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PEOPLE WE KNOW.
N. Y. Man’s Sterling
Words.
A Geneva.
[From Geneva, N. Y. Conrier.]
It is a pleasure for us to present to
our readers the recommendation of so
estimable a citizen as Elias Dolson, of
this place, knowing when he says that
he was cured of disease by the use of
Dr. David Kennedy’s Favorite Reme-
dy, it is So. Inasmuch as Mr. Dolson
never expected to be cured of rheuma-
tism, from which he suffered for a long.
time, we relate his case. Rheumatism,
as everyone knows, is caused by an ex-
cess of acid in the blood ; when it _be-
comes settled in the joints the patient
endures most excruciating pain ; such
was Mr. Dolson’s conditign when he
began the use of Favorite Remedy, and
like many others who have followed
the same lreatmenhhe was cured. How
man oor
who ywldulc'l give their fortunes to be re-
lieved from the terrors of this awful
complaint, not knowing'that this valu-
able preparation can be obtained _of
every dealer in medicine. Favorite
Remedy for a long time was supplied
by physicians only, but the demand
became so great that Dr. Kennedy was
forced to place it With druggists for
general sale. Mrs. Dolson, as well as
her husband, has a good word for Fav-
orite Remedy ; says she_: “_I have been
troubled for years with indigestion and
palpitation of the heart, and 1 'used
Favorite Remedy and was entirely
cured.” . . _
One of our local phySicians, in speak-
ing of this. medicine, recently said :
“Dr. David Kennedy has produced in
Favorite Remedy the only antidote for
uric acid, and the readon it cures such
a variety of complaints is from the fact
that it dissolves this acid, expelling it
from. the system, thereby curing the
disease.” . _ ‘
Favorite Remedy is a never failing
specific in diseases of the skin, liver,
’ kidneys and blood. It restores the dis-
ordered liver to a healthy condition,
corrects the worst cases of habitual
constipation, it is a certain cure for the
diseases and weaknesses peculiar to
women. It cures scrofula, salt rheum
and erysipelas. For nervousness loss
of sleep or that worn out feeling it has
no equal. In cases of rheumatism, dys-
pepsia, gravel, Bright’s disease, dia-
betes and bla der troublesnt has cured
where all else ailed. Dr. David Ken-
nedy’s Favorite Remedy is sold at $1 a
bottle, or six bottles for $5, which
brings a treatment at a moderate price.
NQTECE i
V‘THEREAS the Norwalk :Horse
Bailaoad Company has present-
ed to ithe Mayor and Council of the
City of Norwalk its petition for the ap-
proval of its plans therewithlsubmitted.
for rebuilding and improving its tracks
on Wall street from Knight street to
Belden avenue ; rebuilding and double
tracking West avenue from Belden ave-
nue to the city limits ; regauging to
standard gauge and bonding the Win-
nipauk branch ; and with all necessary
- curves. crossovers, switches and frogs,
' and showmg the center line of double
tracks, and the center line of single
track; the distance apart of double
tracks: the grade of the tracks; the
kind of rail to be used; the weight of
such rails; the pavement inside and out-
" side of rails; the method of application
of electricity as a motive power; the
distance of trolley wires above the
street and how protected; the kind of
wire construction to be used; the kind
of poles to be used and where to be lo-
cated, and the quality of all line ma-
terials, therefore
NQTICE
Ts hereby given that a bearing upon
said petition and plans will be had at
the Council Boom in the City of Nor-
walk, January 5th, 1894, at 8 o’clock p.
111., at which time and place all persons
interested are hereby notified to ap-
pear and be heard.
Dated at the City of Norwalk, Jan.
256, 1894, .
EDWIN O. KEELER, Mayor.
EDWARD M Locxwoom Clerk.
Nor .
