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Has already warned us of the coming cold weath‘er,when
the nights will be long and chilly. That is the reason
why we have bought a great many Blankets so early, as
we can buy them at auction prices every August, and
sell them to our customers at about 10
than we can a month later.
Look at the prices.
per cent. lower
10-4
Blankets, three'difierent borders, at the lowest price a
Blanket was ever sold at, 49c a pair.
124 Wool Blankets, from $1.95 to $9.00 a pair.
at them and you will say they are the
ever saw.
BOYS’ KNEE PANTS.
Boys are now about tired of baseball and must get
ready for school.
and 490 a pair.
10-4, 11-4 and
. Look
best values you
We have knee pants for “them at 25c
Made of good wearing cloth; just the
thing for school wear. Swiss embroidered
Lamas HANDKnacnrsrs.
We have a great bargain in Swiss Embroidered Ladies’
Handkerchiefs that cost 50c to import.
We shall sell
them at 25c each. This is the best handkerchief ever
offered in N orwalk at the price.
THE NORWALK BOSTON STORE-
COR. MAIN AND WALL ST EETS,
NORWALK, CONNL‘
Telephone Call, 57-4.
l BARGAlN
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I have two very desir-
able Building Lots.cen-
trally located, in a gen-
teel neighborhood,five
minutes walk from the
bridge, that I will sell
at Siaughtered Prices,
to close an estate. Ap-
plyto::::::
G. A. FRANKE,
AGENT.
PATENTS !
I-——‘
‘ FOSTERJREEMAN & CHAMBERLAIN
Counceiors in Patent Causes.
Mechanical and Electrical ex-
perts. Rooms 12, 13, 14, Bish-
op Block. Bridgeport, Conn.
30 years experience in Pat-
ents.
SOME MEMBER OF OUR FIRM 18 IN
NOR WALK EVERY WEEK. ‘
Write for particulars to Bridgeport.
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT!
I have inst
Secured the
LATEST IMPORTATIONS 1
Spring and Summer
Suitings. which I will
make up at the lowest
cash price.
F-KOCOUR.
Merchant Tailor,
:7 Norm MAIN Bream: So.Noawar.x, CONN.
J. D. Jennings. 4
UN DERTAK ER
4 Knight street, opposite ‘
"Street Railway Depot.
NIGHT BELL AT OFFICE
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BUY
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Your meats of E. F. Baldwin.
and save money, at his market
No. 8 Henry {street, or his wa-
gon, which is on the street every
day. Note the prices, which are
the lowest in the city:
Shoulder Steak, 100
Round “ 12%0
Sirloin " 16c
Porterhouse 18c
Bib Roast “ 12%c
Pot “ 4, 5 and 6c
Corned beef very cheap. All goods warranted
the best and sold for cash only.
I" Orders by mail receive prompt attention.
E. F. BALDWIN,
No. 8 Henry street, City.
Horace E. Dann,
EXCELSIOB
Opposite Danbury and
Norwaik Railroad depot,
Norwalk, Conn. Stylish
Single or Double Teams
with or without drivers.
Safe horses for women
and children. . .
SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY
Horse Shoeing...‘
The undersigned has taken the shop in
the front of S. T. Ruby’s on Cross street,
and is prepared to do horse shoeing in
first-class1 manner.
J 322:: T Lycett.
PLYMOUTH lllll} mm
StoresGrFam
H‘REASONABL'E RATES
rGIVEN AWAY.
During the remainder of
August we will sell all
goods at cost, and thus
give you the profits.
Our stock consists of
House furnishings, win-
dow screens, refrigera- l
tors and Yankee nOtions.
H.H. WILLIAMS,
15 WALL STREET.
5 DONT’S.
DON’T
buy old goods out of
style when you can get
new fabrics and latest
styles for less'money.
DON’T
decide untill you have
compared prices and
values We are yet to
to be told‘ that our
goods are high.
DON’T
think for a moment we
cannot fit you. At our
factory in New York
we can make everything
exactly right.
DON’T
buy unless you are suit-
ed, and if goods are
not as you thought
bring them back and
have your money re-
turned.
DON’T
forget to tell your
friends about us. We
depend a. great deal on
the value of the adver-
tising a pleased cus-
tomer 'can do. ,
Store will close at, 6
o’clock, Mondays and
Saturdays excepted,
until further notice.
W. A. BENEDICT &
00., Sentinel Building,
South Noiwalk, Conn.
.. N o R “I A L K
llllll BMNSIGNED. ’
The President Will Permit It to Be-
come the Law by Default.
WILL NOT CHANGE HIS MIND.
