New York Announcement.
Homer’s Furniture.
Reasons why you should buy it
in preference to any other.
(1). Because it is the best Furniture
that can be produced,both in medium
and finest grades; (2). Because our
assortments are unequalled; (3).
Because our prices are the lowest at
which goods of standard quality can
be sold.
Novelties for theHolidays.
These comprise thousands of ar-
ticles, from the inexpensive Rocker,
Easy Chair or Writing Desk. to the
most exquisite Dressing Table or
Cabinet. Those desirous of selecting
useful, handsome and ever welcome
Holiday Gifts. will find ample choice
in’ our vast stock, and at all prices,
plainly marked
R. .l‘. Homer 8; (30.,
Furniture )[nkers and Importers,
61-55 W. 23d St., New York
(Adjoining Eden Mules.)
Homes (‘7 Co.’s establishment is one of the
sight 5 of New Yoda—Newspaper Comment.
tart Gillian
Watches, Clocks, Tea
Sets, Toilet Sets, and
m any other FREE
useful articles
with $5.00, $7.00 and $10.00 orders.
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a] and 3(_ Vestry St. N. V" P. 0. Box 289.
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There are different kinds of
panes. but the panes we mean
are window panes and we have
that kind. Then we have
putty to hold them in. Hope
you don’t feel pained after we
have taken the pains to tell you
about our panes.
We have also prepared paints=
lead and oil.
H. H. WlLLIAMS. .
il MAIN STREET. NORWALKJOIII.
Nerwalk Hotel.
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Newly Renovated.
incelcut Table Boar l.
SUNDAY DINNERS
a Specialty.
50 gents.
'= L. A. W. Hotel. :-
ro .n l to ‘2 p. m.
use Ewe Lines Trolley Cars
pass the door.
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.w. H. HAYWARD & CO.
ml: at illllll‘lltis lllil Solicits
1.09 East Capitol Street.
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v" classes of claims prosecuted
m- the interior Department.
=‘~.r.¢.v-.-'tHd pension claims a specialty
" wrespondence solicited.
dEilE’S Willi (HINGE.
A tine building lot on Wilton ave
one. if you intend to build, look
at this before purchasing.
Watergate and sewer on foe avenue.
wan be- sold at a Bargain.
w. H. avmcrou,
its .l Estate and insurance
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TR weeds $5.50 UP.
Old Suits made to look as good as
new. ‘-
ltepairing, Altering, Cleaning,r and
Pres-ting a Specialty.
Fit and Workmanship guaranteed.
ennui—{book
499Main Street, - -- Norwalk.‘
THE: EVENING GAZETTE
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M’KINLEY BACK TO WACl-Ilt-IGTON.
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the“. “Wheeler Says the President's Tour
Has Been of Great. Benefit.
Vt'ashington, Dec. 21.——-President Mc—
Kinley’s southern tour with the mem-
bers of his cabinet and invited guests
ended at 11.30 o‘clock yesterday morn-
in;; when the special train provided
by the Southern Railway Company ar-
rived in this city.
Several of the president’s. compan-
ions summed up the results of the tour
yesterday morning. General \N’lieelLr
said:
“It is gratifying that the president
expresses himself as well pleased with
his visit to the southern people. He
said and it seemed to come from his
heart that never in his life had any
reception been more pleasing. Speak-
ing for myself, as a southern man, I
feel that the journey has been of benc—
fit in many respects. The president
returns with a better knowledge of the
South and. an appreciation of our vast.
resources.
“The people of the South have 9V.
erywhere been impressed with the
char. ring, gentle and generous man-
"ner of the president. and nothing was
more significant in the tour than the
engraving of the words of the presi—
dent about the Confederate graves
on the Confederate monument at Ma-
con.” _
General Shafter said: “I am highly
gratified by the disposition shown to
sustain the president and approve his
course in regard to the war and
consequences.
“It also meant more than can be
expressed in words, to see the popular
satisfaction with the country and thi-
good feeling which marks the nation‘s
unity.”
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The “”ar Inquiry.
Washington. D. C., Dec. 21.—-Captain
A. Hardy of ”the Fifth Illinois was the
first witness before the war inquiry
commission yesterday.
His regiment was the first to arrive
at Camp Thomas. 'he read about the
several days by rapidly arriving
troops, but after that there was no
difficulty in obtaining rations, and the
quality was good.
The travel ration used on the train
was unpalatable. and the men refused
to eat‘the canned corned beef. Sick-
ness began in the regiment from ten
days to two weeks after arrival in
camp. The sanitary arrangement of
his regimental camp was good and the
regulations promptly enforced.
He visited men in the division hos-
pitals and found the arrangements de-
cidedly bad. The hospital was un-
cleanly, the nurses ignorant and the.
food bad, with a total lack of milk at
first.
