Romper. of Westport.
said be employed about thirty hands.
He thought it would be an reception»
dation to the realdentsoli‘tile town to
, have an outlet to the villages east or
Westmrt. He knew of no one whom
the extension would injure. They
have no train east in the morning be-
tween 0 and 11:60.
said the population of the town was
3.000, of the village of Westport about
1,000 and or Sanguine): village perhaps
500 or 000. lie thought there was ne-
cessity tor a road between Westport
and Bouthport. It would beneiit many
farmers who trade in Southport be-
sides those who want to route to
Bridgeport. They have good facilities
to go In every direction except Bridge-
port ‘
The hearing will occupy several
than use the de-
Wheeleroverrals
~ raised practical-
”. situation. To the
it is immaterial
,. outer oi the high-
- » occupy. To the
. but that is a mat-
' consideration by
In cross examination ilr. Kemper
standing. and the hm. "I
\, lav. llr. Ooodenomb led in
' m Fran k W I". Oll-
solo "Re Will Hide lie." Kit»
‘ ‘ Thor-hymn. “l Shell See ,lllm Face
to Face" was then song. after which
muses «educates were alven. the
ringing Wm each other
with hearing may. The hymn.
“M” In." closed the praise ser-
vice. ‘
The committee on coniplimcntsry
Wag the desirability at meet.-
7 and} great y in en-
' milieu " "toeapresaand
,. . W at the com—
slns unease at the present simian.
awfmgiamha "mt W
crowned rur-
r, ; g, _‘ raton at
has 'eotac tom whither: trust, will
' bear much fruit Be it hereby
Resolved. That we extend a. vote of
thanks to the speakers who have so
ably and eloquently addressed as; to
those who have so kindly furnished
the music; to the ladies who have so
thoroughly looked after the material
wants of the churches and chapters
for their cordial hospitality. which has
made the day one long to be remem-
bered: to Dr. Scoleld. for his untir-
ing eilorts to bring such glowing suc-
cess to'this convention: to the press
for the interest manifested in the pro-
ceedings of the convention: to the
New York. New Bevan and Hartford
railroad for their reduced rate; to the
Norwalh street railway for their
prompt accommodation.
DR. DOW R. REESE.
MRS. ll. Ii. FERRNS.
MISS anus W. S'tILL.
Committee.
The committee on credentials then
made its report. which showed lot-ty-
iive chapters represented at the con-
vention. with all delegates. exclusive
of the local Noritaiit chapters. which
would probably increase the number
by about 100 members. bringing the
total representation or the league in
the district up to 401 delegates. Rev.
Mr. holler. chairman. stated that this
was the largest representation at any
convention in the history or the dis-
trict league. ,
Rev. F'. A. Scoiield then said a tow
words relative to the collection. and
In praise oi the speaker at the even-
ing. Rev. J. 'I‘. McFarland. l). l).. at
Brooklyn. who was introduced by
President Randall. Dr. McFarland
spoke on "Brains: Their Use and
Abuse." He said: '
"It is an important epoch when we
discover that we have bruins.
“Whittier. the great American poet.
awarding to the fact that he bad
brains. wrote his brat poem when he
"'And must I always cow and dull.
And help to tilt the milking-pail?
lwieh togosway toecbool.
ldonotwanttobeafool!’
"Though not great. viewed es a
post. those words expressed the spirit
bachoig‘cnius. At schedule ev-
ery man's life it is important that this
awakening should talc place.
like Whittier he should lay. 1
want to he a tool: ’
an!
Wed.” was suogwith enthnw
feeding on “yelier~baeled literature."
unless you provide him with better
books to take its place. ~
0. that we mhht awaken to the
flagellum possibilities at Christian
culture. lint what ls easy. but what
best—let that he the motto at our
“the Lot as close with Adam
We words. "i thank God that I
braille sad the ability to culti—
address was heartily applauded.
W report showing cob,
I "In the day. amounting to
about , in the treasury.
* ' ‘ , ‘ $W.‘l"ee.
. A. Scodeld pronounced the benedic~
and the convention adjourned.
The afternoon session of 'the Epa
worth Dengue convention opened yes—
terday with a large attendance and an
enthusiastic spirit. . ‘
The devotional service at 2 p. m.
was led by Dr. B. hi. Adams. of
Greenwich. The llrst speaker. Rev.
C. L. Ooodeli, I). D.. was then intro-
duced and gave a thrilling hddrean on
"The Greatest Story in the World."
