NORWALK Founded in 1800.] . VOL. XCIVrfNO. 35. .471, Entertaining and I nstmctive Home J ouma l, A. Especially Devoted to Local News and Interests. [$1.00 aYear 71 NORWALK, CONN. ,FRID‘AY AUGUST 31, 1894. PRICE Two CENTS. A4,, THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER. M __________,/ llllllllltllllelll lll all llllllES : lltlllllll ll! llllllllllll. ____________._._———.__. The Labor Politicians. The 10th of September, the eighty- first anniversary of the battle of Lake Eric, is the date fixed for a conference, or convention, of the professional La- bor politicians of New York. Each union, actual or fictitious, is to send three delegates to take “ independent political action,” unless, in the mean- while, satisfactory arrangements are made with the managers of one or both of the party machines, Democratic or Republican. ' coo . Our Presidents. Cleveland is one of the eight Presi— dents who never attended college, the others being Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln and Johnson. The other fifteen, in- cluding Grant, who was a West Pointer, were all college-bred men. It is a eu- rious fact, however, that neither Yale, Dartmouth nor Columbia has furnished one. Three were educated at William and Mary, three at Harvard, counting Hayes, who was a law student there, and one each at Princeton, Dickinson, Bowdoin, Union and Williams, while the others were graduates of local col- leges. The New Big Bridge. The new bridge between New York and Long Island, across Blackwell’s Island, may be said to be in process of construction, as ground was broken on Monday, and arrangements for carry- ing on the work rapidly have been made. The bridge will be of the can- tilever type. It will be 2,855 feet long, will have six piers, and will be 135 feet above the water. It is to be finished in two years, and will bring the whole Long Island railroad system into easy connection with New York, and ulti- mately, aft-er the building Of the North River bridge, with all the railroads en- tering New York from the west, north and south. . isn’t it a Good Year? The democratic newspapers of the State are quite freely circulating para- graphs like unto the following : “There has been some question whether or not Mr. E. C. Benedict would consent to lead the democratic state ticket. It is now stated that he tells his intimate friends without reserv- ation that he will not run, This has given rise to a rumor that it has been arranged and ex-Governor Waller Will be nominated of New Haven, second place on the ticket.” We trust our friend Benedict is not deterred by the impression once enter- tained by an even more stalwart demo- crat than he, who declined the proffer of a local office here in N orwalk on the ground, as he expressed it, that “ ’taint a good year for democrats.” The genial Tom Waller also refuses to be a gubernatorial candidate. License Receipts. County Commissioner D. M. Row- land, secretary of the board of com. missioners. has just completed his statistics of the work of that board for the year ending June 30. The report shows that despite the hard times the receipts for licenses of all kinds have been much larger than last year. There were 619 straight liquor licenses granted in the county,for which he has received $193,732. Nineteen beer licenses were issued, yielding a revenue of $2,400, while the income from the 71 drug licenses amounted to 83,436. The total number of licenses of all classes was 709, and the amount received for them is $199,567. Of this $9,978 35 has been paid to the county treasurer, while the remaining 48189588165 has been paid to the treas- urers of the several towns. In this county there are but two divisions of the money received for licenses. In New Haven county. however, by reason of special legislation 5 per cent. of the revenue is given to the Policeman’s Be- lief fund and: another five per cent. to a similar fund of the firemen. The following are the number of licenses and amounts received for them in'each town in the county; Bridge- port, 359, $105,668.50; Stamford, 72, $20,202.70; Norwalk, 79, $21,542.20; Newtown, 14, $2,660; Huntington, 9, $2,671.40 ; Westport, 11, $3,554.90; Fairfield, 10. $1,995; New Canaan, 7, $546.25 ; Darien, 5, $427.50; Danbury, 108, $20,672; Greenwich, 28, $9,079.15 ; Stra‘tford, 1, $26.60; Brookfield, 2, $185.25 j. Trumbull, 4, $375.20. Ought to be Enforced. The recent attempt to revive the old “blue laws,” so-called, in New Canaan, calls to mind one of them which might well be enforced in this modern age. It was: " Aman that strikes his wife shall