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fierest after three years if
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Wesson-eases
" T‘wa casts ‘
FRIENDS, let us say with no
ibig fuss that old Jack Frost has
naught on us, as we are here for
selling COAL and are not caught
lin'any hole; we've got the goods,
weighs/got the trade, we‘ve got the
7 - ~. I
friends that we have made by do-
ting business straight and fair and
. not by bluster and hot air; send
‘ih your orders it you will, you‘ll
[find us deep in business still; not
Turning in a fire alarm, but
hustling things to keep you warm.
ddéffimg~ 14% '%v-$;G~‘ufl 2h 1-; is Tax-241 Ltgfitgfirgh
CONNEALLY 81
BRACKEN
£55331
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Edwin C. Burt’s
SHOES i
for Women
1:
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'1' *1" '1" ~1~'~i?'~r'~1=*r
1- v.- .Lr v
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~i’~'-r’ ~1- firm;
Emerson Shoes .
‘ for Men
High-Cut Shoes
for Boys and
Girls.
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CONNEALLY 81
BRACKEN
81 Washington St.
Tel. 363- 4
11.1.1.3. 11. 1.1.1.134. 1.1.1. on. .11.
l_«1-s~ree~1-seesssea 1'74“?" 1'.»- e
.. BI
Clearance
. SALE
Everything at a
Great Reduction
Gottlieb’s
$7 81 $10
11,NORTH MAIN ST. :;
mm,
MEN' $ ARCTICS ..........'.'ut..$1.0°
Sizes 7 to 12.
MEN‘S STORM KING BOOT8.','.$3.25
Sizes 6 to 10
MEN'S 2-buckle FELT BOOTS..$2.50
Sizes 13 to it
WOMEN'S extra high heel storm 1
RUB‘BERS .................... 50c
Sizes 2 to S.
—- MADE LEVY .._
169 WASHINGTON ST., BRIDGE
SOUTH NORWALK
eTel. Four - Four - One
attic
l'll‘fro 11.
\\'c
\\'hcncver you clean your
or collar, rcuicln‘ucr \\'1.1.
:if. Fort St, l-Jast Norwallt.
pay 11: lb. for
RAGS
and best prices fo1 lulibms, met
als and feather beds. 01"dcis out
of town must be sent a day ahead.
our
Hazelton
COAL
The B.Hershfield 81 Son Co.
Tel. 294. 122 Water at.
6% Columbia 6% SpecralforWednesday
Real Estate Bonds
{Pay interest promptly each six
Interest paid from date of
investment to actual date of withdraw-2
oi. Can withdraw funds with full in-
desired
Scores of satisfied Bond holders in
this town Full inspection in1ited.
D. S. HULL
LOCAL AGENT
.Room 1 Haviland Block, 80. Norwaik
Phone 414-4.
(COUNCIL TO INSPECT RAILS
M‘anager J. B. Potter Here Yesterday
" to Make Necessary Arrangements.
'As good as his word, Manager J. ll.
Potter, of the Port Chester, Stamford
and Noi'walk branches of the Connecti-
cut Company. appeared in Norwalk
yesterday afternoon and made arrange
ments to take the city council and
either officials to neighboring cities
i.o;lnspect both the g1001e and the “T‘ ‘
‘ rail in operation
Accordingly this noon a party in
”two automobiles, consisting of “sum
Edwaid J. Finneg,a11 C01 pomtion (‘oun
s‘el Leo Davis, City Engineer Charles
Legs of Lamb
10 cents
[Homer S. Beers 8. Co.
22 W. WASHINGTON ST.. 80. NOR.
26 WOODWARD AVE.. 80. NOR.
13 MAIN ST.. NORWALK
N. \i' ood, Stieet t‘onimissione1 ..
lug liyington. Highway Commissioner
Nelson W. Benedict and Highway
(‘ommitteeman William Thompson,
left Norwalk, going toward Bridgeport.
accompanied by Manager Potter.
The party expects to return this 111‘-
ternoon late "after having inspected
trolley rails to their hearts' content.
Some of the manufacturers are ex-
pected to appear before the Senate
finance committee and protest against
the bill. The ‘Meriden Cutlery Com-
pany has asked for a bearing
President Taft yesterday sent to the
Senate the nomination of Sanford E.
Chafiee to be postmaster at Derby.
A DOLLAR
Deposited Today in
The South NorWalk Savings Bank
And a dollar deposited every pay day for the rest of the year, aided
by the liberal rate of interest paid will make a very
satisfactory
. memergency fund when unexpected expenses come.
Raymond
Trade Mark
111C to $1.110 yard.
Ilots, Iigurcs, L‘iC
to 531. so yard.
inches wide.
52 inches 11 idc.
