SHINGTON STREET,
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I Lyon 81 Co.
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
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. ERRE HAUTE. Ind. September 8
”Thomas Burke is dead at his home
"herewith his head almost completely
hovered, while his wife. is in a danger-
anus condition from either knife or ru-
01‘ wounds, inflicted by Matthew Alex-
under a colored man who has been
employed about the. house for the last
' ve years. Alexander entered the
00111 in which Mrs. Burke. was sleep
ing with her thirteen 1ea1old daughter
, midnight while her husband lay
a cap on a couch in the other side of
the room. Mrs. Btuke was awakened
y feeling the keen edge of a sharp
instrument drawn acioss he1 cheek.
and her screams aroused her husband.
Burke rushed to the. rescue of his wife.
but he was only partially awake. when
‘he'was slashed across the neck and
race by the negro. Wlicu Burke fell
‘. dying upon the floor. the negro rushcd
'Out.‘ a side. door, but attempted to re-
enter the rooms‘ after the 'door had
been bolted by Mrs. Burke. Burke
died almost instantly. No cause is
known for the tragedy. Alexander
was said to have been a slave to the
cocaine habit recently, and he may
have been under the influence of the
drug. '
Threats of lynching are heard in the
event of his capture.
FUNERAL or 1111198 F. .1. O'BRIEN.
d”.—
Auended This Morning from St
Joseph’s R. C. Church.
The funeral of the late Frances
ilaneO’Brien was largely attended this
morning at 8 o'clock from St. Joseph's
‘n‘hurch. Rev. William llialier officiat—
ed and spoke highly of the. deceased
who was a member of St. Joseph
church. The floral tributes were 1111m-
‘ areas and handsome and attested the
esteem in which deceased was held by
Jun associates. The .rcmains were
taken to Westport and buried in the
' gfamily plot in that place.
- The nail bearers were Edward Hines
“James Cole, Frederick McMahon.
‘Wiillam O'Brien. Joseph Steegmullcr.
fund George Williams. The flower
bearers were Edward Hayes and
George Duffy.
' FUNERAL OF MRS. BUCKMASTER.
- The funeral of the late Grace 1..
, Buckmaster wife of (301” 1,1: Buckmas-
tor was held batui 11.13 iittcrnoou at 3
o‘clock from the titmlly home in Tay-
, 91' avenue. Rev. W. W. '1‘. Duncan
mutilated. The remains were shipped
‘lnst night to Portsmouth. N. 11.. for
i'burlal.
MILITARY EUCHRE AT THE
- SHORE.
.Members of the Hospital Whist
Glob are cordiallv invitcd to a mili~
tiny euchre to be held at Mrs. John
H. Ferrisa Cobble Cottage 131-110. is
infill. Thursday afternoon September
11, from 3 to" .1 o clock without further
notice.
w»—
There is a rule on the Atchlsou
that that. if a dealer plugs 11 mclou
I customer and the melon turns
ripe, the customer is in honor
«1111111111911 11y it
A 31.1.1...
BOX PAPER
' g and
‘ ENVELOPE?
POIN‘ AT 50 PER BOX
9. will it in going fat.
on White Envelopes for 21:.
laid. Don't come into and
believe it." Come today.-
2 5.31!!! Ste}
130 Minnelli;
ELECTED HONORARY MEMBER.
Prent. Roosevelt Now One of the Bro.
therhood of Locumotlve Fireman.
CllA'l‘TANOOGA, Tenn. Septemier
8~Presitlent Roosevelt today an
elected an honorary member of the
Brotherhood of Loeomotive Firemen.
He attended the executive session of
Ultifll'iiul' iii the morning. walking from
the hotel to the auditorium, a distance
of a few blocks, escorted by Grand
Master Sargent, a committee of the
Brotherhood anti :1 detachment of
’l‘roop ll. State. Guard. ’
The. Brotherhood first held its exco-
utive session. which the president. at-
tended. Acting Grand Master Hanna-
liun welcomed the president, stating
that. his attendance at the convention
would do good to organized labor. not
only in this country, but in Canada.