Notice is hereby given to all whom it
may con ern: That the Nor-walk Horse
Rrailroac company has made its appli-
cation of this date to the subscribers,
the select-men of the town of Norwalk,
)representing that said company pro-
iposes to relay, extend and improve the
Winnipauk branch of its railroad in and
rough Main street or Pudding Lane
called,.and the Wilton road, in said
-'n. from the northern boundary of
.Cityof Norwalk to a point at or
air theschoolhouse at Winnipauk;
Pid to use electricity as the motive
awer thereon, and to place, erect and
aintain all fixtures, structures, sup~
lrts, wires and conductors, necessary
suitable thereto; and asking the ap-
oval of its proposed action by the
-bs‘cribers; all of which more fully ap.
:ars inxsaid application and in the
',ans submitted therewith and now on
(e in the office of the subscribers, show-
,‘g in detail said proposed changes, im-
, .:ovements, extensions and new con-
:truction:
And that the subscribers, as such se-
ctmen have appointed their office on
all street, in said city and town, as
eplace, and Friday, Jan. 5th, 1894,at
‘0 p. _m. as the time, where and when
.r Will _ car all parties interested who
i care. to appear and be heard with
srenee to said application, and the
{posed action of said company.
all pursuant to the statute in such
fie made and provided.
‘iorwal’k, Connecticut, Jan. 1st, 1894.
‘ OSCAR W. RAYMOND,
TALLMADGE BAKER,
SAMUEL DASKAM,
‘ Selectmen of said town.
HORSE CLIPPING.
HE undersigned is prepared to do Horse
.. Clipping by Steam ower,on Brook street.
; ,llpctipn guaranteed. Orders left at H. E.
.N s Livery Stable W111 receive firompt at-
tion. PHOMAS E. G EGUI};
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State'— Dinner at the White
House Last Night.
Lavishncss of tlio Decorations Pron
ably Never Before. Equalled in the
Executive .Mansion - Cm'ers- Laid
For 4.8 Persons—Those Present. l
IVASIIINGTON, Jan. 5.—Tlie first state
dinner of the official season was given last
night at the executive mansion. It was
an elaborate affair both in menu and dec-
orations, the lavishness of the latter being
unprecedented on simil. 1' occasions. The
tasteful arrangements of the sta .9 dining
room, where the table was laid, was a
subject for remark by the guests. Potted
plants and cut flowers-the usual white
house decorations—were used, but their
profusion made the room a veritable trop-
ical bower.
Never before, perhaps, in its history was
the spacious east room so luxuriantly
adorned in floral appointments. Great
palms were banked together from end to
end of the apartments, oleandcrs ten feet
high filled nooks and corners, while smi«
lax wreaths fell gracefully from the chem
deliers. The fireplaces, mantels and win—
dows were masses of growing plants and
no available space was left unfilled.
The blue room, the red room and the
green room, as well as the main corridor,
were also elaborately ornamented with
similar decorations.
The guests went to the dining room a
half past seven to the music of the United
States marine band, stationed in the pub-
lic lobby. The president and Mrs. Stevens
son led the way, followed by the vice«
president and Mrs. Cleveland and the
members of the cabinet with the ladies of
the cabinet circle, led by Secretary Gres-
ham and Mrs. Carlisle.
Covers were laid for 43 persons, among
them outside of the president and vice-
president and members of the cabinet and
their wives, were:
General and Mrs. Schofield, Admiral
Gherardi, Senator and Mrs. Gorman,
Governor and Mrs. Pattison of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Russell of
Massachusetts, Senator and Mrs. J ones of
Arkansas, Mr. and Mrs. Thurber, Senator
and Miss Voorhees, Representative and
'Mrs. lV.L.lVilson, Senator and Mrs. Mills,
Speaker and Mrs. Crisp, Senator Harris,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles \V. Goodyear of
Buffalo, N. Y.; Mr. James Stillman and
Miss Stillman of New York city; Miss
Thomas, Mr. C. C. Baldwin and Miss
Baldwin of New York city.
Denounces Know-Notliingism.
