minimum” A
.«e
, you'llnotuetontat‘all.’ '
,; emetic into inaction-ch. Gullah
fie organ wee down, and the fire had
to the roof. ' Inaw‘that nothing
are the building. on!" name out."
,4 were coursing down the doo-
tor'e cheek. and his voice broke as he told
‘ Whitey, but in an instant he epoke with
ill-old vigor. “Therein mercy on top of
“dinner. 1“If “amt-red one-half
hone, 3mm , we . e1 other-lun-
ity of cantor . The “armband all the
w 7
, with work.“
wen-lei eeerlbehuhorrer. ' Or it it
W ,.
the , would aloft the whole
vooeomd two or three More later.
he! the Sunday eohool was in aeaaion,
“would have been a. thousand houee-
”.mn in Brooklyn. Little children,
Nola children—what would they have
‘ done! God cared for them. and even in
g ' ‘thioulamity his mercy ialnflnllp-
' ‘ ; ”Personally I feel not the least item of
' II out. nor lose faith in God, our
' lore of hope for the future. This long pro_
:7 Mon of disaster: in inexplicable—Jib
“ What occura sometimes in a family, four
"live dying from scarlet fever—it la in-
explleable.
fact.
, Three Times Burned on Sunday.
"Our church has been burned three
times, and it has always occurred on Sun-
days Itinemyetery that I adjourn till
the next world shall let he know.
"It la the Lord! Let him do what seem-
eth good in his sight!
“Two of our trustees had a narrow ea-
cape. They were in their room and knew
nothing of the fire until it was nearly too
late for their escape. They were Mr.
Mathews and Mr. Pitblado. and both re
quired assistance in their escape."
When asked for his own opinion as to
the cause of the fire, he said emphatically:
“Electric lighte!‘ Electricity caused the
fire, aa it did that of the last Tabernacle
on Schemerhorn street."
The doctor then crossed two fingers and
continued: “It was some mlsarrangement
of the wires. Electricity is a force that is
only partially harnessed. It is one of the
greatest agents of beneficence and power
in the future. but lust now it has the bit
in its mouth and is almost beyond our
control. Electricity was undoubtedly the
cause of the fire."
Continuing. l)r.’l‘a1mage said: “The fire
may change my entire programme, and I
do not think I will start on my trip around
the world as I intended tonight. 1, how-
ever, do not now know what I shall do,
This thing has been so sudden I have n'ot
yet had time to think about it.”
The doctor was then called into a con-
ference in his back parlor with the trustees
and elders of the church, who were all
present.
The Church Organization.
The board. the members of which said
they were hopeful for the future, in com.
posed at present of Leonard Moody, presi-
dent; Thomas l’itblado, treasurer: 'I'. I).
Dimou. secretary; James W. liirkett, 'l‘.
H .G. Mathews, A. E. Coulee. Louis Klopsch,
Joseph E. Carson and A. W. Kendrick.
Some of the trustees are also elders, and
the names of the others are H. II. Brunch
andMeesre. liedfield, Wadhams and Front.
The Tabernacle has a membership of
over 4,000 on the pluuor'e bouke, but the
congregation is only bounded by the ca-
pacity oi the building. ~
In the Sunday school there are 1,21!
scholars registered. the attendance vary-
ing with the circumstances and seasons
from 700 to 1,800. and when in session the
children are controlled by just 100 officers
and teachers. Mr. Louis Kiopeeh is super
intendent. and he'ls assisted by l". M. Law-
rence and H. II. Itedfield.
Mr. W. Martin of Chicago said: "I was
in the aisle behind Mrs. Talmage waiting
for the doctor to get through his hand
shaking. I had a message for him from
Chicago, and Mrs. Talmage told one to
wait, and she would call him in a few min-
utes. When she now the fire and gave the
alarm, Iremnined by her. and when the
doctor ran up the platform into hie study
Iaocompanied Mrs. ’l‘almagc to the door.
The fire spread very rapidly. and in a min-
ute or two the roof wnx wrapped in flames.
