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SPECIAL SALE
OF
AMERICAN FLAGS.
It seems proper at this time
that we should make known
to those who desire to honor
Memorial Day With a dis-
play of the National Colors—
.“ Old:Glory ”—the desirable
sizes and low cost of our offer-
ings in this line.
They are made in the best
possible manner,.felled seams,
stars sewed on both sides—
with correct number of ,stars
—beSt indigo and scarlet
_ bunting, standard quality
and regulation sizes :
- '2 x 4 5 x 8 8 x 12
s 3 x 5 6 x .9 8 x 15
' 4 x 6 6 x 10 10 x 15
, Jill-wool ' Bunting Flag,
21:4, for $1.19; 41: 6, for
$1.25, warranted fast colors,
The larger sizes at proper-
tionate prices.
As this promises more than
ever to‘be a ‘flag year’ it is
a? favorable opportunity to
fortify ,one’s self for the occa-
‘siOns which may call for the
, . displayof American Patriot-
ism. '
Mothaline Cloth Pockets,
for the protection and preser-
vation of sealskin, plush and
cloth jackets, wraps and short
garments, overcoats, dress
755W; Cloth and plush carri-
“a " robes, carpets, woolens
a other; hOusehold goods
liable to be injured by creas-
ing, rubbing or wrinkling
when packed away for the
summer. Sixty, cent sizes
for 50 cents.
Here’s a bargain: Hall
lamps, complete, for 98 cents;
a night lamp, complete, for 5
cents-Ttwo days’ sale at those
prices. Bird cages, brass,
from 69 cents up. 24 sheets
shelf paper, in assorted colors,
2 cents. 100' light sweeping
brooms, 6 cents each. Oil
stove tea kettles that hold 2
quarts, 10 cents. 'Dil cans
with black handles that hold
one gallon, 10 cents. 500
bosresi‘toOth picks at 1 cent a
box—£fo’r- two days only.
Wire rug heaters, 5 cents.
Lemon squeezers, 8 cents.
. Illegal.
: been thought of, let alone "determined by
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Buns with.
New York’s Chief of Police Was Re-
tired at His Own Request.
THE ACTION WAS EXPECTED-
Gossip as to His Successor—The Sensation
Was D1soounted| by Gossip Ever
Since the Advent of the New ’
Board of Commissioners.
NEW YORK, May 28.—Chief of Police
Thomas Byrnes today handed his appli-
cation for retirement to Commissioner
Parker, and the latter placed it before his
colleagues for consideration at 1:20 o’clock
this afternoon.
The board had just thrown open its
doors after an executive session of 20 min-
utes. Commissioner Parker addressed the
board as follOWs:
"Some time after this beard was ap-
lished in my office the chief of police came
to me as a friend and talked to me private-
ly. He told me that, if the interests of the
force on which he has served almost all
his life, and in which he has risen from
the lowest to the highest rank, should in
CHIEF OF POLICE BYRNES.
the opinion of the board of police make it
advisable that he retire from the force.
he was ready and willing to step down
and. out at any moment. He said that he
Was not desirous of embarrassing the force
by continuing as chief. He has stated, not
on one occasion, but several occasions, this
declaration to me. I, therefore, commis-
sioners, present to you Chief of Police
Thomas Byrnes’ application for retire-
ment.” .
The application was granted,
Byrnes was retired on half pay.
The retirement was granted by a unani-
mous vote.
Immediately afterward the doors were
closed, and the board went into executive
session.
The fact that Inspector Conlin Was
calledinto Commissioner Parker’s room
while Byrnes was there is regarded as in-
dicating that the commissioners will do—
tail Conlin or appoint him as acting chief.
Before the Denouement.
It was very evident this morning that
the crisis was approaching at police head-
quarters in Mulberry street.
Every wire had been pulled and every
expedient resorted to to stave it off. They
had all availed nothing. The crisis would
not be staved off. It was almost certain to
come within a few days, undoubtedly
within the week. The tension that pre-
vailed could not endure much longer.