MILWAUKEE, lVis., Jan. 5.—~Governor
Peck has placed himself squarely on rec-
ord as denouncing the American protec-
tive association. In reply to a letter from
the editor of the Catholic Citizen, in-
quiring his views in the matter, the gov-
ernor says; “This organization is one
which ought to be and will be condemned
by every true American citizen. So far
from rcspresenting Americanism, if the
association is successful in its aims, it
will strike a deep blow at the liberities of
our country. Any organization which
would deprive men of citizenship for con-
science sake, must be condemned as out-
rageous in itself and dangerous to the
welfare of the country.
appears to be a revival of the Know—noth-
ing movement by which years ago a few
fanatics sought to annoy and subvert the
liberities of their fellow citizens. Among
those who are most zealous in fostering
and promoting this new movement are
many who were active in [pushing the ob—
noxious Bennett law. The attacks of the
organization are now directed against one
class of religious people. That such an
organization can succeed is impossible.”
Ballot Reform in New York.
NEW YORK, Jan.5 .—A conference was
held at the City club of representatives of
organizations which are interested in the
passage of a ballot reform measure. An
official ballot on the Massachusetts plan
was submitted. It met with general
favor, and a bill in accordance therewith
will be presented to the legislature. The
voter must indicate his choice by a cross
opposite the name he votes, or, in case he
votes 3. straight ticket, lie. so indicates.
There will be a separate ballot for consti-
tutional amendments and the questions
submitted are to be answered "yes" or
“no.” Sample ballots will be used for the
guidance of illiterate voters. Illitcrutc
01' disabled voters will have to make affi-
davits of their disability at time they
register. Such a voter will be allowed to
take a friend into the booth to help him
prepare his ballot, provided he meets the
aforesaid requirement. The ballots are
to be folded as usual. The use of a poster
or pastor sheet is prohibited.
Dcstilution in New Haven.
Niaw I‘IATEN, Conn., Jan.5 .——'.l‘he plan
of collecting statistics of destitutioti in‘
the city. suggested by the Central labor
union, has been adopted by the police
commissioners, and the patrolmeu have
engaged in the work. Each officer is f 'r-
nished with a book in which he will record
his observations and report to the chief,
who, in turn, will report- to the union,
which will then do what it can to assist
deserving cases. An officer of the Grand
avenue precinct found a voman of 70
years on the verge of starvation. She was
thinly clad and so feeble that she was un~
able to summon assistance. There was
no furniture in the room and the woman
had been without food a week. The town
agent relieved the sufferer. '
Foreign Idea of Our Finances.
LONDON, J an. 5 .—The “'estminster
Gazette, referring to the annual report of
the American secretary of the treasury,
says it seems clear that America will soon
raise a loan. It adds that the financial po
sition of America. has changed strangely
since a few years ago, when the govern-
ment scarcely knew how to dispose of the
enormous annual surplus.
Jobs Given Out.
\VASHINGTGN, Jan. 5.—The president
s'entto the senate the following nomina-
tions: John Vi". Ross, commissioner of the
District of Columbia; Perry T. Cumber-
son of New Jersey, assistant appraiser of
merchandise in the district of New York;
Frank Clarendon Cook of the District of
Columbia, assistant surgeon of the navy.
Nearly Out of Funds.
LYNN, Mass, Jan. 5.—The citizen’s re-
lief committee is nearly out of funds. It
now pays some 450 men for their labor.
Upon these men are dependent some 1,600
people.
.. nun.» any“
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W EEK LAY '- .iN* O R 'V'A LK _.
WORLD’S FAIR FINANCES.
A Small Dividend on Stock May Be'
Paid This Dionth. -
NEW You-K, Jan. 5 .'——A Chicago special
says that a small dividend on world’s fair
stock will probably be paid about the mid-
dle of the month. The finance committee
of the board of directors held a. meeting in
President Higinbotham’s office to decide
upon the time and the amount.
\thn Marshall Field announced that
he would give $1,000,000 in cash to the
Columbian museum if- the stockholders
in the world’s fair would give $9,000,000 of
their holdings it was known that he made
that proviso to get another endowment to
the museum. It is known that the exposi-
tion stock will yield a dividend of at least
10 per cent.
There has been subscribed to the
museum 3. little over 100,000 shares of fair
stock, or nearly $1,001,“),000. Nearly 51,000,-
000 more must be donated before Mr.
Field can be called upon for his splendid
gift.
