‘ owned by Cap
of EastNor-
‘ sight lathe harbor
s , seas‘on..lies‘ at the
East-River with only the
e on astshowlng‘abovo wat-
. as run into about; 6
RY» afternoon by a
-f- hates. it lab. was
Assnasthe
. afg‘tan effort will; he made to
a l . ‘ . .
' _ clier. accdm‘pa‘nled by his
son .. and “Chick" Keene. left
Wednesd .
Gre‘enpor L.“ 1.. after “a load of vege-
- ‘\ hen they arrived there they
were given. a load of oysters instead.
consigned to Georget‘Schaeffer, the big,
New York dealer. They went through
East River and delivered the oysters]
all rightand were on ‘their way back
when the accident occurred. , ,
The big'steam barge was coming
across the river from Brooklyn at a
good, rate ;of.,4_s‘peed at the time and the
captain evidently did not see the-sloop,
as he smashed into her at the stare
board side, punching a big hole in the
boat. At the time of the collision Cap-
taiaDeclter. his son and Keene were
aboar .. All were thrown into the icy
‘ ‘ y‘ ' force of the collision. but
Kicked up and taken ”ashore.
pldly filled and soon sank.
rkness the name. of the
bargeco d-
Captain Decker remembered a few of
the lettersgnnd. by the aid .of these
and iconsuitlng the records at the cut
torn house,,he .hpoes'to be ableto find
out the sum the boat. which ran in-
to him. gliding barge. soon af~
ter the ‘ s‘ steamed off. The
:-r"Peil;” is a vessel of about twenty
tonaand. was the largest sloop in “Nor-1,
walk harbor.
l..aovesrl5chsl
~ Annual: utmnsihmmg, t-Bhows n In
f‘Proapsijfpul can ition. ’
The .annual’inleetlng of the Advent
Christian‘floclety of East Norwalk was
held last evening at the c‘ose of the
regular serrice‘ln the church on Van
Zandt street. ,“j'l‘he prayer service was
well attended. conducted by the pastor.
_ Rev. James W Davis. and nearly ev-
iel'youe remained for the business meet-
nz. ‘ ’ ‘
:Rev. EB. Ainsworth acted as clerk
of the meetingand Rev. J. W. Davis
was chosen‘chalrman. The report of
the treasurer, William C. Byxbee, was
read and accepted. The latter submit.
ted a report full of encouragement to
themembers. . All the blurbad been
paid and nearly/8200 was leftlin the
treasury. Thialatter amount will be
applied to the sinkingfund. The chair-
man of the finance committee stated
that'the financial condition of the
church hasne‘vor been as good as at
present. The election ofcfllcers was
by ballot and the following were chos-
en: Clerk Rev .S.Ainsworth;'tma~
surer"’Willl )1. O. Bysbee; Society's
Committee. chard Bland. u. if. one
leyyi'iaeard . trick; tithing men. 3.
W. Velour auditors-y. Dauchey. There
' beingnip furtborbusiness. the meeting
salesmen.
' ' . 'i "Wu—mu..-
soc insulin roar omens. *
‘. boson commander at
i ht’s Meeting. ,
'50": 0’: A33... of Nor-
. anal meeting and also
that o , ellipsis ,at the Post momsgln
mi;mot.,~lapt~malng, Thor‘s oni-
, , s,
Midyear: ' .mmsnder. Jarvis Kal-
' was
.17 B " ‘ l
.7 VIII.) 016““
for .Mr. and Mrs. .. \Ourtls‘
‘ promises to be one of
,morning in the‘sloop for.
not be distinguished but
sum scenery.
ha a ,, a to
w ”m M" a“ Mali-in are in? it {fun hurriedly by son.
firemagoll on the slumbsrlagvyssa ’
lid Mil Abii' y
mi enlarged
Within a very few days...
the evening of December 12th. This
the social events
of the seasons , . .‘W . 3 ‘ t
1 All the property'sbout the house has
been made much more beautiful; by
well directed efforts'ln 2W3. » grading
line. we grading has‘aiso extended
‘to the property about. the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. D. Seymour Curtis, ad—
Joining. _ .
erties have been'torn down. _further>en-'
curb line. which
has been straigh
the'xchahge on'
- slrregui‘ar.
