l ‘ ”state and while the ei‘l’orts of the Re- " “ The platform adopted by the Bridge- \ " it was evident that in that convention -‘-'3 that silver as'an issue in this state is . a, .9 ,, 7;. " THE TVRE'JK OF TTTE IRON CLIFF TN CHICAGO HARBOR. FROM HARPER’S WEEKLY AFTER A DRAWING or H. REUTERDAHL. A Disastrous Year for Navigation. , The year that is drawing to a close i has proved one of the most disastrous l in the entire history of navigation. Many a stanch vessel has gone down and many gallant sailors are mourned in homes all over the world. The ill- fated Bourgogne of course heads the list. The loss of life resulting from her collision with the Cromartyshire stands almost without parallel in maritime an- nals. And as if the fogs that caused her destruction did not add enough to the dangersof the sea, the storms of this year have been of extraordinary violence and duration. Only a few weeks ago the steamer Mohegan ran on the shore in the English Channel and the loss of a hundred lives was reported. And now comes the terrible news that the American coastWISe steamer Port Coin-‘i‘ight. lF‘FlS. by Harper A: I?" -=I..~v Q land has foundered in the open sea off : Cape Cod, carrying down with her one hundred and sixty souls. It is more than probable that. scores of New Eng- land coasting vessels met'destruction in the same storm, and the wives and mothers of Gloucester and Marblehead fishermen are scanningthe sea-line anxiously for a first glimpse of the top- sails of the schooners that bear their sons and husbands and sweethearts. It has, indeed, been a long, terrible year on the sea. and his been an unusually busy twelve months for the life-savers. Hardly a week has passed without a striking instance of their bravery and skill in snatching lives outof the very teeth of the surf. It needs the most wonderful staying power to endure the long pull through the surf. It requires matchless cool- ness to cast a life-line accurately while Reproduced from [Turner’s Weekly. By Permission the life-boat reels and staggers on the crest of a towering breaker, and nerves of steel to withstand the bul‘r‘eting of the waves and the stinging bites of the icy salt spray. One must see the surf on Cape Cod or on Nantucket under a raging northeaster to understand and appreciate the self-sacrificing life of Uncle Sam’s life-savers. On the great lakes, also, the storms of the past year were unusual in force and frequency, and the life-saving stations of the inlandseas have done yeoman service. Our illustration is taken fr‘on a strik- ingly life-like drawing in Harper’s Weekly by the well-known artist, Reuterdahl, and depicts, with great accuracy, the gallant re scue of the men of the steamer Iron Cliff, that was wrecked 01f the Government Break- water outside Chicago Harbor. malignant The Ex-Governor May Get Complimentary Vote For United States Senator, l . SILVER ISSUE IS DEA'D.l Gold Men May Decide That the Honor Shall Go to One of Their Number. While the press of the state has been teeming with articles speculative of the chances of the Republicans 'who are candidates for the election to the sen- ate of the United States from this publican politicians of the state have been directed towards securing votes for their candidates, absolutely nothing has been said as to the man who will receive the complimentary vote of the Democrats in the general assembly for senator. . There is a larger number of Demo- crats in the legislature now than there was two years ago when the compli- ‘ ment was paid to the Hon. Joseph B. Sargent of New Haven. It is a ques- tion which is disturbing the minds of the leaders of the party in the state whether it is advisable to nominate a _ pronounced gold inan, a pronounced sil- \‘ ver man or one who has not been prom- nently indentified with either wing of ",;.the party during the past three years. ' port convention was a compromise and the gold men were in full power, which is an indication in the minds of many flea. i. ‘ , There is no doubt that the silver men who have been elected members of the legislature will insist that the nom- ination go to a Democrat who has been identified with the silver cause, first, last and always, and it is sure that the clarion tones of William Kennedy, of . Naugatuck, will be heard in advocacy of this plan. it is doubtful, however, if the silver men will be allowed to have their way, as the gold men are in the majority in the general assembly and may insist that the nomination go to one of their own kind. Of course, the nomination is nothing but an honor, but it is an honor that would be eagerly accepted by any Democrat, as it would indicate that ‘ho was one of the‘vcry popular' members of his party. 'It the gold men decide to honor one of their number, it is possible that the Hon. Thomas M. Waller of New Lon- don will be the man selectel. In view of his recent controversy with the Hon. Charles F. Thayer of Norwich, who was the candidate on the Democratic ticket for Congressman from the third con- gressional district, in which he took an uncompromising stand in favor of gold, he is perhaps the most prominent of those comprising the gold wing of the party in the state. There is no doubt that his nomination would give gen- eral satisfaction to the gold men, but it could hardly be received by the sil- ve rites with equanimity, Another pos~ sibility for the honor is the Hon. Car- los French.