- 111111
U3;U N
go WASHINGTON ST..
1. ..».-
F. D. LYON 111 C0.
are
SOLE AGENTS
for
W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES
$5. 00 and $5.50.
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
W
GRAND LODGE 0F MASONS.
Brand Officers Appointed at Today's
Adjourned 'Seuion.
HARTFORD Jan. 21. ~Tbe annual
session of the 111 and Lodge oi Masons
‘waii resound this fort-noon when r-e
port» of committees Were read and
Items of unfinished business acted tip-‘
on. The list of appoiiitlw graitd otll
cars was announced as follows by the
grand master:
ChlplflllP-Rt‘v Alfred l‘oole (‘rint'
New London
FAaaiatant Chaplains—Reva William
F..Engllsh Ealt. Windsor; George \V.
nvenport.1)anbttr,1:Jobii F. Plumb.
aw Milford:‘11a1ris E. Stair. Mans-
field; E. C Ach ison. Mlddiet tow;n 11‘.
D. Buckley, Waterlown: Andrew .1. Me
Lend. Central Village.
Marshal—Fun] A .Veiplttntk Mati-
cheltoit. 1.
Sena or. Steward—-Ilaiitloipli 11. (‘1111p-
man aterbury.
, Junior Stew1ti'd——-.ltisticu iloiden,
Norwich.
Tyler—John Mc(‘ urlhy New Haven
District Deputies—(1m the order of
the districts)-—-J. K. Lawrence, Stam-
ford; B. E Bostwick Now
Wilbur W. Cooper. Winsted;1)avi.l 11.1
The Grand Lodge then adjourned.
HARTFORD. .lnn. 21.—'1‘11e annual
' meeting of the Masonic Charity l-‘ouiid—
aiion was held at Masonic Hall, today.
President 1.111111 A. Lockwood presid-
ed.
Superintendent .ioliii 0. Rowland. of
the Wallingford Home, I)I't’.‘1t,‘lllt‘(l 111s
report. in parts as follows.
,The affairs of the home have been
managed on the spine plan as 111 I'orinci'
years, The special improvement made
the past year has been the enlargement
of, the smoking room and making it
suitable place for the library.
The improvements on the farm have.
been of 11 general nature to lill'l‘t 111.1 its
products.
The present number of members at
the Home is. adult males, forty: tiiitiit
females. twenty two: boys. 1. Total. 118.
Averagttag1-.72.'1'lie amount of cash
received anti disbursed from Decem-
,' her 20, 190‘.’ to Dt‘l'. 111. 111113, is as fol-
., lows.
. (lash received from treasurer. $7,501);
111 bands of superintendent. last report,
$396.02. ’l‘otal,$7,8911.112. 'l‘lie dis-Intrac-
, menis were $1,231.11. (‘11in in bands
of superintendent. 311111.91. Received
from rent and sale of farm produce
and sundry items, 11nd paid to John H.
Barlow. secretary, $655.93.
in conclusion the superintrndcnt
said: “It has been the desire of the su-
perintendent to co-operato with the
Board of Managers to make» ttr home
Board of Managers to make our home
every sense of the word as distinguish-
. ed frotii an institution, and it will be,
his pleasure to welcome visitors at all
times."
' The report of Secretary John 11. liar-
low showed that 1111: total receipts dur-
, ing the year were 83.271151, The fol-
'1lowing honorary life menibt 1's have
died during the year:
Past Grand Master W. W. Lee,
, Mariden; Levi E. L‘oe. of Meritleii: ii.
Hangerford Drake oi Winsted anti
1113b two life members. Thomas 1111;111-
.ker. of Mystic and David 1' Mills of
$25 217. 88 '1.111 payments 11011-2111
of
BEE-81n F1111 111:
was
{I you hm'tB annular. healthy moment of tho
on "outlay. on'ro inorwil illibe. Keep your
bowl. 0 n. and a well. Pot-co in tho I f
«aunt {‘1:-313111 pol-011331.33 doing. 3 a; 1;
a moot no way 0 u 11
Elm.“ 01m and clean is to to“ p '
, EAT 'Ifl LIKE OANDY
Mam. Paint-biow hunt. Tut. Good Do
Do“. lime alcfin. Wonk.- or Gripe; 10.16 and
pot box. rlto for the sample. and 1130::-
Maintain
E!” 111111 “111111 111111
Stuart)" our.
1 Al thin will be our last month here,
in an inoriflcing and slaughtering
grin mum than ever as all the goods
after February 10111 will be ship-
tutti. Stamford Auction Rooms
3.111 at auction.
mm cotton and twill Umbrellas at
Sloan
00 Gloria Silk Umbrellas at 68c
- ”stratum price 82.00.
