Hill IN llllNBUllY.
The Big Hat Manufactory of
John W. Greene '
'& Co.
A LOSS OF $150,000.
Tank Containing Six hundred Gallons of Naptha
Explodes With a Terrific Roar.
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DANBURY, DeeS.—--Theextcnsive hat
factory of John W. Greene &. 00., one
of the largest in the city, and which was
heated on the outskirts about. a mile
from the center, between Danbury and
Bethel, was completely destroyed by
fire shortly before 8 o’clock last- night.
The loss will be upwards of $150,000;
insurance, $110,000.
l-‘our hundred men are throsvn out of
'61 ployment, and 4,500 dozen hats in
t1 .1 rough are destroyed. It is one of
1 .e most serious fires that Danbury has
l xperienced foralong time, but the
lirm hopes to continue business with-
out delay if quarters can be secured.
James Marshall of Fall River was a
member of the concern. The fire was
caused by a leak in the air pump con-
nected with the gas plant that the com-
pany (operated. An explosion resulted
when the fire reached the 600 gallon
naptha tank that was connected with
the plant, but there were no injuries.
The factory plant comprised several
frame buildings, all of which were de-
stroyed.
The factory hose was utilized and
two streams were turned on, but on
.account of the lack of pressure the
kinks were not taken out of the hose
and the water service was utterly use-
less. Before the efforts/to extinguish
the flames ”by water were made, soft
coal was freely shoveled on, with the
hopes of extinguishing the blaze, but
without effect. In the meantime the
gas had been continually escaping and
the automatic sprinklers with which
the factory is equipped proved useless,
and the fire department found it impos-
sible to reach the scene on account of
the snow. In less than three-quarters
of an hour, the main factory, a three-
story structure, 250 feet long, was a
mass of flames. When the flames
reached the gas plant, in which up-
wards of 600 gallons of naptha was
stored, there was a terrific explosion.
No one was hurt.
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AMOS R. ENO’S ESTATE.
Portion to be Sold to Pay the Legacies left by
the Deceased.
The executors of the estate of the
late Amos R. Eno, of Simsbury and New
York, have petitioned the supreme
court of New York for an accounting in
order that there may be a settlement
with the heirs and that they may ascer-
tain how much of the estate must be sold
to pay the legacies of several hundred
thousands of dollars. Judge Bischoff
has appointed Ed ward C. Manners,guar-
dian of Florence C. Eno and Mary P.
Eno, grandchildren of Mr. Eno, to pro-
tect what interests they may have in
the estate.
Y GI AI RI
Buckingham Post Elects New Officers For
the, Ensuing Year.
At. a meeting of Buckingham Post,
G. A. R, held Wednesday evening, the
following officers were elected:
Commander—R. J. Cutblll.
Senior Viee—George A. White.
Junior Vice—John Lovejoy. ..
Quartermaster—J. Henry Hoyt.
O. of_D.——Nicholas Kline.
Trustees—George W. Raymond, Al'-
onzo Wheeler and P. Buckley.
0. of G .—Albert D. Hazzard.
Delegates to Department Encamp-
ment—James H. Hoyt. and Nicholas
Kline. ' '
Alternates—George A. White and
John F. Lovejoy.
Death of B. H. Douglass.
' NEW HAVEN Dec. 8.——B. H. Douglass,
head of the big confectionery firm of
B. H. Douglass & Sons of this city,
died at his home here last night, aged
81 years. He was stricken with par-
' alysis last Sunday. He was an Odd
Fellow for more than half a century.—
Many years ago an old style ped-
dling wagon of this firm was a. familiar
sight in country towns of Connecticut.
At that time the firm was Dawson &
Douglass. Later the firm became
known as that of B. H Douglass &.
. Sons, and has become one of the best
known establishments of its kind in
the country.
THE SlNlllllllSHlP.
A Great Race for the Seat in
the United States
Senate.
HOW THE THREE STAND.
An Estimate Made by One Who Has Followed
the Fight From the First.
‘fThe gentlemen ofthe opposition who
are counting out Sam Fessenden in the
race for United States senator are mak-
ing a big mistake,” said a Fessenden
supporter last night.
