In
liviniL Flame
[Mm Govors
IionrySltopor'ii. Honour
of the Union iiotiso with
Slight ~Uatnano to
tho liouso Was Slain Also
Enveloped in ii mes and his clothes
soaked with .rnbu rung oil, as the result
of an exploding lamp Henry Shepard.
proprietor of the Union Houses large
boarding place at 21 Union street. rush-
ed down stairs last night. and gave
the alarm. He who lucky enough to es.
cape serious burns though his hair.
eyebrows and eyelashes were burned
oil. and he sustained a number of burns
on the bonds, neck and face. which.
however are. only of a minor nature.
Mr. Shepard was In the attic. where
a' number of rooms-had been furnished.
He had a kerosene lamp, snd'was en-
gaged in getting some blankets. from a _
~ trunk to provide against the cold
weather. While his back was turned
he heard an explosion and saw blas-
log all scattered hli around the room.
as if it had been sprinkled by a hose.
Large quantities of the fluid struck his
back and head. and In a serum! almost.
he was enveloped In dame from head
to foot. He seiaed one of the' blankets
and endeavored to best out the names
upon himself. He dropped the blanket
and ran down stairs where the remain-
der of the tire upon his clothing was
extinguished.
Several of the boarders wjets eating
supper and one at them ran with all
speed to box No. it. from which the
alarm of drowns sent in; old Well
Hook and Ladder Company was out on
7 the street almost before t to second
stroke of tho: and cl tiered up
Main street to scene of the are in
an incredibly shorft time. Putnam Hose
Company was equally prompt In get-
ting out, as all realized what in terrible
night it would be for a bad tire.
William W. Shepard son of the pro-
priotor. immediatsls other his father
lil.”3‘i§:3 “nonunion.
quantity of Mogul: Ire. it was the
work of '«en Instant for him to grape
through the Hindu-gander
smdke to a wind”, wbtcirihe tre
open “twill
thshu in no it
IMO" grmiidtth We?
1" "WW semi-o out «one. .7...“
He in _ g ”I“ 1"“
hlfldlfl flit )2 7. ‘3‘:
hit "WWI“ a 7 {m
5])?“ it? A I»; .j . 77
other ’ was!!! a:
depll’tih '8 7 Ohmic“
1' n I .
Was estrogen. lg... - ”tow
The Insurance on tile i
by thoJ Wilma s hold
that upon them thussholdw nrtlclos “by
William S. Wilbd whole damn
will be“ .which In "if;
remarkable In view of“1 the fact that
the, enliven-z as. filled with the
burning ohm laru'p exploded.
ML unspoilt tidal-row escape
from a horrible death very calmly and
a few moments later. was discovered
smoking his pipe in the kitchen. He
could give: tor the explosion
at th “this? ildlng Is owned
by Hatch whistler. .Mr Shepard was
burned out ounce "olefin. and his loss
tvss considerable at j atjtlme.
cure or also. ‘ A. otcxssmw.
Confined Qti-oke ‘ '
1 Monday
Afternoon and ' filly.
Mrs. Harriet A. tilléh idow Of
Ashabel Dicknvnmm. die morning
about t o'cbck. at her residence. cor-
ner of "in; street bird inds are
nine. my... Bic-iteration summed
stroke of paralysis lgsf Madrid)? attai-
noonat 6: Memoirs! didnot (all:
from It.
In. also: was born in south
Norwalk January t 18735 and had al-
ways been a resi here ..She unit-
7. u all: Congrega-
and was al-
inerubers and
Mrs. Dick
77 dole. hid
n77 survived intuitive
‘ " Dickerson.
M
Mrs. C.‘ W..Bennett, Ilsa Anna Dicker-
IINI. cl? -kg .
in:
Miami.
wl Consult lusts
Filing of Pleading by Ioutb Nomiws
Attorneys. and Mosaic ho Put
In by mm
The case of the Town of death Nor.
walk is scheduled a boar
Superior Court. nu departs t Tuss-
dsy atoning at 10 o'clock. The at-
torneys engaged on the cane, and a
number at interested ultimo will at
tend the session oi the court over
which Judge Thayer will reside. Th0
principal business oi will
probably be the Illug oi plead
the attorneys for the new town udzs
atoddard and Judge mm.
