The relief fund fer the California
sufferers is rapidly growing in The
Norwdlks. Yesterday Mayor Charles
E Dow received a number of contri-
butions to the: fund. The proceeds
_ from the fair of Old Well Hook and
Ladder Combany. which are not all in
as yet. now amount to about 8169. and
will be somewhat increased. Generous
and progressive business men are sub-
scribl liberally and the prospects
are the a a sum will be raised in
The Narwel
The contribution of two by Clinton
Comandery Knights Templar, of Nor-
walk. which was despatched Saturday
ernoou by telegraph. was sent to
Jo n Burris DoJernatt Colusa. 0a.,
grand commander of the slate of Call-
fOrnie. This sum,was for the relief
of any Knights Templar who may
Praeeedt‘oi Old WeII Iieoh and Ladder Company a Benefit
Albeit ed in Oidbw-Iia‘yiir bow Receives Many Other Suba-
criptlniie. and Summer Residents Give Large slime
DeKIyn. whose summer residence at
Pine Point is well known. Mr. Lang
don gIVe $1. 000. and Mr. DeKIyn. $000.
The followingicontributlons are ack
nowledged:
Old Well Hook anti Ladder 00.,
(to date) ......., ..... 5167.89
Clinton Comnndery ...... 100. 00
Frank M Sanger ....... 50.00
John J. Cavenagh ....... .. 25.00
Charles E. Dow . ............ . 25.00
John H. Knapp. .. .. ..... 25,00
Whelpiey and Clerk ... ........ 10.00
Rogers and Stevens .......... 10.00
A. J. Collins and Co..10.00
Donia Udelmen Paris Cloak and
For Store ................. 10.00
C. H. Goodrich ...............
Tenants second floor United
Bank Building .............
Dr J Dumortler ......... ‘
Capt Oscar St. John ..........
1 0.00
5:00
5.00
have sulfured from the San Francisco « John J. Goodwin ......... 2.00
earthquakie and fire disaster. Cash .............. ........ 1.00
Among the men well known In Nor- iJ. J. Kelley ......... ..... .. .50
walk who have contributed to the Red F. S. Judd . . . . ................ .50
Cross fund in New York are Wood-l H. 8. Phillips ................ .60
bury G hangdon, who has a. summer G Decker . . . ..: ....... . ...... .25
G. Crockett -
place at Half Mile Island. and B. Prank
Iiome litub to Play NexiSatur-
day At”, be New
O . 'f‘ ‘ ‘ Street,
Willi the He college so...
Ieam
Nu... mini ...... .
atrium him so
Norwalhvi Will 9% this with the Yale
College mound teem This team Is
mmposed pt playtime who are eligible
to pl on the .varsity team. but were
ilropp out when the seewn opened
Some of these players were so near
the class of the regular team that it
was difficult. for- Billy Lush to select
the men for the representative nine
The Norwalhs' limp for this sea-
son will be as follo’
Jack McGrath. pitcher
Joe McKIemen, catcher.
Nick Brennan. first bias.
John Cuiilll. second base.
Lloyd third babe.
Anderson. short stop.
Roy Clark. left field.
Thomas James. center field.
George lander. right field.
Joe Dost, utility. .
The Norwalks hov ow grounds on
.Meedow street. They _ ght the prop-
erty. fenced it. In and built a laigc
and comfortable grondstsnd costing
about 81,000. They have had the
grounds graded and will have the town
road roller on them today.’
Commencing June 9. Billy Lauder
will play the rest‘of the season with
the Nor-walks. Dave F‘ultz will play
Decoration day. and perhaps the rest
of the account.
The management has booked such
teams as the Brodhlyii Fluid Club. the
champions of Brooklyn; Mauicr A C..
lolumbie College. We genius Ini Dec-
oration Day. and the Waterburyii.
Besides having a strong baseball
timui this summer. the management
Intends to have a strong football team
in the fall and fast basketball team
in the winter. and will also have a
building In whiclt‘ to play the latter
game.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING TO-
Nlm
A special town meeting will be bold
tonight at tile Aoaembiy Hell in Wall
street, It 8 col
IEM“ matters will be considered to
w .
To lay the ......
To me the
for the
To cons def the blotter. and It deem
cd mivisobtbdo oboept and maintain
' in Osborn avenue. East Norwoitt. a
sewer now own it the New York.
New Haven and on! roll and
to drain the crossing under the rail»
road bridpo at South Osborn avenue.
in , and to allow the
it“.
I
more tax.
uuai appropriation
Mrs. A. a. memoir teem President
r Tom.
