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NOI‘Walk, Conn, Tuesday Evening, September 24, 1895
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Price One vent.
Vol. V. Whole No 1202
suuocsposn
THE .
D. M. Read
COMPANY.
WEARING
QUALITIES
Are just as important as
price—if you go belowa cer—
tain figure you are apt to be
disappointed in the Wearing
process, no matter what you
buy. But there is such a
thing as buying good‘things
cheap—reasonable price for.
its kind. Don’t go below
reason; don’t hope to.
' There’s ,a window display
of Blankets, with prices
attached, Which has turned
many buyers to our counters.
It looks fair.
ShoWs that we’ve not only
' confidence in the comparison
, but we’ve confidence in your
judgment. '
For two days, now, we’ve
been swapping Gloves for 50
cent pieces as though they ._
were the biggest bargain in
town. It must be they are.
Exquisite Suitings—a very
handsome assortment which
wale diagonals and wavy
,stripes of different colors
covered [with the finest of
black mohair curl; one of
the richest lines we have in
'_ rough efl'ects.
Everything pertaining to
dressmaking—linings
’ hair-cloth by the acre, almost.
There’s no place that we’ve
heard of where so much
attention is paid to the
detailed wants of dressmakers
as right here. Anyone will
tell you that, who knows.
Just for the fun of the'thing
see if it isn’t so.
All the Carpets we sell are
not high priced. There’s
ingrains, tapestry and body
brussels carpets so reasonable
that the poorest room in the
house can be brightened up
and made cheerful, if you’ve
the mind to think so. When
it comes to the best rooms of
course the prices run a little
higher—as high as you want
to go. They were never
prettier than they are this
season. ‘
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MILES TO TAKE CHARGE
He Will Assume Command of the Army
Within the Week.
HIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS.
Won Fame In the Civil War and After-
ward In Numerous Indian Campaigns.
Our Youngest; General In Charge
\Vith One Exception.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—Lieutenant Gen-
eral John McAllister Schofield will retire
as commander in chief of thearmy on
Sept. 29, and Nelson ‘A. Miles will at once
remove to Washington as senior major
general in command. There have been
rumors that his not being a West Point
graduate would be a handicap in obtain-‘
ing this the highest rank, but his unques—
tioned ability and popularity have effec-
tually settled that point in his favor.
General Thomas H. Ruger, who is now
in Washington revising the army regula-
tions, will undoubtedly move to Govern—
ors island and assume command of the
department of the east. This will, obviate
any further change in department com-
manders.
General Miles possesses the same capac-
ity for leadership and influence over men
that made Grant, Sherman and Sheridan
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GENERAL NELSON A. MILES.
the greatest soldiers of their day. He
beats them all in the magnificent phy-
sique and bearing that make him an
ideal soldier.
The advent of General Miles in Wash-
ington is awaited with interest by army
sharps who anticipate a battle royal be-
tween the general commanding and the
war department.
When General Sherman went to Wash-
ington, be determined to be commander in
reality as well as in person. All heads of
staff, bureaus and departments were or-
dered to send their reports through him
. . , instead of directly to the secretary.
come in groundworks, of Wide 3
' and Sherman, finding he was not sus-
There was a sharp conflict of authority,
tained by higher authority, withdrew to
St. Louis and established modest head-
quarters of the army there. It required
diplomacy to induce him to return, but he
did not win his point.
Men who know General Miles say he
holds the same ideas as Sherman and be-
lieves the head of the army should know
what its various branches are doing and
have a voice in the afiairs of the various
corps.
It is said Secretary Lamont is somewhat
inclined to this idea. General Miles has
so far declined to express himself on the
subject, but his opinions on the authority
of a commanding officer are well known.
Known as an Indian Fighter.
With the single exception of General
Sheridan, General Miles will be the young-
est ofiicer who has ever .had command of
the army. General Sheridan was 52 years
of age when he died. General Miles is
now in his fifty-seventh year, and has
seven full years to serve.
