.Wxsptlnlhehossdvhooss
unintentiona- to flat out—
? was: funded by
' them
The Wilson Point esteem oi the
Ileahnrr ”and Norwallr‘ division of the
consolidated railroad was blocked for
, several hours last night by the derail-
“’ mtdWoulofhlfninoffifteen
freight ears.
The switch engine, Conductor Thom.
as hnhey and Engineer William Dan—
‘itlli left the Point at ! o'clock with
cars for the South Norwalk freight
yard. .‘leetsoethoflfeadowstreet. at
thelongswitch.alouroalononeof
the cars gave way, and before the en~
glaeer could he notined hy signal and
the train M nine cars had instil-
ed the trees.
Antessagewaassattollauhnry for
thewrechiaguaimand itarrived on
the scene shortly after I o'clock in
charge of Bgadmanter Kilcourse and
Condnetor .lohn Renting. and with 8u~
nerintendent I'llartin also on board.
They directed the work of replacing
the ears on theratls. anditwash
o’clock this morning before the track
was cleared so that trains could get to
,_ and from the Point.
. Oneofvthecarsthatlefttherallswas
on the brine over leadow street. its
contents. naphtha and oil, dripped
throuh the bridge. no that the Tram-
waymhlllrdeeldednottoruncars
throwh, hut transferred passengers
the entire evening. Fortunately all
the ears remained upright and they
were but slightly damaged.
it was impossible to get any of the
engines hept in the gonad house at the
Point out early this mug. A train
was sent done from Denbnry for Con-
dnetor Vaughn to lab up at s: 35. Con-
ductor Daniel W was kept wait-
It's antdshafetnfi hliorc haunted his
engine and went tn Brim .
lasts-ts to am ' arm
dials-shunt,“
George Ward Search died last even-
ing of pnenmia. at his home in Camp
street.
hlr. llelleek has been a well-known
and highly reapartstl citizen of Nor-
walii for many years. Norwallt was
hisnativeplareaad hehadniunerous
friends in busineu circles. having kept
agroserystorelaWalletrestfora
nit-her of years.
its was a min-t nieniher of tit.
Paula W church and active in
Christian service. lie lied been a ves-
try-an of lit. Paul‘s for many years
and held several flees in the church
up to the time of hb last illness.
The deceased w- the son of Henry
aadflenhdelleehaadwesoneofa
fatally of Ive. Two brothers and one
sister survivel him. liev. C. it. iiellech.
Theodore and I." Hillier liellcrh. of
lforwalh.
Mr. Selle!!! leaves no children. and
he survived his wife by only a few
months
Armaments for the funeral
have
”fingernails-elm
The area's class. condor-tut by in...
con Lewis it. ”uh. save a six-tat in
the lecture roo- ef the llosth Norwaik
U
didn’tdeat’ing" tothe We:
sehsalhaysoiflewrorhatthellor-
Twain Amory lastnight. Thelargo
.,.apdlsneethatcavnetossethe game
was-wwlsodsttheweshtestuwork
of the visitors. The military boys are
ultra novices. but they played all
around the Berkeley team, winning by
a score of ii to 3.
During the first half fouls were fre-
unently called. and the only lasts
thrown were from the foul line, by
Wehher, of the Norwsllts. and Perrier.
of the Berkelcys, making the score 1 to
l atthe close of the half.
still more spirit into the game. and
threw five goals from the field. With
only three minutes to play, Potter. of
the visiting team. managed to get one
into the basket.
"other covered left guard in superb
style for the military team: Captain
Webher was all right at center. and
Bloom, Guarnieri and lleehan played
their positions with credit. in fact.
last night's game demonstrated that
the second team is eontposed of good
material. Practice would make the
team formidable rivals of other teams
in this vicinity. For the Berkeleys
Captain Forney was a whole team in
himself, but was not well supported.
