r
, .iio'lnl‘natr So-
will dull and’lroosuror
Endorses the National
,iimlnlntratlona. and Of-
ti Acts of the State’s
Senators.
, Hm}, Pl)... August 21——
" 111 n; ”state convention
fure' today and nominated
‘ . Potter, of Pittsburg.
curt judge and State
"monk G. Harris. of
' tote treasurer, was a
Wild] gathering. it was un-
,. l‘the ticket would be nom-
noolamation. United States
bay and Penrose and other
ii were absent. and a large
, the delegates had never
‘ tote convention before.
titer was formerly Governor
Mr. Hill'-
, it his third term in the
Representatives and has at
follower of Senators Quay
form endorses the national
pdmlnistrotlons and the of-
td"_,f Penusplvania's United
o. commends the last
nccdes the right of lab-
1 to organize and depend
_ jaurnnlism.”
m n. Pittsburgfs director of
I: ' . was temporary chain
convention. and David H.
hiladclphia', permanent
'9. hes of the chairman and
in g speeches were notc-
hblr brevity.
run was adopted by a viva
«Wm—
‘HAND INJURED.
GE aught Between a Spite
‘ the‘Steamer Harlem.
t1) steamer Harlem came up
. Norwalk steamboat, dock
.‘ James Jones, of No. to
' idack hand, nearly lost
Home manner in jumping
11 boat for the purpose of throw-
, 'o'oyer the optic. he became
toned between a spilo and the
ulnar He was bruised about the
owns taken as fast as possi-
a home in a carriage. and Dr.
ier was summoned. The phy-
rtamtned him. but found no
kon. nor‘internal injuries. He
that it was miraculous that Jones
crushed to death, He will re—
‘t it will take a long time.
poi-w.- u.
SQNVILLE. Ky. August 21——
ht yesterday between several
'lfiinel‘s and deputy sheriffs at St.
“lopiseverol hundred shots were
"lint! a number of persons
.. «is said the union miners
L‘Chal'lcs for the purpose of
ink the forces of the St. Chan
Epiphany. They were charged
tnrlliilg the peace and war-
re 8de out and placed in the
6.! deputies. but when the latter
ted» to serve a fight was precipi-
c minors were forced to re-
oilyyund several were captur-
‘nl‘h‘ Beckhum probably will
,' o‘send militia to the scene.
bile the citizens have orgunlbed
' . .. rgviolonoe.
re CASE REOPENED.
- . ‘ N. in. August 21—01..
filo“! Philbin. of New York
‘ ‘ ere this morninu. 'l‘be
or a certificate of reason
the case of George ills-
ork policeman. recently
extortion and sentenc-
mrq’ imprisonment and n
g I)? Recorder Goff. was
”morning of 10 o'clock.
OQK'B SAIL HOISTED.
0.113.,August 2pm". men
" iii-Inton‘s fleet. Which is
initiated. were satire early
ulnation of his arrival. ()n
*1. the men were out in
bile duck trousers and
room at work on tin.-
. hich was spread over
. expect to have itliolot.
and the othorrnnilgi
‘ WALL STREETJV‘ J
pin ‘ . indioi'rtdd in
the l stapling Busi-
ness was very small and price changed
insignificant. but nearly all stpclru
réhowed small gains. St. Paul was a
on. and Norfolk 81: Western. and United
States Steel Preferred showed gains of
as much.
WALL STREET, 11 a. m.—~Stocks
which have recently been conspicuous
ly strong, were advanced steadily on
rather large dealings. St. Paul. Union
Pacific. Reading and Southern Railway
were the most prominent and gained
a point. Delaware «it Hudson advancv
cd 2% and Sugar, Great Northern
Preferred and Leather Preferred im-
proved 1 to 11%... National Salt fell
off 1%. and Locomotive Preferred 1%.
United States Steel common moved
up it over yesterday’s close. but the
preferred did not vary either way from
the opening price. There was a sale.
of 100 shares of Northern Pacific Com-
mon stock at 1221,43, seller 20 days.
which mensthat the seller bus twonty
days in which to make delivery.