, 111111 Umbrellas. close roll silk
Vita Paragon frame. stilt tassell,
W and patten rlmer natural
- m. Ind silver tips only 88c,
3.30000. Some 85.00 tun
31.98. regular
at 83.98. All
00-111le glasses at 35c
no don. Popper and
310 cheapest store
iii-uses 81...’1‘1111ciiih 111 savings
11111111.$11.125.8.i Hulunte, 111in 111-11-111-
bet' 211‘. 111113. 31111101
SUES BANK FOR $20,000.
Asks Alto Injunction Preventing Col-
lection of Notes.
11 may be 1111 very trite that the way
111' the ti'ansgreaaor is har.d 11111 the
toad which that indlvldttnl travels in
oftentimes not nearly so thorny and
.1111 kv as the highway often wearily
ttrod by those unfortunates who pttt
tlicii' 11'1th in the integrity and their
money into the hands of the delinquent.
Such is the opinion of that 11.11 E. Joiltf
. of Fait'.fleld who has been forced to 111
stitutc suit in the civil superior couit
' to rccovcr two notes and some 817,000
deposited with Oliver T. Sherwood, as
,caahler of the Southport National bank,
for safe keeping. 81111 is against the
batik and Ellis S. Popper. 1111 receiver.
The first of the notes which it is
sought to recover, is tinted July 17.
1895. and in it Maria .1. Hot-1's promises
to pay $100 to Francis Jelill’ or order
with interest. The second note is frotn
Milfoid; 1 the. same maker for the same amount
and is dated March 31.18911. Mr. Jcliff.
Ailing. New Haven; William E limiter. 1 to whose ordei the notes Were made
Southlngton; . Edgar H. Pai'kcmaii. payable. died on .ltily 26, 111911, and the
'l‘hompsoiiviile: Wilbur S. Conistock. present plaintiff in the action. Charles
East Haven: John N. Lewis. Voltin-f E. Jcliil', and Juliet .iclil‘i were exc
town: Frank H.‘ 'l‘illinghasi. Plain-l cutoi's of his will. Juliet .lcliff has
field. since died, and Charles E. .lcliff is now
the sole executor.
lie complains that 111 good faith the
notes were deposited 111 the bandit of
Oliver T. Sherwood. for safe keeping.
As executor of tiie estate be last
August. went to Mr. Pepper, as receiv-
er of the Soutbport National bank. and
explained the situation to hint. demand-
ing the possession of the notes, which
were still 111 the bank vault. An cit-
ever showed that they had been en-
dorsed over to the bank by the cashier.
Uiircr T, Sherwood. the endorsement
purporting to have been that of the
estate of the late Francis Jellff.
The executor absolutely deities that
there was atiy such endorsement made
by the estate. and he claims titat the
notes still belong to the estate. As
such a fact does not appear on tho
iitoes. the receiver of the bank has
threatened to title the maker. Marla J.
Beers. or Mr, Jeliif, as executor of the
Jeliff estate, atid to collect the amount
title, 011 both «Inctttueuls.
There is 11 further claim which lhe
exet ntor makes against the batik.11o
says that betwccn Augustin. 1891i and
January 20 1903 there was deposited
111 the Southport National bank to the
credit of the estate of the late Francis
.Ieliff. the sum of $17,031.96. The sum
has never been returned bv the bank.
and it is still due the estate. In addi-
tloii to possession of lhc two notes. he
asks for the sum of money deposited
iii the batik. the estate being' a creditor
to that amount. The claim for the
deposit and the notes was presented to
the receiver, Mr Pepper on August
.31 .1903 anti was disallowed on Octo
11‘!“ .1
Mi. .lelli'l' asks of the superior court.
ati Injunction restraining the receiver.
his servants 01 agents from bringing
any suit with intent to enforce the col-
ieciion of the two notes clIlier against
the maker or against him. He asks
that the court issue an order directing
that the notes be restored to him. all
executor of the estate of thctir proper
owner. and also that the court give a
judgment against the bank for $20. 000
damages. because of the deposit which
is witlield. The suit is brought through
Attorneys Davenport & Banks and is
returnable to the February term of the.
civil superior court
MARRIAGES 1N DECEMBER.
V
There Were Nine. and Forty Births
and Twenty Deaths.
During the montlt of December there
were forty births in the Town of Nor-
walk thirty deaths and nine marriages.
