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Call in and examine them though you do not purchase. .Suitings are cheaper, and I mane them up in the latest styles at prices that will surprise you. F. KOCOUR. MERCHANT TAILOR l4 North Main Street. Smlorwalk Horace E. Dann. EIGELSIOL I Livery and. Sales Stable. mauvwv‘iw‘ Opposite Dsnbury and . Norwalk Railroad depot Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers' Safe horses for women andchildren. . SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY MEEKER COAL (20 ;con, noon, BRICK, LIME, BEMEIIT, IILE PIPE. OFFICE WITH G. WARD SELLECK W ALL‘STBEET. NOBWA LR. ' 'l . | ' a I a I I ,4 “a...“ as e—e-t‘x [on Am FLIGHT The Elaguc and the Famine CIaiming Victims by the Thousand. MAY HAVE TO BURN BOMBAY Fire thoSurest lVay to Stamp Out the Fearful Plague.— Fears That the Spreading Scourge May Eat Its \Vay Into Europe. BOMBAY, Jan. 18.—Plaguo and famine : arc' stalking arm in arm through densely populated portions of the British empire. Thousands are dead or dying, and the out- look becomes blackcr and more terrible every day. Millions of helpless mcn, wom- en and children are starving, and the fam- ine stricken districts, having a popula- tion of nearly 40,000,000 people, will have to depend upon the hand of charity for food enough to keep body and soul'together until April or later. Other districts, with "a population numbering 50,000,000, are already feeling the pangs of bitter priva- tion from food, and this must be endured well on into spring before permanent re- lief will be afforded by nature. Funds for the relief of the suiferers are being raised on all sides, but a very large amount of inchey will be needed to provide food even for these unfortunate people, who live on almost nothing in comparison with Euro- peans and others from one end of the year to the other. This calamity, awful as it is in its in- tensity, is possibly not much greater than the ravages of the dreadful bubonic plague here, threatening to spread, through the flight of the natives of this city into other parts of India, and if it reaches the greatly weakened famine sufierers the mortality may be enormou . The natives have been reduced by lack of food to little more than living skeletons in the most heavily stricken districts, and as such they canilot but fall victims by the thousand to the black plague, which threatens to invade Europe through the Mecca pilgrims and other sources for the spread of contagion which are too numer- ous to mention, principal of which, how- ever, is the export of rags, linen and other merchandise likely to contain the poison- ous germs. ‘ A City of’Death. The mortality here has quadrupled, without counting the deaths which have occurred among the hundreds of ' thou- sands of people who have fled in terror from Bombay, in many cases abandoning all in hurried flight from the pestilence. Up to recently Bombay, with its popula- tion of about 850,000, enjoyed the reputa- tion of being one of the healthiest cities of India, its sanitary works being equal to those of the European capitals. But all this has changed. The wings of the angel of death are spread over this once busy city. Over one-half the population has dis- appeared, and those who remain are either helpless and cannot get away or are crowd- ing out of the city by rail, water and road. The government officials are seriously alarmed, the native physicianshave nearly all left the city, business is paralyzed, the mills are closed, on all sides are empty houses, boarded up or wide open; the pas- sage of funeral parties through the streets goes on day and might, the burning grounds, or gliats, light the skies with reflections, and the line of bodies there or at the Parsee burial spots are awaiting consignment to the flames or to mother earth. Throughout the day and all through the night the wailing of: the grief stricken widows fills the air, and heartrending scenes are witnessed along the roads lead- ing out of the city, where long lines of people of all ages and both sexes laden with the household chattels they are able to save, toil onward, away into the un- known—anywhere to get away from the city of death and of disease. The Plague Spreading. The price of food and rentals at the out- lying stations have run up into figures which prohibit allbut the well to do from aspiring to anything more than the shelter of an encampment, and here and there the dread plague has burst out among the refugees, causing consternation and a fur- ther scattering of the terror stricken. The number of deaths from the plague in this city is now over 3,000, and there are about 170 additional victims daily, with this number increasing as time wears on. At Karachi, Poona and Bandra, where large numbers of refugees have sought safety, the plague has broken out in most threatening form. At Bandra. 