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11111-111111 CONGRESS
Predicted That the Coming ses-
sion Will be a. Short One.
FORECAST OF THE WORK
The Hawaiian Treaty W'ill Be Con-
. sidercd by the Senate—Cuban Af-
fairs, Repeal of the Civil Service
and Other Important Questions.
Washington, Nov. 11.—Members 'of
Congress express the opinibn that the
approaching session will be a short one.
The Republicans especially appear de-
sirous of a short session for3the reason
that they will desire to have-all the
time possible to devote to their cam—
liaigns for' re—election. .Some of the
members go so far as to predict that-
the session will not last beyond June 1.
There is but little discussion going on
as to the probable course Congress will.
adopt. This is because the leaders have
not yet arrived in the city. Until the ‘
Speaker and a few ”of'the big Repub-
lican leaders, to whom the majority of
the members of the House look to con-
duct the business of Congress, arrive
it cannot be told definitely what the
policy of the House of Representatives
will be.
There is no doubt but the Hawaiian
treaty will oCcupy the attention ’cf the
Senate at a very early date, and many
of the Senators think it should be one
of the first measures to be disposed of
in order that the Senate may get to
work on other business.
Among other important questions
which will attract attention during the
coming session Will be the Cuban ques-
tion, repeal of the Civil Service, finance,
legislation relative to the Nicaraguan
Canal and bankruptcy.
CONFERENCE 0F SEAL EXPERTS.
First Session of the Representatives
of England and -the United States.-
Washington, Nov. 11.—The confer-
ence of American and British seal ex-
perts began at the State Department
yesterday afternoon, but the first ses-
sion was very brief.’ It was devoted
”mainly to organization. Charles S.
Hamlin, of Massachusetts, and David
Starr Jordan, of California, represented
the United States, D’Ary Thompson
.was the -British expert, and C. W.
jMaconn‘ appeared for the Dominion of
‘Canada; The Hon. John W. Foster,
former Secretary of State, was 'present
in an advisory capacity to the Ameri-
can experts, andSir Julian Pauncefote,
Sir Wilfred Laurier and Sir Lewis
Davies represented Great Britain and
Canada.
The advisers will have the right to
ask questions, but will not be entitled
to participate in the actual work of- the
experts, which is largely scientific, deal-
ing with the habits of the seal herds,
their rate of decrease and the effect of
pelagic sea-ling.
Whether Great Britain will agree to
make a treaty similar to that entered
into by the Governments of the United
States, Japan and Russia for the sus-
pension of pelagic sealing is a question
that will be disposed of outside the ex-
perts’ conference room. -R. M. Venning,
'—of Canada, a seal expert, was also pres-
ent at the meeting.
After the party had assembled they
were greeted by Secretary Sherman,
and the conference then proceeded to
Its preliminary business. The session
lasted less than an hour.
PRIEST IS MURDERED.
Found Dead'in a Pile of Rubbish in
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Nov. 11.—Rev. Father
Henry J. McPake, assistant priest at
,the Rom-an Catholic Church of the
Annunciation, at Tenth and Dickinson
streets, was found murdered in the
yard of St. Paul’s Academy, at Tenth
and Christian streets, about five
bl cks distant, yesterday. ’
he priest's body was lying in a heap
of rubbish near a brick wall, with the
skull crushed and the clothing disar-
ranged and bloody. The wound which
had caused death seemed to have been
' lnflicted by some blunt instrument.
The police theory is that the pastor
'was sandbagged and robbed in the
street and the .body thrown over the
wall.
The school where the .body was
found is conducted by a Catholic sis-
terhood, and the pupils"are buys and
girls. There is no clew.
Father McPake was a young priest,
-who had many friggds and no enemies
so far as known,
GOV. TANNER WON’T HAVE IT.
Will Refuse to Allow an Illinois
Coal Company to Hire Chinese.
Brainwood, 111., Nov. 11. —-W. ' D.
Ryan, State Secretary .of the Illinois
Miners’ Union, has received a telegram
from his representative in Springfield,
laying that Gov. Tanner had given his
pledge to forbid the General Wilming-
ton Coal Company to bring Chinese
miners here to break the strike. The
telegram says: '
“Gov. Tanner says he will not permit
my coal company to import Chinamen
to Illinois from Wyoming or any other
State for the purpose of taking the
place of strikers.” '
Secretary Ryan read the telegram to
11 meeting of local strikers, and the
wildest excitement fouowed. The stri-
wildest excitement followed. The strik-
e‘rs threw their hats in the air and
cheered. They are confident of win—
ning the strike. '
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Incandescent Gas.
Washington, Nov. 11.—-Consul Dues-
ter, at Crefeld, Germany, reports to the
State Department a discovery made
lhere which, it is said, will revolution-
lze the methods oflillumination.