WALL STREET. noon-«Prolit tuk~
ing by the room traders forced the list
down frantically, but there, was a gen-
eral rally when St. Paul crossed 167.
- Atrhison and Southern Pacific also
slightly exceeded theirggearlier nigh
figures. United States Steel stocks
neglected to retain their improve-
ments" Pricm fell away again at noon.
Bonds were steady.
WALL S’l‘REE’f’. 1 p. mwAu active
demand for Wabash securities lifted
the common 313. the preferred 1%.. and
debenture B 1%. St. Louis Southwest-
ern rose 1%. and the preferred 1%.
Among dormant stocks there was an
advance of 1% in Tennessee Coal, and
"285.: in Sugar preferred, and a decline
of 3 in Geherai Electric.
.WALL STREET. 2 D. ni.-'l‘he mar.
ket become heavy when Atchieon, St.
Paul. Southern Pacific and Union Pact
do were ,sold.. these stocks losing all
their previous gains. United States
Steel stocks. while easier. remained
bull above yesterday's close. Consoli-
dntcd (ins exceptionally advanced 1.
Colorado Fuel 2% and Great Northern
Preferred 3. The tone became harder
again all around.
TODAY'S QUOTATIONS.
Reported over private wrre or iii. A
Bohme. commission broker. Swami it
Corbrtt's block. South Norwalk:
Am. Col. 0”. 33 33
Am. S. R. Co.. 13314; 134% 1331,43 N
Am. TOI). Co.. 134% 134%
AtchisDn. 713% 7117.3 76% 115%
Atchison. ofd.. 97 97 96% 97
Bait. & Ohio. 9834 99 98% 99
Rkyn. R. T.. 751-1} 75% 71') 151;"
(.‘hPs. & Ohio, 46% 47% 46% 47
(111.1% St. P. 165% 167 llifil/g 166%.
Chi. R. I. & P. 143 143% 143 1-13
(‘.(‘.(‘. & St. 1... 90% 90%
1‘). «1:11. (Tan. 1631!, 11151-4; 163% 1155
ii. S. Steel, 42% 42% 42V. 42%
l', S. Steel pfd. 92% 9254, 92% 92%
(ion. El. Co.. 260 260
Lou. iv Nash... 104 1041a; 1033!. 10-4
Nor. & West. 56% 5654, 56 56%
Man. 00111401.. 118 118% 113 118%
Metropolitan. 1671/. 111714 167 167
Miss, Pacific, 102% 102% 102%. 102%
N. Y. C. 8: 11.. “341.4: 1541/5, 1541/1 154%
N. Y.. 0. & W.. 3414. 3475. 34% 34%,
Con. Toba'cco. 67M 67% 671.4; 157%
Pacific Mall, 41% 41%
PonnsylvaniuJfllé 146 145% 146
People‘s (ins. 1.12211: H3 112 112%
Phil. & Read. 4216. 43% 423.1. 4.5
l’. & R. pfd,. 78% 79 781,4; 78%
Son. Railway. 32% 331.4 32% 33
Son. Rv. pill. 87% 88 873.4. 88
Sdu. lenc. mt ask. 57s. can.
Tenn. C'. & l.. 61W; 647;. 63% 6419
ll, S. Leather. 131; 13% 13% 13%
11,3. l..Co. pfd. 917;; 817,53
Union Pacific. 99% 100 99% 99%
Wabash. Md. 3971‘. 407,; 3117.4; 40%
West. Union. 98% 93%
SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.
Unknown Man Views Remains of An-
nie Bocalck and Shoot; Himself.
NEW YORK. August leA man
who declined to give his name went
to the Presbyterian hospital today and
asked to see the body of Annie Boa
sick. who died there last night as the
result. it Is alleged. of a criminal opcr
atlon. lie was shown the body. and.
drawing crevolver. shot himself dead
CALUMET MINING COMPANY.
