. ll
Properly Will on lip
[Touchstone Will dill For Tu
.W Two T‘ooThs W Tl llili
‘ 'Ir‘he county commipsioners have is-
sued the call for the annuld meeting
or the Fairlield county representa-
tives and counters torthe purpose. or
laying the county tall, The meeting
will be held l'n Bridgeport on Friday.
February 31. The commissioners have
been bus. preparing the annual esti-
mates. . Ihese estimates are now in
the hands oi the printer and will be
ready tor distribution in a tow days
The financial report which the
commissioners will mails to the rep-
resentstlves will he of the most satin
rectory character- The revenue re-
turns from nearly all sources will
show exocrine: over the estimates and
a substantial debt, reduction is as
noted. ‘e oomhiTssloners will ask
for‘ a tax or twotenthe of a mill which
will be amply comment, with the other
receipts, to more than meet all ex
pauses. With a continued improve
ment in the revenue and the same ex-
ercise of care in the matter of ex
lion. T l'tller debt reduction may be
edited r all or which means a de
crease l the annual interest cost.
in a dition to the county tax the
represenutiven will have to consider
again the Question ot'purchaslng the
meter property in Bridgeport. It is
expected that the datum e. Senators
Willll‘ini E‘. Boole b! Br dgoport and
Michael Keneaiy umiord. and
Representative Staples. of
Bridgepo, will p a report. Al-
though t c nature I report is not
‘ “that it will not
use because
lotto or...» ....
one tatives wi le-
no" all were delighted with it. each
. artist being Tencored several times. The
‘ needle w
ill sxuess of
he commission
. ers have received
ler of the state
proved grand llgt
taken from the
revised and an-
M the county, as
for the purpose
tax. The figures
1901 and they
show it marked Th9!
nation especially iti‘dl‘ume of the small-
or tcw'ns along the. beast
Greenwich Til “$99M” noticeable
in this respect many years that
wealthy town we: in at a very low
figure, but the std ‘ aboard has looked
the; mitten up an ; ' ,
grand list above nbury's and at
must equal to No ’3. A glance at
the list shows ridgeport makes
up about forty pehllent or it Stam-
ford Norwaik, Glech and Dan-
I'Egahethfioedi
't‘liey keep together long enough.
(it's of the state
ed to an laid Tillie! an slain
in or dancing the guesto ct Mics
me in Fair-
'3'
* elite and T, to
Twhstwaetnem ‘
carriage threading i all over the
domicile but at the appointed time the
_goutlenlén were reduction to collect in
'the trout parlor. the. indies in the li-
brary and told to take an end of the
string trout the chandelier. in tracing
the cord each tound at the other end a
ring with a bow ot baby ribbon. and
matching the ribbons secured a part~
nor.
Miss Nollie M. Disbrow presided at
the piano. Her selections were or the
most popular nature and received re
pasted encores.
During the intermission retreat»
merits were served and then dancing
was resumed until about 1 o'clock.
when the gathering duper-red. This
evening will be numbered as one of
the most enjoyable that the young
folks of the city have spent together
in some time. . .
Mosiio MmsTrols
lollillldoioo
warm
Palosiioo Chile's Ciiiilllilllll Po
, TerToins To lioidor‘s Hall
The Viliooeu Tldioliiod on
The Program PinooTod
fign‘KV—m
I
One of the finest musical perform
ances ever given in Golderfs Hall.
Rowayton. were presented by the Mys-
tic Minstrel Company. of Palestine
Castle. No 2, A. 0. K. or M. 0.. s‘ol'uh
Norwalk, last night to a goudoi ed
audience. The minimal troupe
not been organized very lung, but they
have the talent and everything that
constitutes a good minstrei show,
and will meet with success it
Lgood company, and
tthey will All
'ibo elite” in-
nt furnished“ was of a high order
7 tor was J A. Lockwood and
could live been chosen
for this part. The end men consisted
of Fred Sconeid Jellies Gordon. Ed-
ward Johnson and Edward Hill and
. the jokes cracked were all new and
the latest out. They kept the audience
in convulsive laughter from the time
the curtain went up until. it was rung
down.
Miss Florence Leckwood. who is
known as one of the best piano play- ~
. ers in The Nomalhs. revered with a
solo just before the curtain rose.
The whole company sang a selection
entith‘Laid Away the Suit ot
Gray to Wear the Union Blue " The
soloists were Charles Johnson, "Where
the cotton Blossoms Bloom" Fred
Scofleld.
Down;" Joseph Linxweiler. "Because
i Love You 80;" Ed. Hill “Every Race
Has a Flag But the Goonz" Henry (3..
