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MICHIGAN’S “BOSS.”
HE PsAvs .. HAND WHICH NElTHER
cmAv NOR PLATT CAN “CALL.”
Pingree i as a “Tonderful Knowledge of
Human Nature and Uses It fot“ the Ac-
complishment. ,9f the End He Desires
To Gain. '
Hazen S. Pingree, Governor of Michg
igan, is the greatest political boss that
the country has seen, says the Chica—_
g0 Times-Herald.
To-day he is the absolute master of
Michigan. His will is law, and the
people not only follow him wherever
he leads. but they are proud of it.
There is, to be sure, a difference in the
methods he employs. Pingree is hon-
ést. One of the chief faults his enc-
mies find with him is that he is in
corrup-tible. This is an unusual charge
to make against a boss. But Pingrcc
is an unusual boss.
The last election held in Michigan il-
lustrates the control which Pingrce
has over Michigan politics. The boss
himself was a candidate for Governor.
He won the nomination after the hard-
est kind of fight. Then he ran 30,000
or more ahead Of his ticket. He
named most of the Republican legisla-
tive candidates. Never has ere been
such a case of bossism as there was
in the Detroit legislative districts.
Pi‘ngree sent down to the convention
a printed list of the men who were to
be nominated. He admitted it and
gloried in it.' The opposition called
the nominees the “O. .K.’d ten,” and
the “branded slaves.” They were 'held
up to ridicule as being owned by Pin-
gree. The nominees did not resent it.
They went on the stump and publicly
announced that if they were elected
they would have no higher ambition
than to do exactly what Pingree ad-
vised them to do. The result was
that they ran away ahead of their
ticket.
Cam Croker, Quay or Platt ShOW any
parallel to that? ‘
Pingree has his own methods. He .is
original. In the first place. he came
into politics by accident. Before his
nomination as Mayor of Detroit in
1889 he did not know the first thin,"
He was a Hepubl‘cun
because he was'born in Maine. lic-
ginning life as a journeyman shoc-
makcr. he had become proprietor of a
shoe factory, and his political duties
consisted in sending a check each year
to the campaign committee. .
Pingree was nominated for Mayor
in 1889 because Cleveland had carried
the city a your befor by nine thousand
majority and no one else wanted what
was considered an empty honor. So
soon as I’ingree realized this he he-
came angry and announced that he
And he was—4):;
Would be elected.
HAZEN s. PINGREE.
three thousand majority—after a hard
fight. in which he pledged himself to
rcdccm the city from corporation rule
if clccted. Workingmen supported
him in spite of the fact that he was a
millionaire. During the campaign he
showed his genius- for organization
and knowledge of th-e’wishcs of the
people. Elected, be fulfilled his-.pledg-
es. 'I’Ie madc the street railway com-
panies l'OtI‘ltist‘ their fares to three
cents, improved the streets. had the
gas rates cut in half, taxd big con-
cerns twice as much as they had paid
before, and indeed reformed so much
that when he came up for nomination
again the politicians were against him.
’.ut the people were with him, and he.
won. Four times in succession he
was elected Mayor of Detroit. and
each time in spite of the politicians
and the corporations. Each time his~
majority was increased.
Then he made his fight for Gover-
norship. promising that if elected he
w uld do for the State what he had
(1 c for the city. Opposed to him wore.
al the veteran politicians, like Sena-
tor Mcllillan. Alger, Bliss; Burrows
and O’Donnell. But he beat tham all
and got the nomination. Election as
Governor followed as a matter of
course. McKinley carried Michigan
by 56,000 plurality. Pingrce's plural-
ity was 83,000. ‘
Pingrcc set to work to reform the
State. He found that Indiana securcd
aboutr$2,500.000 a year in taxes from
railroads, while Michigan, with :1
larger railway mileage, had been get--
ting about $70,000 from the same
source. Pingree had a bill introduccd
in the legislature. giving the anions
counties in the Statethe power of lo-
cal taxation over the railroads and al-
lowing t'hcm to assess railroad prop-
erty the same as other property and
collect taxes from the corporations ii.-
dcpendenztly. ’I‘he railroads opposed
this, but the people approved, and thc
result was the passage of a compro
mise bill increasing the taxation on
gross earnings and doubling the
amount of~taxes received. But this
was not satisfactory 'to Pingree, and
in the last campaign he made his fight
- chiefly in favor of a further increase.
The general impression is that Plin-
gree is a demagogue. Those who
know him do not believe this. He is
a man of high ideals and eXal-tcd grin
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ciples. His reforms have always suc-
ceeded. None of them have been chl-
meras. In bringing them about he
has used the methods of practical pol-
iticians and has proved himself [their
master. He has a wonderful knowl-
edge of human nature and he has used
it to bring about the ends he has
sought. ‘
, renewer.
