To 6et Customers Ad= ’ vertise in Their Favor= ite Paper, TflE EVEN: IN 6 GAZETTE! filt—~ Evening Gazet -...Every”Reader of THE is a Buyer. 6ive Them a Trial ' ' 5'11“ i‘ " ‘7’ .1 VOL. VIII. N0. 2011- NORWALK CONN., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11898..- PRIchNE CENT. STHUEKBTLTHTTLLTY Westport Man Seriously In— jured by a Bridgeport Trac- tion Company’s Car. WALKING ALONG TRACKS. Taken to the Bridgeport Hospital at an Early Hour This Morning. Shortly after 11 o’clock last night, Joseph Allen, a seafaring man, 50 years of age, was struck by an east bound trolley car on the VVestport branch of the Bridgeport Traction company. His injuries, while not necessarily fatal, will require careful nursing to pull the man through. The injured man was taken to Bridgeport at an early hour this morning and conveyed to the hos- pital in the ambulance. The victim of the accident lives in Westport. the schooner Henry Remsen, which He was He is one of the crew of plies between Sound ports. walking along the trolley tracks, evi- dently intent only on his own thoughts, as he paid no heed to the warning bell The motorman could not bring his car to a of the rapidly approaching car. stop in time to prevent stricking the man, and he was hurled to one side bruised and bleeding. The motorman and conductor and the few passengers alighted and the injured man was plac- > ed tenderly in the car and the journey was resumed to Bridgeport, where the ambulance was called. At the hospital the physician in charge examined the man’s wounds and found that he was suffering with a bad laceration of the left leg and in- ternal injuries. Conductor Lambhear and Motorman Beerbaum were in charge of the car at the time of the accident. Both men have been singularly unfortunate in being in charge of cars that have knocked people over and injured them And both of them are among the Traction company’s most more or less. careful men. way the fault of the car’s crew. —-—————-—‘o.o The Gazette Wonders. If the assessors’ books will cause any One to commit suicide. The accident was in no How much damage has been done the road roller from being'left out in the rain and snow. If the Gluck case will prove a boom- erang. When retrenchment will begin in stown affairs. If J udge Gregory and Representative Osborn are not liable to get snowed in before they reach the Golden Gate. V ‘ One on Capt. Gladstone. . While patroling his beat on Wash- ton street the other night, Captain Gladstone was surprised to meet a man walking .in his sleep, robed in his nether garments. Grabbing the young man, the Captain in his falsetto voice advised him that he was under arrest. Suddenly awakening, the sleeper rec- ognized his position and said to the officer, “ You don’t want to arrest me, ‘Glad,’ I have done nothing wrong. Can’t you see I’m a somnambulist ?” “I don’t care what your religion is,” answered the bold Captain, “ you can’t be walking these streets without your clothes.” —————-><o-o> New Officers. The newly elected officers of Putnam Hose company are: Captain—A. N. Therault.’ First Lieutenant—E. W. Clark. Second Lieutenant—A. W. Dreyfuss. Secretary—William Keisler. Financial Secretary—7A: W. Dreyfuss. Treasurer —-P. L. Wheeler. Trustees—Messrs. Therault, and Dreyfus-ls. Clark Munroe and Rice Contest. ’What will undoubtedly be one of the swiftest contests ever decided. in Brid ge' port between little fellows in some time is the 20 round bout between Austin Rice, of New London, and George Mun- rce, of New York, which takes place at Madison hall, to-morrow night, under the auspices of the Palace A. C. The bout will be for the 115 pound champi- onship- [LICENSE MONEY DIVlDED. Norwalk’s Town Treasury Enriched by $9,- 737.50. The County Commissioners divided the license money for November among the towns, Tuesday morning, sending checks for the amount to the officials of each. The amounts divided were: Bridge- port $356. 25 ,’ Stamford,$10, 022. 50;Ridge- field. $11.40; Westport, $2,327.50; Beth- e1. 81, 092. 50; Norualk $9, 737. 50; Hunt- ington, $2,232. 50; Fairfield, $1, 567. 50; New Canaan, $665; Dar' 1en 8427. 50; Dan- bury $4,085; Greenwich, $7,315; Strat- ford $712.50; County treasury, $2,- 134.45. MORE SNOWVCOMING. A Little. innocent Looking Storm That May , Grow Bigger as it Approaches. Another of those little harmless looking snow storms is coming from the.‘ Great Lake region some time to- day.