”7‘!“ 9 a , Ea”; , as binary bite . “Mantle. Connecticut from do no orde ‘ ' pertinent of the Fast. Gov. . and. New York our. August #1 1901/. stalls Captains J K. Cree and il (l. debutant, Artillery Corps. U t3 " A... to attend the mount encampment ‘ of the National Guard at Nlantlc Con» finecuout. and report to the commander. inéehlef at the state military render yous for such duty as may be required of them during the encampment. Brig- idler-General Russell Frost. command in: brigade will see that every facility is extended to these officers so that ‘ they may be enabled to observe the 0 work of the camp. , hereby ; titled to wear-1st , on which they the a , Francis Le ard was made adorator. The first utter taken up “:1 the appropriation of $9. 000 for m . To in Clerk smith than read the res- «u ution. which was as follows: Whereas the Legislature of 1899 has ‘sd‘d. under chapter It“? an act on- . “ Act to Provide for the 1m- t of the Public Hoods,” and the Legislature of 1301 have That the selectmen are orlzed to spend under the ‘ these acts nine thousand , tillers. with the direction of gross and State Highway Com- toners: ' octtnan Frank H. Merrill then took cord 11 exp ned that the town near one third of air completio. «World the town 83000 intheioads. The ' iii. drawers on the retired list are _ ‘inded that. in accordance with See 2,‘ Militia law they are on uniform of the rank a retired. HOW THE. AR ll.i.. BE FED. Information as . o“ manner in which the brigade that is to assemble ‘at Camp McLean. Niantio, next week: is to be fed may be of interest to many people. A' good idea of the camp sub- sistence is conveyed in General Orders No 24 issued front the Adlutant Gen eral's office at Hartford. August 3 The general orders is an extract from the “Manual for Army Cooks." mSATURDAY’S FLOUR BALE At Joseloff’ a. North Main St; Jones’ a, Washburn’s or any other, 530 bag. TUHPEHTlHET‘HABLAZE HIS ELHTHIHE CAUGHT EIHE One of his Son- Attempted to strike a Match. and the Mud Flow Into a Fan of the luf'iammohle Material. W , F. T. Egginson. who conducts a paint store in North Main street. is thankful today that he is alive-cor at-ls iambic not badly burned, instead of being a poi-foo y Welltn , siting; about ’i: 30 o’clock Mr. young son attempted to . gg so light a match near a turpentine barrel Ed at? 15 our day, lved 3135. Mr. be done by Nor' all: citizen labor- This motion was seconded; Town Clerk Herbert R Smith stated that the appropriation was ”Viewed by the State Highway Commissioners and would have to be let out at contract. Mr. Fitzgerald seemed to think there W18 "a ibb" in it. as be expressed him- se f * The next matter taken up was to consider the matter of building a bridge or bridges at a place called the Four Bridges, Broad River, and. if deem- edndvlsa is. to authorize and direct ‘the selectmen to cause to be built at said Foul! Bridges, dgs or bridges of wood stone or fr 7 nd to make the necessary sppropria on from the town treasury for whats ' work in the ' mgttor the meet! all order to be All, on was present- e‘dlteiiolved, That tbg/filecémen be. and ‘ he to cause to . :d'i‘he following r . unsafe, and had ' been so for the past typo years. Later ‘ two of the bridges were strengthened Mr. Mplkin estimated the the old ones ‘ Would be 31500. A four spand roabridg‘e would cost 31. 400. and a . , li bridge for balance of score . The major- ‘ would. as it u Siren Mr. Merrill ever the :hitche in and as ill luck would have it. the match broke in two. and the lighted end fell into a receptacle under the faucet of the barrel. The pan contained quite a quantity of the dangerous fluid. and instantly the whole thing was a mass of flames, leaping up neally to the cell- ing. The screams of the lad brought Mr. Egginson from the living rooms which are in the rear of the store. and be without hesltutlng a moment plucklly caught up the blazing pan of turpentine and ran for the front door of the store. so that he could throw the mass into the street The stir of air caused by Mr. Eggluson going so rapidly forward and a slight tilting of the pan made the flames flex-oer, and acme of the biasing fluid fioWed over the side. down his” legs. The pan became very hot and Mr. Egglns‘on waaforced to drop it as soon as he reached the sidewalk. At this time his trousers were all ablaze. Eg« ginson made a frantic effort to put out the fire on