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Amusements To-night.
Borough Meeting.
Miscot at Opera House.
Our Brothers’ Lodge, I. O. O. F.
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TERSUEITALES OF THE Town.
What has become of the equinoxial?
Lawyer Gray has the frame raised for
1118 new house.
—School Shoes Solid. at Hoyt’s.834t
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mallory were in
town yesterday.
_ J. Arthur Amblel. of New Ymk, Was
1n town over Surdo v.
—Go on Conrosrron WA srnn IMME-
DIAIELY at this office.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Store had a red hot opening.
The last lawn tennis dance-music at-
tracted a fence full of auditors.
“Artist Brainald is or ecti ug an ad ver—
t151ng Sign on Ethic-rest Boulevard.
—Try our $3.50 Goodyear \Velts,
Hoyt’s. __ 38-4t
Henry Thomas, Esq, was a guest of
his East avenue brother. yesterday.
_ TV. H. Butler, the safe manufacturer,
is spending a few days at Dorlon Point.
Quartermaster—Sergt. James of Com-
pany. F, has become a knight of the
pencfl.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Marvin of East
Norwalk,have returned from their visit
to Saratoga.
—A line of Folding Beds and mat-
tresses at Scofield & Hoyt’s.
Now for a melodious week of opera,
for whlch the public are Indebted to
Manager Adams.
Miss Mary Barry of Franklin avenue
enters the convent ol the Sacred Heart,
to—morrow morning.
The bans of Dr. le. J. Tracey and
Miss Katie Finnegan were published at
the Catholic church yesterday.
Mrs. Charles Sonerville, of Stamford,
and child, are guests at the home of Mr.
J. J. Seofield of Belden avenue.
On the charge of robbing the mail
David S. Barry, a New Haven letter
carrier, was arrested last evening.
—If you want a nice $1.50 Kid Shoe,
go to Hoyt’s 37 \V all street. 33‘4t
Larry Corcoran, pitcher of the old
Chicago nine, died at his home in New-
ark, Saturday night, aged 36 years.
There will be a service at Grace
church at 5 p. m. to-day, in commemo-
ratlon of the festival of St. Matthew.
Mr. John Doty was in town over Sun-
day. _ He came up to see his little son
zvlio 1s a student at Col. Robert’s Insti-
u e.
General and Mrs. Charles Olmstead
leave the White Mountains to-morrow
for a short visit to Detroit, M ich., be-
fore returning home.
—VVill you look at our 25 cent fast
black Stocklngs at Scofield 8: Hoyt’s,
Norwalk and South Norwalk.
The Buckley’s have had a fine photo
taken of their India rubber webbing
business float, which was such a con-
spiézuous feature in the Labor Day pa-
ra e.
Canton Thomas Wildey, of the Pa-
triarchs Militant, of Stamford,will hold
their regular meeting next Thursday
nlght. Acandidate will be mustered
and the fourth degree worked.
A fracas occurred in the boarding
house on Knight street yesterday morn-
1ng between two drunken men. Ofli-
cer Adams was called and quieted the
combatants, but made no arrests.
—Wagon for sale cheap. Call on C.
P. Keeler, 7 Water street, Norwalk,
Conn. 189-2t
Funeral services over the remains of
the late Maj. James M. Bundy, editor
of the Mail and Express, who died in
Paris a short time since, took place
from the Madison Square Presbyterian l
church, New York, this morning.
“Equal and Exact J asticc to. all Men of W hatevcr State of Persuasion, Religious or Political.”—Jg7‘erson
New York citv reports sixty-nine
cases of typh01d fever in six days.
Right Rev. Bishop McMahon, of
gartford, is at the Hotel Belley ue,
8.3218.
Mr. S. L. Stearns, of New York,
spent Sunday with Chas. F. Tristram,
on Belden avenue.
The Aborn Opera _ company came
down from Worcester 1n a speclal train
yesterday morning. .~
Mrs. James Sherman, of Westport
avenue, has returned from her recent
v1s1t to Rochester.
Mrs. Capt. Henry Burr, of Westport,
is visiting her brother, Mr. Hiram
Hoyt, at Rochester, N. Y
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Moody, Sr.,havc
returned from Cleveland, where they
went to attend their son’s wedding.
——Most Reliable $3.00 Calf
Hoyt’s.
Our borough streets were as packed
with belles and beaux, lads and lassies
Saturday evening, as an average Dan-
bury fair.
