HOE!”
Lie Co.
“I!
I I
1111mm This Boun-
IL‘I'iIIliIII ’III ElIIIIIIIId
upon May 15~The correspon-
Dondon Times at Paris, ‘M.
.supplies his paper this
ter telegraphed to him by
om.“ Fort De Fr'an'ce. Mar-
der date of yesterday, by
5 g clouds of smoke; but
med produced so normal-
as permissable for even.
were inclined to look on the
‘ot to dread a catastrophe.
France, where‘the agitation
Boles attracted; as it went on.
glen. any anxiety which ex—
dlly' died down. when. May
rhptibp of mud. the hot
been mingled with water
overwhelmed Guerln's
g twenty three persons.
. in the north of the island.
0.
8:wlllle them were still de—
ions going on at Fort De France
‘ jerre .Iwhere the night had
ed" in anguish and ignorance
bother the eruption of mud was
an ”or of or the end of the dis-
' Pierre was within ten min-
5 hilated. Describing St. Pierre
31nd been demolished the‘ cor-
LL5cloIId of fire. which increas-
dyanced audc Irmbled every—
course. scare lower town.
. arbor a4 four walls bearing
‘ re remained standing. To
on of those familiar with
311' town clock remained in-
«show the precise moment
pastel marking 7:50. and this
fraction deeply affected all
On the other hand the
5 cc and its contents were
4 54; the fragments of the apps-
' “thrown a hundred yards.
o elattitudes were percepti-
L ng as though forced out by
not the heat and «with the
\.
us that the site of St.
‘1‘.ka be guarded by the mill-
umerous pirates from the.
islands were preparing to
lNGTON May 15—-5By direc-'
resident Secretary Hay, on
‘sssdor Cheats. at London:
toe British government! the
5 cube president and the poo.
9- country in the aflllctuion
Lithofallen St. Vincent.
to share in the work' of a ll
olcanlcV outbreaks
“for rheumatism, and
protection for your
lehrellas, 30c, 00c, 500:
eta” 8512 Best 83. 50' U'n‘r-
All new goods and
oh:
man 5441’s“ at prices to
Gold Pen trade. Old
”fawn!
‘VIOLE AGENTS,
SOUTH NORWALKV.
ready been consulted ”
th an account of the st. "
4hands1on5 anything of val-s
.5 sent to Martinique.
v_5.-
e relief of 1:th softness
bankrupt sale o;
. 4 ”especially thanked by name h
' I. oasse is Senator Fairbanks."
Company today it was saldztha't fibers
. Pouyer Quertler, which is trying to pick
4.1
government have. to use their own lan-
guage. expressed their desire to “share
in the work of aid and r'cscue. . As to
the manner in Which this generous o -»
for can be best accepted. the govern-
ment of the Windward Islands has al-
Mr. Balfour referred to the opening-
of therellef fund' at the Mansion house,
by the lord mayo‘r. Sir Joseph Dims~
dale, in behalf of the sufferers from the
island of St. Vincent and said that
Caudam. Jamaica and the other .West
lndia islands. and the island of Mari-
tius (in the Indian ocean) had promis-
ed to help with money and goods.
"1 have no doubt " he added. “that
the other colonies will be equally gen-
erous. In addition, the government of
the WindWard islands has been author-
ized to spend whateVer sums are neces-
sary. and the imperial government is
prepared to supplement the centribu-
tions from other sources to whatever-4
extent may be necessary.
“As regards- the island ofI IM‘rtin-
ique, Lord Lansdowne, (foreign minis-
ter) May 12. had instructed his niajeéo
ty s ambassador at Paris (Sir Edmund
Mbnsou) to say that If this country
could help by the loan of doctors or
the gift of medical comforts and provi-
sions were prepared to act forthwith.
The French government replied accept-
ing with gratitude the offer of his maj»
esty' s government. From the nature of
the ca'sr. there must be a distinction be-
tween our own colonies and those of
another power. in t e expenditure of
money. But. the go rnme'nt; as stat-
ed ls prepared to glvo comforts anc
provisions to sufferers at Martiniquc!
John Dillon (Irish Nationalist) who
first put the question in the House
Tuesday. and suggested that the an»
thoriaatiou to the gayernor of the
Windward islands to spend money
ought to. be extended so as to provide
for the relief of the Martinique suffer-
ers. as be. considered it would be most
unfortunate if a distinction was made.
tried to move an adjournment of the
house on this point. but the motion was
rejected.
