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e. 6. Il u. At NoRwALK.

South Norwalk Oct THE Connect
icut Christian Endeavor Union held a
meeting to-day in the Baptist church in
South Norwalk, the first of series to
be held in different parts of the state
during this week.
The keynote of the meeting this
morning was to make the work of the
Christian Endeavor societies more
practical With that end in view,
three addresses bearing particularly on
that line were delivered. They were by
Rev ]. S. Evers, Of Glenbrook, H. H.
Spooner, secretary 81 the Connecticut
Temperance association, Of Kensington.
and Rev. r. @. Montgomery, of Bridge
port
The vica-president, Rev. II. A. iDav-
export, presided. AT roen the ladies Of
tn e South Norwalk /, church served a
dinner. @.s, ..e,.S d., Ii %$S{tS
Sessions We're held this afternoon and
tonight. s
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is A NORWICH CRANK.
'MANARRESTED ATRHIrEHousE
FROM CONNECTICUT.


His Name John Dsckers Age, 4z-ws.
Employed by the Thames Arms COM
pany Where He Had Been az work
for Two Years.
Washington, Oct. John C. Decker
aged forty-four years, of Norwich.
Conn, who evidently is mechanic. en-
tered the White House soon after the
doors were opened this morning. The
officials thought. from his actions that
ne was crank and arrested him. He
was not armed and made no resist
ance when placed under arrest. He
was turned over to the police authori-
ties.
Norwich, Oct. John Decker, who
is supposed to be the man. under arres,
in Washington, has been. employed for
the last two years at the factory. Of the
Thames Arms company. He has a
brother Henry, who also works in the
factory.
John is unmarried. At the office OF
the factory 1t was said that John Deck
er came there yesterday morning Dress
cd in his Sunday clothes, and announce
ed that he wanted TO give up his Job,
saying that he was going away He
was paid off and left As far as has
been Learned, he said nothing about
where he was going.
The manager of the Thames Arms
company says that while Decker was
peculiar and was not considered partic-
ularly bright mentally. he never shows
ed any signs of violence.
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The Hobart Kimberly will case was
up for argument yesterday In the pro-
bate court in an effort to determine
just who the heirs are and their exact
status under the law. One of the inn
portant questions for the court to de-
eide is whether Phoebe Caste of Wa
terbury as an aunt of half blood, pre-
eedes in right to the estate the claims
of the twenty or more nieces and
nephews. Decision was reserved.
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FILES PETITION IN BANKRuPrcY.
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BERLIN CONSTRUCTION co. suE1

