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M. ‘fore we can spare
stroll h to dream.—
Eliaa eth Stuart
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WEATHIR FORECAST
Rain or snow; colder.
TWO cadre
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Directors in Securing McMahon
Site is Approved
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Hearing on Bouton Street Layout:
Q
to be Held on January 3rd
The. Sotttlt Norwalk bor'trd of toxin
tllmon took the bttii by the horns last
evening and unanimouslyl voted for a
new Carnegie, public library building“:
and instructed .\l:1_vor \\'illi. Int 1‘. Tom
many to take 11p the option secured
by the board of iiiilwill) (lirerlots 011
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
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Action of the Board at Library
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“The interrupted Program” Very
Successfully Presented
The South Norwallt Baptist Sttrtday
school celebrated its annual Christ-
mas exercises in it most appropriate
and successful manner last night at
the church. Almost. every pupil ill the
school was. on ltarld arid many of them‘
brought with them their parents who.
entered litto the spirit of the occasionI
with it Itill and (ontributed largely toI
the eutectic of the owning.
'l‘he.cantata. entitled "The inter-I
l‘llpti‘d Ptogr :"Im comprised the ping I
i in 111 09 the evening and was plescntetl I
by the members of the primary Ile-
Ipartment under the iiil‘fthIOll of WIi-i
fled ltoblns The young people did
‘wo I‘ndelluliv well with their songs l"-(‘(
itutions little scenes and futures while
the antics jiil_\t‘(i by Santa (butts. iIu- I
-personttled by .lilhn ’l‘yler who did
the interrupting entertained 1101 only
the younger but the oliiet people aaI
well. 'l‘ilm-Ie who participated in the;
‘11 million of this cantata are jtlsilv en-
‘titled to the (lt‘tiii and applause which
was theirs ill generous quantities
Wiliit‘ .\il‘ Robins iliti-l lien placed Ill :1] near pt illllid and this wzh par'tlailyi
class all his own by his art. eel-Is as u
Itiilector.
I 'liie (illlll'il was beautifully and np- '
plopriatt ll dctoratcd for the occasion
LET NEW TRAIN Christmas greens nttd (clots were
Bland and expansive smiles appeal
.ed on the faces of Wilton commuters paradise for Santa
e"\(-rv'\\hete in eIideuce. transform
ing the interior of the .tllIIrcil In a
Claus arid the
when they arrived at Wilton station young people.
this morning and found a notice posted I
'tree resplendent in
announcing that. beginning today, De-
Then too there was the Christiana
its decorations?
‘ camber 27th. the Wriliamstown express and heavy with gifts for the young
would stop at Wilton
leaves New York at 3:30.1rnd South tlve mood.
foreman at has p. m.. am will be a
in the course of the owning. Dr. I
went hm to local patrons as well asI Henry C. Sherar commanded the at- .
through passengers from New York.
tention of the people present and al- ‘
Both the regular and sttrntnet real Iter making a short but well spoken;
dents of Wilton have been
earnest and united efforts f0r
time to effect this and "ther-
making: address. presented Rev.
comet den with a purse well filled with gold known today that an attempt at traln’
ounces-Ins a mark of appreciation
stone in the evening train service and- church for his unselfish endeavors in hip in the West Wiusted yards of the
the Connecticut Co. for 810. 000 darn.
have called a mass meeting at the WW [Its behalf Ernest Hopkins then came Central New England Railroad. Angle'
'ton town hall to, 0- .30 it :11. on New' to the front and made a. couple of axes Papers were filed today in the Berlin is an lhstitutlotl which prmideaI
Yean' a Day to appoint a committee toner-3 approprlnfe speeches atld pre-
Mr Maples-I
by the I
I
take the matter tlp vitit the. railroad sented similar purses of gold to Mrs
authorities and this prompt C0110“ :John 'itler and Sexton Alfred Ft'Jaser over the obstructions. lloweter, safely.
