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South Norwalk Dlilcers Pay a
Visit to the Gsrmania Hotel,
in Railroad Avenue
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Other Saloons oi the Town Said
to Donlaln Similar Machines
Following closely upon the street;
of William J. Drew. chnlged with the of Norw.alk yesterday staked out the
theft 0’ “ sum "1 money from ”‘9 “3h .large stone wall that is to be erected
register 0f the (leimaula Hotel, last‘, and made all the necessary prepara
Week. 0“ the "o“‘l’h‘im "f L Wildorl lions for the contractor to begin work
Molnche. proprietor. and urged on by
disclosures made to Prosettnintv At-
VtoIney George H. Vosburgh at his in
vostigatlons into the Drew (“50.11“
unsuccessful raid was made on the:
hotel. last evening. by a squad of‘:
_South Norwalk policemen. bonded byE
Chief William it. Pennington at 11:40
o'clock. I
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IDIIITTIE IIILI. I
IIII IIIIIE MEIIIIII IIIIII _
The bridge construction committee
of seven on the new Washington street
bridge held a onehour meeting in the
‘ Norwaiit town courtroom last evening
All members were present eXCept
Chairman Rev. Dr. A. F. Beard. in
this latter gentleman‘s absence. Tho-
mast Raymond was in the chair. Rou-
tine matters more dispensed with and
the reports of progress of the various
tommittees were read. Civil Engineer
Charles N. Wood was present. and
also Louis Chevalier. representing J.
E. Grinder a consulting engineer The
latter was present to arrange a date
for his chief to meet, the cemmittee.
No datc.waa arranged. but the sub-
committee will notify the engineer
when they can meet him.
The meeting adjourned to meet
again Friday night of next week.
IiIll IIIDII. “STE!
T0 IE EIPLIIIED
An adjourned meeting of the high
m'lmnl committee was held. last oven~
ind, at which Principal Edward H.
tlnmlutrt and Assistant Principal Wil-
lla‘m C. Perry were present. Matters
pertaining to the present condition 01‘
the school. its enrollment. its work
and systems wero gone over thorough-
ly and Principal (lumbsrt instructed
to give to the press a statement re-
garding the condition of the school.
which will be forthcoming at some fu-
oi James A. Farrell. president of the
‘(lll‘lOliI people of The Not'walks have
. Mamas
a,
may... «W
in In ltlillllii
IIli Iliiil iilllliltll ‘ ‘
James A. Farrell and Family to
Have Thanksgiving Dinner in
Their New Home .
The beautiful and spacious mansion
limited States Steel Corporation. sit-
uated at Hickory llluff. overlooking
Long Island Sound. is completed. The
family will not occupy the place until
next summer, however. They will.
nevertheless. be at Hickory Bluff on
Thanksgiving day and will have their
dinner in the new home. The house
is modern in every particular and at
tracts much attention for its beauty.
A New York firm of contractors
started work yesterday on the roads
of the estate. The roads‘wili be made
1 of blue stone and the paths in most
lcttses will be of the same material.
Itbougb several will be constructed of
' gravel.
Civil Engineer William J. Wood. Jt..
on the w.all which will he commenced
Monday. acording to present plans.
A large number of interested and
made an inspection of the premises
and are surprised at the exquisite
manner in which everything has been
arranged. Much of the landscape work
is particularly artistic.
The work has been in progress
since last spring and the house was
but lately completed.
we. ..
Leonard J. Foster and Fred Paxton.
two well known South Norwsllt boil
are engaged in making a tour of tile
toontlnent on bicycles and yesterday
:word was received from them that
Inlay had arrived in Baltimore bid.
and that they are getting along dncly.
i The boys go fully equipped with a
limiting outfit and other camping uten-
islls and are earning their way along
Ias they go. At the present time they
are working for a few days on a farm
Ito raise some ready money. They
also sell some small articles on the
road. thereby keeping a small fund
In their epcheouer.
F‘rom Baltimore. the young men will
wheel to Washington. 1). 0., and after
loklng things over in that place they
will go to Richmond, Va. From the
latter place their itinerary calls for
their next destination as Tails Hesse.
Florida and thence to Texas. Thus
summer will find them on the Pacific
coast with warm weather to matte the
trip through the northern states
I Iiomeward.