He said there were people in Boston
whom he had known who had criti-
cised the Bible. who had never read
it through consecutively. He sup-
posed. however, that every one in the
audience before him had done so a
number of times. (Laughton) ‘
"The Bible still stands In spite of
all the criticism that has been buried
against it. Voltaire once said that he
would destroy the Bible; that when the
century had passed away there would
not be any Bible In existence. lly a
curious coincidence. 100 years there-
after. found the house where he gave
utterance to that prophecy stored with
Bibles from gsrret to cellar. It was
the ware-room of a Bible society.
"The longest message over sent by
telegraph was the entire book. ”8.000
words. it was sent from New York
to Chicago to be printed In a Sunday
newspaper. It was the most religious
thing I ever knew Chicago to do.
(Intuition) When the iiunday news-
paper gets to printing that sort of
business. PM not object to reading it;
till then I'll not have one in my
house. (Applause) The Bible was
not written as a booli in history. or as
a book in geology. though I do not
know of a single statement in it that
history or geology has proved wrong.
But you must talte a book for what it
was written. This book was written
as a message to your heart and mine.
to make men better and lift them up
‘lrom earth to (led. As I go thrown
the book i come to a poem. so wierd.
so tender. so true; that story oi a man
in sorrow. It lays hold of my heart.
Perhaps. from a purely literary stand-
point. nothing has ever been written
which has surpassed the Scott of Job.
“Then i enter the king‘s palace and
he tsltes down his harp and sings. i
would like to itaow the entire history
at the lid helm: how teeny it has
comforted and under what trials and
sorrows. Further on we can hear
what the wisest use has to say. and
Cling after him come the stern proph-
ets.,apeahers ct stern words. yet the
marking years have seen their vindb
fl
count or the whale. but beauties of its
tale of the overthrow oi Nineveh. "l'oo
great a city.‘ the higher critics said. to
been long hit. him out of one
new. on a hearing [tor a"
«Why the general street
‘- Judge Banks. of Fairdeid. appeared
in behaltoithe town in operation to
the application. and Attorney Ill. ll.
inenofvt'ectporhln behall of his
town. which favors the proposed or
.tenaion. The» proleoted roadis ties?
crlhcd as follows:
“Your applicant intends and desires
to extend its railway and to build and
to construct the seats with tracks.
and proper switches and turnouts. and
with an electrical sediment. from
sald ppiutoltemlnaticniathe town
°‘ I“.‘.’........ ”Worm i" “ii;
tlcnt turnpike. mine. or out Post
road. thence by way of said turnpike
into the town of Westport. and in
said town of Westport into Compo
street. near to the village of West-
port."
hir. Stoddard entered a demurrer to
the proceedings. because it does not
appear from the application and ex-
hibits that the applicant has definitely
located its proposed way or trucks so
that the individual property owners or
the towns can approximate or esti-
mate the damages to property or the
cost of the proposed road: because it
does not appear that the applicant is
financially-able to build the road. and
because the selectmens of the towns
of l‘airileld and Westport have not ac-
cepted the plans.
“We have here." continued Mr. Stod-
dard. "the town of Fairdold opposing
the application and the town of West-
port lavurlng it. inasmuch as the
ciaion of our Supreme Court In the
Shelton Street Railway case refers di-
rectly to the not of 1393, I deeire to
read that." ,
Mr. Stoddard then read the general
street railway law, and alsomiicred a
copy oi the decision In the Shelton
case. from which he read extracts. lie
then made an exhaustive argument in
support of the demurrer. Iir. Stod-
dard's argument was substantially the
same as that made by Attorney Bish-
op yesterday in the Shelton Street
Railway company's application when
he entered a similar demurrer. which
Judge Wheeler overruled.
During hie argument llr. Stoddard
made the claim that the company had
not really located the road. If it went
over the macedatn road there would
be general opposition. ‘
Judge Carroll interposed an chico-
tion. claiming that Hr. Stoddard was
going outside his demurer to make.
statements oi act.
"0. let him have free .0090." put in
lir. Paigex'llsc his imsginetlon. licen-
tiiul pictures he is drawing."
Judge [timer smiled and instructed
lir. standard to continue.
“I em urgent and insistent." Mr.
Stoddard added. ”that these gentle:
men get before us papers which will
show where the line intends to go in
order that we may meet them. It
theyarenctpnpcredtodoaothey
should withdraw until such time as
they are. l undeniaad that Judge
Wheeler passed cm the other two
points in this demurrer yesterday. and
I anticipate that the decision of your
honor on those questions would be cc-
cording to the ruling of your content»
pursues."
