rth m the Benedict Farm
ill? am Norwalk. when Ray
, non of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
‘ son. of 11 East avenue. East
not his death.
company with many other
out to the pond early in the
His particular companions
ice were Frank Sherwood, Bert
‘ and Albert St. John. The lads
, the north shore and not far
mill, when the ice, which had
hl! gave Way. and Nickerson was
': titted in the water. The others
mind to reach the lad. but they
.1 Mil into the chilling water. Young
. and Sherwood managed to
‘w ‘ the shore, which was about
feet away. and the cries of the
trusted the attention of passcrs-
G T RESOUED BY LADDER
is" sr mearby was quickly pro~
ills swas exceeded to young
managed to get hold
us get out of the water
I ' first on the scene wars
in W..‘A. Thompson, Freder
, book-keeper in the mill,
t and Edward Merritt.
d a plank to young Nick-
9 e ground the on of this,
red slam is hold
. . the water: The
‘ Ine he 9 .he cough
plaink again, but it 1{was noticed
his cyan are closed. and he was
, Theological; back
ongll very effort was
about fifteen
,iand the rescuers were
,- that he cohld be brought to.
know; means of resuscitation
vied, dbut with at avail and the
‘31 to relinquish
dy was remov-
to were obi
fierts, and the
the mill loft. .
' frivolous souuounn
W. 3 Bean was summoned by
hone and reached the scene just
e body was taken from the pond.
wage was sent to Medical Exam-
«continued on Ioeond Page
. December 27—-
. try Gr 1. were
{y today. by the
. , 'frarnc building.
They were Jos-
, seven. add Ad-
mother-
' Superior Court.
WATER ”A"! IIOKIN.
cubic lost of the Western union "role
nachos Mm mines.
The tag boat employed by s West»
are union Telegraph company in lay
in a new cable across the Not-walk
barber. struck the two water main- of
the city of South Nor-walk yesterday.
and broke one pipe. The water was
shut off. and the residents of East
Norwalk were deprived of the South
Norwaik supply until an investigation
could be made.
The tug draws nine feet of water,
and as there is only about eight feet
in the harbor at low this. she could
not go across the pipes, and her bow
plowed through the mud and tore
through them. has tug is a big. ocean
going vessel. and is much too large to
come into Norwslk nhrbor.
There was no telephone communica-
tion with talent Nor-walk this morning.
as the tug boat also broke the cables
of the Southern New England Tale
phone Company which run across the
river. The damage w... be consider»
his.
The cable containing the fire alarm
when of the city of South Norwalk was
also damaged and the alarm was not
in working order today. The Postal
Telegraph Company wires were also
disabled. The electrical and water
commissioners baveput in a claim for
damages.
Repairs will be made as soon as
possible but it may take several days
to complete them.
Commissioner A. E. Winchester sent
a protest to New York, and the office
then instructed the captain of the
Western Union to remain here until he
had repaired all damage. The cap-
tain was ready to go back, when Mr.
Winchester and E. V. Baker boarded,
the boat. which was at Ferrls' dock.
and held her until orders were rc~
ceived from New York. An entirely
new cable for the fire alarm system is
being laid, and repairs will be made
to the telephone wires.
ll’HuofIiu
Murder T Iiul
.ludgo Huger 8ng T hot it Most
High This Ilflomoou
. Modems T mm llf Tomi Tor-
a:
illiiliiiihv ion Fudug
The D'Onofrlo murder trial will be
gin this afternoon at 2 in the criminal
This was definitely
settled yesterday afternoon. when
Judge (lager instructed the counsel for
the prisoner to be ready, and excused
the extra Jurors until that hour. Judge
Gager has but two days to sit next
week, and the criminal court must
complete business before Friday.
Attorney Judson, who is to be asso-
ciated with Lawyer Cuneo, of South
Norwalk. in the defense of the accus-
ed italian, made a motion yesterday
morning for a continuance until Tues-
day, for the reason that he had not had
an opportunity to prepare the case.
ludge Gager said if the trial was
not taken up until Tuesday. it would
have to be finished in two days. "Can
it be finished in that time?" he asked.
State’s Attorney Fessenden laugh-
ingly replied that he would think so if
any other than Attorney Judson was
on the other side.» Mr." Judson quick-
ly replied to the sally that he would
‘ think it possible In Mr. Fesseuden was
not on the other side.
intervening days wre suggested,
but counsel had other ngagements so
Judge Sager suggested that the trial
begin this afternoon.
