I We
1011,11 entire 311‘ 011i 0
“' BI 'lsbc‘rr3’
LADIES'1
1011 Western Cannot Close up
Fm 0I“Lhn‘d In E.“ Gran.
111111 the; Line Romain-
;‘1‘111111 asimportaut as they
pirtted. It goes without
a the climax of the g1eat
dbl, afforded the occasion. and
al of the pyrotechnics of
"and Thursday.
d on drawn out discussions of
satlve history, the question
11 the Connecticut Western
vs the privilege to cross the
of 11.111 in East Granby, in 011-
hamplete its extension to Spring-
decided In the negative The
clsion was only leached after
liter and heated debate. dur~
, Statements were made in the
1101111113 on the honesty of un-
embers. which stirred up the
Sen te to an unusual pitch
esday was without doubt the
‘ day that the capitol has seen
.. 0110st of interested spec~
Were present from all parts of
to. and the House was througed
e three-hour debate.
t1 f the speaking In the House
avor of the Connecticut West-
re ewes evident support of
, yrs on this side of the ones.
on mm ‘the galleries. The original
1' the Connecticut Western how—
hat they would win by a large
.p0ssiblv 11.5 OI more did not
; alize, as the strength of the Con»
’ ed was much greater than had
an 11111111111111.1111 the roll call p1 o-
d and the votes eye and nay ai-
ted 1it was seen how widespread
conference of opinion on the
er,1'and‘how close the result. There
. waive abscutees. and the vote
'0 34"t0‘l~ll. ln‘favor of the Con-
t Western. in the Senate it had
”expected that more serious de-
‘ ,0; cold take place and this expec-
‘fl‘pn was fulfilled. Whereiu the
he was heard the Connecticut
est 11 side of the question the1 Sen-
billed to three speeches for the
use Idatedz from Senators Burton.
Is“, 1111‘ Kenealv. When the vote
taken the expr led II to 10 in la-
‘of. the New Haven road. stood if) to
giving the Consolidated almost a
' thirds vote. When the support-
I the Connecticut Western In the
II he tried to set-1119 the appointment
d1 a committee rf conference from t e
7't the 1111‘ ‘11 body refused to fo—
suit. Senutm Gm. ion of the Con-
tic'ut Western supporting Senator
,I‘ton. In adhering to the pievious 11c-
By this step the incident was at
01011111141111 the situation stands as
i at the beginning of the session.
' week also saw the unexpected
row of both majority and minor-
, . sports on high license in the
' ill!“ The temper of the House was
.ently against any change in the
hilt statue of the liquor business in
‘tate. thong! arguments wc1e sly.
o.
IhportunII 1cports were also
' is week including the Ryder
dinent for 11ha1e In represents—
the House: If
‘ Woman suffrage question.“ and
o luatlon of cornmtm pleas court
by the sbvcrnor.
” MOKIN. Pit. May fill-«A. Rob-
. 191 Company 1111111111,; the’dor
11111111111111. today
to 11111191111111 pay their employ.
monthly. whereupon the
no: of themoet hotly coutest—‘
“Phil. &. Read"
- on file in the court.
‘ WALL STREET 10:10 11. him—Gains
of a fraction were 1110:1100 in the open
lug trading. Chicago Indianapolis and
Louisville mm Cleveland, 0.0 &8
Louis rose 11%, each. Continental To-
bacon opened up abhut a point. but
American Tobacco receded a fraction
. under offerings of some heavy blocks.
The business generally was on rather
a small scale. .
WALL STREET ll ‘a‘ln 1~T11adlns
was nervous and gains of 11 point by
the southwesterhs ‘ and Wheeling &
Lake Erie "did not counteract weak-
ness in the grangers and 1eallziug in
Sugar and Metropolitan Street Rail
way. which had momentarily made
good gains. 1 Amerlcenr Tobacco rallied
21,1, from the ibiveet. while? continental
Tobacco was off 2%, fro mthc best.