sion to individual requests Of about, Needless to say that these fortunate! The condition of the tracks was dis
fifty influential residents to l’resldcntI meme Were taken \vllollv
Mellen 191“” additional ““9”?“ “MIN“ prise at the. actiornof the church. the bound passenger
meeting
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'Tr.c.touuseunt
LilllilE tttcnott
At the meeting of' P. C. Lounsbury
' Lodge. New England Order of Protec-
I served.
by lur-
secret of whith had been so well prc
I
Rev. Mr. anlesden addressed the"
people present in his usual kindly andI
happy manner and at a late hour all that the lines wereall right When heI
departed to their homes. delighted inspected them at 5 o‘clock Monday Iamputate four fingers. it is claimed‘
that the boy will suffer great perms-j
neat injury because of the loss of his ”gm by hut-mg your bread cake cook- ‘ the work and it is only a matter of ed in the discovery of the body; Mrs. .
with the evening‘s entertainment
The committee ill charge of theI
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Plant in Water Street, South
Norwalk, Being Dismantled
and Contents Sold
SIIIRAI [IIIIBIRS III III
SIIISHII’I SISIIM IIISIIIII
President Brooks Has Been
Succeeded by H. C. Underwood
South Nora-nib is interested at the
present time in (speculating what the
Sealshipt Oyster Sustain has up its
Sif‘i'l0.' i‘or route time r'umora httvIa
no. It spread around to the effect that'
the dissolution of this concern was
by the report
of iuteresiiuit.
(ottfltmeri this morning
of three specifit pieces
news: First that l.. C.
(Confirmed 011 Fifth i’agc.)
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This train« people all of whom were in a recap Angle WBWUMCMMOSWIWIIW
and From in the New England
‘ Railroad .
WINSTK‘D. Dec 27. --—lt m.
wrecking was made Christmas even
have which are used to fasten ratio
were wedged into switches and frugal
West-bound passenger trains passed
the arrival of east-
truins. Railroad
men say the obstructions were so placu
ed that had the latter
them a derailment must surely have
resulted. The track walker asserts
cm cred before
afternoon The railroad company and
the. authorities at once began an in
‘ tion. which was held last evening. theJI’ffllr CODSIHled of F. T. Lyon. chill!”i vestigatlon. but the fact that an at
officers
were nominated and elected.
cers elected were as follows:
Warden—Lillian M. Holly.
Vice Warden—W. H. Piutf.
Secretary.«~C H. Adams
Financial Secretary—C H. Ferris
. Treasurer—4i. A. Wood.
Chaplain—A. W Hazzard.
Guide—Eva T Stone.
inside Guard—Edith Tito ..npson
Seminar—Charles Miller.
Trustee—Gustav Pltzer. .
Representatives to Grand Lodge——
C S'. Thompson. Charles H Ferris
~ Alternates~w. 1.. Cavanagb, H. B.
,y', . Wiimot .
' “ Auditing Committee—E P. Self. Wit
' lie 1., Cavarlagh and Charles S. Dau-
,chy.
The officers will be installed at the
first meeting to- -be held 111 Janualty by
District Deputy W. A. Smith. of
Bridgeport, and the degree team which
accompanied him.
:AIIOTHEII VESSEL
IFillIlIllEllEll Ill STCBM
GIBRALTAR Dec. 27 —-8till another
vessel. the tan steamer thoa.
thundered dining the recent storm in
the Bay of Biscay. The Chloe belong-
ing to the German Levahte Line. was
proceeding from Hamburg to Alexan-
‘ dria on Thursday last when ahe was
Tile 0m-
’
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caught in the hurricane and sank with _
H .- all but two of her crew. the chief and
. one Iallor. who were picked! up by a .
_ Passing vessel.
The Ohio: was built at Hamburg in
1891 and registered 2 0S9 tolls poi
. k]
. t
. I '3.":1
for the ensuing term were;
I ion, which was held last evening the;
rnan,’assisted by the teachers of thef
school.
assent—8' lllil0li- . .
EtECTS orrlcnls;
I
At thepmeeting of the Barbell-3‘ Ull'.
l
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officers of the ensuing year were elec-I
ted. They were as follows:
President—Henry '0. Seller.
Vice President—«Gustav Pltzer.