Yesterday was occupied by the trial
of James Tuttle and George Munroe,
the two young men accused of theft
from the person. The victim was
Nicholas Berg who was relieved of his
property in an alleyway in Water
street. Bridgeport while he was be-
foggod by liquor. Tuttle and Munroe
were captured after a chase up the
whsrves. They claim to be innocent.
and both testified that they ran be-
cause they saw others running. They
saw no robbery and did not see Berg
in the alley.
ANOTi-lln JIWILIR IUFFIHID.
Messrs. Rood and Jackson are not
the only jewelers In town who have
suffered from light fingered tumult
short thus no a woman and man went
into a local store and asked to use
some rings. A tray full was
while the Jeweler was not looking at
them “Estonian deftly took one and
. in front of them for MIME
’ Norma]
BlooiLou Dose
Republican Builds lost In Sec
oud llisiriu lo Dispute
Claimed Thai Tickcis Ilm’ lloicci-
ivo Because T gpc is Too largo
Primers. drop Tosiilgiug lu
liridgcpori TudIIg.
A recount of ballots cast in the 06-
tober election in the town of Norwalk
for selectmen was had yesterday in
the Superior Court room, Judge Ralph
Wheeler presiding. Clerk W. R. Shel.
ton and Court Messenger Charles S.
Evans did the counting, while the var-
ious counsel engaged in the case kept
close watch for disputed ballots, which
figure in the election contest. For-
mer Selectman Frank H. Merrill, Dem
ocrat of Norwalk brings the petition.
claiming that he should have been de-
clared elected instead of William B.
Reed. of the Second, or South Nor-
walk, district, also a Democrat.
HOW THE VOTE WAS RETURNED.
Samuel Lynne and James A. Brown,
Republicans, were elected by substan.
tial majorities. The official count gave
Reed 1029 and Merrill 902 for the third
place on the board. .
Mr Merrill. in his petition; sets up
that there were more than 300 Repub
llca lots that were irregular cast
in Second District because the
type does not conform to the legal ro-
quiremsnts. He also claims that there
was an error in declaring that Reed re
ceived 640 ballots in the Second Dis-
trict. but that it should have been 540.
As Merrill and Reed were both an the
Democratic ticket any finding of ille-
gal Democratic ballots would not ben-
efit Merrill as against Reed. But
the principal error claimed is that the
type was too large own more than 300
Republican ballots.
CLAIMS 300 BALLOTS SHOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN COUNTED
As Reed, who is a South Norwalk
man. receiave
from Reno s n
the petitioner would benefit should the
court sustain the claim that 300 or
more of these ballotsshould not have
been counted,
Attorneys John J. Walsh and Hurl-
butt & Davis represent Mr. Merrill,
and Judge John H. Light is counsel for
Reed Both sides agreed upon the
opening of the ballot boxes so that
there was no testimony taken.
At 2 o 'clock yesterday afternoon the
Second district (South Norwalk) bal-
lots had been counted. -The result of
the count made a. change of but 2 from
the official figures, but the question of
the legality of the Republican tickets
remains to be decided. Counsel for the
petitioner claimed that substantially
all the ballots were defective because
Furnace Plum
Was Wrecked
Three Mon I..." mm on flue
Scdouslg llllil
louse ill Tho Fxplosion ls Hui
ici Huowo
SHARPBVILLE..Pa.. Dec. 37. ——An
explosion at the old nhsrpsvills fur-
nace this morning. wrecked tbs fur-
nace plan and killed three men. n-
lather workman was probably fstnly
injured. The names:
I Dell]:
MARTIN CLARY.
HOWARD DICKSON.
gaunt ‘BARTLETT.
cred.
James Donusily.
The men were war lag at in; top
Sorta nuck‘ivnhlgcndsy“ night. if. E. lion-ls ,
America hold i >
last night, and
suing year. i
The O. S. (l .
R. Candeldm o ,
ant, and dcllvc
on Forestry. H
Narruk for iii!
nary. The elbow»
C. R.-—Georga g
S. C. R.-John
Treasurer—L. It. th.
Financial Secret .yw-Joseph Gil-
more. ,
Recording Secrets
. S. W.~—Jonn Yost. .