Shoes,
33-4t
The funeral of Mamie, daughter of
Edward Cunningham, was attended
from her late home on Spring street
yesterday.
Senator John S. Seymour has elabor-
ated a plan of equalizing our represen-
tation in the state legistature on a five
thousand population basis.
——Fine Onyx Stands at $3.50 at Sco—
field & Hoyt’s, Norwalk and South
Norwalk.
The ladies of Grace church Guild will
meet at the residence of Miss Lockwood
on Park street, Wednesday afternoon
at 8 o’clock.
The many friends of Fred Rooney,
agraduate of the High School, class
’89, will be pained to hear that he is
seriously ill with consumption.
~5,000 yards best Heavy Sheeting at
65 cents at Scofield & Hoyt’s, Norwalk
and South Nor-walk.
Col. P. L. Cunningham attended the
re-union of the old 8th Ct. Vols. and
met there for the first time in a great
number of years, Gen. Ed. Hanlon, its
old commander.
Agang of men were all day Satur-
day defying the laws of gravitation in
painting the great metal roof of the
Electric Light Company’s main build-
mg.
By Mexican cable the Herald receives
news of the death of ex President Bal-
maceda, of Chili, who committed sui-
cide by shooting himself in the head in
the Austrian legation in Santiago.
Mrs. Carlie R. Smith, wife of Homer
B. Smith. of Orange, N. J., died Sat-
urday at Westport. Mrs. Smith was the
daughter of David Bradley of West-
port. Funeral Wednesday.
—Neatest $3. 00 Kid Shoe, at Hoyt’s.
38-413
Auctioreer James Mitchell, has sold
Mrs. Edward Kearn’s two houses on
Merwin street, to William Wardwell,
the butcher, and also the Ambler place
at South \Vilton, to a Mrs. Forbes. for
$1,000 and other valuable considera-
tion.
—Misses School Shoes .890 at Hoyt’s.
38-4t
Burgess Bowe’s departure from Nor-
walk to remain away till election day,
is, to many professional politicians, an
impenetrable mystery. Isaac isn’t
fretting himself about borough nomi-
nations just now. He’s seen so much
of political lying that he is sick of the
whole business and has resolved to drop
politics for the present and find out
where the fish lie.
The three new marble altars at St.
Mary’s church were completed last
week, so that service was held from
them yesterday for the first time.
On the 29th of the present month the
Rev. Father Mnlcahey will deliver a
lecture at the Opera House. Subject :
“The Passion Play.’ the proceeds of
which will be devoted to purchasing
new carpets for the sanctuary at St.
Mary’s church.
The town of Wilton paid out a total
of some four hundred dollars for the
detective work that led up to the detec-
tion, arrest and conviction of the Lud-
ington thieves. One hundred of this
expenditure has been refunded by
Messrs Jones and Lounsbury and the
town is still out $300. The selectmen
feel that the towns of Norwalk, Red--
ding, Ridgefield, Westport, Weston
and Fairfield ought to join in and de-
fray their equal proportion of this ex-
pense as the marauding was done in all
these towns.
We find on our table a copy of“Ameri-
can Investments,” 9. monthly periodical
published by the Niagara Publishing
Company, Buffalo, N. Y., at one dollar
Norwalk, 001111., Monday Evening, September 21, 1891.
3A WATER FAMINE '
AGAIN lMlNENl.
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iOur‘ Borough Reservoirs Nearly
Exhausted Again.
_ Mr. Grupe was down here late Fri-
day afternoon, and reported the low
state of water in the two Borough
storage reservoirs and stated his belief
that unless there was a copious rain
fall this week, our water supply would
all be exhausted by, or before Satur-
day, the 26th. He was instructed by
Water Commissioner Prowitt to let all
the water in the Lewisboro reservoir
down into the one at his place. This
he has done, so that when Attorney
Hurlbutt, Burgess Buxton, builder
Theodore Brush, Engineer Rider, and
others visited the Hoyt or Lewisboro
reservoir yesterday, it was found to be
perfectly empty and practically no
water at all running into it from any
source. It is probable that not enough
water from this upper reservoir has
Ruched the lower or Grupe reservoir
the past three days, to run any one of
the water motors, in use here at the
Borough, a single hour. This for the
reason that the water has to run over a
dry bed of hot sand and stone-,5 a
distance of four miles before it reaches
the Grupe reservoir and is all exhausted
in evaporation and in soaking into the
bed and sides of the old brook now so
utterly dry.