The marriages were the following:
Dec. 2—Williiam M Apperspn and
Miss Clara P. Van I‘loren
Dec. 3-Thomas (lormley and
Estella E Roxie.
Dec. 5——Stephen Kiss and Miss Julia.
S. Zentpetory.
Dec. 7—Walter P. Selleck and Miss
NellleT. Silir
Dec. 9—Arthur St. John Hill and Miss
Anna 8. Rider
Dec. iii—John B Hubbell and Miss
Mary F. Donovan.
Dec. zit—Homer 1. Clark and Miss
Mary E. Eigner.
Doc. Zo—Clarencc M. 80111011 and Miss
Mary Gilbert.
Dec. “ZS—George. l-‘01 st and Miss Lucy
Jackson.
Miss
SNOW FALLING IN SYRACUSE.
SYRACUSE. N. ‘1., Jan. 21.-—Ai~
though snow fell all last night. no
trains were stalled on the roads in
this vicinity. and today passenger traf-
fic was mounted on all steam lines. The
ruburban. linen, except the Auburn and
Syracuse are opened up. The latter
company expects to get throng today.
Trains on all steamlineo a late.
Snow is falling steadily bttt there is
little wind
STEAMER— ITARIN TOWED WEST.
HEDGEPORT. Jan. 21 .—A tug took
the lteamer .1an 1-1. Stat-in In tow
this noon and started with her for New
loaded.
-‘—————J—.-—__.
POSTMAOTEH 'AT DA
WASHINGTON Jun. ll.
011v. ’
amination oi the. two doottmcnts, how- '
Haven. where the cargo will be on-
ITB COMMERCIAL AGENTS
Announcement Made by the New York
New Haven A Hartford.
li‘l‘l’llllll agents of the New York.
New Haven & Hartford road have been
directed to correspond direct with A
ll. Walmsly, commercial agent at 1111f-
fiilo, N. 1'.. regarding traffic which may
be controlled 111 Buffalo, (.‘Iovoland.
l'lttsburg 111111 surrounding territory. 1111
cliidlng Canadian points: and with (i
E. littatis. general western agent at.
Chicago, concerning tritilic controlled
west of Sluvclnnd. R. N. Bmlth,,for-
elgn freight agent. in Boston, will ro
celve correspondence regarding export
tt'uilic through Boston. also grain, etc..
from Western points handled on ac-
count oi firms with office in the Boston
t‘liatnber11ft.‘ommeree ’l‘, 11. liynt-lt.
general I'dltlll‘ln freight agent, t-louili
t-Ituliou, llllNlilll, has charge of the cor-
it'nti‘lt' to or front Boston
’1‘ lie 1".111111: list of 1"‘Ulllllll'it 1111 111:1 no.
bitiuileii: i. Ii.N11keiaon Bridgeport:
it. 11. Ackley. Fall River, Mus;
Carter. l<‘ltcbbui'g. Mass; .1. A. , .. - 1 1.
1-‘1shkiii Landing, N. Y.: (‘. (1. Fisher.
Hartford; 11. M. Hoffman, Ilolyoke.
1111111111.: ,1}. W, Miller, how-11. 11111811.: 1C.
‘4. .ltttiti. New lietii’ord, Mitt-111.; W. 11‘.
Morgan, New Haven; G. M. Citatiln
New London: 11. M. Gilchrist, Noi-
wit-b; t‘ 1’. Van Alsyiie. Pittsilcld.
Mass; .1, ll, Barrett, Providence. R.
1:11. 1.. Woodward, Springfield.
Mass: M. ..i l.1-ar,1,Wai.orbury; Ii.
(ui'mithaei Wot'teatct'. Mass.
ANNEXATION OF PAN.AMA
PARIS. .lan. 21.--—’i‘bc bill introduc-
ed in the United States Senate yaw-1'-
day by Mr. Morgan, of Alabama. pio-
1'idlng for the annexation of Panama
its a weapon by the French til)|)Oll"ll'H
111 the ti'anstir oi' the Cuua! toncis
slob. M. (leotgcs Thieliiiuti this litter-
noon billeiiy assailed 11111-1 mow-1111111
He said the Muigan pioposltion '1'11s
only another step 111 the dirt-ttion of
arbitrary exproptiation and tioliitiovi
of intctuational 111113111111 the lights ef'
people by the 1' tilted Slates lie 11111
cd: ‘lf Columbia is not as e'iiei'gclc
1111 was Venezuela she will not 111111
of Central and South America wtll 9111
lie by little he absoi'betl.‘ M.
biitid advises Colombia to go to war.
CRANBURY.