\It, however, extends down into the Ohio valley and if it gathers mo- mentum like its predecessors we are likely to have a heavy snow out of it. As yet, however, there is not much wind with it and the precipitation is quite light. -—————«0’-—,‘-‘—— Annual Meeting. Douglas Fowler Post, G. A. R., held its annual election of officers Monday night. The following officers were elected: Commander—Charles V. Arnold. Senior Vice Commander—Benjamin Bechtel. Junior P. English. Officer of the Day—Stephen R. Wil- cox. Surgeon—Gould Saunders. Chaplain—Thomas McQuillan. Quartermaster—Frederick Keating. Officer of the Guard—Caleb Wood. The installation will take place the third Monday in January. A v Vice Commander-William v7 Dr. Wilson's Lecture. Rev. J. O. Wilson, one of the chap- lains at Chickamauga Park during the encampment, lectured at the South Norwalk Methodist church, Tuesday night. The lecture was intensely in- teresting, embracing the life. of our soldier boys in camp from the happi- ness down to the suffering and misery attendant upon it. Mrs. Imogene Ross sang several solos, among which was the ever inspiriting “Star Spangled Banner.” ——-——-<o.o>—~————— Whist. The Elite VVhist club was very pleas- antly entertained by Miss Kittie Broth- erton, at her home on Merwin street,last evening. The first prizes were award- ed to the hostess, Miss Brotherton, and Mr. D. S. Davenport. The consolation prizes were captured by Miss M. Sher- wood and Mr. Warren P. Smith, Jr. Refreshments were served, after which the club adjourned until December 14. AA‘ V: Basket Ball. There was a good attendance at the basket ball game given in Mu51c hall last night, between the T. A. B. ’s and a team from Stamford. - The score was 10 to 4 in favor of the visitors. The local team had the game well on their side and lost it by unlocked for fouls. After the game dancing was indulged in, and all seemed to have had a grand season of pleasure. ' A ‘ Rebekah. A special rehearsal for the ladies and gentlemen who desire to attend will be held at the guild rooms Grace church on Wednesday evening Dec. 7 at 7:45 o’clock. H. PEPPER. ‘ V" Sneak Thieves. John Morrison, the stone cutter who. boards with P. W. Bates, came home yesterday afternoon and taking off his New overcoat hung it on the hatrack in the hall. In a few minutes he returned for it and found that some sneak thief had stolen up the front stairs and made off with the coat. —————<0.0D~—— Pine‘Ledge Entertained. The Pine Ledge Whist club were entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. W. F. Bishop, of Belden avenue. There were five tables in operation and the prize was secured by Mrs. John H. Ferris. Taken To Middletown. “Bat” Regan was transferred from the Fairfield county jail in Bridgeport to the State Insane retreat at Middle- town yesterday, by order of Gov. Cooke. I le till-GENERAL. Governor Lounsbury Appoints General Louis N. Van Keu- ren of Bridgeport. w..- A GOOD SELECTION. Will Carry to the. Office an Executive Ability Derived From Military Experience. \ Governor-elect George E. Lounsbury yesterday appointed the first member' of his military staf‘ic in the person of Quartermaster-General Louis N. Van Keuren of Bridgeport. The appointment is a most excellent one, and“ will be hailed with delight by every military man in the state. Gen. Van Keuren will carry to the office a commanding military presence, a knowledge of the military system of the state and an executive ability de— rived from experience iii positions of responsibility. V The adjutant-general is the most im- portant 'member of the governor’s staff. He is the governor’s counselor and actual commander of the state’s mili- tary forces. General Van Keuren has been con- nected with the military life of the state for a number of years and is thoroughly conversant with all of its phases. the Fourth regiment under Colonel T. L. Watson was the pride of this part of the State. regimental adjutant. He is well remembered when General Van Keuren was When Col. Wat- son was made brigadier general Gen. Van Keuren accepted the appointment of brigade adjutant. Governor Cooke made him quartermaster-general two years ago, and which position he now holds. O>——-—— LTBRARY TO BE ENRICHED. A Doll House To Be Sold in Shares—T. L. T. Organized. Glendening’s drug store corner win- dow displays a doll house completely furnished, to be sold in two hundred shares at twenty-five cents each, for the benefit