_,W 90 Washington Street
I- PAYS TO TRADE.”
‘ HOUSTON’S.
genial Sale 01’ Fine Furs
,of our liner high quality Furs are offered to you at the fol-
.ry low prices:
‘ II Muffs, XXX quality 312. 50; were $22. 50.
he. 0 bluffs. XX duality, $10.:00 were $17. 00.
‘ Mink Mufti-I. three stripes. $10. 00; were 020.00.
Mink Mutts. three atripda. 87 50; were $15.00.
. vary Ime’, 312. I50; waie $25. 00.
Mink Hearts. six falls, :7. 50; Wine 1515 00
Buy Mink Sharia. $9. 90; view 517. 50.
prion Boarfs. 812 .;50 Item 827. 00.
WIQI Debris. 810 00; were 319 75.
$10. 75: was $30. 00.
Ft)! et. ‘17. 50; was ea.) 00
M Jacket. With Mink Collar. 5.30.00; was $00.00. .
mu Jacket. $15.;00 IIasSII I..50
ya bought at the above piices will move a good investment fOI next
lNNL VOTE iIIIONDAY. Iindlcated that the piesident was con-
trailed by the tomes ill the Republican
he Teri Bill and Amendment: IpaIty which had in the past produced
to Com gtrusts. "What is the Democmtlc gov-
mum of Montana doing to prevent the
his railroad mergei in the northwest. ""
Iasked Mr. Tawney. (Minui
vote should be taken on tho I "if he is not in line with the gover-
‘ etaiiff bill and amendments nor of your state," responded Mr. Bur-
« next Monday at 4 ouclock DuI leson. “then I repudiate him.“ '
thow'last day the debate is to be ‘He is not." retort-2d Mr. Tawney.
‘ 015 minutes to each senator. “and he Iepudlat 'ou.'
e to be had after the voting Mr. Hill. (Connec icut) folloIvod with
an hour' a speech in support of his bill
, to make silver dollars redeemable in
s Date upon the Philippine ques- gold.
“this his points of disaster-
Iii the paityw with which he.
1, n identified thIough his life. I
‘d be had been a Republican. a
ionist and a believer in a gold
of currency. However. he
e, Spanish war brought the
TODAY IN WALL STREET.
WALL STREET. 10:10 II. m.—~'l‘he
iopening tendency of the market was
slightly irregular. but the majority of
prominent stocks showed gains. These
were restricted to small fractions ex—
of the ways. lie “as oppoacd; cent in the case of Minneapolis. St.
war. and believed that Cuban Il’aul and Sanlte Ste Marie, which rose
dance could lune been brought 1%, Amalgamated Copper was heavy.
pedinlomatic negotiations. Then l WALL'STRE’E’I‘ ii a, In Large huy‘
impeilalist tendciuies‘ of lag orders appeared in Sugar and
publlcnn party. and with them some of the southwesterns.wnich help-
bond not agree. Without the Span— cd to advance the general market.
' ul‘ he said Cuba might have been There were some large transactions in
might have enjoyed. indeed. a SIIIIthcrII Pacific. advancing it to
“measuie of freedom and inde- 07th and inducing purchases of other
once than she was enjoying now stocks. The Minneapolis, St. Paul and
‘ id enjoy in the futuic The on- Sault Ste. Marie atocka made gains
Cuba had been taught was how of 2% each. Amalgamated recovered
official could cmhczzie a hall in yesterday's close and yielded again
“(1011an and Metropolitan Street Railway was
, ing to the bill under discus- also under pressure. Meanwhile SIr
r. Wellington detlared his oppo» gar, Texas and Pacific. Kansas and
'on to it “on the blond ground of [‘9an preferred St. Louis Southwest
‘ jam-ftp" that there was no right III-n preferred. St. Joseph and Grand
enact such legislation. Isblnd first preferred and Great North
. . decision of the Supicmc Couit cru preferred. Wheeling and Lake
in; that the Philippine arphlpelago Eric first. preferred, Lackawanna and
territory of the l'nited State: was American Agricultural rose from i In
mxatlon of the opinion of Jack W:- Diamond Match lumped six
0 points In 138.
WALL STREET. NOON.——Mauy
stocks seldom active were IInI up
strongly. affording a chance for profit
3 Will! the line of argument pursued killing in tilt! it‘ildel‘S. Of the latter
. More hr the minority in the Sm. sugar was most affected and yielded
. I III. Chicago ’icrminal preferred also
“ ‘ lost lit; and the oouthwesterns were
. easier. Toward noon there was some
improvement in the active stocks on
Ilcr the leadership of Readings which
were heavily bought. The notable ad-
vances include? 2i points in Consoli-
datcd Coal of . uryland. 6% in Ameri-
can snuff. 134’ in the preferred. 6 In
Lackawanun and from i to 2 in Dela
ware and Hudson. Ontario and West
ern Texas and Pacific. Land .rust.
