The Press., 1896-02-06

The Willimantic Evening Journal, to be issued daily, made it's first appearance last Saturday evening.
 The new bond issue has been subscribed for nearly four times the issue asked. It is very evident that the people still have unshaken faith in the United States.
 Twenty-three democratic senators voted for the Jones ree-coinage bill last Satur- day, and twelve democratic senators voted against it. Fifteen republican senators voted for it, and twenty-three republican senators voted against it.
 Ex-President Harrison has addressed a letter to his Indiana friends, stating that he is not candidate for the presidency. This is considered final by his friends, and it will be a disappointment to many who hoped that he would be the final nominee. Speaker Reed seems to be the leading candidate at present in New Eng land.
 The citizens of Springfield are agitating the opening of the Connecticut river for navigation, from the sound to Holyoke. No doubt it would be of great benefit to Springfield and Holyoke, but when the cost of deepening the channel, and the constant dredging that would be necessary in order to keep the channel open, besides the cost for draw bridges, etc., it does not hardly seem practicable.
 The new East River bridge in New York will cost $8, ,OOO, 900, and the ap- breaches $4 1000 ,OOO more. Enough mon- ey is on hand to enable the work to go steadily forward It will be begun as soon as the modified plans for the six track bridge can be completed The ex- act location of the terminals will not be made known until the necessary property shall have beeh purchased by the bridge trustees.
 The steamer St. Paul was successfully fioated Tuesday morning after having been ashore a week and three days. Once in deep water, she proceeded to New Y York
 
 has sustained will be known only after an examination in dry dock. but it is believed to be trifing. The real interest of the case now lies in the inquiry to determine the responsibility for casting the steamer ashore. The popular impression is that in racing the Campania Captain Jameson lost his head little, and that this is the real cause of the disaster.
 Alexander B. Forbes, the senior mem- Der of the big Springfield dry goods firm of Forbes & Wallace, has severed his con- nection with the house with which he has been so long identified, and transferred his half interest in the business, and the buildings which it occupies, to his part ner, Andrew B. Wallace This step has been taken by MT. Forbes entirely on ac- count of ill health. Though the business will now be entirely under MT. WaIIace's management, the name of Forbes S Wal lace will be retained.
 The house committee on post offices and post roads has ordered a favorable report on the bill of Congressman Sperry of Connecticut, concerning free delivery in small towns. The measure provides that whenever not less than twenty per sons who receive their mail matter through the same post office shall petition the postmaster to appoint one or more letter carriers for the delivery of mail matter to the persons addressed at their residences or places of business, and for the collection of letters and the convey ance and delivery of them to the post of- flee, the postmaster shall appoint suit able number of letter carriers for that purpose, and it shall be their duty to re- port at least once a week to the pOstmas- ter appointing them the number of pieces delivered and collected by them and the amount paid therefor
 The report of the committee on Lord Dunraven's accusations is an explicit and absolute vindication of MT. Islen and all who were concerned with him in the man. agement of the Defender. It is shown not only that Lord Dunraven had no case, but also that he never had the slightest valid reason for supposing that he had 8 case. The essence of Lord Dunraven's s accusation was that the Defender sailed her first race against the Valkyrie on September more deeply immersed by from two to four inches than she had been when officially measured the day be- fore, and that this condition was deliber- ately produced for the purpose of giving her an illegitimate advantage, by the fraudulent addition of ballast. This al- legation is shown to be contrary to ante cedent probabilities, inasmuch as in the judgment of the Defenders builder and manager such change from her approved racing form would not have been helpful but injurious; the allegation is wholly discredited by the attendant circum- stances, which made it impossible that such an alteration should be accomplished without the knowledge of large number of persons, even if it could be accom- plished at all and finally the allegation Is cOncluS1Vely reIuLea Dy mass or ul- impeachable and uncontradicted testi- mony, by mechanical measurements and by mathematical demonstrations. Against this solid array of proofs Lord Dunraven brought a comparison of visual impress sions, obtained under radically different conditions on successive days by refer ence to fixed external points on the De- fender's hull, and sustained by a recol- lection of inconsequential movements and noises on two nights aboard the American yacht. This is all of Lord Dunraven's case, of which not a vestige remained when the investigation ended.