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securittu that fluid in the lions oft
PM investment of s 9“
few cents in The Ben-
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NEW YORK, .laii. b.—~The great
marble nine-story building of the It‘qIIII
table Life Insurance Society, at 120
itroadway~~the home oi the Mercan-
tile Trust Company. the Equitable
Trust Company, Ihebauklng house oi
Kdunize Brothers, the Mercantile Safe
Deposit Company, and the llnrrintun
ilaes-was destroyed early today by
fire. "Three men lost their lives by
leaping from the roof and the proper
ti loss Is estimated at about $6; 000-
vol- dollars In each and
output illlIPAIIIES
"‘" attic: rIIorItIIII
.;- m.
‘Now that» the Connecticut Com-
pany and the United Electric Light
and 'Water Company have each plants
to'operate In The Norwaiks, It has
become necessary to makeIa division
of the materials. Assistant Suprem-
-‘ tendent Thomas '1‘. Logic, of the Unit
I age barns.
ed Electric Light and Water 00., and
L. J. McGrath. of Bridgeport,» store
keeper tor the Connecticut Compam
In that city.» are today taking an In-
ventory of the goods stored In; Nor-
walk for both departments.
Tomorrow these some men appoint-
ed ‘by the oiiicials will separate all the
supplies, the ones iorthe Connecticut
Company and those for the United
Electric Light and Water company be
ing placed up and down stairs respec-
tively in the Wall street car and stor-
O
The work will consume the remain-
E der of today and all of tomorrow.
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FIIIIIT DEALER’S
Hons: IIuIIs Anti
Chief of Police ThomasILeatlierIand
of NorwalIk, stopped a runaway today
at‘ 12:10 o'clock that called forth ad-
miration from allwho WitnesSed the
action. The horse ls owhed by Charles
Williams, of Spring street, South Nor.
aik, and was ieit standing unhitched
11 Water street, ,Norwalk. ‘
The Norwaik Transfer, an automo-
bile truck. frightened the horse, whom
' the wind and cold had made nervous,
and he started on a made pace through
the street. :Chlet Leatherliiud waited
for himvaad though the road'was very
I slippery, jumpedr'and caught the bridle
as the horse was about to turn into
, Wail sibeet.
He then took the animal back to
, the police station to await the driver
III charge .
Mr. Williams Ih-lmseliI appeared at
I ‘12: 50 and'w [promptly placed under
arrest by th
'borse unhltobeds
chief, for leaving his
its was Mott released. on his own
recognizance (or appearance before
Judge Edwacdi M. Lockwood. in the
Nut-walk town court tomorrow;
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'Sililill‘BUiilllllliBURll
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Immense Granite Olllce Black in Lower Broadway 11 Total Loss,
With Estimated Damage to the Structure and Contents
Placed at $6, 000, 000~Conlained (iiiices at Union and
Southern Pacific Railroads, the Banking House oi August
Belmont & 60., Mercantile Trust 00., Mercantile Sale
Deposit 00., and Other Firms
SEIE ERIE [IVES iIISI WHEN WIIIS IIE IHE
SIIIIIIIIIIIIE EEII IIIIII PIIIE IIIII SEIIIR SIREEIS
Fire Chiai Walsh Rescued Alter Being Peunsd In Building for
SoveraHlours—Prcsidsnt William Gihlin, ol'Msrcantils
Sate Deposit 00., Caught in Steel Vault, and Injured
‘ condition and, second to none in the
town of Net-Walk. _
artists AMIIIRE
,7 misused tourin't our. iimousioasnd . W~
. Advertise your wants in The Scandal.
Entered at the South Norwalk Pout-om.
as Second Class Matter
the Assurance Society and the blinking
and trust companies. but are not be-
Iiovcd to be affected by the flames.
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son'rH'_,NoawatIK, court, Tuesday. mohair 9. In:
IIIIIII IIIIIII In
I IIEAII IIIIIIEII
George Pulp and Paper Co.
