The weekly examiner., 1901-06-22
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A notable feature of New Canaan's centennial celebration Monday was the parade of 600 school children.
 A fire started from a spark from a locomotive, destroyed the Central New England station at Twin Lakes.
 Governor Mclean and party and the First ICompany Governors Foot Guard of Hartford arrived at Buffalo Tuesday morning.
 Daniel I. Gale, one of the oldest and best known clock makers in this country, died Monday at Bristol. He was born at Waterville, Vt., Dec. 30, 1880.
 Burglars forced an entrance into ,Ziegler's saloon. at Forestville, a wagon was backed up to the door and the contents were carted away. The loss is $500.
 Michael ]. Kilgariff of East Hart ford, foreman of car inspectors, lost his balance while fishing in the res ervoir of the Burnside mills, Sunday night, fell in and was drowned.
 Miss Mabel Burt of Bridgeport, who was troubled with the painful disease of wanting about everything she could lay her hands on while in college, has been placed by her pa- rents in the Friends Asylum.
 Four large salmon were taken from the Pennington River at Po- quonock Friday, near the Tunxis worsted mills, aggregating 50 pounds. A. c. Collins stocked the river with young salmon four years ago.
 The plant and business of the Keating Wheel Company at Middle town, which has been sold to the Eisenhuth Horseless Vehicle Com pany of New York, will be contin- ued here, and 500 hands will be em- pioyed.
 t A New Haven baby fell from a third story window It fell among lot of clothes lines and landed on the dirt. The infant will recover. The same day Albert Rockwell fell from the fourth story of a building and broke his ankle.
 The present capital stock of the Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company of Hartford is $1, 100000. Mrs. Colt has sold her shares and the company is being reorganized. The capital stock Is to be increased to $2,OO0,OOO and the corporation bond ed.
 Because Harry Friend, pupil in the High school, Torrington, did not obey a command of PrincIpa Forbes, a mixup between the two resulted, in which the principal choked the boy and the latter used a ruler on the principals head The principal has been exonerated.
 The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Meriden was erected at cost of $8O,OOO. Last Friday even ing Hon. Charles Parker gave $5,OOO towards wiping out the church debt of $13, 3,5OO, on condition that $1O,OOO more be subscribed, and almost the entire amount was pledged in an hour
 The subscription for the proposed consumptives' hospital on Newing- ton Mountain has been completed. The state appropriated $25,OOO, and the fund has been raised to $47,496. Mrs. Antoinette R. Enc Wood of Simsbury, James J. Goodwin and Francis Goodwin of Hartford each gave $500O.
 Superintendent Wirth of the park board, Hartford, has sent to the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo, a series of beautiful views, showing quite adequately Hartford's park system. The exhibit includes five large plans-one of each of the city's parks; ten large photographs, in frames 20 by 24 inches in size.
 Hon. John Allen, for 40 years prominent citizen in the public af- fairs of Saybrook, died Monday, aged 85 years. He introduced on June IT, 1864, the first resolution for the abolition of slavery by constitu- tional amendment. In 1847 he mar ried Mary Ann Phelps, daughter of Hon. Elisha Phelps of Simsbury.
 The dedication of the restored Na- than Hale school house at New London took place Monday. The parade was brilliant and imposing, including many military and patriotic organizations. The bronze memo rial tablet was unveiled by Nathan Hale of Schenectady, the 3-year-old grandson of Edward Everett Hale.
 William H. Young, the mechanic who worked out and adapted the ideas of Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine, died in the poorhouse at Bridgeport Saturday. Young was Fl years old Twenty five years ago he was a rich man. but