stone as, at
do ohmeeess.‘
“megnnt ,
that soon ill in it. Put Seven
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highway Commissioner Warns
gfiovarnor Against Expense of
Further Trunk Line .Work
“nun vanilla In
ill in m in own
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[To Put Highways Cheaply Built
Hereioiors, in Proper Don-
dilion. Would Dost -
$1,800,000
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James Morris Benedict,‘ the well-
knows newadealer of ‘Norwalk, died at
his home on West Main street; yester-
day'afternoon. at about five o'clock.
following an, illness of seven
weeks. Death was due to.,ltid-
ney trouble and other complications.
He was in his sixty~eighth year. '
Although Mr, Benedict had remained
at home most of the time during his
illness, only coming down to business
cure or twice, he had not until the
last few days showed any marked
signs of failing. The first time during
1his sickness that file was forced to
take his bed was on Saturday after.
noon and from then until death his
condition rapidly grew worse.
Mr. Benedict is survived by his
:wife, Nancy Brown Benedict, and
three children, Mrs. F. 'S; Lilyxbee, of
Norwalk,‘ Harry, who is employed at
the Yale and Toivne factory of Stam-
liAiR'l‘FORD. March 26.——Highway
Commissioner Charles J. Bennett, in
n letter written to Governor Baldwin
ford, and Eugene, of the New York
Sun. One. brother, George M., of
Very Welll’reoaroii ior Ai-
laoit blade on Stronuliold
a—n-u—n-u.
llllllilll liiill ‘
Wiliiilllii
Heparin Say Thatllobels Wars
Driven Back Twenty Miles
WASHINGTON, March far—The
Mexican emibasey has received the [ob
lowing cablegram from the City of
Mexico dated last night:
“The rebls were repulsed today in
an attempt to reach Torreon. (loner-
General Valance Said To lie
minim
British War Diilce and
Officials Millie Public.
illiilfll ii ulssuiu
liltillllli .llillllili llllllilli‘
Duly oi Diilcars to Carry Those
Building injector Clarence I.
Finch anduthe-s (on authorities with
the contractors " to inspect the fire
escapes on all , school buildings
this afternoon; ,thouxh the work. on
[the composition ‘ n completed for
some time they-gave never been o-fr-
.mally accepted a doomed satisfactory
by official decision;
This nutterhils been delayed from
time to time butrhas‘now come to. a
head and Will probably be settled this
arternoon for on sand tier all. The
building. ins , Janey order some
changes to be made, and he might
possibly find smooch» will not come "In Ellact
up to the requiffimente which might
be imposed uponfxth’em.
The officiai’s orders in this regard
will no doubt be adhered to strictly
LONDON, March 26.401. John
Seely today resigned his port-folio as
secretary of state for war in the Brit-
io save complichtions which might
arise intermhe «capes will be thrown
open to use only upon their accept-
ish Cabinet.
LONDON, March 25.~'I'he mutiny
of a section of the officers of the Brit-
yesterday. in relation to the trunk line
roads in the state, says in his opinion,
the policy of the state must. be to go
new carefully about further appro-
priations for trunk lines. “It is hard
to realize," says the commissioner,
“that it will he ilecessary to delay
construction of other trunk lines than
those already built, but the feet re'
mains that the large amounts needed
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no aunt .
flotilliili in
.“Don’t Get Excited-ol’ll Come
Dull” Dries Man, Found in
Tay or’e Coops _
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*Smnuel Clark, of Cornwall, uvns ar-
restcdwhile in company with another
in the chicken coop of ill. B. Taylor,
on Saturday morning at aibout 1:30
o‘clock by Deputy Sheriff E. A. WoOd‘
lwnrd. Information was acquired by
Finney and Benedict, like grocers,» and
two sisters, Mary and Louise, also
survive him.
J. Morris Benedict came to Nor.
walk when a young boy, moving here
from New Canaan, his birthplace. At
an early .age he went lilo lilartford,
Conn, and secured employment with
Pratt and Whitney, machinery manu-
facturers, where he learned the trade
of a machinist. From there he moved
to Stamford, where he followed his
trade up with the Yale and Towns
«Company. [twee ,while in the latter
factory that he; decidedto enter the
swoon-per business, That rum in
1380, and he returned to Norwalk and
opened a periodical stand where‘the
old ".1)Ostoffice was'located. lie re-
mained in the; stand for seven" years
until'tlie increased business compell-
ed him to malts a change. He moved
into the store now occupied by 'G. A.
