: ...- ~:..~A.... / , acted. _ til the armor is contracted for. ‘iment by the builders simply for want . in communications sent to the commit- ":ate if adhered to meant the total stop- build ships without the armor under or- ~dinary circumstances, trusting to the ’next congress to provide for it. but fer WEEKLY - N0 RWALk Q AN“ 11ng - POLICY. Congressional Action Cripples the Navy. SECRETARY LONG’S PROMPT ACTION. [inless Congress Revises the Naival Bill the North Atn’mtic Squadron Must Be Greatly Reduced and All Shipbuilding Stopped. W'ASHINGTON, March 3.—-The navy department has put the big double tur— reted monitor Puritan out of commis— sion at the Norfolk navy yard, and it is said at the navigation bureau that this ship must be followed by others speedily, to the great detriment of the plans of the department. The estimates submitted to congress based en the minimum requirements of the navy pro- vide for 20,000 sailors. Congress cut this down to 15,000. There are now 18,000 men in the service, so that 3.000 of these must be dropped immediately. means. according to the navigaton offi- cers, that a large part of the north At- lantic squadron must go out of com~ mission. The Asiatic squadron cannot be reduced, in View of Dewey’s neces— .»‘.ties. There is only one ship, the Phil- :delphia, on the Pacific station. The ;2uropean and the south Atlantic sta- tions have been abandoned. There is only left the north Atlantic squadron as material for a cut. The loss of 3,000 men means the cutting in half of this splendid home defense squadron. It is probable that the heavy reduction in the number of enlisted men and conSe- quently of ships will interfere seriously with the conduct of the naval maneu— vers this year, notwithstanding the enormous benefit that has been derived from such drills in the past. Another difficulty is going to be the impossibility of putting into condition the new ships as they are turned over to the govern— .of men to man them. _The action of the senate in the matter of ship armor Caused Secretary Long to take prompt measures to bring the sub— ject to the attention of the naval com- mittees of the house and senate in the hope of securing a change in the ap- propriation bill before it is finally en- The secretary and Captain O'Neill, chief of the ordnance bureau, tees declared that the action of the sen— page of all naval construction, saying that no armor can be procured for $300 per ton. It might have been possible, it is said at the department, to go on and That - a clause in the appropriation bill which provides that no ships shall be built un- The ef- fect of the two provisions will be to put a complete stop to shipbuilding opera- tions as far as the navy is concerned. Although it is provided that a govern- ment armor plant shall be constructed in the event of the failure of the depart- ment to secure bids for supplying ar—, mor at the price fixed,the ordnance ofii- cers say that such a plant could not be mor inside of two years at the earliest. ‘They also declare that the limit of cost fixed for the plant is less than half of that found to be absolutely necessary by the special naval bozird which in— vestigated the whole subject of govern— ment armor plants a few yearsago. Snlnnon Fisheries Combine. NEW YORK, March 3.—The Pacific American Fisheries company, incorpo-l rated in New Jersey yesterday, with a capitalization of $5,000,000, will control 70 per cent of all the salmon caught in Puget sound waters and is authorized to ' catch and can salmon or other fish in the Columbia river, Puget sound, Fra— ser .river, Alaska and other districts. The headquarters of the company will be in Chicago, and the American Trust and Savings bank of Chicago is the un- derwriters’ trustee. The Manhattan Trust company is the Ne York trustee. The stock of the company has been pri- vately underwritten, and there are to be no other offerings. Business Crippled by Storm. LEADVILLE, 0010., March 3.—The snow storm which began here at mid- night Sunday shows no signs of, abate- ment. The railroads are completely tied up west of this city and are run- ning but few trains east. here is most discouraging. There has been a loss to this community for a. month past of over $3,000 a day in _ wages, in addition to heavy losses of mine owners th:ough failure to make shipments and carry on developed work. Jobnstown Miners Injured. JOHNSTOWN. Pa, March 3.