11.1111 other countries as well.
The president returned his thanks
for the welcome and said he was glad
to be, with the Brotherhood. He said
the Fircincu‘s Brotherhood was the
result which followed only naturally
from the applications of the principle
of common sense to their work. 110
said that organized labor never had
made. an unreasonable request of 111111
and tli'at if it had he would have de-
nied it. in speaking of the aimoiutmeut
01‘ Grand blaster Sargent, of the liroth.
erhood, to be comiiiissioner—generul of
immigration, the president said it was
one of the most satisfactory appoint-
ments to him and to the public be had
ever made: that Mr. Sargent has a
hard body and not :1 soft bend.
Johu i". McNauwc. of Columbus, 0..
one of the grand officers and a Demo-
cratic member of the legislature, mov—
ed that the degree of. grand honorary
membership bc conferred upon Presi-
dcut Roosevelt. The motion was re-
t'crred to the committee on constitu-
tion and by-laws, whose recommenda-
tion was unanimous that the motion
be accented. The report of the com-
mittcc was adopted unanimously by a
rising vote amid cheers.
The president thanked the conven-
tion for the compliment. and (irnutl
Master Sargent then gave him a pass
which admits him to all meetings of
the Brotherhood.
At this point the llri‘itlicrhood ad-
ing and the public was admitted to the
auditorium to hear the the president‘s
address, While the auditorium was be-
ing filled the band rendered "Amer—
ica." the president and others in the
ball rising.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Transactions Recorded in the Town
Clerk's Office.
.loliu Gotham to James Cousins, land
and buildings. Taylor avenue.
Estate of William Lockwood to Ray—
mond Brothers. 4 acres and buildings.
Middle Five Mile River.
William Acker...lr.. and wife. to Fun-
uie M. Sccley, house and lot Belle ls‘
land.
Livinia ll. Veruam 11nd William 111
llubliell. to Moses H. Glover, house
and lot, West Main street.
Fairlleld (‘ounty National Bank to
.larcd It. lictts and wife. building lot.
Maple street.
Trustee of estate of J. Walter Peak.
to Michael Lewis. of New York. house
and lot. Eversley avenue.
.1. lrving Dibble. to lt‘ilomerln Char-
iott. lot and buildings. Wood and Con-
cord streets.
John Templeton to Ashes J. Provost.
Port f‘hestcr. 26 acres in Norwalk and
Wilton. .
Charles (1. llohunnan to George 1".
llcnrsc. half of land and buildings.
Chapel street.
John Human and wife to Joseph
Lengyel. lot and buildings. Spring—
wnod place South N111 walk
Kotnutcnu Shomsky to .111011 Red-
way, lot 11nd buildings. 150 Ely avenue.
Nathan Roberts and other trustees to
Ebenezer liill. Tavern island.
TWO DESPERADOES KiLLED.
Others Probably Fatally Wounded in
Fight at 80 oonviile. Tenn.
KNOXVli. 1. .. enn. September 8w
A special to the. Sentinel from How
eraviile, Tenn. says: Jim Wright and
John Templeton. noted Hancock coun-
ty deopcrudoos. were killed and
Wright's so’n was captured by a posse
of twentynlive. headed by Jon Moss. of
Gate City. Va. in the engagement.
Wright shot and 111-111111ny fatally
wounded George Wolf. of Spears Fcr~
ry. Vii... and Jack Rogers, of Rogers.
ville both of whom were members of
the pursuing posse.
FIRE POLiCE PICNIC.
The members of the East Norwalk
Fire Police and their friends, to the
number of about thirty. enjoyed an
outing yesterday at nuruhard’s woods.
After games and sports of 1111 kinds
the party out down to a line clombaiie
prepared by Chef Connors and arrang-
ed with all his skill in this line. Ev-
eryone pronounced it the best ever
tested. The party returned home
about 6 ociock.
mi " when 111' «moron.
