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SHOCKING FATAL IGGIDEIT Ill, BBIDGEPDBT llST
NIGHT. .
BUBNED WHILE
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ON HER KNEES.
MRS. JOSEPH BAIN MET A DREADFUL DEATH WHILE
HER CHILD SLEPT.
hial‘y Jane Bain, wife of Joseph J
Passing from the kitchen through a
Bain, of Bridgeport, was burned to bedroom to the front bedroom he
death at her home, NO. 60 Madison
found the lifeless body of Mrs. Bain
avenue, that city, last night by the ex- 1 on her hands and knees in the corner
plosion of a kerosene lamp.
{of the room, with her head to the
One of the most horrible fatalities l corner as far as was possible to get, and
that has occurred in this county for
some time was that recorded above.
The facts of the case are substantially
as follows: .
Joseph J. Bain, with his wife and a.
child about 18 months Of age, occupied
atenement on the second floor of No.
60 Madison avenue. Mr. Bain is em-
played as an engineer at the Connecti-
cut Web Co., and last evening had a
job of work at the factory which de—
tained him until after 9 o’clock. When
he reached his home he found consid-
erable commotion going on, and while
some of the neighbors were trying to
door at the rear of the hall, he forced
in the hall door to the front bedroom
and stumbled over the dead body of his
wife, not realizing or even knowing
what it was, and, in fact, did not dis-
cover it until some minutes later.
. It appears that the attention of
Wallace Taylor, of the Bridgeport
Standard, who occupies the tenement
on the same floor, but on the other side
of the house, was called to an unusual
noise and the smell of smoke. He
hastened to the Bain apartments and
soon discovered that the rooms were
on fire. He ran to NO. 4’s engine house
and notified Thomas F. Burns, driver
for No. 4 hose, who ran to the scene
and forced in the kitchen door as the
husband entered by the front door.
He found the carpet on the floor burn—
ing, which he soon extinguished, and
then instituted a search for the cause.
A Flimsy Excuse.
In the Court of Common Pleas,
, Bridgeport, Ourtis J ., the N ORWALK
GAZETTE was awarded judgment for
$53.20 against C. R. Gardiner, a Nor-
walk Opera House manager, who set up
the curiOus claim that because the pa-
per was running an advertisement for
the show house it lost its right to col-
lect the money for the reason that it
had unfavorably criticised some of the
performances. This eccentricity on the
part of the Norwalk manager doesn’t}
seem to have impressed itself with
much weight on the'mind of the court.
Perhaps the plea was put in on the
principle that “a poor excuse is better
than none,” and this came pretty near-
ly being as flimsy a one as could well be
invented—Stamford Advocate.
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Danbury Resident Dead.
George H. Gilbert, an aged and re—
spected citizen of Danbury passed away
at his home in that place, Wednesday
evening, the cause of his death being
apoplexy. He had been in failing
health for a long time. He was born
in Bidgefield in 1828 and removed to
Danbury in his 17th year. He leaves a
widow and two children, Mrs. James S-
Gregory and Dr. George ALGilbert,
bath of Danbury.
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Connecticut Posimasters.
' The President yesterday sent to the
Senate the nominations of James A.
Howarth to be postmaster at New Ha-
'- ven and Charles K. Hunt to be post-
master at Winsted.
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Adoption Degree.
The Cockenoe tribe of Red Men will
7, ' confer the adoption degree tonight on
"i Six candidates, or palefaces‘ so called.
where she had fallen. The clothing
was entirely burned from the body,
and as Mr. Burns reached the spot a
small portion of her clothing was still
burning about her neck. The flesh
was fairly baked and the situation pre-
sented a most sickening sight.
Mr. Taylor heard no screams and
from this is to be believed that Mrs_
Bain withstood the torture in silence,
believing that she would be able to ex-
tinguish the flames without assistance
or could do so unaided. The fact that
. the little child remained undisturbed
. , - is an evidence that Mrs. Bain did not
force an entrance Into the kItchen‘
create any great di‘Sturbance.
Fragments of an oil lamp were found
scattered about on the floor, the top of
the table was'charred and the lamber-
quin to the shelf of the table was
burned. The water was running in the
sink and the oil cloth on the kitchen
floor was wet which showed plainly that
Mrs. Bain had made an efi'ort to extin-
guish the flames either to her clothing
or the carpet and other material. Find-
ing she was enveloped in flames she
evidently ran through the back bed-
room where her baby lay sleeping in a
crib to the front bedroom probably
with the idea of reaching the front
window to give an alarm. She was,
however, overcome and fell in her
tracks in the corner of the room where
found. Mrs. Bain was about 35 years
of age and highly respected in the
neighborhood where she resided.
