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WEEKLY !.N()RWAIJK ' GAZ-E'PTE.
LOCAL NEWS.
John Condon has moved from Meri-
den to South Nor-walk. - .
Miss Miner :1 Kyle of South\
has returned from a visit in White
Plains. N. Y.
Miss” 1%myI: Bitter of Philadelphia isa
guestof her siste1.Mrs.lA11a Long-
street of l) ast V01 11 alk.
The ladies of the First Congrega’
tionalchurch will give a supper and
entel tainment in the near future.
\fli-. Mabel .\_'l:1the1 of Newark, N.J..
has been a guest of 2111s. William Mil-
-ler ol Haviland stteet. South Norwalk.
\orwalk
Miss Margaret Tammany, of Monroe
street, has been entertaining Miss An-
nie Garvey, of Danbury.
Miss Elizabeth 1111161 and Miss Lena
Mora-n, of Danbury, are guests of the
Misses Miller, of Chapel street.
Mrs. W. Pryorand daughter Helen,
of Holyokc, Mass, are guests of Mrs.
J. P. Nickerson, of West Main street'
County Commissioner Miller has re-
(.01 e1 ed from his illness and hasresum-
ed his official duties.
Mrs. Louis V011 Gal,
walk. u"; 10 has been visiting her mother,
Mrs. George 13:1 rley, of Wooster street,
Ilanbury has returned home.
The officers of Buckingham Post, G.
A. R. will be installed next Monday
evening.
Douglas Fowler l’ost..G. A. R. kept-
open house on New Year’s day and
treated all callers to a fine luncheon.
- Edward 1. Hill and Miss Adelaide
(.lodson were married Saturday night-
bv Rev. F. \V. Norris.
New Y car‘s day w as quietly observ ed
in this city. Thcie werecomparatively
few coalls made. The old time custom
of making New Year's calls is seeming-
ly a thing of the past.
A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
John Toothill of Ann street, South
N orwalk.
Miss Iuliai Stow of South Norw alk
has taken a position as :a teacher in the
blast Nor walk public school succeeding
Miss Filling of Danbury, resigned.
Rev. Charles E. Benedictof Bayside,
L. 1., is visiting his parents in East
Norwalk. '
The marriage of Henry Thornton
Prowitt and Miss Marion Hebbard, for-
merlyIIof N orwalk, will take place at
the home of Miss Hebbard in Tarboro
N. C‘. on February 2-.
Mrs. James E. Forbush, of Berkeley
street, presented her husband with a
nine and a half pound son early Satur-
day morning.
Georgd T. Carr, a well—known black-
smith, died at his home in Cranbury,
Friday afternoon, in the 78th year of
his age. His wife and one child sur-
vive him.
Morris VVoodruff died at Wilton. on
Friday, aged 27 years. The remains
were taken to New York. The funeral
took place this-morning from the late
home of the deceased at 2.7 East 22d
street.
Mrs.
son, Vi'ard, of South
visiting Rev. and Mrs.
Alstyne of Brooklyn.
Captain Walter W. Minor of the
steam tug Joseph Stickney and Miss M.
A. Finch ongnsonia, were visitors at
the home of Mrs. F. M. Wheeler on
Betts’ place, East Norwalk on New
Year’s. -
Mrs. Frederick Johnson left Stamford
on Saturday for her home' in East Hart-
ford after having feund her son, Albert-
Dolas, for whom she had .been search-
ing 16 years. She had not seen him
since 1881, when’she was deserted by
her husband in Poughkeepsie, N. Y».
Attorney Davis of Danbury has made
application to Juoge Thayer for the
appointment of a receiver for Vilar’d-
['1
Norwalk, _ are
George Van
_ _ well Bros.( Lo., contractors, of Danbury.
it is a stock company of $20,000 capital
. and both brothers join in the applica-
tion. . ._
M is. Thomas Benedict, J1. ., has re-
turned to New York, after spending
the holidays with relatives in East
Nor-walk. ‘She was accompanied by
Mrs. Howard‘Holmes‘,_who will spend
a few days in New York as her guest.
devDe11uty Slierifl‘ Bolster, of Stam-
ford is dangerously ill, at his home of
pneumonia, Aboutaweek ago he was
taken with an attack 'of grip and, al-
though he took every precaution, the
attack developed into his present dan-
His eldest son is slowly
rcdove11ing"'from the disease.