BEFtI1IIN CUINSIhUGTIIUN#C CO. SUED.
Before Judge Shumway in the supe-
rior civil court yesterday was heard
the case of Regolo Neri against the
Stanley works of New Britain ct al. He
claims $4,000 damages. On November
Is, 1902, while at work at the plant Of
the Berlin Construction company in
Berlin, a large crane belonging to
plaintiff gave way and fell on his left
hand, severing three fingers. He was
otherwise injured. Plaintiff lives in
Washington avenue, this city.
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could see, in any Of Lyons bids
One official pointed out to-day that under
the section Of the Revised Statutes quoted
in the Sun it Is the duty Of the Quarter
master-General IL any interest Of Littauer
in Lyons contracts is established to call upon
Lyon and his suretes for the repayment
to the Government OF all money for goods
purchased by the Government under the
Lyon contracts which were supplied by
Representative Littauer's firm. Should re-
payment be refused the matter would
probably be then refererd to the Attorney
General to instigate proceedings against
Lyons bondsmen, which in some Of the
contracts would include William Littauer.
II Is said that any prosecution Of Repre-
sentative Lttauer for violation Of the
statutes prohibiting members Of Congress
from being interested in contracts with
the Government will depend upon the re-
suit of the investigation which II is proposed
to make OF all the contracts with Lyon, and
should it be shown shst any official Of the
War Department had any reason to sus-
pect that Mr.. Littauer was connected with
Lyon in his transactions there will be no
hesitation in calling him to account.
1t was remarked this afternoon that once
before the charge was made that Repre-
sentative Littauer was interested in glove
contracts and that a San Francisco firm
which had bid on these supplies had pro-
tested. A search will be made Of the files
of the office Of the Quartermaster- General
tomorrow to see II any wri tten protest
was received at the War Department.
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and che price at whioh he advised us he had
Aold the gauntlets.
IN connection with this contract. he ad-
vised that as he was manufacturer Of furs.
he could do part of the work Mt less cost
than we could have 1t dono at our factory
and he did part Of that work, for which We
paid him, .'9 .,,,!-.
we have been well aware that the United
States Army. authorities know that we were
the manufactures OF the goods which We
sold,Lyon to be delivered to the Quarter
naSters' Department: for at one time during
ths;6panish war, when supplies were most
neehied an inspector from the quarters
masters visited us and took notes OF quality.
leather, and our ability to produce the gaunt-
Let khich we had sold to Lyon and Lyon had
sold TO tho Government.
I'aRain reiterate that in none OF our trans
actions with Lyon had we any other interest.
direct or indirect. except that OF manurac-
tursrs selling goods directly to him. We had
no interest in the Government contracts
which he received We named our price to
him. he accepted the contract from the Gov
ernment at whatever price he desired to name,
we sold and billed our goods to him and re-
ceiyed our pay from him and gave him credit
for the goods billed him until paid.
He finally decame delinquent In his pay
rnents to our firm. When we continually
insisted upon settlement he made to us various
false statements that he had not yet been able
To collect his accounts from the Government.
and finally admitted to me that he had not
been paid, but that he was unable to pay u.s.
and that he had no assets to meet the account
with. .', ..
Finally settlement OF the account was
reached through agreement between
Mr. Cardoza, his lawyer, and our lawyer
ey-Judge W. n, Cohen, whereby we were
paid a certain amount in cash which it was
claimed his family raised for him, and GER
tain amount in manufactured and unmanu-
factured furs. Before leaving for Europe
last week, received letter from Judge
Cohen telling me that he had heard that
lawyer by the name of Hastings was work
ing up these matters in connection with Lyon.
and that they would shortly be published,
] paid no attention to 1t. knowing well that
all possible publicity could do no harm
whatever when "A STRAIGHTFORWARD state
ment of the facts would be published, |,
moreover, have ever insisted that Lyon
should be permitted to be discharged hs
bankrupt and have courted all possible pub
licty about our transactions,
Somc characterzations Of Lyon are elided
from this statement.
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''>yr's sitd|~f ,'F'.y-'f fsg,AY Y. AiE, . L .,
We simply sold our goods to Lyon We
entered into no contract with him whatever
prior TO the receipt of the various contracts
by him. In answer'to his inquiries. we fire.
uuenty gave him prices Mt which weiwoud
nanufhcture the Rauntlets. he consulted
with US regarding these prices. and when
he woiild succeed In obtaining contracts
he wonld place an order with our firm as
above stated. provided always that he could
not get better prices from some other manu-
factu.er, as he attempted to do. .... go, .
Az to the muskrat gauntlets. well remem-
ber one transaction wherein he"asked Is for
a price at which we would manufacture same
and which we gave to him. Some time there
after ne approached VIZ and said he felt COM
pelled to bid for the United Stntes Army
contract at lower price and had received
such contract at such lower price than we
gave him. as the price at which We would
cell the gauntlet He asked us to figure
the cost over, and after subsequent negotia-
tions it was determined between us that az
he had sold the gauntlet at u certain price.
We would be willing to manufacture these
gauntlets for him and when the gauntlets
had been manufactured and the cost Of the
goods positively ascertained would divide
with him the difference between our cost
The sun., 1903-07-02