Judge llmcr ruled that the appli-
cants should make the Mon at the
madclearaothettheconrtmiglitin-
teilfleltiy decide the em. lie
..._ has at this time
, highway the road
It the company had
eltion that they in.
. tie highway that
wanted to be heard
.- honor rule that It
this court which side
build it on one side
other would it not
? Are you coins to
W 0' “Ponce shall
, . of your Judgment on
" .11 your honor acqui-
WWII. i make my bow in
I'll" right here with—
b . dilution or evidence.
”it”!!! new. and ask
' “be revised if your
view. They have
omitted this at detail for some
particular I ask your honor
to collie! M It!” this either by ‘
renewing thfir llcation or amend-
ing this oomph/I would mm to be the
commonest nice or a request."
Ir. Paige“ [I in causticaliy to
replyfiflds) d. "This is the
,. __. . I! have ever seen the
' ’ flu Meme Court by
" ‘ltlnthelhceoln
*1“ By chin inven-
tive genius, and his eloquence he has
plausibly presented this argument
that the poor. weak corporation which
he represents is not apprised as to
which side of the highway we intend
to locate our tracks. This same or-
gument was presented to Judge
Wheeler yesterday. and his answer
that a change of location might in~
crease the expense or It might not. It
would be at least be so small on not
to form a question for consideration. I
will any that there never was a time
when we would be more pleased to ace
the gentlemen snake his bow and with-
draw." .
Judge Elmer overruled the demur-
rer. He explained that he did not
think the court need puss upon tho
question as presented by hir. Stoddard
because then it would be necessary to
dispense with his company. The court
was not there [or that purpose. l‘u-
dot the law the court could not locate
the road as if It were already running.
nor could this court say how near the
highway or how far it should go. Tila'
court would of course [lililli upon tho
question of expense. Mr. Stoddard
didn‘t make his Iarewell lmw.
Mr. Leta read the answer of the town
of Wealport acquiesclng in the plea of
the. Bridgeport Traction company. Mr.
Stoddard said that he hurl been inform.
ed that two of Wustport's selectmcn
were present and auirl that Mr. been
was not engaged to represent the
ioll'll.
Mr. been called First Selectman
Waltenmn. who was worn and stated
that hlr. Lena was not employed
the town. lie told Mr. Ines that so far
as he was «announced he would be glad
to have him rcprcseut the town.
Judge Elmer concludedihe little in-
cident by saying that he would recog-
nise llr. been as the town's attorney.
Judge Carroll offered the minutes of
the meeting at the stockholders oi the
Bridgeport Traction company. which
he read tor the purpose of showing
their intention of building the road.
The meetings were held June 4 and
October Ill. 1801. ”
Alter recess this afternoon. Precl~
dent Andrew I’. Radei. of the Bridge
port Traction company. was called to
ill? witness stand. .ludga Carroll
read the minutes at a meeting at the
nineties oi the company held at the
Itenhattau Hotel. November at. um.
at which ”L000 was appropriated tor
the Wastnort extension. and President
lledcl and three directors were named
as a committee to take charge of the
construction. The engineer of the com-
pany said the estimated cost of the as»
tension was “0.000. A cartidcste ct
depaaitiorilumissoed by the state
bank of liew Jersey was altered and
idestlilcd. it was payable to li‘renlt
ll. Man. out at the directors. and
the “posit was met to tile rote
,_m|
ed that it was not
by'
days. <
w
Y. II. C. A. FURNISHINGS.
Rooms in Dr. Bohannaa'e Building Put
in Readiness for Use.
hire. McOonegal. hire. Edwards. Mrs.
Cole. hire. Richardson. Dr. II. C. Sher-
er and .l. A .Richardson met yesterday
in the Y. II. C. A. rooms in Dr. Bo—
hannan‘e building. They examined
the rooms and made arrangements for
their furnishing. From there they
went to Id. 3. Gorbam's and bought
paper, moulding and shades. The
rooms are now being renovated and
prepared ‘for the reception to be given
nest Monday. when a musing. good
home—warming is expected. '
The committee on furnishings state
that if any sympathizer with the
movement has portlerree. draperies.
etc. to contribute, they would be very
acceptable. "
DR. CLARK THE CHAMPION.
Winners of the Tropics at Saunders'
The monthly shoot at H. A. Sound»
era' gallery closed last night. 'Dr. A.