J. W.—~Gcorgc Steegmuller.
S. B.‘--P McCratb
J. fie—J. Daren.
Trustee-Thomas heather-land.
PhysicianwDr. F I. Burnell.
Druggist-T B. Griffin
After election all out to the ban-
quet room, and parti ipated in an cle-
gant spread. preps by a commit-
tee in honor of the stinguished visi
tors. and the new 0 era, ,
Sommf plus
in do West
J].
Much lloumgcj dud Moog liius
Endangered in Washington
Bunion Warhol Ilwug liiglu
lighthouses iII Souiilc.
SEATTLE. Wash" December 27——
Thursday night's storm did much dam.
age and endangered any lives in this
city. Along the port and of the water
front. where wind and wave had fall
asleep at high tide. the breakers wash-
ed away sight houses Floating drift-
wood battercd these to match wood.
The occupants barely escaped Co
North Broadway a little cottage was
overturned. No one was injured High
water on the Dawsnish river added to
the complexity of the situation Wires
are down all over the city. The high-
est velocity of the wind was thirty-five
miles an hour
OREGON’ 8 WORST STORM.
along the coast, last night. doing much
damage to property.
‘ STORM STRIKES SALT LAKE.
SALT LAKE. Utah. December 27——
Thc storm which has been raging
throughout the northern intermounlaln
country. struck Salt Lake last night.
From a dead calm the wind increased
with remarkable rapidity and attained
a velocity of fully fifty'miles an hour.
bringing with it a blinding snow
storm. which raged with the fury of a
blizzard for more than two hours.
8100.000 DAMAGE iN VANCOUVER.
VANCOUVER. B. (1., December 27—-
The worst storm for several years
struck Vancouver at midnight. Wed-
nesday. and continued all day Thurs-
day. Oreat damage was done. especial-
Iy to small shipping. the total loss be-‘
ing estimated at about $100,000. The
steamer Aorangi. coming in from Aus-
tralia. lay in English Bay all night.
and gotT her anchor foul of the Can-
adian Pacific cable to Victoria. the end
of which is now lost. The cable sta-
tion was wrecked by storm and logs
were piled against it.
POOL TOURNAMENT.
..___.
Zoloft, of The Control Food 60., Boston
by his Parlour. Harry munstt.
The game last night in the South
Norwalk Club pool tournament, was
between two members of .tbe Central
Food Company firm. Harry Bennett,
80. and E. Zoloft. Bil. It was well con~
tested throughout and much seat was
given to the game by the earnest
coaching of Samuel Comatock. the
other member of the, firm. Bennett
won by the following score:
Bennett, 80,
8-—~i
lbw-«l
27
30
31ml
44
Zeluff, 06.
3-»8
7
. iii—d,
2i~—i
ill
39
film] 10—4
59-4 0 lib-l
00 0-1
’1‘ night the game will be between...
E .llanks. st and George F. hoarse.
us. The other games so fsr‘schedulod
will be between scratched men-«team
my night Joseph It. Taylor— snd E. Rt
Bodmll,»
SHOW-THIRD 1'0 II THIRD MOM:
DAV.
amounronr. nuns-r sum‘
tin mm. of new Hay-ii. tom
. . M
I
Ho ouul a
Book toms
Mug Bo Willlilldilll— To Include
locus fin lied Esiuiu ‘
Hcprosonimivo Mcflomg Wolds
flpinious do The Muller
Will lnlIodIIcoIl Hill in fun-
gross , for, do Ilmondmcm
WASHINGTON, December 27——Rep-
resentative McCleary, of Minnesota.
has addressed the following letter to
some 2,500 persons, those addressed
being representative men in each state
and territory in the Union:
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
it has been suggested to me by ser
era! gentlemen interest in national
banks and desirous of rendering them
as useful as possible to the commun-
ities in which they are located, that it
would be well to amend the national
bank act so as to permit national
banks in the smaller places where the
clientele of the banks is largely rural.
to loan a portion of their resources on
real estate security. if the proposition
seems wise to those who have practi
cal knowledge of such matters I may
introduce a bill after the holidays pro-
viding for the amendment. With that
in view i desire the benefit of your
judgment in the matter, and i will up.
preciate an early answer to the fol-
lowing questions:
FOR THE l oBLIC GOOD?
l——Do you believe that such an
amendment would be in the public in
terest? if so. why? if not. why not?