“ Fessenden, when the ballot is taken
in Hartford next month, will surprise
the Hawley and the Bulkeley men by
his strength. Now let me give you an
idea of how many votes each candidate
has at this moment. Here it is, and
this estimate of the strength of the trio
will not be . questioned by those who
know what they are talking about :
Hawley ..... ' .............. ' . .85
Fessenden ................... 75
Bulkeley ................... 46
“That is just about how the race
stands to-day. They can shout as much
as they please about Hawley or about
Bulkeley or about Fessenden, but these
are figures that speak for themselves.
Fessenden’s friends are working day
and night for him, and they hope to
have the Iéad by the time the general
assembly gets together. Bulkeley and
his backers are also. at it hammer and
tongs, and General Hawley’s friends
are not resting on their cars by any
means.”»—New Haven News, Dec. 7
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DAN BURY’S COURT HOUSE
Contract for its Construction Will Probably go
to Waterbury Parties.
The contract for theFairfield County
Court house at Danbury will probably
be awarded to Tracy Bros., of \Vater-
bury, who are now the lowest bidders.
When the bids were originally submit-
ted, D’Sope Bros, of Hartford, were
over $2,000 less than the next lowest
bidder, but that firm has since revised
its estimate. D’Sope Bros. claimed
that they had omitted to figure in the
iron work. Including this, their esti-
mate is $39,949, or $4,300 more than the
original. They are now Sixth in the
list of bidders.
Tracy Bros.’ figure is $37,678, and -is
$1,221 less than the Norwalk Building
(30., whose figure is $38,899.
The County commissioners have not
yet awarded the contract, and in their
call for proposals reserved the right to
reject any and all bids, but they will
probably give it the lowest submitted.
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Benedict's Fishing Lake.
Few people. except the immediate
friends of E. C. Benedict know of the
amount of money he is spending and
the changes he is making in his Indian
Harbor property. Nearly one hundred
men have been at work for several
weeks constructing a lake. When
completed, it will be half a mile around
it, and the water will be from 12 to 14
ft. deep. It is a natural flow in the midst
of the Indian Harbor woods, but water-
pipes have also been laid there so as to
ensure a fresh supply at all times. In
the spring it will be stocked with fish.
Don’t Pay Money in Advance.
A couple more book agents have
been in town for the past few days
soliciting subscriptions to a history of
the late war. They endeavored to col-
lect par t payment in advance, and this,
with the fact that one of the agents
had for gotten tne name of the author,
aroused suspicion that they are fakirs.
One of the othertwo had a sample copy
of the-work, but smgularly enough the
author s name was not upon it. -—Stam-
ford Advocate.
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Has Resigned.
Deputy Great Sachem Joseph C.
Miller, of South Norwalk, who had
jurisdiction over Ponus Tribe, of New
Gahaan; Cockenoe Tribe, of Norwalk,
and Konckoponaugh Tribe, of Bridge-
port, has resigned his commission and
notified Great Sachem Hubbell, of
Bridgeport, that other duties will pre-
vent him from serving in the office
after the first of January.
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In Use for First Time.
The new hospital for contagious dis-
eases at the County home 111 N orwalk
is in use for the first time. TWO chil-
dren suffering from ulcerated sore-
throat are being cared for by a nurse
The hospital building is complete, but
the furnishings are not all in.
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Fraternal Visit.
Members of Rippowam Lodge, I. 0.
O. F., of Stamford, paid a fraternal
visit to Butler Lodge of South Nor“ alk,
last night, and took part in degree
work and a banquet. Thevisitors did
not leave for home until a late hour.
WEEKLY?
RATHER PECULIAR.
You Have Noticed Tnis Fact Many a Time
and Probably Have Spoken
About it.
To publish in this ’paper an endorsa-
tion like that which follows without
the endorse’s permission would be
fraud and '10 publish it without his
knowledge would be impossible. Both
could be done repeatedly if this publi-
cation were' printed in Kalamazoo,
Mich., for the chances are a thousand
to one that few people in Norwalk, Ct.,
ever see a Kalamazoo paper. Now,
look through the columns of this piper
at the statements which appear in the
advertisements about medical prepara-
tions. Notice this peculiarity. Every
one of them was originally obtained
if obtained at all—in some distant part
of the Union. here. there and every-
where, except your own corner of the
state. Read this and mark the dif-
' ferent impression it makes:
Mr. George 'N . Warren, oyster plant-
er and dealer, of No. 2 Chestnut street,
South Norwalk, says: “I have been
subjected to inclement weathel, and ‘it
is quite possible that exposure while
superintending different branches of
my business induced kidney troubles.
