“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious or Political.”——Jeferm
Vol. V.
Whole No. 1080:
— Price One Cent.
Norwalk,00nn., Monday Evening, April 1,1895.
THE .
D. M. Read
COMPANY.
W
IT
CREATES '
A DESIRE
F OR
OWNERSHIP
There’s a ,limit to almost
everything. Even dress
goods in all their variety—
richness, beauty, colorings,
weaves and fabrics, have an
ending. But not here. This
is only a temporary resting—
place for the handsomest pro-
ductions—an attractive spot
wherein to await your coming.
Dress Silks—Printed In-
dias. We’ve Cheney Bros.’
well—known makes in five dis-
tinct lines—black grounds
with dots, dashes and stripes,
in various colors; blue, rose,
lavender, red, pink and yel-
low. Colored grounds, in
old rose, light and medium
shades of blue, navy, brown
and green—with figures that
correspond handsomely and
in perfect harmony with the
groundwork.
Also a. line with satin
stripes—entirely new—in
similar colorings to those
already mentioned.
‘Waist Silks. Among the
better qualities are. Figured
Tafi'etas and Gros de Londres,
in an endless variety of color-
ings and patterns. Another
line of Printed Warp Taffetas,
with a dainty satin stripe
mingling with other pretty
colors. Still another line of
Taffetas, with a ribbon stripe
over a check ground.
Taffeta Plisse Silks—a blood
relation to crepons—consist-
ing of dainty shades in ground
work, with pompadour stripe.
Another with white ground,
and stripes of yellow, navy,
lavender, black, light blue
and pink.
White ground Brocaded
Taffetas, with fine black line
spaced off with a quarter inch
satin stripe, in shades of pink,
lavender, light blue, canary
and white.
INCOME wrest.
Treasury Officials Believe the Cour
Will Soon Decide.
HOW THE JUSTIGES STAND
General Belief That the Appeal Against tl.
Constitutionality of the Act \V ill Fall,
but Federal Judiciary and Other Ofli-
cers May Be Declared Exempt.
WASHINGTON, April 1.——Treasury ofli
cials expect that the decision of the su
preme court on the appealed income to:
cases will be handed down on Monday. bu.
no one, not even Commissioner of Interna‘
Revenue Miller, has been advised by any
member of the bench that it will be thei
made public. Rumors have been curren:
ever since the arguments were conclude:
that the court was about evenly divided or
the constitutionality of certain features of
the law, and it has been reported that there
was a possibility that the decision would
be adverse to the government, but so far
as can be learned the court has kept abso
lutely-secret the opinions of the justices.
There is a strong impression that the ap
peal will fail at least on the main features
of the new staute, but that possibly thg
section subjecting the federal judiciary and
other federal officers to the tax may be de
clared unconstitutional. - - : -
A Test Vote Against the Law.
The rumor of an adverse decision is
credited by few officials who have carefully
watched the court’s proceedings and are
familiar with the precedents established
by appeal While the formerincome tax law
was in force. This rumor is to the effect
that a test vote of the court, with regard
to a final decision, disclosed that five jus-
tices were in favor of sustaining the ap-
peal and three disposed to hold the law as
constitutional. But the alleged vote does
not agree in the various stories that have
been printed. Justices Harlan, Gray,Field,
Brown and Shiras are the judges, accord-
ing to one rumor, who believe the law un-
constitutional, and Chief J ustico Fuller
and Justices Brewer and White the three
who have taken the opposite view. Other
reports have represented Justice White,
Field, Brown and Gray as in favor of sus
taining the appeal. If the court should
divide evegly., the appeal will not be sus-
tained. but‘the law will be enforced. This
is the view taken at the department of jus-
tico. although there is said to be som
doubt even on this point. Commissionei
Miller is strongly of the belief that the law
Will be upheld.
No End of Confusion.
Deputy collectors, to look after the in-
come tax returns, have been appointed in
the 63 districts of the country, but they
are under instructions to do nothing be-
yond distributing blanks until the decision
is rendered. As the time fixed by the law
in which the returns shall be made expires
on April 15, and as all taxpayers who fail
to'makc returns before that date will be
subject to penalties, it is realized that even
if a favorable decismn be handed down on
Monday there will be no end of confusion
at the department and embarrassments to
the public. These difficulties and annoys
ancos will be doubled if the court fails to
make a presentation before April 8, when
it was originally announced that the de-
cision would be filed.