-——New Haven News. Mr. 8. 1d Mrs. Frank A. Ferris have issued invitations for the marriage of their daughter Jeanette to Thomas Ed- A'win BrovVn, J r., on Wednesday after- noon, December 28th, at 5 o’clock. The wedding will'be a small one, none but relatives and very intimate friends having been invited, RAILROAD HEARINGS. A meeting of the railroad commis- sioners was held at the Capitol yester— day and, various matters were consid- ered. The board assigned a hearing at the City Hall, Danbury, for Tuesday, December 20, at 10:45 a. m., on the petition of the common council of the city of Danbury that the commissioners order the Danbury & p Bethel Streti Railway company to vestibule the platforms of its cars during the winter months. The commissioners also assigned a hearing at the court house in Bridge- port on Monday. December 19, at 10 a. m., on the petition of the common coun- cil of the city of Bridgeport that the commissioners cause the gates at the Scaview avenue crossing on the line of the “Consolidated”x'oad, to be operated twenty-four hours in every day in the year. ' V-v VA 7‘ CLEARED THE DEBT. Franklin Farrel, the millionaire president of the Bridgeport Forge Co. the Farrel Foundry and Machine Co., and owner of large sugar plantations in Cuba, paid off the entire debt of Christ church, Ansonia, just before the marriage of his daughter, Miss Flor- ence Adele Farrel, to George Clarke Bryant, this week. Rather than see his daughter wed- ded in a mortgage-ridden church, MI . Farrel summoned the trustees and, learning that $27,000 would make this church entirely free of incumbrance, drew a check for that sum and handed it to the astonished men. The church is one of the largest and handsomest in Connecticut and the wedding was the most brilliant that ever took place in Ansonia. ‘ .Besides the gift to the church Mr. Farrel presented to the bride a dowry of $250,000 and handed the bridegroom $20,000 more to defray the expenses of a twomonths? wedding trip. 'w urn-KL'Y: - Nonw AL‘K -,G A-Z‘Z EJI‘ TE. IITEIN noun. c- Another conflagration supposed to be of incendiary origin occurred shortly after midnight Monday morning, in New Canaan. is on East avenue~a barn Owned by James Rowland, with carriage-house, large shed and a smaller building. The property destroyed The total loss will, it is thought, exceed $3,000, partly covered by insurance. The owner recently removed to Brook- lyn, and the premises have since been occupied by E. H. Sammis, the livery- man, who had stored in the carriage- housc three coaches, five wagons and a carryall. He had in the barn two tool- chests filled with tools, about $400 worth of new hardware (brought from Ridge- field, where he was in business), con- sisting of locks, bolts, hinges, etc.; a mowing machine and a horse-rake. Practically all this stock was’lost. It was valued at $1,500 and the insurance was $1,000. . Frank Selleck the grocer, had horses and wagons stored in the barn. The horses were taken out, but the vehicles were destroyed. He also lost a set of bobs for a sleigh, also aquantity of hay Two horses belonging to Samuel Crissey were taken out of the and grain. burning barn, but his wsgon was de- stroyed. The carriage-house was about 25x50 feet. A large barn, oflice and other buildings were saved through the efforts of the firemen, who also pre- vented the spread of the flames to neighboring houses which were in imf minent danger. Everybody believes that the fire was the work of an in- cendiary, and that it was started in a pile of straw in the shed. Footprints, seemingly made by a person running, led from the burned premises across snow-covered fields to a piece of woods, and it is thought these were the tracks of the lirebug. The first man who saw the blaze was John Fairchild, who was returning to his home in Norwalk after visiting friends in New Canaan bor- ough. He promptly gave the alarm. The hearing in the case of George Walsh, one of the young men charged with setting fire to the barn on what is called the A. W. Noble place, owned by the New Canaan bank,,was resumed Monday before Justice Nichols. The ac- cused was held in $500 bail for trial in Robert Jones be- came surety on the bond. the Superior Court. 0.. 'HIS DEATH UN EXPECTED. Had Suffered Similar Attacks Several Times Before. John H. Monroe. of Comstock Hill, died suddenly at the home of George H. Vosburgh, on Livingston place, about 11:30 o’clock, Sunday night. Mr. Monroe’s and the Vosburgh families were very intimate and it was the habit of Mr. Monroe to every Sun- day visit at the home of the latter. Sunday he complained on first enter- ing the house that he feared another attack of the complaint with which he was at times afilicted, and which had baffled the skill of physicians. Later he seemed to feel better and proposed returning home, but was pre— vailed upon to remain over night: A suggestion that a physician be sent for did’ not meet with his approval. He with the rest of the family retired About 11 o’clock Monroe rapped for assistance