When the doctor was brought to us in few ‘
minutes lutt'r. Iu- nnd MN. 'I'ulumgo wont .
away together, the doctor frequently look
log back at tlu- burning edifice,"
llr. 'l'almnge's latent Hermon.
The morning m-rmon by Rev. Dr. ’l‘ul‘
mage wan on ".\ (‘hoerful l'hurrh." his
text being. “iii-bold. thou urt fuir. my
love"~*.~'olomnu'u Hon}; iv, 1. ”i' referred
to the putt wm-k of prolonged congruiuln»
tion (but. they bud poser-d through in that
for 25 years tin-y had been permitted to us- ,
aociate with with other in the relation of :
pastor and people,
Then. reverting to lhlu day no the begin-
ning of thr- tiwniy-aixth year of their re-
lationship, llr. 'l'ulmnm» closed with: "My
cloning prayer this morning is ihatfiod
will have mercy on tin- dying population
of our grout I'illce, rmd thnt the whole
world will put on bridal array for thrown-
in“ of her Lord. llidv on. King Jenna!
Ride on!"
There mum in be a fuiality about the
Brooklyn Tnbernarlca and the tlmeu at
which they have been destroyed by fire.
The fired, on Schcrumrhorn ntreet. wee
burned down on Hunduy, Dec. 22. 1872. Its
“oceani- wee on olnimratriy decorated
amphitheater that. m-xt to Plymouth
church, was the grunt attraction of llrook-
In, and it wan crowded at every wrvlce.
(in Holiday, um. iii, mm. electric wiree
eet tire to that aupptmd ilrepmof building
of communal iron. and it went up like
tinder. ite deetructlon including that of
the great organ need at the 80mm jubilee
and purchami for the church.
The Tabernacle burned yesterday was:
the moat handimne and oommodlone
church edifice in the city and wae dedicate
ed in July, um. The con of the building
was so great that the mullet] of the church
' had great difficulty in keeping it. The
mortgage of $125,000 held by linaaell 8m
wan placed in the hands of portion to lore-
eleae a short time ago. and tillage looked
no dieeouragiag that Dr. 'l‘alniage tendered
”animation, This led to an alert to
wipe out the debt. and the antenatal enh-
Ierintloae waaeoenconr ngthatthere»
ignition wee recalled. a the doctor de-
rided to continue his pastoral relations
until noel: time in; he could put at the
harne- and take a well deserved and con-
tlame mt from his lotion. .
I'll! ”end Another m
The trneim’e of the Tamed last
ml the minim of in. More and
em on eltnatlon. M decided
“build the church. but “in the name
The theorem. the mine and the
money Milled from theaala of the
that“ would enable theta to 9‘! all
M dilate. Thee, according with plan.
“militate: underline
dwell u n
”a humiliate-um “ A
. ~ , I
i am
sm-e ‘
We must simply accept the.
Atlanta lane Wanna
page “mortal: the enact
amount of due ncei“%l‘f§,ie believe!
that the idea is for in exce'aa of the loans--
once. It was learned. however. that there
was "$11,000 on the Tabernacle in‘the hiv-
erpool and London and Globe. the Royal.
thy ‘P nix of 3mm and thnla of
n, and the reside-noel damaged
lly covered:
, ' tement a gang of thievea
, aneaof Counuelor Hunt,
on the corner of Greene and Clinton ave-
nue. They drove the family out, deeplte
the mletanee of Walter Hum. the eon of
the owner. The thieves took "a basketfnl
of ailverwure. about 8.500 worth of jewelry
and other articles valued at 31,0“).
Shown r of rm, on _a Crowd.
BRADFORD, Pa; May li.—~The barrel
house at Emery’e refinery in this city took
fire, presumably by spontaneous combus-
tion, and was destroyed. lts loading racks
and 'tlvo oil tank care Mending on a aide
track of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts-
burg road were also burned. The fire was
a fierce one and attracted immense crowds
of peoplefrom oil over this loonlity.
While the firemen were making a final
stand and thoueands of people were watch-
ing thém there woe is; treniendoup explo
eion. A took our holding 2.100 gallons of
benzine had let go with a mighty rear.