= and Blood Disorder do nit d.~lay but,
In‘ every way he has shown himself _
the master politician of the age. Quay
does not own Pennsylvania as thor-
oughly as Pingree owns Michigan.
Judging by results, he is the greatest
boss of all.
THE KEELY MOTOR BUBBLE.
It Was One of the Most Successful Gold
Brick Schemes of Diodern Times.
With the death of John E. W. Keely
probably ends the career of one of the
most remarkable impostures that have
ever obtained credence with men re-
puted, in other respects, to possess or-
dinary intelligence. Keely’s claims
. rested entirely upon his own audacious
assertions as to What he could do if
> the money to do it with were only giv-
en him, and to exhibitions of an appa-
ratus which he would neither permit
to be examined by experts nor explain
himself. His was a confidence game.
pure and simple. and out of it he made
a comfortable living tothe very last,
in spite of his repeated failures to ful-
fil his promises to his dupes.
Keely’s pretended discovery was
that of a method of disintegrating wa-
ter, by means of musical vibrations.
into its component molecules, and of
thus developing a vapor of an elastic-
ity and cxpan-siveness which far ex—
ceeded those of steam. In fact, his
excuse for not demonstrating practi-
cally the availability of his new mo-
tive power, was its excessive intensity
which defied the control of ordinary
machinery, and need-ed engines of un-
usual strength to‘ confine it within
bounds. The same reason was given
for not permitting any one but himself
to manipulate his apparatus, and cu«
rious investigators were warned that
they risked their lives if they med-
dled with it except under his su-
pervision.
That Keely had a motive power of
some kind. which he employed for
exhibition purposes. is undeniable; and
whether it was compressed air, or a
gas liberated by chemical decomposi-
tion, or something else of that kind, it
is. at prescnt, impossible to say posi-
tively; but that it was nothing of the
kind he asserted it to be, is none the
less certain. The progress of scien-
tific discovery is from one step to an-
other; ohch stop being but little in ad—
vance of the preceding one. Nothing
appromfixing the disintegration of wa«
ter by mechanical means, much less
by musical vibrations. !has yet been
even indicated by science, and all
known facts render it highly improb-
nblc. Indccd, were water in this con--
ditlon of instability we should all be
living ovcr a volcano. the Croton res—
ervoir would be as dangerous as :1 ul-
tro-glyccrinc magazine.' and the ocean
would be a huge bombshell. ,
Kcely's success in imposing upon
men of the class that he did, shows of;
how little avail are business education
and experience in aiding to judge of
matters of physics and mechanics. If
Kcely’s dupes had possessed only a
moderate knowledge of the principles
underlying his pretended discovery,
they would have seen at once that his
claims were absurd. But as all cats
are gray in the dark, so to an ignorant
:._.nd all inventions are equally meri-
torious until they are proved to be the
contrary. In this respect the victims
of the Keely motor are like those of
the Marine Salts Company, which was
to extract gold sfrom sea water. of the
Electric Sugar patent, of Paine's wa—
ter gas, and of dozens of similar
,gschemcs. which have proved highly
profitable to their promoters. and of no
use to :1ny‘:_,xody besides—New York
Sun.
An Uncompllnrentary Compliment.
A young Dane who is trying to mas-
ter the English language could not un-
derstand the other evening why every
one laughed when he made what he
bought was a complimentsry remark.
The question of introducing stringed
instruments into church choirs was
under discussion, and his opinion was
asked. ‘
Here is what occurcd, in his own
larngira go: '
“I have enthusiasm. I say by all
means let us have the guitar, the harp.
the lyre—and here a polite 'compli-
~ ment occurs to me. and I add, turning
toward the minister—Though we have
already a most accomplished lyre in
the pulpit!’ .
“Everybody in the house joined in
a positive roar of laughter, and the.
minister laugh-ed more than any one
else. I laughed. too; I like to be
agreeable: though there was :1 humor
I certainly missed. Will you kindly
tell m-e what is amusing in comparing
a minister to that beautiful stringed
instrument. a lyre?”—-Chicago Times
Herald.
'A. Town Built. of Zinc.