,PONC‘A. Nel).. May l5—~'i‘he fears of
an eruption of Mount lona. near this
town'have been quieted. The renewed
issuing of nexious gases sndsmoke at
the time of the'hlartinioue disaster
caused much uneasiness III the vicin-
ilv. The emission of gas continues
but no subterranean noises have been
heard since ruesday morning. Far-
more who were planning to move away.
have been reassuIed and' will remain
The cause of the disturbunre is not
known. but Is supposed to be the re-
sult of the heating of an underlying
limestone formation. coming in con-
not with moisture
NEW' YORK. May lb—Markaret
Stokes" the uine-yeur-old child who is
one of the survivors of the steamship
Roraimn. which was destroyed at St.
Pierre. Is the only remaining member
of a family of live that lived in Brook-
lyn up to a few months ago. The
child" s father was Clement Stokes. at
one time a well-Lto-do merchant of Bar-
badoes. B. W. 12,5111 for the last few
years bookkeeper for a department
store in Brooklyn. Stokes died recent-
ly, and the widow decided; to return to
....
badoes. The widow packed her proper-
ly and with a Mthfrll colored nurse.
Clara King. who had been with the
family in Barbadoes. she started on the
journey that was be the last under-
taken by the fam ly.=: _4 4
NEW YORK May ib-Edmond aru-
waert. the French consul general at
this port is extremely pleased at the
promptness with which relief has been
"l ha'veL‘neverc seen anyt lug organiz-
ed so quickly or so anti rily." he
‘ .' "Everything is 'go 51
ly Smoothly.,. ’y'fo France
th she 'is
from Bordeaux and 1110' .
particulars as: to the ‘c
vessels .015 course all their;
be at Fore De France befo
from France can. reach them “ '
4 "I expect that M. Cambon will today
make public the cablesrpms which he
has received from '.M Defenses. the
minister of foreign affairs. thanking the
Americans who have come so gener-
00st to the aid of the survivors of this
dreadful disaster. One of those w ' is
Kt- the offices of the French astle
was as yet no word from the cable. sol
up the north end ‘ he cable from
Investment or on 01mm.
90 Washington .5134. 4
‘41 while this plan Was not his first choice.
the home of' a wealthy sister in Bar- ‘
shamansmgohbaamn. ‘
cram esocuted for
...—..—
Private wires to New York VBoston'.
Washington, Chicago.
Carefuluattontiou given to nLVrVVaVll‘ cud
telegraph orders. 4 4 .
Correspondence invited
.'lL
Telephone Call 153. 5 L.5.'4_441LL
Smart; '8 Corbett Block
wachlu'gt‘t'hLL 1.81}, 80. Norwclk 90011.
An Hurtfiliiinl How iii HIIIIII
Continued from First Page."
preserve a proper equality of populaV
tics in each district. 5
The state shall. be IlILvIaeII Into not
less than thirtywsix nor more than for-
ty live senatorial districts each" com,
posed of contiguous territory find as
nearly equal in population as possible
and in constituting said districts no
town shall be divided except to make
two or more. senatorial districts. The
senate shall consist of members elect-
trIlot. ' 4
President Andrews explained that
be ironed it would pass. "it would be
highly discredltable." he said
state. to the convention and tonne deli»
egates‘ if this 0001' adjourns without
accomplléhlhg homething
the ono~andwaixty plan to be the
by all means, but that has failed eof
passage. The present resolutiorr is a
compromise. it is more than a corpora-‘4
misc. To me it is a surrender. How-
ever. i move the adoption of the HobL
with loud applause.
of ighllVVBVl‘lVlll'y,VV then took the door.
hill
“1 am grieved that i cannot follow
our distinguished president. 1 cauno
vote for the Holcomb 51.11.11 violates
principle. it isrthe mostdlaastrous lo
the country towns of all resolutions
presented. Better will‘ it he to do
nothing than to do something In which.
war on not belleVe. " 4‘ 4
Mr. Waller. who had left the cham-
her uporr the conclusion. of Presidentr
Andrew. then spoke. He denounced
the convention rule requiring eighty,-
flve votes for the adoption of a mess.
ure Discussing this rule at some length
he concluded:
“i cannot lvotc for a senate of 36. I
move an amendment making the new
ate one of 45, instead of from 36 to ~15."
5,Ml. Clark. of liaddum. said he did
not want a new constitution 5 "Let the
constitution stay as it is." shouted the“
speaker.
L)Meanwhll'e Mr. 5,Waller urged that the
house and' senate questions he voted
up'on straratély. He made a motion to
this effect, which was. rejected. 08 to
Delegate Warner.