Smith. “The Treasures of tile Bea Are
Buried Doom" Edward Johnson. "Ain't
But a Shame; ” William Taylor. ballad
"Believe;” James Gordon "The‘ Angel
Gabriel; ” Thomas McMahon. “What
~ Did You Do With the Letter. Mr. John-f
Ewald Knorr entertained;
the audience about twenty minutes
son?" Prof.
withxventriloqul‘st work or an excellent
order. charles TthtIet‘on and James
Gordon also amused the audience by
producing
and Flat" The
show was closed by e soldier quar-
McMahon;
illusion mllfillfllos Gun
000d IYtIlIlulliu Grtl'f' I‘
H , act-
, and electrician
__ m Tin‘both shows.
“Go Way Back and Sit
or their laughable spe-'
-‘ cialtiee out tied "Shit
Rolando T on W on»
no Boil“ This Morning
The Who Killed lloiiai iii doll
l‘ITiiTi' ToToTlu injured
Several Tllllill’S ,llissiogd dud,
Probably Drowned
rrrrsauac, 9a., Fabrusry 5-43?
the explosion of the boilers on the tow»
host John M]. Allen, owned by the Mo
household River Consolidated Coal and
Coke Company near Lock No 2. at T
12: 80 o'clock this morning one man .
was killed outrig t tour probably is-
tsily inlured and“. vent] are still miss-
ing: at: others were rescued from the
icy waters.
The derid:
WILLIAM PERRY dual: band aged .
thirty years. or Roscoe Pa; round pin~
toned under the anchor, with clothing
aill'e.
injured:
‘ Edward Mitchell, taste, will die.
Moria Walker uegress, cook
Jellies Williams. fireman.
Booker Null second engineer.
Weaver Wolf. deck hand
Missing: '
John w Burke. pilot aged thirty
Tlve years.
Glyd Sills ellier engineer aged for-
ty years. ‘
Willing Campbell fireman
’atcver or dress men
n. . (d niece the boat blew
plum. they hare been
Tl‘be tow boat passed the Homeland
steel worst "and vine walk the city
with seven date of coal when one of
the boilers let go with a mighty rear
The e ploslon communicated to the
other liars and then all went into
the river or into the air. The boat lin-
mediateiy took Tire and burned so rap
idly that all who Tilers color: are .torccd
to latte to the river. The to os‘tvul
can came to the rescue.
The Alice m complhtel do
the less in placed a .‘l‘hl‘a to
was considered one (the best owned
by the coal combine and int boilsrli hall
been inspected but a few days ago. No
one has been able to give an account
of the exact manner in which the ac-
cident occurred.
0 U. A.M. ANNIVERSARY.
State Councillor F G. Hawley. or
Danbury. and ex- -8tate Councillor Gre-
gory. will attend the twenty-ninth an
oiversary celebration oi! Lincoln Coun-
all No l. O, U. A. M. on Thursday
night. Ex- Stats Councillor Leonard. oi
Litchiiehi, county jailer was expected
but dude that he cannot get “out of
jail" in time. The committee has ar-
ranged a lengthy program, and all
that is wanting to make its success is
a clear night. A special car will leave
tor Rowayton at 11: 40. which will give
those coming from that lonesome vii
lane a chance to enjoy some of the
dancing
Will Nichols
’ :lloT ill loll
“aw...-
Ciiiloo ill low Balloon ooliiin
lo Woods Pardon W 5.0%
on Will Tonic do To superior;
Coon Ftlll‘lilll‘ll i8iii
' “n. Nichols. oi uncouth,
m.» . mT' Tm“
walk and feign I i
abode for tho
"Miosuu'
.‘oecolid i‘ec ‘
inns tor the
Hospita on , .
Hall . llei ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
tucr' s Night’r“ and ‘it was only
handled. ion Mr. llii‘w-
, with a war.
on impersona-
To to interpret
. which other oi“
The Norwitik:
‘ covered by insurance
given. hots
thee be he spines
of, the Yale Luna”I Athletic Articulation
at Yale Field Key M. It is propels.
ed to term a T ,rnianent organisation
to be known T the Yale lnterschol~
astie Traci: Association. which will
have annual 11 sets under Yale athie~
tic auspices T d silver and bronze
metals will on given for individual
honors and a cup will be awarded the
school winning the greatest number or
winter The counts will include the
usual dasheel mine. hurdles, jumps.
il'amm’er throwing. shot-putting and
pole vaulting. The following Connec-
ticut schools have been invited to par.
tieipats: Anebnls High Derby High
Greenwich Act emy. Greenwich High
Hartford Hill Rotchklss, Litchileld
High. Meriden High. Naugstuck High.
New Britain high. New Britain Nor-
man. Mull! High. Hillhouse high.
