The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-15

Windham County Medical society and has taken an active part in public, af- fairs in Willimantic. His change of residence is Wnlimantic's loss, but Hartford's gain.
 The estate left by Captain Spencer of Brooklyn, N. r., which was willed to Connecticut relatives, footed up $500, ,OO0. Captain Spencer was an old sea captain from Essex and was the brother of Mrs. Charles w. Hills of Hartford. The distribution of the property has been made. The inheritance tax in New York was $12OO0, and the heirs, nine in all, received in the main s35 900 apiece. Two of them, Mrs William T. Mar chant, and Ernest s. Hills children of Mrs. Charles w. Hills, belong in Hart ford. The husband of Mrs. Hills was one of the prominent funeral directors in the state, being founder and past president of the Connecticut Funeral Directors association He also belong ed to tho New England and National association of the organization, His son-ln-law, William T. Marchant, who was his partner in business for many years, has also been president of the Connecticut association and is widely known in Masonic circles in the state. Much interest has been felt in Essex in the settlement of Captain aSpencer's es- tate. He was a typical shore line man, generous, kind hearted and the soul of good fellowship. He was an intelli- gent and thrifty manager of his yaccu- mutations,
 Major Sidney M. Gladwin of this city, treasurer of the Ariny and Navy club. Of Connecticut, has Afeid that office since 1892 Colonel J. ". sKnowlton of Bridgeport has been secretary of the club since 1891. The two men have had an interesting identity with veteran affairs in the state and are held in the highest personal regard by the men who served In the field, during the civil war. Major ,Gladwipssis native of East Haddarn and spent his boyhood there with United States Senator Nor gan G. Bukeley The two were chums back in the school days of sixty years ago. Both as young men found New York city the place for men from the country with business snap and energy. As fate would have 1t both were in the ranks of the New York National Guard regiments, when the war began, and both went to the front as New York National Guard men. Major Gladwin was a member of the 23d New York. That command was ordered into the Gettysburg campaign on twelve hours notice and was in the entrenchments at Harrisburg guarding that city, while General Lees forces were threatening the north.
 From Harrisburg the Twenty-third advanced to Boonsbore, becoming fa- miliar with the scenes and fields of General Lees activity and invasion. Next it was back in New York city, called there for the suppression of the draft riots. Major Gladwin returned to Hartford from New York in 1874, and has since had an active and infiu- ential business life in this city. He has been a member of both branches of the court of common council. In 1897 he was commander of Robert o. Tyler post of the Grand Army. He was an orr iginal member of the Hartford City guard, which sent its members right and left into the Civil war and has been the major of the veteran battalion. He was born in East Haddam July 30, 1887. That old town, by the way, has furnished Hartford with some of its ablest citizens Colonel Knowlton of