,The men complained to him frequently
of their treatment. The hospital ar--
rangements were the only thing of
which he had cause to complain.
“The very name of the First Divis-
through the men,” he said. “No man
ever went to the hospital who could
possibly escape it. The men were not
given to complaining, and spoke in the
highest terms of the care given them
at Fort Monroe, when stationed there.
My experience all tends to show that
the complaints at Camp Thomas were
well founded.”
The Situation at Pana.
Pana, 111., Dec. 21.——Twenty negroes
arrived in Pana yesterday. They were
held up by soldiers and relieved of
their arms before being permitted to
proceed to the coal mine stockades.
There are now about four hundred
negroes tin Pana.
The mines are operated about half
time. The white union miners remain
solidly out for the state scale. They
received $1.400 yesterday from the na-
tional union.
Two companies of state militia re-
main here, and Colonel Wells has a
provost guard in every section of the
city, fearing trouble may break out at
any moment. The strike leaders claim
the chances of winning grew brighter
every day.
. “'agn-s of,Ceal-Miners.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 2l.—M. D. Ratch-
ford. member of the industrial com-
mission and ex-president of the Unt-
ted Mine Vi’orkers’ Association, and
John Mitchell of Illinois, acting nation-
al president of the Miners' Association.
together with representatives of vari—
ous states, are to meet here in a fev.‘
days to outline a plan of action at th--
miners to be held here some time next
month.
The Pittsburg coal operators
hold a conference to-day to outline a
plan of action.
A stubborn contest over the adjust—
ment of the rate of wages for next
year is predicted.
A fi'Kill in Go to Church.
.St. Louis, Dec. 21.—The Congrega-
tional ministers of St. Louis, in confer-
ence, have decided that the cans: of
empty pews at evening church services
is the fear of foot pads and have ap—
pointed e. committee of three minis-
ters to render any assistance to the
police that may be necessary to sup-
press the evil.
Rev. Dr. M. Durnan of the Pilgrim
church was selected chairman,
lev. Dr. C. S. Sargent of the Central
church and Rev. Dr. C. H. Patton of
This committee will confer with the
proper authorities 'in regard to sup-
pressing highway robbery.
3,0(l0 Soldiers Killed.
London, Dec. 21.——A dispatch from
Shanghai says .that a powder maga-
zine situated in the center of the Chi-
nese camp at Hang,Chow has explod-
ed, and that a square mile of houses
has been levelled.
It is estimated, according to the
same authority, that three thousand
soldiers were killed, including the gen-
era! commanding the forces.
The American and French missions
are both reported -to have been dam—
aged; but it is said there are no fa—
talities among the Europeans.
Dir: ctor of Fine Arts.
New York, Dec. 21.—Mr. Ferdinand
W. Peck, United States commissioner
general to the Paris ekposltlon in 1900,
has appointed Mr. John B. Cauldwell,
director of fine ants.
Mr. Cauldwell, though a New York,»
er. has national fame. A graduate of
voted himself to the study of art both
in this country and abread.‘
camp, he testified, was congested for .
ion Hospital used to send a shudder ;
inter-state convention of operators and '
will 3
and 'l
the First church, associate members. .
Columbia College in 1877, he"has de-'
WONDERFUL WORK.
If This Had Happened in San Francisco
More Than One Readrr Woult;
Dispute ll.
The average man is a doubter. It is
due to this fact. coupled with necessity,
that such rapid strides have been made
in mechanics and science. Curiosity
and investigation are necessary in ev-
I cry busmess. Without it failure is the
l inevitable result. Norwalk people are
asked to investigate the following; it is
a simple thing to do. The party inter—-
ested is a South Norwalk citizen. He
' doesn’t live in Detroit or New York.
Ask Chas. E. Warren, son of the
well-knownoyster planter, George N.
W’urren. of No. :3. Chestnut street,
South Norwalk, if the following is not
literally true: .
. " I had backache and weak kidneys
from early childhood. I tried all
kinds of remedies, but never received
any permanent benefit until I cem-
menced using Dean’s Kidney Pills. My
father had been using them, and was
so pleased with the result thatI was
induced to try them. I am satisfied
that they are all that is claimed for
them. They cured my backache. I
am glad to recommend them to anyone
who suffered at times as I did.”
Glendening & 00.. the dt-uggists,
have scores of customers who testify
Just as emphatically about the, results
received from Dean’s Kidney Pills as
Mr. \Varren’s son. Drop in and see
them.
Dean’s Pills for sale by all deal~
ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-
Milbur'n 00., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents
for the U.” S. Remember the name
Dean’s and take no substitute.
Queer Funeral hIistakes in hIainc.