Christianson. right guard, is the inter.
scolastic champion runner of New
York. The line-up and summary:
Bloom, r. f, Christianson
(lunrnieri. l. i. Dwyer
W e.bber capi. c. Arnold
Meehan. r. g. Potter
linden. I. g. Capt. Porney
First half: Goals from foul line. Nero
walls-Webb”, 1. Berkeley. Porney. t.
liemnd half: (loals from field. Nor-
walk-Bloom. l: Gnarnierl. 2: hieeban.
2. Berkeley—Potter, l.
memo.
seer-rs a, nu. Washington Cheats
in new Association.
In. Arlhnr B. Hill in! the meeting
offhelalas’naaoriationoftheflm
Congregatlnaal church yesterday after-
noon. lira. Washington chaste. or
Mum and see-
. WW” I" W
missions. spoke on “Christian Giving."
"The greatest thing in the world is
love." she said. "love most express
itself in giving. especially in selfigiv-
ing. which is allvineluaive. including
life. time talent. means. everything.
Giviu is one of the chief foundation
“ones of the Christian life. The theme
of it runs like a scarlet thread throtigh
the entire word of God. That giving
should be minute and system-
atic is no new idea. The tenth of God
still remains in force, immeasurably
dignified by the apostolic command.
'As Cod manners him.’
"it is necessary to g.
it is the principn y Chris-
tian to give. tirst the benevolenm
of his own church, not from sectarian-
lsm. but because find in life provir
dance has given a certain work to each
church,
"The Congregational church has sis
missionary moieties. The church will
he mrrant to herself and to find if
she calls tin-er societies inih, caislenro
only to let them exist in a starving
condition or a living death. True life
«resists not in eating and drinking.
and in chains, but in soul and charm:-
trr. The desuliory giving of so or so
after having all we want for ourselves
has no particular value. hell-denial is
what is needed: sellvdenial leading to
self-giving is the vital priarlple of the
Christian life. and is sadly Inching in
the Christian church."
movement
A W flrlver Tries to Collect
menu-mun-
Aa attempt at fraud was frustrated
s, Teller my». Hoyt. of the room
Crusty fiethvnal beak. this asoraing.
The would—he swisdlsr has left toes.
John lilrsrh. the thriller. recently disv
charged lels Kleisrher. one of his
drivers. it now appears that he has
tn the second half the liorwalks put.
Warrants for People vlo Attended
the Funeral of Better, Seliect.
"condominium
mourn Tracey and ls-lelechv
mammal» W
ingVesionhdtheTsnnhle»
- ammwmm
County Health omeer Hill and Town
Health Ollicer W. J. Tracey are severe~
ly criticised over their action concern-
riie funeral of little Dealer Sellech. at
East Norwaik. The parents and rela-
lives of the boy feel that they have a
grievance. They seem to think that
the action taken was altogether too
radical. Health Officer Tracey thinks
that he did nothing but his duty as laid
down by the law
There was evidently no intentional
violation of the law, if any. in fact,
the worst that can he charged is that
there was a misunderstanding: but the
health officials take the stand that the
bereaved family should be hauled up
and put on trial in a court of justice.
laaac Seller-h. in speaking of the case
to a representative oi The Sentinel.
said that the health oflclals could not
prosecute sny,too quick to suit him.
Dir. School: said he was positive. in
his own mind. that the whole nlalr
had been brought about by the" fact
that he had several tilts with the
health oiliciala as selertnian. having
many times disagreed with their meth-
ods of procedure.
The history of the case. as told by
Mr. Selleeh, in that little Dealer had
boon ill of scarlet fever. but had recov-
ered. Before he regained his strength.
however. he was tahen ill of pneu-
monia and never rallied. his system be-
ing too weak to withstand the disease
"fir. Tracey wnn spoken to about the
case," said Air. Sellech, "but the boy
was unable to he removed from the
more where he hell have ill at scarlet
m. “in fill hill: rah tln In!»
eattne. as the res- ennht not he
properly disinfected. As the uneven
title was on the house when the child's
death occurred. his father and I called
upon Dr. Tracey and spoke to him con.
muting the funeral arrangements. We
wanted at first to hold it on Saturday.
but Dr. Tracey thought that was do—
lerring matters too long, and we soi~
tied upon Friday.
