dllmhadia the 'indow..tmtrd they
”Mist—Mead
muons feiw'ol the 150 passengm
unheard the Stadium line manner
Sew W realised the fact. an
to bind the boat was made
oaths trip from New York to Stun-
legion on Saturday night.
" am one walled in the shutter of
Ufan‘unoe'supiedstateromuoutbestar-
hoardeideofthevemel, ralsedthc
window, which was unlocked crawled
inandietthetitattressesand blank-
win in the wear berth on tire.
The Ire was discovered about 8: 45
com. when the read was off glor—
walk. Atlhattimetheodorofsmoke
attmetedfthe attention at the. porters
I and. clears. it was traced to the stete-
‘ room. but an attempt to unlock the
doorahowedthntitwnsfastmtedon
“hillside.
The bolt had been slipped to prevent
entrance. The oflcars and crew then
gained aneutrauce thrown the win-
dow. The mattress was then well
hurnednudthswood workoftheberth
and the mteroom had been charred.
The fire was put out with water and by
the use of fire extinguishers.
While this danger was then over.
there was still danger that the person
who had attempted to dmtroy the
boat might renew his work in ,some
other quarter. The Saturday night
travel is always mall and a nutter
of stateroom were unoccupied. The
same tblugmightbeatlemptediuatr
other room. To prevent this the of
core and porters sent every passenger}
On board the boat to bed.
Those who it“ me were re-
‘ quested y y to oecttpy
" Ww fill"Q the were
neuttothem. whllethonewho had
helm Wm.m them
choice of 4.: other The sn-
er rooms
on mboard were cleared“ of Mangers
and no one was allowed to remain up.
For the rest of the night every mem-
ber of the crew, including all the ebb
cars, did patrol duty. There was no
other attempt to do any damage. Ev‘
ery passenger was closely scrutinized
when leaving the boat at the dock at
Stouington. but no arrest was made,
and the identity of the criminal re-
mains a mystery.
Even after the passengers went on
board the train the boat oflcers went
through. looking sharply at every one.
But no far as known. there is no clue
to the flrebug.
aoana
~mo¥sow m3!
DA nmmnwaus:
Big lamina for lvsryhody at the
Boston lion. Ierwalk.
Packer's tar soap. 25c size, lzlfic.
the writing paper. two boxes for 15c.
5c handkerchiels, 3c.
45c men's unlnundercd shirts. three
‘0? ’50.
13c. boys’ stockings (ii to 8%) double
knee, per pelrnsc.
Men‘s 25c and 35c suspenders, lllc.
5c paper of plus. two papers for be.
he outings, fancy. per yard, 5c.
Linoleum ttwo yards wide) regular
price, $1.26. 86c.
ltlc Japanese matting, l2%(’.
50c black. line dress serge. 3754c.
15c ellesias. we.
do decorated tea plates. 30.
15c quart while pitcher, 10c.
38c ladien‘ black base. 25c.
50c boys” knee seats. be!” heir, 35c.
50c ladies“ fringed sill: scarfs. 45c.
15c Oriental I“. 10c.
lee gingham. dues styles. tic
us bleached damask. lie.
Dec movers for 75c.
75c ledins' Wregowns, 59c.
lac corset covers, be.
It ransom
f MW George A. lineman de-
., "livers the principal address at the
, meeting of St. Joseph's lyceum. this
finding. in llusle Hall. A choice mu—
sical programme of vocal and lastrtv
mental ant-hers will he mderad. ilev.
J. T. Winters will» reply to these quer-
'.
“First Vice l’reeideub-v- N. it Jack-
asconcNics Meat—r. Blade.
Winona ti. tensi-
Assistant seam—Jim. Charles
qurespoudiug secretary—o. R.
Smith.
Chaplain—John D. Taylor.
Treasurer—lira. B. Webster.
Assistant Treasurer—W. L‘Whltaey.
Mounted-Arms - B. Franklin
Scales and Charles Thompson.
The oilinee in the judicial department
will he tendered‘the following gentle—
men:
Judge of the lower comic-ll. ll. Tay-
ior. ,.
Attorney—Charles Alvin Moore.
Clerk—Ml“ 8. Weston.