To declare a dividend seems a trifle pe—
culinr, even to some of the directors.
What influence it will have on further
donations is uncertain. It may tend to
increase them after the dividend has been
paid, or, again, it may . have the opposite
influence. '
Of course, the museum will get the divi-
dends on stock already transferred. The
finance committee decided to put off the
day for distributing the surplus until Au-
ditor Barrington’s report for December
comes out. They will then order a divi—
dend of perhaps 5 per cent.
DEALING IN RAILROAD PASSES.
A Chicago Scalper Offers to Buy Edi.
torial Mileage Tickets.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.——A stenographer in the
office of :1 Clark street ticket broker has
been for some time sending out circular
letters to editors and publishers through-
out the United States, ofi‘cfing to buy
their editorial mileage, presented by the
different roads in exchange for advertis-
ing. Unfortunately for the stenographer,
one of these letters was mailed to the New
York Times. Mr. Nye, the broker, had
expressly ordered that none of them
should fall into the hands of the larger
daily newspapers. A reporter called M r.
Nye’s attention to the letter that. had
gone to New York, and he said: “It. was
by a mistake that this letter went to the
Times. This is the season of the year for
the country newspapers to make their
contracts with railroads for mileage and
passes, and we take this method of mak-
ing a bid for all they can lay their hands
upon. '2 is legitimate from a railroad
ticket brok‘r’s standpoint, but it is not to
be assumed that we can do business with
the larger and more influential papers in
the country.”
Val icau Relics in ‘Wnsiiingtou.
WASHINGTON, San. 5.—-The relics of Co-
lumbus and of the Catholic church loaned
by Pope Leo XIII. to the United States
government for exhibition at the world’s
fair were received at the state department
some time ago and are locked in fireproof
vaults awaiting shipment to Rome. When
the shipment will take place is in abey—
uiice. This government promised the
pope that it would bring the relics to
America in a United States warship and
return them in the same way. The first
part of the contract was carried out, but
no ship is available for completing it, and
the vutican exhibit must remain in \Vash~
ington until foreign complications that
endanger American interests allow the
navy department to fit up a itssel for tak-
ing back the valuable collections.
Chicago’s Population.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5 .—At a meeting of the
Two Million club, President Givens said
it had always been customary to estimate
the po‘i uiution of this city by multiplying
the number of names in the directory by
.‘3 8—10, but he had discovered that the pop-
ulation of New York was estimated by
multiplying the number of names in the
directdry by 4 1-5. He contended that the
rule was as applicable to Chicago as to New
York and that it indicated that on May 1,
1803, Chicago had a population of 2,010,000,
the number of names in the directory at
that time being 504,000. ‘
l’vIurdcr Suspected.
SCRANTON, Pa., Jun. . .3. A week ago
the body of John Squier, a wealthy far-
mer of Nevin, Pa., was found dead along
the Delaware, Lack-awanna and 1Western
tracks. It was the belief at the time that
Squier had been drunk and wandered in
front of atrain. A brother of the dead
man arrived in the city and has set on
foot an investigation in the belief that he
vas murdered. He says that his brother
was an upright man with strong religious
views, that he never drunk, and that sur-
prising evidence will be adduced before
the coroner’s jury.
New York Police ii. the Poor.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.~—-Mayor Giiroy has
received from Superintendent
$2,038.80, which is the contribution of the
uniformed police of the city for the month
of December t gvard the relief of the un-
employed. Tlic money is to be distributed
by the committee of five appointed by the
mayor to act in conjunction with Seth
Low’s committee for the relief of the poor.
Superintendent Byrnes assures the mayor
that the contributions will be continued
so long as the committee believes that the
condition of the unemployed makes it
necessary.
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Suppressed by Police
ROME, Jan. 5 .—The proposed public
meeting to protest against the acquittal
at Anggouleme, France. of the Frenchmen
accused of killing Italians during the
Aigues-Mortes riots, was not held. Act-
ing under the circu ar issued by Prime
Minister Crispi, the police in force were at
the building in which the meeting had
been advertised to be held, and refused to
let anyone enter. Quite a number of per-
sons appeared, but when informed that
the police would not allow the meeting to
be held they dispersed quietly.
lilorgan as a Philanthropist.
