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DRESS eooos-sToNE a THOMAS.
DRESS GOODS.

ters OF this big silk and Dress Goods Department cutting off Dress
Goods and Silks as fast as possible. People tell us there is Il greater
selection here and prices lower. s
another 50 pisco lot of3Glnch wlo Al-WOol Henrietta Cloths; also ono ON
case AH.Wool serges. OBJ sold this week .m.. zee. "".. "."m. ".". THi
ieinch wide enhor fno Twill or English Storm Serge. black and navy blue. ONo
Just tho material sc much in domand for Skirt. You'll pay SOC else. i1HG
whore Tor Same kind. Our price is""."" .... "."",""" .. ". ..m". v
Over go pieces Novelties and mixtures in Fine Spring Suning. Nc dc. mr.
srabIo combination OF cdors but eau no found hero. Prices 25c. Sc. IN,
VIC up o &W per yard. """" "" """"" """" """, "m. "."".
Crepons in endless variety Atwood 40inch wido Black aud Coorcd M
aA Crepons a low rs 49c Almost every new weave Of Crepona hero MI,
IRON tc 10 = D yard "mry" "".. ,m." "." ."..". .". .rmr.
Another so piece lot Genuine ki KAT Wash SHks just received. On Or
i. sMe MONDAY. Our price is."., " m." "..." .m""""". In,
=: 81 # S s i: :f Si::s s l. i. T. IT. ~ t S%h' ss S t. ::1 sSs ':'S. y '5;sss ! ST. 5s1 s: 38C
Tourraine Silks are not silks, as YOU might believe by ,hir name, bt IN
tney nave tn appearance aud beauty Oft the "Gautre' Silks costing IHn
81 % ARD. u price "m"" ".". m" v
l''' gu '' Ss:' D:"s::@ 's::%:': style: tho usual '::'': prize: @: 19C
: ' Sss '''' i:i' ' S%f 5's "a 'a sS'i S { at the :. Spring STYLES TIC
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Tickets good ton days. and valid for
passage between Washington and Bal.
timorc within limit OF ticket. Round
trip $40. Baltimore & Ohio trains leave
Wheeling at l:4j and 800 n. III. and $50
and 5:+5 y. IN. Through Pullman
Sleeper from Wheeling on tho 5:45 p. m.
train.
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$40 Excursion to Washington City and
Hiitimorc, Thursday, April Is, 1898, via
baltimore y Ohio.
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RICE'S Opening Tuesday nnd Wcdne,.
day, April d aud 10.
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MANY WOMEN VOTED
In tho. School Election ut Bridge
port Yesterday.
ONE WOMANW AS CHOSENA TRUSTEE
And all tho Ladies' Took an Active IN.
tcrcst IN tho Voting aud Result.
Five Candidates III tho Field, two OF
Them Of tho Gontlor SeX.

Tho school election for tho indepcnd.
Ont district oil Bridgeport was hold yes.
tcrday. It was OF unusual interest rs
being tho frat election in the town IN
dor tho new law permitting women to
vote at school elections, and tho result
was awaited with much interest OH nc.
count OF tho fact tina. there woro two
women among tho five candidates for
the two mcmbora Of the school board 10
DO elected.
There we're In all $50 votes cast, OF
which 272 were by women. a pretty good
proportion. The two successful candi.
dates were William Koehnline and Mrs.
Barbara Lanham. Tho vote was as fol.
lava. D.,
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has arrived. Daily performances ;, o aud
:, y u. M, ut
1uE STAR CLOTHING ROUSE.
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rIGnr NIT sIGEL.