Mino1 stocks made proérees upwards
Hocking Valley: coinibon and preferred.
Minneapolis & St Louis. Consolidated
Gas and Republic Steel Preferred ris-
ing 1 to 1%. The trading generally
was apathetic.
WALL STREET, uoon~lilxcept for
an advance of 31,111 in Continental To-
bacco Preferred. 2 in North American
and l in International Power. prices
dropped. There was a teeblemaiiy on
the bank statement. but efforts to take
profits 'turned prices down again.
Northern Pacific sold at 200. compared
with 205 for the last sale on Thursday.
The reaction ran to 3% in American
Tobacco and 3% in Continental Tobac
co and to a point or over in St. Paul.
Atohison. Union Pacific, Erie and Met-
ropolitan. The closing was very dull
and about steady at the decline.
TODAV'O QUOTATIONS.
Reported over private mm or 1!. A.
Bohme. commission broker. Swami a
Corbrtt's block. .South Norwalk:
Open High Low
11111. S. R. Co.. 118% 148% 147% 147%
11111. Toll. (10.. I34 I30 132% 133
Atchison. 78% 78% '17 77
Alchlson. pfd.. 98 98% 97% 97%
unit. 191 Ohio, 102% 102% 102 “)2
Bkyu. R. T.. 71571. 10% 75% 111%
Chos. 0': Ohio. 49 491A 49 ill
Chi. R. i. & P. 195% 190 19.171; 190
C. M. & St. F. 160 100 1580915185311
Chi. R. l. & P.11'13 1133
(1.0.0. (1. St. I... 811% 81%
I). (41. H. Can.. 163% 103%
Lou. 6'1 ..ash..102% 102% 102% 10209
Nor. & Wash. 51 I11
Man. Consol.. 110% 115% 1141/. 114%
Metropolitan. 169% 170% 109% 109%
M. K. 1111. old. 571/. 57% 06% 57
Miss. Pacific, 1001/. 107 100 106
N. Y.. C. & H..150% "10%
N. Y.. 0. 81 W., 33 32%
(3011.1‘obacco. 63% 00%
North Pacific. 200 200
Pennsylvania. MW. 1441/.
People’s Gas. 114% 114% 114% 114%
42% 42% 42% 42%
P & R. pm. 70% 76% 76 76
So11.Raliway. 219% 29% 291,41
8011. Ry. pl’d.. 83 83 82V.
8011. Pacific, till 48 471/.
1.1. 8. Leather. 137/3 14 131%
{1.8. I..Co. pld. 787,11
U. S. Rubber. 21 21
Union Pacific. lIll 1011;, Hill
Un. Puc. pi'd.. 88 38% 88 88
Wabash. old, 421/. «131.5; 43
West. Unidoi 92% 92V 92
BANK STATEMENT
1:30
32%
60%
3111/.
0:111
TIMI/4 1“
Reserves. increased. 87. 980. 000
bonus, decreased. It .639 I100
Specie. increased. 3.178.100
Legal tender. Increased. 2.188.500
Deposits. decreased. 101109.000
Circulation. decreased.
4.300
MR8. HALL'S CLAIM.
HARTFORD. May 25-ln the suit of
Helen Potts Hall against the Bridge-
port Trust company. 1111 adminiatiator
in the estate of George F. (lilinan. de-
ceased and George W. nmlth. the at
toruoye for the plaintiff and defendant
will appear in the United States Court
in this city. Monday forouoon at 11
o'clock. At that time a motion will be
heard for an order referring to a mac-
11111. the bill of complaint in said cause.
The defendant took exception to the
bill of complaint upon the grounds of
lmpertlnence and the exceptions are
Hatch and Wicked
of New Ydrl1,uro solicitors for the
plaintiff and Canflelu and Judson. of
Bridegroom are solicitors for' the de-
111111111111 1111. Hall brings suits to 1111-
cover the estate of Cilmam the Black
Rock millionaire
‘LONDON ELECTI%N8.
