Founded in 1800.] VOL. Xchfi-Nofl \Rllilififir‘ “lg-”ta? E. \\\\\\\\\ I,” .W§”‘ __0 T0 SEIZE MATANZAS! THE WAR DEPARTMENT PLANS FOR INVADING CUBA NEARLY COMPLETED. NEW ENGLAND COAST WIRED. NI'ANTIC ABANDONED AS A PLACE OF RENDEZVOUS FOR CONNECTICUT TROOPS. GEN. FROST IN WASHINGTON. SAILOR ON'PURITAN ORDERED SHOT FOR TREASON. Key West, April 29-—-/l| ed in the general’s aspirations sailor on board of the monitor I for a hrzgadier-generalship in Puritan was convicted of trea- I the volunteer army. , General son here and ordered to he shot. F1 ost has no intention of retir- He was detected in the act of ing from the field, and holds filing the lock of one of the the support of the governor and ship’s magazines. His family of Congressman Hill. is in Matanifas. MATANZAS TO BE SEIZED. . , . The War Department has nearly Tampa: 0417er 29-r-Cld7’d completed its'plans for the invasion of ‘Barton’s force of Red C7055 i Cuba. It is proposed to land ton . ' , thousand men at Matanzas, under cover ”#7565 Sdlldd from Key W651 V of the guns of Admiral Sampson’s fleet, lblS morning 0” ”l6 Steamer i and Army officers expect the move- Mdscol. me:nt to take place within a week. General Shatter is to. command the Washington, qut’l'l 29-" expedition. Tampa. has been select- $66713th 0f Wilt’ c/Ilger to—day ed as the base for supplies. The co- . . ope aration of a force of fifteen thousand submitted the deficiency army Cul sans has been promised. Eight dSlZMill‘dS, which amounts to lar; re transports have been chartered. $34.ooo,ooo. TEE WM: OPEN. T‘he bombardment of Matanzas by the New York, the Puritan and the Cincinnati opened the way for‘ the landing of troops, the object of which will be, at least in part, to relieve the distress of the Cuban population. Their food supplies have been confis- cated by Spaniards. £VALUABLE PRIZE. The Spanish steamer Guido, captured by the Terror, is valued at $400,000. Washington, cflpril 29»- Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn has given out that the depart- ment proposed to change the place of rendezvous for the volunteer troops in COnnecticut frOm Niantic to Bridgeport. General Russell Frost of ‘ South Norwalk arrived last evening in Washington and registered at the Hamilton, the Washington home‘of Congress- man E. ]. Hill, who is interest- PRISONERS OF WAR. All. of the American prizes still lie in Key West harbor, and according to instuctions' received by United States main there indefinitely. These him ‘3 l K I District Attorney Stripling, will re’-" TO OUR HEADERS. In hurrying of! our large edition yesterday afternoon, an important part of the intricate mechanism underneath the bed of our mammoth press upon which the DAILY. GAZETTE is printed, broke down. The accident is of such a serious na ture tliat it will require the services of a skilled mechanic for some considerable time to place it in running order again. As our other press will not take the present large forms, we shall be obliged .dn Entertaining and lnstractive Home Journal, Especially uevotod to Local News and Interests. NORWALK CONN.. FRIDAY. APRIL 29. 1898—12. PAGES. EVE’S RAMBLINGS. COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG THE WOMEN. BY ONE in the meantime to run a four page edition, but we will crowd into those pages 9,ll the latest bulletins of the war sent us hourly by the Union Associated Press, , as well as state and local news, and all for ONE CENT. ’ The WEEKLY GAZETTE will also be curtailed from twelve to eight pages. structions were to the effect that the crew and passengers of the Panama, which carried four 14-pound guns, and OF THEM. 1 have received letters from ' women clients and have had them pour stories into my ear that were meant to be pathetic, and yet were often excruciat- ingly funny, said a lawyer the other day. l was captured by the Mangrove, should be held as prisoners of war. The crews of the other prizes are also to be de- tained aboard until further orders and will be allowed no communication with the shore. It is conceded that what-ever the re- sult of the President’s proclamation may be, it will not affect the Panama, which is an auxiliary cruiser. SHENANDOAH SAFE IN PORT. The four-masted American ship Shenandoah, Captain Murphy, from San Francisco, arrived at Liverpool safely yesterday afternoon. The tug Rathlin met the Shenandoah Off the south coast of Ireland and towed her to Point Lynas for $1,500, as the captain of the Shenandoah was unwilling to risk her being intercepted. Her cargo, owing to the advance in the price of wheat, is worth $250,000. The members of the crew were great- ly excited when the tug Rathlin in~ formed them that war between Spain and the United States had broken out. Captain Murphy says that on Mon- day evening he sighted what he be- lieves were two Spanish cruisers, but the vessels were too far distant for him- to be certain that they were ' warships of the enemy. ' ‘ UNDER BRAZIL’S PROTECTION. The cruiser Nictheroy. which Wes purchased by the Government from Brazil, is to be brought to this country under convoy of a Brazilian warship. WAITING FOR THE OREGON. The Spanish torpedo-boat Temerario, which is believed to be in wait for the Oregon and the Marietta, left Buenos Ay res under secret orders. HARBOR LIGHTS OUT. The lights of New York Harbor were extinguished, by order of the Light- house Board, and notice was given that lightships between Nantucket and Cape Fear may be removed after May 1. COAST NOW WIRED. The Southern New England officials last night reported that all of the gov- ernment signal stations to be erected on Long Island Sound were in working order, and the company was ready to send