V a}
LOOK
for this stamp on
GEORGE E. KEIT H’ S SHOES.
We halt: the exclusive sale
in
Norwalk and South Noowalk. ‘
F. D. LYON (ECO.
90 Washington Street.
So. Nor’balk.
morning. The Russian troops march-
ed out in perfect order. Generad Kon-
dratsvitch, leaving with the lust regi-
merit.
The Associated Press correspondent
l
W ’lHE “SOUTH!
.... W
pane» advance on t be road from Foal
Wang Chen: to Lia: ) Yang, causing the
enemy to full back slightly. .
The Chinese realm-i that General Mp
Is In the district of Sheng To Fou, pro-|
vince of Chili. ‘
Fighting Lin. Near Mukden. .
MUKDEN. Milllllfl)’. May lit—The
lighting lion in at ondily nearing Mule.
don, where Vlcurov Aloxioff‘s hoad-,
quarters still remain. Little. rcliabic,
lnfornmtlon can bio obtaincd by tho
newspaper col'rcslmudeuts who am for-
biddcn to proceed to the scene of opt-l"
utions. and oillcial. Information is with-
held until advicarl are sent to St. Pct-
ersburx. It. Is now known. however.
that the Japanese are almost within!
striking distance: of the Russians. and i
that the foi'ccs protecting Liao-Yangi
are stretching eastward from the rail-1
road along the Maoleuu Mountain
has received exclusive information
lrom the highest Russian authorityl
that the Japanese advance will be re
sistcd at ilal Chenz. whence the ltus-,
slap forces will fall back upon Lino,
here they will make a (WIPE:
l
range.
CAPTAIN BLIDOMER'S ORDERS.
' Concerning Trip to HartIOrd and Omls.
slion of Weekly Drill.
Captain Howard J. Bloomor, «our
manding Company D, has issued the
following ordorn for the trip to llnrt-
i I'Ul'tl:
COMPANY D. 'I‘lill‘tll INFANTRY
Norwnlk. May it. 1904.
()l‘tit’l‘H NIL
I. In compliant-c with (l. O. NO. 2.
II. II. May SI, 1904, tho momhcrs of this
command will assoniblc at the Arm-
ory at 711.3 o'clock shut"), on Thurs—
day morning. an Ill. Illtli. for one
dnv's duty at llnrtiord.
II. The bill (if (Il't‘hri will bc as fol-
lows; liltlc uniform, campaign but. log-
gings. black labor-s, \vbitc standing col-
lnr, whito glovcs. cnrttcen. huvcrsack.
riflc. bolt and scabbond.
Ill. Enlisted men will undor no cir»
cumslancos leave the car assigned to
this command while on route.
IV. A line of Five Dollars will ho
imposod for absence fmm this paradc.
V. While marching or standing at
“attention" no talking or waving to
tho pooplc along the lino of march
will be tolerated, Mon should march
with eyes to the from at all times,
looking neither to the right nor loft.
VI. The rcgulnr wockly drill for
chnosday ovcning. May lit. 1004. will
bc omitted.
VIII. Cnntocn will bc worn on the
left. side and havorsack on tho right.
VIII. 'Dinncr will lvc furnished In
Hartford. but it is dcemod advisable
that. cach man take sotmc sandwichcs
in his havcrsnck on account of possi-
bio dclny in getting dinner.
H. J. ll‘I.0(lMl«‘.ll.
("aptain
Anothor order will be Issucd this cv-
ouing, showing a slight corroction in
tho above ordcr. (lantcons will be worn
on the right side anti bat'crsacks‘ on
the left, just \‘icc-vcrsa to tho abovo
ordcr. Cups will also bo carried. Cor»
too will bo scrvod by “it' commissary
dopnrtmcnt.
BRIDGE WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE
Wish to Enforce Their Demand fOr
Eight Hour Pay.
