Mrs. Milly E. flailcol.
0t, Royall. fainted in the
hipster Court. While
testifying Regarding the
Death of list Daughter.
Mrs. Waterman
The trial of Dr. Hiram A. Wheeler.
of Denbury. on the charge of murder.
is progressing slowly in the Superior
court in Bridgeport. The court ad-
rned Thursday afternoon. in next
nesday morning. A great deal of ex-
pert testimony is-bsing introduced by
.both sides. and the trial of the case
may take two or three days longer.
There was an effecting scene in the
courtroom Friday afternoon. when
llrs. Mary I. Halleck. of Norwallt.
mother of Ira. ‘ Waterman. whose
death Dr. Wheeler is accused of hav-
ing caused, tainted under the strain oi
the examination she was undergoing on
the witness stand and was removed to
an ante-room where she mmained in a
state of collapse for sometime. it was
more than two hours before she was
able to return to the court room and
resume the ordeal.
it. is very evident from the line ot
cross-examination followed on Thurs-
day that the detenae hopes to be able
to convince the Jury that the woman's
injuries were self-inflicted. Dr, Sun-
. derland. during his rumination on
Thursday testified that Mrs. Water-
man, early in her illness. made such
use salon to him.
» fidullort. Telegram in its sc-
22%;?! the proceedings of Thursday
‘ Mrs. vl‘leileck‘s illness Dr.
,’Brown. of Danbury. was. placed upon
the stand..tsstiiying as an expert in
medical. sur ,lscipnce. His tes-
. timony ,u , enrby the third
.‘crossreae'mlne on. . . .
He asked permission to change a
statementvmada to his testimony o
the day before, relative to certain tn-
jnries to the organ-tissues in the case
of Mrs. Wei-”NW. I! the injuries
were is , Item the position
to which “trials ltestified to the day
on per-
cHiLnstli“ ascent» reassure.
Scholars "of St. em Sunday school
, Remembered Last Night.
The exorcism oi the scholars of St.
Peter's German worm Church were
held night. at the church. in North
Main s ‘ . Theresa. a large attend-
ance. and the tree, handsomely decor-
ated and laden with gifts. was the
reenter of attrecdohifilr the mus ones.
recitations by the scholars. all of whom
creditaldy on. thaiteachers.
There was sieoitpeciai music by a
double quartette composing the bath
les' Choir of the German Lutheran
Church. in Stamttjgd. and this received
‘ very favorable comments. Martha Rie~
rweeths dlr .
‘of Mrs. Frances H
(imminent and figs. Louisa Meimo.‘
one go.
, M
u...» "av-n.“
moo er negatives.
A natures h. umm‘knflf‘u ” ,
mac. ts will!“ W
C
The pastor, Rev. sir. Kretsmau. of
Stamford. made the opening address.
and there were exercises of music and
did renttrkabiyweii. and reflected most
""‘Thsfieot’bmitts'sahsving the Christ-
mas exercises in oh so was composed
ea. hire. Adam
Miles sum.
.msnt to this nut-her crumb poor
. children. ' Through the klnmtessi i
, the Over River School District“, ' -'
\ ‘ _ .-.
lo Visit Slasher (inruhg
Weather Was So stormy Yesterday
Morning That his Norwalk Veer
ssl Would Venture Out.
The work of preparing the steamer
lirsstus Corning for hosting continued
Sunday and today. and good progress
is being made. The cargo has been
removed from the steamer and pieces
on board lighters. Work has also com-
menced patching up the big hole in the
steemer's starboard side. where one 0i
feared that there is another hole in
the bottom of the steamer. now. owing
to a large rock which has been dis-
covered on her port side smidshi s.
This will add to the dimrnlty of re a-
ing and floating the steamer.
the weather is clear; and seems to
New York and placed in dry dock.
that she could be saved at all.
Claims to Have Seen Sadly injured.
pert. next month.
Mr. McClenuahen.
to 3750. suing for 81.000. «
accident.
till. >
CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS Tall.
