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_ and Simpson. A resolution was adop'
'of every highway in the town which
. New Haven-yesterday. mornmg Edson
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FAN BRADLEY BE: REMOVE” i
m our cuiann says llE sum nun ms OFFICE.
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L l PROBLEM FOB cm ATTORNEY WALSH.
' CANNOT,BE REMOVED UPON CHARGES PREFERRED
AGAINST HIM WITHOUT _NOTICE
AND A PUBLIC HEARING.
It will be remembered, that at" the
first meeting of the new city council on
Monday evening last, Councilman Burr
introduced-a resolution abolishing the
office of chief of police. ‘
The resolution created intense ex-
citement at the time, but after being
seconded by Councilman Gregory the
matter was deferred until the next
meeting of the council to be held on
January 17. I
Councilman Cotter was of the opin-
ion that the council should go slow in
making 'changes in the police depart-
ment, and the Mayor himself 'was not
quite certain of thelegality of the pro-
posed resolution. ' ..
When it was. known upon the streets.“
on Tuesday through the columns of the
GAZETTE, that such a resolution hadn.
been presented, considerable comment
was indulged in over. the matter.
No motive couldi‘be found for Chief
:Bradley’s sudden decapitation, as he
was recognized by all as. a" most exem'
plary officer, and although the fines-
tion of saving $1000 in;=salary was ad-
vanced as a reason for his removal, it?
would not be accepted as the, correctl
cause as the “same amount" could have _‘
been saved by dropping the captain of
police who receives the Same salary.
That the resolution aimed at the
head of the department there can be
no doubt and what theresult will he
remains to be seen. ,. j _ ‘
The resolution has, however, caused
a large amount of talk, and there are a
number who are of the opinion that un-
less the charter of the city. is amended
the proposed action of the council is
illegal.
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The section of the charter referring
to the police department appears to be,
quite plain, and before act-ion is taken
on 'Mr. Burr’s resolution at the next
council meeting City‘Counselor John J.
W'alsh will no doubt have a chance to
render ‘his first opinion to the mayor
on the knotty problem.
In order that the readers of the GA-
ZETTE may better understand the pro-
posed legislation, . the section of the
charter above referred to is published
herewith:
Sec._ 33. The present police force of
thesaid borough of N orwalk, shall hold
their respective oflices, unless previ-
ously suspended, removed or expelled.
until others are appointed in their
stead. And every officer or member of
said police department shall hold his
office and membership in said depart-
ment until removal, or expelled by the
Board of Council for ,cause, but no ofli-
cer shall be removed upon any charge
preferred agalnst him without notice
and a public hearing.
From this section it would appear as
though every one of the present officers
and members of the police force shall
hold. his office and membership .in the
department until removal or expulsion
:by the Council for cause, but no officer
can be removed.upon charges until he
isfirst notified and given a public hear-
ing. . ’
Of course lawyers 'will disagree 3.! to
the meaning of this section, and there
is no doubt but what the resolution 'of '
Mr. Burr, if insisted upon, will bring
the whole matter into'court where the
legality of Chief Bradley’s removal
will be decided upon.
Whether Chief Bradley is removed
or. not, it will prove beneficial in; the
future to have. the public sectionof our
charter defined at this time; It will sat-
isfy the Chief’s friends and enemies
and give employment to our legal
lights.
Goon ROADS conulssmu. ‘
Selectmen Will“ be Invitedto Furnish
Statistics of Highways.
The Good roads Commission of the
‘General Assembly ,met at the Allyn
House yesterday. There were present
Senator Keeler, Representatives Grif-
fing, Kenealy, Pendleton, Hutchinson
ted which will be sent to the selectmen
in the various towns. It requests then,
to forward to the commission the length
communicates with any adjoining town.
Also to describe the kind of road most
desirable, macadam, telford or gravel.
Messrs. Griffing and Kenealy were ap-
pointed a Sub-committee to gather othf l
er statistics regardingtroad building.
The commission will ‘hold a public
meeting in Middletown on Tuesday,
January 18, at which Middlesex county
people W111 be invited to express their
views regarding the operation of the
good roads law.
V
. Fatal Collision. g;
In a collision between a standing
freight train and a switching section
in the Consolidated railroad yards at
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P. Quinn, 3. brakeman was instantly
killed and three others were injured.
In some way the switching engine
took the wrong track and crashed into
the stationary freight. The injured
train hands were not seriously hurt.
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Members of‘Concord' Division, S. of
T. will assist in the celebratioh of the
' fifty-third anniversary, of Friendship
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[Division of New Canaan to-nigbt. . , ' iilndiaps.
THE Ellllll wuun UKl- u now
If “Mart” Kellogg will have a seat
on ’99 street cart. _ o
If there, are any more patriots out-
side the-breastworks ready and willing
to serve the city. ' ‘ '
If the steam Klondike sled Will be
back in time for the Coney island dime
museum opening.
