11111111561 Which John H.
11 a " Member, Says That
Will be tho Only Solution
0f the Difficulty.
1 RTFORD. April liiM'I‘hc joint
lttoe of nine members, consisting
senator and eight ropresenta-
rum each county, appointed
1 ,neral Aadembly or 1899 to
W 1 at the subject of voting much-
11 methods bl balloting. made
1111,1111 morning. through
Light, to the Judiciary Com-S
The rbpor't is signed by John
C. Cr Hardin and Hem v
o orl state‘s that the commit-
many citizens and voting
modules At the hearings
median; including the Aus—
1190 WASHINGTON STREET
South Norwalk.
waWfl-wflwm
amine the machine and report upon it
W. applopriation bill passed vasterdny bc
' , minor details.
m»...
to the secretary of state. _
4—11 the report is favorable the ma—
chine may be used at elections. Each
commissioner is entitled to $150 for his
services in such report, to be. paid by
the company interacted.
5——.A voting machine to be approved
must be so constructed an to provide
for voting for at least seven parties.
6~—A11y. town, city. or borough may
adopt and purchase for use at elections
any voting machine approved by the
state hoard of commissioners. Differ-
cnt machines may be adopted for dis-
tricts I11 the same town. city or bor-
ougb.
7~Whon any town. city or borough
shall haw» adopted any voting machine
the secretary of state shall prescribe
all necessary rules and rgc alatIona.
8~Al| acts inconsistent with
one arr1 hereby repealed.
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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
HARTFORD. April 18—Mr. Chandler
:Jél‘hompson. created a stir In tho
i
this
H use toda1 by obiciting to the high
ary paid the attomoy gcnor'ml and
by asking that the general 1.1.x \ccutlw
sent back to the committee on this“
account,
Mr. Chandlcr said: “The lcudcncy
of this state is to increase cxpcnscs
111i around and my constlucnts arr ash-
method, were suggested to
e evils of the present ayatcm '
“he aiibstitnics reco11111111nded,"
were open
tiona as the existing syslclll,
Ii committee is of the opinion
achinc nlonc oh’crs the only
oi ion of the llIl'Ili 11ll1 It seems
yoligh the. time had come for Coir
talc , to take some stand I11 farm of
form without doing violence In
11111111111111 conaclvallmn. "
be apart calls attention to the 111111
, e present gives politicians of
' tiles opportunities to mislead
s, by sending ballots purport-
1111.- correct through the mails.
lads contrary to the spirit of the
' blit'ls not punishable under its Ici-
The law should I111 so amcndcd as
event cverytihng oi the kind. This
he done by loqulring the stair to
1111 ballots used at OIfKtIOIIS and
qulrlng the towns and municipal-
to' pay for all ballots used in lholi'
Ions. We do not rccmumond thc
tidn of the poster. and would 11111.11
itpnsters to be used in the booths.
'ewonld require that every rotor
lg his ballot for himself. “'11 can
no good oi Silfllilt‘lll rcason for
hiring the volcr to soul his 11111 clopc
.ecommend the laissagc of tlic
paying a« ta.
0 bills accompanied (In1 1":11pml
giving the accrctau of plate the
gill: to print ballots and non granting
tidal option for use of voting machv
. new ballot law is I11 lu'lci as l'olA
, lilon I~AII ballots used at any cl-
11 held undel thc pro1ision of
ha thi‘ CCXIII. oi the public .11 to of
'97 as umoudcd by t‘liaplcr 2117 oi
Of 1899 shall I111 prinicil by lhi1
tory of state.
Wilda B—Nomlualions for all oili-
l‘etlulred to be voted at any elec-
shall be forwarded to tho sci-rc-
0! state at least fifteen days how
11111111 day of election. by tbc1 prcsld-
i113 nicer of ovary caucus.
. action 3~—'l‘l1e sci'rciary shall l'ur-
' to the town clcxk of cm l1 lo11‘.n or
.or horO‘ugh 1-.ourt at INN 11111 days
More elicit 1-.lection ballots for 1111111
‘ lllcal partr.m11l1lna no 11111.1tlons
11 l to the entire number of names on
BBIBil‘y list of 1.111 l1 io11l1cit1 or
cash. 'lhc clerks shall notif1 tth
tary at least lhlci-1 nooks bri'orc
.1 ay of election 11 but number of bal-
“are needed. and such ballots shall
all! for bv the municipality to-
they are i‘nrnishcd.
on d—Jl'he town cloth 01 city 01
rovlded by law. the ballots re-
‘ ,1. him and the booth tenders.'
charge of them during auch
up; and allow each voter to take
, ' lot or each party. and no more
‘ other ballots Shall 1111 used and ii
ahall not be counted. provided that'
titer may change. his ballot by
any bathe therefrom or bv In»
in place of any name thereon
11113 or by pastor and such Dilb-
rumor be placed In the voting lioolln.
