WEEKLY - No awLAK - oA ZETTE. ' . LOCAL NEWS. Tyler is on the sick Letter carrier int. ‘ ' Mrs. George Styles of South Norwalk is on the sick list. Owing to the changeable V\ eathet, wo1k has been stopped on the building of the F1 anklin su eet school-house. Mrs. Thomas S. Dorsey of Holden place. visited Dan'bury friends over Sunday. The annual ball of the East Norwalk fire depaitment will take place on the evening of Feb1 1111137111. DLurien 11130111611 has joined the hat— ting 111m of Hoyt and VVolthausen, of South Norwalk. A. Dickenson and daughter Florence. of South Main street, have returned home from a visit in New York state. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cafi'rey. Mr. Cafi'rey is a conductor on the Tramway line. DMiss Laura Kitchen of N oroton, was a gut st over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Avison, of Main street. The bricklayers and plasterers fin- ished their work on the East N orwalk school Saturday, and the carpenters are putting the finishing touches on the same. Parley‘Cammons and wife of Savin Rock, are visiting their daughter,Mrs. Benjamin Head of South Norwalk. The expenses of the Danbury Agri. cultural Society the past year were $25,619.66 and the cash on hand amounts 18 $608. 72. The commissioners on the insolven estate of Hubbard Blakeslee are Levi \Varner and R. H. Rowan. Mrs. Arthur H. Keeler, formerly of South Norwalk, is reported as being critically ill at the home of her parents in Nyack, N. Y. Mr. aud Mrs. Bernard Reynolds of Haviland street have been visiting in \Vethersfield. ' The fourth annual banquet of the South Norwalk Fish club will be held° on Friday evening. Feb. 4th at the club headquarters on the \Vashington street bridge. F. W. Stearns formerly of this city but now supe1intendent of the Star Shirt factory in Bridgeport is rejoicing at the arrival of a baby girl in his fam- ily. Mother and child are doing well. Lambert Schutsky was a loser at the Herman Schmidt fire Saturday night to the extent of a $100 bicycle which he purchased for $40, two sets of boxing gloves. .1 $10 silk umbrella, two straw hats , two base-balls and a base-ball uni- form. N 0 insurance. County Commissioner James E. Mil- ler is still confined to his bed at his home in Danbury. Last Tuesday he ventured out and went to Bridgeport. The result was a severe relapse and to- day his condition is not at all favorable. He is suffering from a severe attack of grip. Mr. and Mrs. Neil D. Benedict and children of Litchfield are visiting rela- tives in South Norwalk. Mr. Benedict some years since was employed at Pho- tographer North’s, but he later opened a succe ssfuh otographic studio in Litchfield. He contracted the Klon- dike fever, sold out his business and joined the Norwalk~Stamford Alaskan Gol Hunters. His wife and children after short sojourn here will return to th ome of Mrs.Benedict’s parents in Fla. da, and anxiously await the news “that Mr. Benedict has “struck it rich” in his new field of labor where ' thous- ands of ounces of gold simply await the picking up by the venturesome. The following facts inlrelation to the oyster business are taken from the an- nual report of the shellfish commis- Sioners: “The number of steamers engaged in the oyster business in the Sound is ‘78, of which 21 are owned in New Haven, Norwalk has 22, Bridgeport 14, New York 7, Milford 4, Greenwich 3, Pat- chogue, L. 1., 1; Port Jefferson, L. I. 1; Greenport, L. I._, 1, Stamford 1, Stony Creek 1, New London 1, .and Provi- dence 1. “Henry J. Lewis of Bridgeport, owns the greatest number (if steamers. “The total number of acres devoted to the culture of oysters is 66,745.12 Henry C. Rowe & Co. of New Haven are the largest owners.” J .VVoolsey Selleck, of Stamford, an old time Democratic politician and an ex- selectman, was found dead in a field a short distance from his home Sunday morning between :3 and 6 o’clock. Mr. Selleck owns a large farm onSelleck avenue 1n the western part of Stamford. Saturday evening between 7 and 8 o’clock, Selleck took some milk to De- witt J. Betts. He then‘ispent the even- ing with Betts, leaving the house about 10 o’clock. Mrs. Selleck Sunday morning went into his room and found that it had not been occupied during :the night. She at once went to Betts’ house and asked Betts if he knew the whereabouts of her husband. Betts then returned with Mrs. Selleck to her home and on his way he saw the body of Selleck ly- ing near a stone wall. Medical Exam- iner Rowell said that he had been dead ‘for several hours. He gave heart fail- ure as the probable cause of death. ’ Selleck was 57 years old. a Widow and two sons. He leaves A new and-powerful crane is being put in at the Norwalk Iron Works. There were 2-1 homicides in Connec— ticut in 1897 as against '25 in 1896. A son has been born'to Mr. and Mrs. James Monahan. of School street. Miss Laura Lawrence, of Academy Street has gone to Albany to spend the winter. Boat-builder Taylor is constructing 11. jib and mainsa-il boat for Captain Cab- anna, the keel of which was laid yes~ terday. Mrs. D. Kelleher of Hoyt street is on the sic‘.’ list, and her ailment is of a serious nature. The South Norwalk firemen will at- tend divine services at Hoyt’s Theatre next Sunday evening. ‘ Clarence Barker, the 16-year-old son of William Barker, the postmaster at North Branfor,d was drowned in Rog- er’s pond while skating Monday night. The young man skated into a hole and was carried under the ice. His body was recovered. , '— F. C. Becker is having a number of large trees cut down from in front of his property on Maple avenue, East Norwal‘k. It is stated that he has of— fered a portion of his property to the town to the end that an avenue or street be opened toa point near what is known as Keyser’s hill. At about 11 o’clock, Saturday nigh‘t Herman Smith who with his wife and father-in-law reside at Poplar Plains, was literally burned out of house and home. The first intimation that Mr. Smith had of the tire was the labored breath- ing of his father—in-law who slept in a room adjoining. Mr. Smith got out of bed to investi- gate the trouble and on opening the door was met by a volume of smoke that threatened to suffocate him. He managed, however, to get into the room and awaken the old gentle- man. In the meantime Mrs. Smith had awakened. All three started to escape . from the house by a stairway but found the same all in flames and their egress in this direction cut off. Clad only in their night clothes they ran back and managed to make their escape by jumping from a window to the ground. All were nearly suffocated by the smoke before getting out of the building which burned like tinder. The house is a three-story building with a basement. Not far away was the barn containing besides harnesses and wagons, a horse and three cows. And a short distance from those a stack containing six tons of hay. The barn, live stock, hay, etc. were saved, but by a streak of good fortune, the wind happily blowing from the fire in an opposite direction. The house and its contents including all of the clothing of the inmates with the exception of a pair of trousers and waistcoat belonging to Mr. Smith, which he hastily grabbed up before he jumped from the window, were burned up. Aside from this Mr. Smite lost nearly fifty dollars in cash. That all three inmates of the build- ing were not burned to death is one of the remarkable features of the fire. Mrs. Smith and her father were taken to the homes of neighbors and cared for. Mr. Smith donned his trousers and barefooted assisted in the saving of the property in the barn. Rudolph Bergen a German gardener, in the employ of Frank Green of Now- ton Heights committed suicide by hanging in Mr. Green’s barn shortly before seven o’clock Saturday mernin g. For sometime pastBergen had shown signs of insanity which his wife states was brought on by his recent arrest for beating a boy for teasing him. Bergen left his home on the Darien road a short distance below the Soldiers’ home about six o’clock to attend his duties at Mr. Green’s residence and before leav- ing he asxed his wife for his revolver, which she had taken away from him a few days ago, but this she refused to give him because he was acting strange- ly. When he reached the barn, in- stead of milking the cows, as was his usual custom, he took a ladder and as- cended to the rafters of the barn. Ho attached a ' clothes line to the rafter and then about his neck. When he had completed the ar— rangements he kicked the ladder from beneath him and fell several feet, «, breaking his neck. A Mr. Green went to the barn about eight o’clock to see if the men were at work and was startled to find the man. hanging from the rafters, ' He immediately went back to the house and summoned his superinten- dant who cut- down Bergen's dead body. He notified Medical Examiner Dr. W. F. French of Noroton who gave a vet diet of suicide by hanging and grant- ed permission to iemove the body to the man s home. For sometime past Berger had been. plagued by boys living in the vicinity of his home and he as was a man easily excited it preyed upon his mind. He was a married man and leaves beside a wife a boy eight years old. His wife stated that they owned their home and had considerable money in the bank. He was well known. about Noroton and Darien, and was a member of sev- eral societies. J. W. Carrol of Baltimore is visiting friends in town. Miss Amelia Seymour of West nue is visiting Brooklyn friends. Mrs. Samuel VVood1 ufi ofl\ ew H1.