111111101111 311111111191 B—«Two
bound this morning. were derailed be
tween 01111111101111 and Newton. The
wreck blacked two 111111111 for an hour
or more but traffic am the line was
not «intend 111111111 The breaking of 11
not our tended with-steal i'liil 11111111111
the accident.
mm
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‘ their“ M: 1.1111111111111111 to it: t.
1 m'iu 1111:1111; ' ’
asked no iii
i "MW
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joiirned until 9 o'clOck tomorrow morn. -‘
cm Tstmcnodn to 1111 extra freight aunt-
TODAY IN WALL ITREET.
WALL STREET. 10:10 a. 1n.»lluui«
ncss was fairly active at the opening.
but the market lucked 11 definite tone.
Most of the international stocks were.
heavy, but their weakness was off-set
by support to the industriuln and coal-
ers. especially Reading, which opened
111. higher. and then reacted a point.
Canadian Pacific scored the widest loss
of 1%. but. the changes otherwise were
'ouly slight fractions.
WALL STREET, 11 u. m.—Profes-
sionul operators selected the various
moiuiiitucks as bull lenders, and cur~
pied them up all around on large
transactions. Smelling made a rise of
2%. while Amalgamated, Pressed Steel
Cur stocks and Republic Steel stocks.
United States Rciluinr: and Reduction
and Cast Iron Pipe gained 1 to 2%.. in
the railroad lit-it St. Paul and Missouri
Pacific. were bought. heavily. the for-
mer rising 1%. Canadian Pacific. rc-
cnvereil its opt-1111111; loss. while B. &. 0.
lost an initial rise of a point. The
market generally showed con ’dernble
iirmucss, but the demand we "f; 11y
centeied 111 the specialties.
WALL S'l‘llb‘lt'l‘. 1 p. n1.—-—St. Paul
was bought freely and rose to 1041/1 on
last week's rumors of u coming iii-
cruiisc in the dividmuLon the stock.
Missouri ’iicitlc also rose. about two
points and the cit-incident strength of
tlwse stocks reviewed the old story of
11 deal being on. There was very little
of interest to other prominent stocks.
but the market's undertone was firm.
Some of the usually inactive spot-lab
ties were 11111 111) vigorously, the gain
reaching 21/; in Railway Steel Spring.
3 in United States‘Rubber preferred.
and five in Ann Arbor.
WALL STREET. 2 p. n1.—-'l‘he de-
mand for St. Paul slackuued and the
traders took profits cautiouully. which
affected other transactions slightly.
Missouri Pacific on the other hand.
continued to work upward until it
touched 22. with transactions of 1.000
and 2.000 shares appearing frequently
on the tape. Other Gould stocks be-
came stronger in sympathy .especially
Wabuslies. the Debenture B bonds ris-
ing to 82. with one block of bonds of
the par value 01’ $3 000 changing hands
at that figure.
TODAY'S QUOTATIONh.
Reports over private wire of Maples
1......-
Today'u grain and cotton market. re-
ported over private wire of C. J. Ketch-
am, stock. grain and cotton broker. 93
Washiuizton street. South Norwnlk:
CHICAGO PR [0213.
Open High Low 1:30
Wheat.
December, 118 08 6? its 071/;
May. 11911. new. 119 1191’.
Cam.
December. 4371;. 421.4; 42 421i;
ay. 39% 39% 311 39%
Date.
December. ’
up, . 31 31% 31 31%
Cotton.
October. 840 841 831 Hill.
maceration 831 831 8211 , 825
Janina-31,832 833 825 827
”qua-um
The Italian bakery workmen. of Bone
ton. Mann. who recently organized a
union. have raised their wages two do!»
int-s 11111131111. reduced their working
week from seven to six days. on
gained the concession to have pay 111
every week. instead of every month.
all formerly. -
His Knowledge of Brooklyn~nrooka
Brooklyn?