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,r,ti,er ero,,,,, man "a A., tbts
e"'',' e''""t, nv" ~ Wv '"'''
IL 10 very Iike1E thdt an army OF 100
900 mon could be got together without
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THE BRITISH NAVY.
Something About What We May Expect
In Case OF War

Louisville co,,rior- ro,,,,ai
Itc,,tc,.,,. u.,,,,a,.. -, ,,.--,-...
mn ''''" Gums Nrutchley'
secretary Of the British Navy league. con-
Post Of pe.c,nhe, ,,.Atat ~. e. e
-, . VIM" pecp'i'es OF
-. ." N"i'i'e1'ioh WIN the present war
talk, The subject Us THE Needs OF the
Hritfsn nay1, 10 ,,ad,,,,,a, 10, -. IN
'''''-i ''"'S 10 i'aueq"ate' by way VI
Hiotaee he says.
That the command cf the sea ia IN,
essence of ,.tir ,St-,ar,.., a.. 49,.
- 20 'N'NS as d ha''oii' 'u"l
i'Vik"idlvh wound DC hung starving ON inc
Ss''VN 'liousA lne cCssauuh OF tne lnnuW
~ iaN material necessary 10 lheif
NuhNlHUr9 l0bor, tldt the cost ut all food
allI business throughout the country
Nonid he pafalyzed; tnat financial coAapse
ana rum wouin be genera; that Dauk-
luptcN would be the commQn lot OF our
hltichanls--thcse points are among the
admitted, unuisputed facts Of the stun
ton. Again tnat If We could not WIN
BACK tine lost ocean dominion We must
make any terms our Victors choose u
Impose, tnat, though not a single foreign
so.,ier landed on these shores. we shotlu
still have. ii they wanted il, to pay an in
demuity rs big as the national debt; that
We should issue from That most tcrrluie
defeat q ruined and degraded England.
with what once seemed orr destiuics
thwarted ana MANNED, with our mission
OF civilization 10 subject races linfulfillei
and With the prospect OF our WORKING
classes irreyotsably destr0ved-fhesc once
more are certninties which sane mon VIII
not dare to doubt
G.feutyns,t Crutch'ey was not writlnn
of a probable war vim the lruiird states
hut II such a war should occur there
is 10 fOrctciing what other pOWprs mig hi
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WHAT WAR MEANS.
a Citizen of ENGLISH Birth Doesn't IL
The HrMsnnct of II

,-..t. . ,,.-,t.,. r,t., ,,..,. ~.
the Prosnnct Of IL,
Chicano. December ei.-.po our senator's
and congressman understand what ,yar
with Grcnt britain mennse II menna
war with orr host customers from vhon,
we get most Of our wealth who own
nud hnvo paid no far e. ooa ooo mn or ,ur
securities npd as vou see oro durrIn,,
than hacls n, ne at INV nr,co tbov cen
get Creat prltat, NAYS us avn. ssoo n,o .
0oo n vear for our wheat earn ootton
cat,ie nork otto what Womb we and
am, c,,.,,,,, a., ,,,.,,,,, t,a =, ,,..,,,,, 49,,
many OF our FACTORIES ana tur1" millions
Of peopie out of work If our sAnaturs
aud conercssmcn do II to get votes. they
-, -. - 80 :,
'huFt H"Ne WHY poor oplilo" VI tH' W.
tclligencc of their constituents General
Miles tolls us that If war were declared
Circuit srt,,tn ,.,,t,, .,,,1 ~ v.a,..t,s..
iN"t imam N''''" s''u "v' ""I9l"Ps
INTO Canadian watera and In a few days
burn all our Lake cities They would not
attor,rt IA ,,rd al, b,.,,, Nh, ,,.,,,,
N.Y. W '"'' an "i'lf' my '""u
"hri"r ten miles on New prk, san
Francisco and other cities. and throw
sbolts nnd burn tho,n ali 4, u,o,,,, ,,,
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H'i9e lp'S OF property, ITO ana II 'soy
for our people, FOR years TO come We
have tn,lfej ton r,,,,b or ,vi.,l,, ro
49,. ,an s"'s'"'H
non : TAU nave hVed my Yeas IN
Great Britain, ana know positively they
hive the kindcst fcolinp inward kn.,lcu
nr, 49,, IN 80
am no" AN American htlHeh, uni
would heg Of our rulers TO consider wen
what they arc doing MANY OF nur ctcnt
mon .a,, ~ 49,. 49,, w. ~ H','''
'"0n a"F 'he monroe dociNue Is wrong.
ana France. Germany and nearly ai Eu-
rope arc with England ON ihA, .n,biaet
ls,,,i.,,,, ,o,.s. -, -
'N '''NV9 an QUIZ piouuoe' "utN it'c'
and we charge heavy duty on al she
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Hear Admlrll-- Eptifel
bridgeport. Conn, December 81. 1906,
INonnsoLL coNsEnvArIyr.


