Evening sentinel, Friday, March 28, 1902 · page 6

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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, ".101 . 1111 Investigation
”all/1‘11 11111 Political lltl-
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iNG'l‘ON. March 27—-~A 141-1111“
1111 tion was caused ill the House
. yo the presentation by Ml R1111—

ffl‘ennessee. the Dellloclatlc
”charges 111112111111: the 1111"1tlpl
fund 11f $500 000 111 connection
111111 of the Danish West in—
The charges wele contained in
mixed secret repelt of ("1111111111
Walterflhilstmns to the Danish gov-
hich declared that he had
y corrupt menus to thing the
hagdiiation‘s' for the sale 111 1111: 1.:-

and.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Gonfillmmlllwlon ’l‘ he 1".epolt

om‘ which Mr. llill'lllldsoll
optioned the names: 111' Al'ulcl
.Kihley and bit: pllttnel-.(‘lol111111
.t‘OI a. C. W Knox. who was described
it! n ‘ln’tlmate‘ friend 111‘ 51111111111
. Manon," Richard 1’. Evans. who was
Iiaid to represent "Ml- (lar'dllel and his
halide in the House? and two prose
sociationa. the names 111' which 1111111
at given as having been interested in
13 matter. The charges against 11111111-
to of Congress were not specific upon
1: 11111111111111 "mini-12111111. Mr. Richard:
Mn linked the adoption of a resolution
“vibe. appointment of 1111‘ investigat—
or; 11111111111111, of seven. '1‘ he speaker
" 1.2111111. the matter was privileged
1' Mr. Richardson had amended his
1 1110111111111 110 as to specifically inclllde
1‘ embers of the House.
- 1 Gréat excitement attended the 111111111
' chlngs. Mr. 0111111011. or llltnois.
. sited that Mr. Richardson' 1: pre-
.Nenthtion Was fragmentary and that
the whole matter should go over 1111-
'. .'tomormw 111 other that members
Eh in read the documents pl'.ese111e1l
nclnde newspaper extracts 11111
01:11., in the retail-.11 Christmas.
lie declared, on his own statement. was
1 riber and worse 11111 the House
Noted .tiown the motion to postpone and
, the restitution. after being amended in
minor particulars, was accepted The
figeake‘r immediately appointed the fol-

lng committee to make the inves-

,t‘ikatlonz‘ Messrs. Dalzell. (Pal: iiltt.
11111111111111); "Collusins and McCall.
111111111111. 1 Republicans: Richardson.

can). l)lnstnore."(i’li"k.i. 11nd Cow-
,t'd. (Mod. Democrats. .

Thbl Milly iimlropl'lliliou bill was
ubsfluoutly passed without illill.t‘l‘llll
- a 'endmcnl and a rule 11111:: adopted to
1! bite the hill to retire 11lll1-1'l'1: 111‘ ill.-
.votm'c' cutter sct'v'lcé .'1 lllltlilluilti; 111'»
.' leer until disposed 111.1.111- 01"111-1 not 10
1111111111111: with 0111110111 111111111 111- 1111-11
1100 hills 1‘11 cotll‘ollllche mum-.11:

Mr: Iiiclull'listuls 115011111011 11111: 1111
' ‘lotlows:

‘ ”Whom-111:. One Wain-l (‘l'llistlllas :1
filtbicct of Bottom-11.111111 is now and
.'tho has been for several 111111-11 a 11111
Inmatic agent and lcpl'esc‘lltatiw 1d
' the. government of 110111111111: 111111111117.
end elllpowelul to 1101111111101 with
the government of the United States

for the sale 01’ the Danish West ill
let: Island to the United States and
who was also the agent of the. United
tea for the purchase 111 said island
its submitted a secret and confided
16:31 report. to his own government.

' ”Whereas, The said Christmas. agent
1111 representative 111-1 atorcsai1l.ln ills
said report to his government declares
1111 sets forth among other things the
afoot that. the government of Denmal l1
“contracted agreed and obligated
to pay and 1.11111 over to 111111.110:
Christmas. 11111 per 1'..entum
“ tout 1111: handled ‘llousand donate:
I. e proceeds of the purchase money
rising from thh" 11-111 said islands to
11 en the same shall}
have been paid by the United States

he been declared and set forth in-
in his said secret repelt 10 his
rnmont for bribing of members of
he United States Congress including
_ embers of the. House of Representa-
' iv and other "11111101111101 citizens of

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

pending treaty between the. United
and Denmark for the sale of
1111:1111: bv the latter to the. fol
government may be consum-

esolutlons- further recite that

of. report stalled that the $500. ~

.. ' be immediately paid to

..‘rlstmiis. if the turret-lane money is

the United States for the cor:

ects set 1011111111: pendency

flflcatiqn of the, treaty is also

In 111 conclusion the resolutions

‘ a select committee of ‘seven

, of the House of Representa-

: appointed by the speaker to
diam: a: into the charge -~

9 Republican lenders hurriedly

ted during the reading of the

.. 11 11 and Mind the reading 111111

’ ' eluded Mr; Payne the major

slider immediately niacin the point

d The matter presented wills.

