Mucus, Hold Last , .1
.luht-Qa‘lilpston 1‘ “Minn“;
Fund, $25.73.: : .
e~' rinei, lthemo to . g ,
t-tllo {mitigamonthly meeting of the
130i: not school Visitors, of ill low
No Waikflnstulght. Willi con , _ l g
the free text books. whic ore-to be
pup led tor the public ac ools inthe
ovin'r The session was held in the
. , mco’oi Hon. John H. Light in Wash-
ington street. South Norwalk.‘ butldr.
Light was not present. , There was re.
t9? ‘ I this for thcremwas
Within; the members wonidrhave
' liked1Mr. Light to explain. , a ‘ p
t was in relation to the bill which
2 Li ht is trying to get through the
Ilegisla ure. concerning , the hi
schools of the townq .At present there
Flour high schools in thlsv'town.
. lining onfi'a systemor thei on.
‘. lief-inn " vines that they shall; no
.. legalized. and that they shall be under
the oohirplofuthe Board of School Vial
it“. All
the seven . members pres-
oi: having a central high ,
are all' the" other schools
. ihut‘ary to it. Alter'this
n .. isodsse‘d freely, the main:
. . ,, it. bMWhemseiMdor
.3 ‘rd y will have to go through
landfall! Vhtat‘the annual town
it Was decided that Messrs. Light.
Wheeler and Blanchard should attend
in] andcxpiaiu in
thosohooia for am I
will link for “3.000.
aintcnonce of the
for the purchase or
‘9' to be interest-
to, order ‘ahortiy. rter it o‘clock, and
alter the .flltflutfilfi! the last meeting
had} been read and approved. Mr.
Wheeler said thatln accordance with
in motion which mic favorably passed
, at thelast‘m‘seetlhg. he would like to
' readah‘ list-ct books of supplementary
work for e‘ two ‘lbwer grades, which
hadbecn made editor the purpose at
u doing. After the reading Mr.
lied? or moved the adoption of the re-
port.,and it was carried. ,
'Followihg in tho, list:
B odell's Child Lite Primer.
'l‘ . Hohhot-Reader.
Five Cent classics.
No. 2. Aesop's Fables,
No. 3. Aesop‘svi‘abies.
No. 26. Story of laraci Putnam.
. Story 061‘ Franklin.
. Story ’ Lincoln.
98be of. the Pilgrims.
. Story orFuiton.
Story ofnllli Whitney.
Story ol'laouiaa M. Alcott.
.‘ What Annie Saw.
Roots dud Stems.
. idle ot'Wnahlngton.
, No. so. not Ediaonu
No. 81. iitocy oi Cyrus Field.
hast October: directly alter the
[rent disaster whi h befallualvcaton.
the canyon or u iy every city in the
United states were requested to use
their influence in having the public
schools contribute toward the relief
of the loitering humanity. Nearly all
the achools in the country raised some
money. either by entertainments or
”Voluntary contributions by the schol-
ars. and Sheraton-y Blanchard reported
that the. district schools in the town
. or 11mm: had raised and sent $26.78
ll. Iii. Kloberg. president at the
. ‘ . of unused or the Galveston pub-
..licjochoois. This amount was by con.
Million by the ohildren. Following
on the districts and amounts sent by
so; North Weld
0 River. in“:
iroad River. 83.81:
our. and none
, r‘ the pasttennpycarmfbizm
dent Keith, "wherewill the .
,_ , c
. ere {election In electing, ‘constahleo
. There is an odd constable to be elected ‘
either in South Norwalk or Nomaik,‘
. Men will almost light. so enthusiastic
“ere they, to “ get that extra niliccr.
When the election is over itiia hurduj
get the. one elected to quality. This
pulling two ways does not nonhuman,
will ilhd in time there will be one con;
trailiish school." - I. ., . '
There: was more discussion ‘ along
this line and then Mr. Graham said
that he thought the members should
consider the matter concerningrtext
books, for the. high schools. He said.
there will be a demand (or them and
he thought some steps should be taken
to meet it.. . , . .
'Mr. Keith said that thorc was no law
sh at present to compel the town to pur-
chase a single text book for the high
schools. "'l‘he‘lsw relative ton coin-
is not the some," said he. Nothing
was done in regard to this. matter and
the meeting adjourned. '
— hilltllllilllllli
stun” Ismail Stations to lie
Ecuipnul With a llavdyrlso.