Early in the eighties Miles was made a
brigadier general, and eight years ago he
became a major general, being then but
49 years of age, the youngest officer of his
rank the army had known for many years.
General Miles comes of Massachusetts
stock, but was appointed to the army from
New York. He made his reputation as a
volunteer oflicer during the war, and since
then as a successful Indian fighter. As
colonel of the Fifth infantry he instituted
many campaigns against the Indians and
was never defeated. He encompassed the
capture of Sitting Bull, and subsequently
compelled the redoubtable Geronimo to
surrender.
He was in command of the troops dur-
ing the turbulent times preceding the
Wounded Knee affair, and it was his man-
agement of that campaign that saved the
lives of many. settlers, soldiers and Indi-
ans and prevented a general outbreak.
General and Mrs. Miles are said to be
the handsomest couple in the army circle.
Mrs. Miles is a niece of Senator Sherman
and a sister-in-law of Senator Don Cam-
eron. She is a tall woman of command-
ing presence. They have two children—a
daughter about 22 years of age and a son
several years younger.
General Schofield lVill Write.
Lieutenant General Schofleld will lay
down the sword to take up the pen. His
name hereafter will be frequently seen
among those of leading contributors to the
magazines and reviews, attached to ar-
ticles of both autobiographical and scien-
tific nature, and it is not improbable he
may follow the examples of his illustrious
predecessors, G!ant and Sherman, and
give the world his recollections of the civil
war.
General Schofleld has been commander
in chief of the army for seven years, since
the death of General Sheridan. His re-
tirement will be compulsory, and is occa-
sioned by the law that requires officers to
cease active service when they attain the
age of 64 years.
With his retirement the grade of lieu-
tenant general. whichnes conferred 9!;
General Schoficld last February by special
act of congress, in view of his distin-
guished services, will expire, and will not
be revived unless General Milos’ gallant
conduct earns for him a similar recogni-
tion. General Schofield will receive the
retired pay and larger allowances attached
to the rank of lieutenant general during
the remainder of his life.
General Schofield has had an excep-
tionally active life, and though his hair is
white he is still hale and hearty and vig-
orous in mind and body. His clear, ruddy
complexion and his firm, buoyant step are
both indicative of his capacity for con—
tinued years of useful active life.
In conversation with the World’s Wash-
ington correspondent recently General
Schofleld ex ressedhis satisfaction at the
prospect of h 5 early retirement. “I shall
have no time to be idle,” said he. “I
have long looked forward with eagerness
to the day when I could devote my leisure
,to literature. During the past few years
especially I have remained many flattering
offers, ' some of them from the leading
magazines, requesting articles from my
pen, and had it not been for more pressing
official obligations I would have promptly
closed with them.
“I have had many exciting experiences
during my years of active service that
Would furnish data for a series of inter-
esting articles should I live to fulfill my
intentions.”
CUSTER’S CHECK EOUN D.
It \‘Vas Dated on the Day of the Little
Big Horn Massacre.
BISMARCK, N. D., Sept. 24.-——Tho tragic
death of General Custer and his gallant
men at the hands of the Sioux Indians in
the massacre of the Little Big Horn was
recalled hero by the forwarding to Mrs.
Custer of a check for $1,500, drawn to the
order of General George A. Custer in 1876.
The check is dated June .‘25 and signed by
B. L. Smith, at that time assistant pay-
master of the army.
It was on June 25, 1876, that the mas-
sacre took place. The check is still un-
paid, and, soiled and tattered though it
be, constitutes a valid claim against the
government for the amount represented
upon its face, which was no doubt intend-
ed as part payment of General Custer’s
salary as an officer of the United States
army.
Where the check has been all these years
no one knows, least of all Michael Fran-
cis, who found it in the street here last
February, and who has retained it until
now. When Francis picked it up, the bit
of paper was almost as legible as when it
was drawn, but three heavy creases in it
showed that it had been carried in a peck-
etbook until it had been worn through. »
No indorsement appears upon the back
of the check, and the face shows the mark
of no cancellation stamp, demonstrating
that the check- has never been presented
for payment. The check was no doubt
forwarded to the northwast before the
news of the Custer massacre reached
Washington. Had it reached those in
charge of the dead soldier’s effects it would
shave been sent back at once in order that
one payable to the heirs could have been
sent in its place.