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SENATOR MORGAN


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- '"' wv" NV u, w" "'''.'' ps"-e
IN wan street ana an attempt on inc part
Of English fiuanciers 10 rob this country
Of ,,or ,,ola Nv, to.,,nnoiy u,o,y nam
-.
ing ABOUT wan street, or now thetH brph-
crs transact business. do not believe
,bat ,hta s,.c,rea want, anounts IN any
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W. II. PrIdmore.
SICkLTS rs FOR WAR.
Tho Veteran Thinks Our Privateers Would
Sweep The Seas

Tho Veteran Thinks Our Privateers Would
Sweep the Seas
A war between England and the United
States would result IN sweeping the Brit
sh flag from this continent We could
raise an army Of 1000 600 men In this coun-
try in n short time and 1000 600 men II
necessary. But no such force would be
required. for we could take Canada with
100, 600 mon. and after doing that we would
be fighting n defensive war on our own
soil, war In which We would have the
advantage at every point, and IN which
we could not be beaten In such war
all our people would be enthusiastic and
absolutely united.
we understand political matters but we
understand war. too. Ne want no lessons
on either subject from ENGLAND We
spent S. 100. 10000 on our civil war AMI
We are prepared 10 spend SIS oOO.G GOO o01 IN
n wir with England We have tie men.
and the money, too. ana more than that.
we pay our debts. something that Eng
land is not accustomed to DO. They pirate
about England's power on the sea. We
defeated John Bull In 1872 when his power
wss az much superior 70 ours az II is
now. Whenever we met hirr on nearly
equal terms we beat him. Now we are
btfFalNA 20 SHttD MS rum
N" seas. We can send out IN. yes 1900.
fast priyatoers all over tho ocean.
II is true that II there were Il war Eng
land misht Go Horne damage on the sea-
board by long range guns. for oar harbor
defenders are not all they should be, But
let them attempt to land soldiers. and
they Will find graveyards on American
FOIL Very few Of them would ever live
to soc England again. But our torpedo
system Is something tho English should
figure on. How could her ships pass
through the channels that Lead to cur
great ports? II is simply impossible.
There would be no operations necessary
en- our part in South America, at least
not Immediately All we would have
10 do would be TO send r1fes, field artil-
iery and ammunition there. The Spanigh-
Americans make good soldiers. If VEN
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ence sof old soldiers In the ranks and
the inexpcrienoo of tho non-somm'ssioned
officers"
Duke OF Cambridge: ut is doubtful II
we could even mobilize single army
c,rps a, short notice, and Lord wolscley
gary stores and equipments for even this
modest force"
Lord Charles Berosford; I'VE have no
army except what is necessary for a
frontier police force for our scattered
domnions, and our existence as an en-
pirc, would IN no degree whatever de-
pend upon the strength of the army,
s resfh as 's ten TINA
coalition of our feet and that OF Franco
shsolotely prove that we have no reasons
able argument 10 adduce FOR considering
that we would defend our coasts. tcod
supply, etc. against France alone
Captain Gambler: THE conviction can
not be evaded that among ;he chief rea-
sons why our foreign policy is DANGEROUS
is that we have no army to defend our
shores ana carry out our foreign c,,iga-
tons | believe VIC are counting a great
national disaster by not forcing this
puesiion--a disaster In the form OF loss
OF maritime rrestiEe--for England would
certainly not I've able to send Out fleet