termaster- Generals office we're at once
overhauled to learn if they showed any
interest Of Representative Littauers in
the Lyon contracts. So far the ex-
animation of the records themselves fail
to disclose anything involving Representa-
tive Littauer, except the fact that William
Littauer several times appeared as Lyons
boRdsman.
From these contracts it is seen that Lyon 3
contract for gloves and gsuntlets was in
December, 1893, and that In June, 1900, he
received a small contract for muskrat
caps Bids were opened a month ago
for gloves and gauntlets and contracts
were awarded as follows: June 2, IL, 600
horsehide gauntlets to f. H. Taggart,
Philadelphia June 3, Is OO0 muskrat gaunt-
let's to Max Triheld, Philadelphia; June 8,
40 coo buokskin gloves, to Hays 4 Co.,
Gloversville, n. Y.
1t was said at the War Department to-day
that Representative Lttauer has been a
freduent visitor to the War Department
and on some occasions has discussed the
glove business in general way but never
made any reference to any particular
contract.
Quartermaster General Humphrey said
to-day to THE SUN reporter that he must
decline to discuss the matter at all, as he
had no knowledge Of these contracts. From
February, 1903, to April, 1903, Gen. Marshall
|. Ludington was Quartermaster- General.
The records of the office show that Lyon
has been a contractor on gloves and gaunt-
let's since 40 me time in 1893, but that he
ceased TO be after filing tho contract award
ed TO him in 1893. At that time Gen. Hum
phrey was in Cuba. Since his appointment he
has been making an examination OF num-
ber of matters connected with the award OF
contracts, but, until the disclosures in bank
ruptcy proceedings in the Lyon case, had
never heard that Representative Littauer
was concerned in contracts for gloves.
Secretary Root was In New York to-day.
When he returns tomorrow the papers
relating TO all the Lyon contracts will bs
ready for his inspection.
The purchase OF gloves and gauntlets
has been part Of the work OF division
OF the Quartermaster-G Generals Office, OF
which Col. William s. Patten is the head.
Col Patten said to-day that he remembered
very well the Lyon contracts and that Lyon
had been a. contractor for these supplies
for a number of years. He declared, how
ever, that Representative Littauer had
never to his knowledge sought to influence
the awardingf any contract, and added;
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SURE NOW.

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for 8 years, regaining health and keep
ing healthy and strong on this food
drink.
This family lives in Millville. Mass.
and the lady Of the household says "For
eight years my stomach troubled mo all
the time was very nervous and irritable
and no medicine helped me,
Il had about given up hope until years
ago next month I read an article about
Postum Cereal Coffee that convinced me
that coffee was the cause of all my troubles.
I made the Postum carefully and liked
it so much drank it in preference to cof-
fee but without much faith that it would
help me.
AT the end OF a month however was
surprised to find such a change in my
condition. I was stronger in every way,
less nervous anG at the end OF months
l had recovered my strength so COM
pletely that was able to do all of my own
housework. Because of the good Postum
did us l knew that what you claimed ior
Grape Nuts must be true and we nave ali
used that delicious food ever since IL hrst
appeared on the market
1--WE have 7 in our family and do the
work for them all and am sure that |
owe my strength and health To the steady
use of your fine cereal food and Postum
Gn place Of coffeel. | have such great
faith in Postum that have sent u 10 my
relatives and never lose chance 10 speak
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Ice cold Postum with dash OF lemon
is a delightful Cooler" for warm days
Send for particulars by man oi cxtenso,l
Of time on the 81 10000 COOKS confess LOT
! 736 money prizes.-Ado,
The sun., 1903-07-02

SAN gauntl and gloves have been
purchased by this Department in accord
ance with the law, after due public adver-
tisement. In such cases the advertisements
have been issued in all the principal business
centres, including San Francisco.
Contracts have invariably been awarded
to the lowest responsible bidders. The
clause cited in THE Sun this morning that
members Of Congress shall not be inter-
ested in such contracts always appeared
in all contracts and there has certainly
been no evidence before this Department
that the conditions Of this clause were
being violated. Lyon has at times been
bidder and when he was legally entitled to
the award he received it. We have known
that the greater part Of the gauntlets in
the market are made in Gloversville, but
this Office had no Information as to which
manufacturer made them, nor has the
Department ever had any knowledge of
the members Of these manufacturing con-
Germs. AT no time did Representative
Littauer call to see me in regard to any
contract in which Lyon was Interested,
nor has he shown any interest, 80 far as /
The sun., 1903-07-02
EMPLOYER THE UNIONS RUINED.
Had to Borrow From Jerome the MARKED
asyO He Paid as a BrIbe-ats Tied Up Yet.

