commissioners on the Iiondem
nation of Land tor Washington
Street Bridge Italic Report
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IIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIII III, III *
Some oI them Virtues Given by Ex-
perts Were Interesting
'T ,
The long awaited and much anticli
pared decision oi! the three commis-
sioners who sat on the bench in the
condemnation ”proceedings brought byt
the Washington Street Bridge Com
mittee against Sylvester iP."Decker ell
sis, was handed down yesterday afJ
ternoon. The award totals $16,027. or;
rougbt figures, is about $10 a front
foot as the land front on the channel
for 1,400 feet. There is a small piece
of triangular‘shape fronting on Sea-
view avenue for ten feet and $107 is al-
Ioived. I
The figure of damages is aceeptable
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
_.'romeH1j,' Viai'ronemei-ir.
at Merrill Night School. Free lessons
given in any department. All welcome.
""iiiiiiiiiui All in
in I‘ll!!!“ iiiii
Installing Motor onhridue, Mon
, Pulled Breakers of Direct
East Side Supply
‘There was some excitement in also
trical circles in town this morning
when electricians at work installing a
motor on the Washington street bridge
cut out the “20“ «wire supplying the
East Norwalk electric plant. with juice
from the South lNorwalk Municipal
plant. The line, was cut out at 8.40 and
service was not resumed until 8.59 a.
I“. '1 5.
Immediately the wire went out day
mun Howard Mead in the East Side
station became busy. “He located the
trouble at once and then notified Chair-
man W, AH. Sniffln, of the board or
commissioners. Mr, .Snifiin got into
communication with superintendent A.
E. Winchester and there was a busy
few minutes for the oiiflciais.
After being out nineteen minutes
the current was resumed and busi-
nebs quieted down to hbe usual hum.
Such a thing is serious and 'the act in
cutting out the cable is contrary to
right. The udulstnicnt was Amadegwith
despntcli as soon as the superintend-
ents oi’ the plants could get details
working.
MISS HILL PIIIIMIIIEIIT
III EBIIBATIIIIIAL LINES
Miss Mabel mu, or Dana l-lall, Well
esley, Mass" who is to be one of the
, speakers at the teachers’ "convention
to be held here in May, is quite promo
inent alongseveral lines of women‘s '
{wort}. She is one of the committee.
of seven of the American Political Sela
once Association to Further Civic EAL.
‘ ucatlon and also is a member of the
Civic committee of the National Mu~
nioipni League. Miss 'Hlll s a tench
”er of Socialized cvlcs at Dana H51! in
the post graduate department Miss
A Hill will be heard with some interest.
therefore.
, err-Anny o r s will. holdIaIrum
“Image sale in Monitor's il‘ail Friday
~ ,1“? Entiinday. -
'.Ad
‘ ‘l.
Bulletin rooted Purportlnd to I"
alts Interview vain comma-
manAWaalilnpton Itm:
WASHINGTON, D. 0‘. April 1.-——1
Congressman Donovan Jumped into
prominence in the House press goiter!
yesterday afternoon by the posting on,
avbulietin by one of the corresponi
Mr. Donovan himself answered the
telephone, it won stated. and the‘con‘
versation was reported about as fol-
lows:
"Congressman, what do you think'i
of chemo Clark’s position?"
"011.1 can't talk to you about that:
now." replied Mr. Donovan. "You‘
better send a suffragette, about 16
years 61d. over to my‘ office, if you
want to get a statement on thatfll l
Made Remark In Good Humor. \
Mr. Donovan made the remark, he
afterwards explained, in entire good
humor. The reporter was evidently
not In a humorous mood and did not:
catch the subtle suggestion of Mr.
Donovan that if the reporter was too‘
malted to go to Mr. Donovan’s of‘
rice he might send a stenographer to
get a statement. Mr: Donovan insists
on meeting reporters face to '.l'ace
in giving out statements.