Financial Secretary—Charles Oddo.
Recording Secretary—Otto Lind-
strom. .
TreasurereCharies H. Franke.
Gulde—Devit Nattemberz.
Guardian—Albert Turner.
Trustees—Gustav Pitzer.
lllarte. Samuel Spring.
Finance Comrnittee——Joscph Pardi.
and Frank Macaiuso.
liCiilVAth trillion.
ASSOCIATION artisans
M
The annual meeting of the Norwalk
MedicalAssoqiatlon was held last eva-
nlng at the residence of Dr. A. H.
Baldwin. The following were elected
officers for 1912: , -
President-Dr. Franklyn G. Brown.
Vice-President—Dr. William B. Bur-
hell. i
Secretary and Treasurer-Dr. Wil-
llamH. Stowe. ‘
After the regular business and an in.
mai dischariou of yaridua medical sub-
iects, the members present enloyed a
B. De-
scciai hour with their boat. ' ‘
etnpt at wrecking had hen made was
kept under cover until today.
“H. Smith's dancing school Trust
Company building. Thursday evening.
IFIGHT “MIST
. only“ illiLT _
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-—Former Judge
Willard McEwen, counsel for Charles
R. Lindsay. .lr.. in his fight to rescue
ills nephew. William Lindsay. twelve
years old, from the tic-called Mandaz-
nan cult. returned to Chicago last
night front Philadelphia, where be dis-
cussed the case of the boy with the lat.
'ter's relatives in that city.
While refusing to discuss any plan
of procedure decided on while there.
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Brooks ptcst
train struck I
PlMillliliSllil
Many of the Original Members
' Will Be Present at the Fit-
tdbnth Annual Gathering
Fifteen years ago January 29th thir-
ty men became affiliated with the im-
proved ()I‘dt‘li‘ of Red Men in Norwallr.
at this timt" forming an organized
branch of the great order. or a local
tribe to‘ be correct. and from that
time or: have regularly during the. year
kindled heir own camp tires which
have burned more brightly at each
gathering. This Wigwam was named
after the great indlun chief Cockenoe
and the number of the tribe is 32.
Prosperity has smiled upon this
branch of the famous order ttntll
Cockenoe 'l‘rlhe, No. 32 l. 0. R. .\i.,
of Nor'walk, ranks fourth in the entire
. original membership of thirty the tribe
has grown steadily each veal- ttntll
I now the roll (all would emhruc e. neurlv
I fit 'ee hundred men of the town. Twen n:
ty of the original thirty are atlll mom
Itera of the order and tribe.
To c01mnerno:are.in a fitting andI
proper manner a tommlttee comprls
inn I: number of the. cm rgetie brains
I of the trii..)e has been appointed to pro
.‘ptm soothing unusual it: the war of n
’ctleblntlon in honor of the anniver-
Kill}. H e committee is working dili-
neatly upon the plans for the cvenm
which will be perhaps the most enjoy
able. ever held in the local wlgwrytrn
and It is expect: d that their plans will
.liave taken an: it shape that a report.
than be made at the regular weekly
camp fire. on Friday evening.
.» .~m~._
IAIN. ”WU Ml
rose 0? metre
BRIDGEPORT. De'c.
ycnrold but who was struck and
IStratfnrd and Bishop atenuea on De:
Icembor 19 last has brought tuft against
ISuperior court by
Gray.
Ifather. Henry Pow. sr.
nue lie says he was exercising due
care, but that nevertheless be was
struck by an approachini car. The
wheels passed over his left hand in
such a way that it “as necessary to
fingers and that the accident caused
hint to suffer from nervous shocks
player: of negligence and carelessness
The action is returnable to the Febru-
ary term of court.
lllllils liEll IEI
CHLOBE OFFICERS
Chiefs, were chosen for the ensuing'
term at the meeting of Uncns Tribe.’
\Vo
which was held last ev.enlng .H
Gallagher was chosen sachem L'and
Councilman William Miller again
elected collector of wampum for the.
