MM of A. Wells. chlrman of the W _ «sued. aver-yes- siiot ‘ or traveling Instruc- tions for villtlng‘ Endeavors“.- The! msileltthssubm of many Wisteriumand full- sees of direction. will it has been said that the youngest Junior in them more. cysts aid. attend the convention that thermaatpoiatoi (:onnecticut withoetexserisnciog the least diel~ «lg. . ‘ e reception committee enacted their part with credit to themselves ‘ and to the satisfaction of their guests. My list the trains. «pressing in thsir‘manner and countenances the ' hearty welcome which the Twin Gilles and the Norwalk union intended to their esteemed guests. Titer also provided. between thirty and flirty small boys who act as pages and escort the visitors to the convention hall and their homes. Beyentydive filters are in attendance at the Arm- bimaad they hndenoughtodoto east the crowd and distribute . the leaflet without undue confusion. But ‘ aid nahly. And one thin. is al- . ‘ remarkable in a Christian En— ‘ "‘vor convention—the good humor that prevails under all conditions. Though the sky is dark and dismal Ind the rain pours as it has at some ' ’ Endeavor conventions. the Endeavorers keep warm with the “soul .sunshine" they tell about. and in- stead .of grumbling er discourage- ments. they sing lr way thrown them into higher pines. Truly music is a great power and the Endeavorere know the virtue to perfection. The committee on hall. 1.. .1. Water. bury, chairman, had entire charge of the furnishing of the Armory. Along the south aide of the interior they caused a platform to be erected meas- uring 20:45 feet. Here the full choir and the speakers are stationed. This committee had also to solicit for chairs. for the big company. They met with a ready response from the churches, the undertakers and various societies. until they procured about 2.800. The Congregational. Baptist and Hetltodlst churches. the Center school. the Grand Army poet of South Norwalk. and Buckingham Post of Norwalk, all loaned chairs. and pastors to designate the owners had to be afllsed to each one. About 500 were also loaned through the kindness of the management of the Bell Island convention of Christian workers. The Junior workers have. perhaps, had as hard work as any of the corn- ihitteea in preparing for the conven- tion. hire. Emily 14. Ely. of Norwalk. elite secretary of Junior work. and Miss Carrie D'Artois. Junior secretary of the Norwalk union. have been kept busy for some time training the Jun- tors in the exercises which will be presented this afternoon at the Arm- ory. About 300 Juniors will take part in this rally and twenty local super- intendents are etpectcd to be present. To the state secretary belongs much credit for carrying the Junior work through so well, and the local BilliPr- iendents have ably assisted her. The enrollment committee, (3. Wal- ter Aiken, chairman. was one of the busiest committees that could be im- agined throughout the morning. Eve cry delegate was expected to register at the committee's headquarters in the convention hall. and it kept things "hustling." as one might say. for a while. The decoration committee have con- verted the spacious Armory into a bower of beauty. with its draperies and fusioouings in blue and shite hunting. the stale colors. The strips of alternate blue and white are lilihv ered in graceful folds from the four In and fastened at the ceiling in t 9 center. from which a large gilt Christian Endeavor monogram la sus- pended. The whole makes a kind of open canopy over the heads of the audience and produces a very pretty elect. a... JOIN HEART AND HAND. The Epworth leagues oi the Nor~ walk. East Norwslk and Roweyloa Methodist churches and the llaptist union of the Norwaik baptist church loin heart and hand with the Eodesv» orsra proper in doing their utmost to make “Norwalk. ‘D‘l‘f a glowing suc~ case. They. with the other young peo- pie. registered at the Armory today. sad with their convention badges are new indistinguishable from the Citric lien Endeavors". as indeed they should be. for. as Shakespeare might have said if he had had the blessed Mulls to live in the era of Christian Endeavor. "An ladsavorer by any other sates is an Endeavour our» «sent at a (filliVEllilOll. when we can- ast truthfully say they are very still. M the loyal leagues and the union are certainly Christian Endeavor-ere in all but name. ‘ The Mason and mm unless mates heartily with the ficrwslk soles in Welles to make the cos. ‘ a success. and the latter is m to there . The Calvary sad the African mo- difi. Was! Weaver societies have siss island heartily is the my