s' ‘ THE Nuoul CAPITAL .___—- A Movement to Postpone Considera- tion of the Cameron Resolution. ,L‘ARMOR, PLATE INSPECTION. Secretary Herbert Decides to Augment the Present Naval Corps of Inspectors by the Appointment of a. Num- ber of Expert Civilians. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—There is a move- ment on foot in the senate committee on foreign relations to have the calling up of the Cuban resolution, reported just prior to the adjournment for the holiday recess, postponed until the matter can be recon- sidered by the committee at its meeting on Wednesday next. . When the resolution was reported to the senate, it was agreed by the committee that the resolution should be called up immediately upon the reconvening of the senate. The more ardent supporters of the resolution had been anxious to have the question up for immediate consideration before adjournment and yielded only when the more conservative members had agreed to report the resolution with the under- standing that no efiort should be made to call it up -until after the recess. It is agreed now, however, that, as the senate does not meet until Wednesday and as Wednesday is the regular day for the week- ly meetings of the committee, there will be but one day’s 'delay at most unless the committee should agree to rescind its former actiOn. The movement for recession from the agreement ff r immediate consideration is participated in by both the opponents of any recognition of Cuba under existing circumstances and the more conservative friends of the Cuban cause. The latter take the position that the present time is not opportune for consideration of the sub- ject, largely'hecause the question of exec- utive prerogative has been raised, which, it is claimed, would result in driving from the support of the resolution many sena- tors who are not unfriendly to the cause of the insurgents They alsofind that it is doubtful wheth- er a. day could be scoured for consideration in the house if it should pass the senate. They hold that the defeat of the resolution in the senate or its failing to pass both houses after it is once taken up for consid- eration would be misunderstood and place this country in a false light both in Spain and Cuba. Hence they will go into the commit-tee. meeting, if they succeed in having the subject postponed in the senate until the meeting is held, with a purpose to urge still further delay. They will ad- vocate postponement until the way seems glearer than at present for successful of- ort. Armor Plate Inspection. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Secretary Her- " bert has practically decided to increase the present naval corps of inspectors of steel used in the construction of naval vessels of the United States by the appointment of. a. number of expert civilians. At a con- ference held by the secretary with Assist— ant Secretary McAdoo, Naval Contractor Hichborn and a number of bureau chiefs the subject was fully discussed, and it was the opinion of all present that the situa— J tion demanded "this 21:52.. ~ 111°C glephone Ca11,*.58_-2~. ‘\ . s It vii—s represented that th. number of naval inspectors now availab e for this duty was insufficient for the needs of the service. They were constantly being moved , about from one duty to a more urgent one, and so were unable to give that close and continuousattention to the process of steel nianufacture’that is absolutely required to insure the highest standard of excellence. Captain McCormick and Chief Engineer ' Smith of the Norfolk yard are expected to arrive here tomorrow, when the details preliminary to the appointments will" be completed. It is thought that the civil service com- mission will be called on to furnish at once about 12 or' 15 men who by rigid ex- aminations have proved themselves experts in this line, and when secured they prob- ably will be distributed among the works now furnishing the steel and cast iron used in the construction of our naval vessels. Some‘of the experts will be sent to'Bethle- hem and others to the Carnegie, the Pheo nix, the Thorlow and the Midvale works. How Army Rule. WASHINGTON, Jan. '4.——By a general or- der issued from army headquarters, at less 40 days in each year, must be devoted by every army command to practical exer- cises in minor tactics cavering Indian war- fare, security and information, reconnoi- tering, convoys, attack and defense, night operations and advance, rear and fiank guards. Reference must be had to the character of the country in each case. Coast reference problems also are included. .__1 The Nation’s Debt. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—The monthly statement of the public debt just issued shows the debt on Dec. 31, less cash in the treasury, to have been $992,929,582, a'de- crease for the month of $2,839,577. This decrease is accounted for by an increase of $2, 963,281 in the amount of cash in the treasury. The increase in the cash was the result of the recent sale of first mort- gage Pacific railroad bonds belonging to the Central Pacific sinking fund. President Atkins Exonerated. DENVER, J an. .4.