Walhlngton Briefs. l
Robert T. Bradley has been nom-
inated by President Wilson to be
postmaster of Newtown, Conn.
was recommended by Congressman
Donovan,-
Senator hioIAan has introduced a:
bill to increase to $30 a month the
pension of Mrs. Charlotte Bar‘to oil
Waterbury, widow of Marshall Barter
late of company 1, 58th New Torin
Volunteers. _ ‘ ~
Senator Mable n has presented to
the Senate a petition of a group. of
citizens of New Britain and of the
United Airish Societies of connecti-
cut and Massachudetts against the re-
peal of free tolls for American coast.
wise ships, ‘l
. ’
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—THUR9, DINNER, COUNTRY CLUB
Graipe Fruit
Ottall Scum
Stuffed Goslings
i Boast (iapon
EMeshed Potatoes
7Leiituce Salad
Fresh Strawbery Ice Cream
Crackers
Cake
Cheese
Deml-Timse
MRS. IIIIIIIIIII HA8
MIIIIIIIMIE IIIIIIIJLLEII
m
Mrs. Edith K. Holmes, of 19 Sea-
view avenue, 'East'Norwalk. was grant-
ed an annulment of her marriage to
Frederick =l~I. illohmnn, by Judge Bur-
pee. in the lSuperior ICourt, at Dan-
bury, yesterday. The evidence showed
tht the couple were married Decem-
ber 25ml, 1897, and had one child.
The witnesses testified that Boh<
‘ man was of n morso, silent and melan-
choly disposition before his marriage,
with occasional outbursts of a violent
temper, and that on several occasions
he rthreatencd the lives of hisvshop-
mates and on one occasion chased one
wgylilng with '31 shaving knife. lBoh~
man was commlted to the state asy-
lum at Middletown, Where, he has
since remained. He
who died in the asylum at Middle
town. The custody of the child was
given to Mrs Bellman. it is a girl
twelve years of age. They were form-
er residents ofADanbuA-y
Attorney George H Vosburgh. or
South Ncnwalh, represented Mrs. no)»
man, while Attorney John R. Booth.
of Danbury, looked after the inter-
outs of Mr. .Bohman, ‘ ,
wcARD OF THANKS.
we Wish to express our most sin
core thanks Ito our many friends and
neighbors for the kindness shown us
duringwthe illness and deabhof our be-
loved wife and sister;
beautiful floral offeringe.‘ ,
Thos F summons. Timothy ‘Sullivan
--MIIrs All. Walsh, Mr. Given Walsh"
. dents, purporting to be an MWIIBI. of .
an interview with Mr. Donovan.
String Beans ,
of them in the shop in which he was
had a brother
I force was delayed until later.
‘3130 for mild.
Norrialkhiiliauiber of commas,
Members Listen oi imports
ant Reports at City’ a
interests '
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' III I’III IIII IIIIII
Harbor Improvements and Bot
tor Transportation Facilities
m—
if. enthusiasm and advancement
which was shown at the first quarterly
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce.
held last night in the Town Assembly
flail is any indication of progresaiie-
ness. then the City of Norwsik is in
its throes. That body acts as a
steam gauge. rising or falling as con«
ditions of tbe’city cause. The pres-
sure, figuratively. wee high last night.
and will be henceforth, for the post
business policy. which may be termed
Ha; I as standpat has been supplanted with
the spirit of unto-(lateness.
terested gathered to“’hear the reports
from the heads and subheads of the
various departments of the chamber
and when the medium has been oom-
plated entire satisfaction was heard
on all sides with‘w‘hat had been al-
ready been accomplished. . i
(Continued on. Third Page)
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——TONIGHT, VISITORS NIGHT.
at Merrill Night School. Free lessons
given in «any department. All welcome.
iiiiiionriiciiAiiet III
LliliiT orriot SITE
It was rumored about today that
the allies of the South ANorwslk Mudici-
‘Apal Plant would be removed from
Andrew Leary's place to the city hall
in 'North Main street
Superintendent A E Winchester
was asked about the matter. He
stated that everything is satisfactory
with the office in Mr. Mary’s store
as far as he personally knows. “He
admitted that some people wish to
pay their electric bills in the city
hall, and that while arrangements
imaybe made so this can be done, it is
probable also that Mr, Leary’s office
will continue to receive bills.
it would seem from the rumor that
.someone is trying to start something.
but the present arrangements beiIlE'
congenial it is likely that they willbe
continued. although an addition to the
places for payment of bills may be
made later. I
IIEII iiAiiK sitters
‘ irs iAAiii orriorns
The inlilai/ meeting of the directors
of thenew dimples Trust Company
was held yesterday ‘at‘ternoon at ”4
o'clock. Officers were elected and oth
or business deferred until some later
time. ‘
.Thc otflt'crs chosen wore, the lilo]-
lowing: i
, .Preaident~—A. G. Hoin.