Baum—Walter Fallon.
The first subject which will be riler
tuned will be. "‘ls the Spanish Gore
et'umelit Hespohaiblc for the loss of
the United States Ship Kaine?"
William H. hello, 0. R. Smith and
others will participate in the debate on
or about March 16.
Dreams son navana
Ha Tallulah! to Have lean lhippsd
to General 'nyler in 1896.
St. Louis. March l—~A story is in cir-
culetion to the eifect that dynamite
was sent to Cuba for the use of Span-
tents in mining Havana harbor. it is
stated that a friend of General Wey-
ler landed in New York in November
it“ to purchase dynamite with
which the harbor was to be
mined, but owing to the vig-
ilance of the Cuban junta in that
city, he could not secure the explosive
without it being known. He tnercfore
quietly came to fit. lot-is. where he
was Will in purchasing six ions
which were shipp'i to New York and
thence to Havana, November 23 on the
Min Cindnd Calida and that it
was consigned to Weyler. it is sta»
ted the gensmi wanted to purchase
more. but did not believe that; it
guild. be safe to ship a larger ennui
vii liaison neat” wsn mum
mine the harbor The heads of the
different firms in St. Louis dealing in
dy were seen. but with one ex-
cep an emphatic denial was made
that they had shipped any dynamite
to Cuba knowingly. The one exception
was manager Harper. of the Lalliu
Rand company. He would neither do.»
by nor adirm the story. in fact he pos-
itively refused to he interviewed on
the subject.
The firms say it would have been
comparitively easy for any man to
purchase the explosive without stating
that it was for the Spanish in Havana.
They could have amigued some other
reason for its purchase.
IMO one run.
Winchester Arms Company Filling
lavynspnrtmantOrdsrs.
New Haven. Conn. March l.-—'l'hom~
as 0. Bennett. president of the Win-
chester Repeating Arms company. this
morning denied the truth of a publish-
ed report that his company had sure
pended the manufacture of sporting
guns in order to fill a government or—
der. Mr, Bennett said: ”The Win-
chester company has not stopped mak-
ing guns and ammunition and has no
intention of doing so. Our facilities
are such that we can till all orders of
the government rapidly without litter-
fcring with our regular tratlc. We
have not received any special inquiries
from the government in regard to our
facilities and have no reason to expect
any. as the authorities know of our
facilities. .
it is true we are running over time
in some departments. and weave fill-
ing navy department orders. but these
orders were received prior to the sink-
ing of the Maine."
mucous moms.
IspmmnlOMIhowlhikiagm
perihy lathe Order.
New Haven. Conn. larch lw’l’he
usual meeting of the National Counv
cit or the Knights of Columbus is be
lugheldnttltehesdq oflheor-
gaaimtlon in this city today.
were unseat 48 delegates.
unrelenting the various states In
which councils of the order saint.
The reports of the ulcers show
mung why in the urge-III-
Ths statlsms show on January 1.
the Subject Before the
oi Councilmen.
0s TUESDAY. MARCH 1W 1
é
NORWALK COUNCIL
DISCUSSES
llr. Donovan, owner of the Present Premises, Appears Before the
Board and Odcrs Rent Free but Dr. Gregory, 11‘of the Board of
Directors. Says the Building is boundary-corporation Counsel
Walsh Given an Opinion.
v
The South Norwallt Board of Coun—
cilmen held an adjourned meeting last
night. alayor Bohannan presided. and
all members were present The drst
business taken up was the informal
hearing on the widening of Monroe
street.
Frank A. Ferris inquired what the
plan now provided for.
He was informed by Councilman
"organ that the layout was 55 feet
from fence to fence. The street now
averaged 37 feet at the east end and ill
at the west end.
Mr. l‘errls thought all citisens were
impressed with the fact that Monroe
street is a very remrictedand danger-
ous approach to the depot. He di-
rected the attention of the Council to
the approaches to the depots in Green-
w and Stanford. and held, the
ciimeu‘ to compare our facilities
b those of other towns and they
old find them very much toour deb
riment. First. we have our solely, and
then our repatadon to look alter. Hegel
least fifty carriages drawn up at tile
ilrccnalch depot. He thought some—
thing should be done to bring some-
thing like this to South Norwallt. The
increased population would benefit
our merchants. lir- thought every cit-
izen in Smith Sorwalk. as well, was
equally entitled to good streets and
sidewalks. The place. to begin int-
movements was at Monroe street; rc-
mow the dangerous places at the up-
pmurltcs, and then pave Monroe strm
and Railroad place their entire width.