”The (flavor informed us that ho-
iliougbt the funeral should be private.
but he would not object to the imme-
' diate family and near friends attend-
lng. We maiden-d this very hind and
lllllll' arrangements accordingly. The
human was tbombly disinfected and
the services were to be held in another
portion of the house from where tin-
boy was.
"Alter these preparations had been
mada- and at the last minute the furn-
ily‘ was informed that the funeral
should be strictly privatc. An rillrcr
was stationed at the gate to forbid
people entering tho premises he raising
the names of l wkho did no'
Franklin of East Norwulk.
father of the child. coincides. with
Mac Selkirk all to the facts of the case.
n no lulmlew this morning llenlih
~er Tracey stated that what steps
bad hem fallen were simply in accord
once with the law. and that if tiw
public didn't want the law Pitfiii’i‘evi
they should "pal ll. lie until the)
house was still under urnsrnntluo and
had not laren dislafetted undo" his
supervision so that he could not al’
low a pnhlic funeral
Dr Tracey also says that he inform-
ed there that the funeral must be pri-
vate. and later learned thin. foils links
had been engaged and that it was to
be pelvic He states that he went to
Best Novwalk Friday morning and
tom the family that it least be piiraio
and then drove up ‘i‘lsnor Selimii‘s
his»: and irid him that the turn rel
rviull not be public and asked him to
use his influence to keep the people out.
bntiestrsd.hewasoneoithenrst to
, gala.
llr. Tracey denies that there is any
normal feeling between himself and
its. ileiierh: list to be sure that his
prenaive null , or as near
that as can he . An' old~
fashioned tidal of revival is
sweeping over X
being accent '
is people having
d prove- himself
an evangelist of If mean order or lack
of power. as one naturally es-
port from his , record in New
Haven and - The meetings
moot tlloilhh Mahedlnterest
is apparent u -_ _' l. and the work.
asshowninthe" . lesofthenew
converts. hassa " ('00! I81"?
inenens whidi U
fasting and prayer
the day, and the
fallen upon the
and its con-
verts during thh -~ — of meetings
will probably be - ‘ .. with ours
services upon . . day.
"The Vales of - Religious Life to
the mo and r" a
lites. went forward tor-the prayers of
theeberehandalargecovapany of
young their area» in response to the
pastor's request and gave themselves
to Christ.
Tonight the (‘oiomhia hand of the
Salvation Army will assist the pastor.
and as the audiences for many nights
have been too large for the lwturo
rmm. the services will he transferred
to the audience morn up stairs. A
cordial welcome is attended to all
those meetings.
arommmvroroas.
Win-mammals:—
tien of the lorwalh Waterloard.
Norwalh Democrats have [also coir
ducting themselves upon the plan that
"to the victors belong the spoils." and
it will not be surprising if the new
llcpmdican iloard of Water tiommisv
sinners adopt it similar method in
giving out the low plums they have to
distant of.
it waa rumored this morning that
the action of the board last night in
deferring the app-dotiamt of a norm
tary and superintendent had a political
aspect. and that A. ll. Camp. the gear
is! incumbent of the secretaryh other.
would step down and out and that thr-
plnr'e would be given to a Republican.
The seine change was also "We'll
«morning the superintendent.
The members of the Mid." airin—
wan-dim soviet any proposed chaser.
d do not care to say anything. but
ry are evidently unwise wood
There is s strove. wanhllliy rm
LTss Collector A ,A. taste may be
neat secretary oi the ester MM.
”mu-W
.
“0’01”“.