With regard to the contention in certain
quarters that taxpayers can compel the col»
lectors of the respective districts to call
upon them for returns, Commissioner Mil.
ler said that this was absurd. “All assess-
ments, ” said be “are made by the com-
missioner of internal revenue and not by
any collector or deppty collector. The as-
sessments, of course, are based on the re«
turns made through those officials. If any
taxpayer believes that (a. deputy collector
has done him an injustice in the returns,
he can appeal to the collector, and if the
deputy collector is sustained he may carry
the case to the commissioner. ”
The Probable Deficit.
These various rumors touching the
court’s decision have given rise to much
speculation as to whether an adverse find-
ing would necessitate the calling together
of congress in extraordinary session. If
the statute were declared unconstitutional,
the government would be deprived of at
least $30,000, 000 in revenues, and the do-
ficit for the fiscal year would be increased
by fully 815, 000,000, the amount which, it
has been calculated, would be collected be-
fore July 1. It is not thought likely that
an extra session would be convened unless
the gold reserve again became subject of
much anxious soclicitude, although there
is an impression current in certain quar-
ters that if the law failed Mr. Cleveland
would call the Republican congress to-
gether Sept. 1.
The president and cabinet have not yet
given much attention to the possibility of
the laws being declared unconstitutional
and what steps might be necessary to pro-
vide against an embarrassment of the treas-
ury in that event. The rumors have, how-
ever. reached the White House, and it is
learned that Mr. Cleveland is somewhat
anxious as to the fate of the law.
Senator Vest was reminded of the charge
made by Mr. Choate, in arguing the case
in the supreme court, that some attorney
must have received a big fee for securing
the exemption of mutual insurance com-
panies. ”Oh, ” he replied, “that is on a
' par with the charges that were made about
illegitimate influence in connection with
the sugar schedule, and if Mr. Choate
wants to make that sort of an a1 gument I
have nothing to say. My recollection is
that the exemption was suggested by See
rotary Carlisle. He thought it was a proper
exemption, and I agreed with him, and I
still think it was proper.”
Treasury Deficit For March.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-—Contrary to
the expectations of treasury officials, tax
receipts for the month of March will again
fall below the expenditures. The amount,
however, is only about $24. 000. During
May and June great things are expected
from the income tax. The most conserva—
tive estimates, however, now place the defi-
cit for the fiscal year at $25,000,000, or
$5,000,000 greater than Mr. Carlisle’s es-
timate.
WILD RID_E___T_0 DEATH.
Panic Stricken Passengers Leap From
a Runaway Trolley Car,
THREE INSTANTLY KILLED.
The Car Dashes Down a Mountain Near
Jeansville, Pa., at the Rate or a Mile
a llIlnute—Frantic Passengers Pre-
vent the Use 01' Brakes.
JEANSVILLE. Pa... April 1,—Throe per
sons were instantly killed, two probably
fatally injured andjtcn others seriously hurt
on the line of tho Lohigh Traction com-
pany by jumping from a runaway trolley
car on the mountain near this place. The
dead are: Mrs. Watkin L. Williams of
Hazelton, Mrs. John Early of Beaver
Meadow and the latter’s son James, aged
8 years. The fatally‘injurcd are: Mrs.
James Evans of Colerain, side torn open,
and Mrs. John Weir, wife of Superintend-
ent Weir of Beaver Meadow, back hurt.
These persons worc severely hurt: Wat-
kin L. Willimns,ligisband,._of the woman
who was killed. legs and side bruised;
Maggie Herrity of Beaver Meadow, log
broken and body out and bruised; three
children of Mrs. Evans—James, aged 10
years, fractured skull; Hannah Seniors of
Beaver Meadow, body and head out; Mor-
ris Hughes of Wilkesbarre, badly bruised
about the body.
At a Mile a. Minute.
The accident occurred on car N o. 10. As
the car passed out on the grade leading
down the mountain Gripman Seitz applied
the brake, but the chain snapped. He then
threw the safety lever. To his horror this
refused to work'l-‘fiand the terrified motor-
man sprang to the reverse brake, hoping
to Control the car by the currena Failing
to control the car, Soitz shouted to Con-
ductor Socks to apply the rear brake.‘ The
motorman’s shouts caused a panic in the
car, and the passengers made a rush for
the platform. The car was going down
the mountain at a mile a minute. The
conductor appealed to the terrified passen-
gers to go back into the car, so that he
might apply the rear brake, but his appeals
were not heeded. David Backman of Ho-
zelton and two other men endeavored to
keep the women from throwing themselves
from the car onto the rocks. but try as
they would they could not prevent the
frightened women from crowding around
the conductor- until the car was entirely
beyond control. ._ .
..;.. Leaped to Their Death.
Mrs. Williams was first to jump. Her
body struck against a post, breaking her
back and causing instant death. Mrs.
