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The Err-President Returns From
the Adirondacks.
SEES BUSINESS . IMPROVE
No Opinions to Give on Currency
Reform Measures—Too Soon to
Judge the Tar-it! Bill by Its Reve-
nue Results.
New York, Dec. 10.4—Ex-President
Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, is at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he will
remain for the next two or three days.
Gen. Harrison never looked better in
his life than he does to-day. His face
has lost most of that pecuilar white-
ness—the pallor of the student—which
formerly seemed to add several years
in age to his appearance. There is
now a tinge of color in his cheeks. His
hand clasp is warm and sturdy. The
to several ac-
’ quaintances when he came down to the
‘ financial reform, as outlined in the re-
sortanznmmtmn. . .v imwm 6m,
corridor of the hotel to get his mail
and the morning papers.
“General,” said a. reporter,"‘the peo-
ple are much interested in the plan of
port of the Secretary of the Treasury
to Congress. Do you care to give your
views upon the proposed methods of
relief?”
“Not at this moment," was the reply.
“I have not kept myself sufficiently in
touch with affairs of such great impor-
tance as the currency question to be
able in a few minutes’ talk to give the
subject the careful and considerate
treatment which is its due. My
thoughts of late have been directed
towards other lines and in other chan-
nels.”
Tariff and Business.
“Will the Dingley tariff act produce
the revenue expected of it?”
“It is too soon yet to determine that.
A great quantity of goods was rushed
into the country before the measure
became a law, and the difference in the
duties was lost. That always is the
case when the proposed bill raises the
duties.”
“Do you see any improvement in the
business conditions throughout the
country?”
“Yes; there is a. marked change in
the feeling from what there was be-
fore the return of the Republican par-
ty to power. There is a. much better
tone, and the business interests are
more confident than they were that
times are to improve. Of course, the
Christmas shopping will create a large
amount of business for the time be-
ing. But there is a general improve-
ment all along the line, and the farmer
and agriculturist now feel it the most.”
There is one topic upon which Gen.
Harrison talks with considerable ani-
mation, and in which he is deeply in-
terested. That is his Summer home
near Valley Forge, in the Adirondacks.
The ex-President’s cottage is in Herki-
mer County, and he smiled when ex-
Senator lVarner Miller claimed him as
a citizen of the county of which he at
one time was the Republican leader.
SNUBBED AMERICA.
Ignored Claim of United
States for Insult.
Washington, Dec. 10.—A remarkable
contrast is shown in the policy pursued
by Germany in securing indemnity
from Hayti for damages'infiicted upon
one of her citizens and that taken by
the United States in the case of
Bernard Campbell, a. citizen of this
country, who, in 1889, was maltreated
and thrown half dead into the sea be
cause he refused to enlist on a Haytian
man-of—war.
A demand was made for indemnity.
The last reference to the case on rec-
ord was made in 1895, when Hayti not
only refused to pay indemnity, but ig-
nored the demand.
Senator Kyle has made the case one
of official investigation, he having
called upon the State Department for
a report upon what has been done in
the case. He called attention to the
prompt action taken by Germany in
the Lueders case, and said that time
for forbearance on the part of the
United States in the case of Campbell
seems to have passed. .
Hayti
Novel Request from a Minister.
San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 10.—The
Rev. Edward Davis, pastor of the Cen-
tral Christian Church at Oakland, has
sent a letter to Thomas H. Williams,
president of the California Jockey
Club, asking him to set apart a day at
the Emeryville track when Christians
may attend. The letter reads in part:
“I believe an interest in horse—racing
is not entirely due to commercial ava-
riciousness. Indeed, I believe there
are many Christian'peOple who would
enjoy the races, under consistent cir-
cumstances. I, therefore, request you
to consider and inform me of your
opinion as to the possibility of having
a Christian day at the races. This, of
course. would preclude drinking and
gambling.”
Railroad Crossings at Grade.
Albany, Dec. 10.—The State Railway
Commissioners will psk the next Leg-
islature to apprOpriate $250,000 to be ex»
pended in meeting the State‘s share of
the gradual abolition of all railroad
crossings at grade. Already fifty no
plieations from different localities .1” -r
the abolition of grade crossings I121.“
been received.
The Commission intends to rearranya-
lts office and outside force and creaze
a new bureau to have charge. of Lac
grade-crossing question. Charles ...
