.‘ NB OIN‘flrIL TILIPVHONI
Mn.“ ”0..
. . ditarlat Room.
nmerfflec, Nomlk.
We in
at“ red delegates attended the
“V. convention held in Dal-
”‘daé to devise means for
u the work of'the boil weevil
‘ cotton growing districts. Pa-
l‘b read and legislation was
.ihhlnding an appropriation of
annually to aid the state. as-
re-andmecaanical conese In
‘ag knowledge on insect pests
“more of the state. it was
mad that boll weevils have in-
, Texas cotton crops more than
000,000 in the last five years. Laws
ked to stop the killing of birds,
was clearly demonstrated by the
(Ride men that the increase in in-
~pests in Tessa was largely due to
'slaughter of birds that formerly
royed the insects._
""i‘he prodigious advance of nearly
' 500,000,000 in the assessed valuation
at“!!! real estate of New York," says
the Tribune. .“will‘I-Iundoubtedly cause
great deal steamboat not only am-
this I'm own taxpayers, but among the
rineipal'ownbrs of. lands and build-
sl in other large cities in the Old
World as well as in the New. in this
borough of Manhattan there are so
any great hotels and huge buildings
ch the tax Item‘rtment now esti~
tea as worth several millions of dol-
its apiece that London and Pails, Chi-
»t‘lgo and Philadelphia, St. heals and
tea may rub their eyes in wonder
iThis is an era of big things and big
res, big achievements and stupen-
its ”pension in this community ”
Wilhelm Forster, the eminent Ger-
ah astronomer, celebrated his seven-
ieth birthday on December 16. Apart
rout his astronomical services. he has
me widely known through his suc
’essful efforts in behalf of the metric
mum. Since 1891 he has been
,eaidentyof the,ComnIisslon Interna-
,oual'e'du Metre. He was also the
' tier .of the scientific periodical
la. and one of' the founders of
rulnusbram'h of the Ameilcan
V y roi- Ethical Cultufe
FAOHiONS.
has... -
V, IIan many kinds and an shades
it; used by the miliiners. White,
, ud black are the leading
“d and they tare used principally
flow scarfs.
pew foulards‘sccm to have lots
Mot designs not only in white
the colors. A pretty finish for
so the pipings of plain silk the
shade of the dot. Thus a dark
1: light green dots has its box-
uffs, etc.. piped with light-
tal" hatis a design that will
. again in the spring when
lite come in. it is aggravat-
Well as interesting to get these
alliances of advance styles he.-
‘get in “the way of looking
I! forget to enjoy that you
ve. .
little time Ago I repeated for
Hot my readers a bit of in--
at was given me about us-
swan} to preserve ones
A req est came yesterday
it. ‘ It] houid be used very
,. rubbed on very Ilghtly, pol-
inediately with a rough wool-
young? “people—mammal?
fijlfldgxfirom the over- hen
are enthusiastic ov-
idea on “snow white dan-
known as "shirtwslst
E‘given for informal
e Winter. Roth
affair: the young mania
and en V r tables are dec
it (an a white menu is
Good Housekeeping.
re preps-ed by‘
Association." in
Scald the oysters
Ila fig! beard and chop
each cupfui of
hen stir in a ts- .
-our.an and when
- but not col-
not enter
. or. new mnk,
r and
and the girls in white ,
I hre own ’orchestra and a fine line of
' She has crowded the theatre during
., Saturday
lulu ii Surgeon
Popular 00ml IlI iiutwull irmuru
ilucdres Ii its link
lililliiillffs IssuIIiEmm IlIijIIiIui
drum! iulus lilies
Janitor Luther M. Whitney. the pop-
ular official who has been looking af-
ter the state armory in Norwak for
many years, will hereafter have a title
as post ordnance sergeant. and will
wear a uniform in conformity to this
Iank. Authority for this change is giv-
en in General Orders No. 2. issuedyes-
terday from the otlice of the ‘adjutant
general, in Hartford, which says:
I. All janitors of state armorles will
have the rank of Post Ordnance Ser-
geants. They will at all times, when
on duty, wear the dress uniform pre
scribed for that rank in O 0.132,)i.
Q. A. A. -G 0. December 21, 1902. sub
stitutlng the letters Ct. for the U. S.
on the collar of the coat and the regu-
lation' Connecticut button for that of
the U. 8. Army; provided, that while
performing such work as may require
It, they may wear the fatigue coat and
trousers.
ll. Post Ordnance Sergeants, as
soon as appointed. will forward with-
out delay to Colonel Henry C. Morgan.