Early next filing herself onto thp rocks
and was. dashed to death. 'She tried to save
her boyfb’ut he shared the same fate as his
mother. The remaining passengers, with
one exception, then jumped. Mrs. Evans
was the only person to remain on the car,
with the exception of the motorman and
conductor. The car kept the track until
the crossing near the foot of tlio incline
was reached. Here it jumped the track
and crashed into a. telegraph pole. The
front of the car was stove in and a piece of
board penetrated Mrs. Evans’ side. The
screams of the frantic passengers as the car
rushed down the mountain could be heard
for half a mile. Had the passengers re~
maincd in the car the accident could have
been averted, as the rear brake would have
held the car and prevented the runaway.
There are six attachments on each car,
provided for such an emergency, but the
conductor was wedged so tightly against
the dashcr by the panic stricken Women
that he was unable to move his arms until
the car had got beyond his.‘co‘ntrol. The
motorman and conductor were but slightly
injured.
Ex-Governor Flower on Finance.
NEW YORK April 1.—At the Demo-
cratic dinner Saturday night cx-Govcrnor
Roswell P. Flower said. “I vetoed 240 bills
of the Republicans, and I’m sorry now it
was not‘300‘. ”‘ In speaking of the chow
bills, he said that be blamed the Demo-
cratic party for not finding out the corrup-
tion in the police department and stamp-
ing it outbefore thoufiopublicans found it
out. In speaking of the financial question,
he said he did not fear for sound money.
The people wanted bimetallism and good
sound Democratic gold and silver dollars.
They Oppose County Division.
PITTSBURG. April 1.——-A meeting of
prominent citizens of Westmoreland, Wash-
ington and Fayette counties was held here
to oppose the bill to create Monongahela
county from sections of the three counties
named with the addition of a slice of A1-
leghany county. It is alleged that the bill
is general in its scope, and if passed no less
than 35 other counties may be dismember-
ed for the purpose of creating n‘ow ones.
Cuban Rebels ‘Vinning Their Battles.
NASSAU, N. P., April 1.—Masso’s rebel
force has routed two companies of Spanish
troops conveying arms, ammunition and
commissary stores and captured the entire
convoy. General Maximo Gomez is con-
templating a general advance upon the
province of Puerto Principe with 1,500
men. In the battles of the last week the
Cubans have had things all their own way.
The Poor Will Get the Income. '
PROVIDENCE, April 1.——Judge Carpen-
ter has rendered a docisiOn which will give
the poor of the town of Coventry the an-
nual income of $75,000, willed for that
purpose by Horatio Waterman, an eccentric
farmer. The unsuccessful contestant of
the will was Horace H. Wood of Muske-
gon, Mich., Waterman’s nephew.
Afflicted With Rheumatism.
Mr. Geo. A. Mills, of Lebanon, Conn,
says: “I was aflilcted with rheumatism in
my back all last winter. It was so severe
at times that I could not stand up straight,
but was drawn over on one side. I tried
different remedies without receiving any
relief until I bought a bottle of Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm. After using it for three days,
recording to directions, my rheumatism was
gone and has not returned since. I have
since recommended it to others and know
they have been benefited by its use. For
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ksale by Gregory & Co.
,lliE AMERIEAN TBBAECD COMPANY. SllCCESSllR.
new vonu LISA.
Assoldrsw PURE :
THE OLD RELIABLE
SWEET BAPBRAL
CIGARETTE ‘
has stood the Test of Time
anon: som THAN ALI. cities "
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Cure
Coughs,
Colds,
Whooping
’; Cough,
Soreness of
Throat or
CQUGH REMEDY
Very pleasant to take. Safe and effec-
tive. Cures colds in one day.
Sold everywhere. Send 2c. stamp for pictures.
WILLIAMS & CARLE'TO‘J. liiz‘If-Az", {‘o z".
lT’S tutu: '
A Terr --
-To write a convincing advertise-
mentabout clothing nowadays.
All tailors claim so much, and
most of them too much. All I
do is to try and get you to look
at my new winter stock. My
constant aim is to put into the
clothes all the attractiveness of
artistic fashion and careful mak-
ing at the lowest possible price.
Ask those who wear the latest
and finest clothes where they
trade and all will tell you with
KOCOUR,
1’7 NORTH MAIN STREET
So'. NORWALK
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A meal possessing all the nutritious is
properties of mother’s milk without any Q?
of the farinaceous and injurious matter of
which artificial food is usually composed.
Mellin’s Food
is by far the best for hand-fed infants;
invaluable in cholera-infautum and teeth-
ing. It promotes a healthy growth, a
\ full development, and a vigorous consti-
‘ ~‘ tution. A perfect nutrient for Invalids,
‘\ Convalescents and the Aged.
