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It is fortunate for the peace and
comfort of a new President that the
custom of retaining c;~-.rtain employes
of .the Executive Mansion from admin-
istration to administration is an estab
lished one. Many of the staff ati-the
I White House have been there for
years, some of. them dating their terms
of servicevback to General Grant’s
first Administration. It is only the
personal servants who are changed,
and some of these have grown old in
their places.
W. L. Pruden. the assistant secre
tary, and Colonel William H. Crook,
the executive clerk, with three or four
of the clerks under them, have passed
more than a quarter of a century at
the President’s house, and to their ex-
ecutive ability and deep knowledge of
affairs are due the smoothness with
which its machinery is run. When a
change in Presidents occurs, their long
experience is of incalculable value,
and during the first few months of an
administration as well, when both the
President and his secretary are unac-
customed to the work.
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SECRETARY SHERMAN‘S RESIDENCE.
In the official household Mr. Pruden
and Colonel Crook rank next to the
President’s secretary, and are his ex-
ecutive officers. Mr. Pruden has
charge of the numerous bills, and is
the President‘s messenger to Congress.
Colonel Crook is the paymastcr of the
house and looks after the files; but be-'
sides their routine duties they are both
looked upon as oracles in official mat<
ters, and are consulted on all difficult
questiuns.
There were at the capital during In-
auguration week the daughters of
three Presidents: Mrs. Semple, the
daughter of President Tyler; Mrs.
Sartoris, the daughter of President
Grant, and Mrs. Stanley-Brown, Pres-
ident Garfield's only daughter. There
was also present Mrs. Harriet Lane
Johnston, the niece of President Bu-
chanan, who, both while her uncle was
Minister to the Court of St. James and
while he was Chief Executive, presid-
ed over his household with dignity and
grace.
‘President McKinley has had some
training in the business of seeing men
and women who called upon him to
“pay their respects,” but he is just
now finding out for the first time what
it is to be asked to listen to the impor-
tunities of those who seek office. The
office seekers are losing no time. They
were at the White House in shoals on
Friday morning, and at times they con-
tributed to the crush on the stairway
from the main floor to the President’s
office on the floor above. While the de—
partments are still in need of new As-
sistant Secretaries, and the chances of
appointment are open the patriot who
is prepared to give up lucrative pri-
vate business in order to be able to
serve his country in Washington will
be very buoyant. The pretexts with
which some of the men of this class
refer to their search are entertaining
because they are so old, while the
makers of them congratulate them-
selves that they are new and original.
One New York man, who would not be
quite satisfied with anything less than ,
an Assistant Secretary’s place, tells
those who speak to him about his am-
bition that he does not care much for
office holding for the sake of the fame
or the emoluments of the office. “I
have a great admiration for the Pres-
ident,” he says, “conceived when he
was in Congress. I know that he will
have a task quite herculean. A Re-
publican can do nothing more useful
or patriotic than to relieve the Pros.
ident of some of his labor by sharing
it. I am Willing and anxious to be a
burden bearer.” But this gentleman,
who is a lawyer, whose experience
ought to have made him a valued ad-
viser, seeks to be a burden bearer at
a salary of $4,000 or $4,500 a year.
There are no would-be “burden bear—
ers" who have announced that they
would prefer to take places without
salary than be disappointed in becom-
ing helpful to President McKinley.
Of resurrected persons there is a
goodly number. They will vex the
President greatly, for, having once
held office, and having had. the expe-
rience required in obtaining “it, they
are more artful than the tyro. The
Minister abroad who seeks reappoint-
ment to his old post and who brings
recommen ations from the nation to
which he was accredited is at once
too proud and diplomatically indiscreet, '
for the State Department does not like
to have recommendations of that kind.
They are apt to be taken as indicating
that the Minister has cultivated his
own popularity too strictly.
SENATOR.
“ .A “recent visitor to the drawing
rooms of royalty and the English aris-
tocracy” reports that the book most
to be seen there is Mrs. Ella Wheeler
. Wilcox’s poems.
» eral crimes in England.
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"iunnm DEATH. .
Thursday morning about 11 o’clock
the chambermaid at the Warwick hotel
on North Main street, South Norwalk,
discovered the dead body of Henry
060k lying face downward on the floor
of his room.
Landlord Isaac Hatmilton was notified
and he in turn summoned Medical Ex-
aminer Burke. who decided it a case of
apoplexy and had the body removed to
D. W. Raymond’s undertaking rooms.
Mr. Cook was a man of about 70 years
of agegehort in statue and lame walking
with a cane. He was a son of the late
James 3. Cook, a. retired New York
merchant who died in Wilton some
years since, where his son also lived
before coming to Norwalk.