Assistant Quartermaster General. the
necessary measurements for the pro-
curing of uniforms, which will be is
sued to them
. protected by the naturalisatlon laws.
ill. All correspondence pertamlng
to the Military Department of the
state embracing the Adjutant Genor
al's Ofllce. Surgeon Genelal's depart i
ment and Bureaus of uartermastcr.
Subsistence and Pay. mu t be forward
ed to the Adjutant General. ilartfoid. i
Conn
ltequisliions for clothing and equip ‘
mom will be made in duplicate upon .I
Brita-Gen. George M. Cole. Adjutanf'
Genel s1 and Acting Quartermaster
General Requisition for subsistence
wil be made in duplicate upon Briga-
dier General George H. Cole Adjutant
Carmel and Acting Commissary Gcn~
cral. Communications relating to tho‘
bureau of pay will be forwarded to
Brigadier General George M (‘olo Am i
infant General and Acting i‘uanastcr
General.
iV. . All books issued to organiza-
tions Connecticut National Guard are I
the property of the State of Connecti-
cut, and wi i be taken up and account—
ed for on the annual return to the Quar-
termaster General Those not ac count-
ed for will be changed against the offi-
c'cI making’ tlI return. V
The order-tin , Vei‘ details the stand-
ing of the various militia organiza-
tions during the month of December.
The highest .ilgurc of merit was ob-
tained by the Second Regiment, 92.47; |
First Regiment. 90.25; lI‘ourthiogi-I
mcnt 86. 39: Third Regiment. '.su 45.
Company D. of waalk. had a rsatlu i
of 02 .-ii'I and Company F of Norwalk
3890
General Orders, No. 3, reads as fol-
Iowa:
The attention of commanding offic- i
are Connecticut National Guard is di-
rected to Section 3035 Militia Law“ 1
which reads as fol' own: ;
"RETURNS OF A ‘TlVli: MEMBERS
TOM SE1: .CTMEN.
Tlio commanding oflchII of (Inch com-
pany naval I'd'Ms on. machine gun but-
tery. signal sect‘v“ and platoon of ar-
tillery. shall annually. in October
make a certified return of the names of
the active members of his command
who have performed the duty required
by law, to the selectmen of the towns
in which such members reside. Like
returns of regimental staff officers.
hospital corps and regimental bands
shall he made by their regimental com»
misprints and of other staff officers by
their immediate commandants."
A srtict compliance with the tempo
'ng is expected. Complaints Va been i
made to this department by leetnIenE
of hardiness or negligence on. part i
of commandants in forwardlngr urns I
as required which must be correctcdl
at once .
. By order of the Commas ruin Chief,
- GEORGE .COLb‘,
AdjutantOeneral.
Official:
. Whirl} F. LANDERS.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
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DocuLan AMUSEMENT!
TONIGHT'S ATTRACTION.
That merry little Much of sunshine
and steel springs. Nayv Flake will be
it ”Hoyt's Theatre tonight, with mati-
nees after today. She brings with
her the best company that she has ev-
er had. a carefully selected repertoire.
specialties for extra-set entertainers.
previous engagements and needs no
introduction to local then
There is something about her t
a,ga!n and they are always glad they
night. and continues tomorrow
OIVOIRVVIO OU ERN’E DEATH.
wane». tt-The m anniver-
“mummified: g
V Conductor, Engineer and Fireman Bad-.
:on the Phillips and Raugcley Railroad
makes people go to see her again and »
went. The engagement commences tom: :
list"
amen. Iii modulus III III. III:
Discussed in Court Today.
LONDON, Jam! 23~The court in
which Colonel Arthur Lynch member ,
of parliament for Galway. is being tried
on the charge of high treason was as-
ain crowded today. After reading the
deposition of an American, Lewis
Handlfy who said that Colonel Lynch
comps led him to take up arms in be
half of the Boers at Glencoe, but who
got off throufi the intervention of the
American consul. counsel for the de-
fense submitted tn“: the prisoner was
He contended that a’Jman was entitled
to become an alien at any time even
after the outbreak of the war, referred
to the war of independence. said there
were at least 20. 000 men of BIitlsh
birth in the American mercantile ma-
Iine and asseIted that there were
twenty mil ion people living in Amer-
r
V Biscuits
cs who possessed two II ii i — are KRIS? I DELICIOUS
Colonel Lynch took up8 ami'iifi’t. iti" 80 lm! nltely in our
half of the Transvaaiundor the mlstak- “0157' PR P PACKAGE.
‘s
on belief that the naturalization not
permitted this. in any event if the
court decided that the prisoner was a
British subject he ought to be tried in
Australia. where he was born.