2—~if your first answer be affirmative.
where would you draw the line be
tween the national banks that may and
those that may not make such loans?
Would you make the capitalisation of
the bank or the population of the town
where the bank is located the basis of
such classification? Why?
3-Just what percentage and of what
would you specify in the amendment?
That is, would you grant the portals
sion as to a certain percentage of the
1 capital. of the bank or as to a certain
percentage of its loannble binds? Why?
(Suggestions running from 25 per cent.
to 40 per cent. of the capital of the
bank have been made).
4-—-Would you limit the operation of
the amendment to farm loans or would
you include town property? Why?
6—Would you permit loans under the
amendment on the first mortgages on-
ly, or Would you permit such loans as
meat the approval of the board of di-
rectors? Why? -
(iv-Would you require that all loans
under the amendment should have the
approval of the directors before being
made? Why!
7~~Have you any other suggestions as
to the safe operation of the amendment
if it should be made?
8-—Are you willing to have me quote
you on the above points in any re-
marks that I may make on the subject?
Culolu'csc
To Hill Himself
Prefers llouilI To Sounding His
[logs in 8mm Prison
Hod Mudc Preparations To Hung
Himself lo His Coll '
Pasquale Calabresc. the murderer
who was sentenced to life Imprison-
ment last week, has decided that death
is preferable to serving all his days In
Wot erslleld. and is keeping the jail
on sis on the alert. He has made
one attempt On his life. and openly
says that he will kill himself at the
first opportunity.
As the State prison is crowded,
tiller-Id Hawley has not been able to
annular him to Wsthcrsilsld. but be
arranged with Warden Garvin to
take hi In as scon’ as possible. rum
are sight other dbl:
riots at the of
«who will be held" here until u ,
.nrchabl
til. Celebrate VII l
to soupbaforcthsclo 'ofihsw k. "
m ohms-II
t .
Tbs Saturday Tch‘Mmd Indefi- i;
I 1
As the holiday tostlvltics are so no ‘
sorbing it has been decided to post
none the Saturday tea announced on ‘
the Central Club cards for this week. ‘
tbslsth. *Thereforethere will he no-
thing more until the new announce. .
ments are issued ,
The club was most fortunate this
fall in filling so acceptable the vacan-
cy caused by the resignatan of the
president. When Dr. Pardeo was ob
ligsd by ill health to give up her posi
lion, Mrs. Charles Dennis unselfishly
consented to undertake the difficult
duties incumbent upon the chief oillc .
er of so large and enterprising a club.
It is a great satisfaction to the club
to hays so able and dignified a most
dent at Mrs. Dennis and one so faith-
ful to every duty, however onerous
The past month was most successful
One can but hope that it is also a
pleasure to the president to be able
to take up such work and to carry it
on so well.
PRESENT FOR MR. HUNKEMEIER.
Frederick Hunkemeler. ot; the hock
wood Manufacturing cow, was
the delighted recipient of ‘a granho
phone tendered him as a matter of es-
teem by a number of his fellow em-
ployees. Mr. Hunkemeier will return
the compliment by giving a turkey sup
per in the near future.
Wormoll. m...
Concerned
Momhor ilf ii Bumping To lio-
Iolup Wow Summor Huron
Houses Wow firing lireuod ill
Smith Tom, Huriou
M. D. Randall, of East Norwalk is a
member of a company of three. who
have acquired a tract of land at ScothI
Cove Darlen, of over two 11 ndred
acres. There is over a mile 0 shore
front and is a very valuable piece of
property. it is to be used expressly for
summer residences, and a more ideal
spot cannot be found anywhere. It is
not the intention of the company to
make a summer resort of the place. but
instead. houses will be erected for sale.
A force of men 'is working now. laying
three collar walls and more will be
started just as soon as the weather will
permit.
The name of the company is “The
Tokonoke " an indiun word. The oth-
°r members besides Mr. Randall, are E
Hope Norton. head of the firm of E.
Hope Norton & Company. bankers in
Wall street. and Joseph D. Sawyer. of
141 Broadway. New York. The land
that has been purchased ‘at' a cost of
about $15,000. consists of Alexander
Raymond's farm of ninety-two acres;
five different tracts from Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Lynch; one site from Messrs.
Cornell and Bell, and still another from
Alanson Williamson.