—Four miners were badly injured and several others less seriously in an accident that happened as a train of cars was being taken into the Cambria mines. Just as the train was about to enter the mines the cable broke, and a collision occur- red. A dozen miners were caught in the wreck. Cody Jury Completed. ALBANY, March 3.—The jury to try Mrs. Margaret Cody for attempting to blackmail George J. Gould and Helen M. Gould was secured at 5:15 o'clock yesterday evening, at which ended the first day's session of that trial. A large number of jurymen were drawn. The trial proper opens today. ,‘ General Tornl Arrested. MADRID, March 3.—General Toral, , who commanded the Spanish troops at: Santiago, Cuba, vhasbeen arrested and' imprisoned previous tobeing tried by court martial on the charge of capitu- lating to General Shatter at that place on July 14 last. :' . Chile \Vill Reduc'fler Anny. VALPARAISO, March 3.——The Chilean war office and the military authorities have definitely decided to reduce the constructed and begin to supply the ar- i .crats vote for It' CONGRESS HASTENS WORK. The House Refuses to Unseat Army Ollicers. WASHINGTON, March 3.——During al- most the .entire' session yesterday the senate was engaged in routine business. Threescore or more of minor bills were passed, the calendar being cleared en- 'tirely of private pension bills and of measures correcting military and naval records. Two measures of national im- portance were passed, the fortifications appropriation bill and the, bill provid- ing a code of criminal laws for the dis- trict of Alaska. A provision for the high licensing of the liquor traffic in the latter measure created considerable discussion, and an effort .was made to incorporate an absolute prohibition amendment, but it failed by a decisive vote. The fortifications bill was pass- ed precisely as it came from the house without amendment and goes to the president. The conference reports on the census and naval personnel bills were agreed to, and these measures also go to the president. No conference reports on appropria- tion bills were pressing at 6 o‘clock last evening, and the house therefore paid its last tribute of respect to the mem- ory of the late Representative Hurley of New York by adjourning until today at 11 o’clock. An attempt was made to consider the resolutions reported by the judiciary committee declaring that Gen- eral Wheeler and the three other mem— bers who accepted commissions in the army had thereby vacated their seats, but the house by an overwhelming vote refused to consider them. An analysis of the vote shows that the affirmative vote in favor of consid- ering the resolutions was cast by 21 Republicans, 43 Democrats and 13 Pop— ulists and the negative vote by 101 Re- puincans, 44 Democrats and 1 Popu— list. I-Ialf a million dollars each was ap— propriated under suspension of the rules for the Pan—American exposition at Buffalo and the Ohio centennial at Toledo. The senate bill carrying $1.000,- 000 for a. new building for the depart- ment of justice was passed, and two public building bills attached by the senate to bills for public buildings in other cities were agreed to, one appro- priating $250,000 for a building at Los Angeles. ' Grip Causes Manyi‘Deaths. ALBANY, March 3.-—The bulletin of the state board of health for the month of January, showingthe vital statistics for that period,issued yesterday, states: There were 12,421 deaths reported dur- ing January, an average daily rate of 400, against 350 in December. The num- ber of deaths exceeds that of January, 1898, by 2,800. Common epidemic dis- eases caused 800 deaths, against 765 in December, and 900 in January, 180.8. The mortality under five years of age was greater than in either of the other months. It was estimated that grip caused 1,800 deaths in December. This month it is estimated that it has in- creased the mortality by 3,000, this num- ber having been either directly caused or hastened by it, or nearly 25 per cent of the total mortality of the month. Looks Dark For Police Bill. ALBANY, March 3.