In the Grupe reservoir there is but
a scant three days’ supply. Opinions
differing, some thinking there are but
two days’ supply and others three. Mr.
Grupe thinks there will be three, if
there is no unusual drain, and it is
greatly to be hoped that Mr. Grupe’s
estimate of the three days’ supply is
correct.
Next, the distributing reservoir on
top of Prospect Hill, is supposed to
hold a three days’ supply of strictly or-
dinary demand, so that in the Grape
and Prospect Hill reservoirs the Bor-
ough has, on the largest estimate, only
water enough to last from now till
Saturday! This is certainly not a
pleasant fact to contemplate, and em-
phasises the necessity of some vigorous
steps being taken to provide for our to-
tally inadequate storage capacity.
What is best and what is cheapest to be
done, expert and common sense water
engineers must determine, but that
something should be done in this direc-
tion at once, does not admit of argu-
ment. Mr. Grupe says his dam could
be raised two feet higher without en-
tailing any expense in the way of land
flowage damages. It would seem
that this would be a cheap method of
increasing the capacity of the reser-
voir to at least a quarter more. Then,
the Lewisboro dam can be raised
eight or ten feet at a cost of some $500
for land damages. These changes, in
an ordinary year, would no doubt pro-
vide for the present increased con-
sumption, but a third and much larger
storage reservoir must be provided for,
and that in the very near future. The
God of nature has abundantly pro-
vided us with a flow of living spring
water, and also with at least a. half
dozen eligible places on the route of
our Silver Mine stream, where storage
reservoirs can be located and con-
struted at a reasonable cost. This un-
usual dry year has shown that the sup-
posed holding capacity of our two
storage reservoirs have been greatly
over-estimated,and also, that had these
two reservoirs held all that has been
heretofore supposed that they did, the
supply would have been insufficient to
supply the reasonable wants of our
people in time of any extraordinary
drain upon them, and also to tally inad-
equate to the near by necessity of our
constantly growing Borough and rapid
increase of population. There is an
unlimited abundance of pure sweet
water that can be stored in the flush
water season, from the source of the
Borough’s supply, enough, as Engi-
neer Bissell, of the Hartford water
works. once remarked, to supply the
city of Brooklyn, if duly reservoired,
as it easily can be.
Let all hope and pray for rain, and
till it comes scrupulously avoid the
waste of a drop of water.
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Unfounded Reports.
The reports circulated around town
ayear. There has long been felt the
need of ajournal devoted to the dis-
semination of knowledge concerning in-
vestments, and we find that this one ad-
mirably supplies the want. It seems to
work from the investor’s standpoint,
judiciously handling all matters that?
will tend to qualify him for discrimina- ?
ting between the good, bad and indif-
ferent opportunities for the investing of ,
money. It is an educator in all things
that pertain to farm (western especial- 5
ly) and city mortgages, real estate, .
bonds of all kinds, non-speculative in ‘
their nature, and permanent, conserva- i
ative investments. It is quite hand-
somely printed and should be in the ;
hands of every (person haviug money 3
out at interest.
Saturday, first, that the City of Albany
had sunk in going through Hell Gate,
later that it was the Cape Charles, and
i still later that it was the City of Nor-
walk. probably originated from the ac-
count in the New York Herald of Sat-
urday, that a Housatonic float had run
' aground on Hallett’s Point.
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Sample of Bridgeport Veraclty.
Doorman Stanford of the central p0-
lice station arrested a deaf and dumb
man yesterday for abusive language.
Both officer and prisoner were looked.
up.—[Bridgeport Union.
Court News.
Cases came thick and fastto Justice
Coolidge this morning, and the court
room was crowded with spectators, at—
torneys, policemen, constables and
prisoners. 4
The first case called was the State vs.
Annie Stagg, which was adjourned
from Saturday. Annie and her hus-
band, who are both coloredi live along-
side of Jacob Lassen and family on the
turnpike. Friday Annief’s chickens
were eating up Mrs. Lassen’s tomatoes.
The latter requested Annie to shut
them up, which she refused to do, and
Mr. Lassen threatened to shoot them.
A war of words was indulged in on
both sides, and Annie called the Las-
sens some very vile names, at which
Mr. Lassen started for her, to “teach
her alesson.” Annie knew that her
house was her castle, and retreated
thereto, and on Lassen trying to get in
she assaulted him in the most approved
manner. As she had a perfect right to
protect herself, she was acquitted.
