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The old GAZETTE, a journal which
has for almost a century proven true
to staunch principles and accomplished
much in the direction of creating a 10-
cal healthy public opinion and inspir-
inga patriotic spirit has,ithrough its
editor-in-chief, Hon. A. H. Byington,
championed for several years past the
laudable enterprise of the perpetua-
tion in Norwalk of the memory of a
martyr-spy of the American Revo-
lution, Captain Nathan Hale.
Space in this sheet is consequently
asked for the record-presentation and
vation of the admirable and ap-
preser
celebra-
ppsite Nor-walk D. A. QR.
tion of this anniversary day.
The Chapter met this afternoon in its
finely appointed rooms and having been
called to order by its Regent, Mrs.‘
Samuel R. Weed, the members united
in singing “America.” The Regent in
felicitous phraze then extended the of—
ficial greeting which was followed by
the routine reports. This done, Mrs.
Weed thus, in substance, introduced
the special programme of the occasion:
One hundred and twenty-three years
‘ago this day in the old green-house be-
longing to the Beeckman mansion in
what is now Fifty-first street near
First avenue in the City of New York,
a» young man was a prisoner in the
hands of the British army. He hal
everything to live for, fame, father,
mother, and the love of a fair maiden
towhom he was betrothed, but at the
demand of his country he turned his
back on all these and on that Septem-
ber 21st, 1776, was calmly awaiting, on
Quinext day, the death of a spy. .In
- felt that “every kind
of public service necessary for the pub-
lic-good became honorable by being
necessary.” Do you wonder that we
never tire of hearing the story of brave
Nathan Hale,'and that it will be told
“us-again and again in the years that
are~to come. We remember that it
was in Norwalk that his feet last press-
edthe soil of his native state as he cm-
barked from our shores for Huntington
across the Sound upon his glorious but
fatal journey in the service of his
couvntry. ' ,
The earnest words of the Regent
were followed by a paper upon Hale's
military career, by Mrs. A. B. Hill.
Next came a paper by Miss Dotha S.
Pinneo entitled “The Example of Hale
as an Inspiration.”
These were followed by an address
bv Mrs. J. K. Creevy of New York, the
author Of “Flowers of Field, Hill and
Swamp.” Mrs. Creevy’s topic was
“Hale’s Family ” The speaker’s grand-
father and grandmother were first
and nephew and niece of Cap-
tain Hale. Mrs. Margaret F. Sanga
ster then sang, after which the follow-
ing letter from Rev. C. M. Selleck
was read:
"his 'own words he,
cousins,
NORWALK, Sept. 21, 1899.
Madam Regent and Members of the
Norwalk Chapter, D. A. R.
The Norwalk public is to be congrat-
ulated upon the fact that your chapter
is now to move in the patriotic matter
of planting on our coast a stone In
memory of the noble Hale of Revolu-
' nar crlor .
mOlt isy 3. ndticeable coincidence that
the two eminent spies of the war of
“76” should have gone to their doom
from the two confines, Northern and
Southern, of our ancient plantation.
Captain Nathan Hale left our shore
onlv to be apprehended and taken to
the” gallows, and Major John Andre
was ”called out at twelve o’clock mid-
night from his quarters not greatly
distant from the old northern limits of
Norwalk to be led, after trial, to exe-
cution in the Tappan meadows.
Hale was our friend and Andre be-
longed to our foes but both were cour-
age and character-conspicuous. Over
the fate of the former the new nation
wept, and our own grand General
Greene dropped a tear which blurred
his signature to the latter's death
warrant.
The son of Elizabeth Hale was one
of those pure patriots to whose Virtue
and valor we, in quaint but expresswe
transatlantic speech, “bend the knee of
our hearts.” We pay profound defer-
ence to his excellent worth and salute
this order upon the splendid spirit
which has determined it to Signalize
the Norwalk emmigration site of the
hero of Sept. 22, 1776. May the resolu-
tion be succeeded by prompt execu-
tion, and may the God of Hale,and the
God of Washington,and the God of high
decreeing and higher domg prOsper
your eminently excellent de01s10n.
‘ Faithfully yours,
C. M. SELLECK.
After a duet by Mrs. Frederick
Quintard and Miss Cole the highly 1n-
tercsting exercises were brought to a
close by tea serving, the hostesses be-
ing. Mrs. Robert Van Buren, Miss An-
geline Scott, Mrs. Walter H. Weed
and Mrs. Kate P. Hunter.