It has evidently been under shelter some-
where, and the chances are that it was
mislaid last February and swept into the
street, where it was found by Mr. Francis.
To Investigate Eastern IVIines.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.. —Quito an
amount of interest has been created in lo-
cal mining circles following upon tho de-
parture for Korea of two noted mining
engineers, .7. K. Evelcth of England and
A. W. Deshlcr of Detroit. 'It has been
learned that they have been sent by two
wealthy syndicates to inspect and investi-
gate the properties situated upon the sites
of some of the most ancient mines in the
history of the world. They are in Korea.
and China.
Fricco’s Dynamite Battery.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.——The United
States government is now able to blow out
'of the water at a day’s notice a whole
hostile fleet that might attempt to enter
the Golden Gate. The battery of the big
pneumatic dynamite guns ordered for the
defense of this port a year or more ago has
been advanced so for toward‘ completion
that two of the guns could be effectively
fired with only 24 hours’ preparation. ~
Civil Service Extended.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Tne president,
by an.cxccutive order issued today, but
dated Sept. 20, has extended the civil
service system in a modified form to all
consular officers whose compensation di-
rectly and through fees ranges from $1,000
to $2,500. __ “w
’ Harmon Back In “Washington.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—-—Attorney Gen-
eral Harmon has returned to the city from
Chattanooga, where he attended the exer-
cises incident to the opening of the Cluck-
amauga National park.
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ETHEGLIBUJIGSIRG
The Twenty-one Suspects at Wilming-
ton, Del., Acquitted.
‘COURT’S CAREFUL CHARGE.
’ The Law “’as Applied to the Case and
Explained Fully—The Jury Out Less
Than an Hour—The Verdict Greet-
. ed With Great Applause.
WILMINGTON, De1., Sept. 24.—Judge
Wales in the United States district court
today charged the jury in the trial of the
21 Cubans charged with violation of the
neutrality laws. He said in part:
“The defendants, Blanlio Pena. and the
20 other persons who are named in this
indictment, are charged with having vio-
lated section 5296 and section 5440 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
a grave and important character, involv-
ing serious consequences, if proved, and
directly aflect he good faith of the govern-
ment of the United States in preserving
inviolate its treaty obligations and the
laws of comity existing between all civi-
lized countries.
“The first count in the indictment is a
general one, following the language of the
law. The successive counts specify the
different modes and ways by and in which
the defendants are alleged to have violat-
ed the law, but you will notice that each
count charges either that the defendants
began or set on feet a military expedition
or enterprise against the dominion of the
king of Spain or against the island of
Cuba, ‘then and there being the territory
of the king of Spain.’
The Object of the Law’.
“The object _of the law is obviously to
, prohibit and punish the beginning or set-
- ting on foot or preparing the means for
‘ military expedition or enterprise within
, the territory or jurisdiction of the United
States and to be carried on from thence
against any foreign territory or dominion ,
with which the United States are at peace.
“The proof shows that on the 29th of
, August, in the present year, the defend:
ants had assembled ianilmington, and
under cover of night went on board the
tugboat Taurus; lying at Market street
wharf, in the Christiana, which some of
their number had previously chartered.
' On the same night they had shipped on
! board the tug 27 boxes of freight, some of
which had been brought from Philadel-
' phia by Bush 8:. Sons’ company, and the
others had been carried from the store of
De Soto Bros, in Wilmington, by the
~ Charles Warner company.”
Here the court cited at length the cir-
cumstances of the detection and arrest of
‘ the alleged filibusters. “On this proof
you have to say whether the defendants-
' or any one of them are or is guilty in
manner and forms as they or he stands
indicted.
“That is, did all or any of them begin
or set on foot within the jurisdiction of
the United States or provide or prepare
the means for any military expedition or
enterprise, to be carried on from thence
against the dominions of the king of
Spain? ‘
Points Against Defendants.