He
comb plan as a whole. it resulted:
Whole number voting 155; necessary
440 n choicc, 85; yea. 78;nay.482';al51~
=ent or not' voting. 13L Thus the resin
iILILtLion of harmony was defeated. A
vote. was then tahhn on Mr. 4'Waller a4
u'lan of a senate of 45. This. too. went
down to dcfeat:5 Yea. 75; any. 79.
The convention beéguan all over again:
Delegate Bissell. of fileld. proposed a
house with one representative for each
each additibnal 50000; and a senate of
45. This III-‘50 peltion then became 1112
subject of it? abate. 4
The discussion was short 10415111114
in quick time the. convention was vot:
ing on the Bissell plain 4T0 the amuse-
ment‘ of many this measure went
through by 11 margin of three votes,
The resolution provided for; representa-
tion in jumps of 48, 000 and 50.000 of
population. It also provided for a son'-
ate of 45.1‘he vote resulted: Whole
number voting. 134;
choice. 85. Yes. 88; nay. 60; absent or
not voting. 14.
By this vote the house will here;
One representative from each town of
less than @2000: two representatives
from each toLI'Im' of between 2.000 and
,5 2.;000 oné additional representative
'eat'dt addition”. 50.000 of orientation
secure- ‘me hire forty-Vase mem-
Wt
.lAV‘ this point a recess was taken.
HIIIslIIII Troupe HIIIIIIInliIIeIiL
(Continued from “First Page).
uLLane small port.’ He was removed to
the pest hence.“ 'The car will be thor-
oughly disinfected before it is allowed
to proceed Twenty-six members oft
the troupe left here this morning, for
Willimantlc .but Hi Henry, the proprie-
tor. with a number of actors. stays
here. and all were vaccinated today
LBrown joined the troupe at Buffalo a
few weeks ago, and is a' Lvlolinist.
4% ”
L0
‘ 4 aforema {h
on ”ill-smears" when stair m
and typewriter and 'Th L
sacral mouths
I VfiLV ' ".VL..,'._.._uu—- ...—....
ed in said districts one from each dls '
"to the 5
lbeJche'
comb plan. " The speaker was greeted ‘
33 A vote: was then taken on the Hol- .
‘ ,IIvoman was aboard the barge Baxter,
town of loss than 2.000. two for towns 5'
between 2.000 and 50. 000: and one for
necessary to a h
- port and ‘
’ about 100
0010011411 Bfiilllllllllj] HIIl L4
I . L M
mm on I If!
.ioannot muMWL
1a.; the «as small we. ' '
mortar are In mm Am our
mama m rss. 5
Krasovuz 8; Fax,
47 Now? Main co'r. Ann :51.
mum NORWALIn5
1.3
”WARIIIIIR
41101
‘L ".Then you will want tlriII un-
derwohIchorythiug thin. Well
we prepared for you some
Hmor'rtbs ago and our line of
.. Summer Furnishings for" men is
aIgvory complete one.
Blilbrlggdn Underwear at 25c
50c and 81. '00 with soublc seat
4VDrawers. V
Best linLe of Negligcc Shirts L
Iin the 'LLL'L'LLLL Cities, 500. $100
' and 8150 '
l
VLL'l‘al.5 133 12.
I 1111 I 111
00111038, enormous
carcass, runsrsnnas.
85 Washington 5!"!ch
scorn Nonwanrc '
5.
....W
mousse IN rue Vuscmuenv.
Thomas Callahan Severely Hcrt at the
IAndrcwc and Smith MIII Yesterday.
. Thomas Callahan seventeen years
old. employed at the Andrews & Smith
will in Norwalk, was seriously injured
while at work yesterday afternoon,
and will be- laid up for a number of
weeks as a await-.4 He was caught in a
bolt ,whocl andr whirled around with it.
llrside many raises he imp a very bad-
ly fractured eg. The .aihbulauce was
called. and it was proposed to take the
young man to the hospiwtal but it was
later decided 0‘, take him to his home.
Dr. L.5VM. AllcV dressed hlslnjurles
....—
MAY' KNOW OVROWNED WOMAN.
Medical amino- ael- s Letter of In
‘ quiry From New York.
AWomsli l hing herself Mrs. D.
Reiley wrote lcai Examiner S. H.
Huntington from New York this air.
requehting' a description of the w mop
f1" Roton Point several days ago. fine
relieves “til at it was someone whom
she knew. and stated that the drowned
which sunk off Bridgeport three weeks
Virgo.
4%”
KING‘LS: DAUGHTERSI MEETING.
