‘ A PRESIAENTEHOSEN
M. Loubet Elected, to Succeed
Felix Faure.
DISORDER AT THE FRENCH CAPITAL
Newly Elected President Is Accused
of Being a Defender of Dreyfus.
A‘ Crowd of Bonnpartists Also
Protest Against His Election.
PARIS, Feb. 20.——By a vote of 483 ft
279 for his nearest competitor Emile
Loubet becomes the seventh president
0f the French republic. The fact that
as he passed through the streets of
Paris to the palace of the Elysee he was
honored by insults and derision from
the public enemies of the present form
of government in France may not be.a
happy augury, but it is an incident oi
which he may be proud and not
ashamed. _
The new president is a genial, honest
and sincere gentleman, whereas France
needs above all else at this moment in
her history a man of iron. It is not
necessary, hoWever, to give expression
to foreboding when the‘new chief mag-
istrate has scarcely undertaken his her-
culean task- The record pf Saturday’s
events suffices for the occasion.
The ballot for president Saturday aft-
ernoon at Versailles was:taken without
debate, as is the custom, and it was
plain from the first that M. Loubet
would be elected by a large majority.
M. Meline, his chief opponent, withdrew
his ballots early in the "vote. There was
some disorder during the balloting,
Paul Deroulede being responsible for
much of it. He mounted the tribune to
make an attack on M. Loubet and drew
a pistol when [an attempt was made to
put him out. A serious clash was
avoided. i?
In the course of the excitement and
rioting Saturday night over the elec-
tion to the presidency of M. Loubet 46
persons were injured, including 14 po-
M. LOUBET.
licemen. One journalist received a blow
on the head with a loaded stick and
was so badly injured that he was re-
moved to a hospital, where he now lies
in a. serious condition.
and fifty arrests were made, and 142 of
those taken into custody are still at'the
station houses, being held on charges of
carrying concealed weapons.
Sunday morning editions of the anti-
revisionist papers accuse M. Loubet of
being a defender of Dreyfus, and ex-
press the deepest dissatisfaction with
the result of the election, while the re-
visionist organs are surprised that the
election of a man who never expressed
an opinion regarding Dreyfus’ case is
not better received.
Police measures for the maintenance
of order have been taken on an ex-
tensive scale, and the city is quiet. M.
Loubet did not quit his residence at the
Luxembourg until 6 o’clock last even-
ing.
Toward 7 o’clock demonstrations oc-
curred in front of the oflice of Sebastian
Faure’s anarchist paper, the Journal du
Peuple, on the Boulevard Montmartre,
for and against Loubet. There was a
collision between the rival factions, and
several persons were injured. The par-
tisans of the newly elected president
were worsted in the conflict and moved
to the Cafe Brebant, where they were
again attacked and dispersed by their
opponents. Many arrests were made.
Similar encounters occurred at about
9 o’clock at the offices of the Libre Pa-
role and more serious disorders later at
the Brasserie Maxeville, on the Boule-
vard Montmartre, where several wo-
men Were trampled and injured.
Toward midnight crowds broke the
windows of the Rothschilds’ offices, in
the Rue Lafitte, and another group
wrecked the offices of the Anti-Juif.
Today M. Dupuy, thepremier, will
ask the chamber of deputies to vote
£6,400 ($32,000) for the obsequies of M.
Faure. This was the amount voted for
President Carnot’s funeraL President
Loubet, following the precedent set by
President Casimir-Perier, will attend
the obsequies. .
M. Loubet will preside at the first
cabinet council of the new administra-
tion tomorrow.
In the course of the demonstrations
the Dreyfusards attempted to invade
the offices of the Petit Journal. Find-
ing the doors barred against them,
they smashed the windows.
At the Hall of a Thousand Columns
700 Banapartists met to protest against
the election of M. Loubet. Speeches
were made by Baron Legoux, M. Lasies
and M. Cuneo d’Ornano. Several per:
sons who interrupted the‘ proceedings
were ejected. When the meeting broke
up, thertwere some'slight. disorders,
and several arrests were made. '
Troilblc Predicted For France.