1r orlililujm WEEK
The Mast» Clock will he Located in
the Eaatvbound station, and the
, Pontoon Clocks will be no.
jointed mm u. " ‘
"i‘he Consolidated Railroad company.
In mailing Annotations. to install the
linest system at timepieces in the South
Norwaiir stations or . mines in th
town oi. Norwaht onslchity. *
' The clocks will be electrioiiiy equip-
ped, and will be runon an independent
circuit or the Western Union Triumph
Company. Wires have been strong in
the depots from the telegraph oilice in
the eastbound station.
The master clock. which is several
feet in height. will be located at the
north end at the waiting mom of the
east-side station. and this will regu‘
late the other clocksdou‘r in number.
which will be located in the east and
west-bound stations.
2 Conductors of trains and all railroad
ciliriala are expected to set their watch-
on from these clocks. which -ls the
standard railroad time. and on which
all trains are run throughout the sun
tensive systems or rthe Consolidated
Railroads. Electricians have been in
South Norwsllr. this, week. getting the
depot in readiness for the clocks.
The clocks have been in Danbury for
some time past. but since that place
was discontinued as the headquarters
of the Danbury division. and the oileea
were merged. with the main oilloe in
the Grand Central Station. New York.
. there has been no great need or the
clocks in that place.
The present clocks in the South Nor~
walk depots are or the old-style. hand
winding variety. and are not always re~
liable. and there has been need or a
more perfect system for some time
past. With the electric clocks in oper-
ation in another week. there will be
nothing noon. to he. desired in the way
or comet time.
iNBPECTiON or "run Hoar-mt.
w
Made Yesterday by the Incentive Oom-
. . mite». . ., , _
The weekly meeting of the executive
committee was held at the Hospital
on Tuesday afternoon. The usual has.
locus was transacted and an inspection
or the Hospital made. Everything in
the wards and about the hospital was
found in an, excellent'aaniiary condi-
tion. and in good order. 'i‘he superin-
‘°“m“°“l‘h'm“'h'il&’l’hh“il°
9' , " . in III to
Milton Mm moietdooviag
gat . «. In the wards eloven pa‘
‘ ‘ "r can: males-andvthres females.
all... bccn'the-troublc'wlth the '
mon district school and a high. schooii
‘; All day yesterday and. .‘until last
evening three welldrcssod men were
seen in this vicinity. acting in a ada-
bicloua monuor.ond, it in thought they
blew Hsvcninod Hartford Railroad last
Saturday. or 3106. As "their move:
ments have been or the inoat auspicious
character. the police are taking over?
precaution to guard the lockup in
South Norwalk. where William 0.
Moore, better known as ."Kid" Ely. is
confined. , ‘ , . ‘
One or the men has been seennear
the East Nor-walk depot, another below
the west and east-hound stationsin
South Norwaih. and the other was seen
to pass up and downllavlland street
a couple of times yesterday afternoon.
lie walked upon the opposite side or
the thoroughfare irom where the lock.
up is located,,hut he aired on the place
in almost oneiglance. From'the satin
lied expression, on .his, race. when he
passed the building the last time, it
could be seen that the little iailxiig-
urcd pmminenlly'dn his mind.
‘ Latcij‘tbose three men, or thou an
swerlng‘their description, were seen
islkihgioamestly together. near the
blast Norwslk station- They remained
in conversation about three minutes
been seen since, From the'pecullar
actions of the trio. it would appear that
they intended to attempt in some way
which holds him. .,_
it looks. now as though this wcuio
he thoronlywayyll Moore is to get in:
not been procured.‘ and there than poo
now nthouahthlsvinry was merely a
hoe: in order, legato time. floors
'whcnnskcd how long he the
hearing to he continued, at . until
Thursday morning; He thought that
would he snmcient time. Probably he
knew or some deal his companions ban
in mind. and it is probable that it did
not ran out. -
Nevertheless he has not lost hope.
(or nis actions bear outvthe assertion
that he is 01 the opinion the bone
will be raised. or that his colleagues
will devise some other means to set
him at’ilberty. it would be the easiest
thingin the world with the right lane
of tools and a little time to saw a ebu-
plc of bars In the cells in two. Two
cars would he suiliclent to be divided,
and once the prisoner was outside the
cage.“therc is no barrier to keep him
in the other part or the building. The
outside door is constructed or wood
and is locked from the outside. Any—
one can unlaaten it from the inside.