General mectrlc. international Paper
Wisconsin Central preferred and
Wheeling and Lake Erie. second pro.
fcIIed A drop to below 70 in Amalga-
mated Coppei unsettled the market be
fore noon. Bands were firm.
TODAY'S QUOTATIONS.
Reports over private wire or E. A
Bohine. commission broker. Swartz l
Corbett‘s block 80th Norwalk.
Open High Low 1:80
3"
t. Wellington then entered upon
éxtended review of the events which
p tothe. trouble in the Philippines.
“Ex-BATE ON INDIAN BILL.
Afiflthi'l‘til’s‘. February lit—The
today went into committee of
,. ' ole and took up (‘Ol‘ifildPiuthll of
1) {Indian appropriation bill. it “as
‘ that general debate should too
today and tommroII after which
I should be open to amendment
the die-minute Iulc.
Burleson. (Texas) then made a
on the subject of trusts. He
In of the ‘atrenuous one." which
succeeded to the presidency last
I“ lid contrasted his Minneapolis
1! Mat summer with the utterance
i wee on the mist question
In: accession to the presidencv
«pollen of “trust barons" and
. ‘. lists: " afterward of "captains
Ilium." an of which he declaied.
, ' Copper, 71%, IIII. can. «97..
10h In Papef locomotive. 311,; 3m an; an;
I Am. 3: 3.00.: IIIIII. I32»; my. my.
fitohlson, 77% 77% 77%
Bait. & Ohio. 100% 106% 105
Bkyn. R; T.. 63% 63% 02%
Chas. Jr‘Ohlo, 46% . 40%
166% ills 166%
C. M that P. my;
Chi R. I a P. time mm 104% 1mg
CHCCH&BI.L.102 102% “)2 tom
D. an cIan.. my. 17395 17214 173
U. a saw «as «95 «ll. 44%
U. s Steelpfd 9m 9m 9m. 94%
Con. El Co 392 29:
Lou I: Null. 105% mm 105 105
Nor. 5 West nu. 5735
Han Con-oi" 134% my. 133% 183%
Metropolitan mm mm 170% in
l. K 11‘. phi. 55% 00% 55% 557.5.
um Pacific m 10505104“ 104%
N. I‘..0.II W..83'il\ 84% 33% 31%
Reading Id 00% 00% 08% 09V,
mocha: ml II
Pennsylvania. 151a 151% it”. my;
People's an 1002:" 100% molt 100%
am
7.11.”. “E fill“ 34 “all“
77%
i05
02 is
n Paper and envel-
plain and ruled. .
Iertlng Paper. plain
room of the sanitarluin building. and
alarm was given The flames shot up
it plots. Frederick J. Klmbury. Joseph
Iceman there was no loss of ulife
among the four hundred persons in the
annitarlum. although one or two are
said to be missing. Mra. H. C. Daniels,
of ElDorado. Kansas. is the only per-
son who was seriously injured. She
lumped or fall from the fire escape at
the third story and sustained II broken
leg. The homeless are in homes and
hotels. The fire, started in the bath
the first company of firemen was an-
able to cope with the flames A second
the elevator shaft to the. roof. A gen»
eral call was sent in. but the fire was
beyond control. in two home the
building was in ruins and the hospital
was neaIly destroyed. it is almost
miraculous that the 400 sl“"‘inz in-
mates escaped with their lives ‘ ‘"h~
men dashed through the corridors
awakening them when the fire was Illa-
covered. Few of. them had time to
rather together clothing. escaping in
their night clothing. The corridors
soon filled with smoke. and about all
the patients were compelled to make
their war down the fire escapee. Mrs
H. C. McDaniels. who was injured.
was on the fifth floor. She was awak-
ened by the cry of fire and rushed to the
fire esciipeon the fourth floor. She
not safely down an far as the third
story. when she either jumped or fell,
she hardly knows which, She in rent-
ine easily and is in no danger.
Mrs. Gliliiigham. of Atlantic City. N.
J", paid: 1 was in my room on the fifth
floor when the nurse rushed to the door
crving the. - The electric lights were
going then. but they soon went out. and
We wait! in darkness save for flames
which ruched from the towar above our
heads. My aged husband was on the
floor beneath me and had to no down
the fire escape as did i. He was guid—
ed by a nurse. and escaped safely
Scores of people were on the escape
coming from all parts of the building.
and it is a wonder that none of them
were kllieI .”