- ven is a guest of Mts. Orsen Stannai d of Elizabeth street, South Norwalk. Miss Ethel Keep of West street, South Norwalk, has returned to Northampton, Mass, -to resume her studies. The annual meeting of the Lounsbury & Bissell company will be held on Jan- uary 25th. G. A. Velie, of South Norwalk, has returned to North Creek, Adirondack Mountains, for the benefit of his health. Mrs. M. Lauder has given permis- sion to flood her lot in West street. A fine place will thus be affo1ded f01 skating. ' Five hund1 ed quail will be liberated on the Wilton p1 eserves this week, the libeiation being under the diiection of the Game association. Frank McKendry of New Canaan 1ode to Norwalk on his wheel, to see his best giil last Sunday. When about to return home. which 11 as r‘athei early in the morning,h hefound that his bi- cycle was not in the best~ of order. Looking it ovei, he found that some one had taken some of the most im- portant parts of the wheel. and as it could not be repait ed at so late an hou1 he placed the wheel on his shoulders and walked home. Russell L. Hall, fo1 many years D1951- dent of the New Canaan National Bank, failed to secure re-election on Tuesday, being succeeded by Edwin Hoyt. The boaid of dii ectors is as follows: George F. Lockwood, H. A. Pinney, Hiram Curtis, S. ‘ .St. .,Iohn Gardner Heath, L. C. Hall, Edwin Hoyt. The direc— tors elected Edwin Hoyt, president; George F. Lockwood, vice president; G. F. Lockwood, H. A. Hinney, Gard- ner Heath, executive committee. Herman Schmidt whose house was burned Saturdayn night estimates his loss on the house as being fully $1, 800, and on his iu1 niture and other belong- ings in the same as something over $1, 200. He says that his insurance was not much in excess of $1,000. He prides himself on the saving of four pillows, two bolsters and two comfortables that came from Germany, but weeps over the loss of his clothes, eight pounds of freshly churned buttei, two chickens and several loaves of hi ead. He and his wife have accepted the hospitality of one of is neighbors, the same hospitality being enjoyed by Mrs. Scmidt’s father. _ A sad and fatal drowning accident oc- curred at the Lee’s Mill pond in West. port yesterday afternoon. ,, John Hank. aged 15 years, a son of Christopher Hank, a mill hand, in com- pany with another young lad named Edward MCKenna went fishing through the ice on the pond. Whil they Were thus engaged, tne ice sud enly'gave way and both bOys went down into the icy waters. ' Young McKenna, who happened to be nearest’thé ”shore, succeeded in saving- himself, but John although making a heroic attempt to reach the shore was carried under the ice and drowned, The alarm was given and a crowd soon collected and a search made for the boy’s body, which was recovered a few hours later. .5 Deacon Charles Mead, one of the best known residents of the town of Green- wich, father of County Commissioner Whitman S. Mead, died Monday morm ing at his residence in Greenwich. He was only ill about a week and upto that time enjoyed remarkable health for a man of his years. Had he lived to Feb. 4th he would have'been 86 years old. Mr. Mead came of one of the oldest Connecticut families. His ancestors settled in this part of the country over 200 years ago, the land they now own coming to them by deed from the In- dians. It has remained in the family uninterruptedly ever since the deed to it was obtained. a Mr. Mead was a man of sterling in- tegrity, a Yankee cf the old fashioned sort, honest’and straightforward, aman whose word was considered as good as his bond in the town which knew him all his life, in politics he was a Repub- lican, although he never took a very active part in party affairs. His Wife died about 10 years ago. The funeral EIVC ,will take place Wednesday. The Connecticut and Alaska mining I dompany held a meeting Sunday after- noon in South N orwalk to further ar- range for the trip to the gold fields. Letters were read from Harry King ‘who went to Seattle a short time agoto‘ make the necessary arrangements for the company. W. Gardiner of Port Chester, who is one of the party pre- sented a beautiful silk American flag and a compass to be used on the schoon- er Moonlight which they have bought to take them from Seattle to the mouth of the Copper river. One member of the party withdrew but there were two who were anxious to take his place so the number is up to its limit. ‘ Doctor Cartwright of Hoboken, N.J., has joined the party and will start with them. Dr. Cartwright was formerly surgeon of the West Shore railroad, and resigned his position to go to Alaska. ’ The