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1.. Morehods'o, 0t'Johu's'b1'1rg, N. Y..
is visiting his blOthOi, Arthur More
house, of Cove avenue.
Mrs. G: F Elliott, of Stamford, is
the guest of her sistm Mrs il. .l.
llosegood, ot' Hawkins 1111311119.
The schooner J. Frank Seavcy is 11n-
ioading a big cargo of lumber at the
Hilltil & Bailey 111111.116 on: Water
1st1'.oot
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The members of Christ church par.
ish are asked to meet. this evening in
the. basement of the church. for the
' purpose of tying the (‘hrlstnias greens.
The 11101 blag in 01111 cold and season:
' able to the mile! of tho m'btohants
Who claim that the unsousonable wea-
thin experienced during the past i't‘W
weeks affects the Christmas trade
materially.
1East Norwaik boys have almost giv-
cn 1111 the thoughts of having snow for
Christmas in order that thuy may on-
‘Joy the usual vacation time on the
slcd runners. While the air has the
feeling; of snow, they havo about made
up their minds to suck other ways or
Enjoying themselvs.
’1)l1e.Mayfl0mar Hook and
Ladder
1 pool tournament will. start tomorrow
1 evening at the quarters, in Van Zant
iitl'cct. There will be games on every
(ironing until the tourney has ended.
flhc members are looking forward to
the meat with the expectations ol’ sce-
l111r some good playing 3
A large number of East Norwalk
young men and older ones trio jour-
court yesterday afternoon in hopes of
hearing the trial of those taken from
Nthc Central Hotel on Sunday morning.
17'.M°St were doomed to disappointinclu,
1-hor1vcvor, as 11 great crowd congregat—
. ed. excluding all late .. comers it'om
even catching a glimpse of 11111.1 pris-
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"The Mayflower book and Ladder
Company will not. celebrate Christmas
time, except possibly to gather togeth-
er in the looms‘i’or mutual cougratula
tion and pleasure. The celebration
at this time will be confined to New
day when opcu house will be
pb‘scrvedlfl The boys are making no-
‘tlve preparations for this event and
indications are that they will make
the event one worthy oi‘ the season oi?
the your. -
According to the statements made
by some of the merohants in East
0N101walk the. holiday trade. this year is
not to be complained against ‘l‘he
stored are busy from early morning
3111111 late at night getting out their
orders End getting their stock replac-
ed. The big rush will probably com-
mence tomorrow and from “then. on
until late Saturday night they will be
put. to their uttermost to get. the work
out of the way 1 -.
SAYS RAILROAD ,
SMSHEB THINK“
Charles L. Barker of Norwaik has
sued the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Rnilrfmd. Company, in the
. Superior Court for {2,500 damages.
claimhm that while William J. Larsen
who wusgemployed by the piaintiit,
'was driving a large motor truisk’ across
the tracks of tho defendant compan!'
on 1Pine island street, Norwulk.
the morning of Aug 31 of this your,
locomotive owned by the 11111111111119
{otruck the truck completely demolish-Lt
1111'; it. The- accident, it is further‘
claimed by the pinintlfl, was duo to
the negligence of the defendant in'
not giving;1 the proper warning:1 0! lilOf,
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FIRE 8El081,000 'BIIESTS
' lilTil Milli)
"(06111111111111 from first 11agé.i'"'
their merry. The root fell in a few
minutes after the arrival of the first
tire companies.
Three furnace stokers who were in
the basement are missing 11nd it is
not known if they are Rafe.
Alarm was immediately felt tor the
guests in the Kaiserhof, New Victoria
and 'Stui'tord Match; all or which' were
near enough to be touched by the
flames from the burning structure.
ITho first two hotels lace Clark street
111111 run to the alloy directly across
{rem where stood the Open Board.
The Stafford adjolnod it on the. south.
Bellhoye, elevator men and even
the city firemen did heroic work in
the hotels. Evcry room was visited
and the guests awakened. 'l‘hc 11111111
oi' the flames throw 1111111 and women
into a punicand thcre was a hurried
scramble for clothing and valuables.