—-The New York police bill is dead unless some Demo- This fact was fully disclosed at a caucus of Republican sen— ators last night, when Senators Cogge- shall and Wilcox refused to vote for the measure as long as it destroys the al- leged bipartisan character of the pres- ent police board. They left the caucus when the bill was pressed. Coggeshall and Wilcox refused absolutely to vote for any bill which should provide for a single head for the police department to lie named by Mayor Van Wyck. Courier Arrived Too Late. WICHITA, Kan., March 3.—-Walla Tonka was shot to death on Monday, despite the report that the reprieve ar- rived just in time to save his life. A re- . prieve was granted, but the courier fail- The outlook . ed to arrive at Ailkehi courthouse. Choctaw Nation, in time to save his life. The statement sent out from Antlers, I. T., saying that Tonka. was not exe- cuted was denied by the following mes— sage from Judge Clayton yesterday: “Tonka executed according to law. Courier failed to arrive with reprieve." An lmperialistic Phoplleey. ALEXANDRIA, March 3. — Cecil Rhodes. who in the eyes of most Eng~ Iishmen is the incarnation of the impe- rialistic policy. holds views concerning the future of the United States even more farreaching than most American imperialists have broached. Mr. Rhodes in a recent conversation predicted most confidently that within a century the United States would have advanced the work begun in the acquisition of Cuba until it controlled all of the American hemisphere except Canada. Hog; Killed by Rats. MIDDLETOW'N, N. Y., Marph 3.—Ja- cob Decker, a farmer of Youngsville, Sullivan county, found in his hog pen . a. hog which had been killed by rats. 1 v The animal had evidently been attacked by a number of the rodents. Early in the evening Farmer Decker heard the hog squealing, but on investigation found nothing wrong. The next morn- ing he found that the hog had been at- tacked during the night and killed. A Cable Message From Midoceun.'- NEW YORK, March 3.—Yesterday afternoon the Commercial Cable com- pany received a. cable message from their repair steamer, the Mackay-Ben— nett, repairing cable 420 miles east of Sandy Hook. The Mackay-Bennett had grappled the cable from the bottom of the ocean. Postmaster! Appointed. WASHINGTON. March 3.—The presi- dent has appointed the following fourth =, (class postmasters: New York—Whitney l army by 5000 men. The government, it , is rumored, contemplates a sale of sev- i eral cruisers to the United States and Ecuador. ‘ Kipling [3 Much Better. NEW YORK, March 3.—--l..udyard Kip- ling is much improved and is in a fair way to recover. Two of his children, however, are dangerously ill with pneu- 'monla. . Weather Probabilities. Generally fair; fresh to brisk easteim :iy winds. ‘ oint, Eli P. Black; Whitestone, Charles Bindhamer; Cornwall—on-the-Hud- son, John J. Taylor. Pennsylvania—- Sayres, James N. Weaver. The Portland Starts For Manila. SAN FRANCISCO. March 3.—The United States transport Portland has sailed for Manila. She carries a num-’ ber of recruits and a great cargo of supplies for‘the arm}r and navy de- partments in the Philippines. Indian School Commencement. CARLISLE, Po... March 3.—The elev- enth commencementof the Indian school was held yesterday in the presence of 4,000 people. Thirty-four pupils were graduated... ‘ by . the Rev. QUlET AT MANILA. the Morgan City Arrives—Re-en- fol-cements Ordered For Otis. MANILA, March 3.—-The front has been unusually quiet during. the past 2i hours. I The transport Morgan City has arriv- ed here from San Francisco. General Otis refuses to allow the women on board of her, most of whom are wives of officers, to land. The Spanish newspaper Union Iberica has been suppressed for objectionable utterances, among which was the state- ment that the Filipinos hold over 1,000 Americans as prisoners. \Vashington News From Otis. WASHINGTON, March 3.—General Otis in a cable message to the war de- partment dated Manila. March 2, 2 9-- n., reports the arrival of the transport Morgan City. This vessel sailed from San Francisco on Jan. 26, accompanied by the transport Scandia. The Schndia carried the bulk of the Twentieth infan~ try, 41 officers and 1,318 enlisted men, and the Morgan City a few officers and the rest of the regiment. The Scandia arrived at Manila on Feb. 23. ‘ In his dispatch General Otis said that 200 mules carried by the Morgan City arrived in good condition. Not a mule was lost on the voyage. The secretary of war has just ordered the re—enforcement of General Otis by six regiments. These are the Sixth in- fantry, now at San Antonio; the Sixth artillery, scattered among the Atlantic coast stations; the Ninth infantry, at Madison barracks; the Thirteenth in- fantry. in New York state; the Twenty— first infantry, at Plattsburg, N. Y.'