect of the rebel victory, while exasperating to the last degree to us,let loose a flood of bombastic rebel lying, that overdid itself, and certainly greatly weakened their cause through- out the South and in the eyes of foreign nations. The Confederate government, puffed up with arrogance and pride, at once set itself to work to inaugurate the most vigorous policy of persecution and con scation of the property of all suspected Union men and neutrals. A few days after the battle the Richmond Congress passed an act requiring every citizen of the United States, fourteen years old and over, to leave the Con- federacy Within forty days. None could remain who did not confess al- legiance to the rebel government. This was followed by another enactment confiscating all the property of all aliens, and enforcing, by a fine as high as five thousand dollars and a half- year’s imprisonment, the duty of every rcsident‘reporting the existence of any properttv} whatsoever, owned by a sus- pected mon man or non-resident liv- - ing within the limits of the Union. It was a cruel scheme for a wholesale con- fiscation of the property of thousands of innocent and helpless inhabitants of the South. Cruel as was the enactment, so no mercy was shown in its hurried and re- lentless execution. Relationship,friend- ship, contracts and sacred obligations were remorselessly swept aside in their free~booter thirst for plunder. Our Congress had made no such oppressive and outrageous enactments even against open rebels in arms. N 0 bill had been introduced into our Congress proposing the liberation of slaves, until the rebels themselves .gave the justification by employing them in their military Ope- rations against us. And so it was, out of the arrogance of their victory, the rebels inaugurated these tyrannical measures, which greatly embittered large numbers of their own people and irresistibly led the loyal, but up to this time on this point, divided North, to attack and throttle slavery—the cause and life-blood of- the rebellion. The seventy-five thousand of three- months men mostly took their dis- charges, though hundreds of them eagerly re-enlisted for "three years or the war,” and for every one who did not reenlist, ten new recruits filed into their places, so strong and so universal was the feeling throughout the North that the Bull Run stigma on the Union arms must be wiped out. —— ~o— — Remarkable Riding. Fred Hoyt, of Bridgeport, a grand- son Ot' Constable Lockwood of this city, did some remarkable riding re- cently at Waltham. He was paced by Haggerty and Williams in the first trial and did the mile in 2:10. His trainer, Frank Menard, not being satis- fied with the result, induced Plaintiff, West and Seavey to pace him a mile which was ridden in 2:05, but owing to one of the three timers not having set his watch back when the wor was given but two of the watches gave the correct time, thereby preventing his time going on the record. After taking a half-hour’s rest Hoyt took another try at establishing a record and with the same pacemakers as in the last trial he rode the mile in 2:08 flat. Considering that Hoyt is but 18 years of ago his performance is a remarkable one, and with proper train- ing it would be a surprise if he did not prove a record breaker before he is many years older. MOW—fl Amusements. NORWALK OPERA HOUSE. The daily noon day concerts by the Life Guard Band connected with the Grand Opera House stock company, in front of the Norwalk Hotel, next week, when they play a week’s engagement at the Opera House, will give the public some idea of what may be expected at the evening performances. «The band is composed of 18 skilled musicians and their musical repertoire embraces, not alone popular music of the day, but several classical selections attempted only by organizations of merit. , The sale of advance seats is now in progress for the entire engagement and a series of really artistic performances ~may be locked for. _____ ____§ .9» Twentieth C. V. The twenty-ninth annual reunion of the Twentieth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers was held at Savin Rock yes- terday afternoon, and was one of the most enjoyable ever held by the asso- ciation. Over 130 of the veterans were present, and did full justice to the slab. crate repast served. At the business meeting the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: E. J. Smith of Hartford, presi- dent; H. A. Cornwall of Portland, first vice president; William Ames of South- ingtcn, second vice president; Robert Usher of Plainville, chaplain, and A. E. Smith of Cheshire, secretary. A committee was also appointed to decide upon the place of holding the next meeting? MOO—*— Elevation About to Begin. It is stated that the Consolidated rail- road is about tc commence the work of elevatin its tracks through this city. The We t end crossing, it is said, will be immediately the scene of the begin- ning of these operations. The work it is reported will be done under plans ac- cepted two years ago by the railroad commissicners.