i‘tiuii lean Files. WEATHER “soar. For Norwalk and vicinity: Fair to- night. Sunday partly cloudy. There is no well-defined storm area this side of the Rocky Mountains, but con- siderable cloudy weather prevails in the central and Western sections with heavy local showers in Texas, Okla- homa dud Kansas. The temperature is about normal in all sections. Con- ditions ‘favor for this vicinity pleas’ ‘a‘nt weather. followedon Sunday by increasing cloudiness and probably rain by Sunday night or Monday. —-Latest styles Detbies. O’ Brien. Miss Ethel Meeker, of Lynn. Mass, is the guest of Mrs. Ann E. Allen. of West avenue. Mrs. W. 1“. Bishop will entertain the Pine hedge Wblst Club at the club house, Tuesday afternoon. ~Painting. paper hanging, sign writing. L. H. Decker. '87 Washington street. Mrs. Elmer Merrill, of Linium- ville. is visiting relatives in South Norwalx for a few days. . Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Barnum, of Bethel, are guests of Superintendent and Mrs. Charles A. 'l‘ucker. of Main street. Norwalk. Mi. and Mrs. George Bell. of (Iciitcr avenue. huVe rutuined lion) Maine, where they have been spending the summer. ~A ftill line of Fresh Candy, 10 and 20c: lb. M. S. Smith & Co. . The Cranbury .(lhristian Union Church has planned a peach and mulch festival for next Wednesday evening at the chapel. A special meeting of the Nutmeg Club. of Norwaik, Will be hold on lv‘r‘lo day evonlng’ of next wuck. when the committee appointed to revise the by— laws will report. Miss Hattie Belts. of Englewood, N .l., was in town yesterday calling on friends, and was entertained at lunch- eon by Mists Mary Forty. at her home in Morgan avenue. ~Are you reading Gordon liolmes' 'i‘ilE AltNtllJIt'lt‘ltl PUZZLE. which began in The NEW YORK TRIBUNE. Sunday, Soptcmhcr 3d? Mr. arid Mrs. Mark Shay and fam- ily, who have built the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hayes, of Wil- ton avenue, rt-tttrnetl yesterday to their homo in Full ltivcr. Mass. They made the rcwrn trip by boat froth New York. ‘ —Crnsh lists and Caps. O'Brien. A Volox demonstration will be given this tvoului: Dotti 7 until to o'clock. at tho Norwulk store of William P. litt-ts. “to some demonstration will be girl-n this afternoon at the South Norwalk store between the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock. The members of the South Norwaln F‘lrc l’ulirc urt- expuctcd to merit at tilt.- headqtiurlers In Washington street. promptly til 9 o'clock tomorrow morn- ‘lng. to little it ‘tt'ulloy car for (,‘ompo lioach. More the annual shore din- iur will bu hold.l . ~~A|l nines ...tlk P‘lilliii Pillows, blind- sonio Pillow 'l‘ops. Enth'y i-lllks. Hoops. Merl'crllteti Cotton. ctr. M. 8. Smith (it. Go. Mrs. it}. I.. lioyer and family. and Miss listen Quinturtl of Main street. Norwnilt. who have boon spending the Initiator at Sunapeo Mite. New Nunipnhlro. returned home last even:- lhs. Prederltk Q Iioyet. Mrs. Boy- er’a son. will tutor Yale this full It in probabil- tltat. a number of In- NH people will luki- In the mediation to the National Council. 0. ii. A. M.. which Is to be held. Tuesday. Wednes- day and Thursday of next week. in Washington, 1). (i. The tickets from South Norwnlk will be 87.35 and only ’ 92.45 returning. Four days at the 110th will cost Ni. which makes the trip cost but 814.80. Charles ll. Ad- ams. of South Norwslk. the state saa- : charge of the“ arrange- rotary. has Illflnll. washes and umbrellas. O’Brien. ‘. \ ad, it “ New York matter? Automatic iitaIIonory at Nelttnn' a. outs for autumn at head's. Soc Between season sale at the Boston Store. Read the ad. in this issue Ridseleld‘s horse show will be held haplembe r 20. Lawns are looking due after the re- cent rains and dewy evenings. The plsy the dlitiliseiielda this afternoon at Ridgetieid . There will be dancing tonight at Roton Point. how's orchestra will -~ furnish music. ‘1. Mimi! a: flour is the special at the (intensity. Read the ad. in today's issue. The Ridgefleld fire department will hold a fair in the town hall in that village, September, 28. 