committee work for the convection. WW . " Pram meeting committees-4t the Horse! . values. at . lead». “Meow committee—At the South NW Baptist chores. me C. Woodruffroi Hussein. llsder. Social commuter—At the. Norwalk Communal church. Ilev. C. ii. Smith. of Plyntouthvleader. (loot! citissnship‘ and temperance committees—At the Norwalk Metho- dist Episcopal church. E. D. Beach. of Bridgeport. leader- . . W1 union presidents and finance -—ln the parlor oi the New Mahacke- mo hotel. Booth Norwslk. Led by J. H. lansfleld. New Haven.» Sunday school committee—in the Norwalk Baptist church. W. H. Hull. of West Hartford. leader. Delegates can easily had these places. The South Norwalk Congre- gational and Baptist churches are on West avenue. below the Armory. The Norwalk Methodist Episcopal church is on the same avenue. above. The Hahackem'o hotel is near the bridge over Washington street. South Nor- waik. The Norwslk Congregational and Baptist churches are both near “the Green." in Norwalk. These conferences will close in time for the beginning of the afternoon eer- vlcea. - SOME OF THE DECORATIONS. Tristram & Hyatt and 4 Edward Street have gayly decorated windows in honor of the Christian Endeavor convention. The window of the for- mer store is gracefully draped in the state colors. the curtains being fast- ened back with bows of blue ribbon. A ChristianEndeavor monogram in blue and white ribbon in the center finishes the pretty effect. which makes a charming background for the dis- play of goods. Edward Street's windowhas the del- icate and white drepings. with a large C. E. in the state colors in the upper part and another in gilt set in the window between jardlnieres of palms. It is very pretty. . Frederick W. Rogers makes a due display of the state colors in both his large windows. The blue and white hunting is drawn beck elaniingiy from the front ceiling of the window over the broad window floor. A big C. E. in gilt is displayed in each window. with a bicycle in one and a sewing machine in the other. The doors also are curtained in the state colors. with a large gilt pansy in each one. Other merchants display the mono grains. Glendening's drug store has a large C. E. in each window. CONVENTION SOUVENIR. Throuh the press committee. Ar- thur 8. Ezekiel. a charming eight-page paper has been issued as a souvenier oi the convention. This contains a good portrait of the Rev. R. O. Sher- wood. the energetic and highly es- teemed president of the Nornlk (Tn- ion. who has put forth unrelasing cf— forts to make the convention a grand success. It also shows a picture of the News": Armory. where the meet- ings will he held. and a programme of the exercises of both days. together with artistically displayed advertise. meals of local merchants and bright reading matter. Dir. Esekiel has also planned for the convention by arranging tables for the newspaper representatives who will be present. The Evening Sentinel will be the oilicial organ of the convention. and will furnish cshsustivn accounts of all the meetings. including reports of all the principal addresses. Charles Evoraloy Curtis. who has served faithfully as chairman of the entertainment committee. found. yes- terday afternoon. that he would be prevented from completing the work as planned out. and has appointed Bey. mour Curtis. of the Norwalk Congre- latlonal society. to take his place. SENATOR liAWLlY ROBBED. ills Cottage st Woodmoul ilansscked In Every Nook and Corner. The college of Senator Joseph it. llawley at Woodmont has been enter- ed by burglars. but when the burglary occurred is not known. The finding of some rugs and carpets on flak unmet. in New haven. by a policeman led to its discovery. A visit to the cottage revealed the furniture scattered about. and that every nook and corner had been rear sacked for valuables. The best car» pets and rugs in the house were hilt- sing. Whether anything else of value was taken cannot be learned until Airs. llswley has prepared s list of the things which were in the cottage .it issvideot that the burglars took plenty of tires in their work. for one of the beds showed diet it had been slept on. and the cooking utensils and stove in the kitchen had been used. ROWAYTON rill! DilTlth'l‘. At a meeting of the citlseas of lies. sytoo. last night. is the schoolhouse. it was voted to establish a lire also trlct and cadaver to obtain water from the City of south Narwslk. with which to supply the Village. The vote eight in favor sad three easiest. km ,4 church. 