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ANOTHER FIGHT IS ON
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Indiana Will Be the Scene of the Next
Political Battle.
M’K‘INLEY MEN CON FIDEN T.
Friends _ of Harrison lViil Oppose tho
Ohioan In the Hoosier State—42m:
Think the Ex-President _\Vill Be a
Candidate—Hanna Only Smiles.
NEW YORK, May 4.—The Advertiser
has the following dispatch from Cleve-
land:
Three important and about the last big
conventions—viz, those of Indiana, Cali—
fornia and Nevada—will be held during
the Week. Mark Hanna claims that they
will all go for McKinley. These votes, he
says, will settle beyond all doubt the
nomination of the Ohioan and practically
cause him to be named unanimously.
There are others, however, who doubt Mr.
Hanna’s” statement. These are the anti-
McKinleyites and friends of err-President
Harrison—whose name won’t down—who
are going to give McKinley a bigger bat-
tle at Indianapolis than he had at Spring-
field. They say he cannot win Indiana,
despi the fact that Chairman Gowdy of
the epublican state committee is his
Indiana manager. Indiana means as
much, if not more, to McKinley than I]-
linois, and it is easy to perceive that there
will be no lack of power put forward by
his adherents to win the state and dele-
gates. 3- ~
The flood of telegrams and letters of
congratulation continues to pour in upon
Mark Hanna and Major McKinley. There
is but one interpretation put by them“ on
the Illinois convention, and that is that
it means the sure defeat of the bosses an
the triumph Of the people. .
Somehow or other, McKinley's friends
assert, the masses have got. it into‘their
heads that the bosses are tryir‘r to defeat
their will, and hence the great .nthusiasm
shown for McKinley.
It was stated in a telegram from New
York that General Grosveii‘or had been to
that city to personally assure the people
that McKinley believes in a single gold
standard, but that Mr. Grosvenor’s assur-
ances were not satisfactory, and a declara-
tion was demanded from McKinley him-
self.
Hanna Only Smile-d.
Mr. Hanna was asked if he thought
such a declaration would be forthcoming
from McKinley in the near future. Mr.
Hanna smiled before he wheeled round in
his chair and replied: “I don’t know. I
don’t care to say anything on the curren-
cy question. ”
Nor would Mr. Hanna discuss the de-
mands of the eastern goldbugs for an
open declaration. Colonel Myron '1‘. Her-
rick, however, who is a stanch McKin-
leyite and who is one of the delegates from
the Twenty-first congressional district,
branded the whole scheme as aplan of
the combine to attempt to injure McKin-
ley’s chances.
“Why don‘t they talk to the other can-
didates and find out their views?” asked
Mr. Herrick. “They are doing every-
thing possible to injure McKinley, and
this is another one of their schemes.
“McKinley is for sound money. He
said so only a few Weeks ago in his Mar-
quette club speech in Chicago on Lin-
coln’s birthday. Major McKinley will
stand for the platform occupied by the
natiOnal convention.”
Business men here begin to look upon
McKinley’s nomination as almost certain,
and they are beginning to bring pressure
to bear upon him to make some declara-
tion upon the currency question. They
also demand that the St. Louis conven-
tion declare unconditionally for a gold
standard.
President Melville E. Ingalls of fthe
Chesapeake and Ohio and Big Four rail-
roads said to reporter:
“I do not quite agree with ex~Senator
Payne that the free silver people will car- 1
ry the Chicago convention. I believe we
shall hold Ohio for sound money, and I
can tell you that from my trip through
Indiana this week I am tremendously en-
couraged, especially with the stand that
the Republicans are going to take.
Business Improving.
“I believe that their platform will have
as good a ring to it as those Of New York
and Massachusetts.
“Business is slowly improving, but
there can be nothing permanent until aft-
er the two conventions.
“If they declare for sound money, we
will immediately have better times, but
if one convention should declare for free
silver business will drag until it is set-
tled which side wins.
“I am quite sure that if both conven-
tions should declare for sound money and
we should have fair crops you would see
a remarkable development of business in
the fall. New enterprises would be start-
ed, new railways would be projected, there
would be employment for the working-
man, and the middle man, who needs
good times more than anybody else, can-
not see this. Itis a question of credit.
“Credit is the power that runs the
world and makes business, and instead of
building up credit in the last five years
we have tried every way in the world to
ruin it.”
The news that Senator Quay’s Pennsyl-
vania boomers are coming to St. Louis in
gorgeous palace cars has stirred up the
McKinleyites, and they are getting ready
to put fully 10,000 Ohioans into St. Louis
toshout for the Canton candidate.