Edwin Adams inquired what. the
meeting was for. lie was informed
that it was for a bearing for the layout
of Monroe street. He said the thor-
oughfare was originally dedicated .‘ul
fect wide by the property owucrv. who
each gave 25 feet. He said the present
north line was the original line, and
that that portion of the street west of
the bridge had never been encroached
upon. The entire encroachment who
by the property owners on the south
side of the bridge, from the railroad
bridge to South Main street. The west
part of the street is as wide now as is
necessary for the work in it. and or
wide as the average street in the city.
if the Council wanted to make an im-
provement outside of the need of the
public it could widen the street ten
feet on the north side from state strmt
to South Main street. and then got
what it could consistently from the
south side. Regarding the extension
of Monroe street to Spring street. he
did not see anything In it. It would
run into a bault wall. owe-tailoring a
turn one way or the other. if the
Council wanted to donontethipg. be
sliggealed the extension of bionrue
atrcet the other way—do the share.
them is some business to be brought to
the street.
R. H. Rowan said that to his knowl-
edge he did not steel that lb feet on
the south side of the street. ills lot
and those adjoining in Monroe street
were all 75 feet deep. Mr. Ferris was
right when he said the approach to
the depot was dangerous. The rail-
road company was not as generous
with South Norwsllt as it was with
Mumford and Greenwich. it was not
so much the width or the street as it
was the audition it was ltspt in. This
wasdeplorahlnaowand itomhitobe
put in shape. The trees would have
to be removed. It did not make any
itinerant-e how wide the street was
msds.lorsssouunsltwnseomplstsd
there would be two lines of trolley
trachs thronh It.
William Porter said the line of the
brute was eleven rest and sis-tenths
north ofths unseat my line. if
A lively tilt mu Jeremiah Dou-
ovan, owner of f’ promises occupied
by the Norwallt Public library. and
Dr. J. 0. Gregory, president of the Li-
brary association..gwaa the opening
feature of last night's meeting of'tlle
City Cotmcil of Nurwatit.
illr Donovan red before the
Council to learn bother or not the
library mallet hot! .n closed.
Mayor Glover informed him that he
understood that it had. but that the
Council was willlu to hear any sug-
gestions tharhc mint have to otter.
Mr. Donovan samba understood that
the present board wanted to be an
economical an podblc. He did not
know but that it wan for the interest
of the city. they might reopen the
matter. He then proceeded to crilio
else the library Greeters pretty .9.
vercly. claimilt'm they had treated
him unfairly. hurriedly in the matter
of moving. he said, but one of the di-
rsctorshadgemepofarastotryto
u Md by the
heellll Ir Don-
ovan sold the quarters were titted up
under the direction of the library com-
mittee. and that if they were not sani-
tary it was their own fault. div. Dom»
vnn insinuatui «but the members of
the committee felt above mutinou pew
pie. in closing hv- stated that the
Council mold how the present mur—
icrs rent free for rho balance of the
tcrm that he f‘lzllfllotl the city was re-
aponslblc for undm a five years' iousc.
Willllll in three years li'oln April 1.
Dr. J. ti. Gregor) said the only we»
sort the library directors had decided
upon new quarter» was because the
tmmt quarters were unsanitary and
not large enough. All the matter was
closed, he did not see where Mr. Dono-
van was interested further
A number of bills were paid to (flfrlw
up the business of the fiscal year.
The monthly reports of the police
and library were accepted and ordered
on file.
A report from thi'Willt'ct'trmmlllcmln
matter of rainy-inc the mlaly of tho
chief and captain was to the effect
that it was not tlwuwt‘l advisable to rc-
ducc such salaries at pry-amt.
