Wllllll III I. SENATE The Pension For Mrs. W. O. Gresham Cut Down to $100 Monthly. THE BOND. INVESTIGATION. An Efibrt to Table Pefl‘er’s Amendment Decisivcly Lost~Routine \Vork of the House—New Banking Laws Shortly to Be Reported. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—-Mr. Gallinger (Rep, N. H.), chairman of the committee on pensions, rose to a question of personal privilege when the senate assembled today and in vigorous language denounced a publication in the New York Sun purport- ing. to report the action of the senate in passing a number of private pension bills last Tuesday. It had been asserted that all records had been broken by the “senate mill,” 120 bills being passed in an hour, with little or no attention or considera- tion, few senators being present, etc. Mr. Gallinger declared that this was a tissue of misrepresentatiun, 07 bills were passed in 2% hours and the total increase was $12,- 072 per year. The senator was very caus- tic concerning the violation of journalistic privilege. Mr. Hoar (Rep, Mass.) added his opin- ion as to the care with which pension leg- islation was guarded, each bill passing the inspection of senate and house committees greater in number than the membership of the supreme court or court of appeals. Mr. Hawley (Rep, Conn.) said it was impossible for a newspaper to avoid being led into occasional error. He fully upheld the facts stated by the chairman of the pension committee, but Mr. Hawley add- ed that there was quite a prevalent feeling against large pension expenditures. Mr. Gallinger called up the bill grant- ing a pension to the widow of the late Walter Q. Gresham as bri , adier general at $200 per month, with an amendment re- ducing the allowance to 3100. Mr. Turpie (Dcm., Ind.) spoke in sup- port of the amended bill. He said the choice of Mr. Gresham as secretary of state took the country by surprise. Mr. Gresham had never been known as a member of the Democratic party, and his choice was regarded as a marked depar- ture from established usage. He stood at the front of the Republican party, and he now entered into Democratic associations in which he had no close per- sonal friendships. At the outset he was threatened with isolation, but his bon- homle won him personal friends, while his substantial ability and tact command- ed respect. Mr. Turpie spoke of the diffi- culties in the Hawaiian and Bering sea complications and the tremendous labor involved therein, labor greater than that falling on the shoulders of any secretary of state since the war. At the conclusion of Mr. Turpie’s re- marks the bill as amended at $100 was passed without division. The resolution of Mr. Lodge directing the finance committee to inquire into the circumstances of bond issues during 1894- 5-6, was taken up. Mr. Peffer offered an amendment broadening the resolution and directing that it be made by a special com- mittee of five senators. Mr. Lodge moved to lay the Peffer amendment on the table. The motion to table was defeated—yeas, 16; Days, 34. In the House. The house without any preliminaries to- day resumed the consideration of the In- dian appropriation bill. An amendment offered by Mr. Flynn, delegate from Okla- homa, to pay $250,000 (the annuity due to the Seminoles) to the Indians themselves through an officer designated by the inte- rior department was adopted. Mr. Flynn alleged that under the present plan this money went to Governor Brown. and that the Indians, instead of receiving money, received due bills good at the Brown stores. Proposed Banking Laws. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.——It was decided by the house committee on banking and currency today that at their next meeting they will consider three bills of more than ordinary importance. One bill permits banks to issue circulation to the par value of their bends. Another bill restricts the borrowing of a bank’s funds by the oflicers without the full knowledge of the directors, while the third looks to the establishment of an international bank, which was one of the recommendations of the late pan- American congress. The bill first named will provoke the greatest discussion. The chairman of the committee. Mr. Walker of Massachusetts, while not objecting to the measure so long as our present financial system is continued, opposes any legisla- tion which in his opinion will not give re- lief to the treasury. At least half the members of the committee are either bank- ers or connected with banking institu- tions, and these men, it is understood, re- gard the proposition favorably. The vote in the committee on reporting it, there- fore. is expected to be close. It is predict- ed that the bill having reference to the borrowing of money from banks by its of- ficers will be defeated, as it is believed the publicity given to the condition of banks by the periodical reports made to the comptroller of the currency are a sufficient safeguard to the institutions. mittee looks with considerable favor upon the bill establishing an international bank in this country, but the question has been raised that such a measure might be un- constitutional. , Good News For Students. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The recent ac. tion of the French government in opening the French universities and high schools to American students is regarded by pub- lic educators in this country as a matter of great interest to all American institu- tions of learning and to those interested in higher education. The decree which ‘ has just been issued by the conseil ,su- perieur de l’instruction publique practica1~ 1y removes the restrictions upon the ad- - mission of foreign students to the French universities and gives them a status sub- stantially similar to that already accorded by the German universities. Postmaster-s Appointed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. —- The fourth class postmasters appointed today were: Maryland—Mutual, Mrs. M. J. Hark- ness. New York—Holland Patent, W. S. Thomas. Pennsylvania—Fetterman, Mrs. H. V. Curran. Vermont—Plymouth Union, T. H. Moore; West Dover, F. H. Johnson. One Day’s Government Receipts. WASHINGTON, Feb. fad—National bank notes received for redemption, $471,341; government receipts from internal rev- enue, $1,047,702; customs, $503,698; mis- cellaneous, $23,975. -.- Advertise in the GAZETTE. The com-' ,day after a brief illness. THE HARASH BUTOHBRIES. A Pathetic Appeal From a Victim of the Sultan’s “Beoellcence.” BOSTON, Feb. 25.——Following is the translation of a letter from the wife of an Armenian pastor in Marash, central Tur- key. It is addressed by her to ”Christians in America” and contains a most pathetic appeal for help in the present emergency. Describing the attack at Marash, the writer says: “Our merciless assailants on the morning of that fatal day came upon us like wild beasts. In the place of the ‘Good morning’ of friendly lips we heard the shots of guns and revolvers. Their ‘How do you do this morning?’ was the dread sound of axes breaking in the doors. They battered open our boxes and closets and took away or destroyed everything we had in the world. A fire could not have made a. cleaner sweep. We saved our lives by fleeing to the house of a Moslem neighbor, but at evening he drove us out into the street and many were slain in the street by bullet or knife or ax. “Several of our friends were stabbed to death and cut to pieces; some were slain with one blow of the ax upon the head; some had their throats cut as if they had been sheep in the butcher’s hands. My beloved brother was shot with two bullets through the body and then stabbed in the heart,” continues the writer. “My sister’s husband was ’seized by a soldier. ‘Look at me, you dog.’ said the murderer. ‘Here is your portion.’ And with the word he fired a bullet from his revolver into the poor fellow’s breast. The victim fell dead, but to this day we have not been able to find his body amid the burned fragments of his house. Our homes look like the dens of wild beasts, for the fragments of dead bodies lay everywhere.” ~ The writer becomes vehement as she proceeds. “My husband had to flee and leave me and the children,” she says. “For seven days we saw nothing of him and we Dearly died of hunger and cold. There were no friends to whose doors I could go and beg my bread. N ot a neigh- bor remained to whom I could appeal. Where could I get food for my little ones? Where clothing? Where a bed to keep them from the cold? I was as once driven crazy. Would to God the sun had never risen on that day. Would that this year covered with the blood of the innocent ones had never come into the number of the years. “For Weeks we lay in the chopped straw of a stable, with neither bed nor bedding. Just at present we are covering our little ones at night with some rags of old car- pet. The earth seemed turncd into iron that it did not open and swallow us. I can write no more, ” concludes the afflict- ed woman. “I lift up the hands of my little ones to you so far away in an appeal that you will send us here the speedy de- liverance that alone can keep us from perishing utterly.” SOUTH CAROLINA BRUTES. of the Four him; “"110 \K'liipped Two Negro-cs to Death. GREEN POND, 5. Feb. 25.