The chief’s trump card was the mayor.
It was played and failed. Colonel Grant,
who is the chief’s only champion in the
and
” board, talked with the mayor about the
matter, but enlisted no active support
from the mayor. Mr. Strong left the mat-
ter where it was, with the board.
Byrnes is altogether an impressive fig-
ure, this grizzled veteran sitting alone in
his office in the evening of his power and
pride. He knew better than anybody
that his day was threatened.
It was his ambition to reorganize the
force that was his pride upon the lines of
his own making, and it comes hard to sur-
render'even without a fight, he who never
yet lost a fight.
Yet these who knew him best thought
that he would surrender rather than precip-
itate a fight with the odds so tremendous-
ly against him, in which to win or lose
might be equally disastrous. They believed
that the chief’s application for retirement
on half pay would be in the hands of the
board before many hours, and they were
not wrong.
There was no « doubt that the commis-
sioners would grant the application if pre-
sented. They were willing to allow the
chief to retire with all the honors to which
he is entitled for his services. These they
do not question.
Has Outlived His Usefulness.
They insist simply that he has served his
-day. In the new order of things at which
they aim they want new man of their own
choosing and fashioned for the tasks they
are to do.
’ They want the same privilege every cap-
tain, ‘: inspector and superintendent asks
when promoted or transferred—the privi-
lege of choosing their own immediate
agents and confidante. In this they insist
that they are following the traditions of
the department.
All sorts of befogmont come occasional-
has made it, Today it was some gossip to
the effect that President Roosevelt would
succeed Byrnes as chief; that he had polit-
ical ambitions which the office would serve
:and that the thing was, in fact, determin-
ed by the board.
It is nonsense. Mr. Roosevelt will not
be the chief. He doesn’t want to be. He
couldn’t if he wanted, for the thing is
In any event the thing has never
the board. ”
One of the signs that show how events
were hurrying along came today in the ap-
plication of Detective Sergeant Timothy
Golden to be retired. Mr. Golden is Chief
f; Byrnes’ oldest and most trusted man.
\chers of the men closest to him in what
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pointed and organized and I was estab»
ly to becloud the main issue as the board '
Norwalk, Conn, Tuesday Evening, May 28, 1895.
Wins—"thé— Ecsti'sucécifiui Work of his life;
the development of the detective service,
have gone out or their applications are
pending. Golden wants to get out today.
He asks the board for his retirement as
a birthday present. He is 65 years old to-
day and has served the department since
1858, thongh with an interval of private
employment. He is' altogether the ideal
detective of Byrnes’ old staff and in his
old age is good for ten years of work that
may teach the young detective idea how
to shoot straight. He will be sadly missed
from Wall street.
Golden’s Excellent Record.
Golden did special duty during the met-
ropolitan police riots in 1857. He was ap-
pointed a patrolman in 1858. In 1863 he
resigned to accept the appointment of
special detective at the St. Nicholas hotel. .
This was immediately after the murder of
Colonel 'Loring by Dr. Graham of New
Orleans in the St. Nicholas hotel. Lorlng
was stabbed to death by Dr. Graham, who
ran a sword cane through his body.
Golden was afterward sergeant-at-arms
at the city ball during Mayor Hall’s ad
ministration. He was reappointed on the
force on Dec. 81, 1872, and has done detect-
ive duty ever since. For years he has
been detailed at the branch office in Wall
street, and he has been connected with al-
most every Wall street case of any impor-
tance. _
Golden knows more crooks and bank
thieves than any other man in the depart‘
ment. He has performed valuable services
in Wall street. ‘
Golden arrested Charles Beckwith and
Thomas R. Lewis, who were bookkeeper
and cashier respectively for Babbitt, the
soap man. They robbed Babbitt of $206,-
000. Golden spent four months looking
for Lcwis and finally caught him in Lon-
don. '
He also captured William R. Robinson,
a merchant who by a system of check
forgeries swindled banks all over the coun-
try out of nearly $500,000. Golden was
after Robinson for six months and traveled
all over South America looking for him.