Fortunately the burning benzine, which
wan flung into the air in sheets of liquid
fire, had consumed itself before settling
down over the crowd.
The explosion was followed by a panic.
Blind, linreusoning, pitiless instinct of self
preservation ehowed itself, und the weak
went down before the strong in multitudes
of cases during the frantic rush to escape
whut seemed to threaten is horrible death.
In the stampede men as well .us‘women
and children were thrown down and trod-
den ovor by the ii yiug masaee that surged
up from behind. ,
Thirty-five of the firemen Were burned
no that the skin peeled-on their faces’ und
bonds, and the hair was singed ofi' their
heads and faces. ()f the many other» who
are slightly burned thcre is no record, out]
the total number of those burned and in-
jured in the stampede will probably reach
100 persons. With all the suffering this
fire will cause the property ions will not
exceed $5,000. a .
A Fountain of Fire.
ATllIixs. l’o., .\luy l4.«~~'l'he nmin line of
the l'nited States Pipe Line company, run-
ning through the forest nine miles from
this place, has been tapped, and the oil
apurting from tho hole in a regular foun-
tuin has been fired. The man who broke
into the pipe line also cut the telegraph
line. A large force of men has been or-
dered to the scene to fight the fire. which
is now spouting to the tree tops in a foun-
tain of iiamc'. 'l'lie l'nited States Pipe
Line is un nuti-Stnndard concern. The
work is supposed to be in payment of some
real or imegimiry griuynucc.
REDHOT POLITICS.
Biotin; .h-cmnpnnlea the lie-ginning of the
Newfoundland CIIIIRIIKIL
SI: Julu's, N. H. May ll. ~—'l‘lxc uomiuu-
lion ul logislaiive ('mulidatrs in llu- Hay
do Verdi- district took place at Western
liuy nmid scenes of the groutcat excite
went from the commencement of the pro
cwdinge. Disturbances were genorul dur-
ing thc nomination prm'codinue. ’l‘hc ml
heroine of both parties were greatly ex-
cited, and row: were numerous during the
tiny.
After nightfall the government contin
gent started to visit u neighboring nettle
menL .‘lr. Woods. the disdunliiied sur-
veyor general. preceded and urged the poo
plein the seitlenwut to rend the govern-
ment supporters limb from limb. lie suc-
corded in arousing very bitter feeling, and
\\ lien the government party nppcured they
woreuiinckrd. .\ errmusr-onilict cnoued.
ibo- government puriy fighting desperately
in defend tin-inwlv-m from the infuriated
i lulmbitnnie of lfll‘ plumn
Mr. Murine. colonial mevro-iury. .\lr. .\lor
risnn, illlnl'liv)‘ grucrul. Mr. Furlong.
* chuirmuu n.’ ilw [word of work. IllllI
{ \lc-wrs. .lyru- mul Mucphcreou were all
i budly been-u. The mrriugra in which thi-
, party had been riding were ”In!“ u over n
,(rlill‘. 'l'iw vruwd WM driven otl' offer a
Eprolonyu-d Mruxgule. iuul the purty illi'n
lil'tli‘m'lli‘ll in lltril‘ III'QlillllllOll.
Mien Pollard In New York.
New Volts. .\lny H. Miss )fndcliuel’ol.
l bird. um-ompnuiml by Mime Jennie- Ilurke.
arrived in thin riiy from \l’nahiuglou und
enigma-d mum of moment the Murilmrouuh
hon-l. ’l'o u reporter who culled ut the ho
n-l .‘Iiw llurke mid that Miss I’ollnrd lmd
culiw to we hrr publishers About u book
llllt' bus u rillvu u kind of autobiography.
Mien liurkc‘derlined to talk furtlu-r about
the hook t’Xt't-Ill In any that it wu-mll ready
for puldh-atiou.
Randall (leia the Cold filmnldrr.