—In the trial of the Colleton lync-hers, Dr. W. B. Ackerman, Frank Jenny, \"i'yman Kearse and Frank Brant, most positive testimony has been presented showing that the ac- cused on the night of the tragedy took the victims—an old negro woman and a negro farmhand—dnto a swamp and whipped them to death. The offense charged against the negroes was the stealing of a Bible and some altar furniture from a white church. The wife of the negro farmhand, who was also whipped, but not as severely as the others, gave the de- tails of the whipping, which was done with a horsewhip. The defense is that while the negroes were whipped, the castigation was not se- vere enough to cause death, but that the victims, wandering into the swamp after the whipping, fell into the water and were drowned. This is disproved by testimony that the water in which the bodies were found was not over nine inches deep, and by the results of the autopsy, which show— ed, beyond contradiction, that death re- sulted from shock and not from drowning. Despite the fact that the accused have held fairly good reputations, and that one of them, Dr. Ackerman, was a man of some prominence and influence in the Trial 1., bommunity, the sentiment of the entire state is bitter against them. Live Stock Burned. WOLFBORO. N. H., Feb. 25.-—By the no cidental upsetting of a lantern the large barn of George L. Brewster was destroyed by fire, with all its contents. The estimat~ ed loss is $8,000. Forty-one head of cat- tle, five horses and other live stock, 50 tons of hay, two carloads of grain, ma- chinery, etc., were consumed. » Hocking Valley’s General Manager. COLUMBUS, 0., Feb. 25.—Samuel D. Davis, first vice president of the Colum- bus, Hocking Valley and Toledo railroad, has appointed W. A. Mills general man- ager. Mr. Mills was assistant to the late Presidhnt Waite. A president is to be chosen March 17 at the annual meeting in New York. Death Rather Than Disgrace. PORTSMOUTH, N. 11., Feb. 25.——The mys- tery surrounding the death of Nellie Mc- Donough of Newington, which occurred in Boston Tuesday, Feb. 10, has been cleared up by news from Boston that the woman took her own life rather than to appear in court to testify in a malpractice trial. The Pearl Bryan Case. CINCINNATI, Feb. 25.——Mr. Lester has been here for some time, under orders from Governor Bradley, investigating the evi- dence in the Pearl Bryan case, so as to give some guidance to the governor re- garding the payment of the reward offered for the apprehension of the murderers. The Chatfield Trial. ROCHESTER, Feb. '25.-—The Chatfield trial was continued today and will last the rest of the week. The defense put in med- ical testimony to show, from the course of the bullet. that the arms of the deceased were raised when the shot was fired. Well Known Financier Dead. PORTLAND, Me., Feb. 25. — William Sweat, manager and treasurer of the Port- land Safe Deposit company, died here to- He was 46 years of age and one of the best known finan- ciers in the state. Butter and Cheese Makers In Session. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia... Feb. 25.—The Na- tional Butter and Cheese Makers’ associa- tion began a six days’ session here today. From 1,000 to 1,800 were in attendance from all parts of the United States and Canada. - An Undertaker With a. Record. NASHUA, N. H., Feb. 25.—Charles A. Lovejoy, a well known and prominent citizen, died today from heart disease. . He had been here for nearly half a’ can tury and had conducted nearly 10,000 fu-V ucrals. , Advertise in the Guarani. PRESIDENT. CHAT. Several of the Candidates’ Chances Discussed by a Correspondent. M’KINLEY STILL IN THE VAN It Appears to Be “the Ohioan Against the Ficld”—-Important Gains For Morton—“Horizontal Bill” Mor- rison’s Boom Is Looking Up. NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—The following special to The Evening Telgram of this city from its Washington correspondent has caused considerable comment in local political circles: .. It is darkly hinted here that Governor Morton is expected (and is expecting) to be- gin to spend money in his presidential" cans vass before very long. Anyhow, those who are interested are coming to this conclu- sion for too reasons. One is the gefieral reason that the governor would not have ventured into the presidential race at all if he had not decided that he would spend money freely in case of necessity, and as he has heaps of it of course he can spend it. It has always been known to the lead- ing campaigners that when a campaign is actually to be made Governor Morton has sometimes been pretty wary about loosen- ing his purse strings, having had a bitter as well as a costly experience in a former senatorial fight at Albany, when one War- ner Miller of Herkimer