Scorch of persons appeared halt-
ciad in the hotel lobbies and many
drugged trunks or carried suitcases.
Although the window sashes of tho
Ka’lserho! were burning on the three
upper iloors at one time, a ,stendy plui’
of water on the building always kept
it out of danger. No person was. in
Jared in any of tho hotels. '
Marshal Seyferlick, of the life do-
partment, estimated-the loss at 8200.-
1100.’ lie hintodltbat the tire may have
been of lncondlarv origin.
Within the building many luboi un-
had their headquarters. The
books and records of many of these or.
gnnizniions are said to have been. dos-1
tioyed.
The tire was one or the most spec
iacuiai seen in down town (,‘ httugo in
months. Flamcn leaped 11111119. than
200 feet in the air amt ilrobrands were
carried blocks by the wind. An hour
altar it started the tire was under con
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Mannext Hotel Burned.
M’Ellil'i‘ltlil, M1131, Dec.
early today damaged the. 3111111111111: No
tel. in thin town, to the extent of $50.-
000. Forty people were asleep in the
rooms on the upper floors of the
building were aroused to time to es-
caoe» ‘
The blaze started from an unknown
cause in the basement and was dis
cowuod b1 the Janitor Policemen
and firemen warned the lodgers be
fore the flames had spread hey 0nd the
basement, and the sleepers on the
upper floorslmd time to don their
clothes and save most. of their prop-
erty botme they tied into the (hilly
air. (in the lower floor was ‘llile shutL
storeof. Smith and Duffy, which was
badly damaged. in the rear' 111. the
building two tenement houses were
burned.
_ Milford Hotel Destroyed.
MILFORD, Dec. 19.411111 6111 hotel
building located on Depot street and
belonging to tho MarianKnlght estate.
and a large livery stable owned'by'
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THE SOLDIERS' PENSION BiLL.
i11litor or The Sentinel:
The Public Arts of l9ll,j(‘.hupter
lxt, granting state. aid to soldiers, is,
according to the opinion of Attorney-
(ionorai John ll. Light. unconstitu-
tional and void, in that it is contrary
to the fundamental principles or uni-
urul justice: that it is in contiict with
Section 1, Article 1 of the constitution '
of Connecticut and Section 1 of A111
iicle it of the amondmcnis to the
1 constituilon oi tlu‘.1 United States.
101‘ all that. is that.
'wililnu 9) vote a liberal pension nor .
‘ i would like to ask in what way cit.
lzcns 01‘ this plate are to be benefited.
irom this uctlon'?‘ Why, in the. name
should the attor-
nay gen norai round up two constitution:
and tire up 'nuturnl iustlco' to block
this law? '
After all the yours {tom the 111.11.
or the i M] W 1111 it has remained for
a liemo1ratic llouso of (‘ohurcss'to be
vice hill; and We twice that 11 Renal»
than member [10111 Norualk gives the
Sherwood hill the Roby; it is also a
~Norwalk gentleman who would 11111114
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Walter Iii. lrvlng, standing next to it.
were burned.tbis “morning. The loss
it is Estimated, will be between $6 000
and $8 900 The tire started in the ho-
tel b11llding:“which for some time has
been unoccupied and consumed that
structure, before the livery stable tire
was started. In the latter place were
a large number of carriages and eigh
teen horses. The damages and other
contents were removed and the ani-
mals driven to safety. Not far from
the old hotel stands the éliapter house
of the D.¢1._R.,1111d'1this was at one
time threatened by flying sparks, but
was saved by the firemen keeping it
wet down. About two yours ago, it
was recalled today. an attempt was.
made to burn the livery stable, oil-
soaked raga being found there follow-
ing 11' small tire. The cause of the
ilre‘t'this morning has not been de-
terminied. ' . ~. 1
track the 11111111 all: bill. it might not
be real nite to any that the attorney
gonoral's "natural insticé" looks" like
a myth. and that tho. i'i‘iCtlon 0! [ho
aid in}: with the two constitutions
would huidly be noticed. it is clearly
the wish of the people of Conntibtlcnt
to try and keep old soldiers tram iail
~11”er and poor house, and help them to live
as comfortable as 1111111111110 until round-
ed up to the final roll cull, ‘
What is left of tho‘soltitera 07 the
great rebellion in this state do not
how a 1.1le on tile otate (or addi-
tional old but it grateful people do
'aim to reward them more fully- to
make their match or 11 111114 more yearn
pleasant we believe that “natural lub-
tico" would not be'contrnry.