Coachmanwbio, 1101'. ()1 him in. in
Brooklyn but once. 1111' thin t struck
the wrong terry 311' not only to Jersey
City.—-Ne Tor ,1: Weekly.
M11111: om 1111i}. fin.
“no: 111 the collection of 11111111111111: in:
his 111m in Bi. Paul
tier of
ti: Goldschmidt, commissiorg brokers.
Swnrtz & Corbett‘s pluck, 011th Non
walk:
Open High Low 1:30
Amal. Copper, 1101;; 70:11. (59 7051'.
A111. (3. & 13.. 35 351,1; 3:3 :15
Am. C. & 1“. 111211114; ill M; ill 14, 111%;
.-’\n1cricnulce, 11’." 11% 111.4, 11111
Aublce 11111., 1..i- $1 «ill :19 301/1
Ameiz 1.11m. ‘13'11'. 3371. 33% 33%
A111. Loco. pf.i.. 0571. iii} 957g 90
.1111. Sim-11.. 1571'. 48 4:37;. 471,12
Am. Sugar. 129 120 128V; 12813;
1\. '1‘. & S 1'11. 111%. 11511;. 941,4; 05
\.'i‘. 6‘: S 1", p. 10411;; 105% 1041.1 iii-iii;
ilnii. & Obit). 1151/2 115%.”. 1141,14,; 1147's.
liklyu. R. 'l‘.. 7014; 71111. 70% 7071‘;
(.‘lios. & Ohio, 50% i1? 56% {1115113
(‘111 (it West. “1331. tilt-":1, 33 331.1,}
M. kSt. 1’. 18971. 1112 18971.2; 191%
t‘bi. 11.1. & H103 10:1 111.1 103
(‘01. i“. & i., 711% 8111; 81 81
(“111, South. 331/11 3.3711 ‘1'“ 337,11
Consul. (his, 22-1 2‘31 22312223341
Erie 117.1. 411’ 11% 4211’.
111. Central. 172 172 171114,» 171%
1.1111. to Niisli,,1:'12i/1 153% 151% 151%
Manhattan. 701.1!17'11; 1117 1371.1;
Met. St. 11):. ils 1111 H? 1471.41
Mex. (Tout. 291,4; 291%, 291,1; 29%
Mex N't (fits, 2031; 2071.200; 2091/.
M. 11'. 11‘; 'l‘., 3:111. :lt‘l,’ it; 3:114.
M. K. & ’l‘. pfd. 0'1 07 601% (10?...
Mo. Pacific. 110131. 12119 119% 121%
National Lead. 211% 21151;. 241.3 241.;
N. Y. (it'nti‘ui. 10-1 1111') 1111 1041111
Norf. & West. 701.1,: 70114 751.13 76151.
(int. & West. 371.4, 3715, 315741 3714
Pacific Mail, 4117.. ‘17 4011;; 411151
Penn. it. it, 1117 10711}. 1000.1 107%
People‘s (1:114, 1081;. 101114; 107% 1115'};
Press. S. Car, 5-1 5471’. 1'13“;
119111111111. 74% 7514. 73%
11121111.. lst pfd._ 811% 83 $1114 .
Read. 2d 11111.. 77141 7814. 771‘.- 7815
Repub. Steel. 231.}, 2491‘. 21W. 21W. .
Rubber (loods. 211.1} 2211‘. 3111'; 2211';
Son. Pacific. Tit-11 701.1 78% 79
Son. 11y. (30.. :10 301.4. 3871‘. :19
Sou. Ry. pfd.. 9011;. 510% 011% 08%
T111111. (T. 1% 1.. 70 71 70 70%
Texas Pacific, 521,11. 52% 51% 521.1
Union Pacific 110%., 111113 11014,, 11071.
