/ \ , r 3", ‘ . I i l“ * - .f‘ ,’ .J‘T l W jgfi v'i ' J Founded in 1800.] . [$1.005 a..- VOL. Xcv.—No. ll. NORWALK, CONN, FRIDAY: MARCH .15, 1895. PRICE TWO CENTS. J: NORWAIKmGAZETTE. THE “WRITE HOME PAPER. ___________..— ,,___.———.__————— lllltltllfltlll ill all things: Millie] in llollillll- ‘ / The Sauerkraut Trust. Over on Long Island an organization has been formed to supply‘the world with sauerkraut. It is based upon the theory of the creameries, but, of course the theory is just as good for a sauer- ' krautery. — In the dairy counties the farmers re- mote from market found that the most profitable way to dispose of the milk was to turn it into cheese, and they organized 'co-operative ~ factories, so that everybody got in cheese the real value of his milk, without the waste in- volved in' making the fortunes of a dozen handlers who stood between him and his customers. 0n Eastern Long Island one of the great products is cabbage, and if the farmers send the cabbages to market there is the same waste upon the mid— dlemen. So they propose to send a manufactured product and sell it by their own agents. This ought to be good for the farmers, and it may be good for the sauerkraut. The Affair of the Ailianca. As regards the case of the American merchant vessel Allianca and the Spa"- ish man—of—war, we propose to keep cool as long as we can. Only one side of the story has been‘heard as yet, and even that leaves much to be desired in the way material for an intelligent opinion. We; know that the Spaniard signaled the Allianca to heave to, but we do not know what purpose I.the Spaniard had in view. It is more as- sumption of a most arbitary kind to say ' ‘ that the purpose was violent and illegal. We know, also, that the Allianca’s skipper concluded to ignore the sum- mons ‘ and make a run for it, but we do not know whether his motive was be- yond reproach. It may have been everything beautiful and lofty or it may have been something else. As we say, the whole story has not been told. Meanwhile we are not at all sure that Capt. Crossman did the best possible thing in ignoring the Spaniard’s signal. His vessel was running very close to the Cuban shore, and in a neighbor- hood that had been used very largely by the insurgents and their sympathiz— ers for communication with the outside world. We are supposed to be on friendly terms with Spain, we know that some sort at an insurrection is in progress upon the island, we must ad- mit the right of Spanish officers to take all proper precautions in such an emergency. There is nothing to show that the Spaniard intended detention or search—neth-ing whatever. Un- doubtedly he wanted to communicate with the Allianca, and as undoubtedly . the Allianca refused to be communicat- ed with. We have no right to suppose that the Spaniard had hostile designs at the outset. There is no sufficient ground for assuming that he intended either detention or search. Even Capt. Cross— man’s own story leaves the impression that it was his own proceedings—his re fusal to communicate with the man—of- war and his immediate flight—that brought on the unfriendly demonstra- tions. , Of course, we shall bear the whole of it in due time. Eventually we shall know just why the Spaniard sought to speak the Alliance and just why the Allianca did not want to be talked to. Meantime, however, - let us be quite care that an outrage has been committed before we permit ourselves to get fever- ish. There will be plenty of time and opportunity left for patriotic rage after ascertaining that there is some rational cause for raging. 1O Robbed at at Wake. Charles Reynolds a Springfield man was arrested in Hartford, yesterday. He robbed Captain August Bowe of 914 while the latter was asleep at his ‘ the faithful boniface. wife’s wake. - REQQLLEQTIQNS ' \ ‘ WAR muniiillhiiil BY THE Editor, of the Gazette. Copyrighted 1894. CHAPTER XLVII. It was considerably after ten o’clock, when I trudged from the cemetery over to the general headquarters in the d 'tl'k~ ness, the way thickly strewn With dead men and horses. I had been in the saddle very little during the day, and had left my faithful steed in charge of one of the headquarter hostlers to feed and care for. The poor animal was impatient to get away, for the terrific firing had terrorized all the animals, and my horse was suffering more ner- vous tension, than any soldier wh o had been in the fight. I rode as rapidly as possible direct to Hanover, left my horse at the hotel stable, engaged e room for the night and hurried to th telegraph ofiice. Late as it was, Tone was awaiting my arrival, for he had been an anxious