be fined £10; a woman that strikes her husband shall be imprisoned at- the discretion of the court.” Fifty dollars a blow for striking one’s wife would econ. put a stop to the inhuman wife- beating _so frequent in this state. —Ansonia Sentinel. with Gen. E. E. Bradley, BEQQLLEQTIQNS WAR maintains. BY THE Editor of the Gazette. Copyrighted 1894. ___——-—-— CHAPTER XIX. Going over the battlefield of Bull Run a few days after the fight, I had my first object lesson in the civilization born of the barbarism and brutality of slavery. It was a ghastly sight. All along the Confederate lines on their side of the field, were scores of their dead soldiers left unburied, and num- berless more who had been laid upon their backs and a thin covering of earth dug from beside each corpse thrown over them. In hundreds of cases their faces and feet were bare, and with sunk- en, staring eyes, and shriveled lips ex- posing the teeth, gave to the beholder a picture of repulsive horror such as can never be efl'aced from the memory. There was no excuse for this barbari- ty, as the rebels had an abundance of time to have decently buried their dead. They took all the time needed to loot our dead boys of their good clothing and accoutrements, and violated all the rules of ciVilized warfare, by capturing and sending‘to the rebel prisons at Richmond, our surgeons who had re. mained to succor the wounded and care for the .dead. Gen. Beauregard in his report of the battle, written long years after its occurrence, takes occasion to deny this, but the denial is more cred- itable to his human instincts, than to his regard for the truth. Our surgeons and chaplains nevertheless were cap- tured and forced from their attendance upon the helpless Union soldiers, and some are living today to attest to the truth of this charge. Over our lines, after the rout, details were sent back from Centreville to remove our wound- ed and properly inter our dead. This was tenderly done. The remains of no Union soldier, who had given his life for his country, was left unburied to be torn by the myriads of buzzards, as were the Confederates, but all our dead boys were put intoproperly dug trenches covered over with army blankets, and there in their unknown sepalchres rest their bones to this day. Upon the placing of young General McClellan in full command of our army, he immediately organized the military departments of Washington and Northeastern Virginia, with head- quarters in Washington. He then com- menced the creation of that historical body since known throughout the world as the “Army of the Potomac.” The General was then but thirty-five, with an almost boyish face, but full of gallantry and enthusiasm. I personally asked I’rcSident Lincoln for his esti- mate Of him and he replied in his quaint and kindly way, "I think ‘Little Mac’ (he alwayscalled him ‘Little Mac’ in speaking of or about him,)‘is the best book general we’ve got in our army. I don’t know of any of them (meaning our regular army officers) who understand military organization, discipline and tactics, as well as he. 11‘ he fails it will be because of extra cau- tion and his endeavor to make over all our raw volunteers into regulars.” Remember this guarded opinion was given me, as Mr. Lincoln knew at the time, for neWspaper publication, and long before McClellan had made for himself the public record, so close] in accord with the estimate the Presi ent had formed in his own mind regarding him. Such were the marvelous powers of discerning personal character and seeing entirely through a man and un- erringly estimating his special traits and capacities, possessed by Mr. Lin- coln and shown by him over and over again to the tragic end Of his life. The newly created military depart- ments were announced on the 25th of July, and Gen. McClellan turning his Western Virginia command over to Gen. Rosecrans, established and took possession of his Washington city head- quarters on the 27th. He soon got to- gether the skeleton of his final grand army. consisting of some 30,000 infan- try, about a thousand artillerymen, but with only thirty cannon and no cavalry at all. He went vigorously to work to effectually protect Washington by con- structing a line of elaborate earth- works entirely surrounding the amphi- theatre of hills around the Capital city both on its Maryland and Virginia sides. Many of these old forts still remain, an evidence of the enormous amount of labor which called them into their hur- ried existence. shoulder-strapped incompetents, in com- mand of the men, with rigorous impar- tiality