With only this between such a prison~
or as Moore and liberty. his not to
be wondered at that the police would
take more than ordinary care in see-
lug thathhelr prisoner will be on hand
tomorrow morning when the hearing is
called.
it was a prominent lady who resides
near the em Nor-wail: station who can
the suspicious looking man in that vt~
cinity.. She does not care to have her
name used in connection with the ar-
I'air. but says that it it is ever neces-
sary for her to go to court and identity
the individual. she would be willing to
do so. Thnt she would know him too
out time ahe saw him. there is no
doubt. She can that anyone seeing
him once. would know him the second
time. He was tail. straight andhau
broad shoulders. He had a dark suit
or clothes on and wore a dark Derby
hat. Hiaeompiexionmu medium and
he had a sandy , This My
says that her. attention was attracted
to the man because he no em.
cost. it was cold and o wondered
that such a well dressed man should
be without an overcoat. , ‘ ,
mannaeonwastorthesou
Nor-wail atatim was stun
churchmen: completion
dark ault'd ‘
are members of the gang who robbed '
Tickst'Agent George W. Harris. of the ,, , : -
wjost-bound station oi the New York, A . .
andtheniaoparated- They. humour ‘
to tree their pal from the iron cage ,
= eh lid! W near- _
in slow :it
inn-Wed one this
or o'clock, train,
lrom Smith" ' "
York} wll W
at the.“
cm W Trbilb_,_ldas Largely, in.
or!!!“ .‘ thinly Gino. til.
the Traits in
, my. *-
fihe 0a b
.tiitted‘ ”i
slur
sum in. '
‘ “-‘CITY ISLAND. N. ,Y..‘March
eo——-'l‘he schooner Nimrod, of
Boston. Captain Haley. from St.
John, N. B... lum‘bcriaden, passed
here this morning. houudior New
York. and reported having been,
in, collision yesterdn morning,
about 11 o’clock. o Vineyard.
Sound Lightship. with the. British
schooner Clayo a, Captain Miller,
from New York, for St. John, N.
: 'B.‘ The Nimrod carried awayrhcr
'ibboom. started .bowsprit. cat-
‘cad. broke anchor stock, and
split two'jibs. The ‘Clnyola had
rail stove and sustained other
light damage. ’
YOUNG WIDOW , . ,
' KILLS HERSELF.
BOSTON, Mass, March 20——
Mrs. Nora Pauline Phillips, a
' yelling widow, whose parents live
in Leicester, Mass. shot herself.
Monday. in a lodgin house on
Clarendon street, in t 13 city. and
died at the "City Hospital at 1' mo
. o'clock this morning. Mrs. Phil;
lips was said to be the widow of
Gilbert Phillips. of Putnam. Conn.
Last Augustushe shot end killed
mats are her brother, David McNamara.“
liberlyriorhnyotgthe since bond that» ‘ ‘ *
nihilitythat new will be. he were q.
baboon, _;reoel'...,red tro the re urea u m
remuneration-cc , begins look:
' "5M
, . dual ‘eilort‘to‘cbh
lain. Goalieqnently our export trade,
is shown by trcnaur? statistics for 1899'
had increased 90‘ per cent. in the four
years from 18961.0 1899, inclusive. and
that the exports in 1399 amounted 'to
i30000.000. Still the foreign exports.
tinna by the trusts are just in their in-
iancy. and this in itselris a great bene-
lit to American capitalists and laborers,
and ii trusts were destroyed these 5:-
ports would tail oil. and the people
would suitor. I‘
in accomtry of vhst resources like
ours. Inge manhunt capital are
a necessity for its development. and
those people have made from what was
formerly waste material valuable pro-
ducts. The unifying system carried on
on a large scale is far superior to the
old competitive system. and where
manufacturers combine they save a
vast amount of money that was for-
merly spent in competition. By buy~
ing and transporting large quantities
the rates are reduced. Ample evidence
of this is adorned in that all articles
of food and apparel can be bought. in
the main, cheaper than formerly.
in the Standard Oil. Sugar. Hour and
other trusts the products are sold
cheaper than formerly. although th
combinations oontrbl‘ those produ -
lions.
in our own community we have a
trust in the Connecticut Railway nod
Lighting company. and have not an!-
lcred any evil elects from it. in not.
in One oi their branches. the T way.
have inc the wages. are
now trying to give increased facilities
batching their tracks in South Nor»
w . . -
ll isbor unions. which aeeir to con-
tiol the labor iieid. are deienaible. why
are not money trusts defensible? in
this land or a representative govern~
moot we cicct our legislators and they
may curtail the prlv loge: they have
given to the trusts.
