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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
Miss Genevieve Reed, of New York
city, is a guest of Mrs. E. J. Thomas, of
Berkeley street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Apell are visiting in
New York state.
Benoit Dreyfus, of New York city,
has been spending a few days in South
Norwalk.
The Pine Ledge Outing club float is
well patronized these days.
John F. King, of New York city, is
spending a few days’ vacation in South
Norwalk, calling on friends.
The engagement of Philip Osborn
and Miss Mary Patton is announced.
Miss Adele Emmerson, who has been
visiting Mrs. Alberta Tuttle, of Hick-
ory Bluff, has returned to her home in
Brooklyn.
A lodge of the Daughters of St.
George will be organized in town.
Mrs. S. M. Aller, of West street, is
entertaining her mother, Mrs. Brink-
erhofi‘, and the Misses Louise and
Adele Acker, of New York.
Rev. B. O. Sherwood .will address
the meeting at the Brookside chapel,
Sunday.
At the chapel of the First Congrega-
tional church last evening Rev. Dr.
Seward was leader and spoke upon
“Lessons of God’s love of beauty.” At
the close of the meeting the prudential
committee was in session to confer with
those who desired to unite with the
church at the July Communion.
Mrs. A. M. Nutt spent Tuesday the
guest of Miss Florence VVigham, of
Elm street.
John Winfield Scott, of the Empire
State Sons of American Rovolution,
will address the Norwalk Chapter,
D. A. R., at Red Men’s Hall, next
‘Nednesday afternoon, when the exhi-
bition of Revolution pictures is formal-
ly opened.
The Trinity Summer home on Straw-
berry Hill has been opened for the
seasUn with Miss Clifford in charge.
The children are expected to arrive
the latter part of this month.
The Ponus,Uncas and Cockenoe tribes
of Red Men will take part in the un-
veiling of the Ludlow memorial in East
N orwalk.
Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes and Mrs.
Swint, of East Norwalk, spent Tuesday
in New York city.
Mrs. Loomis of Boston, is visiting her
sister Mrs. A. A. Chinery, on Cather-
ine street. _'_
The selectmen are widening Fort
Point-street, and will macadamize a
porton of it after finishing Van Zandt
avenue.
Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith an-
timpates taking his annual vacation at
an early date.
—Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well-known
oculist Optician, can be consulted at his
allies in the parlors of the Mahackemo
Hotel, South N orwalk, Tuesday from
9 a. m. to 8 p. 11: Eyes examined free
_._~-_, f5-tf.
W'illiam L. Porter, of South Main
street, is entertaining his sister from
Beverly, Mass.
The improvements at the DeKlyn
store on Main street are as marked as
they are pleasing to the eye.
Miss ‘ Elizabeth Mather, of West
street, is spending a few days with her
sister in Bridgeport.
Mrs. Benjamin Mallory of Norwich,
is visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Partric.
Miss Carrie Ingersoll and Miss Nel-
lie Mather have returned from a four
weeks’ stay in Cannon.
iMrs. Henry Chasmar, of Maple street
entertained a party of Methodist King’s
Daughters, Wednesday afternoon.
George E. Bolles of Bethel, a gradu-
ate of the New York College of Phar-
macy has accepted a position. as pre-
scription clerk in Baxter ’5 drug store,
South N orwalk.
Miss Naomi Smith. of Bridgeport is
visiting in town.
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Remember the Maine.
“Like a thief in the dark:
With an electric spark, .
It was done in the night by Spain;
But in God’s bright light
In an open fight,
Dewey made them ‘1:emember
Maine.’ ”
BOY npwutn.
Fell Into aSwiftIy Ebbing Tide
and Carried Out to Sea.
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The Accident Occurredat Black:Rock Yes-
terday Afternoon.
A sad drowning accident took place
yesterday afternoon, in the creek near
the Church of St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea at
Black Rock.
W'illie Allen, a boy 15 years of age
and John Carter, 16 years old, started
from their homes in the afternoon on a
clamming trip. They met with indif-
ferent success and. were returning home
walking along the bank of the creek
whose sides rise abruptly above the
water. Young .Allen slipped on the
moistened ground and fell into the
water which was quite deep at this
point and running like a mill race. He
struggled for a moment and then sank
from sight, evidently being swiftly
carried out to the sound.
K His companion, of course, was power-
less to render any aid, being at first al-
most stupefied by the sudden ness of the
occurrence. Waiting a few minutes
and seeing nothing more of his play-
mate, young Carter quickly made his
way over the' hill to the residence of
Jonathan Thorne and informed the
members of that family of the casualty.
Residents not far from the scene of
the fatal accident say that the water is
deep there over a pool and the body
may yet be found; but others claim it
has been carried out to sea.
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BICYCLE VOTE.