Corporation Counsel John J. Walsh
mode a lull report tollmnlllg the es-
tablishment of the "try ldbrary. lie
said that inasmuch as there had been
two libraries established hero. the
only urination was whether the library
(low in evidence was established by the
(Yotmcli or by the city of Norwalk. lie
was of the opinion that the city had
pmvcr to regulate and comm] the liv
brary and that if the library is to br-
maintained. a suitable tax to maintain
the some should be levied at the an-
nual meeting. and should be distinct»
ly specified in the call for the meeting.
The library. he said. was under the
control of the city and not under the
control of the Crinncil or wholly of the
library directors. lielative to the mat-
ter of morning. bit. Walsh thought the
directors had authority to more if they
desired.
The report of the corporation conu~
eel was
llayor Glover inquired of Corpora-
tion Counsel Welsh whether lir. Dono-
van would have any claim for more
than one year's rent.
llr. Walsh said he did not think he
would.
Regarding the righlh cf the library
directors. llr. Walsh said that' any
legitimate bills contracted by them
would stake the city liable.
llr. 0m hintedllalthnllhrnry di-
thesirsstmwldsaedtothatwtetnm
ltwonldlnhethataracholtheasao
srslllsysreslats, whichhsrspransai»
ed. linl'orisrihomhi
lainollagoesrthealllatsaitwas
lonedlhatlnernwrornathsfltyea
m
Arm'omsa'slendlaehsdie a
Jelly in shunsyivaaial'owa.
ltoyleatown, Pa.. March l.-lllna Au-
nie L. Edwards, living in a small set-
tlement neat-here. was murdered in
her bed last night. Her head was
crushed to a jelly, and there was every
evidence that there had been a ter-
rible struggle, in which a water pitcher
and a chair were used. The motive is
supposed to have been robbery. A re
ward 0:31.000 has been oilered for the
apprehension of the murderer.
lsny'arrow lecapss from lull!!! in
aInw York lire. '
New Yorlt, March l.——There were
several narrow escapes from serious
injury and possible death at a tire
which occurred in a. tenement house
on Harrison avmue, Brooklyn. shortly
after midnight this morning. Three
tenement buildings Wm partly tie.
strayed by the flames and sixteen lam-
ilics were compelled to use tbe fire on.
(Fillies. (loo man while giving the
alarm fell and broke his am. Mr. and
Mrs. Adolph ’l‘atfc sustained broken
limbs and other injuries while endeav-
oring to get their four children out of
their rooms. The damage to the build
ing was only $8,000.
Trial of law Gunboat Talbot.
Bristol. ls. l.. March l.~~A new 1,006»
pound steel strut for the torpedo boat.
llupont was shipped from the lierrev
abort works tmlay by rail for Mobile,
Ala, where the boat has been lying
disabled for me time. A similar
piece of steel wan shipped on Friday
last for Mobile for the Torpedo boat
Porter.
The new gun boot Talbot, which was
launched from the Hcrreshoii works
yesterday, will be given a preliminary
builder-vi iris! this afternoon.
The Vatican Status tug licyden, at:
inched to the torpedo station, has plac-
ed the buoys for the speed trial of the
torpedo boat Gwyn. which is set for
tomorrow.
The course will be from Sandy Point
Light on Prudence island, to a print
below Gold island and over the m
tired mile course. This is just seven
nautical miles in length, over which
the boat is to run six times and show
an average speed of 20 miles an hour.
The naval trial bond will include
Commander Dewey. Naval (‘nfllllrllt'ltlr
l. l‘. Honscom amt (‘hlel' Engineer
Rociltcr.
Still Firm in Their Demand.
linhiund. N. ll. March i-Tbe "top"
hallilll who struck last week at the mill
or the Ashlaud Knitting company“
mill here over a question of wages are
still lirln in their demand. The com-
pany claims that they cannot pay
higher wages at present and that the
entire plant will have to be closed
unions the strikers speedily return to
work. The opcrativca demand an
increase of one half a cent per dozen.
Ionating‘l'woflew Guns
New York. March l.«—Artillcrymcn
from Port Schuyler are busily engaged
at the fort at Wiliet's Point. 1» i.,
mounting two new 8-inch disappear
lug guns which have been received
thorc, Three new disappearing guns.
which arrived it! thc fort only a ehorl
timc ago have been mounted. One is
on 8-inch. while the other two are lll~
llif'll guns and wig. 3:! tons each.