7 What will, become of Col. Hod Saun-
ders’ shooting gallery when the Orient
begins to shine. ,
. Why “Speeler” Smith do'n’t‘build a
Klondike yacht. _
What has become of detective Mona-
han. ‘
‘ Who put the dynamite under e'x—cap-
tain Chinery. . .
What Councilman M'ceker said when
those scales fell on his head.
What the South Norwalk Council-
has in store for Chief Baker and his
assistants. » ~ .
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Fred Coleman's reason for wanting
chin whiskers. ' -
When prosecuting attorney Taylor
expects to brush the dust off those
druggist warrants.
‘ A“
_ is Seriously'lllf
George Mead of Greenwich, father of
County Commissioner “Thitman’ S.
Mead, is seriously ill at his“ home. Mr.
Mead is 86 years of age, and is' one of
the oldest residentsof that‘section.
* The Mead family have occupied their
present homestead for more th’a1f200
years, and have in their possession a
deed of grant for ' the _ place from the;
» was no conspiracy, and that all “actions
j a —; quarry
DICK ‘BULSTER DEAD.
A WellyKnownfi Offiter Dies in
’ Stamford. .i.
Had Served as. a Deputy Sheriff for a Num-
’ her of Years.’
Richard Bolster died ai his home in
Stamford this morning, aged 41 years.
His wife- and five children survive him.
The deceased was one of the best
known officers in the county. He
served as deputy sheriff under Sheriff,
Swartzrfor three years, and under Sh‘er-
itf Clarkson for seven years.
He was also an ex-chief of the Stam-
ford fire department, and enjoyed the
esteem and confidence of all whoknew
him. ' ' '
, The cause of his death was pneu—
monia. j
AGAINST unfromsn. '
qtice’s Decision in the Porter»
Rich Case.
A decision has been rendered by the
’ford, confirming the decision of Judge
Thomas G. Rich, Schuyler Merritt,
The alleged “couspiracy” case had,
its origin in 1893, when Mr. Porter
with Mr, Merritt, who is secretary of
the Yale & Towne Manufacturing com-
pany of Stamford, and Mr. Rich, who
is a partner in the law firm of Arnoux,
Rich & Woodford, New York, were ex-
father-in-law of Mr. Porter, and Louise
H. Porter, the deceased wife of Mr.
Porter, the whole estate being valued
at upwards of $4,000,000. Mr. Porter
was about to get -ma.rried again when
:suddenly proceedings were instituted.
in the probate court to have him dc.-
clared insane. He was confined in his
house several weeks,under the restraint
of Officers Bolster and Shoeok, until at
'last he relinquished his interests in the
estates and resigned his trusteeship,
also as executor. j '
Soon afterwards he brought the suit
:for $200,000 damages. He claimed that
the agreements he entered into P8113-
quishing his interests, etc. ,were forced
from him while in duress, and the insan-
ity proceedings were more subterfuge to ,
wrest from him the control of the prop-
erty. Voluminous pleadings were en-
tered in the case and after much delay
it finally came to trial several months
ago before Judge Prentice of the Fair-
field Superiorcourt, who decided there
in the probate court and elsewhere
were taken in good faith, and this de-
cision has now been confirmed by the
Supreme court. - ' '
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ALUMINUM-covssso CARS.+
Experiment About to be Tried by the Con-
‘solidated Railroad. '
Aluminum will be used‘ experiment-
ally as a covering for passenger coaches
by the New York, New Haven and '
Hartford Railroad Company. This in-
novation will be made under the-direc-
tion of W. P. Appleyard, ‘ master car-
builder. ' I‘ '
The'copper-covered caruused on the
Shore Line road for the past year has-
proved satisfactory as a substitute for
wOod andpaint, and the introduction.
of aluminum as a covering is an'experim
ment along the same line. '
Two passenger cdaches will be cov-
ered with aluminum. Sheet aluminum
will be used on one car,» and bronze
aluminum on another. The idea of us-
ing aluminum was proposed by Mr. Ap-
pleyard, who intends to cover the wood
with sheet metal in such a manner as
to thorOughly protect the car from the
action of the elements. The metal will
be wrapped around each piece of wood'
by machinery giving a smooth and
durable Surface. 'The [copper coach
now in use is the only one of ' its kind
now employed Mr. Appleyard has sec
cured a patent upon the construction,
of copper-covered cars and a number.
of companies have already
similar .ears. ‘
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Nomination Confirmed; . ' 0-
, The nomination of Mr. A. H... .Bying—
day confirmed bylth'é. Senate.
The Supreme Court Confirms Judge Pren- _'
supreme court, now in session in Hart- '
S. O. Prentice of the superior court in, ..
the celebrated “conspiracy” case of 3
Timothy 'H. Porter of Stamford vs.