Structure Causes Excitement
M
of climbing to the route! a factory
tion, but the painters who are sent
around [Iiflicouilll'y to keep up con-
tract jobs for
peihaps less able to choose their own
mother than others. At any rate two
painters III the employ of the I). 'i‘red
clinick, i’aiiit Cornpuuy, ol’ Mel'hdoll
put In an appearance at the St. George
Pulp and Paper Company, yesterday.
and announced their mission as that
the Iontrrict between the companies
Int: nicely until at
‘s
just 8: 30" cEdtII. when the light {all
or snow was making out or (Iiioi‘tl notk
unpleasant. The painters were at
omit painting the tail lIon smoke-tuck
of the pulp company at the corner of
Smith and Wall streets at the tool
of Mill Hill. Painter Number i had
completed all the surface of the
chimney he could reach and had come
down to chance his tmltlon
In some who while doing this he,
slipped and the booty wooden iaddci
William (libllu. president of the Met
(antlle 5 Safe Deposit (:zonipauy was iIn-
ptisoncd with three other employee Iii‘;
the vaults and ties rescuéd after the:
firemen had sawed through the several
two-inch steel bars. One man is her
iievcd to have lost ills life Iii the
vaults.
The lire was In the heart of the li-
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PROVINCETOWTN, Mass. Jan. 9..-
The New York steamer Wilhelmina.
bound froth Weymouth, bless, for
Newport News, Va., stranded during
the thlcit weather early - today one
mile or! the mouth of Pamet River in)
the town or 'i‘ruro, in Cape Cod Bay-.1
The steamer was practically high and‘
dry‘ at low tide at noon todai, anE
was testing easily on an even keeti
and although It still westerly windE
was sweeping over the bay the We I
sel was not Ionsldered to be In lmme-i
diate danger. The crew Ismalned onI
board.
The retenue cutter Gresham hap
pened to be In the harbor when news
was received of the steamer‘s plight,
and hastened to her assistance.
I
~Hebrew Ladles' Aid Society wllII
hold their ilrst annual ball Wednesday
night, Jan. 10, Red Men‘s Hall. Svec's
orchestra. '0.
GENTEII 809001. A
' MIIIJEI. BIIILIIIIIG
The new law which went into effect‘
on the first of January relating to pub-
lic. drinking cups, etc: has no eitect
or. bearing upon the conditions exist-‘
lag at the Center School. Several
years ago the committee of this school
abolished the old tin cup system, and
equipped the building throughout with
modem sanitary dIlnking fountains
and appliances. C. N. Arnold. one 01'
the committeemen. is a .‘member of
the city board of health, and together
with his colleagues has the welfare
and comfort of the teachers and schol-
aIs ever In mind.
’Dur-lng the past year several im-
portant improvements of a substantial
nature haVe been made In the Center
district grounds and buildings. Metal
ceilings have been erected 'In several
of the rooms, others have been
vated, and tinted walls providedir» :A
new concrete retaining wall was erect
ted‘last summer on the school street
side or the property, and properly»
paved drains contrasted to (16.11%!
the water {mm the 11011991 :imunda.
Both cunning use “611th are in one
t,
he as; using crashed donn upon pins}
pinning him to the roof. He was an
Iablc to move when his fellow onrII
man loathed him. The free man leerI.‘
ed to more the ladder hoidintt his
companloii. lost both the ladder and
man go tumbling oi: the roof lie
called assistance and men from the
shop aided in "marine the prostate: m m“ n a”. ‘9 rural! “'- m “I :1 3:13:12: 019:1; :3 :i
applies a! color. . . ,.
BM Iii Ilie excitement turned
in a tin alarm and the entire company
responded Just as Painter No.1 was
lowered hesdfirst Into the factory
through a trap door Dr William J.
Tracey also received a all, (or it was
reared his services would be needed.
The also declared he was 91111;“
sold irom a shaking up. and with» III a
companion a short while Islet com
pleted making the chimney a darker
black; than showing how little injured
he was and how little the excltemen
troubled him ‘
1
TIME F09 IIITAIIIES .
TO BE REAPPIIIIITED
Men IIIII women holding commie I The objections that the metal tin IsE IIIBIY ran 3 "I“! or III)“ IMO the 11830-3
alone as ,
might do-
.. I” public in this county
Iii QEI dean their certificates
Eand find units they are at There are
about 1,100 notifies public in this coun-
ty and nearly 600 of these were ap-
pointed during 1910. irrespective of the
time of the year they were Issued. all
obthe'commtssions at 1910 date rom
February 1, 1910. and were (or two
years. Titers are nearly $00 of the 1910
commissions that will expire on the
night of January 31 01 thiswesr. Un~
less 113- appointed nous 0 this number,
has the right to sign as notary public'
after January 31.
Theta are 109 commissioners of the
superior court in this countv and the
terms or all of these commissioners
, will expire with the close of Eebrusri’
l.
court will be In session that day and
there will be a chance for those who
wish to be reappointed that dai'I
Im HAVE_KII.I.EII has ,
AII‘II MbTIIElI-III-LAVI
BLYPHEVILXJE. Arid. dams. ~10. P.