29 and 30. -Crush Hats. Orush flats. O'Brien. The large schooner Ellen Baxter, of Boston, has arrived with a- cargo of lumber for the Hatch & Bailey Com- pany. Mrs. Jeremiah Egan, of South Nor- walk, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ben— iamin F. Morris, of 101 Garfield avo- nue. Danbury. A meeting of the directors of tho Norwalk Hospital Association will bi held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. at the Norwalk Club rooms. The Danbury Fair Is sending out handsome lithographs throughout the surrounding country ndvortlsing the coming exhibition. Parties wishing apartments at the Hotel Cliff rd for the winter would do well to n he arrangements as soon as possible, as a number have already been secured. Captain belloy Adams is laid up . , with a sore hand the result of blood poisoning. Some days ago he was picking blackberries and several of the thorns entered his thumb. Dr. F. M. Allen is attending him. The Stamford disciples of Black- stone have challenged the Norwaik lawyers to a game of baseball. The challenge has been accepted and the game will take place on the Roton Point grounds the latter part of next week. Miss Nollie Disbrow..of West two~ nue. returned yesterday afternoon from it four weeks stay with her sis- ter. Mrs. ll‘rank Spaidiag In Provi~ deuce. R. l. While there Miss tits— brow paid a visit to Boston and other cities‘of interest in eastern Massachu- salts. The big steam dredge Capital City is engaged in the work of digging a channel from the main channel be tween the bridges to tho whmf ot‘ the Colonial Found! y and Machine Coin any. The water is Very shallow at t at point and the company has not been able to not boats tip lo the wharf. The channel will be a great. improve moot. GRANEY MAY REFEREE FIGHT. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9.—-ln r0- gttrd to the question of who shall rot- eiee the. Brill-Nelson fight. this after- uoon, the Call says that an important conference was held early today as a result of which it is probable "ll tidie' (lraiicy will be chosen for that duty. The Britta have shown that Nolan will not give In and after an extended c~ou fercuce with Manager Coffrolh. It was decided the referee should be named at tho ringside. This meeting was a last resort to straighten out the tan- gle The sheila of San Mateo county whore the battle will take place says that if it comes to a slugging match between the men he will stop the light. RECENT ARRIVALS 0F VESSELB. NEW YORK. September lip-«Artur. ed: Steamer St. louls. from South- hamplon. NEW YORK. Sept. fir—Arrived. Str. Cedric. Liverpool and Quoenstown. Safe Deposit Box in the vault of The South Norwalk " Trust Co. will protect your valuables from fire and burglars both day and Ngillht. . Boxes 1.. s. Bulklcy. w. Whitney. r N.' Brush. V. A Randall Mr. a. New York; C. mom 8. Latina. Hold til: if. if. Stone. Hartford. A. McCarthy. (lavage. N. it: H. W Putts. ll‘llchbtng. Mass; 9. ll. Whit: hey. W 8. Barker. New Hui/ell; Wil- flout ll. Sykes, W. 'l‘. linker. Provi- dence: lsptslu F. If. Montgomery. Stamford: t) W. Raymond. South Not-mitt; 116 Brown. ludluaupolis: ‘ W. ll Mints fission. were guests at thuiiotsl diluent yesterday. é. (infirm! Willie Pm iii “,1“- mm and (splits. 