Vicc~iiresidelit-Charies ‘tr, Mills. ‘
Treasurer—John W.’ Olnistead.
.Secretary-mA J. Collins ,
The matter of engaging a banking
Mr.
Hein will hold the, office of president
until the return of JamesWood, Jr...
selected for the position‘eome, tune
Me. A
."“““
wan-w,
_—~TONIGHT, VISITonoANIGHi'.
at Mort-lib Night School.
given in on do arthien‘
Close to 160 members and those in:
WWW...
JUAREZ. are out 1.—Aua'm
waited today for alto news of Gen.
eral Viila'a poilt’lo in his attack ofr
'Torreon. Reports deceived by Gener-
al Carranza in night Indicated that
lighting still was {AI promise. Carran-
za today seemed confident that his
military chieftaln‘ ould conquer the
Federals under Ge ral Velasco. The
report that irony reinforcements for
the‘Feder-ai leade ere approaching-
Torieon did not shake his confidence:
Both armies are, said to be so worn
and exhausted by continued lighting,
that the present action lacks the yin
titty of the rebel conquest of (lemon
Talaolo.
‘ The new column reported marching
to the relief of Velaaca was said to
be under the command of General Joa-
quin Macs. and to number 4.500 men.
To meet him. it was reported, Gen-
eral Monelovio Herrera .was detailed
by Villa. An engagement between
these» forces was expected hourly.
Carranza today informed American.
British and German consuls that re
ports of the fall of Torreon were pre
mature.
WASHINGTON. April 1.-~No official
dispatches reached here today in re-
gard to the Torreon battle.
eral reinforcements were nearing the
besieged city, as was reported. News
of definite character was eagerly await
ed
Rear Admiral Fletcher reported that
Rear Admiral Maydat Tampico, found
conditions unchecked there, and the
some Word came from Rear Admiral
Howard at Mutilated. on the west
coast. I
IIIISI R
IXIMPIIIIII BI
III MIJIIRIII
Wilson Wins Great Fight Againin
the Leaders M the Party
Alter Spectacular
Strangle
iiiiuiiisi us
II] it llili {Ellillll
Protracted and Complicated Goli-
test is Expected
f ..
W \SHNGTON April i.~—Tho Pan-
nine tolls controversy was transferred
today from the House, where last
night the Sims bill repealing the tolls
exemption clause of the Panama Canal
act was passed by the vote of 247 to
161, to the Senate.
The measures appearance was ac-
, _ cepted as the sIgnaI for the beginning
one of the mast protracted and
complicated contests that body “ever
has faced Senators both for and e.-
gainst the ”WEI “am they saw “0'- but this would only also transfer the‘ “WWW. Locks, COM" (I W SEMI" :tho tire and that ii Of‘iililt‘i‘ddu‘wifim
hope of a final disposition of the is-
sue within the next five or six weeks
(Continued on twelfth page.)
erAiAEAA‘wAsriAru
‘ Flili sianEAssAuir
.mr. ~....‘
..,,Ex Policeman John
Stryker
Officials;
were inclined to doubt that large fed- I
Filly/Woman moot-in cliy liali
and Benin unanimous oi
Anonymously
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AIIII I’IIII IIIIIIA‘IIII
Next Meeting Ill Norwalk Library
Sometime This Month
The Community Club of Norwalk, an
organization to be comprised of women
from all sections of the city, who are
to be banded together for the common
good of all the city, was mrmed yes-
terday A meeting of some’ilfty Aw
men was held in the assembly room of
the City Hall in South Norwalk, and
the organization begun.
h...»—
(Ccntinued 0n Fifth Page.)
IIEBIIIIII IIIIRRIIII . .
III III III III
Orders tor Traininen and Llne-
mento be Watchtul Will Stand
However '
weeks various news-
For several
lthe electric current on the railroad
was to be turned on today. ‘lt was to'
but because work has not been com-
pleted, which is necessary before the
done.
Local lines companies have issued
warnings to their men to'be on the
watch for the current. when it comes.
Trainmen have received orders. too.
,to be wary. These orders. stated a
'railroad omciul today. have not been
re- called. and hill serve as a continu-
Ions warning until the power is put
through here
Therefore. with everybody liable to
{danger from the turning on of the
lpower warned, the company may
Iswitch on the current any time it is
desired to make a test.
