4.
‘ I clockI‘W
I. Jo nacn,In mu
.llnmnnn . in iiIenI ["850
Lens SI John lienler‘I‘s Blinds
Probably Sandi Ilnnse
issislui iintnrnellu; Hendrinlsnn
ind iiIlers
Lewis St. John Kepler proved the
hero of the hour at a” fire. which if it
had had a little more headway, would
probably. have destroyed the residence
.fo C. '1‘. Council. at the corner of
France street/and Adams avenue. yes-
tcrday after’dobn, shortly after i: 30
o'clock. An on heating stove was the
cause of the tire.
The, flames were first discovered by
Mrs. K G Eaicom, daughter of Mr.
CornweII who. with her family. rd,-
sides In her father. Mrs. Balcom
had lIg ted the stove and left it in the
diInus-room, while she went to an-
other part at the house. when she re-
turlied about ten minutes later. and
opened the dining room door she was
startled to see the stove in a blaze
She hastily called upstairs to Mr. IKeei-
or. who resides at the same place. and
he was in the dining room in a surpris-
ingly brief period.
Mr. Keeler‘ took in the situation at a
glance, and lost no time in applying
rugs to blade to smother it. They had
the effect of subduing the flames to a
certain extent. but did not entirely, put
them out. and Mr. Keelcr thought it
advisable t ' rn. in an alarm. which he
did iron; hoped, nearby. and returned
to fight th‘ So diligently did he
work that d It out when the fire-
men artipfihd 1,1 the scene a few min-
.‘utes later. ; er the leadership of
Chief '..J I rnton Prow-itt. Phoenix
Engine Com my and Hope Hose sup-
ply wagon r pended to the alarm.
The firemen carried extinguishers in
the house. on rthcy were not needed.
Mr. Kee'i (1 hands were
I it his trousers
he flames were ex:
t ngulshed before he was seriously in»
1 Y He was assisted by Cornelius
en rickscn. While the oil stove was
carried out'u ngM "
tto. assisted '3
Win . I v to blame; a ’Is’
a
is thdufiht post his
ul roiryolr issued or that
sales on the outside of
the eleventh some other manner. Chief
Prowltt estllll t‘ the dainage to be
less than #60; 6 loss is fully cover-
The carpet for sever-
at test abontith stove was ruined as
were also three mm with which Mr.
slteeier smothepedlthe blade. The man-
tie was al conpiderably burned and
nearly all life icon; on it. including
wildly or partially des-
troyed. A rlel'lgspyportlon of the wall
paper was searched. and the
whole house was well smoked up.
Mr. Cornwcli, title was in the barn.
attending to his iltock. knew nothing
the blaae until the inevnahle big
crowd had getthd at the scene.
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ANDERSON—JON NEON.
A Wedding Solodiiilxed in the Swadiai;
filmy mar clown.
Mi Sings J it“. :tughter of Mr.
and rat“? “J. Georgetown
and Andrew Anderson, son of air. dud
Mrs. H. Anderson. , etown.
were united in marriage in the Swed-
lei; Church ill that town. this week.
he medium was perforated by Rev.
New“ The weddinntgrar: a
e n;-
tc contractiui Ice. The bride,
was attired in sph'a'udacme norm of
white silk:’- and carried a bouquet of
or as roses .Hel‘ sister. lilac Clara
Hild da Hadmaan. of
an; Nbrwa, was the bridamaldo.
Ami/soot wat‘attlred in a pretty blue
carried Mucuota of we
demand;
pacts
V'Antbo‘uy Chi- ‘
, ceive more
Norwaik Ibeck , I.
New Honda at I
M mi In
to put cancel: ni‘ twor to
Mr the moulding and list an them-I
solves.I Arrangements were made or?»
Ier a month ago to start the foundry;
but the scarcity of hard rdccal prevent-
ed this being done; The plant is quite
busy at present and the outlook for
the future is bright.
Colonel Frank G. Noyes. who was a
director of the comblmy. and who some
years ago brought suit to compel the
appointment of a receiver, died
Mashua. Monday, as the result of a
fall. He was well known In business
circles in The Norwallts.