”A City of Zinc" is the name whic'l
may appropriately be given 1.0 the
mushroom, city of Portuguese East
Africa, Beira. All the houses, all the
hotels and public buildings. burra-ck:
and warehouses, are built of zinc
Thousands of tons of zinc from France
England and America supplied the
material. The unpleasant impression
produced by the aspect of this town
is heightened by the thought that men
have to dwell in these houses under a
tropical heat. Everything in this
strange city is under the dominion oi
the metal. Even when a person falls
ill he is carried on a‘ zinc stretcher to
a hospital, which ds also, of course
made of zinc. And if he dies he it
ma finest in a zinc coma.
.SOUTH NORWALK FIRE
GREAT EXCII‘EMEN IN TOWN
Overthe remarkable cm- s b the
grandest. specific of the are Bacon’s
Celery King. hw1c-h acts as a nitural
laxative, stimulates he digestive or-
gans, regulates the ixer and kidneys
and is nature‘s great heale ani her 1h
you “ave Kidney Liver
call at our store fix a free 'tri a pack-
age. Edward P. Weed, Norwalk Mrs.
Scott Williamson, Darion.
VVben the Southern veteran pinned a.
Confederate badge upon the manly
breast of the president be fairly beat
the president at. his own game. Surc-
1y, the Union has been restored! If
Jeff Davis should now rise from his
grave and wave the Stars and Stripes
it would not. astonish us.——New Haven
Palladium.
REIEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY
” Mystic Cure ” for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in 1 L0 3 days.
Its action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. It. removes at once
the cause and the disease immediately
disappears. in- The first dOSe greatly ben-
efits. 75 cents. Sold by Edward P.
Weed, 38 Wall street. W. C. Bang 55
Wall street, Druggists. Norwalk.
The Military Cloak. ~
New traveling wraps for lengthy
journeys are military cloaks, quite as
long as an ulster, to be worn with or
without a cape. The fronts are semi-
loose, and the backs fitted and some-
times belted; Many of these wraps
are made of army-blue cloth, and the
fronts are fastened with medium-sized
gilt buttons. The deep cape is fast-
ened by and trimmed with stitched
straps of the cloth and is alone 3. sm-
cient wrap for many occasions. Check-
ed and striped cloths, lightly and
roughly woven, and others of dark
color and finer grain, said to be abso-
lutely waterproof, are made in redin-
gote style, much after the fashion of
coachmen’s coats, with and without
shoulder-capes, and will be used for
traveling and morning walks.
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THE MILLENIUM REA!) ED.
Every once in a while we hear of a new dis-
covery that seems to be the limit to perfection
in a certain line. Vinol—Wine of Cod Liver
Oil, the great modern tonic reconstructor, is
the millenium as far as discoveries in the way
' of a medicine for wasting diseases are con—
corned.
Mr. Charles E. Bardwell, a prominent
chemist of Holyoke, writing in regard to this
subject, says :—
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“N ow that the day has come when we have
a. form of cod liver oil, prepared so that it is
delicious to the smell and most pleasmg to the
taste, besides being of anature to cure quickly
and more efficiently, it would seem that we
have reached the millenium as far as great
discoveries in the field of remedies for wast-
ing diseases are concerned.” _
Vino], as has been proved, Will do more
than cod liver oil in any other form, for wast-
ing diseases, and where a tonic reconstructor
is needed it far exceeds in efficacy beef, Wine
or iron. Yours very truly,
Special. Vinol re resentamve
PLAISTED’S drug store. So. Nor-walk
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NOR WALK POLICE DEPARTMENT
AL"
Chief, Thomas Bradley; Captain,
Wallace Dann. Headquarters, Water
street.
SOUTH NORWALK POLICE DE-
PA RTMENT.
Chief, William Vollmer; Captain,
George W. Gladstone. Headquarters,
Haviland street.
NORWALK FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Chief Engineer, .l. T. Prowitt; First
Assistant Engineer, Fred. W. Smith;
Second Assistant Engineer, Thomas S.
Murray; Fire Inspector, George H. Al—
len.
DEPART-
MENT.
Chief Engineer, Edward V. Baker;
First Assistant, D. W. Harford; Sec-
ond Assistant, George W. Bogardnc;
Secretary Department... Andrei.” T.
Crossman.
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PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
City of Norwalk~Librarian, Miss
Dotha Stone Pinneo. 20 Wall N.
South Norwalk—Librarian, Miss
Angeline Scott, 103 Washington, S. N.
PHYSICIANS AN SURGEONS.
Allen, Lauren NL. 15 Wash’n., S. N.
Allen, Sarah E., Mrs. 11 New, E. N.
Baker. Frederick E., 12 F. P., E. N.
Baldwin, Arthur H., 83 Wall, N.
Bean, Wright 8., 5 W. ave., S. N.