' LONDON May 25-At the Bye elem
lion yesterday 111 the we: division or
31110011111111.1111. lion. (I Core 101.11
servatlv’é) was elected the 110111111 of
. . Commons to sauce 11 8 ‘11 or nhton
’ (ConspevhtlveJ‘ [fie ‘ and?“
over
li'an 111111111 (liberal): 1111119811111
1011111111101 of 11.5111. “Rife 11111 clue
tlou Mr. Leighton was returned with
out opposition.
MRS. L‘AII IANKRUP’I’.
NEW YORK. 111111 ZMMsry Ellen
boasts. the lecturer. filed 11 petition in
, and 1111111 down parchment and that
dam of the Greenwich Manufacturing
11polnts lower down he Remington ri .
FALL RIVER. 111.111.1110 254111-
pmts today Indicate that from 15 to
18 corporations had pledged thenl
selves in the combination curtailment
the original 0101111101111 have been mod
filed to meet the conflicting Interests.
It was also 111110511 tilht among the lent
his" do‘zcn agents 11‘s. reservation;
have been made but certain mliio
‘wlll not be compelled to carry out all
of the provisions called for. Some of
the mills manufacturing coarse goods
posted notices today. announcing that
they 1will not run next welsh and it
PIERBON GETS BAIL.
NEW YORK. May {lb-Counsel for
.l. Luther Pierson. who is locked up 111
White ‘Piains because he refused to
pay a fine of 3500 for failing to provide
medical attendance for a foster (laugh.
ter. who died recently from pneumonia.
applied today to .Iustlcodwogh, ot the
Suprem me Court in White I’Ialhh for a
certificate of reasonable doubt so mat
the case might be taken to the appeli
late division of the Supreme Court
The certificate was granted. It acts
as a stay of sentence. The Justice said
he» would admit Pierson to ball in $000.
OFFICERS AgfifisTEO FOR HEMP
MANILA Mary 25-.—~Ca thin Michael
Speliman, Lieutenant Del rt R. Jones
and Surgeon Dudley W. Weicb. of
Company C FOrty- third Infantry, sta-
tioned at Manda. Southern Leyte.
have. been arrested on charges of trad-
ing in permits to s h.lp hemp from
closed ports. They. wIII he tried [1,1
,court martial. It has, 1101 been deter
mined whether Manila .buyers are dir.
ectiy implicated.
mu...-
N0 NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
NEW 11011111. May 25441110111. side
in the machinists' strike reported any
new developments in the situation to-
day. The employers are awaiting the
111tion of the administration board of
the National Metal Trades‘ Associa
tion to be held at Chicago next Toes
day and until that time it is not
thought likely that anything of import-
ance will develop.
4
EARTHQUAKE IN MALAGA
MADRID. May 25~By. an cmtbquake
in Malaga 11 number of houses were
damaged and a panic was created
among the Inhabitants. Storms and
floods at Puebla do Alcocor, province
of Badaioe have resulted in the loss of
two lives and injury to several per
sons
MINISTER T0 PERCIA.
WASHINGTON, May 25-«The up
polntmcnt is announced today of He:
bert W Bowen of New York, tob
envoy extraordinary and minister plou
inotentinry to Persia. This in an In
present minister resident and consul
general to Persia.
"Suit w
Yourself
111111 11 Benefit £11111
mm Day.
Ilom were with cum vm‘
fine 11mm flannel and Item--
tandem". , ,
f “M Illl. ' .
Iotllelflmlitulillleye.
life! we min-melee 1111
111111 with “ms- 111; 1111' '83:
eyes.) you «11111 WI.
_IIe'a's Paula. two up.
“1111111 11111 baubles Iiem II
all“? in bitumen loamy
1111111 lieu. 101.
m
A 1‘ I ' .
washed away the slasher boardsxat the
Company. but little damage resulted at 1
‘ in the House:
1 tlon. buying or
crease in rank, Mr. Bowen being at '
, rmue‘fnea‘r I 1
The choicestilan‘nb Veal and Beef
:11 ready to liIi captomers' orders at an
.Imos
We are particular about the quality
and condition of stock and purchase 110
thing which bills below our standard
These cuts and prices are samples of
how well we can serve you
w
NEW CENTURY MARKET.
