‘y To Get'CuStomers Ad: vertilse in’Thel'r Favor- ite Paper, THE EVEN. [N6 GAZETTE! VOL. 1X. No. 2075. NORwALK, OONN., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 13,1899. M Every Reader of "THE ‘ EVENING G AZETTB is a Buyer. Give Thorn a Trial é PRICE Two CENTS. THEY AGREED TO DISAGREE! THE CONSOLIDATION COMMIT? MET, VOTED ON SEVERAL- RESOLUTIONS AND ADJOURNED WITHOUT FORMULATING A CHARTER.- There were but nineteen of the “consolidation committee” of twenty- two-present when Russell Frost, mod erator of aprevious town meeting, called the meeting. to order Saturday evening in the Norwalk club parlors. The absent ones were Messrs. G. M. Holmes, Levi Warner and John J. Walsh, the latter, however, came in a short time later. The committee had been elected by virtue ofavote passed at a previous town meeting to draft a charter-for the consolidation of the several sections of the town of Norwalk. On motion of Jeremiah Donovan a ballot was taken for chairman of the committee, and Messrs. D. E. Hoyt, S, E. Dibble and Leo Davis were appoint ed tellel s. The 1esult of the ballot was as fol lows . A. Solmans, 12 .1. B. Hurlbutt, 3 R. H. Rowan, 2 Levi Warner, 1 Dr. F. B. Baker, 1 Mr. Solmans was declared elected. E. L. Gregorywas elected secretary by the following vote: E.-L. Gregory, 12 Leo Davis, 4 R. H. Rowan, 2 J. J. Walsh, 1 Dr.F. B. Baker, 1 Chairman Solmans said that as he understood it the meeting had been called to consider as to whether it was deemed best to consolidate. This brought Mr. Hurlbutt to his feet. He said that the purpose of the meeting was for nothing of the kind, that it was to draft a charter as direct ed by the town meeting. ' He said that he was not in favor of forcing a charter on any district that did not want it, and personally would not advise the committee to vote for consolidation. He reiterated that the committee’s power in the premises was restricted to framing some kind of a charter, the same to be presented at a future towu meeting to be voted upon by the people. Mr. Donovan was then recognized by the chair, and said that the delegate from West Norwalk, Mr. Mather, had a resolution to present. The resolution as read was as follows Resolved. That we, the legal voters and ‘taxpayers 1esiding within the West Norwalk School disurict of the town of Norwalk in special school meet- ing assembled, do express our disap-, proval of any scheme and pron st against any plan that would obliterate the school district lines,and consblidate into one tovlm or city district, the pub- lic schools of Norwalk; and be it fur- ther Resolved, That we, also, protest against any scheme or the application for any charter having for its object the consolidation of the entire to'lyn- ship of Norwalk into one city cor- poration. Also Resolved, That whenever the representatives or delegates . of the several school districts and municipali- ties of this town meet to confer on the subject of a charter, that the delegate or representative elected at this meet- ing be requested. to present the fore- gomg 1esolutions and oppose the for- mation ofany charter for consolidation. The question of accepting the reso- lution was provocative of considerable discussion. Mr. Hurlbutt claimed that the reso- lution showed that the West Norwalk district had not appointed a delegate as defined by the vote of the town meeting, and the resolutions were; not He said that it should be no of a proper. offense to differ in the matter charter and that there were but few who did not favor consolidation in some form or other. The order of the town meeting was to draftacharter, not to oppose one. Even if the charter was made fair it might be rejected. If the resolution was passed it would defeat the purpose. of the meeting. Speaking of the feeling existing be- tween the cities of Norwalk and South Norwalk, he thought that perhaps Norwalk did wrong at the time it re-, fused to furnish the latter city with a. supply of water, and added that he had strongly advocated the granting to South N orwalk of the first place on the town ticket. He spoke in disfavor of a previous meeting of a portion of the committee in South Norwalk, and concluded by saying H.if' we can’t get together har- moniously let us so report to the town meeting.” Mr. Mather: It was the voice of the meeting in my district to oppose con- solidation in any'and all forms. The resolutions as ,presented are the voice of that meeting. ’ Jere Donovan: To impugn or characv terize as wrongthe doings of any sec- tion of the tOWn in the matter was us. They have a perfect right We can’t get pardonable. to act as they choose. any better expression of the