.rmy‘vcung emit use. Hlppy Lest
Satu ‘
rday.
they genie Christmas trssiaau
tea the cm was held iii Over
schooinand there. in the large
garish room. from Ito Jlrtbo last
ms in... sears do
some accurate. cons." scum
Eagles Aerie
IS instituted .......‘:.:::..
State new Mar- nasal:
till J. flay Brings New Started from the
the big rocks stuck through her. - it is
fratalnd 10er Into [x- milltr‘hl‘lttl’.“ -‘
Yesterday a number of insurance
men f in New York visited South Nor.
walk r the purpose of inspecting the
Corning. Tiny tried to get a9 t to
go out in. but were unsucceestu in
the morning. owing to the bad weather.
The Coming is visible from the
Washington street drawbridge when
The new Norwalk Aerie of Eagles 9d the launch.
was instituted lutmight with impres- to get ashore in safety.
sive cenmoaiss. at backwoods Hell. ' '
in the presence *0! MI “mum“ °‘ father “W103" "5‘ Mass
Eagles from Bridgeport. New Haven
and Stamford. it was estimated that weara‘od a' s" Mdl‘y’s
somewhat higher in the water than she
axes. it is probable that when the
holes in the steemer'e bottom are
patched up so as to allow of hosting
her at all. that she will be beached in
some sheltered spot and temporary re-
pairs made. so that she can be taken to
there were about 800 members of the
order in the ball during the evening.
The Norwsik IAgile. véig'tch gill ild‘mt
be given a num y te res an ,
MIND J. 0],".‘0‘. N" HSVSD. '” - - h". Chum”, m ”‘fll‘lm
brought into existence last evening
with silty-live members. but there are
many other candidates who will be
initiated very shortly.
The weather so far. has been calm.
and it is not believed that she has suf-
fered very much from it. but should a
heavy storm set in it is not believed
over by State President Grey. who was
ably assisted by Grand Trustee Hem-y
is. Norris. of New item
There was ‘a great deal of enthusiasm
apparent and the evening proved a
1 . spirit of “Pesos on Earth Will
very ehioyabie one for the urge com to Men.” The w m at the choir. 'P'
drr direction of Prof. Edward 1". Hands.
be made members of the order that of W“ “’30" ”“91““ “On- Th"
course it was impossible to work the
degree on each candidate. instead two ,
memben- were pick“ out .nd In“; OOIOCk Ill... term“ hlldron’l "III.
The interest of the day, however. can-
tered in the celebration of the solemn
High ideas by the Rev. John J. Clune.
at 10:80 a. rm" lithol- Clone was or-
, g , at Allegheny.
N. Y.. on December 10th. by Bishop Coi-
Thia was Father
The steamer Glen island. whose
place the Coming took last week. is to
be returned to the Long island Sound
route. and will make her first trip from
New Haven to New York city tonight.
WANl’S DAMAGES FOR DOG IITI.
Mrs. lugsnis Cross, of New Canaan.
puny in attendance.
There being so many candidates to
Papers were served Saturday in a
suit brought by Antonio and Eugenia
Gross. husband and wife. of New Oa-
naan, against‘ William McClennahau.
of the same town. asking for $1,qu
damages. The case is returnable to
the court of common pleas at Bridge
through the ordeal in the presence or
the others, who had merely taken the
Judging from the round after round _ .
of laughter. the degree work is en deinsd ‘0 the MM
trgmleily humorotuz. ‘b‘edgi there is not
a u moment in on pg to end . .
The members who took their medl- Gian-‘- flrst nasal“ li- vu "listed
by Rev. James H. O'Donnell. the rec-
tor of St. Mary's. and Rev. John 0. Po
'this is an action. to recover dem-
ages b Mrs. Gross from a large brin-
cine wer r H. Allen and Jose h
die bul dog or bloodhound owned by o 0W 80 p
G. Murray. who made excellent com , _
didatas for the ceremonies. and want 301?. the young slid, Ibis curate.
through in beautiful style, according
to all of the llagles.
