COD ‘Woohlngton at.
ilclcal Of The: dilutions :,Wcs
Slsouiriiio .
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0o. Nor-walk.
ctroyers. We counted thirty-two Rus—
sian ships in all.
“Our fleet with the battleship Mi-
kasa leading. proceeded towards the
Russians: in vertical line formation.
|,The Souvaroif opened fire first and
then suddenly turned, reversing her
course. Almost simultaneously the
Mlhasa opened fire with her big guns
and thus the curtain rose on the greiit
seal battle. The hostile fleets grad-
ually close in toward each other. ex-
changing a vigorous fire. The armored
cruiser Azania approached within 3.-
000 meteres of the Russian fleet and
carefully observed its action."
FENCING GOOD EXERCISE.
ly convince the people and let them
decide t e future. .’ ’
‘ The industrial members of the labor
commission headed by Finance Min~
later Kokovsoff withdrew in a body at
today’s sitting. on the plea that owing
to the, national calamity they were
unable to calmly discuss current at-
fairs and considered that the alarm
his situation required their presence
in their respective provinces.
, M. Kokovsoff vainly appealed to the
industrial members to reconsider their
decision. Finally he decided that the
government members of the commie.
(lion should continue their work.
.The newspapers report that Vice
Admiral Birileff, who started for Vlad»
ivostok May 25 to take command or
the Baltic‘statlon, is returning to St.
Petarsbu‘rg. ,
The extraordinary council at Tsar-
skot-Selo yesterday reached no con-
clusion on the subject of peace, bllt
definite reports say the emperor
agreed to meet the internal situation
by the immediate proclamation of a
decree providing for a convocation of
a national assembly. M. Witte. pres-
ident of the committee of ministers,
who was present. is understood to
have assumed the leadership of the
advocates of peace and the immediate
convocation of a national assembly is
anticipated as the only means of
averting the‘ popular storm which is
threatening to break. The war party
is dyinghard. it is the unanimous
opinion in diplomatic circles that the
logic of events points to no other is-
sue except peace, but the diplomats
also admit that the decision rests with
the emperor. But even when all the
ministers except War Minister Sak-
haroff and Minister of Marine Avclluii
are solidly arrayed against attempting
,to continue the hopeless struggle the
emperor has refused thus far to say a
word. To a visitor on Tuesday his
majesty is reported to have «ieclarcd
that he would rather die than sign
an ignomlnious peace.
An evening paper today primed a
sensational story from a Paris corros-
pondent saying he was ill a position to
state that. after the passage of many
telegrams last night between the
French fouclgn office and the French
embassy here. M. Bompard tille
French ambassadori is returning has-
tily‘, to St. Pctersburg from Panis
(where he she been on leave of ab-
sence) at the request of Russia to ur-
range for peace negotiations, Franco
having agreed if Japan's terms are
too onerous to undertake to ask the
concert of all the powers to compel
both powers to mediate.
At both the foreign office and the
French embassy the story was denied,
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Presses Into Action Every Muscle in
Body—Pcrils Few. '
The enormous value of continual
practice with the foils as a means of
securing and preserving good health
is, in my humble opinion, the main rem
son for the steady hold of fencing lip-
on pllblic favor in France and ltaly.
If is only of late years that the atten-
tion bestowed by medical men upon
physical exercise—~1n France. at least,
where Dr. Lagrange‘s treatises have
become classical~haa given promin-
once to the worth of fencing as a
health factor. Everybody knows—or,
rather everyone should know —— that
fencing presses into service, every
muscle of the human frame; that it
creates and develops suppleness and
quickness; that, practiced in youill, ii.
imparts a freedom and grace of motion
absolutely unattainable by other
means; that it is not a violent exer-
cise, ill so far an injury by strain is
involved; and, finally, that its pcrils
are coiliparativcly few. At very remote
intervals, one hears of a fatal injury
resulting, almost invariably from a
cheap or damaged mask, or from the
-f00lhardy practice of exercising witll~
oui the usual head or chest covering,
or with an ill-buttoned foil, The. pro-
portion of mishaps to the number of
fonccrs, howover. is infinitesimal.
Another great point lll favor of tho
itl‘iMilllil in this the sport is absolute-
ly unique-4t that tho veteran of the
fencing mom does not "lag superfill.
one." lil swiftliess and lightness and
exocutlmr the hand of the swordsman
resist most valiantly the advance of
years, while the experience of the re-
sourccful veteran offsets, in nine cases
out of ten. the unrcasolling furia of the,
younger act. The other limbs, of
course, betray the fencer long before
his hand has lost its cunning. and at
the quick and far-reaching lungs is
habitually a thing of the past by the
time the average fencer has turned his
fiftieth yeah-Outing.