Martin Butler’s, was the next case.
He has been an inmate of the poor
house for nigh unto two years. Satur-
day night he came home drunk, but
was gotten to bed without much diffi-
culty. Sunday morning when he
awoke, he was di‘unker than when he
went to bed, and so was placed in a
cell. An iron bedstead Was the only
other occupant of the cell. With this
he proceeded to break the door in, and
as nothing could be done with him,
Constable DeForest was summoned and
removed him to the lock-up,where iron
bedsteads are an unknown luxury.
As this was M a. tin’s first appearance in
court, and in consideration of his ad:
vanced years, he was let off with a fine
of $1 and costs, $9.95 in all, which he
paid.
George Henry \Vaterbury, charged
on two counts with assaiilt and breach
of the peace on Mrs. Murphy, asked
for an adjournment untiliz o’clock to-
morrow, which was granted.
The case of Salvator Spina, and his
wife, Philomena Spina, were next
called, and adjourned until next Mon-
day morning. Bonds $1.0.
Mrs. Ida Barnes was the last case.
She was charged with pouring boiling
water on Mrs. Murphy’s dog. Both
live on Fair street, and have hitherto
been good neighbors. Friday evening
when Mrs. Barnes emptied her dish-
water, the dog happened to be in “the
swim.” She was acquitted, as it was
not proved that she did the scalding
intentionally.
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The Esteemed Sentinel.
Will the esteemcd Sentinel bear with
us while “we rise to remark and our
language it is plain,” that it some days
ago published a gross untruth about
the Gaznt-r-rn, and followed up the false-
hood with remarks wantonly offensive,
and that our repeated requests for a
withdrawal of its untruth and grossly
insulting comments upon its own false
charges have, to date, failed to induce
that paper to “make the amendc hon-
orable. ” if.
A Collision.
Saturday evening Charles Buckley
and a little boy were delivering grocer-
ies on Elm street for Finney 8: Bene-
dict, when they were run into by a
horse and wagon beldnging to Gershom
Raymond, a South No‘rwalk grocery-
man. The end of Raymond’s shaft
struck Buckley’s horse under the
mouth, raising a large lump, but doing
no serious damage.
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Blrm ' ngham’s Field Day.
Norwalk was out for blood at the
Derby Driving Park, Saturday, when
the Y. M. C. A. Bicycle club of Birm-
ingham held their first annual field day.
William J. Steeb took first prize in the
100-yard race, covering the diStance in
10% seconds. William N. Half was
awarded the prize in the high kicking
event, no contestant appearing against
him, and Harry Seymour of South
Norwalk took second place in the half-
mile run, time 2.12. The prizes will
arrive some time this week.
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Milton Aborn Tonight.
The Aborn Opera Co. of 35 artists
will commence their week’s engage-
ment to-night, {in the ever popular
Mascot. The selection of Comic Opera
for the week shows a good knowledge
of what Norwalk likes best. This is
the arrangement: Monday evemng,
Mascot; Tuesday evening, Chimes of
Normandy; Wednesday evening, Oli-
vette; Thursday evening, Three Black.
Cloaks; Friday evening, Bohemian
Girl; Saturday matinee and evening.
Erminie. Most of the charms of Mr.
Oborn’s acting lies, not so much in his
assumption of his many parts, as in the
taking business and aside work, which
he makes use of to the infinite amuse-
ment of his audiences. His familiarity
with everything pertaining to the pro-
duction, gained by constant’study and
practice, is another point which acts
favorably. The operas to be played at
manager Adams’ house are old and well
liked, and their drawing power isstrong
and steady. The chorus is large and
well—trained, and it is hoped that the
admirers of- Mr. Aborn will fill the
Opera House at every performance,
and an early selection of seats offered
on the scale of 50 cents, is advisable.
BIG AAAAOAA SCHEME.
The New Route to BOSlSOll said to
be El Link in 3. New Freight
Line from Boston to the
SOUth and west.
The B. & 0. said to be the Connect-
ing Line.
There has been considerable talk
among railroad men about the purposes
of the new route to Boston via Long
Island and New York and New Eng-
land railroads. It has been intimated
that the new route would force the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad to give it a fair share of the
business by threatening to cut rates
both to Brooklyn and New York.