Mr. Charles A. Acton died at his
home on West avenue, Saturday after-
noon, in the 6 )th year of his age. The
funeral will be held to—morrow' after-
noon at 3:30 o’clock. The interment
will be at Riverside. He leaves a wife
and two sons, Dr. W. F. Acton manager
of the Street Railway line and Dr.
Charles H. Acton, of New York.
.. The Arion Singing society held a jol-‘
lilication Friday night and served, re-
a roast pig -
freshments in abundance,
being the particular piece de resistance
As the pig was a small one the resist-_
ance was in favor 'of the appetite of
those who were given an opportunity .
It was;
. cendiary’. Ir
to test “the fruit of the Stye.”
a great occasion for the Arions.
of South Nor-
nue,
George R. Van Alstyne and-
structure
stalls for the high bred horses which:
Aside from this there
John F. King of Brooklyn is visiting
' in South}; Nor walk.
William \Veavcr is visiting friends
in Patterson. I
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
James Farrell on the last day of the
y car 1897.
Mrs. Helen Holmes, of East N01 walk,
and Henry D. W'right, of East“ Ly orwalk,
were married in Danbury on Saturday
by Rev. Dr. Bowdish.
The engagement of John VV.- Beatty
of the firm of J. T. Prowitt C0.
Miss Anna Woodward, daughter of
Judge 'Asa B. Woodward. is announced.
The Old Well Hook and Laddcrcom-
pany enjoyed a feast ofstewcd‘and fried
oysters at the truck house on Friday
evening. The feast, it is said, has
“caused an advance of ten tents a quart
0n the price of my sters.
John Feeborn Lockwood, a retired
business man of Huntington, L. I., died
in his home Monday night. Mr. Lock-
wood was eighty-seven years old, and
for years was in the marble business.
Mr. Loekwood w is born at Norwalk,
Conn., and wasa son of David Lock-
wood, who was a soldier in the wai of
1812.
Mrs. Eliza (Idle-Ambler, wife of wu-
liam A. Ambler died at her home on
Union Park,Wednesday morning, aged
63 years. The funeral will be attended
from her late home to-morrow after-
noon at 2 o’clock. The deceased had
been in poor health for a number of
years, but. not confined to her bed until
the last few weeks. A kindly mother
and a lovable wife, she will be sadly
missed by those near and dear to her.
,Of a companionablc and happy disposi-
tion, her demise will cast a sorrow on
the hearts of those who enjoyed her
friendship. A Christian spirit has de-
parted and is at rest.
Capt. “Eph” Merritt- at his boat
house on 'Watei street-‘15: building a
sailing craft that he anticipates will
make all boats of its inches, in calm or
storm, follow other than attempt to
lead. The boat, has a 20-foot keel, :1
length over all of 24 feet and {13-foot
over-hang. Her extreme width will
be something like 8 feet 6 inches. The
craft Will be cat-rigged. Such old
mariners as Captains ‘ ‘Ike” and George
Selleck and “Ed” Beers watch its con-
struction with interest, but fail to com-
mit themselves other than to say that:
her lines are good and she is being
staunchly built.
Early Wednesday the attention of
‘ . David M. Finch who lives on First ave-
Jast Norwalk was attracted to the
kicking of his horses, some seventeen
in number at the stables not far from
his home.
This was near
o’clock.
Jumping from his bed he
the-11101111 of three
ran to {1.
window and saw that his barn was
afire.
He as expeditiously as possible gave
the alarm of fire, and connected :1. gar-
den hose with the hope of extinguish-
ing the flames which 'he saw was using
its best endeavors to eat up - the build-
ing, within the confines of which were
seventeen horses, not to mention the
several trucks, harnesses, etc.
A young man-who soon ‘aftcr’discov-
ered the blaze, ran to the Mayflower
H. and L. company’s house and by right
of a member without a key pushed in
the dcor,’and in short order a connec-
tion was made with the hydrants and
a futile attempt made to save the barn.