——Bridgeport Union. o Saved Mrs. Ronnie’s Llfe. Mrs. Jennie Rennie, of Virgil, N. Y., had been sick for a year or more with overflow of the gall and ulcers of the stomach. Her physician told her she could not live. Mrs. Ronnie’s mother had found such benefit from the use of Dr. David Kennedy’s Favorite Reme- dy, that she persuaded her daughter to use it, which she did, with the result that it cured her of these diseases, and she says she was never as well as now. Won’t Celebrate. The Labor Unions of Bridgeport will not celebrate Labor day in a formal fashion. After talking the matter over the members of the union concluded that they could not consistently picnic .on any of the several parks in the city reached by the lines of the Traction Co. , on account of thebcycott that was instituted against the company during the time of the strike. 1+ Appointed Principal. The state board of education has ap- pointed Prof. White, of the Norwich— free academy, principal of the state normal school at New Britain. He will begin his duties at New Britain, Sep- tember 1. The salary is about 32,500 per year. 17th Connecticut Reunion. It is to be remembered that . the re. union of the 17th Connecticut ,Volun- tcers is to held at Greenwich on Tues- day next on arrival of trains reaching that town at 10 o‘clock a. m. SlilBBED H18 FRIEND. A Drunken ROW Takes Place on Main Street. Henry Whitlock Wounded. Henry Whitlock, a former resident of this city, is to-day laid up at hl§ home in New Canaan with an ugly stab wound in his left side, made as is alleged by a man named Harry Olmstead, of North Wilton. The incidents that led up to the stab- bing. as gleaned from one who claims . to know, were as follows: In company with Robert and Harry Olmstead, Whit- look had been to Roton Point. Return- ing- to this city they drove up Main street, all apparently very much under the influence of liquor. When in front of Anderson’s saloon one of the Olm- steads suggested that they go in and get a drink and started to rein the horse up to the sidewalk, when Whit- lock grabbed the other rein, he insist. ing on going farther up the street. The party had some words when, it is stated, Harry Olmstead struck Whitlock a stinging blow in the face. With his nose bleeding Whitlock jumped out of the wagon and went into the saloon, while the other party then drove on and went into Hogan’s saloon. Mr. Anderson allowed Whitlock to wash his face and told him to go home. Just then Whitlock’s wife and her sis~ ter, Julia Richards, passed by on the other side of the street, and he joined them and proceeded on up the street. When they were near Cross street the two Olmstead men drove up and stopping the horse the quarreling was again resumed. It is alleged by some that Harry Olmstead fell out of the wagon and under the horse’s feet, and by others that he was yanked out by Whitlock. Anyhow there was a lively scrap between the two in which Robert Olmstead finally took a hand. Seeing that he was getting rather the worst of the fight, Whitlock started on across the street followed by a shower of mis- srles hurled by the Olmsteads. Whit- lock, it is said, got behind his wife and escaped unhurt. The fight was again renewed in front of the Hall place, Opposite the Union school. This time Whitlock was get~ ting the best of the other parties when. as is alleged, Harry Olmstead stepped back .31. few feet, and after placing his hand in his pocket, was seen to make a lunge at Whitlock’s left side. Whitlock then fell over, or was knocked to the sidewalk. He got up and started toward the middle of the street when he. was heard. to exclaim,’ “I am stabbed.” His wife fan to his assistance and helped him into Taylor’s blacksmith shop near by, and a physician was quickly sum- moned. Mrs. Whitlock grasped the wound and held it tightly together un- til Dr. Huntington arrived and sewed it up, six stitches being required to close the wound which was about four inches long. In the meantime the two Olmsteads got into the wagon, as did also Julia Richards, and slowly drove Off towards Winnipauk. Chief of police Bradley was notified. and in company with Officer Morehcuse drove after the party. Arriving at Winnipauk the officers learned that they had stopped at McGrath’s SulOOD, gota drink, and then drove on. The officers, thinking that they had gone to their home in. North Wilton, drove to that place but failed to find them. They then drove back to Winnipauk where they were told the party were seen driving towards New Canaan. The officers then proceeded to Whit- lock’s home where they found Robert Olmstead in bed and placing him under arrest brought him to this city and placed him in the station-house. Robert Olmstead professed to be ig- noraut as to his brother’s whereabouts. and said that as the horse was jaded out, he (Robert) and J ulia Richards got out of the wagon and walked to her home, and he supposed that his brother had drove home with the team. . Officer Morehouse started out this morning in search of Harry Olmstead and found him at a resort kept by a man named Hoyt near West Woods. He came along quietly with the officer and said that he had no recollection of what had happened the night before, andé had made no attempt to escape ar- res . » After Dr. Huntmgtcn had dressed Whitlock’s wound, which is not con- sidered dangerous, a carriage was pro- cured and- iii company with his wife the wounded man was