The attorney general. Sir Robert
lI‘inlay, rep‘yluIz. for the prosecution.
argued that Colonel Lynch procured
naturalization for the purpose of fight-
ing against his own country and add
od that even could naturalization cov-
or the prisoner' a subsequent act it
could not cover his anterior reason
namely adhering to the Queens ene-
mies and declaring his willingness to
fight against her forces.
BAKERS QUIT WORK lN DANBURY.
Sold in liberal size .
5c. and 106. packages 1
Sold It] first prnrrrr
If up! at you”, hm”)! wnlr us. ,'
C. 0. 0055 A SON. New Loads-.00". 1
NORWlCH GAS CO. HEARING.
NORWICH, Jan. 22.—-Charles ll.
Nettleton. of Shelton, manager of the
Derby Gas Works, was the only wit-
nose to testify yesterday at the manic
lpal gas hearing before the commis-
sion appointed by Judge Gagor to fix
a price for the sale of the plant to the
Norwich Gas and Electric Company to
the city. Mr. Nettleton testified that
in his opinion the gas plant was worth
from $300 000 to $380 000 and the struc
ture value was ‘21? 000. Judge Stod
dard for the gas company. stated that
the company had no more. evidence to
present just at present. and after con-
siderable argument an adjournment
was taken until February 10 when the
gas company will finish its case. The
city will then begin to submit testi-
mony. ,
Employers and Journeyman Unable to
area.
DANBURY. Jan. 22—«Citlzens of Dan-
bury and Bethe! were obliged to buy
their bread in other towns or make it
themselves this morning because of
the strike of bakers which went into
effect last night. The proprietors of
bake shops and their employees have
been unable to come to an agreement
Icearding hours and salary. and as a
Iesult the bakers failed to put in an
appearance at the shops at the usual
hour last night and the early morning
supply of bread was not forthcoming
this morning About forty men are out.
DRIVEWAY UNDER RIVER.
CHICAGO. .lan. 22.-A broad. well‘
lighted, underground driveway. pass-
ing beneath the bed of the Chicago
river and stretching from the art in-
stitute to llllnois and St. Clair streets.
is formally announced to be the plan
finally agreed upon by the park boards
of tho north and south sides to make
the long-talked of connection between
the boulevard systt‘ms of these two
portions of the city. A bill authorlz~
ENGINEER KILLED lN KANSAS.
Fireman Gilbert Badly Hurt. and the
Express Messenger Missing.
FORT SCOTT. Kas" Minn 22 -—A
west- bound passenger train on the st.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad on
route from Springfield to Kansas City
ran into IIII' open switch at South
Greenfield todav and collided with a
frclahl train. lungiucer Fred Fisher.
of theI passenger train. was killed. his .
fireman, Edward Gilbert. was fatally
hurt. and the express messenger is
missing. Gilbert is a son of H. N. Gil-
lwrt passenger agent of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas in this ciiv. The
passengers escaped with a shaking up. i
snow :raam IN A watcxg
a referendum clause will be passed by
commissioners to thrI two park boards
and will be submitted to thrI lcgisiar
iurc. Plans for the tunnel have
been drawn.
BDWELS
I you haven‘t a regular.
comic u-Iry Iiiy. yomsil
maria up. II. and ho well. Font
out pl. .i. or pill put amid
3st. cannot. moutpe coma
Iodr and clean is to o
“I ll lIII.
iu the aha. cut 1 ul
handmade
cm or "
OATHARTIO
iv Scaldsd at Rangeiey. Maine. i
RANGEIJL‘Y. Maine, Jan. 22.——-A I
snow train. consisting of three en-
aincs. II snow plow and flange digger
\I as wrecked two miles south of Dead
River station during the night. The; .
conductor. engineer and fireman werel ’
badly scolded.
The. iniured: Charles Allen cou- ,
Ilnctoi; Dana Aldrich. engineer: John
Lovejoy. fireman. The head engine
was demolished.
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AMBASBA.0R MEYER RECEIVED. ,.,M§fi.‘,:,,ns,m ,‘;,',E,‘,E:,,,°,fiflg¥,m
ROME Jan 22~Quecn Helena re-i Imrssotlu. west-“II or urinals! ”WRIT J?"
cclved Ambassador And Mrs. Meyer;f...1u."ta)g,::‘ W "'“ “"“H‘ “
most. cordially In private audience mum “in“ “‘lm'I “"‘°°" “' "M
day and expressed the. friendliest sentl- i {KEEP you“ Bloon clEAus‘
ments for America and Americans.
CALL ‘5“.
in; a 32.000000 bond issue containing
Best In Tilt
thy movnnrnl of the i
R‘s II II you t :
mom». use nor netasrso.
