"P r- LOCAL NEWS. Miss Nellie Smith ‘ and Horace Letherland were recently married. The J. Arthur Osborn residence on West avenue is being repainted. Captain .W. H. Hoyt is having his residence on West avenue painted. William M. Saunders and family are expected home from Southern Pines, the first of next month. ' Mrs. Bridget Madden is seriously ill at her home on Franklin avenue. Gilbert Morgan has returned from a trip south. Mr. and Mrs. James Fielder of J er- sey City spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Price of West avenue. A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kindilien, Port Chester. Miss Mai Glover has resigned as a teacher in the Center school. Mrs. William B. Karn of South Nor- walk, has returned home from a visit in Mt. Vernon. - Contractor Sheldon is placing the retaining Wall near the Cross street bridge in repair. Mrs. D. 13. Beach, of Betts place, East Norwalk went to Naugatuck, Saturday to spend two weeks. Wallace L’Hommedieu,of May Grove, L. 1., is visiting his father, 1. Albert L’Hommedieu, East Norwalk. Mrs. Fannie Morehouse and daugh- ter Mildred of Danbury are visiting friends in South Norwalk. The annual inspection of the Nor- walk Fire department will take place Thursday evening, May 19th. Mrs. William Nichols, of New Canaan, is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. C. Becker, of South N orwalk. Miss Katie Camp, of Norwalk, has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. L. F. Judd, of Bethel. . Mrs. John H. Foley and daughter, of South Norwalk, have returned from a visit in New Haven. A trite but somewhat worn saying is that there is but one way to live, and that is to keep house. The Ladies’ Aid society, of-the. East avenue ch urch will hold a strawberry e stival Wednesday evening May 38th. The furnishings for the new M. E. church have arrived and the .'concrete walk is being laid around the structure. A telephone has been placed at Sheffield Island by the local manager of the, Southern New England Tele- phone company. - Miss Bessie Bates, who has been in Redding for several weeks, has return- ed to her home in Kansas to spend the summer. George Howard Street, of Boston, was the guest of Mr. and .Mrs. J. Edward Russell, of Orchard street, Sunday. The store on Washington street re- cently vacated by George R. Van Als- tyne, is to be occupied by a dealer in groceries. An extra effort is being made to raise $1,100, a balance needed for the erection of the proposed Soldiers’ monument. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pennell, who have been in Swanton, Vt, have re- turned to South Norwalk and began housekeeping in Union street. Miss May D. Smith, who has been employed as stenographer and type- writer for J oseph R. Taylor, is now em- ployed by Attorney John H. Light. There will be an organ recital in the South Norwalk Congregational church next Monday evening, given by the new organist Mr. Harry Zehm. The Camera club is preparing for an outing on Memorial Day. The mem- bers will go by bus and. bicycles to Lyon Plains to take views of the unpar— alleled scenery in that vicinity. Some of the work in rooms at the R. & G. Corset factory being so far in advance of that in other rooms, em' ployees are not working full time, in order that there may be what is termed a f‘catch-up.” . The Washington street drawbridge is still closed to car and vehicle traflic, necessitating the driving of vehicles intent to reach South Norwalk from East N orwalk. The trouble will prob- ably be obviated as early as noon to- morrow. Mrs. Susan Ferris, mother of Senator John H. Ferris, fell from a flight of steps at her home on West street Sat- urday afternoon, and dislocated one of her shoulders. The fracture was re- duced by Dr. C. G. Bohannan. “Ben” Laramie, an old “war vet,” has decorated his home on Westport avenue with all the flags and red, white and blue bunting that he had at his command and is’reported as painting his poultry, pigs and other live stock with those colors. ‘ A patriot1c South Norwalk Miss went into Fred Coleman’s news office yesterday and purchased a sheet of music but refused to accept the same because it was tied up with a yellow string. Mr. Coleman removed the string, substituted a red white and blue ribbon, and made the purchaser a present of one of the handsomest badg- es be had in the store. WE E nLY; No R w A 1. K '- G assists A needed stene dressing is being placed on Cross street. Miss Margaret Rowan of Danbury is a guest of Mrs. Reynolds of South N or- walk. , . _A daughter has bee: born to Mr. and Mrs. Philip F. Cunco of South Nor- walk. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Themas Scofield of Connecticut Turnpike. James P., the infant son of James Monahan of School street died Sunday, aged ‘3. years. _ Miss Alida Ball is substituting in Grade 9 for Miss Mary Woodman, who is ill at her home in Bethe]. The Minister-ing Circle, K. D., of the First Congregational church, will meet in the pastor’s study at the church next Saturday at 3 p. m. Miss Florence \Vigham, of Elm street, has returned home from a two weeks’ visit in Danbury, where she was a guest of Mrs. “W. E. Bulkley. The Douglas Fowler Post Relief. corps will attend services at the Con- gregational church in South Nor-walk on Sunday evening, May 29th. Mr. and Mrs. George Kunhardt of Lawrence, Mass, have been spendinga few days the guests of Mrs. Kunhardt’s father, James H. Knapp of- West avmue. Dr. J. T. Kennedy of South Norwalk, attended the funeral of his sister in VVallingford, Sunday. Miss Kennedy was :20 years of age. The cause of death was appendicitis. Lucius P. Hoyt, for 30 years presi- dent of the Danbury National Bank, died in Danbury Saturday at the age the Danbury and Norwalk railroad. Word has been received of the death of Charles Fiedler, which Occurred at a New York hospital Saturday night. The family of the deceased, a wife and son, live on Glenwood avenue, South Norwalk. The deceased was a well- known hatmaker and was about ,42 years of age. ' The following are the committees appointed by .Mayors Glover and Bohannan for the proposed grand Celebration of Memorial day, as beyond that usually exercised by the two Grand Army Posts in tovvn, to the end, that an unusual amount of enthusiasm shall be aroused on plans previously outlined in these columns: South Norwalk—~Robert Pearson, Charles W. Hallock, R. H. Golden, Marshall Tolles, Charles W. Bell, W. C. Foote, Frank Joseph Tammany. Norwalk—John J. Walsh, B. S. Keith, E. 0. Keeler, John W. Mains, Nicholas Martin, Thomas T. Dorsey and Edward E.‘ Pelton. Burglars blew open two safes in Ridge- field at an early hour Sunday morning, one, at the railroad station, and the other in the grain elevator of George Abbott. In neither case were the bur- glars successful in securing much booty. The concussidns aroused the residents and night Watchman Frank Taylor ran to the station. There he was halted by oneof the burglars. The watchman emptied his revolver at the safe-cracker and then went for help. The burglars mean while escaped. A man giving his name as John Sweeney and residence New York with a. companion attempted to board a freight train at Branchville about 2 a. m. and Conductor Weir endeavored to lock them in the Car, but Sweeney’s pal escaped. Sweeney,lhowever, was taken to Danbury and held on sus- picion of being one of the burglars. If the present talked of plans are carried out the entrance to the steam- boat wharf on Water street, South NOI’XVEle will be blocked by the erec- tion of a large brick building. It is proposed to make a new entrance to the wharves at a point opposite the foot of Haviland street, which will necessitate the demolition of some of the old and unsightly buildings that are an eysore, and stand in the way of the proposed improvements. In case the, proposed improvements are made. some changes will probably be brought about as to the steamboat line of piers, and it is not improbable that the landing place will be south of its present site. Anyway, the changes, if made, will be of a decided nature, and altogether I for the better accommodation of the; public. The property inquestion belongs to the Nelson Taylor estate. Plans have been prepared for the new Isolation hospital to be built: by the county upOn the County Home property at Norwalk.' They are now in possession of the commissioners, several sets having been offered by ar- chitects. ' I At the last meeting of the repre- sentatives of the county, an appropria- tion of $3,000 was made for this pur- pose, and the commissioners intend if possible to complete the new building during the approaching summer. The plans which met ith favor call for the erection of a one story building. The kitchen, nurse’s apartments. etc., are located in the center and there isa wing on either end for the two wards. Provision will be made for 16 cots. So far the commissioners have not decided upon the plans, but they will N. Ferris and of 83. He was one of the projectors of . do so at an early date. 9 ‘ \ About 9o’clockSaturday night. Frank Algara was found in an unconscious Condition near the corner of Wat :r and Chapel streets. As he was on the way to his hope on the same street he was met