District Attorney Jerome said yester-
day that he wished he could get the cases
of Donnelly and Hanlon, the brioklayers'
walking delegates now under indictment,
GnaIlv settled There have been two mis-
trials Of the two men. He said that he
had 500 tied Up in the case and thus ex-
planned himself:
The contractor from whom Hanlon and
Donnelly are accused Of having taken the
$40 under duress and threats has been
hammered into bankruptcy by the unions
hrcquse of the stand he took in the matter.
lie found himself unableto get material
from the dealers in building materials
because the dealers had been informed
that the sale Of any materials to him would
be followed by a strike and a boycott en-
forced against them.
He was unable to borrow money without
giving satisfactory assurance that he would
he able to complete his contracts Union
men wouldn't work for him Non-union
men could get no materials to work with.
His money dribbled away and some
time ago he went to Mr., Jerome and said
that the $50 In marked bills which was
being held ~ evidence in the case against
Hanlon and Donnslly was all the money
he had In the world and that he was in sore
need of 1t. He asked Mr.. Jerome II there
was any possible way in which he could
get that 500
The District Attorney gave him 500 ont
Of his own pocket and took from the CON
tractor an assignment for the money held
Ms evidence
The sun., 1903-07-02
"NOTHING TO S4Y"-ODELL.
Governor. or for Long Trip. Won't Talk
About lIttauer.

BUFFALO, July l.--Gov Odell arrived IN
Buffalo at o'clock this afternoon and went
to the Hotel Iroquois With him were his
sons, II, r. and Bryant, and their friend,
Fred Clark OF Newburgh. The Governor
will 60 to Warsaw tomorrow morning to
speak at the centennial ceremonies.
He will return to Buffalo and on Satur-
day morning will start up the lakes. He
plans to 20 to Yellowstone Park. and possi-
bly to California. His party will be joined
here by Mrs Odell, Miss Odell and DR.. y. b.
Ward OF Albany.
Have you anything to say about the
Littauer matterp'th the Governor was asked
"I have nothing to say, he replied.
After dinner he talked with several prom
inent Republicans and went for a drive
with William Warren.
II ia said that while In the West the Gov
crnor will inspect the Hartman railroad
properties He will not return to Albany
till after Aug 1.
The sun., 1903-07-02
UNWILLING STRIKERS.
sstep Lively Said tho walking Delegates
to Few Men VINO Had Kept at Work.

The strike committee OF the Board OF
Building Trades ordered strikes yesterday
against the Employers Association en-
the Mount Sinai Hospital, on two houses in
Madison avenue, and on the Clarke residence
in Fifth avenue Among the strikers st
the Madison avenue houses were ninety
marble workers, most Of whom were un-
willing to leave.
"Step lively said the walking delegates
to some of these men, who were In no hurry
to put on their coats.
The men said later that they had no
grievance. They left the building grumb-
ling. strike will be ordered to-day on
the new residence OF Charles NJ. Schwab.
where no work has been done for some
time anyway.
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F you are interested In
l. Printed Matter, las
aBusiness Man or a Con-
noisseur, the servicessof
TheCHELT LTENHAM
Press would be Of very
real value to. you.
p $50 Fifth Avenue
Southwes, Corner Twentieth Street