Annual Meeting Being Held Today in
‘ Quinton. '
ROSTON. August 21.-~Tho annual
meeting of the Calumet & lieclu Min
1m; (‘ompnny was held here today with
less than a dozen stockholders pres-
ent. The old board of dlrnctoru con-
sisting of Alexander Agassiz, of New
port. R. l._ Fruuclu L. liigginson. of
Boston. Francis W. linunewoll. of
Weelesley, Quincy A. Elbow. Jr.. of
Boston. and James N. Wright, of Dec
troit. Mich. were reelected by 75.207
shares. .
President Agassiz in calling the
meeting of the board. to order M111 that
in view of the romnrlm of some of the
qofkholdero since the.iasunnoo of the
ill eta make a row"
1! Wm. ore
. e a "19111.0 a. “tin o the urge
divl cards out of tilt: ourplna. he could
only say that the directors acted for
the best interests of the company.
you company never “Randi,” he
said. "to adopt a policy to suit my oar-
iioulnr 131% of stockholders. whether
1116141001ch dorsget what they think
they ought to get or not.”
in View more high price of copper
it on considered advisable to die
tribute a portion of the amino
in dividends, the accumulations,
number of years; There rm no
on «to W- of
immane- mm o
n conduit
a. using 1111- ’
prominent exception, with a decline of d
annual rcport.’.it.might be pdvlo _.
have hedo’hndewttli respect to .
on at, lino/inn and and
‘ dds hermit viii
”4......
in will
iii
1n... Winner wu‘l Hold the coupon
for A Your." M. u. Whitman
Will Not Defend Hip Churn. ..
, 1» ' plonshlp. '
.1?_,.NEWP9RT. ,
, wpal struggle... ‘ ‘ :th Casino. “tennis
* ports to up t at ‘4,»betwnon. W.A.
burned and Benin 0. Wright. for the
national championship, woe begun on-
lit. i..},Auguat Zlmwfliho
_ er cloudy skies and with weather con-
detlons rather threatening. The weath-
er, however, failed to cheek the order
of the immense crowd, present. Both
men had a large following. and limit:
favorite. '
your. Lax-nod had carried off the hou-
ors, but only by the narrowest margin.
it was expected today that‘ho would
play‘ e dashing.‘riilklng game that
he displayed against Wore, while
ernht would try to wear off the edge
of his attack by the steadiness of his
game and then go through for the win
astllie‘ had against Davin. Hobart and
L to.
it has been felt throughout the pres-
ont tournament that burned and
Wright would be the two to face ouch
other in the final contact, as they
were unuuestiouubly the best men now
playing the grime. The winner will
hold the gold cup for a year, as M.
D. Whitman will not defend his chum-
ploushlp.
burned begun serving in the sun
court and took the opening game of
the big match at love. by'thc most on
grossive play. The second game was
a. long deuce. on. the call coming five
times: before barbed took it aided con-
siderably by Wright's two double
mullet. In the third. Wright took a
brace and scored a love game. burned
taking a turn at double faulting. Af-
ter that Larnod got; the .young Bus.
toninn on the run and allowed him on-
ly one more game. the sixth. loomed
himself placed more than half his
pmnte and refused to be disloge'd from;
his position at the not. though Wright
tied both passing strokes and lobs.
Points:
Larned. 4 9 0 4 4 l 4 440—8
Wright. 0 7 4 2 0 l 2-«20—41
Larhed started the second out with
a hit of unsteady playing. making the
redouble faults in the double gfune.
which went to Wright after 14 points
had been played. :The next also he
(:01 on his own service. but Larncd be-
can to pick up. taking the third at it}
and the fourth after deuce. This made
the guinea even at 2 all. The odd one
went to the elder man at love on his
own service. his smashing being it
great factor. Wright evened it and
though Louied had a lead of 4046 in the
seventh pulled up and took it and the
lead after deuce twice. Larued took
the olahth and it was 4 games all.
Each lost a game on his service and
then ouch won a love one, on his own
opening stroke. Wright then bunch-
ed the two necessary ones and took
the. set. 8-6. making it one set all.