Considerable work has been accom-
plished already. and When spring opens
building will be carried on much more
extensively. An observation tower has
been erected so that anyone can see all
over the property. A bridge has been
constructed across Contentment Island
road. There are three entrances to the
property.
The company has also purchased a
tract from Frederick Fitch. at Noroton
adjoining Daniel Edgar’s Great Island
property. It was immediately sold ’
Mrs. Madge Hench. of New Jersey. who
intends to build a $20,000 house in the
spring. A. N. Paddock, architect of
Springfield. Mass, is now making plans
for the residence. Four new houses
will be erected this winter. Finch
Brothers. of East Norwalk. are busily
engaged at present making roads and
building store houses to store the lum-
ber and other material for the winter.
LOST. ,
' tow—mm mam corms
carriage cushion, lost between Wash
ington street and R. R. station. Find
or will please leave at this office.
d2? 3t
LOST—1N The) SOUTH NOR-
walk west-bound tation. Persian
lamb muff. with waered ribbon at—
tached. A suitable reward offered for
return to DeKlyn's, 27 Main St., Nor-
walk. d2? it
WT ,
PERSONAL.
mum...
In... ,.. m...
Ml-DDLI AGED WIDOWER. TALL,
good-looking. kind. sympathetic'; nice
homo. sadly needing woman's care:
has $80. 000: would marry soon.
dress Er. Milton. Box 015. Oblong; Ill.
can no
. wearing, as ism dyed with the
mend Nirsllls hdyes.
confine
bu wit -
mm Jumper Who Won» ,
liver 4 Will llilcs‘
Scalfia closely pursued" by
Segnio rushed into the arms
protection. it was the sensaf'.
minatiou of a I .ooomue man hf,
cities of the western states.
Both ware taken to the Heft
street station, where Sognlo told
markable story. Three months ago
said, Scalfia was arrested in ii
TerritOry on the charge of ill
selling whiskey After spending
month in jail be appealed to So ‘
friend and businessman of South
Alestel. and upon assurance by
fill that the firm he represenmd w
protect him Segnio mortgaged all
property and furnished $4 000 bend ;
secuIe the Iciease of his friends
being released Scalfiia immdtilflei
disappeared
The chase began and Scaifi , wall
followed from placa until finally tlr
of the terrible strain he appeals
the Chicago detectives.
When taken in Segnio held
ver in his hand and notwithsta‘filll
the fact that if Scalfia is return « ‘
Indian Territory within five days his .
bond will be saved Segnio declared: ‘ "
his real object in pursuing Scaiiia
revenge.
“i started to kill him; followed b
for a thousand miles, and then a bio]
last moment he escaped.” .
He said: “it is hard; I would
have it so "
Scalfia admits his identity
pears anxious to be surrende
United States authorities to es.
worse fate . '
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W
all rooms I Might nonsense. ‘_
quiet couple". ust be3 centrally loci
edif‘ Address C W., ‘
WANTEMARPEN .m
at new acid factory, near »
works.
WANTED~HOUSEKEEPER. .
dlenged woman as housekeeper.
who desires good home in profs
to big wages. AddressG .88 MI
Ave. East Norwalk
can sALé—A QUANTITYTO
for sale reasonable.
BeldenISt. So. Norwalk.
FOR SALE—A COW THAT IS ,
log in February 13 Inquire or ,
Roberts, Rowaytcn Conn. dill t '
f6 scar—2 moons FURNlSRED‘
and heated. Address W. thieoill
TO LET—House N0 10 ouster.
nut St. Norman. 7 rooms. sewer
water connections. Rent ‘12. Intuit}
No. 5 Chestnut street Norwalk.. ~ 31
East ave. coca
TO Lev—4 noon sonar .
$8 r further particulars. c
Well Cigar Co.. 85 Washingtonfl
TO LET-4‘0? FLOOR
First National Bank Bulldi
basement of Bank Building _
able for plumber fruit. sane
maker or family. pleasant ,
ed by steam furnace; house. '
ern improvements. Elisabo,
house and burn. East Norwalk
and burn with ten acres of ion
ayton; houses, flats. rooms,;,at
torles with power. Raymon
70
rooms. farms. mahofsclor «In
or offices. halls. tools ,
We can suit every dint
Bros. . _
Will,
TO LIP-HOUSE N23
lion street. 7 rooms.
tarove’m cuts.
. quire at if was
Norwalk Chronicler