LONDON, Feb. 20.——The Paris corre
spondent of The Daily Mail described
the scenes at the Versailles election as
a "Donnybrook fair, with ‘a touch of
tragedy therein—the tragedy of a newly
chosen ruler attempting to ignore his
own unpopularity and smilingly return-
ing thanks for congratulations. I be-
.lieve,” says the correspondent,
the riotous scenes in Paris are only a
foretaste of what is coming. Last night
the boulevards were battlefields, and
nowhere was a voice to glorify the new
president. Today the press is uncom-
monly rancorous. lion are some of the.
titles of honor conferred upon Loubet:
‘Imbecile,’ ‘Panam'alst,’ ‘wretch.’ ‘lisn'
‘pe‘rjurer’. and ‘avowed protector of the
Dreyfusards.’ ”
Weather mulls“
Fair; warmer; fresh to brisk souther-
EY'WTnd'u L, , ,fli’vl :- I,“ i“ l
,/ . ..
..
Two hundred
"that ,
”been'received here Of the
I
v
L
”THE CZAB'S PEACE PLAN.
nix-Minister Hitchcock Puts the Mat-
. ter In a New Light.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Hon. Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, who is to succeed; Sec-
retary Bliss aslthe head or the interior
department, reached Washington from
New York last evening._ Secretary Bliss,
who has been in New York, accompa-
nied him. The new secretary expects to
call on President McKinley today and
will assume the duties of his office
whenever it is the pleasure of the presi-
dent. The new secretary in an inter-
view last night corrected what‘ he said
Was a popular wrong impression re-
garding the czar’s so called disarma-
ment proposal made to the powers of
' the world. -
“This proposition,” said he, “is not
for a disarmament, but for the calling
of a conference for the purpose of reach—
ing an agreement not to increase arma-
ments. Such was the intention of the
circular issued by him in August last.
The czar believes that the vast amounts
/
n ’ \. n A
HON. ET-HAN A EN HITCHCOCK.
of money required to adapt the arms--
ment of nations to new devices which
are constantly being brought forward to
bring them up to that of each other
could be much better utilized for the
benefit of the people of the countries
affected. The suggestion for a confer-
ence has met with approval, and I think
most of the nations of the world will be
represented at the meeting to be held
at The Hague very soon to consider the
czar’s proposition.” '
Mr. Hitchcock was averse to discuss-
ing for publication European politics,
but he said in answer to questions that
the accomplishments of this country in
raising an army from 25,000 to 260,000
men during the Spanish war challenged
their admiration and astounded and
.amazed the nations of the world. It had
increased the admiration for the flag,
and, he added, “The American flag nev-
er flew higher in Europe than it does
tonight.”
Russia, he said, was friendly to Amer—
ica and during the late war maintained
an attitude of strict neutrality.
OUR FOREIGN. .RELATIONS.
Mr. Porter Makes Known the Pur-
pose of His ’I‘rip Abroad.
LONDONLFeb. 20.-—-In an interview
last evening Mr. Robert P. Porter, who
goes to Berlin today, explained ansome
length the objects of his mission, pre-
facing his remarks with the statement
that since the war with Spain many
continental countries had shown a dis-
position to make unfriendly discrimina-
tions against American products.
Referring to the recent statement. in
the reichstag by Count von' Bosadow-
sky-Wehner, German imperial secretary
of state for the interior, on the subject
of the development of the trade of the
United States with Germany, he said
that a close study of the question did
not warrant the conclusions drawn by
Count Posadowsky-Wehner. On the con-
trary, it showed most satisfactory and
profitable trade conditions so .far~ as
Germany was concerned. .
”In 1897," said Mr. Porter, “German
imports into the United States reached
high Water mark, £12,000,000 or £15,000,- .
000 higher than any'other year during
the decade then ending. The decline for
1898 was almost wholly due to the de-
creased sugar importation. The healthy
feature othmerican imports into Ger-
many, in my opinion,- lies in the fact
that of the $150,000,000 in 1898 over half
was composed of raw cotton, petroleum,
tobacco, copper and the like, mostly for
conversion into manufactured articles,
giving employment to German labor.
“Large imports of raw material, espe-
cially when a country does not produce
raw 'material itself, are a source of
wealth rather than loss to a country like
Germany. There can be no commercial
difficulty between the United States and
Germany, because apart from Great
Britain America is knit more closely to
Germany by bonds of kinship or mutual
interests than to any other power."
CON DENSED VDISPATCHES.’