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GREENWIGH. Nov. t.—-A farmer’s
Mary 0. Monroe Tolls Story to
fllHll HlHiilH llil ill
.. iFIve divorces were granted by Judge
the winter months will be taken up in
travels through the warmer south and
boy. named John Shimmer-horn. seven-
ludge Curtis in Superior court;
and Is Granted Decree
IIIIIII iiilllill till
Simon B. Donnell, Annie Wiley-
nolds ancillary A. Trintior, Freed
Howard .1. Curtis of the superior court
yesterday. all for descrtlou. Additional
evidence was also heard in the suit
of John H. Bolster for a divorce from
Sarah A. Bolster. which was heard two
weeks ago. The evidence was to es-
tablish three y'ears' continuous resi-
dence in this state on the part of the
defendant. who, was stopping for a.
time at Dover. N. J. Several witnesses
wore called who testified to the fact
that Mrs. Bolster was living at various
placed In Bridgeport at periods during
1909. the year In which she mid.
ed in New Jersey for several months.
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Foreman Anshisi Few, Will
occupy Attention at Court
AllDay'
Unless meant plans mtscarr!
Judge Howard J. Curtis will listen
to six hours of forensic elfort on the
now famous Targuson divorce case.
which occupied his attan‘lion.‘ in the
takingof evidence. for several days.
. At the short calendar session of the
superior court. civil side yesterday
it was agreed that the case should be
assigned for armament on Tuesday and
both sides asked for three hours in
order to sum up the evidence. Till-i
means that the entire day will be de-
voted to arguments.
Cummings His Attorney.
The husband is represented by
Homer 8. Cummings, of Stamford.
Arthur L. Shipman. of diariford. and
Elliot Norton. of New York. Alton
neys Cummings and Bhipman willI
sin-sly speak and Mr. Norton may also
want to explain htat he ‘did not be-
lieve in sympathy." as the defendant
says. ‘
The wife's cause will be presented
by Asistsnt State‘s Attorney Galen
A. Carter. of Stamford. and Attorney
H b. new. of New York. The iat-
' .5 Board lioidss’ soon and Do-
‘ getting a larger amount than was at
‘ South Norwalk silicon some two or
olilrial.
with romt of hlszlntentltm of remov
ing from town.
III III Int
chin to Secure a cirnsnis
Lilll‘Ify -
The. project of having‘a Carnegie li-
brary in Bonita Hermit: was further
discussed at the meeting of the board
of library directors. last evening. and
communication will again be opened
with Andrew Carnegie. with a view to
first contemplated. Mr. Carnegie.
through his secretary. agreed to give
three years ago. The directors now
hope to be able to secure at least 830.-
000.
A committee composed of George 8.
North. Joseph J. Llnxweller and Rob.
ert 0. Mitchell was appointed to look
up a suitable site for the proposed
building. and make a report-to the
next meeting of the library board.
Lawrence A. Douglass, who is to re-
move from South Horwsllt. has tender-
cd his resignation as a diameter. and
the same will be acted upon at the
port meeting of the South Norwsllt
Board of Councilmen. Mr. Douglass
has been the lrespurer of the library
board; and has mice a very efficient
nu rennin members learned
Hill Ilillllil
Imus-loin
surmi‘FMhp-sm
HOT SPRINGS. Va. Nov. i.—-Preai-
dent Taft will have a vote at the Cin»
clnnatt and Hamilton county election
after all. liar two weehsjthsve has
been doubt as to whether hoVould
blve an opportunity to cast a ballot
in his home city next Tuesday.
The president sent his resignation
paper! to Cincinnati too late and the
election board decided he could not
vote until he appeared in person be-
f0re"nest loudly night and swore that
its was a qualified elector. ilr. Tsft
had intended leaving Hot Springs
Monday night so as to reach Cincin-
nati early on election day. but tam
he changed his plans. As a result he
will leave here Sunday night. make
the necessary affidavit before the elec-
tlon board Mendsy. and be prepared
on Tuesday to register his preference
not is the titular head of the repubo
llcan party. but as a ritlson of Ohio.