It is possible that at this time the
old Town of Norwalk will disclose in
method of defending the action
brought by the New Town of South
Norwslk The old town has engaged
as counsel. Town Counsel Levi Warn-
er of norwa ';h Attorneys Lewis Bpsr-
ry and Arthur F lugglestou of Hart-
ford. and Attorney Elmore 8. Banks.
of Fairlield
Mr. Spa-try is the ex- -Democratic
congressman from the First district
Mr. llggleston is the state s attorney of
Hartford county. and is known as a
thoroughgoing tighter and Mr. Banks
was the Republican floor leader In the
Connecticut House of Representatives
at the last session of the General As-
semhly. and Is also the member of the
Republican State Central committee
from what was known as the Thir-
teenth antorlal district.
bloat Chiefs of Red Men
in Moot‘iiiiro Noxt Spring
snort Icing m... to seem in. state
Armory. and Many Prominent est-7
cars won a. 9mm.
Next Good Friday should be a great
Red Men's day in The Norwalks and
will be if present plans are carried out.
The probabilities are that they will
The great chefs of the state are do
stress of holding the second annual
warrior'e degree contest for the sham-
pionship of Connecticut at the stats
armory. off West avenue. it is be
lieved that permission can be secured
to use the armory for this purpose.
Tribes thtoughoui the state will take
part in this contest. The but your
content. was held In New Haven end
the Cockenoe Tribe tit'grno team took
ecu-0nd prize and many believed at that
time that the team was entitled to the
tin-st place. a, ......
A committee. mitotic. of Howard
N. Godhoy and Frederitvhi
‘ockenoe Tribe. and Iliiuru.l Miller
J. WJ’
‘R B. Plumien of Bridgeport have been
anointed a committee to act in con-
Junction with the greet «him of tho
state In the clutter or securing the
Norwalk armory for the social if
the contest In held here it will mean
that there will be something tlge 800
‘lslting Rad Men In town that dsy.
7 ...-.—
cou‘rr usuackouo sou.
sixteenth Annual dust is Muslo Hall
'7 A success in Ivory way.
The sixteenth annual hall ven bl
Court Mahackemo No. 80. stern of
Americawas held last evening in
Mush: Hall. it was a success in every
rsophct and made one of the most
pleasant dances of the season. the
music for the occasion was Milli”
by liven“ s orchestra and the dance provo
gram comprised twenty-four numbers.
The mmmittess in charge of the stair
was as follows:
‘ll'lcor dgso’t‘or‘ William Tarantula:
s wstauta ngner lines one as.
Koaoka reception unconstit-
tee. M: J. Collins. Dr.
Mmddwlm Mignon-J“
PICK PUMTURIG WATII PIPE.
Contr
' 'kksp't a gang or
7 nksgivlng luytug
the new . from Plymouth
avenue to the Volt” Grounds. A slight
sccldcnt incurred in front of the rest
dimes of John Malone. In Main street
Conant-tor Ch
men busy afi
' which resulted In a very pretty sight.
Au. lialititi workman scoldently drove
one of the sharp end» of his pick into
the water main and the water began to
spurt high in the air and land on t.
tree in Mr. Molnne's front yard. As
fast “moot as it fell. it from to the
branches. making a decidedly wintry
appearance.
This contractor also kept a gang at
work on the Plattsvllle avenue sewer
on the holiday
tLawson;
is unite summing
Ethaoplaso. to stain
III the W
-—li7ocoivoti lloiilaitlo Gifts
Last evening completed for Mr. and
Mrs Thomas B. Smith, of so Osborn
nvenue. Bast Norwalk. twenty-five hap-
lll' years of married tits. and today they
enter upon a second term of twenty-
dvs years. which all their friends hope
will be as happy and prosperous as
”)0“! just passed. T e event was fine-
ny mlebrated last n t, ttheir homo.
there were many fvi from The
Norwalks and from othot‘iplaceo gath-
cred to congratulate upon the
:vent. and to tender. the e presents
which are in k their "all-
ver Modding" it is less to say
that the presents wore skhandsome an
they were. numerous. I W
The guests based to “titer at the
house at about ball past seven. and
motioned to arrive unti 10. An slab:
irate luncheon was for them.
and the evening pnsssd Very pleasantly
Indeed. There was its 'sldsrtainmutt.
rt was not necessary at all for many
of those present had not seen each
other in years, and reminiscences were
the order of the day. The presents
.mnprissd many very handsome pieces
of silverware. spoons, forks and other
valuable and useful articles being hum:
erous.
