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times, very often, we sell the
‘ richest kinds of Seasonable
l/assmwsmmssmramssaw.
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j'ftry it. High class goods and
medium grades, but nothing
from 32 to 44. First come
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£3 MEATS, FRUITS and VEGE- f
% TABLES VERY LOW V
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a? 6 pounds“... _ cents. v ‘
(4g 4 poundsMilk Crackers 1o. .... cents. . '
- 1 can good Tomatoes for 6 cents. ‘ g;
Q 1 can good Corn for 6 cents. é
% 1 can good Cocoa. for 10 cents. 9/
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BRIDGEPORT.
*_jcorinAHY.
IF YOU
ARE, ._
HABO
TOEEFLEASE
ifPerhaps this is the very
Store you should patronize;
flimsy and cheap. Some-
goods at very liberal reduc-
tions from regular prices-—
two-thirds in some instances.
: ‘We’re doing that now with
Fans. Satin, gauze,- ostrich
feathers, s'wairquills, in black
and colors. Prices are way,
way down.
Ladies’ Dreming Sacques
(just in) at‘ prices running
from $1.00 to $3.25. {Sizes
first pick, that’s about the
way it’ll be.
Beauty in 'cotton fabrics—
Printed Brocades; always in‘
fashion, conflicting with none ;
nothing can take their place.
Black and many grounds,
plain and figured, 25 and 37%
cents.
The acme of value giving
has been reached,
LaWns,
Ginghams,
Satteens, -
. Swisses.
Printed Uhallie, 5 cents.
Striped Seersucker, 5 cents.
Dress Cambrie, 6 cents. ’
Scotch Lawns, 12“; cents.
Apron Gin ghams (bordered)
9 cents.
Indigo Duck, 12% cents.
Printed Momie Cloth, 12%
cents.
Anderson’s 19
cents.
Kindly make a note of
each item and then examine
the quality.
Ginghams,
'l‘llli unity SCANDAL
Report ofthe New Jersey Senate In-
vestigating Committee.
VERY VIGOROUS DOCUMENT.
Collusion 0n the Part of State Officers Is
Charged In Most GaséseAtterition ,
Directed to Several ,{lllcged
Glaring Frauds.-
TRENTON,‘ Juno 5.-—The report of the
select committee of the senate appointed
Feb. 13. 1895, to inquire into charges of
extravagance in furnishing the Statehouse
and certain other charges touching the
conduct of public officials was presented to
the senate today. The report begins by
saying: “We have not exhausted all the
sources of information, nor followed up all
thepossiblc roads to discovery, but have
pushed our inquiries into subjects that
seemed most important, and that afforded
clear indications of need for investigation,
accomplishing as much as was practicable
within the time at our command.
“The obtaining of proof in an inquiry
of this sort is attended with much diffi-
culty. Persons directly involved in wrong
doing are industrious in obliterating the
evidence of their actions, and others who
are aware of the facts are generally reti~
.. .cent, and even when disccyered give un~
’ willing testimony. Of the 97 witnesses
examined, by far the greater number have
testified under compulsion, and little in-
formation has been volunteered. Enough,
however, has been disclosed to indicate the
course of events in recent years at the state-
house and to suggest legislation for guard«
ing against a recurrence of similar irregw
larities.”
Figures and facts are given to show that
under very meager authority large sums of
money have been expended annually with-
out appropriation. The report continues:
“Between 1889 and 1895 nearly all the
furniture in the statehouse was by auction
or otherwise disposed of for trifling sums
and new furniture put in its place. Some
parts of the building were furnished twice,
Part of the money realized from the sale of
old furniture has not yet been paid into
the treasury.,,,.
State Cheated and Betrayed.
“In the making of this substitution
the state was cheated and betrayed. The
prices were exorbitant. being often double
the usual retail price of the goods. Bills
were falsified in quantities and prices.
Largo bonuses and commissions were paid
to state officers. Furniture and carpets
paid for by the state were sent to persons
holding oflloes under the state for their
private use. Moreover, much of the new
furniture was inferior to that which was
displaced, and changes were made which
were not desired by the occupants of the
offices.