taken home. He claims that Harry Olmstead did the stabbing but says that he does not know.just when the knife entered his flesh, the first intimation he had being the discovery of blood on his shirt. It is reported that someone who passed Whitlock when he was with his wife and sister, overheard him say, “I will kill him, +— -— him,” and that his wife tried to quiet him and get him ‘ out of the way, but he was too much under the influence of drink to heed her advice. Whitlack is the young man who a year or two since inherited _a few thou- sand dollars, and who rapidly squan- dered it and finally went back to his old occupation of driving a team. It is understood that the cause of the whole trouble is J ulia Richards, who Whitlock objected to riding home in the wagon with the Olmstead men. The prisoners will be given a hearing at 3 o’clock this afternoon. A Rare Chance for Farmers. The auction sale to open tc-mcrrow, at 10 .a. m., at which the tough and hardy horse-car animals are to be auc- tioned off, will afford a rare opportunity for our farmer friends to secure first- class work-horses at a very lowyprice. The old cars are also expected to go for a song, and they will make the best possible tool and chicken houses. Don’t miss a chance that will never happen in ' Norwalk again in a life-time. Made Four Acres Forty.‘ Judge Kane of Bridgeport, has issued an injunction restraining William J. Ford, of Stratfcrd, from disposing of any land that is a part of the Ford farm in Stratford. Ford’s father, William W. Ford,‘ is a deaf mute. The father alleges that several months ago he de- cided to give his son four acres of the farm. He gave the .son a warrantee deed as he supposed for four acres, but alleges that the son caused the deed to be drawn forty acres and had the entire property transferred to his own name in the office of the town clerk. “WI-M - ’_.____.._.__.-_ Usa DANA'S SARSAPARILLAJT’S , .. THE KIND THAT CURES. " Mrs. Flannagan Recovering. Mrs. William Flannagan, of Litch- field, the woman who made a desperate attempt to end her life last week by slashing herself with a sharp razor while she lay ill. in bed is recovering. It is believed that the woman 1s de- ranged,- and that her mental troubles were brought on by a long illness. .» USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S “THE KIND THAT CURES.” Thursday’s Ball Games. New York, 8; Louisville, 4. Cincinnati, 13; Brooklyn, 2. Boston, 12; Cleveland, 10. Philadelphia, 9; Pittsburgh, 4 St. Louis, 10 ; Baltimore, 6. Washington, 14; Chicago, 3. use DANA’SSARSAPABILLA.IT’S “THE KIND THAT CURES. " Fatal Fall. Harvy H. Coomes, an engineer em- ployed at New Haven, fell down stairs at his home Wednesday night and burst a blood vessel in his head. Coomes lingered until Thursday afternoon, when he died. USE DAN A’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S "THE KIND THAT CURES.” W Reform School Boys Escape. Supt. Thatcher of the Reform school at Meriden, gave the inmates a pic pic Thursday. Four boys escaped. An officer is searching for them. ‘0 TERSE TALES OF THE “MES. Mr. John Camp has gone to Bar Har- bor, for an outing. The National Provident Union will meet this evening. The Fifteenth C. V. held its reunion in North Haven, tO—day. The funeral of Kate O’Connell, was held from St. Mary’s church, this morn- ing. —No. 2 Mackerel 5c.each, N. Y.Stcre. “Ben” Bechtel has dropped off from the sick shelf, and is able to walk about again. Charles and George Barnum have re— turned from a three weeks’ visit at Boston. wPictures Framed by J. T. Hayes. 878 t The Atlas ball club was'dcfeated by a Cannon Station nine, Thursday after- noon. Score, 4 to 9. Mr. Josiah Kellogg, was this morning appointed administrator of the estate of the late Martin S. Craw. —Sncw Flake flour $4.00 bl. 50c.bag. N. Y. Store. Mrs. Sarah L. Bessey has gone to Stamford for a few_days’ vistt With her sister, Mrs. Catherine Hoyt. Since the tide has set in for trolleys, those making up trolley parties are merely going with the current. Little Addie Brothertcn has two black eyes and a badly scratched nasal organ, the result of a fall from a chair one day this week. ' Editor Rodemeyer will hold a love feast with the Bachelor club of Winsted next Sunday. We believe that Mr. R. is chaplain of the club. __Jones’ Flour, $4.20 bl. 53c. bag. N. Y. Store. Some of the party organs are so wor- ried over what the President may do or not do, they can’t sleep o’nigiits. but toss about and lie on both sides of their sheets. P. W. Bates the Water street gran- ite dealer, isgetting a large granite sarcophagus in readiness to be placed on the Col. Peter L. Cunningham plot at Riverside cemetery. Town clerk Herbert R. Smith who is enjoying an outing in the wrldscf Mass- achusetts, writes that he is having a fine time and thinks seriously of prolonging his pleasure for another week. —Hams 13c.lb. Shoulders 100. N. Y. Store. Col. William H. Stevenson will en- tertain the newspaper men and other friends throughout the state with a bar- becue at John Shulte’s grove in Fair- field, Saturday, September 1. —Extra.