from homo ports sufficient 10 strike a
great blow, leaving our homes unprot2ct-
ed. IL Is idle to talk of our Mediterranean
feet being able to cope snIle-nandod
with a comhination OF France ard Russia
against us. when there Is nothing TO pre-
vent The entire French army. Atlantic
and Mediterranean from heiuy united,
Here II Is necessary to emphasize the tn
controveititle fact that our military I'M
preparedness Is the chief cause OF our
weakness abroad. The naval force We
are compelled TO keep in nome waters
and m The Medltcrrancan is the pricc
we nay for keeping only an army OF sam
pies. for we have no second ,ne OF de-
Tense worthy OF the anne continental
nations have geographical EXPRESSION
for a frontier, Il few sticks stuck here
and there, hut their MANHOOD Is enrolled
In their own defense. whereas l,i GLAND
with a ditch Twenty-Five miles wide. is
literally more easily invaded than Ger
many or Switzerland and our manhood
recognizes no responsibility"
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eaiioer used In German country v,nava
70 announce schutzenfest Nevsrt neiass :
s,' plhsthlnss bear proud iuscription
an.sli4vo.uutihg That they were cnnt,ired ny
r.hynsh soldiers from the t'nited States
~ Bunkcr Hin. could hardly resist n
iaush, because had read the same morn
ing ABOUT little American rirl giving the
canno W. porhl Who was boasting about the
Tan Lui,p the answer; Come With me anu
WI snow you a whole country that we
'ooh at the same time from you"
NO" concluded MIR. Croneau. the
Chlted States need not fear England AS
soon as war is declared England would
nave It's hands fun everywhere. Her enc.
mics would rise In America in Europe,
IN Africa and Asia; her fleet would be
engaged all over the world. and Eprlano
eou.d not bring up soldiers enough to do.
ltnd herself and her colonies n EnSiana
were not powerful enough to ynu,,iiiyi
the poorly peoplod United states IN ths
revolutscnary war and In 1914, how can
sne EXPECT TO be victorious over a people
OF iO,Oc0.00g, who can raise In time Of war
" needed from SON0O0 70 l0,001.Oo0 soldiers
az devoted TO their country Where couit
england ma soldiers enough since the
uaNS nave passed when she could buy
them from German princes? So far as
Know the spirit of the American people
they VIII defend their country to the last
drop OF blood and convert every Yacht and
every schooner into n vessel OF war, ns
tney dti a hundred years ago. think
England knows too Wen the risk OF such
q fearful war which might. perhaps re
SUIT IN her whole destruction England IS
too smart to commit suicide and there
fora do not believe there viii be war"
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ezIelN has not enough she can draw on
Colombia, Mexico, the Central American
Republics, Brazil and ycrn. All would
make common cause. and England would
lcsc Guiana. British Colombia and her
sea islands. as well as Canada. II would
be the deoth knoll OF England on this
continent. II Is well, very well, to talk
ticldai war and all that sort OF mann
mary. Where was the fra,ernal feeling
from 1851 TO lSeN~ when England did her
best to ruin this Republic? We can
neither bc bulliod nor beg,,lled. England
WIS always our sworn foe. and Il tntay
II she wants to frighten MS by selling our
securities. she will and plenty OF I'ntch
German. French aud American buyers.
Now Is the time TO see this whole dues-
ton settled. have ,nly one lex LETT
but l am ready for the service tcmor-
row, and know l can 40 good work.
Daniel H. Sic klcs
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1ANnIN ENGLAND.

