overcomes; iinider
,llili‘jlllle‘lnlesiiunied
hinder; ills "Been lirooohi lie-
in Enrollment ,lounilonne
The Eoislle ,iii—l'en To Friends
‘ ill Miss Erlin
Former Representative Levi Warner,
senior counsel tor Miss Elisabeth A.
Erwin, the assistant principal of South
Five Mile River School. who is accused
by John W. McClellan. the principal.
with writing threatenlnxlctters to him
and his wife and to‘pro inept persons
of the district, is slate over a letter
he has received from the Post ounce
authorities at Washington, declaring
federal action will be taken in the
Rowayton case and that the scandal
will be sitted to the bottom.
Mr. Warner has tried several times
to interest the Postmaster General in
the-'matisr.but. all his efforts have met
with (allure, the l'GflEOIl being given
that without one of the letters the gov-
ernme omcinishad nothing on which
to wor . , Up to the present time all
theobjectionable spin 3 have been
in. the possession of r. McClellan’s
lawyer, who'retussd to give them up,
on the pleathat they were evidence
rcrxhiaiclient and that they Would be
produced Only in court.
' Another letter has now turned up.
lt'waa written to Mrs. Charles H. Gui-
der,: Weltllnown in Rowayton. and re-
ceived by her one day last week. in it
were thrpats against Mrs. Snider’s lite
'and‘statements that a band of twenty
’WhitefiCapsplust organised, would tar
and. teatherher and ride her out of
town on oral]. 'l‘he writer declared
that Mrs. Golder had shown strong
sympathy with the McClellans and
their friends. , *
While walking along a, lonely street
.. on the night {flier} he, to‘receiving the
letter Mrs. , dolls/as attacked by
some one in ambush with a tuslladc
of stones
we; til '
(l line it Was at o‘-
y . sprdsn'lt‘atlve Citizens.“
Mr. Editor: Thrdll h your columns
permit me‘ to “reply~_1n refute to toe
statements now some regarding the
character of the. fillers oithe peti-
tion now before ,g’cbool committee.
it has been cuteness the streets of
Norwaik by a resident of Rownyton
that the signers nil-stile petition were
mostly women and that the whole pc-
tition was a Baptiljt' clique and head-
cd by a Baptist, minister: also
thronnh the columns ot‘ your paper
thstit‘s signers re tbsented the poor
est element. in ' lty there is rep-
resented on that] arlous denomin-
ations. including odists. Advent-
ists“ congress sts. Episcopal-
lamination. Catholics and
Baptiste-and and, ,“m to be of one
mind in regard thin ,e correctness of
the text otithe Mon. No micron
f'lronhle'hiou Benoit ‘ From lion...
in: ‘0!
work for the society. __
Duncan.
rustinirs that
laid ”the walking was disagreeable, ‘ on
Mt. th‘mnbmh and helped to mansion
more as they desired to.give.
. It.
".823“in o m l m.
s». . on use, nouns in
‘ 6’ undies’ Md Society. The
yearly reports of the ‘oillcors and or
the various departments were read
and showed a very. hatter as year‘s
j s rsuursr's
report showed a substantial balance
of title on hand. after all bills or the
entire year’s war]: had been paid.
The president. Miss Julie Bi. Bruises.
presided and hiltllly complimented bar
associate workers for their loyal help
through the your. Ths‘electlon at or-
ilcers for the ensuing year resulted in
the following choice; ‘
Presidenthl-s. Sylvester 8. Hunt.
Vioe~president~Mrm W. Woflord T.
Secretary—Jill's; Olin 8. Younger.
Treasurer—7M“. Charles. B. Stev-
ens.
The society works along lines that
are elfectual, as 'well as gratifying.
They carry the gospel to the people
in the home by v citation and kindly
ministrations‘ in many ways: the
needy. are helped and, the sick_ are
comforted in and true religion is ex-
emplified as the master taught it
should be. The newly elected oili-.
curs, with their coworkers. the encou-
tive committee, have already in anti.
cipatlon many helpful and pleasant
things for the new year that they
have just entered upon. '
Triniioflihuroh' »
Birthday "soon
Vern l’lensnni hiloir Held Inst
lighi dolled hill
Solos lie hie. Pepper, Miss lined
ilnd iliher hinmhers
Tile birthday social of Trinity Epis-
copal Church, held last night in the.