NEW HAVEN, May l7. tttttt About It
structural iron workcrn bolonc‘ing to
the Now Huron local and olnployod
hcre and In Iiridgcpurt and Derby
struck today to enforce the demand
of tho union for an night-hour day at
fifty oonls an hour. Thcy have To
coivod 3'5 ccnts an hour for n niuov
hour day. Ill this city. work on the
car burn of thc Fair Huron turd “loci
ville Railroad was stoppcd by tho
strike. Mon employed in tho con-
struction of now buildings for tho Now
linvon this Company did not quit
work as an agroomont was arrangod
n lih thc contractors for tho scttlcmcnt
of tho lronblo by arbitration.
In Dorby. fortyelght. nlcn struck,
They were omployed by contractor.-
.
.55
, miumo
m. 1—1
R C . R
IISSIIIII BII’BIII
' ' . Yang. w
Ja "080 W||l Attemp‘l mlncil stand, with a fighting strcngt
pa ithcrc available of 70,000 men.
ukdon, but the retirement will be
. I continued to Thicling. a town at the;
__Russ|ans Expect N0 fur, head of navigation for native craft on I
» . lthc Lian Itivcr. two hundrcd tnilosl
1 time the cossack regiments will ho olu-
.llltiycd In the roar of the Japanese.
Port Arthur , army of tho Yalu, harrnsslng tho;
_ ‘munlcatlons. It is not believed that‘
3T- P‘ETERSBURG- May 1"'”1‘§03 the Japanese will move into the In-
P- m_——'1 he probability that ”1“” w‘“ ‘ tcrior until they have thoroughly estab-
Port Alibi”. ”W3 proventinlfi V9190“; i movement which they made during the
miral Skrydolofl’. (who passe t tong [war with China.
Irkutsk, Siberia. M”) H" from assum-u The Russians admit the advance of
there. has led to the suggestion that. fifteen miles of Hal Chang. many of
Skrydloff return from tho liar lhastitlloir wounded entering there.
and hoist his “38 as commaudcr 01' the; The nearest fighting expected before
3‘0 :9 “1: Far :38}?- Xice'Adazlgmlde‘; ; at Tashlichno. but It will not amount
95 "9‘15 3’. w 0 “5 een 8' 9 - to much. This city is now guarded by
“’1“de ”“3 latter. I" a Junior 0: thrcc hundred Chinese police and
ordered to report to him as command-I force at, Kai Chan is reported twenty
er-in-chlef. Whatever Skrydloffs [11- g thousand strong. .
ture plans may be, the Admnalty says : Destroying Mines in Kerr Bay.
sick and inspect the squadron there; ' ’
The report that Vladivostok 13 block- i must hatackl reports that on the 15th
mind Is dcnicd at the Admiralty. Tele- ; the operation Of removing the mines in
non do not, rofer to the presence of a , do boats undcr protection of a bom-
single Japanese ship. It is said mmi bordmcni by the fleet. There is no
the Russians would not have the slight- i change in the enemy's defence excent
yostok, since it would tie up a Japafi to their position, which had tho. effort
nose squadron without causing incon- l of interrupting the work.ot clearing
‘Yenlcnce‘ it being Admiral Skrydloff's , the bay of the mines. Nevertheless,
squadrons until the Baltic Squadron I but there arc. malty more loft and the
reaches the Pacific. i work of destroying them Will be contln~
No official dospatcbos wcrc givanli‘lI-
lay occasionedby the emperor's 'jour—i AN'I‘UNG, May 10 (via 50”,”. May
ney. His "“10“” ““1"“! at hilar- i itil.—~’1‘be concentration of the Russian
k0“ this morning, whither all (“5- i forces at Lino Yang will make that
tall (forethof operators has been dctaII-; first great bump probably will be
er or s purpose. ffought. there. No important agree
In the absence of advlccs. thc gcncr— sire action by this army is expected in
based on tho. latest reports of the ap- ticct at Port Arthur has been bottled
. pcarnncc of considerable bodies of the i up. the Japanese. find it possible to.
