.‘V ‘1 v Vol. vi. Whole No.1440 PFATALLDURNED. Rosa Weintraub, Aged Five ’ Yeats, the Victim of a Bonfire. Death Comes to Her Relief. 7 Rosa Weintraub, aged 5 years, suf- fered a horrible death at her home, last evening. She was the eldest but one, of a family of five children of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weintraub, who occupy the second story of the house, 41 Cedar street, the lower floor being rented by Mr. Frank Cafl'rey, who also has several children. ‘ ' » Yesterday afternoon, on returning home from school, the Weintraub child- ren gathered together a lot of leaves and rubbish for a box: fire. The Caff- rey childrey children were .also of the party, and :watched the proceedings. Among those seemingly most interested was Rosa Weintraub. Her little 4 year old brother, Eddie, lighted a match, to fire the heap, and scarcely had he done so before he heard the other children . cry, “Oh! Rose is all on fire. ‘ able were applied to the burns. The screams of the children attracted the attention of both Mrs.- Weintraub and Mrs. Cafi'rey, who hastened to the scene. Mrs. Weintraub thoughtfully grabbing up a bed-quilt which she wrapped around the child who was enveloped in flames, and after a hard battle succeeded in extinguishing them. The hands of both women were severely burned, and that their cloth- ing did not catch fire seems more than passing strange. ‘ *- - The little girl was taken into the house and such remedies as were avail- In the meantime medical help had been sum- moned, and Drs. L. M. Allen and F. I. Burnell arrived and prescribed lotions to abate the pain from the bums. They found that the child had been horribly burned about her body, limbs and face. All of her hair except a little tuft on the back of her head was burned ‘ olfaclose to-thetskin. .x’i‘here' was hardly a a vestige of clothing left on her. ' ' She sank into a semi-conscious state but must have suffered terribly from the burns. After they had done all in their power to relieve the sufferings of the child, the doctors left after having given the parents instructions as to what to do. The father who is an engineer on the Consolidated railroad arrived 'home about two hours after the accident and his feelings can be better imagined than described. He sat by the bedside of the poor child, hoping that her life might be spared. Between 7 and 8 o’clock the poor little girl opened her eyes and gave her father a pitiful look and closed them again without so much as a murmur. ‘ In less than a minute after she was dead. But the father thought that she had simply relapsed into slumber. Soon after Dr. Allen came in and the . parent asked him if he did not think it advisable to cut off a small gold ring that encircled one of thelchild’s fingers, the hand being badly burned. He asked this because he M m flat the ring might irritate the flfisll “J cuss the child more suffering. The doctor then stepped to the bed- side and saw at a glance that the child’s sufferings were over, and told the grief- stricken «parents that their little one was dead. - . The mother became crazed with grief and but for the timely assistance of Mrs. Cafi'rey‘would have thrown her-- self into a near-by-well, and had par- : tially succeeded in the attempt when Mrs. Cafi‘rey apprehended her. 0 Town Court. In the case of Charles Hecker vs. James H. Smith, Judge Hubbell has rendered a verdict for the plaintig to. recover $35 and costs. Becker sued for a board bill owed him by Smith. ‘ In the case of the State vs. John J. Hanlon, who wander arrest on the charge of intoxication the J ndge found him guilty and fined him $5 and costs, amounting in all to $10.91. Hanlon had.previously forfeited a _bond of $25 and was under the impression that such action released him from further prosecution, but found out his mistake when he was again placed under ar- rest. He is now seeking to recover the amount of the forfeited bond. Prose- cuting attorney Gregory will insist on . all cases beingptried and does not pro. _ pose letting any one escape by a fimple forfeiture of a bond. He wants either a conviction or an acquittal by the. court in all cases which he may be called-upon to prosecute. . o .- _ Pensions. , .. Original, widows, etc, Georgiana Ryfe’nburgb, Ridgefield. 