Congress- would declare war and raise
armies. probably by modifying Ns'i'n'u
Guards in states Tor defensive aud lre'-
dental offensive operations and forming
an active army Of regulars ana Vo'pn-
toers. Plan OF campaisn' MASK Na',aua
nv army corps OF the Na'ional ouhlu az
80. along the line. / would not invade
lr,sssa unless IL showed decided hostn-
49,, as II is supposed TO he friendly and
NAV , be expected to drop into our arms
Win one or two hundred thousand men
- ,orn on transports. escorted BY our
navy ana anxuiafy lake il " Of course
on HreaS,,s would be masked by demon
ssprSsaions ds5ssnt PS,n'y woa aRH ind
be w faonis Operations az INST .BIit-
iis eomgmerce and dependenseiess woSl
~ sn dDcted By priYaiesIrlss ana Jarr'
eSp Srnyst Major General. tnitse STATES 3
Albuquerque n. NJ, DECEMBER 80
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VENEZUELA THE FIELD.
Tho First Gun Would Probably BE riret

f"V'e
or course IN inc rresent wafi'Kc atu,
tude OF Things. II would not no surprising
mat Great britain should cenronxe her
Meet at her stations at Halifax ana ber-
mudn' ana one or two might be even seen
In these waters. acting rs an inspector
looking things over
But as TO the actual warfare, should u
cveptuate. n xou,d. 7 prrsumr. come abou.
- "s ,p.,' 49,, -
IN southern wa,ets' tos'ecs'on ntii's h'he
points OF tho controversy. as In civil law.
N,novucta f,,,ts,a ,,,,,, N. fr,a,da,,,n ~
~ ~ '''u w." w ,,,i,,,, y.
tho united states, wouiu III Nu propapihty
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tho war Of 1919 or the Mexican war. or
both. Stocks and bonds have decreased
In value several hundred millions, and tho
ont 10 not yet. II may be that II viii. on
account OF the panic, be impossible for
the government to maintain TIE gola
standard--tle reserve. Then gold would
command premium. the government he
unable 10 redeem the groenhacks nrd the
result would be financial chaos. aud all
this the result OF Mr.. Cicveland's curi-
osity about boundary line between two
countries. In neither OF which VIZ have
any. interest. aud this curiosity has al
ready. cost us moro than both countries.
Including the boundary llnc, IL worth.
Tho president made n great mistake. So
did the house and senate. and the poor
people have paid part OF the cost. !,
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Major General, clvil
GENERAL M'MAHoN.

The Old Veterans Eve on British Pos
SESSIONS Up North
In case war should come between the
United States and Great Britain ovor tho
Venezuelan boundary line, / think Von-
ezucla could hold its own against ouch
forces a. England might be able to send,
while We We're engaged IN OCCUPYING Can
ada and pcrfccting our harbor defenses.
! saY this with the understanding that
the Venczueians are fully armed and
equipped. Their position would be
strengthened by the fact that the repub-
Hes Of South and Central America would
make common cause with them.
such a war on our part would be fought
mainly on tho yea and ia Canada. We
could put n million OF men In the field.
or more II necessary, and 5000 would
be quite enough 10 occupy Canada. II
our torpedo system is as complete and
parefect ns 81 N rcfiited TO be- | don't APP
prehend that any OF the great Engllsh
battleships could enter any OF our import
ant ports. After taking Canada It must
be defensive war with us. and we should
have decidedly the best OF 1t.
In my opinion, such a war would last
less than one year, when England would
DO forced 10 accept such terms as we
chose 10 give. II may be argued that we
are not prepared for war because our
standing army " 40 small That is great
mistake. our National guard In all tho
States is very effective. and we have
more than enough experie 1ced ana skilled
men to handle and direct ~ a thoroughly
soldier-liks manner more than twice the
number OF troops required.
General Martin r. M'Mahon.
at Il tftfant f.f
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AMERIcN Us PREpARED.
General Rutterdeld Believes Tint Englan
Wnmld Be Astonshed.