The management of the aanitnrium
is positive that no lives were lost, The
building will be rebuilt at once.
WOMEN WlaH'TO VOTE.
Delegation: of Suffrapists Appeal Be-
fore Committees of Congress
WASHlNGTON. February isw-iieic.
gations representing the Woman‘s Sui.
(rage Association now in session here.
appeared before committees of Con-
urcss today in advocacy of their plea
that women he, allowed to exercisc the
right of suffrage. in the Senate they
appeared before, the committee on
woman suffrage. The meeting was pm-
sidcd over by Senator Bacon. of Geor-
2ia. who practically turned the can.
irol of the hearing over to Miss Susan
iii. Anthony. who made the first addreas
of the day. She said for seventeen
congresses the women have been com-
ing to congress with their pleas, but
she said that on only one occasion had
their proposed amendment been taken
up in tile Senate for discussion. She
said that the women of the country are
as much entitled to be heard as are the
Filipinos: that the six hundred women
who had been sent to the Philippines
to teach were quite as well constituicd
to exercise the rights of citizenship as
are tho men who go there to make
money. On the House side the dele-
gation appeared beftii'P the judiciary
coniinitttee. The foreign delegates dc-
scrlhcd to the committoc the progress
cf the woman suffrage movement in
other parts of the world,
Miss Goldstein declared: “The wom-
en of Australia do not forget their
homes or their babies. and they, don't
raid the public offices.“
STORM DELAYED MR. LOTH.
Will Come to City of Norwalkk Soon
to Look Over Factory Site.
The hard snow storm has delayed
the coming to Norwalk of Joseph iloih.
of the firm of Joseph Loth & Sons. of
New York. who was to havc made an-
other trip here the first of this week
for the purpose of further considering
the matter of locating the silk ribbon
manufactory in the city. Eli-Mayor
Arthur C. Wheeler. who had a confer—
ence with Mr. Lolh at the company's
office in New York. last week. again
wrote to Mr. both today. concerning his
trip to this city. Mr. Wheeler firmly
lz-rlicves that the company will even-
tually locate here. The prospects now
seem much brighter than in some time.
THE WHITFIELD HOUSE.
Mrs. F. w. Cheney Appointed to the
Board
Governor McLean has appointed
Mary Bushnell Cheney. wife of Colonel
Frank W. Cheney, of South Manches-
ter. as one of the trustees of the Hen-
ry Whitfield Association. which has
charge of the stone house in (luliford.
Mrs. Cheney succeeds the into .I. .I.
Merwln of Windsor. The others I‘
the board are Dr. Willlim G Andrews
Lynda Harrison. Joel '1‘ Wildm-m.
George W. Banks and Rev. 1-". in Show
of Guilford. if. 0. Norton. of Bristol.
and Mrs. Godh‘oy Dun-combo. of New
Havenu. ”‘
win-I‘D“
CERTIFICATt or INCORPORATION
The foliovinx certificates of inner
porptioa were filed in the state see
man‘s once yesterday:
Iltmueli hIItorloll Society of
Wetorbmy. without capital; tamper
Anderson. Annie L. Ward. Elihu-lac
A. Ward John Q Devehport.
Familial-lob in Holmes.
omit Union
on, Man amt Riders moan.
“taught. of , .
'lliiiteolmfllhdhou.
Ii Krasoviis & 5 Fox,
LIIIIIIII' noose.
corner Nerth Main and Aim Streets.
I loath Nomsik.
JUDGE WOODWARD PREOIDEO. '
Martin?
sum emu convainuon Hold Today
delegates repioaenting the minarity
of the constitutional convention met
in the Senate room at 11: 30 today and
adopted a resolution requesting the
majority to appoint a committee of
license with the ”minority a plan of
House representation.
session of the committee of the whole
Ind that he is now prepared to intro-
duce a compromise representation
measure. Col. Osborne": new bill
provides for one representative from
each town of loss than 1.500, two to;
towns having more than 1.500 and loss
than 10.000 population. and one addi»
Iionul representative for each 20.000
In excess of 10.000. The New llaVcII
iolesate said this plan would give 280
members in the House. He added that
thorn was come reason to hope thatil
would so through. Mr. Woodward, of
Norwalk, presided at the meeting.
TRAINS BUMP iN THE TUNNEL.
Harlem Local Hits Central Train-—
Scramble from the Rear Car.