1.1”. «list limit A. Harlin“. and M. 1!. Amp Coherent. rm. tau: society was ‘tormally organised. under the name. The Young People's Christian ascents.» ilon. The ohiact of the society was “to "promote an earnest Christian lite among its members. to increase their mutual acquaintance. and to than them more useful in the service of M.” The following persons were appoint- ed ohleers: ' President. it. If. Wilcox: vice-president. hills Cassie Hodges: recording secretary. C. F. Waters; treasurer, ll. T. Bhodleld. Thirty names were enrolled. July ii. 1m. in- order to develop a taste for reading of a higher class of literature. it was decided to take the readings of the Chautauqua circle. and hold a public literary meeting one evening in the month. Miss Angeline Scott was chairman of this part at the work. bliss Carrie. D'Artois. secretary. and W. it. Ans . book collector. At a special eating held February 18. 1888. the name of the society was changed to Young People's society of Christian Endeavor. and the constitu- tion at the Young People's society of Christian Endeavor adopted. The following were the ofilcora: President. I. R. Bennett: vice—presi- dent. blrs. C. I“. Boutwell; recording secretary. John Spendlo‘ve; corm- pondlug secretary. bliss Angeline Scott: treasurer. ii. ’i'. ilheile'ld. The society has been both a unan- clsl and spiritual help to the church. it has contributed liberle to home and foreign mission. It has helped needy ones in our own city and town. .In the history of the.society. it was men that there were boys and girls who could be trained to work for Christ. Accordingly. in March. 1893. a Junior Endeavor society was organ- ised. Their meetings are held every Sunday afternoon for one hour. Miss Viola Decker is superintendent of this department. with Miss Carrie D'Artois and Edith Robbins as assistants. The present membership is thirty-six. In December. 1895. a vacant store in East Norwalk was hired and prayer meetings held there once a week. The following year a sunday school was organised there as a branch of the home school. Out of the South Norwalk Baptist Young People's society of Christian Endeavor has gone Miss Charlotte Taylor to labor as a teacher in one of the mission schools among the lndiaus; bliss Mary Decker in Ills. sion work in the West. and Miss Gus- sie Hodges Is an esteemed worker in Wayland seminary. liar. and hire. Warren L. Alhorton are settled at West Woodstock. Conn: Rev. Ill. ii. Bennett is a faithful preacher of the gospel whenever and wherever he bus the opportunity. The present membership of the so- ciety is fortycix active. ten nillliaied and five associate members. Olllcers: President. Dr. Ii. 0. Shore: vice-president. Miss Jennie l.. y; recording secretary. Mrs. John you; corresponding secretary. lilies (‘urrie li'Ariols; treasurer. H. l..Wood- wurtli. NOIlWAl.K CONCRECATIONAI. SO- CIETY. By Mary Burkey. The Young People's Society Chris- tian Endeavor cf the First Congrega- tional church. of Norwalk. was organ- ised February. liiil'i. by the Rev. Eras- tus Blakeslce. president of the Slate Union. It started with a membership of aimul forty. but it soon numbered seventy. which average it has kept. The society. as such. has taken up no special work. but has endeavored to train its memlwrs in all departments of church work. The meetings are held llunduy evenings at 0:30 o'clock. and are well attended. The ofllrers are: President. George E. Thompson. vice-president. (icorge ll. Quintard; recording m‘reihi‘y. Miss Anna Rider; corresponding secretary. flies liary llurltuyu treasurer. lira. (leurge ll. Quinlard. A. if. E. socin'rv. lily ii. ii. Jackson.) The Y. F. ii. C. it. of the Norwslk African Methodist Episcopal church was disasters! in use by the lookout «committee of the blot-walk union. Arr that ii. Eseklel was chairman at that tints. and other members of the with mitten who helped to found the new society were ll. 0. lialiey. William lawrrnce and Charles lieliuer. The society new numbers thirty-one mem- bers. seventeen of whom are active. These loyal ludesvorers are a great help to their church. and take part in union work with srdor and Cilillilhilhv lard. They have been particularly val- uable on musical committees at vsr~ ions times. and their melodious voices are always heard with good effect at toesl reunions. The oilesrs of the not elety are: President. it. it .Tayior; vice president. lire. ii. 9‘. lsariss: ase- rstsry. if. if. Jackson. and trsasurer. lire. ll. l‘. Marisa. BROAD it“!!! ”all“. by Laurette ii. Comma. The Young People‘s society of Ckrie~ ties Iodeavor of iii-cad hirer was on sauteed in the broad liver chapel. August fill. it”. by s Miles from the first Wei acres at