Congressmen Using the Argument That
Bis Signature \Vill Aid Them In the
Campaign —— Routine Proceed;
lugs of Senate and House.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2-l.——The president
remains firm in his purpose to let the tar-
iff bill become a law without his signa-
ture. This, as was stated by the press
at the time, was his intention when he
left Washington for Gray Gables, and
there is excellent authority for the state-
ment that Mr. Cleveland since his return
has indicated that he is of the same opin-
ion as before he left here. A great deal
of pressure has been used and is still ex-
erting to induce Mr. Cleveland to forego
his present purpose and to sign the bill
either with or without some ‘message ex-
pressing his views, but the president gave
no encouragement to those who have press-
td views of this nature on his attention
and has indicated that he will allow the
bill to become a law by expiration of the
10 days’ clause of the constitution. The
persons most urgent in suggesting to the
president that he sign the bill are mem
bers of congress who have represented very
strongly that a signature of the bill will
help them considerably in their defense
of it in the coming campaign, and that
should it not have the measure of presi-
dential approval indicated by Mr. Cleve-
land’s signature their position on the
stump will be embarrassed to some extent
at least. Speaker Crisp and a. number of
other congressmen have presented this
view of the matter, and the speaker saw
Mr. Cleveland today on the subject. So
far as can be learned, the president’s atti-
tude has been one of patient listening to
and consideration of the arguments pre-
sented, but he has refrained carefully
from making any promises or giving en-
couragement to congressmen who wish
the bill signed. A veto of the bill, how-
ever, is not even suggested. It cannot be-
come a law without the presidential auto-
graph until next Monday, and this being
the case the adjournment of congress will
hardly take place before next Tuesday.
In the Senate.
Even before the reading of yesterday’s
journal in the senate today the“ absence
of a quorum was pointed out by Mr. Man-
derson (Rep, Neb.), and the roll being
called but 33 senators, 10 less than a
quorum, responded.
Mr. Harris moved that the sergeant-at-
arms be directed to request the presence of
absent senators, but Mr. Pasco and Mr.
Cockrcll pointed out that the same order
made yesterday was still in force, and the
latter asked that the report of the ser-
geant-at-arms be read. This was dated
Aug. 23 (today) and reported that of the
42 senators who failed to an'Swer to their
names yesterday only “to were in the city
and one of these (Mr. Voorhces) was too
ill to attend. The others were telegraphed
to attend immediately.
It was found impossible to get anuorum,
and at 1:20 the senate adjourned.
‘ \Vork or the House.
About 50 members were on the floor
when the house met today. There was, as
usual, a great rush on the part of mem-
bers for recognition to pass bills of local
importance. A bill was passed to extend
the time in which the Hutchinson and
Southern railroad company can construct
a railroad through the Indian Territory.
Two private bills also passed.
Mr. Bynum (Dem., Ind.) then demand-
ed tho regular order. Thereupon Mr.
Cummings, chairman of the committee
on naval affairs, presented the report of
the committee on the armor plate frauds.
With it he presented a joint resolution to
authorize and direct the secretary of the
navy to remove from the Monadnock, the
monitor Terror, the ships Oregon, Indi-
ana and Massachusetts, and cruiser Mon-
terey certain specified armor plates and to
subject them to the ballistic test at the
Indian Head proving ground. The reso-
lution also directed a report on these tests.
At 1:10 the house adjourned after trans-
acting only the most unimportant busi-
ness.
Hill to Fight the Income Tax.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Senator Hill
expects to be an attorney in the first case
that is brought up testing the constitu-
tionality of the income tax provisions of.
the new tariff law. The New York sen-
ator expressed the opinion when the bill
was being considered in the senate that
there' were features of the law which were
unconstitutional, and says he believes,
when brought to the courts, it will be de-
clared unconstitutional in whole or in
part.
Dye \Vnod Becoming Exhausted.
WASHINGToN, Aug. 24.—United States
Consul Williams at San Jose, Costa Rica,
reports to the state department that ow-
ing to the heavy exportation of dye woods
from that country—from 15,000 to 16,000
tons annually—within the next five years
all this wood available will have been out.
There are large supplies in the interior.
but they cannot be brought to market at
a paying price.
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Bram and Blood, on drau ht at the
lrinclpnl soda fountains at 5c. per
glass. Bottles Extract Magic iron-
[one for home use, 25c. One
bottle makes a quart of the
best iron Ton‘c Syrup in
the worldADelicious
in ice w er. Will
keep indefinitely.
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the teeth.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
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The Government Oflioials Were Neg-
ligent, but Not Corrupt.
CARNEGIE COMPANY SCORED.
The Report of the House Committee Sus-
talns Most of the Charges Made.