'Plflatm‘ to Hills! and very * . tr elective. mum 0CD. imfli mm “All $4.00 Per . satin out. “former Ind Monday. hustler Hill Plants for ’l’wo loop I Cosy aerator is Your Heart hi rmuan Tine \ . B , lifts National Baseball team will y“ Tits Liaisossatt ousttsw so... one... come lN AND CHOOSE YOUR FALL “LID" FROM THE NEW SHAPES IN- THE PA 5 “ MOUI C A K. SNAPPY DERDIES AND SOFT HATS— COLLEGE SHAPES POR YOUNO FELLOWS—CONSERVATIVE SHAPES FON OLDER HEADS—- SUPERB QUALITY. WHETHER YOU PAY $3.00 OR $2.00, WE HAVE THE BEST HAT MADE AT EACH PRICE. a ”it . fwi i “ti. BUT THE NEW FALL THINGS DO NOl‘ YET ECLIPSE INTEREST IN THE RATTLINO OOOD BARGAI NS IN SgUlTSHl'ROUSERS AND ODDS AND ENDS OF GOOD WEABS. IT WILL PAY YOU TO PICK OUT A lSi‘JHOOL SUIT FOR YOUR BOY AT THE REDUCED PRICES. Some people may think that oats are cute. but there is a difference. if you will insist on having grain from our place, you will get good old clean oats of the best grade. if your‘animai could speak you would learn that he "would not. be satisfied with anything else. You may destroy the good health and appearance of your horse by a little indifference regarding his food. -mp5" " .1. Buy Oats Thats Clean. I\. MANUEL T. HATCH.\ When you think of grain think of Hatch. Filled by (tradustcs of Merrill College the Past Eightccn Weeks. ‘. A BUSINESS EDUCATION DID IT. Day School Opens Sept. 5th. linroil NOW. All iiooks and Sin- tionery FREE. Oliirc open daily. Visitors Welcome. . M. A. MERRILL, Principal. ' ' South Norwalk, Conn. Fret Demonstration of Feloi w P. BEERS’ BOOK AND STATIONERY STORES. September 9th. SOUTH NORWALK STORE—2 TO 5 P. M. l '. NORWALK STORE—7 TO 10 P. M. R 1‘ NO CHARGE FOR MAKING PRINTS. m. m".--...... ... .- ”...-W... Soft Shell Crabs. the Lobsteis. lotto Clams. Round Clams. and all kinds of Fresh Fish Received Dailu. C’UTBILL’S Bridge Fish Market. TIL 1M- . FRI! DILWIRY. MW- at m l . limb PM at: in ' rinses. suntan. surren. runsbou‘ traps. farm nous null wagons. , fit his is a lions tilts necessity sale. as the Nichols under the tumour distal the room no this and earn es in We. a Whole stock at The cutsln grim startling it you a phone or "m; t." is rally a ma ham very low prim : 1.»..ff‘heirasto biotic“. Minimum... , aad'brass‘ia drinking cups. ink « matter to the attention of the legis- , inactive corporations unless their of . especially in Class ii. are now in no live operation, but most of those in ‘ names of the corporations ' forty-foitr page intlcx. - three times engraved on the head of papaya. anagram its clear: film wells. pin trays, ash receiversp score cards, stamp boxes. boolr marks, etc. I“ l“ I - PRICE. 15c RAGE"! FOR 25c. "lite carton ,tlitatmaoy‘ run pnnsoairh‘ibu caress. . "dentin. \.1 WOW \ .. Maples d Goldscilmidt. Co. (Incorporates) GOMMISSIQN BROKERS. Stocks, Bonds. Grain and cation. Dwarfs A Corbett Sleek. So. Norwalk. NORWALK CORPORATIONS NOW OUT OF EXISTENCE. Organizations That Have Failed to . BUYING CLOTHING TO- DAY. LOWINO PRICES: ”.50 AND taco sum 0 33.50 AND 34.00 sotrs @ “so AND «.00 com a 02.50 AND ”consensus @ 33.50 AND «.00 Tnoussss (a SELLECK IS ON THE LIST OF THOSE INVITED TO SAVE WE OFFER ALL OUR BOY'S AND CHILDREN'S SUITS AT L~_ ou 1'th TROUSERS. ' i7 I" l ourtNe surrs AND “NUFANOL” rnoussns AT y. anion. HEAD TO FOOT OUTFITTERS. 9. WASHINGTON STREET. SOUTH NORWALN. ” Telephone Call 394-2. MONEY lw'i'l, & PR CE Make Annual Reports Required By Law. By an omnibus not passed by the last legislature and known as Chap ter 281 of the Public Acts of 1905.2.- 786 companies incorporated under the general law were annulled without ap- peal unless between now and Fubru- ary 15. 