There have been Some queer mis-
takes madc. of all kinds. but this is
one of the most unusual and undesir-
able, although no real harm was done:
A man, one time ”prominent in-profcs-
sional life of this city, died. He was
a member of a certain society in this
city, which sent representatives to the
funeral. The members of the organ-
ization were notified of the death of
their fellow member by postal cards
sent out by [the Secretary. One of the
cards was addressed to and delivered
at the late residence of the dead mem-
ber, inviting him to attend his own
'obsequies. A similar incident was, if
anything. worse. A member of a se-
cret society died and his fellows were
notified of his death and the time and
’ place of the funeral. as usual. A card
lwas delivered at the address of the
fdead man, directed to him in his own
handwriting! He had been the Secre-
gtary of the organization and had ad-
'dressed sets of postal cards to the
members at his leisure. When a mem-
ber died, a set of the addressed cards
were sent to the printer, who printed
the name of the deceased member on
the back with the other matter used
in the notice. So when =the Secretary
died his assistant or successor sent a
set of the cards to the printer, so that
the dead man was sent one addressell‘
by his own hand—Portland Express.
Buttons Extensively Used.
It is officially announced that buttons
will 'be extensively used wherever pos-
sible, and that they will, as a rule, be of
considerable size—not always round,
but oval, square, and 'oblong also.
Cameo effects, it is said, will reappear,
some of these buttons surrounded by a.
circle of Rhinestones or very fine-cut
French brilliants. Buttons with buckles
to match of real gold and real silver
will be used. Many years ago the craze
for cheap buttons reached an extrava-
gant height, from three to five dozen
sometimes trimming a single gown,
and tons of metal buttons were manu-
factured to supply the demand. Nowa-
days, if buttons are worn as ornaments,
they must be artistic and valuable. The
cheap, showy kinds have departed to
the limbo to which wax flowers, wool
mats, shell ornaments, and crochet an-
timacassars are banished.
Yokes and G'uimpes.
Ladies“ cloth, very light in weight
and of exquisite velvet-like surface, in
ivory or cream-white, geranium or mil—
. itary red, pale dahlia, or old rose, or-
ange, .and fawn color, is much used for
j guimpes or yokes on tailor costumes of
’ broadcloth, and when a lighter fabric
is preferred, tucked corded silk or crys-
tal bengaline in similar colors is used.
Some of the cloth yokes are left plain;
others are overlaid with an entire sec-
ond yoke of open-work silk applique,
passementerie, or braiding. On evening
toilets, nets, soft Liberty satins, India
silks, chiffon, and crepe de Chine are
variously used for yokes or guimpes,
and many times the sash or folded
girdle and little sleeve puffs are formed
~ of corresponding material.
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The chick that feathers slowly is,
as a rule, hardy and can stand more
hardships than others, for the reason
; that its, slow feathering does not tax
l its vitality. When fully matured. such
I chicks become better feathered than
i the others and endure the winter bet-
: ter. Asiatics are slow in getting their
feathers, but the Langshans take on
i their'plumage a little earlier than the
' Cochins or Brahmas._Slow feathering
is an advantage rather than otherwise.
—All the successful Merchants or
this City Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
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ltis far wiser to keep dis-
ease away than to light 1t
after it comes. An occa-
. WlSDDM sional dose of Hostet-
tel-’s Stomach Bitters
makes people hungry
at meal time. and gives the diges-
tive apparatus power to get full
nutrition out of food.
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PAY CF PEACSCOMMISSION.
All the Members and Assistants Have to
Bear Their Personal Expt‘llS'lS.
W'ashington, D. 0., Dec. 21.——It is
learned that. the American peace com-
missioner's and their assistants have
been obliged to pay all their personal
expenses out of the compensation al-
lowed them by the president.
The expenses which the government
defrayed included office rent, station--
cry and general expenses.
The hotel bills of the commissioners
were net‘defrayed by the government.
As the personal expenses of the coma
mission were very heavy a compara-
‘ tively small amount was left to each
commissioner and each officer of the
commission out of the president’s a1-
lotment of salaries.
Each commiSsioner will receive in
the neighborhood of seventeen thous—
and dollars for his services, and out
of this he must pay all personal ex~
penses contracted on his trip to the
continent. '
Secretary Moore will receive half the
amount paid to each commissioner.
and as his personal expenses were as
heavy as those of the members of tl'.-..
commission, he will fare worse than
his superiors.
DEMANDS THE SECRET DCSSlER.
Court of Cltssatiun Asks for Entire Dray-l
fus Evidence.
London, Dec. 21.—A dispatch from
Paris~to the Exchange Telegraph Com—
pany says that the court of cassation
has demanded of the minister of war
the communication to the court of the
secret dossier, promising that every
precaution will be taken to prevent the
contents of the documents from bi."—
comling generally known and that the
interests of the national defence shall
not be endangered by the communi—
cation of this evidence to the court.
Paris, Dec. 21,—A proclamation is-
sued by the Anti—Semitic League has
been posted throughout the city, re—
calling the government’s declaratitm
in the Chamber Monday relative to the
existence of the secret dossier.
