ZErIVPE. " Founded in 1800.] VOL. Cr—NQ 6 TAKEN lll WILlllN. The Depot Burglar to be Given a Hearing To-day. OTHER cults FOUND. Police Run Short of Funds and Obliged to Give up Chase. Chief Vollmer this morning took George Reed, the°man arrested yester- nay in Jesse’s saloon on suspicion of be ing one of the burglars who broke into the railroad station at South Wilton, Wilton, Cannon and Georgetown Wed- nesday night, to Wilton for examina- tion before theauthorlties of that town. Vt’hen arrested Reed had the mileage books and revenue stamps in his pos- session which were stolen from the Wilton station and he will probably be bound over to the Superior court. The police have secured a clue to ahother of the gang, 3. tall, thin man about 5 feet 11 inches tall with a large head and drooping moustache. He had on a light double-breasted maekintosh with a button gone from the right side. It has been ascertained that the men went to Saugatuck where they separa' ted, Reed coming to South Norwalk and the other man going toward Bridgeport. The police also got trace of a third member of the gang, but owing to lack of funds and no provision being made by the South Norwalk council for money with which to defray expenses in police cases of this kind, they were obliged to give up the chase. He was brought before Judge Chi- chcst‘er in Wilton this morning and bound over to the Superior court under $500 bouds.~ Chief Vollmcr took him to Bridgeport jail this afternoon. -————-—-—-<o-o>—~ Hill’s Able Defence. Congressman E\J. Hill made an able defence of the working men and the working women of Connecticut, when he took a fall out, of Col. Bryan. If there is any one thing that makes Con- gressman Hill’s blood boil, it is to have the thrift and industry of the wage earners of this state misrepresent ed.—~ Bridgeport Telegram. -—-——————<o-o>—w~— Caskets For Soldiers- The New Haven Casket Company has completed a government contract for 325 caskets. This is the second contract for the government, the first having been for 135 caskets. These caskets are for the burial of . deceased soldiers and sailors, and most of them are to be forwarded by a Unit- ed States transport to Manila. ‘40..»———— Lock Company Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Norwalk Lock Company, was held at 20’clock p. In., \Vednesday and the following board of directors was elected: E. Hill, J.'H. Ferris, \V. F. Bi‘shop, F. B. Griffin, A. F. Beard, A. N. Wildman, E. Beard. . . The business of 1899 showed a large gain over the previous year, and a profit. The running time also showed but eighteenndays in the year when the works were stopped. -—~—_—————4--o>—— ___._-..___ Eccentric Club. The Eccentric club was entertained Wednesday evening at the home of the Misses Lane, on The Green, in a most unique manner. The occasion was thoroughly enjoyed by the members of the club and'their guests, all of whom voted the‘hostesses the most. delight- ful of entertainers. The guests were attired Tand comical costumes and rendered various selections or otherwise carrried out the line of characters represented. It was a decidedly jolly party. Many curios that have been stored away in attics for years once more came into use. The more ridiculous the guests could succeed in making themselves appear the better all hands were suit- cn. Refreshments were served and prizes awarded to those in most novel attire. The prizes were given after a ballot of those present and decided who were entitled to them. These were the lucky guests: Miss Sally Bette, Al- bert Mossman, 151. M. Lockwood and George Butts. - _ _.._.——»———-—-—-«4o 00%» » -~-———— -Advcrtisc in THE Gazn'rrn, l in quaint' An Entertaining and I nstrwctive‘ Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local flavoured I ntcresés. . NORWALK CONNsv FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1900 —12 PAGES. PRIZES ARE OFFERED. By the Connecticut Society Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution. A To superintendents and . principals of schools in Cornecticut:- The Con- necticut Socieby Sons of the Am Revolution offers prizes in men ey amounting to $100, to pupils in the schools in Connecticut for excellence in original essays, as follows: To pupils in high schools, for essays on the Relations of France to America in the Revolution, one prize of $20; six second prizes of $5 each. To pupils in schools below the grade' of high schools, for essays on Invasions of Connecticut by British and Tories during the Rebellion, one prize of $20; six second prizes of $5 each. Essays competing for these prizes must not exceed 2,000 words in any case and must be presented before March 1, 1900, as follows: Essays from schools in Hartford, Mr. Joseph G. Woodward; Meriden, 'to Hon. H. W'ales Lines; Norwalk, to Hon. Ebenezer J. Hill; New Haven, to Hon. Hobart L. Hotchkiss;Bridgeport,to Mr. L. B. Silliman; Norwich, to Major Bela P. Learned; New London, to Mr. Wal- ter Learned; other places east of the Connecticut river to Mr. Jonathan Trumbull, Norwich; other places west of the Connecticut river to Mr. Lucius F. Robinson, Hartford. Superintendents and principals of schools competing for the prizes are particularly requested. 