De Freest, the present clerk 0:.” :_‘.'.e
Commission, will be put in charge ..r
thisibureau. John R. Kenyon was re—
cently appointed to succeed Ml‘.\l)e
Freest as clerk of the Commission.
German Warship for fi'est Indies.
Kiel, Dec. 10.—The German Acruiser
Geier sailed for the-WeSt Indies yester-
day. The other warships here bade
her an enthusiastic farewell.
The Geier is a. third-class cruiser 'of
1,776 tons' displacements Her armor-
plated deck is three inches in thick-
ness; she carries eight 4.1-inch quick-
firing guns and \seven smaller rapid-
fire guns. The cruiser has two torpe-
do tubes. ' .
Raise in Miners” Wages.
Creede, Col, Dec. 10.—Since Dec. 1-
wages ‘for miners have been $3 a day,
instead of: $2.50; , The increase yvas
rnadc voluntarily by the mine th'ners.
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. to see if I could get relief. _
Kidney Pills seemed to me to be above
. Lion.
was: mu :3 IT ‘I
A Local Occurrence That
Will Interest Many
Readers. '
If when a foghorn warns the mariner
to shear off the coast, he still hugs the
shore and wrecks upon it, whose fault
is it ‘3 If the red switch light is up and
the engine driver deliberately pulls
ahead and pitches into another train,
blame the driver. If a careless work-
man will, in spite 'of warnings, try to
find out how many teeth a buzz saw has,
and the saw tries to find out how many
fingers the workman has, blame the
workman—not the saw. If a. sick man
knows that a certain medicine is doing
him good, and he carelessly neglects to
use it, blame the man not the medicine.
If N orwalk people who have kidney
complaint and backacheavill not take
Doan’s Kidney Pills, when they are
endorsed by scores of citizens, blame
the people, not the endorsers.
Mrs. Joseph Whitley of 61 Belden
avenue says: “I was reading the pa.-
pcrs one evening, and came across an
advertisement of Doan’s Kidney Pills,
and at that time I was annoyed with a
pain in the small of my back and was
thinking of trying some preparations
Doan’s
the average judging from the cures
they had made, and I got a box at
Glendening’s drug store and took
them. They ,produced decided and
satisfactory results. I recommend
them to my friends.
Dean’s Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers, price 50 cents per box, six
boxes for $2.50. By mail on receipt of
price by Foster-Milburn Co., Bull'alo,
N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Re-
member the name Dean’s and take no
other.
absolutely detestable; to others it is a.
perfect delight to be surrounded with
all that’s uncanny and unexplainable.
The one object in life of this latter
class, then, resolves itself into the fath-
oming out to some satisfactory conclu-
sion that which has seemed so queer.
FROM SIRE TO SON.
As. a family medicine, BACON’S
CELERY KING, for the nerves, passes
from sire to son as a legacy. If you
have kidney, liver or blood disorder,
get a. free sample package of this rem-
edy. If you have indigestion, consti-
pation, headache rheumatism, this spe-
cific will cure you. Edward P. Weed,
Norwalk, or George C. Stillson, South
Norwalk, the leading druggists, are
sole agents, and are distributing sam-
ples free. Large packages 50c and 25c.
‘TPut a beggar on horseback” is an
old proverb. but a theatre box inthese
latter days is sufficient to show all the
ill breeding there is in a person.
GREAT TRIUMPH.
Instant relief and a permanent cure
by the great remedy, OTTO’S CURE
for Throat and Lung diseases. Why
will you irritate your throat and lungs
with a. terrible hacking cough when
Edward P. Weed, Norwalk, or George
C. Stillson South Norwalk, sole agents,
will furnish you with a. free sample
bottle of this guaranteed remedy? Its
success is simply wonderful, as your
druggist will tell you. Sample free.
Large bottles 50c and 25c.
Some of the brightest conversation-
alists are wholly at a loss to know what
to. say when they have occasion to Use
the telephone.
SAVE YOUR LIFE.
By using “THE NEW GREAT SOUTH
AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE.” This
new remedy is a great surprise on ac-
count of its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in the Kidneys, Bladder
and Back in male or female. It re-
lieves retention of water, and pain in
passing it almost immediately. Save
yourself by using this marvelous cure.
Its use will prevent fatal consequences
in almost all cases by its great altera—'
tive and healing powers. Sold by E. P.
Weed, Druggist, Norwalk, Conn.
is our last, the other names bci g
given us at thetime of baptism.