“In the furnishing of coal, lumber and
other supplies for the statehouse there was
deliberate systematic swindling. Quan—
tities and prices were falsely raised, goods
being billed to the state and paid for that
were never furnished, large percentages
were added to bills, sometimes undoubted-
ly for the benefit of state officers, at other
times. possibly, for the benefit of the deal-
er. The state was by the collusion of bid-
ders and others made to pay $1,350 for a
flagpole and flag on the statehouse. By
the collusion of a state comptroller and in
the face of the protest of other state officers
against the waste, the state paid $21,847
for the construction of pigeonholos and
similar appliances which could readily
have been obtained for $7,500 and still
have afforded a liberal profit to the maker.
More than $10, 000 was paid to one painter
upon bills wherein false entries of labor
and material had been made, the prices
likewise being exorbitant, the pcculation
being probably 84, 000. That commissions
were paid on this work was not seriously
denied.
The Assembly Chamber Matter.
"In the rebuilding of the assembly cham-
ber, which cost $232,000, an architect was
employed who had never before designed
and erected a building. Of much of the
Work he appeared to have no control, it
being under the immediate supervision of
the governor. No plans of this work ap-
pear to be in the possession of the state
except certain blue prints found among
rubbish in the collar of the statehouse.
These do not so much as indicate any ven-
tilating apparatus: Such apparatus was,
however, put in at a cost of $25,896. The
evidence is that a full price, with large
profit, would have been $13,923, and, fur-
thermore. that the apparatus is obsolete
and highly unsatisfactory. The same con.-
tractor, by arrangement with the govern-
or, afterward put similar apparatus in the
senate chamber at a cost of $21,625. The
evidence is that a full price would have
been 811,102 and that the Work is obsolete
and well nigh useless. The electrical plant
in the statehouse, with fixtures and sup-
plies, cost aboutssib, 000. ’The evidence in-
dicates gross overcharges and the probable
payment of commissions on this work.
“Whilemueh of the work at the state-
housc is said to have been done by con-
tract after competitive bidding, the evi-
dence of that fact is missing from the pub
lic flies. The bids, correspondence and
other documents appear to have been kept
in the executive offices, and all of these,
with all the executive files, were removed
from the statehouse at the close of the
term of the governor preceding the present
governor.
and has been a source of embarrassment
to the committee in their inquiries. “
Some Serious Charges.
" Seven thousand dollars was spent in fur-
nishing the senate chamber under an ap-
propriation to ventilate it. We think that
from 1889 to 1894 there was great waste,
and in not a few cases corruption and
bribery of officials in the reconstruction,
furnishing and supplying of the state-
house. Where gross overcharges and false
charges occur, the evidence Warrants the
belief that it was always by the collusion
or acquiescence of some state officer or em-
ployee. i - A'"
“The ordinary expenses of the govern-
ment. excluding public debt, were about
$800. 000 in 1875, and in 1884 they had
reached only $1,000, 000. Thenceforth, un-
lll 3594:, 23.3.9 Williamson“, rapid. the tgtal
This course was unprecedented.
in the latter year being $1,653,900: The
increase is largely due to the multiplica-
tion of state officers and state boards. The
expenses of the legislature increased from
$53,578 in 1875 to $125,249 in 1895. In
1894 the expense fell off to $108,791. It is
difficult to see why these expenses should
thus increase. The number of members
of the leoiclaturc has not changed since
1844. The rgiume of laws now passed is
much smaller than it was 20 years ago and
there seems to be no change requiring ma-
terially increased expenses. The growth
seems to have arisen chiefly from the mul-
tiplying of officers to attend upon the leg-
islature and from the reckless extrava-
gance in the purchase of legislative sup-
iies. We recommend the passage of a
aw prescribing the number of‘ officers for
each house and the salaries for each, and
we report herewith a bill for that purpose.
Costs of the Courts,
“The costs of the courts has increased
from $65,659 in 1875 to $171,826 in 1894.
The increase has been gradual and unceas-
ing. It is due to the increase in the number
of judges, the increase of salaries and the
abolishing of the fee system in compensa-
ting judges. This expense cannot with
propriety be curtailed. The state publishes
the laws by a twofold method—first, by
printing 8,000 copies in book form, at a
cost of about $2, 000 annually; and second,
by publishing them in 90 newspapers (45
Democratic and 45 Republican) at a cost
which this year will be probably $135,000.