The Tippecanoe club from the city will
lead, with their cohorts, the procession.
They will be at least 2,000 strong.
Newar‘k Carpenters May Strike.
NEWARK, N. J., May 4.—Unless the
demand of the carpenters for $2.75 a
day is granted there will likely be a
general strike in this city today. There
are about 1,300 carpenters, members oi
seven carpenters’ unions, who are now
being paid from $1.75 to 82.50 a day, and
they want a uniform rate of $2. 75 per day
of nine hours’ work. The bosses are not
inclined to grant the demand, and the in-
dications are that the strike will take
place.
Work Buys The Elms. A
NEWPORT, R. I., May 4. —-Frank Work,
the New York millionaire and father of
Mrs. Burke-Roche, the American beauty,
has purchased of C. B... Robert the famous
summer house known as The Elms. at
Bowory street and Bellevue avenue. It
is said that the figure was $130, 000. The
place was formerly owned by Mrs. Fred-
eric -W. Stevens, now Duchess Dino.
Fate of a Cuban Prisoner.
HAVANA, May .4.—A prisoner ‘of War
from Pinar del Rio. who was on board the
steamship Triton, jumped overboard and
was torn to pieces by sharks while the
horrified passengers looked on.
Advertise in the GAZETTE.
TO BUILD A NEW CITY.
Capitalists to Construct a Town In New
' Jersey Similar to Pullman, Ills.
NEW YORK, May 4.--It is announced
that a company, of which M. H. Arnot,
president of the Chemung Canal bank of
Elmira, N. Y., a man worth 820,000,000,
is treasurer, has purchased 3,000 acres of
land located 12 miles from this city be-
tween Orange, N. J., and Elizabeth, N.
J., and that a manufacturing town with
homes capable of sustaining a population
of 66,000 inhabitants will be nstructed
at once, the intention being ' erect a
model city in much the same manner that
Pullman, 1119., was built. Other officers of
this company, which has headquarters at
253 Broadway, are C. M. Tompkins, pres-
ident; H. H. Hallock, secretary, and C.
W. Manahan, general manager.
The capitalists interested in the move
ment are lar ely from western New York,
Ohio and I linois. For more than three
years agents of the company, which is
known as the New Orange Industrial as-
sociation, have been secretly acquiring
this property. It is now announced that
contracts have been signed by the repre-
sentatives of the company, the five trunk
lines of railroads running through this
section and several of the largest facto-
ries in the United States, whtoh will re-
sult in the founding of a city which will
be called New Orange.
SOLD SEOUL.
A Providence Tale That Savors of must
and Svengali.
Paovmnxcs, May 4.—Coroner Lincoln
has a report showing that Giovanni Quar-
anta, who was supposed to have commit-
ted suicide by dreaming himself in Leon-
ard pond some time ago. was murdered.
The record of the testimony at the exami‘
nation showed that he had been murdered
by superstitious compatriots, who stood in
awe of the man under the impression that
he was in league with the devil and pos-
sessed unearthly power which he had se-
cured in barter for his own soul.
A black book was found in the" dead
man’s trunk and printed in Italian,whlch
was produced, and, it is said, contained a
signed agreement between the devil and
Quaranta by which he delivered his soul
in exchange for the devil’s power for 20
years. Quaranta had wonderful hypnotic
power over the men among whom he
worked, and he spread a story, which was
very generally believed, that by special ar-
rangements with Satan he was red
against steel. poison and bullets, and t ere-
fore drowning was the means used by his
murderers to remove him.
Bard Fight In Cuba.
HAVANA, May 4. -- Intelligence has
reached here of a fierce engagement be«
tween six columns of Spanish troops un-
der General Suarez Inclan and the insur-
gent forces under General Macao near Ca-
carajicaras, south of Bahia Honda. The
insurgents were well intrenched and had
erected a number of log forts, from behind
which they made =a stubborn resistance.
General Inclan brought his artillery to
bear on the enemy; but, notwithstanding
this, repeated bayonet-charges were neces-
sary to entirely dislodge the patriots. The
insurgents’ loss is estimated by the Span-
ish authorities at 200; The loss on the
Spanish side was *2 lieutenants and 14
soldiers killed and 1; lieutenant colonel, 2
captains, 1 major, 2 other officers and 61
soldiers wounded.
Famous Beinsman Dead. ,
PHILADELPHIA, May 4.-—Wllliam B.
Doble, the Nestor of American reinsmen,
died at his home in this city, aged 86
years. Mr. Doble was known. by every
horseman of any notefrom Main to
California, and he was the first drfiet to
bring the light harness record below 2:17.
