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. MR. MILLS’ BOMBSH‘E‘LL
The Texas Senator Introduces Another
Cuban Resolution.
THE MONEY FOR A MINISTER
A New Turn Given to the Question of
Recognition of Independence—A Slap
at the President—Pacific Roads
Bill in the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—'Ihe senate dis-
posed of much routine business at the out-
set (if the session today. The petitions as
to Cuba and for and against the Loud bill
wefé exceptionally heavy. One of the pe-
titions from the Commercial club of Chi-
cago expressed approval of the pres‘nt pol-
icy..of the administration.
Mr. Mills (Dcm., Tex. ), member of the
corrimittee on foreign relations, brought
forward a new phase Of the Cuban question
by admin g the following joint resolutions:
“Resolved by the senate and house of
I'epresent'atit'es, That the expediency of rec-
ognizing the independence of ‘a' foreign
government belongs to congress, and when
congress shall so determine the executive
shall act in harmony with the legislative
department of the government.
“Resolved, That the independence of the
republic of Cuba ought to be and hereby is
recognized, and the sum of $10,000 is here-
SENATOR MILLS.
by appropriated for salary and expenses of
a minister to that government whenever
such minister shall be appointed by th
président. ’ ’ >
Mr. Mills said he would address the sen-
ate On the resolutions tomorrow. .
Mr. Sherman (Rep., 0.) sought to se-
cure the passage of a bill directing the sec-
retary of agriculture to establish a. uniform
standard of grain and all classes of cereals,
to be known as the United States standard,
but there was sharp objection. Mr. Hale
(Rep, Me.) thought it conferred sweeping
powers on the secretary of agriculture.
Mr. Allen (Pop, Neb.) s'aid the bill was
opposed to the grain producers, taking out
of their hands the right to classify their
own grain.
Mr. Gear (Rep, Ia.) said commercial
bodies and producers were in favor of it.
Mr. Sherman explained that he present-
ed themeasug‘e at the request of pgganiza-
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,_ WEEKLY? N onWJA‘lex-eAz'il-‘E'1‘E.,'
tions in his state.“ It 3013th mei‘ei‘y to es-
tablish a. uniform standard. but did not
interfere with any private contract as to a
' standard.
Mr. Sherman said the measure was in
the interest of farmers and was designed
to have the grade in Chicago, New York
and elsewhere .uniform.
On objection by Mr. Bate (Dem. , Tenn. ),
the bill went over. ..
The senate then agreed to adjourn until
M'onday, and accordingly Senator Mills
has changed the date of his Cuban speech
until Monday.
In the House.
Despite the fact that the house today en-
tered upon the consideration of the Pacific
railroad fun‘ding bill the attendance on
the floor was not large. Great interest,
however, was manifested in the opening
of the debate by those present. A large
map, showing the routes of the Pacific
roads, had been erected in the area in front
of the speaker’s rostrum and was frequent-
ly referred *to by the several'speakers. Un-
der the special order adopted before the
holiday recess the debate will continue
until Saturday evening, and the voting
will take place Monday.
Before the debate began a bill was passed
to amend the act providing for a civil gov-
ernment in Alaska so as to create a sur-
veyor general, at $2,000 per annum, to per‘
form the duties of register and receiver of
the general land office at Sitka. '
The resignation of Governor Black of
New ,York as a member of the house was
read.
Chairman Powers of the Pacific railroad
committee then demanded the regular or-
der, and under the special order the house
went into committee of the whole (Mr.
Hayne of New York in the chair) and took
up the funding bill.
Mr. Powers said that it had been ar-
ranged that the time for and against the
measure should be equally divided, he to
control the time in its favor and Mr. Hub-
bard (Rep., Mo), the member of the com-
mittee who made the minority report,
against. The house confirmed this agree-
ment.
lVIr. Powers’ Argument.
-Mr. POWers then took the floor and.
made the opening argument. He took his
position in front of the chart. At the out-
set he declared that he purposed to deal
with the house with the utmost candor.