But all the facts have not yet been
published. The new route is more
than appears at first sight. The Long
Island and Eastern States’ Line is only
a link in a chain. The plan is to form
a connection with the Baltimore and
Ohio, making the Long Island route a
part of a fast freight line between Bos-
ton and the West. Whether there will
ever be passenger service from Wash-
ington and Philadelphia to Boston by
this route, after the manner of the
steamer Maryland route of the Penn-
sylvania and New- Haven roads, is un-
decided. Many arrangements would
have to be perfected before this could
be accomplished. One of the officers
of an mterested company thought that
it was perfectly practicable.
But the freight arrangements will be
completed as soon as the Baltimore and
Ohio is free from its through-line ar-
rangements with other companies.
The Jersey Central and Reading may
also become parties to the deal. .The
scheme is to float B and O. freight cars
from the terminus on that road on
Staten Island over to slips of the Long
Island railroad at Bay Ridge, and
run them over the Manhattan Beach
road to Oyster Bay, where they will be
ferried to Wilson Point and taken to
Boston via the Housatonic and New
England railroads, like the passenger
trains. This will require some addi-
tional facilities at- Bay Ridge and a new
float bridge.
It is a part of the plan to construct a
pier at Bay Ridge, so that vessels may
come up alongside and unload their
cargos onto the cars for delivery in
Boston. A specialty will be made of
Southern garden truck and fruit at the
proper season of the year. The New
England Terminal Company has no fa-
cilities for handling this coasting busi-
ness. Most of what reaches Boston at
present from the South, comes in over
the Pennsylvania lines and is trans-
ferred by float to the New Haven road.
At present the New England Termi-
nal Company floats all its cars from
Pier 45 East River, up the Sound to
Wilson Point. The Sound is broad at
Oyster Bay, but it is calculated that
the cars of the B. and 0. may be floated
from Staten Island to Bay Ridge,
rushed over the Long Island Railroad
to Oyster Bay and floated again across
the Sound in much less time than it
takes to float them the entire distance
from Staten Island to Wilson Point.
This will unquestionably be a good
thing for the Long Island and New
England roads, and it is expected that
there will be considerable interchange
of freight between Brooklyn and Long
Island towns and New England points.
In addition to this the railroad people
think that the passenger business will
be profitable, especially the summer
xcursion business, across the Sound
from Connecticut to the beaches.
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Notlceable Indifference.
Mn. EDITOR :——The indifference shown
towards several important questions at
the Borough meeting last Tuesday
evening, speaks against our pubhc en-
terprise. None of the.important ques-
tions were calmly discussed, the crowd
simply voted down everything. I
think it would be well to examine mto
the assessed value of property before
asserting that our taxes are too high.
The assessors should be elected or
appointed for more than one year.
These officers are the most important
ones of the Borough’s government, and
it is against the interest of the Borough
to have men do this work only for one
year. Every year gives valuable ex-
perience to the assessor, and this Work
cannot be properly done if we change
the workers every year. Our taxes are
‘very high according to the rate fixed,
but are we‘sure that a full valuatlon 16
fixed as the bases for such a rate ? Let
us have a committee of three or _five of
our best citizens examine 1nto the ques;
tion and report in detail the results of
such an investigation. Ithink 1t might
give an interestmg paper for our tax-
payers to read. There should be no
favors shown—the dry facts are wanted
'on this important question.
OBSERVER.
Cheese.
—Roquefort, Edam, Brie, Limnur-
ger, Cream, Breet and all other kmds
of rich cheese at
tf 183 Burrs &. FARBINGTON’S.
BLUE It; GRAY.
A Northern “Vet” and a Southern
“Vet” Fight the War Over
Again in South Wilton.
The North Agaln Vlctorlous.