In' the meantime . efforts had been
made for theufirescue of property with
the result that live horses of the sev en'-
teen within the confines of the stable
were rescued. ' '
Much credit in this iespe‘ct is due to
John Finch and William Morris, \1 he
did all in their power in an intelligent
manner to save life. '
This morning a. (.lAZE'l‘TE reporter
visited the. scene of-the fire and it re—
minded him ofacharnel 'such as has
been written of but ought not be spoken
of. ,
There were
roasted toldeath.
as they had fallen in their stalls.
1 Scattered -_abcut 01-
with adjacent sheds and
Mr. Finch kept.
was a large amount of-cliains, wagons,
etc, used in the. general trucking busi-
ness. .
During the fire M". FiInrh’ sr esidence
perhaps a bundled feet away from the
burning_ barn was threatened with de-’
struction. . _ '
Prompt- action on the- part of the
Mayflowers who succeeded in getting
two streams on the same. saved the
building beyond a- scorching.
The loss is estimated at something
like $10,000 and is but partially covered
by an insurance said not to be in er
cess of $4, 000. ' . ,
It was evidently the work 01 an 'i‘n-
and
twelve horses lite .‘ally
' services.
.The so-callcdibarn was a two-story.
Annie M. Gartland, of West-port,
still hopes to get a license for a saloon
in her building in that towh. The
County commissioners know, she hasn‘t
the slightest chance. The applicant,
however, has employed counsel.
The history of this case is unidue.
Originally, Timothy Dailey applied for
a license in the Gartland building, and
was opposed by a solid array .of‘ citizens
Who thought it an unsuitable place.
Mrs. Gartland, of whom he intended to
rent, assisted him with her testimony,
but the commie sionei s declared the
place unsuitable. '
When the decision of the commis-
sioners was announced on Dec. ,1, M r.
Dailey partly gave notice that he would
appeal to the courts, as provided by
law. It was right here that his appeal
went astray and he was unable to pros-
ecute it.
The law says that the appeal must be.
filed with the clerk of the court on the
next return day following the day the
commissioners their dccisiOn.
which in this instance would be Tues-
day, Dec. 7. Mr. Dailey supposed that
he had thirty days to file his appeal and
give
he allowed the legal time to .apse.
In order to get around this, however,
these who were interested in securing
the license in Saugatuck induced lili 5.
Anna M. Cartland,
building where it was proposed to lo-
cate the saloon, to make application.
But here they fell up against another
the oWner of. the
snag in the law.
The section whlch covers that point
says that the county commissioners
shall not grant a license to a person
applying to sell 'in a place “here it has
already been refused. The law is man-
y and there is no getting around
dator
it.
In this connection the commissioners
thought they ought not even to receive
an application from another person. It
was argued by some that the applica-
tion should be received/and advertised
and then formally refused.
The commissioners did not take this
view of it but in order to be sure they
asked their counsel, Paige 8.1. Car-roll,to
give them an'opinion. The opinion was
handed to the commissioners Monday
morning and it sustains the position
they took. Hereafter, unless some one
takes the trouble to test the matter in
the courts no application will be re-
(-eived within a year to sell liquor at a
place which has already been pro-
nounced unsuitable.
’1 ‘OOIF'
Charles A. Acton. ,
[JOMMUNICATEDJ '
The departure of this excellent citi-
zen leaves his adopted Norwalk debtor
to a splendid memory.
The late Mr. Acton was attracted
some twenty-one years since to Fair—
field county and for scvera 1 seasons
found, in New Canaan, a summer
.home near to that of his friend, the
late John Patterson, who was a cougen-
in}. spirit and a grancuyg 10011 map. The
t1. 0 high minded, whole souled friends
and men of ele 'ated character-princi-
ple enjoyed each other-is society for
many years and after the former came
toNorwalk the close intimacy remained,
until death rent it}, unsundered. Both,
having bequeathed examples which
rise to the height of great models, are
(now at rest.
I The Norwalk life of Mr. Acton, who
was a brother of Hon. Thomas C. Acton
of national reputation, has been that -
of, 1:11 gcly, leisure and somewhat of in-
firmit‘y. but his earlier history is the
record'of conspicuous industry, enter-
prise and success. His busidess career
was noteworthy and be was for a long
times pillar in, and tieasurcr of,
of the ecclesiastical societies of the Me-
tropolis, his management of the finances
of which society was masterly. He was
an Episcopalian of the olden school who
loved his church and, who, upon. arriv-
ing in Norwalk, united himself to St.
