-z-.~..n:...~ . «. NUMBER 4.652. Entered at the South Norwalk Post- Office as Second Class Hatter. ONSOUDdTiONHEiRiNG Arguments Made Before on titles and Boroughs. the legislative Committee in llartford Yesterday Abolition—Attorneys Iiuributt and Walsh for Consolidation. and Represent- ative Donovan. Judge light and Con. frost Against It As has almost irrvarinbly been the case since the matter of dividing the town of Norwalk has been under con- the water works and the other being the public library. He said that the City of South Norwalk would lose sideration the residents and repre- 'nothins. as the water works would be aentstho‘s of South Norwaik were so corded scant courtesy by their oppo nents at the argument vcsterday al- ternoon. before the Legislative Com- mittee on Cities and Boroughs. Fully half a denim times it was necessary for- the chairman of the committee to reprove Attorney J. Belden Hurlbutt for his breaches of etiquette and cour- tesy while the speeches of Judge Light and General Frost were In progress. The closing arguments of the bear- in: Were typical in many ways of the ole controversy. South Norwalk was represented by a large gathering of men who were representative of the city and wlob. each and every one. were heartily opposed to the bill upon which the. hearing was held. Favor- ably to It were two lawyers. J. Belden Hurlbntt and Judge John J. Walsh. also Mr. Thomas of the Nor- ovalk Hour. and Goold Hoyt. These four represented the "strong feeling of the Town of Norwalk in favor of consolidation." There were no oth ers there In support of the bill. which was claimed to be the wish of the peo- ple of the Term of Norwaik as ex- pressed in a town meeting: "attended by sixty or seventy people." stated At- torney Walsh. » Attorney Hurlbutt Expects Pay. Attorney Hurlbutt said in reply to a attention by Judge Light that he ex- pected to be paid for his work in sup- porting the measure: and It is fair to suppose that Judge Walsh will also submit a bill for his services as coun- sel for the town in the matter. Mr. Thomas was there to represent his newspaper.‘ These were the consolic (lotion. recs. . Two hired attorneys. . a news" man and resid at. 0n the other band. more re pres- ent half a hundred Wthe representa- tiv u'illias'r'rsy ofl South Norwallr, owners of bl‘ofi n whose love of rind 10%13! to has sliver been qmestioned: T: Owed their oppo allies to the _9bill in many ways. All or them wore badges marked “South Norwatk. " Attorney Hurlbutt allud- ed to them as "politicians. " The South Noruslk delegation was compos. ed of‘ men who what fair play and do not. desire to see the rights of the peo- ple In this end of the city taken from them by the residents of Norwalk whether they will or no. The hearing was held In the Senate Chamber. it commenced at 2 o‘clock with the full committee in their seats. The chairman slated. however. that there might. not-be a full commit— tee when the hearing was over. Representative Donovan opened the question by asking the committee re. carding the length of time which was I. to be taken by the speakers. This ’- inquiry .wasI.-m e necessary by the fact that the nsolldationists has heretohorc taken nearly twolhirds of the for’ the hearing and practicaiy blocked out all testimony from South Namath. The committee wail Inclined to make the time as short as. possible. and the . chairman otatodvtlrsi.‘ he did not care which side. spoke the longest and that > . it was a matter for than to settle be- tween themselves. It was finally do- . clded that the than should be equally divided both/den e two opposing sides. HP. 49th Opens Argument. . J. Holden Hurlbstl opened the argu- ments by statingItbdt he represented the "whole town of Norwalk as express- 3 ed by the cltibens of the town In town meeting assembled, and that he was not there to_ further the interests of the residents of the City of Norwaikre- . 'i gardlaos of the rights of those of other ' soctlono‘of the town. He said that the Milton had befbre them the doestirm‘ unifying and centralizing the whet wn and getting rid of latte alien.