Among the handsome ones was a
large photo or a line dog “Bmwni "
which was presented to Mr. Sm th
some time ago. by the late Thomas
unique frame, the work of Frank W.
.r‘ostor. or Waterbury. The frame was
made of corks of all sorts. since and
shapes. 0: one side were the tig-
ires “1878! and on the other "toosm"
At the bottom was a carving of the
dog with a bird in its month, There
were other bits of carving among
which was a faithful likeness of Mr.
Smith. In his boat. Mr. Smith prises
this very highly.
Among those present were: . Junins
Brown. Clarence Brown. Mr. dlltjs
Daniel L'Homniediou. John L' moi
dleu, Master Ea.rie Richard Bland. B.
it Wen. Misti Eva Bowen. Lei Bow-
-v-n. lift-rope 1hr“.
Mrs. George H. Bohy. dirt} and Mrs. F‘.
w. titan-r. Mr. shown" B. m.“
G..’I
pings. J. C. enninga. Mr and Mrs. P.
Mockler. Mr. and Mrs; T. H. McOann.
E. J. Van Neon Mro. A. L. Northrop.
Mr. and Mrs B. W'. Hesse. Mrs Mar-
garet Reeve, Miss Mary E. Reeve. Mr.
and Mrs. William Wright. Captain
Thomas Wright. Mrs. Mary Dibble, Mr.
and Mrs. John Gutteridnb. Mr. hnd Mrs
S. W Osltem. Miss Osborn. Myron W.
Osborn. Mr and M'rsl' '.ll C. Hendrick,
the Misses E. L..F. J. and L. A. Smith.
Theodore L. Smith Mrle .Wardwfli.
Louis Wardwell d.w writes. lesson
8. E. andLC. Fitch, Minna I. Gor-
ham. Mr. and Mrs. L. 8. Durham. Miss
bi. i. Hendrick, M Junie Hartwick
Mr. and Mrs John ryon. Harry Try-
n.ltr and Mrs. N W. Chamberlain,
Ilr. Baker and Mrs. F. W. Baker Rev
E. t‘nnniugham..l . B. Gregory. Mrs.
A. A stson. Miss Bawsou. Mr. and
Mrs. T M.‘ Saunders, Miss Rachel
Rounders. Miss Ruth Saunders. Miss
Alice M. Saunders Louise E. Meade.
Victor W. Ferris. !ft. and -.Mrs J. W.
Heattyi'atdgs 1.! NW. of The
dc. Ohio :Mrs, We Hilton. East
Orange. N. J.; Mrs. Anna H. 06an
East Orange. N. ..J 5 Airs. Andrew Rea-
Bong. r511?! grangmaL :N. 1: Captain H.
e reenport.L l.; Mr and
Mrs. E... Olin
and Mrs. P. G
Mr. and whim. Frank W. .Rogter Water-
buryz.W H.Bc7uton. Ridgeleld.
“A“...
KLONDIKII IN TOWN.
Harry "apple the GM of William
Ross. of Int "omit.
Harry Happie. a whaler and illiter-
man haiiing from Obsession Mann.
who a Visitor in town today and tool
dinner at the home of William Hons.
”duct-std M'man ad -
which one! bgohad.‘ ’ ven
Morrison. The picture had a most 3
' with: runs to lid} living
. six years
. outvpt't‘t f th'ataftahctories ample:
am \ Q ”I mu II M
the t7 is 18 monuments tom
uncann- or « ‘7
, one» tries suacus -
Reunnninon *
Misslitossor
Discussed otiloSossiott
of tile Norwali' hood of
...... School Moshe horn-
erwood. father of Oliver T. Ihoh
wood for “OHM " ~
Burr Pony dibd April ".1001. in
Fatrdold and the Inventory of the so
tats filed by son 7 mm Olivier r.
dhsrwood amend to ”8584.82. On
February 1 root. was a partial
distribution of the tote made to the
heirs hconsisti‘u‘g of ill thr‘oo per cent.