Points- ,
Larned, 62454445254041—50-—6
Wright. 84180663430464—«52w8
Wright took the first game of the
next set and held his opponent to 2
all. Lurned then got one of his bril-
lion't strikes and run a lead of 4-2.
Wright made a beautiful stand in the
next and took it on well played shots.
He made one more stand with the
score 5-3 against him. but could do no
more. Larned playing as brilliantly as
ever. taking the set. 6-4, and the lead
of sets. 2 to 1. Points: ‘
Larncd. 3 4 4 2 4 5 3 4 2 4—354
wright. 5 l i 4 2 3 5 o 4 i—26-—4
After a short rest Lnrned began to
serve. Wright took the first two
games, Larned being a little off in his
direction. The Summit reversed thi
story in the third but lose the. fourth
after making a good fight for it. The
pace throughout was slower than be
fore. both men being fired by their
previous offorl‘n. Larnod pulled the
next out of e bod hole and took cour
age from the performance. runnlnr
four games in quick succession. mak
big it {all in his favor. Wright mud:
a great stand at this point and tool
one game dud forced the next to donor
twice. horned look it. however. uni‘
the match 62: 6‘8; 6-4; 6-4.
This makes Lnrnod national chain
olon and the seventh to hold the hon
or. There will be challenge motel
at Whitman defaults. Points:
Lnrned. 2 3 4 2 5 4 5 4 1 B-—35-—~6
Wright, 4 4 2 4 3 0 3 0 4 4—28—«4
RECEIVER FOR MUTUAL MERCAN-
TILE AGENCY.
liOS’l‘oN. August 2l~lt was an-
nounced today at the Boston odlce of
the Mutual Mercantile Agency. of New
York, which yciuerduy wan reported in
financial difficulties. that a receiver
hilltop...
impossible to say that eitherwae the '
Al. three previous meetings this
.Rllsull their " plan. ill-has In
in nun at Clevolpfndl?
u nrhulkliu [sun
.Another‘Ou‘tcome of Lani Wednesday:
Fatality—easing of Tunnel Wu
Crushed and Torrent: of Wa-
ter Flooded Opening.
CLEVELAND. 0., Auguu 21min the
result of an
added to the already long list of one-
ualtlea recored since work first began
on the great artificial waterway. The
dead are: Roy Treadsliaw. James Wil-
liams. Daniel Higgins, James Bolling-
court. John Bert.
Crib No.3. five miles from shore. ari‘d
nearly a dozen lives were lost a week
asp. was the scene of the latest accl~
debt» The work of sinking the big
tilliedn shaft of this point. was com,
pleted yesterday. and five workmen
wére engaged in digging a tunnel in the
direction of“ No. 2 crib. when the fatal
explosion occurred.
The heavy casing of the shaft was
shattered by the terrific force of the
etploslon. and an immense volume of
water from the lake rushed in upon the
unfortunate workmen at the bottom.
wo men who wore at work at staging.
of the top of the shaft. were blown
high in the air. but beyond being stun-
.n . were not seriously injured.
.« The accident occurred early last
night. but nothing was known of it on
shore. until today. For some unexplain-
able reason no boats are kept on the
cribs. Thirty men who were on the
crib when the explosion took place.
spent the night it My signaling for as-
sistance. it was our: alter daylight be
fore a tug reached. them.
It is supposedmt‘hgl the men in dlg~
King struck a vein of gas, which was
Ignited by a spark made by a work-
uran‘s pick.
.Henvy iron girders and machinery
weighing more than one hundred tons
were forced-out of the shaft by the
explosion. The crib was wrecked.
Death must have been instantaneous to
the workment in the tunnel. for thier
comrades Above heard no outcry.
Bo great ms thé‘destrnction wrought
by “m explosion that. .n will probably
be weeks before tilé‘ dumaae can be re-
paired. li d the bodies of the unfortun~
ate work en recovered.