The negative aide contended that
competition was the lireotmtradc. and
is:
grit
her. sister's home, near Worcester.
I At the hearing it-wns. shown that
. the shooting was done in sulfide-
fence.
MEXICAN PLAHER -
CORDOVA, Mexico. March so
.l’cdro mm, a wealthy 13131th7,
was attacked in his home. by a
band of brigauds, and literally cut
to pieces wltli‘ knives. and his scr‘w
rant. who attempted to defend
him. was shot and killed. The
robbers carried off all the money
and valuables on the place. The
outlaws are bring closely pursued
and will probably be captured.
._....._....._.._.
REVOLUTION EXPECTED.
WILLEMSTA D. Curacoa. via
Haytian cable, March 20~Gcncral
Audrade, the former president of
the peninsula. has arrived here
from San Juan do Porto Rico. it
is generally understood that his
presence here indicates preparer-
lion for a serious revolutionary
movement in Venezuela. in con-
nection with the Peraza. Ricra.
Rolhudo, Flame. and Crcspo par-
lisnus.
LOST DIA ONDS AND DIED
PADL’CAH. K32. March 20——
'i‘hc sudden death of Mrs. Mary
Tcddcr. a bride of two weeks. rc-
sultcd from the loss of her dia-
mond rings. She was in a store
when she discovered the loss of
two large diamond tip from her
finger. Shoat once hinted. and
only a few moments elapsed be-
fore her death.
a” val-hm
IR. KNOX FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
WASHINGTON. March ao-—-lt
is understood ‘on high authority
that the resident has decided to
appoint . C. Knox. of Pittsburg.
to fill the vacancy in hiscnhlnct
' that will be caused by the‘iretire-
mcntoi» Attorney GeneraiGriggo.
on April nth“ a - ' .
awesome!” «i...
want-acne MAW”.
xrlvcdvllcrc yesterday; wes‘lorced'
, t gar, of swampiug. on account: of
‘ lhc‘iieavy load of 26,560 seals on
board. -
s” _ health.
“grim about: rm
m n ,
sealer Southern Cross. 9; c ‘ar~
into the harbor of Pelican. in da‘nr
‘ Much anxiety is felt iorthe rc-
moinder oi the Scaliu llect,‘whicli
must have felt the in i fury of the
is. ‘ In‘suoh event. with over
‘ our hundred men scattered about
as only too. frequently happens.
until another steamer arrives with
later reports.
-————
SHOT OR TREASON.
CAPE‘TOWN. March 20—]. P.
Minnbcr. ‘S. Minaber and J. A.
Ncuwoudt were shot at De Aer.
yesterday evening, for treason and
murder, in pursuance of sentence
of a calm: martial. The death
sentence was passed a week ago,
in connection with the wrecking
of a train near Taasbosch, in
which five men were killed. Gen-
eral Kitchener c‘onfirmédi the W31“.
diet. The garrison was paraded
and thcvprisoucrs were led out at
sunset. Death was instantaneous.
A..Dutch minister and. relatives
remained with the prisoners till
the out]. ' Two others concerned in
the train wrecking were sentenc-
ed interiors of five years’ penal
servitude.» ‘
NEW Y RK, March air—Peter
who shot himself in a coach in let-
sey City, last Saturday, died to«
'day.
it is said thatCrowlcy had been
drinking heavily for some weeks
before he shot himself, and thisis
given as the reason for the act.
Crowley was formerly a resident
of Providence. R. 1. His family
will take charge of the body.
DETROIT BANK-ER beau;
Albert Ives. the oldest banker in
Detroit, died at his residence here
early today, aged ninety-one
years. in 1847 he established the
private bank of A. Ives & Sons.
which failed last fall. Mr. Ives,
who had retired from active buai~
ncss. was kept ignorant of the
failure, and up to his death believ-
ed the institution to be flourish-
Corm., and came to Detroit in
1837. -
MEXICAN union-Xi.
RAILROAD ANNEXED.