1. To present not more than seven es- says from one school, unless, in their judgment, a large number should be of sufficient merit to entitle them to the final judgment aof the committee of award. I 2. To cause the full name and address of each competitor to be signed to his or her essay, with the name of the school of which he or she is a member. 3. To cause the competitors to dis- tinctly understand that each essay must be entirely the work of the com- petitor, and especially that no correc- tions or revisionsof essays can be made by any person than its author. The prizes will be awarded on the 10th day of May, 1900. Joseph G. \Voodward. Lucius F. Rob- inson, Frank .13. Gay, Committee. _ -... _.,<- '——_ _. KINNEY TO TAKE HOLD. New Collectorof Revenue to Assume Office NextWeek. The recently appointed Collector of Internal revenue, W. Frank Kinney of New Milford, will assume his office next Monday. This will be a holiday and the various offices under his con- trol will prepare on this day to turn their affairs over to the new collector. Mr. Kinney will qualify under bonds and Acting Collector Case will cease to be collector. The acting collector will, however, remain as chief clerk in the main office at Hartford. —~—<o.o>——-———-— Electric Light Case- The case of the Norwalk and South Norwalk Electric Light» company vs. the City of South Nor-walk, is down on the short calendar for a hearing to- day. ~~~~~ , , d.-.» Sent to Jail- Judge Gregory yesterday sent John Riley to jail for 30 days on the charge of vagrancy. He also sent Fred Bron- son over the road for 75 days and costs and John Fee ney and Terrence Cook for 100 days and costs for stealing whis- key from John Kirsch. , Broke an Axle. As‘he last Tramway car was coming down Belden avenue at 11:20 last-night the axle broke when on the switch at the corner of Franklin avenue, letting the car down on the tracks. It remain- - ed there all night and this morning was repaired. ——————4¢.¢>————-——— Wants Divorce from Wild Rose. The petition of Valentine Sturm for a divorce from Minnie F. Sturm, bet- ter known as the 9‘ Wild Rose of \Vil- ton,” who is now serving a term in the Bridgeport jail, will be heard in the Superior» court 10-day. ‘ -———————<o-o>~— Market Quotations. The following is the price-on farm produce furnished by one of the largest dealers-in New York: White onions, $2 to 82.50 per barrel; small, $2.40 to $2.75; yellow, $1.40 to $1.75; small, $1 to $1.25; red,$1120 to $1.35; small, 70c to $1; pota- toes, $1.00 to 82; small, 60 to 70 cents. Apples, $2.25 to 82.50. Carrots, $1.10 to $1.25. It is learned from good author‘- ity the prices will be higher during the ynexi few weeks. INSURANCE IN STATE. StateCommissioner Schofield Makes His Annual Re- port to Gov. Louns- bury. ON THE FIRE ANDMARINa Business of the Past Year Has NotB‘een Up to the Standard- I The report of insurance Commission-. er E. D. Schofield for 1899.111'e and marine companies, has been presented to Gov. Lounsbury. He finds there were only 118 com- panies in the state ten years ago add there are "149 at the present time. In speaking of fire insurance and- losses by fires Commissioner Schofich says: The business of fire insurance during the'year 1899 has not :beeu at- tended with gratifying results, ' and is not calculated to inspire confidence “in the methods and practices which have ' been and. are now being employee-15.? While it is true that the ratio of to ‘1 losses incurred to total risks written has been greater than that of former years, this does not alone account for the unprofitable showing on the part of many companies. . The fact is that competition has been rampant, and its spirit has so pervaded the business as to create demoralizjaj tion in premium rates. 2 7' . from ad; mitted assets of stock companies in- creased in 1899 $1,045,993.13; Connecti- cut Mutual companies increased $3.9,- He presents several tables which it can be seen that the total 381.07; while mutual compap‘ies Morgen.- states decreased $5,090.03. The total liabilities of stool: com- panies increased $9,132,184.51, while the mutual companies of Connecticut and other states decreased 851,096.78. In surplus over all liabilities, the stock companies decreased ' $7,080,201.