1906, they make the annual re- port required by law, which they have failed to make in most cases for sev- eral years; and pay a line of $25. This failure to make report has brought the lators anti has resulted in this act which will wipe out of existence all floors are stiillcently' interested in the company's existence to make it report each year. Some of the. companies in the list. Class A and a few in Class B are al- ready as dead as can be. A list of takes up fortyoelght pages of the public acts. The latest Blue Book. as the printed acts are (sited. has 240 pages with a it is the luigt‘lst ioluinl'I of session laws issued since llli‘ l‘uumua deadlock of liltildltl. when the business of two biennial sessions was trtuisacted at one sitting of the gonor- ul BSSPlllllly. There are a large number of con. t-orns in Norwnlk which will fall ad «for Class A and which will allow their charters to expire without making any effort to prevent it. A few come under Class B and most of these will be compelled to pay the $25 fine or go out of business. The report required by the stale ouch year is a very trifling thing and contains little more than the names of the di- ~ rectors and the officers. Follwing is the section which lcgls. latos the corporations out of oxlstv cuco: Section 1~'iite corporate existence of the corporations named in the schedules accompanying this not. marked schedules A and B. and which are made a part of this not. is here- by annulled to take effect February to, 1906; provided. that all property rights now existing in favor of or against such corpornlons. or their oili- cers or stockholders. shall be exempt from this act. Set-lion 2-Any corporation named in said schedules which shall. on or before the fifteenth day of February. 1906. make the annual report required by law and shall pay to the secretary of state a forfeiture of 825. shall be exempted from the operation of this act. Section 3. —-—'l‘he secretary of state is directed to cause a copy of this act to be mailed. postage prepaid. to all our poratlons named in said schedules on or Ibefore the first day of December 90). The Class A firms in Norwslk and vicinity are as follows: Darlcn Sentin- ary. Ilruutst Supply company, Hoyt A Olmstcad Cigar company. .I. T. Prbwltt Company. Noroton Supply Company. Norwallt Coal Company. Norwslit Hulldlns Company. Norwalk Fish and Oil Company. Norwalk lm provemonl Company. Norwnlk Mills. Norwalk Oyster Company, Norwalk Printing Company. Not-walk and South Norwslk Electric Light Com- pany. Norwaik Steam Street Car Cold puny. Raymond It Comeback Company. Sauxutuck Iron Works Company. South Norwalk list Company. South Not-walk improvement Companr. Stamford and Norwslk Telephone Company. Weslport hand a Building company, Westpert Trout Association. The Class B oorporstions are: Ger- mania Hall Company; Rotohklu Man. tlfscturing Company. Lockwood Manui lecturing Company. Robert Van Buren Manufacturing Oompsny. South Nor walk Coal corporation. Westport Pa- per Company. Wosiport Bunstorium Company. With!“ RIMARKAILI INORAVINO. All Letters of the capitalist' out Time Time on Road of! In. A most remarkable feat of an sv- lnc has been accomplished by ..O Smith. of Stockton. Mus. He has on bailout: pin all the letters of the alphabet. unis-u uncommon-«Mien your granti- , fills " J Mnfilma Aim Whats doing at Dibble’ s Groceiii. Holding Tub Butter down to 25¢ yet. which is rather strenuous. Our clover Hill Print Butter is giving great satisfaction. in quality and price, 28o Ib. Will have Country Gentleman Corn, Saturday, at 15c dos. Peaches. fine large fruit, 10c qt. Bartlett Pears at 65c. Sickle Pears. Fall Pippin Apples. Get the Grumman Potatoes of us if you want nice size and white cook- ers, 26c peck. stock of new fresh roasted Java and Mocha Coffee Justin. The beat in town. 32c lb. Try it. The Ivory soap Soap, in competition with Fell' s Naphtha. 