French Lawns, Adrca and
Imported
White Materials
We direct attention to our recent imiportations
which comprise the newest weaves and abrics for
the coming season, among which Will be found~
Plain Voiles and Marquisette, 4n and 46
50c to $1.25 yard.
Bordered Novelties ,Voiles, Marquisettes,
French Linen, Crepes, etc., showing hand-
some Ii tubroidcrcd and Open n-work designs. 45 to
$2 00 to lo 00 yard.
Plain White Materials, Persian,
soolts, Long Cloths, I-‘rcnch Percale, Silk Mull, etc.
James McCutcheon & Co.,
5th AVe. & 34th St, N. Y., walg;’§f’§i§€0,1.
,EEEEEEfiEEEEEfl.
Established
Half a Century
Irish Dimities in Stripes, Checks, Plaids, Pop-
Iins, Repp Madras, at 251: to 75c yard.
English and French Pique 111 all size Cords.
St. Gall Embroidered Batiste and Swiss,
411C to $1 25 yard.
Novelty Crepe and Voile (new 11111.11 c1), 05c
India and
Mcrccrized Batiste, Nani-
.—— wmfimfiflwmgfijfifiifll
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Sill WIISIIII SIIIE Illlll
EVERGIIIIES SWIi IIIE
Charges Against the Secretarll
of Agriculture in Sales of
Florida Lands
\\'.\Sli|.\'tl’l‘(l.\'. l~‘cii. 7. I“11r‘l1cr lit-
\l'ltl'llllt’llln in the prespw'iivc in the
1‘1111411'Ssiitiiill investigation of the 111-
fillliil' of high oiiiclals or me lit-part-
11111111 of Agriculture toward the 1-.\«
pioiimion 111‘ the Florida Everglado
lands, \11-1'11 expected today w‘lh rhc
1111111111111111'11 11f Solicitor lict‘niu) .out‘orc
1118 house committee on expenditures
in his, department. Mr. .\I1'(‘abc is ex-
pectcd to tell the dcpartmcnt‘s sidc oi‘
the case.
Scusaiionai charges by Representa-
live li‘runk (.‘lark of Florida and llcp.
resentmive it‘. it. ilathrick, of Ohio. to
the effect that through the influence of
promoters of thc sale of the Ever-
glade lands dcpnrtmcnt officials had
suppressed reports on the drainage
situation and that two oiiicluis of the
department, Engineers Elliott -and
Llioorehouse, had been dismissed from
the service alter refusing to retract
their statement which were unfav-
orable to the land promoters, have
created a sensation, closely resembling
the situation in the controversy be-
tween Solicitor McCabe and in. Wiley,
the government's purc food expeil.
in which .iictTabe recommended the
doctor for dismissal. This case, how-
ever. ended in President 'l‘afi‘s vindi-
1aiion of llr. \\'lley.
Thousands of acres of ‘ liverglnde
lands, priced at millions of dollars,
have been sold all over the llnlicd
States by the promotion syndicateu So
widespread was the selling, campaign
conducted that the llepamnent of Ag-
liCllIllll. 1ccei1ed thousands of in-
1'111i1ics toi an official opinion upon the
,1alue of the lands and sent engineers
ito the Everglades to make reports.
The proposed investigation and the.
charges of suppression of reports and
undue influence 01 hind promoters
gieu out of their work, although )9
pai‘tment of Agriculture officials main
tained that Elliott and Moorehouse
were dismissed and F. ii. Singleton,
an accountant. was suspended, 011 a
1echnical charge of transference of
public funds. The men claim 11 few
hundred dollars were transferred from
one fund to anotherio carry on work
for which money was running shott
and there is no charge that any of
them profited by the transfer.
Those who are insisting, on the i11-
vestlgatlon say when the charges are
hired it will be shown that the men
' were removed because they refused to
'recede from their reports on the true
condition of the Everglades lands.
——-A_._.
STATE NURSERYMEN' 8 OFFICERS
HAR TFORD, Feb. 7.—At the annual
meeting here yesterday of the Connec-
ticut Nurserymea's Association, the
following oifloers were elected:
President—W, .W, McCarthy.
ViceaPresidentr-Charlos Turner.
Treasurer—«W. W. Hunt.
Secretary—«F. L. Thomas
The taxation of nursery land \vas
discussed.
When you have a room to rent use
. a Sentinel Want Adv. and rent it.
ported.
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M. 53 Lydia-m Gardnel.
l.\ 1L1 1.1.1d1111, 1111.11
-' 1‘11 Stirs. John ll.
licldcu llill.1licd :11 iiic .‘vorwaik hos:
i1 ! 1'1s111d111. The remains xvii:
.‘Il‘r' VI". _\1‘;I".~.
ill
Loch wood,
l )1:
taken to IiIUOI-iiilhItlllllll'l'llw and the
Illl'l‘l‘ul surviwg 11H 31c held there
itiiiltll‘l’iw evening 'l‘hc intm'nu-nl
.111I follow in tho Eillllt' city.
