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HAISEIllIiHlIIK. .
William Hindley, Jr., of Da-
rien Secures $1,700
and Skips.
ORIGINAL CHECK FOR $5.
William Hindley Senior Denies His Endorsement
on the Back.
The City National Bank of South
cashed a
bc’gus check of $1,700 for \Villiam
Hindle'y, jr., of Darien, and the latter
Norwalk on Saturday last
has departed for parts unknown;
The facts in the case are su bstantially
as follows: _
Last Saturday A afternoon \Villiam
Hindley, jr., entered the City National
Bank, in Washington street, South
Norwalk, shortly after the bank had
opened for business. and presented a
check for $1,700.
Knickerbocker Trust Company, of New
It was drawn-on the
York city, and purported to have been
made by J. C._Crammer. It was pay-
able to William Hindley, jr.,
the back bore his endorsement and
that of his father lI’iIliam I-Iindley,
of Darien.
and on
The check was not questioned by
Wilfred Bod well, the teller, and the
cash was paid young Hindley.
Mr.
from his father to Jacob M. Layton, the
cashier of the bank, which requested a
Hindley also presented a note
letter of introduction to Congressman
E. J. Hill, in Washington, D. C.
Tuesday morning Mr. Hindley, sr.,
called at the bank, and began making
When in—
formed that the amount paid on it was
inquiries about the check.
$1,700, he appeared greatly disturbed,
and stated that there must be some
mistake. The check he indorsed with
his son, he said, called for only $5, and
he thought was given by a man named
Petty.
Cashier Layton becoming suspicious
Trust
company by telephoneand learned that
called up the Knickerbocker
there was no individual of the name of
.l. J. Crammer who had an account
with the company. Later Cashier Lay—
ton decided to go to New York, and
see if he could learn any additional
particulars. He secured the check and
returned with it.
l\.'r. Hindley, senior, when seen at
his home in Darien Tuesday admitted
placing his name on acheck for his
son, but again made the positive state-
ment that the amount- was only for $5.
\Vhen the subject of settling the mat-
ter of the. $1,7001-heck was broached,
Mr. Hindley intimated that he could
not make it good, as he did not have
the ready money. He finally agreed to
attend a conference ofthe bank oificials
All
and
in South Norwalk, in themorniug.
that time the check was produced,
Mr. Hindley repudiated the endorse—
ment. and positively declined to make
good the amount.
It is thought that young Hindley has
His
wife is living with relatives in West
decarnped for Porto Rico or Cuba.
Haven. He has lived in Darien nearly
all his life, and when a young boy was
employed as a 'clerk in Lorenzo Dib
ble’s store in South Norwalk.
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Legislative Petitions.
Among the petitions to the General
Assembly filed in the state secretary’s
office. yesterday, the last day for the
presentation of petitions of an adverse
nature, were the following :
Nor-walk Tramway
amendment to charter.
Company for
Stamford Street Railway Company
for amendment to its charter.
Henry L. Hoyt, of Ridgefield. for a
divorce from Anna C. Hoyt. They-
were married October 11. 1878, and she
has been totally insane since August
16, 1895.
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Installed.
The officers of Buckingham Post. G
A. R. and the VVomen’s Relief corps
were installed last night. Past com
wander F. W. Perry acted as installa-
tion Officer for the Post and Mrs. Sarah
Blackman officiated in a like capacity
for the corps. Speeches were made by
Revs. '1‘. K. Noble and F. A. Scolield
and there was a. feast of beans, pics,
oysters, etc.
‘vr
Changes at Grand Central.
In afew weeks work will be com
iiienced on extensive improvements
atthe New York end of the Con-
solidated road, in the Grand Central
station. The three separatz waiting
rooms will be torn out and one large
room built in their place.
All IIHE EllllillliNi.
Candidates Hawley, Fessen-
den and Bulkeley Sure
of Senatorship.
MANY CLAIMS MADE.
Representative Light Says Enough Votes Are
Pledged to Fessenden to Elect.
All of the candidates for the United
States senatorship except Samvel Fes—
senden were at the capitol in Hartford
yesterday, and the coming contest was
the all absorbing topic of conversation.