enemy in the northwest section of safely use this port, as a base and
this is an indication of the intention of I tlon through Korea, using the regular
the Japanese to make an attempt to army transport equipment for convey.
stop (icneral Kuropatkin's retreat i log munitions from Antung to the
force is buried against. liiao Yang and l Japanese occupation because the new-
Mukdcn. It is ilclioved here that tho comers give employment. to thousands
Japanese generals must appreciatelat good wages and furnish a market
achievement if Kuropatkin retired nn-‘ Japanese shopkeepers already are cs;
molested to Harbin and therc awaited i tnblished here. The river has not yeti
reinforcements, leaving the invaders I been opened to foreign commerce.
men by disease. The Japanese course
would have good prospects of success
it they had sufficient strength. but the
enemy is too weak to carry It out. As
further showing that Ktlropatkin never
had any intention to attempt. to stop
i
- » li' defeated. no stop will bo madc at
to stop General Kuropatkina M
“‘6'. Communicafions withl north oi New Chwung. At Ibc sulnoI
Itroops and interfering with Its com-i
be no further communication with; Iisbcd tbcir bnsc here. rcpcntlng the
in; command of thc Russian squadron "m Japanese army to a point within
Baltic Squadron, which is destined to; the “Dam“, reach New Chwang will in,
ViceAdmiral Skrydloff and would be , cverything is quiet. The Japanese
he will certainly proceed to Vladivo TOKIO. May 17".“):30 a. m.——Ad-
grams received from Rear Admiral .Ies- Kerr Bay was continued by the torpe-
est, objections to a blockade of Vladi- i the addition of two or three field Finns
plan not to risk either of tho Russian the Japanese (lestl‘oycd cight mines.
out this morning on account 01' the de- 5 First Battle at Liao Yang.
patches have been transmittcd. A spec-l place the first line of defense and tho
al staff is continuing its speculation 1 the near future. Since the Russian
Manchurla. The opinion prevails that abandon most of the land transporta~
northward while the main Japanese I front. The Chinese do not object to
that they "would lose the fruits of thelrl for provisions at inflated prices. Many
to hold the country and thereby losing .
authorities here are convinced that the
the northward advance of the Japtr
noise, a railroad ongincor who has just. ;
arrived here from the Far East, was'
quoted today as saying that-whcn he
talked with the commander-incbicf in
February. the latter wanted an addi—
tional linc built in the roar of tho Man- :
churianiarmy. so as to enable it to fall 2
back and subsequently advance.
The engineer addcd: "Kuropatkin
said he hoped to advance at tho ond
of June. or in case the rains interfered.
at the end of August. 1 pointed out.
that he had better go slow and muko
a survey, to which Kuropatkin rcpiicd: '
"‘Buiid immediately. There Is no
time for a surrcy. Otherwise tho
whole territory will bc in lhc‘ chomp-'5
hands.’ "
Russians Out of‘New Chwang.
NEW CHWANG. May tor—Night;—
In confirmation of recent Associated
Press dispatches, the Russian evacn.
ation of this city has been completed.
Nothing remains, but the dcstruciion
of the gunboat Sivouch, which it is ex-
pected will take place early in the
The correspondents who remain at
i headquarters visited the Russian
‘ wounded who extiressed satisfaction at
,their treatment. Their only complaint
1concerning provisions was that they
3 received no bread, the Japanese army
inot. being provided with stores of that
i kind.
i China Objects to Alliance With Japan.
LIAO YANG. May 18. (Delayed in
T transmission).——A Chincsc official as-
serted today in a speech at a dinner
given In his honor and in that of the
other celestial Officials by the military
. authorities of List) Yang tbstJapan
, wants an alliance with China in order
who arc building a bridge for the Now
York. New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road across tho Natlgatuck river. The
Bridgeport strikers have boon at work
on railroad bridgc constructiol‘i thcrc.
GRAND ARMY. CELEBRATION.
Everything in Readiness for the Vet-
' erans and other Visitors.