Arts-sensiti- are being «alone for s
snot my mu ball at the tim-
nalh Armory. under the auspices of
Company l’. on Multan it. when. it
is expected. the Yale university tests
will Inert the heat ill-trim Young
lion’s Christian Association. at brook-
lya. Company rs teats will probably
,slarthcltsiraerhorlistathossarssvsa
alagandltavowlseetoheagrent
aflht forthehvhelballmnhs. it
smmmmmm
lsthehenheflihlhenems. “a
law have may hues
nindeJntlreahlrihemtneiawlre
numnttheusleldufthehrld.
Wbmflw
a‘ Reduction of Salary.
cum illlill lllEfilL
mam Mvhaeflimfhatlhndlty
blemenelhteinrthemm
astgsaednpenwhen he was
W
The City Council of Roswell: nnr
, donbtedly believes it hesyreached a no-
tation of the police problem by reduc-
ing the salaries of the chief and the
captain.
ft is understood that the project of
assigning the chief to night duty has
been discussed. but as this order could
only be issued by the mayor, he being
the only one in authority over the
chief, the Council will think twice be-
fore hringing the matter up.
The reduction of salary. as far as the
chief is concerned. will not he suhniit-
ted to quietly, as many have supposed.
but he will hold the city liable for the
full amount of salary as fixed when he
was appointed to thaoiilec.
Chief Bradley's counsel claims that
the steps talieo by the City Council at
its last meeting were illegal. and that
the city is liable for the full amount.
the (Bouncil having no more authority
Ioredncetbe salary than it bad to
abolish the odlce.
Insef Tempernnsn last in Annual
Ionianbglonthlorwalh.
District Division. No. 2, lions of Tour
pcraaee. which includes the divisions
in Greenwich. itowayton, Norwalk.
South Norwalk. fiilvcrniine and West-
i'lort. held its annul meeting in South
Norwalk yesterday. with Iiunebaha
division. in Grand Army Hall.
following are the ulcers elected:
Past District Worthy Patriarch—W.
. A, it. iiawley, of New Canaan.
District Worthy Patriarch—F. it.
unwell.“ Westpavt. .
must it Amino—hrs.
Fannie J. Joyce. of south Norwalh.
District Scrimum Mabel Pryor, of
Norwalir.
District Chaplain—linen l. Wood
worth. of South Norwalk.
District t.‘ ondm-tur ~Wiilia
son of \‘orwaik
District Sentiocl~llrs Lizzie Broth
Winn. of South Norwalli.
[District Superintendent of Yuma
l’mplo's ‘Vilfk' Mr». P. .l. Joyce.
These oilicrrs wore installed by
tlraod Worthy Patriarch i'harlcs 'B.
llublmll. of t-ltratfmd. it was de~
rim-d to hold anfilhl'l’ nus-ting lit'hl
\i'minmlay night. with hilnnobaiia di-
vision. No. if», in lirnml Army "all. it
was voted to hold grand district ral-
live this winter in several towns in tbs
division. and rommittm won: ap
pointed to complete arrangements: H
l.. Woodwortb. with Rising liter. of
ltowaytoo; lav-nit Holdall. with PM
until division. flrwnwich: Mrs. Mabel
Pryor. with Minnehahn division. of
sumo Norwalk; and w. A. it. Hallo-y
with i‘ricndly ilrwting division. of tilt
termini:
Nickel-
roman manners
Hogan's Alley
’l’bv- iiptairlunlly of seeing the mlg~
that. as well as the funniest oi all lrlsh
lat-re mniedies will be given at lloyt'i
Theatre. January 2. it is the Inuih-
tliml-of “Milan's Alloy." «Willi!
adapted for the "employing poi»
fir. it is h'ffltl‘lfl! fallen front real life.
thevelslugaveryairepkvtln tiu
more. ._ The characters of llogau and
limped-ire portrayed try the inimitable
om comedians. (xiii-m. and crowd
known to the vaudeville world as
, ’fl‘reiands Kins." and theywe cups
mamawslmeisssyoim
hie performers“ adulthd ability The
Nswrorhmlosanithesspokeaof
itsahelngamuedylhathaanevevyei
manuallcd
f'. lirotherioli entertained his
My school class of the Math
ilsptist rho-rum their Indy friends
at his hit-eta llarhor‘ avenue last
night. (lam were played and .m-
frsshaveets served and a very manual
evening was some. Anions those
present were the Aliases Belle llohhins.