Paul’s
wife, took great comfort in its orderly
mourn one of the fondest of human par-
cuts as this town lamttnts the less of
one of 115 most eminent and honored
residents. May it be N01 walk" gool
fortune to find an equally valuable
foster-son to take the genuinely and
sturdily worthy dcceased’s place. "
A-A
“ 7
As Miss Alice Fitch was coming‘ out
of the iVoman’s Exchange to take a
West av enue trolley, Tuesday, evening
she slipped on thcice and fell She was
assisted to her feet and placed in the
car, but almost immediately fainted
away. VVhenl'the car reached theresi-
deuce of Dr. L. N. Phinney, Conductor
Vi’illiams assisted Miss Fitch into the
physician’s office. She was consider~
ably shocked by the fall and one of’thc
small bones in her wrist was found to
be broken. Dr. .Phinney rendered
medical aid and later Miss Fitch was
able to be taken to her home on Spring-
wood avenue.
' day;
one
parish, and with his devoted I
He has left a. family who.
Annual Report of the Shell
Fish ,Commlssioners.
O
The annual report. of the, shell lish
commissioners was made public Men-
The members of' the board are
George C. Waldo of Bridgeport, Chris-
tian Swart tz. of South Norwalk,
George ..W Hallocx of New Haven.
The clerk. Attorney A. Mci‘ Mathew-
n
and
son of.New Haven.
The engineer employed by the Board
is David C. Sanford. ; The state inspec-
tor of National Oyster Beds is William
A. Lewis of Bridgeport.
The repert contains a great deal of
interesting information in reference to
one of the m0st important industries of
the state. Some of the facts gleaned
from its 125 pages follow:
The oyster police of the spite are
David Risley, New Haven: Albert W.
Baldwin, Milford; P. A. Persson,
Bridgeport; Andrew S. Mill‘s, Roway-
ton: Albert F. Palmer, South Beach.
The inspectors of mud dumping are:
Thomas E. Benedict for New Hrven,
Fred 1“. Brown for Bridgeport, Fred
A. Lewis for VVestport, Charles E.
frey for Five Mile River and Norwalk.
Oscar S.
and ('os Cob, Benjamin Marshall for
Stamford, Henry Peters for Greenwich.
The number of steamers engaged in
‘31 0d-
"1’oung for 'vVilson’s Cove
the oyster business in the sound is 78,
of which ‘21 are owued in New Haven.
Bridgeport 14, New
(_»lrcenwich 3, Pat”
.j.)
.4.”
Norwalk has
York 7, Milford-ml,
chogue, L. 1., 1. Port Jefferson, I... L,
1, Greenport. L. l..‘ l. Stamford 1,
Stony Creek 1. New London I, and
Providence 1-.
Henry J. Lewis of" Bridgeport owns
the greatest number of stear.ers, four,
with Henry 1". Rowe f." Co. and
J. Smith N‘Sons of. New Haven next
with three each.
. The total number of acres devoted to
the. culture of oysters is 66,7457. Henry
C. Rowe & (.‘o. of. New Haven are the
largest ownerstith an acreage of 8,
756.7 and the Henry J. Lewis ,company
of Stratford next with an acreage of
8, 4' 1-1.- ".
Under the. statute of 1803 the follow—
ing grounds have reverted to the state
for the failure to pay the tax due for
five consecutive years or more:
L. a. J. L. Bradley, New Haven, 12;
Vi’illiam Bryan, Branford, 100; Silas B.
Byxbee. Not-walk, 34: John R. Cadmus,
Norwalk, 46.6: Charles Vi’. Davis,
Greenwich,7.2z John L. Delano,Grccn-
«1.1., :1; John W. Fowler, Milford, 400;
Delos E.
liam Lit-foe, Orange, ’ 22.41. iVilliam
Moore, Norwalk,"51; 1051177529..
The financial statement. of the board
is as follows:
Receipts; Taxes coller ted!‘l 8'13. .32.:
deeds of new oyster grounds. $830. 7'10;
boat licenses, $12: boat licepses in Hous-
atonic 1 iver, MB. 50', deeds,
$28: total, $3,800.32.