“ and the saving to the town of a large sum of money annual- ly. He- alluded to the hearing. which by tho consolidation . ‘ the testimony of sev- bd admittbd that they Wood charter. He men tbobhpd lSken them . ’ld oppose a bill that they taken by conderunatory proceedings and the city paid for the plant. “These objections." said he. “that we want something. that we can man- age our own affairs. are opposed to the spirit of patriotism that goes to mak'o a republic. A republic cannot be undermined by selfishness and .con- tinue very long. Patriotism must be the Juggernaut which rides over all obstacles. if our friends from South Norwalk will free their minds from jealousy they will not object to the bill. I predict that if the bill be. comes a law that they will be more on- thusiastic in favor of consolidation than I am now. They obicct to pet) ple outside of their limits having the use of their public library. 1 have the firm belief that the mor intellec- tual people outside Norwal become. that the more benefit Norwslk derives. 1 am glad that we have liberallty enough to feel that if they pay their share they slraii still have their libra- ry_" .. Judge Walsh’s Speech. Judge Walsh then addressed the committee. stating that he wished to submit one change in the proposed charter In the clause creating a board of health. This change made the board number live instead of four. with the mayor as an ex-ofliclo member. Mr. Donovan Makes a Point. Representative Donovan was the next speaker. He called the atten- tion of the committee to the political records of the speakers before them and alluded to the defeat of Mr. Hurl butt and Judge Walsh at the polls. the former, by over 700 and the latter by about 1.000. He was once interrupted by the chairman of the cornmitiee who said that be hoped Mr. Donovan would not consider this discourteous but that the committee did not care to hear what he had to say on those matters General Frost's Able Address. General Russell Frost was the first speaker against the bill. His dis course was calm. and scholarly. brief, yet to the point. , He first controvert. ed the statement made by Mr. Hurlbutt that he represented the whole town and that he was working for the Inter- ests of the whole town. He stated that he would endeavor to keep the talk free from personalities and dis- cuss the malter from the standpoint of the. great injustice which the bill meant to South Norwalk. f‘ln 1870." said General Frost. "there was a small and prosperous communi- ty of about 2500 people. at what Is now the center of South Norwalk. It had grown rapidly and Its growth was ac« celerated by its situation. Its people were public spirited and patriotic and loved progress. The community con~ tinned to grow and flourish. By and by It become necessary for them to have some municipal facilities for car- rying on its Waitress. Situated a little above It was the borough of Nor- waik. This; small community had al- ways had more or less opposition from Norwalk but It was placed in such a position th t It had to apply to the borough of orwalk for those munici- pal facilities. It asked to be allowed to come In." Mr. Hurlbutt broke in at this point and made the objection that nothing of this nature had been raised at the hearing or was before the committee. The chairman of the committee rui- ed that General Frost was perfectly within his bounds. General Frost asked that If he made any mls-statements that the gentleman l’e'would correct him in them. Contin- uing after the interruption he said: "This little community was not admit. ted to the borough and was compelled to go to the legislature and get a chars for to organise what was their the .city In Connecticut. This was s people were enterprising and took great pride In their little city. its property increased sad its common- oial relations extended. South Non walk began carrying out Its municipal functions. Then the time came when ODD ffllOWS ANNIVERSARY Sutlsr Latino to Observe the Eighty- Fourtb Event In Hoyt‘o Theatre, Tomorrow Afternoon. The eighty-fourth anniversary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will be observed by Butler Dodge. No. 97‘. of South Norwalk, by a big mass meet. ing in Hoyt's Theatre. The commit— tee having matter in charge has ar- ranged a very interesting programmg and all are most cordially invited tom be present. and profit by the exercis- es. The opening number will be a Thanksgiving Hymn. to the tune of "Coronation;" prayer by the Rev. Charles H. Smith. grand chaplain; so- prano solo. Mrs. Leonard T. Whitney; address. A Local View of Odd Follow- sIrlp, E. R. Bennett. P. G.; contralto solo. Miss Laurette. Aiuoworth: ad- dress. Anhlversary of the Order. Rev C. H. Smith: tenor solo. Dr. R. M. Wolfe: prayer. Rev. E. R. Bennett; closing hymn, America. MEN'S CHRISTIAN lNOUIRY CLUI. The subject for discussion last Sun day was Jesus as a Teacher with intro. ductory remarks by Mr. Light. The subject assigned for tomorrow Is the Greek Church. After an address by George S. North there will be a gener- al discussion as usual. The meetings of the club are held every Sunday in the South Nor'walk Congregational Church directly after- the morning ser- vice. Ail men are cordially invited to attend. Wellesiey Contractor to lay l6 lneh Main Norwalk Water Commissioners Mada Award of Job Today at Price of $15,417.50. The Norwalk water commissioners this morning awarded the contract to lay the sixteen Inch water main from Dnnlels' Mills to the Junction of River- side and Holden avenues. a distance of about five miles. and to do some other work to Charles N. Taylor. of Wellesley. Mass. whose bid was $16.- 417. 50. Mr. Taylor was the third lowest bidder. the two under him both being local contractors. Dudley E. Hoyt and Salvatore Sharlott. The pipe will probably arrive In a few days, the contract calling for the beginning of the casting of It on April 20th. ' ...._.._.k__._. .DIATHS AND PUNIIALO. . MRS; DEDIA‘RATCHFORD. Mrs; Delia Rstchford died this morn- ing at her horns. 7 Main street. She was the widow of fatrick Ratchford and Is survived by five. children. Miss Hsttie Ratchford. with whom she re- sided; John W. and Patrick Ratchford. of Danbury. and Mrs. T. J. Howard and Mrs. Nora Space. of Norvlallt. The funeral will be held from St. Mary's Church Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock. MRS. HENRIETTA RICHIE. The death of Mrs. Hebrietta Richie occured yesterday afternoon at 154 Ely avenue as a result of Internal troubles. She was 35 years of age and was a re- sident of New Haven prior to coming to this city. The funeral will be held at 2.30 tomorrow afternoon from the undertaking rooms of A. J. Collins and Company. The interment will be In Pine island Cemetery. ETHEL MAY CHICHESTER. Ethel May. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Cblolloatsr. of West Norwalk. died-“pt bert‘home there yesterday sf- tcruoon from pneumonia. The ch had been sick only a short time. The funeral will be held tomorrow after- noon -' MILITARY sovs oarsarzo. By a would Composed of Norwalk cam. Yesterday Afternoon. A team composed of Norwalk clerks met the Connecticut Military Academy baseball team. yest'erdiy'afternoon, on the Easbavenue grounds. and defsswd the military boys by the score of :1 to 5. It was said that four of the play~ era on the academy‘s team were sub- stitutes. Nash pitched for the acad- emy team while Charles L. Holmes did the twirling'for the clerks. The lineup of the teams was as fol- Iowan: Academy~Nash. pitcher; Keywcrth. catcher; Gray. first base: Meeker, sc~ cond base: Coley, third base; Carpen- iter. short stop; Beltaire. left field; Sanford. center field; Plumb. right field. Cler Holmes. pitcher; Nicholas. catcher: Grindrod. 1st bale: Home. second base: McNerney. third base; Seller-k. shortstop: Benedict. left field; rfodward. center field; Renard right .. ed JURY POI CIVIL SUPERIOR COURT . It in: ‘ Educational Appetite" w it, Deputy Pritrhal Closes President. lllti ftNOI'WMl" People Named enlist An assernblaglv Id" . ed the edifice .afi = seventh annual field county Tea -_. ‘ . held In the South 0- church in Bridgeport r \ .lncludod among the largo ' ' not actively . I; were well NOW”; . The programme west 1- ' merit. includi a do school work an matters. The entire by the pfoceodlngi. 8 both morning and aft Everett C. Willard,.uf ford. 3r. retiring president. otiI'cuplod tho ch The membership of the organuati OS embraces nearly all who are actively engaged In teaching throughout the entire county The order of exercises opened shortly before lil‘o'clock with a devotional service led by the Rev. Henry Hallam TwOedy. water of the South church. Bridge tratlon of the In Bridgeport was gi under the direc Frances E. How _ 'menth mode pupils form the art Incho'ols bore. 125 in number rend, “selections from the musical rind The children has rebukes w'oll ’rfiof. HowaIrd g. being ISIS! and at the conclusion. was the recipient of y tions. the unanimity of‘GpiniII that they showed marked as a result of their lraibing. John T Prince. Pb. DL, dress on "The Racitatiop." .