Hopkins G mar New Haven Nor-
mnl school“? Illeley School. Norwalk
Proporstory. orwlell Free Academy.
Pomiret. Pitt sin High. Rockvllle
High" s'eymoiu High. Shelton High
Westminster. uth Manchester High.
Butts Acadia: , King School. Stamford
High. “midfield High. Tart High, 'l‘or.
nun. brainwave High wu-
try“ with; ilbert School. Wood-
stile Academl Bristol High and Uni.
varsity lschouli
Ml" WILDIT A'T‘ CENTRAL own.
Gave an Inturilatlng Talk on Ceramics.
T Vesta sy Afternoon.
Miss Maria A. Wilde of Franklin.
N. 7., gave a T holly unique and most
interesting lee are at the Central Club
yesterday arternoon upon the general
topic or Our «ice. Her sub out enl-
brsced an Ihiiit . Tries! mum in the can
and 0. art! Tits lucsutiuu. the platen
cl um fund recess of Manufacture.
definition or ems. exploration oi
trade marlin To much unemlntorm
oncunbemT itinerant kinds or
“T T a dough lo Tlu‘lioiiooso W lliirliT
. Tile Was o i live Woo; on
t 31‘ LOUiB. February ilk-28in Intuition
were killed six badly injured and s‘
.iiill and all Chestnut street, occupied
‘ Thierry. fractured skull and internal
his use eon recovered and utrenuous m
and "labours T?
n no, ‘ . T,
Troadwell. Wrist bl
wan secured by IW
. lstien by-
T Among those present wer
Mrs. J. PIP Trondwoll. Mr and Mrs.
Henry? Price. (lucid S
Tiberius E Dennis Genres
Mr. and MW.TGNI'T8‘Q w. cram, ll
Too Building o W too
or Tillie lilo The [load doll
it like hon more
MrsJ‘ WTMsny.
There will he a ladies' smoker at the
doll Wool Building
There will be a short entertainment.
tarnished by the Jerome May Banjo
Club; of Bride sport. Members are re»
quested to lndy gueete.
Suffrage
[loosiloo
doousooioiivodrumooilor lids-
oloTioo loT d Force Bill
Ho Explains TiioT lT Would Sol
number of 'ether sustained minor in
Juries in the Tire which last night de-
stroyed the live-story building at Nos.
by the American Tent and Awnlnfilo
The Total financial loss on the but ding
and contents is estimated at "5.000.
The-dead endure:
August Thierry. ilrst assistént chiel'.
Michael Kehoe. assistant fireman.
Company No. 13.
x“Bangui W. steels, Tireroan. [Company
N Wélallam Dundee, pipeman, Company
0. .
Franklin McBride. truckman
Charles Krenning. pipemsn. Conn
pany No. 13.
The injured:
Ollie! Swingley, hurt by telling
bricks.
William Wane. foreman, No. 13. hurt
about'hips and legs.
Patrick McCarthy. engineer. No. ti.
struck by tailing bricks.
WAmmGWt room
hr—Repo
raconteurs (i ,
will. Indiana.
Monroe Moore. electric light inspec- author or the resolution presented to. '
tor. tell through a shalt, bruised and the Republican mucus last night and
scratched T Tto‘ be inrthcr considered at a caucus
William Jule5 driver tor Ansletant" next Monday night. authorizes the iol~'
llowing statement as to the general
purposer oi: the movement, to correct
. any impression that it is in the na
ture of a "force bill: " “4
injuries.
Frank Lingo assistant driver No.6
truck bruised and hurt internally. ‘ .
can: 5* ingiey. who was knocked .
soon recovered and beat all his ener- and theme
ales to remains the then in the ruins. Tiratge newton. not 21‘1“, lITIII in? south
‘ 6d til co thebodulll s opinion at avempoged
no. I III, III II a..." Wm“? m Willi?
Wane one made is firemen so e. s o genera e
h .55.... the either: pin. that a number at states have; iii-tram
Tuned under the ruins. The injuries chisel! a large motion .0! their ulti-
received b Chic! Swingley were at liens; that the colored population by
first then i; to be serious but later the operation or state laws is entirely.
were round to consist merely of brine-ll eliminated as a political quantity and
on and today he was hard at work Eyct it. counts in apportioning reproach
searching the ruins. tail on unions the states. '
The night was the coldest so in re i “it is the general belief that the
corded this winter. Fire was discov-' southern states have a least thirtyriive
eled about ‘8 o'clock on the top floor {representatives in the House and the
of the building. Several Tire companies .electoral college resting upon a llcti—
responded to the alarm and soon had tious basis. it this- be found to be
the flames practically under control. true in tact. and this representaion re-
Suddonly. without warning the front duced accordingly as the constitutiun ,.