(In, For. pfil., 92 02 0171. 917
U. S. Leather. 14% 1-111. 1331’. 13%
ii. 8. Lou. pfd. 891.5 89113 80% 89%
17. 8, Rubber. 10% 17V; 161% 17%
U. S, Him-1. 4151 413,11 41%. 4114
11, S. Steel pfil. 907.1. 111 90111 9074;
Wabash, 31114 31131. tit; 30 341
Wabash. Nil. 50 00% 49% 50%
West. iln. Tel..0.'1 iii; 95 95
Wiscon. Cont. 2911’, 291‘; 39 29%.
in mane-allure you em been 111'
111! has tune
FALL MATERIALS FOR
LADIES’GARMENTS.
as wall as the latest fashion plates. are
now ready.
We are also equipped for rcpuhiug
at a reasonable charge.
Krasovitg & Fox,
North Main, Comer Ann Sit.
Soul]: Namath.
“J. GARTNER.
Merchant Tailor.
My new samples of Materials for
Men’s Full Garments have arrived.
'i‘here are about eight hundred of them
in all anti one can certainly get their
choice from so many.
Come in and talk the clothing mat
ter over. we have great confidence in
our ability to please.
39 SOUTH MAIN STREET,
Opposite Hotel l'liimJton.
Chas. J Ketcbam,
STOCKS.
30.1w, _
GRAIN and
COTTON
Bought and Sold for Cash 0;
Carried on Margin.
93 WASHINGTON STREET.
SOUTH NORWALK.
' SlilRT "
WAISTS
A'l‘
59c
Any of our $1.50 .$1.00
Men‘s Shirt Waists can now be
bad at above
and
price.
SIZES 14 to 16'."2.
We close evenings at 0 o‘clock
except Monday. Wednesday and
Saturday.
1 lliili‘ & SUN
0 I
muons, enormous,
nurses. ,wnnnsnnns.
85 Wash fitnthrui‘.
sou'rn nwnpx
Telephone 183-12.
Glover’s the Place '
.School
”Shoes
Here is one that has
a reputation behind
it for Withstanding
severe rubs and hard
stubs.
THE WALTON
Union Stamp Shoe
Little Gents ~ $100
Youths. $125
Bovs. ~ - Si 50
a In
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4».
There’s a lot or 1110011111111 concealed
in one little innoceutéiooidns fly
now out it the little and or the horn.
Wornmthowukmnnde
MW fimkinthfiofl‘hfl
’ lighten them.
I citement reigned.
111m time 11 111m 111m 11111111110 1111 ,
THE LEADING DRY GOODS STOR
TRAMtlHYATT
NO‘. 2 GAznfr'r: BUILDING.
BRUSSELg CARPETS
VELVET CARPETS
TAPESTRV CARPETB.
INGRAIN CARPETS.
WILTON RUGS
Floor Covering
Anuthing in the line of Fleet Coverings we are prepared to
furnish.
BRUSSELS HUGS
s l
CHINA MATTING
JAP. MATTING
GRASS MATTING
WINDOW SHADES
CURTAIN RODS AND POLES.
SMYRNA HUGS
LINOLEUM. ALL QUALITIES
OIL CLOTHS, ALL WIDTHS
Allin/01k done in the new best possible manner.
NO. 8 COPPER BOTTOM BOIL
ens. 95c
BERRY PRESSES, 29c
25c GARDEN SETS, 151:
Housefurnishing Dept.
1 GAL. 011. CAN, 10c SINK srnAmsns, 101:
NO. 8 NiCKEL TEA KETTLE, 95c oovsn EGG BEATERS' 5c
FAMILY SCALES, 95c
MOP HANDLES, 1°C lCE CREAM SCOOP. 10c
srova LIFTERS, 5c srova MiTTS. 19°
Tristram 8. Hyatt, Norwaik, Conn.
WHY THE RURAL EDITOR'S i
SCHEME WAS SHORT-LWED.1
The man in the motor of the 0101111.
told the stoiy of the modt r11 spiiit oft
enterpiise. and how it got 11 1111111 into'
1111111110.;
"This unfortunate." said he, “was the
editor of a small country paper in a
small country town. This editor. sit-
ting before his dusty desk. amid a pile
of disordered journals felt that 11111
could easily outstrip all competitors:
and be first in the field if he took a:
short trip to the wide-awake city jour-i
nals and get some pointers.