and thoroughness and at once entered upon that persistent drill and discipline, which whatever else may be said of him, won him the confidence and affection of his men and the plau- dits of the people. No finer Or better army, for dress parade duty, was ever seen on this continent, than he had wrought out in a few month’s time, so thorough was his discipline and so re- markable were his abilities and his gen- ius as a drill-master and pericctor of army details. Within less than two months he had mustered and thorough- l y drilled a grand army of a hundred thousand men. He devised the plan of having four regiments constitute a bri- gade, three brigades a division with four batteries, one of which was to be commanded by a captain of regulars. . He recommended to the President, and Mr. Lincoln cordially adopted the suggestion, that the army consist of 250 regiments of infantry. 2? regiments He also weeded out the ' ' Union Army of of cavalry, 5 regiments of engineers, 100 field batteries with 600 guns and 15,00 men, an aggregate that was prac~ tically reached during the following winter. But the getting of men was found to be a. far easier task, than to either clothe or equip them and the quartermaster, the commissary and ordinance departments of the War office were strained to the utmost tension to supply and equip this vast aggregation Of Union Volunteers. Secretary of War Cameron was driven almost to de- straction in his struggle to get arms for his soldiers, because of the destruction Of our gun factories at Harper’s Ferry and Norfolk Navy Yard. As Congress had voted him unlimited means, the secretary of war finally got these sol- diers fairly well equipped by a two and a quarter million dollar purchase of muskets and small arms in EurOpe. And thus wore away the fall of ’0l and the Winter and spring of ’62, the loyal north earnestly striving and hopeful of a speedy termination of the war and ending of the slaveholders’ rebellion. The extra session of Congress had adjourned on the 6th of August, having labored but thirty-three days. So An< gust and September Sped away without special military incident or action on the part of McClellan. Just three months after Bull Run, or on October 21st, our next disaster at Ball’s Bluff occurred, when the brave, the eloquent and the intrepid Colonel Baker was killed. A fellow war correspondent and intimate friend, J. Coffin, who chanced to be in Washington at the time, thus narrated his experience on the receipt of this distressing news on October 22d. He rushed up to McClel- lan’s headquarters and there found President Lincoln. ‘He greeted us cor- dially but clasped his hands upon his breast, bowed his head and his body as if bent by an insdpportable load.’ Baker was his intimate personal friend and had been such for years. “We have met with a sad disaster,” whis- pered General Marcy. "Fifteeen hun- dred men lost and Col. Baker killed.” In referring to this event Mr. Lincoln subsequently used the words:“It smote me like a simoon in the desert.” Great, tender, magnanimous hearted man! Did ever this Nation’s ruler and head have to bear such an overwhelming burden of woe? A caller at the White House the day Ellsworth was killed by Jackson at Alexandria, found the Pres- ident in tears. “I will make no apology for my weakness,” said he. “I knew poor Ellsworth well and held him in great regard. Poor fellow, his act was undoubtedly rash, but it only shows the heroic spirit that animates our sol- diers from high to low, in our righteous cause. Yet who can restrain his grief to see them fall in such a Way as this,——— not by the fortunes of war, but by the hand of an assassin?” Ellsworth, Ba- ker and the idol of his heart, his own little boy Willie, all gone down to death, amid the most disheartening and gloomy period of all the war. It may interest the reader to recall the salient incidents of this Ball’s Bluff engagement that cost the Union arms and the President so dear. Gen. Mo. Clellan had on the last of September given his wonderfully inspiring ‘fgrand review,” when 70,000 troops were de— ployed and brought into line, with the accurate drill of machines. Napoleon never was able to furnish sunny France a more brilliant military display, and still so many more men continued to pour into Washington that it became. a necessity to advance ourlines in order to give healthful space for their en- campments. ihus Vienna, Fairfax, Centreville and Mannassas. were early in October _re-occupied. On the 16th Boliver Heights, overlooking Harper‘s Ferry, were captured by our troops. On the 20th