Winch b—All acts Inconalalonl with
t are repealed.
e voting maihlne bill r'rpoi icd has
following DIDVIHIOIIHI
There shall hr 11 11111111 board of
voting machine- comlnlualoncrs lo 1111
nted by the. governor. fol 11 1111111
11'. r year»: from July I 19111.
awycr. our mac hunk hi or
11.111111111111111 man.
voting machine company can
port
The commission shall 1.1x-
-~—~- 0.... .
Nicely Striped.
.or‘ find Nothing Else.
'Bicyclc Department
1 in charge of
A SAUNDERS
lo the' pcnsca of tho attorncy gcncr.al
. list] clelk shall deliver to thc ourI
A9118 booth tenders tht1 11111 clopca as,
9 commission ahall hr madc up,
» it; this atate board to oxumlnn lla'
les Enameled l:
asking what It all moans.”
Hi1 road from tho bill tho. items gir
1111 ill regard to the. salary and rx~
giving
. that olllclul 51.10011 for tin1 tw) roars.
and asked that an Itemized account
I111 scat to thc Ilouso rcgardin; ‘bis
"largo" cxpcndlturc. it was lot-our
milled in thc committcc. and an '1111111-
lzcd account will be returned.
'l‘hc abscncc of lioprcscntatlvc
Woodruli‘ of Orange. at a particular
limo this morning. caused a long dis-
'cus.11iou in the Houac and tht1 tabllng
of thc anti-telephone bill to the foot
of tho calendar. Mr. hing. wbcu thu-
11111111111111 was. called up. aslicd that it
lw tabled as Mr. Woodrud had so dr-
aircd it but was not present. Mr.
Gulliollc. and a numbcr of members.
wanlcd discussion today 011 the 111111111-
m'o, but nflcr a long contost it was put
01'111'.
The bill pcrinlitlng any odlccr oi
the stalc prison who has scrvcd twcnv
ty‘livc yours to be rclircd. war. rc.
jecicd
Tlic Canaan and iici'kahlro 111111111111
company is lncorooralcd by 11 favor-
ublc report not in by 11111 Railroad
Cnnuittcc today. 'I‘hi1 new company
is pcrmittod to manufacturc and Illi-
pcnsc gas, bcsldos clcctrlclty in ita
l1iisil1i1ss.
A favorabli' l‘i‘liiill \vaa submillvd I11-
corporatina lhc New Milford and War-
amaug Railway Company. .
'l‘hc pcliiion of (‘hurlcs N. ”11111111.;
for an cloctric railway botwccn Now
Huron and Derby. was- withdrawn.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
HARTFORD. April IS—In the Son-
1111' an important bill was passed. gir-
ing grcul powcrs to tho Consolidated
Lukc Supcrlor Power Company. it $201,-
ooopoo corporation 0'! which Hon.
Lyndc Harrison. of New ancnyis
prcsident ’1 I111 amendment passed to
11111 pcrmlts tl111 Bald company to (.111-
gngc in owning and operating rail
roads stonmsllips. sailing reason-1.11111
111111.11 11111111151. furnishing water and
Ilg.1 hi: to buy and sell all kinds of
stocks. bonds and securities: and it
may do busincss in thc United1 Stains
and i‘anudn, ’l‘hc company may in-
crcnvc lis capital stock as it sacs Ill.
but may not opcrutc I11 Connecticut
unlcss under 11 special charter.
l‘ho bill Is (11111 of the most lmpoi tum
111111111 passcd iliia scasioli.
'l‘hc (‘onunittcc on Railroads repo1t
It'd 1111f111o1al1i1 on an clcctiic railroad
beinccu Nougatuck and Seymour, as
<1lobody ni'ipcaicd fol it
’lhi1 Renato lncrcascd thc appropri-
ation I'm thc stntc ilr‘cmcns associa-
I lion from $8000 to Sin. 1100.
'l‘h11 poll and military tax bill 111111
111110 passe-d
WINTER‘PALACE BURNED.
lib) Ill IN April 18~Fiold Marshal
\on \Valdoisec reports that tho best
‘purt or the wintm' palucc at Pckin was
dcatro1cd by llrc ycatorday evonlng.