Narnia. The society started with sis charter members as follows: haulers beers be: D Drills» Mil. '. bills _. em. WM u. s. more tiles its» Julia More. Charles mime-v 1' ”WY“; ., bolus. mo, “We”, m. “Relaunch. Mowing is a “shot the leading cab ears: Presldsshdlsorse W. Knapp; vice-Meat. issues laoett; secret tary anomalies haurette It Wk. , w ' SILVERMINH SOCIETY. By I. a Waikley. sunday evening. April is. 1894. a party of Endeavonrs. headed by ii. 0. Bailey. of South Not-walk. held a meet- ing in the if. P. church. Silvermlne. and. at the close. succeded in forming a moiety of ten members. liiss Bertha Harris was chosen president; lira. Alonso Buttery. vies-president; s. it Austin. secretary: William ~ lane. treasurer: Isles Lillie Austin, come pending secretary. During the nut uni second years there was great in- terest in the work and six new mem- bers were added. The last year inter- est has been steadily on the decrease The society has gained two members. and by removals and withdrawals has lost until it numbers only five or six active members. The principal line of work has been the Sunday school. It is hoped that the stale convention at Norwalk may awaken a new interest in the work and be the means of again building up the society. The present oilloe‘rs are: President. 8. B. Walkley: vice-president. Henry Lane; secretary. Hattie Baden; corresponding secre- tsry. Rev. George E. Davis; treasurer. lire. Alonso Buttery. Meetings are held Wednesday evenings. WEBTPOR'I‘ SOCIETY. By Augie 1.. Boston. The Weaiport Young People's Sock eiy of Christian Endeavor was organ- ised in March. 1886. with a member- ship of seventeen. The society has passed through much the same vicis- situdes that come to most moieties in the alternate increase and decrease of membership. in the attendance at its meetings. and in its general prosper~ ity. The present membership is forty. The meetings have generally been held on Friday evenings. except for a short time. when they were held on Sunday evenings. The work of the society has consisted largely in assist- ing the church in the home work. such as lighting. decorating the loc- ture-room. buying of piano. and so forth: but missionary work has also been done from time to time. The so- ciety at present is in a flourishing condition. and the meetings well at- tended and helpful. The following is the list of oihcers for the ensuing six months: President. Nr. (icrsliom Bradley; vicepresident. Miss Nettie Hale; secretary. Miss Birdie R. Kceiv er: treasurer. Miss Annie Warren. WILTON SOCIETY. By Marian H. Olmsteati. The Wilton Young People‘s iiordety of Christian Endeavor was organised January 5th. l890. shortly after the installation of Rev. W. I). Hart as pastor, and its success has been large- ly due to his untirlng interests and ef- forts. Attire time of organisation. we numbered thirty-three members. We have now a total membership of one hundred and live. Our society has done much towards increasing Christian activity and social inter- course in church work. Our efforts have. perhaps, been more particularly directed towards church improve‘ meats and missionary work in our own town; but. in proportion to the size of our society we have conirihuh ed largely to benevolent work at home and abroad. Our prayer meet- ings are held every Bunday evening. The present odiccs are as follows: l‘residcut. Mrs. J. ll. Herwlu‘: vice- president. Robert lienodict; secretary. Marian Ii. Olmsteau: treasurer. Wil- llum ll. lieniamiu. WEe‘l‘ON SOCIETY. By Annie E. Fitch. The Nordeld Young People‘s Society of Christian Endeavor. of Weston. was organised in Almost. Ill”. with ten active members. The present mem- bership is fifteen active and seventeen mutate. The particular work has been in the missionary lino. which has been very successiul. The meetings have been held on holiday evenings. the attendance being especially good. particularly at the looser-ration meet! logs. The Union banner has been so- oured five times during the three years. and three times in smicession. The quarterly percentage of attend- snce has never been under so. The society was admitted to the Nomad: Union in December. list. Delegates were sent to the Boston and Washing- ton international conventions. hrs members attending the latter. The president is Frank P. lane. who has held the other four tense of sis months each. ”00"in soctsirr. lie is 3. Abbott. . Our sonny of Christian Iadesvor was orgasm is the lease Lee lisilio edict Ipiseoafl church. limit-id. lievsrsbsv iith. it». rrsvleus to this «solution the young people's prayer mass. which were held in the shares