Gen. Stone under orders, sent out Gen. Devins of the 15th Massa- chusetts,who captured two flat boats or scows from the Chesapeake and Ohio canal and in them ferried his men across the Potomac to the Virginia shore, at the point where a steep bank rising fully a hundred feet high and called Ball’s Blufi'. Gen. Devens got over the river and above the bluff with between six or seven hundred men, but found no enemy in sight. A little after noon he was assaulted by a sharp mus- ketry fire and fell back to the river edge of the bluff and sent for rein- forcements. Gen. Stone ordered 00]. Baker to reinforce Devens, or if he deemed it better, to withdraw all our men and get them back to the Mary- land shore. When Baker reached Dev- ens the latter was already furiously en— gaged with the enemy and it was too late to retreat. We had in all not more than 1,900 men, and the rebels some- thing over 2,000. Baker was the rank- ing officer and had his lines scarcely formed when he was heavily charged by the enemy, the struggle continuing over two hours with desperate bravery on both sides. Baker, who though an Ex-Congressman from Illinois and then a United States Senator from Oregon, had fought in Mexico and was a‘brave and competent soldier and acting here as a Brigadier, although specially cher- ishing his Golonelcy of his California regiment. He exposed himself in the most courageous if not reckless way, the moment he saw his men beginning to waver, and late in the afternoon was shot through the head by a rebel sharp- shooter. Upon the death of Baker be- coming known our over matched troops, falling fast and sore pressed, gave way and fled to the river bank just at dark. The exultant rebels pursued and from above fired down upon the disorgan- ized, struggling mass below. A flat boauwas soon so overloaded that it sank in the swift current of the Potomac and many were , drowned. . More were shot while attempting to wade and swim across or retreat under cover of the bluff. Our loss was certainly not less than 1,000; there were some 500 wound- ed and killed and as many more cap- tured and taken to the rebel prison pens in Richmond. This disaster, sad as it was when truthfully stated, was seized upon by the enemy to still fur- ther fire Southern courage and pride, by the most audacious, down-right ly- ing. Rebel Gen. Evans ofiicially re- ported that he had with his 2,000 Con- federates fought and destroyed the 8,000 men, and that his littfil‘brigade had killed and taken pris- out? more than four times their own entire number! The consequences of th' despicable lying served its purpose an We felt its baloful influences for 1013}: months after; Ball’s Bluff. disas- troh‘sas it was. showed to the rebels and to the wo:]d that Union soldiers, even when entrapped, could fight and die like brave men, as they were, for the Nation’s assailed and imperiled life. All‘honor now and forever, to our men who fought and fell at Ball‘s Bluff. I chanced to be in Washington the day that Col. Baker’s mortal remains arrived there. A sadder, gloomier day I had not up to that time. seen. Even the Bull ltun rout did not so sensibly and deeply touch all hearts with pity and commiseration. The surpassingly eloquent Baker was an universal favor- ite and his death was felt as a personal bereavement by all who knew him or had listened to his impassioned oratory and his ardent patriotism was illustrious beyond compare and peerless. v..— Obituary. \VINFlELD SCO [‘T MOODY. Another strong man and good citizen hasalallen, like an oak in the forest. The‘news of the sudden and unexpect- ed demise vf WINFIELD SCOTT MOODY, which startled and spread our city last evening, came with the stunning effect of a lightning bolt from a clear sky. His intimates had known that he was suffering from a kidney malady, likely soon or late. to undermine his naturally healthy and even rugged constitution, but no one surmised that his end was so near. On Tuesday he was about our streets apparently as well as over. On that day, he made his usual call at the Bank of Norwalk. The next day he was busy about the spacious grounds of his beautiful East avenue residence. Mr. -Moody was born in the New Hampshire town of Unity, Oct. 23rd, 1815. In 1835 he went to New York and entered upon a successful career as a tea merchant, at 75 Bowery. Here he laid the foundations of. his ample fortune by sagacious investments in real estate in that city. In 1855 he came to Norwnlk, and at first purchased the modest Rev. Wm.B. Weed residence, then bought additional grounds and built the beautiful home where