HEAD-0N COLLISION.
w
Five Men Lose Their Lives in Rail-
road Accident in Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE. 111.. August 21.—
In a head on collision betweemtho Chi-
cago a Alton west.bound “Hummer"
and a freight train at Prentice, early
today, five men were killed and six
badly injured. None of the passen-
gers were injured beyond slight bruis-
cs.
Dead: EngineerShehan, of Passed
ger train; Fireman Adams. of possum
ger train: three unknown men. riding
on the tender of the passenger train.
‘ Injured: Engineer Wood. of freight
traln: Robert Kiley. trainman. Jock
souville; Fireman hiowatt. of the
freight; Charles Marshall. St. Louis;
Charles Sims. section hand; William
Moron. of Arkansas.
Just“‘how the accident occurred
probably never will be known. The
freight train bar pulled into a siding
mm the west end to wait the pos-
senger train. it is supposed the train
gradually worked out over the switch
unobserved by the crew. and when the
passenger come along at a high owed
the lmpactwas terrific. Both engines
were demolished while the tender of
the pnsoenger telescoped the smoking
car which rolled over.
.—
0000 ROQUE PLAYING.
Cox and Condon Tied for Honors In
. the First Dlvlolon.
NORWICH. August 21.———When the
morning's play in the annual tourna-
ment of tbo'Nationnl Boone Associa.
tion was finished today. the table of
standing showed a new rival with 0
C. 00:. of Maiden. Mann. for first hon.
pro in the first division in the person
of H. W. Congdon. of Norwich. Each
of those players up to noon had a roo-
ord of tom victories with no defeats
The record: to noon follows:
Pint Division.
2
s
g
Would be appointed for the concern to- fl. (3, Cox. Maiden. “4“" 4 0
tiny or tomorrow. The corporation in W. ll. Wahly, Washington. 2 1‘
capitalised at $2,090,000. The concern cl. (1. Williams, Wdlihimrton. 2 2
has branches in the principal cities of H.‘ ‘ . Ganglion. Norwich. , 4 0
the United States . Cl 0 0. Strong. cw Londongli ‘0
W i C. M. Bryant. Won fusion. 3 2
, . J Bishop. Norwich. 0 4
- ‘ 3 . . , - , ow. Dickey. Norwich, 0 3
.. ‘ “ ' Wank Foam Norwich. 1 3
, I Ions IO .ut. Peck, who, (2, .. 5
. 'i‘ E ’ y I)” i4 i in. ‘ ‘ on. , a I
IS (iiumkly W by m. ... gnu“. flo . pto . 0
= _ , . g incubus 8]) old. 1, _
- Wt r. .Holdon. drum . , .o
l , ,- ’ . ml Division. ‘
- , new ,_Wu 3:. 2
. Moder, id an. 3
William. W , onion. 3
‘l “ ‘ I o ad'irid port' i
. . . .. - .' mi ~ to .
It ohm lids and is pieces “were, Port Chester. r... i
an: and safe to take. ~ , . immu'vfifi'wmmnm 3
. , ,. , .- .- ,, v
T: - atuckmzy he wardn. ntommwimm. 2
‘ o 1 . “I m! 9 NOW ‘ 1 0
making a double, H’ulvloim_ ~‘
" in a. limo . «I
, ed? 490 ' imp-nil? in“: ‘
ll.
, explosion organ in the
new water Works tunnel, under Lake
'Erie. last night, live more lives were
two miles beyond crib No. 2. where
J
"W ‘3"
. \
”wag... "”“W“"°3‘°° use»
met Goods to be closed out.
August Sale
is
Our Annual August Sale of all kindsof Summer Goo
Bargains in every department.
Cotton Dress Goods,
Silk Mouseiin de Sole, . , ,
While Shirl-Waisis. Colored Shirl Walsls.‘ '
Ladies’ and Genls’ Summer Underwear. -
Silk Ginghams.
' “ Wool Challies.
Large Sand Pulls.
Nickel Cuspadors.
Trowels, any size.
Fly Screens. five in set,
Barrel covers.