The bill which the committee presented to
the members for their consideration, he
said, constituted a plain business proposi-
tion, and he asked members to consider it
as such. He then- launched his argument
with a thoroughly exhaustive history of
the Pacific roads. He described the neces-
sity which existed in the early sixties for
a transcontinental railroad the difficulties
which beset the undertaking at a time
when the south was ablaze with red war,
the hopelessness of private capital being
able to accomplish anything without gov-
ernment aid and the determination of the
government to back the hazardous enter-
prise by large grants of lands and by guar-
anteeing the bonds of the road up to
$16,000 per mile as far as the Sierras and
$82, 000 for the distance across the moun-
tains. . ,
Senator \Voicott’s Mission.
LONDON, Jan. 3.—Neither the Bimetal-
lic league nor the other silverite organiza-
tions here have any information regarding
the visit to Europe of Senator Edward O.
Wolcott of Colorado, who sailed from New
York on Jan. 2 on the steamship Cam-
pania. The St. James Gazette says today,
“Everybody wants to know how far Mr.
McKinley means to go in the direction of
doing something for silver.”
Telephone Call, 58-2.
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, We are constantly on the alert t _ q
"CONVENIENT, and our assortment of Food Products more VARIED and A
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ALLbUN S HtlUSAL. ».
An Authentic Story of His Interview
With Major McKinley.
DETERMINED, BUT DELICATE
The Iowa. ‘Senotor Would Not Accept a
Cabinet Appointment, but He Is In
Earnest Sympathy With the
Coming Administration.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 8,—The Baltimore
American has a special from Cleveland
giving details of the conference between
President Elect McKinley and Senator A1--
lison of Iona yesterday, at which General
Felix Agnus, publisher of The American
and now in Cleveland, was present. Among
other things, it says:
“For the third time Senator William B.
Allison, a native Ohioan, has declined the
proffer of an Ohio born president to accept
a position in the cabihet.
“ The answer given by Senator Allison to
the appeal of his Ohio friend and admir-
er was as gentle as a diplomat could pos-
sibly reply to his chief, but it had the firm-
ness and determination of a fully consid-
ered and absolute reply. And when the
Iowa senator, leaving the home of the
president elect, said to him, ‘God bless
you" and yours is my prayer,’ Major Mc-
Kinley knew that all his former calcula-
SENATOR ALLISON.
tions, with the one exception of Cornelius
N. Bliss, had been upset, and that he must
practically begin anew, within less than
two months of the ray of his inaugura-
_tion, the making of a cabinet slate. . The
conference between Major McKinley and
Senator Allison was held in Canton today.
The entire cabinet situation was fully and
thoroughly discussed. Major McKinley
had already been in very full correspond- - a
ence with Senator Allison on many sub-
jects pertaining to the Republican situa-
tion, and this easily paved the way for the
more personal questions as to the senator’s
desires concerning his part in the future of ~
the administration.
Allison “’as Determined.
“Senator Allison expressed his fullest
sympathy and good wishes for the incom-
ing administration and expressed his de-
sjrg to Q all,he,cqufi_ t9_ pmmote jts'wel-
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'ed his regret at the decision.
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fire. He was decisive In the statement,
however, that he could not, with the new
senatorial career beginning coincident
with the administration, give up his place
in the senate for an administrative office.
“Major McKinley, while somewhat pre-
pared for this reiteration of the word that
he had received from Mr. Cummins and
other friends of the Iowa senator, express-
This settle-
ment of the cabinet question did not pre-
vent the presidbnt elect from discussing
manylmportant questions of policy and
legislation with his guest. The few pages
of his inaugural address which he had
brought with him in typewritten copy
' from Cleveland were discussed, and the
advice of Mr. Allison was freely asked and
freely given. Mr. Allison left for his train,
bidding Major McKinley farewell at the
door with the words quoted above.
“ The decision of Senator Allison to re
main outside of the new administration is
undoubtedly much of a disappointment to
Major McKinley. With the acceptance of
the navy portfolio by Mr. Bliss last night
Major McKinley and Mr. Hanna hoped to-
day to take another forward step by secur-
ing the acceptance of the man whom Major
McKinley has from the start hoped to see ‘
at the head of the state department. ”
_Plcdged to Jones, For the Senate.
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev, Jan. 8.——0wing
to the announcement of George Nixon of
Winnemucca that he would contest with
Senator John P. Jones for the United
States senate, Joseph B. Ryan, chairman '
of the Democratic state centi’al committee,
issued a statement declaring that the
Democratic and Silver parties in conven-
tion at Ella on Sept. 8 pledged themselves
to support Senator Jones.
The Idaho Senatorship.