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Lynn lites Workers Wars Miami and
Hosted. But Not injured.
LYNN Mesa, January 22. ~Charles
J. McMorrow, a general organiser of
the Boot and Shoe Workers Union.
has arrived in Lynn on a su mons
from Chicago by President Tobin, of
the organization, He will take gen-
eral charge of prosecuting the fight
precipitated against the union by the
strike of the Knights of Labor. The
nonunion men went to the factories
without serious trouble today. The
sole demonstration was at the Watson
Shoe Company's factory, where there
was considerable biasing and‘hooting.
The Boot and th Workers” Union
1 put no additional 0 tors at work this
morning and as on ”yesterday four of
the ten factories where the strike is on
were without a cutting force. The
smallpox scare resulting from news
that some of the imported men had
come from Rochester. N. J.. where an
epidemic prevailed, has abated as the
Board of Health physicians found that
the twenty-five men from Rochester
with a single exception had been re-
cently vaccinated.
liAVERllll.l.. Mass, Jan, 22—b‘or-
Iy-nine workmen at Hilliard & Ta-
lIor's shoe factory struck today. promp-
ted by the Shoe Workers‘ Protective
Union, which, like the Knights of [AI-
bor in Lynn. are fighting the Boot and
Shoe Workers' Union. and Much is
planning to demand recognition from
all local factories using the boot and
shoe workers' stamp. Their method
would be to order a strike of one firm
at a time u'll they secure their de-
mand.
BIO FIRE lN WVOMISBING.
READING, Pn._ Jan: 22~A fire today
in the plant of the. Montello brick Com-
pany at Wyomissing. a suburb dam-
aged it to the extent of $175,000. The
'nsurance is 550.000.
:. ‘ ....-F9.n SIM-E.“
coms'rocx,
_WATK1NS
a DOW,
112 WASHINGTON STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Phone 143-6.
Seymour 88th
Good Things To Eat.
YOU MAY TRAVEL ANY WAY YOU CHOOSE. BUT FOR A FINER STOCK OF UP '1‘
PURE, WH LESOME GOODS lT WILL BE HARD TO BEAT SEYMOUR‘B
CRACKERS ARE ENORMOUS. FRESH FROM THE OVENS DAILY.
nears rnusn,
areas. one s has on radar
IF YOU WANT GOODS THAT WILL. MORE THAN PLEASE YOU, SE“ WHAT A GOOD ARTICLE [8,
THEN TRY THE OTHER FELLOW. YOU TRY OUR TEA AND COFFEE
FOR A STEADY CUSTOMER.
WE SELL AT CLOSE CASH PR [038; THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS
LAND WE HAVE CAI’TUREO YOU
'l‘ORE 80 POPULAR.
G. E. SEYMOUR leading Grocer.
$0 WAOHINOTON VITRIIT. TELEPHONE.“
sourH soawaut. dons.
lb or!
We duets you Fleur this wk at very attractive figures.
Flour-..
we-.- ........ u--. . ........w ..
Flour!
a barrel new is a good time to get
it. ,ea we won't Misc youths“ figures for ups! week's tradek Fleur is o n 'tbs advance, as buy quick. Other
my bargains in financial I» ,.
st
MAUDQ. 'LOUVR (“to seat flour milled; every barrel guarantd‘ad) PER BBL, “.50: PER BAG. 57:.
~
sonnet supremo“ stops on». is» ask a,. , ;
FOR IILV. $4.75. .I
‘ songwriter suns cuss, or was".
'minmras L‘l. _
.V TI“
‘ 1m hum-Carmaflnahrami
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Skirts
Ludics' Extra full Umbrella
Walking Skirts. deep
flounce of lawn, with hem-
stitched tucks, also dust
ruffle, the best 81.00 skirt on
the market. January Sale
price,
Three styles in Ladles' Walk-
ing Skirts made of excellent
muslin. one has deep Ham-
burg I:uffle, with heading of
three deep hematitched
tucks. the second with three
rows of wide bow knot lace
insertion. lace trimmed rut-
flc and cluster of fine tucks.
llIc third with deep Ham-
burg ilounce, and cluster of
small tucks, all are splendid
value at $1.25, January Sale
750
price, 05c
Iiadies' Underskirts made of
good cotton throughout.
dcep lIemsIltched ruffle.
yoke top, sold everywhere at
29c January Sale,
Two styles in Ladies Under-
sklrts. one with Hamburg
ruffle and cluster of tucks.
the other made of fine cam-
brlr with hemstitched um-
brella ruffle and cluster of
tucks, both of these sell
210
regularly at 50c, January
Sale, 39c
Finer qualities in Walking
Skirts up to $3.00, Under-
skirts up to 81,50
\Dlute Scouts Salt Continues.