HARTFORD. May IT.—-Everything
is now in readiness for the Grand
Army celebration in which the vet-
orans of the Army of the Potomac and
_thc Connecticut Department of the
Grand Army will participate tomorrow
and Thursday. the occasion being a
' to use her. l‘ne omclal further dcclar- , dual rcunion of these two organiza-
cd that the Chinese considered it their ; tions. The business section of the citv
”m“ ‘0 preserve gm“ relations “4”” is bcautii’ully draped in tho. National
Russia, whose frontier adjoined
China’s. He added:
"An alliance between China and Ja~
pan would be fatal. Japan made. war
on us once and Russia's intervention
callscd nor to leave us in peace. An
. alliance now would enable her to use
ins and then again attack us."
In hunting for Chinese bandits the
cossacks burned the village of Show
taidza. The military authorities have
now organized a subscription for the
relief of she villagers. who will be giv-
. on employment on the railroad.
i A detachment. of. Russian troops re-
‘ centiy crept upon the rear of the .la-
' 4p.a. DNA
t
1...,Every good business sets aside
3..pr road to insure itself against nos
fliagurplul in the shape of a Savings Bank Book. One Dollar is a
nil-tum for you and.
..
THE ‘
‘Falrfiold County Savings Bank
51 Wall Street.
LL DEPOSITS. 411.6.
. posits Deposits
.173" I Safe
I 12"".3’ Guarded
’3'." By The
first ‘ Highest
' '01: Grade
rent; or ‘
Mould “" So our!!!»
Norwallr.
a portion of its earnings into a sur-
sible reverses. Every wise man car-
‘coiors and the strccts lined on both
sides with thousands of electric lights
which preliminary tests show to be in
splcndid working order,
This afternoon. General liorati (1.
King arrived from New York with Gen-
eral Daniel E. Sickles and established
their headquarters at. the Allyn House.
Visitors have been pouring into the
city steadily during the day. Tomor-
row will be devoted to business ses-
sions and meetings with election of
officers and in the afternoon a tour of
the city in automobiles. Thursday is
set apart for the big parade and an
excursion on the river.
lNJURIEs MAY PROVE FATAL.
BRISTOL. May iT.——Pascal Mnrzi. a
carpenter. fell from the roof of a new
car barn being erected for the Bristol
and Plainville Tramway Company to
day and sustained injuries which may
prove fatal. He fell forty feet, strik~
ing on his, head and shoulders. Several
ribs were broken and he was proba-
bly hurt internally. He was taken
to the Hartford Hospital.
LAUNCHING THE RHODE lSLAND.
QUINCY. Mass, May 17.—-—After a
delay of more than twa weeks caused
by labor troubles. the management of
the Fore River Ship and Engine Com-
pany today announced that the battle~
ship Rhode Island. built for the United
States government. would be launched
today. Arrangements were made early
in the spring for a launching April 30.
but a strike of the mechanics at the
works because of trouble over the
hours of labor, made necessary a post-
ponement. The company, endeavoring
to make the delay as brief as possible,
quietly planned to bring 01! the event
this week, but no announcement was
made in advance of the. day on which
it, was to take place. It was arranged
that the only spectators of the launch
In; should be the invited guests of the
company. including only a small num-
ber of officials from Rhoda Island and
Massachusetts.
1. “hair
I ’Phonc 35H ‘. HARRIS:
EVERY GREAT FORTUNE HAD
ITO FIRST FOUNDATION
LAID IN SMALL BAV- ‘
INGS.
All the great financiers oi the
prolent day can look back and date
the beginning of their prosperity
from the day they opened a deposit
with a SAVINGS BANK.
The SAVINGS BANK Is the
greatest promoter 0! economy and
thrift In the world.
A SAVINGS BANK promotes the
the Idol of Saving. Make the be<
ginning In smdil. coin. The lam-
er accumulation will take care of
Itceif.