N. Clark won the drst price. a hand-
some graphophone. scoring 11? out o!
a possible I20; Elmer Miller was sec-
and with lid. and Peter Roberts was
third. 115. The shooters will start in
tonight on another month's shoot.
Two targets will be used. one open for
everyone. with no in gold. or a Win—
chceter or Colt repeating ride for first
mine. and a watch for second prize.
The other timid. will be for those who
have never shot at the gallery before.
and the iirut prize will be a grnphu~
phone. or a Winchester or Colt rifle.
COMBINATION OF i‘OAI. lN'l‘Eli-
ES'I‘S.
Promises That It Will Be Effector! lic-
for.» the New Year.
I’Iltsiiurg. Pa. Dec. l.—~'i'iu- largest
combination of river coal interests
ever attempted promiscs to be cfloctcd
before the new year. It has been tolli—
ed of for years. lull has at last more to
a focus. A committee repainting of
Captain W. W. O‘Neil. president. of tin:
W. W. O'Neil company. and of the
l’ittsburg Coal Exchange; Captain S.
S. Brown and W. H. Brown‘s Sons and
Captain John A. Wood. of the lirm of
John A .Wood at Son. to hard at work
considering the schedules of properly
vplncn u» presented by the separate
coal companies operating on the river.
There is a slight tlisscusion‘ln llic
ranks. but it is not connidorl'll to In
suillcient to block the way of u lipi‘liily
consolidation. The scheme which is
atupcndous in nature DI‘OIMlIil‘ii the or-
anniastlon of one company with a cup
ltulisutiou of Sil.il00.000. It is to ho
a huge trust. controlling the river
t‘illlI interests from hock No .5 on til--
Monongahela river to New Orleans.
0'0th MEN DOST.
No 'I‘idings Received of the Sloop
Pigeon.
Chicago. Dec. l.-—A special from Se-
attle. says: A .A. Smith. writing under
date of Nov. 22. from Skaguay says:
"For the last tour days there has been
a great anxiety in Shaguay over the
possible fate of twelve men. who. on .
Tuesday morning. on the sloop Pigeon
assayed to matte a trip around the
Taiiya. The north wind was blowing
a gale down the canyons at the time.
The shipper wee unable to make his
boat beat up against the wind. and.
losing control of her. he was carried
away down the canal. it Is known
that Nicholas Furlong. Tim Dickens.
Rene lapris. Joseph Painter. 0. ll.
Dennison and a man named bombard
were In the party. The letter In be-
lieved to be lllltou bombard. of New
York. who was in llltsguuy. on route
to Dawson City. which point he had
agreed upon s 010.000 wager to reach
without money.
"It was impossible for the shipper
to return to the harbor here. as it was
also to reach Taiiya. but alter several
«helm . i attempts in reach cover,
a landing was made about a mile boo
low on this side. ll. S. “analog. of
(lowest). and lions 0. Donald. ct ile-
tl‘oit. disembark“. and endeavored to
W the others to do likewise. but
they rates-duh" belleviagthaywoulo
lit-mummy. mulled
Thorn a... No Appetite; m...
A Big head was «he
lied. ‘
in up mail 20 mas
Attorney Youngs Says She will be
Rewarded for Taming State's
Evidence.
M
NO NEW TRIM,
PROBABLY
Thornnoesiotlxpreseflops arou-
‘ung W ate- a con-
unattainable-assassi-
New York. Dec. i.-—-Iartin Thorn.
who last evening heard the verdict of
the jury which will send him to the
electric chair to expiate the murder of
William Guldensuppe. passed a quiet
night in his cell at the Queens county
jail.
When the sheriff went In to see
Thorn this morning. the prisoner said
he had no appetite for breakfast, but
he felt that a big load was of! his mind.
Thorn did not talk as If he had any
hope of getting a new trial. He eup-
posed. he said. that he would have to
make up his mind to meet the worst.
hire. Nook spent a restless night. be-
ing evidently much reflected by the
conviction of Thorn. When she heard
of the verdict she wept and expressed
sorrow for her iormsr lover. although
she says her conscience is relieved.
Mrs. Neck is in a highly nervous con-
dition and is now very anxious about
her own case. District Attorney
Youogs has not announced Just what
he purposes doing in the case n lira.
Nook, but says he will take no action
until after Thorn is sentenced.