Frank, the barber, which was built es-
pecially for him,
Mr. Benedict remained ‘ a tenant-
there onur two years, as an opportu-
nity to buy out the stationery 'and‘
news stand of the late S. K. Stanley,
presented itself, and, on November 20,
1889, 'he took possession of the bush
nose. .He had conducted it most suc-
cessfully throughout his twentyd‘ive
the authorities early in the evening.
years of pt‘oprietorship. Mr. lieuedlct
that the Taylor‘s chicken coop was tolwas a shining example of «pcrserver-
be raided and Deputy Woodward con-lance and there were but few instances
cooled himself, prepared to meet the "when his customers. would fall to see
visitors. ' [him at the store. After the great
About ‘i :30 twolmen were discerned blizzard of 1888 when the occupied the
making their way through theorchard I store [across the street from the pres-
near the coop. ’Tl‘iey entered, enc‘h , out one. he opened up for business:
with a bag. Several birds had been every da‘y He had often and interest;
at Velasco well prepared for attack."
No News from Front.
JUAiREZ, More, March 25.~Ofllcials
were still without authoritative infer.
motion as to the situation at Torreon
early today. General Chao received
no confirmation of the report that two
cuartols in Torreon had been taken.
The last definite news was The Assoc
ciated Press dispatch from Chihuahua
last night stating that lighting at 5 p.
m. yesterday, was still: in progress at
Game; Paisoio. '
uel bicycle, or the linked-{Morn
sedation officiltliidhtomed vhat the
rebeib‘wero refunded. with heavy loss
at Tot-reel and that some of them
Were driven iboclc twenty miles.
“it is very significant that Juarea
is without news, and I regard it as
confirmation of my dispatch,” said
Senor .Dieb‘oid.
mountains“
WWW nun
Diliiord P. Hayes Immediately
Adopieihsss and Delays
Taking Out His Permit
Several changes will be made in
the specifications of the new lHaycs
Block to be erected at the corner of
Ann and North Main streets shortly
Eli P3530. “Ma ““0“ “wmtr the usual» a freight mm.
W1 service said relief-that up,i
ish regular army in lreland when they
believed they ware to ‘be ordered to
fight the Ulster men was again today.
the subject of the most profound in-l
terost in Parliament and among that
public.
Complaints sts?ollce Headquarter-6,. The correspondence between the.
were many and mostly minor this: War Office and the,army officers inl
morning's record‘ shows. , Ireland which led to the recent whole-E
Constable Taylor, of Rowayton, in~ sale resignations of commissions and,
formed Chief Pennington yesterday: misstatements was made public today
afternoon that inert had entered a in the shape or a White Paper, or offl-
Dorian house. and were waiting M0,, cial communication to the Houses of
hater Parliament,
once: Mfr Stratum new a name
Mr (it man pain-eastbound freight. ,
.The Bridkeport police. were notified, m it
, ' , mil/ii” Agnes Fitch will display the
but the Jumpers had evidently left the, ‘ ,
train before it reached that city. ' be“ models “‘ both tailored‘and dress
‘ hats at her millinory rooms, 84 Wall
Small boys are again annoying the
residents of Concord and SouthMam street, on Thursday and Friday, March)
26th and 27th.
wallifl- 0““ Penmmon‘awe“ that, ASSESS“ w- P. "0"
~ = Is lllliHll unsn
once.
colorants as
our: storm
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the practise must be stopped.~ ‘
ycomplalnt from Nor-walk nboun
boys playing ball in the strata was
referred to Oldest Murray. He visited:
Water street, Harbor avenue and‘
Academy street. ending the games ini
progress. l
oi man was asking for money at;
West avenue houses last night but;
when Officer ‘Frank V. Raymond 'ar-g
rived there in response to the com-j
meal is That Favored by Ass-
lFIlllTIlEII' PERMITS
l owner offhe property.
Finds Thai “i8 Plan 0' Assess' l mit for work in the liome‘of Andrew
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plaint the panhandler had gone.
At 3:10 o'clock this morning the
driver of the street sweeper heard a.
noise near he home of Dr. W. H.
.Slowe. in M eat avenue. Officer Sam-
,‘mis did not find onyonc about when
lhe reached the promises, and all an
essor Partly oi‘iiavv~ York
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Assessor William F. Hoyt, of Nor-
walk, attended the Tax ()mciuls‘ nest»,
elation, of Connecticut, at Hartford,‘
yesterday. and returned home
pleased for many reasons, but one in
particular. Mr. lloyt discovered in
{the speech of Tax Assessor l’urdy, of
well ‘ "
stowed away when the deputy nrppear~ ‘flngly told of the hardships he expor-V
led. d-Ie ordered them to come out-
side and accompany him.
a break and succeeded in getting
away. The other tried to hide in a
corner, but When' Woodward
ibis revolver, lie instantly changed his
aulnd and shouted, “Dorittpgei excited,
Il’il come out i"
lie was taken to jail to await 'lrinl.