psrtment, as a result of the publication
in THE SUN this morning OF the records
OF the contracts Of Edmond r. Lyon
with the Quartermaster's department for
gloves and gauntlets. The publication Of
the documents connecting Representative
Lttauer Of New York with these gloves
caused considerable surprise in the War
Department. and the records Of the Quar-
The sun., 1903-07-02
phorioal testimony and Mr.. Brandt said
he thought they would tie up his business

phorioal testimony and Mr.. Brandt said
he thought they would tie up his business
unless he paid Parks.
The defence again reserved the right to
cross examine, and the hearing went over
TO july 9 at 8 O'Clock.
II did not come out at the hearing, but
il Ia understood TO be true that Mr.. Brandt
went to the District Attorney as soon as
the first attempt to extort money from him
was made, Mr.. jerome told him what to
do and assigned two detectives TO grab
Parks with the money in his hands Mr..
Brandt weakened and refused to 60 into
that plan, and Mr. jerome waxed indignant
and told Mr.. Brandt that he WAS little better
than the men who were matchmaking him
and he IMr Jeromel wouldn't help those
who wouldn't help Themselves.
PARKS PROMISES TO EXPLAIN.
Sam Parks said yesterday that mass
meeting of working men will be called IN a a
few days to give an opportunity TO explain
his dealings with the contractors and mis-
arrest. He continued; .
Il have nothing to say at present. 1
hope to make what explanations are neces-
sary at the meeting"
The sun., 1903-07-02
No MalI.lnk pelesate Need Appl,

ELIZABETH, N. j., July The plumbers
of Elizabeth, after being on strike for three
months, returned to work to-day: They
will receive 1925 day. the SAME amount
as was offered at the beginning OF the trou-
ble. They have agreed to withdraw from
the Building Trades Council and no Longer
recognize walking delegate.
The sun., 1903-07-02
The Burlington Raises TraInmen's Wages

LINCOLN, Neb,, July THE Burlin gton
trainmen have succeeded in securing an
increase in wages OF 70 per cent in the case
OF passenger men and Is per cent. In that OF
the freight department. This is the second
advance within year and WAS granted by
the company without much protest as the
trainmen's share of their present prosperity.
Committees of arbitration have been work
ing on the mattor for some months. The
Burlington has increased the wages of men
In all departments an average Of IL per
cent within the pAst nine months
The sun., 1903-07-02
Utica woman's Io0th B,rthda,

UTICA, July Miss Carssa Merrill
of this city celebrated her tooth birthday
yesterday. She was born in West Hart
ford, Conn, and has lived in Utica for
thrty-seven years
The sun., 1903-07-02
LITTAUER BROTHERS,
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SURPRISE ~ WASHINGTON

OyerhaVIliDg Lyon Glove Cont tracts -Didn't
Know Who Wade the GIeyrs.
WASHINGTON, July IA thorough in
quiry ipsp the cou,racts for the army lis
to be made by tho officials of the War De-
The sun., 1903-07-02

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Mems So NightShirtS at 80
$50 Dozens Made to Sell at 81, $3.50 and 50

Fifty dozens OF imported Sateen Nghtshrts for the
soest coolest and most comfortable nghtshrt that made
tan blue and lavender sizes Is to 20 in Soft silk
cool linen Regularly 81 now soc each B~sSw. Ninth ~
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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-11-27
GOSPEL LIGHT HOUSE.
c>.ev Isl.na Hss Uniaus Religaeoo
Refuge Tor Unfortanates q
Every Variety.

A unique institution 1t Coney island .
the Gospel lighthouse, which ID presided
over by Col. William D. Hughes and his
wife.
Col. Hughes started In his mission
work at the island four years ago with
a small tent and few camp stools. The
boosters" and .sbarkers" laughed at the
gospel shark" then. but they have SINCE
learned to respect him and he Is nov
aided in his work by many OF the moss
prominent business men and pleasure
promoters ON the Island.
In the midst Of the hurly-burly Of roll
Ter coasters. merry 90 rounds and otnel
noisy engines of amusement, he has built
a church little different in architecture
from the structures which surround II.
The lighthouse" adjoins the church ano