In 001.. WARIWQ-DECLINES.
Will Not Accept thégeorge Nomination
for Co ' filler. ‘
New York, Oct-1 3"ch Waring was
notified yesterda‘ thing by the
George men that 111.0 been nomi—
nated for Comptrol i by the Democ—
racy of Thomas JefiérSOn. The notifi-
cation was made at the Department of
Street Cleaning shortly after Col. War-
ing came down to his office.
When asked by we reporters to-day
if he would say whether he would ac-
cept or decline it, Col. Waring said:
“I have nothing {to say at prosent. I
thought I might be able to give my de-
cision .to-day. . NoW’it will be impossi-
ble. I should like, however, to correct
an evident misapprehension. I had no
knowledge of this movement looking to
my nomination until the whole scheme
had gotten beyond recall."
Later, however, it was learned that
Col. Waring will not accept the nomi-
nation.
ter saying, in the friendliest terms,
that he cannot see his way clear to
accept. Col. Waring came to this con-
.clusion when it was made clear to him
that Charles S. Fairchild, the candi-
date for Comptroller of the Citizens’
Union, will not retire. Col. Waring,
his friends say, desired to accept the
George nomination, -but he also de-
sired an indorsement by the Citizens'
Union.
CONNECTICUT MAY TAX WHEELS.
Assessors in Doubt Whether to List
Them Among the Vehicles.
Stamford, Ct., Oct. 12.—The
Board of Assessors in Connecticut are
organizing to make out the lists of
property liable to taxation, and the
members are giving the propOsal to tax
bicycles a good deal of thought. Under
the taxation laws of the State every
whicle valued at more than $25 must
be taxed, but bicycles have never paid
taxes. Last year several of the leading
lawyers of the State who ride bicycles
voluntarily included their bicycles in
their lists, but the assessors struck the
Wheels off.
The wheelmen are now clamorous for
better roads, and thousands of dollars
have been spent on the highways b'é-
cause of their importunity. There
seems to be a desire on the part of
many that a special tax of $1 on each
wheel shall be laid, the revenue to be
spent in improving the roads. This
plan would result in bringing in up-
ward of $200, 000, which, if spent on the
country roads, would make a vast im-
provement in a few years. The wheel-
men as a body, however, are opposed
to the tax.
TREASURER ROBERTS‘ REPORT.
Assets on July 1, SIS 74,764,377—Avnil-
able Income, $363,173,825.
Washington, Oct. 12.—Mr. Ellis H.
Roberts, Treasurer of the United
States, reports to the Secretaryof the
Treasury that at the begining of the
fiscal year 1896-1897, the total assets
of the Treasury were $855,685,322, and
that they increased within the year to
$874,764,377. The total incomeavailable
for the fiscal operations of the Gov-
ernment was $363,173,825. The expendi-
tures amounted to $388,245,017, includ-
ing $11,378,502 disbursed on account of
bonds and fractional currency and $11,-
092,350 on the retirement of national
banknotes. The net deficit" in the
year’s transactions was $25,071,092.
The issue of paper currency, amount-
ing to $374,848, was exceeded only once
in the history of the Government, in
1892, and then only by a narrow mar-
gin. The redemption, amounting to
$330,710,020, was also relatively heavy.
E‘mployes Want an Iniunction.
Chicago, Oct. 12.—The Street Car
Men’s Union applied to-day for an in-
junction against the Chicago City Rail-
way Company. Ex-Judge Ambrose
filed a bill which says that employees
Were discharged by the company be-
cause they were members of the union.
The bill declares this to be contrary to
.. law, and an order is asked restraining
the company and its agents from dis-
charging men for the reasons set forth.
_ Action on the part of the union was
hastened when the Executive Commit-
tee learned t. officials of the com-
pany were not fying the men to cease
paying dues to the union.
mimi- O’Sullivan Dena.
Boston, Oct. 12.—-Word was received
yesterday morning from Asheville, N.
C., of the death of Jeremiah T. O’Sulli-
van, of Lawrence, Mass. The body will!
be taken home at once. Mr. O'Sullivan
won the title of the “Original Free-Sil-
ver Man of Massachusetts" some weeks
before the Democratic National Con-
vention of 1896. He addressed the dele-
gates at Chicago, nominating for the
Vice—Presidency George Fred Williams.
Mr. O’Sullivan was born in Lawrence
In 1871. He attended the public schools
In Lawrence and was graduated from
the high school in 1888.
Irishmen Hiss Mr. Gladstone.
Dublin, Oct. 12.-—-The first General
National Convention of the Irish In-
dependent League, organized by John
Redmond, M. P., the Parnellit-e leader,
opened last evening in the Ancient
Concert rooms here.