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1 11111011101111 Danish govern-
"On my honor 1:: 11 1111111111111» 0!
3' said he "I have now on

. upon any American official but I do

‘ 11111111 111110 “00111 llt'.

lillli lititllllil' liltlllllllillilll

gilm negotiations leading to this trea-
‘1v‘.

to Denmark for the. express pur pose as 1
.1!

.only of Denmark and of the United

.that in simply horrible

- these Danish papers show thlt all this

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11111111111111; 11111111111111: uovcl'vllllellt 11111 ll
manta. l have the evident 11 111-111. '1‘ his
in 11 111111111 chat-1111.1 do not ill-till: it
here 1111' the purpose or lllaklu'h plllltl
till. capital. ital-1- in 11 1"11111111- that
$1100 0110 11111: 1111111 for the express plll'
1101111 of lu'lbllu; 1111' Amer lcau 1111111111151:
.1111 1.1111 gelltlcuuut from New‘ York
1111011.: 11.1 1111111111111» 11 Iecl‘lllll'ul obitu-
tlotl." .

Spa 1101' l~l1_-.llll1..~l'l:1ul 'lli.'i.iil1‘i pollll
t'tlil111 attention to the fact that the
language of the resolution 1111111111111
that newspapers and members 01 (21111-
ul'call." he said. "did not necessarily
Include nietpbel's‘of the 1111111111. li‘
11111111111111: ot'tlle Senate. that body
must be the custodian of its own mor-
11l1:."lle thought If the resolution was
to be prluilogod it should specifically
llltlllili'. members- of the House

‘l 11111 1111111111 011 to say. " replied Mr.
Richardson. "that these charges do In»
clude members of the House and i will
amend the l'csollltlon’ to that extent."

Speaker Henderson thereupon ruled
that the matter presented was privi-
leged.

Mr. lilollal'llsoll said; "i will only
read the lllclun extract. which. if true.
should bring the blush of 11111111111111 the
cheek of every American." said be.
"For the statements will disgrace this:
country 111 the eyes 111' every foreign
country ill the world. This li'i what
this corrupt blll'gltlner says."

He then proceeded to read “Mr.
(.‘lll'lstmas's account 01‘ his interview
with the prime minister 01‘- the neces-
sity 1’01- the use of money to bring the
negotiations for the sale 01’ the islands
to 11 successful termination. lie told
01' bis acquaintance with Abner Mc-
Ktnlcy President. Mtlilulcy' 1: Mother
llllll his law pal-inct'. Colonel Br'owll
11111 gentleman whom Mil Christmas
deselibod 11112111111411}: the entry 10 the
white house and hello: familiar with
the wars of American 1101111111: 1011]
what. members 01’ Congress would have
to be paid 111111.1'ompllsh the results tie-
sll'cd.” . , .

’lhc 11111111'1 then 1111::1rlb1‘11l how till.
(‘Itllstulas had enlisted not only P101:-
idcllt McKinley a brother and his part-
111-1- bllt two areas associations. one.
ill New York and one in Washington.
and 11 111 eminent banking house lll New
York in the sale of the islands. .

in the report Mr. Christmas said
among other things that. he. had as his
special assistants "0. W. Knox, an in-
tinlate friend of Senator Hanna and a
Washington lawyer named Richard P.
Evans who 1"eplet:'ellted Ml..‘1'aldnel'
and his friends ill the Mouse." ‘

The Danish foreign minister was 1'11.
ported as disgusted with the methods
11inch had to be plllsued but as final
l_v airing his acquies cease

Mr. Richardson said that Christmas
was speaking of inviting members of
(‘ongl'ess 101111111 with him at the Hotel
Raleigh in this city tie them quoted
from the report astollows:

“It was not 11101111? the members of
Congress: 1 had to invite. i had as my
special assistants too men C. W.
Knov. who was an intimate friend of
Senator Hanna and Richard P Evans
.1 lawyer in Washington. who 1"eplc-
scllted Mr. Gardner and his friends in
the House These took an at tile 111111
lll the'pcl'sollal agitation since they
talked with 11 1:11-1:11 number of 11111111
111111: of Congress and unitalou 'purcll.
11.1111. of tile. islands. i had contracts
\l'iill them both. according 1.11 which
they and through tllotll col-lain 1111111-
In ls ol‘ (oppress should have :1 slullc
.111 the. collulllsslotl ii the. sale took
place: but the two 11011111011111”: 111.1111
1111111vpcus1-11 1111.- llills in restaurants
and hotels i had to pay. The 1.00 1111.11:
associations. Abner McKinlev and
brown, Evans. Knox and others 1 bad
lllotuiscd that thell contracts should
be uni-111111111111] by the house of Selig
1111111. To this the bunkingl 111111111 11.111
alrf'ccd 11.1: it should 111 one way or an:
other have to be recognized by the
Danish. West. ladies."

Ml'.’ Richardson then proceeded:

‘Now. Mr. Speaker 1 could make
more of these quotations but i will
not take the time of the House. 11 is
enough to show what a report this
creature has made to the Danish nov-
el'n‘lnent. this man whom our secretary
111' state used as an agentA-l was about

 
 
 
 

11"111IlsIted diplomat trom our legatioll
in London to the court at Copenhagen
and there. entertain his tlusted. agent
and procure his admission and into
.dllction to the prime minister 0! Don:
11111111 111111111 resulted in putting on foot

“Now I am not here to charge and
I do not charge that any American con-
gressmnn or senator has been bribed
in this mattel"- but here is the declara-
tion of this agent 01' the Danish gov-
ernment and of our own government.
that he had contracts for. five hundred
thousand dollars of the. money which
am supposed we were paying into the
tl'casurv of Denmark for these islands
to be used as he said lot the corrup-
tioa p111 1101111 of bliblng American cou-
:rlessmen

"Now does this not demand an in-
vestlgatioii at our hands? Are we to
sit here and permit this paper to be.
published in the leading papers not

Steak-because a portion of this re-
port making these charges has already
been printed in a Philadelphia paper
and in sonic other papers to this collu-
tly but also in the London Times. it
has been printed. I venture to say. in
leading papers of every capital of Eur-
ope. These charges Have gone forth
to the. world that there is a condition
of affairs in 11:1: United States Con~
1.11:1: as described 11 ' 11 minister
d that he
has known it fora long time. Does
1:11 a state of. affairs exist Mr.
Snooker? Every member of Congress
11 be. called and laterros‘hted upon
his oath if he. met this man Christ
mas. it he dined with him at the Hotel
Raleigh If he ought in any way to
make a public opinion in favor ot the
ratification of this treaty for the pur-
ehase of the 0111111111 islands. '

"1 how: so far "1111111921111 reflections

 
 
 
 

 

say this that these 11111111 that I hurt:
submitted here the 1111111111111 from

corrupt contract business has been ex:
posed since the 28th day of January 111
the Danish papers. 1 take it thIat the
8 th‘ 11111 State .

 

 

 
 

‘inade the charges.

to any tool but as an agent—to 1'al"1.v .

"'I know nothing about it.

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 

.House examine the documents before

 
 
 
 

' unanimous consent now that this no:

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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no all)“ 1111111
buying 11111111 111111 you an 1110‘ 111111111011

"‘ ‘0! 1111 into 1.1111 1.1111111111111011: measlii'oi. »
.111111 knowd‘ there ill-coilllli' win-:1 111"

111111 yet‘ on like l‘ltll day 01' February
the Anlel'lt'hu‘ Serum 1111110111. ulnlul-
namely 1111 I believe and as has been
published in the nuwupllpors cullilotl
this 'tl'caty. Did they know Mr.
rim-alter. W'lltlli tllcy ratified this trea-
ty that these things were 1111111111 pub-
lished ltl (i1llltillllli.il;1111..liunmlll'lt. . .1
11111 [lulled Staten 11111111111111; tllll till!
11111111111111»! on foreign 11111111111 01 the
141111111111 know tt1111.. l 111111111 know but.
this is the that. tllue the attention (if
this 1111111111 11111: 11111111 «plied to this did
graceful state, of affairs. it 001-1111: to
11111 there. is one Uilllg.lllilllll‘dullilllll‘
Ill this whole lint-linens and that is the
doptu'tlnent‘of state must have known
of the publication 01' 11:11:11: infamous
charges in Denmark and in Copenhag-
1111 for two weeks 01-11-11'lv llll'tlt"
wet-Ill: before this treaty was l'atillcd.“