Found Fault.
Complaint was made by Thomas
Dorsey to Chief Bradley yesterday,
that youngsters were playing ball in
the rear of the James place and front-
ing on Belden place, «to the annoyance
of the complainant. The chief learned
that the boys had been granted per-
mission by Mrs. James to play on the
grounds, and he also advised with the
city counsellor in the matter, who did
not recommend that any action be
taken other than to advise the boys not
to be too boisterous, and there was a
twinkle in his eye when he iterated the
advice. And the boys will no doubt
continue to play ball.
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Further Improvements.
Contractor William P. Beers will to-
morrow set his men at work at the St.
, Mary’s Hospital and Home, near what
is known as “The Rocks.” Another
story is to be added to the kitchen
annex, and much additional work done,
which will furnish employment for sev-
eral masons for several weeks.
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A Committee Nominated.
The Twin City Wheelmen have nom-
inated thiS‘committec to select officers
for the annual meeting, next month:
JOseph DaVIS, Fred 8; Ambler, E. W.
Fitch, Frank D. Layton and Clifford E.
Adams. Luther M. eright has joined
the club, and Thomas Perkins has been
placed on the honorary list.
BEST 10F ALL
To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the
Springtime comes, use the true and per-
fect remedy, Sy up of Figs. Buy the
genuine. Man factored by the Cali-
fornia Fig Spru 00. only, and for sale
by all druggists atbocents per. bottle.
OLD WEL___L__8UPPER.
South Norwalk and East Nor-
walk Firemen Eat
Chowder.
Speeches, Music, and a Good Time at
Truck House.
Some weeks ago, a. series of pinochle
games was started between the May-
flower and Old Well Hook and Ladder
companies to be paid for by the team
which lost a majority of the games.
The games were closely contested
and furnished much pleasure and en-
tertainment to members of the com-
panies but resulted in a defeat for the
Old Wells.
Last night was set as the date for
the payment of the wager, and mem-
bers of the companies gathered at the
Old Well headquarters, where the
feast had been prepared under the su-
perintendence of Ernest W. Tall-
madge.
The main feature of the “feed” was
a chowder and it met with the hearty
approbation of all present.
Speeches were made, vocal and in-
strumental music provided and card
playing indulged in. The graphophone
was also brought into requisition and
furnished an attraction of the affair.
It was 11:30 o’clock when the party
broke up and Started for their several
homes. '
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COUNTY TEMPORARY HOME.
Mrs. M. 1.. Ward, Appointed Visitor Pre-
senls Her Report.
Mrs. Ml L. ‘TVard, of the “Danbury
Relief society, the appointed visitor to
the Temporary Home, made an official
visit to ‘that institution at Norwalk on
Wednesday and has compiled the fol-
lowing report.
At the present time there are ninety-
six children at the home, thirty-four
girls between the ages of two and
eleven years and sixty-three boys be—
tween the ages of mm and thirteen.
The intermediate class room has
forty-five pupils. Miss Parsells is in
charge as teacher and Miss Bell is
teacher of the primary class which has
forty-nine pupils. AnOther teacher is
much needed for kindergarten work.
Twenty-five of the children attend
St. Paul’s EpiscOpal church each pleas-
ant Sunday and twenty five more are
sent to the Sunday school at the same
church. Children of Catholic parents
who are placed in the home are taken
each Sunday to the Catholic church in
a carriage and returned.
The Home is overcrowded and is
taxed to provide sleeping room for all
the inmates. An addition to the pres-
ent building is needed. There are a
number of children who would be de-
sirable to take in families and would
no doubt with proper care make good
men and women.
The Home is open to regular visitors
on Thursdays of each week, for busi-
ness of obtaining a child each day.
Everything is In good condition and is
well managed by the matron, Miss
Martha Bougliton and her assistants.
It is a large field of work and each one
employed is worked to the utmost. It
is hoped that soon Miss Boughton may
be given more help in the great work,
Persons thinking of taking children
would be paid by a visit to the Home
as soon as possible so as to have the
first choice. It is easy of access from
Norwalk as the Westport trolley cars
pass the Home every twenty minutes
during the day. a
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A Club Banquet.
