' .Loéal Nwes.
The funeral of Mrs. Horace G. Burr
r: was held on Saturday.
Judge Andrew Selleck, of Stamford,
. was in town Saturday.
David Werts of New Haven spent
Sunday in South Norwalk.
_ It is reperted that South Nor-walk’s
.7. water supply is running short. .
ll Clarence B. Nowlan has returned
1 from a three days stay in Danbury.
1 Mrs. Eugene Smith of Day street has
:rccovered from a six weeks illness.
. Mrs. Eugene Schmidt Of Day street
7who has been ill is rapidly recovering.
Mrs. A. M. Canfield qf Mei-win street
isvisitifig her daughter in Brooklyn.
Mrs. James Piunzelt of Chestnut
l.‘
l . . .
Ii treet is visiting friends in Newark, N.
J _
Mrs. M. A. Giffin of 'Fairfield' ave-
- anue'is visiting relatives in Brooklyn,
N Y. -
John McGlynn of New York has
leased the Hotel Groveland in Dan-
bury.,
E Edward S. Robinson of West street
, spent»Sunday with relatives in New
I Haven. _
Johanna Mulvihill died at her home
on Franklin avenue Sunday nightaged
‘ 59 years. '
Miss Margaret Mockler of Summit
ll avenue has returned from a visit to
Brdoklyn.
:7 Captain James N. (foe, superintend-
ent of the Soldiers’ Home at Noroton
is in Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Foster of Dan-
bury spent Sunday with William J.
Foster of Reed street. _
Prof. Clarence B. Nowlan will give
‘a-pupils recital in South Nor-walk
. shortly after Christmas.
Marshall Andrews is laid up with a
" severe attack of rheumatism. He is
i also threatened with pluerisy.
. The heavy traffic of Sunday on the
1 Consolidated roadidelayed the evening
trains some twenty minutes or more.
Miss Jennie Brown, of South Nor-
walk, is Visiting at the home of her
sister on Morris street.——Danbury
News.
Mrs. Eben Turner, who has been the
* guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. St.
A John, of Elizabeth street, has return-
ed to her home in White Plains.
.M r. and Mrs. E. B. Smith of Osborn
' avenue, East Nor-walk, who have been
spending two weeks with their son in
Annapolis,Md., have returned home.
SaturdayMiss Alma E. Hamilton, of
'Newtown. avenue, 'left town for New
York city, to visit her aunt, Miss Ade-
'-"' laide Hamilton, 17 West Twentieth
'~ street.
The Rev. S. S. Seward, a minister of
lithe New Jerusalem church (Sweden-
:r'borgian) will deliver a lecture at the
' Central club on Sunday, December 17,
. ’ at 3300 p. m.
The Rev. S. S. Seward who is to de-
liver 3 free address on next Sunday at
the Central club will be remembered
‘ by those who heard his intereSting dis-
' course several years ago on - “New
Church Doctrines.”
Douglas Fowler Post, G. A. R. held
a‘ regular business meeting in the Post
l hall South Main street Monday night.
~. Arrangementi were completed for go-
i ing to the Soldier’s home to hold the
l meeting next Monday night.
'i 'The Epworth League Reading club
l
3 was formed at the First Methodist par-
, sonage Monday night. Miss Carolyn
Montgomery, daughter of the pastor
was elected president. The subject
for the first meeting will be The Col-
onial Period and the meeting will oc-
cur the second week of January.
The holiday trade in oysters has be-
gun and local dealers are experiencing
. an exceptionally busy season. .This
year has been one of the most prosper-
',/ous ever experienced by dealers gener-
all y throughout the state. Shipments
.being made to all parts of the coun—
,_ try and Europe.
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St Joseph’s T- A- B.
. St. Joseph’s T. A. B. held a regular
meeting in Music hall Tuesday night.
At.- the next meeting December 26, the
annual election of officers willbe held.
. A nominating committee, composed of
Bernard Newman, Louis Ladrigan and
’.l‘. McGuire was appointed. The mat-
ter of holding Saturday evening dances
was discussed and a committee was ap:
pointed to consider the matter.