listener to the cannon- ading at Gettysburg. A good share of my “copy” had been prepared in Gen. Howard’s tent in the cemrtery, and while Tone was clicking that. over the wire to the Tribune, I wrote out my “finish” of Thursday’s afternoon . and evening’s fight. When “Good-night, Byington," signified the conclusmn or‘ the message, instantly, “M, M, M,” was clicked back to the Hanover opera— tor. “I wonder who is calling me,” said Tone, “there is no such telegraph office as 162' on my list?” Ask who it is, Isuggested, and the immediate reply came back from General Eckert (now the able President of tne monster West— ern Union Telegraph Company, but then in charge of our military telegraph system :and lines.) “This is the War Department, Washington, Byington’s dispatch to the Tribune has passed through this office from our Baltimore wire, and so on to New York. The President is here and wants to know. who Byington is?” This was entirely bewildering to me, as a part of my Tri- bune duty when in Washington was to gain an interview, every day, with both President Lincoln and General Eckert, and if any one" knew my identity they. surely did. “What shall I answer?” asked Tone. Without thought or reflec- tion as to its impropriety, I instantly replied, “tell him to ask Grandaddy Wells." Quick as I had uttered it, Tone had wired my disrespectful ex- pression. secretary Gideon Welles, of Hart- ford, a journalist himself, had always been eSpecially kind and helpful to me in my newspaper work. in Washington. He had risen from his bed repeatedly, and after midnight hours, to give me war news, or receive the same from me. At the Chicago convention, upon his official selection to head the delega- tion to go to Springfield and notify Mr. Lincoln of his nomination, he had not only cordially, but very urgently, invited me to accompany him, so that, when I found that Tone had used my words, (which in reality I had no in- tention he should do,) I was thoroughly mortified. Mr. Welles wore an im- mense gray wig and had a very long and heavy white board of the Rip Van Winkle or Colonial day style and about Washington and the Departments was flippantly called “Granddaddy Welles,” "Old Man of the Sea,” or “Old Nep- tune.” He was nevertheless in ability, efi'ective energy and level headed sense the peer of any man in the Cabinet. Tone’s celerity and my inconsiderate levity,however, cleared the President’s mind of all further doubt as to my per- sonality. The explanation of his un— certainty was tbat he, Mr. Lincoln, was sure that I had called upon him at the Executive Mansion only two days be.- fore, whereas, as a matter of fact, it had been on the Saturday previous. Singularly enough, my first, and this second dispatch to the Tribune, gave the Government the first news it had of the two armies meeting and the ensu- ing terrible conflicts. It will be re- membered that Gen. Meade had not ar- rived,when Wednesday’s fight occurred and the substance of Wednesday night’s extra Tribune, was telegraphed over to Washington and throughout the country, only on the next day. Gen. Meade attempted to send tOWashington no telegraphic report of the Wednesday engagement, as his nearest wire was at -Westminster. twenty-six miles distant. - He dispatched carriers early Friday morning to Westminster, wun reports of Wednesday’s and Thursday’s en- gagements, these not reaching the War Department until Friday -~atternoon, several hours after the Tribune’s news was telegraphed _ to Washington and indeed all over the country. . It was after midnight when [bade adieu to Tone, at the dingy telegraph station, and returned to the primitive Hanover “tavern,” for a few hour’s rest. . The; good-hearted landlord had remained:up awaiting my return so I gave orders to be awakened, my horse to be groomed and fed, and a special breakfast prepared for me at daylight, and. retired. I hadeaten no supper or dinner either. The excess of mental strain and” physical fatigue, overcame all sense othunger, and tired nature’s only yearning. was for a chance to sleep. At daylight I was awakened by _ It did not seem that I had been in theland of dreams a single hour; Springing up, hastily dressing and hurrying to the dining- rOom, the odor of hot coffee and fresh- cooked ham roused. the. dormant ap- petite to an almost insatiable. craving for food. I quickly sat down to my early meal and devoured it as greedily as a--wolf.x While I ate - and ate, the goddess in the .. kitchen was busied in I filling my haversack with newly made" . biscuit, interlarded with new and tender 12am and fresh, hard fried egg. , . , .Mrs. Charles S. Barraclough’s carry