Ml'. 11111 pointed outthat at: framed
the resolutions asset-ted facts on the
responsibility of the House of Repre-
sentatives whereas they were mere
charges of an outside party. Mr. 111111
1111111011 thereupon changed the. Dream
bIe so as to read: "Whereas. it is al-
11111eli."1'tc. ‘ 1 ‘

1111'. (3111111011. llllnols. made the. first.
rejoinder of any length. So for as
he could catch the charges as they
were read. he said. it appeared that
1011111 011111 named Christmas. who 111:-
knowlcdgml himself a ”bl'lbe' and
worse" 111111111 charges on which was
proposed to make 1111' Investigation
whether any member of.the House 01'
liepreselltativcl: was guilty of bribery
or the acceptance of bribes Mr Can
111111 pressed Mr: Richardson to know
whetilel the report gave the name 111 11
member 111' members 111' the House said
111 have been bribed and they engaged
in a very sharp controversy. Mr. Call-
non was plllill'iy laboring under consid-
erable excitement.

Ml Richardson insisted that ille' re
11011. did charge members of the House
and the Senate. “1 have mentioned
110111-111 ot‘ the names." said he. "I will
repeat. 1111:111‘1111111111 be. "

"it seems to me."sal1'l \1r.Callnon.
blanking ill “that it. would be wise to
make this investigation If it in wt» t-hy
01 investigation attel the members 01’
the iiouse hare had opportunity to
cxmninc the documents which the
gentleman from Tennessee but: ready.
When they are printed we. can see
what substance. there is in them.
There 11: no man on the floor of this
House who does not demand a. full in-
vestigation if the honor of any mem-
lll‘l' is authoritatively called into quea-
11011. “11111 i do not believe that there
11: a man in the House who wants to
investigate the. lulu-11 statement of an
acknowledged thief I would be glad
it the v1 hole matter would go 111' cr 1111:
iii tolnol'low when 11111111111111: can have
had an opportunity to 1111111111111: the.
documents. i make. this suggestion
in the greatest good faith."

"And I have oll‘ct'ed the resolution

in the utmost good faith." observed
Mr. l'llcllal'dsou. .
"The gentleman asks action 011 1‘1
doeumcllt. the extracts of which have
been read." rtltol'tcd 1111'. Cannon hot-
ly.

"'l‘hc gentlenlan llced 11111 1111101110 111;:
citl'd 111' agitated l .1111 perfectly will
11111 to 1111111 the clerk- l'I"Itl the (111111-11
11111111111111 lcspolldell \il‘. lili‘liill‘llrlllil.

‘I 1111111 111 postpone the considl'l'a
Hull 01‘ [in resolution until tomorrow
illllrposcd Mr. ("1111111111. _ 'i‘llt'l'l'llpoll
Mr. Mil-1's. lllliiltuil.'pt'lul'slcd that. 11.1-
lltol'row W111:- pension day and asked
that Mr. (11111111111, lllolllly his motion in
111111111 it 1'111111111'11'. "is not the 111111
111' of .1 member 111 ”It! ilollsl- lll’ 11101'1'
liililill'lillltt' than the passage of :1 low

 

tit'llh‘ilut lliilS!"1"lll'1l Ml‘. Home. '| 1'11
nessec. -
Mr. Underwood. Alabama, then 1:111.

tile floor. 111- declared that till' 11111111
try was awake ill this 01111111130111! that.
it res-11 far above tile. honor 11111 11111111
individual. He iusislcd that Christ-
mas after 1111111111.; 1111111 to negotiate
the sale 01‘ the islands bad 1401111. back
as the accredited agent. of the United
States. it, mattered not. 1111' said.
whether he was thief or know. he had
While. he hoped
[01' the honor of the countrv that. they
were not true they should be thorough
ly investigated.

In answer to an Intel-rogatory from
1111211111.]111110111. Mr Richardson stat
011 Christmas“ report was tinted ()eto

11.1.11- 1. 111111
1111' Cannon declared that. be 111111
lit-net heard of this man Christmas

until today: he. had no knowledge or
information 1"oncelning in- 11111 ac-
cording to his own belief. he was 11
Miller and worse. ,

"But he was accredited by the secre-
tarv 01‘ state, lnter‘posed 1111-. Richard
son “and was instructed to go to our
minister in l..‘.ondon‘ .