Game'ork in Alaska.
Washington. March lwtloveroment
work in the way of reducing to record
the channels, anchorages. harbors.
uavagablc water bodies and other im-
portant features of geography in Al-
aska will be carried on this summer
as rapidly as possible. Superintendent
Witch“ of the coast and geologic
survey has i‘lllllplt'lell surveys.
Inuingflghlwithinndits.
Bayard. Nob, March i.-—-l‘ive film
from this place had a rtmulug light
with two mam, who. Saturday. shot
President Tsylcr. of the Bank of Bay-
ard. and limited the strong box, The
light occurred thirty miles north in
the sand hills. The bandits made a
desperate light and it in now believed
they can never be talteu alive.
Winn listing. .
South Manchester. Coon. larch l.——
Nicholas llataliberg, a blacksmith of
this place. has been missing slurs- lisp
nrday. it is thought possible that he
started for the gold fields. as two or
his friends left for Masha last lint
day.
Jamaal-Heisman
Waterbury, llarch i-Two houses
llTESTNEWSBY
Second Day 5 Session of the court
of inquiry into Maine llisastcr.
lillllllllll WEARING nuts
AYoungWomau in n W
Town really tortured in Bad—-
ATerrificHurricansin which
manoeuvres“.
Key West. Florida, March-«Tho
second day‘s session here of the United
States court of inquiry in the loss of
the battleship Maine in the harbor of
Havana on iv'ebruray 15 began in the
United States district court hottse
shortly after it) o'clock this morning
Most of the onlcers who were mollu-
cd yesterday had been informed that
they might be recalled and, therefore,
the lieutenants and cadets of the lost
warship were all on bond. thougu it is
reported that they will not be re-ex-
amined until the court returns from its
second visit to Havana. Groups of
enlisted men also gathered about the
court room door, awaiting their turn
to be examined As was the case yes.
tertiary the court not in the private
rmm of Judge Lot kP.
Gunhoat Bank in a Eunice».
Sydney. N. S W.. March l.--A terr
rifle hurricane has devastated New
Caledonia. roaming lore; of life and
damage in shipping. Thr- i‘rcm'h gun—
hoat Loyalty was sunk.
possum 1318388.
New York. March l.~—Charleo Fran—
t'ls Adamo. of Boston, who went to
Costa Rica a few webs ago for a va-
cation. was a passenger on the steam—
or Altai, which arrived here today
from Port Llllli‘n. He said he was in
good health and that he had been ben-
efited by his trip.
Seattle, Wash, larch l—JI'he Vic-
toria. the third vessel adddhthe Pan
citic Mail regular Al-ha lint, has
sailed for the north carrying 224 pas~
sewers bound for the Yukon gold
delds. The steamer Sinus has arriv-
ed from Skaguay with about it) pas-
cougars.
San Francisco, March lwlt now
seems certain that the Pacific coast
Steamship company’s steamer Comm.
which went ashore on howls island.
January 25, while on her way to Dyca
and Skegltsy will be saved.
Los'Angeles. March l—~The federal
grand jury has indicted the proprie
tors of thc l-‘arm, Field and Fireside. a
(.‘llli'ilgtl publication for the alleged
use of thc mails to further a dwindling
scheme.
' ruminant.
Wilt SALE—wt very desirable building
lot in St. John avenue. East Nor-
walk for sale. A healthy and lim-
claim neighborhood. Water and
sewer connections. lit a bargain if
sold at once. inquire of E. 1’. Col-
lins. 92 Washington street. South
Norwsilt. Conn. ml at
l-‘Oit SALE—wt Shrminglwr
good condition. i‘rlu- $25, which is
very low. Apply to James W.
Hoyt, I30; South Main street. Scrub
Norwslk. ml 3!
organ in
FOR SALl'kTwo neat cottages. Great
bargain». Apply W. w. ('omstock.
fZli lm
Fill! SAl.i~l-«Cheap~lot 50:le near
(lshmn avenue. Bast Korwalk. l'tir
particulars inquire of W. i. and W
S. Wilcox. cl South hiain strum.
ilouth Norwallt. mm
Frill SMJE-A- cut under. extension
top surrey. in good order. for $75.