Plates and Bolts Falsely Treated
Before Being Tested.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.*chcsontative
Amos J. Cummings, chairman of the house
committee on naval affairs, presented to
the house today the preliminary report
upon the investigation of the armor plate
and bolts furnished to the government by
the Carnegie Steel company. The inves-
tigation has been in progress for weeks,
and during its course testimony has been
given by the principal officials of the Car-
negie company, by workmen' and by gov—
ernment ofiicials. The report is a remark-
ably complete and a minute review of the
case. The committee finds that the
charges of fraud have been sustained,
scores the company severely and recom-
mends that 59 suspected plates in use
should be tested as the only method of
proving their fitness or unfitness. It also
finds that the government inspection was
negligent and. defective, but no charge
of dishonesty rests upon the inspectors.
The charges against the company are
summarized as follows:
First—The plates did not receive the
uniform treatment required by the Speci-
fications of the contract.
Second—False reports of treatment of
the plates were systematically made to
the government inspectors.
Third—No bolts received the double
treatment provided for in the specifics
tions of either contract. A report of a
double treatment, however, was made to
the government'inspeomrs.
Fourth—Specimens taken from the
plates, both before and after treatment,
to :lsceratain the tensile strength of each
plate, were stretched without the knowl-
edge of the government inspectors, so as
to increase the apparent tensile strength
when actually tested.
False Specimens Substituted.
Fifth—False specimens taken from oth—
er plates were substituted for the plates
selected by the government inspectors.
Sixth—The testing machine was repeat-
edly manipulated by order of the superin-
tendent of the armor plate mills to in-
crease the apparent tensile strength of
the specimens. These specimens wore
juggled in measurements so as to increase
their apparent ductility.
Seventh—Various specimens selected by
the government inspectors were retreated
without their knowledge before they were
submitted to test.
a Eighth—Plates selected by the govern-
ment inspectors for ballistic test were re-
treated with the intention of improving
their ballistic resistance. without the
knowledge, of the government inspectors.
In one own-e at least the conclusion is al-
most irresistible that the bottom of an ar—
mor plate was substituted for the top half
of plate A 619, after it had been selected
by the government, while awaiting ship-
ment to Indian Head. Upon this ballistic
test a. group of plates containing 348 tons,
valued at; about $180,000, were to be ac-
cepted or rejected. In three cases at least
the plates selected by the government in-
spectors were retreated in this manner
Without their knowledge. These ballistic
plates represented 779 tons of armor, val-
ued at about $410,000. The groups repre-
sented by these three plat-es had all been
submitted for the premium of $30 per ton
‘ if they passed a more severe test than re-
quired for acceptance.
So Called “Blowholes" Plugged.
Ninth—In violation of the specifica-
tions of the contract, pipes or shrinking
cavities, erroneously called blowholes, in
the plates, were plugged by the contract-
ors and the defects concealed from the
government inspectors, these cavities in
some cases diminishing the resistance and
value of the plate. .
Tenth—The inspector‘s stamp was ei-
ther duplicated or stolen and used without
the knowledge of the government inspect-
ors.
Eleventh—Tho government inspector in-
specting bolts was deceived by means of
false teniplet-s or gauges.
Much of the testimony given is reviewed
in the report. It is said that the first
charge is admitted by Superintendent
Sohwab, and that the specifications meant
that the plates should be of uniform qual-
ity before treatment and be subject to
practically uniform treatment, when prac-
tically uniform results would follow.
The second charge is said to be proved
by the rough recordsof the company of
over 700 plates mld'lots of bolts. "It is
proved,” says the. report, “that the bolts
never received but one treatment, while it
was of the utmost importance that they
should receive two treatments. The pc-
vculiar shock '0 Which ‘rhey would be sub-
jected in bottle from projectiles and from
ramming required it. Experiments had
been made showing that unless this treat-
ment was given the bolts would break
under a heavy blow, rendering the armor
in a measure nsless. It is a bad result of
this acknowledged fraud that today the
armor of our ships is held in place by
bolts which the company acknowledges
have received but one treatment, when
two were absolutely necessary. ‘
Child "crashed In alrszlevamr.
BUFFALO, Aug. 24.-—Belle McGrath, 8
years old, was caught in the elevator of
the Union Central Life insurance build-
.ing today and her head crushed to a pulp.
She was frightened at the starting of the
car and sprang forward, only to be caught
between the carand the shaft.
The Chicago’s Dead Seaman Arrives.
NEW YORK, Aug“. 24.—The body of Sea.
man Hill, who died from injuries receiv-
ed aboard the‘ United States cruiser Chi-
Wales while at Southampton, arrived to-
day on “steamer—Allen addressed to Mrs.
Folllor, Brooklyn.
ARMOR PLATE REPORT. 1
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The Revised Article Reported by the
Constitutional Convention. '
PROCEEDINGS AT ALBANY.