\\'. (iii-got) 1.11 111 with 1111-
.\ii'.~. 1".
.- lliiis
\ 'dunt'e war lll'lll iii “11111111111 1]
1.1111111- 111111, on \thnt «111,1 tic-111111.;
Mrs. Frank Iiiiilt'c will 1.11111 go to the
Noi'wallt Hospital. for an operation.
injoyed by the young people llt'it', til
the present “1111'.
'i‘ht
teiitThi 1111- incl-ling of the Nuiwlllk
'l‘ewn T1111 bcrs Association. in 111111'111
111' school, and heard the 11111111111 of
Principal (body, of ilttt'tfoi'd,o'11“1lii<-
toi'y.“
. Sale
()111' store WM:
, sov's suns AT
-
limtar
respondent-e 111 regard to other through :
W. .13. '
A.’
i
to the United States. is being 1111111111 '
lose her cause, but, all the weak 141111111 ,
'l'llit'- .
Excellent roasting and skating are:
11-:lt'lll‘ls 11f the day 111111111 1111'
Continues.
crondi-d n‘alin'tlay with 111111-13 eagrr to lake 11111
vantage of the great inventory reductions. Our :1 specials are nit-11's line
cashmere suits at the unheard of price of
1 $5-
$1.
BOVIS OVERCOATS, ALL WOOL. SIZES 8 T015.
$1.98. ' :
grades 111 pflt'es accordingly.
Gotflieb,
u“-....——._.~ .. ..
FOR EXTENSION OF TROLLEV.
Company Asked to Construct a New
Loop-
A petition for extension of the
Stamford street railway was sent to the
company. 111111 week. over the
llIi‘l'ri of 111'. A. N. Phillips and eighty
tivo other residents of (lienbrooli. '1‘1111
petitioners 112411 the company to extend!
the trolley tracks from their presentl
terminus 111 iiienbrook. near the New
Canaan railway station. across tlie'
tracks of the same, 111 ati easterly di-
rection. to the point of intersection of
the New (‘itnniin highway with I-iolines
avenue thence southerly along 1111111111111
avenue to its inteisct'lltm with Mupit
-:ivenne. thence along Maple and (‘res-
cent avenues to the intersections
the latter \vllh tileiibrook avenue.
jtlio-nce 111 a northerly direction in 1111-11
:lltiiill of smiling.
'l‘biii embraces all the
\l't‘lltlll of lib-iibt'ook not already 111-
ccasiblc to lin- ti'olley, could lie 1-1-1111
ily traversed 111 11111 111111111111 111111111
11111 b 1111 1:11 now 1111111th waiting 111
11111 11-r11iinus 111' the inn 1.11 111111 Would
pr'uie 11 V01“) great utconiodiition 111‘
the large numbui of iesidents within
11111 loop dcsii'ibed b1 the pr 11111111.
1 ENGINE DRIVING Wi-tEELB BROKE.
WILLINGTON. Jan, 21.— . passen-
ger train. south bound on the Central
i\'ei'niont Railroad, had it narrow 11111
T cape from 11 disastrous wreck this
nioi 111111;. [1191th Mansfield. two driv-
‘ 111g wheels broke from the engine and
,1111 the wheels except one had left the
.i'iiils before the 11'11111 was checked at
a point 300 feet from where the. ac-
cident occurred. Fortunately the cats
remained on the truck atid no one was
hurt
WINDOW GLASS SMASHER.
l HARTFORD 11111. 21.»- 11111.11 .1. .\1111'
'11 1,1'. the man who 1111111 ut'risted lot
isiiiashing 11111111 111 the store fionls 111
1111- business suction of the 1in was
brought into the police court today for
11111 adjourned hearing ()11 1111 tesii
men) of physicians who had exiimin
ed his 1111111111 1-1.11111111on he was sent
1111 tin insane asylum at Miildletown
ilor six Illlillillx
'FUNDS FOR MACEDONIA REFU-
‘ GEES.
! LONDON. .lilll, 2L-—-1)r. George
, ('lillt'kfllilfl, a surgeon In the illilgarlan
army. formerly a student at the Uni-
terslty of i’ctiusyltania. sailed for New
'loi'lt from Iiterpool,1esterdny. on
the White Star l.ine steam-11 Majestic,
to collect. funds for the relief of the
, Macedonia refugees. 111'. ('hockoloff is
lcimeiy ('(lllllt‘t'lt'tl with the Bulgarian
government.
1 lNVENTOR GOLDMAN DEAD.
NEW YORK. .laii. 21~1~91nton S.