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PIONEER TRUCK C0. MEETINC.
E. J. ThCmas Resigns aa Hillaneiai Sac
rotary and Goes on Honorary Lint.
At the regular monthly Meeting of
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company.
of Norwalk last evening a committee
was appointed to arrans'e for the an
nual concert and ball of the company,
at a date to be selected by them. Ed-
ward J. Thomas who has been finan‘
ciai secretary of the company .for. a
period of eight years. tendered his rea-
lgnatlcn and upon his request was
transferred to the honorary roll.
One proposition for membership Was
received and one new member was
elected on the non- acme list. lt was
unanimously voted that H J. Cook be
endorsed by the company is its candi-
date for driver of the truck, when the
new horses are secured After the
meeting roast beef was served. 1
a..." -‘-.'—¢ m .
BUFFERB’ UNION ORGANIZED.
Members to be Addressed Sunday Ai-
torn'oon l; M.‘.l. Nanien.
A Polishers' affersf, Brass Mould-
ers’ and Brass Workers‘ Union has
been formed in South NorwIpik. The
first regular monthly meeting was held
Monday evening in Central Labor Ly—
ceum. South Main street Officers
have been elected and the union al-
ready numbers over forty members.
The charter arrived some time ago.
General Organiser M. J. Haulon. who
is melting a tour of Connecticut in the
interests of this organisation will ad-
dress a meeting of those interested
Sunday afternoon at a: 80 o’clock in
Central Labor Lyceum. Mr. Hanlon
is said to‘ be one of the abiest labor
speakers in ‘the state. Outsiders are
invited to attend as well as those di-
rectly interested. .I
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:DAPTAiN LEONARD D IWILDMAN; '
nun—us I”
I “ y Officer Expected Hera
‘ rid the Week. I, .
Captain lieonard D. Wlidmhn or the
United States Army, is eitpected in
Danbury toI-speud his furlough the lat-
ter part of this week. He was sched
uled to arrive in Danbury Sunday, but
ilIIneXpeutcd orders to report at Wash-
ington awaited him on the arrival of
the transport Saturday night and be
Is now in the ethos of General Greeley.
chief signal officer of the United States
Army, where he was detailed for duty.
On his arrival in New York Saturday
night, Captain Wildman was met by
his i'a'ther Alfred N. Wildln'an. of I-Dan
bury. who expected him to return to
. Danbury with him. It is now uncertain
when Captain Wildman will come to
Danbury and Norwalir and how ion.
his for cash will be.
NORWALKI HUNTERS lN WESTON.
Willis Gilbert and Claude Poyvea.
of the cits Road, Norwallt. while
out hunting a few days ago. aceilt'éll a
silver grey for. a decided rarity in this
section. At the time Gilbert had with
him "White Sock’ and “Mill! ' Infill m
Poyvex use Canadian racer. "Noble.“
three of the boat known hunters hera-
abouts. The dogs implied ately nave
chase and Ifollowod rcynard the Dew
ila' Den i
minced: As they were
vs no the chase WiiiiIm
llcdieat killed the animal near Brad.
ley’l axe factory.
to the urn b fox.
7?" If a persotll;a shoots ”Camilla”
our can a passion c on
c‘an‘ secure by!“ animal. Gilbert Sly.
that he will pay (will!!! the necessary
foe and get the tax. I
“mum. ‘ ,
SALVATION ANMV DINNNN.
The salvation ArmynnaaIg‘atoyc tingling,“
no it- '
in the various ate
no hm
Wooten. where Gilbert not ‘
Irhe pelt Is worm“ .
anywhere floodlit to taco. according I323},
The law says ‘
Husband lnI Willi!“ wnm
Careful llnulnns Regarding Ills
nnsiIinn’ Iii. Prnnnrlu
Sansilnxnnder um ills Son
lines ilim lilting ;
The will of the late Carl William
Christian Wuers. ct Darlen, has been
admitted to‘ probate by Judge Taylor
in the Stamford probate court. ‘
I The instrument is in manuscript and
covers live and a half pages or legal
cap. it bears the date June 24 1902
given at ”820 000—416. 000 real and
$6, 000 personah There Is considerable
real estate in New York however
which does not come under Jurisdiction
of the Stamford court and which
greatly increases the value of the
teatator's estate.