CEREAL COFFEE DRWKERS BE-
. ' WARE!
If you have been deceived and tried
ODS—0f the cheap bran substitutes now
on the market,,claiming to be the
original and to-have great food value.
and you got a pound of poor y roasted
bran for your 250. and a poor, weak,
'sickish drink (what can you expect
from bran,) don’t be discouraged but
try GRAIN—O. It is made from solid
grain, nicely browned and 2 pounds for
250. Grain-O takes the place of coffer
at i the price. Get a package of youo.
grocer to-day. '
—Live Merchants keep their names
before the Public. An Advertisement
In THE GAZETTE will be read.
For n Greater‘rostofiicé.
Washington, Dec. 9.——Postm~aster
General Gary will wait for Congress to
lake- the first step in the matterbf the
proposed consolidation of the post—
offi-cesin Greater New York under one
head. He has caused data bearing on
the feasibility of the scheme to be
gathered for the guidance of Congress,
andtthis will be transmittedto~either
house as soon as a resolution is adopt-
edpalling for it.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The French Senate unanimously sus-
tained the Government in its refusal to
reopen the Dreyfus case. '
EX-GOV. Waite, -of Colorado has
moved to Decatur County, Iowa, where
he contemplates a. colonization scheme.
Anti—Hebrew riots in Bohemia con-
tinue. At Pribram the mobs smashed
the windows of the synagogue and
houses inhabited by Hebrews.
It is authoritatively announced in
London that the British Government
“does not expect any further trouble
with France on the Upper ‘Nile.
Chief Justice Conway, of the Wyom-
'.ng' Supreme Court, died yesterday. He
had been sick. three weeks. He was
elected in 1890 at the first State eleca
To some naturcs the mysterious is;
It is an odd fact that our first name
, objections 'made'to the Torrey bill that
EMMEMMS
_ Chairman Carmen’s Statement on;
the Estimated Deficit. '
REASON FOR ITS EXISTBNOE I
The Result of Expenses Not Included
in the Last Estimate—Senator Gal-
linger Protests Against Private
Pension pills—Bankruptcy Bill.
Washington, Dec. 10.—Af,ter some
preliminary business yesterday the
House went ,into committee of the
whole, Mr. Payne, of New York, in the
chair, for the consideration of the pen-
sion appropriation reported yesterday.
.committee, but everything
...—....
The bill carries $141,121,830, of which '
$1,121,830 is for fees of examining sur-
geons, salaries of agents, clerk hire
and the other items for the execution
of the pension laws. Mr. W'. A. Stom-
-(Rep., Pa.), in charge of the bill, _cx~
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plained the different items. {
Mr. Stone then yielded to Mr. Can-
non, chairman of the Cdmmittee on
Appropriations, who made a general
statement on the estimates by Secre-
tary Gage for the purpose, he said, of
disabusing the members and the coun-
try of 'a. false impression made by a
comparison of these estimates with
those of preceding years.
mated revenues for 1899 were $482,000,-
000, the expenditures $504,000,000, show-
ing an estimated deficit of $21,000,000.
Under the last sundry-civil act the Sec
retary of the Treasury was compelled
to estimate this year for $48,000,000 of
river and harbor work,
which had not been authorized by law.
If this sum not heretofore included in
the estimates were deducted there
would be an estimated surplus of $3,-
000,000, instead of a. deficit.
Last year the estimated deficit under
the last tariff act was $46,000,000. If
the‘ $17,000,000 for river and harbor
work, for which the Government then
stood bound, had been included, the es-
timated deficit would have been 863,-
000,000. Mr. Cannon said it might be
that the expenditures for pensions for
1899 would exceed the estimates. The
Commissioner of Pensions estimated
the expenditures at $148,000,000. If he
should prove to be right, Mr. Cannon
pointed out that. the $140,000,000 appro-
priated by this bill would pay all pen-
sions for the first eleven months of the
fiscal year, and a deficiency appropri-
ation could be easily made. In conclu-
sion Mr. Cannon solemnly warned the
House that the large anticipatory im-
portations would keep the revenues un- '
Ithe night of the murder.
der the present law down to the mini-
mum, and be appealed to his col-
leagues to see to it “that. while the
public service was sufficiently supplied
with money, not one dollar is appro-
priated which is not absolutely neces-
sary to the best interests of the public
service.” This statement of Mr. Can-
non was warmly applauded on the Re—
publican side.