EXHlBiilllint
Iii PISTIME
iii/H ETES
Some Well-Known Appeared at
Entertainment In Randall’s
IIaII. Last Saturday Night
W”
The Pastime Athletic Club. which
was organised about it your I80. by a
number of East Norwal‘lt young men.
and now has about seventy active
members. gave an entertainment Sat
urday night, During the past winter
the club has had as a physical director
Charles A. Delay. of. Bridgeport. Mr.
Daley has had a wide and varied ox-
periencc along gymnastic lines. both
at the Y, M. C. A. gymnasium, iii
Bridgeportand at gymnasla in New
York. where he became intimately ac-
qusiutcd with some of the bust ema-
tcur gymnasts In the country.
II. was through his personal acquain-
tance with these men that he was able
to secure their eppwance in East
Non-walk on Saturday night. The men
are purely amateurs and are not el~
lowed to accept any remuneration be
yond their actual traveling expenses.
'llic list of talent put on Saturday
night was a long and varied one. Emil
Brcndlin, of the Central Turn Veroin.
of New York, was the champion of
New York on the parallel bars as long
ago as 1901 and at the Buffalo Exposi-
tion he reestablished his title to the
champion In. His work was the bust
and most omarkable ever seen In The
Norwalks.
John Bissluger. of the New York
Turn Vereln. occupies the unique post
tion of being champion on still pieces
of gymnastic apparatus. Bill'h as the
horizontal bar and the aide horse. Ht
was seen performing on them- two
pieces of apparatus and acme of his
work was truly remarkable.
(‘Capiuiii Charles Kililur. of the N. Y
'i‘., and the winner of the second
prize at St; Louis, gave a moat remark-
able exhibition of iridium club swing
lug. Some of the tricks which be May
with the clubs were truly marvelous
and seemingly impossible, ,
Robert. Wheeler. of Bridgeport. Is
an exceptionally flue performer on the
flying rings. lie to a profonelonel and
has toured the country a number of
times on the vaudeville circuits. Ilia
work won on a with the other
features of the es Ibltion.
Messrs. Wiener. Shradar. Hofdnols
lies and stimuli are all. around gym-
nasts of exceptional ability. and will
probably perform at the international
tnrnfest to be held next year In Ger-
man .' ....»
John Wendi of liridgaport. an able
performer on the side horse last year. .
winning the championship of the
gfldtgml light) .A.. “get,“ one
a team represent W
at the Connecticut state Ii Id in
New Haven two weeks
A line wrestling between
tinir tiottbilf. amateur intddlowei
Ion «Connecticut. and Eddie-u
d. of Bridgeport. was then held
Neithar his arteries
minutiae ow: "Trill. will:
ve on eaeeiiea
from!“ my“ Dob liberty
/
GRAND PASS. Ore. April, 23.--Au
earthquake shock was felt here a few
minutes past 1 o'clock this morning.
Oregon Felt the ‘Shock.
PORTLAND. Ore. April 28. —-A spe-
cial to the Oregonian from Glendale,
Ore. says:
“An earthquake shock was felt here
at 1:11 o'clock this morning. The
shock was sufficiently severe to rock
buildings and rattle china in the ole-
ets.
PORTLAND. Ore. April 23. w—A dis-
patch to the Oregonian from Grant's
Pass, Ore. says that at 12 minutes
past 1 oct'ock this morning an earth-
quake shock was felt accompanied by
a rumbling noise which was plainly
audible. Nearly every one in town
was awakened. Furniture was moved
in the houses. and several windows
were cracked. but no serious damage
was done. The shock lasted for fit
teen or twenty seconds and its course
apparently was from east to west.
Fire in South San Francisco.
OAKLAND. April 23 ~A report has
reached here from San Eranclaco at
that a brisk fire was homing in South
San Francisco. The illumination can
Francisco. a distance of eight miles.
it is believed that the fire broke out
afresh from smoldering embers that
could not be subdued on militant of the
lack of water '
When the fird was pronounced to be
practically under control In and Fran-
cisco. several frame buildings were
I
It is new feared that these will be
swept away.
Area of Burned District.
FIRE memo IN sediment rumorsoo;
BURNED AREA new caverns 31:ch mums
readily be seen from this side of San:
standing in South San Francisco. but ‘
PROPERTY OWNERS HAO AN OPPORTUNITY fTOEVISIT THEIR BUILDINGS, YESTERDAY. AND
IT IS FOUND THAT SEVERAL OI- TIIE LARGEST STEEL STRUCTURES WERE
elitism soon
AFTER SLIGHT
area of the Mt“.
square mile‘g.~'~'; ;
Many Neel III”) pa Oeved.
