I ‘ tWEEKLY-NORWALK_-GAZETTE. . . ' Princes ii;- Magons. In Great Britain the craft is pre- sided over by the Prince of Wales; in _ Sweden and Norway the Grand Mas- tership is held by King Oscar, who ‘ occupied that ofiice before his ascen- sion to the throne. As in the case of the sons and grandsons of the Queer of England, so are also the sons of King Oscar members of the craft. In Denmark it is the Crown Prince who‘f'zisthe. head of the Grand Orient, while'the late Emperor Frederick held the Grand Mastership of German Free Masons from 1855 until the time of his death. His son, although a. Mason, has declined to accept the Grand Mass— ters-hip in succession to his father or ’to attend any lodge meeting since he became Emperor. In Austria, again, ' Freemasonry is eschew-ed by the aris- tocracy and the reigning family, as it sis also in Russia and Belgium, while in Holland the Dutch nobility are nearly all members of the craft—Ta- ronto Free Mason. .' Arabian Horses. 1 Arabian horses manifest remarkable courage in battle. It is said that when a horse of this breed finds himseli rounded and perceives that he will not be able to bear his rider much longer he quickly retires from the con- flict, bearing his master to a place or safety, while he has still sufficient strength. But if, on the other hand the rider is wounded and falls to the ground, the faithful animal remains beside him, unmindful of danger ‘neighing' until assistance is brought. , Still .Omlnou s. “Hoy still they are!” remarked Mrs. Fogg, apropos of the young couple in the next room. "Yes,” replied Mr. F., “it reminds me of my army days. It was always wonderfully quiet just previous to an cngagement.”—Boston Transcript. Either Would be Efl‘ectual. . _“0h!” sighed the poet, "could I but escape the cold, unfeeling gaze of a critical world! Could I but lapse into obscurity and be forgotten!” “Well, sir,” remarked the obserying man, “two ways are open before you.” “And what, kind sir, are those two ways of escape for a world-sick soul?" “Either get elected Vice-President or make a trip to the pole in a. balloon.” —-New York World. Washing Powder that cleans everything quickly, cheaply "and perfectly. ~ Largest package—greatest, economy. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COEEl’.l?§‘I', St. Leo is. New York, Philadelphia. Chicago, Boston. _- Fill lNllIiliNll: l Portuguese Whalers in America. A considerable percentage of the 16,- ,000 Portugese in the_United States are iwhalers on the Pacific coast; so many. indeed, that a greater number of Port- ;ugese. are engaged in whaling than any iother nationality in the country. As iPortugal has a long coast line and a gcomparatively sparse inland popula- tion, it is easy to guess that a large proportion of its people is made up 01 seafaring men, and'these fine sailors are scattered all over the civilizeo .world. i l } Nature is a very considerable and provident protector of her children. In winter many of the arctic animals be- come perfectly white. and can move ‘over the vast snow fields with safety, when, if they retained their summer color, they would be an easy mark for beasts and birds of prey, or the hunt- er’s rifle. The fox, squirrel, ermine and other creatures of their class have 'dark fur during the summer to corre- spond with the rocks among which they live. Nature as a Protector of Her Own. , Royal Writers. A good many of their European ma- jesties are . dissatisfied Wlth mere crowns of g_01d and strive for those oi laurel. Queen Elizabeth of Roumania sent the editor of the Revue des Deux Mondes a novel; the late Queen of H01- land sent him historical studies, re- vised by Renan; the Comte de Paris sent him an article on English Trade Unions; the Due d’Aumale sent him fragments of his forthcoming “His- tory of. the Condes;” Prince Henry oi Orleans narrated in his pages his ad- ventures with M. Bonvalat in Thibet.‘ 5 Complete Accord. ‘ Mr. Bloobumper—How is your love afiair with Miss. Pcrkasle getting along, Spatts? ! Mr. Spatts—There is complete ac- cord between us upon one point. 1 “That’s good.” 1 “I told her I loved her better than myself, and she replied that she did too.”-—New York Journal. .I l Beyond Him. Customer—You know that prescrip- tion you filled for me yesterday, ] want a copy of it. Druggist—I guess you’ll have to get it from the doctor. I never could read his handwriting—Life. A Wise Man Keeps his Home Insured _ Against Fire. I‘MPAE ES REPRESENTED . “I 1 i an w. He BYENG?Q§Q§ can i. sinus surname, . . r. EQRWELR Willa 0U read this advertisement. If it had been yours and others had read it, how much good it might havedone. Send in your adv! and we will do the rest. Rates on application; Hilllli llllll‘S OVER Consul-General L‘ee Reports the Mob as Subdued. N0 WARSHIPS DESPATGHED lilo Fours, However. a Renewal of the Trouble "A Resolution of ~Inquiry Adopted by the Senate--Battle Ship Maine New Lying at Key West. Washington, Jan. 14.