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Hunter-Bartram .
The engagement is announced of
Miss Louise Bartram, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Bartram, of Bridge-
port to Roland Hunter, who is with
the firm of Havensdt Hunter, dealers
,ln iron and general hardware, of the
same city. Miss Bartram has a wide
'1 acquaintance in town and is a niece of
_, MrsFrancis Leonard of Union Park.
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, Has Resigned. .
i Capt. ‘J. B. Cbstello of Hope Hose Co.
says he will under no circumstances,
Iglaccepta renomination,and the mem-
:l’oers are now looking arbund for a can-7
', didate... .
l
_ sgitobe regretted t
37 tollowillj‘notcontinne a captainfias' he.
4 Elllll] HfllllS LAW.
Under the new “Good Roads” statute
'of the state payments to the towns for
highway improvementswill beginen
the middle of this month. The returns
tb Highway Commissioner McDonald
Show that the workings of the lawthus
far haVe been a decided Success. '
Out of the 168 towns in the state 115
made application for the, state aid
within six weeks. The law allOWS the
towns to use the appropriations for two
years, and as a result about $310,000 of
the total .state appropriation for two
years of $350,000 is already applied for,
and will leave, allowing for charges for
expense, only about 830.000 to be as-
signed. .This sum will be given here-
after, in the first place to towns Iwhich
have thus far had no benefits from the
fund, in case they apply .for it, and sec-
ondly, to towns which» have heretofore
had only $500 dollars for good roads.
The total amount which has been or
.will be expended during the two years
including the amount paid by the towns
themselves, is approximately $433,000,
and counting this in with other amounts
spent since the good roads legislation
began there has been spent $800,000.
In the state 500 miles of road have
been directly or indirectly improved
by hardening, graveling or regrading
and several hundred miles more are in
process of improvement. Since good
roads legislation began 138 towns have
received state aid and the indirect
effect of the legislation in encouraging
towns to improve the highways has
been verygreat. ~
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THE BTG STORE. .
Thirty-One Thousand Square Feet of Space De-
voted to Chriélmas Goods.
l
The “Big Store” of W. S. Sturtevant
at the corner of North Main and Ann
streets. South Norwalk, has been turn-
ed over to St. Nick for Christmas. Some
thirtycone thousand square feet of floor
space has been filled with every con-
ceivable kind of a present for old St.
Nick to make aselection from. Neither
expense nor pains has been spared to
make it the greatest exibition of Holi-
day goods ever seen in Nor-walk, and
the greatest assortment of novelties
can now be seen at the “Big Store.”
In order to give the public some idea
of what he has secured for the Christ-
mas trade, Mr. Sturtevant uses one
half'of our fourth page today, 'but it
would require the entire GAZETTE to
specify one-third of the novelties to be
obtained at this mammouth store, and
our readers are invited to visit _ Mr.
Sturtevant’s and examine the great as-
sortment of Holiday gifts for them-
selves.
R- & G’s New Building.
Work has been commenced on the
excavation for the foundation of the
big warehouse the Roth & Goldschmidt
Corset Company will erect on the
Saunders property in Ann street. The
structure is to be 150x81 feet, two stor-
ies 1n height.
The old house which was removed
to make room for the improvements had
a place in the history of the town. It
was builtshortly after the Revolution
and was occupied by Eliakin Smith,
His son, Captain Lewis Smith, spent
his boyhood days there, and was after-
of 1812. He captured several vessels,
on one of which was young Lord
Shrewsbury. The latter said: “It is
a shame that the British ,flag is oblig—
ed to dip to that,” pointingxto the stars
and stripes. Captain Smith respond-
ed, "It’s not the first nor the last.”
Plenty of Coal-
All danger of a- coal famine in Con-
necticutthis season is now said to be
gone. Coal is now arriving from the
mines in ample supply and household-
ers whose coal bins are not well filled
need not be apprehensive that there
will be difficulty in procuring fuel in
the middle cf the winter. \
Twins 84 Years Old
Isaac Wardwell and his twin sister,
Mrs; W. C. Hoyt, celebrated Saturday,
- in Stamford, the eighty-fourth anniver-
sary of their birth at'Mrs. Hoyt’s' resi-
dence. For many years past they h ave
celebrated their birthdays, alternating
each year between the residences of
each. They are in good health.