~444.'.l‘hcj annuallmcsfing of Central Un-
1on. King Daughter. was held yosth-
day aftern 11.4 in the First Church
chapel. Reports from three of- the
four circles were read and accepted
and Miss hassle M Stanley favored
with a vocal! solo. Coffee and cake
were served by Ministering Circle
Officers for e ensuing year were not
floated. as ?section of dischntlnu
11g the on oil it being .considered
Mrs. 'L!‘ K.- table. president is unable
to be presenttphrt of the time and as
of much interest is taken In the
meetings it‘hhs been preposéd to drop——
the Central
hdwever cont uing their ‘work us in-
dependent organisations.
DIDLL' NOT K55 BOXING BOUT.
'r
attended the boxing
b01114 WWW , . i'n‘es Conley, of Bridge
morhiog disgusted.
itI was a regulanfrost there being only
pie? in the hall wThe. of-
fair: was 11' under thee.
the Uncowa AI hlct'lc Club.4010.irtleld._
The pugilists ere ccheduled to box
It the contest was called
off at’the’ end. of the fifth round owing
the slim mendance. The South
0er it people avers compelled to re
main in Fairlield until 2 oclock this
di- they could get a. car.
i
W
50F MRS. K. J. easily.
at 40‘! Mrs. Koturah- -LJ.
In her late home in Chest.
, It W Duncan
L prLiLate Tseleot'io'n‘s
grandsons-401 the de-
.8 Crew. and Homer
‘ outrun and Victor
I oral tributes were
11 1010821110 Included a ”pillow
5 can nd one from" the
. The interment.
iri‘eifiifl‘rl‘Wérirfi‘i-fim 5 .
who was found drowned on' the beach‘ ~4
Ion the other circles '
he west to airfield ‘5 _..‘.
Russell of Soth- I
DOrt returned home at 2 0‘clo‘cir this -
The! claim that '
pleas of ‘
latte}? attended yesterday :
Mrs C. FVV BoutwéllV L
“w. .
Ladies" Links Thread Vests; sleeveless . .
Ladles‘ Lisle Thread Knee Pants ..
Extra size Vests and Pants, sizes 8 and 9.
“is
v“. to
Ladies Lisle Thread Vests, high neck, short sleeves
Ladies” Lisle Thread Vests, high neck, ‘Ilong sleeves ..,‘r.4.4‘.4..I......
r..-u.
Forest Mills Underwear and Gordon Dye Hosrery
The manufacturers of “Forest Mllls'FUndcrwedrlguarpnteo- its {superior wearing and fitting quali-
tics. Every garment, whether for man. Women or child beats the tr ado mark “Forest Mills" so that you
may be sure when purchasing you get the best. We bays a5. few specials in tbls‘Undclv'cddF'V which iii-‘5' ox
tra 3115511 values and which we Will not be 313ch to duplicate 115.191..
.:,,,..‘
rrrrrrrr scanners-c-ch-ucr-vuc-
u..n--.rsou--..p
t'a...r.....n-uvoc'f-nuu
----- n-csrcqccchlclcvic soo-cnru-c-o-uus-a-III
u... ..... ...”... ....Va...5n..u u’li-uc‘bq'l,.l¢Vus_.
E Everything in the Stocking line. We carry in the “Gordon Dyc" dainty la'co open work effects, sty-
.? lish. everpopulur silk and gauze lisles also durable cotton; all weights. all sizes, all prices.
,7... Ladies’ Lace Lisle Black Hose ............. ....... ..... .................. ...........
A11" hadlos‘ Plain and Ribbed Lisle, Black. . .. . .‘V. ..... . ....... ......_..
. Lodios' Moco Split Foot. black . ....... ...... .5 ....... .....L... ...... o ’..I.I ..i. ..
; ‘ Ladies Allover Lace Lisle. . ........ 55 WfIL‘L‘LL
,4“ Ladies' Lace Lisle Navy. Red Drab .. ...... . ............. ................ ‘ .‘. ... ...;...
'3" H i h' D
.... . cuss urnis IILIVg apartment
'5“ . fr.»
" ' ' impeIIlnlWriVngcrs. lolnch 8.2.95 Chopping Bowls ...........I.. 19c
. Universal erngcrs, 10 inch. . 83.25 Brooms . 190
5+ .. Eureka Wringers . 82.75 it Whisk Broom Ill. 115a:
’3“ ‘-- 5 IWhltewash Brushes 250 ‘I 50 foot Clothes Lines ..... ......, 100
3 Window Brushes ...... . 49c '15 Lanterns ....I............. 390
is Chamber Pails 86c EV'Mouso Traps 50
i TRISTRAM & HYAT'l‘, NORWALK CONN
#
70TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
Mrs. Amelia Coffin, mother of Mrs.
l'~‘4.' P. Self, celebrated her scventleth
birthday last week, by inviting her rel4
utlves to her house. The afternoon
and evening were pdensautly spent.