Carpenter, a wean? planter and for-
mer banker or thl by!” Is under art
rest here Tutti): lint! will be detained
pending the conclusion of a coroner‘s
inuiryd‘inio the deaths of his wife and
mothgninwlsw. lidrs. Mary Davis. whose
“mound Wen. chopped with an axe and
their heads almost severed at the Car»
‘p‘entor home. eiiIIS'. yesterday
.I «me East India Tea 00. Ill new
comfortably. settled in their new am
tars In the Tsriov Block Washington
St. They invite you to com‘o'Jngand
look over their premium display cot
everything needed In the horns. I .
Sentinel want Ads are winnomI *9
Heridon Man at Work on SI. .
Yesterday was not the 'sort of a day
that an ordinary painter would think
and proceeding to recover a tall iron
chimney WIIII the liquid of ,his vocaa
their employers are
01‘ doing the painting that comes under:
February 1 is tobe a Thursday and 1
the likelihood is that the superior
9 a. E 5; Im‘
Success comes Io'liorivallt Man
Alter Years III Artiuous Work
in a Diliicai Haiti"
JIIHIS. SEIIIIIIIII IIIIIS
IIIIIIIESI III I’IIEIII IIEEIIIE
fExpaIIied to Revolutionize Work
of Building Railroads
(mr fellow-:ms'lismiin, John 55. Ber
mour. has Invented it metallic railroad
tie and clip, for which letters patent of
tllt‘ United states were Issued to him
_ Intuit all?
Iand thoroughly deathbed for the dis-
\ I.
Fair:
WEATHER FOBIGAO'I‘
colder tonight and Wednesday.
SEES EIIIE III IIIIIISE
About 5100 Damage to Stuart
Avenue Structurs~8mall
Blaze In East liorwalk
A small tire in the apartments oveI
J. Udei'a store. at the corner or Stuart
and Connecticut avenues. called the
South Norwslit‘nre department out to
brave the elements last evening. The
cm was caused by an exploding gaso
line stove, which not the room in
which it was placed adre. It is estlI
mated that damage to the amount of
$100 was done before the chemicals,
which the firemen brought into requl»
sitibn quenched the blaze.
Fire alarm box 41. situated at the
corner of l‘airiield avenue and Cedar
street, was pulled with the reeiilt
that the firemen lost ton precious mine
tiles in hunting for the tire. They had
responded to the vicinity ot the. box
REE. RIBIIESIIN
t
turbanoo and had about concluded-I
that they had been the goals at an-
other lake alarm when they werel
Eyoelertinv and on which patents are
applied for In Ennishd Imii Iii th99.I
which will be issued in due course
. The invention ls thought to be of
scientific and cmumemial lmporisace,i
zoom the fact that It is simpler thsnI
by of the huutliciis oi inhibitions Int
this line III this and in other cannula”
s;nd consists of no more parts than the.
ordinary wooden railroad tie and the,I
two spikes tit ouch roll out Not only?
jthe Pennsylvania Iaiirostl.,bm all oth I
or progressive railroads in this noun-I
try and in the world. have long sought
fa metal substitute for the wooden tie.
;becsuse it costs more to re-tlc s rill i
)
I
Inn to be dune otts's‘ior. The moving.
guest-city. or timber. and the Inurdemusé
l saute of cutting down hmmwn 1m
' for silicon lies. have made it needs-
lssry to resort to iron or steel: The
face at distal tics in Europe and in
lindls is large and increasing, notwith-
winding the unsatisfactory ferns
tblthorto Invented. A wooden tic isms
:onlv about ten years it amounted. or,
seven rears it not cremated, sud all
the time the spike with every passing
train ls weakened in Its held In the
wood. The worst accidents have no
curred by the rails upsetting because.
the spikes largo. in the Seymour tie,
the clip gripping the rail to the tie la
a positive lock, firmer and stronger at;
the instant the wheel load passes over
it.
i
harsh and unyielding in service ate
overtome by the provisions for also!
tlcliy In the character of the support
at the rail seat. ,
Including an interarfonce contest:
In the patent attics with a Pittsbura in-
ventor who claimed to have invented
something similar. and in order to get
an allowance of claims of the desired
breadth and scope. Mr. Seymour has
been engaged In a contest In the pat-
ting“ the allowance 01 all claims san-
stantlaily as originally presented, sad
the validity oi the patent and the
breadth oi the claims is as fully as.
email as if the patent had been one-
ceasulliy upheld in the courts.