You can open an account with
only $1.00; made additions to this
from time to time to suit your con.
vcnIence. ‘
We are open Saturday eveninq.
it E
l
i from 6:00 to 8:00 to accommodate
those who can not get to the Bank
1 during the day time. I
1; ANY UNI”. (TAN MAKE MONEY; I
I l‘l".\\' I‘AN SAVE l'l‘.
. ONE 01“ ’I‘IIIC VIEW.
THE SOUTH NORWALK SAV- I
INGS BANK. ;
United Bank Building. 1
ANCHOR L. NE I
United States Mali Stcamships I
Sail from New York every Saturday tori
Glasgow via Landanderry‘
Superior Accommodations at Lowut .
Hates. for all classes of passengers. 1
For limos. limbs of Information for
lltlfifii.‘llgt‘l':\' and Now IIIusII‘ntcti
llonk of Tours.
Apply to HENDERSON BROTHERS.
ticucral Agcnts. l7 and lb broad-
wlty, New York.
or
JACOB M. LAYTON.
5 Railroad Place. South Norwalk.
REID’S
ICE CREAM
at the fountain and in bricks, to take
home. Sada water flavors rich and
absolutely pure.
At the
Zeitfuss Pharmacy
non Sun Boll” CII.
nurddh‘gif’éwflsficnzs
n n d
P)! TENT STEEL BOATS
GASOLINE LAUNCHES.
Fastest and Lightcst Made,
-—-—Never Leak—Neva Sink—-
DINGEY BOATS, FISHING BOATS.
PORTABLE AND FOLDING BOATS,
PLEASURE BOATS AND ROW
BOATS,
SAIL BOATS AND CANOES.
’C. L. ST. JOHN. Agent.
49 Water Street.
Catalogues on application.
80. NORWALK
NOTICE“!
The taxpuycrs of tho (‘ity of South
Norwalk arc hcrcby notilimi that the
city tax of six and one half (Ill/{g} mills
on the dollar, laid on tho asacssment
list of 1003, at. a city meeting held in
Ariou Hall, on the 7th day of March,
A. D.. 1904. also tho library‘fund tax of
one quarter (it) of a mill on the dol-
lar, laid at the some than, will bc duo
and payable on the socond day of May.
1904.5“ which time I,will rccoivc the
same at. Jacob M. Layton's offico, No.
5 Railroad Place. Penalty at the ratc
of nine (9) nor cont. a your from May
2. 1904, will be chargcd on all bills rc»
mainlng unpaid after June 2, 190-1.
JAMES PAUL.
Collector of Taxes of the City of South
Norwalk.
South Norwalk, May 2, 1904.
m l. to j 3
X65
"misc‘hoo_1_ Ta
Union School District
The taxpayers of the South Norwalk
Union School District are hereby noti-
fied that. the district tax of one and
unequarter mills on the dollar. laid on
the town assessment list of 1903, at a
meeting of the district held on the 2nd
day of June. 1903. at the Franklin
street school house, will be due and
payable on the second day of May.
1904. at which time I shall be ready to
receive same at Stillson-Powell's drug
store. 82 Washington street. Penaitli
at the rate of nine per cent. a year will
the charged onand after June 2. 1904.
i F. A. TOLLES.
fiCoIlector of Taxes for South Norwalk
Union School District.
Dated at South Norwalk, April 25,
1904. 3.25 to l!
" FULL VALUE ‘ '
our EAXES i
TRISTRAM&HYATT
Floor Coverings
Anything in the line of Floor Coverings we are prepared to furnish.
BRUSSELS CARPETS.
VELVET CARPETS.
TAPESTRY CARPETS.
INGRAIN CARPETS.
WILTON RUGS.
IBRUSSELLS RUGS.
iSMYRNA RUGS.
ILINOLEUMS. all qualities.
iOIL CLOTHS. all Widths.
,CHINA MATTINGS.
g JAP. MATTINGS.
GRASS MATTINGS.
.wmpow SHADES.