NEW YORK Jan. 5.-—It has developed
that J. Pierpont Morgan is the philan-
thropist who has donated a large sum of
money to Nathan Straus’ new charity, the
grocery store where articles of food may
be purchased cheaply by the poor. The
amount given is understoodto be $50,000.
Thorn’s in the Erie‘s Path.
LONDON, Jan. 5. —— The lVestminster
Gazette says that there is much opposi-
tion to the scheme of the Erie railroad
company for consolidating certain of its
bonded debts. ,
A Booming Industry.
NEWTON, Mass, Jan. 5.——Business men
in this city to the number of twenty-five
or thirty have received circulars from
green goods men within the past few
days. '
Read the Grimm?
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LONDON IN] THE, SEASON.-
[mpresslons Received from a First View of
the House of Commons.
The first impression one gets of the
chamber of the house of commons is
that it is so very small. It, does not
'surprise you to find the house of peers
a. hall of somewhat limited proportion.
That seems to be in keeping with the
cxclusiveness of its members. But the
house of commons sounds so momen-
tons, and such great things have been
carried out there that one rather looks
for something grand and imposing and
impressive. And when you take your
place in the gallery, and lean over' the
railing to look down upon the high
hats of the IllellgleEI‘S, you feel that
you are rather in a. private chapel than
in a legislative hall. and that by reach-
ing out your hand you could almost
touch the speaker in his high chair.
which always wickedly suggested a.
Punch-and-Judy show to me, and the
topof which, I was grieved to note, was
not dusted. I found it very hard at
first to grasp the fact that the gentle-
men sitting on the benches, or walking
in and out, and making little bows to
the speaker whenever they did so,
whether he was looking at them or
not, were the real men themselves of
whom we have read, and with whom
Puncli’s “Essence of Parliament” and
the illustrated papers have made us
familiar. It was interesting to think
you were hearing before anyone else
the speeches or the argument that
were to be read the next morn-
ing in America. and India. Going
to the house day 'after day was
like a procession of “first nights”
given with a star cast. I caught my-
self commenting with some surprise on
how like the men were to their pic-
tures, and that there really was 3. lat-
ticed grating, and that the shadowy,
moving figures behind it, like the
ghostly jury in “The Bells,” were real
women and young girls, guarded from
view like slaves in a harem; and that
there were a mace and a gangway and
a master-of-arms with a sword, just as
Harry Furniss draws him, and a re-
porters’ gallery, where Warrington and
Charles Dickens once sat; and that Mr.
Balfour did wear gaiters and Mr. Glad-
stone high-peeked collars; and that the
Irish members were as obnoxious as I
had been led to believe they would be;
and that the lord chancellor in the
upper house looked just as he did in
‘Iolanthe. It was like seeing one of
Shakespear‘s plays on the stage for the
first time after one had studied it only
from the book. What impressed me
:most about the house was the air of
good-breeding which prevailed there,
and the strictness of the etiquette—the
fact that the members might not read
a newspaper within its limits,.and the
courtesy with which they bowed and
gave to each other the full title. It
Iseemed so cozy and comfortable—legis-
lation made easy, as it were—the colors
Twere so harmonious and the coats of
arms so numerous, and the ubiquitous
‘policemcn in the lobbies and halls out
side so obsequious, that a. mem-
ber‘s life, one thought, must be a
:happy one. And they have such
amusing privileges outside the house.
Their hansoms 'may, for instance,
go through any block at W ater-
loo bridge, no matter liow heavy
the traffic may be, and if they are cab-
inet ministers they can go through a
block anywhere. If I were a. cabinet
minister I 'would take a. hansom by
the hour, and spend my money riding
around to find blocks that I might be
let through, and so make other people
envious. And inside the house they
are allowed to ask their friends to din-
ner, and to wear their hats all the time
and everywhere, even, or especially—
for some of the liberals are silly enough
to make a point of it—when the prince
of Wales takes his seat over the clock.
—-Richard Harding Davis, in Harper‘s
Magazine.