'I ‘w THE ONL Y EIGHT-PA GE oNE-CENT 0.41]. Y \ . Noeralk, Conn, Thursday Evening; September 3, 1896. . BAKER CAUGHT. His Best Girl Madeline~ Camp- bell Sorely Grieved. Wants to Share a Cell With Him. The Norwalk police were advised last nightthat the young man, saidto be H. C.,,Baker, and formerly in the ' employ as a drummer, of a shoe-blacking con; corn, and who wheedled the. Bailwitz Bros. into endorsing a check purport- ing to have been previously signed by J. -C. Randle, of Winnipauk, had been captured. _ The story of his getting the check" cashed by Grocerymcu Osterbanks, the. amount being for $10; appeared in Monday’s GAZETTE. Apparently this was not the first time that Baker or Black has been doing things that are termed crooked. A telephone message from that place says that Baker has a “sweetheart” there, and that on August 25th he quar- reled with her with the result that he «was arrested. /' The woman whose name is given as Madeline Campbell, relent- ‘ed, and failing to push the case he was liberated. The police had read of .his actionp in Norwalk, and Officer Hickey yesterday afternoon seeing him on, Pacific street, decided to keep an eye on him. Baker was acting in what the officer thought was a suspicious manner, and saw him dodge into a near by grocer-y as if to get out of sight. ’ ' Hickey decided to place him under arrest. As he did so Baker took a paper out of hispocket and attempted to de- stroy it. Hickey made a grab for the paper and both men fell and rolled about on the sidewalk, but the officer managed to secure it and it proved to be a check drawn to the order of H. C. Baker and signed by G. A. Ehlers, a Maple avenue groceryman. It was al- so learned that he had got an advance of $3 on a check for $10, and that he has tried to get checks cashed at other places. hearing of‘Baker’s arrest. and imme- diately went to the station-house in tears and insisted on sharing the cell with him. It is "understood that the firm by which he has previously been employed is anxious for his arrest and will prose- cute him for various alleged crooked operations with the firm. ' .9 THE ROSEDA‘LE SUNK. A Well Known Sound Steamer Goes Down in East River. The Steamer Rosedale from Bridge- port collided with another steamer in the East River this morning and sunk. ' The passengers were taken off by tugs and no lives were lost. ———.—¢ _Q. Birthday Party. Katherine Hoyt, the two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Malkin will celebrate her birthday anniversary this afternoon with a lawn party to which something over thirty of her lit- tle friends have been invited. The re- ception will take place at her home ‘on Franklin avenue from 3 to 5 o’clock. , ———-——-———<-.->———_ Norwalk Shirt Factory. The Shirt factory has been closed a few days for the reason that a certain line of goods required were delayed in their arrival and which are expected to be on hand the first of the week, when this local hive of industry will move on again in full vigor. Q _ May Locate Here. William Marks, of Albany, a cigar- dealer, was in Stamford yesterday with a view to opening a retail store here. He thought wiser of it, however, after seeing that the town was already well supplied in that line, and will probably give Norwalk-a trial.—Advocate. Mrs. Turney’s Condition. ‘ , Mr. Charles P. Turney seems more comfortable this morning, al- though fears are entertained that her symptOms indicate an attack of mala- rial fever. , O , Declared Professional. The L. A. W. weekly bulletin con-o hide the information that R. B. Greg- ory, of West Norwalk, has been declared a professional. ' «——<-o~ , J ohu Feeney, of Cross street, sev ere: ly cut his left hand with a carving knife, last evening. ‘Of course, it was an acci- dent, but the wound is just as painful. . —Advertise in the Gamma. The Campbellwomanpwas not long in » A -Bl_0__FlliE.4 * ‘ Bridgeport Has ,a $45,000 Blaze Early'Tbis Morning. Plumb &. Winton’s Packing House ,Gutted. x 5 Atlz45 o’clock.this morning ‘fire: was discovered in the - threemtory brick block, adj oining; the Park City theatre .onone side and the Emergency 'Hospi‘ talon the other, at ‘Bridgeportv The . whole building .ls'occupied by Plumb & Winton, wholesale- dealers in. lard, hams, bacon, and similar provisions. Before the. fire was under cotrol the building was gutted. The lossis estime ated by Mr. Winton to be $30,030 on stock, and. $10,000 to $15,000 on the building. This is covered by an insur- ance of $40,000. - . The fire was discovered by Henry H. Jennings. Mr. Jennings, with his em- ployee, werc“occupied in removing the scenery of the Faust company from the theatre. One of the men drew Mr. Jennings’ attention to what appeared to be a bright light in the cellar of Plumsz Wintou’s. This is separated from the theatre by a narrow alley of some 12 feet in width. Mr. Jennings rapidly walked across the way, and looked into the building. Yelling fire,- he started one of his men to the box.