of Wrapper.
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For liver
lhirly Years
cu...
fig,” their household furniture
and other personal property
fit out removal on their own mum
”Without indorsur.
-- CALL AND SEE US.
Independent Loan 8! Security Co
diamond Bldg. Washington St.
Ofllcé open until? 4p. Ill.
Saturday until 8: 30
Monday and
J. '.R CONNOR, Mar.
'8’"
Tel. 488.
.V-Hotel Mahackemo
‘ Service and Cuisine Up to Date.
:Ratee $2 per day and upwards.
-..‘ ~flock and General Information Ticker
Sunday Dinners, 75cts.
Going to Buy
While we can make
prompt connections.
rgPostal brings repre-
trustin- .' '
‘nnecticut
“til ’I' ”If .
't
lilo-race“. E. Dana & Son
‘ Real Estate and
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HARTFORD BALL PLAYER SUI-
CIDES.
HARTFORD. June 2.—«Chnrles ltam
If’)’. the former baseball player, will
Ittempietl suicide last night by not
:ing his throat. dlIIiI today from thi
wounds inilllcted. lie was 53 yearl
Iltl.
lit-Will's Little Early Risers. the
famous little llver pills, are sold by
The Clifford Pharmacy and The
Bridge Pharmacy. "
NEW HAVEN STEAM FITTER
DROWNED.
'NEW HAVEN. June 2.——~Elmer Dur
and. a steam filter. was drowned it
.‘our anti a half feet of water at Say
In Rock, yesterday afternoon. It IH
believed he sulltrod an altarkot lll‘lll'i
failure.
STOP THAT COUGH .
or It may result in pn4,~umonla. lira
zillan llulm ls breaking Ilp colds when
ever tried. almost without. exception
tile, 2er, 500 and $1.00 bottles. The
Clifford, Ilaxter's and l‘laisted‘s. "
__-
TOLLAND COUNTY SHERIFF.
lttKlKVll.I.h‘.. June 2.--~-Wllliam ll
Sprnguo, of Andoi'er, who was named
by the governor recently litl short!
of 'l‘olland county, took tinI oath of of
flee herr- today.
~Aceident will happen, but thi
Inst regulated families keep Dr. Tho
nas‘. Eelectric Oil, for such emergen
ice. It subdues the pain and heahI
he hurt.
45 Wall St.. Norwaik.
Insurance.
We have several decided bargain!
In income producing property tha'
must increase In value with the rapt:
growth of the.town.
harm...'ai‘frasa... a... .....‘..,I
F redenck, H. Ganung;
UNDERTAKER.
Funeral Parlors in Connection.
Lady Attendant. ’Tel. 904,
Ofice and Residenca,
84 30. MAIN ST., SOUTH NORWAkK
Youa
Shoe Repairing
IS NOT MODERN OR SCIENTIFIC
UNLESS DONE BY US.
‘ MonarCh Repair Shop. l‘
43 RAYMOND ST.
'PHONE 456 OR POSTAL.
' THE new
ONE MINUTE FROM! DEPOT.
EUROPEAN PLAN. ,
Our Reomra Special Feature. (tau
-and Electric Light. Throughout. ev-
ery Room Heated
RATES REASONABLE.
Fine Stocked Cafe In Connection.
A full linu' MI
limerie‘daAlea, Lucinda
In the! au.’ rton an
Bagcec ole idol. aII‘Ivayu'4 on draught."
An euur Busch Bur on Draught.