.nlneteenth consecutive year The on
floors will he installed in- two weeks
Those elected were as follows:
Sachem—J. H. Gallagher.
Mr MoEwen said that the one idea on .
Senior Sagamorc—r'l‘homas
promost in the, minds of the Lindsaysi ..lr
was to rescue the boy from the Orion-
tal cult. ' '
Members of the family are expect-
ed in Chicago tomorrow along with
Charles R. Lindsay, Jr. who was also
in Philadelphia and who will return
at the same time. It is expected they
will await the decision of Judge Pinch
ney on January 4, before taking any
other decisive steps.
~8PECIAL SALE DURING THE
' HQLIDAYS.
At Charles Slgaaway's, 21 Day St.
South Norwallt. .TbreoStar Cognac.
Wilson. Hook mountain and other
wellsknowt'r brands- of Wblaklos. at $1
per bpttie. Bottled imported and do-
mestic Wines. from 500 up. Bottled
Beer. (brewery bottling), 81 per case.
V
.lttnlor Sagnmore—L. Eugene Mltch-‘
ell}
Protihet—Charles A. Walters. .
Chief of Records—~Stewart C. Mar-
shah.
I Collector of Wampumfiwmlam lifti-
ler.
Keeper of Wampum-A. M. Dahl-
man.
:
cott.
Representatives—Charla S. Stiles
Charles A. Walters. Stewart 0. Mar-
shall and D. J. Thomas.
Alternates-Fred Williams, Oscar
Raymond. George H. Hirat and Frenlt
H. Fitch.
area mna‘nmnv on on.
7- passenger touring oat. Mandala. and
delivered.
_ taxicab. Tel. 101%.
State of Connecticut in size. From the.
He accuses the Connecticut Co. em-
.26 improved Order of Red Memi
Hvdeu I
Trustee for three years—C. J. 'Prea; . .
,.I
~ tor, was begun today and the jury may
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PlilSilNlNli
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Eighteen Men in the Municipal
Shelter for the Homeless
Died After Eating
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tered There in‘ Past Year
ln-
Shela
d'duting the.
I BERLIN, Dec. ill—Eighteen
Imutcs of the Berlin Municipal
‘ter for the Homeless died
Inight from poisoning and a large num-I
her are. dying or seriously ill
the cattle cause .
The number or destitute men who
from
I
' night was 4
I brought with I I
PiOllCil to the frugal meal of bread and
soup served out to them by the au
3 thorities.
ad it: many cases of spoiled smoked
herringa of which a large number par-I
took. Shortly after midnight groans
Iwerc heard coming from the dormi-.
torles, of which there are about forty.
Hutton fonnd advent man dying and
other: .in convenient
4‘
he phyaTclIn‘ dtfndhed to the Ill-I
27. ~Henry stlfutfon at once administered ctneticsI
Pow, yr. of 34 Bishop nv,enue the ten-I
and telephoned for help from the city:
hr'pitala, but the state of many of I
knocked down by a trolley car atl the men was hernia“ and is of them I!" BUILDINGS
died within a short time
A While limitation.
The Municipal Night Shelter of
I
. I
Attorney John P sleeping accommodations and a meal; man of the committee on streets
Owing to the fact that Pow is- to any destlww person who is forced; 30th Norwalk is a busv man tbtee
In minor the action was brought by his to take refuge there at night. in the .davs and with characteristic prompt-IH‘ girl whose decomposed NO! "If”
Icourse of the Ilst twelve months it he" is melting rapid strides towardslfound in at Forest Hills apartment:
the number of inmates amounts night-
ly to betw'cn 4.000 'and o 000 besides
a large number of women and the
coat of providing for them is met by‘
an appropriation out of the city funls.‘
—START THE NEW YEAR
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for etc. at Banner. linker). Tel. 367. ‘
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AIMED AT UNITED STATES.
sr. PETDRSHURG. Dec. 27 ~—A cup I
plementary legislative proposal' of as
Ifranklv prohibitive character was in
Itroduced by the Nationalists into the
IDuma today. It “is aimed directly at
. the Ublted States.