At all events, when consignments are
being shipped to Eu1ope, and this is
the busiest part of the season, I feel my
back troubling me most. I knew I had
kidney complaint for a long time, and
chancing to see Dean’s Kidney Pills
advertised as a kidney remedy and not
a cure all. I had confidence enough in
them to get a box at a drug store and
try them. The fir st box convinced me
that they were just what I needed,s so I
took anothe1, and I did not 1equi1e
any more after that for my back he-
came well. I p1escribed them fot my
son, who has had .1. weak back from
boyhood. They cured him.”
You can obtain incontroveitible
proof from Gleudening. the (it uggist,
thlt Deans Kidney Pills do just as
1epresented.Call‘and see him.
Doan s Pills for sale by all deal-
ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Fostei-
Milburn (20., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Doan’s and take no substitute.
A Rare Relic for the Professor. ‘
A certain professor in the Chicago
University is an enthusiastic anti-
quarian. He loves to communicate
his tastes in this direction to others,
and always encourages the members
of his history class to collect curios
of historic interest.‘
During the spring quarter one of
the seniors in the class stood in im-
minent danger of “dunking.” Heroic
measures were necessary in order to
pass, but he was equal to the oc-
casion.
One day, after class, he approached
the professor with a curious fabric
made of woven rings in his hand.
“Professor.” he said. “I have here 11
valuable relic of the Indian wars. It
is a piece of chain armor Worn by
General Dearborn in the memorable
siege of Fort Dearborn. It was used
by the general to protect himself
against the arrows of his Indian foes.
My grandfather dug it up years ago
on the site of the old fort. I wish you
would accept it as a present and place
it in the museum.”
The professor was overcome with
delight, and placed the curio in the
college museum, and. saw that the
donor got a good mark in his final ex-
amination.
Later the professor learned that the
“chain armor” was in reality nothing
more than that useful domestic uten-
sil, an iron dishrag.—Cl1icago Chron-
icle.
How to Make 8 Savage Your Friend.
Mr. Rougemont, the modern Robin-
son Crusoe, who has lived so long
among the aborigines that he learned
to understand them thoroughly, pleads
against the ignorant habit which
whitemen have of shooting at black
men as soon as they see them.
All that is necessary to do, if you
wiSh to make a. black man your friend
is to clap the hands smartly on the
back of one’s trousers, at the same
time putting out one’s tongue. This
is a universal sign, in the sign lan-
guage which all the blacks understand
that the stranger Wishes to sit with
them and to bob nob with them gener-
ally. If to these signs the stranger
will only add a few steps of a livelv
jig, accompanying himself, if possible,
upon a whistle, the severest savage
will be instantly placated and will
abandon his hostile attitude.
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‘1'21el'low Bpesktn: Clocks.
In Switzerland they have begun
making phonograph-1c clocks and
watches, which. it appears, leave any-
thing heretofo're accomplished far in
the shade.- By merely pressing the
button on the new: timepiece it an-
nounces the ham-- distinctly. The
alarms call to the sleeper; “It's 6
o’clock; get up." There are-some
which even add, the words: “Now.
don’t go to sleep again." The form can
be changed to suit the buyer and make
the warning more or less emphatic.
This application of the phonographic
principle is due to a French watchma-
ker settled at Geneva. He introduces
into clocks and watches little slabs of
vulcanized rubber, on which the de
sired words are 11200:.
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THE PROGRESS OF PEACE '
A Spanish Request
Our Ocmmission. ,
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A COMPLETED TREATY SOON
\Vllat Is Learned About the Contest for
Advantages Now Going on at the Joint
Session. Spain \Vauts Equal Shipping;
Rights with the United States in Cube
and Porto Rico.
Paris; Dec. 7.-—The Spanish and Ant-4
erlcan peace commissions met in joint
session at twoso’clock yesterday after-
noon. It has just been learned that:
Monday’s session was of far greater
importance than has been generally
supposed.
It resulted in the Americans uncom-
promisingly rejecting Spain's request
that, for a term of years, the ships of
that country and its products be ad-
mitted to Cuban and Porto Rican ports
under the same regulations and cus-
toms tariff as American ships and pro-
ducts.