Mr. Allen (Dem., Miss.) attacked Mr.
Cannon statement. He read from
Commissioner Evans’ testimony before
the Appropriations Committee prediCt-
ing a deficit of from $8,000,000 to $10.-
000,000 in pension expenditures during
the next fiscal year.
DAY IN THE SENATE.
Resolution Providing Relicf for the
Yukon Miners Introduced.
Washington, Dec. 10.——In the Senate
yesterday Mr. McBride (Oregon) pre-
sented and asked for immediate con-
sideration of a. joint resolution for the
relief of American miners and other.
sufferers in the valley of the Yukon
and tributaries. The resolution au~
thorizes the Secretary of War to trans—
port supplies to the suffering miners,
and provides that not more than“ $250,-
000 be appropriated to carry out the
purposes of the resolution. It went
over on objection. .
A resolution was offered by Mr.
Chandler (N. H.) and referred to the
Committee on Naval Affairs, providing
for an investigation of the question of
dry docks and naval stations.
The resolution reported by the Pa-
cific Railroad Committee asking the
Attorney-General for information con-
cerning the Kansas Pacific was adopt-
ed.
' After the introduction of a few minor
bills, the Senate began consideration
of a rivate pension bill under «the
speci order.
PLAN FOP. WORK IN THE HOUSE. .
Appropriation Bills to Have Right of
“’uy at Present.
Vi’ashington, Dec. 10.—-—Although no
formal action has been taken, a gen-
eral understanding has been reached
by the House leaders as to the course
of legislation. The appropriation bills
will be disposed of as fast as they are
ready for consideration. After these
the bankruptcy bill will be advanced.
It will be reported by Chairman Hon-
derson, of. the Judiciary Committee, be--
fore the holiday recess, but it will not
be taken up by the House until after
the recess. It is understood that
Speaker Reed and the Committee on
Rules will give this bill every advan-
tage in the vgly of securing early do
bate. ,
It is equally well understood that for
the present there will be no effort to
take up financial legislation on the
floor of the House. This is due moi. -
1y to the strong impression that the
Committee on Banking and Currency
will not be able to reconcile the many
conflicting interests inside of the com-
mittee. These represent all shades of
financial opinion, and are so much at
variance that-it‘is not expected a ma.
jority can‘ be rallied for any proposi‘
tion. I
The Ways and Means Committee will
do nothing, at present in the way of
framing financial legislation. If, how.
ever, it becomes evident that the Conn
mittee on-Banking and Currency is at.
a standstill then the Ways and Mean ..
Committee will enter the field of finan.
cial legislation and will frame a bill
on broad lines. In the meantime the
subject will be kept in the background
as much as possible, as it is felt that
agitation without action would be
fruitful of bad results. ' .
The bankruptcy bill was framed by
Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, and is sub-
stantially similar to his bill which
passed the House once before. It is
on the lines of the old Torrey bill, pro-
viding both voluntary and involuntary
bankruptcy. At the same time,_ the
a.
The esti- '
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it was a "collection agency” have been
overcome by a smoothing ‘do‘wn of the
harsh features. 7 , ,
Aside from bankruptcy and “approprly
ation bills some emergency measures,
such as that relating to Behring Sea,\\
introduced by Mr, Hitt, will have a
i hearing, as they ,involve questions of
general policy and are not likely to
meet with opposition. With these ex-
ceptions, the disposition of the House .
leaders will be to keep radical legisla-
tion to the rear: ‘
Work on the Indian appropriation
bill will begin immediately in the
House Committee on Indian Affairs,
and the bill will be reported to the,
House early in January. There are
many important matters before the
now will
give way to the appropriation bill.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House held its first meeting yes-
terday and outlined its line of work
on the several important foreign ques-
tions now pending. Chairman Hitt
announced the following sub—commit-
tee to deal with Cuban, affairs: Ad-
ams, of Pennsy vania; Hoatwole,‘ of
Minnesota, and Berry, of Kentucky.
The sub-committee to consider Ha-
waiian a'ifairs: Hitt, of Illinois; Smith,
. ofMichigan, and Dinsmore, of Arkan-
sas. The committee determined to.
report at once the bill prohibiting
American citizens from conducting pe.
lagic sealing in Behring Sea, and an
funderstanding was reached that the
$33,000,000 of I
i
,wife of the accused man,
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bill would be pushed to final passage'
before the holidays. It was also de-
termined that the members of the com-
mittee would call in a. body on Secre-
tary of State Sherman to-day at 11
o’clock.
swsAas HER HUSBAND’S LIFE AWAY.