This was in the famous matdl at Mystic
park, Boston, between Goldsmith Maid
and Lucy. Budd Doble was to have driv-
en the former, but was unable to do so,
and his father was substituted. He
brought the maid under the wire in
236% Mr. Doble is survived by four
sons, William H., Jr., of Chicago, Budd,
Frank and Charles, and one daughter.
Serious Railroad Wreck. ,
LIVINGSTON, Mon., May 4.—Tbe fast
west bound mall on the Northern Pacific
met an east bound ,cattle train near here,
wrecking both trains. Engineer Fan-
ning of the cattle train was killed, and his
fireman, P. M. McLellan, Engineer De
Great, Fireman McClairvillaa sleeping
car porter, and several others were badly
hurt, the first probably fatally. Many
passengers jumped. The air in Fanning’s
engine was not under control. Though
he had ample time to jump, he stuck by
his engine until too late.
College Studehts Strike.
DELAWARE, 0., May 4.—Indignant stu-
dents at the Ohio Wesleyan university
have gone on a strike. They athered at
the chapel entrance and then eliberately
marched away. Some excited preparatory
students battered down the signs 0‘! mer-
chants on the streets in the line of their
march. The faculty had disappointed the
college glee club, which had arranged a
long western tour under its approval, by
annexing such conditions to the trip as to
make it barely possible for the tour to be
made.
Rockefeller's Gift to Vassar.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 4.-—Mr.
John D. Rockefeller has agreed togive
Vassar college $100,000 toward the ewe
tion of a new dormitory or a recitation
hall. President Taylor will meet Mr.
Rockefeller this week, and it will be de-
cided then which building is the most
needed. A daughter of Mr. Rockefeller
graduated at Vassar several years ago, and
after her marriage Strong hall, toward
which Mr. Rockefeller contributed libero
ally, was built and named after her.
I.- Crnshed Under the Wheels.
MrDDLE'rOWN, N. Y. , May 4,—While
David Halstead of Neleerncn was driving
home with a load of lumber he pulled up ,
at a trough to water his horses. On start-
ing up a sudden jerk of the horses threw
Mr. Halstead from his seat and under the ,
wheels, one of the rear ones crushing his
head and breaking his neck.
Killed His Brother-in-law. _
NELSONVILLE, 0.. May 4.—Fred Doug-
lass gave himself up to the police for kill-
ing Dow Willum, his brother-in-law. Mr.
and Mrs. Willum had separated. Against
the warning of Douglass, Willum tried to
break into his wife’s house, whereupon
Douglass shot him.
The Grand Vizier Returns Thanks.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-Minister Mac-
Donald, at 'Teheran, cabled Secretary Ol-
ney that the. grand vizier of Persia re-
turned thanks for the prompt expression
of sympathy from the United States upon
the assassination of the shah.
Weather Forecast.
- Fair; warmer; southerly winds.
—'Advertise in the GAznr'rE.
TO HELP BILL OUT.
3,: Call All Bluffs.
‘ One of the most innocent looking old
men I ever saw came down toNeW York
the other day from hisfam in Pennsyl—
vania. to deal with green goods men,
and, of course, he got left. Fortunate-
ly for him, he could raise only $150, and
therefore he lost only that amount. I
met him at the depot as an officer, and
had him in tow to see that he got away
safely, and when he had told the story
of how he had been done for, I asked:
“You didn’t expect to get $500 in good
money for $150, did you?”
“N o, I can’t say I did,” he replied.
“But you thought it would be money
good enough to pass.”
“Yes, they sent me two one-dollar
bills, and they looked all right and
passed all right.”
“But you would be passing counter-
feit money on your neighbors and caus-
ing them a. loss.”
“N O, I wasn’t goin’ to pass any of it
off on the nayburs. I wouldn’t do sioh
a thing as that. I. might hev got rid
of some of it to chicken buyers and tin
peddlers, but I Wanted some of it for
my son Bill. Bill is into politics and
poker till you can’t rest, but he hain’t
had a. fair show. That’s what I was
goin' to gin him!”
“Just what do you mean ?” I asked.
“Well, when Bill goes about sayin’ as
how he’d bet. $50 that so and so will be
nominated fur president somebody yells
at him to put up or shet up. He ain’t
got nuthin’ to put up,_and so he has to
shet. If he’s (in a. game Of poker and
got a good hand, he’s got to call instead
Of raisin’ the other fellers out. o’ the
game. I’ve knowed him to lay. down
with three aces because he hadn’t a
dollar more to put up. Oh, no, I didn’t
mean nuthin’ wrong. I wasn’t goin‘
to beat the nayburs nor pass any of it
off at the stores, but bein’ Bill is the
laziest and most shiftless critter in our
'county, I wanted to gin him a show at
politics and poker. and make him airn
his board and his clothes.”