Holiday Gifts-
In another column will be found the
advertisement of J. Spencer & Co., the
jewelers of N orwalk and South N or-
walk. This firm has the finest assort-
ment of watches, diamonds and jewelry
ever shown in town, and the ' public is
invited to inspect their immense‘stock
especially selected for Holiday gifts;
~40.
Dissolution.
The Main street grocery firm of W.
wards a captain of a vessel in the war.
TEACHERS MEET.
Dr- W. l. Tracey Gives an Entertainink Talk
on Preventive Medicine. ‘
The South Norwalk Teachers Asso-
ciation held its monthly meeting in the
Franklin street school Tuesday night.
The N orwalk Town Teachers Associa-
tion were the guests of the association
and there were about sixty people
present. _ ‘ '
Dr. Tracy’s talk on “Preventive
Medicine” was very well prepared. He
contrasted the self sacrifice of Col.
George E. Waring, formerly head of
the Street Cleaning Department of
New York in giving his life having
contracted disease during the process
of cleaning the streets of Havana.
with the bravery of Col..Roosevelt and.
“the soldiers who fought underhim.
He gave many helpful hints to the
teachers on the" instilling into the
childrens mind the’value of cleanliness
and how to exercise care to preVent
the spreading of contagious diseases.
He praised Dr. Kendall, South Nor-
walk’s health officer, very highly for
his fine work in the execution of his
duties. - ‘
Chilton Bakerfavored‘tfie assemblage-
with a selection on- the Violincello en.-
titled “Slumber Sweetly.” He also
.sang a bassgolo, f‘Mona” in a manner
which elicited great praise. Miss
Wing, the organist of the Baptist
church, accompanied Mr. Baker.
The executive committee for the
evening was composed of Miss Mar-
garet Claven, Miss May E. Smith and
Miss Mary Berg.
The next lecture will be given Tues-
day, January 9, when Rev. Dr. William
Maher will speak on “The Ancient
City of the Caesars.”
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Aged Editors.
The oldest Editor in the country in
active service is ex-Judge Theodore
Schoch of the Stroudsburg, (Pa) Jeffer-
sonian. He ,founded the Jeffersonian
in 1840 to support Harrison in the great
"Tippecanoe” campaign of that year,
and he has continued its publication
for fifty-nine years. Judge Schoch is
86 years old and enjoysexcellent health
——The Boston Press and Printer.
Mr. A. E. Burr, senior editor of the
Hartford Times, purchaseda half in-
terest in the Weekly Times and took
charge of the paper on the first of J an-
uary, 1839—sixtyqone years ago next
month In March,1841, Mr. Burr found-
ed the Daily Times, having in the
meantime acquired full proprietorship
of the Weekly. He is still in active
service at the age of 84 years 8 months.
—Hartford Times.
Next to Mr. Burr comes Mr. A. H.
Byington cf the NORWALK GAZETTE.
Mr.» -Byingtou:purchased the - GAZETTE
and took charge of the paper in 1847,
fifty-three years ago. In December
1890, Mr. Byington founded the DAILY
GAZETTE, having in the meantime ac-
quired full proprietorship of the Week-
ly. ,Mr. Byington is at present United
States Consul at Naples, Italy, and is
enjoying excellent‘health at the age
of 74. -
U- V- U- Officers-
The Union Veterans’ Union elected
the following'ofi‘icers at their annual
meeting Monday night:—— ,
Colonel-«James L.uRussell.
Lieut. COL—C. Henry Jimmerson.
Major—Frank Seymour. '
I Surgeon—M. L. Pelham.
Adjutant—James L’Hommedieu.
Quartermaster—Norman Hatchman.
Officer of the Day-a—Charles F. Hal-
lock. .