, . permission for
hishlisy‘ having
ity council sever
_ , . side of Knight
street the improvements toMiss Qh‘ar-
lotte lid. .Raylnond's. fizoperty by C
‘Mpnson .Raymond...of. cw york. have
fully kept pace with" those on the north
sldeof the thoroughfare. ‘ *
' he once/Swampy property has been
blied‘ln with hundreds of loads of grav-
el. and othermaterial and the land
made into a private park, not the least
feature of which is an artificial lake.
Beside this walks have been laid out
and pretty flower mounds built.
‘, The effect will not be fully appreciat-
ed until next spring. when the trees,
shrubbery. etc. will be at its best. Dur-
ing the progress of these improve-
ments many Norwslk men have receiv-
ed months of employment.
QOL. BEACH SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Former New Haven Postmaster and
Member of General Frost's Staff.
Francis 0. Beach. a prominent resi-
dent of’New Haven, was taken to the
New Haven hospital last night. suffer
ing from a pistol shot wound supposed
to have been self-inflicted yesterday af-
temoon.
Mr; Beach recently sustained-an ex-
ceedingly severe attack of grip and
had partially recovered. Within a few
days. however. he had suffered great
pain in the head. and left his oilice
yesterday forenoon to consult a physi-
clan: Darin: a fit of temporary aber-
‘stlon. yesterday afternoon. caused by
is exoruciuting pain. Mr. B ach._i_t is
supposedhahot himself in t a groin
with' a revolver. The affair took
place near the grounds of the (lountry
globotwhichar. Beach 'was a mesh-
, r ., . .
e . 7 , .. .
‘ This afternoon Colonel Beach was re-
ported inn serious condition. and it is
feared that he Will not recover. All
endeavor will be made this afternoon
to locate the bullet by means of the X-
rays.
Mr.’,‘Beach was postmaster at New
Haven under Former President cleve-
land. ‘He is one of the best known
“flames in New Haven.
Mr. Beach was for many years a
member of the Connecticut National
Guard. ’ During the period that (len-
oral George Havens. of New London.
was commanding the brigade Mr.
Beach was a member of his staff. and
when General Russell Frost succeed
ed to‘the command Mr. Beach was ap-
pointed assistant adiutant general oi
the brigade. with rank of lieutenant
colonel. colonel Beach secured an ap-
pointment as captain in the Consult
cut Volunteers during the Spanish- Am-
erican war. and was in the South for
several months. He was retired by
General Frost later. and Colonel John
ll. Wade was appointed assistant ad-
iutsnt general and chief of staff. .
naps 1|“an FOR arricisnov.
south Norwsllt Fire department lava
,. p the onrnarof Day and liar-
mond.’ Insets. The department by
sotuahcouat. was out Just ten minutes,
from :13 to 7m. , , ,
The fire was lathe home of doom
W. Bishop. the oystermas. who resides
onthclowsr floor of the building it
wean-i
s m it was ,th whole a was
. .‘l’ ‘ y 3 .
06¢“ bill"
Theygzwlli _,
. ngan “at, home" reception there on.
The fences about these prop '
haucingtbe general appearance; The .
Known u alksiriisis
mmwmmmh.
_ carcinomas. ‘
' .,...........
odlst Fair provedeven moresuccess-
in] than the-iirst.~.and‘Music Hail‘lvas ‘
again last night, a very interesting
scene. , Over three hundred tickets
were sold at modem and during the
afternoon hundredsavailed themselves
of the opportunity of lnspeoiingtbe
decorations and booths free of charge;
li‘romzil to' 8 o’clock. in on nearly.
all theeveuing. thesein charge of the
tables were’kcpt very busy, and Miss
Sadie Id. Bodweli,‘ who has charge‘of
this work, reports that nearly threr
hundred suppers were sold. v The din»
‘crs had the some appellalng list, to sel-
ect from as on the previous night. Ow. ed
ing to the motor being out of order the
XLray, machine ‘did not work well
Wednesday night. Last night, how-
ever. everything was in perfect order.
and a current of several‘hundred volts.
when turned 'on. made a “snap. snap,”
that could be heard all over the hall.