- talncd many timely s it followed by his a d tors. bring about favor mesa Prince in the agent of 'tha Massachu- setts state bound of Education, ro- siding In Néwtdfin. Mass and a au- thority on the principles oi instruction. "The Present School Movement" was the topic upon which Adelaide Finch discoursed. She Is the principle of the training school for teachers in Water- bury aud her effort was thoroughly appreciated. The morning session con: (-ludcd.with a discussion of Dr. Prince's address with reference to High schobln. This took place In tirechapel and was under the leadership of James Linue. principal of the Greenwich High School. Adiournmcnt was reached at noon and at 1:30 the members reconvened for the business meeting which oceu. mad about half an hour's time. The committee on nominations. Sipsco Stevens of Stamford. W. W. Porter, of Bridgeport; and Edgar H. Lane. of Rowaylon. named the subjoined as of- floors: President, Strong Comstock. of Dan— bury; vice president. Frederick 8. Camp. of Stamford: treasurer. S. P. m Williams. of Bridgeport; and secretary. Jnnnlc A. Hurley. of Bridgeport. Ex- ccullve committee. Henry W. Ssxe. of New Canaan; J. R. Perkins of Dan- bui’ymud R. L. Zink. of Bridgeport; together with the following superin- tendents of schools who are named as allele members. G. D. North- rop.'of‘?Danbblfy': Charles W. Deane. of Bridgeport: and Everett C. \. ...ard. of Stamford; committee on education- al information. F. S. Camp. of Stam- ford: J. R. Perkins. of Danbury: H: w. Sass, of New Canaan. and Charles A. Tucker. of Norwalk. and Lucy L. Blood of Bridgeport. These were nu- anlmouoly elected. The reports of the several oomruit~ . tees and retiring officers demonstrated the fact that the organisation to in a healthy "condition both as far as an- auceo are concerned and membership. According to the Statement of he committee on necrology. composed of C. A. Tucker, of Norwalk; S. P. Wil- flame. of Bridgeport. and Albert C. Wilson, of Norotou. there have been no deaths among the members during the year Just ending. At the conclusion of the business sessirm Sarah Louise Arnold. dean of Simmons collage. of Boston. delivered a very interesting address on Nature Study and literature. The consisting number on the pro. gramme was a paper entitled "An which was the This was read by roughly misses. a. “my edltor of rs. JWrSSI or . . also or m museum or saw s‘raausa. m’WLM: wkiokism .. ma than» hi, ' Wat. l0“: . Directly following A practicalI Illus- musical " wow Theatre rum Last mm was Pssplo Anxious ts Liston fa carol Noo- ton‘o ASdrooa. Carol Norton.“ 0. S. D. of. New York. lllSiSbSi‘ of ~ Belem Sourdoflnotorsshpmsl erodavory interesting lecture calls of Chris Science. to a fence at yt’o Thaatrofi’ last ...._Ths stage was tastefully d with palms and «nation and pro- oostsd a very pretty appearance. Emily PardoocDIsbmw. In a few wall- chasm remark. Introduced the speak- This address. which was of excep- tional Interest. will be printed In full in Monday's issue of Ths'SeutiueI. it was necessary to leave It out today. owing tothe crowded condition «The Sentinel'a columns. LlcTURS SY RSV. MR. WHIT- TAKIR. . The Rev. Mr. Whittaker. field use rotary of the Tuskegee Institute. Ala- hams delivered a very interesting lec- ture last evening at the Nor-walk Cou- grogational chapel. before an audience of considerably more than 100 Mon ‘t The lecture was illustrated by a s aoptloou operated by a' graduate of the school. lfr. Warren. Au assailant Ides of the laudable work being done by this Institution in fitting the colored people for better home conditions in the south was given by the speaker. At the close a collection was taken. Cold Chain and locket for Wliam if. Shouhan Popular-"Clark In ‘lha Nbrvvllk Sooton Store, who Is to tsavo Soon for Indiana. William E. Sheehan. who has ac cepted .a very flattering offer to take charge of the kitchen furnishing de- partment store in Muscle. indlana. was presentedth a handsome gold chain and Iocit'etlaot night by the clerks of the Boston Store. the estab- lishment with which Mr. Shoshan has been muscled for more than a dossn Years. The presentation‘spoecb was made by William Albion. Ir. Shsoban was taken entirely by surprise and was at slosshowip forashorttirae. but soon reoo9'orod lliclsutly to thank his iellow of for this ' mum of the esteem In which be to Mr. Shoshan will resign his position at. the Boston Store this evening and wliT start for indian within a few days. LVNCH SOUND OVERJOR TRIAL. George Lynch.