or followed by a couple ( of students of a Wilton school whose Span‘ ish proclivities are decidedly marked It was not the first time the trio had met, a previous meeting having occur- red about two weeks ago at which time the “students” found fault with Algara for not espousing the Spanish cause. Saturday night’s trouble was perhaps the result of such meeting. The victim of their wrath '_ as before stated, was found in an unconscious condition. He was taken to his hom e by John Kirsch, Henry Perry and an other young man named Gleason. Algara while being a Mexican has gained many friends in town, and has expressed a desire to live and die under the American flag. Oddly enough though, he refuses to prefer a complaint against the parties who assaulted him. His injuries were not of a serious nature and he was about to-day with nothing to show . of his “unhappy” meeting aside from a bruise on his face. . —-—-—_—<o.ol>—-—- — True Journalism Pays. The GAZETTE has had the same ex- perience in the Norwalk field as the Times has had in Philadelphia and takes the, following article from that piper of last Thursday: ‘ “The Times has enlarged its circle of readers during the last month to an extent entirely unexampled in its long and conspicuously successful history, and its multiplied readers are volun- tary tributes to its fidelity to the true mission of the public newspaper. The Times could have tempoi-arily enlarged its immense increase in circulation during the last few weeks if it had catered to the war-inflamed public sentiment that is ready to grasp and devour even the wildest and most reek: less fakes in the shape of war news, but it has sternly adhered to its pur- pose to print the truth with as scrupu- lous accuracy as is possible, and to print the whole truth.' regardless of cost, as promptly as it can be obtained. “The Times has not only immensely increased its circle of readers, but, having gained them by its devotion to true journalism, will be certain to hold them when the yellow journals, which run riot to gratify the passions of the moment, will be rejected by those who have been played as fools by the most reckless sensationalism, and when not only their readers must be greatly diminished, but their influence entirely destroyed. ' " “In a few months at most the war will be over; and even as it progresses. the intelligent newspaper readers will learn to value the journalism that earnestly and resolutely seeks to. fur nish only the truth, and spares no expense to furnish,,the whole truth. Then triie journalism will have won its great and enduring victory, and it must teach the lesson to all that only honest journalism can pay in the end. i ——.—-—-——&o.o>—-——~ WHEAT SOLD AT $1.90. Tremendous Advances Scored New York and Chicago. New' York, May 10.——It has taken twenty-one years at New York to get wheat prices up to equal the figures of 1877, and, with the exception of the September ‘corner by Hutchinson in l888, the same time in Chicago. All re- cent records have been passed long ago. Yesterday in the local market in the early dealings the May delivery sold at $1.90 a bushel representing a net advance of 30 cents a bushel compared with the closing price on Saturday. In the Chicago market the same de- livery sold at $1.75 a bushel, an ad- vance of 8 cents a bushel, compared with Saturday’s final price. In both markets there was tremeni dous excitement, with the bears panic stricken and wildly endeavoring to ob- tain the wheat with which to cover their short contracts. Mr. Leiter’s success in cornering the world’s markets has been phenomenal, but it’has been the result of extraor- dinary conditions, the outbreak of the war developing a panic of the bears, while the talk of scarcity has been a secondary issue as shown by the fact that the producing markets of the world are the highest, yet exports are not stopped, while the consuming coun— tries of the world, as far as America is concerned, are the lowest. No fail- ures were reported during the morning, as margins have been so extensively called that houses have been forced out previous or else had their deals pro- tected, while the advertised corner for weeks past has compelled speculators to keep margins thoroughly protected. in For a. Recess of C‘bng‘ress. , Washington, May 10.—Representative Dockery, of Missouri, has introduced a concurrent resolution providing for a . recess of Congress from June '7 to July 19. ‘ ————==.—~—I-.