T.J. aULlaWAN. Proprietor. ,
. Slip charge
Connecticut Congressmen Ile-
piles to the Scoring lie lie-
celved Recently at the Hands
of the Boutell Investigating
Committee
WATldlllillllY. Juno 2.~—(.‘.ongress
man-ntILarge George L. Lilieyg whose
rosululion and charges in connection
with,tho Ito-called subnmrine scandal
resulted week before last in a, severe
touring of him by the lloulcli Inves~
ligating committee. which charged
Iim with wilful falsehood, bad faith
and compllcity with the Lake Torpedo
float (‘o., today gave out a statement
on the subject. It includes a copy of
a letter which alleges that two weeks
before the report denouncing Liiioy III
, scathing terms Mr. lloutell expressed
his admiration of Lilley and endeavor- '
ed to effect an agreement whereby the
matter should be compromised. The
statement In as followu:
To the People of the State of (You
neetlcni:
The report of the submarine investi-
gation committee presented to tho
louse of representatives on the 20th
Ilt. deals sogitrgely with my personal
Iouduci, .Iui touches so closely my
,It‘l‘flOlllll honor, that I feel my duty
0 myself audjo the public, that has
Ionoreil me with generous expressions
If its confidence, justifies, if it does
not demand, a statement of my side of
be case. I do not intend to enter into
the question of how many of ihi‘
'hurges made against the Electric
tout. (‘umpany “'0“! proved by the in-
.IIIstlizaiion, or how llltlt'll would prob
Ibly have been proved it the luresil
union had been conducted along lines
proposed by myself. '
in this statement l restrict myself
I) the assault on my personal reputu
ion contained in thiI finding of the
committee that l introduced my roan
:uilon and maria by charges in bad
faith; that laeted in concert with the
:.ake Torpedo lloat (‘mupauy and con
Ieuled the fact front the committee;
but i caused groundless charges to
In made against a member of the
muse of representatives; that l noted
a bad faith in station to the commit
on that I made no charges against
numbers of the house before the.I com
ultlee on rules. and that I knew that
uy statement to the effect that con:
rarts tor submarine bouts awarded
0 the Electric lioat (hunpnlty hue
leided an excessive profit to the con-
tractor “up false.
1 desire first of all to express Ill}
gratitude to my colleagues in tin
louse of representatives. who. with
Iui any defense or explanation on In:
Iart. refused to believe me eapabh
of the. offenses charged in (I report
I should he ungrateful It failed it
prrees also It“ obligation to flu
Iewspaper press and to the people a:
he slate. of (‘onnectlcnt who hnvi
,vtth such unanimity refused to be
ilevc me guilty of the offenses to:
.vliieh l have been arraigned; and l
Jelieve that I owe an added reeogni
ion of the. chivalrous conduct of that
Inrt of the press that. uotwlthstandim
Iolitlcal differences. has been not lest
warty than my political friends in ac
tordimr. me its coutldeuc‘b" I destri
than to make acknowledgement ll
Ion. Ii. S. Iloutell. chairman of tin
Iommittee making tho report. for NI
,ribuie to my sincerity expressed by
Ilm to my physician as will appeal
II the following letter:
”24 K Street, N. W.
Washington. April 26, ‘08.
Mrs. GeorgeIL. Liliay. \
Washington, D. C.‘ ;
ilere Madame: .
As requested by you i called upon
the lion. H. s. lloutell In The High
lands for the purpose of Informiat
him of Mr. Lilley'u illness and the he
oessity for: his leaving the city. Mr
Iloutell meshed me In his private otI
lice and introduced me to hir. Howard
:uittee. I stated Mr. Lillsy's condition
and Mr. lloutell branched oil into a
discussion of the entire matter uuti
.Ill‘.‘ Howard brought the conversation
hack to .theIorlxInsi request. told "if
to‘ su'btuit a written reduest to In.
committee. and said he was sure It
Would be ”It“ nted.
llotli gentl then spoke In the highest
tombs of Mr; George L. Lillcy person
ally and said they felt certain he won
. being used by someone without hit
knowledge. but Mr. lloatell added "It
as reached the point in this inveati
gallon that either the investigating
committee or Mr. Lilley has totrecede
and. of course. it is impossible for their
committee to do so " Mr. lloutell then
proposed to me that 1 tall: over the
matter with Mr Lilley. dilate to him‘
tlie' high opinion of the continued of
him personally. and to tell him that
absolutely nothing had upon prover
and that left Mr Lilley to withdraw.
Iii which also everythlhg
cold and fl ht‘ that-‘6. -
'Mrl Bontel said ”he was at Speaker
Gunner's home for dinner and that I
could 'phone or reach him there. 'J'Aat
y I know. i then left The Highlands
1' told an. Lilliey Mr:
he would rather dle titan witinirmir‘l
the charkes. which he knew were lions
eat and square.