Property rh an opportunity
yesterday to We of their
buildings: spam In a are ascertain
what damage done. The new
modern
9:280! buildingiptwere found to
be elm Intact ‘ Thievery instance
it seemed that the rthuueke bod
notidamaged them. '1‘ e steel frames
were in perfect plumb and as strong
as ever.
Cornices and fancy trimmings fall.
but that was all. Even when the fire
swept through tli‘em only the wood
work was dam The Falrmont Ho-
tel, on Nob Hill ill be rushed to com-
pietion. The Globe pprecels building
will be occupied in a: few dire; the
Union Trestle ii i dies only lost the
Interior wooing! m Francis Hotel
Is in the some) it Mend the work
of renovating .the interior- will soon be
commenced
An inspection at the can building
at Third and Market stream disclos-
ed the fact “tilt sonpralp f the doors
of the building WONsTII good condition
and OOOMJM alight repairs. be be.
ed as formerly. 5
The new lonerdnnak Bu ding. on
Market street. next to tile since Ho-
tel was found to be in antelope con-
dition and then
announced that
“1an
iwouit‘zye pppti ‘3: mill]:
The Monaduceid Building In a large
structure of libel and brick almost
completed when the fire came.
Refugees from the Scene.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 23. -r-'I‘ho
IAO net's can a.
nonsense TREATMENT
Iiazei LeOron Taken to New
York, After Animal tied Been
Pronounced Afflicted With
Babies
Charles beCrolx. of East Norwaik.
whose daughter. Kasai DeCron. was
bitten by the mad dog which ran
much a few days ago in East Nor-
walk sent the head of the animal to
the Pasteur institute in New York to
ascertain whether or not the dog was
really afflicted with rabies. lie receiv-
ed word yesterday that the case was a
genuine one of bydrophobio. and today
he took his daughter to the same in-
stitution to undergo the Pasteur treat.
meat. It is believed that the others
who were bitten by the same animal
will follow suit
Papers are being drawn In a suit
against the town of Norwalk and
against the solectmun in person by
some of those who have been bitten.
and the lawyer who has the case in
charge believes that the selectmen are
Jointly liable with the town for failing
to take action under the Connecticut
statutes.
No attentlm has been paid to the or.
tier of the justices of the peace, who or-
dered dogs muscled or confined. Dogs
room at will through the streets and
the Justices havii practically accused
the seleotmen of neglect of duty In not
following the example of the select
men of Btomford. who have ordered
that all unaiusaied does In the streets
be shot. The result has been that
Stamford is safe.‘ while In Ncrwolii
half a doeen people have been bitten
by the rabid dogs. ..
are "Well
As soon» “the papers
they will be served on. the salootmen
and town fund's will be attached.
W
Aim DOWN" IUIII'IIIOID.
A very pleasant surprise party was
given last week to Miss Edith bowler.
of Welt otibet. Idtso' Downer rebelvu
out“ it built trim "' “n“ud
diig as o as a In
1’ MW.
“Add...
of. AMI III‘I. The
OGDEN Utah. April 23. ~Oillcials cit
Hflflit Wflflifl
Elli flHflWNS
IN HWEH
Team Owned by Irving Hail.
the Expreeeman, Went Oil
book of St. George Paper
and Pulp Company
A crowd of several hundred people
lined up on the Wall street brid e
and along the upper harbor docks the
morning. while two valuable truck
horses owned by Irving Hall were
struggling In the water for their
lives.
lit-rural doaen men attempted to roe-
cue them but succ oil in saving only
one of thorn. The area drowned is
angered to have been worth at lent
The two animals wont. overboard
from the dock of the St. George Pulp
and "Paper company In Smith street.
Just. how ccident occurred seams
to be rat y. The driver was a
young man named John Patchen. who
had the horses hitched to a cart loaded
with rock to be used in the vicinity.
He drove too close to the edge of the
dock and in a twinkling the animals
had walked off into the harbor. A
and one of the horses ta plunging
about for a foot bold planted Its feet
on the back of the other. keeping the
latter“ bead under water for some
the.
A number of men DTOOIIM ropes
while several others rowed to the
scene in a boat. The anlmpiswera
basally «entangled from the here“.
which hold them to the wagon poles
him a few i‘i‘ionieii't‘o“.