Richard Bolster and Henry E. Shoeck. 7"
ecutors of the estate of Joseph B. Hoyt, A.
applied for '
ton as consul at Naples, Italy; wasyes-
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THE WESTPORT HEARING.‘
Attorney. Stoddard inquires Relative to
a Loan of Monev—Experls Tes-
’ timony Excluded.
.,,,'The,hearing on the proposed exten-
sjon of the” local Traction company’s
elineFto “Test-port'was again takeu'up'
yesterday before Judge Elmer. It will
probably be finished to-day. The prin-
cipal points of’interest were tie testi-
mony of the electrical experts, called
in rebuttal, and the testimony of Ex-
pert Frank'Li-ttlejOh’n,’ a" bookkeeper.
Judge Elmer made several rulingsin
regard to the testimony of the latter to.
which Attorney Stoddard, counsel fer
the Consolidated road, took objections.
‘Mr. Littlejohn was asked 'several'
questions relative to the financial
affairs of the Traction company, but he
at5 first refused to angwer them, saying
that it‘was information acquired ”when
he wasiin-the employ‘ of the Traction
company, and he did not see his way
clear to giveit out. Judge Elmer told
him that he must answer, and he did.
He stated after this that the extent of
the bonds issued by the road was $670,-
000, and that the cost of construction
was $2,250,000. ' _ .
“ Judge Stoddard attempted to draw
out the fact that the report made to the
comptroller did not show the use of
some $300,000. They, ' in that report,
alleged Mr. Stoddard, attempted to give
the actual cost of construction and im—
provements of the road, but did not tell
of the $300,000 uSed in the lawyers fees
and commissions. The comptroller had
accordinglyallowed the issuance of the
$30,000 worth of bonds. All questions
made in an effort to draw out the de-
tails and‘ ,all ‘ answers given were ex-
‘cludedvby Judge Elmer.,
Prof. Seaver, of Columbia college,
was one of the experts called. His tes-
timony was in rebuttal of that present-
ed by the experts for the» Consolidated
road. He testified that he had made
tests, and had found that no current
escaped from the trolley Wires to the.
tracks of. the Consolidated road.
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A Delicate Operation.
Doctors Dumortier and Sherer of
South N orwalk, and Schavoir of Stam-
ford will to-day perform an operation
on A. Malmo, which operation consists
in the removal of Mr. Malmo’s tongue.
It will be remembered that the patient
went to a New , York hospital some
weeks since where he suffered the re-
moval of a- cancerous growth in his
mouth. Since'his return home he has
been worse. and the operation to-day
will be perfurmed'in order,, if possible,
to save his life.
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. Expécted a Game Supper.
A young'man visited a Norw‘alk res-
taurant the other evening and ordered
a Welsh rarebit. ‘Wh’en it was set be-
fore him'hedeclined to eat‘it because a
it was made of cheese. ‘ ,-
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’ at Hoyt‘s Theatre todnig'ht, , '_
Dori’t forget Mr. Bean‘s from Boston
- mssmo GIRL FOUND.
She Has been Located With Friends in
Brooklyn.
Miss Maud BlancheBeebegthe 15 year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Beebe of Stratford, who mysteriously
diSappé’ared- Tuesday evening froinher
home, has been found in Brooklyn.
When Mr. Beebe found his daughter
missing he started an inquiry, Sheriff
Stagg looked the matter over and found
a clue which led him to believe that
the missing girl was: visiting friends in
Brooklyn. A telegram was sent yester-
day to the Legget family who respond-
ed at once, saying that Miss Beebe was
there. The'Leggets have been accus-
tomed to spending. their summers in
Stratford and“ Miss Beebe was very in-
timate with the two daughters of the
family. She left Tuesday night and
going to New York on the night boat,
went right to the Legget house in
Brooklyn. .
The stories about her having taken
anything with her or done anything
wrong are said to be false and without
foundation. She had been kept at
home and not allowed to visit or have
friends call, but was made to do the
housework and so naturally chafed un-
der the restraint. , Her brother left for
Brooklyn last night to bring her home.
‘ - ALMOST ASPHIXIAl’ED. ‘
William Hill and Family of Stamford Had
a Narrow Escape.
The family of William Hill of Stam-
ford had a narrow escape from asphix
iatiOn'by coal gas Tuesday night. Mr.
and Mrs. Hill'and their four children
retired for the night about nine-thirty
o’clock but before {doing so Mr. Hill
filled the kitchen“ range with coal to
keep the fire until morning.
About four o’clock next morning Mr.
and Mrs. Hill were awakened by the
loud cries of their six year old daugh-
ter Eva, Who slept in an adjacent room.
