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‘ST. PE’l‘ERSRl.’Rtl. Feb. 21Lv~A
copy of the secret report on the dc"
fence of Port Arthur. which is the im-
slts of the indictment on which Licuh
length General *BLOessel. Lieutenant-
(ieitc i“Fcclt. who commanded the
Fourth Easthlberian Division at l'orl'
Arthur. and MaJorvGeueral Reins. chiel‘
of‘nthff‘uf’ Gent‘rul Stoessel. are stami-
lnxrtriaf for their lives before the su-
ll inocuurtmllrtial, has been obtain-
' o “by“th'd'lt‘siloélated Press. 11 is of
the greatest interest as explaining the
(Tobin‘ion'to try these three officers and
tlljllev proseuui the other defenders of
l 1' N ‘Arthur.
w“ ttou by Litutcuaupticncral Smir-
niifi'. the actual commandant of liu-
fortress. Stocssei being commander of
the Kwantung Peninsula, is sensation.
at ill the ( .vlreme and categorically ac-
cuses SlOth'el of cowardice and ill-
cztpacity n; d finally of the dclillcrale,‘
theasollahll~ hastening of the surren-
der to saw ills own life nlld in defiance
of the decisions of
councils of war.
t“ii‘hc report is biased in the extreme.
breathes the most bitter personal eu-
nit‘ity‘und shown that the high officers
0
darkest days of the siege were almost
abeach otiler's throats, .Oniy the late
Major-Gent rai Kondratenko. command-
er of the Seventh East. Siberian Rifles.
had the confidence of both sides. The
report explains the references made
in‘ General Kuropatkin's report of (it‘ll'l
oral _Stoeusel‘s dculoralizntion of the
garrison.» The indictment is manned
up ill the conclusion of General Smir-
noff as follows:
.“‘A serirs of‘unpardonable blunders
outside the fort ress title to the ignor-
ance and lack of military capacity and!
martial prowess of (lenemls Stoessel
and Fuck brought about the invest-
ment of the fortress several months
earlier than‘necessary and after the
investment a desire for undeserved
glory moved Stocsscl to' interfere ill
the defence with unfortunate results.
Finally. at the last period of the siege,
Stocssel usurped my authority with
the assistance of Generals Fuck and
Reiss and committed lreason ill sur-
rendering suddenly and prematurely. l
rhgurd our defeat at .\lnkden as a
direct result of this treason."
: LThe report opens with General Smir-
nbif’s apminlnlcnl as conllllalldanl of
the fortress and his arrival. March 17.
1904, at Port‘Arthur. tile defences of
which he found to be half-finished. 'l‘llc
friction between Stocssel and Smir-
anth‘ority. bcgan at the outset ovcl" the
plans for the defence. Sloesscl. though
not an engineer. overruling Smirnoff's
objection of points for fortification. and
‘ . falling to grasp the importance of such
Iiiosltions as Two‘llmldrcd and Three
trc,’ Hill. .Man incidents are cited
» bhdivih‘gfitoés l‘s disregard of the
. 3 ”crests? of thengrtress.
. ‘; tion for the cgc‘smlr‘non? prohibited
1 the: withdrawal of “ provisions, but
§toessel.dildwcd their sale to the field
11% Shiirnoig'shlrections that no
ii 48m “to'b'e' shown facing the
.' woiild guide the Japanese
, w’lilifilthiand; fireships. were do
113%!" yt'Stoesnel. who threatened to
arrest 'Prlncc‘ltfiitcladze, the chief of
I‘ngda. ’ shocking to Stoessel‘s
brvflnts’ [bismiiilbj'ecn Later Reins
, moved tilefiddiole of the prince's
I no. whicli‘Wt’i‘sk‘dltlhble for spy de-
mon. . it this the“ gslldarmes re.-
stablishmsnt of a hospital
min contagl In"; disposes Was" re-
ed. by‘ Stoess'l‘ because the site
it Would lessen the desirability
residence of General Fock's villa.
drdor was only rel-issued late in
I, 1394‘, when many patients
' ,, 910mb twaather.
yr n on‘ftlle Russofihinwse hank
‘ pt, Arthur foiibwed the invoke
‘ .of‘tho fortress. and Smirnoff was
‘ . draw-funds for the defence.