Several Nor-walk gentlemen will at-
tend the annual banquet of the Repub-
lican club in Bridgeport, to-night,
among the number being John H.
Light, E. E. Crowc, and E. O. Keeler.
Hon. E. J. Hill, will, it is expected be
present and make a speech.
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Death of Mr. Yale.
B. Buchanan Yale, a well known
resident,-died at the Norwalk hOspital
this noon, aged 78 years.
The Arctics.
The Arctic base-ball club has dc cidcd
to equip its members witn fire-red suits,
and enter the next season contr etc as
winners. ' ‘
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and there are few if any. subjects Which
F—Advertlso in thelrflm . .. ed upon in itspages. .
, {NINE llllllllllllill.
An Entire Bridgeport Family.
Lost Near Key West.
Bradley Nichols, His Wife and Son’s
‘ Family Dead.
Thejschooner Speedwellfiaptain Col-
lier frOm Marco,Fla.,for Key lVest, was
struckrby a squall yesterday while off
Marquesas, 18' miles from Key \Vest,
and capsized. Nine persons were
drowned, out of 13 all told on board.
AmOng the victims were the three
children of Captain Collier, George,
Tom and Wilbur, aged respectively 4,
6 and 8, and theentire Nichols family,
of Bridgeport, as follows:
NICHOLS, BRADLEY, 65.
NICHOLS, MRS. BRADLEY, 64.
NICHOLS, WARREN B., 42.
NICHOLS, MRS. WARREN 13., 37.
NICHOLS, CHARLOTTE, 8.
NICHOLS, BRADLEY G., 2.
The schooner was a boat of 23 tons.
She was owned by her captain, Wm.
Collier, but he was taking her to Key
\Vest to sell.
The I’ichols family, who had passed
the season in South Florida, took pas-
sage in her, intending to catch the
steamer that left yesterday afternoon
for Miami and go thence to New York.
Bradley Nichols was one of the most
prominent real estate dealers in Bridge-
port, and was very wealthy; his son
.L
Warren, who was also drowned, was
associated with him in business. The
wife of young Mr. Nichols was the
daughter of Prosecuting Attorney
Giddings of that city. The two chil-
dren of Mr. and Mrs. VYarren Nichols,
whoV'were‘: also drbwned, were a girl
eight years old and a‘boy of two years;
a third child was- not taken on the trip,
but remained in Bridgeport with its
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Giddings.
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AMUSEMENTS.
Finnigan’s Courtship.
Murray & Mack when once asked
how it was that they had combined
their associated names in the way they
use them in their partnership matters
and advertisements, rather than by the
rule that the shorter name should come
first, replied: “Did you ever hear the
old saying ‘ The long and short of it’ ‘9
Well that is precisely our reason. I,
Murray, am the long, and Mack is the
short of it.” It is needless to say that
the would-be bureau of information saw
the edge taken off Murray’s repartee
in anear by cafe. These witty come-
dians in connect-ion with a large com-
pany will appear at Hoyt’s Theatre on
Monday, March 7, in their hilarious
farce comedy entitled “Finnigan’s
Courtship. ”
Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
The Martin Uncle Tom’s Cabin com-
pany, which comes to Hoyt’s Theatre
next Wednesday is said to be a 820-,
000 production of this Old historical
play—a magnificent scenic production.
It requires three sixty-foot cars to
ransport this mammoth spectacular;
50 people, 20 ponies and burros, mules,
oxen, horses, eight original jubilee.
singers; a pack of twelve man-eating
Siberian and Cuban bloodhounds
Eva’s golden chariot, costing over $3,-
OOQ; three bands of music; Uncle Tom
and his typical Southern ox-cart. The
free street parade is said to be very
fine. Matinee, 4 p. m. Children 100.;
adults 25c.
Current Literature.
Among the specially attractive fea-
tures of the March Current Literature
are more sonnets from Lloyd Mifiin‘s
"At the Gates of Song,” a complication
of the creations of Lewis Carroll, ex-
plaining the origin of some of his curi-
ous words, a reading from Molly Elliot
Seawell’s “History of the Lady Bety
Stair,” another from Caroline H. Pem-
bcrton’s “Your Little Brother James,”
still another from Charles Egbert Crad-
dock’s new story, {The Jugler,” and a
sketch of the poet, Richard Henry
Stoddard (o'f whom a fine portrait is
given as the frontspiece of the maga-
zine), with selections from his works.
The various-departments are well filled
with entertaining reading, grave and
gay, gathered from all parts of the field
of letters. Each number of this maga-
zine is a miniature library in itself,
are. not, at one time or neither, touch-
future gathering.