Corset Capers
Tight fitting Corset Covers.
with V neck of Hamburg
Embroidery, regular price.
19c. at this sale. 120
Full front Corset Covers.
round low neck. finished
with Hamburg embroidery,
regular price 25c, this sale,
F‘ull front Corset Covers, three
rows lace insertion across
150
front. neck and armholes
finished with lace.’ regular
price 26c, this sale. , 17c
Full front Corset Covers,
French back, made of excel-
lent quality cambric. round
low neck, finished with
beading, baby ribbon and
lace, armholes also trimmed
with lace, big value at 29c,
January sale price,
Seven styles of 50c blouse
Corset Covers, lace or Ham-
burg trimming, round or
square neck. tight fitting or
French backs. some with
ribbon and heading. tucks
and insertions, choice of the
line at our January Sale for 39c
Blouse Corset Cover, round
neck, three rows of Valen-
Ilenncs insertion across
front. beading baby ribbon
and lace at neck, three rows
of incomes on back a
splendid 7 .Ic cover. January
Sale price
21c
Our 4th
Commences Saturday, January i'.’
gains.
[2 i0 '8 North Mam 5t
nituro under one. roof in the Twin Cities.
EVERYTHING GOES. All the goods that arrived too late for the holidays,
many of them yet unpacked. go into this sale at reduced prices.
of pcop‘c have been waiting for this sale.
$10.00 COUCHES AT
$12.00 COUCH E8 AT
$13.60 COUCH‘ES AT
$15.00 OAK DRESSERS AT
$13.50 OAK DRESSERS AT
M2 00 OAK DRESSERS AT
$15.00 ENAMEL BEDS AT
$13.50 ENAMEL BEDS AT
$12.00 ENAMEL BEDS AT
‘A. J. COLLINS & 00..
Annual
Mark Down January Sale.
In, 1903, with the largest stock of For-
Not one article to be reserved.
Hundreds
Early comers get the best bar-
3 9.00
$10.00
$11.00
$13.50
$12.00
$10.00
$12.00
$11.00
5 9.00
South Norwaik.
buy
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CONNECTICUT ENMPEVRANCE UN-
I
The annual meeting of the Connecti--
cut Temperance Union was held at
Memorial hall in Hartford. Tuesday
afternoon. The annual report of work
was considered. and the directors
adopted its suggestions.
forts are to be made toward carrying
out the suggestions of the state board
of Governor Chamberlain. looking to-
ward more thorough work in relation
tory effort for young offenders. The
following officers were elected for
1903: President Ia. P. Treadwell. Dan-
bury; secretary and treasurer, H, H.
Spooner, Kensington. Rev J. H.
James, of Rockville, who resigned as
secretary last month will continue as
lecturer, when his health will permit,
but lets go of all active management
and will be absent from the state for
IOIRO.tim0.
I‘oley’s Haney m Tar
urcnlldmaefmnu. Neoprene-
arm
feet confidence both as to quantity and
quality—one whose assortment is
large enough to include the kind of
coal best adapted to your own special
needs—one who will see that each or-
der is delivered in good condition and
as directed.
We think we're “it."
Special ef~ .
of charities, and the recommendations 3
to treatment of criminals and reforms. .
You save OneuFifth.
Most tryréci a m c’bok books,
are mfg: for Reap; containing much
WWW.” MOO... ”WWW
Abe...
Buy...
Coat
John H Ferris
149 Washington 31., South Nomalk.
«meme»
The “A B C" of coal buying is to
of a dealer in whom you have per-
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MANY CARLOADS OF ORANGES..
LOS ANGELES. Cal. Jan. 22.-
Railroad officials say that there will be
.between 22 .000 and 23,000 carloads of
oranges shipped from South Califor-
nia this year and that the fruit is the
best ever grown here. It promises to
be the banner year as the most per-
,fect fruit which has ever left the state
is going out now and the highest pric-
es ever offered for omges is being
paid in the east. Unless some unfore-
i seen disaster comes it is said to calcu-
late that at least $16 000 000 will be
put into circulation in Southern Call-
tornia.
NO PLAGUE AT PORT STILLWELL.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Jan. 21.~The
officials of the Kansas City Mexico and
Orient Railway announce that a tele-
igram has been received from John L.
Chas, the company’s manager at Port, "
Stiliweil. stating that there has been
no plague at that t as has been
represenmd . disease
has not reached any of the adjacent
territory. the nearest being two hun- . V.
dred miles south. at nineties. » .
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