Representative John H. Light of
Norwalk, who is one of Fessenden‘s
most energetic lieutenants. predicted
that Fessenden would be elected on the
first ballot. He said: ._
“ I could, if I wished, give you the
names of the men who are irrevocably
They
are more than is neceSS-ary for a choice
and on this I base my statement that
he will be the next senator. There
are besides these men many others who
pledged to vote for Fessenden.
have not actually promised to vote for
Fessenden who will undoubtedly do so.
If the unexpected should happen and
Fessenden should not be elected on the
first ballot, he will gain on each suc-
ceeding ballot and finally be elected.
There are many who, for sentimental
and other reasons, will vote for Hawley
on the first ballot and if a second ballot
is reached will vote for our man.”
Ex-Govcrnor Bulkeley said that he
expected to get the election. Asked
if he would turn over his votes to any
other in case he should see that he
could not get the nomination, he re-
plied: “I cannot conceive of such a.
possibility arising as you suggest.”
The Hawley men were equally as
confident and when told of the claims
of the others smiled and said, “Wait
and sec.” They cited no figures.
To an impartial observer it would
appear that the statement made by one
of the representatives was more nearly
correct than any of the others. This
was that there were a number of men
in the assembly who have not been
pledged to any of the candidates but
are claimed by each. These men are
of suificic‘nt numbers to hold the bal-
ance of power and no one can predict
the result of the caucus until their
votes have been determined.
uraooowe ~ ,,______
Electric Light Company Wins
Its Suit With South
Norwalk.
In the suit of the Norwalk 1‘”: South
Norwalk Light
against 'the City of South Norwalk,
Electric Company
which was carried to the Supreme
Court, Judge lilamersley yesterday
rendered the decision of the court
against the city of South Norwalk.
The action grew out of a petition
made to the city council by the Electric
Light company, asking to be allowed
to make certain repairs in their line in
South Norwalk.
The council refused to act in the
matter and the case was carried to the
Superior court where Judge Thayer
issued a mandamus against the city.
An appeal was taken to the Supreme
court, with the above result.
Douglas Fowler Post Officers.
The new officers of the Douglas
Fowler Post and Relief Corps are as
follows: Relief Corps: president, Mrs.
Webb; vice—president, Mrs. D. P. Mor-
rell; junior-vice-president, Mrs. Kate
Hull; secretary, Miss Lottie Wilson;
treasurer, Mrs. F. J. Joyce; chaplain,
Mrs. Mitchell; conductor, Mrs. Annie
Brothertou; guard, Mrs. Delhanty; as-
sistant conductor, Mamie Hendricks;
assistant guard, Mrs. Gladhill; color-
bearers, Mrs. F1 ank Oertel. Mrs.
Thompson, Miss Lena Barnes, and Mrs.
Keeler; {installing officers, Mrs. F. J,
Joyce and Mrs. Annie Brotherton.
0f the Post: commander, C. V. A:-
uold; vice-commander, W. P. English;
adjutaut, Frederick Arnold: assistant
adjutant, Mr. Femmer; Q. M. Freder-
ick Keating; officer of the day, Stephen
Wilcox; sergeant, Gould Saunders; in-
side guard, Caleb Wood; installing of-
ficer, commander Pelton, of Bucking-
ham Post.
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Candidates Have Not Qualified.
Several of the candidates who were
elected as Justices of the Peace at the
recent town election have failed to
qualify. If they do not appear before
a. not my public and send in their cre-
dentials before January 10, their sui—
cessors will be appointed 03 that date.
I
I M "OWNS—[0W PAYS.
The Moral of This O'c', 0
I Anecdote Will Save a
l Heap of Trouble
and a File of
Money.
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v Something had gone wrong with
I some simple part of the machinery of a
stationary engine, and the stokei'
could not fix it. After spending a day
or two on it, he was forCed to ask the
aid of a. more competent workman. He
failed also and someone suggested the
employment of a. local celebrity—a
,sort of tinker at any mechanical job.