“One bright morning 1111 sci iorth.1
and 111 due course reached the city. 111 i
with a bulletin board of a newspaper.‘
After perusing the items of news, iti
11111.11ty good thing if he started one
of these bonids.
“The thought seemed so good to 111111
and so excited him that without it
share or a meal he took the return
train.
"lie rubbed his hands in the silent
enjoyment of 11 1111111 who has planned
and done 11 good deed when he saw the
brand new bulletin board decking the
sidewalk before his ofllce.
“Now came the crucial moment. A
small crowd had gathered. wondering
what those two boards leaning against
each other were doing on the pave-
ment. However. he would soon eu-
Now for an item.
"But items were scarce. Nothing of
moment happened. At length the ter.
rible news arrived that Deacon Jones
was suddenly taken seriously 111. This
was too good to be lost. Straightway
it was posted forth in glaring letters:
11 A. M.
BEACON JONES SERIO’HSIA’ 11.1... :
"The crowd was now wise. Great ex-
Every ten minutes
in dramatic. sentences the condition of
Beacon Jones was announced to the
wondering public. Was ever such a
marvel seen before?
"Finally Deacon Jones cxpiicd and
it was announced. But the enterprising
ieditor could not. let such excitement
stop there. By all means the. crowd
must be kept. 811 out he came with:
12:05 P. M. .
. DEACON JONES GONE T0
1 / HEAVEN. .
.on....o.1...~n...........aoiv:11”...
"What a climax for this new ven-
titre! Hlu first attempt had succeeded
like a dream. so he thought 111111.110,
doubtless. it would haw.- dono bad
there not been certain was in the
crowd. This particular wag. during the
excitement had procured a blue pen-
cil. Just like the one 11111111 in writing
the bulletins.
”When the retreating back of the
editor had disappeared within the door
the was came forward with uomethina
in his hand. This he quickly posted
up. It road:
1.1.1.1...no.-11-1.«o.s.1111[Ina-.1...“
12:06 P. M.
GREAT EXCITEMENT 1N HEAV-
EN. DRAGON 3”ngng NOT YET
. ‘1
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.1, .1
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IIona-ian...“nounavnnontout-tolllui
“A ripple and than a roar went up
from the crowd.
"The editor‘s bulletin board has been
. 11m 1111 more."
“”1:
W
.. Gratitude is the music at the hem.
when its cords are wept by the
lit-11611“ 013111 inane-11.
m
his wanderings he came face to face;
suddenly strut k him that it Would b11111 "
divine.
M mimic 16611111111101 ) it?
'11"
Astonishing
Bargains.
Prices Mercilessly Cut
on Worthy Goods.
Black Duck Skirts. and Black
and Blue Polka Dotted Skirts.
with Double Ruffles, formeriii
sold at $2.510, closing out
now for
£38k:
Our New Fall Styles in Millinery ar-
riving Daily.
See Our Window Display.
We aim to make your shopping here
pleasant. agreeable and profitable.
and if you wish it lost tell the sales~
person to Charge your purchases and
pnv in little easy sums on our popular
Part Payment
.1; 11111111111111 11111111111111“. out of quickly 1111110111111 1111 blouse. new it
church one Sunday morning a boy an 12111111111111: downward 511111. stratum.
nearing the uniform of a high school 11111111 himself out and stood ll sited»
cadet 1m just outside the door. H111 tion .
blame on unbutteaed and he stood in 1 "That 1111 111111211 better, " uh! the Prue
”touchy attitude ion the fitment; 1112111. That is the fly to look 111111
1111911111. 1111 lira-1m who had
never seen the youth 1111111111. 1111111111
himwfm lac-atoms“ Ilium
Mrs midwife» silly 111111111. nuts
about that baby“ in”:
”111:.me
Norwalk Chronicler