-who was arrested for burglariaing the store of Abraham Stull in Cottage avenue. East Nor-walk. some time ago in company-with three other young‘men, was tried this morn~ ing before Judge Taylor In the South Norwalk side of the Town Court. V. Scotleld was appointed guardian ad litem, as Lynch Is not of age. A de- murrer was filed and overruled and the accused refused to plead again. He was therefore bound over to the next term of the superior court in ball of 860. Attorney Keogh appeared for Lynch. NUISING Two SIOKIN IISS. Charles James. of the Connecticut turnpike, ls nursing two broken ribs received In a rather peculiar manner. He delivered a baleof tray to George Eaton. when Eaton, in play. gave him a rap in the ribs with his fist. Mr. James found considerable difficulty with the Injury afterwards. and has since. found that two of his ribs are broken. Mr. James has had two ribs brokn ”before. and begins to think gigs a rather tender part- of his anatalb SERIOUS FIRE WAS AVIITED. Thanks to speedy discovery. a seri- ouo tire was averted. at the home of E. Job ‘Hawk‘ius in Summit avenue. South Norwalk. Thursday. The fire was discovered near the roof of the house and thelnmatcs tore down the stock and conquered the fire after a brief but hot right. The house to own- ed by Mrs. Merrill of Herrill's Busi- ness college. Stamford. PLEA IN ASATSMIN'I‘ DINIID. 1n the Court of Common Pleas. yes- terday, Judge Curtis denied a plea of abatement entered by Attorney Rowell in the cases of Thomas Ambrose against Fred Herman and wifo.for money due on alleged counsels. The sum at stake was less than $100. At- .ornsy Finch appear“ for Mr. and hire. Herman, The parties to tho litigatkp live In New Canaan. “AN HOUR not THE FOREST." Hrs. Goravd'o lantern slides at lack- wood's Hall will be manually tater outing. 'I'bco an tines classes of pie- tales to be shown: llamas i MOSAIC OIIII own MIAMI. um unions to‘ hiaISIaughterin the man ”'Cotrt. Today. and the Case Was Conthued Dull Netti I... lhursday Morrihg Dennis Dowd, the rear brakemau on the passenger train on tho Danb‘ttry and Norwalk cross over a week a'go today. pleaded not Ity to a charge of manslaughter roJudge Taylor in tbeSou NM" side of the. court this morning. It Is and that Dowd Is to introduce some comes up for a full hearing. but the Inature of it has not yet been made one c. He was represented this morning by Attorney Much of the law if"! Lynch and Thomas, Now you. Dowd was taken Into court from the lockup by Sheriff John W. Soulioy The face of the prisoner wore a -sober andthoughtful expression and It Is believed that he now realism the ser- iousness of the charge against kiln. There has been considerable sym'p'sw thy «pressed for Down by bonnie about here and many a friendly smile greeted him so he came into court. Attorney Tammany asked him :2" old he was Dowd replied Attorney Lynch was then guardian ad litonr and W bias} “wag made. Prosecutor that swim that he desirod into in which So can be continued. The date set for It to come up again to Thursday of next week at 10 Hr. Tammany asked Judge regarding tho bond which shouldy 'oo ion that it 'ohould be a bond of 91.5% to hold om. Attorney Lynch. how- ever objected to the amount. tbSt Dowdwou uottry to out aw as be b'adnot bofm'otho arrests Sff. tthst a 8800' we d be schlent to hold him. He further stated that the matterw court ritor't! rsday next. He said hart ded would have no didlcultyin all» curing the bond. which will be pro babiy given by s New Haven man. Dowd will be released from custody as soon as the bond to fixed. Anat- tempt was made to ascertain the tint- ure of the sensational testimony. which Dowd will introduce. but It‘ is being «arefully guarded by counsel TODAV'S BASEBALL GAMES. The R S G team opens the consort this ' afternoon on the Decker-Field with a game with the well- known West End team. of Bridgeport. The Wheel- er & Wilson band furnishes a prsllmtn. ary concert and everything will be done in finished style. The Hurstrom School team. of Nof'° walk. this afternoon. plays a team known on the posters as the Yale freshmen. m~The New Tor-k Control 5 Hudson v titl‘ w Irot- class rates: Lbs Angelou. California. Hay 11th to 17th inclusive, good for return until .1 out: 370 Returning via fl’oflrfll. To Niagara ma. Decoration Day Excursions 810 25 only .. 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