Olive Gray, 1912
Vivian Soderstrom, 1911
John Murphy, 1870
Fred Smith, 869
Lester Comstock, 1863
Mary Duffy, 151
Fred E. Conley, 236
Bessie M. Stanley, igg
Joseph Methias,
Lucy Wicks, 22
George Bertine, 59
R. M. Rose, 21
Annie Dauchy, 20
Willie English, 110
Edith Foster, 1229
Arthur Evans, 51
May Smith, 23
Annie Clune, 12
May Williams, 8
S. Louise Sutton,
Charles Mott, 50
Thomas Hunt. 10
George H. Hewitt, 84
Hugh Marron, 53
Mena Ambler, 3
Eugene Davis, 3
J. H. Carpenter, '2
J. McNerney, 9
C. F. Osborn, 64
Tillie Spicer, 65
F. McNaughton, 59
Lillie Hyatt, 2
Florence Carl, 6
The coupon can be found in H A.
Saunders adv.
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case you are troubled with any blood
disorder, chronic rheumatism, or
neuralgic affection. It is endorsed by
the best physicians in the country and
is warranted to do what is claimed for
it. John A. Riggs, Norwalk, Conn.
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Letter carrier E. W. Clark is taking
a week’s vacation and Fred Keating is
acting as his substitute.
A load of crushed stone on the barge
Brownstone has arrived at Ferris’
wharf and is being carted on the city
‘streets. “A m“
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Grifieth of Main
street, celebrated their tenth wedding
anniversary Monday night. A‘ party
of friends called and surprised them in
honor of the occasion.
John Kramarcik died at his home 0
Ely avenue, Wednesday evening, aged
52 years. He was a member of the
Cigar Makers Union and of two Ger-
man societies. '
A bicycle that attracted attention
and admiration yesterday was a red,
white and blue-Orient ridden by L. G.
Sackett agent for the Waltham com-
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Fair to-night; partly cloudy weather
Friday; warmer Friday. ' I
—Sugar cured hams, 9c; 6 Water St.
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. Mrs. E. H. Hotchkiss of Arch street,
has returned from her driving trip. 5
The annual Clambake of Putnam
Hose company will take place on July
1st. I
Thomas Hancock of Mamaronerk,
N. Y., has been the guest of friends on
Elm Grove place. '
—For quarter lamb, 8c; 6 Water St.
The Lobster club of New York will
have a Clambake at Gregory’s Point.
August 11.
A number of Norwalk people went to
Bridgeport today to attend the circus.
The A. J. Nutting family have arriv-
ed in town for the summer. :3
—Prime rib roast, 14c; 6 VVat-eTr St.
Letter carrier Nickerson is taking a
vacation.
The Twin City VVheelmen will run
to Glen Island on Sunday.
Eleven cases of scarlet fever are re-
ported in town and all of them within
the environments of’South Norwalk.
A new fio'or is being placed ‘in the
coal office of John H.-5Ferris. South .
Norwalk. i
The United States post office in?
spectors were in town yesterday on an
inspection tour.
Frank Addison was fined $5 in the
Town court, this morning. The Charge l
was intoxication. I
A special meeting for the nomination l
of officers will be held by the Cockenoe I
tribe of Red Men, to-night.
!
VYarren E. Smith and family are now
occupying their summer residence on
Chimmons island.
Old \X’ell Lodge, F. & A. M. visited
St. John’s Lodge, last night and ex-
exemplified the third degree. '
Dr. A. H. Baldwin and family enjoy-
ed a sail on Commodore VVilson‘s
launch “Gem” last evening. The only
exciting event of the sail was a narrow
escape from a collision with the yacht
Ward V.
Sever. hundred canines have been
registered up to date at the town
clerk’s ofiice.
Eureka Lodge, Daughters'of Rebek-
ah, will meet to-night.
A special meeting of Putnam Hose
company will be held at the Mahack -
emo hotel to-night.
Messrs. C. C. Ramsey of VVilkes-’
barre, Pa., C C. Shannon of Rochester,
N. Y., William C. Taylor of Danbury
and John Williams of Providence, R.I.,
were in town yesterday.
AlexanderSemple of West avenue,
has gone to Denver, Colorado, for a
short stay.
Special officer Cockefur arrested
Frank Addison at the railroad freight
yards, last night. Addison was very
much under the influence of intoxi-
cants and had a well filled bottle to
continue his fever. In the cage at the
station-house, this morning, his words
boiled with wrath against the police,
the judges and all law abiding citizens.
A couple of canines made punching
bags of two geese feather pillows in
the yard,at the home of Ezra Hall in
East Norwalk last night, with the re-
sult that the pillows were destroyed.»
Mr. Hall estimates his loss as fully ten
dollars, the pillows being filled with
“live geese” feathers garnered by his
mother.
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Nine Villages inf-78d.