Mr. Cook at one time lived with his
sister and daughter-in‘luw, Mrs. Char-
les Cook, in the house on West avenue
of present. occupied by Dr. Bean. The
sister, Miss Louise Cook, died a few
weeks since in New York. The deceas-
ed Wus mutually of a cheerful dispo-
slfion and had many friends in town.
Union Mill to Start.
The Union Mills have been rented to
a j )iut stock corporation now being
formed The lease is for a termjof three
years and eight. months with privilege
of a renewal. a work necessary pre-
paratory to starting up the Mill will be
pushed forward as rapidly as possible,
and it is not thought that it will be long
before the hum of the looms will be
heard. The promoters of the scheme
are the lessees, and the organization of
the company will not cause any delay
in getting the mill in readiness. As
for that matter it is already in condi-
tion for immediate use.
Greenwich Minister Resigns.
The Rev. Dr. J. F. Well of the First
Presbyterian church of Greenwich
has resigned. It is intended to turn
the church over to the Westchester
Presbytery. H. O. VHavemayer four
yours ago loaned the church $20,000 for
a new edifice and parsonage. Christ
Episcopal church has been trying to
buv the edifice. There is back interest
of 8800 due and Mr. Havemeyer has
hreatened to foreclo=e.
ZARRAGA’S PLAINT.
The Surrender-ed Cuban Leader Asks to Be
Sent to Spain.
Havana, April 22.-The well known
insurgent leader Julian Zarraga, who
surrendered with five of his followers
to the Spanish authorities in Pinar del
Rio on April 16, has made a reque t to
be. sent to Spain. He has admit: . to
General Inclan that he has personally
dynamited trains in the province of
Pinar del Rio and says he surrendered
because he considers the insurgent
cause to be lost. Zarraga added that
the independence of Cuba. would mean
chaos. would be a final catastrophe for
the island, and that the negroes would
dominate it completely. He is an an—
nexationist and claims the insurgents
in Pinar del Rio have been dispersed,
and all wishing to command.
Zarraga’s frank admissions and
statements have won considerable
sympathy for him among the Span-
iards.
Seven hundred bales of tobacco were
shipped today on American account.
The Par-shell Canal Bill.
Albany, April 22.——Erastus Wiman is
here yet and thinks there is a. possibili-
ty of getting the Parshell bill, to re-
move the present restriction to the cap-
ital of canal transportation companies
which are now limited to $50,000, out on
the calendar by order of the rules com-
mittee of the assembly. Governor
Black, Mr. Wiman says, is interested
in the bill, which is said to be in the
interest of the restoration of canal
commerce in the state.
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A Delightfully Frank Rascal.
Brussels. April 22.—-Owing to a big
robbery of bonds at Uccle, two miles
south of this city, recently, a man
named Bombeck has been arrested and
has confessed to having committed sev-
In addition.
he asserts that while in New York in
1894 he robbed a. postman of a package
of jewelry valued at $10,000, his ac-
complices being an Englishman and an
American custom house official.
Cheap Gas Bill Passed.
Albany, April 22.——The leaders got a.
new grip on the assembly and forced
the reconsideration of the New York
city gas bill. All the amendments
stuck in at the earlier session were
taken out and the bill passed just as -
it came from the senate, by a. vote of
100 to 29. “The house got frisky in the
morning,” was Speaker O'Grady’s ex-
planation of the sudden change of
front.
Gentry Not to Hang. _
Harrisburg. April 22.—The board of
pardons has recommended a. commuta-
tion of the death sentence imposed upon
James B. Gentry for the murder of
Madge Yorke, an actress, to imprison-
ment for life. Governor Hastings has
approved the recommendation. Gen-
try was to have been hanged next
Thursday,
Pennsylvania Democratic Committee.
Harrisburg, April 22.-—At the meeting
of the Democratic state committee held
here today John M. Garman was re-
elected state chairman and Reading
was selected as” the place for holding
the next state convention, the date to
be fixed by the executive committee.
Cyclist Killed by an Ice Wagon.
Philadelphia, April 22.—James Dwyer,
aged 28, while riding a. bicycle at
Twelfth and Cherry streets today, was
run down by an ice wagon and instant—
ly killed. The driver of the wagon was
arrested.
One Day’s Government Receipts.