- 38, while the mutual companies (Con- necticut and other states)increased $85,— , 387.22. Commissioner Schofield says that real estate holdings by the companies de- creased $163,927.43 mortgage loans on real estate have also decreased 83,390,- 851.78, while bonds and stocks have in- creased $4,096,497.26, and loans-on col- lateral are $546,514.81 more than in 1898. Cash on hand and in banks has de- creased $1,579,578.25, while net pre - miums in course of collection have in- creased $1,046,479. The net unpaid losses of stock com- panies have increased $1,185,098.04, while Connecticut and other state mu- tual companies decreased $5,937.36... The stock companies 1 icreased their unearned premiums $4,220,500.65, and the mutuals fell off $45,312.26. Net premium receipts show the stock companies gained $4,047,314.63, while the mutual companies lost $43,170.82 in their net premium income for 1889. In conclusion the commissioner says after a review of the whole situation, tabulated and exhaustive: The total net losses paid bx stock companies increased in 1899 $14,337,436- 15, and total expenses of management The Con- necticut mutual companies’ losses were $19,820.59 less, and total expenses of management also decreased 83,505.85, also increased $1,975,875.07. while the losses of mutual companies of other states increased $54,682.95,and expenses of management was $1,465.07 in 1899. Net premium receipts show the stock while --v- companies gained 84,350,125.“ the mutual companies lost $43,170.83 in their net premiums income for 1899. Receipts of stock companies from all other sources increased $2,024,946.30, and the decrease in mutual icompanies was $10,103.07. The total income for 1899 of all companies.stock and mutual, increased $7,194,689.09 over 1898., Cockenoe 1‘ribe will work the Warrior’s degree to-uight on several pale-faces. - "Quent, was secretary of the navy under ' 'President Hayes. ls‘tore in Darien last night. They gain- R. W. THOMPSON DEAD. Ex-Secretary of the Navy and A Great Smoker. INDIANAPOLIS, In (1., Feb. 9.——A spec- ial from Terre Haute, Ind., says Colo- nel Richard W. Thompson fdied at 11 o’clock. this morning. Colonel Thompson, the old man elo- ’ He was a great smoker, using 20 ci- gars a day. -...-_ ‘_..__:_ «. Burglars Again Visit Darlen- Burglars entered Silliman’s drug ed entrance to the store by means of tools stolen from Luther M. Wright’s shop in South Norwalk. It is not learn- ed whether any thing of value was stolen. __.1_,..____<.-. Additional Local News. Richard Singerwald of East avenue is ill with the grip. Mrs. Oliver Jackson of the Green en- tertained the Matinee Whist club yes- terday. Rev. S. L. Beiler lectured on Pales- tine before a large audience in the Methodist church Wednesday night. Mrs. J. G. Morris and Miss Alice Frances Smith spent Wednesday with Mrs. V. M. Honnecker in Bridgeport. The next meeting of the Eccentric club will be held with Mrs. Cito Hatch, Wednesday evening, February 21. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Treadwell, 'of this city, will entertain the Old Folks’ \Vhist club text week Tuesday night. Henry R. Greene and \Villiam M. Nichols, of Bridgeport, have been guests of Frank C. Randle, at The Elms, Winnipauk. \ The N orwalk Congregational Y. RS. the” president, Miss Edna Wilson, Tues- day evening, of next week. Assistant Surgeon John T. Kennedy. U. S. Navy, of South ‘ Norwalk, and Charles H. Duff of New York, who has been visiting Dr. Kennedy, left for Washington, D. C. this morning. Camp Washington, No. 11,‘ P. O. S. A. held its regular weekly ’ meeting in K. of M. C. hall last night. Grand State President Hubbard of Brit’y‘port‘ was present and the followip"/were initiat- ed: Samuel Holmes, ,C-"i A Weeks and E. H. Silliman. ' ' Mrs. Frederick Belden of East ave- nue,Mrs. Charles Hill of Westxavenue, Mrs. '1‘. K. Noble and Mrs. S. R. Weed attended the state D. A. R. meeting in Willimautic Wednesday. prior to leav- ing for the Continental Congress. Wednesday afternoon James Com- stock, of Wilton, was driving through North Main street, on his way home, when his horse fell down, throwing Mr. Comstock over the front of the car- riage and breaking the dash board and the shafts. The horse was prevented from running away, but Mr. Comstock was cut and bruised considerably. —-—-— -————‘o-o>~ _.