Sunday school and Guild rooms of the
church was 0 e at the most delightful
as taken place in the
edifice in some time. Notwithstanding
the fact that there wage a snow, storm
rge number of people journeyed‘tz
(at: a “21”“ success. Ralph olie‘ghc‘
snore rapped a enveo n “a
Cb6a,,\v%lleh3will whamm‘lioy Hrs)
Herryvpeppsr. In the olive opcwwas
the number oi: coins lreprssentlnt the.
years oi the donor's age. or an llllttlcih
1‘-
iair to presume that nearly everybody
gave more than a cent for each year 0‘
their life, for when the envelopes were
opened and the money counted, it was
found that 387 and been collected in
this way.
Rev. Bomilly F. Humphrles opened
the exercises with a few appropriate
and choice remarks and introduced
Miss Elisabeth Rood, who sank “lave
Me or Not." She responded to all do
core with a lullaby. Organist Ill. J.
Sims accompanied on the piano.
Harry Pepper was heard in the noun
"Good Bye, Sweetheart. Good Eye."
and was heartily applauded. llr. and
Mrs. Sims played a dust, Waits. bl
(lottschalk. Miss Mutts. Alnnworth
fsans "The Rosary." and for an encore
'fSwlng High. Swing Low." She was
accompanied by Mrs. F. H. Quintard.
h Rev. Mr. Humour-lea then stated that
e
nlnont committee; but that the
major-bruise,» and with tile assistance
oi some boys he would endeavor to en
tel-lath n...‘llttlo‘..; He read no the
not "ill“ ~ owners...“
as ." 7 y ' one o ‘ em.
or s om "le?!“
Smith. . ‘ . ,
womanhood...
‘ «Wars, sud s so
thymus when:
111‘,“ there was ‘
. latter's term expires in 1903;
had a little diner-once with.the en' '
, tertsi
ilolenlor thm llilued ll,
, Cohinei . Posiiion
HilSiluiSil Himsellllnd‘fle noun. ‘
" To linow‘ ll Anyone lines
Booms For Governorshin hing ,
Here To Bedhelvhd heroin
Since the, rumor“ was started that
Governor McLean was slated for a cab-
inst pcsiti‘on,.oandldltes who would be
willing to enter the race tor the lover.
norship 'nsxt tall have 1‘ bobbed up in
various parts ot’the state.
When it was said Governor McLean
might go into the cabinet, booms were .
brought out (rem t sir hiding or rest-
inlrplacss. and hrus ‘sd up. ready to be
launched at' the firstiavorable oppor- .
trinity.
Those willing to enter the race for
the governorship hoped that the rumor
that Governor McLean would be called
upon to till a place in.President Roose-
velt’s cabinet would‘ prove true.
would leave the held open .ior them to
enter without interfering with plans
laid by friends of the governor who
might wish him to be a candidate for
a second term, it he would accept. .
it has also been reported that Gover-
nor McLean ls desirous ol sneesedinn
United States Senator Platt when bk:
it
whether he is a candidate for that
times or not. he does not, state. Sonic
who profess to know. however, say he
is not a candidate tor the sedate But
~elatlve to his becoming a member of
the cabinet. the governor seems to up
“have all doub when he says he is not
to be the succ sor‘or Secretary of the
Navy Inns. and tnrtbermors that he
have not been altered any place in the
cabinet.
The cabinet makers. so called. have
asserted that a young man is needed
at the head of the navy department to
clean. out rinse and, clients; end. in
looking about for such a man Presldsht
Roosevelt naturally turned to (lever-
that Governor llclaean was being con-
sidered ”President Roosevelt tor sec-
retory oi continues. the
cabinet position.
Looltme sea A FACTORY.
W
Stamford and New York Business Men
inspect Nor-walk Look Go. Plant.
Messrs. Notch, Flynn 1 Wells were
in South Norwslk'todsy,_looklnn over
the Norwnlk Lock Company's factory.
with a view at leaning part of the pram»
less in order to manufacture specialties
in building, upholstcriny and furniture
proposed new
hardware. Mr. Nanci: now has a lace.
tory in Staminrd. which has proven too
small for his output. and has combined
with Messrs. Flynn & Wells. both of
New York, toopsrate s more. extensive
business. .