Throughput the entire conversatl0n
relapsed. m.
l a
Mr. Route?! showed great indignation
‘ over the way the Connecticut papers
1 member of the investigating (total
I witnesses III
in my own behalf 1 desire to
that I am not conscious of anything
III my public or private life incouIlatI
out with the conduct of an ouot'abla
man. if any person is war of euctr
. It fact i expect of course that he. will
give it proper weight In deciding In
his own mind the question of my will
or innocence.
l have not and ,haVe fiver had any
interest in any commit! constructing
or selling submarine torpedo boats.
l have not and have hevor bad aiilIi~
ailons with any person interested III
the construction or not of submarine
lotpedo boats. My pre‘kopsuuelous oi-
teu publicly avowed vfltether right
or wrong, have been "blast the util
ity of submarine hosts as engines of
warfare.
if i am not guilty of Iniu- statement
III any of these respects I believe that
i can claim at the outset the presump-
tion of Innocence which common fair-
ness accords to a man whose life has
been without serious reproach and
who has no selfish ends to accomplish.
l testified before the committee and
i reiterate hero that my moth/e in in-
troducing my resolution calling for
an investigation was the public WEI-
lure and that I did not act in concert
with any other person. The very lu-
fortnality ol‘ the resolution as 1 intro
duced It is in Itself proof that I did
not have the aid ;of professional ud-
vice.
The representatives of the Lake 'l‘or-
pedo [tout (‘ompauy who took the
stand during the investigation testified
that they had no knowledge of my
purpose to introduce the resolution.
It in true that the lnnnedlnto moving
cause, of my act was my conviction
that the appropriation) bill as {united
in the "(Hill committee uopld so ro-
strict tho poIveIs of the. secretary of
the navy that he Would he comm-lied
to purchase submarine boats of the
ldlecirh- lloIIt (‘ompany to the destruc-
liou of competition and to the dlsail
vantage of the xmnrnment. While
the present threatened loss to the not
ernmeni and the people was the im-
mediate pmmpiiufi cause of my action.
my belief that tho methods employed
by the Electric lloui t‘oIIIpauy war
ruult- Id iIIIestlIIutiou was of long stand-
but.
'1‘ he mailer bud ilrsi been called to
my attention by tho lute Senator Plat!
of Connecticut. Whose judgment the
whole country respected. lie harrin
my presence. and with an exhibition
of angry fueling unusual with him. ex
pressed the intention of himself mm»
out such an investigation. The other
grounds of my bullet that the prac-
Ilms of the Hindi“) lioat Company
should be inquired into I stated to
the committee an they III-II now well
known to the pub c. I leil‘ not con
alder their Importance here as I do
Int intend to go into the merits! ol
the case. I will any simply that they
and weight in Ill) mind.
Against the presumption of honesty
and my own direct‘iesnmouy and that
of tho ropresoIItailns of theI latices
t‘oIpeIlo Hoot Company there was no
direct evidence. ‘lll the minds of the
i‘iIllllIIllim', hoaIever. 'hii these Were
,Iutweluhcd by certain- cireumstancus
which the (‘iilllllllill't' incorporated in
the report strum; Ismael; on a ehruu
ologienl thread They are l believe,
insignificant luditaiunlly and in tin
mart-gate. Substantially they are
these:
i did at one time at the reaps-st of
a roprrsenialw or the Lake 'l‘orpodo
iloat t‘ompuuy send a telegram and
:wo letters to lht' uegretury of the
navy requesting! famrable considers
Lion of the inte Irests of the company
An examination of thiI letters will
show that I put the request upon tin
ground that (‘illlll (ids was for the
interest of the monument. it also
appears and is true that In company
with other members of the Conner-ti
Int delegation i tailed upon the were
tary of the navy and that there re-
quests were made for a proper eon
Iideraiiou of the Lake Torpedo lloat
Company as II competitor for coir
tracts.
Thl‘ committee found that the Con
ueciieut delegation was entel‘tained at
lunch or dinner by representatives at
the Lake Torpedo lloat Company at
the new \i'lliuril’llotel. It Olllllti to
ilud that l was not present on that
occasion. although that fact appeared
in evidence.
it is true that after my resolution
was introduced i received assistauct
and my counsel received assistaaer
'rom the counsel of the Lake Torpedt
Boat Company in preparing state
meats that were made to the commit-
we.
been denied the assistance of counsel
LIn examine witnesses in the ordinary
way and my poisonsi counsel had re
:turued to their Connecticut homes
’therc were handed to me by the coun
moi of the Lake Torpedo Boat Com
pany lists of questions which i adopt
ed and presented to the committee a:
my own.