to the battle-field, upon which to ; ‘ sustain life until my return the coming 1 ‘ There were certainly a half a peck of these delicious sandwiches for me to night. More than thirty years have elapsed since that daybreak breakfast of hot rolls, excellent coffee, sweet and » abundant cream, fresh country-cured ham and fried eggs, yet the recollec- tion of it even now, excites an irresisti ble craving for another such tooths‘ome repast. The conjunction of such a meal, under such conditions and with such an overpowering appetite, how- ever, come to mortals never a second time. This “banquet” is the one only pleasurable memory connected with the terrific,battle of Gettysburg. Our boys were still “cooking” their breakfast coffee when I arrived and rode along the extended lines. from Blocber’s Hill, on our extreme right (where our Connecticut Seventeenth boys were first posted,) down to Round Top on our eft. Our forces, and par- ticularly the artillery arm of the ser- Iviee, had been laboriously engaged all the night in planting the guns in how, safer and more effective positions. Lee’s army, also, had not been .idle during- that eventful night. He had learned, to his dismay, the day before, that neither Round TOp nor Little Round Top, could be carried by direct assault, and that these, with Cemetery Ridge, constituted the key to our safety and his defeat. He, therefore, during the night reformed and strengthened his long infantry lines (which, owing to his having the outSide of the eliptic) were now fully nine miles in length, and thinly supported on either flank, while our entire line was but three and a half miles in extent. Lee had deter- mined upon massing all of his artillery in front of Longstreet’s and Hill’s corps, and by a fierce and combine assault on our center, to crush it. By this Friday noon,July3,he had one hun- dred and forty -five of his heaviest guns menacing the apex of our'center. Lee’s purpose had become clearly-apparent to General Hunt, our Chief of Artillery, who had also worked his men all night, in planting a line of guns from Ceme- tery Hill, along Cemetery Ridge down to Little Round Top. General Hunt opined that Lee would aim his deadli est assault, (as he did,) upon Hancock’s position along the front and crest of Cemetery Ridge. This Union battery consisted of over one hundred of our heaviest and most effective guns. For long, anxious and painfully expectant hours of that day, did these black throated and terrible engines of de- struction, confront each other in-op- pressive silence. . There ,had been two days of the fiercest. bloodiest fighting of all the war, without any definite result, and the officers and men of our army felt as never before the momentous gravity of the impending battle. Hitherto, the men in the Union army had not been, in any proper sense, disciplined soldiers. They were rather citiZens and sovereigns, who had been sudden- ly enlisted from out of shops, factories, farms, stores, counting-houses, banks and all the professions. Each private felt that he knew as much, or a little more, about military duty than the oflicers in command over him, and sad- ly enough, this was often too true. As old “vets” expressed it, they were largely “raw and unseasoned” and care- less of orders or discipline. In this re- gard the confederate soldier, as an obedient and willing machine, always loyal to his commander, was far super- ior to the great mass of our Union vol- unteers. General Assembly. The House, yesterday passed the bill abolishing days of grace and making Saturday a half holiday for banks, after a protest- from county members that it would inconvenience sayings bank de- positors. The house also passed unanimously 8 bill calling for information as to Con- solidated road tax arrears and ad - to what steps had been taken to collect the penalties. The Railroad commissioners reported favorable a bill making the penalties for stoning or shooting at locomotives and trains, or injuring or delayieg such, or evading payment of fares apply to electric roads. Penalties are $5 to $500 fine or one year in prison, or both. The Finance committee reported fav- orably on resolution granting Stamford and Norwalk permission to issue bonds. M. B. Hanford Missing. Friends of Morris B. Hanford are anxious as to his whereabouts. Han- ford lived at the home of his brother William H. Hanford in the Lockwood building on Main street. He is a war‘ pensioner and, it is stated, last week received pension money to the amount of $100. In company with a woman reputed to be his" wife, he registered at 'the Mahackemo hotel, South Norwalk, Wednesday night, and left for New- York city. His wife returned home and claimsto be ignorant of his where- abouts. His brother, fearing that he has been foully dealt with, is investigating with the aid of the New York police, but a5 yet has been unable to locate the mis- sing man. It is said that Mrs. Hanford'is well knownLin Bridgeport as “Dutch Annie.’ ’ Big "F... at Hartford. ‘ A fire started in the dental rooms of Dr. Griswold .at Hartford early this morning, did damage to the amount, Of nearly'3100;0)0.' " ~ ; . GONE wll'll FRED. Mysterious Disappearance Turns Out to be an Elopement. Fred. Hyatt Said to Halo Accom-i panied Her.' ' The mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Charles S? Barraclough, of South Nor- walk, as chronicled in yesterday’s GA- ZETTE has been partly unraveled to- day. . . It will be remembered that on Wednesday Mrs. Barraclough took a a Tramway car and redo to Van Zant avenue where she alighted and then suddenly disappeared. It now appears that instead of committing suicide, as many surmised, 'she'walked through Fort Pointvstreet to East avenue and there met Fred Hyatt by appointment. From this point the pair went to the East I‘Norwalk depot and Mrs. Barra- clough purchased two tickets for New York. They then boarded the 1:06 accommodation .train and started for New. York. 'where they no doubt are at ‘present. Mr. Barraclough succeeded in mak- ing this discovery himself and now learns that Hyatt and Mrs. Barra- clough‘havc been very intimate for some time. '5 Hyatt is a. machinist and has been employed by. theC. Ford Seeley Bicy- cle company of this city, but for the last ‘two months has not been steadily engaged. at his trade. He married Mr. Seeley’s sister, who he leaves behind with a young son, George. He was one of the leading members of the Bap- tist church and was always prominent atprayer meetings. It is said that through his efforts Mrs. Barraclough also joined the Baptist church. Mrs. Barnaclough, before her.mar- Lorilee, Jgost, sister ofCharles J cat, the’ well-known? prompter of South Nor- walk. FIt is reported that Hyatt 'and .Mrs. Barraclough have been very friendly for a long time and their actions have been frequently comment- elcpement leaked out was their attach. merit deemed otherwise than a friendly one. The stitement made to the GAZETTE representative, yesterday, that Mrs. Barraclough had left home on account of a war of words with her husband is pronounced untrue by Mr. Barra- clough, who says that during their nine years of married life there never was an unkind word spoken between them. .0.— Railroad Accident. Locomotive 474, Engineer Adams at the throttle, backed into the north end of the depot at South Wilton, yester day afternoon, causing a. delay of per- haps half an hour to traffic on the main line. The damage done was nominal. Sudden Death. George H. Spall, an ex-postmaster of Stratford. fell in a fit at 42d street, New York, yesterday, and died before med- ical assistance reached him. The de- ceased was a well known resident of » Stratford, and a member of Elias Howe G. A. R. Post. He was about 50 years of age. ——4. Recent Deaths. William H. WinthrOp, one of the best-known citizens in New London, died Thursday, at the age of 76 years. The deceased’s father at one time owned Fisher’s Island and when the steamer Atlantic went down off the. Island in 1843 the survivors were shel- tared at the Winthrop home. g..___._._..—————- Amusements. HOYP’S OPERA HOUSE. Americans have been patronizmg ballet dancing for nearly three -quarters of a century, and to-day it has a strong. er hold upon the public than ever. is estimated by conservative people who are. in a position to know, that fully three thOnsand ballet girls are now em. ployedin this country. and nine out of ten are Europeans. Forty-two of them are with that superb legendary. spec: tacle, “The Black Crook,” which ap. pears at Hoyt’s Opera House next Mon- day evening. ' norT’s OPERA HOUSE. Mr. Underhill has the rare tact and delicacy of perception and he reads with an intelligence which shows that he .has sympathetically studied the great authors. He uses gesture, too, with great skill and effect. Whether his quiet method would be satisfactor in a large theatre may be questions , but it is certainly very delightful in a small hall, where every word that he speaks can be distinctly heard, and where every expression of his face can be. (plainly soon. To those who do not like the artificialities of the stage, and yet have a keen love of the best drama- .tiou-literature, Mr. Underhill’s recitals must be occasions of , unalloyed enjoy- uncut». . riageto Chtrles S. 