'RENDVA-TING THE CAPITOL.
Fitted Upnnd Cleaned for the Ap-
proaching Session of Congress.
Washington, Nov. 16.—In preparation .
for the approaching session of Con-
gress, the Capitol Building is under-
going a thorough cleaning. It is ex-
~pected the work will be finished by
the end of the present week, and wher.
the Congres'smen reach Washington
they will find the interior of the great
building completely 1enovated. Accord-
ing to the usual custom the halls oi
the Senate and House of .Representa»
tives have been fitted with new car-
pets. -This is found necessary at the
beginning of each new Congress, and
it may be an interesting fact to note
'that according to law the new carpet
provided must be of an entirely differ-
ent pattern each Congress, and cannot
be duplicated.
The amount of money expended each
year in renovating the Capitol, includ-
ing the two Houses, 1evarnishing the
desks of the members, and work of this
character, is immense, and perhaps is
not realized by most people. The ap-
proaching session will be a long one,
and consequently more work was re-7
quired in getting the two houses ready
for the session. The appropriation for
the work this year, it is said, amount-
ed to $30, 000. Much more money is ex-
pended in this line by the Senate than
by the House, and it is said the room
of the Vice-President has been refur-
nished at a cost of $2,500 alone.
Nothing has been done this year to.
the completion of the frieze work
around the rotunda, as was antici-
pated some time ago. For years this
work has been left in an unfinished
condition, and the scaffolding left
hanging to the wall of the rotunda,-
‘ which is an ungainly sight to visitors.
The reason for this is said to be the
inability of the Committee having
charge of this matter to come to a con-
clusion as to the historical representa-
tion to complete it. Many hundreds of
suggestions have been made, and it is
expected that a figure representing the
driving of the last spike in the Pacific
Railway will eventually be adopted.
Will It Be a Short Session?
While most members of Congress
predict. a short session of Congress, the
Republicans fear that their hopes in
this direction may not be realized. Al-
though the tariff is out of the way,
having been disposed of at the last
session of Congress, there will be an
immense amount bf work to engage
the attention of the two Houses. Many
of the‘ members, while they would like
to see the anticipations of a short ses-
sion realized, fear that it may prove
to be one of the longest sessions on
record.
Although there is a. strong feeling
among Republicans for the repeal of
the Civil— Service law at the coming
Session, it is not likely it can be ac~
complished. Even if the anti- Civil-
~Service men could secure in getting
such a bill through the House and
Senate, which it is not believed they
can do, the President would be sure
to interpose a veto, or else to with—
hold his signature for the ten days
provided by the Constitution.
‘- GEN. BATCHELLER SELECTED.
Nominated to De..Jndge of the .In-
ternationnl Court at Cairo.
Washington, Nov. 16. — Secretary
Sherman has notified the Egyptian
'Minister of Justice by cable of the
wire.
nomination by President McKinley of
George S. Batcheller, of New York, to
be Judge on the part of the United
States of the International Court es—
tablished at Cairo in accordance with
the treaty of 1874. This nomination,
.1nder the terms of the treaty, is equiv- '
Elent to an appointment for, while the
Khedive has the selection of the
Judges, his choice is limited to the
nominations made by the Powers in—
terested.
Gen. Batcheller takes the place made
vacant by the retirement of Mr. Walk-
er Fearn, of Alabama, who resigned
on Oct. 31. Judge Batcheller was the
first representative of the United
States on the bench of the Interna—
tional Court, serving from 1875 to 1885,
part of the time as Chief Justice.
The position is practically for life
and pays $7, 500 a year. Mr. Batcheller
will leave for his post of duty about
the middle of December.
,Suit for $10,000 Damages.