A majority of the newspapers do not set
up and print the laws as they do other ad-
vertisements, nor do they yield any of their
advertising space to the state. The laws
are set up at Somerville and in New York
and elsewhere, and large editions are
struck off in Supplement form, which are
sold to the newspapers for a small price.
For example, this year each neWSpapcr is
. aid by the state $1,300 for publis‘ing the
.9773 thus far given out for publication.
The publisher of the paper buys for about
$100 from the New York printer a suilis
cient number of copies, folds them into his
regular edition and circulates them.
”In New J erscy practically all laws are
published everywhere. No states afford
any figures at all comparable with the
reckless waste of New Jersey, except New
York and Pennsylvania. Notwithstand-
ing the great cost our laws are not prompt-
ly published.
‘ ‘ We recommend that a bill be passed pro-
viding that the secretary of state shall, as
fast as the acts are filed in his office, forth:
with supply copies thereof to the public
printer. who shall print the same from
day to day. This plan will enable any
person interested to have a copy of the
lawa without charge.
“The act of 1883 required the printing
of public documents, blanks and stationery
to be given out by contract after competi-
tive biddingand made it the duty of each
officer to furnish a list of his requirements
for the year, with samples. This law has
eiIccted a great saving, but by the neglect
and design. of certain public officers its
thorough enforcement has been obstructed
and thwarted.
“In the German printing downright cons
spiraoy to defraud the state has been
proved. The successful bidder for 1893
paid to one rival $300 to bid high, to an:
other 8500 for the same purpose and. he in-
duced the lowest bidder (who had bid 45
cents per 1,000 ems) to withdraw his bid,
paying him 8500 in cash and giving back
to him a part of ‘tho contract at 7 (3 cents.
The comptroller was greatly at fault in
this matter. ‘ -
“The result was a loss of cheral thou;
_ sand-dollars to the state.”
For'mosa’s Japanese Governor.
SHANGHAI, Juno 5.——Lord Li Ching
Fang, the son of Viceroy Li Hung Chang,
and Mr. John W, Foster, who have been
to the island of Formosa for the purposg
of. formally transferring it to the Japa-
nese, according to the terms of the treaty of
Simonoseki, have returned here. Admir-
al Viscount Kabayma, formerly chief of
the Japanese navy department, has been
appointed governor ofFormcsa,
FINANCIAL AND GOMFEFRGIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
NEW YORK, Juno 4.—Money on call nom-
inally 1 per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
3%@8}é per cent. Sterling exchange firm,
with actual business in bankers’ bills at $4.88?
34.89 for demand and at Si.87%@4.88 for
lays. Posted rates, $4.88}é@4.89 and caesium
L90. Commercial bills, [email protected]}4. Silver cor.
tiiicates, 67}é@fi7%: no sales. Bar silver, 66%.
Mexican dollars, 58%. Government bonds firm.
State bonds featureless. Railroad bonds firm,
Clpsing pi‘lccs;
Atchison .......... llé New England..... 43%
Bur. & Quincy. . . . 81% N. J. Central. . . . . 400%
North American. . 0
3.. C., C. & St. L. . 45
Northern Pacific. 5%
Chesapeake & 0.. 22%
Chicago Gas ..... . 74% Do. pref ........... 19%
Cordage.,..,....,. 2% N. Y. Central,..,.102_l/fi
Cotton 011........ 28 Omaha ....... 89
Ontario & Wcst .. 18%
Pacific Mail. . , . . .. 291/;
Del. & Hudson ”129%
Distillers' Trust,. 20%
Eric ............... 10% Reading ........... 1854
General Electric. 36% Rock Island . . . . .. 08%,
[looking Valley.,. 26% Silver Bullion. . . . 67%;
Lackawanna ...... 161 St. Paul ........... 67%
Lake Shore ........ 146% Sugar Refining. . .11854
Lead .............. 36 Texas Pacific. . . .. 12
Union Pacific..... 18%
Wabash prof.19%
Western Union... 92%;
Louisville & Nash 58
Missouri Pacifi’c.. 28%
Northwestern . . . . 98%
General Markets.