BOISE CITY, Jan. 8.+The Populists
held a caucus, but the subject of ‘a sena-
torial candidate was not taken up. It is
expected that W. H. Claggett will be
chosen, but it is not thought that any
agreement can be reached with the Demo-
crats. This view is quite general, and a
majority of these watching the contest de-
clare that Mr. Claggett cannot be elected.
Senator Hansbrough \Vill W'in.
BISMARCK, N. D., J an. 8.—'1‘he election
Of-Hansbrough to the senate from this
state is practically accomplished. His sup-
porters have the pledges of a majority of
the Republican members of the legisla-
ture, and; unless the pledges are broken,
Hansbrough will win on the first ballot.
Teller’s Ito-election.
DENVER, Jan. 8,—Both houses of the
Eleventh general assembly convened and
efi'ected an organization. A combination
of National Silverites, Populists and Re-
publicans controls both houses, and the
election of Teller to the United States sen-
" ate is believed to be assured.
To Straighten Crooked Backs. ,
PARIS, Jan. 8.-——Dr. Callot read before
, the Academy of Medicine a remarkable
: paper describing a decade's experiments in
straightening the spines of hunchbacks by
pressure. The novelty consists of the
means adopted to keep the spine straight
for ten months, by which time a cure is
effected. No accident had occurred in 30
cases. ' .
A Church's Sesquicentennial.
MIDDLETOWN, Conn, Jan. 8,—The one
hundred and filtieth anniversary of the Old
South Congregation..l church of Middle-
town‘is being celebrated with appropriate
exercises today, beginning this afternoon.
Isnno, s. ALLEN wins.
The Boston Colored Man Awarded Bis
Seat as Counciiof.
BOSTON, Jan. 8.—l’saac 13. ‘Allen, the
colored man whom the Republicans elected
councilor from the Fonrth district, will
take his seat among the advisers of Gov-
. ernor WOlcott. The contested election case
of John H. Sullivan versus Isaac B. Allen,
was considered by the joint special com-.
‘ mittee on councilor returns, with the re-
sult that Sullivan was given “leave to
withdraw. ” Counsel, at the request of the
committee, confined themselves to a dis-
cussion of the question whether or not the
committee could go behind the returns
and examine the ballots cast. In other
words, was the transition to be made from
~ “appears to be elected” to “is elected”
merely a ministerial function, or was it
discretionary? ‘ -
Mr. Riley, speaking for Allen, denied
the authority of the committee. The bal-
lots had been count-cd, and the executive
council had tabulated the returns. The
committee had nothing to do but formally
to announce the election as shown by the
returns. Mr. Elder claimed for the com-
mittee the right to go behind the returns,
the right to see the ballots and summon
the election commissioners of Boston.
The committee, after a conference with
' the election commissioners, made the re-
port noted above. , I
YOUNG GIRL ooumrs SUICIDE.
Police Declare That She Did So Because
of Unrequited Love.
MOUNT VERNON, Va, Jan. 8.—-Marie
Mancino, aged 19, committed suicide by
taking paris green. The police said that
she killed herself because Of unrequited
love. She left her mother and went into
her bedroom. Shortly afterward Mrs.
' Mancino heard the girl scream. Rushing
to the apartment, she found her daughter
prostrate on the bed. An hour later the
girl was dead.
“RED
ROUGH
. HANDS
Itching, scaly, bleeding palms, shapeless nails,
and painful finger ends, pimples, blackheads,
oily, mothy skin, dry, thin, and falling hair, itch-
ing, scaly scalps, all yield quickly to warm baths
with CUTICURA SOAP, and gentle anointings
with CUTICUBA (ointment), the great skin cure.-
Ghana
In sold throughout the world. Porrn Dime AND Cum.
Coma, Solo 0 s., on n. 1
a- “How to reduce Soft, White Hands," (rec.
ITGHING HUMOR
J. D. Jennings.
UN D EKTA.K F R
4 Knight street, opposite
Street Railway Depot.
NIGHTBELLAT OFFICE.
Instantly relieved by
CUTICURA’ REMEDIES.
'AND wfiERE To GET THEM. V
IMPORTANT‘ PROBLEM T0 ALL HOUSEKEEPERS.
0 make our STORE more ATTRACTIVE, our SERVICE
PPETIZING.’
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rod'ucts.
Raymond. a 'Son.
