NOR A v—i Founded in1800.l VOL. XCVHL—NO 52 “MERCHANTS Mill And Organize a Business Men’s Association in Norwalk. OFFICERS ELECTED. .A Delegation of Bridgeport Business Men Present. A representative number of N orwalk business men assembled in the rooms of Buckingham Post, G. A. R. . last ' evening, for the purpose of organizing a busmess men's association. There were also present Messrs. R. .T. Whiting. A. J. Cable, Joseph Tor— rey, H. H. Jackson, Dr. Dow R. Beebe, Attorney Foster, and other prominent I membersof the Bridgeport Business ‘ Men’s Association who explained the workings of the association in that city. E. S. Adams was elected chairman and Harrie A. Smith clerk. It was voted to call the association ' the Norwalk Business Men’s Associa- tion. ‘ The by-laws of the Bridgeport asso- ciation were temporarily adopted. On motion, the chair appointed Messrs. E. O. Keeler, Moses H. Glover ’ and O. E. Wilson a committee to select .a list of names for Officers of the assm Sciation. While the committee was completing its work rousing speeches as to the benefits to be derived by every one in town, were made by both Norwalk and Bridgeport gentlemen The committee reported the follow- ‘ ing list of names :2 President—E. S. Adams. Vice PresideIIt~—.J. T. Prowitt. Secretary—O. E. Wilson. Treasurer—3105125 H. Glover. Directors—P. F. Masterson, Lester Hyatt, James H. R‘undle, A. Avison, E. K. Lockwood, Edward P. Weed, Dr. A. H. Baldwin, 0. E. Wilson, \V. M. Betts and H. W. Kemp. They were unanimously elected. Messrs Prowitt, Glover and Hyatt were appointed a committee to revise . ':the by-laws that had been temporarily .adopted by the association. Charles Lupton of Bridgeport was :appointed canvasser for the association Until April lst, and instructed to secure . additional names of business men in Norwalk, South Norwalk, TVestport, :Darien and Wilton who would join the association. A meeting of the board of directors, which includes the other officers, will .meet next Friday night, at which time .a fixed night for the monthly meetings of the association will be dectdcd upon and other important business trans— _ acted. The meeting then adjourned. —-—————<o.o>——-~ Louise Lodge Officers. Louise Lodge,Daughtcrs of Hermann, 1held a meeting Wednesday night and elected these officers: Deputy—Carl Schaub. President—Bertha Mohring. Vice President—Elizabeth Spahr. First Secretary—Elsie Durbeck. Second Secretary—Barbara Danke. Treasurer—Louise Malmo. 'I‘rustees—Victoria Sauer. Inside Guard—Paulina Schumann. Outside Guard —- Louise Zarges. A masquerade ball is to be held by the lodge early in February. A.. P. J. Lynch Company. The New Year, with its added red sponsibilities, increased business facil- ities and larger output, will still fur- ther enable us to take advantage of the markets and give our customers the. benefit, observes the P. J. Lynch Co., in new adv. to-day. Our readers 'ee as they peruse the prices , where a few cents on every can be saved by purchasing his firm. Everything is bound resh, as the stock is being con- ly cleared out and new taking its Read the adv. Dances. , nnual ball of Co. D, C. N. G., 8 place at the Armory tonight. londike club has issued tickets cc to! be hel‘dearly next year.- . » l ‘ ' I «In Entertaining and Destructive Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Leeal News and Interests. NORWALK CONN, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 30". 1898 ——12 PAGES. BIN WIL_L_|_S_ HUNG. David S. R. Lambert’s Mur- derer Executed at 12:20 M A MORAL DEGENERATE. i Marched From the Death Cage to Execution Room Without a Tremor. For the seventh time the automatic gallows at the state prison, Wethers- field, was utilized shortly after mid- night this morning to carryout the law’s decree, and as on all previous occasions, the gallows operated perfect- ly. Benjamin B. Willis was the latest victim to pay the extreme penalty of the law, and he was not conscious a moment after the rope tightened and snapped his body into the air. The drop fell at 12:20 and eight minutes later the attending physicians pronounced life extinct. Willis weighed 170 pounds and the force