NEW YORK. March zo—It is
slated on reliable authority at
Moutcrey, Mexico. says a special
dcspntch to the Times. from Aus-
tin. Texas, that New York rties.
representing the Southern acific,
have acquired a controlling inter-
est in the Mexican National road,
and that the latter property is to
bc 0 crated as a part of the South-
crn acific system.
sni'risu nun nouns mom
CAPE TOWN. March 20~A
(It‘spatch from Cradock, Ca Col—
ony. says Colonel Gorriu c 9 force
cugagcd Knitzingcr's orce oi
Boers, March 1 . The latter lost
nine men killc and had seven
men wounded. The British ions
was one man killed and ten men
wounded.
JUDGE BRADBTREET ,
WILL HARE A CHANGE.
WATERHURY. March 104-
Deputy Judge A. P. Bradstreet. oi
thedistrict court. site ' treaty-
two yem’servicc m the bench is
outing 'ottbmsy of the
coed
began
ammoomaruu as
he
the iccficlds, disaster might ensue .
The anxiety will not be relieved I?”
comment. spoons? pins. m”
'lJETROlT. Illicli.. March 20» "
ing. He was born in Wellington]. 1m
soon to‘reiire. slid ‘hecenieprose-‘y “
cording-whirl cum dfilrm e’vvlll
ed by F. . icy
couple pliant
Miniorslusot‘o the
must be masonic and
W . of” it?“ i?”
’ ‘.“Nbfill?k' , .
WANTED -'-— carom! :'
household, articlesrrc: .
Philemon can apply, ..
you‘, 61 Halo retreat, or
Bellwood. “as Springstreet
w _ (.‘r » . ‘ ,' ‘,
miseries:
business at iiowayton. " ..
apply ll. Pepper, .‘South-
5 To Liar—no 8
bated in ‘ South ,ilor'wnlltl
.aido bath and laundry.
improvements. Favorable
“ToTersV ‘ :
place. Rolonliill. ind
001st. on premises.siter
‘To L- - ”.
“”186.le all improve it
street; also hall or =
nildmproveiuenis‘. l
inquire 01W. H. Sm
Booth Norwich.
,TO ‘ +Fhl‘fl-A'm‘
.sirahle party, a seven- roe
Osborn avenue. pleasantly l'
lug St. John . avenue »‘ Water
floors. Rent #10. , Apply to"
Golden. or at 71 Osborn. Volt
4.
m.
, _
~ To LtT—sli’flou APBiIi’ _,
rooms, first floor, .6 fi'oli‘lfs . "
i class condition; all
James Cro c , viccfiprincipnloinsm
the Bayonne,“ ’. 1., High School,
To L£T~TO SHALL A)!
bonito. suits or rooms pl 7
water, gas for range. closet .
euphemism, 5 West it ‘
Walk, or Odiceotbr. W. la. W"
isi. south Nor-chin. ' '
vo Lira-PART or. Soon
it linen
. , ro mfwuoirwen
mma’ind
0
tap
ll. 8. Ti
too at. ,, ttha
To tar-encorm ,. ’
”first avenue. ‘
35.60; houses and bulldog
Easy payments. Apply
ward. . ,
To trio—s maximums;
ington avenue, rent '10:"! tooth
meat. Raymond street. rent '
turther particulars inquire at ,
or The Old Well (light 00...”?
ll Street. ‘ ' .' ’V H
To new—mount rod
occupied by lira. Fem { ,.
street. mean-e 0114. Jackson.
-. son SM. ‘
‘ m sate—A "
hand belly carriage. ., ‘
No. ll'ciay street.
son sacs—A mirror in"
obliged to sell at 01100211110”
hoe-av uprlsht piano. 7%
Beautifully carved." [Am a
tra tine tone. Used
Christina. Cost 6600. r
with stool and maker's it
so mahogany parlor ’oult. with
corner chairs, divan. etc. 'li
carved. Upholstered illicit ,
um tgflordegwlaltum“ Ni
. . co . tell
Sentinel once. , ‘
FOR IALI—DOHNO
ter: 8 Years old.
carri e broken.
gen. roan street,
Ll!!! ,
apply, lid. f.
«Wort. .
iron uu—mrioltah
o M!
I Holman it
silt .. ., ‘
mww -
LOOP-Lilli” ii ,
cum m...“ .1
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to tide cl,
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