“up to to Stoensel to
fldfigml‘frbm‘lils corps
"my for‘Chiilds’e labor and
emotion of the work of
‘o‘i‘t‘Arthllr. l Btooss‘el 'ro-
oath Smirnoff explained the
any of his request.'uud later ap-
19¢le Kondratenko. who succeed-
‘iu getting a small sum to enable
The report. which was'
two successive '
the i’m'L'Artllur garrison in the'
ntlffg due to the overlapping of their‘
ill prepara-
, Weft of Roms’s‘reglmoht'for‘
W; stillborn. .. churned : plw‘
l ei e
be treatment of soldiers suffer»
adcl‘iunt'bf their 'remoan‘
J‘Slllirlloh’ to continue his work. though
.on a diminished scale.
i After the defeat of the Russians at
.lhc linllle of Kinchau. which Smirnolt’
i refers to as a shameful affair and al-
tributcs to bad gellcrnlsilip. tile army
lretired to the fortress and Stoesse!
iannounced his lnlelllion of assuming
Jcomlnulld. Smirnoff. declaring that
l he had been appointed commander by
llllll
l the elnplror personally. refused to re-
nounce ills rights. and. summoning
. Kondralcnko and Reiss. sit forth his
{Masons for refusing. He said
"Slocsml is ignorant of the use of
lartlllll'y and of cuglnctl'lug and ill
' view of the cowardice be has repeal-
lcdly displayed i suspect lllat be is
i t dually unqualified to command infan-
1 try." ~
t‘olliinuillg. the reporl says llllll lllt‘
relations lif‘thGR Slotssll and the
late Rear Admiral \\'ilhot‘l. in com-
1 brand of the Russian fleet at the lime
were luosl strained. b‘toesscl insisted
tllal \\'ithofl detach ships lo bombard
the Japanese llallk. hill in view at
danger of the ships in the lllilled wat-
ers and the ineffectiveness of naval
lire on land positions. Willlol‘l was
most unwilling to do so and the result
. of the experilneul which was eventual.
ly made was the blowing up of the
:Russian battleship Sevastopol. the ar-
llllul‘t‘fl cruiser liayall and Ike coast-
liefence resscL (irrminsllchl.
Early ill .lune General Kuropalkill
:llld Admiral Alexlrn'. the viceroy or
,llle Far East. arrived at Port Arthur
and Kuropatkill severely criticizmi
‘Slt‘tth‘iit‘l'ii gencnllslllp at Kinchan. his
plans for the defence of the fortress
!and his failure to supplement the pro
visions by rounding ill the cattle on
the peninsula. as a result of whicll the
garrison already was on short rations.
‘Kuropatkin plainly told Sitilsst‘l ll»
lwus demoralizing the garrison and
threatening to recall lllm. while ”it-
lyicel-oy categorically forbade lillll to
interfere with the fleet. As a result
of these rebukes Stoossel subsided and
did not interfere with Smirnoff unlit
the middle of September. in the mean
while the Japanese undertook their
first most desperate attempts to storm
the fortress. their attacks lasting
:cight days. Smirnoff asserts that h.-
’ was in full command and claims all the
|credit for the (lcfcilcc. He says luv
was forced to relllovc General it‘ocl.
.l‘rom the command of the general re-
l serw for disobedience to his orders to
. send reserves to a threatened point iii
in critical moment. Sloessei's account
lof the repulse ot‘ the storming parties
through! him the imperial thanks. lll>
promotion and the cross of the Order
of St. George. which encouraged him
to renew his lillt‘l'l't-‘l‘t‘llt‘e with llil‘ de-
fence. All unfortunate order of Slocs~
lsei's to mine the forts. lll order to
be able to blow them up lll case of
2its being lltcesstlry to retreat. dis-
:lleat‘telled the. garrison. who were de-
Elnorallzed by having to live over vast
lquanllties of explosives. 'l‘llc troops
were further affected by an illjudicious
.memorandum. circulated by (lt'llt‘l‘tll
lli‘ock. predicting various disastcrs.