«The Care and Feeding of Infants,”
will be mailed to any address upon request.
T
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CORNER MAIN AND WALL STREETS, NORWALK.
[Be on Hand Saturday, for these Special Olferings.
Just for a starter: Saturday
DRESS Goons;
only, Beginning at 9 o’clock:
Three thousand yards plain and fancy Dress Goods, all good and staple styles, regular
prices from 20 to 50 cents a yard: choice of the lot 12%0 yard.
Five more p1eces black silk warp Henrietta, same as we had such a big success on a short
while ago.
exactly'what‘you want; regular price $1.00; at 7 50 a yard.
DOMESTICS.
_ Early comers-can have it at 690 a yard. The regular value is $1.39.
French Chevmt Serges 1n navy and black, 50 inch, the finest line on the market.
Just
Cotton Diaper, 18 inch, best quality, regular price 45c, this week 350. piece.
Another bale yard-wide Muslin, 40. yard ; would be cheap at 6 Cents.
Turkey Red Damask, some would call it good value at 29c.
yard.
Good Dress Style Ginghams,
HOSIERY.
One hundred dozen ladies’ fast black hose, always considered a 250 stocki. g.
of it, only 1292c a pair.
at this sale 6c a yard.
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Children’s fast black ribbed hose, three pair for 25c.
CLGAK 3.00M.
Special for this week, 190. a
HOSIERY.
Just think
Ladies’ all- wool Cloth Capes, black, navy tan and brown handsomely braided in deep Van- .
dyke point effect.
A very stylish garment for $1.25.
We havejust opened a new line of ventilating Corsets, same as are sold everywhere at 690
all sizes, this week at 39c pair.
Ladies’ Gingham Aprons, good patterns, 100, 15c, 19c, 25.
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6. A. Breton 8t 00.. Norwalk.
Raymond & Son.-
Successors to George H, Raymond,
Furniture Dealers and General Funeral
Directors., .
46 and 48 Main street,- Norwalk, Ct.
Residence, 3 ,Berlieley Place.
Telephone Call. 7"-5- '
New York Announcement.
" Our American Homes and How to Furnish Them."
6i'iomer’s Furniture’
The Best In the Market.
All who desire to buy reliable Furni-
ture in moderate priced or more costly
grades will find our stock the most
advantageous to select from for these
reasons: It represents the productions
of the best makers only, and is the
largest and most varied in America.
The completeness of our assortments can
best be understood from the fact that we
exhibit more than two hundred and fifty
difi‘erent Bedroom Sets in every variety of
woml, over 70 patterns of Brass Bedsteads, as
well as endless lines of Parlor, Drawing
Room, Library and Dining Room Furniture
of the most artistic styles, and ranging from
the modest and inexpensive to the most elab-
orately carved and inlaid.
In a word, every article required for use, comfort
and adornment in the household can be had with
its plainly marked moderate price at our
GREAT FURNITURE EMPORIUM,
61—65 West see St, N. Y.
(Adiolnlng Eden Musee.)
homer 8: Co.'s establishment is one of the sights
of New York—Newspaper Comment.
Horse Shoeing.
The undersi ned has taken the shop in
the rout of ES. T. Ruby’s on gross street.
adi prepared to do horse snoeing In
‘et-claaa manner.
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John T. Lycett.
[See Window]
THEODORE
All new goods.
The Place to Purchase
The Place’to Get the Best
(The Place to Get the Cheapest,
IS AT
H. OLSEN-’3,
81 Washington Street,
50 NORWALK,
CONN.
I ON’I‘ send your clothes to Dry
Goods stores or Tailors to be
dyed or cleaned.
DON’T be out 011' with poor colors
when you can get your clothing
dune nice, clean and fast at Tocque’s.
DON’T wait ten days for your dye-
ing when you can get it done in
three days at Tocque’s.
ON’T rip your dresses all to pieces
to be dyed when you can get them
done, all made up at Tocque’s.
ON’T wear faded garments when
you can have them dyed like new
at Tocques.
N. B.—-Fine blacks a specialty.
for mourning in three days.
Tocque & Sons,
Dyers and cleaners of ladies’ and gents.
garments, made or ripped.
TOOQUE’S FAST BLACK.
Warranted not to rub ofl‘.
Dyeing and Gleam—E Works, Broad
. River Road, Norwalk.
N orwalk agency, Singer Machincto res
Done
.‘5” In Your Order
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NEW FOR A
SPRING-
$111533.
The Latest Styles at
E. Gusowski’s,
Cor. Wall and Water Sts.
J. D.’Jennings.
UN DERTAK ER
{Knight street. opp-m to
Street Railway Deco»?
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