NEW YORK, June 4. —FLOUB—State and
western quiet: city mills patents. $4.85@5,15;
winter patents. [email protected]; city mills clears, $4.10
~$1.40; winter straights, [email protected].
\VHEAT—No. 2 was weaker under better
:rop news. absence of outside orders and in-
’creased Liverpool stocks; July, SOL/«@8104 Au-
gust. 80%@81c. -
CORN—No. 2 opened lower under better.
weather and crop advices, then rallied on cow,
Iring: July, 55%@50lvéc.: September, 50%@57%o,‘
OATS—No. 2 quiet. but fairly steady; Jhly,
Edge; September, 33c.
PORK—Dull: new mess,
zly, 312506111350.
LARD—Dull; prime western stcam, 36,85
nominal. ,
BUTTER—Firm; state dairy, 11@ch.: state
:rcamery. 18c.
CHEESE~Steady; state, large. 5@7c.; small..-
3%i@?%ic. .
EGGS—Firm; state and Pennsylvania, 13@
1895c; western, l2c.
SUGAR—Raw dull; fair refining, 2 15400.:
anemones; fam~
sen trifugal, 96 test, 3%c.: refined quiet; crushed,
5 1—10@5%c.: powdered, 4%@4 15-160.
TURPENTINE—Quiet at 2954@29%c. .
MOLASSES—Firm; New Orleans, 28@820. ',
RICE—Firm: domestic, 4%@6}4c.; Japan, 3%
Misc. .-
TALLOW— steady: city. 49sec country. 4-240.
HAY—Steady; shipping. W04 good to
choice. W750.
NAVAL in title
Assistant Secr‘;ary McAdoo’s Address
at to Opening.
MARCH orl‘eivILIZATION."
ldumber-s No Lo, "er Count Against De-
structive Macliines When, Properly-
Handled—Léfssons to Be Drawn
From the China-Japanese War.
NEWPORT, R. 1.991 mm 5,—Assistant Sec-
retary of the NagyMoAdoo delivered an
address at the opening of the Naval War
college here todayt? Mr. McAdoo spoke in
part as follows: '
“This institution has received from the
start the strong support of an enlightened.
public opinion, afld has been singularly
fortunate in having at its head men of the
greatest ability, zealous officers devoted to
their profession imits highest and broadest
aims. It is not surprising, therefore, that
r beyond the confliies of our own country
this school has achieved a most enviable
reputation. '1 ' .
“I still look forward with hope to the
time when the annual programme shall in-
VOlve not only theory but practical fleet
assisrAN'r SECRETARY M'ADOO.
evolutions, carried on with somewhat of a
relation to the, problems here discussed. I
venture to say that some intimate relation
should be established between this college
and one of the most important offices con-
nected with the navy department, that of
naval intelligence. '
The March of “Civilization.”
“The tremendous advance in the de-
st uetive qualities of military weapons
and the utilization of high explosives have
given a great preponderance to discipline
and orderly bodies as against the more eg-
gregation of numbers. The higher grades
of offensive Weapons of the military art
are, too, of such a character that they can-
not bc readily improvised, are more or less
costly to construct, and therefore are large-
ly if not wholly to be found in possession
of governmental authority.
”I believe it to be within the range of fact
to say that at no time since the world began
could 100 men, well drilled with modern
weapons, including rapid fire and machine
guns, oppose so successfully an apparently
overwhelming but unskilled and unorgan-
ized force without similar weapons.
”To exemplify this we have but to turn
our eyes to the recent conflict in the cast,
where the comparatively small army of Ja-
pan overcame vast hordes of a race who
were far otherwise than lacking in bravery,
and fighting, too, upon their own soil. We
lesson to those who teach us otherwise,
that more territory and vastness of num-
bers are not of themselves a national de-
fense, nor in any wise capable of assum-
ing offensive operations against injuries,
howover keen, or wrongs howovcr deep.
Sensible Observations.
"I believe that it is most essential to
the best interests’of the United States that
not only should we have an efficient navy
and the best possible trained officers, but
that in addition the dip matio arm of the
government should be strengthened and
made more efficient. So long as the in.
equality exists the naval oflicer will find
his task not only1more difficult and his
responsibility greater, but he will be him-
self forced by the rigor of circumstances
into the decision of nice international
questions, impinging upon the delicate
ground of national policy, which in our
own country are considered debatable.