'Barraclough, was 4 ed upon, but not until the story of their- CABINET lS_T_ll0UBLIlD. THAT .ALLiANGA EPISODE. Spanish Minister In Washington Had Been I Advised of It] Before the American Vessel Reached Port —'l‘he ~ captain'i Reiteration. WASHINGTON. March 15.—-A gentleman who is supposed to be very close to the ad- ministratioh said today : The cabinet is anxiously awaiting the return of President Cleveland. At~no time during this administration have they felt the need of his presence more than now. Foreign complications are growing more numerous and more perplexing than ever. The situation seems to demand a vigorous foreign policy, but how a firm front can be presented _v against Great Britain in Venezuela when a British subject is shot in the head .in New Orleans or against Spain in the Alliance matter when there is a strong probability that three-fourths of the arms in the hands of Cuban insuro rectionists were smuggled into Cuba from United States ports is perplexing. The shooting of Italian subjects in Col- orado before even a coroner’s jury had passed upon the murder which they are al- leged to have committed puts a still stronger brake on any inclination to in- dulge 1n a“vigorous” policy. A state department official put it tersely when he said that the attacks on Ameri- can meat in Europe were about offset by attacks on European men'in America, and that the United States would have to go slow. The Alliance. Affair. The Alliance affair isregarded with ex- ' treme suspicion at the state department. . Captain Crossman’s reputation as a fire eater, coupled with the strong probability that he was hailed by the Spanish cruiser in Cuban waters off Cape Maysi, does not tend to reassure the department that the United States has good cause for demand- ing an apology. As for demanding damages, the decision in the case of the Whaler Edward Lee, which was fired on by a Spanish guarda costa in 1887, was against its claim for damages. - The Edward Lee did exactly what the Alliance. did—showed a. clean pair of heels and got out of range. ' Foreign matters will engage the cabinet anathe president’s return to the exclusion of all [domestic concerns until the situa4 tion is cleared up. . It is regarded as probable that Consul General Williams Will- be called to Wash-' ington to give the administration a. clearer light on Cuban matters than is now ob- tainable. The Spanish Minister Is Posted. NEW YORK, March 15.—Thc Spanish minister in Washington, Senor Don E. de Muruaga, seems to be in full possession of the facts—from a Spanish standpoint—of the firing upon the steamship Alliance by a Spanish man-of-war off Cape Maysi. Cuba. recently. He Communicated with the. Spanish consul in this city, Arturo Baldasano, fully 24 hours before the Alli- anca reached this port. According to his report, the Alliance. was within a mile of the Cuban coast and was within hailing distance of a mysteri- ous sloop which the officers of the gunboat liad had under surveillance for several days when the first shot was fired. The firing of the blank rtridges, it is explained. was simply to w n the Allian- ca to get beyond the league limit and into neutral 'waters. After the chase was aban- doned the gunboat put back to the island, and making port reported the affair to the consul general of the island, who, in turn, notified the Spanish minister at Washing— . ton. The gunboat is believed to be the Pel- ayo, which has been cruising about the cape for some time. . Captain Crossman of the Alliance said today that he had received no reply from the state department at Washington in an- swer to his letter of March 12. ' “I have seen the statement in the morn- ing papers, ” Captain Crossman said, “that I was to receive a reply from thestate de- partment asking for further particulars of the firing on my ship, but beyond that I have no news of such a communication. The only further details I can give the de- partment is to send the authorities a sketch ofthe chart sh‘ov’ving the ship’s po- sition at the time of the incident, pricking out upon it the course we followed on our passage northward. ’ ’ . A Former Robbed by Masked Men. WILTSHIRE, 0., March 15.-—Mahlon P. Reissinger, a farmer residing near this town, was robbed of $900 by four masked 'men, who forcibly entered his dwelling. One of the burglars shot him, and Reissin- ger discharged his gun twice, but without effect. The farmer was then overcome and compelled to divulge the whereabouts of his,money, amounting to $900. He claims to know two of his assailants. Gilroy Says Hole In Hot Headed. BOSTON, March 15.