of the blow was equal to 1,295 pounds. ’ Willis murdered David S. R. Lam- bert, of Wilton, his former teacher, Dec. 17, 1897, after having robbed his house. Though he was the youngest person ever executed in the prison, the brutality of his crime was so ab- horent that but little sympathy was felt for him. In speaking of him War- den Woodbridge always referred to him as a moral degenerate. Willis marched from the death cage to the execution room without a tremor and the apprehension that he might col- lapse at the last‘moment was unfound- ed. Seventeen seconds after he had stepped onto the plate the drop fell and was A slight muscular twitching was all the his neck instantly broken. signs of life ever shown afterwards. Willis’ only surviving relative is his mother, who is now in a. New York hospital. A telegram, which was a kind moth- erly message, was sent by her last night and it was the last thing Willis read before he entered the execution room. The remains will be interred in the Wethersfield cemetery, but later will be taken to Maspeth, L. I. \Villis was to have been hanged on the morning of Nov. 24 last, but Gov. Cooke granted a reprieve until Dec. 30, pending action by the supreme court, the case having been taken be- fore that tribunal. found no error and the decision of the The supreme court lower court was sustained. When Willis" attention was directed to the killing of David s. R. 'L-tmteI-t, he denied guilt to the last. '4...>———-—-——— Central Club Calendar for January. The Central Club has prepared this program for January: German and French as for December. Monday, Jan. 2, from five to nine p. m., New Year’s “At Home” to club members and their friends. All mem- bers of Federated clubs and of the Norwalk and South Norwalk clubs in- vited. Music. Refreshments. Tuesdays, Jan. 3 and 10, at 3 p. m., whist as for December. Direction of Miss Luella I. Lane. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 3 p. m., Harry J. Zehm will give a piano recital. Mr. . Zehm will be assisted by several artists. Thursdays, Jan. 19 and 26 a Cook- ing class will meet at 10:30 a In. As usual, all members will be assessed 25 cents each lesson for the purchase of material. . Tuesday. Jan. 24, at 3. p. 11]., Miss Mabel G. Foster, of Boston, will give an afternoon of story-telling inter- sperSed with music, called "Stories of a Century Ago.” Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 3'. p.. m., in ac- cordance with urgent request, another nitial party, with variations. Direcs ion of Mrs. E. H. Hotchkiss. -~~<o- ob» _ Boston Store. Read the Boston Store adv. t:-day. Attend the great cotton sale which is toopenv'to-morrow at that big store. The thrifty house-keeper will be on . hand for she cannot afl’ord to .let this opportunity slip by without taking ad- vantage of it. Everything in the line of cottons'can be had at great reduc- tions. ' l . I This Morning- . nu Willi MEETS Taxes Abated and Chief l-_n- gineet Prowitt’s Annual Report Read. M A GRIST 0F BILLS. Assistant City. Clerk Leo Davis Instructed to Index City Records. The principal business dane at the final meeting of the present City Coons cil held last evening was the payment of quite a grist of bills, including those of the police to January lst, and the‘ abatement of something like $300 of taxes. To THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORWALK. GENTLEMENz—I have the honor to submit for your consideration the 'an- nual report of the Fire department for the year ending Dec. 27, 1898. The department was called out nine times, precisely the same number as last year, but where the total loss last year was $6,000, the loss this year will not exceed $2,500. The individual loss is greater this year as but a small portion was insured. The total amount of insurance being $1,250. The calls have been as follows. February 16, 7.40 p. m. Still alarm, residence head of Belden aVenue, oc- cupied by P. J. Clune, owned by S. C. Horton. Fire in chimney. Damage nominal. April 29, 12.40 p. m. Box 16, Brook street, machine shop occupied by Sofia & Co., owned by estate of S. E. Olm- stead. Cause unknown. Damage $500, no