Disbursements—vSalaries and expen-
ses of the commissioners, $1,250; A
McC. Mathewson, salary as clerk, .551,-
40 James A. Jones, auditor, Cl310' E
recording
:2;
Adv auccs to shell fish commissioners
—--l‘-lngiue-;1r sedepartmem, $251; office
expenses $15.90;" .of
landmarks, $1,277.54; Ibuoying natural
oyster beds, $798.94; inspection of mud
dumping!$1,195.91; inspection of natur-
,:1l oyster beds, $400; oyster police, $2,-
836.6li miscellaneous expenses, $114.81;
preservation
taxes, $444.82; boat licenses, $68.13:
total, $10,582.04.
In the report on special “matters the
pamphlet ‘eads: '
.In the matter of buoyingi natural beds
designated by the state for that pur-
pose, the commiSsion pointed .out- in
their report a year agogthatw the funds
which areone-half of the money receiv-
ed from boat licenses. would be likely
to prove inadequate, and such has been
the case this year; Moreover, some of
the bills for steamer hire,
the. work of' last year, .were not Pen:-
dercdvtill this year. and have helped
to swell the expenditure neecssarv this
The commission was compel-
belonging to
season.
led, in order to meet the requirements
of this work,‘ to appeal to ”the state
boardlof control (the governor. the
treasurer and the comptroller) for re-
lief, and an additional sum of $400 was
granted by the board. But for that
concession there could'havc been no
set in the fall of 1897.
The. cry for the resetting-of these
bums is constant, both from the ms-
termen who work- upcn the natural
beds and from the owners of grounds
state buoys
adjacent thereto... The fact- that the
I urday,
Franklin, Milford, 100; 'Wil- - -
. week.
L.- W'ells,auditor 1110; total, 12.61839;-
I. merit and the consumers.
state does this work at all leads all
parties to rely upOu it, and the planters
are less liable to keep their owu buoys
up upon the natural .bed boundaries,
claiming. with considerable truth, that
Only the state buoys will be respected.
Owing to the 'utter impossibility of
keeping all these beds buoyed all the
time, the commission has been com-
pelled—to disregard many of the calls
for the resetting of buoys, and has only
done what in its judgment, the condi-
tions most imperatively demanded.
_.______“.,____ .
. Il-‘acts About l898.
The year 1898 begins and ends on
Saturday.
It will have six eclipses, of which
only Jan. '2’ and Dec. 27, will be visible
to North America.
Lincoln’s birthday will fall on Sat-
and Washingtons birthday on
Tuesday, Decoration Day and Fourth
ofJuly on Monday and Christmas on
Sunday.
Labor Day will be Sept. .3. Thanks-
giving should be Nov. 24.
First Sunday in Lent, Feb. "7.1”:11111
Sunday, April 3.
10. _
The Jewish year 565:) will begin
sunset of Friday, Sept. 16.
On July 4 the 123d year of American
Independence will begin.
Caster Sunday, April
’1-
at
The four seasons will begin on these
days in 1808: Spring, March 20; sum-
mer, June 21; autumn, Sept. 22; winter.
Dec. 21.
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Westport.
I Mr. James Dotten died Monday
morning at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Henry E. Sherwood, on West
avenue, of pneumonia, the fatal feature
of which “'11.: c atai ilial bronchitis.
was born in Falmouth, Nova Scotia,
and had he. survived until Sunday next
would have been 80 ye: us of age. Of a
family of nine. children, four remain,
Mrs. Sherwood, who 'is the youngest;
Mr. James Dottcn of New York, Mrs.
Glover of Brooklyn and the Rev. Mil-
ton Dotten, rector of an Episcopal
church in Riverside. state of California.
The latter married a daughter of the
late W. W. Holcomb of Bridgeport.
During the “administration of
dent Lincoln, and for many years pr- —
vious,
pation of ship carpenter in the-navy
;ard at Brooklyn. Relinquishing it on
account of failing health, he removed
to Westport soon after 1870, Since
which time he had maintained a quiet
life. A .
’l'c‘fil-
BIG FISHERSES COMBINE.
Twenty Corporations Absorbed by‘
an English Company.