“Tile gentleman artfully says the
secretary of state made. this man his
agent“ cried Mr. Cannon llldlglmtlv.
if anything
ought to be, investigated I am not
in favor of proceeding upon the ex-
tracts this gentleman has read. The
document should be printed in full
then each member of the House can
act intelligently. No one will be. more
swift than i to investigate charges of-
fecting federal officials and members
111 the American congress."

“But these chargeswere printed. in
Denmark and were known here from
January 38 to February 17. interposed
1111'. Richardson. “Does the gentleman
not think the secretary picture should
have called the attention of the Sea?
etc to charges that 3500.000 was being
spent to bring about a successful ten
urination of the negotiations.

not know anything about it "
1M1'. 0111111011. warmly “and

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 

i demand a vote "- .
"1 1111: not see-1111111 to dishonor aoy- '
000.] am seeking to prevent dishon-
or l‘e‘alled Mr Richardson .

'The. gentlemen tears to have thé.

 
 

 
 

It votes." retorted Mr Gannon.
“I 110 11111." insisted Mr. Richardson.
"that is exactly that 1111:1113. l 11:11

 
 

 

 

port be read in‘ fall from the clerk’s
desk. "

But 111.011.11.111: angrily objected his

 
 
 

dozen other Republicans, The smir- .
or then not the question on 1111'. Can 1
pen a motion to postpone. The Repub-

licana generally 11111111 for the motion. .

banana oil’ercd 1111 illiteblllucnt [11111-

be until such report is finally made

a ,
1111111 f 11111 will say nothing that would ‘
dishonor my one;

amp and has never been

becomes hoarse, or even after

will prevent the attack...
objection being sustained by half a - l '

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that .w a lost

'1‘ lil"l't".lifllllll1]tli11 were “till;
by tho 1111101111111 111 "it: I11 ul
i'ol'e all 11111101110111: of farm

perfected
oped"- I111.-
111. the.

111-1111111111 11.111111110101100 1'2 newspapers
wua' clltllnted 1.0 rend: “Nolvapupo‘l's
111' 11111111: associations. "'

With illl'atl cllllllvl': tile leaullliilula
wen-tutti 111 11 role. and Wct'ul tll'rlt'll
without 11 distillation 1111111. 'I‘ 111- 11111111il1
111- lllllnedlalcly 11111100111111 the. lIIVI‘llil
trillion cmllnllttee 111.: 1111111111: 111111111-
selllal‘lvca Dub/.1111 I’iIIl.;‘ Hill 1111:;
Coastal-1.1011111; Met‘all."M’m:a.: Ill-111111
“cans. and Richardson. 'l‘11.1ll.iltllll
more Alllanetis and (‘1)wllcl'1l. Mm.
lieulocl'nta; The excitement then sub
aided and the House turned to the 11-00
lI'iliIlIlIu'flUOU of the army appropriation
11

ll 11: said that title answar 111! 11111
11111111 department to the illc'llnlllson
resolution directing an lithiSilMlilOll
into the charges made in connection
with the Danish West Indian treaty
will disc-loan 1.111: fact that according
to the record the United States 1101
moment has refused to have anything
to do with any persons as a party to
tllc‘ treatv who were, 1101 11111-111th con-
nected with the’ Danish government.
The. departinent also placed on record
it'll determination to pay no commis-
sion to any person on account 01‘ the
(tension of till-islands. it. will be
pointed out. that our government had
110 right to dictate to the Danish gov-
ernment as 111 what it should do it]
the matter of paying commissions.

Al-lil has been assumed In some
'ularlers that the failure of Gangrene
to appropriate the.‘ 351.000.0110 which
was to be the price paid for the is-
latlds. would lll ilself‘cause' 11 failure
01‘ the transfer 111' the territory it may
be said that the construction of the
treaty at the stale deparmeni. is that
directly upon the exchange of ratifi-
catlons. the. islands became. the. pron-
111'ly ot' the l’nited States without wait-
ing for the payment of the money and
the failure of Councils to make the ap-
proprintiou would simply leave out-
standing 1.1 debt of honor against as.

11.1 WLlliY'S 1111.11'anv 111100111).

WASHINGTON March 27 ~Soon af-
1111- the Senate convened today Mr.
ilawlcy chairman of the committee 1111
military affairs favorably 1"ep01tcd a
Illlil to cbrrect the military record 111'
(‘llllrles H. liawley. A similar bill was
vetoed a short time ago by the presi-
1ient.ln leperting the measure Mr.
Ilawley said it had been chanced and
Informal assurances had beenglven
that as reported it would he satisfac-
tory to the president. ’l‘he bill re-
ported authorized 1111.- president. to re.-
1111:: the (use and to revoke the WM
of dismissal.