THE EDITOR'S RECEPTION.
Tile editor stood in a spacious hall,
in a swallowed coat, slarcllod shirt,
but these is reason to believe that M. and all.
Bompard is bringing a dil‘CCl- message The crowd filed past him, in close ar~
from Foreign Minister Dclcassc lirg- ray.
ing Russia to make peace.
The emperor is understood to have
received a dispatch from Rear Admi-
ral Nebogatoff containing an outline
And every man had a word to say.
i
“l—iello, old man!" said the first to
pass,
of the battle and sent bp courlefii' of “Don't you known your old friend.
the Japanese government, but the con- Vorllas?"
tents are also witheld. _ Shake hands with Justitia." “Glad to
Naval man here while not attcmpi- know—-
ing to conceal their admiration for
Admiral Togo‘s superb tactics say the
Russian fleet made a fairly good show.
ing until the flagship Knisz Bouvaroff
was sunk and Admiral Rojestvensky
was no longer able to command. it
was then that the Russian lines were
u: thrown into confusion. bilt neverthe-
,2; less the light continued for forty-eight
, hours.
TOKlO. Wednesday, May 31, 9:80 p.
to. (delayed in transnllseioni.—-A num-
ber of wounded Japanese sailors have
arrived at the haspltal at Maidhuru
.navy yard. They describe the battle
”Put her there! l‘lll Bone Publico.”
”l'm Constant Reader. Oh. by the by
“You remember me; l'nl Vox Populi."
"Hurry up there! Don’t stand in the
way.
Your flipper, old chap!
friend, Fair Play."
Fill your
Then Old Subscriber and One Who
Knows,
And Pax Voblscum trod on his toes.
inquirer and Vindex wrung his hand.
And buzzed in his car to beat the
between the Japanese and Russian band.
fleet as follows:
"At dawn Saturday oilr squadron Then came Well Wisher. One‘ Who
left its rendezvous and advanced Was There,
Americas. Candor, Truthfui. Beware,
Ii‘idus Achates, A Grateful Guest.
Nil Dcsperandum and all the rest.
through the ’l‘suahlmn Channel. At
2:08 in the afternoon we sighted the
Russian fleet. Gradually closing in.
we found the Knlas Souvaroff leading
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the line. with the Borodlno, the Alex- Then Many Voters came iroonlns
cinder lll., the Oral, the Osllabya and Moos. -
the Navarln following in the order And gathered about him a hundred
named. The Nicolai i. brought up in iiirl‘Onil.
They seized him. in tones of thunder
they spoke.
And then the editor shrieked~and
awoke !
~Ohlcago Tribune
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STOLE INGURANCE POLICY.
NEW YORK, June 1.~sllni‘uei bob-
ley. who has been on trial in the Sn-
premc Court in Brookln charged with
fraudulently obtaining money on a life
insurance policy which is alleged to
have been stolen from the vaults of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
in this city today, withdrew his plea
; of not.guilty and entered a plea of
w, guilty. This action was taken by ad-
vice of counsel, it was announced.
‘ The policy in question had been de-
~ posited with the Eduitabie by William
' c. Cotton, of Brookilne. Malia, as so-
curity for a loan.
the rear. Parallel to this line we ob-
served live cruisers. After them came
1' no special ships and torpedo boat de-
lr iiilllll lllllllllli?’
my. .
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if? "all
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. :2: .1 “weave—-
"flay. doc. do you think i ought to
give tip smoking?" ’ "Well, yes, i
think it would be it good thing for you
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in. .
of, “V“ are respected on account
of 3c morn, Ask them the best
‘ of linen ii money. Almost every
it this cit will tell you to depoait
' NOR WILK
_ I Milli
. Mkvll really the on.
' .hecp money. Second Olcvoipn
[I , ' " iii one of the wand-
to pay me for pulling y or little girl
through the scarlet fever two years
ago."-—Clllcsgo Recordilierald.
A strains—“Will you be true to me
while i are gone?" "Of coursouhut
don't be one long, will you, Mai-1"»—
Lcsdor. ‘
“Poor child, «list, n he crying lot-l
—
bo’dofiiat. at least until an feel able. é
Members of The State Logis-
laiuro file Guests of Senator
Paige. at Lake Compounce~
Amendment to City of Hill--
walk Charter Passes
HARTFORD, June 1.——Both Senate
and House met at 10:30 this morning
and after holding thirtyvmi‘nute res-
sions adjourned until Friday at 11:16.