“ Oflicer Goulden hearing the cry of fire pulled box 32. Meanwhile Mr. Jen- nings got out the fire hose in the thea- tre and tried to play a stream on the fire. The pressure was no good, and the assistance of little use. When steamers Nos. 1, 4 and 5 ar- rived on the scene, the flames were breaking out of the windows on the first and second floors, on the northeast corner of the building. The elevator shaft was there and the fire made easy progress. Before the first stream was fairly turned on, the flames had eaten their way to the third story and were shooting» across the alley. They licked the walls of the theatre with a fiery tongue, and for a little while the build- ing seemediin danger; The windows: are all protected with iron: shutters." These were closed, and as the building is of brick, the flames found no hold. At2 o’clock the whole of the rear corner where the fire started was ablaze, and the flames running along the eaves, rapidly set fire‘to the whole interior of the third floor. At2:05 dense black clouds of smoke commenced to burst through the win- dows in the front. At this time a gen- eral alarm was rung in. At 2:22, the north wall fell over into the alley. Chief Beardslcc was struck on the shoulder and knee by some of the falling bricks, At first it was thought that his leg was fractured. The little breeze blowing was in the direction of the Windsor hotel. Those of the guests, who had not already gotten up, did so with celerity. The employee were sent up to the roof and watched the sparks. ‘ At 2:45 the first flames in the front broke out Of the first story windows. The flames had thoroughly furnished everything perishable in the second and third floors and were eating downward. In the cellar were 500 barrels of lard. These werein imminent danger. By this time the not Was entirely burned out and the flames burst out into the air and upwards for some 15 feet. The Emergency Hospital, although in im- minent danger, all of the time, did not catch fire. Streams were constantly played on it, and any quantity of water found its way inside. - At the beginning of the fire. the flames threats ned the safety of the com- posing "room of the Standard, on the northhside of the alley. The windows and‘lshutters were open, and flames and smoke weremaking their way into the building.” Roundsman Hackctt and Oflicer Sanger forced an entrance to the building and closed ’it up to shut out the fire. . The Park City theatre was deluged with smoke, and its furnishings will have to be aired before the house is reopened. ' “be fire at 4:05 o’clock was under con- trol. It was still raging fiercely at the north side of the building, but it was apparent that it would not spread fur- ther. * Chief Beardslee’s escape from in- juries that might have proved fatal was one of the most providential in the his- tory of the department. He was stand- ing in the alley at the north side of the building when he heard a‘ crash. and looking up in time to see the cornice and a large‘ mass of brick falling, he dodged into a doorway, quick as a‘ flash, and escaped being buried under the brick. He _snfi'ered ’a severe shock. however, being struck on the neck and back by flying bricks and was borne to the ground. One of _the bricks tnre through a ridge on his heavy fire hel- met," without ,which his skull would have been fractured. His right-ankle was badly bruised, but he managed to llmp about until the fire. was under cun- trol. Three firemen who stood beside him turned" and ran‘ Just in't‘ime to save their lives. TICKET minnow. Lorrin A. Cooke’s Republican Running Mates. ‘,7Comptroiler B} P. Mead Renominated. - , and national ticketput‘ up at the Re- publican state convention, in Hartford , yesterday: ' For GovernoréLori'n‘ A. Cooke, - of Wincheister. . . 