Mr. Taft arrived at Hot Springs
early yesterday. Mrs. Taft and hills
'l‘al't. who arrived have live days ago.
met him at the station and be had
breakfast with them for the first. tints
in ten weeks,
With the arrival in Hot Springs
probably today of Secretary fillies
Mr. ’l‘sft will have data which he as
poets to Isa in his third annual mes-
sage in congress. Mr. Htiles left the
president at Washington Thursday.
intending to obtain information from
New York District Ministers’
mum tumultuous
lion-snd-liollolon Forward lilovo-
Associstion Favors Admitting
Them to Conference
SHHHlll Hi Eliillll
menl in Stamford -
'i’hat laymen be admitted to the an-
nual conference of the church. that
district superintendents be elected by
the ministers rather than appointed.
by the Bishop. was the conccnsus of‘.
opinion of abounds ministers of the
New York Disti'ict Ministers Associan
flap of the New York East Conferencel
of the Methodist Church In session in
Stamford yesttrday at the Methodist
Church.
it was the annual meeting of the
all problems that will be taken up at
the nest (lenient Conference of tit
gun—u—
(Continual ca math WM)
ammonia
an Melissa»:
While it is the wish of loo-I Ill m
pie who ‘rosidn in the City of Norwalh
to ltacp that old of the town strictly
residential. or as nearly so as possible.
it is understood that the Norwallt
Board of Trade has says-at factory
propositions. under its bat. an it were.
President of the Board Henry P. Price.
of West avenue. spent yesterday in
New YM city. and thus interviewed
the representative of one concern that
it looking for a suitable factory in this
vicinity. Mr. Price could not state for
certain whether the factory looks fav-
orably upon Norwalh or not. but all
possible is being done to land it for
the upper city.
There is also another concern look-
ing into'Norwalk’s list of factory sites
with a view toward establishing there.
lng tudustriously upon the proposi-
lions.
ratioufiss
. T WIN"!!! roascaa'r
Probably fair tonight and Buadsy.
illiiliH Hilltll
Ailred s. Wilcox, inmsis‘ol su-
Association. and the matters discus-l
sod this forenoon were of deep lnter- ;"‘
eat to the ministers. for they werel
The Norwallt Board of Trade is work- .
.0I'EI. “EL” Port Washington. early today. shot and
HENDEN. Nov. i.—--Gbarlss Nich- Cracker
ols colored. a former circus acrobat. l bo.at
and Arthur Miller. also colored both bars of the Gusunholm family and
of Bldg-port. who were arrested in their servants ran out of the house.
that city yostsday and brounbt here to
answer to a charge of having robbed 1““
man... “.Ws.w _
ill iHlIlIlllllll
‘ dlers’ Home at Norolon. Dies
of FracturodSltuli
NOROTON. Nov. i.—~Alfred 8. Wil-
cox. an inmate of the Soldiers' Home.
died in the hospital connected with
that institution yesterday from a frac-
tured skull received by being run into
and knocked down by an automobile
last Friday. owned by Anson Phelps
Stokes and driven by his chauffeur.
Caesar Grasso.
Wilcox was walking along to Dor-
ien and did not hear the machine so
preaching him in the rear and was
struck before he could get out of the
way. lie served in the Civilm war in
Company F. i‘lrstConnhecticut Heavy
Artillery, and his home was in New
Haven. lie was 72 years old.
FillEliEll FAILED
TD FillD BLAZE
The fire alarm of Norwallt struck
(it at ll: 50 oclock last evening. In.
lresponse all the tire companies and who with the staff of the musing,
a large crowd of spectators turned!
out and hustled at top speed for Her-I
bor avenue and (‘hapel street where
the box is located. No fire was lip-i
parent. and a diligent search aroundI
the neighborhood failed to reveal even
e hint of lire i
At first it was thought that the 339H
.house of the Housatonic Power Com-I
lpany was on fire because of the fact.
that the Hope Hose auto truck a head- ‘
lights illuminated the place. Manyi
held back. leaving an explosion of “M
but anyonth excepted anything ex-
citing was shroly‘dodnléd to disap-
minimum.
It seems that a telephone can but
been sent from the gas house to Driv-
er Daniel Corcoran that there was a
fire in Harbor avenue and under the
new orders he turned in the general
alarm. The person who telephoned
laid the fire was across the street and
the dretnen‘ turned their attention to
the house be indicated. which is be
copied by an ltalian family.
A ladder was placed against the
roof and up not Joseph Cablii. .He-
nearly frose in the wind and there was
frost on the chimney. A party of tire;
men with extinguishers searched the
house. but no fire was discovered.
About 9:10 the department returned
to their scveral houses. having given
up the search for their lire.