wail tell toward and the entire build imperatively requires it would go a
ing collapsed. Spectators. policemen long way towards settling the race
and firemen on the street saw the wall iqueatlon. Such a method wequ have
totter and escaped injury. but the dre-‘ none or the characteristics or a force
men in the building w buried be ublli It would require no force for its;
heath the ruins. Ollie! fl may bad a
narrow escape from installedesth. e ,suil'er a reduction or political power
lumped beneath a The truck Which in .whlch they could regain by educatlnr-
an instant later was covered with de- their citlnns and admitting them to
hris. The building was Titty years old. .the privilege of ballot. The whole
and the great strain of water on the quorum: would not with tum elites.
“But the caucus is asked simply to.
(Continued on Fifth Page.) authorise a thorough in‘vestigdtion or
the whole question through a congreg-
; ‘, clonal committee specially appointed
- ,; , and equipped for that purpue. and
NurWfllk , 1‘er when the roots as they really exist are
T T T ’ . laid boilers congress and the country
gsucli action may then be taken as the
‘situ‘atlo‘n “requires.”
companies M88“- sonically success cites.
Judgement and tests Given for Ray-
Pb BI mend lrothers Today.
i Tilt low: in summary process
coil ooioo dnd Filo Poiioo:b “will” mm 33“” W?
Franc . Jennings a n was e
T0 [lilo lllllls Mill lillll Tbetore Judge .1th mml‘liylor this
Till“? . “Hamill d”.'°“"°"
n it or o s p n s or not
lliill‘ilillllllllllls Wild STTWTTIT Tillie inclusion or the promises and coats of
, cult. Jdu Is John H. Light was coun-
din Bunion Waldo ”l 1»
m'i‘llc anyhow drum
arm ,inuntblr
ney John Keogh‘ an in court
peered
Tier Ir. Jennings. assisted by Attorney ,
ion m m John J. Walsh over the telephone: ,T
‘ short- T I altI'eid new
on IT?“ .lgl‘mo‘thst thtr‘efii‘itlofisilm inhale;
, , alpine GM“ 0
‘ been ll: mum
WIIM‘ n§h Md . I
oyt Mon-Tl
.Cli‘olweli, ‘,
rs. ,
W D. Vernsm. Mr. nod Mrs. Ira cola, "
Miss Anna Morgan Smith. and Dr. and T
LADTEBI' QMOKER AT NORWALK TT
(3.“)! '
Not-walk club Friday evenin8.at 8:15 .
tollevlsd by dancing. Music will be .
“The resolution submitted to the I
. down and stunned by. telling debris. caucus Was designed to secure a full
introduction of the out. ‘w “
checutlon. Distranchlsed states would .
,NOIIII, rant
Brothers and Anon .
.the and no ~
'u‘r or "95%;me 5m.“ Twila:
T‘II
unthnhu'rilm .T T
5.-~About 2 olclock t
George Bill, or
Tstructlng ,
.Tlloadrosdm ‘
chine Works and after tyl
sing the. watchman cm
in money. The robbers. at
and binding the watchmen
on: the hood with a piece
cause he was tryln ‘
Til-om his bender ~
ovuam'rsn
CLARKEVILEE ;
Robbers early today his
the Bank of ciarlmille
mite secured a chin e hinted
000. killed John Pow
Johnson county, who a
ture them and escaped be
Teens were aware or their
our satin hat
embroidered i ,
sample 25 can?“
,;Co. Station H on
hands only in tile fol
"work‘s vim: Sewinfisti‘n 1m ‘
ng,‘ in making an my. , _-
at once to Dennis yank chht‘d '
Water St. South‘ Nomallt 03m.
WANTED—ONE OR TWO
ized work horses Thlnin
ferred. James Clerk Matt
West at between soribner 8t.
ii-ligllland Ave
WANTEWEXPERWNCED
age but presser wanted Steady
applytoM. s. Mork race 4
8L, Newark. N. J.
To LET—Smell
Center eve. Th
Rent low to si, a
couple. Two minutesTL
ave. electric car if , , ,
premium, or at out? i .
'ro‘ car—r Honor
Nomllt, basement
‘9; 20
T3 rooms. rent 35:18
rent 23. .lnquire
241 East Ave. East
1'0 LIT—FROM ; ,
or sooner it desiwll , , 1 .
lantit Place. new occu ’11!
oil, drum“. Gan being“
sou.
Inquire at 10 Con
“l“..iltl
To Lararmrl'rwfiioo
Schults's Market
,Tnew occupied by
Cigar cow. ind the T
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