At lizl5 over 250 members of the
General Assembly and Capitol attach-
es boarded special trolley cars near
the Capitol and proceeded to Lake
Compounce as the guests of Senator
Allan W. Paige. A sheep bake at
the lake is scheduled for 1:45 and
various outdoor recreations will be
enjoyed during the afternoon including
a baseball team made up of‘membera
of the legislature aild newspapermen.
in the House the calendar claimed
most of the brief session. The fol-
lowing measures were adopted: Reso-
lutions incorporating the Standard
Fife insurance Company; winding ilp
the affairs of the New Britain Knitting
Company; increasing number of direc-
tors of the Eaton, Cole and Buriiham
Company; amending the charter of
Wesleyan University; amending the
charter of the, City of Norwalk. chang-
ing elections to first Monday ill Octo-
ber; amending charter of the Manches-
ter sanitary and sewer district, giving
permission to extend sewer system
and make assessments; incorporating
the Northern Connecticut Power. Com-
pany; incorporating the Bonrdman-
Beardsley Home.
Favorable committee reports were
received on bills amcnodlng charter of
the Pleasure Beach Ferry Company;
amending charter of the City of Stain-
foril; concerning false alarm of fire;
concerning mortgages by administra-
tors alid executors: concerning meth-
ods of scaling ballot boxes; authoriz~
lug City of New Haven in fluid floating
indebtedness and issue bonds; incor-
porating the Sulfield Masonic Associa-
tion.
A resolution restoring forfeited
rights to George S. Burden, of Bark-
halnsted was unanimously adopted on
a favorable report of the committee on
forfeited rights.
Representative Connor, of Enlield.
moved consideration of the bill cou-
ccrnlng the supervision of schools, n9-
jertcd yesterday. placing supervisors
of schools under the supervision of
the state board of education.
Representative Warner. of Wood-
bridge, and Representative lsbell. of
Ansoniu, opposed reconsideration.
Representative Bidwcll. of East
Hartford supported the motion.
The motion did not prevail.
Representative O'Connor, of Enfleld.
moved reconsideration of lhe bill rc-
Ialina to personal taxes, passed yester-
day. At. the request of Representative
Keilcnly the motion was tabled.
A bill providing for the licensing
and numbering of oyster vessels was
rejected on an adverse report of the
judiciary committee.
in the Senate the judiciary commit-
tcc reported favorably on tho resolu-
iloii regarding the boundary lines be-
tween (‘bnneciicut Massachusetts and
New York. Tho resolution was adopt-
ed under suspension of the rules.
Favorable reports were rcceivell all
bills imposing a stale fax consenting
pleadings in civil actions and the res-
oiuiion to continue the commission on
repairs to the state capitol to 1907.
“——
BILL SIKEB UP TO DATE.
Behind an adventitious tree
The modern burglar stands;
A lithe and sinsway figure be.
With kids upon his hands: _
For thus he trumps the thum-murk
trick
Taughtus by foreign lands.
ills dross aull bag contains the. tools
With which his bread he earns——
Sheffield no liner Instruments
From steel, well tested. turns.
His bag holds silent matches, too-—
No other sort he burns.
ills motor car‘s a stylish one;
His goggles and ills mask
Provide, him with a neat disguise
‘ For his nefarious task.
What village constable would dare
To any questions ask?
Plotting, crib cracking. muting oi‘l'.
Onwalid through life he goes;
No burgling task by him begun
Till he has planned its close-—
Something attempted some oue‘ulono,"
And not till then repose.
Thanks for the moral. burgling friend:
We from your acts collate;
Your strange experience one thing
Makes clear past all debate;
Whatever be our walk in life.
We must be up to date!
--liondon Truth.
Momma—"There! You have a black
eye and a bloody nose, and your coat
is torn to bits. How many times have
I told you not to play with that bad
Brown boy?" ‘ .
,Robhyw‘flee. m ' Do i look like
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gar. .,
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’ are Can't Pleasoiiillm.-Oil Magneto
--'-Ah. my 3103' a llilliionaire'a position
is a hard one. " ‘ -
skeptical Friantl-As to h0W7f ,,
oil stagnated“ hoard my wcclt .
their say I'nr a skinllint. and if! ti -
money away they say i am trying to
can my guilty conscience. .