I believed at the time and I believe
now that I had a perfect right to so
.‘cnro information as to [upper line:
of inquiry and assistance in the prop
oration of papers from any courts
which such intoImarion and assist
nuce could be obtained and that the
{source from which I procured theta
was my own affair.
I I believed and I still believe that“-
phe thing of consequence to the com
mitten was the answers brought out
by the questions and nbt the ori in of
the questions themselves. “(hill er I
was well advised in participating in
the conduct of the heads; and In at
tempting to take part in the examine
lieu of witnesses under conditioui
which compelled my counsel to de
alias to set may be fairly an open
questhn. but I cannot understand
what it has to be with the integrity
pf my motives
was endemoring. laex crienced at
I Was in such matters.
committed so far as i was able. in
eliciting the truth. I am not attempt
Mtlilhlr. Howard and proceeded tothelltng 'at this time to unload myself
‘ Willard Hotel.
. Ilobteil's request and he replied that
Mutant a charge of faulty Judmnefil
I woul say. boweVer. that i have
been in mud by my douchel that it
he had been permitted to examlni
the ordinary way. hi
would have gone directly to ‘repr‘e
sontatlves of the Lake Torpedo Boa
lunar
' yof his dutyt l 0 not understand how
it is true also that after i bad If
0 help the -
onal lines all
liedio do do he
been peg gent in the dllclluflle
can he justly criticised fOI doing
what my counsel has advised me he
would have been properly censured
for not doing If he ltd omitted to do it.
Of the anonyu as communication
written by Whitney i had no knowl-
edue whatevet. i made no charge
against. any member of the house A
suggestion that a member of the house
had been annoyed by i rtunities of
the Electric “L at Cotupa repreuenta
tivus cannot rightfully be construed
as a charge against the member. A re
quest that the committee ascertain by
hr partial investigation whether Im
II per practices on the, part of the
Electric Iloat (‘ompany had influenced
congressional action. Is not, in my
Judgment a charge against members
of,the house. i believed and still be-
llevs that. the Electric liout (‘ompany
has received excessive profit in the
States governlnent. 'l‘hnt belief hull
been strenglIu-ued by the testimony
given before the committee by a re!
sponsible person. that he would take a
contract for the construction of sub
marines at the priIlI whltlx I mention
ed as giving liberal profit to the con
tractor. \
I believe i have now stated all of
the material facts which bear upon the
question of my good faith. Whether
the conclusions of thII committee in
this particular were justified or not I
leave the public to judge. Conscious
of the honesty of my motives and buy—
ing Information of the facts mention-
ed in the letter Incorporated In this
paper. and having learned from my
counsel that a member of the commit-
tee Imd said to him in the presence. of
other members and without any dis-
sent on their part. that the committee
had no doubt of my sincerity and
knowing that the statements to my
physician and my counsel were made.
near the clone of the lamina and after
I bud concluded my testimony my feel-
ing or Iuthel my condition on learn
but. the caumittee's conclusions was
Ktupefnctlon.
I present this statement of my post
lion without and elaboration of lli‘s
tails and with the renewed expression
of lay gratitude to the public that has
so generously accorded me its eonii
Ilelicewn coulldonee which i hope I
have deserved and shall never t‘orteit.
GEORGE L. LILLEY.
W. R. W ml of liyerabnrg. Tenn-
miles: "This Is to certify that I have
used (Iriuo Laxative Fruit Sirup for
chronic constipation. and It. has prov-
om without a doubt. to be a thorough,
practical remedy for this trouble. and
it' is with pleasure I offer Inv conscien-
tious reference " l’laisted' II Drug Store
and The Clifford Pharmacy.
BASEBALL NEWS.
Yesterday’s State League Results.
At Waterbury——y\\'aterbury ll, liar!
ford 4.
Al New
Itritalu 0.
At New
”fin-n 0.
At apringfleld»ilridgewrl
Springfield 8.
lirltaiiF-liolyoke a, New
IiaI'etI-MerIIIIIII 2, New
ll.
Yesterday's American League Results.