' The‘bonrd or trade will niford them
every facill possible to locate in
town. and are is no doubt but that
tillo industry would prove a boom to the
ll see 7 .
inuhuillmumm p“.
’ ' “roles hiefl‘llbsino
lanoliooeenalen , ill; ind,
: wooed-no
was We.
" ‘ “omens
It‘
or? 1. A; soon as
ewes pro
., . noble.
, ‘ .. the, physician,
1 ., , to his home.
, {Gregory re.l
‘ will“ (sit
Pearson use
Mrs. P. 8t. ‘.
givekher "at?
noon becauae'wt I
aim 090m, 13. at.
Presemlinhi lie hollow island
. ITo'Be. ‘illned.
smith Dream“ .the lisht ( .
ed w‘h to varied is red ilssh’ every
minute) stilling ‘on the westerly
part of ahemoiil , northerly side
or Long island will (be closed
linueti.‘ . *
Notice is harsh
‘ Instances.
,an thateon or
1%: mllnhllgi tbs
.. every N m
about February ,
ll order sure
at: mean low lumen Greens lodge,
mailing oil westerday (rem Sheflcld is.
land (one oi the Nerve-lit musket:
the southerly side at the entrance to
Norwnlll River and Harbor, northerly
side of Long Island Sound.
The focal plane of the light will be
132 feet above mean high water. and
the light may be seen 18% nautical
miles in clear weather. the observer’s
eye ‘15 test above the sea. ,
h The structure nsisto of spinal:
cylindrical, lonnda on pier expanding
in trumpet shnpocst‘ita upper part to
form a gallery, above which rises a
conical iron tower, lower halt brown.
upper half white, surmounted by a
black lantern. ,A conical root. painted
brown. surrounds the lower part of the
tower and covers the gallery,
The approximate senoraphical poi
slides or the structure. as taken from
Chart No. :38 ot the United States
coast Geodetic Survey, is:
Latitude, North, 41 degrees. ozvminv
utes (31.25 seconds); longitude, West,
73 degrees, fill minutes (38.75 seconds).
Hearings and distances of prominent
objects ill-om the structure. so taken
from the above-named chart. are:
Tower on Pine Point N. lie degrees
its mission ill (unmet It; Norwallr,
islands Until-House. N. 79 degrees. 17
minutes ill. (ill. 18-16 NJ; Grsit noel
Spindle. 8. 85 decrees, 49 minutes ill.
till. it 8.); lsstonslleclt Lint noun.
gilganllfm, 01 minute ill. (8. by n.
, 0n the name date, a «coed class Da-
boll bumper, opal-died by compressed
air. will be established at this moon.
to wood. durinx thicker tour weath-
. .
, or. him of 3 mds' duration. aspar-
sted by alternate silent intervals cl 3
assumes. thus: 1 _, .
Kill .. Silent Blast Silent
, ‘ ‘ interval interval
due. does. 3 sec. or“ sec.
ans—usu—
, unison» posture 1's."
" new councilman "reins
2 ,, formant log. ._ ,° .
beam the escape were
no... .
vnlnpm‘nns‘ .
, , ”out.
lee-rs mutton“
usu, w»
‘ The,
Nor-we
mead
. . ‘ :m were organised into I.
W
llelehlllliiinnileeniioll in The
. fl . i‘nnniulnil ill ‘l’ilishnru ,
line ill The Prison Gnarls Shot
' rind Seriously Wounded ‘
Thenlliiih Two lilherSllo‘s Loch-
' ed in ii [dungeon
,PITTSBURG. January ail—Edward
and John Blddlaawaitinx execution in
- the county jail loathe murder of Gro-
cer Thomas D. Knhney. of Mount K
Washington, overpowered the guards
at 4 o'clock this morning. and sees, .
Both prisoners had been prov tied
with saws with whichthey cut the’bnrs
in their cells and were ready at any
moment to make an opening sudlclent-
ly large to pass through. The prisoners
occupied adjoining cells on the second
range. They had evidently been pre-
parinxte‘r escape for some time and
had assistance irom‘ the outside. as
both men were armed with revolvers.