. and the Sixteenth infantry, at Fort Crook and neighboring posts in the middle west. These regiments have beenmr- Clercd to make ready to proceed to San Francisco and thence to Manila. Filipino Story Denied. WASHINGTON, March 3.—-The war department officials pronounce absurd the characteristic Filipino junta story to the effect that Aguinaldo has taken several hundred American soldiers pris— oners and removed them to the interior. As a matter of fact General Otis’ bulle- tins have accounted for every man in the American army at Manila, there is not on record a single case of missing. Secretary Alger has brought the report to the attention of General Otis, with a view to securing the most specific denial. » Lord Herschell’s Funeral. WASHINGTON, March 3.——'I‘he funer- al services over the late Baron Farrer Herschell will be as simple as possible. The body will be removed from Gawai- ler's undertaking establishment, where it now lies, to St. John's church Satur- day afternoon, and the services, which will commence at 5:15, will be conducted Dr. Alexander Mackay- Smith. the rector of the church. At the conclusion of the services the remains will be taken to New York and will be placed on board a steamer bound for England, probably on Vv'ednesday aft- ernoon. Lady Herschell will await the arrival of her husband’s remains at her - home. The Finest Ferrybout. CHESTER, Pa.. March 3.—T'he dou- ble deck ferryboat Philadelphia was launched at Roach’s shipyard yester- day in the presence of officials of the Pennsylvania railroad. The Philadel- phia is said to be the finest ferryboat yet built. She will ply between Jersey City and Twenty-third street station, New York. Her.length is .206 feet over the guards. The estimated cost of the Philadelphia is $200,000. ‘ A Combination Denied. YOUNGSTOWN, 0., March 3.——Henry Wick, who is first vice president and chairman of the executive committee of the National Steel company, has re- turned from Chicago. In an interview he denied the existence of any combi- nation between the American Tin Plate company and the National Steel com- pany, as has been reported. Tin Plate Workers Get a Raise. CHICAGO, March 3.—The American Tin Plate company has given notice of an increase in the wages in all its plants. The men affected are those who have been receiving less than $2.50 per day. the increase ranging from 5 to 10 per cent. Fully 10,000 men will be ben- efited by the advance. Vanderbilt Acquittcd. TRENTON, March 3.-—The trial of ex- State Senator George 0. Vanderbilt for perjury for making an affidavit of merit in a civil suit against him on a protest- ed note resulted in his acquittal in the Mercer county court yesterday. The ju- ry was out ten minutes. Roosevelt Ansxvers Many Letters. ALBANY. March 3. — During month of February Governor Roose- velt received at the executive depart— ment 4,854 letters, which were answer— ed either by himself or his private sec- retary, Mr. Youngs. New York Markets. FLOUR—State and western slow and lower to sell; winter patents, $3.75@4: winter straigths, [email protected]: Minnesota. patents, $3.95‘@4.25; winter extras, $2.50@' 2.85. WHEAT—No. 2 red dull and weaker because of short selling, bearish cables and absence of crop damage news; March, 83%@84%,c.; May, 77%0. RYE—Dull; state, 63c.; No. 2 western, 671/2c., f. o. b., afloat. ‘ ' CORN—No. 2 was dull and weaker in response to liquidationyand lower ca- bles; May, 411/.j,@41%c.; July, 41%@ 41 15-16c. OATS—No. 2 inactive; track, white, state, 37@41c.; track, white. Western, 37 @41c. PORK—Steady; mess, [email protected]; family, $10.50@11. LARD—Steady; prime western steam, $5f571/2. nominal. BUTTER—Very firm; state dairy, 13@ 20c.; state creamery, 16@210. CHEESE—Steady; large, white, 10%. @11c.: small, white, 11%0. EGGS—Very firm; state and Pennsyl- vania, 30@301/zc.; western, 300. TURPENTINE—Steady at 46%@47c. MOLASSES—Firm; New Orleans, 32 @37c. - SUGAR—Raw firm; fair refining. 