Severe earthquakes continue in the
state of Guerreo, Mexico. _
A railway collision in Brussels. caused
the death of 30 passengers.
The senate has refused to extend/
pneumatic tube service to Chicago.
The output, of gold from the Klondike
for the present year is estimated at $19,-
000,000. a '
The Continental, Worsted mills, Phil-
adelphia, were damaged by fire Sunday.
The loss was $20,000. .
The North Carolina legislature has
adopted an amendment to the constitu-
tion to disfranchise negroes.
Sir R. Lambert Playfair, formerly
British consul general for the territory
of Algeria and the author of several
books of travel, is dead in London.
_.-____——-——'-L-
Would Be Murderer Arrested.
-WATERBUBY, Vt., Feb. ZOE—Charles
Doherty, who, it is claimed, attempted
to kill Fred Murphy, his rival, by shoot-
ing, was arrested at Montpelier Junc-
tion, disguised as a tramp, at an early
hour yesterday morning. Murphy was
alive yesterday afternoon, with his
sweetheart, Julia Rock, nursing him,
but thephysicians entertain little hope
of his recovery. '
Ohio After the Trusts. ,
COLUMBUS, 0., Feb. 20.—-—A suit has
been ‘prepared and will be filed in the
supreme 'court today by the attorney
general to oust the Continental Tobacco
company from its charter on the ground
that it is a trust. The company is doing
,busl'ness in this state under the foreign
corporation act, the incorporation foe
having been paid on a capital stock or
37510001092“: , .l'v. .. .
Wreck, oil-Stile Great Nguyen."
SEATTLE. ’Wash. Feb. ilk-News has
cc]: of the
Great Northern flier near okane. A
number of people are reported injured.
WORK BEFORE Caucuses-r
—L——
M’uch Remains to Be Done During
the Next TwelveDays.
‘ WASHINGTON, Feb.. 20.——The Week
will be a'busy one in‘the senate. With
only 12 days of the session left, all sen-
ators appreciate the necessity of very
strict and ClOSe attentiOn to business in
'order to get through the bills which all
admit must become laWs ina‘order tc
prevent an extra session of congress.
have been so many important measures
on the senate calendar so short a time
before the final adjournment of the last
session of a congress. There are, how-
ever, only comparatively few of these
bills outside the appropriation ' bills
which must necessarily be acted upon
before adjournment, and if the senate
disposes of these with the same facility
that it has used in getting rid of other
important bills during the past week the
session will be closed up in good order
and 'with time to spare. Thenarmy reor-
'ganization bill and the census bill are
in reality the only two measures aside
from the appropriation bills upon which
final action would seem absolutely nec-
essary. The census bill has passed both
houses and is now in conference and is
reasonably sure of enactment in some
shape. The army bill is ‘yet to receive
the attention of the senate. Other meas-
extent are the Alaska code bill, the Ha-
waiian territorial organization bill' and
various other bills pertaining to Hawaii.
The house enters upon the last two
weeks of the'session today with three
appropriation bills—the army, fortifica-
tions and general deficiency—unacted
upon and the naval bill but half com-
pleted. The army bill must be held back
until the senate decides upon its course
relative to the reorganization bill, but
it is not anticipated that either of the
other bills will cause trouble. The sit-
uation in the house, however, has been
.greatly complicated by the action of
the senate in placing the Nicaragua ca-
nal bill upon the river and harbor bill as
a. rider. This will doubtless precipitate
a bitter fight in the senate and may re-
sult in the loss of the bill.. The fail-
.ure of the river and barber bill will not
make an extra session incumbent. But
the contest over it will develop bad
blood and produce friction which may
make it all the 'more difficult with the
other measures which must. of necessity
pass to avoid an extraordinary session.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
Lord Beresiord Makes Some Inter-
esting Statements In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.——-In the course of a
speech in this city Saturday evening
Admiral Beresford said in regard to fu-
ture relations between England and the
United States: ~
"In my opinion China is certain to be
bankrupt in three or four years unless
they have a new source of revenue.
They have a magnificent source of reve-
nue there if they would only allow it to
be developed. If we help them with their
army we get our quid pro quo and some-
thing which gives a chance to all the
nations of the w‘q'nd to invest their cap-
ital in‘China.,and ‘develop her resources.
That is a chance which the two other
great powers would have which they
have not at present.