After ordering the payment of
debts etc, the testator gives and
bedueaths to ma mic. Merv A.
Wuerz. the right to occupy me Dial“-
Ien homestead so long as she shall re-
main a widow. To his wife also is be.
truncathed absolutely the household of-
acts and furniture together with the
horses and carriages and stable fur-
niture of the Buried house.
The residue of the estate is devis-
ed td the wife and the teatatcr's sons
Oscar and William for the following
purposes: To keep the varied home
stead in repair; to pay to the taste
tor'a wife the net income from said
estate real and personal said pay-
ment to be made monthly so Ion
the widow rematch unmarried.
further directed that on this wife' a de-
cease or marriage the testator‘s son
Alexander, if as is than living. shall
have the right to purchase the real
estate in Darien for the sum of $14.-
000, which will be inclusive of his
own interest therein. Said option
must be finesse b5; lain; within
three in s r a one In or
marrio'gnagof the gnaw.“
at empowered to alertness, part or
i the estate for the purpose of tall-
ng up any existi mar . or of
Improving the data . They are also
empowered to sell the real estate. but
only with the approval of all his chil1
dren then surviv'in and by unani-
mous action “of e trustees The
money thus derived is to be invested
In mortgages on real estate or depos-
lied in some reliable Trust Company
It is directed that, an the death or
marriane of the t'estator's wife. the
estate shall be distributed
many shares as there than are chil-
dren leaving 1 issue surviving:
and in case of the previous death of
any of the children leaving lawful is
sue surviving. said Issue shall be rep
resented in the distribution as the pan
ant, if living, would hare been. One
of such there's is devised to each child
then surviving and shall then be deliv-
ered to him, the will directs. if he shall
have attained the age of 86 years. if
not. than the share shall be held in
trust until he shall have attained that
ass. the income to be paid him semi-
annually. it lily of; e children die
prior to the their
‘wl {leaving lawful sans. the testator
ill'atI-tbe share such child
would hire Cellini! be devised to
ohiidren thus named
a: beast factors are Humans. AlexanI
gram, Frederick Oscar. Carl
allies his wife and
a; ‘ ud.0scar. as edocu
d directs that they be permit
allowance except for actual
bolero the death or
villa wile. He declares
illlii' Nona, leads for his wife
are in lieu cl! dovetail; his estate and
Mn};
all provisions mIda in bar favor. ea-
video are do. {telephone Company, and la instructed
t as otherwise
agitator; caller magician unmarried
anal more in the event of her
i
'30'3 also» of the will la as fol-
at my ”bummer
on aim
innit Ill 6' L " 1"
1 guests at the «can;
present includ
The value of the estate disposed of is ‘
i 3i: 'h
tees.
= who “Ira “
into Iii
r death of his I
has spent her summer: In
”cross llllio Cemetery.
agreement A; napalm I
under r}:
. Grand Regent
port, and Deputy
an lose... up
Boyutou of Hart
were among the
and each of these
cdlcers mode can es. There were
also maby xue'a s from other councils
aims delegation of
members at Sh, Council. of South
Norwalk
The resale. at , room of the
council are bathe Enos 3f Temperance
I Naif i who used for
Ipaies After the
b‘hcll’atlon was perv.
residing in Nore-
unlisted with out-
ill have their cards
transferred tot Nor wail: council
which will swell theltbtal membership
of this council to more than sixty
Parnassus has a‘ number of applications
for membership in head. The council
will hold its regular annual e'ectIOn of
officers on Does r I th. and in Jan
nary will hold *8 public installation of
the ollleors in some suitable hall.
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.3.‘. l ' AHAN WENT TO JAIL.
mots-a.