He arrested him at Rio do Janeiro. -,
In 1859, just after he was appointed, he
ran down a murderer named William
Jones, who murdered a stranger in Crowe's
rookery, which stood at Worth and Little
Water streets in the Five Points. Golden
spent four months in the search for the
murderer and finally got him at Philadel-
phia.
Golden' has figured in nearly all . of
Byrnes' big cases. Today is his birthday.
He said: _
“I am 65 years old today, and I would
want no better Mrthday present than to
have the commissioners grant my petition
for retirement and place me on the retired.
list. ’ ’ _
RUBINSTEIN’S “CHRISTUS.”
The Sacred Opera Impressively Produced
at. Bremen.
BERLIN, May 28.—-—Anton Rubinstein’s
opera of ‘ ‘ Christus‘ ’ was produced at Brem-
en. Tho City theater was suitably dec-
orated in a manner in harmdny with the
religious nature of the opera. The splen-
did rendering created an overwhelming
impression.
“Christus” is in seven scenes and an
epilogue, the Bible story being adhered to
throughout. The first tableau represents
the desert where satan tempts the Saviour,
and a series of scenic effects is given at the
back of the stage showing the riches of the
earth. The second scene represents the
baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan by
St. John. The third scene gives the ser-
mon on the mount, which, with the mira-
cle of the l'oaves and fishes, forms the third
tableau. The fourth tableau depicts the
expulsion of the money changers from the
temple, and the fifth shows the room in
the garden of Gethsemane in the back-
ground in which the last supper‘ is held.
The trial of Jesus forms the sixth tableau.
The crucifixion forms the last tableau,
watched by satan and his devils from a
subterranean vault, while a vision of an-
gels is shown from an opening in the
heavens.
"he epilogue is formed by the procla-
mation of the gospel to the gentiies by
St. Paul.
Valkyrle's Midnight Christening.
GLASGOW, May 28.-—-Lord Dunraven’s
daughters, Ladies‘Rachael and Aileen,
christened Valkyrie III‘ at 2 o'clock this
morning. After the launching she was
towed to the Queen’s dock, where her
mast, which is not yet quite ready, will be
stopped. The cup challenger will then be
taken to Gourock in order to be complete-
ly fitted out. Her first races will occur
during the Clyde fortnight.
Funeral of Colonel J. T. Salter.
CLINTON, Conn, May 29.——Colonel John
Thomas Salter of New York city was
buried today in this city. Colonel Salter,
who Was a brave soldier and fought
thrgugh the late civil war, died on Satur-
day whilo visiting his only child, Mrs. J.
Hazelton Cook, at her country home in
this place.
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THE MERIWI TDIABtll COMPAIY. SIIEEESSDR.
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THE OLD RELIABLE
SWEET BAPORAL
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MORE SOLD THAN ALL 0151253
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DEBS MUST GO TO JAIL.
The Supreme Court Has Decided
Against the Labor Leader.
NATIONAL JURISDICTION.
'l’he Court Declared That the' Government
Has Authority Over Every Feet of
Land In the United States—His-
tory of the Great Case.
WASHINGTON, May 2.—-The United
States supreme co rt denied the applica-
tion of Eugene V. ebs, the strike leade‘r,
for a writ of babes corpus. The decision
of the court was sad by Justice Brewer
and was unanimo 3, there being no dis-
senting opinion. . 11' the contentions of
the government we're sustained. The con-
clusions of the court as announced in Jus.
tice BreWcr’s opinion Were that the gov-
ernment of the United States is one hav-
ing jurisdiction over every foot of soil and
over every individ 1 within the bounda-
ries of the Unlted-gStates, and that while
it is one of limited powers it has sovereign-
ty within thoseliniit‘atiohs. It has power
to invoke civil cou ts .to remove obstrue~
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JUDGE WOODS.
tions to interstate commerce, and the civil
courts have the right to .enjoin those who
make obstructions to such commerce. The
injunction is no bar to criminal processes
for acts done in violation of the injunction.