'I‘ARRY’I‘OWN. February isw'i‘hc
3:05 train out of the Grand Central
Itation bound foI CIoton was run into
last night by a Harlem local at the
south end of the Park avenue tunnel.
"cm the spot where the teIriblo accl
lent occurred about a month ago. Both
trains were. crowded. Some of the
non in the hint car of the Central train
Inw the approaching local and there
was a stampede to get out of the car.
Two women fainted.
Thorn was a crash which was felt in
Ill thocars and for a tlmo there was
treat excitement. No damage was
lone. except the smashing of the cow
atelier on ihb Central engine. in the
‘ast car of the Central train were. Ma-
‘or Marshal H. llridght. editor of the
Christian World; Hamilton Wright Mn
bio and some prominent railroad ofil»
:iols. Andrew Tracey was conductor
If the Central train. which had stopped
lust outside of the. tunnel. The liar-
‘cm train was close behind and it is
Ilioughl that the engineer lost control
an account of the alipper rails.
At the GrnnIINC‘cnlrnl Station last
night, the station mantcr and tho sta-
tion agony the only officials on duty.
.ieuicd all kumvlcdae of the accident.
Roth said they came on duty at 0:30
p. m,
RUNAWAY GIRLS.
Two From Hartford Caught in Spring.
fieldu-They Are Penitent.
HARTFORD. Ftebiuary 18~Nellic
Carroll and hitty Kobe; , Iwo Hartford
pulls aged fifteen/yams. are held in
police headquarters at Springfield
awaiting the arrival of their parents.
they tired of home life Saturday and
ran away, leaving no clcw as to where.
they had gone. When they failed to
return to their homes In Putnam
street Saturday night their parents
bccame Worried and referred the mat-
ter to the Hartfordmoiice.
Marshal Stabbins received a descrip-
tion of the girls yesterday and the
two patrolmcn on .duty at the. depot.
Haynes and McCormick, were. notified
to keep a sharp lookout for them. The
girls reached bpringiicld on the 9
o'clock train from Northamupton yes
tcrday morning and were taken into
custody by Patrolman McCormick. At
heaIiouarters the girls said they had
been visiting an aunt in Easthampton.
'l‘liey admitted having left home With—
out permission and were. very penitent.
INVITATIONS LIMITED.
Two Thousand Mailed for Launching
of Emperor's Yacht-«Selected List.
NEW YORK. February 19.~lnvita-
tions to the launching of the emperor's
yacht were sent out yesterday. by the
builders. the Townsend-Downey Com-
pany. Two thousand invitations were
mailed. only those whose names had
been passed upon by the committee of!
arrangements at Washington and the
secret serIice bureau and personal
friends of the builders receiving the
coveted cardboards. The invited guests
include the foremost figures in official
life In Washington and nearly all the
celebrities in finance. politics. litera-
ture. art and the business and official
life of this city.
DARON DE CONSTANT HERE.
wwnnvo'ronf February III—rim
French ambassador. M, Cnmbon, has
as his guest at the French embassy
Baron D’ tourmaline De Constant who
has come this country on an 101er
that mlulon. The baron is a member
of-the remnant Hague tribunal of
arbitrat He is also III member of
the French chamber ot deputies The
baron come. to America to carry fan
ward his plane for the developinent of
a better am of feeling between the
Imam of this country and of France.
hem will leave for Chicago on
G‘Wedaebdey, when" he will more» the
ma oIIIIWuhlum’tI
W
birthday.
of «dam, Faction of Con 5’
HARTFORD. February 18. wrorty ‘
conference of twenty-four delegates to , ,,
larger stock of all the new and desirable styles and weave: than we have ever shown before.
Col. Unborn. of New Haven. was one ‘
of the speakers. He said his VieWu hall 5
been modified somewhat since the last. ‘I
visit New; I.
It' is predicted that this lento
White Pique..
Stripe and Check Batiste.
Check and Stripe DimIIIIy
IndiaLinens
Persian Lawn . .....
White and Colored Organdles . .
----- yo...
Good Size 'Broilers .
Knife Boxes . ......
TWO BURGLAFIS CAPTU RED
Workman Witness 2 Running Baffle
IWlth Revolvers in Danbury.
A revolver battle between four men
was witncsscd from a distance at 0
o'clock Saturday afternoon. by work-
men who are building the now power
house of the, Danbury 8: Harlem rall-
Iohd, III the fair grounds. near Dan-
lilil‘)‘, it is believed that. the battlc was
the culmination of a chase of burglars
by officers from New YOI‘K state.