Vienna, June 17.—Further details of
the sanguinary conflicts between the
Albanian-s and Christians in the Uskub
district of European Turkey, north-
west of Salonica, show‘that he Alba-
nians have attacked and burned nine
Christian villages, consisting of 450
houses, in the vicinity of Berana, near
the Montenegrin frontier, up to -Wed-
nesday.
The inhabitants have fled ‘to Monte-
negro, whose representative at Con-
stantinople has made strong represen-
tations on the subject ‘to the sultan.
Another Comet Found.
Lick Observatory, June 17.‘—'A comet
of about the tenth magnitude has been
discovered here by C. D. Perrine. Its
position is: Right ascension, 3 hours,
29 minutes; declination north, 58 de-
grees, 36 minutes. Its daily motion is
east one degree 34 minutes.
A telegram received by the observa-
tory announces that another return of
Encke’s periodic comet was observed
by Tobbutt, an Australian astronomer,
on June 11.
No Now Call for Volunteers.
VVash-ing-ton, D. C., June 17.-There
was" a rumor about the war depart-
ment yesterday that another call ,for
time for 50,000 men.
Secretary Alger and General Corbin
both‘ denied the correctness-of the re-
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".CORKING THE BOTTLE ”—HOBSON BLOWING UP THE “MERRIMAC,” SANTIAGO, JUNE 31).
FROM HARPER’S WEEKLY. AFTER A DRAWING BY T. DE THULSTRUP.
Reproduced from Harper’s Weekly. By Permission. Copyright, 1898, by Harper 8.7 Brothers.
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harborhis been he allel the world
over as :Lil am of .‘lll aul (lcsperme
bl'flAGl')‘ to be alw;x;..~: ('lis'urnu‘uislu.--.l in
the chmniclca of 4' Lil wary. ll. w is .l‘l
admirable trimnp‘i ul’ t‘:1.)1l_;h.t'.‘l cal-
culation. reckless audacity, an 'I *c un-
plete success. and adds another name
to the illustrious llsfrof American naval
heroes.
The details of the plan and of its exe-
cution are now well known. To navi-
gate the Merrimac over the enemy’s
minesand under the furious fire of the
Spanish 1) Lttcries, to anchor her at the
exact plint in theynarrow channel
where her hulk would be an effective
obstruction, and to sink hm by an in-
ternal explosion— —these were the peril-
ous :problems which presented them-
selves to the young officer. Their
solution Seemed impossible without
crtain death, but hundreds of eager
volunteers from all the ships of the!
fleet stood read v to make the fearful
trial. The glorious achievement of the
chosen few is now history.
\Ve reproduce to day from the pages
of Harper's Weekly 29. picture by
Thulstrup of the sinking of the collier.
After mooring the Merrimac in mid-
channel, Hobson and his men shoved
off on a raft, dragging after them the
contact wires connected with the tor-
pedoes inside the ship. The Spaniards
on the shore, thinking an attempt was
under way to forcexan entrance into
the harbor, turned every gun of their
powerful shore batteries upon the
Americans, and the resulting storm of
shot and shell w'as so terrific that Hob-
son abandoned an idea of paddling his
rift back to our fleet, but made for the
Spanish flag-ship instead, and gave
His escape from death
was nothing short of miraculous, and,
although his exploit effectually crip-
pled all further offensive operations of
the Spanish fleet, he was greeted with
cheers by the Spanish sailors and per-
sonally congratulated by Admiral
Cervera on his splendid bravery.
The combination of a deliberate,
resourceful mind and dashing, bull-
dog courage is a hard one to beat, and
the whole world to-day unites in ap-
plauding Hobson’s exhibition of what
American brains can do when backed
by true American grit.
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Steamship Rules to no Up.
New York, June 17.—The saloon pas-
senger rates agreed to by the steamship
companies‘ conference in London will
go into effect June 28. This will not
affect the maximum rates, but 'raiSes
the minimum rates of the Atlantic
Transport line and'the Wilsons & Fur-
ness-Leyland line :15. - The present rate
of 860 will be wS-after'the-da-te men.-
tioned. The per-capita war tax on
steamship passengerswil'l go into ef-
fect July 1. The tax for steerage pas—
sengers will be 31- on-every--fare.up to
$30. Betw-een 830-and‘860-the tax will
be 32. Over 360 it will-be 85. On July
1 the-war tax of ten cents'for each bill
. of lading 'wili go into- effect.
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Manila.
WAITING FOR U. S. TROOPS.
