'N.' T H E' 11.12.1111”. m. 6 All E '1'7'1 E1 - Va A DEMOCRATIC 110111: ' Presbyterians Reject Proposal to Reduce Representation. THE DENOlllNAl-lON FREE FROM DEBT The People to Be Iicpt In Touch With Church Again-s —Drastic Action In the McGifl‘ert Case Seems Li- ely. MINNEAPOLIS, May 23.—Democracy asserted itself in the Presbyterian gen- eral assembly yesterday afternoon. With a shout the assembly voted dowu two carefully considered and prepared plans to reduce the membership, one by a third and the other by more than a half. The committee on reduced repre- sentation appointed a year ago .vVas Scarcely given courteous treatment, so pronounced was the feeling against get- ting farther away from the people. “They call this a mob,” said Dr. Page of Topeka. “If it is a mob, God grant that there may be 10re such. God pity the Presbyterian church with the bulk of the wealth of the United States in its coffers if it cannot afford a large as- sembly." ”The time has not Come to reduce the assembly, and I hope it never will come,” cried Dr. George W. P. Birch of New York. “We ought to keep as near the people as we can. The backwoods presbyteries now hold the balance of power. I don’t know what we would do without them, they hold the balance so true.” The McGiffert matter was made a Special order for Thursday. The feeling now is that drastic action will be taken. Before the popular meeting last night of the freedman’s' board, the largest of the meetings held under the auspices of the assembly, the Rev. H. W. Hulbert of Cleveland, originator of the move- ment to raise the $40,000 indebtedness of the board, announced that subscriptions and apportionments will foot up $50,000 or $55,000. For the first time in a gener- ation all departments of the Presbyte- rian church are free from debt. L?" " A' Shrine Despoi'fed. SANTIAGO, Cuba, May 23.——The startling discovery has been made that the famous shrine of Nuestra Senora Caridad, at El Cobre, has been robbed bf jewels valued at $25,000 and that the head of the statue has been broken off and removed. The report caused great excitement in the town, where the Shrine has long been the principal at— traction. It is supposed to have mirac- ulous healing powers and is visited an- nually by thousands of pilgrims from all parts of Cuba, from Mexico and even from Europe, who have loaded the image with rich gifts. The secret police are making great efforts to discover the perpetrator of the outrage. It is assert- ed that an American will be arrested today on the charge of being the crim- inal, and the police hope to recover the Jewels. . :- Finlanders For Newfoundland. ST. JOHN’S, N. R, May 23.——It now seems likely that Newfoundland will soon receive a colony of Finlanders. Ap- plications have been received by the colonial government bearing on the subject, asking what steps it is,neces- sary to take and how far the New- foundland authorities would assist. In- formation is also sought as to sections of the island where the Finlanders would be allowed to settle and as to how they could engage in the fisheries and in farming industries, with all of which they are familiar. The colonial ministry is giving the matter careful consideration and will probably encour- age the Finlanders to come here, as it is believed they would make a very de- sirable class of settlers. long Antonfo‘nile Trip. CLEVELAND, May 23,—An automo— bile started from Cleveland for New York yesterday in an .attempt to break the horseless carriage time record be- tWeen the two cities. The run is made under the auspices of The Plain Dealer. The machine carried Mr. Alexander \Vinton, the horseless carriage manu— facturer, and a Plain Dealer represent- atiye. The latter takes with him a message from Mayor Farley of Cleve— land to Mayor Van VVyck of New York. The route selected is about 800‘miles in length. Suprmme Court Adjourns. WASHINGTYJ, May 23.