General Butterdeld Believes Tint England
Would BE Astonlshed.
America Is thoroughly prepared for
trouble. n trouble should come. There's
not a weak spot In the United States oS-
cent in the pockets OF rich spectators,
and | am proud to say they are not the
class Of men who make up or represent
this country. America was made great
among the nations, and its greatness ha3
been continued and augmented by tha
rough-and-ready, everyday people whose
hearts and hands can always be found in
the right place. These are the men who
are ready to defend the flag with thfir
lives when the spectators who are maxi
ing so much noise stay at home and buy
substitutes. The people OF America are
for the honor of the flag in-one solid, un.
wnvering mass.
can not speak rs to what our officers
are doing or would do, In matters of at
tack and defense In case OF war, as l am
not In active service now. Even If knew
nil the details 1t would not b. proper or
patriotic to make them publicly known.
But the American people may repose with
absolute confidence IN the belief that the
officers Of the engineering corps are on the
alert It is not saying too much TO intl-
mate that II our ports are menaced by a
hostile fleet our harbor defenses may as
tonish the civilized world. The nature OF
our submarine defenses is not generally
known. and that 81 go much the better.
Foreigners who imagine they are not for
ridable may find iheir mistake.
Let England boast Of her navy. That's
English style. That's her privilege That's
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ON THE WATER.


struggle on the Sea,
have never from tho first anticipated
serious complications Of war. although.
OF coai~o 1t Is possible, for serious wars
have arisen from far less provocation In
times past. But our civilization prccludcs
now amy rash action. This country ought
not to attempt 10 force war and such
COURSE would be regarded on the other
side as what they have always snceringiy
referred 10 as Yankee braggadooio. on
tho other hand. the Monroe doctrine has
boon an integral part OF our political sys-
tenn ever since II was first formulated,
and II must he defended mt any cost, II
will never do for us to back down on that
point The stand taken by President
Cleveland should he adhered to by tho
American people, aud, rather than aban-
don that position, IT would be our duty TO
fight, When 1t comes TO that. tho motto
OF every patriot must be- In the language
of Admiral Decatur; II trust our eoun-
try viii always be right, but right or
wrong. our country" am convinced
that tho country hes, prepared for war
is tho best secured against IT,
Tho war OF 1872 In my view. would have
been avoided had wo been adequately fur-
that ENGLAND counted upon ro,lny lsns-
bra ia inr,,i,. a., .,,,,ran .,,,, -
''''' 80 az AVAN !" s'i'iih' hositloh l''r
strong point Is her navy nnd thu means
she possesses OF building with trrcat Dis
r,,.h ,.n,..,,,n ,.,,,..,,t,, ~, ,-..,..-.
-" W. '''"'N''hs "i'" hVVpHs
'henn IN service We have no such iacill-
tics, for our ships are. as n rule lot out
In cnnt,ar, ,na an, ,,,., ,.,,.,. 49,, -,
"-'" vu' navy s"i"H "iH n"t
nearly az wei nlted with mechanical
methods ~ tho English Yards. Tho
American rul,,tc a,, ,,,,.,, ,,,.,o, a., A.,
- ' '"'N" ''''''' 10 w
puF N"NAi conditions because thry do not
understand naval warfare The actuni
work nngt bc dono win hntil,ablns ANA
70 -. III. -
VI NNSN W" H"N' nut tliNN tWo OF WhlVh
arc hardly finished England posscx4cs,
eighteen or tv,,t, 20 /, ,,,, H., -,
Nh, 4,..,,,..,','' ~ ~ W., 10 ~" ~
"""' "'F'uN"Ht"Hc wa ARE placed al tho
outset. supporting tho hattlephps atse
rho fnat er,tu,,,n n,ht.h -, ,,,..,.,., ,....,,
~ ~ W. N''""'V'''N "'o
VI no h"l"uH Importance II there are none
of tho others Then the torpedo service
mal<cs uu tho con,nlNucnt nh co,,tcrt,,,
"a - ~" ''.i'"s
on we eil'oleueN oil the natt'oship' EnH-