of the Library. It is the first philantrophy of T. L. T., the myster- ious title of a literary club composed of ten year .olds. The proceeds are to establish a chair and table in the Li- brary, for the special use ofsmall girls, and to provide books suited to their capacity and tastes. Library 2 p The children freely gave their best playthings for furnishing the doll house their mammas fitted the tapestries and carpets, Prowitt did the painting gratuitously, Reynolds did the carting for nothing, while Glendening freely gives his best show window and takes charge of its subscription books. Soliciting is prohibitgd, so that pa-r trons may have the pleasure of calling voluntarily and selecting their num- bers. ' The future owner’s name will be im- . partially drawn from a hat—just before- perhaps “The night before Christmas when all through the house ”—- This new society is composed of the Misses Lina Hill, Eloise Byington, Katherine Betts, Jeanette Mathewsmi, Hattie Parker, Dorothy Lockwood, Theresa Chalmers Mary Seymour, Mar- guerite Hatch. A ‘ V r Horace Johnson’s Predictions. Weather Prophet Horace Johnson makes the following gruesome predic- tion: From the 11th to the 15th of December, there will be a general dis- turbance. The radius of the storm will occupy a’space probably from two to three thousand miles, likely to be severe on the ocean and alang the coast, passing from continent to conti- nent. Mariners should prepare for it. Oyster Beds Damaged. Reports received by the shell fish commission disclose that the oyster beds off Great South ‘Bay, L. I., the home of the Blue Pomt oyster, suffered great damage during the recent stor ms. The loss is estimated as high as $250, - 000. ”WW—— Has Disappeared. Thomas Hamer, u. Danbury hatter disappeared from his home in that city on August 15th last. No trace of h im has been found since. the final BENWILLISHDPEFUL. Believes That He Will Given. a New Trial. be NOT TOLD 0F FAILURE. Seems to be of More Than Average Intelligence and Shows No Weakening. Benjamin R. Willis, the Wilton mur- derer, is to die at the hands of the law, very early on the morning of Fri- day, Dec. 30. His life and that of the old year will expire but 48 hours apart. The condemned man is spending his last days upon earth in;, a yet living hope for a new trial and a possible reversal of his sentence, or, failing that, in aweary existence devoted to freconciling his soul to the awful fate which looms up ahead. And this while the city beyond his prison walls and all Christendom is preparing for the joyous season which comes with the dying year. A Post reporter visited the Wethers— field prison late yesterday. The walls of the great penitentiary looked more gloomy and forbidding than usual in the gathering darkness which ended a winter’s sunless day. The big prisou bell was tolling the close of another day of work for the inmates and the passing of one more of the few remain- ing to the murderer confined there. Within was light and warmth, but the outside chill was preferable to the pentup atmosphere, the click of steel a nd the harsh commands of overseers which told of stern prison discipline. The men were lock stepping their way from work shops to cells and the supper that awaited them there. ‘ Warden Woodbridge was upstairs in He said that Willis was in good health and was being carefully his office. guarded in the cell adjoining the gal- lows in the execution house, where he has been confined for some time. “No,” continued the warden.“ I have not told Willis about his execution.. How can I when I do not know it of- ficially myself? prieve was from Nov. 4 to Dec. 30, un- The governor’s re- less otherwise ordered by the court. You know Willis’s lawyers appealed to the supreme court on a ruling for er- rors. The court found no errors, but I have not yet been officially informed of that fact. I am looking for an order from the clerk of the court and shall inform the man when I get it.” inquiry as to whether he would hang Willis if he did not receive such a notice, Warden Woodbridge re- plied most emphatically that he would do so, but that he did not expect the present condition of uncertainty to ex- ist much longer, as he had seen State’s Attorney Fessenden, who had said that a notification from the courts would The warden said that the condemned man had asked him To an be issued soon. seveial times whether he would get a new trial and that he still had