North on Pun c Railroad bonds. val-
tied 'at "0.0“. so and "Monk cash.
After the def godmother T.
Sherwood John-ti. 7 W'appotnt-
ed administrator is to get
any of the m: from his
oredece'saor. flirt ydtacovered
100 shares of the 7 in con (laid &
‘e‘IIVer “Mining pun.qua 7'
nlaced no value,
erred stock of the' 7
’tl‘oxaa d Debit. C. '3'“!
we an roe-do
Chicago. Rock Island a
00.. valued at "tor "
tor says there is-
wood the sum of I.
ducting the amount di tributed from
the tunds reported In ho Int Inven-
Mr. Jeliil our in.
rave a bond Your the ad inlstrator. the
former ibr 8100.000. and the latter for
till. 000. The Jeniff homostsnd In South-
port. and three other p as of property
in the town of filrflel have been at-
tacked.
The heirs-ablaw of the late Burr
Perry who are interested in the recov-
cry or the missing assets of the estate,
are Loretta 73. Perry. Francis B. Perry
Alfred 8. Perry. Buss D.-Perry. and
arah 1. Perry. alrof aiilstd 77
Iiillod by an ivory list 7
liver Pool bails Dispute
French Canadian 'ls Tammie Itmck
companion In a Moment of
Angus Late Last Night.
. t ~b~ l ‘l .
TAFTVILLE Nov ads-in a comet
of a moment. caused by a diuretic. oVe:
pool gam lined qdias
)vila Car 1min iii ballfln
ninth
fatal results. last
Tillman ”figment in ; friendly
poo suitor so or as apo‘
pearsnce shorted. it was 10 o‘clock
when the row took place. and Caron.
who waa.7hlt near the right temple.
dropped to the flood. He parually're-
rained conscious but at once
side into a e of coma. from
:ich he never railed. Caron was ta-
iron to the Backuszfiospital. Norwich;
and dlhd three brain after uonag
._ which he
ck.
noon wasIarsastod on e
Reeves stly this rning. e was
entirely. overcomo db claimed he did
not mean to hit Christ. that in an no
stant ho had no the crime with-
out a decoud thought; There was no
evidence p ted before the city
court In Norwic. this morning and con
continuity tbccase was continued until
Monday. at the suggo'IUon of Acting
City Amused Kelly
Comer Brown is investigating the
case hogan daccnmulating evidence.
Medical iuor Paddock performed
an autopsy tbi morning. to determine
the result of e. blow and the cause of
death- Como]. was twenty-eight years
old. of Reach descent and married.
Foe-nan Is also French and married,
lie in twenty-
0&0
wnT. 40 YIO. MOAMUFAOTURIIO.
82! To”!
The M. Bteinert l Hons Co.. who
have moved their-7 ware.-
rooms toilet Washington street. beg"?
to call your attention to the mono
M,
or about. 4.890 per year. Thus! are
the Hues“ 'Jawett and Woodbs
pianos all very tav'crabiy known it
this city. if you are mutilated la the
pn ofapiano it wouldhsto
your ad to vlslt their store and
see the Spies id“ stock carried. All in-
strumotdamay he-gardhsssd on small
monthly Meats!
miss subsonic assertion
log—Now loxillioolt‘s and
Plots 7 lionsforrod to
Other Districts
A meeting of the board of school
visitors of the Town of Norwolk was
held this morning. at the slice of the
assessors in the town assembly hall
building. This was the third at:
at a regular in retina 07! the board.
the other two occast kg comm did
not appear at the Let: A quorum
of this board five members,
the entire board stating of nine
members. ‘-
A number oi mam calls up this
morning lngat the meeting. Among them
Was the "signalti f Miss Dresser.
7 assistant iii t. the Center
School it was that tho matter
ho left with the school visited
to Investigate and m at the neat
meeting
School Visitor stem moved that
the resignation be accepted and this
not being soccndod. Visitor Davis mov~
ed that the resignation be laid on the
table. This motion aloe went by with'
out being accepted ond a further dio-
constant of Miss Drssasr's resignation
took place.