“I mOSt earnestly hope that the set-
tlementof this; question’will make an
everlasting friendship between the two
great English speaking'nations.
“We are of'thef‘same blood; we have
the same literature; we have the same
laws; we have the same language; we
have the same—may I call it grand—
honest sentiments with regard to itrade
and commerce, and we have the same
sentiments with regard to what is good
to the community at large. ‘I believe if
.we keep the door open“ that we are
adopting a policy which is'absolutely
fair and square to all the nations of the
earth and is absolutelygood for China
itself. I believe that we shall do good
not only to trade and commerce, but to
humanity and Christianity and the
whole world at large."
Reed to Leave Politics.
PORTLAND, Me., Feb. 20.4—Weston
F. Milliken, whose appointment as col-
lector of cu'stoms here was recently se-
cured by Thomas B. Reed after several
years’ opposition by Senators Hale and
Frye, is“ reported to have received a
letter from the speaker, in which he
announces his intention of. withdrawing
from politics. Mr. Milliken will neither
deny nor affirm the report and declines
to discuss the matter, but several of his
intimate friends positively assert ,that
_he has received such a letter and that
in it Mr. Reed declared his fixed pur-
pose not again to accept a renomination
to congress and outlined a plan to form
a partnership with 9. Portland lawyer
and open an office in New York.
Honor For Captain Evans.
ley D. Evans will be the guest of honor
at the banquet of the Stamina Repub-
lican club here on Washington‘s birth-
day. He will be tendered a public recep-
tion at the Burnet House during the
forenoon and a reception by invitation
at the Queen City club in the afternoon.
At noon he will be escorted to the Cham-
ber of Commerce. Governor Bushnell,
Lieutenant Cole, members of the Loyal
Legion and others will be guests at the
banquet Wednesday night.
, Secret Society Founder Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20. -— Luther
Chapin, the founder of the Senior Order
of United American Mechanics, died
yesterday at his homeain. this city. He
was 83 years 'old. His death was due to
general debility. His organization of
the first lodge followed the Native
American riots of 1844. -
ll Increased Postal Receipts.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-——The state-
ment of the gross postal receipts for
January, 1899, ascompared with the re-,
ceipts for,Janu'a'ry, 1898, at 50 of the
largest postoflices, shows a net increase
of’$202,676.’ The total receipts for Jenna‘-
ry, 1899, were 83.644.528, against $3,441,300
for January, 1898. ' , ‘
Automobiles For Boston Aldermen.
' BOSTON, Feb. 20.—The city of Boston
has ordered .two automobile carriages
fox-the use of city officials, and more
will be purchased if they are a success.
This is partly a. result of the great‘ cost
to the city of the team hire for the al-
.dermen iastyear, _ . ,
Transport 'Shoridnn Sills.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. -The United.
States transport Sheridan sailed yester-
day for Manila, passing out at quaran-
[ tine at 2:451). in. '
Very rarely has it occurred that there;
u'res which will be pressed to a certain,
CINCINNATI, Feb. 20.—Captain Rob- '
‘ leum in Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn.
”come senatOr. He was one of the first
nu ma It. aims
floated Senator from Montana After
a Prolonged no miter Eight
with His Enemies. '
. .__.._.- .5
.
Mr. Clarkwill be one of the richest
.men in the senate. ifmot the loader in
this regard. His weal‘th,'figured in
dollars, is variously estimated as having
seven ciphers at the end, the only ques-
tion being about. the numeral” that
should precede them. Chance was a
prominent factorin starting him on
his path to enormous fortune, but it‘
was backed by quick grasping of op-
portunities and fostered by shrewd busi-.
ness‘jUdg’muent. In less than 40 years
he has risen from theEhumble lot of a
village schoolteacher to that of a. bonan-v .
za millionaire, the largest individual
owner of copper mines and smelters in
the'world, and a member of the highest
legislative body in the land. '
Born on his father’s farm, near Con-
nellsville, P3,, in 1839, he received a
common. school education and took a
course of civil engineering in a neigh-
boring academy. Stricken» with the
gOId fever, he left. for the west in 1860,
but fell sick with malaria at George- .
town. Mo. There it was that he ntet
and wooed his future wife, and there
WILLIAM A. CLARK.