Officer of the Guard—George D
Keeler. ‘
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,On Their Bridal Tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merritt have
been in Norwalk on their bridal tour,
guests of Mr. Merritt’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Merritt of Leonard street.-
The bride and groom are residing in
Paterson, where Mr. Merritt is employ-
ed in a shoe store. The wedding took
place December 6, the ceremony bein g
performed at the bride’s home in Pat-
erson. The bride was Miss 'Lillian
Sampson. '
To, Preserve the Pall-adel.
ALBANY, Dec. 13.——Governor Roosec
volt held a conference yesterday with the
commission appointed to devise a plah to
preserve the Palisades. The governor is
very much interested in this matter and
told the commission that it was his de-
sire that co-opcration be had with the
authorities of New Jersey to work out a
plan by which those mountains shall be
preserved in their original beauty.
Drowned In Sewage Ila-ll.
QUINCY, Mass, Dec. 11.-The bodies
of John Moynihan and that of a stranger
were found yesterday in a basin used as
a receptacle for sewage matter on Moon
island. The 'dis'coverey was made by
John L. Almeda, an employee of the Bos-
ton sewer system at the pumping works.
His attention was first attracted by two
hats and traces of a struggle on the edge
of the basin. j ' '
Sympathy For the Boerg.
OMAHA, Dec. 11.—A mass meeting
will be held in this city tonight for the
purpose of expressing sympathy for the
Boers in their struggle againSt England.
It is announced that Governor Poynter
.will preside and that addresses will be
made by «ex-Senator William‘ V. Allen
and other prominent Democratic and
Populist, speakers. »
Confederate Reunion... _' .
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 11.‘—Word ha
bee received her‘cfrom General J. B.
Jor‘, on, commanding-the UnitedConfed-
crate” veterans, that the dates ’Muyfso to
Tune?) " " '“h been-decided upon!
..h t finest;
_ fully in that condition.
allllswust’
Thef'case of Henry Garrison,charg-
ed with'biga‘my came up before Judge
Gregory in the South Norwalk side of.’
the Town Court at 5:15 o’clock Monday
afternobn. - i _' . - ' ‘
When the charge was read and Gar-
rison was put to pl eajhe refused to plead
and entered a demurrer, which after
hearing the testimony of Etta Reya
nolds, the Judge overruled and enter—
ed a plea of not guilty for the‘ defend-
ant. .
After the death of his first wife Gar-
rison married his mother-in-law, Mrs.-
Post. _
Etta Reynolds, Mrs. Garrison No. 3,
Port Chester about four years ago and
lived with him for three years. Then
Mrs. Post whom she had known as Gar-
rison’s mother told her that she, Mrs. »
Post, was his wife. .
“Mrs. Reynold’s' marriage certificate
.whichmas Wedpmows» that Mrs:
Garrison No. 2 witnessed the marriage
under the name of Mrs. Post.
The Reynolds-Woman testified to hav-
ing examined the Port Chester records
and found a, record of the former mar-
riage. _ ' '
Judge Gregcry found probable cause
and bound Garrison over under $1000
bonds. '
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Douglas Fowler Relief Corps Officers.
Douglas Fowler Woman’s Relief Corps,
the annual election of officers was held,
resulting as follOws;
President—Mrs. Anne Buttery.
Senior Vice-president-—-Mrs. Rachael
Kecler.» ’
Junior vice-president—Mrs. Richard
Delahanty. '
Secretary—Mrs. Henry Webb.
Treasurer—Mrs. F. J. Force.
Chaplainb—Mrs. E. L. \Iitchell.
Conductor—Mrs. Anne Brotherton.
Guard—Mrs. Sarah gThompson.
Color Bearers—First, Mrs. W. I.
Merriamzsecond, F. A. Arnold; third
Mrs. Fernando Brotherton; fourth
M rs. Robert Brown.
Delegate to .state convention—Mrs.
W. I. Merriam; alternate, Mrs. Mit‘
chell. .
Department aid——Miss Lottie Wilson
The officers will be- installed joint-
1y with “0.0.33“ Douglas EPW39LEQSM
New Year’s Day, at the” public instal-
lation. .
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Death of Mrs. Lineburgh‘.