——The United States supreme court has adjourned for the term. During the session the court disposed of 519 cases. leaving 302 cases on the docket. At the close of the last previous term the docket contained 313 cases. Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer expect to sail for Paris on the '313t inst., wh’th'er they go to partici— ‘pate in the Venezuela boundary arbi- tration. Justice Harlan goes immedi- ately to Yale college to deliver a course of lectures. A": Fertilizer combine. BALTIMORE, May 23.-The consoli- dation of 23 leading fertilizer compa— nies of the country has been completed. The new corporation will be known as the. American Agricultural Chemical company, and it will obtain a special charter under the laws of Connecticut. It has an authorized capital stock .pf $40,000,000, divided into $20,000,000 of 6 per cent cumulative preferred stock and $20.000,000 of common stock, of wih‘ch 517,000,000 of each will be issued aft this time. The Transvaal Conspiracy. LONDON. May 23.—The Johannesburg torrespondent of The Morning Post, in -a dispatch dealing with the recent ar- rest of former British officers on the charge of a conspiracy to promote a rising, says he is now convinced that the conspiracy was primarily one of the Boer officials, in which Police Commis- sioner Schutte was the prime mover. Schutte, who evidently used President . Kruger’s son as a tool, has been forced to resign, but will appeal to the yolks- raad for reinstatement. Cleveland’s Big Catch. TOLEDO,. May 23,—Ex-President Cleveland has broken the record for bass catching at Middle Bass. He pull- ed in 125 pounds of fish, while Captain [ “Bob" Evans caught 45 bass from one to two pounds in weight. Mr. Cleveland and Captain Evans will leave for home tomorrow, Weather Probabilities. Partly cloudy and continued cool to- day; probably fair tomorrow; variable ‘ Winds. THE PEACE CONGRESS. Meeting of Committees—Delegates ' Hope For Good Results. THE HAGUE, May 23,—The disarma- ment committee of the peace confer- ! ence meets at 4 o’clock today, the com- ' mittee on laws and warfare meets dur- i ing the evening, and the committee on arbitration will meet tomorrow. The first session of'each committee will be devoted to the election of o’li- :ers. The chiefs of the delegations have had frequent conferences with the view l of arriving at an agreement in regard l to the choice of officers of the com- mittees, but apparently many difficul— - ties have arisen, as nothing has been finally settled. Many false and exaggerated reports have been circulated regarding these hitches. For instance, it has been said that Count von Munster would with— draw from the conference. Such stories must be received with caution, as persons hostile to the aim of the conference have been busily en- gaged in spreading distrust 41°. ..;,2 . Several emba .sadors who are dele~ gates to thwpéggrenge have been inter- viewed and ex ressed themselves as most hopeful that the deliberations of the conference would result in the 1 adoption of practical recommendations tending toward peace and rendering war more humane. All were dominated by a sense of immense responsibility to achieve something, especially in the di— rection of arbitration. Lake Carriers Hopeful; CLEVELAND, May 23.——-The lake car- riers’ executive committee accepts the news from Buffalo as an indication that the grain shovelers’ strike will soon be settled. Harvey D. Goulder, attorney for the association, said last evening that he expected the strike to be ended within a few hours. “I want to say,” said Mr. Goulder, "that the lake car— riers will keep every agreement with the strikers. It has been intimated that we made promises while we were in a tight fix, only to break them after the strike was settled. That is not the case. Every promise will be kept. We have asked the men to be honest with us, and we expect to be honest with them. All the reforms that have been asked for will be inaugurated.” Honor to an Army Nurse. ALBANY, 'May 23.