minds of the reSJdents in any other way. Their lights of duty were just as sacred as those of the legal gentleman. You cannot take away‘that right, if they see fit to act according to their con- science. He said that the town had not yet asked the committee to frame a charter but. simply to act on Light’s proposed charter, and moved that the West Norwalk resolution be adopted- Mr. Hurlbutt: Donovan’s head to; oppose the resolu- tion as presented at the town meeting although he was present. He did say at the meeting that a draft of the char- ter could not be made inside of six weeks. I accept the suggestion as an amendment to my original resolution. In the outlying districts you get but one-third of the. population. Mr. Donovan: Why not take action on the West Norwalk resolution? Mr. Palmer: Thought rejection of the resolution unnecessary. Mr. Walsh: It never entered Mr. , acceptance. Mr. Donovan: tllk by you lawyers. for a vote on the resolution, The vote was taken and the resolu- tion accepted. Mr. Blanchard: There is unnecessary I again ask By the passage of the resolution any district can do as' it pleases? . .1 r.- , .4 . Mr. Hurlhutt: Anymember of this committee who says he won’t perform his duty «as directed, by the town in Was in favor of its ’framing a charter, declines and the committee will consist of only those who doas the town, Ordered. That puts Mr. Mather out of the pale of the committee. contrary they are not a committee. Mr. Solmans: I’m going to be lib- I like to hear Mr. Hurlbutt talk. You don’t know his oral. Mr. Donovan: lung capacity. Mr. H‘urlbutt: When you prepare something that, is concrete, then the public will know how to act. Mr. Toner: Would it be within the scope of the committee to bring in a re- port as against consolidation ‘9 . Mr. Hurlbutt:_ No; they were not appointed for that purpose. _ Mr. Blanchard: Mr. Mather had a I right to act as his district directed. Mr. Palmer: Suppose South Nor- walk is denied representation on the committee and others the same, and one man from one district prepare the charter. The meeting has the funda- mental powsr. I never saw a neater piece of business than that done by Mr. Hurlbutt at the town meeting. Light had said that South Norwalk should be coerced. Hurlbutt’s resolu- tion swept the ground from under Light’s feet very neatly. If it had been differently framed the committee might have voted to divide the town. Mr. Donovan: I move that it is the sense of this committee that we prepare no chart-er for consolidation. Mr. Hurlbutt: The motion is out of order. Is it fair? They don’t like me in South Norwalk‘but they will see their mistake some day; They didn’t object to the resolution at the meeting. They can’t help but acknowledge that: «1" at the town‘meeting was the place to object. the resolution withouta dissenting vote. I insist that the committee Shall do as instructed They should draft a town of Norwalk, not for any particular district. get five votes. I am not limited to my duty by the political confines of my district. If we can, let us raise our- selves above the selfish interests of any one district, I have no right to scheme to benefit thecity of Norwalk. Mr. Donovan: Just estimate the number of voters at the town meeting and also the population of the several The latter, represents the I would ask that Mr. Hurlbutt at the next bar meeting re‘ quest that Judge Woodward be brought before the same and be censured for districts. entire town. perversion of duty and conscience, in having failed to act as instructed by a town‘ meeting to investigate the needs fora new town house, the selectmen in the meantime hiring a building in- volving an expznditure of thousands of dollars, and Mr. Hurlbutt fully under- that things brought before committees die. ' Mr. Hoyt: I was not instructed by my district. I am undecided in the stands matter. ,Mr. Walsh : structed. I am opposed to Light‘s proposed charter, as the people in the outlying districts can’t at present he I did not come here in- convinced as to. benefits. people find that they are not getting what they want they will favor consol- idation. I would like a charter. I don't think at present-you can do any- thing but stir up strife by insisting on consolidation Outlying-districts don ’t want it. It was finally moved that no action be taken in the mattel of preparing a charter, the vote being 14 to 5. Those voting in the negative were Hurlbutt, Buckley, Walsh, Davis and wood. The fOllOw‘l 11g resolution was present-‘- Whereas", ln‘theopinlou 91.81113 com- 'mittee. the benefits of consolidated government would he ‘»secua'e!l with When they act'to the. They