Binghamton, Nov. 16. —Pape1s will be
served this week on the Western Union
Telegraph Company in a suit to re-
cover $10, 000 damages for the death of
Clarence E. Hall, who was killed on
State street, this city, last August, by
grasping a telegraph wire which was
:harged with electricity. The wire was
an old and unused one of the Western
UniOn, which had been run to the ball
grounds to send out the scores when
this city was a member of the Eastern
League. After the club' disbanded the
wire was left, and in sorne way it be-
came broken and crossed with a trolley
Young Hall was climbing over a
fence and took hold of the wire, which
was dangling from a barn. He was in-
stantly killed, and his right hand was.
burned to the bone. .The city charter
requires that all dead wires be re-
moved, and neglecting this duty the
Western Union was delinquent.
Clark’s Mythical, Millions.
New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. lit—The
:lever little romance which started
afloat some weeks ago to the effect
that Miss Grace W. Elliott. of San
Francisco, had fallen heir to $25, 000, 000
by the death of her father‘s brother in
Australia, and that Vice-President Ho-
'oart and Gov. Griggs had been re-
~tained to look after the interests of
co-heirs in New Jersey; seems to be
Jadly punctured. Miss 'lliott has been
ieluged with letters ranging from pro-
oosals of marriage to simple begging
for aid, and now letters have come
rom Mr. Hobart and Gov. Griggs de—
:laring they know nothing of the Aus—
tralian fortune.
"Hudson Bhy— Railroad.
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 16;—A semi-offi-
cial report has been made here by
Iames Fisher as to the probability of
Iavigation on Hudson Bay,- and its use
as a Summer port for export of grain
10 Europe. Fisher,’, who went with the
Hudson Bay expedition as representa»
zive of Manitoba, says the bay is suffi-
:iently free of ice for four months, be-
ginning with July and ending with Oc-
zober. This is taken to_ show that the
scheme ‘ of building a railroad from
Winnipeg to Hudson Bay, and estab-
Ilshing a port there for the export of
grain from western Canada, and possi-
bly from Dakota and Minnesota. is
oracticable.
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é'nEA'r SILVER PARTY DESIRED.
Sovereign Will Have an Opportu-
nity to Promote His Ambition.
Louisville, Ky., Nov.',16.—The Cou-
rier-Journal, under the- caption, “Sov-
ereign's Vaulting Ambition, ” says:
“The great secret is Out at last. Mr
J. R. Sovereign: the retiring General
Master Workman of the Knights .0!
Labor, resigned his position in o1de1
that he might push his candidacy for
President of the United States in 1900.
" “Being free now from the responsi-
bilities of General Master Workman
and having none of the former difficul-
ties to contend with, Mr. Sovereign has
a clear field before him, and delegates
to the General Assembly openly ac-
knowledged last night that Mr. Sov
ereign is an avowed candidate for the
Presidency of the United States when
Mr. McKinley‘ s term shall expire, and
the movement of making him ‘field
worker’ is the initial step of the Gen
eral Assembly of the Knights of Lab01
’to launch Mr. Sovereign’s boom. The
effort will be made to unite the, free '
silver forces as they were last year.”
“I have no Presidential aspirations
whatever,” said Sovereign yesterday.
“My retirement from the head of the
Knights of Labor is not to conduct a
canvass, but to devote my time partly
-to my own affairs and partly to work-
ing up th'e organization. If I should
run for President, which is out of the
'question, I would only get the laboring
vote.” _
“Do you intend to take any part in
politics?” asked the reporter. -
“1am unable to say. One thing is
certain, and that is that I am not a
candidate for the Presidency?
SETTLE!) 0U? 61’ COURT.
It Looks Like Harmony in the Penn-
sylvania Republican Ranks.
Pottsville, Pa, Nov. 16.—The case of
E. A. ‘Van Valkenb’urg, charged with
conspiring to bribe Assemblyman
Webster E. Weiss, 01' Northampton
County, to vote for John- Wanamaker
as against the Hon. Boise Penrose for
United States Senator during the last
session of the Legislature, was settled
yesterday by permission of District
Attorney Bechtel. Pledges were made
by defendant’s counsel that all the
court costs, amounting to about fifteen
hundred dollars, would be paid. The
defendant was discharged.