37/30.; centrifugal, 96 test. 4%c.: refined firn'i: . crushed, 51/20; powdered, 51/80. RICE—Firm; domestic, 4‘/3@7c.; Ja- pan, Eff/.7340. 'I‘ALLOWQ— Steadier; country. 4l/.'1@41/_ac. ' HAY—Dull; shipping. Mgr-50c; good to choice, 55@660. Gill”, 4 5-160; . 60M, and ‘ the ’ bani mill to ———DI-'IAI.EI‘.S 131"" W000, 8803K Blllmillf‘: MATERIAL, -:- FARMINE UTEHSILS, E'I'G. MEEKER GOAL GOMPllilY Smith Sireei. Norwalk. 0. E. Wilson, GENERAL {-INSURANGE Real Estate and invest.- . ment Agent, . .. Room 3 GAZETTE BUILDING. NORVVALK, - ~ - MONEY TO LOAN CON ' AT e. w. BATEs’ 42 WATER STREET, You can find as fine an assortment of liliiliiilltiitilriWail As can be found in anv Yard in the State. Look it over- and get .. prices before goingr elsewhere .Jm W. FERNALD, Practical Bookbinder Books Called For and Delivered. Postal Orders Promptly Attended to. 32 FRANKLIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK. Orders for Bookbinding can oe at. the GAZETTE OFFICE. J. ll. JENNINGS. iJNDERTAKEll ! N0. 7 MAIN STREET. ' NIGHT BELL AT OFFICE N orwalk Hotel HOLIDAYS ARE HERE ' And astbe year closes we naturally 'turn back and ask what has been done. BEER is the subject upon which our thoughts dwell and we can truthfully claim “All Standards have been kept.” Highland over the bar or on the bottle, means PUREST and BEST. PILSENER. BAVARIAN AND EXPORT LAGERS. GOLDEN STOCK AND CREAM ALES AND PORTER. HIGHLAND MALT AND MALT WITH IRON. Hunter or Cor-stair VVhiskies and Kentucky Taylor in full quarts for the holidays. 0. H. Mumm’s Champagne and Domestic Wines. Highland Brewery Bottled Beer delivered to families. l. (i. llllllt'lllll, Pronrielor. 1000’s... a 6 IvQ—«h'dmlooflwm E, -A--_ A v _v— —v-" , _ _ A—‘_A ~'_1‘, —v is invaluable to every modiste and indispen- znble to every dressmake'. ' For gowns m =very Issue are furni..ls:d two or more our eAeen -PATreans The patterns have been pronounce-i the ‘2.“- blast made, and in point 0: p. notice! unlit; mey 52“ cw m ARE Ti‘iE 3:315 i One needs only tn give them a trial to be convinced that they are the most convcu: :22: AND SIMPLESI Price—Walzt, with slmve. :25 cents; Shir. 25 cents; Couplet: Costume. 50 can . 10 Cents a Copy .73.}. ii." a l' - HARPER 3: BROTHERS. Publi: ‘ NEW YORK, IN. v. A... A_ _.- p.43: Que .1 “V: ‘ oAgETTE. A W... ' ' FROM Chief Prowitt ! Mill 3 . To fit? Members 0f the Warlord/c, Soul/z Nor-walla (ma East War-(tulle Fin: Deparz’flwlzz‘s .' The year ’98 was a great year 101' bicycles. I sold more wheels during that year than ever before, but I desire to make the year ’99 a record breaker, and in order to do it I want your assistance in booming the Rambler Wheel; to spread its name and fame into every nook and corner of our‘ town. 'To obtain your help I propose to give away Absoluter Free, to the most popular member -: f either the Norwalk, South N orwalk or East Norwalk Fire Departments a celebra- ted High Grade ’99 Rambler W126 1, the fleetest, the' handsomest, the most graceful, the most curable andlmost reliable Wheel built, up to date. _ The popularity will be decided by ballot, and in order to vote for candidates the name of the member to be voted for together with the name of the fire company of which he isa' member must be written on the coupon below and deposited in the ballot box at my store No. 45 Main street, N orwalk. El Ballols for members of the South N orwalk department can be deposited in the ballot box at the store of Whelpley 80 Clark in the Lauder building. - Ballots for members of the East Norwalk department can be deposited in the ballot box in Hafi‘oer’s Cigar and News store at the east end of the Washington street bridge. The contest is open to every memberof the several fire de- partments, including members of the Fire Police. All ballots must be deposited by 7 o‘clock sharp, on the evening of May 29th, and the name of the winner will be an nounced on May 3lst. ' J, T. Prowitt, Agent RAMBLER WHEELS, No. 45 MAIN STREET, N onwmx, CONN. I c figgm93%2mmwmsomewaewmrmwemgfi ‘Q El Address ___A._c- , h flaw 9'2 cage, 36596 e, somaoowo, masses)», 92mg 369925§ groom‘s, mmwg E3? THE GAZETTE covers the cream Oi. the trade in this sectiOn. An advertise- ment in. “its columns will pay.
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