1 ,a- ' \ Feunded in 1800.] .471. Entertaining and Instruction Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local Wales and Interests. . 43 [$1.00 A Year. VOL. C.-—No 3 THE any inn. Newly Elected ,0fficers In- stalled at Second Day’s Session. ~— NORWALK HONORED. Ex-MayorA. C. Wheeler Elected Grand Senior Warden. nmrroan, Jan. ill—The first busi- ness at the Wednesday evening‘s ses- sion of the Grand Masonic lodge the annual election of officers. The following were elected. Grand Master—John 0.x; Rowland of Fair Haven. ' Deputy Grand Master—Frederick S. Stevens of Bridgeport. Grand Senior Warden-—Arthur C. Wheeler of Norwalk. Grand Junior Warden—Leon M. Woodford of Naugatuck. Grand Treasurer—Miles W. Graves of Hartford. Grand Secretary—John H. Barlow of Hartford. Grand Senior Deacon—George E. Parsons of Norwich. - Grand Junior Deacon~Asa P. Fitch of Hartford. Grand Trustees—Nelson G. Hinckley of Hartford. Edmund Tweedy of Dan- bury, William R. Higby of Bridgeport, At the second day’s session yesterday the new officers were installed by Past- Grand Master Luke B. Lockwood of Norwich, Grand Master Rowland ap- pointed the following named officers, who were installed elected Wednesday night: Benjamin '1‘. Turner of Middletown, grand mar- shal; Andrew J. Hallock of Bethel, grand senior steward; Edward E. Fuller of Tolland, grand jiluir-r warden; the Rev. C. G. Bristol or Iiitl‘bford, grand chaplain; John McCarthy of New Ha- ven, grand tyler. Prior to the morning session the meeting of the charity foundation was held, Luke. A. Lockwood, president, presiding. The reports showed the home in Wallingford to be in a pros- perous condition. . ’ iWF—r-W A Small Blaze- Box 15 was rung yesterday afternoo shortly after 4 o’clock for a. fire in the Net-walk hotel. The department re- sponded promptly and soon put out the flames with an extinguisher. The fire was in a closet in the laundry and was not discovered until it had burned through into the kitchen pantry. A defective fine was the cause of the fire. 4-; ‘ The (Io-Operative Building Bank. The annual meeting of the (Jo-opera- tive Building Bank, of New York. was held Wednesday. These N orwalk men were elected: John D. Kimmey, second vice-president; George I. Buxton, third vice-president;John K. Hyatt, assistant treasurer. Among the , directors are Ex-Gov. P. C. Lounsbury, John H. Lee, Mr. Kimmey and Mr. Buxton. —————-——-<o-o>————~ Bad Man From Greens Farms- John Short, who claims to resile in Greens Farms, is a prisoner at police headquarters, charged with drunken- ness and breach of peace. He was ar- rested early last evening at Wall and Water streets by Officer Weston. after he had, abused a merchant named Bloomberg who didn’t happen to have a match when Short asked him for one. The pbliceman went to him and ad- vised him to go about his business, ‘whereupdh 'Mr. Short by name, got short in answer and what he did say was too awfully awful, even for a po- , liceman (fit the Tenderloin to tol rate. The man was put under arrest and as soon as the was locked up, he began his tirade on the city, citizens and public. He strove as been he could to impress the police with the fact that he had money and wanted't'o go home to his wife and family and as no at- tention was paid to that request, he began abusing the merchant who real- ly had nothing to do with his _ arrest, and declared that Bloomberg had him incarcerated because he was jealous of him. At 2 o’clock this morning he was still arguing the case tohimself and keeping the other unfortunates awake in the cell rooms—Bridgeport. Telegram. W35 . . . s With the officers NORWALK CONN, FRIDAY. JANUARY 19. 19.00 dilutions. Will Be Held at Court House in Bridgeport Febru- ary 12. WILLASK 3-10 MILL TAX. Danbury’s New Court House Responsible For Extra Tenth- The county commissioners have call- ed the annual meeting of the county senators and representatives for Mon- day, Feb. 12. The date is about a. month earlier than usual, but it is proposedto get the fiscal affairs of the county into good shape as soon as possible and so the advanced date has been chosen. ' i The important business of the meet- ing is the consideration of the esti- mates prepared by the commissioners and the laying of the county tax. Once more, and the commissioners believe it will be for the last time, I the representatives" will be asked to layathrec-tenth of a mill tax. The. extra one-tenth of a mill is made nec- essary to pay forthat new court house which Danburyiwas able