We congratulate our neighbor on his
sweeping success.
ntsoussto iIoIAE
rot iiIIIIIIIIIp outs
The governing board or the Ep- I
Worth House, of New York cityI‘I
home for working girls, conducted. an-
der the auspipes of the Epworth-
League of the New York district. hold
a monthly meeting yesterday alien
nooli in thitsouth Norwalk Methodist
Church, Routine matters or business
were transacted.
Sixteen members from Danbury,
Bridgeport, New York. Mount Vernon. ,
Wogtnort. and attain Nohnlk were,
present. Usually the meetings rare
held In New York. hilt it was decided
be hold this monthly session in South
Norwslk. «The president at the hosts
is s tamer pastor at the south. Nob
mu; Methodist church; an, w. w a
Duncan, and :he was present sud prov
Illdod over the plastics yawn-7..
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~POLLIMDAMIN¢IQO§OOLI
Eliiiio it those in the victtuu oi
. pod from the turnout on the‘viirst
‘ covered
‘ alsht,.l
our cities for live rears. at last obtsluu ‘
. with the worst ~btrilre that has occhr-
“0116 o! E “coil wits lot 9899. 80 on
I on purchases" stir hardware store to:
2, ‘ chastised capital stock it 960, 000. ‘
nud- Men‘s Hail; every Thursday. ‘1‘ '
called back to Stuart avenue. Much
(tonnage would believed and the workE
of the department facilitated not a’
the:
lire IIiouid station thalliselwn at theE
box from which the alarm lit sent in
and direct the firemen upon their ar-
rival no to the location or the blaze:
Hid inst
could have reached it and leaned
on, indications are that the limo loalE
in discouiring it would have proved
fatal to the building ”
Ohio Builders Have email Loss.
What had the modulation at being
In the
oclock by
tho stillborn “monotonic I01 the
members of the lilsst Norslsiii lira de-
putmoni when the Itiiobcr in the
ba'ssinent of a shop In Filth street.
owned and operated by Bulk! It Go",
ship builders, caught m and blame
merrily for a few moments. It to
«him the damage will,
malts to some not and ”on. bath
to contents and blaming. ‘
lit in thought that the IQ was
started by a burning coal. which drop
door to the cellar below. When die;
the smouldering coil hsdI
communicated with the lumber whichE
was stated there and started a merry
blue. The not department reached
Ithe scene in quick time and immed-
ment, which soon drowned the blaze. I
IMQMI.
~—
~-Hnbrow Ladies Aid Society wiilE
bola their first annual ball Wednesday
sn.10, Red Mons Hall. Svecs
'Iorchestrii E
t
soerIII Initiatives ‘
‘ or van lllil mute
BOSTON Ilsa. 9.-—Althoush their:
places were being gradually filled byE
sirlltebreakcrs from New York thea
2,600 striking lohxshorcmea held iii-mi
today In their determid‘atlon to 0:11,:
out all freight handlers and perhaps
the teamstera. As a result Boston is~
threatened during the next 24 hours
red here in may years. Final deci :
sion regarding other union labor will;
be reached tonight at a meeting of the
Elocai assemblies and with their ap-
proval the wokmea at the “and:
who are unionists will be called ouut
Imldnight. The total number of strut-co
era Would then reachen early 6,000.
The threatened cancellation of trans |
Atlantic arrivals and sailings had not
yet taken place.
“Wu--
ISSUED FTRGED C'HECKS.
Awaited In ,Brldpc-.
I . pot-tM .,
Balm, mi. lwreated as
he was about to board It trolley car
late yesterday. satchel Kins; who says
Boston is tits liaise [91? outs: ‘held
charm Willi lawns forged shocks.
Boston an
inlet trim. insult plume its-
that is “cool-tit“ (iii 99! In payment
tends to the sinount.
.\ ,I “It ,
,nMI
ASKED III IIIIIIIIIIE S
Petition May Be Started by Attorneys oi the Prisoner veg"
Soon~ Rlohoson Salli Ila
Besides His Written Confession
BOSTON, .lau 9—-A plea of guilty
I of murder In the first degree was. formal plea of guilty.
night's are burned witbi made by Rev. Clarence V T. RichesonE
more rapidity or been where the wind} in the Superior Court today arid he he made to mediums“ the
lit was sentenced by Judge Sanderson to ecutive council 9! the stats to can? "
death by electrocutidn some time dur-
Ins the week of y 19, 1912.