Isonouss ItIttto
nest stream
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! sow rose Ever. t—nunnm.
lfrustrated in tip! l attempt to rob the
country home of lssac Guggenheim.
the millionaire cooper magnate. at
killed the night watchman. Alfred
The burglars escaped In a
After the sound of shots. mom-
and found Cracker lying dead on the
in a pool of blood. A revolver
Believed tinny Parsons Have
Foreign Consuls Declined to Pro-r ‘
.an 4 an.» ......
lost Their Lives In This and ,
from iisbel Bullets
iHlllllRi HHll IH . '
PHIIHHESS liHil llllliH
test Against Burning
’HANKOW, China. via Wu—Hu. Nov. ‘
«i.——Almost the whole native city 01
Hankow is alive this morning, and it ' *
is feared that the Wesleyan Mission. ‘_
near the Han River in which are so
blind boys and 150 wounded percent.
make up a total of 300 person‘s. has
been destroyed. ‘
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BISSDIIETTE DIED 7 ;,.;< '
or AISEIIID roIsotIfa ‘
CHiCAGO. Nov. i.-—'rbe ’police ad-‘
‘mitted today they had practiaaik‘
reached the and of their rope in their ‘
insemination into the depth of ‘_
W
nan Arthur ‘
deaths of eight others. II as '
Hoffman has satisfied lit-self ‘ .
Blamettc died from arsenic poison-
ing. and s warradt charging with
has ben issued for the Woman; thé‘ of» :'
idenoe against her thus far is new
circumstantial .
The coroner the state's attorney
and the police department all he“
had detectives looking up every phii‘
lslbie connection of hire. Vermily‘n our
the last week ever since it was and.
peeled that Bissonnette's death wa's
not natural.
Arthur Bissonette Sr. father of the
dead policeman. today described Mrs...
Vsrmilya' s efforts to obtain his aon'l ‘
lbody for burial after death.
' "An undertaker named C. 0. Boy-
son was matting ready to move the
body five minutes after‘ death." he
said. “i protested at the hurry hill
she insisted tnst' It would be new .
to move the body at once. i lined)!t ,
forbade them to touch it." ‘
The contents of nine bottles of me-
dicine taken from Mrs. Vsrmllya's.
home by the coroner are being anal;
M.
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IFHIIILI IIIEIII
That the charter of the City Of Nor-I:
wall: is exceedingly loose in relax I
silverware l was clutched in his band. but none of
the chambers had been discharged.
shoving that his assailants had drop-
ped him before he could hrs a shot.
There are no clues beyond footprints
on the plans.
srsoisfimirtv Ili'i'.
Choice Native Powls. 18o lb.
Native Roasting Chickens. 20c lb.
Native Broilers. 20c lb.
Legs Genuine Spring Lamb. ism.
Foreounrter Spring Lamb. 9c lb.
Spring Lamb Chops. tic lb.
Prime Rib Roast, illific lb.
Chopped Beef. 2 lbs. 250.
Round steak. lilo lb.
Sirloin iiteak, tilt: lb.
Small Lean Fresh Hams. loo tn.
the departments for incorporation in
the message which friends of“ Mr.
'l‘sfl believe will be the moat import-
ant he hag had to write A beginning
upon it may be made at Cincinnati
Monday. but the tint draft will be
made of course In Washington altar
Mr. Tafl’s return November ill.
According to persons close to the
president. some .09 the important
attentions to which he will call the at,
lion of congress are the tariff. the
trusts. second class postage rates.
stock watering and over-capillllsstlon.
conservation. currency reform and
navy reorganisation. The peace trsab
In. for which the president has spirit-
as often on the trip west. will be re-
farrad to in the mousse. it is said to
day. since that Ire now before the
senate. :A moist mustn't to that
freight cars in this city of
to the value of between mo and “00.
were arraigned in the police court to-
day. and after a hearing bound over
under 01.600 bonds for trial in the so.
parlor Court. Nichols pleaded guilty.
Hitler pleaded not guilty. saying that
he had received the silverware front'
Nichols and IlilI sold it to pawn-broil
srs in Bridgeport but did not ltnow
that it was stolen property. Nichols
is is years old and Miller is to.
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IDTEL Ill!"
lDIT III LIFE
animus. r... Nov. i.-'l'he sew
Niger hotel. which was only recently
rsbttill dad had is sleeping rooms.
to the. matter of appointive offices
now become the lirm opinion oft“ . ;
who have looked into the “W
the matter having proved to be alb‘ p . .
taunting one since the last council
meeting But it is a poor ruls tbsp
will not work both ways. 51;.