James Montgomery.
Ilionigonpvrgt' passed away
suddenly at .‘1 o’clot l1 this moraine 111
his 1csi1icucc, in till \\lltr111 11111111111. Mr.
)II'iiitgunicry had liven iii in some
iilnc. although file end was not ex-
This morning he awoke after
11 somewhat restless night and while
Airs. Montgomery was pcttinp his. med.
itlne. he passed away. ,‘l‘hc funeral
scrviccs will be held from St. Mary's
church on Friday morning and the in-
it—l‘lllOllI will follow in St. Mary's
(cuietcry.
Julius
Miss Mary .4. Ewing.
The remains of Miss Mary .1. l'2w-
lug, who died yesterday, will be taken
to Philadelphia iOr burial trnnorrow.
IIIllII III Will SIIIHI
\\ ALLS c STREET, 10:l0 a. 111.«l’rices
of the active stocks were little champ
ed at tlic openin1 of the market today,
with 1111» exception of Union Pacific.
which rose a point. Southern Railway
11rd. advanced fix; on a single transac-
tion. Louisville and Nashville was the
wcakcst stock, losing 1’51.
WALL STREET, ii a. n1.»-~licar ira-
dcrs got the uprcr hand in the market
again and priccs fell sharply in spots.
Union i‘.11lii1- lost its advance, I‘. 3
Steel sold a polnt under yesterday‘s
closluk and Reading reacted from
ins-,4. to 15774.1‘i1c pressure. against
ll. S. Steel was attributed in part to
the suggestion that officials of the cor!
porntion might be prosecuted crimin»
ally 'l‘h.rd Avenue was liquidated
and fell 3% on account 01' the recent
edict of the‘Public Service Connois-
sinn in regard to sinking fund arrange~
mcnts. Sears Roebuck saged '3, Lori]-
lard 4 and American Tobacco 6 points.
WALL STREET, l p. 111 ~\\'ide
movements cccntied in some of the
usually lnac1lve stocks. but the gen-
eral market was almost motionless.
Sears Roebuck was down nearly .‘1
points and Republic Steel 111d. 1 1-2
Third Avenue rallied 2 points from the
lowest, and Texas Company and Am-
erican Malting pfd. gained 1 3-4 and
May Department Stores 3 1-2.
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SHUSTER MEETS SIR EDWARD
GREY. ‘
LONDON, Feb. 7.——W. Morgan Shus-
ter, the former American Treasumr-
General of Persia, had' a. long inter-
view with Sir Edward Grey, the prlt-
i811 Foreign Minister, today. The sit-
uation in Persia was exhaustively ‘disv
cussed, and while no startling change
in British policy in that country "3 ex-
pected to occur as, a result of the ln-‘
tervlew, it can be stated that the
meeting was of an entirely pleasant
and cordial nature” bath ‘Mr. Sinis-
ter and Sir Edwai-iliarey obtaining a
better understanding of each other's
phlpt-of view.
TRISTRAM 11. HYATT
NORWALK’S LEADING
DRY GOODS STORE
3 and 5 Gazette Building
NORWALK, CONN.
"lliby irish" patterns.
'.‘1
'1ll.111r1s (ill
‘liOSI
Annual Spring Showing of
HAMBURG EMBROIDERY
A Most Attractive and Varied Display of
Edgings, ,Bandings, ,Flouncings,
Galloons and Medallions
'l‘hc lr'ilotrz'inos are it, :37 and 43 inches wide and the new designs in l'Z1nbroidcry include many of the
The unverial is fine swiss.
The Buildings are of many 11idlhs and designs.
The insertions :111'1 l-Idafnns arc 01' Swiss, .\'ninsoolt and (‘ainbric.
:ttti'zittivc 91.111111; of daintilv unbroidt'rcd Swiss
1n 111111-11 emlooiduy should run 11d this evhil JIIIOII,
‘37 inches wide.