The collapse of the case has been
expected for the past few days. The
charge, with the conspiracy charge
against Gen. Frank Reeder, were the
outcome of the fight between the Quay
and Hastings factions in the Republi-
can party.
Since the election in which Dr. Swal-
low, an independent candidate for -
State Treasurer, got over one hundred
thousand votes, the Quay and Has-
tings men have shown signs of desir- ‘
lng to forget their personal differences .
and to make up The Hastings men let
the case against Gen. Reeder go by
the board, and new in return the Van '
which was, really
has been
Valkenburg care,
aimed at Mr \Vanamaker,
dropped. -
For a time at least there will be
.harmony or a truce among the Re-
publican forces.
WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Henry Wants the Nominntion
and Outlines Her Platform.
Versailles; Ky., Nov. 1&——Mrs. Jose-
‘phine K. Henry, who is being boomed
for the Prohibition nomination for
President of the United States in 1900,
does not hope to be elected, but she.
firmly believes that the day will come
when a woman will be the Executive
of this nation.
She is the only woman in Kentucky
who ever ran for a. State office. She
was nominated by the Prohibition
party for Clerk of the Court of Appeals
in 1890, and again in 1894. Making a
spirited campaign after her first nomi~
nation she received 5,000 votes.
Mrs. Henry has recently outlined the
policy she would adopt in case of her
election as President, the central ideas
of which are: "The enfranchisement of
American women,” “free coinage of
silver,” "recognition of Cuban inde-
pendence,” “pension reform,” “reduc-
tion of Federal offices,” “a non— —parti-
san tariff committee,” “law- making
lobbying a penal offense," and ”the ab-
olition of the liquor traffic.” Mrs.
Henry is an agnostic. The thinks
Thanksgiving day should be abolished
and that no reference to God should
be made in the Constitution.
Gov. Jones Stops Football.
Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 16.—The Gov-1
ernor of Arkansas is the first chief
magistrate to disapprove ’of the game
of football. In a letter to J. L. Bu-
chanan, the president of the State Uni-
versity at Fayetteville, Gov. Jones
takes the recent game between the
Fort Smith and university teams as a
text, strongly condemns the sport as
brutal, and recommends that there be
a. stop altogether to the playing of the
game by the students of the university.
The Governor is an ex-officio president
of the University Board of Trustees.
New York Horse 51.0.};
New York, Nov. 16.—The blooded
aristocrats Qrom all parts of the coun-
try are on
Square Garden, where the National
Horse Show Association is holding its
thirteenth display, and all society is
paying homage to the Four Hundred of
the equine world. The best specimens
of the horse famliyrhave been brought
from Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa,
Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut,
New Jersey, and other States where
horses have family ties, and all lovers
of the horse are invited to come and
gaze upon them.
Germany Demands Redress.
Cologne, ‘Nov. 18.—A dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette from Berlin says that
the sailors and marines belonging to
the German cruiser Division, off the
coast of China, have madea landing
In force at 'Klaochan Bay, the nearest
port to Yen-Chu-Fu, in the southern
part of the Chinese province of Shan-
Tun, where the German missionaries
were recently murdered, with the view
of forcing the Government of China to
completely satisfy the demands of Ger—
many.
Brooklyn Murder Mystersy.
, New York, Nov. Iii—Despite the fact
that Brooklyn's entire detective force
has been at work since early Sunday
morning, little or no progress has been
made in the search for the murderer
of Thomas J. Lyons, the printer who
was found dead in the lot on Fulton
istreet between Saratoga and Hopkin-
son avenues early on Sunday morning.
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PIANOS
We are now closing out at a sacrifice several. odd
styles of new pianos, and annual variety of slightly
uni organs and piano: to make room for new stock.
Catalogues, full particulars and
terms sent upon application.
$01.0 0N INSTALMENTS, IF DESIRED.
itineon-&Tamlm (to.
3 and 5 WEST 18“! STREET. NEW YORK.
Schulize’s Market.
MEATS.
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FRESH FISH AND . .
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SO. NORWALK.
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Can be found Heating Stoves
from small Cyclinder to large
Heaters.
