~Emcrson. 3:,
*dflfl‘. .
"#31”me 1870 “we assessor-Wt-
ginia and Eastern Chin, and
L'll'“ .
the Engineer Were
PITTSBURGH, PC.., Sept. 3.——There
alro ithirty-six dead as the result of
ttloods in Western Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Eastern Ohio, on Sunday
night. The damage to property will
not reach over two million dollars. .
A number of families are homeless.
milrosd traffic is greatly impeuded and
sunny cities spent Monday night in to
tal darkness, both electric and gas
plants being'dooded.
Among the largest towns which
suffered from the rise of the water
were Washington, Beaver, Buretts-
town, Canonsburg, and several smaller
pieces in the Chartiers. Cherry and
illillli suns iii
lliii .liLiilflllllllitll
33’IRlY-SIX ISM] Mill
lWll Ml ISNSIMMASE ‘
RUM [0003 IN lH WESl
vCloudburst Covers Towns in Western Pennsylvania, West Vir-
by Miles of Track Being Washed Away
SSWNPMJR Mill WMSS lASl Still Will HSSSS V
Sill MAS MflSl SEVERE EVER Ill Mill SiSllMl
Freight Train Pitched into the River and All the Crew Except
Railroad Traffic is Stopped
Probably Drowned
Beaver valleys of Western Pennsylva-
nia, while in West Virginia. Colliers
and the surrounding territory suffered
great loss.’
List of fatalities:
Colliers, W. Vs., 18 dead.
Cherry Valley, Pa.. 6 drowned.
Burgettsto‘wn, Pa” 4 drowned.
Avella, Po... 3 drowned.
Cannonsburg, Pen, 3 drowned.
Woodlawn, Pa., 1 drowned.
Wellburg, Pan, 1 drowned.
In the various localities attempts
are being made to take care of the
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it. pains in
niiulll lSiIlllll
"any improvements Have Been
Mede,,t-:spooially in Lincoln
. Building
The public schoolshof the town,
which opened today. have been put
in excellent condition during the
summer vacation. and everything was
in line shape for the teachers and
pupils.
Probably the grentest amount of
work was done at the Lincoln school
where Janitor Albert E. li‘rnser hos
been busy throughout the weeks
school has been closed. lloth the pri-
mary grades have been pointed and
varnished, and all the bluckboerds in
the building have been smoothed off
and repainted. Grade three has also
been repainted and varnished, and
the office on the first floor hus also
been pointed. The iltulr of the touch-
ers‘ room on the Second floor has
«been repnimod. The desks in nil the
other rooms have been varnished. and
every room is thoroughly clenuod and
ill .good condition.
One noteworthy improvement hue
been the instnllntlon by Mr. li‘rueor of
three electric push buttons in the
spacious hallo. so that the tire storm
or other cells may be sent in lit :1
moment's notice.
The boilers hove been painted
both buck and front. end the ureter:
have been enlarged. time putting them
in renditions tor use at duco. limit
your. by careful management. Ml
ii‘mser saved about forty tons of cool.
a.“
in the Concord building Junliom'mmm to dearth 3““ Luis Conn
lohn J. Murphy hue bud the utnhwmn
repainted, and the costs viirnlnhou
tutti outer necossnry Work done.
”line Franklin and Knudsen buildings
one also in good order. The li‘rnulo
iln building, under Janitor James
O'Hara. wns‘icpulnled and thoroughly
overhauled it your ego. .
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fiNORWALK YACHT WSNC HACK.
Exitlommodore it. B. Budd, owner
of the yacht Alert, soiled his "chi to
lerchmont yesterday and entered the
recon which were held there. iris won
ilrat price in the hmdtcap cicsefirst
~' its heat the Adkins.
which was second, by fully four initi-
divinion runes.
dies.
indestructible w. it; Clothe.
lino
mode the trip on themes: in his vim
cisterns. bellowing to the storm ind
the heavy use didgfi‘fit under the noon.
Will be Opened tor Scholars by
Next Tuesday and Dedicated
Next Sunday
St. Joseph 9 Church. announced at all
The Rev. R.- J. Carroll, pastor oi."