Suiinltlc :‘or infants” dresseS.
llllllIIS SIIIII Billiilll
EIIIIIJIIIIIN HIRE
Are Looking into Conditions Be-
garding Employment of
Child L'ahli‘
\ut 1'5:
:ion \iri't'd Smith Norunia
.1"!1~i'11on:1 1111.1 111-11111 their roux
ion of 1211" ma111::‘111-1111'i1111, inor-
cantilc 21111 1111:-ll'11:.-'~'. 1'.~‘?llllil.~‘lililt'llls, in
:‘cnrt'li of cnipltu'ccs 11 ‘111 arc still 1'11-
tier ii 112-. ill ‘IllUSi‘ places
\vhcrc Jill's wcrc found to be
111 work and did not hate the i'i‘lliili't d
s llo‘ll authori-
(It's. 11117-1 \vcrtI 1"111'1‘1 .I haclt to school
and thcir warm-d 111 taltv
carc not to employ any buy 01' girl 1111-
(it‘l‘ lhc proscribed use
The law requires that 11'.) child 1111-
1l1>r ii years of agc shall be employed
in itini1iil‘acturi11g, mercantile or other
inisincss :ouccrns. The construction
of this law involves 11 question which
the Azenis were unable to answer and
which ihcy informed some of thc mer-
chants they would investigate. in one
instantc, a merchant hircd :1 boy to
1"?le
l'S ltl Iilt‘.
$111.13 or
t‘i'l'lliit"21'c.~' g'roci 11'...
1111121'11151'711‘
_ work for him after school hours. This
particular merchant was warned
to
discharge the youig 1111111, although he
was thirteen years of ago. The justice
of the decision reached by the agents
was doubled and they promised to put
the matter 11p to those higher in anth-
oriiy.
inasmuch as ,thc intent of the law
seemed to be not so much that they
should not be forced to work at such‘
an early age but served more as a pro-
tection to them from infringement
against their rights and liberties in se-
curing an education. Under this con-
s11'.'1'iion. there could be no objection
to'ihe boy remaining 114 work for‘the
merchant. The agents grasped 12141
point, but advised that the boy he tem-
porarily laid off. pending the decision
of fIlosc higher in authority than they
were, to whom they would refer the
question. '
MIIIIIIIIIIIII IN llIIlliiI
IS SIIIM IS IIIRIIIII IIN
w... ”'1‘
Dock Hand on Starla Lino Boat
Badly Burned and Leg May
Have to Be Amputaied
NEW HAVEN. Feb. 7.—Charlcs
Tulvea', a deck hand on the Storm
Kin 3:, one of the Star Line boats, will
probably lose his leg and is suffering
from se\ me barns as the result or be-
ing practically locked in the huge boil-
er of the boat. His home address is
No: 441 Baldwin avenue, Jersey City.
but he is now at the New l-liiven Hos-
pital and will be there for some; time.
There had been trouble with the boil-
er all the way up £10m NengOrk, and
Tuiver was sent from the deck to see
if he could make the necessary repair.
His arrival in the boiler room 11 as 1111-
noticed. He crawled into the boiler and
was at work there when the strong
wind finally blew the heavy door shut,
and it snapped so that it wase impossi-
ble to open it fromt'the inside.
Elisha Ailing. the engineer, not
knowing Tulver was inside the boner.
turned on'the steam.
but the sizzling of the steam drowned
his cries. He rushed toward the door.
but the steam was so thick he could
not find It and was badly burned. When
he did, he'pouaded on it. burning him-
self more severely, and finally attract
oi thc 5111'.» lloard of I‘DI‘Iit‘ll; _
~tosli-i‘dil)‘ '
of 111— "
1
H. KriegerStCo.
All Our Winter Goods
Must be Closed Out“
Before the Spring
Goods Arrive
r .
We have Plenty of Clothing for
Men, Women, Boys and Girls
We Will Dress You
81 your family, on our
EasyPaymentPian
Open 3 Charge Accohnt---Wear
the Goods and,~ Pay Later
Visit Our Furniture Department
We Can Furnish Your Home on Our
Easy Weekly Payment Plan
ed the attention of Ailing, who opencd1
the door and Tulver fell out unison-1
scious. l
\V ASHINGTON. Feb 7—Representa
rive Hill a1i1lses Connecticut manufac-
tillers opposed to the metal tariff re-
vision bill to lay their cases before
President Taft for consideration, with
a veto in view if the Senate passes the
measure. 1
Senator \Icl.ean veste1da1intn'oduc-i
ed \irs. Elizabeth Buell, of Litchfield,:
and Mrs. John T. Stirling, of Bridge-
port, stnte regent and vice regent res-1
pectlvely of the D. A. R., to President;
Taft. The ladies presented to the;
president a handsomely: bound copy of;
a .book published by the Connecticut;
D. A. R.
1 Senator McLean introduced a bill to 1
'l‘ulver shouted, «pay Mrs. Rose D. Armour, New Ha-
ven, $10,000 on account of death of;
her husband, formerly keeper of;
Sperry Light, New Haven, and Smith' sl
island Light, Norwaik
CONNECTICUT WOMEN MEET THE
’ PRESIDENT.
Guaranteed for six months' wear
86 WishlnuPon at.
I
Holeproof ,
Socks
$1.50
BOX OF SIX
THE ORIGINAL
GUARANTEED SOCK
2!
Joseph DaVis‘
T.'l can. "
Norwalk Chronicler