. which l‘eaChed the ears of the soldiers.
lauotller mistake was the rclllovlll of
It)
{the guns from frontal positions
i form all artillery reserve. The sch
of fortification outlined by Gen
Smirnoff was also altered.
The Japanese in the meanwhile had
lulldcrtaken the work of slipping the
{defences of Port Arthur alld the Bus-
fsians Were. hampered by the. orders
fof Stoossel in making discouraging
sorties.'wlllch. however. resulted in
destroying some of the Japanese
works and in reviving the spirit of
the. garrison. In nunttack by storm.
September 19. 1904. the Japanese car-
ried a number of redotlbts and almost.
succeeded in capturing Two Hundred
and Three Metre llillufimirnof! claims
that the credit. «for'tbelr repulse was
due. chiefly to his‘artillery disposi-
tions. by which “the Japanese Were
driven from their trenches and their
reserves annihilated with‘the loss of
10,000 men. ‘ But=this’ was not men-
tioned in Stoossel’s report to the em-
peror. ’ . ~.
The suppression'iof the Port Arthur
newspaper, Novikrltipiby 'Stoossel, is
attriblltcd‘ito its freqtlont mention of
Smirnoff's activityl'and to the fact that
it did not praise the former.
According to Smirnoff. Stoessel nev-
er visited the works which wore under
attack. Smirnoff says:
l‘fThc garrison and inhabitants
Port Arthur. Were. deluorallzcd
Stoessel's personal conduct. Though
he avoided the fighting line he cursed.
the population as poltroons and ran-
cally cave-dwellers. but: be. continually
changed his residence in order to avoid-
the shells; finally locating lli quarters
entirely out of range. 80 soon as
the enemy was able to shell these
qliamrslstoessel hastened to surrem
der. His pusilunimlty was a constant
byword among the officers. rank and
.tllerud..clunans.". . .
. ' ho'fllfst’ indication of Stonssel's in-
tention‘to precipitate a surrender of
Port" thur. continues the report,lwas,
an o r in the middle of November.
1904. prohibiting further work on the.
sccofidland third lines of defence.
Smirnoff. nevertheless. continued
working on the third line. which be-
of
by‘
. .o surrender rind nod after ‘
" one captured Two Hundred and Three
. comics ...m
l the
he Jointl-
Mctro Hill, which enabled the enemy
to direct his fire on the town and heel.
but which was of secondary import-
ance in the. tittence of the fortress. A
council of war was summoned Decem-
bcr ll, Hull. and Litess in Slovssel‘s be-
half. llliroduCed the. question of sur~
render. Smirnoff (lectured the ques-
lillo could not be considered so long as
lllllnlllniliun and. food supplies were
available. lie was supported by all
mctubers of lhe council. and Slt‘wssel
accepted lite. decision. but made a
nlvlllomndum on the minutes of the
council to the offset that he would not
allow "bulclltry ill the streets."
During the closing days of tho siege
the relations between the Russian
generals became even more strained.
Fuck. who had been attached to no
command since his removal lil August.
was appointed to succeed Kundrat»
t'nko. as cllil‘l‘ of llit land defence.
against Sluirnoff's protest. One oi
[cook's first acts was. to authorize. with
Stolsscl’s approval. the i‘ mutation of
Forts No. 2 and .'l. under which the
Japanese '.batl exploded mines. 'l‘hcir
surrcudcr causal} a violent contro-
versy between ii‘ock and Smirnoff.
who insists titty could have int-n de-
l't ”(ll d longer and was convinced that
Slosssel and lt‘otk were ill agreement
rt eluding lilo surrender. .
Smirnoff Stflll a despatcll to General
Knropalklll. Dt‘m‘nlllt'i‘ til. asking llilu
m be appointed commalltbull of Port
Arthur will fill] power. but before a
H spouse Was received the fortress fell.
At a critical period ii‘ock visited the
forts on Pigeon Ray and “donned the
(it l'rlldt rs that a stubborn defence was
not cxpeacd and discoumed on the
respective lots of generals and pri-
vults ill captivity.
