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Grant Birthday Celebration
In Philadelphia.
{GHANDCHILD UNVEILS HIS STATUE
The Ceremony Is Attended by Presl-
dcnt McKinley and Three-Genera-
tions of the General’s Family.
Cruiser Raleigh on Hand.
,PHILADELPHIA, April 23,—.In the
_ presence of President McKinley and his
wife, members of his cabinet, three gen-
erations of General Ulysses S. Grant’s
family and a great crowd of people Miss
Rosemary Sartoris. granddaughter of
General G1ant, yesterday unveiled a. he-
1.0ic equestrian statue of her illustrious
grandfather in FairmOunt park. Al-
though the day was not a holiday in
honor of the event, there was a. great
outpouring of patriotic citizens. Flags
were everywhere displayed throughout
the city, and all the ships in the harbor
were gaylx dreBse-d in colors. The
weather was beautiful. The morning
broke dull and gray and gave every, in-
‘ dicatlon of rain, but early in the morn-
ing the sun came out, and its warm
rays were‘never again crossed by clouds
during the day. .
President McKinley and Mrs. McKin-
ley enjoyed themselves immensely dur-
ing ,their outing. Everywhere they
were warmly greeted by the people, to
which both of them graciously respond-
ed. The preSident shewed‘no‘flsigns of
his recent slight indisposition. Next to
the president and his wife-Mrs. Grant
‘ and Miss Sartoris shared the attention
of the people, and they, too, were cheer-
ed everywhere they were .recognized.
The- unveiling was a great success in
every way, not an accident marring the
: occasion, nor was there a hitch at any
time during the day. 'The‘statue is lo-
cated in abeautiful spot along the east
drivevof the Schuylkill river, in Fair-
mount park. It is the gift of the Fair-
mount Park Art association to the peo-
ple of Philadelphia.
The gallant little cruiser Raleigh, now
lying in'the Delaware river off this _'city,
was not lost sight of during the unveil-
ing ceremonies. All day long great
crowds visited the river near where the
cruiser is lying, and hundreds of people
paid a‘visit on board and were shown
about the vessel. The only active part
the cruiser took in the ceremonies of
the day was the firing of a salute as the
monument w as unveiled.
_ When the presidential party reached
monument, at 2: 50 o ’,clock they
:found a great crowd awaiting them. _
.‘The crowd started to cheer and never-
«ceased until the ceremonies were begunfi
As the president stepped from his car-
riage he was saluted by 21 guns, fired by
Division A, naval force of Pennsylva-
nia. The president was escorted to a
place in the center of the stand, which
Was close to the statue. As the invited
guests passed him he shook hands with
Each. He had an especially » warm
greeting for Mrs. Grant and.,Miss Sar-
torts. .
A most pleasing incident was the
greeting bet-ween the president and the
intrepid Coghlan, captain of the Ra-
leigh. This was the first opportunity,
the president had of talking to the com-
mander of the Raleigh since his arrival
in this country. Every one watched to
see how the‘fighting captain would be
received by the presidentof the United
States, and-1a great cheer went 'up as
the president stretched forth his hand
and grasped that of the commander.
Mrs. Grant was given a seat nearest
the monument. Next to her was Mrs.
McKinley, and to the latter's left sat
Mrs. Mary Grant Kramer. Miss Sarto-
ris was escorted to a seat behind the
statue. The young lady was at-
tired in a beautiful gdwn of pink silk,
tastefully trimmed, and in her hand she
carried a huge bunch of sweet peas.
Brigadier General Frederick D. Grant,
.who had just arrived from Porto Rico,
looking hale and hearty, took a seat
beside Miss Sartoris, and next to her
was her brother, Captain Algernon Sar-
toris.
Mayor Ashbridge presided at the cer-
emonies, and after formally welcoming
the president to Philadelphia he called
upon the Right Rev. Ozi W. Whitaker,
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal dio-
cese 31 Pennsylvania, to deliver the in~
vocation and prayer. The mayor then
made a short add1e‘ss and was followed
by John H. Conveers , who presented the
statue to the commissioners of Fair-
mount park. As he concluded speaking
Miss Sartoris mounted a small plat-
form near the statue, pulled the cord
which held the. nationalcolors about. the
figure, and the horse and rider were
brought to view. As the drapery fell.
Battery D. national guard of Pennsyl-
vania, fired a salute of,17 guns, and the
gallant ,cruiser Raleigh, lying in the
Delaware river nearly four miles away.~
was given the signal at the same mo-
ment, and she. too, belched a salute of
1? guns. Mrs. Grant took a long look
at the bronze figure of her husband, and
as she sat down 'she could be seen wip-
ing tears from her eyes.
As the Hon. A. London Snowden was
making an address accepting the monu-
ment on behalf of the park commission
the Chinese naval reserves of this city
' marched-up antl laid a wreath at. the
base of the statue. The wreath was a
magnificent one and measured more
than three feet in diameter. In the cen-
ter was the following inscription:
“From his excellency the Chinese
mir lster to the ['nited Stat es, Wu Tung
Fong, as a token of his respect for the
memory of the late General U. S. Grant
and a tribute of friendship from the
Chinese empire.’