his garments. but his ges- tures and slapping of his trousers with his hands appeared only to make the blaze worse. He ran screaming Into J. C. Roth’s bicycle repair store. which is next door, and there willing hands came to his wounds and extinguished the blade ML. mason was pretty well exhausted and very much excited. He had presenés of mind left to rush back into his own store and put out the fire. which he thought. was there He mistake “luckily, as it had not ‘ on the sidewhik. whore flowed about as he dropped the pan. A large crowd collected and in short order t a store was blocked with peo- ple. Te people gradually left the store when they found there was no, done. and the door was locked . dam Inspection it was found that 0V-. erythi in the store was intact. and there uvElll be no damage for the are insures companion to adjust.- There one very laughab heat the patted. Someone ohm: of the I: ha atlargo‘pdlsh pan full of soft clams and water ad threw the contents on ' wider for Demo distance his burnt tron rr on m an Elfin rod. 3 .me .1119 Walter bicyclist . in all in San . THEE! VAULT EHHBIHATTHH The Number Noted in a Homer-adorn Book Found by the secret ear. . vice Detectives in His . Possession. . . m WASHINGTQN. August. 1Mhlel Winds, of the Secret service. has re. solved a telegram from San Francisco. announcing the Arrest of Walter Di mick. formerly chief clerk of the Uh tr ed mates mint there; The telegram sivee no particulars. .. SAN FRANCISCO. August iii-«Ever since July 4. when the discovery was made that six sacks containing 330» 000 were missing from the mint vault. Waiter N. Dimmick. former chief clerk of the United States mint, for» whose arrest a warrant has been issued. has been issued. has been a prominent fig, are in the investigation. When Dim- mick was dismissed from the mint it was stated by Superintendent Leach it was not on account of the robberY. but in pursuance of a decision made before the robbery was discovered and that the robbery prolonged his deten. tion. Since his release from duty Dim- mick has been under surveillance of secret service men. Dimmick was at ' one time cashier of the mind and was one of the four persons known to have access to the vault. in a memoran- dum book found in his possession the secret service men found that be not- ed the, combination to the upper lock of the vault door. This is something it was thought Cashier Cole alone knew. An expert found that thetime lock was not working and as a result a person who had the combination said open the salt at any time dur- ing the day or lght To the officers ' Dimmick admitted working at the mint as late as 11 o'clock at night. wan-rec FOR THEFT. m A Man 3 slit from Bridgeport by ”genetics only» James Shea, alias Jack Ryan, a man who yesterday finishing serving a term of six months in the Bridgeport jail for theft from the person, was taken to New Haven last night by Detective Duly to answer to the charge of theft. Shea was arrested in New Haven last January by Detective McGrath for the Bridgeport police. He. was tried on we. charge of having stolen $70 from the pocket of a Bridgeport man and was given six months in Jail. After he left New Haven complaint was made to the police that he had stolen a coat belonging to a railroad man at a ball given in Music Hall in New Haven last winter. it is a charge of theft in this case which has been preferred against him now. smoke in TliE TUNNEL. Henry A. House Boluvoa He Can Eliminate It. Henry A. House, of Bridgeport, the inventor of the Lifu burner. is of L116 opinion that he can solve the problem of eliminating smoke from the railroad tunnel in New York city He held a conference with Superintendent A. M. Waitt. of the motive power department of the New York Central Railroad Company. during this week. and pre sented his ideas. on the subject. He was informed if he had a locomotive in ope‘ratl the odicials of the road would give is trial. Mr. House is an exponent. of oil as fuel. and his burner is so constructed that it will burn al most any kind of liquid fuel. At one time the boiler in his shop. his mom ~' wagon and many other steam lune ines were fitted with the burner and used oil as fuel. , o»...