“But you lost your money?”
“Lost ’er slick and clean, and it was all
1 could raise, and from this time on Bill
and me and the old woman will hev to
take everybody’s bluff and make the
best of it. It will come hard, but some
must bluff and some be blufied,
and I s’pose we’ll somehow live
through it! ”—M. Quad, in Detroit Free
Press. . .
SMALLEY ON THE ENGLISH.
Their Social Life Discussed by the Noted
Correspondent to Yale Students.
George W. Smalley, the noted foreign
'oorrespondent, recently spoke under
the auspices of the Phi Beta. Kappa so-
ciety at Yale on the subject, “Social
Life in England.” The lecture was de-
livered at New Haven for the first time,
and was very instructive- of the charac-
teristics of society life in England. Mr.
Smalley was introduced by Prof; Ed-
ward J. Phelps, of Yale; ex-minister, to
En’gland. Mr. Smalleyadmitted in his
prefatory remarks that therelwas-mucb
paltry and ignoble in London society.
but be confined his description to the
bright side'of English social life. Mr.
Smulley declared-that not wealth, fame,
honor, nor even rank alone, gave po-
sition in English society, and stated
that 3many of the titled personages of
.the realm were outside the gates of
what is known as sOciety. He said that
position in society in England was ob.
mined. and held only by a combination
of leading traits of mind and character.
Mr. Smalley interspersed his talk with
a vast number of pertinent anecdotes
illustrating the different phases Of Lon-
don society life. He spoke of the mani-
fest regard for the company of others
by the members of London society, and
declared that Mr. Gladstone was the
only person in the last half century
who had ever been able to ignore this
rule" without paying the penalty. He
enumerated many Of Glazlstone’s char-
acteristics, showing him to be arbitrary
at all times in society. In Concluding.
Mr. Smalley called the English “tho
greatest of actual races,” and said that
we had much to learn from them, they
from us and the world from both.
P. H. DWYER.
DON’T BE SIOE-TRAOKEO.
ALTERATION SALE STILL OII.
CUSTOMERS ALL SATISFIED.
SALES LARGE.
' VERDIGT---A succEss.
Here are a few reasons :
HARNESS OILS.
34c quaitwere 75c.
I9O pint were 450.
Oils are A No. 1 though,
Standard goods.
OIIS'I'ERS.
98c were $1.50.
14;; were $1.25.
59c were $1.00.
38c were 75c.
Equally useful for house, car-
riage, store or barn. Always
useful. ‘ Never so cheap.
{I still drum upon‘those $9.93 flay.
nesses. They’re worth 1t,
every cent.
Also five drummer’s samples single
harness, Will go at $1.98.
Made to sell at double.3 They
are a bargain, all new. Have
been carelessly 'handled.
P. H. DWYER.
Cor. Knight and,,Wall Sts.,
NORWALK. CONN.
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_ Lowest Rates.
The Poor Old Man Merely Wanted to.
Labels a little worn, torn, etc. .-
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Losses suffered.try-manufacturers, import-
The Crash Has Come.
ers and, iobbers have knocked" the bottom
out of prices, have given the big profit idea
a paralytlc shock, and- have illustrated the
OUR BOLD STROKEI.
power of the almighty dollar. We have
. itaken advantage of the situation for win.
Another Proof (if any was necessarylthat Our
smu PROFIT. SMALLEXPENSEAN’D CASH BUSINESS
Are the Great Safeguards of the People.
In shattering prices will please and be a prefii
to our Patrons.
IN OUR BIG CLOAK ROOM—é—J
As large as it is, we want it filled every day this week with customers, and we shall make prices to do so.
10 Dozen Wrappers
Let us figure the cost : 8 yards Print at 60,
Buttons, - —
Thread, - -
Making, -
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5c
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, . - 300—870. We shall sell one to a customer at 593,
Others at15c, 98c, $l.25, L49, l.98, 2.25, 2.15 and 2.98.
corsets 8 dozen Dollar Corsets, large size only, 500 each.
Shirt ‘Waists
We have now 200 dozen Shirt Waists, and can suit any one that wants a Waist. Prices 39c to $3.50.,
Separate Skirts
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"3‘ . are, $1.3“.
The sale on our Skirts has been wonderful.
interlined, regular price, $4.50, at $2.25, Others at $2.49, $3.15, $4.50 to $0.00,
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This week we offer 100 Figured Mohair Skirts, lined and
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