Objects could be seen veryuplainly. and
the once peculiar interrogation from
E. G. Wilkinson, who was again in
charge of the machine. last night; as-
slsted by Walter iii. Lewis, at "Won't
you let me look through you?" was
readily complied with by ladies and
gentlemen alike. Mr. Wilkinson was
untlring in his answers to questions d
and Dr. W. B. Bran, the owner of the
machine, was present to examine any?
who desired it for physiological rea-
sons. . . *
Mrs. Olin Young: was unable to be
present and take part. last evening. on
account of illness. and Mrs. Sylvester
Hunt. took ‘her place. Miss Lucy
Downs actcd'as cashier. 'lsst evening. .
instead of S."M.,Btev.enl. whodllled this
position Wednesday. night.» John Cook-
erham assisted at the hat and cloak. . C
room. fit was remarked on all, sides. ‘
last evening, the large number of out-
elders inattendance. and'those who
had the. fair ringcharge were assured of
the support of all classes. irrespective
of denomination. “
The program rendered last evening.
was of the same high order of merit
as on the preceding night, and entirely
musical. Charles E. Hoyt. chairman of.
the general committee in charge of
the fair. had intended to have on cloud-
tlonist.. but at the last moment he
found that the lady would be unableto
come. Mr. Hoyt has had charge of the
general outline of the program for the
entire three nights. and to -his efforts
are due the excellent entertainments
provided each evening. The entertain-
ment opened with aooio. "Tell Hsr'l
Love Her So.” by Alfred Rollo. lie
was accompanied by Lira. Rollo and
was in line voice. Miss Elisabeth Rood
followed with "sunshine and Rain.”
1H,:- nlection was excellently rendered.
being especially adapted to her deep.
mellow voice. and she was hesrtii ap-
plauded. Mrs. Sims also show her
marked ability assn accompanist. add-
ing not a little to the beauty and of-
fset or the solo: .
Miss Angela fl Obs rian. slav-
orlta, wi any. the orwslh audi-
ence. was oddly applauded?“ she came
forwdrdu She sang the catch “May.
i-aad‘hs voisoaasm inbat~
ethanovsr and the salsc~
a «tradition. as.
mmmsmwn
‘ . )0 a sin '
sincersxsppiauss. ‘Wiolotsi' a short.
yet very owes-t
sun by Hill-
sac-dis .rs ,
3 will lights-on. ills“ ro-
“fln lawn-w in
migm'w
tin“ . m
arson“ “'
M... - i
The secondlnightiof the First Metb- ,
_ ‘uss, . ,
him.“ a slick ”lasagna s” ‘
ids Ml
[3 saloo- n”.- ,
no}
wwfi7
I‘.
. “K"
clings of;
ofvseason.
. “From‘j these
._ aduatsd, those
leading, part in the
picture years. Mr.
e placing on var-
nnection with the
g men"_who later
ito’do‘work of. this
excellent training
be time came they
ldwin presided at
the, presence of
ho ‘acccompanied
lolin;‘ :«Ai the
usinessmeetlng
. it‘d. to'iiilliiinue
.W d“lagt1_¥ear fo
r. the direction of
7 .. . a Fifteen cents is
.fnr a lbsson and no suits or
' a shiny kind are requir-
. The nestmeetlng will be heldnext
Thursday evading at 7:30 when A. v
Heath willloadfi’ Subject, I“Do 1 Dis
daemons In aaugatuok
may, Last MIM-
‘ , a. the French Cans,
'. .. beside. the roll-
on 7 “t of the ;%ugstuclf
evening; y Albert
xonnhis 3% home.
, e orw ‘os ital.
Hawaii to. ‘lladbnlcioua with spbad
calhimhis,‘ r _ and never regain-
ed cons ‘ h _ tilt was ascertained.
from _ body. that he lived
Bismuth” WM
_. ,rlved‘inhtim: his”:
rang-w on. B e 4
brig'rentp yod on a
. inertia-£3)! those
, -. n :the‘em loy otithe
company. having left some me before.
it is supposed; thatxhe was riding on
the its ght near the Sausatuck station
and haaglns off when the passenger
express which arrives in South Nor-
walk-at 9:05 came along and struck
him. His body was! taken to toe
rooms of Undertaker. D. W. Raymond
in North Main street this morning
where it was viewed by Medical Exam.