Elizabeth, wife of William G. Line-
burgh, died- Monday night about 1135
o’clock, at her home corner of State
and Courtland streets, Bridgeport,
Mrs. Lineburgh was about 72 years of
age and has been ill for some weeks.
During the past. few days the condition
, of the patient had been so critical as to
leave little or no hope of her recovery
and semetime early. Monday she sank
into a comatose condition from which
she never recovered, lapsing into un-
consciousness and passing away peace-
Deceased was
born in Weston. Two sons survive
her. Mr. Lineburgh has the sym-
pathy of his large circle of Norwalk
friends in his bereavement.
Mrs. Lineburgh was a sister of Mrs.
James Mitchell of Cliff street, this
city. '
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Entomobll’e' hud Cycle Exhibition.
NEW’ YORK, Dec. 11.——The first op-
portunity to see all makes of motor vehi-
cles will be presented at the cycle and au-
tomobile show to be held in Madison
Square Garden during the week follow-
ing Jan. 20, 1900. The great and grow?
ing interest in the question of horseless
carriages and the many millions of dol-
lars being invested in this business make
this first show an all important one to
the industry. Electric, gasoline, steam,
vapor, compressed air and in fact almost
every imaginable power is used in propel-
ling vehicles, and an excellent chance to
study the various styles will be offered at
the coming exhibition.
Report About Logan Dir-credited.
CHICAGO. Dec. 11.-A special to The
Times—Herald from Youngstown, 0.,
says: "The family and relatives ofiMajor
Logan discredit the story sent out from
San Francisco that he was. shot by his
own men in battle to redress a fancied
grievance. Robert Bentley, administra-
tor of Major Logan’s estate, said lastl-
night: ‘The story is too absurd to believe."
We have a copy of the report of'General
Otis filed with the war department that
Major Logan was kille'd by Filipinos in
battle and are satisfied it is correct.‘ ”
Big Express Robbery.
CHEYENNE, Wy., Dec. 11.—The of.-
this city has been robbed .of several thou-
sand dollars. The "robbery has been kept
very quiet and only became: public last
night. The express company officials re-
fuse to state the amount of money taken,
. but it is reported at from $10,000 to $15,-
000. Agent Brownlee and theentire of-
fice force are under surveillance pending
the result of an investigation now in
- irrcss. _.
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Celebrate ‘ooiden winding. .
l AMSTERDAM, N. Y., Dec. Ill—Gem
eral Stephen Sanford and his. Wife cele-
brated their golden wedding here last
evening. Three hundred» guests were
present, andthe house was decorated
with flowers and- palms.~ A combined
Hungarian and Italian band played
_through0ut_ the .vcvening. Mr. ”Sanford
,xvasfpresented b inst r Iboard
”of-trade ' h- -
.- th
of
testified» that she married Garrison in '
At the last regular meeting of the .
fice of the Pacific Express company in .
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POST OFFICE ROBBED. ‘ ‘
Noroton the Scene of Polly. Burglaries
.‘ The post-office at Noroton, and Dix-
on’s storecadjoining were broken into"
Monday night and an unsuccessful at-
tempt made to enter Dugdale’s shoe
store on the opposite side of the street.-
Postmaster Charles Scofield found the
front door perforated with augur holes.
The door of the Dixon store stood ajar
and on the stoop was a wrench. After
boring the holes, the burglars evident-
ly used a. jimmy to force the door.
They took some money from the cigar
case, but did not'molest any of the mail
matter or the safe and there was no ev-
id :nce'that they stole any cigars or
candv.
Mr. Dixon missed nothing from his.
store. '
At the Dugdale store the lower lock
was forced and broken, but an upper
lock held" the burglars at bay. ‘
The tools with which the job was
done were taken from William Barker’s
blacksmith shop and were left in the
post-office.
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KTth.
Knights of Columbus Hold Annual Meeting and
Elect Officers
Catholic Union Council, K. of C. held
its annual meeting and election of offir
cers in its rooms Monday night. The
following was the result:
G. K.-——M. J. Riordan.
» D. G. K.—~'l‘. H. Burns.