Also a No. 4 You typewriter. used
but little, for ’65.. Address. Boa
26 liowayton, Conn. no at
FOB SALE—4i you want a good knife
try the H. h 8., every blade hand
forged. Bo. liorwsih lidw. Co. 42
do. lain street.
misunderstood.
“W , A, i ..
nave voila Piano W0. it.
inner. WELL,
TWO I bl
VMUOVALI.
removed to the new bank
Washington street. 0m,
to 11:45. 12:30 to 6:
lngflten
' wart-ran. .._
WANTED—Five still but binder;c
live trimmers at once. The '
Hat company, 132 Hampden
Boston. ‘
WANTED-Boarders; ladies
82.50 per week. 26 Monroe
South Norwalk. '
WANTED—4nd or three (mullet
rooms for light houselt .Ad—
dreeel. ll. W., Sentinel Ones {39‘
WANTED—Boarders at No. 9 Hall"
ford place Heat and bath. 1281'
AGENTS WANTED-For War in can;
be. by Senor Quanda. Cuban ram. ‘-
eentative at Washington. m
by Cullen patriots. in W
demand A bonanza for agents.
Only rum Big bodlr big musli-
alone Everybody wants the only:
darned, reliable book. omen fill. ,
Credit given Freight paid.
all trash, and maize 8300 a
with War in Cuba. Address
The National Book Concern, 353v
Dearllorn street Chicago.
70 LIT.
1'0 lET—Tvm or more 'uuMM‘
rooms to let for light hum.
Apply at 28 “’85th street.
South Norwallr mill
fl'O LET—First floor, six rooms 44*
Spring street, all conveniences: rent.
in. Also mud floor, 48 Series
street, all conveniences: rent, m
Apply of Taylor & Golden or Wil-
liam W. floater
TO LET-Houee. upper M (W-
rooms. Small family, 10 W‘
avenue. $8 inquire Taylor a Girl
den or Ezra Hoyt. it Best avenue. '1
Inlaw
T0 LET—Three unfurnished front
booms at it Haviland M.
inquire of lined llavilaltd, m,
h’orwallt.
To LET-Thc scchtm and third
of the Claimant Wilding.
and Knight, street!)
able for ofiléer ‘Wom
manufacturing Rail .
inquire of F E. Qniuiard HI ,
street Norwam or P. H Quit“
:1 Washington street, South My
walk. out
1‘0 LET—liaison in Orchard elm.
suitable for either one or two small
families. has all modern improve
nit-ms, bath room. furnace. etc. Two
mluutcs’ walk from West avenue
trolley. luqulrc at No. ti Orchard
strcct [18“
1'0 l.lv1'i'~ House 15 Marshall street.
One or two families Handel 'l’.
Hatch. {28 3t
Tl) LET-Houac. adjoining m
of 'i‘. l. Raymond, carp, 11 rooms,
modern improvements, first-clan or-
der; house, 7 rooms, adjoining real—
dence of advertiser; 2 homes M
den street :1 rooms each and large
gardens; lst floor. 8 and 10 Tell“
street: second floor. a Tolies molt.
All in good order and trails low. A’-
ply to John ll. Kill”. ‘3 W“
street, Mil
1'0 LET—«l'pper pm of house. its. l I
l-tlm street. Rent moderate. for
quire on the premlau. m 1"
1‘0 RENT~F our-room spam ‘5
story rear. Bwartr t Corbett'a bloat.
rent '7. Hells lighted. heated “
cleaned. inquire alien Old Well (I-
gar company. 83 Washington street.
T0 LET—Three soils of six roe—a
escheorucrl’ineandrflnls M‘ ~
Thoroughly renovated. pulsar ml- '
dltlon throughout helm pleura
only. inquire George C. m
East and Horne avenues, m
'ro LIT—Beer of second door of
libel Milling. Al M
iii one aloe. 123“ III ill. *
room, flan. Apply at m I
Norwalk Chronicler