Mr. tialllnger New. Hampshire said
he had 11111111011 lettoraeh'om soldiers
impultuninl; him to Introduce similar
bills and 1111 had replied that apparent
lv there. was no use to do so as they
were likely to be vetoed if passed. ‘1".c
hoped that his impression was incor-
11-111. The bill was then placed on 1.1111
1111111111111.

A total resolution was adopted 1111
00111111111. Henry 11) Palmer. 01011111111111
1.1111111: W. Steels. Indiana: Waltcl l.’
Ill-owllloW.Tennessee: ‘T.’ ..l lit-tutor:
1.011. Illinois and i. M llruwll Main:-
uti'lublu'a of 11111 board (11" uliillnuers of
1111- national 11111111- fol dimlllcd vnitltl
1.0-111 soldiers 11111111. 111111011 Status. (In
million of Mr. P11111111 the 81111111111111
11111111 that “‘10" it Ilillf)lll‘llt'1l 11111: I\‘ it
:talld alltulu'llod lultil Motldllr next

Clonal lclnlliml was 111 u ."hlllllt‘ll 111
the 1111-11illill'p111'itle bill till-11111111:

i111: 11 tax 111' 11-11.1'l-lli's"p pound upon
ndllltclutl'd butler providing that it
should be stamped 111'i 111211111011 11110
levylui: a horny 11111: 1111"i'illl'lt‘lllll 111
1111' provisions or 1111' 11111111111111 -.ut lie
said 1.1111 rolllpllltut 1111-1110 that 111111-1151:
bullet-11:11: 11111111111111 to 1.11.1111: proba
lily was lust. and he hoped Ilia amend-
luollt would be adopted as he 11 '11: 1:111
isiled it “01111! meet many objections
to the pending bill

'SUICIDED IN POLICE STATION.

New York Woman Arrested After
Tryinn to Kill Her Husband

NEW \ORK. March 2.7-»Mrs. 1\ll~
llie team a committed suicide in a 110-
llce station by drlnlting1 'al'llolie acid.
The woman had been arrested after
i‘l'l‘lliill" an attempt to kill her husband
by tiring seven shots at hint $1111 11.:
1111 two l'cV'sOIler She. also fired a
:hot. at the policeman 'who arrested
her. lealousy is said 10 have caused
the shooting.

-m .1.- ...

MEETING OF MILITARY BOARD.

The. military board recently appoint-
ed to recommend measures (01 improv
in: 1111:. Connecticut Ne‘ttonal Guard
held a session yesterday in the su-
preme court room at the Capitol Hart
ford 11.111111111111111 ii a 111 to 1': p.111
All the. member- of the board were

present except Lieutenant Colonel Eu.
gene T. Kirkland. As the action of the.
board must first be reported to the. an-
thorlty creating 1t.itsI deliberations
and conclusions will not be made pub-

 

The otheors comprising the board are
g‘olng into the details of the subject
before them very carefully and their
wbrk should bring about good results.
The board will not meet again until
Wednesday. AprllII 9.

he speaker 1111111111111 the. mo- 01 three and 01102111.” 1101'

10111111111110" 01' Mt‘. Lacey, limit. the 1'1.1f-'

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A 111111111111 to depositors at tile
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lllllll has been 1111111111'1111'11'0111 the 1111 111110“

11111.1: of tho six months ending April
1111 190:1. Payable 1111 and after April
itttll. All dividends 11111. withdrawn
will draw interest from April. ist.
ViC'i‘Ult S. Sl'llililiiliK.

11127 21v 'l‘reaaul'or.

 

11) Cents

' Will. Hill" A 'l'thfll‘I

Vanilla

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Crystal

Which will 1rive11101051111151“-
1100 do more and better
ilavollllg than a 25
cent boltlcot the
old style cx-
traCts

BeingAbsointeiy
, Free
From Alcohol

Do Not Evaporatc or
Dcteriorate.

DELICIOUS. PURE.
ECONOMICAL.

AT 1111. GROCERS.
Vanilla Crystal Co.,

101 Beekman Street, New York.

For Sale. in South Nol'walk by
l). S. Davenport, Lorenzo Dibble.

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Uncle Remus' Molasses
‘ Jug.