—State Superin- tendent of Public Buildings Bender has awarded the contract for carving the head of Mrs. Elmina B. Spencer, the army nurse of Oswego, who served in the war of the rebellion with a New York state regiment, of which State Excise Commissioner Henry Lyman was adjutant, who was wounded in bat- tle and who has been honored on sev- eral occasions by the G. A. R. Her head will be carved between those of Molly Pitcher of Revolutionary fame and Clara Barton, the head of the Red Cross movement, by Manley M. Horton of this city. Chinese to Be Admitted. WASHINGTON, May 23.—Secretary Gage has issued an order to the col- lector of customs at San Francisco di- recting him to permit the landing of 450 Chinese persons upon satisfactory proof or concessionnaires of the Philadelphia exposition to be held during the coming autumn. This action is taken under the joint resolution of congress approv- ed March 1, 1899, which makes it oblig— atory upon the secretary to admit such numbers as the exhibitors or conces- sionnaires may deem necessary. Lake City XVants a. Postofiice. YVASHINGTON, May 23. — Repre- sentative Norton of South Carolina has been in the city urging the re-estab- lishment of the Lake City (S. C.) post- office, which was closed by the govern- ment immediately after the lynching of its negro postmaster Baker more than a year ago. Mr. Norton first saw Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, who declined to reopen the of- fice, explaining that in his View the same reasons that actuated the discon- tinuance of the officeéstill exist. ' J, _ , . The Alaska Expedition. WASHINGTON, May 23.—~A party of scientists of the department of agri- culture, comprising Dr. C. Hart Mer- riam, biologist, and Messrs. Fisher and Stocks, assistants, to be joined in a day 01 two by Chief Botanist Coville, left here yesterday for Alaska for an inves- tigaticn of its agricultural resources. Dr. B. E. Fernow, head of the Cornell College of Forestry. and other well known scientists will join the party in Portland. An Anxious Reformer. LONDON, May 23.—The correspond- ent of The Daily Mail at Simla, India, says: “An American missionary has re- cently created a good deal of amuse- ment here by beseeching the officials to buy his books and attempting to secure the aid of Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, in reforming Simla society.” New York Markets! FLOUR—State and western firm and held a shade higher; Winter patents, 33.756174; winter straights, [email protected]; Minnesota patents, [email protected]; winter extras, $2.60@3. , VVI-IEAT—No. 2 red opened steady and advanced sharply on unfavorable crop .news, supplemented by strong south- ! west markets; July, 78%@79 3-16c.; Sep- l tember, 771,4@78c. _ l RYE—Quiet; state, 610.; No. 2 west- Iern, 66c" f. o. b. afloat. . CORN;—No. 2 strong and higher on' covering, induced by cooler weather west. ‘ OATS—No; Z'dull, but steady; track, white, state, 34@39c.; track, white, west- ern, 34@390. PORK—Quiet; mess, $8.25@9; family, $10.50@11. LARD—Quiet; prime western steamy $5.35. nominal. BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, 133/2@ 170.; state creamery, 15@18c. ] CHEESE—Weak; large, white, 9%c.: small, white,‘9%@9%c. EGGS—Firm and higher;_state and Pennsylvania, 151/2c.; western, 150. SUGAR—Raw quiet and firm; fair re- fining, 4%,c.; centrifugal, 96 test, 45/80.; refined quiet and firm; crushed, 5%c.; - powdered. 51/2c. TURPENTINE—Steady at 42@421/9,c. MOLASSES—Steady; New Orleans, 32 @36c. l RICE—Firm; domestic, 4%@7c.; Ja- pan, 4%@51/4c. TALLOW—Firm; city, 41/20. , country, 41/»@4%c. to choice, 70@82%o. l , that they are employed by exhibitors- *f‘x "AF .4me ubv ' «A iOUsa- illFE 80W :1 ‘lNcstt-rn Partner .‘Zitde 5006 Use of the Example $111 by n Salli-rip: 1' l'i’EEiZl‘C. Very frequently some one asks how to get ride of the hog louse. Three years 130 :1 breeder of l’olu 1‘1(l~tlhines brought two sows to breed to Muhzzsku Chief 113081, my herd beam :11 1111.1 time. "'1 se u'ous .