'W on are a
buried
WW
3J4“. dit
pitiahio struggle immediately ensued "a
and one efibeoi mm to safety down .
ohehorhortotbo innit lists below tho 4
the Herrlmen II as stated that train
No 0. which i arrive here this of-
ternoon in two cautious in bringing
800 refugees from San Francisco. All
are being carried free of charge. and
many of them will be taken as far
west as Chicago. They are being fed
and all their wants looked after by
agents of the railroad company. When
they arrive here their wants will be
grounded by the local relief commit-
88
Breaking up the Large Camps.
OAKLAND Cat. April 23 «That the
chances of an epidemic breaking out
among the refugees may be lessened.
Governor Perdee last night issued an
order that undergo camps be broken
up and separated into small communi-
ties as possible.
The governor has received a. men-
sege from Secretary of the interior
Hitchcock offering to care for 3000!
California's Insane patients at the
gt. Eliboth Hospital. Washington. D.
General Funston has notified Cover.
nor Parties that the prisoners who
were rushed from San Francisco to
Alcott-as Island. a government fort-
ress In San Francisco hey. at the out-
break of the fire. must be immediately
removed from the Island on account
of 'instant of water and crowded con
and. .
Bodies taken from tau... Myiiim.
OAKLAND Calif; April 23.—-That
the bodies of eighty-six patients and
eleven attendshts have been recovered
from the mind or the Aguews Asylum
for the Insane. is the telegraphic in.
chin-i.-
(Continued on Fourth Page).
recirsosiaiuouivs .
' sue OOIIPLAOIIATIOII
Air. and Ira. Samuel Richards
Weed Left San Francisco 24
Hours Before Calamity Oc-
curred
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Richards Weed
of Midbrook. Broohslde. arrived in
New York city last Saturday evening.
having gotten the start of the great
earthquake and conilegretlon in San
Francisco by twenty- -four hours.
'They left Miss Mary A. Cunningham.
(of south Norwaik. and bit. and Mrs.
Alfred Morehouse. in Berkeley. and
have no doubt. fnoni the latest advices
that they are quite safe.
Mr. and Mn. Weed were guests at
the Palace Hotel for n days and are
congratulating themae van that their
plans provided for departure ahead of
the great calamity. They are sorely
distressed with uncertainty, however,
regarding the fate of some relatives
from whom they are unablotto learn
a word.
The marriage relation would take
care of itself if it were not. for the.“
inarrtod relation.
CEMETERIES. '
Riverside Cemetery ~ Nemih
Conn. seventy sores beautifully looat
ad. Data to suit all. It is wisoto
select a lot while you are alive. Ap
ply tie Geo. W. Voorheos. lpperieteu
A
incubators“.
L". .g 0 '
mlAIlt'°a..cI'J’a Pui'i'h‘ilihv‘l‘.
telephone am. Appointments We at
private residences.
William 5...... Out at Work. Attempted i0 ...... a 9...... g
to Dentury. and Aileaed Ills Footing. and Felt tinder "
«House Was tinder Quaranti
William Simma, a freight brakemen.
who for some time had been employed
as. a member of the switch engine
crew in the South Norwalk freight
yard. met death Saturday night he
north the wheels of a freight train
bound for Dsnbury
31mins was out of work and desired
. to go to Denbury to see if he could not
find employment there. He went to
the yard and found the freight bound
for Dahbury just starting out. He rec
toward It and attempted to swing up
onto the cars, but missed his footing.
WANTED
\
\,
.l.‘
45in... Husband of Mrs. Sims WIS Also Killed by oil
as. as Child lies Scarlet
and went down beneath “the
where he was severely crushed
Fellow railroad men. loath , ., ,_
saw the accident and ran to It " .
once. He was taken to the, ‘
Hospital where he died 0. ah I It
later from internal injuries. ‘
The death la a. peculiarly and ,
the fact that his widmv ea ‘
are quarantined at bimbo '
street. one of the children having
lot foyer. ,
A former husband oi ins. fit
was also killed by the cares. ‘
.The arrangements for '
have not been made
Business
insures—r0 am, A sushi.
house in The Nor-walks. FrenkGood
child, 00 Grand 8L. New York cit .3 3
' t
WANTED—GOOD smear) amt.