The complaint states that on Decem-
ber 9 Mrs. Gross was walking .in the
street at Smith a Ridge. where the lic-
Clennuhans reside. when the dog rush-
ed out of the yard. attacked her. knocli~
lng her down and seriously biting her
on the right arm. the right shoulder
- and the right side. , She was consider-
ably lacerated and bruised bribe st~
tack of the dog and iso suflered greet
iy' from shock. Sh was furthermore
compiled to expand a large sum- for
the care of a physician and was laid
up for six weeks as a result of it. She
values her consequent loss of work at
360 and altogether claims damages
extremely pleased with the manner
with which they had been ushered into
the precinct; of lag sdo .
The degree work
WP
POW]! v
Aerie. and was composed of C
Ch rise, Potter. Charles Dillon. Fred-
eri lt' Murray. Patrick Ryan. Frederick
Hagar. Josoph' Hogan and James
At the conclusion of the ceremonies.
The papers in the case were served
by Deputy Sherlfl Scullsy on hir. Mc-
Clenuahsh. who claims that it was an ~.—,
New C ‘ is quite excited over the
case. The" lennshans have four
dogs; three of w...ch have the repute-
tion of being quite ugly. One is the
dog in question. another is a St. Ber
nerd. another a Scotch terrier end the
good-natured one is a spaniel. . Hr.
McClennahan claims that he left 'or-
tiers to keep tho‘dogs chat ed up on
the day in question. The og‘whicii
cutised the trouble ls said to have brokr
on its chain. Judge Joseph R Taylor.
of this city. is counsel for the plain-
Worthy President—Bernard J. Roy-
rseg .
Chaplain—~Wesiey M. Nibiock.
Secretary—John E. Wood.
Treasurer—Joseph Lambert.
Conductor—Joseph Murray:
inside Guard—~Edward Mar-ran.
Outside Guard—Charles .l. Csifrey.
Trustees—James P. Hanlon.
Silcoa and E. F. Duffy.
John
These new oillcers will be installed
l
When oillccrs’ had been chosen, an
adjournment was taken and a lunch connected With Bl-‘Mary‘s parish-
Father Cluna will shortly leave for
the northern part of Iowa; there to be
gin his labors. While his friends re
gret he is not nearer home. their prey
era and well wishes will follow him in
The Past Worthy President George
J. Gibbons, who has been very instru-
mental in the institution of the lodge,
is reserving a-greet amount of credit
,for the persistent work he has done his sacred calling.
in .mnsction with the new eerie.
were conveyed to and -
by special trol-
Tha members of Doorkeepors' Circle.
King's Daughters. of the Nos-walk Con-
gregational church. made fifty young
hearts happy Saturday afternoon: on
. visitors ,
from this“ list night
Home
New landed tomorrow event
st‘i‘t’i‘ite a :‘ew ”F.""jfich
a w .emebershp ._.
. * , ‘daythhvvlllso
Grace Adams led there in, gamesrend altar-econ ‘1
M the children had the.
hash”
two series
, use
I“ .
w s
Wt".
harbor
.[
l
4
l
s Launch Doris Storm.
watchmen
at Shedleld-on- ' together
with two gentle -
lathe harbor
squall. They
during the heavy .
d in a launch
kept there for
in great danger of dri ing out i to the
islet“ .illtli'd. With Sixty 30““, “Wu‘imm lble fort emto
mend the shaft. so (a to propel the
five _, Millllbfl'S—Officel's boat and they were cempelled to pad-
dle slowly ashore wi h a single oer.
After getting about they wanted of
the bad weather-and sing thoroughly
wet they succeeded in making Dorlon's
Point. where they Tut ashore and moor-
hey were very glad
Day ”drill”... -
ton. of Buffalo.
tusry. Evargreen
era were artistically arranged.
2
.‘ )go to
who 1;; "III LIVV'I IIRTHDAV PARTY.
Many Friends Present and e Pleasant
Tints l-led Iy All.
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. DEC. sS. I903.