permitted the passage of, charter as they are in honor bound._ We a1e called upon to work for the» ' I am ready to go ahead'with:~ g the framing of a charter even if I don’t; When the ~more certainty and less friction by so extending the boundaries of the two cities as to take in the entire territory of the township, therefore, Resolved, That the two sub-commit- tees of three members each ’be appoint- ed, and representing the city of Nor- walk and the Over River, Center,No1-th Center, Cranbury, Silvermine, W'inni- pauk and, West N orwalk school dis- tricts, and the other representing the cityofSouth Norwalk, the East Nor- . walk Fire district and the South Nor- walk, East Norwalk, Middle Five Mileq River and South Five Mile River school districts, to putin concrete form the various necessary and expedient provisions of charters for two cities covering the territory of their respec- tive sections and report the same back to this committee at an adjourned meeting . weeks from this evening. Mr. Walsh: to be gained. resolution have I don’t see any result What standing will this before the town .meeting ‘? Mr. Hurlbutt: I move that the matter be indefinitely postponed: And it was so voted. It was then voted to adjourn. The following isthe resolution pass- ed at the town meeting on February 27th, under the provisions of which .the committee that met Saturday evening was supposed to act: Voted, Thata Committee consisting of One representitive from each of the several school districts of the town, except the South NorwalkUnion School district. two'representatives from said South Norwalk Union S hool district, three representatives from the city of N orwalk, and three representatives ‘mittee of 22 in all) be appoinfltcd each leaf. previsions of a. charter for a con- : jured, though none fatally. from the city of South, Norwalk and three. representatives from. the Fire District of East Norwalk. (being a com- representative by his dist ict or munic- ipality, to meet and put in concrete form- the various necessary and exped- solidated Norwalk. —-——————‘o.o>——-——— Two Men Killed. In a head-on collision. between two i ; freight trains near Bradley’s station, on g l the Highland division of the New York, ‘ New Haven 13; Hartford Railroad short- r'ly after 7 o’clock Sunday ,morning, itwo lives were lost and several others of the train’s crew were severely ill-- Moor—— Norwalk Club Pool. In the pool‘ games at :the Norwalk club Saturday, E. M. Lockwood defeat- ed F. A. Lockwood by a score of 90 to 54, and R. S. VanBuren defeated James W. Maples by a score of 100 to 81.. The players announced~ for to-night are Frank Selleck vs. Louis Leonard and Frank VanBuren vs. George Buxton. —-——‘0.0>——-—-— Story of a Slave. To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George D. Williams of Manchester, Mich., tells how such a slave was made free. He says: “ My Wife has been so helpless for five yeais that she could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Elec- tric Bitters, she is wonderfully im- proved and able to do her owu work. ’s This supreme remedy for female dis- eases quickly cures nervousness, sleep- lessness, melancholy, headache, back- eche, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle Working medicine" 15 a godsend to weak, sickly, run down E,people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c. Sold by JohnA .Riggs, druggist,11 Main street A SUSPI-Bllllll FIRE; The,- B'arnte‘ OFT-.— W. Roghrs: Set On Fire In Three: Places. LITTLE DAMAGE DONE. ‘The Building Stocked With Bicycles, Sport-. ing Goods, and Store Fixtures- The Norwalk Fire department was, ' called to a fire in the barn of Frederick W. Rogers, on Main street near the shortly after 2:30 Satur-' day afternoon, which to say. the least, Fair grounds, was of a very suspicious origin. The fire was first discovered by ‘George Stevens, who while walking down the Danbury and Norwalk rail- ' road track saw, a thin column of smoke ' coming out of the crevices in the rear of the barn. He ran to the scene at the same time calling to S. R. Keith, who was in his yard two doors below. The latter quickly responded and at- tempted to gain an entrance, but found the doors of the barn securely locked. Being unable to get in through thev’. doors “Sim” broke a window out and gained an entrance, followed by Stevens. When the two reached the spot they [Continued on page 5.] fi-r 1888. ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY: 1899. OF THE BOSTON ST ORE ' AN MIVERSARY SALE—Eleven years of Progressive Work will be cel- ebrated by a Great Sale—B N N IVERSARY SALE, A BeautifuISOUVENIR to 'our Patrons on Saturday. The Boston Store has given a great many sales in the past eleven years, and no doubt the rent majority of the people of Fairfield County have taken advantage of these sales and and bought many things at a lower price than it cost to produce them. We will endeavor during this sale to surpass all other sales attempted by the slore. This GREAT ANNIVERSARY S ALE 11111 811111 SATURDAY 111111111111, MlllllH 1111, [The Eleventh Anniversary of the Great Blizzard the day the Boston Store opened ’] and WILL GO fllTINUE ONE NWEEK Every Department will cry out a Bargain. Come Saturday or Monday. miss some. good ihlngs by delay. ~.\ THE SOUVEN IRS. -—Geuuine Steel Engravings of the Battle of Manila and the Great Sea Fight at Santiago. 1. The sale will be for all the week You may \Ve could think of no Souvenir that would be appreciated so well as the pictuies of [most two great Sea Fights that changed the map of the world. They aie engraved on steel by the Butler, Thomas 00. steel engravers, of Philadelphia, for us. one. day fill 50 cents each. Every customer buying bOue Dollar’s Worth or more will receive The price art st01es ask for a Steel Englaving of this kind is $1 50 We Will sell what is left on Mon- 2 New Spring Dress Goods. Our line is a beautiful selection of all . the latest French Novelties and Ameri- can Suitings. To open the season we will sell some of them below market value. 10 pieces of fancy Suiting, all worth 39 cents and 49 cents, f01 this annivers- ary sale, 25c. 6 pieces black mohair that We are- selling f01 39 cents, for this week, 250. 25 pieces new designs in dress goods. all the correct styles all worth 69 cents, .this anniversarysale, 500. ~50.inch_ black cheviOt, worth every day $1.00 perpyard, for this sale, 75c. 98 cent mixed tailor suiting, all new and choice, this sale, 750. $1.25 50-inch satin Venetian, all the colors for this sale, 93c. . . 5 pieces black crepon that will bring $1.50 to $1." 15 in any malket, this sale $1 25. . $3.50 black crepons, four styles, anni- Versary price, $2.00 JACKETS. Now is your opportunity to buy a beautiful jacket. You can buy one at one- -thi1d of the cost. $18.“ 15 jackets; alltafietta-lined,st1ipe 01- plain, this s 11c, $7. 50. $1.3 50 jackets, all lined, made of fine kersey, for this sale, $5. 00. $5. 00 jackets will go at $2. 50. New Tailor-Made Suits. This department has grown to be our greatest department. We carry the greatest line of suits in the county, and no two alike. You are invited to try them on and see how beautiful they fit. $7.50 to $40.00. HOSDCryQ We: have always been acknowledged as the leaders in this great supply, and we feel that our eflforts during the com- ing season will add many new customers to this great department. During the anniversary sale all Stockings will be sold at special prices. We mention only a few bargains. Ladies ’Black Maco Gotten. double Soles and heels, -Ladies’ Balbriggan, Ladies’ Fancy Ribbed, full length, extra elastic. ‘every pair warranted fast and seamless, for this great sale, per pair, 12%“ . Ladies’ German and English Stock- ings, in black, tan and fancy, lisle thread in drop stitch and plain, over 800 path and not a single pair wo1th less than 40 cents, for this great sale per pail . 25c. 500 pairs of boys’ ' and girls’ ribbed Hose, in fine and heavy ribbed, very elastic, could be worn by ladies, many, dealers call it a 25 cent Stock- 1' ing, for this sale, 1210. Underwear. 10,000pieces of underwear for men, women and Children, all recently pur- chased at a great saving, will be 7 offer- ed during this great sale ,at wonderful.- ly low prices. Many of the lots offered a1 e much lowel than" is possible for us > to duplicate, and we would urge vou now to supply 1n this line yoursprmg and summer needs. '- Ladies’ ribbed vest and pants,——vests, high neck, long and short sleeves. low ' neck, V shaped, square neck, extra large and medium size, fancy trimmed necks and plain finish, worth as high as 25 cents, none in the lot worth less than 19 cents and the choice for the lot, each, 124m. ‘ Ladies’ spring weight ribbed vests' and pants, just ashade thinner than the winter weight-,- vests made long and short sleeves, the most desirable gar- ment on the market. sold everywhere for 50 cents, for this sale 250. 100 dozen men’s camels hair spring weight shirts and drawers, all sizes, regular price is 50 cents, this sale, 250. 50 dozen boys’ shirts and drawers, sizes, 26 to 34, regular price 45 cents, for this sale, each, 25c. Domestic Goods. You know the cotton . market has gone away up and still going up. Now is your chance.
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