It is an incandescent gas. A single
iet of ordinary size can emit a light of
‘much more ’than 1,000 candl‘e power,
‘ind fine print can be read at a distance
at 100 feet.
The inventor says the cost of a light
of 1,500 candle power is only 4%. cents
per hour, while that for an ordinary
-lectric light of 400 candle power is 14
’tCl’ltS per hour.
Chainless Bicycle Patent Sold.
Rochester, N. Y., -.Nov 11.—— A West-
-1rn firm his paid $45, 000 for a chainless
ijcycle ‘patent. The inventor ~1s Rob-
Art W. Jamieson, of this city. It is
i bought the firm which has bought the
latent intends to compete with the
sJnstern chainlgss wheel.
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For five years
Mrs. Jane S.
Dane, N orth-
rfield, Vt., was
afflicted with
Kidney Disease and Rheuma-
tism. She suffered so she
could not turn over in bed.
Four bottles of Dr. David
Icured her.
Dr. David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy.
Kennedy’s FAVORITE REMEDY completely
That was two years ago, and
Ithere has been no return of either trouble. $1 a bottle
eS Are cukso with
It is good for Kidney, Bladder and
Urinary ailments, which it cures "
quickly. Constipation yields atoncc
All Blood Diseases are
permanently c u r ed.
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cannot exist. if this .
great remedy is taken.
ON THE WAY TO EUROPE.
A Sight to Make Lords. Counts and Dukes
Tremble—Circus Boards 3 Ship.
. New York, Nov. 11.—While prepara-
tions have been making for two or
three months past to get the “Greatest
Show on Earth" ready for its tour in
Europe, the active work of .getting
things ready for the voyage has occu-
pied a force of 160 men at Bridgepo1t
day and night for the past six weeks
It took that long and that numbe1 of
men to prepare everything for the
ocean trip of the animals. Last Thurs-
day all was in readiness, so far as the
work could be done in Bridgeport. and
the final details to insure the comfort
of the elephants, lions, tigers. etc.. was
attended to on the dock.
The show arrived at Mott Haven at
10 o’clock last night. It was unloaded
and driven down to the dock, the led
animals following the same route.
The work of loading the animals was
commenced at daybreak this morning
and as soon as it was completed the
good ship Massachusetts, of the Amer-
ican Transport Line sailed~a verita-
ble Noah’s ark. The show goes to be
absent for two years, but it will first
be seen at the Olympia, in London,
which has been reconstructed for the
purpose. The expense of moving this
gigantic aggregation, including this
reconstruction, the cutting down of
cages, etc.. to suit the narrower gauge
of the English railways, will be a to-
tal of $450, 000.
The attaches of the show have been
going over on the various ships of the
'American Transport Line for the past
sixty-three '
seven weeks. Last week
u'nen went, and on Saturday’s steamer
250 men in‘ all will go. These are all
men skilled their various lines—grooms,
ers, painters, canvasmen. etc. The
pcrformers are already in London.
011 board the Massachusetts, which
sailed this morning, were 470 head of
ponies, 6 zebras and 53 large vehicles.
The vcsel is, victualed for the animals
for fifteen days, and some of the items
are enormous: 120 tonsof hays, 4,500
pounds of beef,” 300 head of cabbages,
1,500 pounds of fish,’ etc. For Miss
Johanna alone have been provided 300
cases of Burgundy. 10’.‘ pounds of
grapes, oranges, bananas and other
fruits.
No tents, seats or equipments will be
taken over until next February. as the
show is to be given in the Olyxfibia
throughout the Winter. The extent of
this building may be estimated when
the size of the stage is known. It is
450 wide by 60 feet deep. On it is in-
tended to be shown the. great spectacle
called “El Mahdi; or, For the Victoria
Cross.” This piece will reduire 1,400
persons additional 'to the regular em-
ployes of the circus. There will be 300
Army _Reserves now in London in-
cluded in the mammoth spectacle.
Tenyears ago Barnum’s show was
taken abroad, but the present‘ is the
greatest feat of transatlantic moving
ever known. Details of apparently
slight importance have had to be con-
sidered, seventy-two special cars have
had to be built at Stoke-on-Trent, and,
in fine, the labor of preparation can-'
not be overestimated. The posters and
other paper for the English tour was
all prepared in this country, the prop-
erty had to be listed, the animals
bonded and both marine and land in-
surance taken out. Mr. Bailey is con,
sidering the proposition cf touring the
continent of Europe at the completion
of his British season, but he has as
yet come to no conclusion. After two
years there will doubtless be consid-
arble desire felt in this country-to, see
the “Greatest Show" back home again.
.150, 000 HAVE PERISHED.
The Awful Famine is Depopnlating
Fair Cuba.