The attorney-general, says “that
there can he no lawful tax which is“
not laid, for a public purpose." is it a
private align—this law of lair-that
grants aid to liundrq‘ls of old servants
of the state? The stain has given its
solders a _home, a grave and tomi»
stones. no We call this a prlvutb mat-
ter? '
From 186i to 186i thousands 91 Con-
necticut men went to war, as sdidlers‘,’
to help the countiy in Its gibatesl
shite. Some oi thcm returned, but
hundreds or their tombs can be 110-
ticed along the line from the Potomac
to tho Hlotlrande: it is said that they
111111319 paid for their work Yel,'tbey
ware paid and sorwere membels O!
Congress and others odiolnis fl state
and government and their pay has 1'
been increased several times without
a cry or 1111111111111 instlcefl If a man
or number of men. oiilclals of the state,
have by law an increase or pay, is 1
this act a private gain '01 a public
benefit? Does the increase of pay to
ntow citizens help pay the state tax?
it is "a fact. familiar to all who
would 1111121 notlco.'that._irom11861 to
1911 the United States government as .
well as the states have been making
special privileges in favor. or the sol-
dierwno kiokvtram “natural Justice."
Notice bublic ucts,oi"1907, Senate Bill
No. 232. Special law 8. No: 255.- 1111-
proved Juno ti, 1907; Public, Acts 0!
1909 House Bill No. 49,1Qh1'tpto‘r 31.
lepproved May 6 1:909:91» House Bill
'..No 672, Chapter 18, apprOvod’ 21, 1909
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with croup it you apply Dr Thoma! triction with
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MlNSTR'E'L SHOW OPENS.
bins and
'bt thumb 1‘1 opportunity loose the,
It a law wail passed 1:11 1911 granting 1
, 'the men in 11wa in this state (wise
A matinee oi the high school min~ men) more pay. would it be for a "pub-
Ethel mow to open this eveping was lie purpose." or 11111111211 be n 11111111111
11111 13211111111 of the mutter? Would cltinena pay the ‘18::
, , school chiidile'n The mitinée was to bill? Would gentlemen at heAdqaar-
perfect the perform-mic ,tor this eve-, let-11' in Hartford. set tony with "not.
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ONE FINE FLEXIBLE STEEL NAIL FILE.
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C R. BAILEY’S TOOTH POWDER is packed m a dust-proof metal b'Ox, which 1s both safe and
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C. R. BAILEY'S FACE POWDER? flesh color, with Chamois inclosed, imparts a beautiful trans-
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crating, at the borne of his in
Mrs. Erastus Baker.
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,John Keene, who has been confined
to his home with‘vtyphoid fever, is
able to be out of doors.
Mrs. undone MoKénna is 111111111113,
at the D. M. 111211111011 store during the
. holidays.
Candidates for‘ 11.; Riot ‘
Christ church are now being
weekly. Rev. William B“ '
Providence. R L. brew
assisted in tho1 evening
Putfley of this tdwb‘ " 1
William P0nd has returned from
twloodubry where he was called by the
death oi his mother.
” The Westport Country club in gain
lag in popularity every day and over
onalhundred names are ready to be
--—-v--- pinnacles the memberani .roll. .
Mr and 1m. Frederick Bradley 1 » . p ‘
have been entertaining Frederick Bel-
den or New Huron.
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Seven, more large 11.101.11.111 Grunt
Dane does 1111‘» recently” Arrived 'ln. '
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{Nina mil: .1, 11111113 or Etlmford. is The funeral of holes M1111
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pin . .1 A ' ' ' t. will 1911011 in Catholic
ork' capitation? 11111911.: 15.1113
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