Eight hundred enthusiastic delegates
packed the hall and actively participat-
ed in cheering vociferously every
point in the speeches which met with
their approval, and in jeering the
names of Dillon, Healy and Davitt, as
well as hissing the name of Mr. Glad—
stone when Mr. Redmond character-
Ized him as "the Englishman who be-
trayed Ireland.”
Vanderbilt in Bronze.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 12.~—The bronze
statue of Commodore Cornelius Van-
derbilt, which for several months has
stood in front of the Parthenon at
the Tennessee Centennial Exposition
grounds, was presented formally by
the people of Nashville to Vanderbilt
University yesterday. The exercises
attending the presentation took place
In the auditorium of the Exposition,
which contained several thousand per-
sons.
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Adonis Dixey Insolvent.
Boston, Oct. 12.—-Comedian Henry E.
Dixey has filed a voluntary petition of
Insolvency in the Suffolk County Reg-
Istry. ' The paper stated that he was
not able to meet his bills, but it'was
1ccompaniedby no schedule of assets
and liabilities. Dixey has been in tight
:ircumstances for some time, but hoped
to be able to pull thrOugh. He has
called a meetihg of his creditors for
Oct. 22, when his financial affairs‘ will
be canvassed. ‘
The Colonel will write a let- -
new .
found in an old bustle.
nJ IspsciXL mobs—spoofing", ,
The Cereals Have Increased—Decline
in Tobacco and Potatoes.
Washington, Oct. 12.-The Octobez
report of the statistician of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shows the average
condition of corn on Oct. 1 to have
been 77.1, as compared with 79.3‘on
Sept. 1, and 90.5 on Oct. 1, 1896, and 82.5
the average for the last ten years.
The preliminary estimate of the yield
per acre of oats is 28.1 bushels, an in-
crease of 3.8 bushels over the October
estimate of last year. The average for
quality is 87. 6.
The average yield of wheat per acre.
will not be published pending there-
sult of a special investigation of acre-
age and production now approaching
completion.
The condition of tobacco shows a de-
cline of 52 points during September.
The tobacco reports vary greatly as
betWeen the different States, Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland showing an im-
provement of 3 and 11 points respec-
tively, while Virginia shows a decline
of 2 points, North Carolina, 4; Tennes-
see, 11; Kentucky, 10; Ohio, 2; Indiana,
.- 6, and Missouri, 6.
The condition of Irish potatoes has
declined 5.1 points in the New England
States. The decline ranges from 8
points in Massachusetts and Connecti-
cut to 18 in New Hampshire and 21 in
Maine. In New York and Pennsylvania
it is 9 and 5 points respectively, and in
Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska it is 6, 2
and 4 points respectively.
BAD JERSEY CHURCHMAN.
J. J. Kents, Prominent in Religious
Circles, Accused of Embezzlement.
_. Trenton, N. J ., Oct. 12.——Religious and
Grand Army circles are deeply stirred
over the sudden and unexpected disap-
pearance of John J. Kents, who for
years has been doing an apparently
prosperous real estate and insurance
business in this city.
Kents lived in good style on one of
the principal streets in the city, took
.a leading part in all Grand Army mat-
ters, and was an active member of the
First Methodist Church.
Kents, in his capacity as pension
agent, secured a pension for Mrs.
Koenig of $1,500. He borrowed $600
from her. She finally wrote to Wilkes
Post, and Capt. E. C. Stahl succeeded
in getting $200 for her in cash and a
series of notes.
These were for $25 each. Three of
these Kents paid off; the fourth one
fails due on Oct. 21.
Mrs. Koenig said that when Kents
owed $600 he wanted to compromise for
$300, but she would not consent.
Kents’ family deny that they know
anything of his whereabouts. Detec-
tives are trying to locate him.
.TOOK PLUNDER FROM CARS.
Merchants of Dalton, Gm, Indicted
for Collusion with Robbers.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 12.—Several
well— known merchants of Dalton, Ga...
have been indicted by the Grand Jury
on the charge of receiving stolen
goods. The indictment is a sequel to
the recent discovery of a. gang of
thieves who for twelve years have
robbed the Southern Railroad at Dal-
ton. A coaling station ‘where all
freight trains stop was the place the
robbers entered the cars while the
trainmen were assisting in taking on
coal. Their custom Was to throw
freight, such as they wanted, general-
ly coffee, tobacco, clothing or shoes,
out of the cars before reaching Dalton.
This was gathered up by. members of
the gang, and stored in their houses or
barns until a convenient time for sell—
ing. For years the efforts of the "road
to run down the gang were futile.
During this time it is estimated that
they stole goods worth $100,000.
A few days ago the gang was caught
by special detectives. The parties
who were indicted for receiving the
goods of the thieves are all leading
merchants of Dalton, two being mem-
bers of the town council.
MRS. ATKINSON’S TRIAL.
Refuting the Charge that She Signed
Without Husband’s Knowledge.