Havana, Nov. 11.—From Sagua, Santa
.Clara Province, a Spanish correspond-
ent writes to the Diario de la Marina:
“The spectable of misery and starva-
tion among the reconcentrados is be-
yond description.
the large Betharte sugar warehouse,
where they ”are dying by scores. A
family numbering twenty-five persons
has been reduced to two by death.
There is only one coffin in which to
place the bodies and send them to the
cemetery. It goes andcomes on its
ghastly work. Smallpox is increasing,
as well as famine, and the most horri-
ble facts about the situation are not al-
lowed to be reported."
Another Spanish correspondent, writ-
ing to the same Spanish newspaper
from Santo Domingo,
says:
“In a town like this of only 4,500 in-
habitants it is horrible to think that no
less than fifty persons are dying every
day. The cause of so many deaths is
fevers and hunger, principally hunger.
No pen is able to descriBe what is oc-
curring here. Most of the dead remain
unburied, and their dead bodies are
thrown out in the open country, be-
acause there is no place for them in the
cemetery. A miserable but has been
reared a half mile from the town, and
it is called a hospital.
“The change from Weyler to Blanca
has as yet brought no relief, and it is
probable will bring none, as Gen. Blan-
co, however praiseWOrthy his inten-
tions, has no means of remedying the
desperate condition of things that Wey-
ler left on the island.
“From the date of my first news of
Santa Clara,
-the famine, which was sent in Septem—
ber, until. thepresent time 150,000 per-
sons have died of hunger in Cuba.
V ~ this report " ,1 _ ‘
There is not the least exaggeration in
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property men, repairers, harness mak- '
Soudanese and some of the English.
They are herded in
Prominent Men Killed. .
Chester, Pa.,- Nov. 11.——Charies Rob—
erts, president of the South Chester
Manufacturing Company, was killed in-
stantly and Charles A. Weed, president
of the Tidewater fieel Works, fatally
injured by being struck by an express
train on the Philadelphia, Wilmington
& Baltimore Railroad last night.
Mr. Weed died shortly afterward. Mr
Roberts was 60 years old and Mr. Weed
was 65 years old.
The Yale-Harvard Game.
Cambridge, MaSs., Nov. 11.—.Every
one of the 24,000 tickets for the Har-
vard-Yale football game of next'Sat-
urday has been sold. It is certain that
fully 50,000 people who banked on wit-
nessing the game will be disappointed.
The management could have provided
about 2,000 more seats by..building an
addition to the west stand, but 24, 000
people is a good- sized crowd, and Man-
ugei Bingham was satisfied with this
lumber.
We are now closing out at a sacrifice several odd
Iliyles of new pianos, and a great variety oi slightly
used organs and pianos to make room for new stock.
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Bid SALE on Mo’smn »UNnn-nw»uan.
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It is usual for us to have a Cotton Underwear sale“ 1n January, but it is the unusual
thing that we like to do, something in the way of a surprise and benefit for our customers.
ket price.
We want to sell every woman and girl 111' the
county their winter Jacket.
enough and variety extensive enough 'to do it.
As an inducement to visit our Cloak Room, we I
will put on sale Friday ‘the Largest stock of ,
Muslin Underwear ever seen in Norwalk.
bought ten cases from the manufacturer who (/12.
c.0uld not wait until Spring. for he wanted the
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cash ,it IS not necessary to say that we bought the stock below the mar-
Come! look and seCure several pieces‘
Corset covers, 7c each.
Umbrella Drawers,
Ruffle, 190.
Deep Cambric
Yoke band, fine Muslin, Drawers with
tucks, 19c.
Trimmed Drawers, tucks and Ham-
burgh Edging 25c.
Night g0wns, full size with tucks and
Cambric ruffle, 29c.
Night Gowns, trimmed with Ham-
burgh edging and Inserting,
worth any
where in the world, 690 this sale 390.
Fine quality Muslin Night gowns.
Sold everywhere for $1.00 fer this sale,
' 75c. '
DFiue quality Skirts, Hamburgh Edg-
ing, 390. You pay 690 for the same.
Fine quality, Cambric Night gowns,
Empire cut, or high neck with open
work inserting. You always pay $1.25
this sale, 980.
This great sale will last but a few
days, no matter how great our stock,
it would last a short time at. such rid-
iculous, low prices.
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FOR MEN.
50 doz. Men’s all silk Neck Scarfs all
new, very stylish made to sell at 500
and fully worth that price, for this
sale 250.
500 pairs Men’s ,heavy Blk. seamless
stockings double sole Hermsdrof dye
value 190 for this sale, 2 prs. for 25¢.
25 doz. Men’s striped flannel Night,
shirts felled seams throughout cut and
finish the very best, worth 75c this sale
500.
This is an advertising sale—mo money
in it—Simply an inducement to ex-
amine our Winter Jackets, Winter
Underwear, Winter Dress Goods.
Don’t you care you can have the
goods at the prices quoted if you want
them.
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