Visitor Davis objected to the resig-
nation on the grounds that it would be
acting against precedent. He did not
think It right for a teacher to take a
position for a year and then and in
her resignation before the year was
completed. Mr. Glover thought that
7 In this case the resignation should be
accepted. A considerable discussion
on the subject occurred, after which
the action mentioned was taken.- It
was hoped that Miss Dresser can be
prevailed upon to stay as she is a very
competent teacher
Arthur C7 Whee‘ or was chosen secre-
tory of the board for the coming year.
At the first meeting of the board. heldc
after .the October election Abiathar
Blanchard was choose decorum“ but
so!
d lined cause moot madw
ram ‘1! a elmtion this
morning wait the mull.
tin-v1 . j Ian was received from
Mrs. Lewis Macro. wife‘ ct pastor
Moor7 oi the Norwalh Methodist
(the Mrs. Moors abj'otlted- highla-
nonll to moon'oaeuion' union. the
high school new in use at the high
schools of the- Norwalks. She stated
In her latter that she was very ranch"
inconvenienced and thoudtt that man!
other people felt as she does about tho
matter. -«
Principal Char‘oo A. Tucker of the
Center School. was in sttendanos- at
the rnestiut and his opinion was ask-.
one session plan. He
there was more available time
for work with a two was high school
than with ouo. The board did not care
to take- any action in the matter, and
it was laid on the table.
A number of parents were given per
mission to send their children to
schools in other districts than the ones
in which they reside.
the parents had recently moved into
other. districts than the ones in which
their ‘chtldson are attending school.
and.
Volts
the M use“ d 4110
would mm
tho'adoptioao of
boat was high? schools. Aldrich
WNW“ Harvey's
s Baylts permission to at-
cantor-56w: Laura Hyatt
the one am: School
Music we notice that 1:
mums-emotion
DJ‘hoso hooks are- isolated by Princi-
C. Foot. Charles A. Tucker and
“I...
ighani. - 7 :
do by
L and that Principal H.
Catnbart. of the East Norwalk schools.
had melted tho‘ ihoreass in salary
100. from 01.400 to 01. 500. voted at
joint meeting of the board ofd
col visitors and tho selections some
months ago. but that Princini Charloocoots.
A. Tucker oi the Center School. sad‘the
ncipai H. B Wighata. of the Over
er Schrtol, had not.
vdodthatthscommtttoosofthothros
bo-lanpcworod to morass
thtso'priacipalsmalarioa .7
s assures
~11!“me
Thsoo pupils are Herbert D Valiant clot
Mthroe MW led without
"3m
Supplementary must. to Thonis's M
7%”, “mulch!
The joint. meeting of the two boards .
Six toms l
in liasiotbal loogoo
Ioutb Nor-walk and Waliisgford Drop
Out—Applications hem Other
Teams Not Considered. *
Owing to the disagreement in the
American Basketball league. Walling
ford its-dropped out. Bouts days
ago the south Norwalk team which
was- owned by William Lush. the
art team. with! .li. Hoyt
this lace. announced that they won it
nrr‘on'dsr their franchise. it was
agreed last Monday. however. that the
week's schedule should be carried out.
Wallingford which baa won but on
nine this sauce. after a d poi
.ment 7 in not pinyin Now even
Thanksgiving Day. d dad to throw up
the sponge.
A meeting of the league was held
at Merl-ion. yesterday. and the Wal-
lin rd notice was received. infor-
ma applications for membership in
the league were received from New
Iandcu and Mystic. But to admit
these' teams would mean the length
doing of the circuit. and additional
expects for car fare. ad' the arrange-
ment. will its form clubs to" con
tires the circuit nnd fight for the cham-
pionship. Those slrtj are. Meriden.
Hartford. New 7en. -Brld gonost. being
Waterbury and New Britain. Thorn
is some talk of transferring the Hart;
ford team to Bristol
lhroofdd Memorial ..
litivoiiod and Dedicoioti
tJBlieV
impraiaalvo Corostouy Conducted by
.:. dotted
some. ltd bx
"Alumna-v was. -—A 7 77 j
which is a three-fold itsntoiiai‘
veiled and dedicated today in 8:3 Paul's
Church. Riverside. The window is
given by Lake A. inckwood. a well-
Popui
wife. when 7 7 “ " nit
also cummmde ‘6
wood. Baldwin. the deceased wlo
Dr. William P Baldwin a New Hsven
physician. and a daughter of Luke A.