——W— Three'Sufl‘ocated by Fire. Seneca Falls, N. Y.,,May 10,—Mrs. Fred Habel and her two children were suffocated by a fire that occurred at their home here yesterday. Mr. Habcl occupied an upstairs room with three children, while his wife with the two children slep-t downstairs. Habel was awakened about 4 o'clock this morning by smoke and succeeded in saving the three children who slept with him, but was unable to save the others. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Priso'nérn of \Vur. Atlanta, Ga., May loss—Sixteen pris- oners of war arrived here under. guard of a. detail of negro. soldiers from the - Twenty-fifth Regiment, and were placed in the military prison at Fort McPherson. The Spaniards were cap- tured in Cuban waters several days ago by the Nashville. titu— HAS BlGUi First Troops Likely to Land on Cuban Soil Left Yesterday. MILES STARTS FOR TAMPA Volunteers Will Not Stop at Chicka- muufia, but Go Direct to the Front —Regulnrs Will‘ Be Exnbnrked First, and Volunteers Will Follow as Speedlly an PosSilile Theredfter —0rders Changed. \Vashington, fer the invasion of Cuba by the United States ‘Army are being pushed as rapidly as possible. It was announced at the War Department that at least Saturday morning. The thirty or forty thousand volunteers will follow as soon as they can be put upon the transports. As announced in these dispatches yesterday, Gen. Miles will take com- ,mand of the troops, and will leave for Tampa to-day on the~Southern Rail- way. His staff, however, left last night for the headquarters at Tampa. Gen. Miles, when he arrives at Tampa, will have absolute charge and direction of the movement of the troops, but Gen. Wade will be in command of the invad- ing force. ' The preparations for hastening the movements of the troops to all points South are. nearly completed, and an im- portant change has been made in the assignment of the volunteer forces. from the West will not stop there, but will go directly to Tampa, Mobile and New Orleans as ordered, while the troops from the Eastern States, which have been ordered also to Chickamau- ‘ga, will not go to that point, but will be shipped by the nearest route to the three points South, named. This change has been made because the Cabinet has decided to send the volunteers to Cuba also. When the as- signments were made a few days ago by the War Department, it was thought that the troops ordered to Chickamauga would mobilize and would remain in camp until called to go to Cuba. The policy of an immedi- ate invasion has, however, changed these plans, and the troops before or- dered to Chickamauga will go to Tam- pa, New Orleans and Mobile for em- barkment to Cuba. Therefore, all the State regiments which have-been or— deled South can make up their minds that in less than a week they' will be on Cuban soil. The third of the volunteer force which will come to Washington will be in camp here ready to be ordered to Cuba if more troops are needed there, or to be sent to Porto Rico. The other third will be ordered to the coast de- fense or held in reserve by the different States. The Cuban movement will begin be- fore the arrival of the volunteers at either Tampa, Mobile or New Orleans, because the sixteen or twenty thousand regularswill be the first troops sent off. Naturally the War Department is not making known the exact date of the starting of the soldiers, but, as stated above, twenty thousand will be in Cuba by Saturday, and the volunteers will follow as soon as they reach the points of shipment at Tampa and New Or- leans. "i‘he trainer-arts for these troops are, now being; ‘ ..- Lily prepared, and will be in readiness by the time the soldiers reach the points of embark- 'ment. INVASION OF CUBA BEGUN. .— ' he Transport Gussie Leaves with Two Companies and Ammu- nition for Insurgents. Tampa, May 11.—Before the news was received here. that the Cape Verde fleet had turned tail and run home, and in the absence of any definite informa- tion as to Rear Admiral Sampson’s fleet, the army yesterday started a lit- tle Cuban expedidtion from Port ‘Tam- 3a. 1 The first United States regulars to land on Cub‘an soil sailed on the side- wheel steamer Gussie at 1.10 .p. 111. They are Companies E and G of the First Infantry, Major Gen. Shatter’s old regiment. Dr. F. Gandy, of the First, tw0 hospital stewards and four privates will act as hospital attendants, from the Ninth Cavalry, and a small party of Cuban veterans went along, too. The expedition was in charge of Capt. J. H. Dorst. The Gussie will stop at three differ- ent places on the Cuban coast, but the success of the expedition depends upon secrecy regarding the landing points, ,and they cannot, therefore, be stated. It can be said, however, that they are close enough to the Cuban