Me was arraigned on Tuesday after-
noon before Justice Sylcox on
charge of will larceny.
abopredutions of chicken coops have
been frequent of into in the village.
’i‘bo authorities have a strong aus-
miciou that the mun (liiilllll‘eil in the
{,l‘uylor raid is a member of the Corn-
wall Poultryw Association. This or-
ganization offers a reward. of $26 for
the nmn'dhensiou of any person in the
not of stealing birds from ohiclwu
mums of any of the, members,
Deputy Siren-imriililri a. Woodward
in a. former "South Norwnlk boy and a
grandson, of the late ii}. A. “landward,
of North villain street. He has other
relatives, and many friends here and
is a member of Old Well lodge, No.
HOS, ‘F‘. and A. 'M., in *South Norwhlk.
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SUPPER AT 131 M.’ e. cr—suncm
Thursday, 6:301). in., 350.
Grape Fruit
, Cold :Stuffed Fresh .Jiain
Apple Sauce , Cream Potatoes
dilgg Salad Bread (ioifoe
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fenced in doing so, but he always had
One mnde,declared that heywais in business to;
lsérre and that declaration 'he lived
up to.
due to the suggestions made this
once i. Finch to Clifford P. ‘iHiiyeB,
the prospective builder. Mr. Hayes
agreed to the suggestions readily, recs
The funeral services will be held
‘from his late home on ’Friday after-
noon at 2:30 o'clock. 'Rev. Ralph G.
filHnrtley will oiiiciate and burial will
.be in .Nonwalk‘ cemetery.
vtwu manta BDUPLE ‘
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About twenty-five of the employees
and friends of Manager Oscar Schultz
of the 'Beers Meat and Provision Com-
pany, gave a surprise party to him)
and his bride at their home in Lina
coin terrace, last evening. The occa~
,sion was one of ,much enjoyment. Mu-
‘nic was provided by Clarence Buttery,
Charles Pruesser and Miss Edith
‘n‘chuitz of East .Norwalk. Vocal sc-
lections were given 'by the well-known
tenor soloist, Jacob lH. lSchaub. ‘Miss
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Alice Hank ”gave a very interesting ‘
talk on "‘Married Life." Christopher
Foy,head of the-‘ISouth Norwalk mar-
ket, officiated very acceptably as mas-
ter of ceremonies.
1 There was dancing and refresh-
;monts. ~ ‘ h
SPRING MlLblNERY OPENING.
Tuesday, Wednesday. and Thursday,
Mar. 24, 2-5, 26. All, are cordially‘in-
riled. Splliio‘lner, 3] Wall St, Nor-
, walk, Conn.
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ognizing that the experience of Mr.
Finch qualified him absolutely to rec-
ommend changes for betterment.
One of. the rniodiilcu‘tions is in the
material to be used between walls,
the building inspector believing that
the hollow tile would be better than
that kind .Inontioned in the outcomes!-
tious. “Thornton” the joints between
walls and .severalpuiuor points in this
connection will berovised to meet the
I suggestions. -
Mr. Hayes would have, taken the
permit for tin.- building this (morning
but decided to await. such time as tho
ointngos have been made in the Ipluns.
’l‘lie pernili will be ready for him "and
the work will be soon started, how-
'ever. ‘ I
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Item vaults HAN
turnstiles
Joseph Nicosia, of 40 Oak street, ,1
missing from his home. He left yes-
terday morning and has «not been: seen
since. The young man is twenty-seven
years of age and ofvaverage size. ville
family fears foul .play. The policehave
been asked to» find {Nicoslag .' F, or , ‘
«The 1 best . home-made broom {in
town.’3‘iluirnerollakery, li‘jiiliouro‘e 8t;
morning by Building inspector Club.
9 peared to be quiet in the vicinity.