Uncle llellllls‘ molasses lug was the
real article. it was squat, dark brown.
and broken handled. with a couple of
halibut-1101: of. rope. above the neck
for cairylng. Many y'eals ago on his
wedding night. Old Master gave the
jul; 10 Remus with a good two gallons
of hard elder for festivities sake. Old
Master was long since dead.‘and No
1111111, on old man. all old dccrcpid man.
as he hobbled home from the store.
1111: cant: in one hand. his lag of mo:
biases in the other. Uncle. llctnus' foot
hooked, Ills cane slipped and he and
his int: fell and his 511:; was broken.

Dale now, " said Uncle Remus “if i
had took some of 1111's.. 111. 1311111.
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lllllliatu. and i wouldn't have bl'llkc. dat
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Notice.
To Contractors.

111111-11 111’ the Selectmen 01‘ 1111-
of Norwnilt: Conn.
March "I l'l'li.‘
Hl'lllc ll proposals will: be 11111111111 :11
the Selel' 1111111 .11 Other. Ntll' walk. 1“ 111111.
up 111.1 p.1ll. 01‘ the 311 1111.1 of April
190.22 for the working and care of the
highways in said town which will be
divided into live districts. Plans and
:pccli‘lclltions may be seen at. tile Sc
l1-ct1ncn‘soiilce.llills to receive con
1':i1lelation must be. final residents of
the town Tile 1i1..ht reserved to re—
lost any 01' all bids it considered to
the best interest of the town.
SAMUEL LYNES.
JAMES A. BROWN.
WILLIAMIB. REED. .
Selectmen:

Spring Opening

To 11 11

10% Jill.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,
. MARCH 26 and 27. _

The display will be fully double that
.01’ last season and the s‘etectlon‘ con-
talus some 01’ the finest designs of the
mllllner s art. Ladies of The Norwalks
nndI'Illear by towns are cordially in-
vite .

M. F. Ackerman,

31 Main Street. NORWALK.

Connected with large Bridgeport. es
tnbllsllment.

The store will be. open until it o c‘lock
Wednesday evening.

 

 

 

 

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amberlain s Cough

Any Unworkable
Machinery

_ Put Into.
Wat-liable Condition
Promptiy
Reasonably

THE 6 N MCKIBBIN
H'F'G'CO. f
' W. R. THOMPSON, Manager.
summer?” so”. NORWALK,
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FINE MlLilNERY‘

; (y: for the safe and expeditioiis' '

1:111:11 With 111111111111 Comm 11111111111. .

HARTFORD Mala-.11 27.~:~Governm
(111011.111 P. Mel 11.11111 returned today
from it titres wuoks' 110101011 111 ‘Wilticl'
Park, Florida. loolllllu 1111.111 and hearty.
llallroud' (iotllt‘lllauiollcl' 0. it. it‘ylel'
was with him, but. stopped. over in
Waslllllgtt‘ln. where 1111 will remain for
another Wei-k. (111v. Melanin 1:11.111 that
MI‘: l“.l'l1'l“n llcallll l1'lls‘sutltllwllllt Inl-
proved. ‘ ..

ill 11111111111111. of the constitutional
11111v1lllt.tou. the utll'l-l'tior 111-1111111111 that
. he still 111111 hopes that ill lta wisdom
. it 11 ill tll‘i'ltlt' upon some system 01‘ rcp-
? conciliation 11111111'1'tlllllable titan the
.‘ present. The small 10th should .tliti-ec

to some plan which will he just. to tho
1 11111111110 advocated the 111111110 donor»
1d principle which he advocated In his
t 11101:. .age but. he was not committed to
any plItIr-tk 0101 one of the schemes pl'e ‘
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| 1111111 you'll slug its praise.
l ted.

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t"The Book of the
_ Presidents”

By General Charles H. Groovenor.
:20 years Member of Congress. ["10
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lligiicently beautiful book ever issued
ill the United States. Contains :28
111 17.1. full page Photogrnvnro Portraits
. reproduced from the best paintings in
the. Capitol Building the Congrenslon
Iul Libr'aly the Coronran Art Gallery
of Washington and the White House.
iBoth President McKinley and Presl-
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White House for their portraits to be
used only and exclusively in this work
This is the greatest honor cvcr con-
tel-red 011 any publication issued in
this country. it is a work that will re-
ticct credit upon the nation. Every
Patriotic American citizen will buy it.
Selling at. sight. High class 111011 and
women employed on commission or
part salary and part commission. $13.
500 yearly guaranteed for a y'sear
permanent work. Also Manager want-
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in 11011111 town 10 have charge of agents
and correspondence. looking after the
advertising and other work Fortunes
can be made on this publication with
in the next three years. Write for
terms and circulars. Address THE
CONTINENTAL PRESS. Corcornil