Goncr ai ‘1ch1vartzkopi met his death at
the fire the canoe.1 of which is not ex-
plain111l.llo adds that the French and
I Japanese troops gave the moat-prompt
,asslstnncc. ’I‘hc liold marshal and tho
Iothcr oincinla lost nearly everything.
A apcclnl doaputch from Klold to thc
Iiokal Anzciger aaya Idmpcrm William
rocclvcd thu1 hows of tho Pekln our
asicr on board lhc Kulsor Wilhelm ll.
11l1lic brouki‘astlng Illa iluijcaty was
1'i11lbl1 movcd
mm... -. ._..
BANKE OF ENGLAND STATEMENT
LONDON. Apill lliw‘l‘lu1 wcclily
vaiatonumt of tho Bank of Lapland
«hows the follouiug changca: Total
1 oncrvo increased. 451.765.0110; circula-
tion docroaaod. £483,000: bullion lu-
crcuaod. £I.:Iilii.08ti: other accurltloa
docroaacd. 21.269.000; other dopoaltn
dot-reamed 121.062.000: public deposlth
lucrouacd. 22.321. 000: notca rcacivo
increased £1,754 .;000 government ac-
curltica increased. 3191.000 The pro
portion of the. Bank or Englandu rd
1 curve to liability is (ii. iii per cent. built
'dlscount unchanged at l per real
STRIKE'TD BE SETTLED.
PITTSBURG. April lbw-Positive
coral-omclal statements have been
made by both aides that the strike at
the McKcaaport plant of the American
Bheel Steel Company will be declared
on before 2 o’clock this afternoon.
whanmo'roil April {roomm-
moat recolpta: From Internal revenue
3980.053;1.1181111111141180“)mlaceilan
at MoKooapoit. Is practically on today.
on a proportion
trouble at tho W.‘ Dowees Wood 11111111
and now requires only a settlement of
This gla cxbcctod to be
accomplished before nightfall.
' The 1.1111111111111111; it in said Ia bound
1}! made by John bu
rctt, of tho labo7 b reap of tho Amarl'
can Shoot Steel C mnanv, at the 111m
i’crcpce yesterday. The plan in lir“:
all man, with the (inception of Course
S Holloway. be reinstated at coco.
Holiowa ay a race will be taken up latcr.
and while his reinstat’cmnut iiuallvi 11.1
11111111111211 he will be anion-noon from
work for a pcilod as a. inattor oi diu-
cipline 111sultlng from a pal 11111111 lilii
culty between him and Siipcrlntondcnt
Smith.
Shortly after 12 o‘clock. John 81111
rott chief of tho labor bureau -' Moon
loan Shoot Company, accpnipunic.. by
William .I, ill-1111111111. oonnisel for tho
Amalgamalod Association. wont Into
secret scsaion with thd advisory board.
It in said that. Attoiruoy Brennan was
proscnl. for tht1 purpose of maklm a
draft of the pollen agi'cclnout that
would be a part of the outstanding con-
tracts of tho Amorlcan Shoot Stool
Company. \vhcn turnod over to the
United States Corporation.
NO NEWS OF PEKIN FIRE.
BERLIN. 1Aprll lilm'l‘ho Foreign Of-
llce has no for thcr details of tho Pokin
fire has no themy as to its origin and
is awaiting further information on tho
cubical
FLATTERY MADE IHE. MATCH.
um”..—
Poor Young Man Nina Rich Girl by
His Style of Proposing.
A short tlmc ago tin-1 engagcmcnt or
a North Clark utroct younr.1 man was
announced to an heiress of no small
amount of bank notca. real astute and
railroad bonds. H11 Worked at an in-
significant position down town and re.
colved on 1' $.15 a weak. and many there
worn who wondered how and by what
maunor of 11111111111 be» had won tho
heart of tho onvicd girl. says tho Chl-
caco Chronicle.
ills frirnds and her friends did won~
ulcr until a {1111' daya ago. but now tncy
know, of at lcust his frlcnds know,
at a dluncr, 11 bachelor uflulr.
sonlcd lo toll them how
about.
"You doc."
quite vain about 11 low rhinos. and
after thinking It all over I mapped out
11 111.111 of action. 01111 night when l was
sitting closc to bar bci’oro u dull-burn-
ing cralc that throw out a 11.111'
lllclicring 1111111111111 (11 light I full that
thc timi1 had coma for Inc to propose.
