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GASH CAPITAL, $200,000
Hayes, No. 5 Main Street
Just around the corner from Hale’ s’drng store
Can assure you that I have the largest and most complete
assortment of . _
ALIBUMS
In town, varying in price f1 cm 400 to $6. There is music in some
of them. .
HAYES-w r — ~ ' « . -
Has W ons Sleds Velocipedes, Dolls, Books, Desks, Drums,
Musical Izgtruments of every description, Games of all kinds, Magic
Lanterns, Guns, Dolls. Carriages, Carts, Wheel barrows, Bugles,
Trumpets, A. B. C. and Picture- Books, Albums, Plush and Cellu-
loid Handkerchief Cufi‘ Grieve and Jewel Cases.
'uluuuus IN ruins
A BEAUTIFUL
CHICKEBING
. UPRIGHT PIANO,
Former Price 3475: NOW $225.
"This is a rare chance. Call and be
convinced at
J. W. STUDWELL’S.
AN ELEGANT SHONINGER PIAN, m ”MW 3315-”
J. w. sruowsLL’s. II
A DISCOUNT OF $50 ON ALL PIANOS PURCHASED ’
BEFORE XMAS AT J. W. STUDWELLHS
..
ORGANS, $25 $50 IN” $75, “Mmel’ii mum...
on 'YIIU SMIIKE?
We have the finest lot of clear Havana 10c Cigars which we are selling .
at $1. 25 per box. We bought them at a bargain and are
are selling them at a figure that defies competition.
Meerschaum
.. - -- - Goods.
@ur line of gold mounted briar and meers schaum pipes cannot
be duplicated in town. They are just what you
want for a Christmas present.’
Tobacco. Pouches. ,
Match BoXes and ;
Smokers’ Sets at 00st
Also the Finest Grades of Smoking and Chewing Tobacco,
TRQWB‘RIDGiE & CC.
South Non-walk Gonna
In Successful Business Since I860
The Norwalk File Ins 00.
ASSETS $325,000,
Outstanding Claims, $300. 4,
.fl. G. Wellwazfine /r., Preszdent.
Ceorge ‘B. St. john, Vice President. .
. ’B. E. Shaw, Seer. W. Y. O/jiee. '
_Geo. ‘R. Cowles, ‘Reszdent Seer.
IIIIIIWALK DIHEGTOHS.
W. B. E. Lockwood, F. St. John Lockwood, George R. Cowles, George
B. St. John, Homer Merrill.
Before Insuring Elsewhere, Call on this Home
Company. V
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AanSLMALE. '
_A Wonderful Variety Of Holiday GOOGS '1' .,
What would be a nicer pres-
ent than {1 ~
, MIN”
H AT?
A Handsome
Umbrella or Cane
Can’t be beat. I have both.
Or perhaps you prefer a
Golf Gap in which case I have
an elegant assortmeutof all
kinds of Caps.
But the newest and great-1
est winner for Christmas is-
the Combination Umbrella
and Cane - It is just what you
want for “Hubby’s” present
Call in and examine them.
A laroe line Ladies’ Felt
Hats always 111 stock
I. IN. OBRIEN,
.Practical Hatter,
125 Washington Street,
' South N orwalk,
EDWARD P. WEED
38 WALL 31., uuuwnu.
ALL SEEKERS AFTER V
Christmas Gifts
Are invited to look over our
~ handsome display of
celluloid Toilet Sets,
PeIIumes
in Elegant Boxes, of which we
have the largest assortment
in the City
- Iapaucse‘Nuchlies,
tul Iilass Bullies,
, Pocket Books,
Pocket Knives.
*Fancy Ioilcl Alcmizcrs, EIc.
'A‘ BOX OF FINE CIGARS
will ,be appreciated by
those who smoke.-
I
PICTURE FRAMES
This year at 1511, 2 for 25c.
as: Willi-“1311111,:
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,‘3 ‘ SC. .
al‘atal Acc1dent on Board the New
' cleaner, Ger
. ture.
' Insulin-
Ocean Steamship St..Pau1.
JusT serous-slums Turn.
Ill: Men Were Killed and FiveESei-iouely
Injured—No Adequate Explanation
' of the {Mishap—The Big Link
e'r'c'nephrture Delayed.
NEW (Yank, Dec. 19. —Slx men were
killed and five were injured by the burst-
-Ing of a steamship pipe in the starboard
engine room of the new American line
steamship St. Paul today.
N829 was lyi’rj‘g at her dock, pier No.14,-
h river, ml the shore crew of mo
chinlcfis,
pulsars and oilers wér getting
her ready Pr her foul-lb ”ch-twat; sailing.