.lnor s... . Huntinatbn. who” gave the
verdict o doatlt‘ by “accident. it is
not knownyet where‘ the romai i
be inferred. ' M wil
Fl 32‘ h
died last and a
a
. “W
(No OUPIMNTINDINT A8 VET.
Frost. Hall Makes
Marina
At the onion of
president of the
and Hartford
accompanied by Mrs.- Amy Woodman. N
No Appointment for
Construction Department.
Judge John M. Hall.
New York. New Haven
Railroad Company in
it was stated that no
as yet been appointed to
the position of superintendent of Info
rine construction. totalte the place of
the late George E. Pierce. As was an-
nounood in The New Haven leader
some time Ian. J. Rowland Gardner
assistant superintendent in this do-
partment of the Consolidated road. will
probably be the man.
W
. GANNON ensues Oll'lclli.
=Oannon Grange holds its annual elec-
tion of onions last-mulls in Cannon
Hail. Those ofdcora were c «on. to be!
installed .in January: ’ ~
. aster, Rev. W. ill.
alt Havoc.
successor has
ts'tswsm. ii". iii. Bennett:
lain. tied -
, is. a... .- we
. . to i or. rs... on
“mishap" “0.3131!” mm.
watt-r: More. , Ab
lac Damn; flora. m. a. o. Boyntonr.
lady schistant steward.“ . mas Josie
b.“
all: mbsummmmm“ ior
TWwme
is _ atom one *
. It.” the‘pervice.
and the mom. .
i.
.- Orchestra; vocal solo." Miss Carolyn.
' De Fuhritla;‘piano, duett.Master- Frank
couarfi , : 4.
monsoon!
* _ irinmeniiltiraiure“ '.
lion Planning “for ‘lia'squelilde
§WWWi.
. The Patriotic Order of Americans are
Well known by the fact that they hell-
or do ‘anythingtby hai enaaudlast
night they lived. up to th srcpntation,
When. Washington Camp. No. 11, gave
its» first entertainment and: dance ,of
the season.‘ The affair was heldin
.Mystlc 'Chai ' ‘nll, which wasy‘lust
large enough to occommpdste those in'
attendance.‘ who danced untilL shortly
before midnight. to excellent music fur»
.nished'by Jesse's concert orchestra.
-During'- the" evening. between the
dances, the following program was ex.
cellently rendered: Selection.» Jesse's
and Miss Edith . Meade: recitation.
Miss Dolores St. John:'piano solo. Miss.
nary Sniflln; selection. Jesse's Orcheso
tra. Each of the artists received lib.
ersl applause. and the entertainment
was heartilysppreciate'd. ‘
The affair was in. charge of the reg-
ular entertainment committee, George
M. Phillips was floor manager. and he
had as his aides. Jay B. Davenport. H.
S. Mitchell. Ollie Stabell. William H.
shims. W. 0. Jesse. Harry Hoffman
and Oscar Mills. The refreshments.
served in the banquet room in. the
rear of thohali. were in charge of J.
A. Stsbell and Fred Buttery. .
So successful'was last night's affair
that the Camp intends to give several
similar dances-during the winter. éThe
annual mauquerade ball will be held
about the middle of next month, and
it is planned to make it the biggest
ball yet held by the organization. ‘A
large delegation from the Camp will
go to New Haven. next Friday evening.
to atund an shutters“): celebration of
(lamp No. 8. at that city." A memorable
time is expected on that evening.
CONFERRED Wi'fli MR. HAMile’ON
"Postmaster. :llidmund E.‘ Crowe and
several other interested officials had is
talk with i. G. Hamilton; proprietor of:
the Hotel Hamilton, yesterday after-'
noon, with» relation to locating the
post office in the Hamilton block. but
nothing definite came from the confer»
ence. The‘only trouble now is over
the fixtures. * ‘Mr; Hamilton is willing
to make improvements about the place
but is not willing to bear the expense
of the fixtures. it is probable this
difficulty will be sott‘ed‘abortiy and
something liennlte in the matter will
be known lna few days.