allies to in- sure the safe delivery of arms and am— munition. . The nine transports have had two shifts of one hundred carpenters at work on them night and day building stalls for the horses and mules. They have their coal and water supplies, and are now taking on ammunition and provisions for the men. A tremendous amount of these is being packed away in their holds. It is not thought that the nine boats now at Port Tampa can carry more men than are now here, for they will be crowded with 7,000 men, 16,000 horses and mules, and the guns, ammunition and provisions necessary for such an expedition. It is said that a request has been made for more ships, for it will be im- possible to carry the 5,000 regulars now at Chickamauga and New Orleans on the first expedition on the fleet of ships now here. These additional 5,000 are now under orders to come to Tampa, making about 12,000 in all at the two camps here. Washington dispatches say, as they have said before, that an immediate in- vasion of Cuba has been decided upon. ' This word “immediately” must not be taken too literally; it will be a. matte! of d'aYS to embark all the regiment: and their paraphernalia now here. Ii will be a. matter of weeks to load such an army of regulars and volunteers as has been ordered to this place. This is a. hostile expedition. It is pre- pared to fight and expects to fight '-’ United 'With the Cubans, it will alt once give a. nucleus of strength to those . forces very much as the Old Guard ‘ gave to the French recruits, but ever before it reaches Gen. Gomez it will be ; well able to take clareof itself against a. thousand Spaniards, and it is n01 . likely they will meet half that number May 11.——Prepara.tions ' 20,000 troops will he landed in Cuba by ~ :piice of Booth, was imprisoned during flfiSlfidO'NFDEFI- . The Champion say. He. wm Fight Both Corbett and McCoy. Boston," May 10.—Bob Fitzsimmons has announced his acceptance of the offer of Kid McCoy to fight the cham- pion for $10,000 in a. contest at middle- weight, and also his acceptance of the offer of James J. Corbett of $25,000 for an opportunity to regain the heavy- weight championship. . Fitzsimmons will meet either man before the regularly organized club of— fering the largest purse, but he will in- sist on a side bet of $10,000 in each case, and both matches must take place be- fore Sep. 1. of this year. This announcement is accompanied with the offer of Julian, Fitzsimmons’ manager, and the prize fighter himself to bet $2,500 that neither McCoy nor Corbett will make good his offer. Denver, 001., May 10.—After reading the Associated Press dispatch from Boston, announcing that Bob Fitzsim-. mons had accepted his offer of $25,000 for an opportunity to regain the heavy- . weight championship, James J. Corbett sent the following dispatch to W. A. ' Brady, his manager, who is in New York City: “Go after that man (Fitzsimmons) and make my offer to him again—$25,- 000 that I will stop him in ten rounds— and put up some money. Show him “D.,! - i To Be Tried an a. Spy. Washington, May 10.—-George Down- ing, the former sailor on the cruiser Brooklyn who was arrested here on Saturday night by John Wiikfé, Chief of the United States Secret Service}. ,will be tried as a spy. The War De- ,partment has taken charge of the case Iand the charges are beihg prepared in Ithe office of the Judge Advocate Gen- eral. The trial will be by a military ‘ ’ ‘ | . . The ”OOPS ordered to Chickamauga commissxon to be selected by Secretary Alger. Downing is confined at the \Vashington barracks under a strong guard and no persrm is allotved to see him. The barracks is famous as the place where Mrs. Surratt, an accom- 1151‘ trial. . . , Spain (flinnot. Get Coal. Montreal, May 10.v-‘§Vord has been received here that the Dominion Coal Company had refused to sell the Span- ish Government 10.000 ions of coal to be delivered at Sydney, Cape Breton. This shows, in the first place, that a Spanish fleet is coming to Atlantic waters. To Arm Cuban Voinnteersi ‘Wnshington, May 10.—Yes‘terday the House passed the Senate bill providing for the enlistment of inhabitants of Pennington-a Mum nee» sue-nil '» Washington, May 10.——Postmaster General Emory Smith has issued the following order: "All officers and employes of the Post Office Department are hereby forbid- den to furnish information pertaining to or in any way bearing upon the con- _ duct of the war to any person or per- - sons not connected with the departs ment or to any newspaper or other pub- . licati-on unless authorized to do so by the. head of the department.” 