despatches from one end of the Connecticut coast to the other. A signal station will be erected at N iantic to-day. REPORTED DEFEAT OF DEWEY. There was a rumor in Paris yester- day which was not confirmed from any source, that the United States fleet has received a check in the Philippine Is- lands A Hong Kong despatch, however, says that there is no news from Manila or as to the whereabouts of the Amer- ican fleet. IRONCLAD AGROUN D. General Blanco cabled from Havana to Madrid that one of the American ironclads was aground off Dimas, Pinar del Rio, and three other ships of the squadron were trying to float her. THE TEXAS AT KEY WEST. . The Red Cross steamer State of Texas arrived at Key West. and will proceed to some Cuban port with supplies for suffering Cubans. PORTUGAL’S DEGREE TO-DAY. Portugal announced in her “Official Gazette” that she would issue a decree of neutrality to-day, thus making it necessary for the Spanish fleet to leave the Cape Verde , Islands. The fleet, which is expected to sail to-day, ,has been able to obtain only‘hali a supply of coal, ' EX I B A ‘ “I have had females, old and young, l plain and beautiful, to tell me harrow- I ing experiences, and often I wanted to . roar with laughter, while assuring of Capt. Sampson’s fleet hom- a numher of Spaniards. Tampa, cflpril 29---Orders have been issued to troops to! prepare to invade C uha, and, all is excitement here. Washingfon, April 29--- Senate has adopted conference ‘ report naval appropriation hill. ' Key West, .flpril 29--- The monitor Terror and other ships. harded Cardenas this morning, silencing the forts and killing The Weather. Threatening weather tonight with rain near the coast, Saturday fair and warmer. DEATHS FERRISS—In Rutherford. N. J., \pril 24, J. Henry Ferries, in the 56th vear of his age. Interment at Troy, N. Y. . 1 them of my deepest sympathy. Do not think I am hard-hearted. On the contrary, I feel as much for the unfortunates as any man. The kind of. women I have been talking about is the sort, very common in this world, that imagines it has met with tremen- dous woe when, in fact. it is merely some commonplace trouble. The wom- en who write letters are the worst. They are the greatest space writers on earth. Nine out of ten will give you a detailed history of their life, tak- ing up sixteen sheets of closely-written paper. They are forever coming to the point, but never reach it. I find few women who have much sense of humor; if they had they would see the absurd- ity of 90 per cent. of the stuff they put in their communications. Even intelligent and well-educated women areas deficient in humor, as an Englishman. There may be excep- tions, but the kind that come to tell their sad life’s history to an attorney will generally excite his risibles rather than his sympathies. Then the attorney will try to dispense the balm of consolation, and will do all he can to relieve the stricken fair one. But she would be indignant if any one Try J [$1.00 a i‘ ear PRICE Two CENTS ' :— MMdietbelti'heetgnfimm known. Actual leeee‘ew hm...- WWI-theeeeyetterheee. Absolutely Pure ROYAL MN. rowan 60., IN YORK. suggested that there was any comedy in her story.” a” flurry/Lice oilfiel. Vv ' Wesiport Road Near Ready. In all probability the Westport exten- siOn of the Bridgeport Traction Co. will be ready for operation by Memor- ial day. The ties are about all down and fully three-fourths of the rails laid. Work was begun this week in run- ning the wires and overhead work and it is being pushed very fast. There are no obstacles of any kind in the way and a month‘s time ought to com- plete the work. Notice. THE UNITED STATES OF AMER~ ICA NATIONAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE. Notice is hereby given that a public meeting for the enrollment of volun- teers in the above organization will be held in Music Hall, Saturday evening, April 30, at 8 p. m. CHAS. G. BOHANNAN. Mayor. OST‘ON STORE! NORWA-LK, CONN. FAIRFIELD COUNTY’S GREATEST STORE. For the last three weeks business has been at a standstill, no lifeor actinu to trade, bills «luc and must he paid. We 9. hall. raise money by a Great Sacrifice Sale. Bargains in Goods That You Need ! Prices that You Know are One-half the Regular Prices. This will be a. Thundering Sale. ‘ Prices that will turn Goods into Monev. Satuday, April 30th and Blonday, May 2d. AND WITHALL A $50.00 LADY’S BICYCLE GIVEN AWAY! Saturday Night Of this week, April 30th. Save your Duplicate Checks. Dress Goods, Silks and Linings. Nearly ten thousand dollars’ worth of new desirable goods, at prices less than the cost of the yarns, fine wools and silks at cotton prices. 6 pieces “All Wool Serge, 40 inches wide, 50 cents per yard, for this sale, 25c.~ 7 pieces New Spring Fancy, 25 cents, for this sale, 18c. $1.25 Black Crepons, for this sale, 3 81.00. regular I l 75 cent 50 inch Serge, in N avy,'Black and New Blue, for this sale, 50c. 1 piece only of 27 inch Black Satin Duchess, sold all through N. Y. at $1.50, for this sale, per yard, $1.00. 4 pieces, 75c Black India Figured Silks, for this sale, per yard, 59c. 1 piece only, Black Satin Rhadame, $1.50 quality, for this sale, $1.00. Best Lining Cambric, per yard, 3c. Extra Heavy Silesia, the 15 cent kind, Sc. Black Linen Canvas, the 15 cent I quality, 10a Domestic Goods. . 25 Dozen Pillow Cases, 6c each. 25 Dozen Hemetitched Pillow Cases, 10c each. 1 case of 10 cent Fancy Outing Flan- nel, 5c. 1 case of 6 cent Heavy Unbleached Muslin, 4c. 1 case of 8 cent Domet Flannel, 5c.” 5000 yards of 10 cent Dress Gingham, oc. -‘ 1 case of Full Bleached Muslin, the 8 cent kind, only 6c. )
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