‘ "10 in uit‘ .t-‘scl \‘Llll how lice, those 1.............1 thoiouglibied frilmvs, and as they seemed to be of 1111 explor- ing nature some got 0.1 Mahaska Chief and failed to get be. ck. V1 11911 . 'discov e1ed them they had claims staked all ove1 him and weie getting thickly set— tled back of his ears, fore legs and above the hock. They did not, stop at that, but multiplied and spread out un- —til they were aboard every hog on the place. Then I was like the other fel« low that’s got ’em and wants to get rid of them. For two years .1 looked in vain £01 a remedy. I tiled. kerosene emul- sion, insect powder, carbolic acid and other remedies without satisfactory re- sults. . About a, year ago 1 was in the hog house one day with a coal oil can whe’fi I noticed a hog go to a post and rub himself from end to end. Then an idea struck me. Why not, put the coal oil on the post and let the hog grease him- self? I put. the idea into practice, went and got some stout- cloth, hammer and tacks, and tacked the cloth in three different places in the hog house, where they usually rubbed, saturated the cloth thoroughly with oil and fastened the hogs out of the house until evening, when 1 carried in fresh bedding and plenty of it. 1 then took the oil can again and went. over it. sprinkling the bedding pretty thoroughly, opened the door to let the hogs in. closed it again and kept it closed until morning. i have not seen a live louse 011 any of my pigs from that. day to this. i saturated the cloth but once. I only had about 3 head at that. time, but I do not care if :1 man has a thousand, if he will pursue the course I did and be thorough, I be- lieve he can kill every louse and destroy every nit—Western Swineherd. Genius Unconscious. It is as difficult to talk entirely un- g'rammatically as to play in discords. A country lady, standing in front of a picture in an eastern gallery, took the prize when she said: “Them deers is drew terribly bad.” lilaznntdlfiamiiil‘ Pianos appeal to the most critical taste because of their beauty of tone and correct design (if case, combined with perfection of workman- styles of pianos at reduced prices always on hand. Write for particulars. MASON & HAMLIN CO; 3 8!. 5 West l8th St.,' Near Fifth Avenue. NEW YORK; P. D. STANNARD, [Successor to J. D. JENNINGS,] UN DE RT A KER NIGHT BELL AT OFFICE Telephone Call 11-2. DO YOU WANT IT? A lady’s wheel, in first class condition. W111 be sold for $15 if applied for at once. Call at; GAZETTE office, 111 17 3;. ll. Main Street. Opposite the N. Y. Grocery Store. Elegant. aesortment of trimmed Hats Bonnets, Walking Hats, Turbans,S-.1i 015, etc. ' All are cordially invited to call. Ladies own Manet 18.1 made and 1.11111 med by 6.151. class New Yo1k milliners MRS. W FAWCETT, AGT. ship and great. durability. A variety of odd: NBWSTORE' loco-ow l‘“im‘“ moo-90.! BARRIER S RAZAR a: hmflosm-«nuo-wsmu is invaluable to every modiste and indispen- sable to every dress 11::‘ er. For gowns in :vcry CUT PAPER PATTE R N S The patterns have been pronounced the sim- plest made, and' 1n pc: 111 of practical utility they One needs only to (give them a trial to be convinced that they are the mo.“ convenient AND Sll‘viPLEST price—Waist, with sleeve, 25 centsz Skirt :5 cents; Complete costume, 50 c nts. 10 Cents a. Copy 3% (m a, You .- HAY—Quiet; shipping, 55®60c.; lodd ' HARPER 8: BROTHERS, 91115115 21 NEW YORK, N. Y. - :”‘-ans¢”t- issue we furnish 1! two or more, EUR CARRIAGE REPUSITRRY l PLYMOUTH 11111111121. 0 -—_._._. -..-_ -— 11111111111111.5111 Awful ltchmgoi Eczema Dreadful Scaling of Psoriasis CURED BY CUTICURA H “‘“Wl- 15th. ———————- Comm SOAP, to cleanse the skin, Cb'rICURA Ointment, to heal the skin, and CUTICURA Rnsonvsur, to cool the blood, make the most complete and speedy cure treatment for torturing, disfiguring hu- mors, rashes, and irritations, with loss of hair, which have defied the skill of the best physicians and all other remedies. , THE SET $1. 25 Or, SOAP. 260. 