Moonlight will carry a number of passengers from Seattle to the Cop- per river and already 31 persons have booked for the trip. .,I ,leaving it at home, still untouched. ANNUAL MEETINGS. At the annual meetings of the sever- al National Banks held to-day the fol- lowing ofiicers were elected: ” 4 v, CE NTRAL. Directors - George M. Holmes, Eu- geneL. Boyer, Peter L. Cunningham, J. Thornton Prowitt, Stephen H. Holmes, Horace E. Dann, James Cum- ' mings, Jr. Atasubsequent. meeting the board of directors, unanimously elected:— George M. Holmes, President: E. L. Boyer, Vice President: William A. Curtis, Cashier. - FAIRFIELD COUNTY. At a meeting of the stockholders of the above bank, the following board of directors was elected, they in turn con- tinuing in office' the present clerical force with Cashier L. C. Green at the head; Edwin O. Keeler, President; David H. Miller, Vice-President: F. St. John Lockwood, Ira Cole, Moses H. Glover, A. J. Meeker, Theo. E. Smith, Chas. F. Tristram, Directors. NORVVALK. The annual meeting of the National ' bank of Norwalk resulted in the selec- tion of the following board of directors: Ebenezer Hill, E. J. Hill, Edward Beard, E. K. Lockwood, .l. A. Osborn, D. W. Fltch,O. E. Wilson,VV. F. Bish- op and J. (3. Handle. At a subsequent meeting of th: board E. Hill was elected president; E. J. Hill, vice-president; H. P. Price, cash- for. ELECTRIC LIGHT ()0. , The annual meeting of the Norwalk MEETING. . ~ and South Norwalk Electric Light com, pany was held yesterday afternoon and resulted in the choice of the following board of directors: E. O. Keeler, E. S. Adams, W. E. Guthrie, H. M. Francis, S. D. Green. Mr. E. O. Keeler was elected president;E. S. Adams, vice- president; W. E. Guthrie, I‘reasurer; H. M. Fancher, Secretary. Matters pertaining to the extension of the company’s territory were fully discussed, and the work so far done in the enlargement of the plant met with full approbation. It is understood that an increase of pay has been awarded to the employees bf the company but that the pay-days shall be on the 15th and 30th of each month. Apparently the company is in a very prosperous condition. ‘ ‘-= ‘- Good Road Making. Highway Commissioner Macdonald has made his report for the six months from July 1 to Dec. 31. The towns among which the amount set apart for grading was devided. with the amount given by the street to each, included: Bethel, $413; Easton, $413; Monroe, $300: Stratford, $413; Westport, $413. The county securing to itself the most contracts town-wise is Litchfield, securing nine out of 11 contracts let for improvements of their roads under the law of 1897. the state in which the selectmen have taken contracts in behalf of the town under grading appi opriations: Berlin, Prospect, Easton, Monroe, VVestpmt, Bridgewater, Canaan, Goshen, Harwin- ton, New Milford, Norwalk, North Ca- naan, Washington and Winchester. The commissioner believes that the farmers of the state of Connecticut have been fully awake to the necessity for better roads many years. He has traveled the state over, and in his trav- els never met a man who was not a firm believer in good roads. , The commissioner favors trunk line roads running north and south and east and west, to be built by the state, thus insuring uniform width and con- struction; the towns simply to keep the road in order; this scheme not to in- terfere with present town to town roads. ~-A -—— 4 . >___._ __._.—_ from Noroton Hill. A \oung man of\ o1oton Hill is 10- lating an amusing incident, which oc. curred a few nights ago, and which has since broken up the serenity of his hitherto unmarred married life. About Christmas time the young man received at one of the saloons a Manhattan cock- tail, in a small fancy bottle. Doubting the ingredients of the cocktail, he carried it about for several days.finall y A few nights since, during his absence from home, some company called unex- pectedly; \Vhile making ahasty toilet, his wife found the fancy bottle. She condluded that it was a present for her and, removing the cork, was delighted with the perfume. After using almost the entire contents of the bottle she went down stairs to receive her guest-s. Her husband arrived later, and the not unfamiliar odor which pervaded the house tickled his nostrils and caused him to ask questions of his wife. Then it came out that (she had used .his cock- tail for perfume, and there was a hot time in the old hduse that night—- Stamford Advocate. - Mr W. E. Buxton who for nearly seventeen years has been keeping house in the old Fairfield County bank building has removed to his reom yin the Prowitt building on Main street. Following is the list of the towns in Su'pposed it Was Perfumery—A