EVE’S RAMBLINGS.
COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG
THE WOMEN, BY ONE
OF THEM.
It seemed to him an excellent time to
impress the lesson upon her, so as he
started for his hat he said to her, “sup-
pose you wanted me to spend the even-
ing with you before we were married,
and I had planned to do something
else ? ”
“Suppose I had,” she returned.
“what of it '9 ”
“You wouldn’t have sulked, would
you 2’ ’7 he asked.
“No-o, I suppose not,”she replied,
hesitatingly.
“You wouldn’t have got cross and
been disagreeable about it, would
you 1’ ”
“Probably not. ”
“You would have been just as nice
and sweet and clever as you poSsibly
could be,” he asserted. “You would
have been both lovable and loving, and
would have tried to coax me to give up
my other plans. Isn’t that so ? ”
“Perhaps it is,” She faltered, “but—~”
“Never mind the ‘but,’ ” he inter-
rupted, feeling that he was gaining his
point. “What I am trying to impress
upon you is that a woman doesn’t seem
to think it worth while to try the same
artslon a husband that she does on a
lover. That’s where you’re both fool-
ish and unjust. Now, you admit that
before marriage-~—-"
“Before marriage,” she broke in, "if
you had spoken of going anywhere and
I had pouted just the least little bit.
what would you have done ? ”
“Um—ah—well, I suppose—~”
“If you had noticed what seemed to
be even the ba-rest trace of a tear wh at
would have happened? ”
“Why, my dear, I-—”
“If I had merely looked at you plead-
ingly, what would have happened to
that other engagement ? ”7
“Really, you don’t give me time to
answer. I must confess that in all
probability I would have—”
“Given it up, of course,” she promp-
ted. “Isn’t it worth while to make the
same sacrifices for a wife that you do
for a sweetheart ? ”
Somehow he could not help feeling
that his little lesson was lost on her,
but it is worthy of note that he told a
business associate the next day that
any man who went on the theory that a
woman cannot reason as clearly as a
man, was laying up a large store of
trouble for himself.
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BOXING AT 'NEW HAVEN.
Casper Leon Defeats Munroe in a l5 Round
Bout.
Over 2,500 spectators gathered in the
arena of the New Haven Athletic’ club
at Music Hall last night and witnessed
three clever boxing bouts. In the first
bout between Paul Kelly of New York,
and Benny Leon of Brooklyn, ten
rounds, at 116 pounds, Kelly was knock-
ed out in the fifth round. The second
bout, ten rounds, at catch weights, be-
tween Black Griffo of Cincinnati, and
'Tommy Shortell of Brooklyn, was a
draw.
The event of the evening was 15
rounds between Casper Leon of New
York and George Munroe of England
at 112 pounds, and Leon was awarded
the decision by Referee Sam Austin.
This decision was, not a popular one, as
a draw wasexpected.
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Had a Close Call.
As Milkdealer Waters swung out of
Berkeley street on to West avenue, this
morning in his milk wagon, he narrow-
ly escaped being run dOWn by a Street
Railway car. His turnout as well as
himself escaped injury, but it was a
close call for both.
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Rev. Warren Athcrton,of West Wood-
stock, addressed the meeting at the
South Norwalk Baptist church last
evening, following which there was a
short business meeting.
Somebody appropriated “Mart” Kel-
logg’s hat at a. meeting last evening,
but considerately left another one in
its place but of a more ancient block,
and without sweat-leather. Mr. Kel-
logg expects to rectify the m'iStake at a
ALL WENT UP IN SMOKE.
Tobacco Made into Cigars and Cigarettes
in This State and Shade \
island Last Year.
The internal revenue oflicials have
compiled the returns of the cigars and
cigarettes made in this state and Rhode
Island in the year ending December
31, 1897, as follows.
Connecticut—N umber of cigar manu«
facturers, 410; pounds of tobacco con-
verted Into cigars, 713,548; cigars made,
36,785,977; cigarette makers, 4; 7242
pounds of tobacco converted into 230 -
750 cigarettes. 1
Rhode Island—Number of cigar man-
ufacturers, 78; pounds of tobacco can‘—
verted Into cigars, 92,886; cigars made,
11,956,919; cigarette makers, 3: 8 ’
pounds of tobacco converted into 14.1w '
300 cigarettes.
M. F. Enright ofStamford, is visiting
friends in town.