Large Attendance [It tho’Sst-vlese of
,Apropoa of tho joyous Christmas
tide. ta: usual exiting!“ stinging;
- upon e great , wore a rat
Last nights session was presided in St. “'W'WJié'; ”‘2'” “d
..ert~mony. e_ ass was
sung at 5:80 a. ml. by Rout John c. To
xerty. .The large Mos at this
early hour. spoke well (almond
mass as followed b the usual low
mass a it o’clock. and. tar by the 8:80
Father Clune was a Nor-walk boy. His
Members or friends. and they are legion, turned
the new lodge expressed themselves as 01"- OMDIIIO ‘0 HIM It M! M
mess. and in turn received the young
priest's blessing at the close of the
. service. The sermon of the day was
formed by reached by Father O'Donnell. His
the gm 1.“. .g the Now an". thorns..f‘The Priesthood." was-a u-
iii'nl. a sublime mptrayel “of‘ih life
apart from the world; a. Aea padplt‘nn’
star for depth and polish. Father
O'Donnell is well known: and as an
author of religious subjects. his "Stud-
llestin the New Testament." “Liturgy
forthe Lait ." “History of the Dio
which began about 0 o’elock,eud were ese of’Ha 0rd,” “Jesus Christ I
concluded about midnight, the Nor-
walk Aerie elected their new omcers.
The following selections were made:
Past Worthy President—George
Scriptural Study." are not odly well
known. but a valuable addition to ev-
ery Catholic library. At the mass, the
specialChristmea music was sung. the
solos excellently. by the Misses Singa-
line. Harrigan. Brennan and Millard.
holds. and Edward Cshill. Despite the rain.
Worthy Viclc-Presldeul-v-Jsmsd it. ‘he church "I filled: ‘- “
Thanks are due to the Sisters of Mer-
cy, and the young ladies of the parish
for the decorations of altars and sanc-
. the ever beautiful
holly. with potted plants. and cut ilow-
Father Clune is a son of Mrs. Maria
Ciune. of Holden avenue. one of Norr
waik’s best known and most respected
Aerie Physician—Dr. R. M. Wolfe. residents. Hi! brother, Dr. '1‘. 1"-
Clune. the dentist. is a member of the
Catholic Club, the K. of 0., and the
several other organizations for men
Holidu matings in the form of
stuns-cards. were distributed in
St. Mary's last week Sunday. with com-
pliments of Rev. Father O’Donnell.
p‘shirthdev‘serlrwunnsstthe
house of illss Steele Levy, m Wash-
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rue woods av'e mitt wiaef’aii‘o cull cirrhosesaros. 1‘
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BusinessMan
Passes Away
George E. Miler for
Many Years Secretary and
treasurer of the Notwaik
Savings Society—Many
other Deaths in this Vicin
ity
George Edwards Miller. one of Nor-
wallt's best known and representative
men, died last evening. at his home in
High street. quite suddenly. death he-
.ng due to heart trouble. Mr. Miller
had been under the care of a physician
“If quite a long time. and though in
railing health. it was not thought that
the and was so near.
Ifr. Miller. who was secretary and
treasurer of the Norwalk Savings So—
ciety. was about town throughout last
week and came down to business.
Yesterday morning he was taken
with a sinking attack. but. rallied con-
siderably. Later i the day however.
the disease took a rmsr hold on him.
and he was unable to rally. passing
away last evening about 1 o'clock.. A.
Mr. Hiller. who was known as a well-
postsd and excellent business man. was
highly respected by a large circle of
friends, who received the news of his
death this morning with the deepest
expression of regret.
in audition to his connection ith
the Norwalk Savings Society. hfr. ii-
ler was treasurer of the Norwslk Club
Company. and was a highly respected
somber of the Norwalk Congregational
Church.
Besides his wife. Mr. Miller is survlv
ed by a son. Charles hi. Hitler and
daughter. Miss Sadie Miller.
Mr. Hillsr, who was sixty-live years
of ago, was born in Weatheld. Inn
out when quite a young men removed
to Norwslk, where he has been engag-
sd in the banking buhiness for many
years. He had been secreta:y and
.ressurer of the Norwalk Savings So-
ciety since 1810.