F. S.——B. C. ~Feeney.
Treas.——E. J. Finnegan.
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muons
f
The rumor thatMajor John. A. Lo-A ,
gan, who was killed in a battle in the '_
Philippines some time ago, was mur- .
dered by American Soldiers, has had
confirmation from two sources of late.
A dispatch from San Francisco says ‘
that theofiicers of‘the transport Sherg
iden which conveyed the Thirty-Third
United States volunteers, of which
Major Logan was an officer, to Manila,
allege that the soldiers said that they
would kill Logan at the first opportuni-
ty. _ ,o *
The trouble between Major Logan
and the men arose "over the alleged
drowning of a dog which was the mac--
cot of Company A of the regiment.
According to .thestatements of sever-
al of the ship’s officers and crew, Lo-
.gan had a big brindle bulldog, and one
day it attacked the mascot of Company
A. This dog was highly prized as he
had been all through the Spanish-
:American wa- withrihe regiment, and
,‘had been dubbed "San Antonio Samfl ‘
The mascot’s good luck stuck to him ,
for he succeeded in whipping Logan’s
dog. The fight is said to have occur-
red on the forward part of the upper
deck in the presence of a large crowd
, of soldiers and sailors.
I So incensed did Major Logan becom e
thathe ordered a. sentry to throw , Sam
overboard and the order was executed.
R. S.—-W. H. Hickcy.
Chancellor—T. J. Byrnes.
VVarden—P. J. Kearney.
Trustees—Hugh Donnelly,
Guigue, M. J. Morris, J.’l‘. Hayes, RJ.‘
Kearney.
Lecturer——D. Flaherty.
Ad vocate—Ed wa rd Barrett.
J. G.——-James Cassidy.
O. G.—David F. Flaherty.
Physician—Dr. W. J. Tracey.
Chap.~—Rev. J. J. Loftus.
No Whiskey by Express.
Because burglars have broken into and
stolen liquor from offices of the Adams
Express in different parts of Con necti-
cut, the. company has instructed its
agents in this state not to accept for
shipment liquor of any kind. Proba-
bly the town most affected is Norfolk,a
no-license toWn. An average of over
$100 worth of liquor has been shipped
byexpressfrom 'Winsted to Norfolk
every week. " V ' I I
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n Church Troubles-
That other towus have their troubles
may easily be perceived by perSuing the
New Canaan Messenger of Saturday.
In a communication signed “Amy C.
Rusk” that good-natured Christianla:
dy says:
“The number of human devils or car-
rlon crows that attend the Congrega-
tional church in this town, are I think,
enough" to sink it,and it is not quite fair
to expect that one poor little minister
can drag them all out of perdition.”
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. Bank Meetings.
The annual election for directors of
the Central National Bank will be help
in the banking rooms on Tuesday, Jan-
uary 9, 1900, from 11 a. m. to 12 m.
The annual election for dillectors of
the Fairfield County National Bank"
will beheld in the banking rooms on
January 9, 1900, from 11 o’clock to 12 m.
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A MINE HORROR.
Coal Damp Causes Frighttul Accl-
dent In Washington.
TACOMA, Dec. 11.—Further particu-
lars of the terrible mining disaster at
Carbonado have been received. The ex-
plosion; it appears, occurred just as ,the
men were preparing to leavethe‘shaft at
noon. About 80 men were in the mine at
the time. As the mine filled with fire
(lamp immediately few had a chance for
life. Several hours elapsed before efforts
could be made to enter the mine. .The
surviving relatives flocked around the
shaft, creating a terrible scene with their
loud lamentations.
The last estimate Superintendent Da~
vies made of the number of dead is be»
tween 30 and 35. This is thought to be
conservative. Fifteen men have been
taken out alive, but terribly burned.
The first five bodies to be brought up
the long incline were those of Watt
Jones, Joe Thomas, Evan Lewis, Richard
Dare and Daniel Davis. Watt Jones
was the chief starter. _,Dnniel Davis was
a son of the foreman of the shaft. None
'of the bodies were at first recognizable
because the— faces of the dead men were
It was only after they were conveyed to,
the morgue and the corpses were washed
that it could be told, who they were.