Man Will; Fall 'ivI‘ rhoard Celebrated
. Rococo by Joe Drunk.
Daniel Callahfa I we «ran whose
experience of fall overbolhi In the
Norwallt river as his gallant if. scue
by the crew of the ight steamer on:
of Norvrallt wail told of in last even-
ing‘s Sentinel wa's fore the Norwaik
he had a little
tcrday did
his pacifist yes-
I; it. was prdtty,
know what to do
in for rain with
rural Bartram pick-
ed him uplaot nigh do Wall street.
Judge ill: lif’Wclmood When business
In Bridgeport tolls Md Judie Joseph
R. Taylor. of neat prevail; ordained
over the court. I . ayl’or' meted
out a ten days at Iidxeport to
the often 0th before the
court w 1
with i. he‘ "ll
the Shit til
iilcer out. I boy were
charged with drunkenness and vas-
mncy. They admitted that they were
druult but denied that they were
tramps Judge Taylor save them twen-
ty days eac . One gave the name of
Thomas Finnegan and the other said
he was Martin Kennedy. Both claim-
ed they resided in Bridgeport.
DEATH OF MRS. TSB. BROWN!
Catherine, N.. wife ‘of Thomas it.
Browne (lied fit her Milne. 296 DbKalb
avenue. in Brooklyn Friday afternoon,
after a long illness, tbdugh confined to '
her bed for only a few weeks. She
was born In Albany. N. Y.. and married
Mr. Browne In New York where one
came when you“. and lived in Brook—
Iyn from that time till her death. She
was held in the highest esteem by a
large circle of friends for her many
acts of kindness and charity. BC
side her husband. 'I‘ R Browne. the
founder of Browne' 1; Business college.
she leaves two sons. Edmund 0., the
secretary of the college. and Thomas
A. Browne. of Deep River Conn - one
two sisters. Mrs. Sarah P. Badger. of
Brooklyn. and Miss Bulletins Cook, of
Pulaski, N. Y. For man ‘years she
lie island.
where she had a large circle of friends
and acquaintances. The funeral was
held at her late residence. ziill Doitalb
avenue, Sunday afternoon at ‘0' clock.
and the Interprent was pnvate in Cy-
Tho liev. Wu-
Iiam James conducted the services.
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mesa MCNIY FROM mucosa;
There is a slick article shoal In a
man named Patterson. who says he
represents the Southern New Endland
a lost for them. lie is described at
a man or all tbulid about are fact!!!
his inches tel. has a moustache. illsl;
hair and item the uniform of the I
sum h d . JIM
I i: I. ll Ilnan iniin Unanimously
than is Cinlnin
Ascend Enjoyed ii Thailand;
t sinli Ill; Business '
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The annual election at oilicers of
Putnam Hose on baby Was held. last
eveulnst in the ho house, in Frank-
lin street. and all the positi us were
filled easily, the expected ccu eats not
having materialistic. The only can-
test was over the election of a second
lieutenant. ran this office three bal—
lots were required to make a choice.
All the other olltces were filled wltlr
one ballot for each. The "Put" boys
says their emphatic endorsement of
Luther M. Wright for captain again.
last evening, and the vote showed that
the members wanted him and no one
else.
The result of the election was as fol-
lows:
Captain—Luther M. Wright.
First lieutenant-Phlllp Seib.
d Second lieutenant—William Alexan-
er. ,
Recording secretary—~A. C. Knorr.
Financial secretary-——Charles Betta.
Treasurer-{learns Bogardus.