AT NAVAL BATTALION CAMP.
NEWTON. Fisher's island. N. \’..
August 21.—’l‘he daily routine of camp
life for the naval battalion is begin-
ning to be felt by the sailors and there
are few Idle. moments during any part
of the day for any man in the camp
Today Commanddl‘fiverlll sent the
ll‘lrst Division toitho sailing cutters
while the Second went for a day's
practice cruisaonthe Elfridu. and
camp building was assigned to the 3d
division, with Lieutenant F. A. Bart-
lett. as officer of the day and Enslum
Waller an officer of the guard. The
battalion is in the best of form and not
a single case of sickness has been re-
ported nt the sick tent since the camp
was pitched. There was r. thick for:
this morning which prevented all sig-
nal work or target practice. but the
weather has cleared this afternoon
and this work will be continued until
night fall. Strict discipline is being
maintained and the men find It ox-
ceodingly difficult 41 leave camp even
after dark. All express themselves as
well pleased with the location of the
camp and the entire command is in
excellent spiritsl .
Notice
it
Bids will be received at the office of
the Selectment. Norwnlk. until Satur-
day, the twenty-fourth \day of August.
for the construction of a stone arch
bridge over the Norwnlk and Silver
mine rivers at the Broad river road.
in the town of Norwalk.
Plans and specifications to be seen
at the aforesaid office.
A bond of $1.000 must accompany
each bid. .
The selectmen reserve the right to
reject any or all bids.
Dated at Norwalk; this twentieth
day of August. 1901. -
JAMES a. prio'vu,
SAMUEL muss.
. _«-..
polluters.
low—u...—
FRANK H. MERRILL.
8.21 St .- , . Selectman.
W I ..
A little
Encouragement.
to make a purchase this languid
weather.
Youtbs' Suits in sizes 15 to
18 only, were so per unit; now
to close. 33.
Mon‘e Pants, pure worsted-—
we have been selling them at
$3.50 the pair-«ohurry them off
the shelves. 82.
Worsted P?“ for youths; and
men. a very; pooh duality. flif
’ very nationality 1631.50.‘ all :’
Knee Panto. lilo per pair. "“”"*
NECK TIEI.
. fi'é
for 10c: and heroin n’ ‘Ihiel ‘
‘ bow for 150% “I?! on!
not! 35:: for} em' that w‘ 4
the price.
Nice ones, that In. band b01113 .
8c
’10
5c
39
19c
(‘2
(‘2
Tristram 8: Hyatt,
H. Kicger Co.
29-31 it... Washington} Street; 1.
Iii leading $1018 III.
cASii on (312131)
dorssrURNIsuiNG tournament's
Ten Bars Laundrv Soap.
Crown Ice Choppers, y
ice Chisels,
«Four Double Sheets Flv Paper,
Wire Fly Killers, ‘ v,
Two or three burner Oil Stoves.
, .2...‘ g.
m . i.
" iii
ummerGoOds.
in hit
ds is now in progress. All Sum-
Wash Silks.
A Norwaik, Ct.
lilies !
“r.
We sell everything in Readiliio-‘wear
Goods for Men, Women. _..hous
and Girls, on the,
Easy Payment system.
We are now clearing out everything in the shape
of Summer Goods. Great reduction in prices
throughout
the season.
the dlfierent departments.
Buving
from us you need not spend every dollar you have
on hand. small deposit at the time of purchase
and One Dollar Weekly until paid. will procure for
you and your family all the necessarytalmpdis for
Remember Our Shoe Department
will be ready about September Isl. andflivill‘be com-
plate in everv detail.
Thousands of our customers can testifu to
' at,
When it an be done of no small a
coat. why not. protect yourself? For
32.10 you can future Your Furniture
and Household Goods in I Dwelling
House for three yoursmlnsi loan or
by rm 0f, ‘
the advantages calmed bill-lladlnil ,7
it .i
at our store“? "'7! '~ r
thing to the
proportion
Norwalk Chronicler