—We have several broken lots of boys’ and children’s suits .and pants which we offer at reduced prices. Also boys’ hats and caps from the Judd stock, at half prices. Taft Bros. papers that print To-day being the Feast of St. Bar- tholomew, there was a celebration of the Holy Communion at 10 a.m., in the chapel of Our Bolv Saviour. F. S, Thompson’s residence in North ColeBrook was destroyed by fire Thurs- day; lcss $4,000. The fire was of in- cendiary origin. Thompson’s barn was fired by an incendiary a few days ago and burned to the ground. —-Ladies, clean your kid gloves with Josephine glove cleaner, for sale only by J. A. Riggs, Pharmacist, .11 Main - street. Norwalk. ‘ lO-lvr Drs. Tracy, of Norwalk. Day, of Westpcrt, and Donaldson, of Fairfield, met at Roton Point, on Thursday. It was decided that the County Health board meet at the Gregory Point House, early in September. —Mark down sale. We have marked down the prices on men’s .and boys" clothing to reduce stock, to make room for a large fall stock of clothing which we'will soon receive. Try us for ~bare game. Taft 13105., 27 Wall street. a A Newport clergyman denounces news: _ “sensations about society people,” The "sensations” are made by society people themselves; newspapers only record them. The dominie had better begin at the other end—Herald. Forty horses and three horse cars are to be sold at auction at the Street Rail- way . company’s stables to-mcrrcw. Parties in need of a horse car should not fail to be in attendance and the op- portunity to purchase a good horse at a reasonable figure will no doubt be taken advantage of. . Hostess (who doesn’t know him very well)—Professcr, there is no clergyman present. I shall have to ask you to say grace. Professor (infidel of long standing)— NO clergyman? Then let us return thanks in silencel—Chicago Tribune. The open air concert given by Dwyer’s City of Norwalk band, on Union Park, last evening drew out a large crowd. The music was excellent and greatly enjoyed. Their fine play- ing wasa surprise to many who have not heard the band play in a long time. The band is deserving of and should receive public recognition and support. Thirty- seven cases of typhoid fever are reported in three hospitals in Jersey City. It has not yet been proved that they are traceable to the water supply Of which so much just complaint has been made, but as all the patients are of poorer class, who must drink that water or none, it is probable that this is the source of the disease. That the , water is very much polluted is well known and it is not at all unlikely .that it contains typhoid germs. If so, J er- sey City has worse times before it than over. WESTON. Mr. James Maloney died on Saturday last from cancer. The interment was in Bethe], on Saturday. Mr. Wm. Williams is suffering from a stroke of paralysis. Miss Evelyn Sturges, of Ridgefield, visits Mrs. John Lockwood. Mrs. T. J. Bennett is recovering from an attack of chills. Mrs. A. E. Turney and daughter have visited friends in Greenfield. The Sunday- school of Emmanuel church picnicedat Compo, on Wed- nesday. ' _ Mrs. N. B. Johnson has visited rela- tives in Easton. ’ Mrs. Phoebe A. Fantcn visits her daughter, in North Wilton. MrsJ-Iawley Williams has entertained friends from Bedding. S. S. Carver has returned from a three weeks’ stay in Saratoga. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sccfield, of East Norwalk, were guests of Weston friends over Sunday. Mr. Frank Lane, Miss EdnaaBradley and Miss Emma Fitch have ”been ap- ' pomted a committee to nominate offi‘ ‘cers for the Christian Endeavor society which is being organized in cb‘huection With Ncrfield church. ' ————-——-—c‘>———-~ 'Our i‘arjilts'Golng Abroad. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.——From reports received at the state department it ap- pears ihat the United States has at last turned the tables on England and is now shipping .to that country carpets of the value of nearly $500,000 annually. To make the case still stronger, it is stated that these carpets are the famous cxmin- stars. Sovereign Likes Debs’ Scheme. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.—General Mas» ter Workman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor today stated that he favored .the scheme of President Debs of the Ameri— can Railway union regarding the forma- tion Of a union which would combine all t'rainmcn. The head of the Knights of La- bor, however. thinks it would be impos- sible to accomplish such a. thing from the fact that the various railway organiza- tions would not surrender their identity. Going “rest to Stand Trial. ‘ PERTH Armor, N. J ., Aug. 24.—Sheriff Segrest of Guthrie county, 13., has arrest- cd Charles Davidson of this city on a charge of forgery. Davidson went west six months ago to visit an uncle. He went to work for a farmer and left suddenly, after having obtained a suit of clothes on a forged order. The sheriff had the neces- sary papers, and young Davidson is on his way west. Verdict In the Miller Cue. ALTOONA, Pa, Aug. 24,—Today the coroner’s jury completed its inquest into the death of Bank Examiner Miller. The _ verdict rendered was that the death or Examiner Miller “resulted from a pistol; shot fired by the deceased, but whether accidentally done or otherwise is to the jury unknown. ” -
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