he has since happily lived, and where yesterdayhe peacefully died. He was a man of rigid business meth- ods and training; of resolute will and purpose; of keen insight and of con- servative mould of thought and action. As one who has long been closely asso- ciated in business afi'airs with him,aptly the best. man in all the world to tie-up 3, He loved Normilk, the home of his adOption. and was always ready to ren- der any aid or personal service to pro- mote its welfare. At our ‘little town meetings’ he could always be relied up- on to bravely, even stubbornly, oppose anything he deemed tainted with either crookerlness or extravagance. He was among our most zealous promoters of the public water system and faithfully has he served for many years as 9. Com- missioner. He was earnest and active in the organization of the Fairfield County Savings Bank. of which he was the safe and honored President. He was a potent factor in the reorganiza- tion of the Norwalk Mills company and for several subsequent years, its chief manager. He was a director, al- so, in the National bank of Norwalk. Although of unusually modest and unostentatious habits of life, he is es- teemed to have been our city’s wealth?- est citizen. He leaves a widow, three sons, and a maiden sister, long a mem- ber of his household, to mourn more deeply than other friends, his irrepar- able loss. In the presence of such a sudden and overwhelming sorrow, of which the mystery is impenetrable and the depth of which is beyond measure, little can be said to ameliorate the grief of his stricken family. That is above the reach of earthly consolation. From God alone, who has taken home his own, can sustaining solace be sought. Yet his bereaved ones can rest in the comforting assurance that the tenderest sympathies of an entire community go out to them as full and free as the flood-tide sweeps out to the sea,and that the unblemished good name of the de- parted, will ever abide a benediction. _ .._.-.._.__—<-’—————--.,._ Amusements. N ORWALK OPERA HOUSE. Rice’s Grand Opera House Stock Company put forth their best efforts last night in “Back Among the Old Folks,” and gave a very fine perform- ance of a very strong play, which al- though it was not concluded until a late hour, yet held every person in the large audience to the close. The play is a beautiful 'one, with a wholesome lesson for young men. The climaxes were very strong and highly dramatic, and the comedy element very, very funny. It will be repeated at the Saturday matinee, when the admission is 10 cents to all parts of the house. To-night, by request, “Beacon Lights will be pro- duced with a new musical . rogramme, and new specialties. Satnr ay night the company make their farewell appear- ance in .the new military play, “In the Trenches.” . Appointed Klndersrartner at New Britain. Miss Fannibelle Curtis of this city, has been appointed kindergartner at the New Britain Normal School. She will have charge of the training classes. She was trained at New Britain by Miss Mingins, graduating in 1888. She was retained at New Britain as assistant for a year and was then appointed to the charge of the kindergarten connec- ted with the normal school at Williman- tic. After two years’ service at Willi- mantic she was appointed kindergart- ner at Newtonville, Mass , from which place she will go to New Britain. She is at present in Norwalk, but will leave for New Britain nextweek. and. accurately expressed it, “he was Recent Deaths. muses Charles M. Pond, a prominent Dem- ocrat and business man of Hartford, died there last evening, aged 57 years. He was the son of Charles F. Pond, at one time President of the New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Mr. Pond was treasurer of the road previous to its consolidation. He organized the Hart- ford Trust Company and was its Presi- dent until 1879. He represented the town of Hartford in the General Assem- bly in 1863 and 1868, was Senator from the First district, 1872-1877, and was State Treasurer 1870-71. Mr. Winfield Scott Moody died very suddenly at his home on East avenue, Thursday afternoon, in the 79th year of his ago. Miss Angeline Horton, died at the home of Miss Emily Seymour on West avenue. Thursday, aged 72 years. The funeral will be attended from the home of her cousin, Mr. Benajah Gilbert, at Grumman's Hill, to-morrow morning. County Association. The organization of a County Liquor Dealers’ association was perfected at Bridgeport, on Wednesday, at a meet-‘ ing in Madison hall. James Sheridan was elected president, and Gustave Bender secretary. The election of a treasurer was deferred to a future meet- ing. v The association is composed of branches in this city, Danbury, Bridge— port, Stamford and Greenwich. Each of the branches includes in its member. ship the dealers in the city in which it is located and in the adjacent towns. The Object of the association is mu-~ tual benefit of the members and the discouragement of illicit selling. The association will have its head- quarters in Bridgeport, the local asso- ciation being the parent of the county organization. 