THE—ME.
After All, It Is Only a. Shadow of the
Really Good and Beautiful.
“We were never intended to be hap-
py. This world is but a. vale of tears,”
moans the narrow-minded moralist.
“All beauty is but vanity,” sighs the
sad preacher.
Are these things 50?
Were we put here but to b misera-
ble for a little while, to strug 3e vainly
against our fate, and then to e forced
out—into nowhere? And while we are
mournfully waiting our turn to go are
all beauty and brightness and happh
ness to be forbidden delights? Are all
pleasant things to belong only to the
careless soul who refuses to realize». its
wretched position and inevitable end-
ing?
No, a thousand times no!
Never was a more foolish mistake.
Light and beauty and gladness belong
to those, and to those only, who have
come to a linOii'leckge of the great
truth that there is nothing but good,
and that what we call “evil” is but its
shadow, which we see because 'of the
brightness which shines upon its other
side.
And those -who know
“look upon the dark side.” To them
there is no “dark side.” You may
know them by the .happy {secret shin-
ing in their eyes. “All things are for
their sakes.” Beauty and happiness
are but their heritage; and in' opening
their eyes to ebehold it, and their
hearts to claim it, they are but taking
their birthright—Ladies' Home Jour-
nal.
that never
He Got It.
Small Boy—Want yer satchel ker-
ried, mister?
Elderly Traveler—lVliy, you’re too
little, my son, to carry as heavy a.
satchel as this.
Small Boy —— Yes’r. Mcbby you
wouldn’t mind givin’ me a nickel for
offerin’ tokerry it.—-Chicago Tribune.
“It ’s a. Wine Clilld—”
Hicks—I’ll say one thing for Dick; he
never disobeys me. '
Dix—How do you manage that?
Hicks—When he wants to do a. thing,
he takes the precaution not to ask me.
—Puck.
——An average summer waltz at an
Atlantic City hop covers three-quar-’
ters of a mile.
They all read the GAZETTE
fall of snow here the past 12 hours.
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Highest of all in Leavening Powev.-——Latest U. S. Gov't Report; '
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Terrible Weather in. All
Parts of Europe.
“Humor in All its Rigor Causing Great
Suffering—A Fierce Blizzard Rag-
ing Over a. Large Section of the
Country—weather Growing Colder
VIENNA, Jan. 5.-—Dlspaches received
this morning from Trieste said that the
blizzard there had not abated. It is the
worst storm that the city has experienced
for ten years. More than 50 accidents had
been reported, All trains are delayed
and the delivery of mails has been sus~
pended. All traffic, both by sea and land,
had been stopped early Saturday after-
noon. The steamship Imperator, which
is in the Indian trade, ought to have
sailed for Bombay yesterday, but she is
still at her wharf and will remain there
until the end of the storm. The Italian
vessel Zara was rendered topheavy by the
vast masses of ice in her rigging and on
her decks. She almost capsized and her
crewtwas saved only with the greatest
dfliculty. The steamship Grutz was
wrecked near Ancona, on the Adriatic
coast of Italy. The crew was saved.
The cold is growing more intense.
Many have been frozen to death. The
absence of snow deprives the poor of one
of the usual sources of relief. The wind
raises a choking dust.
Dem .‘i and Suffering in Paris.
PARIs, Jan. 5.—The thermometer early
this morning registered but 10 degrees
above zero, Fahrenheit. The police 're-
port terrible suffering and several deaths
from exposure.
From all parts of Hungary, Italy and
Aurztria, or from all places where commu»
i:01’l has not been cut off, comes re«
poi-.s of the severity of the blizzard now
raging. The suffering among the poor in
all quarters is terrible.
In Toulon it grows colder. In Perigueux,
among the mildest of winter resorts, every-
thing is snowed up. Heavy snow storms
are reported from Corsica. In Antwerp
the docks are encumbered with ice and it
is feared that many vessels will be caught
fast.
Frozen to Death in Berlin.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.—This morning the ther-
mometer registered seven degrees aboyg
zero Fahrenheit. In the surrounding coun-
try it is hardly above zero. Four persons
have been found frozen to death in Berlin.