Benedict, George W.., 25 W. ave., S. .N
Bohannan, Chas. G., 64 S. M., S. N.
Bonannas-a. John C, 64 S. M., S. N.
Brown, F. ‘r., 57 B.‘ verside ave., E. 1‘-T.
Burke, W 3., Jr., Wash’n, S. N.
Burn-311, F1 ancis 1.. 76 S. Main, S. N.
Clark, Arthur N., )7 S. Main, S. N.
Coburn, J. M., 55 S. Main, S. N.
DeWolfe, D. C., 64 S Main, S. N.
Dumortier, John, 9 Wash’n, S. N.
Fairchild, J. 8.. Winnipauk,
Glines, W. C., 59 Wall, N.
Gregory, James G., 5 W. ave., N.
Higgins, Royal L., 55 W. ‘r.ve.. N.
Hitchcock. Dexter. 16 W. ave., N.
Hitchcock, Walter, 68 Wall, N.
Huntington, S. H., 129 Main, N.
Kennedy, John ‘I‘., 18 S. Main. S. N.
McGonegal, G. 11., 59 West ave., N.
Parties, E. ”V. D., 35 N. Main, S. N.
Peck. Eli J., 66 Gregory B. R., E. N.
Phinney, L. N., 26 W. ave., N.
Schavolr, Fredk., 9 Wash'n, S. N.
Sharer, Henry C . 10 Waah'n, S. N.
Smith, Edwin E., “Kensett,” N.
Tito, V. G., 2 Burbank, S. N.‘
Tracey._ William J., 23 W. ave., N.
CHURCHES.
First Baptist—Pastor, Rev. Frank E.
Rohhins. 71 East ave., N.
First Baptist—Pastor, Rev. F. V. At-
kinson, Main street, waaytoa.
South Norwalk Baptistnl’astor. Rev.
Richard 0. Sherwood. 7 West ave. S. N.
First Congregational—Pastor, Rev.
Thomas K. Noble, corner Park and
Lewis streets. N.
Congregational-Pastor. ‘Rev. Gerald
H. Beard, West street, ""nctinn North
Main and West. avnnv ..
Swedish Bethlehem Conan—Pastor
.tev. Otto SWenson. Riverside avenue ‘
German Evangelical St. Peter‘w»
Pastor, Rev. Mr. Kohler, North Mew
E. N.
street, 8. N. .
or. Paul’s.Eplscopal—Rcctor, Hex. :-
14. zone, East avenue and Charon BK .
and Chapel 01' Our Holy Samar, an.
icy street. N. '~
Grace Protestant Ellisciapal~+iict1wl'
. , Junction Belden avenue and
Cross street, N.
Trinity Protestant Episcopal~fiocb
or, ltev. F. W. Norris, Fair-field avenuu
corner of West street" S. N.
East Avenue Methodist E lacunae-
Pastor, Rev. Arthur J.. Sugar, East
avenue corner Henry street, E. N.
Norwalk Methodist Episcwal—Pas-
tor, Rev. F. A. Scofield, West avenue-
cog‘ner Mott avenue, N.
rst Methodist E lsco al—Paa r‘
Rev. A. S. Kavanagh, IWestpav'e" Sf: .'
West Norwalk Methodist Missionw
Pastor, Rev. Isaac B. Brown, West ts
Methodist Episcopal—Pastor, Rev.
Henry C. Whitney, Main corner Mm“-
avenue, Rowayton. \
African Methodist. E isco al— '
Rev. 1. S. Sands, 15 Kaligm. innit?”
St. Mary’s R. C.—Pastor, nev. John
J. Fungong, West eve corner Chapel l\
St. oseph’s R. C.-—«:astor_. Rev. J. .’i‘
Winters, Music Ha.., d N.
Advent~Past5t-. .- —~- -, Van Zeno7
avenue, E. .63. ~ ‘
Christian Union
Norwalx.
Union Church Society-Ahab“).
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BOCIETIES, ASSOCIAThONS, ETC.
Alphla Wheel Club, 51 Main N. .
American Legion of H ‘
amen. a. N. onor. 92 Wash
A. 0. H., Division No. 1 18 w.
D. of E., Ladies’ Auxi .
18 Wall, N. 1m" A' h
A. O. K., of M. C.,
Gazette Building, N.
A. O. K., of M. C. P ' ~ '
102 Washington, 8. N. New“ eas‘lc'
Arion Singing Society Mai' ‘ 7'
Catholic Club, West avenheffifl.’ b. I.
C. B. L., 3181] 1
18 Wall, N. 0D McMahon County.
D. A. a,
Club, N.