No passengers virol'e aboard as yet. but
within a few minnfics alt'or the eXpIccion
they began to arrive and lied 'to be turn—
V to back with an explanation" as; the
statement that no one co id say when the
boat would leave. It m a week, it- may
be less, but the comp dy's officers could
only say they would given 9a noti 6e and
would take as many a. pos is of the St.
Paul’s list on the other steamers which
may sail in the meantime.
The shore crew had been at work on the
engine. The men were about to take their
“hour” 01! when a test was ordered. The
'full head of steam was turned into.the
pipe as themen stood about variously en-
gaged in the five stories of platforms which
surround the engine.
distinct snaps or cracks which rang out
sharply; then those on the outside heard
the peculiar rapping sound of steam es-
caplng at intense pressure over the broken
edge of reverberating metal. There was
a. soemper to get away among the men,
but those in the engine room ware caught,
scolded and sufl’ocated by the steam.
The Killed and Injured.
The main stop valve was shut down,
the safeties were opened to blow o_ ,and
the firesivcre drawn. It took 90 :11 notes
to bring any relief. Steam poured out of
the engine room, driving everybody before
it and filling all the great ship below deck.
Many men besides those penned in the
engine room were in danger. Andre‘w
Heard, the ship’s storekeeper, had to lean
far out his porthole to live. ' I-Ie hung
there all the time, while some men on a
steam coal hoist fed him with brandy to
keep him conscious. .
Finally the atmosphere cleared, and it
was possible to enter the engine room.
George Jamison,
Peter Campbell and
rm: s'r. PAUL.
Ear McLaughlin of t echoro crew, who.
had riends and rclat 'ves below, i d a
number 0 the ship’ a crew down. are
ti; foun five men dead andblx mi 11,
ad cllows:
The dead: James Fennel, third eecict-
ant engineer, 1931315113690 30 unln
fourth ass tent cngi'fi'efir, Enfiaeflto Rog~
err Camp Veil, mochinlst, York;
George Wil lame. achinlct, Hobokc.
J.; Daniel McCaIIEn, machinh't’s he or,
Brooklyn; Adolf elker, firsthand s"
city.
The injured: Frank Vesper, third ac-
clstent en Vlnedr, Roxbury, Algae; Andrew
Heard, sorekeeper, Scotland: Bolibrll
Wilson, 11111 $1111“ England: A. chel.
any; Edward Wishart, elec-
S’aunes (or F wuss) and
lining co-
and third seasons on egoc-
tvely, were in direct charge of the wor.
Besides tbgigpwn‘ men theyh dCampre,
Wilson a cCallion. empl yees of the
James Bailey Steam Fitting company.
under their direction. It was the watch
of thee Econd engineer.
The and and injured were found in all
sorts of attitudes, indicating the struggle
to once 9, to draw away and to cover the
body. hey evidently had hot been blowh
about as by an explosion. Williams was
wedged tightly into the narrow space
between the upright rod of the piston and
a supporting column. On the ct r side
of the valve was McCallion,l as so in'
the position of one wh had ii ed ip'to I
crevice for the partial retention it offered.
They were both dead.
Cause of the Accident.
J not what caused such an 80933? can
trician.
be determined only after an ane atldn
A detective steam pi is the
by experts.
Thouih it‘
first explanation that qflerg.
. has stood the test of three ran 9 tripe be-
tween here and Southam ton,.t original
weakness mi‘éht hpvc old I; now. in:
creasing continually, till the an den blow
of the at today; pgoduced the fetal freoa
ut one o t s em to}-
ligent machinist, sol np‘xpehgisan 059‘? mm:
that either only one it lve w ed, or
as the one was opened ti: 0 her an sud-
denly closed. This we I! have made the
pressure enormous. Since 811 a unlit eke
could be made, however, the 139 should
’have been made to stand it, sothat the
fa tcomés back to the pipe aftcf all.
is worth while obs'ervln ,by the way,
that this accident is almost optical with
that in the Olympia music .-‘,lthV1-ec
weeks ago.'1‘her'c, too, it was a main
steam pipe. the fracture occurred at the
first entrance of the steam for the day,
and the employees were killed ahd injured
by suffocation and scalding. Moreov‘or,
on the St. Paul the triple crack came at
the elbow. There lea curious interest it
not a deeper significance in the coinol~
dence of two such similar accidgnts so
near together. There have been all sorts
of explosions of boilers of c lind’ers and
breaks in all parts of machiniry, causing
loss of life, but steam pipes
Veloped their weaknesses till lately.