"llropplnr, bctorc hcr on 1111' linocs
I exclalmml in 1111' most passionatc
and alumni: 101111 that l Imcd he! and
that i would tluoa 11 1111' lortum- at hcr
feel.
be con-
it all camo.
\\‘l1,\' slu- said.
you had :1 forlunc.’
"Than I told l111r it would not take
lunch of a l'ortum1 to cover her tiny
foot That's the1 way I got 'nr. follows. ’
l dill not know
mAMUSEMENTSf—
April l5»-
Honors Brother:
. in “Rogers I.flf()lllt‘l‘> in
(ficutrai l’ark."
April 17—-
E. II. Sunburn and 00.
i ‘n‘HamIct ”
.\pril 18""- .
“The Balls of New
York " Company.
'l'udcr Herald Square
\lanagcnicm.
.\p1il 21):;AI'1—ll‘lfil’i-C't—‘Zlullil Night
Sousa and HI: Band.
April 20%.
Richard Mansfield
in “Henry \
$13.51;:
James J. Carbon
and
Tho Whirl Ran.
......
April
301-1-
Joupli Jefferson.
the stock is to lie sold at once
SCOFIELD
neck is was «iii. 44 per cent. Rate of
I
I
I
soon, 8141 849
Expenditures, '1, 620.-
for.
1.... sum. “I knew silo. was ,
Hyp uh BUNMEL 5 Hyperion.
Now-Haven.: * '.-
‘ 1 are all here.
Individual all; tion to ovary
garment
ll K111111112 8.8. 11x
LADIEB' Tf ILOR8.
47 North Main Street, Corner Ann.
ELEPITAPH OF A DRIJNKAI’lD.aw
Pray, who lieu hora? Why. don't you
know? '1"
”Tia htammcr lug, am
What. dcad at last
death
‘Iouid never stop hill long. long breath.
'.l‘1'11¢;.i.deiil:h ne’er throw lilo dart at
1 m, 1
But klllcd, like David, with a sling.
Whither he’s gone. we do not know.
With Spirits abovo or Spirits below——
lint it no former taste inherita.
Ho’s qualling in a woirld of spirits.
bring. boozy Jon.
i thought that
“Economy is a triathlon."
.... ...,..,,...
UNDERWEAR
Opportunity.
Fine French Balbriggan—
jcrscy ribbed. fancy strip-
cd: 1191 too expensive at 50
coats and 75 ccnls pcr gar-
1111-111, but all we ask is,”
Cents. ("crlaiillyu 11'11 havc
both llic shirts and tho
drawers,
1
Blue Serge Suits ii'or iiicill
iliccl)’ I'Ililili‘. will givc vci')
~alislnt‘ior1; Tllt'
pricc. $8.00. suggcsiivc
of a much clicapcr garmcui,
M'ryii‘c.
is
Negllge Shirts-"'lllllill‘ Ilii'cl1
111' pcrcaIc—mzs Cents. Just
think 111' it!
11. Gillian,
ll NORTH MAIN STREET.
South Norwalk
AMUSEMENTS
M111 1 am 2—4 '11
Maude Adams
'1 "l.'.1\iglou."
1111111111111 1
1111111 blunts.
We have bought of one of the
leading suit manufacturcrs. their
sample line of Ladics’ Tailor-made
Suits, Walking Skirts and Rainy
Day Suits. These goods were
bought at a great sacrifice, which
enables us to place them on sale
at a price as low as they have ever
been sold by the manufacturers.
There are no utyvo‘garments alike,
Silks.
We have in, stool: a lull Iine‘of
shades in the new Wash Tail'eta,
the most popular waist Silk oi the
season. Also the Oriental Water-
proof and Perspiration Proof Fast
Black Japanese Silk, nothing like
it for a summer dress. 27 inches
wide; price $1.00 per yard.
Writing P1111.
. Five hundred boxes of the cele-
brated Parson &_ Greene Co.’s
Choice Paper. regular 25c. quality
and no duplicates can be had.
EN ENTS.
I SIIIIIN SAIIIIIII,
I' udcr thc auspices of the
Ministering Circle K. D. of the
First Congregational Chnrch,
Will be‘aivcn
Wednesday. April 24
At the TL‘HIIII‘IIi't'
I8
of
MRS. FREDERICK BELDEN.
Tickets. 50 Cents.
.113 11
MI
1
St. Joseph’s T. i. B. Dramatic Club
Presents
11011 111111 10 so
(Direction of H. (Y. SmithJ
m
Hoyi's Theatre. Friday Em. April llllll
TICKETS. 35 CENTS.