000- - Second Light Battery. The Second Connecticut Light Bat- tery association held its twenty-eight annual reunion at Pleasure beach Thurs- day, about forty members being pres- sent, Vice-President Peter Peterson of New Milford presided in the absence of President F. O. Seeley, formely of Bridgeport, but who is now living in the West. - The foilowing officers were chosen: President, William B. Snifi'en, New- town. first vice-president, William W. Narramore, Bridgeport; second vice- president Edward Chapin, Milford ; chaplain, C. W. Rowe, Bridgeport; se- cretary and treasurer, William P. Bor- roughs, Bridgeport ; executive com- mittee, William'J. Gould, W. E. Fran- cisco and P. D. Sherman, Bridgeport. Beer the Cause of it. Joseph Murphy went into the emer- gency hospital Wednesday night, with a large wound on his scalp and a big lump behind his car. He told the au- thorities that he had been assaulted on the steamer City of Norwalk. He was drunk and it was said at the boat, that he was a hand on one of the schooners lying at the dock and that he had come aboard the City of Norwalk uninvited. He wanted to bring a can of beer on the boat and they refused to have it. The lump behind his car was attended to, but he did not want the scalp wound stitched—Bridgeport Post. 0 The Firemen’s Ball Game. The Kohanza Social club’s ball team wants to go to Norwalk on Labor day to play the return game with the Phoenix Engine company of that city, but it is doubtful if the ball team will go, as the Norwalk firemen are not certain that they can muster their men together for a game on that day. It is probable the matter will be dropped for the present and the game wxll take placeimmediately after Fair week.—Danbury News. v' Connecticut State Fair. The ConnecticutAgricultural Society is making extensive preparations fer its twenty-fifth annual exhibition, which will be held in Meriden, September 18th to 21st, inclusive. An entirely new arrangement of the ground has been made, and the public are assured of better accommodations and a better show this year. The new City Hall will be used this year, owing to the choice character of the exhibits. Misleading. EDITOR Gazsrrn: The following item which appeared in a local paper this week is misleading: The son of Frank Nelden. who resides with his grandmother. Mrs. Foley. on Belden ave- nue, is very low. Mr. Nelden’s child is a girl, its grand- mother is Mrs. Cahill, she lives on Cross street. and the child although sick is not very low. Aside from these facts the item is correct. N. F. P. #A‘ it Cures Disease. Dr. David Kennedy’s Favorite Rem- edy has been wonderfully successful in caring persons suffering from inflamma- tion of the kidneys, catarrh of the blad- der. enlargement of the prostate gland, and in fact, every ailment of a urinary nature, has yielded to this great medi- cine. The 29th and 30th Reunion. “ The colored troops fought nobly,” was the record during the war, and to-day our Connecticut 29thand 30th regiments of colored troops are holding their reunion together, in Danbury. glen. Wooster, of Derby, is to address em. + Democratic State Convention. At the meeting of the Democratic State Central committee held Tuesday afternoon, it was decided to hold the Democratic State convention at the Hyperion theatre, New Haven, Tues- day, Sept. 25. ' Chicken Thieves. The hen roost of Patrick Keating, on Harriet street, was visited abouts 4 o’clock this morning by chicken thieves. Mr. Keating was awakened by a noise at his hen-roost, and getting up to in- vestigate, saw the thief run'around the house and out into the street with two or more chickens under his arms, but was unable to overtake him. The chances of the next night visitor at the roost getting a charge of shot are good. The hen-roost of Bernard Cum- mings, who lives next door was also vis- ited and two chickens stolen. Mr. Cum-I mings is anxious to make the acquain- tance of the rascal. 