Many deaths from cold have occurred
elsewhere. The public and private refuy
gees in Berlin are overcrowded. The num-
ber of applicants exceeds by hundreds the
number of beds. Those without beds are
glad to lie in the straw. The electric
lights in ' Turemberg are out, as the river,
which pr. sides the generating power, is
frozen.
Terrible Suffering in Spain.
MADRID, J an. 5.—The thermometer reg-
istered five degrees below zero. ccntigrade,
here last-night. Elsewhere it is twelve
degrees below zero. Many persons have
been frozen to death in the provinces of
Burgos and Asturias. Heavy snow storms
are reported throughout the north of
Spain.
Heavy Snow Storm in Italy.
ROME, Jan. 5.—Tliere has been aheavy
Tele-
phone and telegraph wires are down, and
the omnibuses have been forced to stop
running.
Olcomnrgarinc in Connection .
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 5.—Armour
and Company of Chicago are back of an
attempt to demonstrate the unconstitu—
tionality of, the oleomargarine law, passed
by the last legislature, which prohibits
the sale of oleomargarine colored in imi~
tation of butter. John Barry, :1. grocer of
Derby, has been fined for violating this
law and the case will be carried to the
higher courts of the state.
Not a Slaughter; Only 2,000 Killed.
LONDON, Jan. 5.—Captains White and
Donovan, who were in the Matabele cam-
paign, have come to London. They have
given a detailed account of the fighting.
Capt. thite denies the stories of immense
slaughter of the Matabele. Not more
than 2,000 warriors were killed, he says,
in the whole campaign.
Damage Suit Against McKanc.
BROOKLY, N. Y., Jan. 5.——Lawycr A. R.
Moore of Brooklyn announced that he is
preparing papers in a. damage suit against
John Y. McKane, for causing the alleged
illegal arrest on election day of Alexander
S. Bacon, M. E. Moore, W. A. thit-ing
and \V. K. W'ardner, Gaynor watchers.
Carroll Outwrestles Athertou.
BUFFALO, Jan. 5,—The wrestling match
last night between Ed Atherton of Bel~
fast, N. Y., and Joe Carroll of England,
for a $700 purse given by the Iroquois
athletic club, was won by Carroll in two
straight falls. The men worked like tro-
jaiis from 10 p. in. until 2 a. m.
An Old \Vatch Factory Resumes.
JERSEY CITY, N. Y., Jan. 5.—The Stan-~
dard watch factory, located in the Lafay-
ette district in this city,has resumed work
with the full number of hands on eight
hours a day. Some of the old hands have
moved away, but all who could be found
were given the preference.
Ja an’s Em eror Encounters Bandits
P
LONDON, Jan. 5.-—-The Standard’s
Shanghai correspondent says: “W'hilsl
the emperor was proceeding to his winter .-
palace bandits attacked the procession
and secured a quantity of valuables. They
also kidnapped several imperial officers."
COULDN’T SPELL “ARITHMETIC.”
Colored Porters at the Albany Capi-
tol Before the Civil. Service Board.
ALBANY, . an. 3.——There- were 13 scared
colored men who were ranged about ta-
bles in the office the state civil service
commissioner at the afternoon meeting
with their eyes sticking out of, their
heads. They were porters employed about
the capaitol building by Superintendent
of Public Building Dclalianty.
Comptroller Roberts’ assertion that he
intended to enforce the civil service law
to the letter was the cause of their pres-
ence. Chief Examiner Carmody exam-
ined them. The examination consisted in
each man writing his name, home ad-
dress, occupation and the nature of his
duties, and in writing answers to-the fol-
lowing questions:
If you earn 11 cents an hour how much
will you earn in 19 hours?
Add 500, 521, 356. _,
If you secure $9.50 for your week’s-work
and pay out $0.75 for groceries, etc.,. hoW
much will you have left?
If you owe six men $5l, hov ' much do you .
owe each one?
An attempt was made to put them
through a spelling contest, but it failed,.
as they were all stuck when it came to
spelling “arithmetic.”