—Under instructions of J udg'e Butler, who said the evidence was insufficient to convict, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Frank Atkins, president of the Colorado Savings bank, indicted on a charge of having re- ceived deposits when he knew the bank was insolvent. The Six Day Bicycle Race. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—The score at the close of the six daygbicycle race here was as follows: Waller, 874 miles 5 laps; Mad- dox, 874 miles 3 laps; Ashinger, 873 miles 7 laps; Lawson, 871 miles 10 laps; Hunter, 871 miles 10 laps; Foster, 870 miles 10 laps. Harvard the Winner. NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—-The.fifth annual intercollegiate chess tournamentt was won by Harvard. The score of games won is as follows: Harvard, 10; Princeton, 51/2; Columbia, 4%; Yale, 4. Princess and Prince to Wed. PARIS, Jan. 4.—-The betrothal is an- nounced of Princess Beatrice, third daugh- ter of Don Carlos, and Prince Boviano, a well known Legitimist. _ Skated Into An Air Bole. - NEW BRITAIN, Conn, Jan. 4.-—Herbert Drager, 13 years old, was drowned in the Lockshop pond yesterday by skating into an air hole. , ’ J r 7‘ ()0 \ THEvEVENTNG‘HAZE' = 'WANAMAHLH. Alli.) rnNRosa Their Fight For the Pennsylvania Senator." ship on In Dead Earnest. HARRISBURG, Jan. 4.——The senatorial fight is on in dead earnest, and both the Wanamaker and Penrose headquarters are almost continually crowded with legis- lators. ’ - Mr. Penrose has the assistance of Sena- tor Q‘uay and a host of his followers. Mr. Wanamaker’s‘ headquarters are presided over by Frank Willing Leach, who has managed his campaign. Mr. Leach is be- ing assisted by. David Martin of Philadel- phia. The street in front of the Wana- maker hotel is spanned by a. massive arch ablaze with electric lights. ' The words “Pennsylvania’s choice for United States senator, Hon. John Wanamaker,” occupy all the available space on the arch. The entire front of the Penrose hotel is utilized: for a mammoth electric sign which de- clares “Philadelphia’s choice for United States senator, Hon. Boies ,PenrOse.” , Both sides are claiming victory, and Senator Quay sticks to his declaration that Penrose has 150 votes, 22 more than the number necessary to elect. a . > Mr. Quay said last night that the senate- rial caucus would be held Tuesday night. The Wanamaker people say they are in- difi'erent about the time of the caucus, al- though Mr. Leach thinks there is no ne-’ cessity for holding it so long in advance of Jan. 12, the date on which the legislature is to vote for Senator Cameron’s successor. The belief is expressed in some quarters that the Wanamaker people will endeavor to prevent the members pledged to their candidate from entering the caucus. KNOC‘KBD our roe GOOD. Another Prize Bing Fight That May firms 8. Fatal Ending. NEW YORK, Jan. -4.—Jimmy Duffy of Boston has probably fought his last fight: He engaged in a fight of ten rounds at the Broadway Athletic club last night with George Justice, a member of the N onpa-"' riel Athletic club of the Fourth ward, and was punished to such an extent that after the ten rounds, as he was leaving the ring, he fell into the arms of his seconds and was taken bodily into the dressing room unconscious. Doctors were summoned, and. all man- ‘ ner of restoratives were administered, but the young man failed to recover, and he was taken in an ambulance to St. Vin- cent’s hospital, where it was said he was suffering with hemorrhage of the brain. He will probably die. Justice was placed under arrest, and so were Thomas'O’Rourke, manager of the club, and Richard Roche, who refereed the fight. In case Duffy dies a charge of homi- cide will be made against the prisoners. The Bombay Plague. BOMBAY, Jan. 4.—-Business is utterly paralyzed owing to the spread of the plague. The volunteer artillery is assist- ing the overworked health officers in com- . hating the disease. Baroness Hirsch’s Gift. PARIS, Jan. 4.——Baroness Hirsch has sent to the Pasteur institute $80,000. A ~ portion of this money will be used for the ' purpose of erecting biological and chemical laboratories. Rubber Works to Resume. BRISTOL, R. 1., Jan. 4.——The works of the National India Rubber company here, which have been shut down for several weeks, will start up tomorrow on full time. \ '\ STRUOK BY A CYCLONE. ISelveral Lo‘uisiana Towns Wrecked-and a Number of Lives Lost. ' TEXARKANA, ‘Ark., Jan. 4. -A tornado. struck Mooringsport, La., 25 miles west of Texarkana, on the Kansas City. Pitts- burg and Gulf ‘rcad, yesterday afternoon and. blew down every house but two in the town and killed several people. " The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf officials dispatched a special. train from this point to the disaster to render what- ever aid it could. ‘ " Further and authenticreports say that the entire Goodman family; five in, num- ber, was killed outright, the two children and mother-in—law of Mr. M. J. Mordan are fatally injured, .and