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To Naples 3I£ Film! 13:13:15 5:; “ Genoa I “ Messma ao , ‘-‘ Messl‘na 16 ‘6 ’ Palermo ao “ Palermo 19’) BE OBTAINED AT THIS OFFICE. DURING THE DESTRUCTION OF CERVERA’S FLEET. FORWARD TURRET OF THE “IOWA” IN ACTION. FROM HARPER’S WEEKLY. D11AWN BY H. REUTERDAHL. Reproduced from Harper’s Weekly. By Permission. Copyright, 1898, by Harper 1‘35 Brothers. f New SCHOOL House. E. T. Bedford Makes the Town of westport an Ofl‘er. 1 Is Anxious to Have Old Building Opposite His Residence Removed. Greens Farms is to have a new school house. . It isto be built by E. T. Bed- ford and will be situated on Mr. Bed- ford’s property near the railroad track and is to be one of the finest in the town of WestpOrt. It will be fitted up with all the modern improvements. The present school house is situated opposite Mr. Bedford’s elegant resi- dence in Greens Farms and he has for a long time tried to buy it from the school board, who refused to sell. Mr. Bedford met with the school board a few weeks ago and said if the town would give him the present school house lot he would build there a new school house, larger and better than the present one, to be built on his property near the railroad. The school board told Mr. Bedford that if he would give them a new school house as large and as good as the present one they would exchange. Mr. Bedford agreed to do this so the new school house is to be built. A V Red Cross Work. Mrs. I. S. Jennings, president of the auxiliary committee, is in. receipt of the following appreciative letter: AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS RELIEF COMMITTEE. Supply Depot, 552 Broadway, New York. MY DEAR MRS. JENNINGS, The Supply Committee begs to ac- knowledge with thanks the receipt of a case of clothing from Auxiliary No. 11, containing 200 nightshirts, 2i handker- chiefs and bandages. The ladies who unpacked this case desire me to say that every thing it contained was so Well selected and made that it was a pleasure to “ epack them to send to the soldiers Very truly yours, HELEN FIDELIA HOFFMAN, For the Supply Committee. ——-———-‘0.0>——— Want Wasncloths. The Supply committee of the Red Cross has sent an urgent request for 406 washcloths. These should be made of one yard of white cheese-310th hemmed by hand and washed and ironed. These precautions are neces- sary as there must be nothing which can possibly irritate the skin. Any. contributions of the washcloths or money to make their purchase may be given to either of the Officers, or left at the Norwalk Library. —~————<O-CD Reunion oi the 5th Conn. ‘ The annual" reuniOn of the Fifth; Naval Victory at Santiago. On the morning of July 3, about 9:30, the Spanish fleet tried to escape from the harbor of Santiago, where it had been bottled up by the American war- ships. In a remarkably short space of time after the Spanish ships were sighted, every gun on the American battle- ships was manned and loaded and the gunners ready for the word “Fire,” which would mark the beginning of 'the battle. They had not long to wait, for it took but a few minutes for the Spanish cruisers to pass in single file the wreck of the Merrimac, clear the harbor, and dash for the Open sea to the westward. Pouring a hail of shot and shell the American ships closed in upon them. The well-trained American gunners sent shot after shot surely and un- sparingly into the' fleeing foe. In half an hour half the Spanish fleet had been destroyed, and in a little over an hour the battle was finished, and Cer- vera’s fleet a thing of the past. We reproduce, with permission, a picture from the issue of Harper’s Weekly for July 23, showing the for- ward turret of the battle-ship Iowa in action during the destruction of Cer- vera’s fleet. A 12~inch projectile, sent with un- [erring aim from the Iowa’s forward turret struck and set fire to the flag- ship Maria Theresa, the first Of the Spanish ships destrded. Another 12-incher from the Iowa crashed into the bow of the leading much-talked-of torpedo-boat destroyers, and caused her to turn towards the shore a wreck. The Iowa then steamed to assist the Oregon, Texas and Brooklyn in their chase after the remaining Spanish ships, but by the time she caught up with them thebattle was over. With the same energy displayed in destroy- ing Spain’s vessels, the Americans manned their small boats and rescued vessels. 4-A ‘ Struck in Darien'. During the severe storm on Tuesday morning, the house of Mrs. Jane Stevens at Darien was struck by light- ning. The bolt entered a high point of the roof of the house and ploughed its way through .to the cellar, in its course passing through a sleeping room occupied by Mrs. Stevens and setting fire to the building in several places. She received a severe shock but has since recovered from the same. The fire was extinguished, before much damage had been done. Mrs. Stevens the owner of the place. Closed. Mr. J. T. Prowitt has closed his branch store on Washington street, South N-orwalk, and the contents of the same are being removed to the main store on Main street this city. .The South Norwalk store has ‘been in charge of John W. Beatty for some years. It is reported that Mr. Beatty will open a similar establishment in South Norwalk at an early date. ' ‘A‘ Sprained His Leg. Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, will be held at Compounce Lake, Bristol, on Tuesday, August 9, the ‘ anniversary of the'battle of Cédar Mountain. TICKETS CAN Captain George W. Gladstone in ar ! resting an intoxicated man Wednesday ; night slipped and falling sustained an i injury to his leg that has incap-.1c‘itat:d him for duty- the Spanish sailors from their burning ‘ ' MR. BRUCE AND CAPT. LATHERS. Born a Slave, no Easily Over-came Rao- Prejudice. On one of his latest visits to New York Mr. Bruce told of an experience which he had just after he was elected Senator from Mississippi, and it was an experience which illustrates the tact and good sense which always charac- terized him, and which explained much of the success and respect which he gained by his public life in Washing- ton. It was announced that the Sena- tor would 'go to Washington from his Mississippi home by one of the Missis~ sippl steamboats, at least as far as St. Louis, on his' way. The captain, a man of the name-of Lathers,was a type lea! Mississippi steamboat captain, and he was erported to have said that he would show the biafick'Senator when he got aboard of his boat ‘that he would have ‘to keep his place on that boat, "and if he put on any airs because he happened to be Senator, the cap- tain Would teach him manners. As soon as Bruce boarded the steam- boat he sought the captain, and he said to mm; “Captain Lather-s, I am going to Washington, and a part of the way as passenger on your steamboat. My namé‘is Bru'Ce, and possibly yOu have heard of me. What I wanted to say is that I know perfectly well what the feeling 'of many people who are travelers regarding persons of my color is. They cannot help it, and I cannot help it, and“ I am going to give them no occasion for any annoyance while I am a passenger on your boat, I simply ask you that you see to it that I am made as comfortable as possible and I assure you that you will have no rea- son for complaint." The bluff captain stepped back a. pace or two, looked Bruce over, and then held out his hand, and said, with great emphasis: “By —, you shall sit at my table; you shall sit on my right hand on the entire trip and if any man objects he will have to fight me. A man who can talk as you have, and who-is as fair as you are, is a. — sight better fitted to be a. United States Senator than some of the white Sena- tors I have carried on this boat." and on that entire trip Of’some three days the captain made Bruce his guest. The same quality served Bruce ad- mirably in the Senate and it was one J. H. , l Stevens of South Norwalk, is a son of : of the most impressive of Washington sights to see themulatto Senator and, ,his colleague the aristocrat Lamar, iwalking daily together up the avenue to the Capitol. Lamar, the scholar, 'the orator, the fine type of Southern chivalry and cultivation, had the high- est respect for Bruce and preferred his companionship in- the daily walks to and from the Capitol to that of any .other Senator. Afterward when La.- mar became Secretary of the Interior, iBruce went to see him, and said that he had procured a good many appoint- ments in the Interior Department; in fact, a good many more than his share, and he had come to see his former coi- league so that he might take counsel with him in respect to such action in the way of removals as Lamar might have in mind. Thereupon, Lamar said to him: “Bruce, not one of the men who have been appointed at your recommenda- lion shall be removed while I am here, except for such cause as would make you remove the n yourself if you were Scretary of the. Interior—Philadelphia Press. ONE WRINKLE OF 'THE FIRE ENGINE "arioun Reason. for Keeping. the Ground Under the Fire Box Wot. Every fire engine has a pipe around its firebox, from which a spray of water may be thrown uponthe ground under the grate. When an engine is at work at a fire two iron shields are placed on the ground. one against the inner side of each wheel, to protect it from injury, from coals or sparks from the fire. The heat from an accumulatiOn of live coals dropping through the grate bars might chip the stone of the gran- ite pavement or melt the tar with which in many atone pavements the seams between which the blocks are filiéd. 'Keeping the ground wet pre- vents this. The spray keeps the live coals from injuring or matting asphalt pavements upon which the engine may stand at work. An accumulation ofyhot ashes and cinder-s under the grate Would ”throw. out a. heat that, would inconvenience the engineer. Keeping the ground Wet. under the fire box does away with that source of discomfort in working the en-. - gine. -—New York Sun. ’ ,' -1 Dog- M‘eot‘a train. I l The Oriental express, the famous train from Paris to Constantinople. ar- rives at the Turkish capital three times a. week at a ce’rtalix’ hour in the afternoon. When the train comes in there are always-7many dogs ready to reCeive it. Before the passengers have had time to get out, the degs? jump into the carriages and search, everywhere under the seats and tn comers torftn‘e scraps of luncheon left by the passen- gers. and when they have found all the pieces they go away.‘ The remarkable thing is that they never come at any time except when the Oriental express is due; that’they, never make a mistake in the day, and always remember that between Friday and Monday there are two days and not one. They pay no attention to local trains, because little or no food is left in them, owing to the short rides the passengers take—Buffalo News. .i. Smalls-t Man on the Supreme Bench. Chief Justice Fuller is the smallest man on the Supreme bench, and he is flanked by the two largest men, J us- tices Harlan and Gray, both being very tall and broad-shouldered. Justice Gray is the oldest man on the Supreme bench, being nearly 70, and the young- est, Justice White, is 53. Justice Brew- er, who was born in Smyrna, Asia. Min-or, where his parents were mis- sionaries, is the only member of the court who was not born in America. No occasion to Worry. _ Mrs. Dewteil—Here is a piece in the paper, Ephraim, from a we ‘l-known. scientist saying that if it wasn’t for. the atmosphere around the earth the ocean would becomebolling hot from the sun’s rays. Dreadful to think at; isn’t it? _ ‘11» Mr. Dewteil (calmly)'-—Well, there hain’t no use gittin excited over it, ’Mandy. 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