M llllillllll
BEASHMSNSM
Sad Ending tor” Bridgeport Party
on Labor Day Sail, Three
Being Saved
iiii inn lllilillllllilll
Mill Mill Silllill ill ll
Later swam Half a Mile to the
Shore
vBRlDGEPORT. Sept. 3.-—ln the
storm-lashed waters of the sound of!
the part of'Fsirtleld beach, known as
“Little Danbury," two Bridgeporters
event to their death about 6 o'clock
yesterday afternoOn, while three oth~
ers, members of :1 Labor day bOstlng
party. clung desperatelyto the over-
turned heat for nearly an hour, "were
buffeted about like corks and finally
rescued more dead than alive. That
the entire party did not perish is due
to the herbism of Levi 8. COM) of this
city and Frank Bennett, n cottoger at
the beach. who hearing the faint cries,
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intuition ,
,;_,ni* noun
Bill Could Find No Trace oi Vic-
tims Near. Greens Reel
Light. Yesterday
w...” ....
There was considerable excitement
of the services on Sunday, that the
new school was open now for the‘
inspection of the people of the parish;
A great many availed themselves of
the opportunity and inspected
ibuilding from the basement to the
beautiful hull on the top floor. All
spoke of the work in the highest of
praise. The new school will be dedi-
cated on next Sunday eiternon at 3
o‘clock. by Bishop John Joseph Nllun.
it was glad news indeed to hear lrom
Futiler Carroll that the preaching for
the ceremony that the preaching for
or Winders, the first pastor of the
parish. it is certuinly s greet orne<
ment to our city, and is considered by
runny to be the finest school building
in the stale. Several entertainments
will be given in the new ball this
coming wlnlter, which 'will go to
words helping to compensate scum of
the debt.
The school will open on Tuesday.
Slept. 10th.
new ninrronoiiiun
lo suntan to ours
VIEW llMi'l‘F‘ifml). Supt. ti.-.lucob
i‘onrnd, u better, used 57 yours. was
his
wife and live children, and un ltullsu
whose home liifllol. known, had narrow
(inclines from i. similar fate early to-
dny. when the building occupied by
them on a residence and bakery was
burned. The piece was owned and op-
erutod by Comi and the dead men
nnd on Italian ware employed by him.
:nmi's children range in up from one
to sixteen years. The line started, it
is believed. about the ovens. ‘ The 0c-
iloor. According to the tuition, he we;
published by Conrad and made his
escape by jumping from s window.
the supposed Conrld rm following
him. Conrad‘s charred bones were
found in the ruins st enrol-ssh.
“SiXTH COMI'MNY . ,
business meeting tonight. . important.
irull -Wdl§0é Mood. Corinth A.
A. Housman. commending. {,
consuls were sleeping on the menu.
at Roton Point yesterday morning
when a telephonic message was receiv.
'ed by Manager Hermon Jacobs of the
i
l
lllghthouse. The word was quickly
l spread throughout the Point, and in
{filled with cutter
their eyes toward the lighthouse in
an attempt to locate the distressed
vssel.
pie aboard the bout.
that comparatively nothing could
wuu running so heavily
have been impossible to live
bound with the dory.
the use of his human.
motions for she lrlp.
ed. A terrific sen wns running.
but found no trace
shud be neon any such bout.
tion of the mystery could
lion be mominedfi‘sltbonult it
do with the report.
new‘W’nKi. norm m
Roton Point hotel, to the effect that
the. l a boat was in distress off Green' 3 Rest
an incredibly short time the dock was
people. all straining
Toh cull for help was transmitted to
Joseph Corcorsn, the only member of
the lloton Point division or the Unit;
ed States Volunteer Lite (loving Corps
at the Point and he immediately put
about to so to the rescue of the poo-
Tho storm at,
that time was raging to such an extent
be
seen out to the llshthouso end the son
that it would
in the
Mr. (trimaran
not into ('(lmmlmlcililofl with ll. F. De
Klyn. The letter quickly volunteered
and together
“with Cuptnln Amsi Wnicrn mode prop
Mr. (torcorlin
dud Joe lmomln and his brother, also
mude hunty preparations for the trill
and shortly utterwurdn the men stew
hilt
ilndliuntotl. the little croft. mndo its
way out to the lighthouse. They turnip~
ed about in the vicinity of the light.
of the reported
host and then bullet] the lighthouse.