- n R a o. a: PIOKED NINE. d. The R “3‘3: and a picked also play- ed an interesting of: inning game of ball yesterday afternoon on the neck at Field, East Norwalk. The R a 6'8 won the game by bthe score of eight to six. Dowd and O‘Brien composed the battery for the R a C'- and Smith and German performed the points for the picked team. Thomas Reynolds and th‘ , Peter Roberts were the umpires. , endows bonuses acres. The college iodine isiopen cranial- for the enrollment of students. lovers at duplications have been olv fort of Telésranhic Course. P is battling in the interest of the It!!! debts of the wheel. having this week mitotic ‘ mrk Nixie . ed home vests. the enight. e ,- titant to the alias smith" Fresnort. on by a couple of at f Witt!!! it in :11?ng ty- ve or r as ‘o a. dirty white. with ”g HOME moonlit” Mr. and Mrs. C a Purify arriv. ours at Vir . n. D. C glib capitol and all p . buildings. They a » was: Vernon ashington ‘an exit in that to. trees. old. are colored man. 4 . a slave in the ‘ fusion to Mount ‘Varn of about elites in! , be made most pl will! a pirated along e way slows down an . ll . car explains the th‘ the, blurists. Mr. and Mr. Purdy . d trip to and return to Virginia; ii of the Old'Dominiod‘ Mr. Purdy says the that he and his wife? , Yesterday r» was so cool are forced to roar sub. 0 'l‘.. Three additional " ed Against «Vain 11. Wonder winner of the Lama district laud lob tel-y. who. in choosing his claim. shut Miss Mattie Beale out from filing on a tract next to Lawton. A local town site company staked off WM'B en» try last night and stretched ropes to indicate alleys and lots and gave no. tics of contest. These Woods displac- ed with the aid of an m. but during the night two hundred squatters tool: possesbion and say thdy will contest to the end. Woods's attorneys have warned the squatters to move within ten days. A fourth contest was luau- guratod when a placer miner‘s claim. based on the alleged discovery of oil in the Woods homstead. was filed with the registrar of deeds. BULLION ROBBERY MYSTERY. May he Cleared up Before Night—- Winters Makes Confession. SAN FRANCISCO. August 10——Tlle mystery of the great bullion robbery at the Selby Smeiting Works may be cleared up before stiff and the miss ing gold recovered. it is rumored John Winters. the suspect now in custody. has made .a full confession and has do clared that the measuror is lying in the shallow water of Casquines straits The alleged confession is said to have been made in the office of Captain of Detectives Seymour after the prisoner had been icxamlned at great length. The officials then chartered sing. and taking Winters with them went up the bay to the smelting works. lie and several detectives were taken on board and the tug proceeded to Crockett. where it was proposed to spend the night. Trouble then occurred be tween the Ban Francisco officers and Sheriff Veale, of Contraoosta county in which the robbery was committed. The sheriff demanded the custody of the prisoner and. upon being refused procured avsearcb warrant. A truce was arranged. however and early to day the entire party boarded the tug and started for Nations. the county seat. Winters was handcuffed and guarded with the utmost vigilance. ; IANGID AT IURGLARB. Robert 931mb." of southport. awakened item sleep shortly mi mid- night yesterday morning to had two man standing nth iii bedside. demande ing an biopsy. pimbrwaa frightened but finally reached “The rolvcr fired at the intruders Thelatter beat a hasty roe-eat and "hires followed them to the door. sending ”gm” bui- Weir ‘ W. it In said. r.“ birch recognised the visitors as ' lets: “have“ tile would‘bo Utwc common and that wry-rants for “5 ~ . the Federation of Labor will and insanity. rant ; Intoxica doctors ndiyiuai from Rye me'I to Ndrivai decree Perkins. colored. o by ye. 5N. ‘ 2s... was before the south corsair side this mornin, of the town court Elias“ a brass charge of comm! ‘ heath Norwaik‘ to East Norwalk, about - 8; 30 last evening Exorcist that iron ordinal iron And Tin workers do bulletin. “Til AVEHT GENERAL STRIKE edOpponents of the Strike Claim that President Campers Does Not A]; prove of its—’Ciuiet at » Headquarters. n—o—I-r—i' PITTSBURG. Pa. Admit 10~The honors] strike order of President Shaf- to for. of the Amalgamated Association. becomes effective today and the army of iron. steel and tin workers to which it is addressed, is expected to throw dowii its tools at the close of the last turn. At the strike headquarters, the newspaper correspondents outnumber the representatives of labor. and