ELMMHT. Ind. May ll. [hindull‘nnrmy
on urrival Ilvl'r- mo: mmpelled to keep
it it filll u circu inscribed npave urnr i he river
and iorvumin flu-re allday. iinndnllnaye
hr in growing lire-d of this daily prison life
wllrtlwr his men can be barn-d out of any.
cry city they come to.
Gleum‘e clerk Charged With Mam».
Low ismxn (‘mu N. l’.. May ”which
ard Mel‘arthy, who was «resistant city
clerk when Patrick Gleason wee mayor oi
Long Island i'lty. in under arrest in the
liuuter's l’olm police station. charge-d with
inflicting injuriee on hlewifo which result.
ed in her death.
lien Von lehieeaer tread.
ileum. May ”Mlle-n Kurd von Hchloe-
nor in deed. in um he wee appointed Ger
man mini-tar to the I'lllted Mates. lie
was accredited to the Vitican in it”, but
retired in we lmuee of his relations with
Prince illamarck.
student Drowned. .
lama Fame. N. Y.. Mar lt.-Whlle
bathing in the Went (7 a creel: at Mill
dleville. Fred Jones of Norway, a etndent
of the Winfieldmillfly WIS! Milled with
(ramps and drowned hefoh his Meade
could moo idly. -
w more a m ..
melanoma, Ala, Me71£-fiyatthta,
the Home county negro dispersion, while
rue-nu crummy-e aim and killed by
lien-«leek hone in. a young farmer. Tau
we. wanted m highway robbery.
,2 Well In."
title-herring. we» elimination
thence til Honolulu. , n
inland _ ‘ I one ‘
and on” «you brim; a feel. one» to ace '
fl
ifyon will cereinllrinlll the locale in our
dailypamyouvillee‘eihatmeotthe
urehanteareeellinawhiielead below out.
Wearenotlaonlead.hnt
(in Williams lie in flair.
no mmmbuinuuemeh mm
to par game-x we will quote a few price»
In lath herein. our price. the; other:
W 500.
llanle’ white back. full leagth, fro-
' lie to lie: others charge from liete
80o.
Gilt, 106, 18c and 20a. with So advance
‘ to .1; others charging 50 per cent.
more than we do for the same grade
of goods. ,
Borders are sold as low as lo a yard.
and from that to 150.
Our stock is immense. our prices the ioweat.
Exports eay we have the finest assortment in
own. ,
0n PICTURE FRAMING we are the name
an on WalllPapel-e; that is “an.
We employ only first class artists for our
Painting and Paper Hanging.
N. B.—Retnrn fare to parties residing out of
South Norwalk.
DEWER
Pelt: the prices. others try to follow and get
e .
19 Washington st. so. Norwalk,?!
Plumbing. Steam and Gas Fitting
108 WASHINGTON ST.
.1. F. Flynn will here personal charge lof this
department.
Plumbing overlmuledand put in first class
sanitary condition.
PflilTEB WATER MOTOR
Best in the world. Call and get prices.
mll it
leums.
I ale of carpei
’ . y we WILL GIVE, on Burma GRADES, A p , I},
call Discount of IOc per yard“
Making all Wool "Ingreine, 500, 56c, beet 65o; Tapestry Bruaeelle, 50c. 650,and beet 80c; Body
Brnaeella, 900, $.00, beet $1.16; Velvete and Moqneitea, only 81.00;
Mattinge, Oil Clothe aniline!
A. Dickerman & Son,
84 WASHINGTON STREET. SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
div no" harem tints.
Patent Medicines
Arthur l. Merriam
AT OUR more.
II HGT, IIIIII WT T0 TIIE, '
lioxatonik, 91.00 Dealer in
Hood’s Bumper-lilo, .00 I
Ayere’ ' ' . .07 .
WWW .91 roceries
Cnticura Resolvent, ed) .
goat's Ig‘mnleion, .23 '
reen's ervnra . .
sensors spectre i... Malaria. .75 Best Boots at low Pines.