~Music Hall Thursday,
ILoi’tus in 5. Lady of Quality
Cecelia
' reels.
A)
rustic uuur l8 "
l ALI. statement
I Down in Water street, Second Dis
trict. there is a public dump. If one
has ever seen it a description of it
is unnecesbary. That the dump isa
disgrace to the city is assured. There
is but one way that It; can be success
fully removed permanently and that
is by the establishment of an incin-
erator plant. The dump might be
transferred to some other location,
nuisance the place carries with it.‘
Summer is coming. The soft sum-
mer breezes will Weft the stench from
the dump throughout that motion or
:thc city and the residents will ruin
plain. The dump is fiequently not
on fire by the foreigners who pick ov-
er the conglomerailon for what they
Icon secure in gleanings Tliesetl’very
0' cleanings might serve to pay the nah, i‘. Whitney: Nichols.
*iiiii Alli lulu ,
Illll jiilllillll Aiiiii
wires can carry the juice, it was not;
.s .. gonads “WNW!“
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Rev. C. E. Bdrio QWW“ to the
Second Methodist Episcopal
Perish ‘
Wu..—
MOUNT VERNON N v., April 1.—
Nearly 100 changes in pastoral ap-
polntments were made by Bishop
Luther B Wilson at the conclusion
late last night: cf the New York East
Conference of the. Methodist Episco
pal church, in progress here since
Wednesday last. The list read by
Bishop Wilson contained the“ usual
number Of surprises; and for many
of the clergymen meant hopes ful.
Ifllled . or denied, .because besides
changes of; locality there are differ
ences of salary in the various pas-
toratee ranging from least-ban $800 to
several thousand dollars. mow the
moment of the reading of the list
no clergyman. was certain to which
pulpit 'he would be assigned.
The most important change an-
trounced provided for the appoint-
ment of Elmer A Dent, pastor of the
First church of New Haven as the
thaw superintendent of the New Ha-
:ven district. Mr. Dent succeeds, W
IW BoWd-lah, who was assigned to the
pulpit of the Ocean Parkway church
Iln Brooklyn‘
I Reports read yesterday showed that
irluring the past year there has been
tan increase of only 18 members in all
it‘he churches represented in the con-
Ifeicnce. The number of inefhbersI
totals 65,869 at the present time The
A value or all the ipnrsonages connected
{with churches is now Si, 339, 600, an
Ilncrease of $126 700 over last year.
Contributions to the proposed relief
l fund for underpaid country clergymen
I
will ‘be only voluntary among those
pastors whose salaries are more than
I“. 000 each This fund will be
Ecreu‘ted through assessments ‘of l per
cent or such salaries but the trend
papers covering this section of the 0" remarks of speakers yesterday two buildings from the Hays p”
Qatate have pemlatenfly reported that showed that the tax is not to be a com- {by and says that Mr Lewis It)“
:pulsory one
The list read by Bishop Wilson lost
kayo been turned on today for a test night includes the following nppoiut- called at the office, wishing
inenis:
New Haven District.
Superintendent, Elmer A. Dent;
{ First church. New Haven, J. W. Laird;
St. Andrew‘s, New Haven, H. E. Luc-
cock; Summeriield. New Haven, Rob-
ert Williams; West Haven, W.
heifer, Westvllle, W. H. AMitc'heil;
Ansonia, Conn, B. F. Kidder;
Court,
'Conn, W. L. Douglass; «Bristol, Conn,
L. H. Dorchester: Copper Hill, Conn..-
L.’
B. Gray; East Village. Conn, r. w;
to be supplied; East Berlin. IConn.,
,rievun; Guilford and Madison, Conn.
J, Martin; South Park churc‘h.
Hartford, 4H 8. Scarborough. Hig
autism and West ,lladilam, Conn, C.
A. Kuhn; Mlddletown,
Ilolrs; Naugutuck; Conn. ii‘. W. Smith;
LPluinillIe Conn. G. B. Thurston:
Pleasant Valley, Conn. O. W
urdson supply; Rocky Hill and West
Rocky Alllil. Conn, William Melchior-
lane, supply; Seymour, Colin, (l.