11111111111111. said to 11: 11c been the inveii
tor of the 1111 111111 111111 needle thrcader
ii .'111-r.il ”“1 on sewing machines
111111 suddenly last night of heart dis
lease at his home here.
S’ 1111
98. }
25.
SOUTH nonwaut. CONN. 1
War On Shoes
A t Olsen’s.
gig 1:111:11 High Priced Shoes.
A
h by sale dress shoes: Men
33 .00 shoes)
Men's pat. horse hide blockers.
ion . Men's pat. colt skin dressjtoes (there 33.50 shocsi
3 $2.
{en's box calf, heavy hand sewed shoes.
Men 's not. [terse [ride but
413.
Men's uia' kid,
, 's patent leather. dull topdress
“than Men' 5 hang. call wells. "radium toast (were .32. 50 and
$1.98.
111' .
"11E LEADING DRY GOODS STORE.
slgiut-l
TRISTRAM81HYATT
l
!
residential ,
11101 to
1 Our annual jatiuai'y (31131.11 8.1111 begins on Saturday. january 9th.
Annual January Cloak Sale
Stock lakiiiil
In order to make this
.ialr vety attractive. we have included every Garment 111 our stock in either Ladies.‘ Misses or Cliil~
l tit-en's. All high grade goods made up in the very best manner in this season's most attractive styles.
This is an opportunity that any one in need of a good Winter Garment cannot afford to misc.
1
{$10.00 0111111131111 101
o $15.00. All sizes one price.
$7 50 $12.00 Gaimentsioi $5.50
$15.006111meiitsior $10.00 $125.00 Garments for $12.50
$25.00 Garments for $15.00
Misses' and Children's Garments from 4 to 14 years. from $ 3.75 to $10.00; former price $5.00 ‘
Kitchen Department.
Twenty per cent. discount on all l-‘aiicy China. Lamps. Vases. Toilet Sets. Nickel Tea and
Coffee Pots. jardiniercs and Umbrella Stands. for one week only.
TRISTRAM 81 HYATT, Norwalk,Conn.
NO. 2 and 5 GAZETTE BUILDING.
11 I: 11111 11111 lot the tomb 1111111l
111-1111 and sharia-1:. would 1111111 to go
111 111111..
CLOSING OUT SALE.
Sitales. Sleds and Winter (indies.
A. Ii. Spaitiing's
Skates and (‘uticry Ci'itllinl.
lilatc 1'otti.\tiloniobli- 1-r 11b
('31. '1: put in order our .1111 it
will 11.:1111111 tor 11.1- 111.";111 1!:-
weather permits.
“'1' are Weill-1411111111111 iitit‘: 1.1m
111-11.? l- 1211 1111- 11111.. 11.11 1111‘
churn-s iii1~ 1'1~a:~'11i.1iiilo'.
H. R. BiliKiiY.
52 SOUTH MAIN STREET.
so. NORWALK.
Goad coal saves trouble.
time and temper. start: you
of! In ohurful mood for the
day. and lwolcomos you
homo at night with in gen-
lal warmth and comfort.
Our coal is sold on If:
mum. .and every tan
"3.
" FOLLOW THE FLAG "
Glover's the. Place
You Must
Wear Sites
that is sure.
who not wear the sort
sales, 111,603,106.
and $3.00 shoes)
,i
Ltdfes' fine kid welt dress shoes. ladiep'
Ladies' box calf heavy sales (were 52. 50
98
patent colt. buoy
that 1111-. 110111" fool.
110111 1111150 and com
idea of attractiveness.
‘1 ’i’iione 157-6
make: another friend for
l
l
Athletic 1111111111., |
1 29'5“ 2
11111 1111111111101 81 *' 11.121
H.111 1111111111111 01.
Mark Down Sale
CLOTHING I
Overcoatsm and Suits
Men and Youth.
Come in and look as over. We
have a good assortment of BELT
OVERCOATS in Fancy English
Mixtures. to be sold regardless of
former selling price.
.____.
OUR EASY PAYMENT PLAN
is open to you. Select whatever
merchandise you need, and pay
for them in weekly payments.
We do not charge you anything
for the accommodation. Our
prices are as low and in most in-
‘stances lower than elsewhere.
Are you in need of a good
TIME PIECE? We have a good
selection of WATCHES; a guar-
antec with Every one sold.
$1.00 Per 111.11.‘
Manufacturers of All iono- of
SPECIAL IMCHINQ'RK
AND
EXPERIMENTAL 111111111
Specialty Mtg. Co.
. w. 11.7an... Elinor-tidin-
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