spoiled the game without getting there himself. Yet those who are interested have other reasons than this more inference from general princi- ples for believing that Governor Morton will soon begin to spend some of his men- ey to gratify his present ambition. A number of Morton agents have been pretty active in the south and now are in- tending to invade New England and vari- ous localities in the west, where it is thought the solid business sentiment of the Republicans would be. favorable to the business man who is governor of New York. The first break was in the south; the next will be in the direction of New England. The Massachusetts delegation, which, of course, the Reed people are ex- tremely anxious to take to St. Louis per- fectly intact, will probably be the first to suffer. llIorrlson‘s Chances Looking Up. Senator Hill has been quoted as saying that Colonel Bill Morrison, the only orig- inal tarifi reformer, can have the New York delegation at Chicago if he chooses to say the word. Mr. Brice makes a sim- ilar declaration in regard to Ohio, and while Mr. Harrity is proposing on the sur- face to makea feint in the direction of Pattison, he also is said to believe that Morrison is the coming I. an and that Pennsylvania will not p‘ eve unfriendly when the time comes. If Morrison, then, having Illinois and Missouri already, should go into the convention with these three other great states behind him, he could make a pretty lively break for the nomination. This, of course, is on the supposition (which some' of the important political leaders whom I have mentioned take no pains to cruceal) that the Democratic nomination is going begging this time; This is contrary to a belief Which is often expressed here and elsewhere thm Mt. Whitney of New York will really be the nominee. I have just heard from 'a New York source which is entitled to great weight, however, that Mr. Whitney does not regard this as his kind of a year to run. His chief effort in the national cam- paign would doubtless be to make sure of carrying New York state. This .time Mr. Whitney is said to question whether New York state could be carried, or whether, it it were carried, it would be sufiicicnt to elect the Democratic candidate. The state of New York, however, Mr. Whitney re- gards as his particular field; there is no doubt about that. Of course it may yet seem to him that he is warranted in en- tering‘the lists on the supposition as hint- ed, that he could make it lively enough for the Republican candidate in New York to warrant the strong hope that he might carry the country. The Outlook For llIcKinley. The Republican managers, generally speaking, are astounded at the amount of money which the McKinley people are spending. This is known to proceed part- ly from the plethoric purse and generous heart of Hon. Mark Hanna of Cleveland, who has devoted all of his time and a good deal of his money to the McKinley cause for the last two years. It is not now be- lieved, however, that this is the only source of funds from which the McKinley campaigners are permitted to draw. One hears, for instance, that Colonel Buck of Georgia, who is in charge of the McKinley boom in that state, is the banker for the delegation, present or expected, and that Dr. Moseley, one of the Republicah bosses of Alabama, is handling, or is expected to handle, a great deal of McKinley money down there. There is undoubtedly a great deal of popular enthusiasm for McKinley without any urging of this sort, yet there is also a great deal which is undoubtedly excited by this means. The fight is. now, as it was a week. app, I Always up in the Ethics of Business. DOMESTIC Town Plain and for 19c. Irredescent Belts, lH between McKinley and the field, and the hottest part of the battle is in the north- is hesitating upon which side finally to enlist; in Wisconsin, where ex-Senator Spooner is thinking of entering the lists as a dark horse, as possibly a brake upon the McKinley wheels, and in Minnesota, where the McKinley people are striving to make the Ohio Napoleon the second choice of the delegation after the Cush Davis boom has spent its strength. The result of the various conventions in the north- west will come pretty near deciding the fate of McKinley. If he can win pretty generally, be is liable to come near enough to the nomination on the first ballot to get there after two or three additional ones; if he does poorly in the northwest, the chances favor Allison, or possibly some one else upon whom the field might center. Italian Forces Concentrating. ROME, Feb. 25.