(in llecultber :lll. ltltli. Stoessel re-
convened tilt- council of War. Only
Rock and Reins alld Colonels llmilriff-
sky" and tiaml‘nurine advocumd a sur-
render. Smirnoff quoted the regain
lions forbidding the surrclulcr of a
fortress before tho complete cxhatw
lion of its resources and in it. stirring
spuch outlinul a plan for holding sucl
ccsslvcly the interior lines of defence
for six weeks and then only when
lllt‘ provisions Were llpprouilciug e‘t-
hauslioll was a. surrender to be dis.
t-usslti. SititHStll thanked the council
for its almost unanimous decision to
prolong the defence and closed the
lull-ling. 'l‘wo duo's later a third foil,
was blown up and taken by the Jap-
tlllcstl. The Russian artIth-l‘y. bow-
t\tl'. succutll-d ilr'stall'lll‘: lllcir ad-
vallct. During the lligb‘l and next.
morning several slum-salve Russian
positions were I‘Vt'u'llllll'il under orders
from Slocssl l and Fuck (Ill the ground
of urgent necessity. (inc Russian
commander refused .llatly to obey tho
order to evacuate line position which
he occupictl until libralllncd with
drastic measures. lfut the strong.
third line of defences was still intact.
and able to prolong the defence. wlleli
Slotsstl. January l. iiitliv. llllldc liter.
turls to the. .lapancsc t'tllliilillllll‘l'.
ticm ral Nllgi.‘l'or a ('llitn‘lllllltlll. willl~
oul slllllnlollillg the coull'dl or notify-
in: Smirnoff. tile cullllllaudalll of llll‘
lol'll‘ess pl‘tlpl‘l'.
According to Smirnoff the ril'tclive-
loss of llle garrison oi' l'orl Arthur
at tile time of the surrender of the
fortress was 13.500 buyoucls. Shop or
lilicrynleu. .‘ltitl engineers. l titdl lumps
llllaltuclled and new ll‘.‘llti;l. with
about 200.000 shells and London:
rounds of rillv alllulllnilioll. The poll»
ll'lll's l‘o port further gives a list of
the food sllppiil s. showing that they
\\‘t re ample to last lilo defenders oi'
Port Arthur for six wet-its longer.
CAST‘OR IA
For Infants and Gill ldren.
fill Kind Yflll line Aims Bought
atrocity/[m ‘T
W. H. CORBIN SUCCESSOR OF F. E.
HEALY.
Appointed Tax Commissioner by Gov.
Woodruff Yesterday.
NEW llAV‘ 1N. Feb. Bllrw'l‘llt- ap-
pointment of William H. Corbin. of
Hartford. as tax commissioner of (‘on-
y’cctlcul. to succeed Frank E. Healy. of
Windsor Locks. whose removal from
oiilcc by executive order occurred very
recently. was announced by Governor
Woodruff last night. -’I‘he appointment.
takes effect. immediately. .
MANY sing illEATHS
FROM POISONOUS
' RHEUMATISH
The Disease, Has Its Dangers-
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Very few persons. lt‘wu thought. ever
died from Rheumatism. Pick up 1 ps-
psr tad-y. and you will no that the
majority of sudden (la-tho are due to
some dorm of neglected Rheumatism.
Iiheumstlsm of the besrt.‘.‘jncuruiglu
of the hesrt,‘psroiylio Indi'poliionous
Rhoumltio lold' are about .th'o' hid-t
dangerous 10mg. chills .dirdu. If
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BRANDEGEE'S SUCCESS.
Connecticut Senator Gets the Best of
Secretary Hitchcock.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23l.—-'St*llitilil'
lii‘itlldegeu has been one of the most
consistent opponents of certain land
has objcclcd to many things that the
secretary has donc. 'l‘hc senator was
a member of a committee that visited
the west last sununcr. and while lhcrc
he became thoroughly familiar with
the workings of the dcparllllclll. While
out there five cases. involving Million,—
""0. were called to his attention. These
cases llllll :llLbcen decided by the ill'
lt‘i’lli‘)‘ general for the interior dcpalt-
them. and the claimants were trying
to have an appeal laken to the allur—
llcy general of lhc United States. lull
the secretary of the interim" refused to
allow the appeal. '
About a moulb ago Senator liralule-
are lllllflt‘ a personal appeal to i‘rcsi.
drnt Roosevelt, selling t'ollll the facts
ill the ‘llsc and lllltl the people inter—
cstml simply wanted to have an ap-
peal and were satisfied to leave the dc-
cinlun with the attorney general.