Shortly before 4 o'clock one ot‘the
Riddles called to James McGeary. who
had charge at the outside gates. and
asked for some cramp medicine in a
hurry. saying his hrotherwas danger-
, onsly sick. Mcoeary hastened to the
cell with the medicine when John Bld-
dle spring through the opening in the
cell and seizing the guard around the
waist, hurled him over the railiinz to
the stone door beneath. a distance of
sixteen test. Edward Biddle joined his
brother immediately and ._ both. with
drawn revolvers, hurried to the that
floor. where they met Guard Reynolds
m, and shot him.
There were but three men on duty
and the third was on one of the upper
ranges. He Was ordered down at the
point of the revolvers and the three
guards were put in the dungeon. The
keys were taken tram Keeper McGeary.
and the two desperate prisoners had a
clear iieid. The only persons who wit-
,rlloners who
could. not interiors or" so an alarm.
The ‘Blddles Went to ,the wardrobe.
' where‘thof‘zusrds keep then-blotting.
and each put ouansw suit. They then,
unlocked the outside gates and passed
but into the- street. The escape was
not discovered until the dsyllcht
shards came on duty at 6 o‘clock. They
were i by“ prisoners where the
night guards had been put, and the
were soon released from the dim
and sent to the Homeopathic Hospital.
The escape otths Riddles has been
explained. Warden Peter Splat has is-
sned a publication. it is the allegation
that his wits is responsible tor the inr-
ninhln; of the revolver and news to the
Riddles, which enabled them‘to maps.
in her infatuation for the handsome
despot-ado. Edward Biddle. it is diluted
that she lstt her husband and her four
children. and it is supposed is to meet
the escaped convicts at a place agreed
upon.
The story of the matter is brief. lira.
Sadat was the only person admitted to
the Jail since Sunday. Yesterday after:
noon she visited the murderer in the
warden's ‘abunm. last evening she
retired at 9 o'clock. She told her hus-
bsnd that she was going to visit a sin»
tel- at McDonald. and that she would
retire’ early so that she could not an
1' m /
(continued on Second Pass.)
W
Wenlihiliirower
Shoihndllohhed
Vliiohluuolnn in long llliilil lili-
ssuuuslloxnnllu .
smile no room
01,.ijng street and Bstdsnolsos.
all union
in; State Organiser John downs”. with
irty-two members enrolled. and more
to tollow. 'l'h smears were elected:
w“coldest-wet} srlvs ll? lllsrvey. .
Vice-Proudssitwlllmor iii. Chicory. .
accordion secretarywll‘redsriclt n.
‘Conductow—Wllliam Jennings.
Wardenw—cbnrl‘ssenvans. :
Trustees-u—Snnlucl‘llnvls. J. 0. Jon:
sings and Sherman Mort-ell. .
After the sincere were installed by
state organiser, Mr. O'Neil. routine
business was proceeded to. This was
followed by a short and pithy address
by Mr, O'Neil. An adjournment was
taken to next Wednesday evening.
' lNJURED m runner. ACCIDENT.
John H. Shared, or Rowayion, iathr
er of Dr. Henry C. Shel-m! lpttjtoday
(or New York. and from there he will
so to Accounts Court House, Virginia,
to the residence of his broth rain-law
andmiater, Rev. and Mrs. lorry 8‘:
idd. Mr. Sharer is suffering ‘irom
nervous shock. a very badly sprained
back and bruised arm, from being in
the New York Central tunnel disaster.
He goes to Virginia for the benefit or
his health. '
on linear
liner slooonoo
llill ill Fmdel’lth' Mend Hos
’ Been Find in Greenwich
Merchant Favored L‘hildren .
GREENWICH. January .‘30.-Th8
hearing on the application of Freder-
ick Mead and Thomas Thatcher. of
New York. for the filing of the, last.
will and testament ot'tho late Fred
erick Head. in the Greenwic ‘Probats
court, came up tor hearing esterday.
The-object at the procession is the
appointment at an administrator to
dispose or the Greenwich. tool estate
or the testator. Mr. unmeasu- in
wealthy. Fer years he had been on-
gaged in the cones and spice business
in New York. ilelivud in a beautiful
house. adjoining the, Rockefeller place
in Putnam avenue. in the summer.