Pam's Ode compound' '1" ' lbs 0 l so l at 1 lbs. 0 m l
' . e . . . '; . orna
fimamgg; do 5%“nfiimi‘chfi'wflfifidm
381100113 0390i“ “Emmi ~13 2: iii :15 edited-pone, loc;’o£ri'hnry 3.6::
Castoria. .23 2c; Creamery (ColcheeterJ m; Jouea' flour
Carter's Pills, .12 mm: Glad! ice. JOoiong. 1.”:2dorflg1'iz’ud'
Atwood'a mm. .13 “h ..‘n.1..°':e.conra.: to:
Radam'e Microbe Killer, «pa... .75 93%}: Seedleae Killing, the.
Radam‘s Microbe Killer, gal. jam, 2.50 —————o~—-——Q—
Yankee Lung Soother, .25
Gen. 0. Stillsun’s
Drug Store,
82 Wuhlligton Street.
A. l. Merriam,
IZRLBOUTB MAIN STREET.
Ill”
a, ,
llwaySatiheFm
Beet coda. lowest pricee, lite atten-
tion to . We are at the root; we in,-
tend to my there.
We sell the very best Teen and Colleen.
and given useful present with everypnr.
chase. No tickets. Take your pinent
when you buy a pound or half pound.
One large pictures given with 1 lb.
Tea, or Baking Powder, or 2 lbs. Blend-
ed Coflee, at 28c lb, or your choice of
many other articles.
Large Platters, Pitchers. Cuepadors,
Cups and dancers.
A fine assortment with half pounde.
THE CENTRAL
“BASH GRflBERY
l5 Illilllll Milli SWEET.
Never Before in South Norwalk,
THEODORE SAYS: 5 :
and
WAS THERE ANYTHING LIKE, THIS OFFERED
the continual Sale of Summer loads.
LADIES’ DEPARTMENT.
\
500 Pair Ladiea' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip; Worth 81.25, at 600.
500 Pair Ladiee' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip, Square toe: Worth 82.00, at $1.00.
500 Pair Ladiee' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip and Front Stay: Worth 82.00, at $1.00.
300 Pair Ladiee' Nico Russet Blucher Oxford; Worth 81.50, at the.
300 Pair Ladies’ Russet Oxford Common Selim—Just the Thing for Sore Feet; Worth 81.50, at 954-.
100 Pair Ladies’ ”and Welt Patent Leather tip Kid Oxford; Worth 33.00, at 91.50.
200 Pair Ladiee' Whole Fox Big Button Razor toe, Wing tip Shoes; Worth 34.00, at 82.00.
200 Pair Ladiee’ Fine Cloth top Whole Fox Razor toe, Patent Leather tip; Worth “.00, at 82.00.
200 Pair Ladiee’ Fine Cloth top Whole Fox Square toe, Patent Leather» tip; Worth “.00, at 02.00.
200 Pair Ladiee’ Very Fine Kid Big Button Crimp Vamp, Patent Leather tip; WorthitifiO, at 02.50.
200 Pair Ladies’ Kid Big Button Square toe. Crimp Vamp—The latent Thing Out;:Worth t4,50, at $2.50. . "
300 Bair Ladiee’ Kid Button Patent tip, all Sizes. This is a Dandy; Worth “.50, at 91.00.
300 Pair Mieeoe’ Spring Heel, Button, Plain toe; J. F. Swain’e Make; Worth $2.00,?“ 91.26.
MEN’S DEPARTMEN .
100 Pair Men’e Fine Square toeiLace Shoes; Worth 2.00, at 1.26.
« 300 Pair Men's Fine Calf Leeee and Gangrene; Worth 3.00. at 1.50.
400 Pair Ken'e Fine Calf Blnoher, Gap toe; Worth 2.00, at 1.50
800 Pair Ken’s Fine Calf Blocker, Piccadilly Cap toe; Worth 3.00 at 2.00.
350 Pair Men’s Fine Rue-la Calf Blueher Welt; Worthinw, at 2.26.
Ladiee’ and Gentlemen there are the blunt bargaine ever ofl‘ered in South
O. H. OLSEN,
8 l Washin
Norwalk.
4,
Norwalk Chronicler