\thrcupoll lllthrl-sillcnt peremplol‘ily
ordered the secretary of the interior to
hue the nllorllcy general puss upon
the tlucisioll of his subordinate. At-
torney lcucral. Bonaparte has li‘llr
(1 mod his decision lll all five cases. and
the decision of tile altorney gl-llclal fol
the interior depart llll'iil was reversed.
thus giving Senator liralldcgec lllt‘ siti-
lsl‘nclion of knowing llilil his points
were well taken.
Mrs. Hawtey's Pension.
'l'lle senate commitleo has finally ve-
portcd the bill granting a pension of
$100 per month to Mrs. Edith A, Haw-
lcy, widow of Senator iluwlcy. but the
report is an il(l\‘t‘l‘ril' one. This action
will, however. place the bill upon the
senate calclldul' and Sellalor llulkelcy
will try to have. the senate act upon
tho bill. The senator has not as yet
given up all hopes of having the senate
pass the bill, although as a rule all atl~
verse report of the pension committee
hash no chance whatever of beltll: re»
vt rscd on the floor of ill senate.
Last Pension Day.
The house last Friday took up the
consideration of pension bills for the
last time this season. There. were only
bills on till" caleudar‘lhnl had already
passed the senate. among them being
fire from Connecticut as follows: in-
bchlllf of John W. Crane. of Hartford.
at $24 per month; in behalf of Julia A.
liirgc. oi’ ’l‘orringlon. at $12 per month:
in behalf of Mary W. Gl'nunis, of Say-
brook, at $8 per luolllh; in behalf of
Emily .1, Lalkllam. of lanstlcld (leu-
lcr. at sill per month. and in behalf of
John l“. Ackly. of Portland, at $30 per
month.
Assigned to Duty.
About one-half of the recent gradu.
:ttcs of Annapolis \vere Friday assign-
od to duty. and the rest will get their
orders in a day or two. Midshipman
R. E. Cassidy is the olllv~Conucctlcut
graduate ill this flrsl'list. He has
been ordered from his home to the St.
' Louis. . I l
. HUNTING FOR TROUBLE. l
“l've lived in California 20 years.
and am still hunting for trouble in the
way of burns, sores. wounds. boils.
cuts sprains or a case of piles that
Bucklen's Arnica Salve won't quickly
cure" Writes Charles Walters. of Alleg~
hany. Sierra Co. No use hunting. Mr.
Walters: it cures every case. Guarant-
eed by F. H. Baxter. South Norwnlk.
I
and E. P. Weed, Norwalk,.drllgglst.s.
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ron EXAMINATlON or orrlcens.‘
The board for the examination of
olilccls will meet at. the First Regi‘
nlent. Armory. Hartford. on March 11
and '12 on which dates officer-shave
been ordered to‘ appear before the
board as follows: March 11. Captain
John? Hickey. Company G. First: Mn-
jor William W. Billion. First; Captain
William E. Mahonel'. Company H.
First: First Lieutenant. Edivnrd I;
Fax. Company 1“. Second; First Lieu»
tenant» Josiah Whitarcbibby. First
Colllpany.- Coast Artillery: ‘secon'd
leltonnnt.‘ John -Wa-Baialey. immunity ‘
A. Second Lieutenant errhfiB. Payne,
First Company, Coast Artillery: Sec.
ond Lieutennm Verdine’h Matil‘er.‘
Company F‘. First; Second Lieutenant.
James 1. Webb, battalion quartermas— '
... .
policies of Secretary Hitchcock. and1
i sour , Ad to
HAN-ROAD “OMIANV.