Wreaths were also laid at the base
of the statue by the Daughters of the
Revolution and the Pennsylvania com-
mandery, Military Order of the Loyal
Legion. Then folloWed a review of the
6,000 troops.
Ten Tenn/- Tax Exemption.
BURLINGTON. Vt., April 28.-—The
Queen City Cotton company has been
exempted from taxation for ten years
on condition that a new mill to be
bdilt by the corporation shall cost, with
its equipment, not less than $300 000 and
shall give emplOyment to not less than
150 additions! hands. Work on the new
factory Will be begun at once.
Sherman In Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 28. —Represent-
ative Sherman of New Yoeras in the
city a few hours yesterday. All he had
to say about the speakership was that
the situation looked encouraging from
his view point.
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vgi'egational chapel on Wednesday
WILTON.
The mission band met. with M1 5. A.
,W. Merwin (in Friday afternoon. Ad-
‘d1esses ' were made by several ladies
from out-«ofotown and a must enjoyable
meeting was the result.
. The Wilton Y. P. S. C. E. gave one
of their enjoyable sociablcs at the Con-
evening. .
The New England Glove 00.. whose
operations have been delayed by an ac-
cident. to their engine, expect to start.
on full time about May lst.
Parties from Bridgeport are execut-
ing an extensive tiling contract on the
fireplaces uin Miss Sarah Davenport’s
residence. '
Francis Salichs, of Ponce, Porto
Rico, Who has been a. pupil at. Whit-
lock’s school during the winter, left. for
Fishkill on Tuesday.
M1' 5, G. A. Davenport. has been quite
ill.”
Louis Verlin has purchased from the
Sherman Morehouse estate the fine
building lot in front. of St. Matthew’s
church, known as the. Samuel Belden
lot, and will build a cottage thereon
during the coming summer.
Mrs. H; G. Thomson is recovering
from an attack of the grip.
William Palmer and wife, of Nor-
walk, were in town last. week.
Jackson & Coley are hard at. work
completing their contract on the gravel
road.
Rev. John G. Davenport, of Water-
bury, and Rev. Mr. Hollister, of Dan-
bury, were the guests of James H.
Taylor on Tuesday.
1 Many cyclists from neighboring
towns took advantage of our good
roads and the fine weather for a. spin
on Sunday.
A number of thermometers in this
place registered 84 degrees in the
shade on Tuesday.
Mrs. Thomas Nolan has a line ex-
hibit of ducklings of the ’99 crop that.
are far from being of the “ugly ”
variety.
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WESTPORT.
The funeral of Edward Weeks who
died Wednesday in Saugatuck, aged 40
years, was held Sunday afternoon, the.
Rev. Mr. Fleming of the M. E. church
olfici-ating. ‘
The wife of former representative
Charles Mills died Saturday at. her
home in Greens Farms, agedfio years.
She was formerly Miss Hoyt. of North
Stamford. Funeral services were held
Tuesday, the Rev. Mr. Thompson oili-
ciating, and the interment. was in W'il-
low Brook.
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Bishop Brewster held a. confirmation
service at. Christ church Sunday even-
ing. Members of Memorial church
and other churches were in attendance.
Assisting, were the rector, the Rev.
Mr. Barhydt, and Rev. Mr. Mackenzie.
There was a class of seventeen candi-
dates.
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CRANBURY.
Mrs. Frank W. Gregory is better of
her illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hawks, of
Bridgeport, visited Miss Minnie Greg-
or'y. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Fitch of
.Wr-ston, visited their daughter, Mrs.
Frank W. Gregory, Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Bax-bite of Westport preach-
el in the chapel on Sunday. He took
occasion to call attention to the small
congregations attending services.
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EAST .NORWALK.
1\l lss Lulu Hazard, of Seymour. is
visiting Miss Mary Trounson, of Cove
street.
W. A. VVheeler’s foundry is rushed
with orders and is working overtime.
The Medea. has returned from a. trip
east. ' 1.
Fred. Fields led the 6:30 o’clock
meeting in the East. Avenue Methodist.
(311111-1111, Sunday.
Mamie Palmer of Van Zundt avenue
spent. Sunday in Dzlnbury. _
- Russell Morgan of Cove street is ill
with tonsilitis. ,
The grading and repairing of Cove
street. is being pushed rapidly and is
about. half completed. About. two feet.
have been taken from the center
'of the street.
The raising of the frame 01' William.
LeCount’s house 011 Riverside avenue
was completed on Saturday, and the
sldeing is being put on. . _
Harry Benedict. of South Osborn av-
enue has recovered from an attack of
the grip. 1‘;
Samuel Hull of VauZnndl. avenue is
mixing n13 bouserepainted.
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Genernl' Young .Foél’the firilipplnes.
WASHINGTON. April 28.—General S.
M. B. Young. who is in command at
Augusta, Ga., is in Washington. He
will go to Chicago fora few days and
will return to his station to muster out
the volunteers It is expected that as
soon as this duty is completed General
YOung will be ordered to the Philip-
pines.