Lockwood. The third person memor-
islised is Miss Theodora Gilmore.a
friend of the lackwood family.
The service. which was of a simple
character was conducted by the Rev.
Charles Boylston. rector of the
. in the presence or members of
the fomiliss and a number of friends.
Among those present were? ".Dr
-d-lo tout the Rev. F. Windsor Breth-
waits. rector of at. Andrew‘l. atoms
ford: the Rev. Innis French rector of
St Luke‘s. Newton. the Rev. Louis
N Booth. of midgoport. archdeacon jot
smell: °°“""‘ r“ Punt-7- on “W
pson rec or o w c
o‘ .:the minor ransom rig
Greenwich; the mono A. Marks,
BouudBeach andthollav. W. E Hook-
srof7 It Matthews. Wilton. ' ' -
The design of the window rebresents
the “oration of the Magi aid to cop»
lad-treat a famous painting. The cost
is said to be it. 000. -
7 MOVI. TO RI~OPIN ONT. .7 :
Moro Litigation in Coco Drought
Against insurance Coutpasy.
Comsei for Mary Mch who
was ncaouitrsd in her action against
the Metropolitan we insurance Com
my. Whichwaooutrialboforeajury
in the out common pleas court last
week. has moved to reopen the non-
hood
action was brought to recover
a pol cy held on the life of the77iate
W!“ In“ v“: N' 7 3t. .. J
... ..tn.
cause one
dons “hi mow. Ha
mat- 7'h'ad or been rejected by
swanky pinyin apptvtug for. tho 7 ‘
ha a matter of fact. '
success to o
ill! Walton her: not:
to the cry munsoi moved
for a m- -anlt on the ground that l‘sli
was dy insured In another oom-
panyi hadnctstatedoo. There.
Qllut as mt“ i
T'heicompanyhcagento thigh was the.“
action brought y e ’s are or. an.
JA
7{ street.
um Life lanai-sacs Co. This was
triad out ‘before the jury on Walnut-
day. diats la the afternoon. a omi-
returned in flavor of the
plain “to recover the“ $800 with
poneowdngtb isvsrdiitt. .1
tbsptoiptlif‘s counsel tiled the action .
in one m on u. 7 .
-. WW ' r 1 '.
DEATH or THOMAI IVANC.
hogan Evans. of last”!
I
0rd?
thinmcraiugntliaw
I.
wood. aoomavtaille ll. mover Ind
a ...“ .3: no. ‘
KI! It‘lllll' '
“PM“ "WWW-o
..Ooolidcl'lhle Mk- III been deval~
Tum" " '°""""°
of Best, revues-e.
timing. . Han or
Omitted It union 7;
that Another vnim "
to bo Kflod‘lllillltt k
.n urs contesoion to the pelted. .7
hi. who was captund I la . “
to Chicano. and. moon
had already been taken“D
lotto end during mojakt tow
Deln were ready to “get ti
known resident of: Riverside, and the War tilt.
Ray. Gaol-goo. D. pee. Mr and Mri. Chlflesl‘
tor of the Chit tl?’ ' Westport' avenuii. hi“ '
ties In New York, It hi to items for the marriage of th
Mary c. notables: ki'. m tar; Ittss Anna not gonna
8t. Jail! Hllh
{o'clock Tile Igor
star of the
hurch will 0 stabs.‘
7 sugar
motes submitted.
. I;
It: .
. '..7 l
a '7’ .
v'fioj >9:
CHICAGO. Nev. sap-Iron mouths;
murder was planned by the ear
murderers, Van *
ermsister. who w
day alter a despe
police in which one’
two policemen wonil'dod - . -
dent from the confusion 'of undo! l
trio Bosrki none
use: than
selected as the possible
ed mlt semaphores
pressed it
at You“ Norwalk
w“ Woduhtday mm.
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waste was-r
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