Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-14
O0NNEoTICUTNEWs.

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 of Interest From Many Quarters
 Bridgeport Trying to Solve the
 Trolley vs. storage Battery Question
 A Railroad Mans Wrong DOing-I Insane COnvicts Taken to Middle
 town by Order of the GOvernor-New
 Haven Grand Army Mems New
 Move Commended. T
 BRIDGEPORT, July 13.-The steamer Rose | dale this morning carried to New York | large party of prominent business men, the guests of the Waddell- Entz company of l this city, whose storage battery cars are now in use on the Second avenue line in ! the metropolis. As Bridgeport is soon to have electric cars, so Colonel Heft says, 1t is important that good system should be chosen. There is much to be said in favor of both the trolley and the storage battery, but the former has the advantage of being operated successfully in 80 many cities, while the storage battery system can hard ly be said to be in common use. The Wad- dell .Entz company, however, claim that they have storage battery system that is superior to the trolley and they to-day ex- plained to the officers of the local roads, the members of the city government and other prominent citizens, wherein their motor excels the trolley.
 Those who accepted the company's invi tstion included the members of the com mon council, the city clerk, Colonel Heft of the street railroads, Superintendent B. F. Lashar of the Bridgeport Horse rail road, Thomas Lsshar of the East End road, Frank Miller, ex-Mayor Coughlin, s. s. M ~ D Brothwell, George E. Somers, H. H. Pyle, F. J. Naramore, O.. A. Grannis, Bernard Keating, L. H. Mills, John Rusling, F. J. Hughes, 0. H. Fleming, Zslmon Goodsell, Major D. NJ. Read, w. H. Harty and mem bers of the press.
 Upon their arrival in New York the party were conducted to the power station on Second avenue and given an opportunity | to inspect it, after which lunch was served. | The visitors then boarded car run by the | Waddell- Entz motor and rode down town. They were then escorted to the Murray Hill hotel, where dinner was served. They | arrived home late this afternoon.
 | CONGRESSMAN D'FoREsr ON THE SILVER ACT.
 ! Congressman DsForest of Connecticut, | who has been in Washington, said yester- day: ''So far as the house is concerned, I
 think there is no doubt of prompt action
 in tho matter of the passage of the repeal
 bill. In the senate there will be longer contest; but ana confident that the bill | will be repealed eventually. From inform
 ation which have, I am satisfied that pub
 lie sentiment, as shown by the newspaper
 press of the country, has had decided
 effect upon some of the senators who have ! heretofore acted with the extreme silver
 men. This has worked 8 change; and
 while such men as Teller, Stewart and
 Wolcott of Colorado will maintain the
 fight to the last, it is certain that they will
 not be able to wield the power which they
 have enjoyed in the past. While I am not
 Ranguine of 8 proper settlement of the
 vexed silver question:" continued MT
 DeForest, 'I am convinced that the presi
 dent was wise in calling congress together
 and that the result will bs satisfactory tt
 the business interests of the country" JUMPED THE TRACK.
 II ROCKVILLE, July 13.-Engine 135 of thu
 Rockville branch of the New England roat jumped the track at Vernon Center thi forenoon. It was attached to psssenge
 train due in this city at 10 8. m. Tn
 driving wheels of the engine ran twelv l rods over the ties, but the pasHenge coaches did not leave the track. An ap preaching local freight quarter of mil
 distant, was Jagged and the engine re
 versed, but 1t struck the rear passsnge coach slightly without doing sny damage
 VISITING RELATIVES.
 William H. Rsade of New Haven is visit ing his brotker, D. S. Reads of this city Fifty years ago hs served his apprentice
 ship to the trade of machinist here an finds among our citizens some few friend of his childhood still survivi: g. He wi !, ! soon visit Ashford, the town of his birtt @ I-Willimantic Journal.
 Fl A RAILROAD TIME KEEPERS MIsDoINGs. al HARTFORD, July 13.-Evan W. Scot l. time-keepsr at the machine chop of th f New England railroad at East Hartfor
 was arrested last evening by Deputy shel @ Tiff Foley for appropriating money of th company to his own use. This mornin
 the following twelve other employees of th
 road were also arrested for complicity the swindle: Nelson Roux, John Hest, E : Caryill, 0. Bishop, F. Russell, Peter Cot' Michael Daily, A. Dursnt, August Lsvint Patrick Callahan, A. Chitte, Samuel O. U born. They were arraigned before Justtc B. O. Good Twin aad held in bonds to ar , pear next Monday, owing to the absence ( > the roads counsel. Warrants are out fc l the arrest of ten others.
 Scott has bsen falsifying pay rolls an :. dividing the proceeds with the men who's time was increased beyond that the = was made by Pink erton detective name Gottleb, who has been working in the shol
 for two or three months. Grand Jure
 Rood has the principal, Scott's confession
 his fslsifed books, and $75 marked none
 found in his possession.
 z ! INSANE coNvICTs-TwELvE SENT TO NH n, DLKTowN.
 +I HARTFORD, July Ex-Governor Morr
 this afternoon ordered transferred to tt Connecticut hospital for the insane at Mic dletown, twelve convicts from the stat . prison at Wethers6eld. They were recsntl examined by 8 committee of two Hartfor
 doctors and found insane. Seven of th men were Reported as insane by Warde , Chamberlain last March, but the governe held them at the prison pending the It suits of the investigation.
 3 Acting Warden Haven reported fy 3 others. Among the twelve men are severe 3 and six have been in the insane asylur
 before. The most dangerous Is Michae l Cherest, the Windsor Locks murderer, wh
 has been confined in massive iron cag for months owing to his murderous threats l Several of the others are violently insane
 Another desperate prisoner is Frank Bat sett who, assisted by Mrs. Alexander I chloroformed to death "Stuttering Jack
 in Bridgeport. The men will be conveyed to Middlstow ] by Acting Warden Haven and posse 0
 keepers to morrow, as he is anxious to 2e } ! rid of them. The insane hospital is ful to overaowing, but these men must be re ceived.
 LIVED ONCE IN WILLIMANTIC. Mrs. Kate Griswold of New York, th wealthy woman who had several corse manufactures and who died in Bethel re gently. was formerly we'll known resden ! of Walimantic where she invented tn
 corset which has brought her her fortune She owned the property on Main street il that town where the Cranston. block nov
 stands.
 BOUGHT BY MIR. TATEM.
 Ex-Dairy Commissioner Tatem of Put nam, well known in this city has purchased the entire estate of the Kenyon heirs a Woodstock Valley, consisting Of the mill
 dwelling house, Crystal lake, farm lands
 etc. The purchase gives to J. B. Tatem & S0r 1f f1a l,4aN