After the election there was sonic-
thing mere satisfying for the boys.
and they proceeded to enjoy themselves
with the fine spread. which was ‘01:"
Captain Ilright, in honor of his elec-
tion as councilman. There were sand-
wishes.Ibuckmlrst. salads and many
other delicacies and the boys all had
ravenous appetites. The meeting and
sprlefid broke up shortly before mid-
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{USINESS MEN ELIOT DFFIOFRIS.
m
Addressed by A. w. Burrltt, Pro-Idem
Master Bulldara' Association;
About fifty representative business
men of the Norwalkll. members of the
newly formed Merchants' and Manufac-
turers' Association, held a meeting last
night in Grand Army Hall in South
Main it‘mc‘t. John H. Ferris presided
:nd Stephen s. Hatch acted as score
“We
The members were favored by the
presence of A. W. Burritt a prominent
business man from the Park City. and
president of the Master Builders' As.
sociatlon of Bridgeport He gave an
interesting talk on the were being
done in Bridgeport and incidentally of;
fared a few abstractions to the associa-
tion. After the tall: officers were
elected as tailbone;
President—Thomas I. Rnymond.
Vice presidentw-Horace I». .liubbell
Secretary-John a. hurricane
Treasurer-4Com H. Goldea.
An Executive 0an posed of the
above officer: an following i{cutic-
men was these cases: John
ris, n. D. Randal. Stephen S Hatch.
Charles W. Bell, AHA A.Betts Charles
ill Seymour. Edmund Zeluff. E 0 Ken
le’r J R Marvin and W. S. 'Sturtevbnt.
leafleidlug Gleam Way and Ho Ma
Ankle on File of also».
Contractor Wfl lam it. McMahon
sustained a bonito! and subcontract in:
jury yesterday that will loly pin; up?
for auroral weeks. Mr. Hollands
was on a scaffolding used on the new
house he is building in lllapie street.
Norwallr. when the affair can
‘allowinl him to fall a distance
about fifteen feet. He struck in a
of mass. breaking several of
smell bones in his idft ankle. bit.
waiter; was taken to his borne in lined”
street and Dr. William J. Tracey aunt-e
moped
lie. d the illiufy .wliich all the
“Vat: silica Mid m
a“ had one, the line
unborn badly
flair. Inflation
bear in
time tbroad
' partmeut, and Superintendent
“CONTRACTOR M'MAHON'Q PALE. .
arrested this
sites. which, it be
bline
. all
released tomorrow
Ila it is liased,h s‘for three
has con tampering with the electric
N .at the switch In front of
' artist at the lower end of
I East avenue. I
The troubledirat started Monday
morning when the early morning earn
up and down East avenue were stalled
by a red light having been set for this
switch. it was then thought that poe-
eibiy the signals were out of order
, Things were finally straightened out.
but to the amazement of the trolley»
“fines. the same performance of Monday
was repeated yesterday morning. 0r-
dera were then issued for the cars to
‘ proceed cautiously which they did.
Sup’eri tendent Everett Kyle oi the
company' street railway department
In Norwalk, became suspicious and an
investigation satisfied him that some-
one was tampering with the light at
the East Norwallr switch. He acted...
accordingly and he‘d Special Police-
man Thomas Motherland take a trip
down East avenue this morning long
before daylight to capture the culprit
if possible I
A r a time his vigil was rewarded
by he appearance of Wells, who step
ped up to the box and set the danger
signal The policeman lost no time
In effecting a capture. Wells begged
piteousl to be released, as he said
his mo or would whip him. The offi-
cer, however was Inexorable and made
the young man accompany him to Nor-
walk where he was placed in one of
the steel cases at the police bend-
quosters.
Officials of the company, Superinten-
dent A. V. Wainwright. of the as de-
yle, of
the railway department, told the police
that they did not wish to prosecute
the case unless otlfera were implicated
owing to Wells s mdutal condition. I
well 8' a any: for netting the signal
was thnt as been told to do it by
an East Nor-walk lad. Officer Math.
erland went in search of the lad
whose name is Carl chgsweli. and
found him but he proved to the cili-
cer' a satisfaction that he had not been
with Wei is.
Wells‘s presence In East Norwalk
each morning so early is explained by
the fact that he is employed as; a
teamater by an East Norwalk party
EMPTY STOCKING CLUB ACTIVE.
Poor Oh. Idrcn Will be Given a Happy
Christmas.