ICURTAIN RODS AND POLES
ALL WORK DONE IN THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE MANNER.
Housefumishirrg Dep’l‘.
CURTAIN STRETCHERS $1.25 MOPS. CC MPLETE. lgc
CARPET HEATERS. we 50 FT. CLOTHES LINE. 25c
TACK ”AMMERS- 5“ CLOTHES BASKETS, 75t-
SCRUB BRUSHES. 9c D ST B USHES ,
ALL SIZES GALVANIZED U -R . ‘9‘
PAILS. 19¢ COVERED DUST PANS. toc
CHAMBER PAILS, 25c PARLOR BROOMS. 25c
42 PCE. DINNER SET rlLLED'lN PATTERN ........................................ $3.25
TRISTRAM & HYATT, Norwalk,Gonn.
NO. 2 and 5 GAZETTE BUILDING.
IF YOU
ONLY KNEW
The quality of our coal you would:
buy it in preference to any other. Le-‘
high Wilkcabarrc ceai lathe name of it! '
Six dollars a ion for stove. nut and
egg. We can sell No. 2 Nut size to
$4.75 per ton. Call us on the phone.
TELEPHONES:
South Norwalk oilit'a, lfiI-Ii,
Yard (lilico, ill-ti-
BI
E. NORWALK AND SO. NORWALK.j ‘.
HERSHIIEIII It SIN
H. KRIEGER 8: 00.
Good
Clothing
l" .
FERRIS COAL
CdMPANY.
"Make Hay While the
Sun Shines".
- Put In your Win-
ter's
COAL
In the good old Sum-
mer time when
PRICES ARE LOW
and
QUALITY IS HIGH.
It's never too early
for us.
‘Fcrris Coal Co.
[4.9 Washlnaton Sr.
on
Credit.
We retain the leadership in this '.
town because we practice no decep-
tion. because we cant) the best and
largest assortment of readtl to wear
{JOOdS in the Twin Cities. WE Ol’liN
CHARGE ACCOUNTS .. with all
respectable people. ’ ‘
ascent. m...
A LITTLE STORY TO THE LADIES
RELATIVE TO OUR
$2.00
Oxfords
lat—Pat. Colt Dull Lace.
Very dressy.
2d—Giazed Kid Pat. Tip, Turn Sole.
Semi Dress.
Bill—Glazed Kid, Pat. Tip. McKay.
Medium Street Wear,
4th—-Giazed Kld, Pat. Tip, Goodyear
Welt.
_ Walking Shoe.
5th—Rusaett Russia .caif. Goodyear
Welt.
Very Swell,
Iron man JUNK.
You will get your full value for your;
junk by sending a postal to A. Harris,
Raymond street. South Norwalk. We,
don‘t send out any teams unless rev,
quested by our patrons and friends. 1
I
.M
$2.00
'PHONE. 357—6
liar Shoes Tint Fit
Tru our charge it up plan and llOu
will remain a customer forever
We Dress You from
ead to Foot.
1
1
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NOR WALK HISTORICALI
and ‘
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
SOLVENT NOTICE.
District. of Norwalk. as.
Court. May 2d. A. D., 1904.
Estate of Emily A. Pelton. late of
ASSOCIATION lNorwalk. in said District, deceased.
Notice. is hereby given of a special The Court of Probate for the Dis-
mccting of the Association to be held trier of Norwalk, hath limited and II-
on Wednesday m-cniug. May 18th at 8 lowed six months from the. date hereof
for the creditors of said Estate to ex-
hibit their claims for settlement.
Those who neglect to present. their ac-
counts. properly attested. within said
time, will he debarrcd a recovpry. All
Probate
. p. m.. in the room No. 8 West avenue.1
to considering the question of assum-
ing the lease of a building for the use
of the Association and any other busi-
ness which may propcrly come before
said meeting.
By order of the prcsldcnt.
SAMUEL RICHARDS WEED.
Secretary.
I
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Norwalk Chronicler