Those present wereMIz and Mrs. Sam
uel P Coffin and daughters Crissy.
Stella and lioulsnl, of Rowayto‘u; Mrs.
Leonard Collin G'crald Whales. Chris-.4
Ioph'er Coffin Leonard Comp. .lr., and
Gerald 000111. of Norwalk. Mr and
Mrs. George W. Comu and sons. Floyd
and George Cpflln. .lr.. and Mr. and"
Mrs. Self and4fan1Llly.cf Soutrr Nor
w.alk .
NEW CORPORATION OFFICERS.
The directors at the Hubbell, Hail
and Randall Lumber Company held a
meeting this morning at the Norwalk
office of the company and completed
the organisation of the corporation.
Officers were also elected as follow 3;
President~llorace IA. Hubbell.
Vice-President—wnor D. Randall.
HSVccretary and Treasurer—James F.
all _
”1-,“
Notice;
‘ urisul'hurors
on persons owning or harboring un-
registered dogs after May first are lin-
hle to prosecution.
. The Town Clerk will issue dog li
ceases at the South Nor walk office of
the Selectmen Railroad Place. 011
Wednesday, May 14th from 2 to 5 p.
m and on InSaturday. May 17th, from
21061).
. ”LNERBERT B. SMITH.
with L 4 Town Clerk. ugonals
11...;
$3 Oxford
..4111 .
We seek an opportur'ii'ty' to'
show Vyou an Oxford of excep-
tionai' value, brim full 01'; stylc
and especllflly llght' hr appear-’1I
L ancg even thpngh it has a- welt-5‘
LVVed soul. V _ 4 ..
L It is really the bcst we could
. purchase anywhere and" in many455
”instances for even more money, .?
that Is w y we bought it and”
wby we hay confidenceLLV that
ban will want in» I‘ _
This OxfchMs a pdtent
4 leather vamp. 'a can '56.: quar-
j-VIer and aCnbanVVheeiV. it 131.3533”;
Viplayed in window '
:prefer to have you use it upon
LLr'"yVVou1-" foot. Come and try it
This store is theihnswer to the question.
THE STORE OF CREDIT. and likewise the store of good values.
doth there are a grgat many articles of wearingV'VV: 211me {that you L'hc'ed,
and you feel YOU CAN'T AFFORD THEM YOUI CAN ALFII‘ORD THEM,
and you can hurc them when you want them, eyeh'1n‘ough you haven't
the cash to pay down for them. YOU'RE CREDIL’LI‘ is G
promise to pay .tsV,Vas good as cash. V4V_’Gct .yhatiV 4345'“
it. pay for-it a ' ‘
lion’s Stilts.
Fancy Worstcds, Chcviots. Clay Di-
goods, suits from V87. 98 to 520. 00.
Shirt Walsh; from. We to 582 98'.
To $3.98. 4 '
.1
Venetiuns, 801‘ch
Scrges,V allVV union Vrnado
I ate Skirts.
"nor-r...
......uu. .......... ...-
cpd than
250
20c
.........’..2bc
.......V..... 200
250
n'n-
...... .. 25c
....... 25.0
.11. LL....-4’/L...2Lb.c
50c 06081.25
I" I‘VLLLDIDIII 260
. . V . L._,.L‘.5V5.,44l. V.
How Can People of Limits“?
comes Dress; Upetosdate ?" “
'5'».L,.rvr:rt 4‘ ‘
Ire-“Iran errors s'rona.
‘No
ODD with “554‘; you; re
0.1"th
f yVLcu iv
. ,5? V
Circvlots Brood-V
'clotlrs and (113010., bilge line ob's'oIpanVV- '
LSuits drum :9. 98 to $35. on}
Chiidronis Renfiymfiiet Dresses
’PRIC‘
. a
4",- ,5 . .
Strum Norwalk. _L L
que'gerGICo
24931 West Washington Street
' The “’39“ WNW”? M LWM“ Leno. Suits and Fitted Dresses.
large variety, prices from 500 to 82. 98.
1‘ 1. —————-——
A Counters sHoLEVoeeAarMENr Penman. women AND
CHILDREN. 'sHoes or‘V'sveav DESCRIPTION.
5538 FROM $1.00
Norwalk Chronicler