Adam Steinwald. 1 Proprietor.
Ely Block. 80. Main St
a..-” WW“
BILLS PACBED IN HARTFORD.
The following bills have been passed
“‘Scctlon i. No, person or corpora.
uream'and making payments therefor
based on the results of the Bnbcoci.
test shall use any bottle or pipette for
the purpose of determining the rela-
tive 011 proportidnul amount of butter
fat of any milk or cream. unless such
bottle or pipette shall have been tested
and stamped an accurate by the Con-
necticut A11111Icuitutul Expmiment sta-
tion 01 by the Connecticut Aglicuitulnl
college.
“Section 2. livery person or corpor-
ation that shall use ’nuy bottle or
pipette for the purpose named in sec-
tion one of this not unless the same is
stamped as therein prescribed. shall
forfeit to the use of the state the sum
purchasing milk or,
112 piece Dinner and Tea Sets,
10 piece Decorated Toilet Sets,
white, ‘
TAILOR MADE SUI T S, MADE OF ALL: WOOL SERGE HQMESPUN AND
Norms SHADES MADE IN THE LATEST STYLES WITII {CTON onirw 111101111
1 .1; JACKh 15 11111111111035 AND unmos 0F ’1‘le 13111321“ MATEDIALS. CHOICE oF ANY
,4; SUII IN THE 1.011 WHILE 111121 LAST FORSIomo.
1110.00 BLACK transom SILK SKIRTS FOR
" ”$12.00 BLACK TAFFETA' SILK SKIRTS FOR
$15.00 BLACK TAFFETA SILK SKIRTS FOR
1113..» BLACK TAFFETA SILK SKIRTS FOR
English Porcelain Platters. large size,
$905-
$1.98.
Decorated Dinner. Tea or kast. Plates. roc. ea.
English Porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers,
9c.
19c.
HOUSEFURNISHING DEPARTMENT.
. . . . . . _ . $7.50.
. . I .1 . . p$g.oo.
1; . . . “i . . . $10.00.
. . . ' . '. . $12.50. .
Granite Iron Ham Boilers, 95c.
‘ 8 inch Nickie Tea-Kettles. 95c.
8 quart Heavy Tin Milk Pans, ‘ 120.
Tech Hammers and Tack Lifters, 7c.
~_Stove Brushes, 11¢.
I Wooden Spoons. l 1 3c.
TELEPHONE w1nes our.
WALTHAM, Muse. May 25—-I.nst
night twenty-eight wires of the New
England Telegraph and Telephone
Company were out. As none of the
American Bell Company's wires were
touched. the. authorities hold the the
ory that the job was done by persons
interested in1 the prevailing strike of
the electric line men of the New Eng-
of' 85 for each bottle 0r pipette so used.
it shall be the duty of the state at-
torneys in the 11111111111 counties to col.
lecl forfeiturcs under this act."
The House pa (1 the following bill:
"Section l. E y person who shall
keep a billiard table which is used for
the purpose of gaming. or n slotm
11hine.so-c,allcd which Is used for the
purpose of a lottery or gaming. shall
be lined not more than 1200. And
every person who collects or 1ecelves
any money final it billia1d table or 11
slot machine. so-c‘hiled or for the use
thereof while the name is kept or used
for the purpose (if gaming. shall be
lined not less than $7 not more than
$200. ”
Her'éi'lbe are with the
for your Sum
land Telephone 1&. Telegraph Company.
MW
i 3011.271 MAKERS' STRIKE
HAZLETON.P11.. May 2.3—«Tl1o boil.
Hemmlteis in 8111 Driftmi shops of Cox
IBrothers It 51.0mm” Wont on 11110111
Itoday because of the failure of the com-
pany to pay “Client overtime to which
they (lnim they are entitled.