Story' WESTON GHURUH. _ Mr. Lane 'Asks for Supensioob of Judgment Until “jithe Trouble is Inves- tigated. Rev. Mr. Arthur’s Character and Work to be Presented to a Council. EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE:— - iStatements have been appearingin the papers for some time past about the troubles in Weston church, in which members of my family have been men- tioned frequently as being promoters of of trouble. Arthur, hired by the church as Pastor, has been prominent also. and it is rep- resented that we are in contest with with Mr. Arthur. I am not going to make an attack 'upon Mr. Arthur. A council composed of Congregational ministers of this sec- tion will 'meet at Weston, Thursday, January 18th, at 10:30 a. m. and will in- vestigate his character and work p 1b- licly. \Vhile they have him in hand, Ishall say nothing about him. But I wish to ask through your columns for a. sus- pension of of judgment on the part of the public, until the matter is pro- nounced upon by the ministers and lay- men of our neighboring churches.‘ I wish also to protest against the im- pression conveyed by statements from time to time made public, to the effect that members of my family “will not let the matteu‘rest.” For months we tried to do so. Since~mid-summer sev- eral families, and among them my own, have not attended the church services, owing to constant personal abuse from the pulpit, and have refrained alto- gether from opposing Mr. Arthur. What was the result ‘? Mrs. Lane was expelled from the church without warn— ing,-trial, or opportunity to defend her- self, on a charge of which no evidence was brought. oil of twelve churches, the most repre- sentative of this region, declared hasty, irregular, contrary to the letter and spirit of. the directions of our Lord, the 18th chapter of the Gospel accord- to Matthew, and - in violation of of our. Congregational in ing the, usages churches, and of right, null and void.” Moreover, all members who had thus stayed away from church for the sake of peace, were by a constitution, adopted in their absence, debarred' from voting. A proceeding outrageous to Congregational principles. We have tried, and do now try to be peace- able. We have never before been members of a church while such a trouble raged in it. We know for the first time what it is to have to suffer in silence false charges, waiting for the vindication of time. As a tax payer I am well aware o the damage done to a town by such trouble. Surely it is not beyond the truth to say that property in Weston has been depreciated ten per cent. by this trouble. I deplore the agitation which tends to drive away property owners from the place to which I have recently came as a resident. The chief consideration is the pres- ent welfare and future usefulness of this church. The continuance of the present state of affairs must be fatal to both. For these reasons and others the at- titude of my family, andIbelieve of others, has beena passive one. Even last spring when it seemed that the in- terests of the church demanded that Mr. Arthur be opposed. we did not maintain opposition. The Christian Endeavor which he has opposed has for the sake It was only society of peace, ceased to meet. when my wife’s church membership was assailed on‘November 14th, and when he at the annual church meeting on December 7th, deprived one-half of the members, of the church there present of their right to vote, that in self-defence we and some thirty others appealed to a codncil of the church. We desire to leave the troubles of Weston church in the hands of that council. W'e ask that opinions be suspended until that council looks into the facts. The ministers and churches compos: ing it are trusted by the public. The sessions of such councils are open to all. Let us leave the matter with them. ‘Yours Truly, . . 1 J. S. LANE.’ Weston, Jan. 11,1898. , The name of Mr. Chas. M.. An action which a coun5 ll’li INLEY AIDS SILVER Chandler Says the President Fa- vors International Bim‘etallism. , T0 RENEW NEGOTIATIONS Envoy “'ill Be Sent to Europe Again. He Says, After an Interview with Mr. MoKinley--Civu Servicd Debate ' Resumed in the House Yesterday. Washington, Jan. 11.—Senator Chan- dler had a conference with President McKinley yesterday upon the subject of bimetallism. and he said after the close of the interview: “The President stands firmly in favor of international bimetallism as prom— ised by the St. Louis platform. He con- siders the negotiations with the Euro- pean powers only temporarily suspend- ed, on account of the peculiar condition of affairs in India, and it is the Presi~ dent’s intention to again send his en- voys to Europe as soon as the condi- tions a1e_.favorable for continuing ne- gotiations.” Senator Chandler added the opinion that the President is as earnestly in favor of bmetalllsm—“the use of both metals as standard money”--as the” Senator himself. ' ,5' Cc\ THE HAWAIIAN TREA.TY 3') Annexation Bill Considered in Executive Session by the Senate. Washington, Jan. 11.