—United States Consul-General Lee has reported to the State Department from Havana the facts connected with the rioting there ”Wednesday. While the State Depart- ment officials do not divulge the text of the dispatch, it is said that it corrobo- rates generally the newspaper reports on the subject. According to General Lee‘s report, the disturbance has been quelled for the time being, but: he was apprehensive of another outbreak at any moment. The Spanish Minister went to the State Department yesterday morning and conferred with Assistant Secretary Day on the situation in Havana. There is every reason to believe he conveyed assurances of a restoration of order, and of ample power to protect all American and other interests in Havana. No \Varship Asked For. Nothing was heard from the Consul- Gencrai yesterday, so it is assumed at the State Department that the situa- tion remains unchanged. General Lee did not ask to have a warship sent to Havana, and in the opinion of the State Department officials that is a sufficient reason for the assumption that there is no occasion for sending one. The of- ficials are evidently not apprehensive of any trouble in the immediate future that will require the forcible interven- tion of this Government. The naval authorities here maintain their serenity, notwithstanding many rumors of radical action, such as the dispatch of war ships to Havana and like stories. Secretary Long was asked whether any of the American ships had been ordered to be ready to sail for Havana. He replied he would say that he had not made any change in the orders to the battle ship Maine, now lying at Key West. Inquiry developed the fact that the Maine’s last orders were to go out for target practice, and upon falling in with the North Atlantic squardon to attach herself,_,~~ Although there is no expectation at the Navy Department of any trouble just now, still in case it should occur the navy is more strong- ly represented in Florida and West Indian waters than in the past ten years. At Key West there is the sec- ond-class battle ship Maine, at Jack- sonville the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, at St. Kittle’s the Annapolis, and at Guadaloupe the Wilmington. The De- troit is on the way from Cape Haytien to Key Wést, where she is now due. The Marblehead is at Port Tampa, Fla. She has been wired to remain at Key “Vest, instead of sailing for Navassa, according to original orders. The disquieting feature of the situ- ation is the'horrible condition of the poor in Cuba. According to Gen. Lee’s advices no less than 200,000 people on the island are in the last stages of des— titution, and are wholly dependent upon charity. To these people a ten—cent ration per day would cost $20,000 daily, which sum is double the amount so far received in contributions at the State Department. To Be Reinforced. The American naval force now in southern waters is made up, with one exception, the Maine, of unarmored but lightly protected cruisers and gun- boats. It will be poworfully rein- forced, however, in a few days by the North Atlantic Squadron, under Ad'— miral Sicard, composed of heavily a.r-- marred vessels, the most powerful fleet the: the United States has had together in many years. The vessels of the squadron are now distributed as fol- lows: The Lags‘nip New York and battle ships Iowa and Indiana, in Hampton Roads: the battle ships Massachusetts and Texas, at New York. The former are to sail on the 15th for Florida wa-_ ters, while the last two are to leave New York Saturday and Sunday, re- .pectively, falling in with and joining the quadron on the southern drill grounds, off the Chesapeake capes. “It is authoritatively stated at the Navy Department that this southern movement of the squadron is in no de- gree attributable to troubles in Ha.« vana, but that the movement is a part of the programme for Winter manoeu- vres prepared by the Navy Department months ago, after consultation with Admiral Sicard and Captain Taylor, and duly announced at the time. In support of this statement is issued the following itinerary of the squadron’s movements, prepared long ago and not changed since in any respect. The Elaine at Key \Vest. Key West, Fla., Jan. 14.—-The_-United States steamer Maine has not yet left this port. It is believed that the sail- ing orders have been countermandcd. Squadron Still at Hampton Roads. Norfolk. Va., Jan. 14.—The North At- lantic fleet has not passed out or” the capes, and, so far as can be ascertain-cl. the orders to the squadron tp null-:13 :2 Winter cruise in Gulf waters have not been changed. Denied by Gen. Lee. Havana, Cuba, Jan. 14.—-The Unizczl States Consul-General, Fitzhugl: Lee. absolutely denies that he has asked the authorities at Washington to send \vui vessels to Havana. DUPUY DE LOME’S onscas. Complete Calm in Havana it is (lili- cially Announced. Vashington, Jan. 14.-—-The Spanish Minister, Dupuy de Lome, reccivcd a dispatch from Secretary-General Con- gosto under date of noon yesterday at Havana. It said: ‘ “Your Excellency can afiirm that th: tumult of Wednesday has had so liitl.