insurance. Stock $400, insurance $250. June 22, 3:30 p. m. Box 62, East ave- nue, barn owned by Mrs. Moody. Loss $650, fully insured. ' September 16, 5:20 p. in. Box 32, West avenue, residence of Miss Baird. Cause, electric wire. $100, fully insured. September 28, 2:10 p. In. BOX 62, Westport avenue, residence of Cyrus Ruscoe. Cause, match in clothes ig- nited. Damage $50, no insurance. October 5, 10:30 p. m. Box 64, Clit‘f street, barn owned by Cyrus VVater- bury, property being outside of fire limit and a. long distance from any hydrant assistance could not be renv dered. No record of loss entered. October 20, 0:40 p. In. Box 52, barn owned by John Jarvis, filled with hay owned by John Greenwood. Leeson building $300, on hay $200, no in- surance. Cause, incendiary. December 0, 11 p. 111. Box 15, “fall street, hotel owned and occupied by I. G. Hamilton. Cause, explosion of lamp, Damage $150, fullyinsured. December 23, 10:30 a. in. Box 58,- Main street, Center school kindergar; tenroo'n. Cause, candles lighted on Christmas tree. Damage $100, fully insured. The commanding officers of the dif- ferent companies are as follows:— Phoenix ........... Capt. H. D. Weeks. Pioneer .......... . .Capt. C. M. Smith. Hope. . f. ......... Capt. J. D. Costello. Police ............ Capt. A. J. Meeker. The Department is in first class con- dition. ' The actual lire duty has been very light, but frequent tests have been made to see how quickly the boys can rally to a call, and they get there every time. The inventory of the City property in charge of the Fire Department is the same as last year, with the excep- tion of 12 hose lighters purchased for Hope Co., and afew lanterns for the different companies. Our wants have been very limited. The cordiality of feeling between the Council and De- partment has been very pleasant. We knew you did not have any money to frittcr away, so we refrained from ask- ing for these things which at the com- mencement of the year we had hoped might be added, thereby strengthening the department. A new floor has been lately put into Pioneer quarters, and the weak parts of building braced. , Than-king you for your courtesy and attention to my every want during the year, I am, . " Respectfully yours,- J, T. PROWL'I-‘T, Chief- Engineer. The city assessors were voted $100 each,,and several interest bi-ltls'mt'dered pIid. On motion of Councilmaln‘Burr i‘tiwas Cpntipuect on Faun Damage about ' T’med Shet ts size 2ix2i yards long, 3: in. ' ‘ - Lonsdale Cambric a household ‘nece 5- To 0111: Patrons- .————— to Two CENTS a copy or IO such cannot be produced offers. . ical force, and furnish our 5 Surprise Party. Mis Belle Ferris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Ferris was given a surprise party at her home on VVash- ington street, South _ Norwalk, last night by about thirty of her young lady and gentlemen friends. Dancing and games were indulged in, and refresh- ments were served. The surprise was complete and the pleasures fully com- plete. A-A_ ‘vr 3 ‘BIR‘E’flDLl Mrs. J. W. Carroll of Boston, have been guests of MrsJames Cons ins of Taylor avenue. . Commencing on Tuesday next,january 3, I899, the price ‘of the EVENING GAZETTE will be increased cents a week, and with the WEEKLY GAZETTE, 12 cents a week. When the Daily was first started as a four page paper, it was possible to sell it at one cent per copy, but it has been found impossible to print a first-class _ eight-page newspaper at that price. .i The cost of getting out a good one-cent paper ' is just as large as the cost of getting out a good two- cent paper and a newspaper worthy to be called for as little as one cent a copy without loss to the publisher unless the out- put is‘; much larger than the present newspaper field In increasing the price of the DAILY, we pro- pose, aIso, to increase our repertorial and mechan- patrons with more local news-each day, and as fast as warranted, will keep on adding thereto until we make the DAILY GAZETTE second to none as a chronicler of the local happen- ings in Norwalk and the surrounding towns. 