Bornny’s \Vii‘e Testifies Against the
Accused Murderer.
Bridgeport, Ct., Dec. 10.——Yesterday’s
proceedings in the trial of Charles A.
Boinay, charged with' the murder of
George Marcus Nichols, of Daniels
Farms, produced another sensation
even more remarkable than that of
W'ednesday, when David A. Weeks,
Boinay’s alleged accomplice, made a
full confession. ,
Yesterday Mrs. Charles A. Boinay,
took the
stand and testified against her husband
to save Weeks, her brother. On cross~
Iexamination if was impossible to con-
fuse her.
After a few unimportant»witnesses
had been examined Mrs. Boinay was
called, and told a story which finds no
; parallel in the criminal history of Con-
} necticut,
beneath the
not . fiinching
Mrs. Boinay
glare of her husband.
said:
“I was at my home in Huntington on
Charley and
‘David went out early in the evening
and returned about 4 o'clock the next
morning“. Their clothes were wet and
muddy, and I took them both up to my
room. As we reached the landing
Charley said: ‘We have becn~to Trum-
bull. IVe have been to Mr. Nicho‘ls’
house and we robbed him. \Ve forced
in the door, and as we did it Nichols
fired. I returned the shot and struck
him. Then Miss Nichols fired and I
fired at her. She put out the light,
and just then Nichols said: “Oh, God!
I’m shot!” We then robbed the place
and came home.’
“After I got them into my room
Charley and David divided the money.
I do not know how much they had.
Both remained until Sunday. Char-5,
ley and I took David to Shelton, and
he went on to New Haven. Monday
morning I went with Charley to Strats
ford. On the way over he took his
revolver to pieces and threw the bar-
rel into a pond at Stratford, and later
took the train for New York. I next
saw my husband on the Saturday fol—
lowing, when he came home at night
and remained until Sunday morning.
It was in August before I saw him
again, when he appeared late at night.
He asked me how things were and I
told him all right. He came in, Sep-
tember and stayed all night. During
the night he was aroused by an imag-
inary noise and jumped out of bed,
saying: .‘The'jig is up. If theyare
officers I wil make it warm for some
of them before they catch me.’ It
proved to be ‘a false alarm. That was
the last I saw of him until October, on '
the night of their arrest.”
When asked why she told the story
Mrs. Boinay said:‘ “I made up my
mind that I could .not savé my hus-
band, anyway, and decided I would do
my best to save my brother. So I told
'David to. throw himself on the mercy
of the Court.”
New York Ilanikel‘ Pardoned.
Albany. Dec. 10.—Gov. , Black
granted a pardon 'to Albert H. Smith,
who was convicted on Dec. 3, 1890, in
New York, for‘ the crime of forgery in
the first degree, and sentenced to Sing
Sing Prison for seventeen years. Smith
was a. member of the firm of Mills.
Robeson & Smith, stock brokers. By a
series of forgeries he defrauded his
partners out of more than $300,000, caus-
ing their financial ruin.
Many prominent citizens of Brooklyn-
asked for the pardon, and it was earn-
estly recommended by An n Latin-op, .
Superintendent of Prisons, and by the
officers of Sing Sing Prison. The judge
who sentenced Smith and the District
Attorney also were favorable 'to clem-
ency.
Three sun Francisco Fights.
San Francisco, Dec. lit—Negotiations
have practically been completed for
three more pugilistic contests. Peter
Maher and Peter Jackson are to meet
in February, Choynski and‘jTut” Ryan
in January, and George Green and
“Billy” Gallagher at a time to be set
later. The Occidental Club has se-
cured the Maher-Ja'ckson contest and
the National the others. ,
Maher will weigh something like
thirty-seven pounds less than Jackson,
who has also the advantage in height
and reach.’ Maher has the advantage
in age, however, by eight years, and is
in better condition. .
War on Civil Service.
Washington, Dec. Ill—The fate of the
civil-service; law and the merit system
in filling epublic offices rests largely
upon the result of the caucm. of Re—
publican Congressmen col? 3. for to
marrow eyening. Few of t.. + House
members agree with the Prcflent that,
themerit law is a. good thing. and they
intend to force through the bill repeal-
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