five other persons whose names could-not be learned are dead. Cameron was also struck, by the storm, one man being reported killed at that place. Rumors of great destruction at Benton are current. The Iron Mountain south bound train was caught in the storm at Benton and had to be held there until the storm subsided. It is reported that 25 houses were blown down at Benton and a. number of people injured. What destruc- tion has been caused south of Benton to Texarkana is not known. There are a number of good sized towns in that por- tion of the state, communication with all of them being interrupted. An Oklahoma Blizzard. PERRY, O. T.,°Jan. 4. —A blizzard swept over Oklahoma yesterday. A blinding snowstorm, blown by a 25 mile an hour wind, started in the morning, sending the mercury down 40 degrees in a very short time. The storm continued throughout the day and was general over the territory. M’KINLEY AT WINDBRMERE. The President Elect and His Wife the Guests of Mark A. Hanna. CLEVELAND, Jan. 4.—Major and Mrs. McKinley are now the guests of Mark A. Hanna at Windermere,'his Lakewood resi- idence, where the president elect was yes- terday visited by your correspondent. While courteous to all newspaper men, Mr. McKinley has since his election re-. frained from talking for publication. Ask- ed what his immediate plans were. he merely said: “I came up here to rest as much as possible. It is a good place for that. ” ' , Much remains to be done by the presi- dent elect between now and March 4, and his coming to - Cleveland is due probably to the fact that he has constantly been in- terrupted by callers at Canton. The loca- tion of Windermere, several miles west of the city, on the shore of the lake, and the barriers which Mr. and Mrs. Hanna are able to throw around him, will give him practically all e privacy he desires for work and consultation. It is expected that many men eminent in national affairs will be at Windermere during the week. Mr. Bliss mated}; Canton. NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—The Hon. Corne- lius N. Bliss. treasurer of the Republican - national committee and most prominently mentioned as Mr. Mciiinley’s secretary of the navy, has been requested to visit Mr. McKinley at Canton. L. E. Perkins Fails, NAUGATUCK, Conn, .Tan. 4,—L. E. 'Per- kins, a partner in the old dry goods firm of Perkins & Thorpe, has made an assign- ment. No statement of liabilities and as- sets has been made. we I - uosens Gruesous‘eIrrs. Fine, Big Prizes, Open to Any Person Any- where In, the “’orld. " , STOCKHOLM, Jan. 4,—Tho conditions of the will of M. Nobel, who recently be- queathed a fortune estimated at $10;000,- 000 to the Stockholm university,. have been made public. It is announced that the interest on $2,000,000 will be divided into five annual prizes. Prizes one, two and three will be award- ed to the persons making the most im- portantdiscoveries in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine. Pri'ze four will be given to the person making the best liter- ary contribution upon the subject of physi- ology or medicine. - Prize five will be the most or done the best things looking to the promotion of the cause of peace throughout the world. ' All these prizes will be open to any per- son anywhere in the world; . SPAIN Wins A VIQTORYL Philippine Islands Insurgents Defeated _ With Great 2Doss of Life. MADRID, Jan. 4.—A dispatch received here from Manilla by Premier Canovas del Castillo says that a great battle has been fought at Bulacan, in the Philippine is- lands, resulting in the signal defeat of the insurgents, of whom 3,000 were killed. General Ensebro, a leader of the Philip- pine islands insurgents, is said to‘ have been killed in the conflict. 0f the Span- iards, 23 were killed and 68 wounded. It is also' reported that seven cannon were captured from the insurgents. Prime Minister Canovas has also receiv- ed news from Cuba which indicates thata settlement of the difficulties in that colony will be hastened. Starved For Eight Days. . PARIS, Ont, Jan. 4.—The family of L. A. Hoggarth, insurance agent, left this city ten days ago to spend the holidays with friends. Mr. Hoggarth was to follow in a few days. Mrs. Hoggarth, not hav- ing heard from her husband, returned to- day and found him lying in bed, where he had been for eight'days without food or water, unknown to any one. His illness was caused by the bursting of a tumor in .the stomach. which was so painful that whenever he attempted to rise he would fall back in a faint. He will 7die. Big Fire at Nashville. NASHVILLE, .la'n. 4.—~A destructive fire started here last night in Lebeck’s dry goods store, and before it was uhder con- trol a dozen buildings were destroyed. A rough estimate of losses so far suflered is placed at $400,000. The entire block bounded by the square, College, Union and Market streets, in the center of the dry goods and banking districts, is where the fire raged. ' Skated to‘ Death. 'LACONIA, N. H., Jan. 4.