The proclamation asserts that Drey-
fus betrayed the country and was
justly condemned, therefore the gov-
ernment should put an end to the re—
vision proceedings and deal vigorously
with the insulters of the army.
Concluding, the proclamation de-
clares that if the government fails to
do so, the people will assume the exer-
cise of their rights upon the ground
that the country is threatened.
Trade “’itlt Russia.
Washington, D. 0.. Dec. 21.——The
United States charge d’affaires at St.
Petersburg reports that the Georgios,
the 'first steamer o: the new United
Steamship Company of Copenhagen, to
run between Russian Baltic ports and
the United States, sailed from Riga
on November 8 for. Boston and New.
York, and was to be followed by a
second sailing about the end of No-
vember.
The company is satisfied that amp)
freight can be found in the United
States. the difficulty being to securt
the cargoes from Russia.
The managers intend to build three
new ships themselves for this line.
and hope to find capital for three oth-
ers in the United States.
Dogcs’ Palace. in Bad Shape.
Venice, Dec. 21.—S-ignor.‘ Boito, the
celebrated architect of Milan, has made
a partial examination of the dogc’s
palace; '
The examination was made by the
direction of the government. several
senators and deputies having notified
the government by interpellation of the
condition of the palace.
These interpellations will probal'lly
be discussed in the chambers to—day.
The opinion prevails that the palace
is in such bad condition. that the gov—
ernment will be obliged to order thz
removal of the books fro mthe library
and direct the execution of certain rc-
palirs without delay.
Night Telegraph Operator H II! 2’1).
Bordcntown, N. J.. Dec. 21.—'1‘wc
masked men entered" the telegraph 0f-
fice at. Cooper’s Creek on the line a-f
the. Am'boy division of the Pennsylva-
nia Railroad, near Camden, Monday
night, and held up R. H. Thomas, the
night operator.
After securing him they searched the.
office for plunder. All they secured
was Thomas’s watch and chain and
some small change, which they took
from him.
Grip in the State Department.
W'ashington, D. C., Dec._ 21.—Secre-
tary Hay was obliged to go to his home
from the state department yesterday
on account of an attack of the grip.
Second Assistant Secretary Adee has
returned to the department after be—
ing confined to his house from the
same cause.
Third Assistant Secretary Cnidler
has a slight attack of the grip.
A Victim of Tuberculosis.
New York, Dec. 21.—-Louis J. Belloni,
a brother—in-law of Henry 0. Have-
meyer. president of the American
Sugar Refining Company, d-ied yester—
day morning at his home, 14 East SIX-
-ty-sixth street. of tuberculosis.
He was sixty years old and had been
in the shipping business at 130 Pearl
street.
BITS OF NEWS.
Aguinaldo‘s forces are reported
lu- t-nlrt'ting‘ taxes within the walls of
Manila. , ' _
- Mayor Van \Vyck has Nvetoed the
resolution for a peace jubilee in New
York city.
Between November 6 and 19 six new
planetoids were discovered in the Hei-
delberg observatory.
The reported assassination from Par-
is, of President Henreaux of Santo
Domingo, is denied officially.
John Howell, one of the heroes of the
famous charge of the Six Hundred at
Balaklava, has jusr
field, Mass.
The Russian government has order-
ed ten new torpedo boat destroyers for
the Pacific squadron, to‘be completed
within two years.
A dispatch to the New. York Herald
from Paris says that Mrs. Phoebe
Hearst has bought Prosper d’Epinay's
marblehust of Jeanne d'Arc, her in-
tention being to present it to the nu-
Ieumat Washington. ‘
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iPhotograph and Autograph Albums.
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AT Lilies...
Fancy and Mixed Candies,
Chocolates and Ben Boas of our own manu-
facture. . ChristmasTree Ornaments,
Cornucopias, Candy Canes, &c.,
Wholesale and Retail.
SPECIAL PRICES TO CHURCHES.
Lane’s Pure Ice Cream Always on Hand.
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HUYLER’S CANDY a Specialty.
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LANES’ RESTAURANTS,
at the Depot and 87 Washington St., South Norwalk.
—‘ OPEN ALL NIGHT. ‘-
Christmas Gifts
FOR EVERYONE.
A larger stock than ever. An endless variety of
Of every description. Games, Dolls, Drums,
Sleds, Wagons, Carts, Wheelbarrows,
Choice line of Books
by popular authors.
Everything.
Pic ure Books, Paper and Linen.
Catholic Prayer Books, Pearl Rosaries, &c.
0111' Prices are ALL RIGHT. You are cordially
invited to call and inspect the stock Whether you buy or not.
WCome early and have the best.
JOHN T. HAYES,
5 MAIN STREET, NORWALK.
Norwalk Chronicler