129 deaths were recorded out of 180 cases of the plague, causing consternation even among the physicians, who are doing everything possible to dam the deadly stream of pesti- lence, which, like a rising tide overflowing all bounds, is slowly spreading its poison over a wider and wider area every hour. The mortality during the past week here has been unprecedented, running up to 402 per 1,000, 'while the returns of deaths from remittent fever are extraordinarily high, above the plague rate, which is naturally interpreted as meaning that numbers of people who have fallen victims to the plague have been officially recorded as hav- ing died from remittent fever. ' The Fire Cure. The government officials are dreading the spread of the plague to the British troops in garrison here, and it is proposed to withdraw the European troops and send them into camp in the best place available on the other side of Bombay harbor. On the other hand, there are people who 0p- pose this stop being taken on the ground that the presence of the British regulars has a. salutary efi'cct upon the populace, which might otherwise start rioting and looting. It is also suggested that the whole city should be isolated, that escape by the land side be prevented by a strong, cordon of troops and that escape by water should be prevented by the patrolling of armed steamers; On the other hand, there are people who , go so far as strongly advocating that the only radical cure is to drive the remaining natives from the quarter of the city inhab- ited by them, apply the torch to their hab- itations and burn every place there to the ground. They point to the fact in support of this policy that no amount of disinfect- ing work will wipe out the horrible scourge, as the rats and even the ants, it is claim- ed, are infected and will carry the pesti- lence far and wide unless the fire cure is adopted. If this is done, 'and it does not seem unlikely, the whole of the remaining native population will be driven outby ' the troops to an immense camp which will have been previously prepared for them. There the natives will be compelled'to re- main, surrounded by a. cordon of troops, until the plague is stamped out or works its worst among the unfortunates and . death finally solves the problem which is now the. nightmare of the government. q.\. THE NEAMB DIVORCE. A Decree Granted the Husband—“Bl!" Ellison the Corcspondent. LONDON, Jan. 16.—,The trial of the ac- tion brought by Douglas J. Neame to ob- tain a- divorce from his wife, Leila Olyve Neame of New York, naming Frank Elli- son of New York as corespondent, was concluded in the divorce division of the high court of justice today, the court granting Ncame a decree nisi. Ellison, as corespondent, was not represented in court. said that he would not impose the pay- ment of costs upon Ellison, in view of the tion of the court, being domiciled in ‘the United States. Mrs. Neame obtained a divorce from her husband in the New York courts more than three years ago, but Neame refused to recognize the American decree and sought a. separation in the London courts. History of the Case. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Mrs. Leila Olyvo N eame is a. daughter of William H. Hen- riques of this city. Her mother was a Miss ' Trowbridge, whose sister married Charles Osborne. Mrs. Henriques and her daughter sailed for Europe in July, 1889. While on the ship they met Douglas J. Neame, a. young Englishman, well known in London finan- cial circles. The young man paid much attention to the daughter, and On arriving in London continued to call on her. They were married after an acquaintance of but two months. They made their home in London, but made two visits to the United States, the last time in 1891, when; they lived at the Victoria and Park Avenue hotels in this city. Trouble arose between Mr. Neame and his wife while they were on this visit, and when he returned to England she re- mained here with her parents. Soon after his return she entered a suit for divorce on the statutory grounds before Judge Mc- Adam in the superior court. Ex-Judge Henry E. Howland was ap“ pointed referee to take testimony. When Mr. Neame learned of the suit, he returned to this city and filed an answer, in which he named Frank Ellison as corespondent. Afterward Mr. Nannie withdrew this charge and substituted in its plpce a gen- era-l denial of his wife’s charges: When testimony was taken, Ellison went on the stand and testified against N came, saying that he had seen him enter disrepu- table houses. Minnie Caper, the core- spondent named by Mrs. Neame, also tes- tified against the husband. Judge Mc— Adam on March 15, 1893, granted Mrs. N came an absolute divorce, directing Ncame to settle the court costs and'pay 81,000 a year alimony. While the suit for divorce was pending word came to Mr. Henriques’ cars that Ellison was displaying a compromising letter from his daughter, and he. appealed to the police after having told Ellison to keep away from his home. Mr. chriques, early in J one, 1893, met Ellison on Thirty-ninth street, opposite the Union League club. Ellison knocked him down, kicked him and with a. cane gouged one of his eyes almost out. A po- liceman rescued Mr. Henriques. For this assault Ellison was sent to Sing Sing prison for five' years. His sentence wa‘s recently commuted by the governor, and he was discharged. THE ROYAL ACADEMY. How the Choice of Messrs. Sargent and Parsons Is Regarded In England. LONDON, Jan. 16.