\V. .Slmonsou; South iirltaln and
Scuthbury, (.‘r. H. Lowry. sirpplyfi
Stevenson, (Tonia, lli‘. W. Bevan, su,p-‘
ply; 'i‘homuston, (loan, A. 1.. Hub-
bard: ll‘irst ohurcluWntnrbury, W. 19..
Thompson Westbrook and 'Say',biook
Conn. George W. Eustlund; Wethers—
field. Conn, W. K. Thomson, supply;
W,iudsor lConn. i. 4M Anderson;
.Winsteil. ‘Conn. .13) (larty:
ville, Coup. W. W..(lllllcs.
New York Dlat‘rlot
Yalles-
lluntnui and \Voodisidc and 'lllfiirron.s
i.onn.,l’l .C. Miliir: Newfleld church.
ilildgciuoit ‘COYIIL, 1);, M, Lewis; Dur-
ten. Conn, 8 Fl, irawsorr; Diamond
Hill church Greenwich Chum, w id.
Harper: T‘lrst church, (Ireenwi A,h ii
Conn. A. 1‘}.
South Norwilllc. was fined yesterday any or II. man to care for an incisors .naeiiez‘ North which im‘d Vista, r M
by Justice Joseph 0. Milan, in the
Westport police court for the trades
in which he, limo-ed in s‘rowisys sat
technical days ago; die pleaded
guilty to the charge f
land would probably also as
Ice off the investment (in
‘ lecture
tor pie
sist i
Frills
dedli ,
Who
do omission;
rialiock supply; Nuiwhlh church.
Norivirih, Canon 0. ill nitric; Sougm
tuck. At‘ (. trunnion: Soutbport.
Gail‘s, Conn, Edward- Curio! nation: can
Stamford church, . Etami'rird.
.Il‘incii; What Kidding,
Red- '
'Bak-'
ersvillc, Conn, 13. E. Casey. Bethany:
to be supplied; Bloomfield,
Conn, to be'
,supplied: Milford, Conn, J. '1‘. Lung- ‘
Rich- 1
r 531: Cinrintui sanity; Spring—E
Illov‘lnp Mdttedi'l‘ligo
Itornin‘p' I I I
A lllillllliillil
‘Iitr. Finch and Mr. Sharron S ,
About Hatter. ; ‘
W
Corporation Counsel William
Toxnmany was called upon fork to
cide a dispute which area
constitutes the duties of theinowv ,
lug inspector and the new Istree
missioner. There promised to he
iy muddle if the decision,
been secured for each 0
equally sure that he was the on
sue a permit for the moving at all
across any street.
Clarencel Finch, the blinding
speedir. referred to the bull,
nance recently passed for his all
ity and when request for a build"
.permit was made to him be
the same, exacting a fee of till a.
ordinance prescribed ‘
I This morning Street‘F‘ore'mon
nce J. Lewis, for Street Compile
George A Sharron, saw Mr Fla
his utilce. unstained ‘
that he had granted the permit t
Carrie Comstock for the
he had not right so to do.
Shortly thereafter Mr.
more about the matter himself.
Ihad heard that the permitAheld in,
wife 5 name was of no value, in ‘ ,
,tlie street commissioner had not BI
ed the permission for the removal
the buildings. \‘ot,wlshing to hit
any delay in the work. which Molt . ,
IContmctor E. L. Monroe hasj'be it
he sought advice. /
(Continued on medium I'
delicious, Banner Bky.. 5 ‘Monfoo‘sti
ment to a reporter:
“The statement. in the North?
of tho Aiiro in my bloili is absolutoI
false. One claim has already boo
Apaid._tlie company finding overyfdi
‘nli right and than are nogoiin an
under way for the. payment of the
[or claims. 1 can produce cviden
lino sniisrnl-ticn {I it" it it is required
Him! i know absolutely nothing
lmy lmcwicddu on to tho ms
Iircublo that. bus has .n‘ Céiiliif‘ddh
been done by my eniiuios‘ whet
been Atnliilng about me.“ ‘
lfimucl Murmur who Wu Willi,
wamms practically Am sum “
about the fire. Mr. _\\’01k a
think that. I will investigated
out: who has talked about .
.mEtII'J them iproie what till” i.
bald. "
Mr Wollr was acidic, "Wilton
you do say about the artIiles ' '
the tire that appeared iii
‘noi?"H Haireplled "Everythi
been in The Sentinel was at
Music . it
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