-, EAST NORWALK. The East Nor-walk W'hist club will meet with Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Smith of Eastavenne, to-night. Miss Bessie Naph ey of South Os-' born avenuehas recovered from a short illness. . (Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aisthrope of 33 Riverside avenue will entertain «a‘par- ty at whist next Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Burdick, of Fort Point‘strect, are entertaining Mrs. A. L. Beecher and Mrs. Flossic Hodson, of New Haven. Howard Melvin Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Baker, of 76 Osborn avenue, is recovering from a serious attack of dysentery. . William Marshall, of this place, leaves Gould'en’s pharmacy, in Stam-‘ ford, this week, having secured a posi- tion in Danbury. Presiding Elder Joseph Pullman of Bridgeport was at the East 'Avenue Methodist church last night and the quarterly conference was held. Rev. J. J. Foust accepted the call of the church for another year. The quarter- ly reports were read and ‘delegates to the Convention of the New York East Conference to be held in Danbury in the week of April 6, were elected as. follows: delegate, J. C. Hawkins, alter- nate. J.. S. Randall. There was a good 1 vC.>-.E.-_will.hold a-socialattheJhome. .of. , snowman. An 18 Year Old Boy Fallslnto a Vat of Potash. LIES’ WRITH'ING IN PAIN." Parboiled Flesh Was Peeling From His Body When Rescued. WATERBURY, Feb. 9.—-As the result of a shocking accident which occurred yesterday afternoon at the Plume 65 Atwood factory, Joseph Petrosky, a Lithuanian boy aged 18,1ieswrithing in pain in his little room at South Leon- ard street. While passing through the dipping room Petrosky stumbled and fell foremost into a tank of potash solu- tion used for cleaning purposes. When rescued the parboiled flesh was peelin g from his body as he screamed in agony. Dr. C. A. Brown who is attending him, says there is little hope of his recovery. Just how Petrosky, who has been employed at the factory for some little time, happened to fall into the tank, is not quite clear. VVorkmen who huro ried to his aid found him struggling to scramble out, his clothing dripping with the fiery liquid. Hurriedly they stripped him, wrapped his body in blankets to allay the pain and carried ’ Af- terward he was taken to his room in a him to the office of Dr. Brown. carriage. Dr. Brown says that nearly every portion of the young man’s body was burned, only one arm and leg escaping immersion. His flesh was parboiled and peeling from his body. He feared that there waslittle chance of his ultimate recovery. Advertise in T1113 GAZETTE. , [$1.00 A..7fear. PRICE TWO CENTS u N USUAL OCCURRENCE. Two Brothers Die in Quick Succession in New Fairfield. DANBURY,.Conn., Feb. 9.—The some- what unusual death of two brothers in quick succession is reported from New Fairfield. Amos Hodge, aged 53, a for-- mer representative in the general as- ' Sembly, died at his home Tuesday night after a very brief illness, from pneu- monia. His brother, aged 55, who liva ed but a short distance away,died Wed- nesday night from Brights’s disease. V‘- v ‘7 APOPLEXY FATAL. Charles Reed ‘51 Well Known Mason, Stricken on the Street- DANBURY, Feb. 9.—-Charles Reed, a prominent Mason, and an active mem- ber of other’societies, died at his home on Main street, last evening, aged 60 ' years. He was stricken with apoplexy while walking on Main street. He was picked up in an unconscious condition and did not recover consciousness. ——-——-—~——-<I0-0>-————-— Sherwood-Smallhorn- Miss Charlotte S. Smallhorn, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wllliam P. Small‘ horn, and Charles W. Sherwood, of New Rochelle, were united in mar- riage last evening, at the residence of the bride in Taylor avenue. Rev. James Montgomery officiated. ‘A v 7‘ Story of a Slave. ‘ To be bound hand and. foot by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George D. Williams, of Man- Chester, Mich. tells how such a slave was made free. He says: “My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could not turn over 111 bed alone. Af- ter using two bottles of Electric Bitters she is wonderfully improved and able to do her own work.” This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures nervousness, sleeplessness, mel- ancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle working medcine is a godsend to weak. sickly, run down people. Every bottle gaur~ anteerl. Only 50 cents. Sold by John A. Riggs, Druggist. THE ANNUAL STATEMENT. « of TheMutuaI Life Mags: any?” '- Ins. Co. of New York i appears on the second page. This is the oldest active Life Insuranc’e Company in the 1... United States and the LARGEST in. the World. ., it The Best Company is the Company .’ attendance at the prayer meeting. A which does themost goOd.
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