According to the terms of the pro-
posed enactment American citizens of
Ithe Jewish religion are to be totally
:exciuded from Russia. and in the sec-
ond place customs duties are to he rats.
Ied 100 per cent, unless the Russian
Inormai schedule is lower than the
IAmerlcan.
.lng the American duty will be collect-
Ied. The author of the bill states that
'the second provision is necessary in
Iorder to deal with the import of Am
Ierlcan agricultural machinery.
The renialning points ‘of the propose
Ied bill correSpond in virtual y over)
particular with a bill ihuddttced on
December 22 by ea‘Prealdent Guchkoif
providing for tariff schedules applic-
able to the United States at the expira-
tion of the Russo—Alderman commerce
and navléatlon treaty in 1832.
8W8 llI' TRIANGLE .
WAIST CO. CASE
NEW YORK. Doc. 37.—-Summlng up»
in the Triangle Waist Company m
case, in whichnttx Blanch and lsaaar
Harris, proprietors of the 'Shlrtwaiat‘
factory, are charaed with. manslaugh-
I
L
. render its; verdict by nightfall. One
hundred and flirty-nun lives were
Over 1,,000000 Persons Shel-I
This extra dellcam consist-I
and the omelet: on making an lures-I
In that case a duty equal- .
‘ army. All the childre were compara-
' present of. clothing. shoes, stockings,
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IIEIIIII IIIIIII IIIIIBE
Changes Again in the City of Nor-
walk January ist ‘ '
Street Commissioner Edward F.
Duffy, of Norwaik. and City Ciery
James J. Kcenawlll pass from office
with the old year when It leaves for
the new. Will: the youthful year will
come City Clerk Charles H. Dllworth
and Street Commissioner C. lrving By-
lngton. The worth of these four men
is not questioned. and though it is
with regret on the part of some that
the two are leaving it is with Dit'ilfiitl‘fl
bio anticipation 0n the part of others
that the otiul two are to take tip the
I harness.
I The til-1 trleeting 0f the citv courthill
in NOi‘ii'ilik in the new year will occurI
on New Yeat‘ :-I night. The meeting will
Ibe held and such business as is neces
Isury and proper will come. before the.
Inessinn. City Clerk Charles H. Dil-‘1
Iwor'th will be in the clerk's chair and;
the . Irina of the city ‘s street depnrnrt
ment will iw parsed cier to’ ‘bief C.
lrving livingtcn.
it is likely that on Monday evening;
the. officers reclantly elected at the fileI
Iticpaltrnent meeting held for the pur
itooit refuge in the Institution pm}. pose will come before the city count-iii thorlty states, realizes that there it.
Some of themImr ratification. There is no doubt that no trope for it in the retention of
some scraps of exfitbey will re cite the best wishes of: three or four detached sections or
Itrn total in order to she a Chtlnaimts thc Colliii. it together with the. ratifies-I the country and lam-loyal province:
tion. I
A SCPlllillifi} noticeable co-incidence'
in connection with the file. and the city
officers is that Chief C. irvlng Byinz-
ton will relinquish to George B. Mont-
‘gomerl the herd of the fire department
.tosether with the title and that Mr.‘
Bylngton will assume another title?
and take possession of another office.
that of the city commissioner of
Istreets and sidewalk
nest Tub nutter. 36c lb.
Mead A 00.. 232 East avenue.
H. E.
I on I_I____ocIt rnorrnrr
Councilman Harrt W Mather, chair-
of
It in alleged that about 6 o'clOck in has given shelter to over 1.000.000 per-I getting the ct!) dock property in a pm h
the evening of the day in question. . sons who were entirely without meansI sitlon to Dfll' back the city something
young Pow was crossing Stratford ave— of subsistence. In the winter monthsI for its investment
The board of es
tlrnate and taxation decided favor-
.‘ably on Mr. Mother‘s plan to transfer
all the street department‘s buildings
from the city lot at the corner of
Franklin and Clay street! to the city
dock property. in Water street. Conn-i
Icilman Mather has gone ahead with
days now before everythln will be;
In readiness for the occupation of theI
new buildings.