Chicago, Jan; 3.—Ed1win Corbin, of
Chicago, has effected a. combination of
the twenty corporations controlling" the
fresh water fisheries of the great lakes
of the United States and Canada.
The deal was consummated at a. se-
cret conference ‘held in this city, last
The entire amalgamation is
taken over by an English company
capitalized at $5. 000, 000. The 'cash con-
Isideration is $2 .500, 000, represented by
debenture bonds, underwritten in Eng-
land and by a. group of Dutch bankers,
headed by Noordyne, of Amsterdam,
Holland. '
The new oxganizatlon will control
the distribution of 160, 000, 000 pounds of
fish per annum, and W111 operate and
Establish cold storage plants in Newl
Yerk, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Sandus-
ky, Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, Milwau-
kee, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Pitts—
burg, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth,
Kansas City, St. Louis and Denver,
and freezing plants at the fishing sta-
tions throughout the chain of lake sI'
and on Lake Winnipeg. Manitoba.
The parties interested deny that “the
’ company will operate in any sense as
a trust, and maintain that it will re-
..sult in' great benefit to the govern-
inas-much as
the former will be Isaved hundreds of
thousands of dollars annually spent in
replenishing and preserving the fish-
eries, and the latter by maintaining a.
reasonable price at all.seasons of the
year.
Miss Willard M‘ur'b Better. V
Janesville, Wis., Jan. 4..——Miss
Frances E. Willard was much better
yesterday and she left her home, in Ev-
anston, at noon. Her condition is
such, however, that she will be'com-
polled «to take a vacation. When she
fully recovers she will go to New York
and Boston in the interest 1 of the
Woman’s Temple. Within the next six
weeks 'she will go 'to England, where
she will be the guest Of Lady Henry
Somerset. The European trip was
planned for last fall, but was post-
poned because of Miss Vi’illflard 5 poor
health.
1—-
Reception for Gov. Grlg‘gs.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 3.—-No date has
been set as yet for the reception to be
given for Gov. Griggs and his succes-
sor, Senator Voorhees; The reception,
at the request of those to be honored,
will be informal. The function will be
entirely a. political one—an opportunity
for the people to take formal leave of.
fife Attomey-General-elect..
A joint cbmmittee of the Legislature
will manage the reception and probably
will set the date on the second Tuesday
of this month. The Governor and Sen-
ator Voorhees will receive their friends
=11 the executive chamber. -
Alleged Embezzler Found.
Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 4,—Vi’.iliiam,
J. Pope, formerly teller of the First
National Bank of Louisville, who was
charged with embezzling $60, 000 front
that institution in‘ 1891, is in this city'.
It is generally believed in Louisville
that Pope died several years ago in
the East. A_ detective has been put on
Pope’ s trail, and his anbst is expected
soon.
I
He_
Mr. Dotten followed the orcu-~
BRYAN RETURNS FROMgME'XlCO.
I Has Been Making a. Study of 1114,.Ec0-
nomie Conditions. K.
Austin. Tex., Jan. 3.—William Jen‘-
nings Bryan, accompanied by Mrs.
Bryan and (ex—,Gov. Crittenden, of Mis-
souri. were in the city Saturday, en
route home from Mexico. Mr. Bryan
has met, in his journey from the Mex-
ican capital. a series of ovations not
surpassed by those accorded him dur-
ing his late candidacy.
A public receptién was tendered the
party Saturday at the home of ex-
Gov. Hogg, and in the evening Mrs.
Bryan assisted Mrs. Gov. Culberson in
the New Year’s reception at the Exec-
utive Mansion.
The silver leader went to Mexico to
make a study of the economic condi-
lions of that country. Regarding his
trip he said:
“I found Mexico a land of sunshine
and surpassing verdure. ts climate
at this season is incompaiable Mrs.
Bryan and myself are much benefited
by the trip.
“The Government of Mexico is con-
trolled by more progressive ideas than
we generally suppose in this country.
Its President is an administrative'ofii-
cer of rare sagacity and tact. and in-
sures the autonomy of his Government
and anticipates its rebellious elements
by his own remarkable personality.