There is generally one in every lccal-
lity. He gave two or three raps with
his hammer and touched upa rod or
two, when the pounding, or whatever
ailed the machinery ceased. When
asked to make out his bill. it read as
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follows:
Fixing engine, 35 .50
Knowing how, 10.00
Total, $10.50
This anecdote has nothing earthly to
do with Mr. Wm. F. Knapp, engineer
and fireman at Roth .3:- Goldschmidt’s,
South Norwalk, but it serves to intro—
duce him to the Norwalk public, and
at the same time shows the close rela-
tion between the tinker’s work on the
engine and average humanity’s, when
they tinker with their kidneys. Mr.
Knapp tells how he cured his. Read
this statement :
a great many men who follow my call-
ing. the Weak spot in my anatomy is my
back, probably caused by becoming
over-heated in a warm atmosphere and
then exposed to cold. Be that as it
may, I had considerable trouble with
my kidneys, and although I used sim-
ple household remedies and on one or
two occasions took medicine, I was
never able to completely rid' myself of
the. attacks. Reading about the work
performed by Doan’s Kidney Pillsin
and around the Norwalks, I came to
the conclusion that they might help
me, and procuring a. supply, [ com-
menced the treatment. After com-
pleting it I was so greatly improved in
my general health that I conscientious—
ly endorse Doan’s Kidney Pills.”
Just such emphatic endorsement is
plentiful in Norwalk. Drop into Glen-
dening & Co’s drug,r store and hear
what their customers report.
Doan’s Pills for sale by all deal-
ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-
Milburn (20., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Doan’s and take no substitute.
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AS TO STRIKING MATCHES.
Streaks That Show \Vhere Lights W'ere
Produced to Be Found Everywhere.
“I may be wrong,” said the little
woman. “but I fully believe that a
man would strike a match on the
tombstone of his mother,” and her
eyes snapped and her cheeks flushed
It the idea of such a sacrllege.
G0 where one will, in the most out-
Df-tlie-way place or corner to ignite
1 match, telltale streaks will be found
is positive proof that a match striker
has been there before. Raise the
drapery about a mantel and peer
underneath and there again will come
in view the cabalistic brown tracks,
the "blazed” way. as it were, of the
match—striking guild.
Letter boxes. SII‘ECE corners. door
lambs, bottoms of chairs and edges
of bureaus, washstands and dressing
cases possess the hiei‘O—or pyro—
glyphics.
Even church edifices are not sacred
when the hurried call is issued for a
light. Even alter rails have been vis—
ited by the some touch. In fact,
there is no place too sacred or too
much out of the way not to have, at
one time or the other, received the
necessary friction required to Sc-
cure a light. W'hen Cleopatra’s
Needle was placed in Central Park
the apex bore traces, among the al-
most obliterated hieroglyphics, of the
passing of the match. It is said that
the same modern signs can be found
upon the iopknot of the Sphinx and
upon the top of the Pyramids.
Scent Bottle of Sydney.
One of the oddest ornaments of
which a city ever boasted stands in
Sydney, Australia. It is called "the
scent bottle of Sydney,” and is for
the purpose of drawing the gases
from the sewerage system of the city.
It is constructed of brick work. rend-
ed over with cement stucco, and is
eighty-seven feet high to the top of
the casting surmounting the brick
.work. '
”When the shaft was completed it
was intended to purify the air es-
caping from the sewer by means of.
charcoal. and trays containing char-
coal were placed in the bottom of the
shaft so that all air escaping from the
sewer must pass the material. This
was, however, found inoperative and
was discontinued. Subsequently tire
was suggested, but this in turn proved
unsatisfactory.
The “scent bottle” is not an eyesore.
Its buslnee“. is so disguised that it is
an object of beauty, and is readily
mistaken for a monument. Indeed, it
is the biggest, most conspicuous and
picturesque of all the notable inonu~
meats in New South Wales.——New
York Herald.
,m u uses .llll‘l‘..-
neys filter im-
'. F l LEBRATED
the blood and
keep it red and
p u r e. S i c k
‘ Kidneys don’t.