LAUNDRY WAGON WRECKED. .
The delivery wagon owned by
George R. Van Alstyne. proprietor of
the Crescent Laundry, was run into a
few nights ago by a trolley car‘and
damaged to the extent of several .doi-
late. The wagon had been left by the
driver. Harry Andrews. in front of the
laundry on Seavlew avenue. The va-
hicle was standing on the tracks when
a car. staring out for Gregory's Point
smashed into it, breaking the forwasd
wheels and” otherwise damaging t e
wagon. Th company will .probab
settle for amagea: .
TIAMITER .OTRIKICONFIRENOI
John F. glidifatt.‘ president of the
bugs in“. u: Es u‘ Board‘ '
con rrng a, scare ..
of‘tthe hattéirh of The Norwalksrand.
several of ,_o once:- this afternoon in
”the parlors of the Hotel .Hamllton on
the mathsr,.oi' the Toamstors‘ strike.
This is theispccnd meetingof these
‘ it is behind closed
tad that the result of
, . , a sunny determine
whether in" ribs, shall be ended or
imanufid. “ y L . ’ ‘ V
‘ DEATHOFVDINNI. LYNOH.
, Dennis
.M
ed latt‘uight at his home in
use _ arse oats la'thst
was a lit
is where a wing! for
. x . (
‘ 1 Mill thlriyrfllle;
‘i
of North America.“ ,
' shorts o. ‘it‘ is estimated. will
Lynch. jtomny or post « be
bout thirtyvflvs‘
30m.
_ ,. M H lghth ,
t’er. bureau gave out thefopinlo that
theremul‘d no either a heavy .fall of
answer this. The snow. “comings: it
did before the ground was the least“ bit
‘ frozen. fell. for a long timobefore it
began to “make". ‘ lastly. in the, morn--
ing it was Quite slushy. causing the
trolley cars considerable trouble to get
oversthe'siipperyvraiis. , . . . .
i.l-qudreds ofgymen and women em-
ployed in the, factories. about town
foundit exceedingly difficult to get to
work; this morning... and nearly every-
one living at a distance was late; The
pery. rails and. icy . wire. . .
o'clock eight cars were stalled on Main
street. Nor-walk. everyone" filled. with
men and women on that ’ ay to work,
After a time the carsmrestarted. and
{proceeded on their . way; though very
ayton. with fifty, passengersp which
should arrive“ in Soutthorwailr- at
[8:45. arrived at 8:30. x ’
, On account of the storm. none of the
oyster ' boats went .out this “morning.
and the Boyernmentdighthouse tender.
“Mistletoe" came'intb the harbor; last
night. "ndxis new anchored/at John ll.
Wrris‘dock. ‘ licr captain reports a
heavy sea and stin‘ wind on the Sound.
The Radel oyster steamer f"0strea."
after oysters. was unable to return. on
account of the stormr-v-lihe put up at
Oyster Bay. The coal dealers are hav-
ing their own troubles today- Orders
are coming in with surprising rapidity.
and yet they have not the coal to. fill
them. Add to this delay in delivering
the goods on account or the roads and
it can easily beacon that they are not
in the pleasauteetjhumor today.
ecnoosss Hasbro i
Captain Manor row seusd by
Dolilvor’s Nook Man. on...
in a heavy northeast gale today, the
two masted schooner Flo; F. Moder
struck on the unfinished dog bar
breakwater. and will be a total loss.
Captain David Mailer and his crew of
six men were rescued by the ‘Dolllver's
Neck Life Savers. (The schooner was
bound from Lunenberg, N. 8.. for Boss
son, with potatoes.
‘ The Mader was running into Glouces.
ter~for shelter. “The accident was not
solution one to the gals as to the fact
only about ‘foushundréd feet of the
languhas beeniini edso as toshow at
high water. falle truck with a‘ force
that sent the crewol! their feet. and
damaged the vessel beyond. hope or re-
{pain The Dolliver's mack life savers
crew saw the schooner. and about put
out. ..