—Acocrding .to arrangement, Senator Davis asked the Senate shortly before 1 o’clock yester- \ day to go into executive session to con- Sider the Hawaiian annexation treaty. There was no objection, and Senator Davis made the opening speech, which was an elaborate argument in favor of the treaty. It is the intention of the friends of annexation to content themselves with as few speeches as possible, and there- fore Senator Davis’ argument was com- prehensive in every particular. The friends of the treaty in the Sen- ate are in Washington, and expect to remain here. The return of Senator Foraker, who is a. strong advocate of annexation, is looked upon as an add— ing strength to the fight for the treaty. He will take a. large part in the run- ning debate and in answering the at- tacks of the opposition. Senator‘ Davis was interrupted by Senator Pettigrew, who said he wanted the question whether the treaty was to be discussed in executive or open ses- sion settled before the general debate began. This at once precipitated a dis- cussion, in which a number of Senators participated. PLACES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. Postmaster-General Tells What Ofiices Should be Excepted. Washington, Jan. 11.—-Postmaster- General Gary has sent to the Senate a. reply to5the resolution asking what po- sitions should be exempt from the classified civil service. He says: "In my judgment, the following po- sitions should be exempted from the rules governing the classified civil ser- vice, in addition to those of private secretary and confidential clerk of the Postmaster-General and unskilled la.- borers, which are now exempt: “Chief clerk of the Postoffice Depart— ment, distributing clerk, appointment clerk, private secretary and chief clerk to each of the four Assistant Postmas— ters-General, private secretary and COnfidential clerk to the Assistant Post- master-General for the Postofiice De- partment and confidential clerk to the chief postoffice inspector. postal-card agent, five postoffiee inspectors, watch- men, firemen, assistant messengers, pages, laborers of all kinds and char— women. ' “In the postofilces throughout the country I would recommend the follow- ing exceptions: “Superintendents or clerks in charge of carrier stations, assistant cashiers, private secretaries and stenographers to the postmasters in the larger offices, mesysengeis porters, cleaners, janitors, watchmen and laborers” CIVIL SERVICE IN THE HOUSE. More Representatives Attack the Re- form System. Washington, Jan. 11.—The Civil Ser- vice debate was resumed in the House yesterday. ' Mr. Cooney (Dem., Mo.) opposed the whole Citril Service reform idea, which he denounced as a. cheat and a narrow swindle. A Civil Service pension list and office—holding class. he argued, were logical and inevitable if it was to continue. Mr. Dorr (Rep., W. Va.) followed with a set speech in opposition to the law. Mr. Cox (Dem., Tenn.) said he was so utterly opposed to Civil Service reform that he would vote to strike out the appropriation for’ the commission and for the repeal of the law. Mr. Lit- tle (Dem., Ark.) antagonized the prin- ciple, theory and practice of the law. No Successor to liIajor Handy. Washington, Jan. 11.—-While the mat- ter has not been definitely. decided, it is said that the President probably will not nominate a successor to the late Moses P. Handy, as Special Commis- sion to the Paris Exposition. The rea- son for this is that the work for which Mr. Handy was selected has been brought so well along that the subject may be turned over to the regular Ex- position Commission, for which Con- gress is expected to provide during the present session. Cornell’s Ultimatum. Ithaca, N. 37., Jan. 11.—The Cornell Athletic Council considered Yale’s new challenge yesterday afternoon. The opinions of several of the council Were sounded, and seem to be unanimous in favor of declining Yale’s conditional challenge. One of the council members is known to be'advocating that Cor- nell take the firm stand for an “open regatta. on a fair course and no favors.” . Prince Bismarck Nearly Well. London,~Jan. 10.——A dispatch to the Standard from Berlin says Prince Bis- marck is comparatively well again. Answeringthe inquiry of an old Ital- ian friend, he wrote. “I am suffering r1 om pain in my joints, but otherwise urn nual-l "
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