50: Charter Oak Park. The Nutmeg Purse was the drawing card at Charter Oak Park Thursday afternoon, but the small field of young trotters that started for the priZe of 320,000 gave a very indifferent ex. hibition of speed. Nelly A., who had won another big event at Terre Haute two weeks ago managed to get away with $11,000 but only because there was nothing in the party that could trot a mile in 2:20. —'———+«o.—.——-—- - a Straw Factory Burned. ' The bleaching department of the Vanderhoef Manufactur ing Company’s straw hat factory in the rear of Broad street, Milford, was burned yesterday. Tue straw hats are bleached by fumes of sulphur, which are produced during the night by a huge p t left heating over a fire. Loss, $1,000; insured. v—o—>——- Only $4,000. A report became current last week that the estate of the late Moses W. Wil- son was worth $10, 000. The appraisers, Messrs. J. G. Hyatt and Charles Harris finished their work soon after the story and say the total is about $4000 worth real estate, one item being one half of the famous Cockcnoe island. May Prove a Murder. During an altercation at Winsted, yesterday, between John Scanlon and Michael Kent, the latter struck the for- mer on the head with a brick. Scan- lon has not recovered consciousness and is believed to be fatally hurt. Kent has disappeared and officers are search- ing for him. [h Clam Bake. ’ e members of Buckingham Post S}. A. R, will hold their annual clam,- bake at Betts’ island, next Thursday. They have invited NClSOIl L. White Postbf Danbury, and a grand good time is expected. The boat will leave the wharf at South Norwalk, at 9 a. m. Gypsies Arrested. r ‘ A gypsy camp. at Milford, was raided lhursday, and five men, three women, four wagons and six horses were in- cluded in the haul. The gang were in- dulging in a free fight. Crushed to Death. John Howard. 3 New Haven bartend—‘ er, aged, 25, and unmarried, was found lying .on the railroad tracksin that city, last night, crushed to death. A Carpenters-ville Farmer Robbed. PHILLJPSBL'HG. N. J .. Aug. 31.—‘-Three masked men entered the house-of Philip Reese, an aged farmer. near Carpenters- vllle, N. 1.. and covering him with re- volvers demanded his money. Reese, who was dozing on a chair, showed fight, but was overpowered and clubbed almost to death. The. robbers secured a gold watch, a lot of silverware and $500 in gold, which was hidden in an old trunk. To (.‘(mtcst the \Vhlsky Tlx. PEOBIA, Ills, Aug. 31.—Inqulry here confirms the reports that the Whisky trust will contest the increase in tax on spirits in bon i on the ground of illegality. This has long been President Greenhut’s idea, The argument is advanced that when the spirits were put in bond at 90 cents per gal- lon there was an implied contract that the tax Would not be increased on these goods while they were in bond. , . 1. Satolli'a Mission Almost Effliod. LONDON, Aug. 31.——A dispatch received here from Rome says that the report that Mgr. Satolli will return to Home at the “ end of the year is confirmed. The die- patch adds that after the return of the papal delegate from the United States the Vatican will publish the result of his mission, which will show that the pope is entirely satisfied with his work. An Ashtabuls Company In Trouble. ASHTABULA, 0., Aug. 31.—Benjainln A. May has been appointed receiver for the Ashtabul'a Water and Light company. The action is the result of a suit com- menced by the American Debenture com- pany of Chicago, which claims that the Ashtabula corporation has defaulted in the payment of interest on bonded indebt— edness. Priest and Odd Fellows Qnurel. . BUFFALO, Ang. 3L—Fatlier Gleason, priest of St. Bridget’s church, has incur-. red the displeasure of a local lodge of Odd Fellows by refusing them admittance to the church in which the funeral rites were being celebrated over the remains of Rich- ard Walton. a Catholic, who by special dispensation had been allowed to join this order. A Naval Atlache’s Suicide. AsunviLLE, N. 0., Aug. 31.-—Louis Be- hose, Jr., late of the navy, attempted sui cide by falling on his sword, inflicting injuries from which he died some hours later. He was in poor health and had not long to live... The t’igi'lant Ready to Sail. DARTMOUTH, Aug. 81.—Vigilan't, con- trary to expectations, did not take part in the regatta of the Royal Dart Yacht club today. She will, however, in all proba- bility meet Satanita in a race here tomor- row. Edger-1y Resigns From Atchlson. . Bosron, Aug. 31.-—M. V. B. Edger-1y of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur- ance company at Springfield has resigned 1 from the Atchlson protective committee.
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