70th Birthday Anniversary. Mrs. John W. Snifien of Wall street, celebrated her 70th. birthday anniver- sary Wednesday by entertaining a number of friends. Those present were: Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Scofield, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reynolds, Joseph Oster- banks and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Keeler, L. J. Reynolds and family, and Mrs. Joseph Bucknam and daughter Grace. The Christmas music of Grace Church will be repeated on Sunday. [$1.00 a Year PRICE TWO CENTS L ItuIIIIIIHIIII ,, Axle Breaks on the Tender of the Pittsfield Expired :3“. --.-——-—~ .0“. At 60 Mill: SPEED. Passengers Thrown From'tTheir Seats But No One Injured. The sudden breaking of an axle on a. locomotive tender, near Williams- bridge, yesterday afternoon, nearly caused a serious wreck to the Pittsfield express, bound east, on the New Ha.- ven Railroad. The express consisted of a baggage car, combination car, two coaches and a parlor car. It is one of its first stop at South Norwalk. The train left the Grand Central Station at 3:30 o’clock and was passing through Williamsbridge at a speed of about sixty miles an hour when the driver, Thomas Dougherty, heard a loud crash. Looking back, he saw the tender swerving from right to left. Quickly reversing the lever, he seized the throttle and pulled it wide open. Then he turned on the air brakes. The sudden checking of speed threw many of the passengers from their seats and caused much confusion, but no one was injured. The train ran along for several hundred feet and then came suddenly to a standstill. The passen- gers crowded around the locomotive, and fcund that the axle on the rear truck of the tender had broken. The wheel was lying beside the track. Continued on Fourth Page. NOTICE I During this Sale no Cottons sold to deal- ers at the prices quoted. ' price, Bleached Cottons. The famous Dwight Anchor, bleach- ed and half bleached you know what they are as well as we, so we give you the price which will surely tempt you per yard tile. Lonsdale Bleached Cottons 36 to. wide including the genuine Green Ticket at a tempting price 5lc. Pillow Tubing; All you have to do is sew the end and your pillow case is made.- You know the regular price, this sale 12lo- sity at all times you know t'ie price is 10 cents per yard, this sale Be. Our great offering. Bleached Helm FAIRFIELD’ counts GREATEST BOSTO The \49 Hems. Will astonish ybu 33c. Cotton Birdseye, 33c per piece. Canton Flannel. 10 pieces of our 100 canton flannel file. 12 pieces of our bleached canton flannel-10c. E hilemstitch Sheets. . . 2tl-x2l yds. long. 49c. 81x90 inches long, 550. ' Read this Carefullyr Without doubt this is the greatest of- fering of high grade Cottons attempted in Connecticut. There are 15 difierent brands of 36 in. Cottons, bleached and unbleached. Among them you non. ‘- ' EVERY DEEARTMENT Will offer extraordinary bargains this week to clean I counters of surplus stock prior to stock taking. NSTO will find such brhnds as Fruit of the " E! counts. canons, canons, canons. ll ‘EllLflSSAl. SALE llF .lIllTTllN All Cotton Goods have advanced ,1, to ,1, cent per yard during the last week; we bought our Stock before the advance. 'Our Store will be the Mecca of house-keepers this week for there never was suvh a Sale of Cottons ever, attempted in this city befOre, and probably never aga u, for we sincerely hope that the advance in prices will continue, and business will alWH}: improve with the advancement of prices. ’ l-temember our motto, all you want (if a retail patron of the Store) at the advertised AND ONE PRICE TO ALL. Loom, Lonsdale, Atlantic, Pacific and other high grades your choice this sale 5c. . Unbleached Cottons good and strong ' soft and fineno filling 4c. _ _ Wide sheeting, 8.4 unbleached Sheet- ing heavy and strong l2lc. ‘ 9-4 Bleached Sheeting Atlantic Mills 'is so well and favorably known that comment is unnecessary 19c. 10-4 Fine Bleached Sheet-ing our 25c kind this sale 20c. 9-4 Unbleached Sheeting the kind we sell for 180 this 3 dc 14c. 1 Case of Gingham 4c. Plaid PilIOW Casesfi and 9c e x 91.1: i V the fastest trains on the road, making"
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