The idea of a Hale Day observance
was a fine one and much credit is due
.to the Regent of the Chapter and her
efficient lady aids for today’s hand-
some success.
"’ IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE ”
[t was the last Saturday but one of the
summer of 1776 when Isaac Putnam was
assigned to military command of the
’Ainerican forces on Long Island. Gen.
Howe, who was at the head of the loyal
army then statiOned on the Island, set
out, on the Tuesday following Putnam’s
assumption of authority, to opposethe
brave continental who had not half as
many'men as Howe and consequently-
w‘as outnumbered and outmatched. On
Wednesday night of the same week
- Miss Mary A. Davis, daughter of A1-
' ed for a short trip to Philadelphia and
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the militia made a. successful retreatl
from the island and left the British ;
masters of the position. ‘
Washington now became anxious to
ascertain as to the exact census and
condition of the enemy’s army which
was quartered on the island and re-
quested Col. Knowlton to find a proper
person for the service. The only indi-
vidual to respond to Knowlton’s call
was a young Yale graduate and New
London grammar school teacher, Na-
than Hale, of South Coventry, Conn ,
who having accepted the hazardous
trust came to Norwalk and taking a
small boat, hove off from our shore,
crossed the Sound to Eaton’s Neck bay,
landed, obtained full information, stari-
ed back to the Norwalk boat in which
his men were to bring him again
to the starting point, but was arrested
just as he was boarding the vessel and
carried to a guard ship in which he
was transported to New York city
Where Gen. Howe condemned him to
the scaffold which he bravely climbed,
heroicially exclaiming, I only regret
that I have but one life to lose for my
flauntry.
The appeal is now made to the patri-
ots of Norwalk to contribute to a me-
morial stone to be erected on our shore,
marking the spot of the noble fellow’s
embarkation upon his perilous errand
and sister to the monument which has
been planted across the Sound, desig-
nating the young hero’s landing place
at that point.
It is amarked honor that our Norwalk
sea-sprinkled sands are forever digni-
fied by their reception of the last foot-
prints in his birth state of Elizabeth
Hale’s magnificent son, and it is a nice
compliment to our people’s sense of
propriety and appropriateness that the
Norwalk D. A. R. Chapter has inaug-
urated measures looking to the ac-
complishment of the grand purpose of
signalizing Hale’s Norwalk visit. May
the richest success crown the endeavor.
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Adopt Resolutions Approving the Dissolution of
Pastoral Relations of Dr- Noble and His
Congregation.
The Fail-field West Consociation of
Congregationalchurches, met in the
chapel of the First Church. Monday,
at 3 p. m., to cons1der, officially the
resignation Of its pastor, and-the action
of the church and ecclesiastical society
upon the same. Eleven churches were
represented and Drs. A. F. Beard, R.
G. S. McNeille and Rev. William C.
Curtis were invited to sit as corres-
ponding members. The meeting was
opened by a prayer by Rev. Jabez
Backus, the moderator, and aRev. J.
B. Kettle was elected scribe pro tem.
A. B. Hill, clerk of the church, read
the pas tor’s letter of resignation, and
also the action and resolutions of the
church upon the same, and George B.
St. John, clerk, read the action of
the Ecclesiastical society concurring
with the church in giving the pastor
two additional months’ vacation, and
the use of the parsonage until it should
be needed by his success0r. Verbal
statements respecting 'gthe -pastorate
were then made by the pastor, Mr.
hill, the clerk of the church, and Rev-
Dr. A. E. Beard, after which a com-
mittee was appointed by the moderator
to formulate the action of the Consoci-
ation, consisting of Wm. N. Nolman, re-
gister, and Drs. Frank Russell and
Gerald H. Beard.
This committee presented the fol-
lowing resolutinn, which was unan-
imously adopted.
RESOLVED, That the dissolution of
the pastoral relation existing between
the First Congregational Church of
Norwalk-and the Rev. Thomos K. Noble
be and thezsame hereby-is approved. In
coming.to this decisionthe consociation
simply registers the manifest will of
God. For ten happy, fruitful years,
this honored church has enjoyed the
shepherding care of an able and :faith-
fnl servant of Jesus Christ. No com—
munion season has passed without ad-
ditions to the flock; a continual bless-
ing has attended the devoted lobors of
our beloved brother. His constant
courage, sympathy, and courtesy have
made him dear to all. We would that
his strength had permitted a longer
pastorate; but as the time has come for
another to take up the burden, may
the great Head of the Church gsend to
this united people the successor of His
own choice.