—The elect-ion of John G. Sargent as a. member of the Royal academy was a surprise, as Benjamin Williams Leader had been generally talked of as the new academician. The result was due to the influence of the younger men in the academy. On the first ballot each re- ceived 10 votes, and on the final ballot Mr. Sargent received 32 votes and Mr. Leader 20 votes. Mr. Sargent. has been an asso- ciate academician for some time, sharing the honor as an American with Edwin A. Abbey. The election of Mr. Alfred Parsons as an associate, who was chosen with J. J. Shannon. was a reward more for his black and white work- in America than for his paintings. He is regarded as belonging to the American set. The election of the Americans has been greeted with general satisfaction. Mr. Sargent was warmly con- gratulated by his brother artists, and the newspapers pxpress full approval. The Daily News says: “The academy has done admirably and has manifested its intention to invest the expression ‘acade- mician’ with a more honorable significance than usually attaches to it in an artistic sense. Sargent has beaten his master, Carolus Duran, on his own ground. He has surpassed Romney in a painter’s skill, while his vivacity is only equaled by Millis. He is almost worthy of the jeal- ousy of Velasquez. ” The Daily Graphic says: “When the most British and conservative academy thus elects Americans, we may fairly won- der at our magnanimity and large minded— ness. Such incidents promote interna- tional amity, being not an empty compli- ment, but genuine concrete homage frank- ly ofl'ered. ” Big Clothing Firin'Assigns. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Dcvlin ‘& Co., a The com- panywvas incorporated on Feb. 26, 1891, with a. capital stock of $300,000 The offi- cers of the company are: George H. Daley, vice president and treasurer; George A. Jones, secretary. Accidents on the River Elbe. HAMBURG, Jan. 16.—The British steam- ship Fernmoor, from Galveston, and the German steamship Hochheimer ran aground in the Elbe after having been in collision. The Fernmoor’s stem was stove in and cut to the water’s edge. Several other vessels have grounded in the heavy fog now prevailing. A Nova Scotia Bank Closed. YARMOUTH, N. 8., Jan. 16.—The Do- minion Savings bank of Yarmouth has been closed by order, of the government. The accounts Will be transferred to the Postofilce Savings bank, a. government'in- stitution, and'depositors will suffer no loss or inconvenience. . The Turkish Situation. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 16.‘—The sultan has tried to exile Marshal Fuad Pasha by appointing him to the military command of Bagdad, but Fund declines to go. He is hated by the palace officials because he has prevented massacres, and trouble is ex: pccted. . Proposed Pacific Cable Route. MONTREAL, Jan. 16.—A dispatchpfrom London receivedhere says that it is cur- rently reported there that the route chosen for the Pacific cable is Vancouver to Fan- ning island, Fiji islands, Norfolk island, thence to New Zealand and» Queensland." The judge, in granting the decree,“ fact that he was not within the jurisdicvr corporation, manufacturers of clothing at" 96 Fifth avenue, today assigned for the . ‘ benefit of creditors to Edwantz. GHEATUUBANIIEFORMS They Are to Be Inaugurated Early In - February Possibly. . CABINET PROMISES THEM. Canovas Denies Again What" He Has A1- rcudy Denied—The Startling Report of a. Big Victory by General Go- mez Over the Spaniards. ., LONDON, Jan. 16.—A dispatch to The Pall Mall Gazette from Madrid says that at a. cabinet meeting just held, the queen regent presiding, it was agreed to intro- duce reforms in the island of Cuba, and a royal decree on the subject will be published on the king’s fete day. . > It is added that it is possible that J ullo Sanguilly, the American, citizen sentenced to imprisonment for life at Havana recently on the charge of conspiring against the government, will be granted a. free pardon. Senor Canovas del Castillo, the Spanish premier, in an interview declares that ab- solutely no negotiations are proceeding be— tween Spain and the United States on the subject of Cuba. He explains that he is ignorant of, the source of the rumors, and only desires to state that they are com- pletely unfounded. Gomez's Reported Victory. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—News which, if correct, is more important than any since the death of Macao has been received in. Cuban circles. It was that the town of Santa Clara, sometimes called Villa Clara, had fallen to the insurgent arms, but that in the charge which resulted in Victory the intrepid cavalry leader Quintin Ban- dera was slain. Gomez, it was said, is now pushing on toward Havana with an army of 18,000 men. This news was not given out at the Cu- ban Junta. It came from private sources. It is not yet confirmed from Ofiicial sources, but that is not strange, consider- ing that the death of Bandera is a blow to the Cubans which almost offsets the cap- ture of Santa. Clara. The first news of the death of Macao came in the same way, and it was a. long time before the truth broke through the trocha of official denial. The news comes with circumstantial detail most convincing. Besides the dispatches from Cuba for some time have forecasted exactly such a stroke. The commander of the garrison at Santa. Clara was the governor general of the province, Major General Luquex He had a garrison of 5,000 men, but now had only 2,000. Gomez had a total of nearly 8,000 men, but he had arms for only about 6,000. On Jan. 5 Gomez decided to invest the town. It is not a large town, the popula- tion being... not more than 30,000, but it was well fortified. The infantry, under General Rabi, was sent to the west of the city. The cavalry, of which there were 4,000 well equipped .men under General Bandera, was sent to the other three sides, its main strength be- ing concentrated immediately to the east. Luque sent out expeditions, and there were lively skirmishes on the 6th, the 7th and the ’8th. A Spanish sergeant who had deserted came into the insurgent lines on the night of Jan. 8. He said that General Luque had been wounded in One of the skir- mishes. He had gone out to inspect a. bar- ricadeon the outposts and had fallen to a. stray shot. The sergeant said that the whole garrison had been thrown into a panic by the wounding of their leader and by the fact that they were surrounded. "Official ” News From Cuba. HAVANA, Jan. 16.—At Caunao, near Remedios, province of Santa Clara, on Jan. 11, the column of troops commanded by General Solano was engaged with an insurgent force, which left 32 men killed and a. quantity of ammunition on the field and retired with its wounded. The Span- iards had a lieutenant and two soldiers killed and a captain and 15 soldiers wound- ed. During a. number of skirmishes in Santa. Clara, Matanzas and Pinar del Rio recently the government troops have de- stroyed many insurgent camps and have burned a large number of huts. The in— surgents left 30 men killed and 14 carbines on the scenes of these engagements and retired with their wounded. The troops had 2 men killed and 5 wounded. ' Chauncey Filley Beaten. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 16,—The ‘ Republican caucus to nominate a candi- date for United States senator to succeed Senator Vest was held here and resulted in the selection of Hon. Richard C. Kerins, national committeeman from Missouri, over Chauncey Ives Filley, chairman of the state committee, by a vote of 30 to 25. There was a big fight in the caucus be- tween the two factions. The honor is an empty one, as it is conceded that the Dem- ocrats will re-elect Senator Vest. Baron Fava. Recalled. WASHING TON, Jan. 16.—It is rumored here that Baron Fava, the Italian embas- sador, has been recalled. He and his fam- ily and "servants, with many of his effects, have gone to New York, whence they will shortly sail for Italy. His friends say that his trip home is solely for the purpose of burying the remains of his son, who re- cently died. Charles \V. Hackott Very Ill. ALBANY, Jan. 16.—Charles W. Hackett of Utica, chairman of the Republican state committee, lies at the Kenmore hotel in this city in a critical condition. Early to- day it was believed that he was dying, but later he fell into a quiet sleep, and his physicians believe that he may pull through. Sir Travers Twiss Dead. LONDON, Jan. 16.—Sir Travers Twiss, Q. 0., D. C. L., F. R. S., is dead. He was born in 1809, was educated at Oxford, where he was professor of political economy from 1842 to 1847. From 1852 to 1855 he was professor of international law in King’s college. Cotton Mill to Start Up. WOONSOCKET, R. 1., Jan; 16.——The Ray Cotton cOmpany has decided to reopen their mill on Main street on Monday next. The mill, which manufactures cotton goods, has been clo'sed for several months. About 130 persons will be employed at the wages paid previous to the shut down.- Looker Still Chess ChampiOn. MOSCOW, Jan. 16.-—Lasker won the sev—' entcenth and final "game of the world’s chess championship match in this city, a. queen’s gambit declined, after- .65 moves, today.‘ The final soore—Lasker, 10; Stein- itz.