The keeper informed them that no
message had been sent in by him, nor
up to this afternoon. no exploits:
be found
nor could the source of the informs-
”is
supposed the drowning of two. men
elf mould bench but something to
Advertise your vessel Wt.
it. rolled. hedonistic
. ~:suirrn spawns. coup. mesons. enormous n. ms
lnninsn
‘i
Twenty-Seven illiylotls Repre-
sented in Nomlk~llridgeport
The conventfin of suite Hsymekers'
Association W held in Red Men's
Hell, in Wall firm. Norwslk, yester-
dy. The scallion was opened at 10
s. m. by Stole Cilia: Heymaker Albert
Weisner, of Militias. Delegates from
twenty~soven tubule!“ of the state
were present do well as many other
heymskers, who were not delegates.
The Norwaiii Tied Men were out’in
large numbers fund entertained their
brethren in in, royal manner. South
Norwslit also cont 1 number of hay-
makers to the convention.
The reports “of the various onlcers
were read and accepted. They show.
ed the association to be in prosperous
state. Twentyvsevsn heylofts are in
existence in the state, and all are in a
commendable condition. Lost your
one loft disbanded.
The report or the State collector of
Straws. Frederick 13. Mslkln, was read
and accepted. it contutnusome inter»
esting figures. -it shows nu increase
of 104 in membershipsince the lustre-
port was read,” st thiit time there
were 1,566 members in the association.-
Yesterday the Stole collector of strum
reported a membership of 1,669. it
was reported that live Bled Men had
died during the put year.
The election ofciilcers was also in
order. Many of the clusters who eel-v;
ed taithtully during the past year were
returned to their emcee. Some other
officers were advanced to higher titles.
State Vice-Chis! Bestseller M J Goo
dots of sown was elected State
Chief Hay , The following m6..-
cars were elected ‘for the ensuing
your: ‘ ‘
Stubs Chief Hay maker-Mil. J. Goro
den. of Bridgeport
State Vice-Chief Wthyma'keF—E fl
Cisrlr. of Weberbury.
‘ Pest Chief Humour—Andrew
Welsner. of Meriden.
Pest Chief HuymakermLIRREl-JTHI
Stole Collector of Strum-emer-
ick B. Mslkin, of'lviorwnlk.
State Keeper of Bundlek—M. J. Ris-
ley. of Hartford.
Trustee-13. T. May. of Bridgeport.
Representative to the national con-
vention—Andrew Weisner of Moridcn
and G. P. Young, of Nuugutuck.
First Farlnor~T. J. White. of
Bridgeport.
Second Farnrer-l.. E.1‘ooker. of
billiard.
State Guard of the lluyiofthhnrles
Nash, of South Norwulh.
State Guard of the Boredom—«John
E. Palmer. of iiurtford.
The next convention will be hold on
Labor Day of next your. The piece or
the convention was not decided and
the matter was lull in Cbisi’ Hormel:-
or Gordon with power to name the
place of the next ”tunneling.
There being no other business the
meeting adjourned nt 2 o‘clock in tho‘
afternoon.
The nations! convention of linyninli-
or» will he held in Connecticut in it)“
the city not yet having been decided
upon. "
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CCMT LlllliEI. CLlll
ll“ HATES SPCITC
The rnlny weather did not prevent
the members or the, :curl laurel f‘iuh
irom enjoying it lirent good time you
wore scheduled and some wort done
but; were seen. The results were no
follows:
Tub MMSWHMM ionci.
{sully divingwliiny Honiiricltcon. nit
New York:
Running recs tor inclement» Anus
,Btecumullcr.
Clowning contestmliicurico Com.
unlit: William Taylor. second.
. Fifty M dish for menwdohn Tints
insult ‘
sin; mid dosh for lldWéllnjb
Tutu _
flowing recs-dipole honestly. first:
{isthmus billion. mud.