Last Chl’ifltlb‘l there were two hun- *
dred boys until“
hospitdlltyflf
Iris who enloyed the
ptywfitddlting
Club. This ‘yesr the pic "I; hopes to cit-Ii Bakery W
lend a bit of Christmas cheer to fully
in many little ones who“; 'herwlte
might go with an unfilled 'atpclrlngf
for though the good old Christmas
inlnt works hard and lung. and trio.
to be impartial. yet the sad fact re-
mains that there are many limp little
decking and not a few’ empty ones
waiting the eagerly expectant owners.
My kin friends. has it cm occurred
0 you at you may be a partner of
Santa Claus, and may help him In two
ways. ~and that unless'y‘ou do. there
may botaars on some little checks on
Christ'ii birthday? You many and you
should ma’he it your business to find
out at laait one or these little ones:—
that is one way to help. Then you may
share you plenty with mother's pov-
erty.-——tila is another: way. Do you
know the Joy of giving? Not alone to
those when; you know and love. but to
unknown. It may he to the unloved.
taunht your children to look
I to the Christmas season as a
me am their childish longing: for
. $1M ma and noodles shall be
or have they learned from
loathe luau that cones of giving
‘a and threw for others? vi an; act the
“pardon mo; 1 an; only the
wife of “the preacher. but i an; desper-
ugly in earnest. We want toys. both
new and old (not beyond repair). We
want children's books and games. we
want a bit or tuna and some stitches
from those who are willing to droaa a
stew dolls. in fact the Empty Stochv
:Ingi) lbu want: anything good to so ii;-
a stud
atC plethora locking up;
that may lilo its :7 toM a child of all '
denomination or cells. or of no mag I
at all. We make no distinction; they
are all Christ's little anodes.
SEULAH GILBERT srairsa.
_ ‘iil West avenue.
ououxb from the has .
to make it forty fee wide
walk to sidewalk.
Work will be has
When completed will be
improvements that It
port‘s good fortune to have 6
out any expense. I .I I
' DARIEN PROPER
The real estate anon
Layton has sold Mills 0
Wood’s property In Daniel;
with all the live stock, t
Rimany and wire, or N I
will occupy it immediate
wood will remove to So ,
WANTED—TWENT'
plains of pigeons. Pric
aonable'. Address, with
lars, _Box 398, So Norw‘
“WANTED—A SMART Ti
that can milk~and do c.
Harry Pepper, Rowaytio‘n.
WANTED—LADIES T0
not». us on sewing machine nth
tel-leis furnished any distance.
wages. Stamped envelope
ulars. Arnold's CoOperativ
Co..So. End Bosto tea. I
FOR DALE—NICE HQ I
carriage. Alibi? at this ofli‘
FORM SALEwl-IARD W003
blocks or split. Block I,
split. 87 pet-I cord. Loave orders
in" a carriage shop, North Main
or address Frank Powers, Ne * e
FDR SALE—~ANY PERSO
tending purchasing “'1 e C
tionary and Cyclopedia,” now
vertised and sold. and oil
and complete set at onethlrdgllliih
ll; selling price, on appilc
c “I...
FOR 8ALE~OHEIAIP,
. la! course in the internatl .
pcndeuce School. wi
antes. Reason for Int.
employment and no.» time
Address School, this m.
declare. etc I
FOR SALE—~51“
blocks or
Milling. ' g. I (V
son am.
late, The rea . ea, til‘
Seymour situated on adlaoii
a! FunkllnISb. lat» ‘
lot adjoining it all
‘front and 103 first
line business into on
Enquire of Henry Scroll)
Full CALI-drill
Woolen Company its
remnants in black”
lislit and tea
suitable for
MTG LIL—PUBNI I . ;
furnished rooms at i on
South Norwaik
‘i‘C HINT-4W0 D! h.
furnished rooms. with board I .
beat‘and bath; sentient“ . -
Wao‘hi unionS
To Lori's'ws noon
meat. 9 Raymond It. rent
wound story roar, rant
Corbett Bill.
to ta-rwnousa nae
improvements ii Burt'lii:
No. Iii Day wwkma
noon *1 TON.
Wbodni’ardw avenue. ‘
'St; Arbours. “tad” ’