The circuit court having final jurisdiction.
its act is not reviewable by the supreme
court ona petition, for a writ of habeas
corpus, and therefofe the writ was denied.
No more important question, with the
single exception of the income tax, has
come before the supreme court during the
past year than the attempt of Eugene V.
Debs and the other officers of the American
Railway union to secure areversal of their
sentences to jail by J udgo Woods for in-
terfering with interstate commerce and
the running of the mails in the great rail-
way strike of last summer.
The history'of the case is still fresh in
the public memory, but it has importance
beyond the more question of tho imprison~
ment of the American Railway union offi-
cers because there is largely involved the
principle of the right of judges having ju—
risdiction of large interests by virtue of re-
ceivershlps created by them to prevent la-
bor troubles through the insirumcntality
of injunctions. Nearly one-third of the
railroad property of the United States be-
ing in the hands of receivers appointed by
the federal courts, the precedent to be es-
tablished has wide application.
A Sweeping Injunction.
Technically the application for a writ of
habeas corpus and certiorari arises from
the case in equity of the Union Trust com-
pany against the Atchison, Topekh and
Santa Fe road since the receivership under
which the circuit court exercised jurisdic-
tion over the Santa Fe and its allied roads
was created in that case. On the 2d of
July, 1894, when the great railroad strike
was threatening, the receivers applied to
Judge Woods of the United States circuit
court for the northern district of Illinois
for an injunction against the American
Railway union to prevent it from inciting
the employees to strike. Judge Woods
signed the order presented, which was a
sweeping one enjoining the officers of the
uniOn from interfering with the mails or
with interstate commerce or from destroy-
ing property, from compelling or inducing
the employees of the road to strike by vio-
lence or intimidation, or from aiding or
abetting them to do any of these things.
The American Railway union decreed a
strike on the Illinois Central railroad, one
of those included in the injunction, and
the events of that strike are matters of
general knowledge. ‘The officers of the
union were brought before Judge Woods
for contempt of court last December. E.
V. Debs, the president, was sentenced to
six months in jail. and seven others—-
,George W. Howard. Sylvester Keliher, L.
'W. Rogers, James Hogan. William E.
Burns, Roy M. 'Goodwin and Martin J.
Elliott—were sentenced to three ,months
each. It appeared that the injunction had
been personally served only on the first
four officers, but Judge Woods held that
its publication in the neWspape'rs was suf-
ficient service in itself for all of the de-
fendants.
The Case Appealed.
An application was made to the supreme
court for the release of the eight officers
of the union by a writ of habeas corpus,
and pending the decision of the supreme
court they have been given their freedom
under bail. Counsel for Debs and his as:
sociates based their application on the
grounds that their sentence without in-
dictment and trial by jury was in violation
of the constitution, particularly its fifth
and sixth amendments; that the informa-
tion upon which they were, convicted did
not show any viola on of the injunction.
and also that the injunction was void be-
cause the bill asking for it stated no case
of which the court could take cognizance
and was in effect a bill by the government
of the United States to maintain the pub—
lic peace and enjoin the violations of the
penal code.
The arguments before the supreme court
by C. S. Darrow and Judge Lyman Trum-
bull for the union and Attorney General
Olney and Assistant Attorney General‘
Whitney for the government attracted
great attention.
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“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men 01‘ Whatever State or Persuasion, Religious or Political.”-;-Jeforscu.
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CAPES AND JACKETS.
These cool Spring days have proven our assertion that you Will Wear a li ht we' ht
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jacket more times than you Wlll a heavy garment. We have a few capegs analgjackefseleltl
Some of them were ten dollars, others were twelve ; you can have the choice of the lot at
535.00. The reason of this great reduction is that we have 500 dozen waists and want the
room, besides it is our policy to never carry
This is a snap. Just step in and look at them.
SHIRT WAISTS.
Price One Cent.
over a garment from one season 'to another.