The club house scurried splendid
momentum/a for dancing in the and»
d
o
,m‘ n... no... “new”
Greotfixciiement in Upper Main
Street, Yesterday Morning, and
i‘lllilit illiililil
Beastselflsre Finally Captured
upper Me
When two
tells s circus not: but of the cage. The
consulter wps about to clean the cage
and instead ct telling the rake as is
the cusbpm be started to go into the
case.‘
have anything on him. As the mun
opened the door the lions gave a loop
and rooted at him.
nerve and made a hurried exit.
the lion’svmsde u wild leap for their
lliliilt illitl
itiupuinhod and he was obliged to mtlktl
tnrdny. The courts were held its in”, otter stealing the checks and money.
this m sin-Imp“ is to out
m
his in P
on VSlliliilR
SiliiSHllW
ll
Several Narrow Escapes
lupin lllllill
by Employee of the Show
There “SS plenty or excitement in
fittest yesterday morning,
the lions with Big. Seu-
The trainer was not going to
The man lost his
Both
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‘12..”
‘fx c «inc
Andra Bakes, opBooton Street,
inspects a Loss 0! $600 "1‘
Currency and Checks
W
The South Norwalk Fire Department
had another run to Springwood early
yesterday morning, the alarm com-
ing in from Box 88. at 4:15 O'clock.
The blue woe to the building occu-
pied as e meat market and residence
by Andre Button, at the corner of
Benton street and Windsor place.
There WON some peculiar features
connected iwith the fire. and Bakes re-
ported dul‘ins the excitement that he
had been robbed of $800 in money unit
checks which he kept in the market.
Mrs. Button had been ill for some lime,
and woe shopping with her cousin,
Mrs. bill‘s Ksrdos, No. 17 Benton
street, and tilt. Bakes went to the mar-
ltct shortly liter 8 o‘clock. The fire
was discovered About an hour later.
Among the tint firemen on the séeno
was Albert Bl. Frasier.
entrance to the building from ‘ the
rear. The smoke was so dense that
the intern which he carried well ox-
flvo attempts before he could not into
the moi-loot. The homes nprM in
be underneath the counter, and it was
hard work to not H. them. but in about
I. half hour they had been subdued.
iilrn. antics. who bed “rived on
the scene. we: hysterical
sure her husband but! not camped
from the building and would he burn
ed up. she was greatly relieved Inter
when he appalled uninjured. Mr.
Billion claimed that some one bed on.
thrust the building through the cellar
door. forcing tlmlr why upstairs. unit
bud set fire to the nimcturo.
(thief George W humans was in
torvlewcd by I Sentinel reporter in re
were stolen train the market end stub
cu omensiicslly‘thut he believed the
whole thing it hits. The chief onto
shut it main. «readmitted the, cash
drawer while in search or the tire. be
having that time was more then so
some on the autism.
(this! mucous also utilise that the
circumstance connected with the are
«to monitor. The owner loll ‘tlis
WIATHII FDHIOAIT
unsettled. With Showers .Tonlght'.
uni Silliii Silliii u illlli EXPENSE iii _ :
Connecticut Company Citicials Announces Supplies Will. be
evening in the council chambers in
Wall s-tnqet. The meeting was called
to order by Mayor Edward J. Finne-
gan. All the members of the coun-
cil except William Thompson were
present.
them.
. 55!
He forced no ,
opened today under the new consoli-
rind was”! the school belie ms tnmilisr and
,but no clues-nu were in Houston. on it. «inspired with the Rodent”! bl
lotion to the charges made thni ”on
,tticliftist'lt W“ served on hint outsider m
I. I
- ..
Wanted the City of Norwalk Council to Rescind in you
at the Previous Meeting, But the Board Did‘Nof See
Fit to Co So and Vote Stands
iiilnuniin ASKS inn lininll
ed Here as Soon as Possible ‘
The Norwulk city council met last granted.
An invitation to the mayor
tend the annual meeting of the
tinned Conservation Gangrene wed
The minutes of the last meeting
were read by City Clerk Charles H.