Successorsto George E. Bsymcnd.
r-nrnlturc Dealers and Central Funeral
Directors.
6 and 48 Main Street Norwaik Lt _
Residence, Berkeley Place."
“Wise! "1
QHEAP FUEL
wing to many of the factories having
been shut down, we have 'a large accumu-
lation of first class coke.
We offer the same during thermonth
of December at six cents per bushel at the ‘
work s, or eight cents per bushel delivered
Within either city limits, in not less than
Extra for car- '
twenty-five bushel lots.
rying in.
The IIorrJalk Gas Light company.
DAVID . w. RAYMOND
Funeral Director and Emlalmar '
39 Washington Slrret South horualk
Residence. Mahackemo Hotel.
HOLIDAY GOODS
must be closed out
to make room for
other goods com-
mgm.
PRICES CUT HALF w I
That is ou a l-2
the reguylar peige be-
tween now and Jan.
2d, I 897
JOHN T'. HAYES
5 Main Street.
Norwalk.
HEATING 'STOVES.
New Patterns in 7
Dinner and. Toilet Ware,
LAMPS MID FANCY CHINA.
AT REDUCED PRICES ;
Electric oil Heaters Vlllh Pure Com.-
busiion.
'l'he Crimped Crust Bread Pans?
Skates, Cutlery. &c.
F. J. CURTIS 85 CO.
23 MAIN STREET, NORWALK.
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more PEREOT and
We search the markets of the world in order that our customers may enjoy the BeSt and. Newest Delicacies,
Dainties and Table Necessities. ,
while at the same time our pa
reliable service.
There are no
Everything which is palatable andmeritorious will be added to our assortment,
trons will find our prices as? low asit is possmle to quote for good goods and
articles in the grocery line that, try- ‘the merchants ability and experience more than the
selection of Teas and Coffees, and there is no item that goes in the home that demands more care and experience
from the Housewife, thanthe preparation of the same. ' We select our Teas. and Coffees dlrect‘from the Importer
if" large quantities and can guarantee the consumer the best article that can be procured. ..
Butter Department. .,
We have given a great deal of attention to this department and have
the some fine quality the year around.
Sweet Rosy Gilt Edge Creamery
Butter, made twice each week, (impossible to get better.)
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF THE FERRIS DELICIOUS
Hams, Smoked
Beef, Boneless
Bacon.
It is not neccessary for us to sound their praises, their merits are known
in all the leading families. .
Cheese, Cheese, Cheese.
’ Fresh from the Importer, comprising all the Leading Brands. “To have
a large sale on Cheese, thus in-uring freshness, which must be maintain-
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ed in all kinds of cheese to give satisfaction. Fancy Full Cream, English
CHAS... E. SEYMOUR.
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LEADING GROCEB, " . “ ,
SOUTHNORWALK 90""
Dairy, Swiss, Roquefort Pineapple.
Edam, Club House, Brie, Imperial
Farmer-ion, Neufchatel,Philadelphia Cream, and Camembert Cheese.
At no other store in the town can you obtain such a variety of fancy
ties, and arrive daily. The following are a. few of the best Sellers:
Cakes. Crackers and Wafers. They consist of over FIF TY difi‘erent varie-
Butter
Wafers, Sattines, Leibniz, Vanilla Wafers. Sultana Wafers, Water Thins.
Headquarters for the Defender Pilot Biscuit in 11b. time:
These are
manufactured by the smerican Biscuit Co. The Standard of purity and
excellence. Also a fn 1 line of Huntley & Palmers English B scuits and
Wafers, inc‘uding the Opera and Casino Wafers, and numerous other
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brands. _ ,
We'have a complete stock of Fruit and Vegetables in glass .and tin
which we offer to these who appreciate a good article in. this line.
We
recommend the “Premier Brand” of Canned Corn. Tomatoes, &c. know.
ing them to be the best that we have ever seen.
Imported Goods in Class, Olives, Olive; Oil, Truffles,
Capers, Mushroons, Fitted Cherries, Strawberries
and Numerous Other Little Dainties that
' we have not room to mention.
There is nothing in the market that we know of that carries with it
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merit, but; what we have.
We solicit a trial order commencing the New ~Year. Our delivery-
var 8 step on your. street, let them supply you.
phone will receive prompt attention.
Orders by mail or tele-
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