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D. W. RAYMOND

FUNERAL DIRECTOR . .
AND EMIALMER: '
19 North Main 81:1. South Norwalk

Residence. 9 Crescent Tom
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SOLID AND SUCCESSFUL

SOUTH NORWALM CONN

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DIRECTORS: .
John H: Ferris Henry humour
John H. Knapp Christian Ilium
John H. Light 5.. 1:1; Matheweon
Josiah R1Morvin sumac! Grumman
.2. Wallace Marvin.

 

Accounts Sanctum.

 

THE soura‘ 11011112011
TRUST COMPANY
is now located in its new

borne No I93 Wis/tington 51‘.
where it can offer (bet-y facili-I

conduct of the Genet-111311111.
fag. Business.

Saoinqs Departmmt pays 4
per cent on deposits.

Safe M0311 Boxes now
ready for rental,‘-

11:11:11 11:11:11.1 Yellow: 111 Gem-

Building. opposite United States Trea- '

(it'll NATIONAL BANK _

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State 111‘ Ohio. 11111.. titty of 'l‘oledo,
1111110: (101111111.

l1‘1'allkJ.Cllulloy 11111111111 oath that he
is the Himltll' partner 01' 111 111111 of l".
.l (311111er & (30., 111111111 bits 11111111 in the
(lily of '1 111111111. County and into afore-
said. and that. 1111.111 firm will pay the
111ml 01‘ ONE
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FRANK 11.0H10Nllli’

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A W.fli.10AIBON
Notai'y‘ Public. ‘

and mucous surfaces of the system.
Semi for testlmonlals free. '
11' J. CHENEY, 11.00., Toledo,0
Sold by Drllgglsta, 751:. '
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Notice to the People in fieacrol

That. a special sale 01’ Wincaand
Liquors will take place'this week only
at our store 18 Main street. The
reason we offer this special sale is be-
cause We have just received a ('01
load of bottled Wines and Liquors
which we are ready to dispose of
at very low prices naming you‘ a few
brands which the rest is too numerous
to mention:

Taylor Whiskey $1, Hunter’s”, Old
Crow $1,111Pepper 511 Wilson 91. Mar.
tell XXX $1.75, Henneoy XXX $1165
Hostetter'n Bitters 901: Finche’a Gold-
en Wedding 95c, Mount Vernon, 191.,
95c Guckuhelmer.‘ '91.. 961:, Monogram
901:, Old Nelson 7501 Belmont 75c Bour-
bon 751:. Lincoln County 751:, Gibson
751: Holland Gin 756. Old Tom Gin 750,
imported Kimmel 75c, Imported Jam
Ilum 75c, Irish and scotch Whlnkey

5c.

1111 giving us a call you will convince

yourself. .
BtRNBAUM 31108.,
'18 Main St. Norwaik Conn.

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T035 1111 mu: INSURANCE

First
. Are you insured in a strong
company that is "conflagratlon-
proof"?

Second 1
is your policy correctly writ-
ten by an experienced agency?
The experience of a quarter of a
century is at your service.

JACOB M. UNION.

Fire insurance

6 Railroad Place 50. Notwaik.

Fire. Incurancq

1511111111: to be about the only ounimoditi
bought. without regard ‘ to quality.
There are on many grades of insur-
1111011 as there are of merchandise.
You are 11111101111111.1113! paying for the
best. quality; are. you quite sum you
11.111 getting it? Better to know. now
than after the tire. Our fifteen years'
experience: 011 the subject have fitted
as to do this well.

Tovlor 81 Golden.

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11:11.

190".
Plumbing and Steam 11.111
Ina.
Hot Water Heating
Hot Air Healing.

s'l'ovns AND. 11111111113115.
SLATE. AND 'I‘IN ROOFING.
Gas. and Steam Fitting.
Fixtures. Metal Coiling.
Have you seen our stock of
RICHMOND RANGES?

The Jones R IGiCililss mull!
17 waLn STREET NORWALK

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right but the quantity as well. When
you place the order with. us. you are
sure of satisfaction ln‘every bit of coal
you buy.

Place your orders with us 11:11 get
your money' 0 worth. Our price Gullah
any and our 1.11:1 surpasses 1:11;”

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