I to assist with house work, in family
of two. Good wages. Apply West
Ave, south Norwalh. moniIn :2
WNTIQ—A YOUNG MAN TO DO
typewfl and charge of a small
set of fill: mt” lg..,CO 215
East Ave. f an it
wauveoua YOUNG GIRL BE
tWeen 14 no 10 to care for baby. in
quire Mrs E M. Gene. 95 South Main
St. all at
WANTED—COMPETENT STENOG-
rapber. Apply at cities of Amerioon
Paper Box Mfg. 00.. Cross and River
Ste. Norwolk: 8t
s.WAIII'I'IDWO - "DESTRUCTION OF
enoe guarantees satisfaction.
t
NOTiclrrTHQMA.
tern maker and expo
sicei instruments. in . ,
shop from Wbod'wa'rd ive -
Keogh building. East Norwalk. in
and like instruments. lion
MO“; 'P. HALLOOK
milliner Hats made and
the latest spring styles. Propt
'tentioii given to orders by.
Hours 8 to 6: 30. Residence. 15 ,
nut St. South Norwaik. ”
It. L. WIHRL! 5 30.. A
for Pope-Hartford and _ .
Automobiles. Our Pope-Tribil ' “
fly the best twocylln‘dor as
market boll“. Detachabl’e‘
engine v
three on
transmi
Ibbft.
closed
Erlmtnap‘r
on. Hill a . is‘io'n
vep‘1 All to
to. A‘ thank urge of any, .,_
ulclt more.
‘E‘bépany “We Pinti1 191- ‘ "A
plinth. Main St. '
WANTlne-TRAWNO some
manifest furnish references and in-
vast ”.000 iii brat-bias: 6% bonds. Bei-
ary and expenses ~p :1. Experience
not required; we teach business at our
mills. The Wheeling Roofing & Cot»
cs Company, Wheeling.w .Va.9 6t
WANTED—A GIRL FOR GEN
eral housework In small family. Ap-
ply at D. E. Disbrow’e. 86 West Ave..
Soth Norwalk. all) 3t
wan-ran — weak IN ALL
branches of copying and typewriting'.H
by The Cililord Public Stenographer.
408.
WANEID‘CORSET OPERATORS
on gore stitching. stool slim and
lap seaming. Apply Georgofi. unchal-
ier l 00.. Itailroad and ave-
ones nudgeport. Conn. an if
FOR §KTIE "mm"
'FOI GALE—TEN ARTRIDGE
Wywdottes end one was r. Address
P. M“ Dorian. Conn e23 at
FOR “Ll—FIVE HORSES. CAN
be seen at Taylor’s Livery Stable.
Dorian: " still at
iron oats-n Holler: AND cow
cheap. Apply to E. M. Tolios. 146
South Main street. . . £123 3!
Mary E. Kearney, The Clifford. ’Phone .
ELECT
kinds.
nickel. been
block yacht 'l
piles and chabdelietiia
biz-2.
HORSE SHOEING.‘
ping. carriage and w _
painting, rubber tires..
and second hand oarri
.Losbar. Haviland All"!
(I. F. IINIDIO‘I‘. INN“
decorator. will Milt {at Tim”
best materials in e
manlike manner. Ash
Address 13 South 0s j
Norwalk.
J.
use. mm: M. .
Main Street South iii .
graduate In demote
cits your hairline:t m . .
electrical seal for .
edge. a special" .
blemishes removbd ' '
Imitation
T5"
FOR BALI—WILL SACRIFICE A
buggy and two seated carriage Ber-
gain to quick buyer. Address Car-
riage, this oillca. . all dim-s
' iron IALlw-BARGAlNi HMS
on and lots. all parts of
town. Prices for houses ti
word. Cell and see what i havie‘ got
listed before buying. Crockett. 10
South Main St. . :20 8t
POII DALI—CHEAP. A COOKING
range. good baker. nickel plated trim-
mings. with shelf and water back. coin.
is i used two months.
Ior washing machine. ball bearings.—
used but a short time. Call event
it Oragory Boulevard. East Norw
so
you chamomile nonlinear
Telephone ION.”
DR. IAAIILLI .I.‘ "WWI
“condition. Alto. Address If.
. D
POI “in.” “HUNTING CAEIN
Mprl co and debt-
....‘iihddm.
silt} .wlim
MOO It 1.00 311.
To LET—MOI ‘
house with bath and
situated at 10 Gerar
. Bertha Deiteus
stairs. ’
To .LIT—A CO
room; new house. W
bath privilege; to a. g
toll MainSL. orwal ‘.
1'0 HINT-
8 rooms. city we .
due shore frontzon . .
iey. Crockett. iO “Stir
'I’O LITwAN W ,
all modern improv i '
lure of gardener “hi i
fruit. Apply Irew
“0.8T. .
ungra% apply to. W. B. baggie. “brunt”:
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