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MisaPuay (aoyly)-—I saw the cub
Ductile want his other?“
She‘s just
. I ativcly 0!:
CI. hill! “3 m ,u -. chm”, WGII, Il'dly
“‘4‘“
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time ”as smallish. m m“. but»
,nr- .. i were... " M ~
‘ Ifocl Fortress"
, bank you cannot see any one, told it
. flank. One of the worst bandits that
Q!
we'd been a-playini"—-Cleveland liead- ,
Willi Oonnlng Towers '
fol-zinc Tailors.
The first National Bank of Lander
is I little steel, fortress. The counts
is faced with solid metal, and the tell~
er does business front within a con-
ning tower. When you go into the
4
“all. ‘., ... . £35.?st
is an arranged that a band of bold-
ups could be riddled from front and "
ever disturbed Wyoming bankers used
to be a small henchmen. A bigcattle
outfit had a mortgage on his herd.
They claimed hiacattle were irregu-
nlan served three years. When he
came out be robbed a good many
banks in broad daylight. at the point.
of a pistol. Yet forsomo reason half '
maverick we could gist under their
branding irons. .Thoy taught us how
to steal, and then prosecuted every
man who did any‘of it on his own ac-
count." Anyway they never got this
particular bandit again, and the banks
of the West are acquiring the armor
plate habit.—The CenturlI.
, Franklin in Paris.
How Benjamin Franklin appeared
to a fashionable Parisian lady in the
eighteenth century is told in the mem-
oirs of the Marquise de Croquy. She
describes the man who chained light-
niug as follows: “I once had the hon-
or of meeting M. Franklin at supper
al. Mme. do Tesse‘a. As a joke she
never let me know that her was com-
vlduals may say to the contrary,‘
equal."
thirteen pounds and mighty few
equal that."——Philadelphla Press.
——
pirations."———Smart Set.
“No matter what purse-proud indi-
' re-
marked Dixctt orscularly “all are born
“Don't you believe it." replied Pop.
ley: “our baby, for instance, weighed
. Harold—"May l kiss your hand?"
Gertrude—“You should have higher as'
WHITE Goons. . *
A glance ilt the values we offer in this line tells a story of unprecedented values. ~ Just the things that the
season demands are here in fullest hasortment. in unquestionable quality. in desirable styles and at prices lower,
than the lowest that have everhbeennuotcd on like merchandise.
larlzdolstallnedband on a round-up they {plain xiilniem'iik 8c to ice stripefland Chock Dimitiea. 13 9:01:50 Wash (“mm“- 25" ‘° 75°
“vs a ' a milk" that is, put a an anso lbs to 50¢ liems tchod Dawns c o 00 "
mark through it. to indicate that it India Mulls. ' 20c to 500 Persian Lawns. ‘ 15c to 50c Chalk?“ StripekNalnsook, file to we
no longer represented ownership. Swiss Mulls. 150 to title English Nainsook, ii'lc to file WP") Waits, 15° to 500
Then there was trouble about a horse. French Organdios. 25c to 750 Silk Mulls. 18c to file Dotted Swiss. 20c to pile
Discrepancies of brand are the begin- 1 I ‘
ning of mg" out there. and this Imported Novelties in isncy Mercerlzcd White Goods ...... .............. 18c i0 500
Special Prices on Cavern Cloth J sickens.
We have made three lots of our Tan Covert Cloth .lackcts and have made low prices on them to close
the sheriffs and most of the people them Olli-
wore his. frlends. A“ 0““ “’me “Id Lot No 1.-—Jackets which have been $6.00, for . . . .. .............. . . . . . . . ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.00
to me. The same companies that .
make war on the 'small owners are Lot No. 2.-—Jackets which have been $6.00 to 87.50 for . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . .. . . r. . . . . 85.00
the ones that used to pay 85 for every Lot No. 3.—-—.lacketa which have been $10.00 to'812.00 for . . ... . . . . . . . . , .
..............i.r.......... 88.50
TRISlRAM & Hurruorwaihconn.
can
H. Krieger & o.
_ The Leading Outfitters forMen,
ing and put me next him at the table.
i paid them out by never speaking a
single word to him. What, indeed,
could l have found to say to this
librarian and printer? Franklin wore
his hair long like a Brittany deacon.
lie had on a brown coat and a plum-
colored vest and brooches and his"
hands were of the same shade. His
cravat was striped with red. But
what impressed me mostly was the
way he ate eggs. He broke them into
a glass with butter. mustard. pepper
and salt. it took at least six-of them
to make this philosophical ragout.
with which he led himself in small
spoonfuls. He hit off the heads of
the asparagus instead of using a fork:
in fact, he was a species of savage."