The street department and the
council will. also get together betweenI
now and the next meeting to be heldI
on January 3rd. for the purpose of de-
ciding definitely just what streets will:
ibe paved permanently under the act
passed by the last general assembly
authorizing the city to issue 8100. 000;
in improvement bonds for street pay-I
ing purposes. Some definite actionI
will be taken on this matter at iheI
next meeting.
i
——-De‘st Tub Butter, 36c lb.
Mead 8: Co. .. 232 East avenue.
nitration All!" .
‘ cIIjIIIerlls rIIEt
At the Salvation Army Hall. in We
for street. South Norwaik last oven-
“‘3; was held the annual Christmas en-
tertainment for the members of the
Sunday sChool. ane were flfty- five
children in attendance.and in addition
many of the parents and friends of the
H. E.
tively pd'ur, and without the aid'of the
army weald have had a very cheerless
Christmas indeed. All’ received some
dread goods. sweaters, caps. etc. and
‘eacb one also had a game. doll or
monomer toy. and a box of. candy. an
Orange nuts and a pound of grapes.
To say that the children enjoyed the
occasion would be expressly; it mild-
iv. A fine program was rendered by
the children and all regretted when it
lost in the fire. . - .
t"
was tilde- Cdvl‘eijlf'il to their homes. ..
Seven Counts, Most Each for
.Mary O‘Neill. an assistant in the em.
Ithe officers into the etfeet.
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BIBHIIIESEI
Premier Certain That He count
Win Several Battles With
A Modern Army
IIIIIIII ASSEMBLY
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Tang IShao Yi Might Be'cume‘II-i
President ' ‘
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r1: KING. China, Dec 27. ~nepresena’ .
tative members of the imperial court?
I-nctordlng to an authoritative source. L'
have signified to Premier Yuan Elli
Kai their willingness to agree to All
abdirntion. The court. the same Dil-
(Contmmfilr' Slat: nu.)-
HIE Pill
at
lIIE more
Murder at any MING in
Bosttm Apartments
BOSTON Dec. ctr-indictments a.
seven counts were retro-net! It I lie-
clal aessgffl 61;; til! mu m
night againfit I!“ brtmnera “I“.
the Charles strict hill on rumba?!
having caused tbé contact Mary w-
due, the 20year-old Manchester. .
ouse last Friday. ,
Mrs. Annie M. Reed who conducts
'a Tremont street house. and Mia.
ploy of Dr. John D. Ferguson, 0:
Manchester, N. H.. were indicted II '
principals in the performing of an ll- ‘.
legal operation. _ . "
Dr. Ferguson. whose information
given to the Manchester police. resulfe
Jennie H Shattuck, at wase home in
Forest Hills the body was found. and
Hattie Mildred Haalitt, of Cambridge
employed by Mrs. Shattuck were each
indicted on four counts as accessory
before and after the fact.
but Ill IIIIIIIs _ ,
or Ettrtoslort .
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Dec. 27. ——Pnilce-
man “liliam About and John Flynn
were searching a house in Fay stree‘t.»
early today, for Paul Lutz. suspected
of having committed a murderous al-
sault ttpon a woman when an explo-
sion wrecked the building and harlot!
Ahearn
was badly burned and bruised.bt1t
Flynn escaped with a few bruises.“
Half an hour before the police It“
been notified that a murder had been'
committed at the house. The officer!
found the Mrs. Ida Schultz, fiftyvflfl
years old had been beaten over; in
head with a blunt instrument. and y.
dying.‘
A search was begun for Paul fitltl.
who had occupied roomy: lit the root 5
Mrs. Schultl‘a house. . The omeem
were preparing to Drank.“ :‘in Mad
when the explosion ‘occt‘rFred. @011er
of the ruined building mystic“
body of Lute in the debrlt. Lula
been acting strangely “of 1m and
woman iibd ordered him to vacate
rooms.
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.Tbe regular meeting 9 the
Whilt Club will be held ‘Frflly {“15
noon at 3 o'clock at the
Mrs. 11.. Hinton. or is one
street. . .
Norwalk Chronicler