“The suspicious movements of» the de-
fendants on the night of the 29th of Au-
gust, the devious and mysterious manner
in which the arms and ammunition Were
brought to Wilmington and taken out on
the Taurus to be transshipped to an un-
known outward bound steamer from Phil-
adel hia, the omission of the defendants
to make any explanation of their designs
-—all those circumstances may reasonably
excite suspicion of wrongdoing. Th 0 ap-
pearance of the defendants, their nation-
ality, their silence under arrest, the fact
of an existing insurrection in Cuba and
the probability that they are in sympathy
with the insurrectionary party, unsup-
ported by othcr evidence, would not be
sufficient to warrant a verdict of guilty.”
It was noon when the charge was con-
cluded, and immediately thereafter the
jury retired.
After being out 50 minutes the jury re-
turned a verdict of “Not guilty.’ ’
The verdict was received with a round
of tumultuous applause.
\Vhere Our Fighting Ships Are.
‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 24,—The secretary
of the navy is advised of the movements of
vessels as follows: The flagship San Fran-
cisco arrived at Greenock, Scotland; the
Alert at Guyaquil from Panama, and the
Alliance at Fort Monroe. The New York,
Minneapolis, Raleigh and Montgomery,
which have for some days past been at
anchor off Tompkinsville, N. Y., sailed
this afternoon for Hampton Roads.
Yank Sullivan Won’t Referee.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 24.—-Yank Sullivan,
whom Bob Fitzsimmons is said to insist
on as referee for the Corbett-Fitzsimmons
contest, said today that under no circum-
stances would he act in that capacity. “I
Won’t referee the contest if I am decided
upon by both men. Corbett has insulted
me, and that is the end of the whole deal.”
Big Blaze In Hot Springs. .
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Sept. 24.——A fire
here today destroyed the Pacific hotel on
Central avenue, the Crescent House ad-
joining, a Jewish synagogueand five cot-
tages in the rear Qf the Pacific hotel, in~
volving a loss of $50, 000, which was only
partly insured, The fire caught in the
Pacific hotel very mysteriously.
’ Stinson and Miss Moore Were Married.
OTTUMWA, la... Sept. 24.——It is learned
today that M. E. Stinson, atraveling man,
and Miss Arta Moore, a senior at Grinnell
college, victims of the double' tragedy at
Oskaloosa, in which Stinson shot the
young Woman and then himself, were
secretly married in Ottumwa Oct. 14,
1892, by Rev. H. D. Crawford.
Deep Waterways Association.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 24.——Many prominent
”9 . ‘ members of the International Deep Water-
ways association have already arrived in
the city to attend the annual—convention
which commences tomorrow afternoon,
1..”
The charges against the defendants are of .
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EOREER EILEEN ENE WELL STREETS, NORWALK. p~
Genre OPEGNIN ~
leaks, Furs. Trimmings, Hosiery, Underwear, Comfort-
ables, Blankets, Etc, .7
” saruspflgsrersussa 21,1895} '
of Dress Goods,
m. .p -;s Kai—£4: m, vJqufi-JERKK r .339qu ~,--.v
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DrePP GOOQ’S'
46 inch All Wool Henrietta, $1 qualify, al
50c. yard. ’
50 inch All Wool Heavy Wale Serge, $150
quality, at 75C. yard.
36 inch Black Diagonal, all wool, 75c.-qual-
ily, at 37 l-ZC. yard. '
Black Figured Mohair, 98c, quality,
49C. yard. . - .
40 inch Black Novelty, $1 quality, at 50C.
yard. '
50 inch Black Clay Diagonal, 351 quality, ai
500. yard.
Colored Cress Goods.
36 inch all wool 1ni~xiure,490. quality, ai
250. yard,
40 inch Novolly
and Blue and Red
ily. at 490. yard.