to wheedle oht of the county; _, But for this court house expense, which amounts to about $45,000, the commissioners would have been able to get along with :a tax of two-tenths of a mill,'and would have had, even then, a small surplus to devote to- wards the reduction of the debt of the county. According to the report which the commissioners-will present the regu- lar expenses of the county W111 be found to be well within the figure of the past four years. The commissioners propose to show the representatives what has been done with their money, and after the business of the meeting is over the representatives will be taken to the jail for a tour of inspection. After that is over dinner will be served. As stated above the commission- ers are satisfied that this will be the last. year in which they will ask for the extra one-tenth of a mill tax, that is, unless the representatives order some new special work. In every year in which this additional onc~tenth was laid some special improvement went with it. First it was good roads, $16,000 being required for this purpose in One year alone. Then there was the new court house in Danbury and the isolation hospital at the county home. These two additions cost over $50,000, and in order to meet, the expense the extra one-mill tax was necessary. But with all these improvements out of the way and everything in good re- pair, the commissioners know that they can run the county on a tax of 'two- tenths of a mill and have a. little left to reduce the debt. It may be noted, too, that despite this ' extra demand on the treasury the com- missioners have been able to reduce the county debt $10,000, leaving it at $105,000. Some of this has been refund- ed at a lower rate of interest and a savingieffected in that direction. All in all the commissioners believe that a. very favorable financial report can be made, and when the representa- tives come to look all these things over they will no doubt. agree that the management of county. affairs is in good hands. OOH—‘— WON BY BRIDGEPORI. ’ The Prizes in Last Night’s Cake Walk Go Out of Town. . Lockwood’s hall was crowded last night to witness the cake walk, and the contests were spirited. .The judges were W. A Tolles. E. J. Thomas, Royal Adams, John H. Hoyt and Harry Mitchell and they awarded the prizes as follows: Firét prize—Charles Schoonmaker and _l\liss May Smith of Bridgeport. Second prize—George Rampling and j Miss Ros/f: Taylor of Bridgeport. HICKEY WAS INSO‘LENT. Had a Sprained Ankle and Wanted Exrta At- ' tention. l The ambulance was put to an un- necessary run last night about 12:40 when acall came in for it from the depot and when Dr. Ivers responded. Matthew Hickey, a. man who claimed to have no residence here at the pres sent time and who had just come up from South Nor-walk, on a train, was found suffering from a badly ‘ sprained ankle. He was brought to - the emer- gency hospital and as he was to some extent under the influence of liquor, the doctor offered to give him lodging for the night up stairs. The proposi- tion was no sooner made than the man opened on the doctor with no end of abuse,demanded thathe be taken to the hospital and when told that his was no hospital case, he declared that he was ataxpayer of this city, no bum and know the reason why. He calmed down finally, but refused the offer of a bed in the dormitory of the emergency. He then stated that he had been to South Norwalk. and while in the Warwick hotel of that place, got in a friendly wrestling match and sprained his right ankle. Asked if he lived there and why he came to this city, he told the inquirer that it was none of his business, that he'had money enough to pay his way and without even a thank you went out and to the'hotel opposite. He did not remain there long, however, and hobbled down Middle street to Wall street and was lost to sight. He was fortunate that he did not get locked up, for it appears that he was not only insolent to the physician, but also abused Officer Schauwecker and that policeman showed greater leniency in not arresting him. It was said by those .who claimed to know, that Hickey is a resident of East Bridgeport.——Bridge- port Telegram. wick hotel, about 10:30 last night and injured one of his legs, and .(Iaptain Gladstone had him sent home on ‘the ll:15._train. A, ~-— ‘.-.,_.. _. The Appetite of a Goat. ls envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach snd Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr.’ King’s New Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only 250. at J. A. Riggs drug store. , .—-——+—-<o.o>————- _ 0- U. A- M. Officers. District Deputy William Kimberley of Bridgeport, installed these officers of Ludlow Council, Junior 0. U. A. M. Wednesday evening. Councillor, H. Quick. Vice-councillor, F. W. Malkin. Chaplain, A. S. "Carpenter, Junior past councillor, G. F. Travis. Recording secretary, F. B. Malkin. Assistant recording secretary, J. B. Williams. Treasurer, W. A. Osterbanks. Financial secretary, J. A. Flagg. Trustee, J. Britto. Warden, M. Raymond. Conductor, J. D. Milno. Inside guard, A. Grinrod. Outside guard, George Britto. A Sensible Man Would use Kemp’s Balsam. for the Throat and Lungs. It is acuring more of Coughs, Colds. Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and all Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other medicine. The proprietor has authorized any druggist to give you a Sample Bottle Free to convince you of the merit of this great remedy. Price 25c. and 50c. ————~—-‘—- ~r~dooo>— Connecticut’s Proud Showing- The thrift of ”the Nutmeg State is well shown in the statistics of the sav- ings banks, as compiled by the Bank Commissioners. The figures show a to- tal of savings banks deposits of $174,- 135,194 and surplus of $6,849,825. The increase of $7,512,700 for the year be- fore, the gain indicating the prosperi~ ty of the working classes. The total number of depositors rose from 375,810 to 393,127. ' Of the new depositors 14,- 893 were depositors of less than $1,000. These figures are surprising. The population of Connecticut at last cen- sus was, in round numbers, 750,000. A1- most 400,000 are depositors i‘n Savings banks. As one-third of the total pop- ulation, approximately, is below the voting age, the figures show that four- fit’LhS of the adult population have money on deposit. In another light the figures are more striking. 1f fa’milies average five in number, there are 150,- 000 families in Connecticut and 400,000 depositors in savings banks, or almost three to every family have something laid by'fora rainy day. The figures should fill Connecticut with pride.— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. that he would go to the hospital or, Hickey ‘fell off the porch .of the War-' NORWALK D. A. R. Monthly Meeting Held at the Central Club Rooms Yesterday. The Nor valk Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, had a varied program yesterday at the Central club house, the leading features being an historical paper by Mrs. Edward Olm- stead of Wilton oh “Some Colonial Homes of Wilton” and the reading of eight brief papers on the origin of our natidnal songs._ Each paper was fol- lowed by the singing of the song men- tioned'by a double quartette of the members of the chapter. The audience seemed to enjoy the novelty of the program and applauded frequently. ' . Mrs. Weed reported great success i the project of a Hale memorial and the receipt of several generous sub-r ’ She called for scriptions towards it. volunteers to agree to raise from $1 to $25 each towards the fund and many members responded. ‘ ‘ Letters were read from Mrs. Kate, Upson Clark, Mrs. Creevey and Mrs. Margaret Welsh who commended the project. . A “real daughter” of the Revolu- tiou, whose father was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, Mrs Charlotte Keeler Raymond of Wilton, was voted into the chapter. A committee on the Hale prize essay was appointed consisting of Miss Mary Cunningham, Mrs. E. H. Gumbart and Mrs. A. Blanchard. Tea was served by Mrs. J. G. Gregory. ”amp—#— A VETERAN DEAD. Edwin D. Hurd of Wilton Expired Yesterday Afternoon. Edwin D. Hurd, a venerable and re- spected resident of Wilton, died at his home in that town yesterday after an illness of several months. The deceas~ ed was 73 years Of age and a veteran of the Civil war. For many years he was a traveling representative of Stephen Hoyt’s Son’s New Canaan nursery with headquarters at Bridgeport, but 'on moving to Wilton some fifteen years ago he gave up active business. A widow and three children, Miss M. F. Hurd and Ernest D. Hurd of Wilton and H. C. Hurd of Hartford survive him. The funeral which will be private will be held from his late home on Mon- day. Interment in Bridgeport. Miss Hill Will Come Home. Miss Clara Hill, dafighter of Con- gressman Hill, who has acted during her father’s service in'the house as his private secretary, has been obliged to_ giveup the work on account of the weakness