Much curiosity has always been
shown here as to what disposition he
been at least 81.500.000. .he will, ol-
lered for probate yesterday, does not
specify. and only those who are bene-
ficiaries know. the inventory having
been filed in NeW'YOflI. The testatol
has three surviving children. They
are Frederick Mead. Mrs. Mary Ger.
trude Abbey. wile of the famous ar-
tist. who is to paint the coronation
scene of Edward VII., and Herman
Mead. » The will provides that a fund
0! 810.000 shall be held in trust to pro-
vide an annuity for Mrs. Amy Mead.
widow of his son Clarence need, of
provide an annual income of 81.200 for
his sch Herman. and. in case tier-man
an no _-'wile..or children. then at his
, stir‘the‘inud shall be distributed. II
t Minister's personal. estate would
have been had he died leaving no'will.
The household - furniture and personal
normality is to be divided between
Wench Mead and Mrs. Isl-y use
trutloltbbeyu Broderick Head is zlv‘
on all: the 'tsstator’n interest in the
cello. and spice balloon of Frederick
is fiflusdrequsiiy between Frederick
"condor-recs ill confiscation. .
Vutryrnsn Discuss Perish Concetta»
. tics and Adjourn to Next Thursday.
The committees from 8t. Paula and
Grace Churches appoinm some days
sue to cooler in
mastic; last night _m mouse the“
income at once rel-lab house. curb
the motion wall units a
.n “ idsclsivs, conclusions
, sue on . rhutont
Bl'gtbel‘ton. . . i
to” inancial Secretary~sidney‘a. Day-
it . .
Wealthy. Ton, Coder : llnil Spine .
1898. He was reputed to be very ‘
made of his large estate. said to have .
3400: that ”0.000 be held in trust to , ‘
and a 00.. and on more: the «on. do
no ‘ ,. m leery emotionless» 5 .
lathe eonsoll- N
cation of the two parishosyheld a.
NEW YORK, January
which began tallin
ing continued thin ‘ til,
day. At ll o'clookllllis in
mi fall was tour inch
heavy snow tiesu’p "or
tropic in this city, but as
gun in daylight the sieve
face roads were able til ,
tracks clear. it ,was.very_ thin
bay, however. and the ships in
bar moved very slowly.
The Jersey Central to
boat Central, was run into-b
tug. in the North river-dull
storm. There were by ‘
sensors on the ferry
about one hundred w 3 .
Central found it vary heavy”
the storm. and was feeling.
slowly out in mldsti‘da‘lng
When about counter of:
is way was clear. ‘one o” ’ '
tuna oi." the Baltimore Is
in tow a iloet argyle;- std
freight (cars. crashed in .
below the paddle'wheel ‘
en's cabin side ot-the vs ,l‘. “
Before the gdntrnl soul rev
pcwerthc to had In
through til
inside ‘wcrc p "
r Their ._ films
cmkllnfli 89
born.
men.
, , , Cent
feared for a i.
turn turtle. ,. _
_ The Ccntnl’s runninrgear is
damaged. however. andshe soon
ed herself and pr“ , j to”.
York slip. Twelveol ., ‘
mars tainted curing to ex»
but they were soon "re ,v‘ed. It‘d
was badly hurt. . 1
cHnls'rENlNo m w Nm
Four‘cblldren of Mr. and 10’s
ry Kern, of Winnipank. “are c
ed. last evening, at their horn
Rev. Hubert B. Manson. paste
Norwallt lethodist Church.
lug the service. Mr. Vandal!
entertained a large company of:
in honor of the event. {Danclfig
indulged in until a into our.
5"""fii‘r'surno. .
"*WA‘ri'rififhln its _
cook and do casual.
ply with references; 1
land, ,3 [Avionics yPl
frib‘tsr—Jini’int.
moments. on till door 1
[0013:3132 sad oda"'
l'
.3" ' ..
m or, one one
i’o
. ”WI '
and further partllllllifl 'Ulvon '
plicntlon "to n. Adams. .. .
LTD tar-a1 anemone ‘
prints.- tron room. airy and
with toilet conveniences. upon
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