The men are all democrats, and, as the
brightest one of them said: “Civil serv-
ice may be all right, but us coons who
clean spittoons should be exempted. The
republican colored men are trying to get
our places, but I don’t think they know
enough to pass a civil service examinaw'
tion, so we are all right, and it may be
a good thing.”
TO RETAKE BAGE.
l’cixoto Sends a Strong Force to the
Besieged City.
Copyright, 1894-, by the United Press.
RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 5.——Therc is no im-
portant change in the situation here.
Rumors have reached this city that the
town of Bage, in the state of Rio Grande
Do Sul, which has been besieged by the
insurgents for about a month, had finally
capitulated, but these rumors are not con-
firmed by official dispatches received here.
The loyal garrison at Bage consists of
1,260 troops, while the forcc besieging the
town numbers 2,000.
The government officials place no re-
liance whatever in the reports of the sur-
render of Bage, though they admit that
the garrison there has probably been
weakened by the long siege to which it
has been subjected, and that its num-
ber may have been Lessened by the several
engagements that have taken place. Or-
ders have been issued by the minister of
war for a force to proceed at once to the
relief of the town. Acting under these
orders, General Hypolite, commanding a.
column of 2,600 men to-day left- Livra-
mcnto for Bage. At about the same time
General Sampayo, with 3,000 men left
Cerro Chato, his destination also being
Bags.
This force, it is thought, will be more
than strong enough to raise the siege.
Livramento is 78 miles from Bags, vhile
Cerro Chato is only 54 miles from the be-
sieged town. Bagc is an important place,
and the government despatchcs a strong
force there in order to guard against any
possibility of its falling into the hands of
the insurgents.
For Government Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-——Representative
Maguire, dem., 031., has introuced a
postal telegraph bill providing for the is-
sue of $25,000,000 in bonds to be expended
in the erection of telegraph lines, start-
ing at 373 of the largest cities in the coun-
try. The tolls are fixed at ten cents for
ten words, and the postmaster-general is
authorized to arrange for a rate of 20
cents per 100 words for news dispaches.
Must Not Leave the State.
EiiANcuserR, N. H., Jan. 5.——'l‘he Peo—
ple’s fire insurance company and the Der-
ryfield savings bank, through their attor—
neys, secured an injunction against Mrs.
Charles F. Morrill, wife of the missing
treasurer of these institutions, restraining
her from disposing of any property and
also enjoining her from leaving the state
or the jurisdiction of the court.
Civilian Strikers‘ PlaC\:.. .‘~~"I Flt-d.
WEsr POINT, N. Y., Jan. 5.-All the
civilian employes, except one, of the “West
Point gas works are out on strike upon a
refusal of their demand for fewer hours.
They were receiving $50 per month and re
fuse to work 12 hours per day. Their
places were promptly filled by enlisted
men.
Clearing Up the Miser-’5 House.
NEWARK, N. J ., Jan. 5.—-Two men have
been put to work at clearing up ithe
house, 79 Commerce street, where the aged
recluse, Miss Petty was found murdered a
week ago. They are under orders to keep
a sharp lookout for buried or hidde 1)
money.
Death of :1. Famous Architect.
VIENNA, Jan. 5.——Baron Karl von Has-
enaur is dead. He was probably the most
conspicuous architect in Austria. Among
his works are the Royal Museum in
Vienna, the palace of Count von Luetzow
in Tienna and the palace of Industry,
built for the Vienna Exposition in 1875.
Attached a. Street Railway.
SALEM, Mass, Jan. 5.——William Blaney
of Marblehead has attached the Lynn and
Boston street railway in the sum of. 82.5,-
000 in an action of tort to recover damages
for injuries claimed to have been received
by plaintiff in a collision at Swamp Scott
a month ago. . .
Live Bil-(l Match.
PERTH Annoy, N. J ., Jan. 5.---In a live,
bird match between James Van Brackle,
of Matawan, and Leander Campbell 0'
Little Silver, in this city, at 25 birds one
for a purse of $200, Van Breckle won Wit;
a score of 16 to 11. , ' .
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Baking ,
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