of her eyes. She is expected home next week in order to have com- plete res‘t‘for some time, and will prob- ‘ ably submit to treatment for her eyes. V'V Saugatuck Postoffice Raised. Representative-Hill has been notified by the postofiice department that the postoffice at Saugatuck will be raised to the presidential class on April 1. The Saugatuck office will be ranked as third class, the receipts of the office having steadily grown for the last two years until they now exceed $2,000 per annum. « -‘—-~—r~‘o-ID—--~A- — Cockenoe Hayloft Officers Installed. At a meeting of Cockenoe EHayloft last night the following officers were in— stalled: ' Past chief haymaker—James Hawks Chief haymakcr—H. I. Smith. Assistant chief haymaker——~William Ainsley. Overseer—A. R. Malkin. Custodian of Straws—F. B. Malkin. Keeper of bundles-Royal Ellis. ‘ Trustees—F. B. M‘alkin, H". I. Smith Aaron Decker. ”40-0% Held Smoker and Informal Dance- ' The Norwalk-club rooms. were . well» crowded last night, the occasion being one of the club’s popular “Smokers.” One of the novel features was the pres- ence of the ladies who were invited to bejthera. Of» course there was not as much smoke as is usual at a smoker and yet therewas enough to call it by that name. A fine program had been ar- ranged and the gentlemen thought it would be a courtesy as well as a pleasure to the ladies if they were inv1ted. So accordingly there were a number of the fair sex present. The program con- sisted of readings by Mr. George Clarke, the actor; Mr. Harry Pepper sang and the Jerome May Banjo club of Bridgeport, rendered selections, and afterwards furnished music for , danc- ing which was participated in by all the young people present. The smoker- dance..proved.t;o be a very enjoyable affair. - ' . g ‘- 12 PAGES. . A NEW [mint ' Miss Emma WoolleyeFoi‘mer- ly of Norwalk Selected for Holyoke. SUCCEEDS MRS. MEAD. Miss Woolley is- a Professor at Wellesley at Present. Miss Emma Woolley, a- professor of Wellesley College, has been elected, President of Mt. Holyoke College, in place'of Mrs. Elizabeth Storrs Mead, resigned. Miss Woolley is professor of bibli-- cal history and literature at Wellesley and has been connected with the col- lege five years. She is 35 years old and a daughter of the Rev. Joseph J. W'oolley, pastor of the First Congrega- tional church of Pawtucket, R. I., and formerly pastor of the South Norwalk Congregational church. Her mother is the sister of Mr. Frank A. Ferris of South Norwalk. She graduated from Wheaten Seminary in 1889 and was teacher of history there. In, 1891 she entered Brown University and graduat- ed with the degree of B. A. in 1894, the first woman to be honored by Brown. She is a trustee of Pembroke College. the woman's college of Brown, and has spent considerable time in travel abroad. <0-o>~ - ATTORNEY CUFF DYING. Prominent Dan‘oury Lawyer Reported at Death’s Door. DANBL’RY, Jan. Ill—A telegram was received in this city yesterday by friends of Attorney John F. Cuff, from Suwannee, Fla, saying that Mr. Cuff was very ill and that he probably would not survive his present sickness. Rel- atives started for Suwannee yesterday afternoon. Mr. Cuff is well known, not only in this city where he made his home, but throughout the state. He formerly was city solicitor of Danbury and for several years has been closely identified with political matters in the state. He has been in poor health for some time, and early in the winter went South, hoping to regain his form- er strength and vigor. The news of his serious illness as made known by the dispatch, is learned with regret by his many friends in this place. A-A¥ Vv Death from Heart Disease. . _ DANBURY, Jan. Ill—Henry E. Hurd" one of the oldest business men of Dan- bury, died at his home here yesterday afternoon. Heart disease was the cause of death. Mr. Hurd had com- plained of feeling ill early in the day: but went to his place of business as us- ual. In the afternoon he returned to his home and after sitting about the house for a time reclined on asofa. He passed away a few minutes later. Mr. Hurd was a batter and had conducted business here for many years. He was 73 years old. ‘ -L ‘vv 7 Installed Its Officers.