. The Stamford Ranges in Va-
xiety of patterns.
The
with fine combustion.
Also Cooking Utensils‘.ltnd
House Furnishing Goods.
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That you can save money 7
by buying youl Meats
and Fish at I.
F. W. SMITH’S
55 Main Slrael.
Everything First Class.
' -OPEN EVENINGS
Piano Lessons.
. as. (1190an W BRADLEY.(dangl1tex
of the late Wm.B. Nash .) gives eiiicevt
8.
D sctisfactorv instructions on the Piano at
her home No. 198 Main “iron
J ll. JENNINGS,
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N0. 7, MAIN STREET.
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Visiting and inspecting Where they may, they purchase where best return for money is Obtained .
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ITEMS TIAT TALK TOR THIS W
We can’t praise our Jackets enough,
our, great sales convinces us that- the
styles and prices are right. 0
Ladies’ Jackets from $5.00 to‘ $25.00.
Ladies’_ Capes from $2.50 to $12.00.
{In the Popular Cloak Room,
VVRAPPERS.
‘98c 3.1100125.
CAPS.
5 Doz. Silk Caps 250.
4 H ' u . u 490.
6 “ “ “' 980.
' 10 “ Tam 0’ shanters 190.
8 c: a; ct ‘ a1 4196.
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
25 Doz. Night gowns 296:, you always
pay 490 f01 the same.
25 D02. Night gowns 390, you never
saw bettei ones at. 690.
KII‘CHEN DEPARTMENT.
Oil heaters will heat a large room,
$2.69.
Lamp shades all colors 5c each.
Covered glass cheese dishes 10c.
10 in. cake‘ salvers 210.
Hand lamps complete 120.
Kitchen lamps complete 240.
LIN ENS.
‘54 in. Bleached damask 25c.
56 in. Half bleached Linen dam
ask 32c.
.1 doz.‘-All linen napkins $100.
2 large all linen towels 25c.
10 D02. all new style in flannelette .
GLOVES.
400 doz. Ladies pique kid gloves val-
ued $1.25 per pair this week $100.
25 doz. Ladies 4 button cash. gloves
50c.
HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR.
300 Mens mixed cotton sox “cast
iron” brand the greatest wearing stocké
ing in the market. 2 pairs for 250.
60 doz. Boys “crack-a-jack” ribbed
stockings our own make worth 190 a
pair two pairs for 25c.
200 pairs Ladies heavy cotton fleeced
and cashmere stockings in blk., an
balbriggan worth 390 a pair this week
25c.
150 doz. Mons white fleeced and' grey
double back and front shirts and draw-
ers all sizes from 34 to 48 exceptional
value each 50c.
25 doz. Ladies wool ribbed vests in
long and short sleeves regular 750
while they last; 500. I ‘
DRESS GOODS.
' 10 pcs. new and handsome textures
in Dress Goods, 29c.
45' 111. Plaids of Silk and W001, 500.
52 in. Ladies cloth 1n all colors, all
wool, 500.
15 pcs. Novelty suiting, well worth
50c, for 390.
10 pcs. Drap d’ete all colors and
Black; others asked $1. 00 per yd. We
sell them at. 750.
.5 pcs. Two tone whip cord, would be
cheap at $1.50, this week, $1.00. '
8 pcs. Heavy Drap. d’ete, everybody
, likes this cloth, we own this particular
quality, $1.25.
DOMESTICS.
I case unbleached 4-4 Remnants, 10
to 20 yds. lengths 60 quality 4c yd. V
1 case of white Domet Rem’ts, 4c yd.
1 case of Gingham Remnants, 3c yd.
1 case of 100, outing flannels, Sc.
COMFORTABLES AND BLANKETS‘.
1 case heavy 'winter comfortables, 690.
1 case Smooth soft Cotton Comforts,
worth 81.25 for this sale, 950.
100 pairs beautiful white blankets
well worth $1.00 this sale 690. '
75 pairs wool blankets would be very
cheap, at $3.00 this Sale $2.25.
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