—Merton E. Burnham, aged 27 years, and Leroy Ken- dall, aged 22, both employed by Lougee Bros, skated into an air hole on Lake Winnesquam last night. Burnhain was drowned in 40 feet of water, while Kendall was rescued just as he was going down for the last time. - Laurier Declined Knighthood. OTTAWA, Jan. 4.—-It was learned in ofli- cial circles today that Hon. Wilfred Lau- rier, premier of Canada, was asked if he would accept knighthood if it were offered to him and that he declined the honor. AND WHERE TO GET, THEM. IMPORTANT PROBLEM T0 ALL .HoUSEKEEPEns. awarded to any person who has achieved . Most torturing and disfiguring of itching, burning, scaly skin :and scalp humors is in- . stantly relieved by a warm bath with CUTI- cm SOAP, a single application of CUTICURA _ . (ointment), the great skin cure, and a full dose 0£._CUTICURA RESOLVENT, greatest of blood purifiers and humor curesmhen all else fails. ' Hill: I ' on thorium. Poms DRUGAI’D Gnu. gy§$§3§¥flo§om “ How to Cure BaltRheum," free- ! ‘ FALLING "AI Pimply Fuces,BnbyBlemishes, :HEATING “Stoves. New Patterns in ,r 'Dinner and Toilel Ware, Linn Allll mm can. AT REDUCED PRICES. .:. -;- .;- Electric Oil Healers Willi Pure Com ' ., buslion. The Crimped Crust Bread Pans. Skates, Cutlery, &c. 23 MAIN STREET, NORWALK. must be closed out to make room for other goods com- mg m. \ PRICES CUT HALF WAY. That is ou a I-2 the reguylar neigebe- tween now and Jan. 2d, I897 JOHN T'. HAYES 5 Main Street, CHEAP FUEL Owing to many of the factories having been shut down, we have a large accumu- lation of first class coke. Norwalk. We offer the same during the month of December at six cents per bushel at the works, or eight cents per bushel delivered twenty-five bushel lots. Extra for car- rying in. . o ‘SALT RHEUM; within either city limits, in not less than ’ The llorwalk Gas .Light comp"... __ J Products. r \ 4'. ,4.- ' ‘ " . e . . on the alert to make our STORE more ATTRACTIVE, our SERVICE more-PERECT andsgla assortment of Food Products more VARIED and APPETIZING. . ~ "1 CONVENIENT, and our . . We searchthe markets of the world in order that our customers may enjoy the Best and Newest Delicaciyfi Dainties and Table Necessities. Everything which-is palatable and meritorious will be added to our assortment; while at the same time our patrons will find our prices aslow as it is possible to. quote for good goods and”: reliable service. - _, 1 . - '1 _ There. are no articles in the grocery line that try the merchants ablhty and experience more tharilsihe ‘ selection of Teas and Coffees, and there is no item that goes in the home that demands more care and experience from the Housewife, than the preparation of the same. We select our Teas and Coffees direct from the Importewg Q in large quantities and can guarantee the consumer the‘best article that canbe‘ procured. ’ We are constantly n ‘Butter Department. - . , ' We have given a great deal of attention to this department and have the same fine quality the year around. Sweet Rosy Gilt Edge Creamery We _ a I recommend the “Premier Brand” of Canned Corn, Tomatoes, &c. know- Dairy, Swiss, Roquefort Pineapple. Edam, Club House, Brie, Imperial which we offer to those who appreciate a good article in this line. Parmesian, Neufchatel, Philadelphia Cream, and Camembert Cheese. in g them to be the best that we have ever seen. , . . ‘ . , At no other store in the town can you obtain such‘ a variety of fancy . _ Butter, made twice each week, (Impossible to get better.) - _ . . Imported Goods in Glass, Olives, Olive Oil, Truffles, WE MAKEA SPECIALTY OF THE FERRIS DELICIOUS Hams, Smoked Bee‘f, Boneless Bacon. It is not neccessary for us to sound their praises, their merits are known in all the leading families. Cheese, Cheese, Cheese. Fresh from the Importer, comprising all the Leading Brands.- We have a large sale on Cheese, thus insuring freshness, which must be maintain- ed in all kinds of cheese to give satisfaction. Fancy Full Cream, ' English} \ ;;—- CHAS. E.SEYMOUR. LEADINGGBOCER. < 33 WEST WASHINGTON ST: . I - ‘ sow-Immense“ * ‘ ‘ ' ’4. . .,... [1.151. Cakes. Crackers and wafers. They consist of over FIFTY different varie- . , ties, and arrive daily. The following are a few of the best Sellers: Butter ’ Capers, ’Mushroons, Fitted Cherries, Strawberries Wafers, Sattines, Leibniz, Vanilla Wafers. Sultana Wafers, Water Thins. and Illumerous Other Little Dainti es that Headquarters for the, Defender Pilot Biscuit in 1 lb. tins. These are ' ' manufactured by the American Biscuit Co. The Standard of purity‘ and excellence. Also a in 1 line of Huntley & Palmers English Biscuits and Wafers, including the Opera' and Casino ' Wafers,- and numerous other we have not room to mention. There is nothing in the market that we know of that carries with it merit, but what we have. ' . We solicit a trial orderscommencing the New, Year. Our delivery brands. vars step on your street, let then supply you. " Orders by mail or tele- phone will“ receive prompt attention. We have-a complete stock of Fruit and Vegetables in glass and tin
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