‘ Camp W'ashingtou No. 11,-P. O. S. A. installed officers at its meeting last night. Seven new members were tak- en in and the chart was closed. After the work supper was served. The officers installed were Presi- dent W1lliam Snifiin, Vice-Pres. El- birt W. Clark, Master of For: Frank P. Self. There were delegates from Camp, 2 and 8 and also grand officers. The out of town people present were: State President, George Rising Hub- bard, State Secretary, H. B. Goodsell, President, D. S. Horton of Camp 8, First State President of the Connect- icut Camps, E. B. Evarts, Past Presi- dent George R. Johnson of the- New Haven Camp, Vice President Samuel Croker of Camp 8, Secretary Clarence Leatand twenty members of "Camp 8, District Deputy E. A. Thompson, and President William H. Parsons and twenty-five members of Camp 2, of Bridgeport. ' WC-.- , Insane Man Escapes. MIDDLETOWN, Conn, Jan. 19.———Am- brose Richardson, 3. patient at the Hos- pital for Insane at Middletown, escap- ed from that institution last evening, and up to a late hour had not been cap- tured. Richardson is seventy years of age and has been an inmate of the asylum for a number of years. He was i brought here from Stamford. PRICE TWO CENTS § ll ringworm. i Came Withinan Aceof Being Buried Alive. ' z HAD TYPHOID FEVER. Terrible Experience of a Former New: Haven Man in a Hospital. NEW HAVEN, Jan. 19. -—The Register last evening had the following :2 “The friends of Alfred Umbricht are relating an unusual and interesting story of the man’s terrible experience. in- a New York hospital and the manner. in which he escaped burial alive. In On? I tober Umbricht, who had for fifteen years been employed by various cater-1 ers, was stricken with typhoid fever. He was then in New York and was taken to St.Joseph’s hospital. The dis-- ease became complicated and. pneumo- nia developed. The man became weak and wasted, and finally, apparently, died from the disease. A ' ' A blunder of a house surgeon in hav- ing his body transferred from the ward; to the zeroic temperature of" the dead . house, under the impression that the man was really dead, undoubtedly sav- ed the man’s life, for under the low temperature signs of life returned. The house surgeon was informed of the change, according to Umbricht, but re- fused to credit it. The. janitor of the dead house, however, persisted and Umbricht was actually found to be He is. -now in this city with He claims. that the hospital alive. friends. authorities tried every known test to disclow life and gave‘ihim up fordead.” ' ' ‘....>_.___________ CHURCHANNUAL MEETING OliiCers Elected and Matters of Importance Dis-' cussed. The annual meeting of the South, Norwalk Congregational church was held before the» prayer meeting last night. The minutes of the meetings during the year were read and it was voted to change the hour of the Sun~ day morning service back to the old time 10:30 o’clock as the Trinity so- ciety will be in readiness to hold ser- vice in their own church next Sunday. The officers elected were: Deacons to serve for three years, Ed- _ ward Beard, Lewis H. Nash, and Jacob M. Layton. Deacon to serve for two years, Frank 'A. Ferris. “a”, s!» Business Commitféeman to serve for, three years, John H. Ferris. Clerk of the church, Nelsdn Dicker- man. Clerk of the Business David E. Disbrow. Clerk of the Board of Deacons, Wil— liam L. Porter. Treasurer of Benevolent Funds, Ed- ward Beard. Treasurer of Business Funds, Jacob M. Layton. Chief Usher, Charles S. St. John. Committee, 4“ ‘ GEORGE EiLLow DEAD. Principal of West Middle School From 185 Until 1866. _ -- » George Fillow, a patient at the Ma- , sonic Home in Wallingford, died yes- terday, aged 80 years. .He was in the insurance business in this city several years ago. From 1858 until 1866 was principal of the West Middle school in Hartford. He was a member of St. John’s Lodge, A. F. and A. M., taking the third degree "September 11, 1867, and was a member of Pythagoras Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons and of Wash- ington Commandery, Knights Templar of Hartford. His health broke down some years ago and he was cared for by St. J ohn’s Lodge at Masonic Home "in. . Wallingford. His funeral will be held in Hartford at the undertaking rooms of Foster & Furrey, No. 1,166 Main street, this evening at'fa‘ o‘clock, Mason- ic services being conducted by the cm- cers of St. John’s Lodge. Interment will be at Joe’s Cemetery, Wilton, to- .morrow morning. Mr. Fillow was mar- ried and had one son, Walter Fillow, of this city. ' ~——<o-o>——-——~———~ A large delegation will attend the New York avenue church where Rev. A. S;'§Kavanagh is located in Brook- lyn next Friday evening whenr'evii'al. services willbe held. . .‘ , .,
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