the Carnegie building. from which the steel interests are being directed, was as quiet as on any ordinary business day. With the opposing sides at the parting of the ways. there is still much talk of a settlement. Strong app ale have been made to President Sha or and President (tempers, asking that they throw their influence toward a settlement and various plans for avert- ing a senernl strike have been discuss- ed and offered by disinterested men on the outside. The open letter written by President Gompors, of the Amerih can Federation of Labor. was general» 1 ly discussed. The strikers asserted that it was eminently satisfactory to them and that it assured them the lcompiete support of the Federation Opponents of the strike insisted that there was but little consolation for the strikers in the statement. They say that President Campers does not an- prove of the strike, and stood ready ‘while here to accept and support any plan for a satisfactory settlement. it is not yet known here whit steps take. None of its Officials are here and the Amalgamated leaders refuse to dis. cuss the matter. All manner of re- ports as to legal actions are in circula- tion and injunctions and counter in. junctions are being discussed. but he steps hare been taken here yet to ignite the aid of the courts by either a a. President Shaffer left early'iod'ny for Newcastle to participate in the great strike demonstration in progress there. He will return here late in the afternoon and go to McKeesport to- night. He was the principal weaker at the Newcastle meeting today and will also deliver thovmafn address It McKeesport tonight. He was given an enthusiastic welcome and was loud- ly cheered whenever he was seen and recognized. Secretary Williams was in charge of the local strike headquarters in the absence of the chief. He said he knew nothing of compromise. BOERS CAPTURE BLOCKHOUSE. Raiders Receive Recruits from the Colonial Dutch. _ LONDON, August lib—A despatclt from Lord Kitchener dated from Pro torin today says. “A blockhduae near Brandfort. Or- ange River Colony was rushed and capsurcd by the Boers. after severe fighting. the night of August 7. "Elliot has captured 70 prisoners and large cilantities of stock and wag one, which‘he is sending in. No details have been received " Mail despatches from Lord Kitchen or. issued today. in a parliamentary paper say his constant endeavor but been to improve the" fortifications along the lines of communication that releasing .men from active service The garrison of the railways have mostly been withdrawn.» A spirited narrative of the ejectmeni of General De Wet from Cape Colony concludes with the statement that the raiders undoubtedly received a num ber of recruits from the colonial Dutch an ample supply of food and timely in formation. Lord Kitchener received certain la- formation that newer intended to at» tacit Cape Town .while General Boths. as soon as he heard t the concentra- tion in Cape Colony was effected. was to enter Natal with 6,300 picked horse. men and malts for Durban. TRIED TO KILL PARENTB. in a Pit of insanity Frank Howell Fir. ‘ ‘ ad Shots at Beth. NEW YORK August l0. win a at of Howell, 23 years old u or L1 do gate ttat“‘tiiusIthoun’e e n n. . .. or can Howell has both acting uuerly f: some time past, but it was not sup ed that he had any dangerous tend ciao. Early this in . ntin his muffler tw’ tried to kill his Perkins came to South Norwalk early ‘ yesterday morning, for the purpose of , as us a friend by the name of Charles‘l ead.’ in East Norwalk. instead of go: lug directly to the house of Mead. he proceeded to fill up on bad whiskey When night drew near. be though about his friend, and started towards East Norwalk When on the bridge he an- noyed the young ladies by crossing and recrossing directly in front of them. John 'W. Allen, a large. broad shoul- dered man. saw the actions of Perkins. and started him towards South Nor- walk. The latter soon turned about and went for the young ladies again Mr. Alien thought that it would be best to take Perkins over to the lockup. He did so and turned the aggressor oVer to Captain George W Gladstone. The latter gave him incharge of Chief of on the of the _ peace. by annoying four young ladies. - while they were up their way from ‘ good conditio 141 Washiust u WWW . To st~n0fl8lll . improvements: T0 LETwHOlJBlb 31 Woodward a as and building in , meats. Apply 'lil Police Vollmer. Judge Joseph R. Tay- ”m lor gavfithe mail a chance to get out of wn s m rn n . to t (o g TURKEY HAS NO MONEY. CMSTANTINOPLE August 10—— The Franco'i‘urkish dispute on the quay claims remains unsettled. Tur key persists in the idea of purchasing quays from the French government; but it is impossible to find the money at present. owing to the impoverished condition of the treasury. The Porto yesterday again informed former Min later Countess. the French ambassa- dor. that the French conditions for the transfer of the quays were unaccep tibl o. HLIHITEHEH IN TEXAS Amaiiosowonac Assaulted and Then Clicked To Death HUHBEHV THE CAUSE 0E llEETl Officers Have Arrested Three Man. One of Whom Has Confesoed, implicating the Other Two Persona. m ANSTIN. Tox.. August 10. ~A spec is] from Gomez. Paloclo, state of Dur- ' lingo. Mexico. says that Mrs. Mary Contiffe, an American lady and wife of George P. Contiffe. superintendent ' of Prince Torres cotton mills has been murdered them. She was found dead in her dining room by Mr. Contlffe Death was caused by strangulation and crhninal assault had been com- mitted. Officers have been at work on the case and have under arrest three per sons. one of whom sold a dealer a FOR 8ALE~— ” years old. weight. 80 _ and right. Address P rotor; Heights. Ct. FOR SAL‘E.-A 25- boat, jib and missed beam 3 ft. deep. All Sharrott, 17 Woodwnr « Norwalk. room In our factoryynrd purchase two houses. and a three family house. Tollea fit. Houses to b' the lan ' thin reasonsbi ply to Thescrofut & Kn f FOR SALE-TY? - it babbiting. thoroughly ole convenient shape. 10 as" at this once. FOR BALE—A panda Mabel. fine looking boat in first class cond to beam. 17 feet; do ‘ Con be seen foot tenville, Staten! and of Cant. Moses V N ‘EOETELJH D'W i book and: contents belong man and the finder will . guarded by returning fit so clock that was stolen from the Contiffe _ house. it is said he has confessed, impli- cating two other persons. The Con- tiffes are from Pawtucket R. l. and have been in Gomez, Palocio. only five months. A CELEBRATION NOTE. Setters of Ancient Salem Will be Noti- fied of Norwalk Anniversary. The founder of the ancient Salem parish in which the Norwalk choir sings tomorrow, were from this town, and were welli‘linown. James Brown. whose father was an English barrister. and who was born in the Brown man- sion, which stood where now stands the Bennett house in East avenue. was one ,, of'tbaae Salem emigrants. as was also his brother-in-iaw. Samuel. oldest son of Ralph leases Samuel and Mary lsaacs were great uncle and aunt of Hon. Ralph leases Ingersoli. a former United States minister to Russia. aid the Brown-issues Salem .house was known to Washington and his officers. who there stopped on their way from West rolst to Hartford Mrs. leaded brother was a large land owner in the oblong. his purchases amounting to notes He made a noble donation in land to the Salem church. but it has somehow been lost to St. Johns. The next historic drive may include a visit to the lance home hearth and its fam— ous pear tree. It is appropriate that the choir of their old Nomlk mother should sing the tunes so familiar to their ears in the days long dead as tomorrow, their descendants and euc- cesssors will be notified of the coming celebration in their parent town. ......-~. .. AMERICANS INTERTMN AT COWEE. N. Austral; fuel-Americana. «manners and guests. were an ally numerous this week at Go, es. and the Americana cults “took e‘ , a . lite d his but of the English boats."ao . No any Nort on asphaltum roofs, re" and shingled roofs. G to 8 years All orders tended to. ' AFFECTIONI ALiE Claim ln‘BrMol Bill for Divorce! Arthur A. Pontoon Ill. lngraham Company ‘ brong, ht salt,» ‘min; Barnes. who works for Company. and lives in 35.000 damages. pore word served» ' body was attached. and to Bristol. Jane B. mouth. went on his bond, .1 he was released . The plaintiff w ’ years ago to Ida hi ., the couple have of hilil * pie have been living! . recently. The defendant in the ‘ ried but has not lived for several years, an dtii in Waterfown. N: Y Nowell has been for the M and Papers ’ a suit for divorce. bred“ , band. on statutory pro for Pierce represents also. Both are mom 0. F floudepough ford. says the blues This is not. as is i. x L-.D.P rt ortii Mil
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