Allen lryoa. Clarita lions. Ila-d Hash.
line Raymund. hassle. Vernon Iii»
ler. heats-l lfeap. filth-rt "mass.
and .luha llyati.
«TH‘I
. m “Th:
Chief Bradley will in ratio in
'. lions of the district deputies to the
'l‘lte~
nuai session of the toe». The ease-
rises opened at 11 o'clock. with Great!
luster George A. Kiss in the chair.
There was a large n dunn-
bors and considerable important bust—
nean was transacted during the day.
The grand roaster delivered his as.
noel address, in which he pointed out
the general conditions of the order in
the slate and congratulated the inter
oily on the prospects in view. The
grand master touched upon the visito-
lodgcs of the state. saying at the close
that the reports of all the district dep—
uties show that. althoi'xh some of the
lodges are shouldoring heavy burdens.
owing in part to the period of commer'
cial depression from which we are
emerging. almost all are earnestly
striving to improve their condition mid
to faithfully perform their Masonic
functions. ’ I
in commenting upon his own visita-
tions th‘rl’grand rooster said: "C ing
grand masters should familiarise t
selves with the code. which is remark-
ably compact, in order to reiiei'etlsetn-
selves of unnecessary immune."
The publication of matters which
should not be mentioned outside the
lodge more. in various newspapers.
meets with the entire disapproval of
the grand master. and he holds that
Masonic ollcnders in this regard
should be severely disciplined. He
notes with regret an increasing ten-
dency to connect the term “Mamic”
with business enterprises which are
conducted by Muslims He believes
such use of the term a Violation of the
spirit. if not of the~ lettcr. of hi ‘
regulations. lie lwlleves the little is
not for distant when the Question must
be seriously considered. l-le disap-
proves of the sub-letting of lodge
rooms to individuals and organisations
other than those which are recogniz-
ed as legitimately hiananie in closing
his address Grand Master Klee thunk-
ed the grand oiloere. and especially
Grand Secretary Barlow. fit the
prompt and sumcient support they
have given him in the performnce of
his duties. '
m mm
the lxeentive Mentfl last,
leg lakes m.
The state eserntive countries of the
Young People's Soviety of Christian
Endeavor mutation at its meeting in
New Haven. decided. after Mill. 'dorso
bio discussion. to recommend to the
rat-toms enemies that the state conven—
ion he held annually and not biennial-
Lr. as was prowl by the committee
which has drafted a new set of by-
.aws for thc sensitization.
The committee favmbly "maiden-vi
the pmpoaitlvm to dividc the state into
four institute. to be presided over by a
vii-r president and two dirwtlrrs. The
irst district will comprise h'nirliold
ind Htrbllcld counties. the wood
Hartford and 'l‘olland counties. the
bird Windham and New invasion mim-
:ics. and tho fourth New liaison and
\iiddlcmx «mimics»
It was also decided to recommend
bat the limo for holding the slate con-
ception be i-baugr-d from the fall to the
wring of tho ymr. and that in Hill fail
‘nlliea be bold in the vufliimi districts
the various rt-r-ommeudalions will is
iiilmiiltml tn the sis-lotion for approval.
trial tinny will retain lb» liltflll’ to the
“test stoic convention to is» hold in fic-
obi-r.
rinse tn m weer.
.._.. ..........,
The City of Ipewcer. Ind, Thuaunnd
with Destruction.