The funeral will be held from th-
i'llhlly residence. Wednesday after-
noon. at 2 o'clock. The Rev. George
D. Egbert. pastor of the Norwalk Con-
gregational Church. will olllciste.
w-..—
also snail awesome reari-
, .1 pvan.‘ ‘
Mrs. lvelyn Virginia lsbcsek Passed
Away ‘in Vilnnipauk.
Mrs. Evelyn Virginie Bannock, wife
of Orrin E. Baboock, died very sudden-
ly. Saturday night. hire. Babcock
had been to a Christmas tree festival
at the Winnipauk Mission Sunday
school and while returning, fell uncon-
scious in front of the Butterworth sum-
mer residence.
One of the children went into the
house for assistance and the caretak-
ers came out and» took her into the
house. where she expired in a very few
moments. Death was due to heart
trouble. Dr. S. H. Huntington was
summoned, but though he arrived in
a very short time, she was past earthly
assistance. ‘
Mrs. Babcock. who was thirty-live
years of age, is survived by a husband
and live children.
The great aifliction comes as a very
great blow to the family. ’
The funeral will be held from the
family home in Winnipauk, Wednes~
day morning at 11 o'clock.
J OIiTUARY NOTES.
SARAH ANN PECK.
At Waterbury. Connecticut, on the
25th day of December. died Sarah Ann
Peck, widow of Ass c. Peck. and
youngest daughter of'ths lets Deacon
Charles lackwoc‘d‘ of Norwelk. A
native of this city. and a former mem-‘
ber of the Couarositional Church hers.
and afterward home M. Di'. Jolepll'
Anderson's theta. fajWeterbnry. she
leaves a large‘oirtliexof friends. Her
last visit here a mouth-ego with. her
niece, In. mouse '0. Delta, gavh‘evi-
dance of failing health. and a consults
tins of physicians disclosed a mortal
disease. She is survived by an only
son. I‘rank b. Peek, at Waterbury.
The funeral occurs today, from her
. late rsedsace at Waterbury.
B may it. mesons «
anry H. Nichols. cva' ' . w
“ Norwalh‘. t
well known”:
homo
“.l
interment was inNorweil . '
FUNERAL or lilo W
The funeral of It. 0M
born will be held tomorrow afternoon
at I o'clock. at the family home in
West avenue. The interment will be
at the convenience of the family.
FRANK H. JOHNSON.
The remains of Frank H. Johnson.
who died last wsek at the Soldiers'
Home. Noroton. were taken to New
Haven for interment. Saturday after-
noon. '
HRS. oARAH ll. REYNOLDS.
Mrs. Sarah iii. Reynolds. widow of
Samuel lit. Reynolds. died Friday at
her home in The Farms. Stamford. She
was eighty-one years old.
iluwayion free library
All Interested Are invited to Attend the
Affair in Crow’s Hall. This
loaning.
An informal reception will open the '
new Rowayton free library and reading
room. This reception will.take place
this evening from 7:80 to S o‘clock. in
the library under Crew's Hell. '
All persons of fourteen years of age
or older are cordially invited to attend.
whether they are residents ofohoway-
ton or friends to the work living also-
whers. The room is so small that it
is necessary to ask the chiidton to
wait and come Tuesday afternoon to
see the library. The library is free to
all rmanant residents over Maps
of e ght. Socks will begivsdyut-oh
and after Tuesdsi.'Decembevl as. to,
all those, who return their ,gpplioatiou
blanks properly signed. The room will
be opened every day from d to. and ‘l
to dzth p. m.. except Sundays and the
last Friday evening in each month. ‘
‘ lies Jennie Scot the librarian. will
be present this ev ing and will give
out application blanks. As thevnum-
bar 0 books is limited, onl one card
for adults undone for iuven lea can be
given to one household. As the num-
ber of books increase the num at»
cards will also. On tksilaet. ,day
evening of eschyhtonth there is to be
given some sort of entertainment. the
program for the couraeof six to be pub
tlshed shortly. The library will be
..o.:ed on New .eer's.