The two commissions for several
days have been finessing. The Ameri-
cans were anxious for a decision on
the question of a coaling station in
the Caroline islands, religious toler-
ance in the Carolines, and the release
of political prisoners.
The Spaniards were unwilling to an-
swer these points until they heard
what the Americans proposed to do for
their industries which had been built
up by the Cuban and Porto Rican
trade.
This is why Spain was contented
that the articles of the treaty be dis—
posed of in their order, while the Am-
ericans wanted first to settle their
pressing needs.
This session was practically a. fight
on the order of procedure. Finally the
Americans yielded and then the Span-
iards proposed their shipping and com-
mercial 'question, which the Americans
rejected in its entirety.
The session then adjourned with
neither side in an amicable frame of
mind.
An American attache of the commis-
sion said last evening that he believed
the work would be completed by Fri-
day.
Madrid, Dec. 7.——The Corresponden~
cia, semi-official, says that the Ameri-
can commissioners insist upon the dis-
cussion ofmatters which are not con-
nected with the treaty of peace, name-
ly, extradition, commercial and liter-
ary conventions, etc.
The Spanish government, it says, is
unable to yield, and is determined that
such matters be discussed between the
cabinets of Madrid and Washington.
In conclusion, the Correspondencia has
the following to sayi
“The Americans are seeking to profit
by their victory in order to improve
their own condition on all subjects.”
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 7.—The cabi-
net at its meeting yesterday discussed
in a. general way matters in connection
with the movement of troops to Cuba,
but nothing new was developed at the
meeting.
The president’s message to Congress
was also talked over, as well as the
prospective early signing of the‘ Paris
treaty.
It was the opinion of the members
that the commission probably will be
able to leave Paris with the signed
treaty within the next few days.
The Siz Day’s Race.
New York, Dec. 7.—At the end of for-
ty hours the score in the six days'
bicycle race at Madison Square Gar-
den stood as follows: .
Miles. Laps.
Pierce ......... . ............ 698 0
Waller ...................... 688 0
Miller 674 3
Albert ......... .......... 866 \ 5
Gimm ........... . ............ 652 7
Stevens 646 2
Lawson .................... 635 3
Nawn ...................... 632 2
Hale ........................ 624 6
Aaronson ' 595 0
Forster 563 3
Schineer ....... ’ ............ 561 '1
Julius ............ 559 9
Pilkington ................. 532 1
Turville 527 0
Monachon ...... _ ............. 521 7
Joveux .......... ........... 499 O
Fallon ................ . . . . . . 454 0
Bliven .. 449. 5
Frederick 440 ‘2
Kinz ............... 434 8
Gross 421 ' 0
Cistac 344 0
The two important records which
Pierce has already won in the present
contest is that for twenty-four hours
continuous riding, covering 457 miles,
and 352 yards, and the five hundred
miles record pedalled in twenty-seven
hours and twenty-nine minutes.
Our Troops at Manila.
Washington, D. 0.. Dec. 7.-—A cable
dispatch received by the war depart-
ment yesterday from General Otis,
announced the arrival at Manila of the
transport Puebla.
There was little sickness and no
deaths among the troops on the Pueb-
la. who comprised five companies of
the First Tennessee, Troop A of the
Nevada volunteer cavalry, a. detach-
ment of recruits for the Twenty-um 1
infantry, a detachment for the F11 s1 '
California Heavy artillery, altogether
twenty-five officers and six hundred
men, who are commanded by Lieuten-
ant Colonel Chllders,
For Ambassador to Mexico.
\, Washington, D. C.,'Dec. 7.-—The pres— f
ident yesterday- Sent to the Senate the
nomination of'Powell Clayton of Ar-
kansas to be ambassador to Mexit u.
: Senor Romero. the former Mexican
minister, having been raised to the
rank of ambassador. Minister Clay-
ton's promotion followed under an .act
of Congress. ' '
Natural Bohesetter Den (1.
Amsterdam, N. Y., Dec. 7.—Dr. Wat.-.
erman Sweet, well known throughout
the state as a natural bone setter, died
vesterday at the age of fifty- five years.
He was one of the fourth generation
of Sweets that had inherited the abil-
ity to- set bones. He leaves a. fam-
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