Proposed Amendments to the Military
Section—Consideration of the Judi-
ciary Clauses—“fork For Judges
\Vho Have Been Retired.
ALBANY, Aug. 24.——W hen the consti-
tutional convention opened this morning,
there was a flood of requests tobo excused
from attending next Saturday’s session
and President. Choate, from the floor,
said: “I hope the fiasco of last Saturday
is not to be repeated this week. It seems
to me that we should attend to our work. ' ’
Notwithstanding Mr. Choate’s appeal, a
large number of requests continued to be
presented.
The committee on cities reported the re-
vised city home rule amendment. The
section providing for the separation of lo-
cal and general elections is unchanged.
The section in regard to election inspectors
and the state board of elections is strick-
en out and the following substituted:
“For the purpose of securing fair elec-
tions provision shall be made by law by
which the two political parties casting the
highest and next highest number of votes
for governor at the then last gubernato-
rial election shall have equal representa-
tion in all offices the incumbents of which
are charged with any duty in registering
voters, distributing ballots, receiving,
counting or recording votes at elections
held in any city. No law shall be passed
at any time impairing such equality in
such representation. ”
Governor May Remove Police Chiefs.
The power of the governor to remove
the heads of police departments and ap-
point their successors is preserved, but
the legislature may empower the mayor
to remove or, appoint such ofllcers, but not
to remove the governor's appointees.
Cities are divided into three classes—
the first, of over 250,000; the second,
from 50,000 to 250, 000. and the third
class, all cities under 50,000. The section
relating to the passages of laws concern-
ing city government is as follows:
“Laws other than general city laws re-
lating to any of the subjects enumerated
in section 5 or to such subjects with other
subjects are special city laws.
laws and bills therefore shall contain the
words ‘special city law’ before the first
section of the bill or law. After any such
bill has been passed by both branches of
the legislature the house in which it orig-
inated shall immediately transmit a cer-
tified copy thereof to the mayor of the
city to which it relates, and within 15
days thereafter the mayor shall return it
to the house from which it was sent with
a certificate thereon that such city does or
does not consent thereto.
having a population of 500,000 or more,
according to the then last state enumera-
tion, the mayor, and in every other city
the mayor and the common council, shall
act for such city as to such bills. After
consent is given to any such bill, as here-
in provided, it shall be presented to the
governor for his action thereon. Any
other bill which is returned without the
consent of the city may be passed by a
three-fifths affirmative vote of the mem-
bers elected to each branch of the legisla-
ture, and it shall then be subject to the
action of the governor, as with other bills.
In such cases there' shall appear thereon
after the enacting clause the words ‘pass-
ed by a three-fifths vote without the con-
sent of the city. ’ The legislature shall
provide for public notice of any such bill
so transmitted to the mayor, and for op-
portunity for hearings thereon before the
consent of the city is given."
For "Greater New York."
In anticipalton of the consolidation of
New York and her suburbs this clause
has been put into the bill:
“Section 7. Nothing in this article con-
tained shall limit or affect the power of the
legislature to annex contiguous territory
to any city, or to consolidate contiguous
cities, or to make or provide for making a
charter for any city created by such con-
solidation, but after the charter of any
city created by such consolillu.‘ inn shall
have become a law such city, and the
charter and laws relating thereto, shall be
subject to all the provisions of 'this arti—
ole.”
The committee on militia reported a
new military article embracing the essen-
tial parts of the new military code in the
constitution. It makes permanent the
militia, naval and reserve force and for-
bids it being diminished to less than 10,~
000 men. It provides that the senate shall
vote on the governor’s nomination of ma-
jor generals. - .
As soon as the judiciary article was
taken up Mr. Veeder moved to reconsider
the vote by which the convention last
night refused to extend the age limit be—
yond 70 years. Mr. Root protested, and
the motion was defeated. '
Mr. Dickey offered an amendment pro-
viding that the governor may utilize the
retired judges of the supreme court in the
holding of extraordinary courts at any
time or to relieve the present courts.
Adopted.
Sensational Rumors A'Vbuout. Gladstone.
LONDON, Aug. 24.—Alarming rumors
were circulated. here and elsewhere today
in regard to the health of Mr. Gladstone. ,
The latter’s secretary, in reply to. tele-
grams asking if the aged statesman was
ill, announced during the afternoon that
there was no truth in' the sensational re-
ports, adding that Mr. Gladstone was en-
joying his usual good health.
More Trouble \Vith Bishop Bonucum.
HASTINGS, Neb., Aug. 24.—The trouble
between Bishop Bonacum and his priests
has broken out anew. An indignation
meeting was held to take measures to pre— '
vent the removal of Father English. He
cpposedtho bishop in the Corbett case,
and the congregation claim that lionacum .
ordered him icon obscure location for.' '
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Norwalk Chronicler