WWEé’Vo’U’fiTfifiifié.
stationery. ill this matter cost
but a slight figure. as we sell the
ford to display good form.
tics and resolve to be wise.
Among the Mongols.
Tea. with an admixture of salt and
mutton grease. is the common bevc
erage in Mongolia. it is not recom-
mendable. Snuffstaking is universal
and the offer of the snuff bottle is the
general method ofmeeting. Mongols
appear to seclusic their women in some
measure, at least. from strangers. and
a traveler's arrival is usually the sig-
nal for a hasty departure of the ladies
of the family for the tents of their
next neighbors.
‘ F. J. NELBON,
STATIONE
He Wanted Brandy.
At a coilicry near Leeds, England.
is a shaft considerably above the ‘
average of such erections in that part
of the country.‘ A minor had fallen “
off the staging to the ground and on ~ -
recovering consciousness wasoffcred ‘
a glass of water by one of the men
who had picked him up. Looking at
the water in disgust and amazement,
he exclaimed: “Hoo fur does tha‘ ha‘
to fall at ihis_plt afore they gives ~
yer brandy?" "
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may be here. if so, here is a
. never be had again.
Lo! No. I.
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Didn't Know His Own. l I:
Edmund Burke once showed a paint- .
ing to Si Joshua Reynolds. whose opin— ,
ion he invited. Bi Joshua looked long -
and attentively at it. "Well," he said. ,,
“i really don't know what to say. it's .. ’5 lla“‘93- 110"
a cleverish thing, but whether there‘s I' 32.30.
sufficient promise in it to justify my . Sizes 4 g 7
advising the young man to adopt art ,. a 1 1
as a calling 1 really cannot say." it --——
was Reynolds‘ own work done many! Watch
years before. . l -
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Length of Human Life. l -
The average of human life is thir- I:
ty-thrce and one-third years. or three -
to a century. One child born out of
every four dies before'reacbing the -
ROWE.
Saturday Evenings.
Joseph Davis,
age of seven years. and only onehclf 2' ,imeon, F _
of'the world's population over reach , CliOTHllllR.
the age of seventeen. only one of 10,- ~ BATTER,
000 over reach the age of 100 years. FURNISHER-
There have been many alleged cases ~
of. longevity in all ages, but only I ‘_‘._._._....._._._.,._._..._.,._._._._._._..._.
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Fire Insurance
Property hovered.
A family in Florida lost their little
boy and advertised for him in a daily
paper. That afternoon an alligator
crawled out of the swamp and died on
the front doorstep. in his stomach
was found I handful of red hair. some
bone buttons. a pair of boat heels. I
'ngs alloy. a patriot check trousers
and a paper collar. The advertisement
did.~—Mobiie Herald.
business—in this way.
If you buy "Coal of us you
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Meaning of. “loosen."
Norman in. Mask of buffalo was
asked to densestln word bananas.
Mr. Mack baa bodimmc experience in
mining propositions. and replied: "‘A
‘bonann la a hole in the ground owns
by a d—--d llarJt, ' < .
You are insured against cold
Clean Coal. Correct Weight
Proper Service. “
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' The Mississippi Valley.
The largest. valley lathe world is
the valley of thaws-intent. it can-
with those with whom you correspond '
to use our fine, elegant and lip-to-date
of everything so low that all can at-
To realize
the loss suffered by sticking to cheap.
unsightly trash. just study our novel~
opportunity that ‘may’ possibly
a
, Boys‘ Norfolk Suits, with the
stylish bloomcr knickerbockers.
The best of materials; 86 value;
Children's Sailor Blouse Suits;
this space for interesting store
Open Monday. Wednesday and
, 35 Washington St., 80. Norwalk.
Yes. we are in the insurance
insured a good, hot. satisfactory
fire. with all, that this implies.
the
discomfort, You are imurcdl
Our policies cover everything
in the house and novel- lapse
while our cool remains in your
bin. Our ram are reasonable
Women and Children in p
’ The. Norwalks.‘
cuts
best
We are showing a were large and com-
plete assortment of White Lawn and Linen
Dresses for. Women and Children. Prices
from. $2.98 to $6.95. , Lawn :Wais-ls
from 980 to $2.50. .
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Silk Dresses at creatlu reduced prices.
Also a few Tailor-Made Suits which
were markeddown in price. "
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Our Shoe Department must not be
overlooked. We are selling Russet Ox-
fords for Women and Children as'ias't- as
we receive them. ' ~' ~
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Men and Women. Boss and Girls.
Have noul purchases charged and set-
tle new bill in convenient weeklll Dall'
meals.
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