6c bar. Try. Call attention to particularly good Cheese. people are putting out a new Naphtha. it is a pure white Soap, very nice, If you are a lover of good Cheese. you will appreciate this, 16c lb. Hope to serve and satisfy. we . t 1mm}: LORENZO DIBBLE‘ TILIPHONE CALL. H . \ We. have just not in a large supply of :2! . .. Fancy Peaches. Get your supply for canning before It is too late. PRICE FROM 85:: PER BASKET UP. A large supply of Mason and Lightning Jars and Jelly Tumblers. BARTLETT PEAR 3, 65¢ A BASKET. POTATOES ........................ SWEET POTATOES . .. .............. ................. ...-... ..20cpk. ................ ...........25e pk. UNITED GROCERY COMPA«NY. 20 NORTH MAIN ST. . SO. NORWALK. CT. TEL. 20—3. EYES CHANGE FOTN ST. IAIT NORWALK. CT. 1'le I1 H AND aunts moor II snarled , aooonnmolx. Often on. attributes a nuke? alumnus of vision to his one when his glasses are wholly contains. Would lines be well to have your eyes examined Insinf IT'. FREE. ....- _-~ 0. 3. Jackson. Induces Optician SI WALL STRICT. STREET RAILWAY VENTURE. Consolidated Railwa Co. Enterprise Approved in Critics Massachusetts. (From the Springfield Republican) it in wall known. of course. that the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. conducts Its great. street railway acquisitions through a subsid- iary corporation, known as the Con- solidated Railway (30.. whose stock of ”0.000.000 is all owned by the parent company. The fact has only recently come to light that the Con- solidated Railway Co. declared a di- vidend of 2 per cent. at the end of the last fiscal year. which, amounting to $200,000. figures In the Income ac- count of the parent company for that Your. Thus it must he said that the New Haven Company’s street railway veh- titres start out well. assuming that Its possession of the stock of the subli- diary corporation cost is nothing or next. to nothing. and this appears to be a correct assumption. since there Is no record to the contrary. and the street railway purchases have u made through bonds of the Consoli- dated Railway Co. except In the case of the New Haven Street rsilwa lays» tent. when stock was brou issue of debentures of the art: and New Haven steam company. Hence we have here an explanation of that increase in “other Income" which the recent annual operatic statement of the slum company hiteti. it last the llollway mourned so , In: the last fiscal your e vs sparse Inf elitism and fixed choices. and fromtltluumthsiihsfnsrasat. a%tt u on is. out no. tins allure oats. mint Chief tow Wit Milli deducted on this account. That tum only about ”0:000 as the ‘Itet insulin. from the Consollddted fittest ‘l‘lll- ways; and thus the dividend of 3 per cent. was instilled onl after the par- out company had pal out of its own pocket. the char as on account of the Fair Haven and estville acquisition. We have said that the New Raven‘s; Street Railway venture starts out well. It should rather be said that. it. starts better than might have been espec- led. The New Haven company. through the Consolidated Railway Out. has within a year or two bought some 400 miles of street electric militant Thalia railways are widely scattered. many of them are of uncut-f . clsl position, and very halt havedbgon but? Mme He sure none a I gather a remarkable candelabra“; of it New Haven company‘s interests untried direction. and lithe . , of initiation and adiu‘p‘tmm i brought a deficit instead of a a. surplus. only what alight havedboen expected would have none The venture. how experimental steak is said to expect tit nwill soon be harping 1&0: the “0. 000.000 stools“ steam company.“ even to the face of as paid for the way systems scour s . it “Mitzi o as have best: it and at valuations 1’: "Id how “IO :% of industrial reaction! ivbi'iht