36 inch Fancy hicvcllics, 490. quality, at
250. yard,
36 inch All Wool Eoucle, 980 quality, at
490. yard. _ '
$12 imported Dress Patterns,
$18 Imported Dress Patterns,
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New Cloaks and Capes.
10 New Capes, heavy weight, 3510 ones, $5.
20 New Jackets, heavy weight, $10 ones
for $5. . ’
15 New. Jackets, heav weioht 15 ,
forsmo. y ° ’$ ones
20 New Jackets, heav wei ht 20 on
for$l,0. . y s ,t es
10 New Plush Capes, fur trimmed, $15
ones for $7.50, ,
10 New Plush Capes, fur lrimmed,$22
ones for $1 i.
20 Fall Weight Jackets, $10 ones for $5,
at
This we intend to be our Grand Open-
ing of Fall an] Winter Garments. We
know of no better way to make a good-
impression, and do a larger business than
was ever done in N orwalk, than to give
some Great Bargains at the beginning of
Fall, which our customers will remenflierw
all season.
Suiting, Green and Red
Combinations, 986. qual—
at $5 each,
at $9
each.
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TELEPHO
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NOW CPEN.
Gunship HOTEL. ‘
Clams, Oysters, etc.
Shore Dinners a. Specialty.
Trolley cars run diret to the Point.
JOHN E. G’SULLWAN,
MANAGER
Q'fr‘ojm, impaireddigestion. and over-Work.”
.Bottlcdgfor Sale. and delivered'anyu’r’he
honethan'30i-Giirlc‘7‘co:
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For Sale by
EDWARD P. WEED,
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Cramps ?
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GGGCEGIES. ‘
Alaska Salmon, 100. can.
Armour’s Potted Ham, 10c. can.
Armour’s Potted Tongue, 10c. can.
Armour’s Devilled Ham, 10c. can.
EDDISDN BROWN
15 WALL STREET,
New For .7 Announcement.
“Our American Homes
and How to Furnish Them ”
Can readily be ascertained by visiting
HORNER’S
lireei Furniture Emporium
where everything is of the best quality,
artistic excellence, and moderate in
price. No such assortment of reliable
goods can be seen in America.
Over two hundred and fifty distinctly
different Bedroom Sets in all the vari-
ous woods, Brass Bedsteads in over
seventy patterns, as well as endless-lines
of Parlor, Drawing-Room, Library and
Dining-Room Furniture.
Now is Your chance.
After this date
TIMOTHY J. BYRNES,
Merchant. Tailor,
Will make a slaughter in his prices
for Custom-made garments Sults from
$18 upwards. Trousers, 34.50 upwards.
HALE’S
. SAFE GORDIAL
Quickly cures colic, cramps,
diarrhoea, dysentery, and all
bowel troubles.
Trial bottle free.
Large BOttle 250- . Hundreds of Imported Novelties particularly sulta- ‘ ‘ _
HAL E, Drugglst _ ble for presents, or home use and decoration. 'gCOdsu argitggcgk warranted' batwfac‘ ‘
. . . on g a .
All noes In lam fl ures. .
'° P g 20 Wall Street. ,
Horace E. Dean,
EXOELSIOL
Livery and Sales. Stable;
uvuuuum‘.
Opposite Danbury and
Norwalk Railroad depot!
Nor-walk, Conn. Stylish
Single or Double Team
with or without drivers.
"' ' Safe‘horses' for women
«- ' . ‘andehildren- ‘. .
SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY
[up stairs.)
R. .5. HORNER & co.,
Furnlture Makers and Importers.
61,63, 65 W. 23d St. ,New York,
Adlolnlng Eden Muses.
Horner & Co.’s establishment is one of the sights
of New York—Newspaper Comment.
Raymond. 1% Son.
Successors to George H, Raymond.
Furniture Dealers and General Funeral
Directors.
46 and 48 Main street, Norwalk, Ct
Residence, Berkeley Place.
l‘elenhone Call "7 -
- J. D. Jennings.
~ UNDERTAKER
4 Knight street. opposite
. , Street Railway Depor~
' NJ (1.111 BEI L AT OFFICE.
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