Some two weeks ago George H. By-
ington, postmaster at South Wilton,
took as a boarder H. K. Glidden, who
represented that he was from Lexing-
ton, Ky., and a veteran of the confed-
eracy. Everything passed along
smoothly until Saturday, when the
postmaster, who by the way is an old
union veteran, invited his conquered
brother to go fishing. After spending
the day down the harbor, and when
ready to return, the (ax-confederate re-
fused to row the boat home. This
brought on some rather hard feelings
between them, but the union veteran
seized the cars and soon landed the
boat at the Hill dock. Here they sep-
arated, one going one way and one the
other. Chancing to pass on Water
street, however, the union “vet.” was
surprised to receive a blow in the back
of the head. Quickly turning to see
who had struck him from the rear,’ he
discovered his confederate friend was
the man. This was too much for the
old “vet,” and with a well directed
blowlhe downed the confederacy, and
as soon as he arose to his feet downed
him again. At this juncture Ofl‘icer
Adams put in an appearance and the
combatants separated. The postmas-
ter re turned to Vlilton and resumed
his duties, thinking the battle was over,
but in this he was mistaken, for his
confederate boarder followed him home
and attempted to invade the sacred
precincts of Uncle Sam’s post oflice and
renew the quarrel. Without hesitation
he was ordered out from behind the
post oflice and out of the house, but de-
clined to go. The old “vet.” being on
U. S. territory, re-opened his battery
and gave the confederacy a sound
thrashing and threw him out of the
building.
A crowd soon collected around the
fallen hero, who soon gathered himself
up and sneaked into the house andlock-
ed the door. Refusing to open the door
or leave the premises, a telegram tor
Sheriff Toner soon brought that officer
to the scene. On a. second refusal to
open the door Sherifl' Toner found a
key with which he soon stood before the
defender of the lost cause. The Sheriff
ordered him to get up and dress and
get out, but he refused to budge. Noth-
ing daunted the Sheriff grabbed him
and quickly sat him out in the cold
night air with nothing on but an un-
dershirt to protect him from the dew.
His clothes were soon forthcoming and
our friend of the lost cause was removed
across the street to a neighbor’s house.
Another time he no doubt will know
better than to try and enter on Uncle
Sam’s premises to quarrel with a gov-
ernment servant, especially if that serv-
ant once wore the blue.
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A party of sixty American pilgrims
arrived on Thursday at Treves. They
are led by Missionary Brown, of Min-
nesota. They come to worship the
Holy Coat. Two million pilgrims have
visited that alleged relic.
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Street Contractor Conley is to-day
carting off the gravel and cutting down
the grade of that part of the road bed
of East avenue in front of ex-P. M. Gold-
en’s new house, that only a couple of
years or so ago was carted on there to
fill up a hollow place, and the two facts
have set tax-payers on East avenue to
querying asto what is 00111ng next?
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White Brandy,
——For _Brandy Peach preserving,
mince ples, etc.
tf 183 Burrs 8: Fannmcrou’s.
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New Attorney.
The New York and New England
Railroad Company has appointed Sen-
ator Milton A. Shumway, of Kllllngley,
its attorney, vice George A. Conant, of
Willimantic, resigned.
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Oldest Lady in the State.
South Glasonbury, a small village in
Hartford county, boasts of the oldest
Woman living in the state. Her name
is Margaret Dayton and she is 105 years
old. The old lady is in fall possessmn
of her faculties and can read an
write without the aid of glasses. She
can converse on any subject from the
present time back to a hundred years
ago.
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Wllliam L. Scott Dead.
Ex-Representative William L. Scott,
of Erie, Pa., died at Newport, R. 1.,
yesterday. His family were all pres-
ent at the end, which was peaceful and
painless. His body W111 be sent by
special train to his late home to-day.
~00.
John F. Hlbbard Dead.
John F. Hibbard, the prominent
Woodstock politician _who was shot.
September 11, while 1n the company
of the wife of Frank Ide, by the two
sons of Ide, died at his home. 1n Put-
nam, yesterday, blood p01son1ng hav-
LEADS in ADVERTISING.
ing set in. The Ides .will now be ar-
rested. -
9 Wants, l Cent. a Word.
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' Price One Cent.
BALMAGin DEAD.
He Committed Suicide in Santiago, _ ,
Chili.
HIS ESCAPE WAS CUT OFF.
The News of His Taking 011‘ Created In-
tense Excitement and General Rejoic-
ing Followed—His Body Viewed
by a Commission of the Junta.
VALPARAISO, Chili, via. GALvESTON, Tex.,
Sept. 21—Ex—President Balmaceda, of Chili,
shot himself through the temple in his
room at the Argentine legation in Santiago
at 8:80 a. to. Saturday. When the story
became known here it created the greatest
excitement. Every part of the city is bril-
liantly illuminated, and on every hand are
heard the sounds of rejoicing.
The News Confirmed.
Later accounts from the capital confirm
the sensational news and give the details
of his suicide. It now seems that Balma—
ceda. left Santiago on Aug. 29 last, in the
hope of making his escape from Chili, but
seeing that every avenue of retreat was
cut 05, he returned there on Sept. 2 and
went direct to the Argentine legation.