The Southern Pacific" Company all.
houses: .that. it has closed the break
in tho Colorado River referred to in
the teleglnul from President Roosevelt
to Mr. E ii linrrllllau under date. of
Dccembtr 20th in which he said:
"it seems clear lo the. that. it is the
llllperative duly of the California lie-
veiopnlent Company to close this
break at once.“
At that time, Mr. l’lurl'imuu replied
to the president to the effect that
while the Smllllorn Pacific Company
was not interested ill l‘w clock of lllcl
luliforllia Development ('olllpnuy, 1-le
cent as holding sltch b‘ltlt'll as collnlw}
ral for advances made. yet lll' wouldl
give authority to the Southern Pacific
officers in the West to proceed at once;
with efforts to repair the break "ll'lll-sl-
lnit that the government. as i-‘UUII as
you can procure the necessary (Son
gl'cssiollal action. will assist us with
the burden ”
Plans for undertaking the work
\W‘l't' mutil- llllllll-dlalclv. The task was
a very farm- olle. When the dumping
of rock was actually continent-ml the
water was ill feet deep and the velo-
city of the current. was stunt-thing like
4% llli‘cs ac lltill"
It was the expectation of the ('filll~
pally to make the closure ill lt‘ll days
as It minimum and twelve days all a
maximum. but progress was retarded
by unexpected rise in the river on two
different occasions. one of which in-
crcascd tho flow to soething more
titan 40,000 feet, per second. The nor-
mal l’lo wot water at Yuma. llcar which
the. dual is located is upproxllmllely 2.-
200 foot per mmond. the gauge reading
21 feet
. Even as lat.- us February 4th the sit
uaotion on the (.‘olol'udo River was lilt'~
pacing. ’l‘he settling of a portion of
the dam on the night of February 3rd.
caused a concerll'alloll of the flow and
took four beats out of the tip-stream
ll‘tt-lllt'; a sudden rise ill the river had
illcreas-li the flow to approximately
Jillltlfl lt'l‘l per second, carrying llt'll\'_\'
drift and rendering the situation most
serious. Nevertheless. within a week
from that lilllc the closure “us fill-
nlly llladc.
The time consumed in making the
closure. dnlinv. from the dumping of
the first rock was 1.3 days and 2 hours.
Al llit‘ time of me ciosurc. n1 ti o. lll.
on l-‘ebrllarv litll, the head, or dil‘cr-
cure between the lcvel of tlio water
illliiVu the dam and below it was 13
feet ll inches. The loll or the dam
was four feet above the level of the
water. 'l’llc vertical distant-l from the
top of ill.» dam to lllc~basc. where the
water was the deepesl. was approxi
malt-iv till feel
The icnvlh of the dam is approv—
lllnlcly I.ltlll feet. The illltll'l‘lltl in it
‘uow aluollnls to 77.0”" cubic yards. 95
lllt‘t' cent of which is rock and lllt' ba-
lance gravel and clay.
it ‘s the purpose of the company to
raise the dam five or siv i'ecl higher
in order to make it safely above the
highest known waler The dam is 2c
be padded, on its up sll'calll side. with
clap until the structure shall become
l-lltil‘cly llillit‘i‘t‘Vltllifi to water. When
finally completed. it will contain about
lile yards of Ipalcl'ial. about St).-
lltltl of which will be rock and the re-
lililllltlt‘l' Laurel and clay. This ad-
dltlollul il‘illl‘l'ltil is twine; now added
at the nrlc or .‘ultlll cubic Yards cncll
lwcntyvfollr hours.
The colllunny's engineers have kept
careful watch on the sll‘llclure since
the closure and at the present lllilt‘ the
dam is absolutely safe again any pres
sure that can go against it. The pur-
pose sought to be accomplished by the
President has accordingly been realiz-
ed within a \‘('l')‘ short spncc of time
and the danger to the Settlers against
which he sought to intervonu no long-
l-r exists.
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Till Iul unit" for fillllll’lll.
l'llrenll should see to it. thnttbeirgl; dun have one
latural us: murmur? the min uch tiny.
'm not done tho ell w ill an in or Sfifituc pills. on
Hey arc too poxerful in “rectum rs ly tear
um llllln inxi es to pieces. leaving t o bowels
\ rakellod and hen able tout naturally than before.
nixatiro Iron-ox 'l‘nbhtu tone and strengthen
be lmw‘eln. and stimulate all the littla organs to
"unity activity. Chocolate routed tablets. easy to
mice. ham gripe or nauseale. tile. us all “.00
TRAIN CUTS OFF BOTH LEGS.