as leads: evenings. had are. car the. new satellite our retitled. with twenty-one numbers. We have at present fol-trons active ind tweaty~oss moo members- our prayer meetings. ere held load” tracings. The oihcsri are: Presl~ lent. liar H. Rockwell; vice-presi- dent, iva if. Casey: recording secre- sry. Sarah A. Johnson; correspond- ng secretary. hire. 1.. W. Abbott: .reasurcr. Frank 8. Hurlbdti. BAND DID NOT PLAY. t Large Crowd at the Park City Theatre. Bridgeport. Disappointed. The Bandit Roses which was booked .0 appear at the Park City theatre. aridgeport, last night. failed to show in. There had been a good advance tale and many people were disapt ‘ tainted. The trouble with the band legan Sunday night. when the mem- lere refused to" play at the Metropollo .an opera house in New York. A site audience had gathered to hear me celebrated ltalian musicians. but he manager refused to allow the hand .0 play unless he received more mon- ay. The preprletora refused to ac- ede to the demand. and the disgusted .udlence was dismissed It seems that the contract provided but the band of forty pieces-should J0 paid sue a day. When the must- :isns found that the cost of living in America was greater than they ex- pected. they raised a storm of protest. sad the New York manager finally agreed to pay the hand tlib a night. iunday night a further raise was do handed and refused. The opera muse people threaten to sue the hand :or breach of contract. Last night there was a large crowd it the Park City theatre who came ex- pecting to hear a concert. When told that there was to be none they ex- pressed disappointment. and some were unreasonable enough to blame the management of the theatre. The failure of the band to appear was nothing that Manager Rowland can be blamed for. He had been led to expect until a late hour yesterday afternoon that the band would come and give. the concert as advertised. When he received word that lie was to be disappointed it was too late to notify the public through the after- noon papers. lle regrets the failure as much as anyone. for he had gone to considerable expense to secure the contract. and all indications were that it would be u paying cngagmeni. Those who purchased tickets at the advanced sale. can have their money refunded on calling at the theatre box office. THE STATE TREASURY. Annual Ilemri oi Treasurer (iroavenor ~4‘lvil List and School Fund. The annual report of State 'I'reasur. er (lrosveuor has been issued. The statement of the civil list account shows receipts during the year of 32.382.373.07. which. added to a hair ance of $200,733.85. made a total of 52.073.107.52. l‘nymcnla were made amounting tuz,550.080.02. leaving a balance of ”23.027.50Jessihan the bal- once of last year. For the llrsi time the interest of the school fund has been transferred to the civil list fund. which is thus increased til2.523.08. The report says. regarding the of. forts of the board of equallsatiou to equalize valuations in the various towns of tho slaw: “The grand list of October. teen. was increased by the returns from the va~ rious towns more than thirteen mili- lou five hundred thousand dollars. The board of culmination. continuing attempt to equalisc valuations raised the list of lot towns by additions vs. rying from 810.000 to “5.000.000. and aggregating "1.180.000. information yet to be received and future action will doubtless increase the lists of many towns this fall. and the board asks local assistance from those au~ iborised and sworn to assess proper- ly at aruial value In its efforts to rear edy the abuse of undervaluations so long prevalent." The state tax on notes. bonds. etc. shows an increase over last year. The new law making the tea 4 mills per dollar per auburn. instead of 2 mills. went into effect June 10. tinder the old law lube such places were pre. sented. amounting to flidildililit‘l. on which the tea was “but“. Under the new rate 7.974 pieces came in for rotation. amounting to ".illsil‘ml. the tax on which was ”2,194.08. insh- ing a total from this source of I‘ll.- 130.31. «For Dale and To Let ads in the hentiael bring quick returns. hobbit!) taro rue eraser. lir. lions and Mr. liarris flight Over the Isle of a more. Benjamin Harris and David A. ilosen came to blows about lztil o'clock, yesterday afternoon. over the street. to iisrrle. Th. “iii m “I ”W M's “a the combatants Niki! out into the street. where Harris attempted to ‘brsishossnwltksstoei. . Ohm: Poll-e Will” rm mmwrmfl Christi“ seem 7‘ may sense . sale of ltoseo's store in Raymond ' Come , . 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