hopes of it. , Willis has said nothing about his proximity to the gallows, to reach which he has but to take a few steps through the door, but there is a belief at the prison that he knows all about it from reading of previous executions. The warden said that the instrument of death was in readiness for its work and added. “I can hang you or anyone else I’m Ordered to in a three minutes’ notice.” Willis continues in the ordinary good health of aman of 21 years old. He can see such visitors as he chooses but does not wish to talk to report- Chaplain Hall is attending to his spiritual wants and further c0 urteously referred to him. The chaplain was found at his home adjoining the prison. He spoke with feeling about the approaching end. of the murdtrer and said that he hoped ers or other strangers. for particulars the warden announcement of his fate would be received with composure, as he told Willis several times not. to entertain hopes of human aid any long- er. , Referring to Willis’ religious views the reverend gentleman said that he believed the condemned man was try~ ing to prepare himself for death; that he believed in the Divine mercy and had strong hopes that he was forgiven. He has made no formal confession, but does not deny his guilt. L 1 Of late the chaplain’s visits have ; been more frequent and he has en- deavored to help Willis by offering to explain any passages in the .Bible which were of special interest. Willis has almost invariably selected those which promised mercy and which referred to a future state. ,Rev. Mr. Fox is always cordially received by the condemned man with a request at leaving to come again. “ He is bright and intelligent,” said Chaplain Hall; “ a person of considera- ble natural intellect, which has'been sharpened by some travel about the world and he is a. fairly good scholar. He reads and writes a great deal and sleeps well, though I think he is some- what effected by a sunstroke which he once had. He has something of a nerv- ous temperament.” Willis has been visited quite fre- quently by his widowed mother, who lives in New York city, but she has [not seen him for several weeks past and may never again, as she is ill and very much prostrated by the fate of her only living son. Another son, who was believed to be insane, is dead. The mother is described as arespectable appearing woman of German extrac- tion. Willis’ only other visitor from out of town is the girl Elise, with She is but 10 years old and has been up from New whom he was intimate. York to see him several times. Chaplain Hall has attended as spirit- ual adviser, the executions of 17 men, nearly all of them at the Colorado pen- itentiary. He has never seen a case where fortitude was not shown by the condemned, and his experience has led him to believe that where the prisoner seeks religious consolation, that power is adequate to sustain him through the He looks for this re- sult at the execution of Willis, and in conclusion the clergyman said: “I think he will show fortitude; at least, I have no reason now to think otherwise.”—Hartford Post, Dec. 6. MOD—'— This Man Had Nerve. DERBY, Dec. 7.—Martin Wilson, an employe of the Housatonic Water com- pany while out on the coping stones of the company’s big dam across the Housatonic where he was removing the flash boards met with a peculiar exper- ience. Over a foot of water was run: ning over the dam and his work was perilous at best, but while in the cen- tre of the dam a large field of ice swept down behind him. He saw the danger and sprang on to the ice, rolling over and over as it passed beneath him over the dam, finally rolling off the rear end into the shallow water above the cop- ings. Had he been swept over the cake he would have met instant death on the apron of the dam beneath. A supreme ordeal. ‘ Xmas Festival. The Christmas festival at the South N orwalk Congregational'Sunday school will be held Monday night, December 26th. It will be of a different charac- ter this year than any previously held. Instead of the customary gifts of fruit and confectionery to thescholars, they will be treated to a first-class stereop— ticon exhibition, embracing views of the United States naval vessels, and other interesting pictures of scenes in the late war. County Commissioners. Tlle County Commissioners give notice in another column that they will be at the Town Court room in South Norwalk, on Monday next, December. 