‘ 2;. drawn, 5. ‘ L 0 . l‘h’i' ., . i"; no EV E iv the cAz Err n I .1 I ’ III IIIIIIIIIH Y ' The Lanna’re'ss : p “I will only stay on one condition, ma’am. I. III“ I must have IVORINE WASHING POWDER, the kind that has that splendid cake of Toilet. soap in every package. I can’t do my washing withdiit . ‘ I. ‘V‘ ‘ Caé\\' ' s\‘.'/‘:é’ A - rn ' ’W, \ ,,v ,fll‘d'JLn I ‘ 111' 1,1 . . I, I. H, ,/ ,1, 9 g , ,. ‘ I «“1“! . 1’; ~‘ . . . Ivonne.”. 331* -‘ /» M .. 1.1 I . x ‘ ' 1 ' . I I THE .1. B. WILLIAMS co.. Gusrouounv. can". Makers of Williams Famous Shaving Soaps. . Write for catalogue of cho.ce premiums. ' Ag , A .- “5“ ’ m. '5 ' ‘ Is I“ ‘ d- ' ,.1 __ 70. avenue FIELD EXPLAINED. He Was Very Considernte. He Killed the Farmer’s Duck but Showed I TWO gentlemen were Standing in :1 the Fowl at Fault. A few years ago the late Eugene l Field and Stanley Waterloo went duck hunting on Murdock Lake, near St. Louis. Ducks were rather scarce and very shy. and the two hunters spentv the day without overburdening their game bags. At-length they decided to separate, in the‘hope that, each might drive the ducks within the range of each other. IVaterloo paddled up the lake and Field down. Late in the afternoon Waterloo banged away at a flock of mallards and brought one down. The wounded duck, however, was not seriously dis- abled,and before it could be bagged rose and went wabbling down the lake toward Field, and dropped within easy range of the poet’s gun among a num- ber of tame ducks which belonged to a neighboring farmhouse. Field rested his gun across the bow of his boat and let both barrels go. The mallard went flying away. The tame ducks set up a. quacking and paddled ashore—all but one. One of the farmer’s pets had received its quietus. " - The farmer himself didn’t like it. and after indulging in certain emphatic re- marks well calculated to impress the swing Nimrod with the enormity of his offence, began throwing stones and inviting him to come ashore and fight. Field paddled out of stone’s throw and beganto parley. The farmer wanted a dollar for the duck. “How do you figure that?” queried the poet. . “Do you mean to deny that you killed my duck here?” demanded the gran- ger. “That‘s true enough,” said Field, “but. where does the responsibility ‘ really belong?” “I don’t,understand you.” “Why, that duck of yours was par- ticeps criminis; that’s what it was.” “I don’t care what you call it, but I not a dollar for the duck just the same.” ‘ ~ . “Well, now, see here,” insisted Field, “you must acknowledge that your water-fowl was at least guilty of con- tributory negligence. Instead of keep- ing away from me While I was gun- ning for ducks, that misguided fowl deliberately invited death by getting right in front of my gun just as I was, about to terminate the earthly exist- ence of a mallard.” The farmer was dazed into silence. “It looks to me like a clear case 'of suicide. I‘ll wager you hadn’t fed that poor, heart—sick, discouraged duck for a month. No wonder it found exist- ence intolerable under such circum- stances, and embraced the first oppor- tunity to escape from a thralldom worse than death. I suppose I ought to charge you with cruelty to animals and have you arrested, but I have no disposition to deal harshly with you. If you’ll pay me for the ammunition and the time I have wasted with you, I’m willing to call the matter square, and you may keep the duck.” , Butthe farmer shook his head and fled. \ _ ._...___.._____..._ _ Japanese Postlnen. In Japan the postman wears a suit of blue cloth. a wide butter-bowl hat, and walks or rather trots along in com- fortnble straw shoes. Sometimes a little two-wheeled cart bears his bud— get, or perchance. being light, the post- bag is carried by band. From station to station the postman hurries along, often running mile after mile, to de- liver his preciOus bag into the keeping of the nextnlan on the route. In this way the mail is carried in the greater part of the J Ipa’nese Empire.—--Harper’s‘ angl‘. ' _ , ' ~ \_ ’l . ' I in this City with an street in a Georgia town when they were approached by a man ofiering for sale two dressed geese. They de‘ cided to purchase, but the dealer in- sisted on selling the two birds to one man. Accordingly one of them bought the two, and sold one 'to his'friend. After the-transaction was completed. the goose-vender was asked why he. would not sell the birds separately. Said lie—“That old goose and gander have been together .thirty years, and I wouldn’t separate them for any consld- ‘ oration l” A lady having remarked in company that she thought there should be m tax on “the single state,” “Yes, madam,” rejoined an Obstinate bachelor, “as on all other luxuries.” Telephone Service. The Southern New England Telephone Go- ' TELEPHONE SERVICE Circuit, and Long Dis- tance Transmitter at and upwards. according to the amount and character of the. service. 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