-—Th0mas F. Gilroy, Jr., of New York, who figured in yester- day’s episode at the Parker House, said that Hale alone was responsible. “Hale is mad,” said Gilroy, “because I am acting as attorney for his mother,. and he will be sorry when he gets cooled down.” As to fighting a duel, Mr. Gilroy said he did not propose to do any such thing. Five Iron Workers Burned. SHARON, Pa, March 15. —-By the flash- ingof flames from‘the door of an anneal- ing furnace in the Sharon iron works five employees were frightfully burned. They are John Strauss, serious ; Emanuel Brandt— Arthur Bailey, Thomas Boyd and George Storm. slightly burned. Finer-o“ Latest Play Proclced. LONDON, March 15. —Pinero?s new play, "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith, ” was pro- duced at the Garrick theater and was fav var-ably received.‘ G.» A. Redford ‘has been appointed examiner _of plays, in succession" tothe late Edwafd ‘Fmeyth Pigott. to whom he was assistant. ‘ ' ' Terse Tales of the Times. j QPictures framed by Hayes,Mai;i St. ' f The “lay of the hen” now sells at six- teen cents a dozen. The grass about town is coloring up, for St. Patrick’s day. Henry S. Bissell is seriously ill at his home on Mott Avenue. —Hale’s Lung Balsam cures colds from the grip. 1066 tf ’ Mss Mary McCue of Keene, N. H., is visiting friends in town. It is authoritively stated that Mr. D. . Conley is soon to be married. Edward Finch a GAZETTE compositor - is sick at his home in Stamford. It may be worthy of nOte that WOrth - did not. introduce the balloon sleeves. William H, Fitzsimmons postmaster at Greenfield, this State has resigned. —For one hour only, beginning at 5 p. m.. Saturday, you can buy infants’ ribbed vests, 19c quality for 12.150 each at the Boston Store,iNiirwalk. 1 The Humboldt Singing club has leased rooms in the GAZETTE building. —Saturday evening at 7:30 you can buy a 2 oz_. bottle of perfumery regu- lar 49c quality for 210 at the Boston Store, Norwalk. Mr. E. Hill'of South Norwalk has been granted a patent for a slide rule. “Only two,” divorce cases are dock- eted for a hearing in the Superior Court to-day. . —-From 5 to 6 p. m. Saturday, 39c scissors for 250 pair, at the Boston store, Norwalk. The Stamford City Post proposes and will publish a daily edition on and after March 18th. —Hale’s Lung Balsam strengthens weak lungs. 1066 tf The catches of long clams now being made are remarkably large, as also the size of the clams. William Wardwell has sold his noted trotter, “Black Nancy,” to ' a well known horseman. Connecticut is credited with raising poultry and eggs to the value of over $6, 000,000 last year. -—At eight o’clock Saturday evening, you can get perfumed ammonia, regu— lar price 250 for 12:} per bottle at the Boston Store, Norwaik. John William Taylor died at the Town Farm, Thursday, aged 31 years years and 7 months. ——Hale’s Lang Balsam cures all colds. 1066 ft —Don’t miss this bargain; at 3 o’clock ‘ Saturday afternoon and continuing for one hour only, ladies hose, white foot fast uppers at 100 per pair. The Bos- ton store, Norwalk. ' The Selectmen are investigating a serious charge against a man named Carver, a resident of Cranbury. Au escort from Clinton Commandery, K. ’1‘., attended the funeral of the late Commodore Hilton, this afternoon. —Only a few dozen left, men’s union made fur stifl' hats, latest s yles 750 and $1.00. Taft Bros., Walls eet. ‘ The funeral of Douglas, only child. of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Brundage, was held this afternoon, Rev. Mr. Wyatt officia- iiP-‘B’i __ It is eXpected that over 350 ministers. will be present at the New York East Conference in Stamford, Wednesday, April 3d. 1 4 —Promptly at 10 a. m. Saturday, we shall place on sale one lot men’s outing flannel shirts, regular value, 45c for 29c each. The Boston store, N orwalk. The Thursday Evening Whist club met at the home of Miss Annie Wood- ward, on Elm street, last night. Ed- ward Weed secured the gentleman’s prize and Miss Alice Cram the lady’s prize. ' —-Special sale of clothing._ On ac- count of closing out our business, we are having a special reduced price sale on men’s bovs’ and_children’s suits, overcoats, hats, etc. if you arelooking for bargains, g1ve_ns a call. Taft Bros., Wall street bridge. A horse belonging to G. W. Scl-' leck the groceryman, ran away on East avenue, this morning. The horse was frightened into a run by the breaking of an axle to the wagon. The horse was stopped on Wall street. ‘ -—At2p. 111. Saturday, lgsting 'one hour, ladies’ fine quality, spring weight lisle vests, 390 quality for 21c each at the Boston Store, Norwalk.
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