Richelieu had pended not guilty
when arraigned after his indictment
on the charge of poisoning Avis Lia-I
soil, oi Hrannls. Mass. his twitter nan.
cee, but followinu '0'. Written coales-
”9859 IIIIKE9 BY
AndrewEE‘uCroix. or Camp street. is
nursing a very painful injury which
he sustained when he tell from his
bicycle In West avenue. He broke
one of the bones in the seoOnd anger
from the little one on his right hand
and Dr William .t.'1‘rscey is in at-
tendsnce.
Mr 130me was riding along when
's coming automobile made him cross
the street. This was in front of St.
Mary 3 Church in West avenue where
there is a toolley crossover. His front
wheel caught In the tracks and threw
ibim to the ground; is right hand.
placed ottt to break the but received
the brunt of it.
hit. LaCroix plotted himself up and
went, Into Dr.‘1‘rscey’s onlce. not far
distant where the injury was dress-
ed. Since then It has been attended
several times and although improving,
the pain is intense.
Mr. LaCrolx is unfortunate in thus
having his right hand injured as this
he uses a great deal In writing, He
has the sympathyand best wishes for
an early recovery of his many friends.
.4
STEEL IIIIILIIEIB
NET AWFUL DEATH
WBSUR-NUVRE, France.
Jan 9.—-Eight steel moulders met a
horrible death and eleven others were
min
seriously insured today by the burst— ,
in; of a gun mould at the government
nvai, arsenal in the vicinity of, An-
I'eme, in the Department- of the
Chwrente While the workmen were
pouring the molten metal to be used
In the casting of a bi! gun into the
mould the gases emanating from it
caused It terrible explosion and the
men suiroundiag the mould note on-
‘ veloped iu the seething mass of hot
metal. might of them died Instantly
and many others. one hollering trots
n'tghtout than;
M
“AUTO COMPANY iNCORI’OIA'I‘EDI
Marrow, Jan. s.~a «rosette
pl inconpomtion of the Connecticut ..
lil- llli
Silliilllii IIIIII llli ,
u I I III I2. II
Six Minutes and Wes Pale, But Composed
illlillllllil Itsstn IIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIII
stun, made public Saturday last. he to
FILE. F99! IIBYIILE I ,
IIIIIIII ill IIIIIIIIIIII
IIaII livoiitinp Further to so
.I‘ 9.
day retracted this pies and made a
It Is understood that a petition my
mate the death wanes 10', in“
meat for hip.
Niche-son made no W:
‘3“
was In court for only ‘3
Phillis omissions
mediates mm, colored.
Weston; was found in an open lot
conscious Stinky admits: that I
o'clock. She was but y dressed"
and her condition was at that time coil- ‘
sldered critical. . -
Mrs. Anderson has been a poor wild-
ow for the past ten years and it lbi
said in Weston that for the past few - ‘
weeks her mind has been 'wanderini;
This is thought to have caused her to
partlv remove her clothing and so'
about ,
When found not only was the we-
man partly starved to, death but silo
wss hesitiv frozen She was "thawed
out" and given food after physicians ‘
had brought her back to conscious-v
nee;
Mrs Anderson hasI been admitted
to the Nor-wall: Hospital where
though but little summon could
given, it is reported {II I ‘
is resting as comfortably is con
expected. it is thought that. the; vi,
recover from her expospre.‘ "
—-NOTICE To run hustle.- .,
The pawn shop how pt163 Was
ion 81. bridge will be located at 40 W
ter 8t. after Jan. 20. All unredee'ru
goods must be turned into cash.
QUTIIAL‘ IIIT I39. ,
” is IIIIIIIRI’NIIT
The Mutual Hat company, of in
street. Not-walk. has applied 16 pi-
port: of Incorporation under the
of the State of Connecticut with
capital of $50, 000. of which 910.6201
already paid in. The incorporatgi‘s
mentioned are Adam Schmidt, “Will-H‘-
iam Jewett mi Alexander Gordon. ,
When the company was startéd e,
oral years ago, it was incorpomsd‘a '
tier the laws of the State ol' Delaware,
Theichange dooi not silent th‘QIhasir
can in any way the shine person but,
tag lamented in the corporation
heretofore
honimardlal out We: tritium ‘s‘_' if , E
:wss Tum lathe accumutrflim ot-‘ : , ‘
"nob helium. I
dial in all kinds of automobiles. The
WHO—
Advcrttss your wants in Tito entitled
The century Is to
and not our
premium lists.“
Norwalk Chronicler