It is understood. that lire. Neck will
be arraigned in court next week. what
her counsel, Emanuel Friend. will. in
her behalf. enter a plea of guilty of .
manslaughter in the first dance. and
that the district attorney will accept
the plea. . ‘
In doing this hinToungs would rec-
ognise lire. Nack'e action in taming.
state's evidence against Thorn at the
first trial. hire. Neck my be sen?
toured to twenty years' Imprisonment.
CONTRIBUTION BOX RIFLEI).
George Silliman Arrested in Kansas
for the Thief.
Wichita. Kane. Dec. le-(lcorge Sil-
imau. u ten—year-old boy. is under nr~
rest on the charge of robbing the cou-
trlbutiou box of the Baptist Sunday
school at Baughman. near Wichita.
For more than six months money has
been missed and action was taken to
expel the treasurer of the school. Miss
Ellie. Markham. from the church nml
have her arrested for cmbcsslemcnt.
as she could not manual for the pile-
sing money, amounting to nearly lino.
When arrested. the boy was almost
purulyzcd with four and sold his fully»
or hurl whipped and compelled him to
steal. Stillman is u wealthy farmer
and a (lexicon in the church. The toa-
timony is Mlpporlrd by his brother.
llt- took the money during prayer in
tho Sunday echool service, The vidcr
Stillman has been arrested.
SIX PER CENT. DIVIDEND.
lieu-lured Incl Night by the Building
and lotto Association.
At u meeting of the directors of the
Norwallr Iluildlug, loan and luvcut-
ment estimation. last night. at the of—
llcc of Taylor 0 Golden. a dividend at
the rate of silt per cent. per anuum
was declared. The association is In
a most prosperous condition.
RIVERSIDE CEMETIBRY ASBOCIA~
. TION.
The unusl meeting of the stock-
holders of the Riverside Cemetery ae-
eociation was held at the silica of
John ll. Light on Tuesday alteration.
*and the following board of adviecrs
was elected tor the ensuing year:
liinot Kellogg.
John H. Ferris.
Christian Iwarts.
F. St. John Lockwood.
John ll. Light.
George F. Bunion.
R. ll. Rowen.
At a subsequent meeting or the
board at ("WI ll. ll. lumen was
elm president and George P. lint-
ton was elected secretary and trace
uerre.
W
monounsaturated.
srsntttaoo IllLituAll orders for
Ocrhstn hrothm’. at Reading. ster-
ilised still: seat to lolloy Adams. to
Taylor avenue. will receive prompt
attention. Fresh miiit delivered
daily. letter Atlanta. agent. nu u
ply at» ill W .
iioor.
no
FOR SALE-«Cheap;
cubator (the . ..
Peck. Third am
Point road. lent
FOR satnevm ,
upright Grand piano.
last spring. coat.1 ”
and lmprovelhenta.‘ ,
good as new; prion.
Delmar. care Seam
FOR SALE—At ‘ S
fence: Seconddta‘ad
bedding; 2 new ..
mntai boilers; two
or engines. m:
FOR SALE-Our Int
made of the beat-q,
bacco. and makeup .
to a smoker. Prlcg,‘
containing 25 cigars.
Cigar 00., man . ..
FOR SALE—Tho
east end of t
Norwaik; two m
'1‘. ,B. Grille. agent,
roa SALE—~11 you
try the H. b l...
forced. no.9
8160 will hit! I;
(503115) in on.
streets of South ,
healthful; walk mam ‘
and petition tor scvlvie _ "
lion. Particulars d: To”.
den.
'ro ' , ‘
marinas... at... " ‘
ford place. All IW
ply to W. B. Hub 'I ‘,
’l‘il LEW—Four pm ,,
iy papered and mu; .,
iii'eiiiitf. ' ,
'ro RENT~Houae or d m g“
condition, and with all ’
provemenls. Apply to ‘
Golden.
'ro I.ET——Bec0lld door at”
In good condition. at H ”
TO l.E'i‘-Seven m‘fl
4 West Main street. W ,
II“.
T0 i..ET~—~House lately ..
Dr. Brown on Rim,
improvements. And! tell.
dai i.
T0 LET—Front m .
ill West street. nest is '0. ,
mond's residence: M “Ht __ 2
'I‘ollea street. and hates ea . ‘
strct: house 30 Day m,
proverneuts. Apply to
Knapp.
To LET—Pleasant 1 m _
rent on Quintard lines.
One minute from trolley.
tio per month until wit it _ '
of r. a. Quintard. m
Norwalit. , , ' ‘ 3,
1'0 tor—nouns. it lows
rooms; improvements in.
ct lidwia Wilden. '
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