Somt1 of the prizes to be given to the
winners of the events at the picnic to
be given by the ltalian Indc ndent
Benefit Society. at the Fair round,
Memorial Day. are on exhibition in the
l window of Joseph Disessa's barber
ishop in South' Main street.
I‘
The Fair Cloak StOrWe
Trustwtirihy Skirts and Shirt Waists.
Skirt and Short Waist 1
mar wardrobe.
It's a Special Sale that means Cut Prices but No Cut In the Quality.
SKIRTS.
Serge Skirts. flaring. nicely tailored.
$1.95, value $2.50.
Brilliantiuc Skirts in black
blues, at $3.40. value $3.98.
Cheviot Serge Skl[_ts. graduate
ilounce. trimmed with satin and lined
with near silk, $4.49. actual value. 80.
A high grade figured 'brilliantlnc
skirt. .que pattern, something strictly
up to date. Is accordion platted with
satin trimmings and near silk lining.
$4.08. Actual value £8.00.
OUR CUSTOM DEPARTMENT.
Dresses. Suite and Skirts made to
order from your own material or we
will furnish the goods.
LEISERSON
and
8! WASHINGTON BTREET.
U.
“I Y Owing to the dgstb of Mr. Scofield of our firm. the entire 51990
bankruptcy in the United atom Dis-
trict Court today. ,T h lblil tier
31111813111111 nut-11
Hill In;
Is to be sold at once regardless of cost.
m
CHIRT WAICTS.
Twenty-five different styles in white
and various colors; many different pat-
terns both tucked and plain: sailor
collars. insertion and lace. Prices
range from 491: to $2.50. '
Large variety of colors in silk Shirt-
walsts will be closed out at 31.98 and
up to $7.50.
SOMETHING SPECIAL IN RUITB.
spring Suits In different colors must
be closed out. We will accept bargain
prices. ' '
Bicycle Skirts. Rainy-day Skirts,
Silk and Fancy Petticoats. and Chil-
'dren‘s garments at lowest possible
Iprlces.
BROTHERS.
Ln'dfu' Tailors and Dressmakers.
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
1- cam “1.:0LOSING 1- our SALE
:5
.1.
E15
F!
C:
1111131111111 11 11111111111.
11111111111. CONN.
H. Kriegenfi: 70.
29-3! West
Washington Street.
TOO MANY RAINY DAYS THIS SEASON l-lAS
KEPT A GREAT MANY 011‘
YOL'R SPRING
REDLTL
NIOW IF YOU \1\ ANT
(3 R EAT
.1\1l EN T 5.
YOU 11111011 BUYING
CLOTHES. WE ARE MAKING
CTlONS IN ALL OUR DEI'ART
\ NICE“TA1L0R-
MADE SUIT. SILK WAIST OR SKIRT. CALL AND
51313 OUR-131ml;1113110111: BUYING
ELSEWHERE.
WE CAN PLEASE YOU IN PRICE, QUALITY AND
STYLE. OUR TERMS ARE THE SAME?“ .. ' 1’.
SMALL DEPOSIT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE AND ONE
DOLLAR WEEKLY UNTIL PAID. ACCOUNTS
'WE HAVE ABOUT ONE
OPENED WITH EVERYBODY.
a
DOZEN RUSSIAN
111.0051: SUITS FOR 11011513 TO 8, WHICH WIS ARE
CLOSING ()L'T FOR $3.75. 1110111111311 mute $7.00.
COME AND SEE OUR]. [NIL ()II'SIIIRI WAISIS.
EVERYBODY SAYS WE HAVE 111113 BFST AS—
SOR'I‘MEN'I‘ 11111111112
50"CENTS To $4.50.
WHEELS
COLUMBIA
25 Columlua Specud Bicycles will be sold for
'5
Greatest Bargains Ever
TWIN CITIES. PRICES F ROM
‘0 listed 1n WHEELS
BICYCLES
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