Dilworth, and it was voted .to accept
A petition from Thomas Gay. ssk-
lug permission to erect an addition
to the James building in Wall street
was received. The adjoining property
owners signed the petition and it was
“CC MIME“ LCCIL
tile.
fixerfiCW—m
The members of the Hod Carrier-6'
Local 207, General internationsl Labor
'iik, ‘s
monarch»; Formni‘v'“
Union, held a big celebrgtion yesterd‘kl'
And an interesting ceremony of bless. _ ‘ . , ‘ , .
ins-the two‘iine dogs of thei orgtnn‘lzao Clerk in “fi‘flks’ club,
tion. This lstter' ceremony was held
at. St. Joseph's st 9 o'clock, the two "OW York, "N “I;
daze being christened by Rev. J. Car-
roll. the! pastor of the church. ,l-lillilllii .
The sponsors for the ltelian ting W» ,, r .
were former Councilmen and *Mrs. IJVERPOm—s ”118-: 309* 3
Coupe. formerly night clerk in
Eiks’ Club in Slow York city.
eye witness to the murder of til
bier Hermann menu it“
detectives when the steamship .
mule docked here today. He ws‘p'
placed under arrest. but. wu
[rented to at hotel where he not , ,
make any statement until he had
suited with friends. ‘
Two local detectives met. Coupe
he left the Strand, informed bi ”
District Attorney Whitmun. 0
York. wanted him to return u
uses for the trlnl of Police Died
her. lie willingly accompanied
to the police station, where non
tion was held, their went ton
uuw YORK Sept. 3.
Coupe, met today by detectives sit.
nrpooi. is one of the few eye
to the murder of Hermon ‘ ,
He left New Yorw tut '1'ch
miduiiiht on the Lusitania. Two
inter word reached District. A“
wniimun tint he lied diup
Whitman uld at the time this '
the beginning of attempts» ,
sway witnesses, but added its
input way of detaining Coupe ,
William H. McMahon, end for the
American flag Joseph Disesn and den
ghter. There was a parade. headed by
the American band. from the Central
Labor Union headuarters to the
church, and later there was s parade
through the principal streets of the
city. the procession being viewed by
thousands of people.
(in again driving at the Control in-
bor‘ilnion Hull there was more music
by the band, with sileechmuklng by
Mews. McMahon, «illness and others.
and a social time ms enjoyed. with
refreshments until about it o'clock in
the afternoon. The president of the
union .Ansclc ‘Bnldinl. presided Md
mode the nddrou of welcome.
IC HOOLC lN IRONS)".
Superintendent ire T. Chapman in
Chums of Them.
The, public colloids or me Norwellte
dated system with Superintendent lru
T. (Justinian lit the helm. The rinsing
was sweet music to some of the
younusinrs unit rind in others. Mulls
or; in general were somewhat honor. instilled before the Grand. ii
iii. Joseph‘s new psrochinl school use been counted upon to
was thrown upon for the first time. lslsnd iii the trip! of Becker one ,
bran registration tiny only. tip to
noon when school were ngsin closed
some seventy pupils bod rammed.
The schools will be opened tor studies
on Mend” morning of next week.
continuum ’L: ‘
close mu ii
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sunshine root. runs 10m“ its. we 3“
Constable ironies iii loosing for lie “1"“ WW ““3 “it" “3101'
on Roster. at noon Point. An in. Wm Wilt Mimi! M.
focused s conch on ii in“
,algfit and gym W1 my“ Mom fill m! iNm‘t-li Arms“ thin to
enlists a Stone of Petey Honolulu tor mm‘lmi “'1 0‘ 5111M. ,
tail. laser Kosher entered the build»
in suit coin islet mm the uni Ti"? W“ W Stimuli
blip. p ’ fish Spill!” to dial ,M
runs about sum: as lei ' ‘
km-
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building in; s o'clocii to look lifter till
shortly shes. tile in brains out w
commonsense utilitar-
bum wording to his story. one simply list! in Well Winsome mbWscnlcmrlr '
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'llho Mutation of the Wilson miss in e dilution
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