At lletIoii——{‘-levelaud 9. Detroit I.
At New t'orit-c-New York 2. Itoston
0.
Al l‘blladelphin~Philadelphia 6.
Washington i.
At St. l.ouis——(‘hlcugo 9. St. Louis 6.
Yesterday's National League Results.
At llrooklyn -— Philadelphia 2.
Ilrooltlyn I.
At ikmtouw-liosion 4. New York (I.
At Ciuciuuutlu—(‘inelnuatl ll, St.
Louis 2 (first unmet. St. Louis 1.
Cincinnati 0 (second game).
(I At Chicago—Pillsbury; 8. Chicago
THINKS iT SAVED HIS LIFE. '
Lester M. Nelson. of Naples. Maine.
says in a recent letter: "I have used
Dr. King‘s New Discovery many years.
for coughs and colds. and i think It
saved my life. i have found it a relia-
ble remedy for throat and lung com
pistols. and would no more be without
a bottle than i would be without food. '
has stood at the head of {brunt and
lung remedies. As a. preventive, of
pneumonia, and healer of weak lunga
it has no equal. Sold under guarantee
at F. H Baxter's drug store. 60c and
Si .00 Trial bottle free.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Clifford—bl. C. Weniworth. litre-r
lliil hiassqi. F. Bram. E. R. Fremont
and wife; Frank Humphreys H. E
Coleman. 0. J. Roth. 8. B..Berrell. H
Selnlear Jr.. J. W Turner. New Yo it;
it. E. Shaw. Hartford; it. F. Yanta el
and wife. IIrookIyn; R. llevenor. Al
;banv; W. H. Sullivan. Springfield: E
Is. Fairbanks. J. id. Campbell. Hart
Jord: 0. ll Cole, lloston: C. S. Ore
uncut R C. Gunther. Mrs. William A
Cameron. New Haven: Albert “0er
fr’lttsflold; J. W. Robinson, Boston. ..
---——ue
New
l Mahackemo—S. C Barnum.
l l). Williamson. Trenton; F. Good
‘llild. city; W. McMIIlien.'A. Uhllg
\lew York: L.
cot-go L. Rockwell. Ridgetlcld. W. W
J. L. llurlihardt. South Kent: lrv
York: A. Paplsh. Danhury: W. McCoy
ilrldgeport: Holt. Levy. Phlladeiphta‘
, Kodol is the best known preparation
that, is offered to the people today for
dyspepsia or Indiuestltm or my
stomach trouble. Kodol digests all:
foods. It Is pleasant to take. It. Is
lucid here by The Dillord Pharmacyl
and The Bridge rumour. ‘
W
PHILADELPHIA entree been.
PHILADEILI’HI‘P 9 int ‘ llde
:‘brand F‘ltiGeI‘sid"
nti oil's 0f the" r
“Shh“ Item p A?” m.
ny. dged'lfih
b
Ilpttgg here
I v.
I
ortéunet before them and yet tear ti
apt .
company as an' obvioha source of in'
sale of submarine boats to the llnltedL
TheD M
Dainty .
choose from.
are displayed in the case wll
spelled, and you will see:
pet loll.»
sliiks of mother of pearl.
Spangled Fans edged with
Silt‘ks
, Imported Japanese Fans lI
Orient.
blue.
A wealth of artistic uovclt
White Spangled Fans \vit
$2.25. .
A large variety in regular
are “but i.» tttllllll(llll_\ kinmn
some of them.
ill, and pluiilcd.
skirts. and children's clothes.
Exquisite Fans of lloniton and I’rincesse late. with
Tut utv six ditl'eIrIIIt mixilttcs in this tollcction.
35c a yard. C
, Reduction Sale of Fancy China
Read Co.
14'0“th 1657..
Fans.
‘l. ...
Novelties for Graduation Gifts.
'l‘heIe is an unusual and laminating assortment to
Many haml— painted and lace- trimmed lIans
ere they may be easily In-
Gauze and Spangled Fans of the Empire and Uirectoire
rare and fine late.
Fans with reproductions of Watteau pictures, on inlaid
aving the quaintness of the
Ostrich Feather Fans in white, black, pink, and pale
ies, hand-painted on silk, or
of gauze with applications of lace medallions. from $1.00 up.
it white sticks, from 05.: to
lines, from SC up.