We rejoice with our brethren of this
church, that Dr. Noble is still to re-
main in their fellowship, assured that
presence among them must prove a
perpetual benediction. Late may he
return unto the heavens, there to as-
sume the stewardship and glory of the
eternal state.
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A Quiet Wedding.
The marriage of Edward Brower and
bert Davis, of Wilton avenue, occurred
Wednesday evening, at the home of
the bride, Rev. J. McClure Bellows of-
ficiating. Miss Daisy ,Lane acted as
bridesmaid and Frederick Brower was
best man. Only relatives and intimate
friends were guests at the wedding. A
supper was served after the ceremODy
and then Mr. and Mrs. Brower depart-
Atlantic City. They will reside on
Main street. Ml‘. Brower is a, member
,of the firm of Brower & Worden.
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What This Norwalk Resi-
dent Says Only Corrob-
crates the Story of
Thousands.
If the particulars related by this
Norwalk carpenter indirectly were not
similar LO hundreds of others in the
vicinity where he lives the reader
might have some cause to doubt them.
But when them are hundreds of citi-
zens all anxious .to tell about the bene-
fits received from using Doan’s Kidney
Pills the greatest skeptic in Norwalk
must be convinced.
Read this: Mr. Thomas Wood, of
Hill 81.. who is a carpenter by trade.
employed at Asch’s Hat Factory, says:
" For three years my kidneys troubled
me a great deal. When I si raighlened
up I had severe pains in the small of
my back; from time to time I had
muscular rheumatism and it became so
irksome both at my work and when off
duty. that I thought it high time to
check it before it became more seri-
ous. I got a box of Dozin’s Kidney
Pills a: a drug store and was greatly
benefitted. I had no backache after
the treatment and the soreness in my
muscles has not troubled me since tak-
ing the Pills. Call on Glendening &
Co., druggists, and ask them for the
report-s their customers give."
Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers; price 50 cents a box. Mailed
on receipt of price by Foster-Milburn
00., Buffalo, N. Y.. sole agents for the
U. S.
Remember
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VENEZUELA? COMMISSION.
{fix-President Harrison Continues Bis
Argument In Paris.
PARIS. Sept. 22.—Ccntinuing his ar-
gument in behalf of Venezuela before
the Anglo-Venezuela boundary arbitra-
tion commie-dim yesterday. ex-President
Benjamin Hazrisou said the issue of dip-
lomatic correspomlmicc showed that
Great Britain had never claimed more
than the Dutch had. He held that the
legal and political departments of the
British foreign ofiicc did not seem to
agree, the latter taking its inspiration
from the surveyor. Sir Robert Schem-
burgk, while Sir Richard \Vobstcr, the
British attorney general, went furtho:
and claimed the extended Schouiburgi;
line.
Continuing, Mr. Harrison said he pro-
posed to show that the Dutch rights of
1814 were much smaller than those of
any line now suggested by Great Britain
and that those lines were now extinct
through the disputed territory. Any ex-
tension, he asserted, of the original lines
could only be claimed through prescrip
tion or adverse holding and that all the
rest of the country belonged to Venezue-
la. The commission adjourned until
Monday.
ICE AND TIDAL WAVE.
the uame—Doan’s—and
Steamer Arrives at Seattle Willi
Marks of a Struggle.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. - 22,—The
steamer Rosalie bears upon her stem
mute evidence of the general shaking up
which has occurred in the north. When
the steamer crossed the entrance of Tak-
ku inlet, she encountered fields of Vice-
bergs, through which she had to pick her
way. Into one of these floes the steamer
stuck her nose with force enough to
break away a portion of the stem and
iron plating that binds it down.
The unusual quantity of ice is due to
the breaking away of the face Of Takku
glacier. The Rosalie passengers say
landmarks have disappeared, and where
green fringed shores were before the
earthquake now stand pools of salty
water.
The Yakkutats and the Klinkets and
other tribes fell on their faces and im-
plored the Great Spirit to stay his wrath
and let his anger pass. There was also a
tidal wave 20 feet high. The disturb-
ance was felt 100 miles inland and was
very violent even at that distance. I
The Rosalie brings $150,000 in gold
dust and 100 passengers.
n'aln Checked-Forest Fires.
ALBANY, Sept. 21.——Colonel \Viliiam
G. Fox, state superintendent of forest
lands, says that rains have checked the
forest fires so that there is no further
danger of them spreading. He says there
is very little fire on lands of the forest
preserve and that the fires are almost ens
tirely on lands of private individuals and
mostly on the outskirts of the woods.
State forests have suffered very lift!"
damage.