12, for the purpose ofgranting licenses. The Weather. Fair to-nig’ht and Thursday; colder in the interior Thursday morning. ~ ——<O-t»—~«—————— Camera Club. The Camera club met at the home of H. W. VanSciver last night and took flash light pictures of each Other. THE. cook FLED; :Restauranteur Bouton Befriended an Artist Who Went Back on Him. I . Frank G. Bouton, the proprietor of the little Waldorf cafe, on White street, is cheerfully mourning the loss of a cook, recently acquired, by whom he was confidently expecting to build up a reputation for the cuisine of his es- tablishment, which should rival that of the original Waldorf—Astoria. This, wonderful cook came .to Mr. Bouton last Sunday afternoon, and begged him for a job. From his recital of the places where . he had worked, Mr. Bouton concluded that he was a cook artist, of the Waldorf-Astoria— Delmonico kind, who wOuld be an addi- tion to‘his restaurant, and. although he looked likea 'tramp, he gave hima job, particularly as he was Willing to work a. while for small wages. He said he had tramped from South Norwalk dur- ing the big blizzard of Sunday, and he looked it. He worked for Mr. Bouton a week, and fully proved his claims to being an artist cook. Oh, the dishes that. he could get up ! Mr. Bouton helped him fix up his personal appearance, too. He gave him a nice overcoat and a good sult of clothes and bought him a full outfit of underwear. This morning he took a bath and dressed up like a dude, and before Mr. Bouton arrived at the restaurant, he told the w after that he was going outto alaundry and would be backinabout twenty minutes. . 1 . . And he nevei came back! .- ' Mr. Bouton had to hustle aroundand do all the morning cooking which 'the artist Cook left undone. But why did he skip B—Danbury N ews. , O -05~—~_—-—-—- ‘A GRAND SUCCESS. fl A Hospital Benefit That Proved to be 21 Benefit. There was a fairly good attendance at the Hospital benefit concert given in Lockwood’s hall last night, under the auspices of the Misses Lane and Brown. The numbers on the programme were accorded a deserved mode of praise. After the concert there' was a season of dancing in which the elite cf the twin cities was very much in evidence. Among those present were Rev. T. K. Noble and wife, Dr. James G. Greg- ory and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Buren, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith, General Russel Frost and wife, and the following gentlemen accompanied by their wives: E. M. Lockwood, J. C. N ewkirk, John H. Ferris, LeGrand Raymond, J. A.Osborn, LeGrand Betts, Rev. S. B. Pond, George Buxton, Prof. Harstrom, Thornton Prowitt, O. B. Jackson, Lester Hyatt, Cito Hatch, W. A. Curtis, Major Groesbeck, and scores of younger people, who are, collective- 1y, an element of success in affairs of the kind. George L. Woodward acted as floor manager and fulfilled his duties in a satisfactory manner. A number of Yale students were in attendance and together with our home boys and girls a jolly time was exper- ienced. =“ Brakeman Injured. Thomas Leona rd,a freight brakeman, is suffering from serious injuries re- ceived on Sunday night. When the train was near West Farms, the back' of his head came in contact with a bridge. He was thrown down with great force. His jaw was split" open and his shoulder was bruised by contact with the top of the car. When found by other brakemen, he was unconscious, and was carried into the caboose,where he was cared for until the train arrived. in Stamford, when he was sent to his home. The Oneida Damaged. 1 E. C. Benedict’s yacht Oneida, with ex-President Grover Cleveland and Mr. Benedict on board, was run into in the New York upper bay: yesterday morn- ing, by a Harlem car transfer float and had her bowsprit carried away. Messrs. Benedict and Cleveland were landed at the Battery, neithei having sustained injuz y. ‘- '1 What Do the Children Drink? Don’t give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called Grain-O '3 it is delicious and nourish- ing and takes the place of coffee. The more Giain- 0 you give the children the mo1e health you distiibutc thiough their systems. Glam-O is made of pure g1 ains, and w hen piopeily p1epared tastes like the choice giades of coffee but costs abouti as much. All groceis sell it. 15c and 2.50 ._.A .I .- Miss Belle W. ROe, is spending ‘a‘few days with her aunt in Bridgeport.
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