Captain Moder and his crew were
landed at Eastern Polni.r.r8he was a
ninety-nine.tou vessei.,slx years old.
ghooner or cargo was insured, and it
estimated that the total loss will be
live in Nova Scotia. The loss would
have been much heavier. but for ‘the‘
calving of large quantities of goods be-
fore they were damaged. . ,
sass devours promo-sneer i ~-
‘Dsnvora Officials any Treasurer Welsh
‘ . Took the Muslim.
'DANVEBS. Mass December Hhc
oilinlals of the Dafiers Savings Bank
today notified the state authorities in
siedtggts accouar‘lgglytgsterday.
s or“ ..,‘%raspong or 7 .,
placed; upon the late ‘ A. ' graph Welch.‘
the treasurer who died recently. after
a. surgicalopsration. will not seriously
inconvenience,» institution. as the
bank is ,Il strong one; i
It is expected that a bank exam
Th1!
which is
inor
ins o . anlfinvostigstlon. Evidence ”in
show that Treasurer‘We oh employed
various msihod's to to asal‘hia lotions.
having some times is on .the. amount
paid as interest parrots endorsingit
on reenactment; at clenching a
on the books. and .st others, buying
cashed actor from the. funds 1of. the
chaos. andsoneosling the note. flAtUotgl
I a
seed 8 o. .whloh. it is expected. twill
made fibytihs baud-filled. ”gag:
_ In I. s
' ‘ the v m
‘ wwwu.
trolley. cars all over the line ‘ werennr‘. _
. able to proceed onwacoouut of theslip~ .
About ‘7 .
slowly at first; The iirat‘car'from‘ltow; p
whlcltwent to Long Island yesterday, .
. pairs of pigeons. ‘Prl
GLOUCESTER. Mass. Member‘s—4“
that Captain: Model-:wasignorantztnat
dog bar breakwater. which is 1,700 feet"
She is owned by her captain; Neither .
s
i .
$7.000. Captain Mailer, and his crew
Boston oftho 330.000 shortage discos»
the hands of the bank old 'm and to 9
it
her are "man
men whomltfw ‘
taught‘after hearin
dict shit club" ‘ ‘
Southflorwslke
and hisfrlonds. ha
overthe matter today. ,
ssidlhe was going down
.to. be measured» tied .
little. surprised ‘twben‘h
Gimn's failure. ‘ ‘
auaoLan court
or .c or
dharggd . .Ev.
in money. .At all the ad
\vas effected byputtih ‘
glass near the win w
9999133 'ihiijwifldb
Anight watch an
pollcemenfa‘nd
was begun. ’ Ha
WANTED—Gran son
housework. "Apply 9 W
'WANTED-TWENTY. ,. .
shill!
tunable. ‘Address. with
lars,.Bo .493. Solid
“'wANTE--‘-LADIEB "i
for us on sewing machi
serials. furnished an! ”die
wages. Stamped envelope
plats. Arnold's (lo-Operatty
00.. 80. End; Bosto
ans...
Grand 8t. Norwg‘lltg c
house of 6 rooms . .th
provements on lar . . at... ,_
cheap, it soldvlm' ed to
*narticuiarrinsui go!“ ‘
ency 011. M._iéayto . 5
. so. iNOr‘wal‘S 0n
“ "FOR .S'Ak‘ ‘..
horse and rubbengr i
srness' , e ‘c_ '1.
teed: , will gt'éll‘ 'Bfiimo
MaiuSt.. So.~Norwa , . _, .
‘ FOR SALE-4W“ ;
blocks or split” Bi '
split. :7 per cordr‘ ' ‘
l'y's carriage shop. N ,
or address. Frank
can. - , .
FOR ‘ SALE—El
blocks or split; silage , .
split, ’7. Orders nb'.
Bakery. Washingto 8
FOR. BALE-«TO
tate. .The resides
Seymour. situated on
of Franklinfitalo
lot adjoining,“ , ,
front audios fee ,
line business lots on as
Enquire of Henry Some
“ion “Lea-annually!
Woolen Company its a; .
remnants. .111 bi .
light and heavy
suitable for golf
boys' Ines pants . ,
will sell vary .7 . .,
mill once. of! Holden your
‘wi , arrivo‘here‘ duringtho day to , 3'"
. rot-non 6
313933; on Wall _
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