To repair the St. Paul’s engine so that V
she can sail the making and insertion of a
new steam pipe are necessary. J lunch Car-
negie, the chief engineer, said this Would
take a week’s time. Other damage was
slight. It consisted chiefly of broken glass.
The broken parts of the pipe did not
harm any other parts of the machinery
“Denver Ed” Smith'e Plane} .
CHATTANOOGE... Dec...‘ 19 ,-'--~ “,DLenver Ed”
Smith, the. pugliist; stated todeygthat in
about a month he Wouldsc. or South
Africa to fight Joe Goddard, whom be two
years ago defeated at New Orleans. Smith
says be “ill challe’n‘ge the W1nner ot the
Fit’zsim nons- Maher contest . t. . .
.V Forty-seventh
There Were three
'olty mills patents. Si
ave not de-_
‘creamery, 17027c.‘
;choic'c. 99c; @S
i The. Annie Concei- M “61.131131”ch 5V
90nd One of Thanh-I We. Confined.
~an Yank, Dec. 19. —Mrc. Annie Can ‘
(or, a young widow who lives at 259 wool
"Forty-fourth street, found the door. of her .
apartments ojar and half burned metcbei
scattered upon the floor when she returns-Ii.
after a short absence. .
As the place had been entered on a pro
'viouc night Mrs. Carter at once concluded
that some one was in the house. Whild
she was wondering what to do-atwo men~
The)
rushed down stairs and passed her.
had their hats drawn'over their faces. .
The men, on reaching the street, ran
toward Eighth avenue. . Mrs. Cartel
scammed and gave chase. A car was
passing down Eighth avenue just then.
and one of the men jumped upon it and
empcdk The other icllow kept on acres:
the avenue.
By this time a crowd had been attracted
by the chase. Justus the fugitive reaches
the southwest corner of Forty-fourth
attest and Eighth avenue a man grabbed
im
“30’ s a burglar!” shouted Mrs. Carter.
“I‘m nothing at the sort I” responded
the man. “ I never saw you and don‘ I
know what you mean by accusing me. ”
Policeman N coins Peiser of the W051
and arrested the fellow.
About $150. worth of jewelry,
glasses and trinkets were found in the
prisoner’s pockets. Mrs. Carter identi
fled them as her property.
The follow said he was John Daley, 3:
years old, of 422 East Sixty- third street
The police say that'he is an ex-convict.
Magistrate Wentwort-h, in Yorkville
court, today committed Daley.
MISS IONARIES SAFE.
Reports to Minister Terrell From Marco
van—The Caesarea Massacre.
ConsrAnrmornE, .Dec. 19. #Replyiné
to a telegraphic message from United
States Minister Terrell, the America;
missionaries at Marsovan telegraphed thal
they Were all safe and gu ded by troops.
A letter has been receive here from an
American missionary at Cmsarca, dated
Dec. 2, giving details of the horrors of the
preceding three .days. The writer says
that the Turks swarmed through the
streets and into the houses. stoning, club-
bing and killing every Armenian within
reach. The American mission, however.
was not harmed, owing to orders issued
by the Turkish officials. The barbarity
practiced passed all description. Men and
women were literally hacked to pieces,
and 1,900 persons were killed on Nov. 31.
Turkish soldiersconfessed that the gov-
ernment gave them permission to pillage.
The boys of the American schools are all
safe, the letter concludes, and 109 fugi
fives are sheltered in the mission build-
ngs, but the safety of the missionaries
depends upon the presence of the troops
who are guarding them.
SupeVi-lntcndent Preston to Resign? ‘
BUFFALO, Dec. 19.—The Albany col-re?
spon'dent of The Express reports Charles
M. Preston, superintendent of banks, as
saying: “I shall confer with the govern
or very soon as to my resignation from.
this oliioe. My term of office does not ex-
pire till next May, not Jan. 19, as some
here thought. But my whole time is need-
ed for a financial concern in New York.”
Gift to Chicago University.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.-The university 01
Chicago has been favored by a donation oi
property and money amounting to about
.960, 000. The giver is Mrs. T. K. W.
Shlmer, owner and principal of the MounI
Carroll Female semi cry of Mount Car-
roll, Illa, and the gi t is to ildin s.
comprising the seminary, t at or wl ll
25 acres of ground.
State Master Bechelder rte-elected.
Conceal), N. 11., Dec. 19. —Ac thu
meeting of the state grunge today Stats
Master Bachelder announced the standing
committees. The sppciel order was thl
election of oflicers, and N. J. Bacheldel
vvas re- e-lected for a third term as master.