Washington, April 22.—National bank
notes received today for redemption,
$351,496; government receipts, from in-
ternal revenue, $343,689; customs, $1,-
993,563; miscellaneous. $37,231. ‘
WEEKLYyNth
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_ Widow Murphyfifilllg, ,
"Everybody knew the- Widow Mur'.
phy. She sold apples“ at the street
crossing, and her checks. were as red
and her smile as sweet as the tempting
fruit, which made the children’s eyes
sparkle ,with delight.” The Widow
Murphy had a. pig. Wouldn’t you like
to hear how the adventures of this pig
and the Widow Murphy are deictlbml
in Palmer Cox’s inimitable new book
“FUNNY FOXES”? This is one of the
four 150 books which the GAZETTE will
send mailed free for 10 etc. The other
three books are “BUSY Bnowmns,”
“Cocx ROBIN,”und "BIRDs‘WEDDiNG ”
See adv.
Chapin—Wiison.
Miss Harriett Theobald Wilson and
Henry Judson Chapin of Montclulr,‘\ N.
J ., were married Monday afternoon at
the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs.
Oliver 0. Wilson, 564 West End ave-
nue. The Rev. Ed ward Bradley of 8‘.
Agnes’ Chapel performed the cere-
mony, and the bride was gchn away by
her brother, Percy R. Wilson. Thomas
C. Chopin was his brother’s best man,
and the only bridal attendant. Owing
to the fact that the families of both
bride and bridegroom are in mourning,
the reception after the ceremony was
for relatives only. The Chopin family
at one time resided here, occupying
the present Ira Cole residence.
Gershom B. Bradley Dead.
Gershom B. Bradley died suddenly.
Wednesday morning at his home in
Suugatuck, aged 77 years. Deceased was
one of the best knfiwn and most re-
spected residents of Westport. A year
or two ago he suffered a paralytic stroke
and has since been in poor health.
Funeral services Will be held from the
house at. 2:30 next Saturday afternoon.
" H ow’s This 2
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co , Props.,Toledo, 0.
We the undersigned have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm. ‘ ‘
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggisis.
Toledo, 0.
Welding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internal-
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Price
75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Drug-
gists. Testimonials free.
. Base Ball.
The League championship base ball
season will be opened to-day. The
New Yurks will begin the race at
Philadelphia, the Brooklyns at Wash-
ington, Boston at Baltimore, Pitts-
burgs at St. Louis, Clevelands at Louis-
ville, and Chicagos at Cincinnati. .
THERE I. A. CLASS OF PEOPLE
Who are injured by the use of coins
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
culled Grain-0, made of pure grains
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with
out distress. and but few can tell it
from coffee. _ It does not cost over i as
much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. 15 etc. per package.
Try it. Ask for GRAIN—O-
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Honest Tobaccos
are demanded by the in-
telligent chewers—for they
know the difference be-
tween straight goods and
sham stuff.
All men know “B~L"
stands for best leaf tobacco
-finest flavor, and the
kind 'that satisfies.
Once used it’s always
chewed—so most chewers
use
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A big factory was
brought to a stand
still the other day,
fqrwant of a com-
mon shin 1e - nail
The troub e was a
chanic could’nt tell
what was the mat-
ter. They sent for
a high -priced ex-
pert who charged
ten dollars an hour.
All he said was.
“Gimme a nail.”
He drove it in the
right place and in
two minutes the
whole factory was
going again.
That’s the way
with the machinery
of the human body.
When the stomach and bowels are wrong
what seems a mere trifle, blocks the
whole system. Every part of the body
feels the effects of a little constipation.
The head aches, the mouth tastes bad;
the stomach is distressed, the liver is con-
gested and to id; you feel sluggish and
miserable and own-hearted; the energies
are comgletely paralyzed—all for want of
a little elp to regulate the stomach and
bowels. What you want is Dr. Pierce’s
Pleasant Pellets. They will make you
regular and you keep so; they act in a
comfortable natural way, not violently but
surely. They give the intestines power
to move naturally; and also tone the
stomach and liver. You don’t become a
= slave to their use, they cure you.so you
stay cured. If a druggist makes more
money on some violent purging pill he
may try to sell it to you. Don’t let him.
You will be helped to a thorough understand-
ing of your own body in every stage of health
and disease by Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Med-
ical Adviser. This is a great 1008 page book, in
plain English and replete with illustrations
The first edition of 680,000 copies was sold for
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mg the present edition of half-a-million rec cop
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only. Address World‘s Dispensary Medical A:
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