and V05» at an early hour. burgh, senior, responded. On going into the roOm he found Dr. A. H. Baldwin was summonedfind promptly responded but when he arrived the patient was dead. The complaint of Mr. Monroe was what is known as oedema of the throat, which dropped and caused death by strangulation. Had the physician, Dr. Baldwin, who had treated him for like attacks_in the past, been earlier sum- moned, possibly the man’s life might have been saved. The deceased was well known herea- bouls and did quite a large market gar- dening business in town, and his farm ,on Comstock hill is spoken of as being one of the finest in this section of the county. _ He had been twice ma‘rried,his second wife being a Mrs. W'aterbury. Some weeks since she went to Onondaga Val- ley, __New York, for a. visit with rela- tives, and was expected to return home thisweek. She has been advised by telegraphpof. the death other husband. Monroe apparently strangling to death. ~ \ Hlllll iH‘BElllNEfl. _TVith the exception of three rooms, all of the apartments in ',the N orwalk Hotel are lighted with electric lamps, among the exceptions being room num- ber ten occupied by Henry Reeves, a. former watchmdn at the R. & G.‘corset factory. At about 11:30 c’clockMonday night,C. Ifeonard, one of the guests at the hotel, when going to his room, was greeted by a volume of smoke and he gave an alarm of fire. Landlord Hamilton had retired, but At the first alarm he jumped out of bed and hustled on his trousers and rushed out of the room. was not asleep. In the meantime the clerk of the hotel who was sweeping. the sidewalk of its coating, of snow was advised of the situation and ran to the corner meeting Captain Dann on the way who sent in an alarm from box 15. It was found that the fire was in room number ten and had been caused by the explosion of a lamp. “Paddy” Cahill, employed at the hotel, lost no time in getting into the room, and securing a pail went into the bath—room and drawing water from the faucet, with the assistance of land‘ lord Hamilton succeeded in quenching the fire, but not'before it had done con- siderable damage to the building and the furnishings in the room to say noth- ing of the damage to the belongings of the occupant. Mr. Reeves who occupies the room had left a lamp burning during a tem- He reports the loss of two suits of clothes, porary absence, and it exploded. an overcoat, several pictures, table or- naments, etc, upon which there was no insurance. The loss on Mr. Hamilton’s property was covered by insurance. The alarm aroused every one in the house, and in the excitement one of the guests named M.Ansbury, jumped from a second story window and suffered a sprained ankle. The department promptly but fortunately their services fire responded were not needed. The landlord wishes to extend his thanks to all who did good work in stopping what might have proved to be a disastrous blaze. -<0.0>——‘———- Lieut.-Col. C. W. Hendrie’has issued orders for the inspection of the Fourth regiment as follows: Field staff, non- commissioned staff, band, hospital corps and Companies B and E, in undress uniform, without knapsacks and haver- sacks, at Bridgeport, on the 2lst inst; Brig-Gen. Frost, Company G, Danbury, Dec. 22; Major Henry S. Terrell, mustering ofiicer. Company D, South Norwalk, on the 22d inst; Major J. H. Wade, muster- ing officer. The colonel is in receipt of communications from some of the of- ficers who went into other regiments expressing the bone to be able soon to musterin g officer. ,. want. . . v. - us st—dw - . '_ . . 0. takes out IDA, paint, $33 2,. g tar, pitch, grease " and stains from clothing an... car- 5‘ pets quiclzlynud 1. '~ completely and ' ' Never Leaves a Ring 9"“ fl - — .1— —No Acid.— . No unpleasant odor. and DTthUIIflSfiutl‘c! Samples mailed, Sc. Not inflammable. I L. .‘SUTTON, New Canaan, Ct . statsdist:t..t, :.,.r;zv? . Sold by FINNEY & BENEDICT. ’a ‘ .1 ,- :6"... (Am.- ‘lt Ding zETNA [NSRUANCE 00., of Hurtmr [ncorporated 1812. Charter Perpetua . Capital and Assets,68,902.278.04s insuresagainstlossanddsma eb terms adapted to the hazard gndgornhlisztgfi wrththelawsofsomoensation WLES &. MERRILL Soleaeents for Norwalk andvicinih ADA it . EX PRESS COMPANY Low Rates. Prompt DeIIve hracnh Office. Norwalk. at Morris Bemdict Main Oflicenlepot South Norwalk. L. HUNT.Agent. The Nunall F1113 Insurance L‘I Has nowColeeted ts 320. SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR, . And has notoutstanding a. dollar of unpai losses or claims tor losses. No soun com page fizsiires forlliess G B S . 1. a waine. res.. . . t.John,Vi.-e-Pr F. E .Shaw. Sec. Geo. B, CowEs. Resident S ETER L. QUIGE. Florist and NUrsery man Union Avenue. north of Union Cemtery Norwalk, Conn. Dealer in green House Hot House and Bedding and \‘ege. tablel’lants._Fru1t and Ornamental Trees Shubbery, Vines, Cut Flowers. always on hand,andall sorts of desuzns in flowers ar- ranged to order. ”Grading and refillingcemetery lots at tended to. HENRY TILLY, CARRIAGE MAKER, SO UTE NOR WALK 0 / —Manufacture rof— Family Carriages. viclurlasBunin II: ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING. Ravmond &Son. 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