D. ' '
ton, (Sub 11:11... Lours Lodge. 102 Washing
Germania Saen * f ‘
ington, S. N. gelbuna. .162 Wash
Hat 'I‘rimmers’ Assoc: "
r .. each. C.
R. Rooms, Washington, S. N. I
Improved Order Heptasnplls
Washington, S. N. - l
I. 0. R. M., Uncas " ‘~ -‘
ingtox}, S. N_ ll‘lLe, H8 Wash
Independent 0. R. M Sch"‘ = ‘
10.; Washington, S. N. mg Station.
of 0., Catholic " ‘ ‘ '
Wall, N. bnion Council, .5".
K. of H. ‘18 Washir to ‘
.“ ,-. .0 n,S.N.
’h. of P., Olive BrarIch Lodge- a"
Washington, S. N. h I
K. of G. E., Union C > " ' ‘
lngton, S. N. . 'lSLlL, 83 ll ash.
Knob Outing Club Cl ' U ‘-
Wilson Point ,‘ .Lb House lie-a:
Naromake Gun Club, 9 Main, N.
N. I; SO E., 8 North Main, S. N.
. . ., Securit' ‘, ' "
Building, N. .Y (ouncrl, Gaze!
N. E.O P P " Loun
. ., . . sl 7
83 Washington, STN. lury LOG“
Norivalk Barbers’ Uni '
on, .
initon, S. N., 13 Main, N. m W385
orwalk Club 6‘3 & 65 Wall
_ a ‘ y N-
N. H. F. A, of the U. H. of N A In
Washington, S. N. ' I .. ‘
Norwalk Boxpital Assoc
I
Norwa.k Lawn Tenn ‘
avenue. is Club, Mo
Norwalk Medical
Wall, N.
S Ngrwalk Yacht Club, Hickory Blnu
.‘LWK; mion— Went
Pioneer Cosme
Norwalk Chapter, Centre:
llv'.
', 24 Leonard
Assoc., 63 & (5:.
O. B. A. Lodge, 100 Washington S. N.
0. D. H. 8., Humboldt e ‘
Washington, S. N Lodge, 10)
Painters' and Decorato ’ " '
Wall, N. rs Onion, 4b
Pequonnock Club, 13 Main, N.
NPine Ledge Outing Club, Roton POIIJI
Robert Emmet Club, 20 Wan, N.
:6 A. R.,f Norwalk Branch, No. 5
as 0 St. George, Welcom'
StriangernLodge, 13 Main st: set N. '
Wln City Wheelmen Ia' " ‘
ton, S. N. , 83 V. shim.
0. U. A. M., Defender Council, N.
U. B. of C. & J., of America. Nor
walk Local, Gazette Bldg, is.
U. 0. G. C., Sherman Commander:
Gazette Building, N. '
Central Club, 57 Ween avenue, N.
W oman’s Exchange, 57 West ave
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~~ MASONIC.
St. John’s Lodge, Masonic Bldg, {a
Old Well Lodge” 29 S. Main, S. N.
Washington Chapter. 1%. A. M. Mu.
sonic Bldg, N. ’
Butler Chapter, 20 S. Mai." S. .
Clinton Commandery, K’THN
sonic Bldg, N. M?"
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ODD FELLOWS.
Our Brothers Lodge, 16 Wall, N.
Butler Lodge, 130 Washington, S. N
Kabaosa Encampment, 16 Wall, N.
Colfax Encampment, S. N.
Eureka Rebakah Lodge, 130' Wash-
ington, S. N.-
Norwalk Lodge, G. W. 0. of 0. F..
83 Washington, S. N.
FORESTERS OF AMERICA.
Court'Mahackemo, 83 Wash’n, S. N
Court Narruk, Gazette B’l’d, N.
Star of Columbia Circle, 83 Washing
ton, S. N.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Ponasus Council, Water, S. N.
Sherman Council, 126 Wash’n, S. N
TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.
I. 0. G. T., Washington Lodge
Cranbury.
Concord Division, Gazette B‘l’d. N
Minnehaha Division, 83 Wash‘n. ‘4. ;
Rising Star Division, Crow’s T—"al
Rowayton
W. C. T. U., City Mission Roam . .
S YN W. C. '1‘. U., City Mission l -.’. an
G. A. R.
Buckingham Feet, Wall, N. '
Buckingham. W. R. G., ‘1. A. R. 1'3“.
Douglass Fowler Post. 1.3-3 We shin:
ton, s. N. "
Douglass Fowler Poe :5: a': _> r. ..
Washington, 8. N.
0. S. Ferry Com-mead 1.5 .7“ . e.
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