50 (5t. Dress Goods for 35 (its.
They
:III pool goods. but thew is
a lttlltll of Ulllull lI.IItll_\ to la knoun without telliugfi
III t‘\ti\ shadi- of gt a} from the llf'lllt'Si sil\cr to dark
steel, in old l)llit' tau and sage glee."
ii xc-Itlltut toI dresses , summer
I’.lain sitipeil. III-hill.»
walking
olorcd Dress Goods Section.
Fruit Bowls and Salad Dishes. .
We have cut the prices on about a hundred Fancy
French China Fruit and Salad Howls. and offer them at less
than it would cost to make them.
gift articles for weddings or prizes.
A fine opportunity to buy
For nearly forty years New Discovery »
SIHaven ii. [A 'l‘omlinson. Bridgeport: ’
R Hnrihutt. Wilton: .
grown, Rochester; H. c. Woodmff, N: I,
Hal's Shear Charles E. ll‘arnum. New. l
She—Jrhere did men who see 'thebli ‘
A:
The D. M.
'l'hcre is among these a large, group at
were originally from $1.50 to $2.00.
$4.00 pieces at $2.00. $3.50 pieces at $2.50.
$0.00 pieces at $6.00. $3.00 pieces at $2.00.
$9,5o pieces at $6.50. $2.th pieces at $1.00.
SI 00. which
Read Co.
“ Th'ls'laoufu we all“
” ALL wom. iNGRAlNS. _ .
2% by 3 yds.. for ............ $4.50
' Regular Price $0.00.
8 yds. by 359 yds.. for ...... .. $6.40
Regular Price $8.40.
3 yds. by 4 yds., for .......... $7.49
Regular Price $9.60.
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.
9 ft. by It ft., for .......t.....slo.uul
Regular Price 812.50.
’9 ft. by 12 ft.. for . ......... $12.50
- Regular Price 816.00.
9tthy12ft.for.....: ...... $14.50
Regular Price $17.00.
Sale Price 25c»
p.» .t’
writ. a“ nasal @mm as Carri
shone comm Isl. “comm
"III 46.95. all; nfit".’éohi‘r;tadupn§
dared the editor “his a mans
scheme."
"Its Io‘ have?" ‘
The author bays many copies of the‘
maxdxlne and nearly always frames
the check Wp send. "—-—'Ipuisvllle Cour-
; Ilh—Jl'hat’ s ply case at this moment
wflexzendorfer Blather. _
I 7
tor Journal.
5 I. l._l may; :
AND omen Afl:
e
.....-. . .
”an " {I
a A §Peolirv or .
Floor Coverings
Note the Prices of: Rugs.
AXMINISTER R068.
3 yds. by 4 ydl.. for .......... $17.50
Regular Price 822.50.
3 yds by 4 yds.. for .......... $20.00
Regular Price $25.00.
3 yds. by 4‘yds.. for .......... $22.50
Regular Price $27.50?
(Note reduction of $5.00 per Rug).
BODY BRUSSELS.
3 yds. by 4 yds.. for ‘. ......... $25.00
Regular Price $29.50.
WILTON tone only).
3 yds. by 4 yds.. for ..... ~.....825.00
Regular Price $35. 00.
(Note reduction of $10.00).
A BARGAIN. PURCHASE OF JAPANESE MATTINGS.
‘Vntue 30c. »
Bargains in Other Goods.
A. Dickerman .81 Son
84 Washington St, South Norwalk
' Telephbne‘m
”12;!
,I,.""I‘1I.
I.
. runabout. .
joAncmn. confine, all-ruins.
dac‘houa, ,
:M :i
" Especial atte op given to stamps pal-tips. Io ...-'
Wheeler
Roller Ska pg Ellery Afternoon and evening.
Wilsons hand Decoration Day
‘J VIII."
.ltitatllcr.
. ."u‘ mm “
DeWitt'a Kidney and Bladder Pills
are prompt and thorough a It will in
a very short. time strengths be weak
. cued kidneys. Sold by The Clitfgrd
Pharmacy and The Bridge.
1:11ar-
111.30%} . ‘
it you would hare peace within you
. must be content with war: without. ,
Norwalk Chronicler