Five hundred dozen laundered and uplandered shirt waists, in plain linen, fancy stripes and
figured chambray, percale and lawn. With high or-low collar, long or short cuff. -Price 250,
390, 50c, 69c 75c, 980-$1.25, $1.49. $1.98 and $2 25.
FOR MEN.
Men’s white merino shirts and drawers, medium weight 25c each. Men’s outing shirts
made of best quality flannel, full lengths and sizes, 29c each. Men’s black hose, Hermsdorf
dye. extra fine quality, seamless ; value. 19 cents; Saturday. two pairs for 25c.
WASH GOODS. ‘
We are showing some very pretty patterns in summer wash goods.
challies, good quality, at 50 a yard.
a yard» One case Granda Bastiste, 1
price this week 100 a yard. ,.
HAMMOCKS.
For the coming hot days.
Price 985 to $5.00.
iGrSecure Furniture Coupons!
II.
when they cost you nothing.
THE BOSTON “
if
Corner Main and Wall Streets, - —
TELEPHONE CALL 57 -4.
Do not forget to secure one of our furniture coupons ;
I charge. Articles of furniture, worth from $3 to $5, are certainly worth having
One case fast color
One case lawns, exact patterns of the linen lawns, at 5c
Sc quality: in order to introduce them we make the
We have 25 different styles in Mexican and woven hammocks.
No trOuble and no extra
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Oflers exceptional adVantages to the invalid
as well as to those who would keep in health.
That the turkish bath is one of the most pow-
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England, Europe and America.
It's success in Rheumatism. and kindred
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Air in the Turkish bath.
As a Luxury. it surpasses all others, and as
a Sanitary measure, a Turkish bath ever
week is invaluable. ‘
By consult-ing the resident physician, in-
struction will be given to patients or bathers
enabling them to secure the greatest amount
of advantage possible from each Bath.
A skilled Masseuse and Electrician is in daily
attendance in the ladies’ department. and
competent operators in Massage will be sent
to residence on application.
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MUSIC.
Lessons on the Violin, Guitar,
Mandolin and Piano. Terms
, Moderate. Music furnished
for Balls and Entertainments
with from two to ten men.
0. A. FREEMAN.
Leader Hoyt’s Theatre Orchestra,
9 Hanford PL. 80. Norwalk,‘ ,
C. F. Hendee’s. Norwalk.
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“NEW-=iMESSENGEEuluuu GOODS!
Purchasing Agent.
The subsc'iber ha’ving 25 years’ experience
in a large New Yprk dry goods house, Will
cornmeuee the busmess of hhssenger and Pur-
chasing A gent between Norwalk and New York
on the 15th 1nst., and hopes to receive the pa-
tronage of frlends and acquaintances.
Orders or packages .may be left at Wm. A.
Benedict 8.: Co.’s. 19 Main Street, Norwslk. and
at 130 Park avenue. New York.
EDWIN K. SELLECK.
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House and Sign Painter and
Paper Hanger
Fine Stock
"If! all Paper
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Shop and Residence
4'7 River Street, Norwalk
DAVID .w. RAYMOND
Funeral Director and Emhalmer,
‘ 39 Washington Street South Norwalk,
Residence, Mahaekemo Hotel.
Flwdarr’s,
HATS and BONNETS
OF THE LATEST STYLES.
HIBBONS, FLOWERS AND LAIlES.
All Goods sold at Low Prices.
Sprint an Summer
I SUITINGS.
Having procured a large stock of Spring
and Summer Suitings, I am prepared to make
them up in the latest styles.
F. KOCOUR,
17 North Main Si. sum flarwalk'
Cleaning and Dyeing.
Gent’s Clothes Cleaned.
Gent’s Clothes Dyed
Ladies’ Clothes Cleaned.
Ladies’ Clothes Dyed.
TOCQUE’S
Dyeing and fleeing Works.
Broad River, Norwalk.
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Ofllce at Singer Sewing Machine Agen-
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