1 Gunman-1', 50c.; Rnsonvsnr,50c. Bold everywhere. P011113 D mi) C. Cone. Props. .. Boston. ATA- w. BATES" 42 WATER STREET, “1! . You can find as fine an assortment of linuumenlalifllmelerlllurl As can be found in anv Yard in the State. Look it over and get prices before ,, going elsewhere Spring Goods. Have just received a bi(r llnf of Sp! 111,9: Goods. The\ me the hand- somest ev er chimed in town Cheviots and Plaids Among them for the ladies. The finest English imponed goods f0 tailor made suits. Ladies’ Suits, $25 to $50. is furnished, $12 to $15. Large stock of Ladies’ cloth, all sty and colors. Patterns cut any style, to order. Fit guaranteed. When clot For Men. Suits from $15 up. Trousers, 8-5 up. Spring Overcoats, $18. The nobbiest. styles we have ever seen. BICYCLE SUITS. L. BIRMAN, Ladies’ and Genilemen’s Mini 33 Main Street, NORWALK. CONN. NORWALK HOTEL. G. Hamilton, Prop. Even/thing Modern! Newly Furnished! New Management! AGENT FOR Highland Brewing Company. EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS. For Family or Medicinal use we have a fu[l supply of the Best Grade of Beer and Whiskies, including: BEER _ Pillsner, Export,'and Bavarian Lager (steamed or plain.) ALES, Golden Pale, Golden Dark. , Stock, Malt. Extract, and Mali. and-Iron Bock Beer PORTER—— Whiskies .‘ Finest. brands for medicinal use. "Hunter,” “King William Scotch," "Costair’s Rye.” “Pepper,” "Hermit;- age,” ”Taylor Kentucky,” etc. I. G. HAMILTON. DANN 81 BANKS Have just received Twentyafive First Class Horseslv Specially Selected for this Market. A complete assortment of every kind and grade. They are 11101 oughl ,1; b1: 0- ken in all harness and weigh to 1750 pounds. REMEMBER, if Ho1ses are not as guaranteed the purchase money wil be cheerfully returned. contains the finest. asso rtment of Car- , riages andvWagons of all kinds, AT SPEGIALLY LOW PRICES. RUNABOUTS. sunnsvs, BUSI. NESS WAGONS. FARM WAGONS. &c. STEIGTLY PURE! Stores and families supplied. Loive . rates. ELI—S 81 60., I I North Ave. Rom 1100 ’ Norwalk. _ ~I. l l". l ~— A Wor FROM Ch 1.1 Prowitt Alli/[B RY T0 the Members of the Worwmk, South Norwalk 'cma East War-walk Fire Departments .' The year ’98 was a great year 101' bicycles. I sold more wheels during that year than ever before, but I desire to make, the year ’99 a record breaker, and in order 'to do it I want your assistance 1n booming the Rambler Wheel; to spread its name and fame into every nook and corner of our town. To obtain your help I propose to give away Absolutely Free, to the most popular membe of either the Norwalk, South N orwalk or East Norwalk File Departments a celebra- ted High Glade ’99 Rambler Wheel, the fleetest, the handsomest, the most graceful, the most durable and most reliable Wheel built, up to date. The-popularity will be decided by ballot, and in order to vote for candidates the name of the member to be voted for together with the name of the fire company of Which he isa member must-.be written on the coupon below and deposzted in the ballot box at my store N o. 45 Main street, Norwalk. Ballots for members of the South N orwalk department can . be deposited in the ballot box at the store of Whelpley &: Clark 1n the Lauder building. Ballots for members of the East Norwalk department can be deposited in the ballot box in Hal'fnei s Cigai and News store at the east end of the Washington street bridge The contest is Open to every member of the several fire d pertinents including members of the Fire Police. All ballots must be deposited by 7 o ‘clock sharp, 011 the evening of May 29th, and the nounced on_May 31st. namemof the vinuer will be an I, T. Prowitt, Agent RAMBLER WHEELS, No. 45 MAIN STREET, NORWALK, CONN. i MMMUHMQM‘QwGQAJmfigmmfi El Address Ell— gflflg c———-y_ag(.35§~ 09.5 gm M—fi LM12m E,M,M«y 275053.33 369mg:g‘mnagfi mem' THE GAZETTE oOVers the cream 01 the trade in this." s ment in its columns ,,' action. A11 advertise.- _ .Will nay...
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