”At no age of the world was the tend-
ency so strong to ‘commercial and polit-
ical consolidation asat present. The. great
nations, with their powerful alliances,
have, I regret to say, but little respect for
the rights of the weaker ones. " '
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
THE OLD RELIABLE
,SWEET tAPflBAi’.
_ CIGARETTE
lies stood the Tet! of Time
MOREEOLD THAN ALI. OTHER
lliE MERE“ TlllAECU COMPANY. SHECESSGR.
42125 new
ANDS COMBINE?
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L50c, choice of the line,
pause therealsc to note thesigulflcant‘
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Price the Cent. ‘
8 TON STORE,
corn-r. Null , in Win. STREETS, .NORWALK.
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Five thousand‘yard's Oriental and Silk Laces in d ' i '
. p _ a t
deSIgns and tones. _ Prices decidedly attractive. in y
NOTION DEPT.
Ladies’ All Silk Belts-—
black, white and navy—fine
buckles, newest designs; value
25 ca... ~
Link Sets, over 100 diaerenti
styles, new andchoice designs 3
25c, 39c; ‘49... 69c. Sta-Li
These prices are fully 25
per cent. below actual value.
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Call and examine our new
line of J et Points, prices range
from .,-.
12c to 59c per Point.
Velveteen Binding, 3-yard
lengths; regular price 100; at
this sale,
2 pieces for 13, Cents.
i
GLOAK soon.
This department is enjoying
a' phenomenal run of busi-
ness, attributable to nothing
more or less than finest styles
and most tempting prices.
A World of Waists '
More Waists than your im-
agination could picture, more
different styles than you could
examine in a day. ' ‘hc “Der-
? t‘ 1 7; s _
by,’ . ‘Acorn, ‘Mouarchf
“Troy” and “ideal” lmmds,
all with very large sleeves, an
endless variety of styles and
patterns, from
390 to $2.49;
Ladics’ Sivcalcl‘.~', :15’ wool
black, navy and gal m ‘, color
guaranteed.
.-.$3.9£§each.
MATTINGS. .
. An immense stock in all
grades and styles.
4 Special for Saturday.
Fifty pieces Fancy Japanese
Mgttmg, linen' warp, regular
prlce 50 cents,
29 cents yard .'
——
RIBBON S.
p irresistible attractions in,
Fancy Ribbons for dress and
hat trimming; actual value,
The yard; should not be a
yrzzwl left Saint-tidy“ night at
this price,
29 cents yard .
Lilac-l. Sill. Bolling at 190.,
255., 390. and 450.. yard.
Crochcl Silk, all colors, ao-
t'lal value, :35) (fClllE‘,
i Scientist
fiEOURE E‘URNITURE COUPONg.
N. B.-—Do not forget to secure one of our Furniture Coupons; no trouble or no extra charge.
worth from $3 tutti, are certainly werth
having when they cost you nothing.
Articles of Furniture
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Horse Sh‘oeing.
inst-class manner.
The undersigned has taken the shop in
the front of S. T. Bub ’s on Cross street.
and is prepared to do orse shoeing in a
John T. Lycett.
J. D. Jennings.
4 Knight street, opposite
~ I? Street Railway Depot
HIGH! BELL AT OFF
UN DERTAKER
Cleaning.
EUSTRiNE.
At all Grocers.
Enough said.
REFREGERATORS.
We have the Mackinaw Hard-wood
Refrigerator. It is a hot day when
V they get left.
Oil stoves, Window Screens, Ice
Cream Freezers, Lawn Mowers,
Scythes and Snaths,"‘Grass Hooks,
Rifles, Whet Stones, Steel Hoes,
25c , Steel Rakes, 300. and 35c.
H. H. WILLIAMS,
I7 Main Street. Norwaik.:‘x
",Now OPEN.
————_.
GREGORY’S-lhlil .HUTEL.
Clams, Oysters, etc.
Shore~ Dinners a. Specialty.
Trolley cars run diret to the Point.
JOHN E. O’SULLlVAN,
m14 . MANAGER.
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