The charter provides thataa
polntlvs oliioer shall hold his place In!
one year. that nest sucpseflng tisi
date of his appointment. (Joiisctptstlilgéi
ly since the last council meeting them
have pace in reality two acts cf of 7
appointive pulsars. one not active M
the other passive The old etc". ”I
pointed February sin of this it
have been carrying on their dulled
and the new ones have been studyi ,
their work. the charter and acm-
they are to become active instsa s
tnre date.
The committee has purchased five
new typewriters to be added to the
equipment of the commercial depart-
menl
snanlono com
to mom sonnto
nnnnroan. Nov. i.-lilrs. are...
liasaetl. sei'eflty years old. was very
seriously and probably family burn»
9t! estrrds. when her clothing Ignited
from a bonfire which she had kindled
in the roar of her home. The Basselt
home is located on a slight elevation.
and when Mrs. Bunsen now that she
was on fire she began to run down
the hill in the face of a brisk. wind.
tor will probably ciao
it Is expected that the entire case
will be reviewed wtih much elabora
tlon. including reference to the pay
chic and. spirituallstlc powers of Guide
George (iratmm and how those pow-
ers brought to him at gold garters
and “0 cold suspenders. while the
wife's counsel will draw pictures of
those horseback rides among the or»
cuss groups of Southern California
IEITIIIII TD
nl'IlIIll FDI UFE
WlLlliMAN'rlC. Nov. l.-Randolbh
lirlssstls, who Was charged with iirsl.
degree murder. was today alias!“ il
change his plea of mil Chilly tn that
teen years old. started to walk from
New York city to Danislsou. Conn"
when hit funds gave out. but when he
reached this place. early today, hav-
lug covered thirty of the 200 miles bo-
twt-en New York and his destination.
he fell in with Good Samaritans. who
saw to it that he made the remainder
of the journey by train. Two weeks
ago. his father sold his farm at Weir,
star. N. Y.. and went to Danielson.
leaving the youth at Webster with
nmnsy to pay his fare to Danislson.
By the time the young man reached
New York, however. all but twent
live cents of his money was gone. This
last .qtlai'ter he tilted to telegraph his
father for money. but as he left do are
drastic and did not remain at tho lol-
ograph station from which he slept. hill
Ii
.., screaming for help. Neighbors men-site the money did not "m him. of guilty or mu er in the mend de body on tits schism later on is are u. burned my "[1 today. gm. Imsil lolns of Pig Pork. lilo lb. has!!!"
2 pm“, her batons u... had gone "m, Yesterday he left New rm for his arcs and was Iguana is! Judas 0a- lieved to 1.. in ”up.“ ‘ . body got out it! tho ”in“. in “m; . bean pm itcsst. you. ' Although fireworks have been .
If for and extiagtlislled the names, but long taunt. 0n "aching Groanwlcn ger in the new Chart to lmurls The president lost little time get with tho exception tit Peter W ~ lam Monthly”- germmm‘lgwill‘m it H‘ i
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A Very Poor seem.
”Yes. it's a very poor country. None
of as has a son in the winter."
“now do run this than?"
irate lets not other a little.
cement our lifi. Insults shot and
killed Winn Ohmlsltl. at New
noises; in the towa of Thompson on
aspmdber it after having been elect-
ed from a house where he had attend-
ed a social sailisrlng. lilrlssctto is 22
years old.
ting out on thugoit links restore".
not before shit but been burned from M Milli hlI Wit. lit. ii. police ”“1 h“ _
Mrs. ’l‘nft. m hashesn tailing long
field to fact. it was feared that she railroad the} in icon was given
bad inhaled tho llamas. After both; him .. ... .
given medical attention she was sent W _ .
to It... New liarsnfioshltsi ‘ Mon mas months on.
1““th 7‘ ‘DIII‘OM‘I‘ Mill“. “I" “lean In“
swallowtail duodenum:- Intent. rot. {visit
diet. a boarder. who I‘m “brother of
(inhuman John ll. itcthsrtasl. as
“I” ”in“ W ”'4'“ We. “at was found one is his vocal. rut loss
wound with him and watched the play. I; estimated at {ppm ,
Forty-seven (syncs the road. it was
one and that whatever"
done for the but and ,i ,
but mums the musicals; .
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