Indianapolis. ind. Jail. 2». Al lulu
{i'slork this Morning. information
mailed this city that n «pollination
this resins in W. lad. which
caisson-ii in drama ths’r‘lty. As lohg
slam lelephrhehllul; W rom-
adulation was cut of it was term
nlhle lo M deluife. hell»
‘Ilelmlt. Itch" Jail; him—A special to
the Tribune Mini fonlawfllcli. says:
The Webster Work. a two-emf sand.
stone Imilling tweefigtg'iyuedflmhm
t mire ow!
3:;an was nightrvl in the building.
The loss was alimt mass, with allow
“r” 'mms . ' Q
.j' Minimums-s ,
”new“. Jan. la.~‘rhe espeev
edaevgmiaratestoAlaeltehesln-cn
eases-cert The reversi’ trauma?
flea companies who «iatrol nearly all
“chandeliers-Monaste-
mummthemrrslehe
tween Met finned points and Dyna
sadMsay..aadeproanrtienats-ia-
mulmmwmi
erahluhaaelfls.
“Wishglnlewtsflifl
lisshihwflerllhsrwnud offipvr
hath mm Wee-nieces»
irnltel’nthrlarhlr
W '
WANTED-A copy of
WANTEDwA hltlllllill ' ‘
Dame] Bou'rwnhb.
- ma sans—ileum prion
cmmvov.‘ NT~~lisdsras I h
in “smog. g
Tho evening was
dvds and «my . .
guestswernilev. all;
”Millimetwi
antllirs. is J. W‘
It. hill "n It. Is; . ,
Efl.wm,fimm:. ,
Assassins. lllss “sheen. '
“Wilklltl‘m.
bled in Hartford yesterday to, the W . , -
eral housework in '
enquire am Beyvia’w
of Norwalh. Address,
“Hall's Histoy." this
RIIOVILI.
removed to the new bank
Washington street. '
Olden
toll: '45 uzztitot; Saturday
ills. 7 to 9.
FOR I‘LI.
FOR SALE-6ermania Hotel
3!! Railroad Place. Apply
lacs. !"
heaters. South Norwnlk ,
company, 42 South hlafn , j ’
mil SALE—Our 1mm
made of the best entity
hacco. and make an iii-i
F01! SALE—If you want a
try the H. I: 3., any
forged. So. Norwalh if“
Sulfain street.
$150wlflhuyaeholea ,
(50x15) in one of m
simirorsouinuornis: '
healthful; salamander
andpetlttonforenwar;
. Particularaof
vo Lav-
nishedroorns. withhoard. {and and, ,
per week; without board. 3!.” w
32 Address. W. 10 Intro M
South Norwalh. . ,.
place Rent 314 per “
WODIIWINL
con RENT—Apartments on
Washington street. second II"
firm. t'hestnut and Cm M
in 312mm». bl'li’k row. South
street, :15; house and been.
Washington street. 825. Ball”
Icy P. Ely. inquire. ofleeof ‘ ‘
Frost.
T0 LET—First floor on ma; strait.
All mvenicnres. Bent $11.
to W. W. later. Crofut l Kill". ill '
of Taylor It HOMO". Willi!“ M
LOST—A black leather tmhethooh. .
vector-day. lmtwrtrn Cottage nvenhem,
lies! Nurwallt. nod the Maliachelhn-
lion-l t'ontitinmi a sum of money
l‘indcr will Illilllil' return to Mia. B. .‘i
lirarnoy it? Wow! retreat. trait
' asiscatussnoun.
liAiilvlw—l'lrme «all at No. in suns
Main strwt and see
rmiqllc in the why of a needle fortie-
imr urinal lapt'niry Whisk”: Can
ill titll'l'. llrs M. Wilma anal ill
”will Manufacturing company.
.im at inc-ism ilotsi,‘ ‘
ry 24. For ladleslmi‘nlmw.‘
. . _
hill-l. .l A. Dull
Ignites for the 1'.
its pail-phage of
rncelwmpi,
clitoJ A. .
slut. ..
a»
floty. lfr. and In.
“divination.
Norwalk Chronicler