“My reflections on the economic con—
ditions in Mexico will be given to the
public at a later date, probably in lec-
,tures- and essays. I went to Mexico to
satisfy a personal Curiosity and to an-
alyze for myself the. cause of her non-
prog’ressiveness. I have done this to
my satisfaction, and shall be prepared
before long to answer. the charges of
the gold men, that our sister republic
is the victim of er system of finance.
. “In the fulnesa of time the people
shall know the truth. I want to say to
them now. however, that no parallel
can be drawn between that country
and ours under similar monetary poli-
cies. and the ills that beset Mexico may
be traceable to other elements in her
internal organism.
“I shall preach with new vigor~the
silver cause in the future, and shun
live to see the day when the people
will think and act for thcii better-
ment, independent of intern atlonal
agreement.”
FlGHT OVER THE TREATY.
Hawaiian Annexation “an a Hard
Road to Travel.
VVashingtou. Jan. -—As the time
draws near for the consideration of
the treaty for the annexation of Ba-
11:1,ii it is appaient that a number of
side issues will have to be (onsidered
by Congiess and the diplomatic rep-
resentatives. Some of them will amount
to but little, but all will tend to de-
lay the final settlement of the ques-
. tion.
’ The Japanese, the sugar growersnnd
dethroned royalty will want to be
heard. The Japanese have. or eon-tend
"to have, rights in the islands which
must be protected. and :ili'czidy they
are known to be interfering with a.
view of preventing, .if possible. the
adoption of any treaty that will in fu-
ture shut them out of the islands.
Queen Lil and her followers are still
leading the forlorn hope that she may,
by book or. crook, be restored to the
throne, or if that cannot be, they are
willing to have her niece recognized.
and back of these aspirants are said
to be a. number of so-catlled royalty
sy mpathizers.
The indications point to a stubborn
contest when the treaty is laid befiore
the Senate. If Senator iii’hite of Cal-
ifornia can have his way, it will be de-
bated in open session. .
GOV.- CULBERSON IN THE FIELD.
' for the Senate to Silt-cecal Mills.
i Dallas, Tex., Jan. 3..—Gov Charles A.
ICulberson, in a 3,000- word addtess to
the people of Texas, ha 5 formally an—
neunced that he is a. candidate for the
;United States Senate to asutceed Roger
’.Q Mills.
Gov. Culberson commits himself un—
reservedly to the Chicago platform of
1896,. including free-coinage at the pres-
ent ratio of 16 to '1: favors limiting
the powers of the Federal Ljudiciaryi
attacks vigorously the pension policy
pursued by the Federal Government;
advocates the election of the United
States Senators by a direct vote of the
people; declares himself anree trader,
'so far as the Federal Constitution will
possibly admit of such a policy, and
is particularly severe in his denuncia—
tion of speculation in cotton futures
and promises, if elect-.ed to work for
the enactment of laws to piohlbit it.
He favors recognizing the belligeient
rights of Cuba, but is emphatic in his
opposition to the annexation of Ha—
waii or any other Similarly situated
territory. He also favors an amend-
ment to the Constitution. so that Can-
guess may pass laWs for the collection
of an income tax.
KNEW STEAMERS FOR ALASKA.
The Canadian Pacific \Vin Put on
Tvvo Vessels to Fort “'rnngell.
London, Jan. I3.—The London mana—
ger of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
.(onfirms the report that the company
has boughlt from the Union Steamship
1line the steamers Tartar and Athen—
ian, formerly the favorite liners in the
South African Mail service. It is be—
‘ lieved they have been picked up cheap
and it is certain that they are well
adapted for their work, which is the
establishment of regular freight and
passenger communication 1between
\ ancouver and Fort Wrangell, at the
mouth of the Stekeen River.
l Each will do the trip within three
days. They will start for Vancouver.
gvia the Cape of Good Hope, in Feb—
ruary, and in all probability will take
out a fair number of passengers. as
the company is arranging to boom
them as the safest and cheapest means
of getting to the Klondike.
! _‘ ..
i Hanna Four Votes Short.
i Columbus, 04,, Jan. 3.~—The result of
the Republican caucus held Saturday
night showed that Senator Hanna’s
nominees for legislative offices are
' short three votes in the House and one
in the Senate. The opinion prevails
that Mr. Hanna. will be short four votes
'E-n joint ballot. His friends however,‘
“iim that he will come out success-
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