COWS BOLD AT SIGN POST.
Gherles Bette Purchased Mr. fllbela’s
Animals.
Norwalk witnessed the following out
of a very old custom Saturday after-
noon, when two cows, owned by a Win-
nipauk man named Hibale. woman“ a:
the public sign post near the junction
.. m... street and Beiden avenue. The
sale was made b Oihcer Thoma: ""nt
who disposed o the animals to Char-
.es Bette [or $68.
The sale was the result of the car-
rying out of an executionof ludgmont
against Hibale. secured in the courts
by another Winninauk man named.
Sito. who sued Hibale. for money he.
had loaned him. .
The scene at the sign post was quite
an odd one and amused considerable
comment. . .
——3 cans extra fancy Tomatoes 36c.
United Grocery Co.; 20 _.North lain
street.
THE HOLY INFANT OANTATA.
Sung in the South Norwaik Gangrene.
tlonel Church Last Night.
Frederic Field Buliard's cantata "The
Holy infant." was rendered in the
South Norweik Congregational Church.
last night, a large congregation being
present. The production. which has
been heretofore outlined in The Seth
tinel. was under the direction of Her-
bert D. Hodgson. musical director and
organist. and was finely presented in
every respect. The quartstte is com-
posed. of Miss Anna Frances Treat, so-
prano; Mrs. Amy WoodeSlms. contral~
to; Edmund in. Crow‘s. tenor. and
tar H. Benedict, besso. The solo and
quartette numbers were exquisitely
sung, and the artists received ' many ,
compliments. .
MARRIID SIXTIIN VIA“
Eugene Schmid, tonsorial .ertlst at
Mrs. Schmid. celebrated the=six17smitk ‘
anniversary of their marriage: Satan»
day. Mr. and lrs.‘8climld wens-m, . , r
ried in South .Norwalk. 'and “air. i‘
Schmid stated Saturday morning‘that .
there was a snow storm sixteen you!
ego Saturday night similar in sevdflty
to the one raging last Saturday.
—NO‘l’lCl. ‘ .
lthavingcomolnourattefition that.
Wmmflwmyfonthe {this
a“ v . ,5; "M . = r .1
necessary um three'wseks m.
sunny KARDOS.
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sum
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wnflmu
, ,.sssrsss.‘r.o.fi~~sss stag. .
4/“
Benton Will H
Trinity Epinopelwchl ..
night. the occasion W, .
sermon deliveredtn Old
No. 108. Free and
Rev. Romilly F.
lodge. and pest grand
Masonic Order of ‘tld .
sixty members of the? led
out. occupying seats
church. The soul
animosity in -
cuter}l lyw ri .
S.‘ I .- »
deduagd ”lat“ '
to fraternal ‘- . ‘
phrios stated that h_ '
churchmen were opposed
He. however. , .
and considered that-such)
properly conducted, were A
great good and were an
, he decorations of
unustiaily, handsome this year - .
I .
sr oases cit"
Members or at. am Laugh
Sermon by Rector Wm
A delegation of about a‘ " .
of St. John's Lodge. A. l'.‘ . d1
of Norweik. attended
Rev. James Boston‘sWsr'por m
a special sermon on M ,
caaion being St. John's ' .
The rector took for ,
thew, a, 16th vanes: “not your‘ ~
shine before man. that th ,
y0ur good works. , ‘ ’ ’
titer. which is in
der means so much or
sons. however. follow ,
ings of the Bible. in ~
do_ their good deeds
! .2
morclal religioii.
is becoming a failure“,
religion is accomplishing
e.
The members of’
seats in the pews on“. ,
center aisle of_the c ‘
Previous to the ' ‘
at the led re room ‘5
building, Walt at
the place of-worsm
‘ 'l‘hmmusic; which
order; was e'ucei
snrpliced choir,
The Rev. Alexan .
ted in the service. .49
—: cans Mechelle“
- note in suit all. t
- let‘nhils you are
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