The Fighting Cunt nues \Vith ‘ut Abate
ment—Many Are Fleeing from the City
for Sufety—Spnnhh R purzs Confirlning
Insurgent Successes—The City Expec-
ted to Hold Out Until the Unit. (1 Sta e5
Troops Arrive. ~
Madrid, June 17.——Advices received
here by the Liberal from Manila, under
date of June 6, practically repeat the
news contained in the dispatch of June
15 from the Shanghai correspondent of
the London Daily Telegraph, who for-
warded upon that occasion informa-
tion which he had received from Ma-
nila" up to June 8, saying that on June
5 the insurgents forced the passage of (
the Z-apote river and captured Las Pi-
n‘as and Paranaki, since which time the
fighting between the insurgents and
Spaniards has been continous, the lat-
ter being gradually driven into the city
of Manila. The Liberal‘s dispatch ex-
plains that “in the face of Aguinaldo‘s
superior forces ‘the Spaniards were
compelled to retreat.”
The Spanish correspondent also says:
“The fighting continues incessantly.
There are skirmishes at intervals day
and night, and lack of provisions has
compelled the Spaniards to yield at
certain points. Both ammunition and
food sire scarce. Nevertheless, the
Spaniards are animated by the best
spirit and are fighting heroically. The
wounded, who are crowding into the
churches and convents. have been plac-
ed under the protection of the Red
Cross.
and preventing acts of violence. The
Jesuits are seeking places of refuge in
the province of Bete‘nzas, and the sis-
ters are fleeingio places of safety in
the province of La. Guna.
“It is not expected that Manila will
capitulate until «the American troops
arrive."
Our Transports Near Manila.
Hong Kong, June 17.—A report has
reached here from Il-oilo, Island of Pa-
aay, Philippine islands,;that some Uni-
ted States transponts from San Fran-
cisco were sighted off that place on
the evening of June 9.
The British steamer Kwong-Hoi,
has started from this port for Manila.
with a. load of provisions.
The cruiser Charleston sailed from
San Francisco for Manila on May 22.
On May 25 the first transports sailed.
with troops. It mutated: theubeot-e
speed fully twenty-three or twenty-four
days to reach Manila, and the trans-
ports fiver-e given until June 20 to make
the voyage. As they may not have
stopped at Htmolulu, the trip may have
been shortenedseveral days, but still
it is hardly likely that even the
Charleston was. sighted at Panav on.
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' partment
It is reported that the arch- .
bishop has gone to the insurgents in‘
the hope of moderating their animosity a
' chance to learn."
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VVashlngton, June 17.—It was an-
nounced last, night that the third and
largest expedition for‘the Philippines
will leave San Francisco not later than
June 30.
It has also been decided that General
Merritt shall on his way seize the La-
drone islands, leaving at' least one
transport there.
There will be ten thousand men in
the third expedition and General Mer-
ritt personally will be in command.
He will be instructed to leave not
less than thwo thousand men at the
Ladrones, and in case the defence of.
Spain's mid-Pacific possessions should
prove stronger than it is generally un-
derstood to be, he may land a greater
number. '
It is probable that the force left to
hold the Ladrones will be made up al-
most entirely of volunteers.
The work of whipping the third ex-
- pedition into shape has proceeded with
great rapidity. It was not thought,
however, until a day or two since, that
it would be in readiness to start before
thermviddle of July.
Should it get away on the date now
set it would be impossible for Spain‘
to rush additional protection to the La~
drones in time to anticipate the arrival
of Merritt's forces.
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(letting Fernandina Ready.
-VVashington, June 17.——"he war de‘
is hastening forward the
preparations at Fernandina, Fla, which
will make that point one of the most
advantageous in the country for the
concentration of a large body of troops.
Notices have been sent td-‘t'he city au-
thorities as well as to army officials, di—
recting them to hurry the preparations.
It is said at the war department that
the special board which inspected Fere
nandina. found the proposed camp so
suitable by natural conditions and sur—
roundings that several thousand troops
could be accommodated there to-day if
it were necessary to institute the camp
at once. .
The orders for this concentration
have not y-et,been issued, although the
inference is clear that 'they will follow
when the Fernandina camp grounds are
ready. The department calculates that
the grounds will also accommodate
20,000 troops when all preparations are
completed. ‘
Aunthm Flying Sdnadvon.
Old Point Comfort, June l7.-—-There
is new little doubt that the govern-
ment has been collecting in the vicin-
ity of Hampton Roads the vessels that
shortly will rendezvous off Fortress
Monroe [0 form a new flying squad,
Ion. ‘
The Newark, which practically has
been rebuilt at the Norfolk navy yard,
is now in the roads. 'At Norfolk is the
cruiser Cincinnati, which came out of
dry dock yesterday, and which will be
ready for sea again in a few weeks.
The tug Apache, manned by Maryland
naval reserves, is also at the Norfolk
yard, as is the torpedo boat destroyer.
formerly- the fast yacht Penelope, and
the colller Mene-msha, sister of? the
sunken. Merrimac. , ‘ _
Men Overboard: ”Help! Help!”
g Stranger: “Phuy don't ye: swim?”
“I don’t know,\how.”
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