How He’ Escaped.
' In company with ex-Alcaldo Victor
Eehauren he took a. carriage and drove to
a point two miles outside the city.
Here a special train of one car and a. lo-
comotive was in waiting. Balmacedadis-
guised himself with a heavy Spanish cloak.
He was recognized, however, by the driver
of the carriage, a. Scotchman named Gil-
more. The train went at high speed as
far as Linderos, forty—five miles south of
Santiago. There more carriages were in
waiting. Hurriedly alighting from the
train they entered the carriages and were '
again driven rapidly away.
Toward San Antonio Bay.
The route was toward San Antonio bay.
All trace of the fugitives was, however,
lost.
Police from Santiago learned of the
route taken and searched for the carriages.
They were unsuccessful. Sept. 2 the car-
riages were traced to the outskirts of Sana
tiago. '
His intention had been to go on board
the vessel Condell, which he expected to
find lying in San Antonio bay. Upon ar-
riving there, however, he discovered that
the torpedo boat had sailed.
He Was Nervous.
Since his return to the Argentine lega-
tion, in Santiago, Balmaceda has been in
an extremely nervous condition. No one,
with the exception of the minister of the
Argentine republic and one other man
who was devoted to the unfortunate ex‘
president’s cause, was permitted to talk to
or even see him.
All the different schemes of flight were
considered by the hunted ex-president.
Senor Urribura. had a long and earnest
talk with Balmaceda relative to the lat-
ter’s ideas about the advisability of giving
himself up to the junta.
Blew Out His Brains.
Senora. Urriburia, about 8 a. m., heard
a pistol shot in the bedroom that had been
assigned to Balmaceda. She notified her
husband. Before he went to Balmaceda’s
room he ran around to the house of Carlos
Walker Martinez and brought that gentle
man back to the legation. Upon breaking
in the door of Balmaceda’s room it was
found that he had shot himself. The-body
was still warm. There was a. gaping
wound in the temple. The body was un-
dressed and lay on the bed. The revolver
was still held in his right hand.
Domingo Torre, Balmaeeda’s brother-in
law, and the minister to Chili from Uru-
guay, Arrieta Malchor Corleta, soon ar-
rived at the legation.
Action of the Junta.
Senor Concho ran to Moneda and in-
formed the junta of what had happened.
A commission was promptly issued. It
comprised Carlos Walker Martinez, Senor
Melchor, Senor Concho and Judge Aguer‘
ra, of the supreme court.
They went direct to the legation from
the office of the junta’s representatives
and viewed the body.
Gradually the news spread all over San
tiago. The excitement it created is inde-
scribable. '
Great crowds of terribly excited people
gathered all around the Argentine lega-
tion. They cheered and they hooted and
went into a frenzy over the death of their
chief enemy.
Above all the discordant shouts were
heard cries congratulating the unfortunate
Balmaceda that in taking his own life he
had escaped a worse fate.
Egan’s Advice to the Dictator.
A letter left by Balmaceda contains the
following relative to the United States
minister to Chili: “Migster Patrick Egan
many times offered mg, good advice. He
urged me to make peace with those op-
posed to me and to retire from Chili. I did
not heed his wise advice, for I thought
that he was under the influence of the
junta’s orders, who were then refugees in
the American legation." '
Another letter was found addressed
to Senor Urriburia. In it Balmaceda says.
“When I saw the persecution directed
against me by persons who had supported
my administration Icame to the conclu‘
sion that the only way to put an end to
this persecution was to take my life as I ' '
was the responsible one. Adios, my good
friend. Give my farewell to my wife and
children.” _____________
Shot by a? Boy.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Max Stahl, clerk
for Bernard Bohmeister, a. grocer, of 300
East Eighty-ninth street, while toying
with a 2%caliber rifle, shot Mrs. Bertha
Bohmeister, wife of his employer, inflict—
in a severe if not fatal wound. The boy
is ut fifteen years of age, and denies that
he did the shooting. Mrs. Bohmeister is
only nineteen years of age.
Ex-Congressman Scott Improving.
NEWPORT, R. 1., Sept. 21.—Ex—Congress
man W. L. Scott, of Pennsylvania, is bet
ter.
on Thursday and has not been so well
since, but the trouble is believed to be
only temporary.
He had an attack of throat trouble
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