New York Markets.
FLOUR—State and western unsettled
and held considerably higher; winter pat-
ents, [email protected]; winter straights, [email protected];
Minnesota patents, $3.85@4; Winter extras,
[email protected]. ' .
WHEAT—No. 2 red active, strong and
decidedly higher on increased outside buy-
ing and a scare of shorts; December,
76 7-16@77%c.; May, 79%@80 1-16c.
RYE—Firm: state, 59@600.; No. 2 west-
ern, 64c, f.o. b., afloat, spot.
CORN—No. 2 strong also with wheat
and on covering.
OATS—No. 2 quiet, but firmer; track,
white, state, 27%@33c.; track, white, west-
ern, 27%@33c. ‘
PORK—Steady; mess, [email protected]; family,
$11.50@12.
LARD—Steady; prime western steam,
$5.65, nominal.
BUTTER—Steady; tate dairy, 15@20c.;
state creamery, 18@ 3e.
CHEESE—Steady; large, White, 1034c;
small, white, 111/;@11%c.
EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylvania,
19@200.; western, ungraded, 13@17c.
SUGAR—Raw easy; fair refining. 3%c.:
centrifugal, 96 test, ”to; refined barely
steady; crushed. 5 11-160.; powdered, 5%,c.
TURPENTINE—Qulet at 501/2@51c.
4_§;I‘@A5LLOW—Steady; city, 4134c; country.
c. .
36MOLASSES—F‘lrm; New Orleans, 32@
c.
RICE—Steady; domestic, 4%@7‘/c.; ya;
pan, 4%@5%c. ‘
HAY—Steady: shipping, 50@65c.; good to
choice, 65@80c.
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Statement for the Year Ending Dec. 31:98.
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
Received for Premiums . s 2
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From all other Sources . . . . . :2:287:ggcsi 3.;
355.006.6251 43
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To Policy-holders for Claims by Death 5 _
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To Policy...holdem for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . {3,482,251 00
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United States Bonds and other Securities . . $160 .-6 I
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . . 68,§;3’;§; g: "
Loans on Bonds and otherwSecurities, . . 9,396,619 00
Real Estate, appraised by Insurance Superintendents , ’
_ at $23,534,826.88 : Book Value . . . I 20 6
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies ' . . . 1:62:33: :3
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums; etc. . . ' 6:434:957 m
$277,517,325 36
LIABILITIES.
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Contingent Guarantee Fund, . . . . . 22238334 g:
Divisible Surplus . .. . . . . $2,zzo:ooo oo
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Insurance and Annuities In Force . . . $971.71 1,997 79
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SAMUEL D. BABCOCR [ FREDERIO CBOMWELL I HENRY H. ROGERS ADRIAN ISELIN J r.
RICHARD A MCCURDI i J ULIEN T; DAVIEs Jxo. W AUOHINCLOSS GEORGE S. Bownon. i
JAMES C. HOLDEN A. N. W ATERHOUSE THEODORE MORFOBD WILLIAM C. Wnrrm 4‘
HEBMANN C. You POG’I' 5 CHARLES R, HENDERSON WILLIAM BABCOOK WILLIAM ROCKEI‘EL. . .
WILLIAM J. SEWELL - I Burns W. PECKHAM STUYVESANT FISH JAMES N. JARvm
OLIVER HARRIMAN J. HOBART HERRICK AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD CHAS D. DICKEY J 2.-
ROBERT OLYPHANT I WM. P. DIXON CHARLES E. MILLER ELBRIDGE T. GERRI
GEORGE F. BAKER ROBERT A. GRANNISS WALTER R GILLETTE JAMES Err-175R;
DUDLEY Oncorr i GEORGE G. HAvEs i H. WALTER WEBB
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ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice—President.
lSAAC I“ L" OYD 2d V' P :{VAETER R. GILLETT%€finer:l Elganager.
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Vt lLLJAM J. EASTON, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMRUTH, Assisian 3:23:31:
' FREDEBIC CROM‘WELL, Treasurer.
JOHN A. FONDA. Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMI. SON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM l". RADIUS. cashier. . EDWARD 1’. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY MCCLINTOCK, Actuary. '
J OHN TATLUUK, .13., Assistant Actuary.
CHARLES APRELLER, Auditor. WILLIAM it. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
o CLIFFORD GRETSIN can, Aesistant Auditor. HENRY s. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller 1.
JOHN C. ELLIO 1‘, superintendent of Domestic Agencies. ' ' i
. E') WARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor.
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