For Republican Headquarters.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 19.--It' Is now setting
that the Republican natidnel cdlhmittei
headquarters will be at the Lindcll hotel,
where the main parlor and ten rooms en
suite have been engaged by Sergeanhat
arms Swords.
.. The Weather.
Threatening; warmer; southerly winds
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Steel
V Exchange.
NEW YORK. Dec. 13. —"\loney on call easy as
@296 per cent. Prime mercantile pape1,4@5}i_
percent. Sterling exchange firm with actua'
busine s in bankers” .1115 at Si 88%@l. 89 £01
demand and $4. 879%4. 87% fox 60 days. Posted
rates. lil.88l,§'mi.89 and 34.893561430. Commer-
cial bills. T's-1.35%. Silver certifi cates, sales some
at 67. Bar silver. 66%. Mexican dollars, 5:3
Government bonds firm and higher. State
bonds dull. Railroad bonds weak.
Closing prices: .
Atchison... ....... ”19%; New England ..... 54
N. J. Central ...... 198}:
.‘Sorth American. 5 .
Northern Pacific.. 43/1
1
Bur. & Quincy. .. 8:29.;
0., C..'C. & St. I... 1.0%
Chesapeake div. 0.. 1"
Chicago Gas ...... 69% Do. pref ........... 4
Cordage..‘ ......... 1% N. Y. Central; . . .. 99’ .
. Cotton Oil ........ 17 Omaha. ............ 41}!
Del. & Hudson .. .1235 Ontario & West.. l4-,"i
Distillers‘ Trust” 18%) Pacific Mail ....... 30
Erie.. ............. 12%, Reading... ..... ' 7;;
General Electric.. 3034 Rock Island ...... 73h
Hocking Valley... 17% Silver Bullion ..... 87
Lackawanna ...... 164% St. Paul.... .. ..... . 749:
Lake Shore ........ 150
Load ............. Texas Pool c. ... .. 89'
Louisville d1 Nash 59% U ion Pacific. .... ’
Missouri Pacific. 28% pref-u .... .. 1
Northwestern ....1osig Western Union...
Genera-.1 11.. note. .
New Yonx, Dec. 18. —FLOUll.-—State on:
western quiet and stead at nhcb'an
V:25 winter patents
33.me city mills- clears. SSW wintcl
straights. W45
WHEAT—No. 2 red opened stronger on high *
er cables. foreign buying and smaller spring
wheat receipts and ruled firm all the morning
January. 66560.: May. 66 1849367956.
CORN—No. 2 opened firm with wheat, one
on smell receipts ruled generally firm: May.
-W'
OATS—No. 2 opened Vflrmer with corn. bug
very quiet and featureless; May. Zlflflléc.
, track,- white, state,
m;
PORK—Quiet: new mess. ”@9. 59; family, $11
“mo. 50.
LABDV—VQuVlet: .prime Western stem. 85. 55.
.BUTTE_R—-Flrm: state dairy. 1mm: statVI
state. meme;
.' CHEESE—Steady; large.
small. 7%@10}£c.
EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania, V21
0280.: western, 21am
SUGAR—Raw firniV: mil refining. V3}é@3%c.;
centrifugal. 96 test. 356033603 ._ refined steady
crushed; “lilacs powdered, 4%6.
TURPENTINEaFlrmer at 28Wc.
MOLASSES—Firm New Orleanc. We.
men—swan. domestic. moon Japan. as“
TALLOW—Dull' city. 4c.: country. 4469-:
HAYt—Firm: shippinz.
.. . >- at
treet station came up then
open?
Sugar Refining... 101M '
Pcllumcs in 'Bclllcs
god prices
7W5 good t“V:
g’_.1TR 3....
---PLAISTED I
A Piece of nicefiCU’l‘
is always a DESIRABLE
E have a large stock of use
ful pieces at
VERY LOW PRICES.
I
See our line of ' l'
i Perfume Atomizers
All prices from 250. to $5
it: also have many novelties
I I SILVER
. 'V‘ c
13. HAPLAISTED,
43 Washington 31..
liiSouth Norwalk.
"1N
HOLIDAY
GOODS
we have a. fine assort-
ment of
FANCY
ATOMIZERS
. alllprices.
JEWEL
CASES
CUT GLAss.
a.-. . _ .1. "- un .
from ‘25.; to $3.505“,
TENNTS I
FIVNES.
CANDIES.
fresh every week
~.T.0ML1NS°N’.3., ‘ mums
«Ail-9ND .3 NeithfhllfaiuSireet, I. V
- j ‘_ scorn; NORWALK.
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