‘ importance that not a'shot was tired and there is no knowledge that any body was wounded or hurt. The .1313“ tion was confined to one quarter of ti: ~ city." This followed closely on another of- E ficial dispatch from the same author- ity. which said: "Complete calm. The city has recov- ered its normal condition." Nansult to Americans. The Spanish Minister has been constantly advised of developments at Havana. and he summed up his advices this afternoon by saying that the up- rising was a riot, pure and simple; that order had been~completely restored, and that the authorities have an ample force to afford every protection; that tumult was confined to Spanish and Cuban residents. and that no indignity was put upon any American interest or citizens, public or private. The official advices began arriving about midnight Wednesday night, and have come uninterruptediy since then. Thé early ones were in cipher and it took some hours to translate them. In the main they corroborated the press dispatches. They made it clear, it is stated at the legation, that the demon- stration was an unmganlzed riot, the participants being gathered up from the streets, without arms or ammuni- tion. It began when a few army of- ficers mobbed the Reconcentrado news- paper establishment, that paper being so lukewarm toward autonomy that it was suspected of having insurgent ten- dencies. Later, as th‘- people were leav- ing the shops at the close of the day’s work, the demonstration was begun again by an attack on the establish- ments of La Discusion and the Diario de la .Marina. The dispatches state that a small group raised a cry against autonomy, some few gave vivas for General Wey— ler, while some scattered shouts were directed againftt General Blanco. lit: the main, however, the vivas were for Spain and the army. The mounted po- lice were brought into use, and dis- persed the groups, so that order was restored, and the city was tranquil by midnight. Gen. Lee Guarded. During this excitement Consul—Gen- eral Lee was in communication with the Spanish authorities. Neither he nor the officials appear to have been appre— hensive, but it was deemed the part of wisdom to guard against contingencies by sending a guard of soldiers to the United States Legation, and to the pri- vate residence of Consul-General Lee. Accordingly, twenty—five Spanish sol- diers Were dispatched to the United States Consulate, and another guard of twenty—five to the residence of Gen. Lee. No occasion arose for their ser- vices. Throughout the disturbance, it is said at the Legation, there was not a shout against the United States, nor a hand raised against an American citizen. Senate Asks I nfonuation. Washington, .Ian. 14.—-Senat.or Can- non, of Utah, presented the following resolution in the Senate yesterday, and it was adopted: . . “Resolved, That the President is re- quested. if in his opinion it is not in- compatible with the public interests, to transmit to the Senate at his earliest convenience a statement showing what measures are in force and in waters ' contiguous thereto to protect the lives, liberty and property of American citi- zens now dwelling in Cuba. No Cubans in Havana Riots. \Vashing‘ton, Jan. 14.—Senor Quesada, in charge of the Cuban Junta at the capital, said yesterday afternoon: “The rioting at Havana was probably incited by the Spaniards as part (if a plot to extricate themselves from a most des- perate situation. “They know that they cannot give even the autonomy provided for in the Sagasta scheme that only a. few men in Spain are willing to even favor it and those are the ones who will get the of- fi‘ces. “As for the Cubans they have nothing to do with Spanish riots in Havana. They are fighting for freedom, mean to have it and are in better position than ‘they have been at any time since the war began. “The rioting in Havana is evidence of the anarchy prevailing in Havana, among the Spanish. Absolute indepen- dence will be the outcome.” Senor Quesada also said that the out- break in Havana was precipitated part- ly by the relief «scheme of President Mc- Kinley. The Spaniards in Cuba bitter- ly resented the relief plan as indirect intervention on the part of the United States, and the fact that General Blan- co had thus far not only failed to make headway, but had suffered reverses, had aggravated the feeling. THE RlOTS MEAN REVOLUTION. Our Naval Fleet May Be Ordered to Cuba at AnyHour. Havana, Jan. 14.—-The mobs have been cowed by General Blanco’s troops and the city was out‘ua‘rdly calm last night. But trouble may begin any, mo- ment, and be extremely serious. A turbulent crowd gathered yester- day noon in front of the Diario de la Marina office, shouting. “Down with the Diario!" and threatening an at-. tack, but Gen. Arol'as dispersed, it quickly with a force of regulars. ' The riot Wednesday night was di- rected against Blanco‘s policy of mod- eration rather than against Americans. The Spanish irreconcilables have an undying hatredof anything smacking of autonomy fér Cuba, and clinggto VVeyler‘s policy of “Exterminate the Cuban breed.” United , States Consul-General Lee walked freely about in Central Park Wednesday night during the rioting. attended to his official business yester— day as usual. and dined last evening at the Hotel Inglaterra, as is his cus- tom. He has not asked that a United States'warship he sent here. But he knows that a squadron of fighting ves- sels is waiting with steam up at Key West, only six hours’ sail distant, for the word from him to dash into Havana harbor if Americans should be in peril here. Zola \‘Vill Be Put on Trial. Paris, Jan. 14.——The Government has decided to prosecute M. Zola, the nov— elist. for his bold challenge to the Gov- crfiment in the Dreyfus case. The matter came up in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. Ever since the revival of the Dreyfus agitation Emile. 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