ENew York city. that he has assessed
~FREE LESQON llocnl property this year just as Mr.
will be given on the Stenotypc at Mei-J Purdy stated it should be done.
mu Night iScllool Visitors' Night, Wen? “The whole theme of those speeches
inesday, March 2min also. in shorthand, yesterday," said Mr. Hoyt, this morn-
i'l‘ypewriting and Bookkeeping. 7:30 lug, “even to the manufacturers who
to 9'00 o'clock. Don't miss this on addressed the gathering, was that
bortunity ' .propcrty should be listed to its full
L...” ' value. The manufacturers who spoke
lhelieve firmly that this higher assess:
PflnTEcTH’“ Fun llmsnt helps their business, in that it
I ‘ LDBSTEll INDUSTRY
raises the worth of the property."
lliir. Hoyt was fortunate in sitting
E William Malian, of Bridgeport, prise-
ident of the State Commission
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the train on the way down. He enjoy-
Ot ed‘a personal conversation with the.
lh‘ish & (lame, and. Superintendent ~011le execque relative to the tanl
John M. Crampton, of New Haven, problem. The governor told Mr. Hoyt
.were in. WWII yesterday looking to: that while this your not much had
“am getting "lad-V ‘0 cure 70" the been spent onyntate roads. 1915 would
lobster industry in this Hiiiltlflil this 509‘ a. great. deal of work on the roads.
summer. The State, bocuuseof the influence
‘ Mr. tlrnmpton is enthusiastic about of the concoluiuteti city, in probably
the vniue and “10- future of the 19"”golhg to raise Norwalk'e assessment a.
later industry, and is ’giving it. careful “em, deal this year; listed year it was
iattentlonnnd 'will likely have a well raised $4,000,000 over the 320,000,000
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., ,eqliipped_.iliont here. From‘ present all. estimated here by the assessors. it“i port, in ()Cilflbt‘tl‘. 19‘3-
'i)8i1ml1.005 a. number OY‘MW men W1” éxpeeted that the increase this your
start lobster fishing this season, and will not be segreut. inusmucli‘ns Mr.
already several hundred lobster traps Moyt and his colleagues have nttm‘nill:
5 ”are being (made ready to .be set as on to raise and equalize valuations. ?
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soon as the weather permits, and the ‘
superintendent means to keep in close
touch with conditions,
MrLGrampton is outspoken it
“those , who I violate ,tlie state lobster
um .gby‘, takingtgidbiiters under. hairs,
headwaters. With lobe eggswat‘tiiehed,
and.willurgetaeversrpenilti’e’b a W lin ven‘u
naught ,oleiins'lthvréfi was. ~ “
s-leENevocvo‘rannonenv.. ..
l Invitatibueurdout for thelmflarrlage,
sainal. . of Miss 'I‘essiei'ndelaioe Tarndanh and
‘ "ondneswémssnaidaunor. ’South Nor,
I «lily. March “ , . . . .
" ” WPasliuidd’erk. New do
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walk, walns'nwui'ltaiiq placards sun-g ,
Zflrlt‘iiiro. mail“! .46 Frank-g.
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filliili u ilil’ill
Four Shots Fired Early _. Today
Through Eris. Railroad Gale,
But No Damage Done
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Big-Gathering Declares tori-7
Test of aluminium
Coming Eleoiloi
nun ulnnuu} ;
Still an lililill
Democratic Adminisimlion'ttcer
ed ior New Haven Road Action
DEPEW, N. Y., March 25.—-The pla-
cing of this village under martial no,
necessitating the Breaches of the en-
‘tircheirenty-fourth Regiment of But-
falo, 'has resulted in a period of com-
parativequiet among the strikers of
the Gould Coupler Works. The streets,
of the village, were patrolled » last}
night by militiamen and no dis’erderi
was reported; The day shift of
xworkmen was accompanied from Buffer
lo to the plant by the Second Battal-
ion ‘of the ‘Seveutyfourth and the spec- »
iai ham entered the works without
interference.
Early today four short were fired
from a distance through the Erie
Railroad gate of the coupler piantf'hut,
no one was injured. This point was
guarded by special deputies.
The announcement of General Mana-
ger Hayden that the company will re-
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new HAVEN, March tarragon
gresslve party of the state at ,i‘te'
meeting here yesterday came out nil-g
ruse to reinstate-any of the strikers equivocnlly for the nomination. of a;
under any conditions and the threat- complete state ticket from 11.8. sen-
eued eviction of .the men from thefitol' denim—determined l0 continua
CmnElrany houses have added to them“! fight 310111; “5 0W3 “"95 and,
spirit of unrest. The militiamen are} make a supreme “‘5‘ 0‘ strengthene-
quartered in the «plant, clared emphatically against addition-1
,with any other party or movement
meaning the gather g here last I?“
day, and also declared for‘a statewdb
GWEN By InspEcTnnidnec-t primary in all nominations.
- - , Denounce Administration
" "' 1, ln resolutions adopted by the State.