4 , ~ For-Lieutenant Governor—James? D. Dewell, of New Haven. - Phelps, of Rockville. , For Comptroller—Benjamin P. Mead , of Greenwich. . For Treasurer—Charles W. Gzosven- or, of Pomfret. , ' For Electors“ Col, George Pope, of Hartford. .(At large). . James Graham, Orange. (At large). First District— Gardner Hall, ,of Wil- lington. Second District—George I. Allen, of Middletown. Third District-George A Hammond, of Putnam. Fourth District—J. Deming Perkins, Litchfield. . Not Ready to Approve the Work. First Selectman J. C. Klinefelter of Darien said to-day that reports concern. ing the action of the selectmen upon the new bridge at Ring’s End Landing, printed in Norwalk papers, convey ”a false impression. The selectmen and several citizens are dissatisfied with the concrete placed upon the bridge by a company to which the Berlin Bridge company sublet this part of the con- tract. The selectmen receiveda note from the Connecticut Concrete company offering to guarantee the work for a two reasons. One is that the agreement Was not in the form of a contract or bond, and the other is that the select- men prefer to hold the Berlin Bridge company responsible. They .will not pay the balance ,due the latter upon its contract till satisfied that 'the werk is What it ought to be. A gentleman who is something ofan expert on this kind of work says that the material is “famed sand. ”—Stamford Advocate. ' I ‘- Wa’nfs His Money Back.. Attorney John J. Walsh appeared before Judge Hubbell, in . the town court this morning, and asked for a re- opening of the bond of $25 which John J. Hanlon forfeited when he . skipped town after being arrested for drunken- ness. Attorney Walsh stated that Han- lon supposed that when he failed to appear and his bond was forfeited that ended the matter, and he was greatly surprised when rearrested on the same charge. Prosecuting attorney Gregory op- posed the motion and said that Hanlon by his actions had forfeited all claims to the bond. He further remarked that Hanlon seemed to have a poor _opinion of the town court and it would be well to have him as well as all others under- stand that a bondcould not be forfeited and the case ended. . . Judge Hubbell took the papers and reserved his decision. .'. 0 East Wall Street Changes. Street Commissioner Kellogg has but a small force of men at work on the East Wall street improvements to-day. Yet" considerable work is being accom- plished. The flagging in front of the Quintar-d and Hanlon buildings is being torn up; the brook under the old Price building is being cleaned out; curbing is being set’ in front of the Manice Lockwood place; a foundation for the water tank at the end of the Green is nearly completed; a new and larger by- drant is being placed near the foot of the hill, and other accessory work car- ried on. Mr. Sheldon expects to start in on the reconstruction of the- retain- ing wall at the Miss Julia Lokwood place next Monday morning. Removal.’ . GeorgewAyres, our faithful and de- serving clam and oyster specialist, has removed to the new meat market of popular “Tim” Bresnan, in the Mallory building on ‘Wall street. Mr. Ayres, although in his 83d year and long an invalid,-is forced to keep busy in order to support himself, and every "one feels a generous impulse to help along the upright and worthy old citizen. or—-——‘- - Hanlon Fined. man, appeared before Judge Hubbell in the town \ court this morning, and pleaded guilty to drunkeness- "He was fined 85'and‘ costs, amounting gto 810.91. :which he paid and was discharged. 'h .:. .‘. ~ '.~\ IN THE WORWXLKS.’ ‘ The follbwing is thecom‘plete state” For Secretary of State—Charles year, but this was not approved, for ‘ John J.'Ha'nlon, the baking powder, HERE AND THERE. An Epitome- of Happenings of of interest to the Public. Carner’ed With Scissors and Pencil. ' The Hibernians will meet ih's even- ing‘. .. , ' ‘ .—All.kinds. of meats at Gregory’s Wall street market. .