1 This order was made for the purpose of preventing postmasters from giving :information in regard to suspicious let- } ters passing through their offices. Such 5 information, it is thought, may in some ! instances be incorrect, and in others prejudicial to the interests of the Gov- ernment. Miss (soiling em or $100,000. . Washington, May 9.—United States ITreasurer Roberts on Saturday re- ceived from Miss Helen Gould a check ,for $100,000 toward the equipment of the army, and disposed of any technicali- ties hitherto surrounding this patriotic impulse by turning the dawn...“ pm the Treasury. At t, 9 same time"Treas- urer Roberts acknowledged the gift:in I, graceful letter, in which Miss Gould’s ills}: motives were fittingly referred to. 'Til‘lmu‘n‘s Dispensary law: ‘ Washington, May 10.——The Supreme , Court, in the case of Vance & Scam-vs. ‘the Vandercook Company, of Califor- nia, held that the new South Carolllna State Dispensary law was invalid as' ;to its inspection features, but valid as to that part regulating the sale of orig— inal packages within the State. ‘News m Ban-2F. _...._ .——_ China, a dispatch from Shanghai says, has issued a proclamation of neu- ‘trality in the war between the United ;States and Spain. The Russian papers are full of criti- l-cism of the Spanish lighting. They ac- ‘cuSe the Spaniards of losing the arse- nal at Cavite through cowardice. At a mass meeting in County Mayo, Ireland, it was resolved to start a na- tional appeal to the President and Congress of the United States, praying for intervention between Ireland and England. Interesting details are being added to the story of the entrance of the French frigate Dubourdieu into Ha- vana on Saturday. In Key West it is said that after the blockading fleet re- leased her she was seen transmitting heliograph signals to the Cuban shore. The Hong Kong correspondent of the London Daily Mail gives the following- additional details concerning the battle of Manila: “There was an act of treachery on the part of a. Spanish ship, which lowered her colors and then Cuba in the army of the United States, excepting the services of Cuban volun- teers and relieving destitute Cub-an ' :tten anti children. This means that! a s and ammunlikm can now be fur- ; r- 11rd by 'the Government to all thei 22:7: its of Cuba. and that co—operatloni f on Gomez and his forces can be ex— ; ierled as soon as they can be reached. 3 "r. - , fired at a boat's crew sent to take'pos— 'session of her. She did not hit the boat; but the American guns were turned on her and tore her to pieces. She went to the bottom with all on beard. Several vessels close in shore behaved in the same way and shared her fate.” C ”-— ’5’! 0' .u‘ 3" I ( 0..., ' ‘O“~" ‘ 1L. ‘ (if: A lu'l.‘ u...’ FRENCH COWN CF I)? Dotted Red Dimily Gown. A gay little costume of dimity in the new tone of coral lightened with white polka-dots, is made unlined throughout. rendering it a suitable model as well for ginghams, batistcs. and other light- weight cotton fabrics, or the Irish flax linens, which appear this season in new shades of rose. blue, and mastic. Cos- tumes of this linen, with a vest of har- monious color, promise to be popular for country wear. French open-work linen, made'up over silk of a contrast- ing hue, is also adapted to this simple style. Variety may be given it bysub- stituting ruffles of embroidery for those of the"same material on the waist. The general effect of this gown is be- coming. The yoke of the skirt is suffi- ciently long to produCe the slender eife ct over the hips' that is the present tendency offashion, besides outlining a pointed apron in front, to which is added adeepflounce ‘of medium ful- .. it falls in soft gathers; DifslIT‘l FROM HARPER’S BAZAR ness, passing around to the back, where Four yards and a quarter is the width of the skir at the foot. A large piping-cord is the finish of the yoke. The corsage, slight] y blouse-shape in front, is made with a deep rever collar, edged with }a graduated ruffle, forming, with its fulness, little fans under each point. The ruffle con- tinues down the front as a. jabot, which terminates under a narrow white kid belt. The back has a few gathers at the waist-line, and the front is open to admit a plain linen plastron and collar, or, by way of variety, a fancy front. The close sleeve is made with a deep turn-over cuff, bordered with afull ruffle. The proper cut of the gown can only be obtained from the cut-paper patterns published by Harper’s Bazar, where it appears. Approximate quantity of material—10 yards 30 inches wide. - . 51>“ .
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