The building inspector has granted‘cMu-a] committe an advisory state
“ number or Permit“ today. YesterdaY'convention was called for dune 4, at.
he took in a total of twenty-four dol- Hartford. The Democratic” .hdminlti‘,
““79 “0m Perm“ “id {995‘ ltration at Washington wafden‘onn .,
Herman Cinque half a permit to wire‘ for its method of handling he
a store and house at 100 and 102 Tay~ Haven road and the pastJetlalbtim! '
ior avenue for “Mrs. lRose Tuficv, the was also scored ‘0, being ‘Wdifihfl '
*ioga legislafiialeiilitays known as *
0' stating theft’he 6':in good thing it
““9 did was to pass the compensation act
y and another for that was forced :by the Progressives”
Miss Emily Lynes, entry into state politics. '
winters pluttim have a permit r
placing additional lights in the h
of Dr. W. l Trace
wiring a. house for
in Lynes place, , ‘
The White Electric Company seeur-i
d permits for wiriffg the Hanford ga-V
rage and the Raincoat factory in Un—
ion street, and also the house of Coun-
cilman Harry W. Mather, in Garner‘
street. .
.Lester Rogers has a plumbing per-
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Ettrrmolorsuofn
A lines statute
The electrical contractors of South.
Hegedns, at 64 Lexington avenue. Norwslk, East Norwaik, and Norwalle
N. I. {deserve has a permit for wir- gathered yesterday afternoon at the]
ling the oyster house of D. B. Decker. city hall for a conference relative to
flu Water street. the fees charged under the building :
. - ordinance for their work. The meet»
ing formed itself into a temporary
'body to work on a schedule to revise
succEEns PHIPPS the charges now in existence. . ‘ ,
Albert E. Wln'cliester, of the Scum
" Norwaik Municipal i’lunt, was chosen
chairman. He was given authority'tov
appoint a committee of threeto con:
sider the schedule. l—lisvappointments’,
gave office to P. H. P‘iéldingn Arthur
Chittlm, and C. Jackson WhiteuV ‘
The,men want a change in ‘ their
charge of $1 for a permit except in "the
case or a new home. They want it
scrfixed that they'may overhaul and ‘
install lights to 300 watts for a fee of .
fifty cents. Over 300 watts $1 is eat,
isfactory to them. -, , .
They also want 50 cent fees for in:
ntnllation or any motor up to 5 horso‘j.»
power and over that 5 cents addition-N
ul for each horsepower.
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NEW YORK, March 25.-——Henry
Phipps, identified with the limited
States Steel Corporation since its or-
ganization, today announcedhis resig-
nation i’rom the directorate and the
finance committee“ of the corporation.
James A. Farrell, of Norwalk, Conn.
president of the corporation, succeeds.
him on the finance committee. It was
said that Mr. Phipps wished to devote
his time to privnte'enterprises and
philanthropic work.
it is understood that the name of
Henry Phipps, .lr., will be presented to
gsuccwd his father on the board.
E'Judgc Tuttlc' iteluses
to vacate Warrant 3 Mr. and ers. drank it. Wade,,o
Park street. Norwaik, attended the
l'llli.fi:(‘llili‘~l)li’l‘. March 25.~-~r.lullue New .idnglahd slipper of the Mdyfloulol‘
'l‘nltlc this afirrnoon «inclined to'vn- Hook and Ladder Company fill/911.”:
onto the warrant. under which former the blast waayu Improvementih
president Mellon of the New York, sociation last night. ‘Mrs. ma Wt.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad hecome.a. memhfir of flu), “pyjama”
Company, was arrested on the charge (Mr; Wade, who 1,, superintendent?
,of unansluughb r in connection with the United Electric Light “9'17'WM’QE'
the wreck of the expresses at West- Company here, and an entljllsl til
member of tho Norwullt climbs
(Jmmnorco, was delighted will/t“,
function. ' ' '
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" Fruit Cocktail
:lionillon
Uimbslonu in lyiempnrt
il‘rlcnssee Chicken
blushed Potatoes
haired Murnreni \ .
,. ’ Endive ,Salad ‘
”l: ico'Orfoain and Cake
Crackers, and :Cheese
‘ilemo Tease
Aft New HAVEN w-eodl it
Mm, “hummus and Mrs. 'Wiird
of ii Livingston direct, attendedu
wedding last circuitry; in Noe,
1 you of Mine Hanoi Scarlett, aspirate
{lldngineer and Mrs. wmnmgaom
3.51;, or on Howard avenue
‘ theatrical Weill’lt‘il .4, Now Have
man, and .thIl make hei'ihoiue
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