‘ There will be a dance at St. John grove, Broad River, to-night. ' .General D'. N. -Couch is slowly but ‘ surely, regaining. hiswonted health. Captain Wallace Dean has gone to Saratoga to hear the springs manner. The W. C. T. U. will visit the Soldiers’ Home at Noroton, to-morrow evening. Miss Ethel Parks has returned from, ‘a week’s visit with friends in Danbury. Theodore K. Stone has secured a sit- uation in a New York butter and egg store. ' . The fat men are eating clams and having lots of fun at Gregory’s Point to-day. The Women’s Relief Corps of Buck,- ingham Post, G. A. R. will meet this afternOon. Norwalk and Danbury libation artists are playing ball at Norwalk Park, this afternoon. u‘ Mrs. Bridget _E. Dnfi' of New York, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Hogan, on Main street Mrs. J aep‘er Pryer is suffering from an attack of’chills and fever at her home on Spring Hdl street. The bicycle tournament at Hampden Park, Springfield, Mass, was success- fully opened, Tuesday. 'Edwin B. Curtis has returned to Brooklyn aftera week’s visit with his parents on Union'Park. George Fitch the brick mason. is re- building the chimneys on the M. Ratch- ford building on Main street. ' —No one cares to buy stale fish and they are neVer cfl'ered for sale at Gregory’s Wall street market. Leslie Sutherland, son of James Suth- erland, of this city, is ill at the ”home of his “Uncle Silas,”'in Stanwich. Rev. J. B. Dougherty who has re- signed as rector of St. Mary’s church left for Providence, R. I. to-day. Judge Hilton says he will spend his last cent rather than have a creditor of Hilton, Hughes A: Go. lose anything. It is understood that Rev. Alexander Hamilton will soon remove from Lyons Plains to his house on Newtown ave- nue. The Misses Helen L. and Annie Curtis of Union Park, left to-day for a two weeks’ visit with relatives in Strat- ford. It is not at all unlikely that we will have some more warm days before the , lst of October. Indeed, they may be hot ones. William A. Kellogg, the Belden ave- nue carpenter and all around lodge man, is laid up with an attack of the . chills and fever. Joseph Angelo who suffered a sprained wrist a few days since at his home on Main street, hopes to have the same in condition for use this week. Selectman Selleck says that the an- nual town meeting will in all probabil- ity be-called to take place at the 'l 0“» House, so called, two weeks from to- day. ~ —Clams, soft-shell and hard-shell right out of their element can be foun at Gregory’s Wall street market. It was quite chilly last evening, but the atmospheric conditions did not pre- vent a large number of people from visiting Gregory’s Point and enjoying a dance in the pavilion. George S. Gregory the Wall street butcher proposes making extensive im- provements about his market not the ‘ least of which .will be a change in the . fish department of his store. CharlesnF. .Loomis, Jr., of Water- bury, formerly’ of this city, will at- tend the National convention of the Sons of Veterans ‘at’ Louisville, Ky., next week, as a delegate at large from econnecticut. _ Price One Cent? 1' DON’T Miamii The Latest-Ads. Received Be- fore Going to Press. By the People andl-‘or the People. s on SAL a. 6 0R SALE—For sale cheap if .' 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AUGUSTUS THOMAS’ four act comedy drama, from the story 0 EDITBA’S BURGLAR By Mrs. Francis Hodgsou Burnett. Direction of A. Q. SCAMMON. ' Prices 35, 50 and 75c. Seats at Weed’ and Tomlinson’s. rm NORTHTliEiGH, SUNDAY, Sept. 6, ON THE , St’r. “ISABEL ’ 400. EXCURSION 408. TICKETS, Music by the Old Hall City Band. Leave South Norwalk, 10:30 a. 111. Leave Grand Pier North Beach, 4 p. m. . sailing LABOR DAY- SEPTEMBER 7th. ‘ . -<>- excunsmu To -<>- SEA BEACH. Excursion Tickets. 75c. Leave South Norwalk, 9:23 a. m. Leave '823. Beach, 5 p. m.; East 315: street, 6:15 p. m. _ ISTRICT of Norwalk. ss. Probate Court. September 31, A. 1)., 1596. . . state of Inn A. Yonxas, late of Norwalk, in said District, deceased. _ . . ‘ Ordered. That the administratrix exhibit her Administration account to 131115. Court for adaustment, at the Probate office in Norwalk on the 9th day of September. 1896. at 2 o’clock afternoon, and that all persons interested in . sa 1d. estate _may be notified thereof, the administratrix will cause thisorder to be pup- lished. in .a. newspaper having a circulation in said district, and post a. copy thereof on tho sign post in said Norwalk. nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt, at least six days before said 9th day of September, 1896. ASA B. WOODWARD. Judge. PLYMOUTH ROCK ioE. Stores and Families supplied. Lowest Rates. .
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