Mr. Hill tried to jump from his bed to
attend the child’s wants, but was al-
most powerless. , He quickly detected
the odor cf gas and made another effort
to get to the child’s room. This time
he succeeded and he also opened sev-
eral of the Windows to allow the gas to
escape from the rooms.
The whole affair ended very fortu-
nately for, the entire family.
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Court Narruk.
The following officers of ' Court .Nar-
ruk, No. 58,19. of A. were installed last
evening: *
C. R.—J. L. Dyer. .
S. C. 3.73. T. Letherland.
F. S.—'—J. Gilmore. 7
-' T.—1‘L. M. Smith.
‘ R. S.'—H. Letherlandu,‘
'S. Vii—F. C. VVildman.
J. .VV.—J. Gorman.
S. B'——;T. McInerny.‘ - J a
‘ J. Bis—J. Doran. ' .
Trustee—L‘HL- D. Cornell.
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:a Spatial Session at
" ‘ Hartford.
Nearly All of the Members of the House
and Senate Present. I
very enjoyable reunion at the Allyn
house, Hartford, yesterday, where. ad-
dresses were made by prominent gen-
toastma-ster. More than two-thirds of
of others, more or less prominent in
political affairs. ,
The large dining room of the All yn
house presented a most attractive ap—
pearance when the baniluet was served.
Thezt'ji'ralls were hung with the na-
tional and state colors in pleasing ef-
fect and the long tables down the
length of the room, and at, each of
these were chairs for 60. Near the up-
per end of the dining room and upon
a raised platform was a long table, at
which Speaker Barbour presided. On
the Speaker‘s right were Senator 0. H.
Platt and General Russell Frost. On
the‘ Speaker’s left hand were Lieuten-
ant Goverpor James D.. Dewell, Sena-
tor Hawley, Secretary of State Phelps,
Congressman Russell. Congressman
Hill, Representative Robert Coit of
New London and Representative A. B“
Calkins of East Lyme. ’ , _ i '
Large pictures of McKinley and Ho-
bart ornamented. the ends of the dining
room. The prayer was offered :by
Chaplain Thompson after which Speak-1
er Barbour said: “The assembly will
hour.
After the dinner had been served
male? and after a few preliminary res
marks of congratulation and good will
became the toastmaster. He first called
upon Senator Hawley who responded
in a short ' address in words which he
referred in'complimentary to the legis-
state. He also spoke of.th.e many and
diverisfied manufacturing interests (if
the state and of Connecticut promi-
nence in the financial interests of' the
country.‘ Senator Platt, Congressman
Hill, Henry and Russell, Speaker Bar-
bour, Lieutenant Governor Dewell, '-
GeneralFrost, Judge Coit, Secretary
of State Phelps and Representative An-
drews responded to toasts.
Besides the honorary guests no less
than 225 members of the House and
meeting'at the Allyn house ahd at, the-
dinner which followed.
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Industrial League officers.
The recently elected officers of the
Industrial League of the First Method- ‘
ist Episcopal church are: President,
William R. Arnold; Vice President,
William F. Hoyt; Secretary, Thomas
C. Lambert; Treasurer, Charles E. -
Hoyt; Collector,‘ Joseph Bartram.
The first meeting of the new year
will be held Friday, January 28, at the
residence of. President Arnold, Bay-
view. avenue. ' . i ,_ '
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_ Returned to Washington. ' .
., Mrs. Porter, Wife of the secretary to '
thePresident,has returned to VVashing-
ton from a visit with friends in New ~
York. Mrs. Porter accompanied Sec-
retary Porter in his Christmas visit to
the way back to Washington. Mrs.
Platt, wife of Senator Platt has also re-
the north. .
’ The Weather.
into rain; in south portion warmer.
DEATHS.
1898, J ehn O’Brien.
the senators and representatives were
o 1'
present together with a large number
now proceed to the consideration of,
Speaker Barbour called the session to.» '
lative branch of the government of the .
Senate of 1897 were present at 'the‘
Hartford, but stepped in New York. on’ '
turned to W’ashingt‘on from avisit to i
, . . ,
j- fiBEOCK—Lln Bridgeport, January 5th, - ,
. ,Marie Margarethe, widow of the late ,
John, Brock,-aged 74. years, 8 months. '- ‘y‘
- _ HUBBEerJn Bridgeport, January
-. oth, Harriet, widow of the late Fene: “
[19“ Hubbell, aged 88 years, 4 months.
'- O’BRIEN—JovBridgeport,January"3,
"FEAST A'MRA'TO‘W,"
(The Legislature of A l897 Help .. '-
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- The Legislative club of ’97 held a} I
' tlemen, Speaker Barbour acting as;
matters upon the table or whichmisty.~ .
be laid upon the table in the next half '
Snow tonight .and Friday, turning '
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