The work of rescuing the living was
completed at 9 o’clOck. ~-By that time the
mine had been purified by‘the fans to a
large extent.
_ Many cases of heroism on the part of
the workers were brought to light. Men
would continue until Overcome by the
gases. They would be carried to the air
to revive and then go down again.
. There are undoubtedly a number under
the fallen rock. and earth in --different
parts of the mine, but they will not be
recovered for some time. Timber-lug and
excavating are being carried on as rapid-
ly sis-possible. . ,
The cause of the explosion is a mystery
to every one. Not even the miners res-
‘cued can give the slightest possible ex-
planation. ‘ ' . ‘-
Thc mines are ownedby the\ Carbon
Hill Cool company. They gave work to
400 men and had an, Output of. 300,000
‘tons a year. The minesar‘e in a deep ra:
vine
P. L. -
charred and black beyond recognition. -
through which the, Carbon: river» :
From that time the animositywhich ha it
been felt toward Major Logan, whose
manner was thought by some to have
{been overbearing, grew into the bitter-
est resentment. Friends of Logan as-
sert positively that nosuch incident oc- '
curred. It was made out of whole l
cloth, they ass rt, and was nothing but
an idle yarn of a crowd of men. This
contention is not corroborated by the l
statements of the ship’s plumber, the '
first assistant engineer, or the quarter-3‘.i
masters. ' |
Further confirmation of a direct na-
ture comes from a letter received by 3
Bridgeport man within a few days
from his soupwho, was a member of the
regiment. The writer of ---the letter ‘
says: . 7
,..f'lheliulespaniel. was.,.such v—a. pet
that many of the soldiers cried over
his loss. The captain of Company E
lost all control of himself and called
Major Logan a. vile name. Whereupon
he was at one placed under arrest.
Some time after the little spaniel was
drowned its owner came on. dect and
was told what had occurred. In the
meantime Major Logan became aware
of the feeling among the men, so" he
walked up to the sergeant of Company
E and offered him one hundred dollars
for his lost dog. The sergeant flatly
refused the money and said: ‘Money
will not bring back my spaniel. If I
had been here at the time,‘I would have.
gone over the side with him.’
“So strongly did-the soldiers resent
Major Logan’s order to drown their pet
that mutterings and growlings am ong
them finally led to the agreement ~
among them that in the first action in
which their regiment participated after
landing Major Logan was to be shot. ”
The writer of the letter containing
this information remarks: “I would
not give two cents for his life after we
get into action.” The letter was writ-
ten Oct. 27.
"Soldlefs Pol'soned.
HELENA, Mon, Dec. 11.——According
to a letter received here yesterday, 200
of the 1,300 men of the Thirty-fifth regi-
ment were poisoned while en route to
Manila on the transports Rio de Janeiro
and Sikh by eating fresh beef supplied
the vessels at Honolulu. One man, a pri-
vate, whose name isnot given, died from
the efiects of eating the meat despite .
heroic efforts orthe surgeon.
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Postmaster-s Appointed.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.—The fol».
lowing fourth class postmasters have
been appointed: New J ersey—Belford, D.
W. Van Note. New Yorke—Elton, C. C.
Newman; Inavale, B. C. Pierce; Kinn-
tone, George Cole. Pennsylvania—Crete,
‘ S. E. Jobe; Shirleysburg, E. M. Harris;
West Hickory, S. L. Vail.
To Succeed Judge Putnam.
ALBANY, Dec. ISL—Governor Roose- '
velt announces the appointment of the
Hon. James W. Houghton of" Saratoga
Springs as a justice of the supreme
court for the Fourth judicial district to
succeed the late Justice Putnam. Mr. _
Houghton is now the county judge of
Saratoga county. . — . .
. Mlucrs’ Strike Ended. :_
WILKESBARRE, ,.Pa., Dec. 12.-—The
nilners’ strike'nt Nanticoke was officially
declared Olflast evening, and the event
was celebrated by the ringing of church
bells, blowing of steam whistle , etc. The
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