- HOSTETTER’S
I'I‘TERS stim—
lates the Kid-
neys to
pro pe 1' per-
forma n c e of
their duties,
and thus
In a. k e s t h e
blood pure.
SISTERS
“I am an old time engineer, and like
purities from -
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OF NEW YORK.
iiiilliiAliBi‘.
l? .2it”“?I-IARD A. McCURDY, President-
Statemiul‘a’ he Yt‘ill Ending Dec. '3
l,’97.
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
IN COMEu
Received for remiums . . . ,
From all other Sources . .' . . .
DISBUESEMENTSC
To oil cysholders for Claims by Death . . . .
To ollcy=holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. .
For all other Accounts . . . . .
ASSE’EIQQ
United States Bonds and other Securities . .
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage
Loans on Stocks and Bonds . . . .
Real Estate . . . . . .
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . .
Accrued Interest. Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . .
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities . .
Surplus - . . . . . .
Insurance and Annuities in Force . . .
$42,693,201 99
1 1,469,406 24
$54,162,608 23
5‘3’2799630
12,712,424 76
w
$36,124,060 99
$132,017.34! 45
69,423,937 31.
12,880,308 00
21,618,454 88
11,705,195 82
6,141,200 20
$253,786,437 66
£33,243 07
$35,508,194 59
$936,634,496 63
lhave carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department.
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usua
CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor;
Report of" the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
To run HosonAnLE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE MUTUAL LIFE lNSUflANI’lE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-
second day of December. I897,to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and
to verify the same, respectfully—-——Ir
' REPOR'I‘
That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at. various dates between the
date of the said reference and the date of this Report, attended at the office of the Company, and have been Waited on
by the Treasurer, the Comptroller,the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of such oflicers
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be corre ct. They
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared
the prices
at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the same not exceeding
such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real
They have also verified the valuation of the Com-
propertv held by the Company, and find the same to be as stated.
panv’s holding? of real estate and have verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and
have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier.
And the Committee certify that. all the books, papers, documents, and evidence of title of every description neces-
sary in such
the same are accurate, In good order, and well kept.
examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their aSSistants, and that,
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the system
and methods adOpted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation
CHAS. R. HENDERSON
All of which is respectfully submitted.
S. V. R. CRUGER
NEW YORK. January 21. 1898.
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
J. HOBART HERRICK
A. N. WATERHOUSE
JAMES C. HOLDEN
Board of Trustees-
HENRY H. ROGERS
, Jno. W AUCEINCLOSS
THEODORE MOREORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVEBANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. JUILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R. GILLETTE
11'. WALTER WEBB
FREDERIC CROMWELL
JULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. VVATERHOUSE
S. V. R. CBUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PECKHAM
J. HOBART HERRICK
WM. 3’. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS ,
SAMUEL D. BABCOCA
RICHARD A. MCCUBDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMAXN C. VON POST .
WILLIAM J. SEWELL
OLIVER H ARRIMAN
UBEB’F (,iLYrHAM
.EORSE 14‘. BAKER
“0an Oman I
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GEORGE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN J R. ‘
GEORGE S. Bownom
WILLIAM C. Warmer
WILLIAM ROCEEFELLER
JAMES N. JARVIE
CHAS D. DIOKEY JR
ELBRIDGE T GERRY
JAMES SPEYEBJ
ROBERT A. GRANISS, ”Vice—President.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
lSAAC I“. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President.
W [LLIAM J. EASTUN, Secretary.
FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier.
EMORY MCCLINTOCK, Actuary.
JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor.
0. CL” F0 RD GRETSIN GER, Assistant Auditor.
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT. General° Solicitor. ,
. MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
ELIAS: J. MARSH, M. 1)-
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
DUEB du—P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary
ALBERT KLA MItU'TII. Assistant Secretary,
JAMES TIMI SON. 26 Assistant Treasurer.
EDWARD r. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier,
WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller j :
JOHN C. ELLIO 1‘, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
GRANVILLE 11 WHITE, M D
arduous a. stunner, coaster Agents,
A... i... CAMP, Email Agent. -
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