The Weather.
Snow to-night, probably rain Sat-ur—
day.
BIRTHS.
SULLIVAN—In N orwalk, Feb. 27, a
son to Mr. and Mrs. William Sullivan
of Center avenue.
MARRfAGES.
BRONSON~JOHNSONL -—In Brew ster,
N. Y., Feb. 25, by Rev. Mr. Stratton,
Lewis W. Bronson and Helen C. John-
son, both of Danbury.
MARTIN—DU BOIS.———In Danbury by
Rev. Albert F. Pierce, February 28,
John Henry Martin, of Danbury, and
Miss Lillian Christine Du' Bois, of
Poughkeepsie.
DEATHS.
ADAMS—In Bedding. March 1, J.
Sherwood Adams, aged 57 years.
ANDREWS~ID Easton, Conn, Feb.
28, Ellsworth B. Andrews, aged 28
years.
ALLEN.-—In Stratford, Feb. 25, Mary
Hoyt, widow of the late Lewis C.Allen,
in the 83d year of her age.
ANDREWS—4n Easton, Conn.. Feb.
28, Ellsworth B. Andrews, aged 28
years.
BELL-In Bethe], Feb. 27th, Vivian
May Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest J. Bell, aged 1 year.
BRADLEY—In Bridgeport, Feb. 28th,
Martha 8., wife of Sylvester Bradley,
aged 55 years.
BEARDSLEY.—ID. Stratford, Feb. 24,
John B. Beardsley, aged 63 years.
BORE—At Greens Farms, Feb. 24,
Lillie M. Huntington,wife of William
H. Burr, and daughter of Mrs. Esther
L. Huntington.
BRADLEY—In Bridgeport, Feb. 28
Martha 13., wife of Sylvester Bradley.
CREAGH—In Bethel, Feb. 28, Mat-
thew Creagh, aged 79 years and 4
months.
DRISCOLL—In Middletown, Febru-
ary 26, Theodore Driscoll, of Westport.
DdWNES.—In Stamford, Feb. 24,
Mary G. Downes, aged 81 years.
FITZGIBBONS—In Danbury, Feb. 28,
Edith A. Fitzgibbons, wife of William
Fitzgibbons, of 13 South William street,
aged 40 years.
GILBERT—In Danbury, March 2,
George H. Gilbert, aged 68 years, 11.
months.
GREGORY.—-In Bridgeport, Feb. 27,
Martha Ann Gregory. widow of the
late Allen Gregory, aged 77 years.
IVES—In Bridgeport, Eeb 27th, Mar-
guerite A., wife of Wallace Ives, aged
34 years, 11 months.
J UDSON—In Middletown, Feb. 27,
Charles Judson of Huntington, aged 66
years.
KUPFER.—In Bridgeport, Feb. 24,
John M. Kupfer, aged 51 years.
LYMAN—In Bridgeport,Feb. 26, Mary
Ann Killian, wife of Thomas Lyman,
aged 37 years.
NOONAN.-—In Bridgeport, Feb. 25,
John L. N oonan, aged 25 years.
NARAMORE—In Brdgeport, March 2,
Frank Julian N aramore, J r., eldest
son of Frank J. and Emma J. Nara-
more, in the 24th year of his age.
NEUBAUER—In Stamford, March 1,
Apolonia Neubauer, aged '74 years.
PADDOCK—ln Stratford, March 1,
William W. Paddock in his 77th year.
PERKINS—In Danbury, Feb 27, Mrs.
Caroline E. Perkins, late of Ansonia,
aged 68 years.
RAYMOND. — In W'est Norwalk,
March 1, Henry Walker Raymond, aged
50 years. -
- REED—In New York, Mar. 2 Julia
T. Reed, of Danbury, aged 25 years.
REYNOLDS—In Purdy Station, N. Y..
Feb.28,Hiram Reynolds, aged 82 years.
SMITH—In Wilton, March 2, Lois,
widow of the late John L. Smith, aged
90 years.
SHEEHAN—In Bridgeport, March 3,
Mary E. , daughter of the late Lawrence
and Mary Sheehan. ,
WIRTH—In Bridgeport, Feb. 26, Paul
H., son of J. C. and MaryIVVirth, aged
1
.3 years.
WOOD—In Danbury, George E. , ,
Wood, aged 75 years. . . g
-‘ YALE—In Norwalk, March ‘4th, B. ‘4
Buchanan Yale, aged 78 years. ‘
Norwalk Chronicler