(United States Senator-Elect from Mons
tana.)
also he. served one term asvillage school-
.=.master. In the spring of, 1861 he went .
to Colorado and accumulated $5,000 in
various pursuits. ‘With this he bought
provisions and came to Montana. Lo-
cating in the great placer bonanzas in
Madison county,‘h.e became a trader on
an extensive scale, and soon. amassed a
moderate fortune. With a large por-
tion of this he bought. what was sup—
posed to be a gold and silver mine at
Butte, but it failed to develop, and until
an experienced miner told him it. was
15 per cent. copper, he thought he
~had been swindled. To—day the mine
is valued at $10,000,000, and. nearly as
much in' copper has been taken from it.
Since then fortune has continued to
smile upon him in dazzling profusion. '
Ever since Montana was‘adniitted to
statehood-{his ambition has been to bee
VtWO democratic nominees, but was de-
feated by‘t‘he republicans. In all his
contest-s since. then, althOugh the ac-m. V,
kuowledged democratic “boss” of the
state, he has had to overcome the im-
placable hatred of Marcus Daly, they
having bad a bitter. quarrel nearly a
decadeago.
' The senator-elect owns a palace in
Fifth avenue, New-York, and a mauso-
NATHANQAY scarf.
6
New United Staticsfpénntor from “’est
Virginia Is a Man of Great
Wealth.
Nathan Bay Scott, who will be the
new United States senator from West
Virginia, will add another native Ohio.
an to the long list of buckeyes on the
roll of the upper house of congress.
Mr. Scott was born in Guernsey county
of the big state which has been called
“the mother of presidents.” At 11 he
was a helper in a country store, get-
ting as his wageshis board, clothes
and washing and the sum of $25 a year
thrown into the bargain. At 16 he came
to Wheeling and started on ‘his trav—
els. By boat he journeyed to Leaven-
worth, Kan., and thence by ox team
to the present site of Denver. Dis-
gusted with the prospects of the west
at that time he returned to the states
..~. NATHAN BAY sco'r'r.
(United States
' ' Virginia.)
and enlisted in the Eighty-eighth Ohio
volunteers of the union army. He
served through the war with credit;
and at its close he'opened a small re-
tail store at Bellaire, 0., and late): be-
came interested in the glass industry.
This was the origin of his wealth, and
he became at last thepresident of the
Central Glass company of Wheeling. Of
.late Mr. Scott has given, up his time ,
to the, care of his mining interests in,
the west and to politics. Helms been
a state senatorLand for 12, years has
been a member of therepublican na-
tional committee. , President McKinley
appoifiietlihim internal-revenue- 9994-.
pissing 'in‘ recognition "0113.13,;ng
7wOrk .he had. donéffor the. party; Mr.
Scott’s income is estimated at about
$40,000 a‘mpnth. j . . .
ll
Leave New York atjhi’i p. m.
Senator-Elect from West ‘
3.. .
Isforwalk Fire Insfirance Co. ‘.
SUCCESSFUL OPERA'I'ION SINCE“
. , 1860.’ ‘ “ ‘
a NO OUTSTANDINGCLAIMS
-9 ....
‘ i!
it iiiJise Man K6 3;: 3‘
his Home InS—ured '.
J9
‘
TEE EEEE liflllPANIES EEEEESENEEE ;
w. H. BYlNGTON, , 4
MM? hiifili'l’TE BUILDING, - L ~ “Mm... 009‘,
‘ Against Fire.
”Y ‘BBIGIT ng/
BETWEEN
EEEEElk,SnthNanalk and New “YEA .
.r'r
Propelierslulcan, City of Norwalk and Eagle
\
Leave Norwalk 5 15.110.
'beaves South Norwalk at 6:00 p. m.
a
A New Direct, Fast nine
.;
————BET WEnN— —
02‘
New York-01d the" Mediterranean
filliesiilar Passenger Service
.—-BETWEEN+—+
I 6W«Y013k.-.‘iNap-es autism-L
,.....
k
81""
,_I
During Entire Ya
OUTWA'RDS PREPAlns‘. ‘s
To Naples $18 13"le “@1116! . ,
“'.TQ¢.1!9997=’E-‘:--3, 9‘ can... =,
“Momma” « M" Jilttoi .3
P-alc-rinojo a P‘
'. nouns can]: ,0”MNED>AI¥ITHIJS on.
.4
it
Norwalk Chronicler