Wheelinng. 'Ve., Oct. 12.——It was
quite late yesterday before the trial of
the case of Mrs. Atkinson, wife of Gov.
G. W. Atkinson, indicted for forging
the name of her former husband, the
late Judge G. D. Camden, was resumed.
The testimony taken yesterday after-
noon tended to refute the allegation of
the prosecution that Mrs. Atkinson
signed papers without her husband's
knowledge. It also indicated that there
was no effort on the part of Mrs. At~
kinson to give H. D. Heator receipts
for money he never had.
The statement that Mrs. Atkinson
will refuse to accept pardon at the
hands of her husband in case of con-
viction is denied by all parties con—
nected with the case. A verdict is not
expected before to-morrow.
A MISER WITH $61,000.
Pretended She Was Starving \Vhlle
She had Money and Bonds.
Boston, Oct. 12.—A thorough search
of the rooms of Mrs. Almira Perham.
who died apparently penniless on April
21 at her home at the South End, has
revealed over $61,000 scattered about
in odd places. Of this sum $24,000 is in
cash. Bills of all denominations were
The rest of
the $61,000 is in United States bonds.
Much money was found ln'chalrs
trunks and chests with false bottoms.
and in odd receptacles whose existence
was not revealed until the .walls them-
selves had been partially torn, down.
Mrs. Perham gave her neighbors to
understand that she was almost starv-
ing, and she often received presents of
money and'food from the charitable
among _them.
Japan Backing Out.
London, Oct. 12.—An official telegram
received here from Yokohama says
that Japan accepted the inVItation to
send a representative to the sealing
conference to be held" at Washington
with the understanding that the Whole
sealing question is to be decided. and
not simply the questions which are
covered by the Paris award. Japan
having no interest in the Pribyioff isl-
amiss
Senator Tillman Ill.
Columbia. S. C., Oct. 12.—Senator Till-
.man is sick at the home of a friend in
this city. He came here for medical
treatment and is laid to have catarrh _
of the stomach.
THE E’VENING GAZETTE
11-..1-.-
AN . EXCEPTION.
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Physicians seldom rescribe a
proprietary medlclne. T ere are so
many worthless reparations that
1 every reputable octor mustbe ab-
solutely convinced of their curative
virtues before he will have anything
, to do with them. No physician will
1 take any chances In such matters. 1
In many cases
‘ Dr David Kennedy'sj
lemme Remedy,
Is prescribed by eminent ractition-
. ers. They find It bette than any
prescriptions they can write them-
selves. They find It cures kidney,
urinary, blood and liver diseases
1 when their own prescriptions fail.
They know It has helped them save
lives which could not have been
saved without It. >
1 Dr. W. H. Morse is one of the foremost
professional men In New Jersey. His Iabora- .
iory Is at Westfield. He says,"l have ex-
amined Dr. David Kennedy' 5 Favorlte Remedy
chemically and tested it therapeutically. 1 do
not know Dr. Kennedy, but consider hIs Fa-
vorlte Remedy a grand discovery" LMorse
tells of cases It has cured that had been pro-
nounced incurable.
3 $1 a. bottle; six bottles, $5. At any drug store. I
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IPIHANOS
We are now closing out at a sacrifice several odd
styles of new pianos, and a great variety of slightly
used! organs and pianos to make room for new stock.
ORG-ANS
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terms sent upon application. '
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DAVID B. MILLER. Vice-President.
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Where Your
Money Accom-
pllshes‘ More
than In Any
Other Stare in
the County
at All Tim es .
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éackeetsln thell- “
IBOSTON TO
NdRWALK. CONN.
THE BIG— STORE
FAIRFIELZI co
Is not large enough for the immense stocks that
are arriving every day. It surprises the dry goods mer-
ohants of other cities. that visit. our place, how We can '-
maintain such a large store in a city the ‘size of N orwalk.
When we explain that our buying territory extends from
no longer wonder. The whole county knows that we
can sell them the same goods at less money than they
can buy in New York, for example..—
25 Banquet Lamps, center drall burn-
ers, SI. 98. .
Black SolIel ololh, II. I price 98, our
price, 15o.
lease Ladios’ Black llermsdorf llose,
llew York 25, our price l9o. ,
Illase Ian’s Double breasléd llnderé
‘ wear, 501:. -
15 pieces Royal-Serge, all colors, I
yard wide, l9o.
l8 Blk. Bouole Jackets, $5.50.,
15 children’s Jackets, $2.98.
6 lifter dinner coffees 38o.
Fealher Boas, 50, 89 and 980.
Bollarelles, $2.58, $3.98 to $l2.80.
I (lose Ilark Outing Siripes and checks
Worth lilo, per yard this week 81:.
25 Vase Lamps willl Decorated font
and Globe, 890.
BOSTON STORE,
CORNER MAIN AND WALL STREETS, NORWALK.
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