NEW l-lAVEN, Feb. flit-«\Vlllilun
Campbell. employed ill the yards oi
the railroad company. was run over by
a lraiu yesterday and had both legs
cut off. it is thought that he will die.
All headaches go
When you grow wiser
And learn .to use
An “Early Riser."
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. safe.
sure pills. The. Clifford Pharmacy and
The Bridge Phnrulncy_ ”
WALLINGFORD BARN BURNED. I
WALLINGFORD. Feb. 26.~'l‘he
large barn lwlonglng to Peter H. l..ub.v.l
ill the. North Farms section of lhcl
town. was destroyed by fire yesterday"
and ‘the‘ loss ls‘ahout.’ $1.00!). The
cannot incline is unknowuvu. }
L. in Le; c. t" We:
roll-m
. tablets
' 'E and ST RENGTHEN
the bowel muscles and nerves. and
stimulate the secretions of the liver.
One natural easy movement of the
bowels each day will keep the body
drainage open. and prevent constipa-
tion. biliousness, stomach trouble.
headache. backache. colds and
rheumatism. ‘
'innlemlfot- ”flunk no ti
it‘dlgl‘o‘lgwllwcénildg u lillxfivepfi'li‘lgmlx.
a I r I!
cured Wit!“ :kfl‘ugl ., comp «9|! ‘
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L :6 lly ry M's" Daimla'lfloh.
native . eon-ox Tablet! are
but. for children‘s bowels. Choco-
late coated tablets. easy to take.
Dev "1 -
it ' er
, rm- little by it. u. Piaistod and n. w.
Kelley, ‘Jr.. South Norwnlk, and E. P.
Weed. Norwalk.
who try it.
find its blend.
‘ ,
Here 3 A
70 '
W inner .
This cigar makes a hit with
nine out of every ten smokers
. .. . l ..
COUNTY HOME MANAGERS. ‘ Use
“College . Days.”
CIGAR, 6 for 25¢.
D
has a ripe, mellow flavor and mild, delightful aroma
that give general satisfaction; and the ion
ger you
smoke COLLEGE DAYS, the more
enjoyable you
Our great. to— mztz'w union of 2.000 National
Cigar Stands enab es us to produce at lower cost:
and sell at lower prices than ever offered before.
ThobutcicmmnowooldintboZpOODruIShroahviu " i
‘ hwmsmnfimblcmintbviudnu
CLIFFORD PHARMACY, 50. Main 8:" Elizabeth Sh.
BRIDGE PHARMACY, 200 Washington St.
a little KODOL after your
The board of management of tllcfmcals and it will be found to afford
Fairllcld county home will meet at the :n. prompt and‘eflicient relief. KODOl.
county colululssioners' office in
county court ilolme on 'l‘hursdav. The i iuices.
ers Whitman S. Mend of Greenwich}
Simeon l’t-ase of Pail-field and Charles.
ll. l'civ of Dalllluly. Theodore H, Mc-j
Kcnzie ol‘ Soulhillgton and Mills Rec"
bcccu (i. Bacon of New Haven. ‘ltll.
thcinearly approximates the
digestive
it digests what you eat. it is
board consists of County Commission 5 sold on a gum‘untecd relief plan. Sold
.n
HE’A'ooUA was? son
A fool shoots; GI! guides the
here by The Clifford Pharmacy and
The Bridge Phnnnacy. ”
bill-
Edison Phonon spits
MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF RECORDS IN TOWN.
The l. i. Angeline ti Sun El.
134 WASHINGTON STREET.
and
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Coal
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
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“bosons FOAR‘
5a;
' NtBo‘wkier’s Fertilizér‘s.
B. Hershfleld & son.
:22 Water Street.
Tolephone 294.
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COAL 06A
Old Company Lehigh, Cr
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FOR FURNACE AND R
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Duties fall on the bonds-
‘ keeper every week". The
telephone decreases“ those,
as ‘it saves steps and time
You need ‘a. telephone. so
:‘It‘. you
do Your name will {be in“ «iihe
next s. N; E. ‘T.’“c’o.‘ slat.
order it 'at‘ once.
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