Thin-ts may bc cxchangcd for re.
served scats on and 1111111 Monday.
.\I.'11 IO
Foxy Oulllor
with Jerome Sykes.
\lay 11—— '
John Draw
in "Richard Carri-I."
I " “‘ I
1,.\i;11 13.1.1. 15, \\1 cdnculay Mat I
I Illt' C
Andrew Mack.
May 21. 22. \'\'cdncsday Matinee.
Viola Allan ,
in “The l’alacc oi~ 1hrl
King."
May 254-
1710 Bostonians.
May 23..
N. c. Goodwin :
in “'i‘hc,1\lclcllunl 0i
GREAT "
Closing Out Sale
Dry Goods,
Carpets.
Furniture, etc.
.Owinz to the. death of Mr. Scofield of our‘l‘irm. the en-'
3an begins Saturday, March .9
acorn nonwutk. 13011111.
\I cuicc'
rt
regardless oi cosl
& HOYT,
April 15.111111 Hoyts
i‘bcatro office. South N0111'nll1.a11d I15
I)
- 31) p.111..
. Woods drug store Noiwaut.
1113 Iw
HOYT’S THEATRE.
SATURDAY. APRIL 20.
SARAH COWELL
LoMO YNE
in her Triumphant Success.
The honest Thing in the World
With a splendid Cast, Including:
Adclaldo 'l‘liuratcn, I’dnchon Campbell,
Mrs. Glcndonning, Cornclia Hunter.
11111111 O‘Mailcy. Charlca Stanley. Frank
llowson. Harold Russell. Frank lum-
dcr. John (llciiscnnlng. Waltor Thom-
as. Thomas Phillipa. Edwin James
John Mathews.
PRICES, 26c. 50c, 750. $1.00.
licaorvcd floats on 11an at Hoyt'o
'l'hcatrc, South Norwalk. and Wanda
drip,1 atoro. Norwalk. ii days In advance
of cacti performance.
‘1‘-
HOYT’ S THEATRE.
Three Night: and Wednaoday Matinee.
60111421101116 MONoAV. APR. 22.
mhaSHEA
Suppmtcd by an cxccllcnt company. in
four at hip boat plays.
Monday night. 'I‘hc Voice of Nature.
Tuesday night. Sydney Carton.
Wednesday mat. Man-()‘-War'a«Man.
Wednesday night. At Hell Gate.
PRICES:
Night. 10. 20. 30 and few at 50c.
Matlncc. 10 and ‘25 cents.
Reserved Seats or: sale at Hoyt'a
Theatre, South Norwalk, and Wood’s
drug store. him-walk, I5 days in advance
or each performance.
1
TRISTRAM & HYATT.
at 19c. per box.
All he Gordially
The Leadina Outfitters tor
and Children.
29-31 R at Whoa Street. 1
GRAND
Millinelu. Tailor—Made Suits, '6
Children’s Dresses. Bou’s Suits.
Clothina and Hats for Men and Youth
Silk and Wash Waisls.
GoCarls for Babies, .--
Lacc Curtains for Your Home,
Haaiuushuu
annual
House-cleaning Necessities at
special prices:
Galvanized Water Pails,
19c.
Mop Sticks, 9c.
Scrub Brushes. .8c.
Clothes Wringer, warranted, $1.98 .
Carpet Beaters. ,. . 15c.
Tack Hammers, ‘ 81:.
Laundry Soap, . 3:.
Washing Powder, 5c.
Large full Whisk Brooms, 15c.
Parlor Brooms, 25 and 351:.
Large turkey leather Dusters 291;.
Cedar Pails, three hoops, ago.
NORWALK. CONN.
M‘é‘n, Women
Invited to 111111.
RESPECTFULLY.
H. KRIEGER #81,,50.
SAVE THE PIECES
Ami bring them to me. New 19113
made from blood or broken one. Ev-
erything needed for the comfort of
thoao who vicar glassea aIWays in
stock. Eyes examined. Glasses titted.
HOMER B. 'HOY‘T
Graduate Optician.
Room ii, Unitcd Bank' Building.
Dillon hours, 8 to 11:46, 12 45 to ll: 30.
flatarday' evenings, 7 to 9.
1m. 1m
Plumbing and Stub: llur
lug.
Hot Warn Hanna.
Hot Mr manna.
”muffin” can“
Imago
on mum. “umfilgf m'
Havommummu
aiouuoan amour
~M-o-a.
monamuucmy
111nm. mum. 1191mm. '
Norwalk Chronicler