—Advices from Abys- sinia state that General Baratieri is con- centrating the Italian army near Adua and is occupying the pass at Gasciorkin, near March, in strong force. The entire Abyssinian army has retired to Osobria and abandoned all contact with the Ital- lans. Prohibitive Cigarette Tax. COLUMBIA, S. 0., Feb. 25.-The house has passed abill imposing atax of 25 cents on each package of ten cigarettes sold in the state, with a proportionate tax on a larger number. Mgr. Averardi Sails For New York. NAPLES, Feb. 25. — Mgr. Averardi, bishop of Tarsus, the newly appointed apostolic delegate to Mexico, sailed for New York today on route for Mexico. The TV anther. ‘ The indications an e for clear and slighfr . ly colder weather. west, in Michigan, where General Alger , THE—Evsslseverzserrj' .. ‘ _' . N.“ _ . . . Drones in our ' _ , T "Bee Hive. NOR W AIL-K. ' New Y'ork Office. 4.4.2 Broadway“ DRESS GOODS 20 pieces New Spring Goods, in light and dark effects, 500 per yard, for Saturday only, 39c. 5 pieces All-wool Henrietta, 48 inches wide, 50.0 per yard, for Saturday, 37c. 10 pieces Fancy Mixtures, 19c yard, for Saturday, 120. 5 pieces 52 inch All-wool Diagonals, $1,00 per yard, Satu"day, 75c. . 5 pieces All-wool Crepon de Francais, 75c quality, for Saturday, 50c. 5 pieces Mohair, figured, 250 per yard, for Saturday, 190. 45x22 Huck Towels, 12 for $1.00 . 45x22 Turkish Bath Towels, 10 for $1.00. 45x22 Extra Fine Huck Knotted Fringe, 500 each, for Saturday, 90. FURS AND JACKETS 25 Children’s Jackets, 500 each. 6 W001 Seal and Electric Furs atone third of the price. 500 yards Hamburg Embroidery, l 9 9 4 Brown Muslin, 150 per yard, for Saturday, 12c; 4 4 Full Bleached Muslin, 8150 per yard, for 70.- 9-4 Full Bleached Muslin, 25c per yard. for Saturday, 190. 4-4 Brown Sheeting. fine and heavy. 21 yards for $1.00. LINENS W A... ALWAYS LOW FOR SATURDAY A . SPECIAL RUN ON TOWELS_ 40x20 All Linen ho Home For (Ehlld or Mother. NEW YORK, Feb. £i.—A woman who gave the name of Henrietta Henness: walked into Bellovue hospital carrying a 1-year-old child. She said she had no homo and was hungry and tired. The woman refused to say where she had lived or any- thing about herself. Tax Collector Foster‘Eeld. CONCORD, N. 11., Feb. Shh—When Tax Collector Foster was brought into police court, the judge ordered him held on two counts, alleging embezzlement in the sum of $31,000—325,000 on one count and $6,000 on another. He was taken to jail. The \Vorcester Mystery. WORCESTER, Mass, Feb. 24.—-There is no change in the condition of Thomas De- voy, the victim of yesterday’s assault, and the authorities are still in the dark as to the identity of his assailant. Advertise now and catch the spring trade. MEEEER COAL CO. COAL, WOOD, BRICK, LIME, OEMENT, TILE PIPE. eFEIcE WITH G. a S. H. HOLMES I MAIN STREET. NOBWALK. \ By throwing the X Rays around the N orwalks, we have the iilathode photo- graphs of the minds of many of the ladies of good taste, and it was easy for us to select the beautiful Spring Silks, Spring-Dimities and Spring . are now ready for your inspection. Dress Goods. ‘ These ON THE BEST LINENS. 54-inch Half Bleached 250; 54-inch Full Bleached 37c; 60-inch Full Bleached 50c. Towels, 12 for $51.00. 45x21 All Linen Bordered Towe S, 7' for $1.00. 10 Ladies Capes, boucle and others, $5.00. regular prices 12%0 to 190 yard, for Saturday, choice at 80 yard. Veiling, odds and ends, regular prices 12.150 to 250, Saturday’s price, 7c yard. ’ Fancy Border Handkerchiefs, for men and women, regular price 50 each, at this sale, Horn Hair Pins, regular price 190 per dozen, Saturday only 90 dozen. Creme de la Creme Soap, best 10c soap made, at this sale you can have 3 cakes for 19c. Boys’ Flannel Shirt Waists, 50c quality, Saturday’s price 250 each. having all the Colors of the prisms, these new spangle belts are all the vogue in 1113 fashionable world, 50c, 69c and 89 each. , MIDI to . Eur. Main an WI 8: 'THE HONEST PLUMBER. W. C. HOLMES, 7 Water Street, IS PREPARED TO DO ALL MANNEB 01r PLUMBING WORK Tin and Sheet Iran Hunter and Worker. ALL WORK AND MATERIALS [GUARAN- TEED or BEST QUALITY, AND ' PRICES FAIR AND VERY REASONABLE. w. o. HOLMES, ., 7 WATER STREET. Horace E.‘Dann, EXOELSIOL Messages 3...... ‘\ Opposite Danbury and Norwalk Railroad uepot Norwalk, Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or with out drivers. Safe horses for women \ andchildren. . SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY ‘ or c, BOOTS, SHOES & RUBBERS - >I<lO CLOSE OUT, EVERYTHING IS BEING SOLD Ill PRICES NEVER HEIIRD 0F BEFORE>I< I Come Early. Store Open u,ritill9‘_o"clock Week Days, and 10 'Saturdays. HARVEY’S SHOE STORE. '70 NORTH MAIN smear, LL GOING ON! :ankrum Sale ! H. 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