Two men in it team were. soon to
upon fire on two who were running'
across (I field' and the tire was I'ciurzf
I‘d. hut allot the pica in llll' team
:Iiightcd and continued the, chum III
foot the others threw up their hand;
and IsurIendI-red
it is thought that one. of the men
in the field was wounded. As soon a
the capture was complete the team
was turned and driven in the direction
from whence it came. The two capn
lives were securely bound.
The Danbury police were. notified.
Saturday. of a robbery committed. Fl'l
day night, at the general store of
Green Brothers. at Golden's Bridge. iv
l’., and were asked to be on the look:
out for two men named George Conroy
and George Howard. it is thought
possible that the capture reported into
Saturday afternoon. was the result of
the pursuit of the Golden's Bridge bur-
glare.
STEAMER HALL FLOATED.
LONDON. February 18.~~'l‘hc llrit-
iah stoamcr Dalton Hall. Captain (ior~
don. from Liverpool for Halifax. N. 5..
before reported damaged by collision
at the mouth of the river Mersey and
beached at Scaforth. has been floated
and will be docked at Birkenhead. 'ihc
British steamer SI. . .Ilans. Captain
Owen. which arrived at Bremen Fob-
ruary 15 from Savannah reports that
she passed a large two-masted steam
or on fire and abandoned on February
5 in latitude in north, longitude ll
west.
Glover’s the Place
Economy is a good thing gen
orally. but there is always a limlI
It in prices below which it is un.
safe to go.
We are confident that we buy
In close as it III possible. if you
care to investigate we don't‘ ob-
loci.
The lowering temperature
’ suggests
WARM WEAR
won THE m7.
Ledleo‘ 15-inch Box Calf Storm
or skating hoot-viva II Somsie ‘
«that means hobby. service. I
able, and 03.50.
Ledloe' which Box Calf Storm
or Skating Bootmswlted sales!"
fall all“: Mill-h as well as
warm _ M
bullet Blond Boot. to inch.
very good tinted the price.
bullet Pat. has Show,
full toes. heavy spinach wit
:‘F
mudnvmriw;
‘amwauoucm mum-
‘ «specially Iowan or rough"
ol-
Wc will continue our HALF-PRICE CLOAK SALE one week longer.
Stylish Cloaks in stock to go at half price. Nothingwrescrvcd. ‘ Every garment at the shine diecount.
Housefurnishing Department
14 or 17 qt. Dish Pans ...... 25c.
50 ft. Clothes Lines . .
no. I: Galarrn normative.
«I‘
Advance Sale of White Goods.
be a WhltzII floods Scuba. and we have prepared for it with a
12/36. to son. I Fancy White Pique . . . . . . . . . acc, to 5m:
.. soc. to 50:. Plaid and Stripe Nainsook ...... . . lie. to 35¢.
15c. to 30¢, Plain Methanol: ,, use. to 35¢.
.8c. to 30¢. Baskoti‘liyladras... . . . . . . .14.; . .. 18p. to 25¢.
m...15c. to 50c. II Dotted Swiss ..... ....... .2 .. 20b. Ito 50c.
use. to 75¢. Wash Chilton ................... 25c. to 75¢.
Cloak Sale.
Many firsbclass
Dover Egg Beaters ........ 8c.
10c. Stove Brushes ............ 9c.
....... 9c. Glass Rolling Pins 39c.
....... 9c. FlourSifters.............. 9c.-
Tristram 8: Hyatt,
11- Krifeger &
mm
. rumor.
Norwalk, Ct.
M 5 ANDCWANY
The Leading Outfitters in Ready-to-
Wear Goods for Men and Women
Closing Out Bargams
in Every Department
Children's Coats, king and short ones, at sacrifice prices.
Ladies' Coats, long and short, at sacrifice prices. " '
Fur Collars and Boas. at sacrifice Iprices.
Ladies’ and Mens‘ Underwear, at sacrifice prices.
Men‘s and Boy’s Clothing at sacrifice primed-:57
I
GREAT REDucIIONS'
iN OUR
SHOE DEPARTMENT.
' Our entire winter stock must be closed out bt'iorc the new
spring goods arrive.
Do not envy your neighbors because they wear good clothes. .
You can wear just as good if you trade with us.‘
CASH 0R CREDIT.
Accounts Opened with Everybody.
MERRILL BUSINESS causes
more» coup. .
.3 III IiiI‘IIIIII‘I‘I'I IrIIllII
pantomime, a , , . .I
, ,iwuthunuwmlui. Maud ’i‘ypowritiug, my“...
my macadamia- ammo-III am or month: Mali
Departments use pur mania. Boole and Ointment rm
Wmaoowm Dominican. mo per Im Insane In
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