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DEATH IN A __CYCLONI:
A Hundred Killed, a Thousand
Injured, by the Storm.
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In Kirkvllle, Mm, 400 Houses Arc
Swept Away-- Other Towns Sut-
fer Great Loss of Life and" Prop—
erty—Hail and Rain Follow.
KIRKSVILLE, M0,, April 28.——_-A tor'
nado swept a path a quarter of a mile
wide through the east side of this towr.
last night and left it as smooth as the
prairie. More than 400 homes we1e de-
stroyed. It is probable 100 people were
killed.
At 8 o'clock 31 bodies had been found
Fully 1,000 persons were injured.
In the heavy rain following the torna-
do those who escaged turned out to res-
cue the injured and hunt the bodies of
the slain. ' *
Rescuing corps are lifting the roofs
and searching the ruins of houses all
along the edge of the death track for
the wounded, the dying and dead.
Half a dozen wrecked dWellings took
fire immediately after the tornado had
passed. The fire bells rang out a call for
help, but. there were none with time to
spare for‘these isolated fires, and they
were left to burn out. Lights from these
bonfires helped the rescuers carry on
their work of mercy.
Devastation~ In Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE, April 28.——A heavy
rainstorm has been general throughout
the state. Antigo reports a cloudburst
which lasted about 45 minutes and did
considerable damage. At Madison the
storm was in the nature of a cloud-
burst, accompanied by a tornado from
the southwest and a. fierce electrical
storm. A bolt of lightning struck the
steeple of the German Lutheran church.
shattering it.
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Thirty-seven Killed at Newton, Mo.
KANSAS CITY, April 28.———The Jour-
nal has received a bulletin reporting the
killing of 37 persons in a tornado at
Newton, Sullivan county. Newton is 40
miles northwest of Kirksville, Mo.
Five Dead,“ Others Dying.‘
UTE, 1a., April 28.——-This part of the
Soldier River valley, in Crawford and
Momona counties, was swept by a ter- l
rific tornado about midnight last night,
and the list of killed and injured is ex-
tensive. The property damage is much
greater than ever before known by a
cyclone in this state.
Big Storm In ’ebraskn.
OMAHA, April 28.—A special to The
Bee from St. Edward, Boone county,
Neb., says a terrific Windstorm swept
over that place, doing a great deal of
damage to property and injuring sever-
al persons. Hail covered the ground to
the depth of two inches. Much live-
stock was killed.
The Negro 11111-111115 Recalled.
AMESBURY, Mass, April 28.—C. S.
Morse, publisher of a local-paper, Who
is in the south, has writtenito his paper
about the burning and hanging of HOSe
and Strickland a few days ago. Mri
Morse says the town of N wnan is but
a. few miles from Atlanta, and crowded
excursion trains were run from there to
the scene of the lynching. Mr. Morse
says the stake to which Hose was
chained still stands, though in some
parts it is nearly burned through. 'He
says there seems to have been abso-‘
lutely no effort made by the authorities
to protect the negroes and adds: “To
the northerner the manner in which‘
those men were killed seems diabolical,
but the people here think the men re-
ceived a just punishment.”
Some Naval Movements. ’
'WASHINGTON, April 28.-—The north
‘Atlantic squadron sailed yesterday
from San Juan direct for Tom k‘ s- *- .
p 1n Finest brands for medicinal use.
ville, N. Y. The ships are due there
about May 2 and will go to Newport
later in the month to take part in the
execution of a war problem. The Chi-
cago arrived at Ponta Delgado en route
for the Suez canal and the east coast of'
Africa. The Essex has arrived at Ha-
vana. The navy department has order—
ed repairs to be made to the Annapolis
at Norfolk and to the Vicksburg at Bos-
ton.
\Vill Buy No W’nrships Now.
ROME, April 28. -——Tlie chamber of
deputies yesterday, aftbr hearing the
explanations of the premier, General
Pelloux, on the subject of the proposed
purchase in Great Britain of the cruiser
Haichi, built for the Chinese govern-
ment, out of the proceeds of the sale of‘
the Italian warships Garibaldi and Va-
rese to Argentine. approved a motion;
which was accepted by the government.
to suspend all purchases 'of warships
abroad until the Italian navy estimates
had been discussed in the chamber.
Hero’s Daughter Pensioned.
BOSTON, April 28.—A pension‘ of $28
per quarter has been granted Ida B.
Randall,
Frank Randall,
the United States revenue cutter Mc-
Culloch. Engineer Randall died on May
2, 1898, while the McCulloch was carry~
ing the first news of the victory of-Ad-
miral Dewey from Manila to Hongkong.
Iowa to Be Docked.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-—4'I‘he navy'
department has sent orders for the
docking of the Iowa at Bremerton as
soon as possible inorder to place her
bilge keels. It was reported that the
vessel will not be able to leave San
Francisco for two weeks. The work at
Bremerton will occupy at least 40 days.
Mexican Treaty In Force.
WASHINGTON. April 28.—The pr‘eSi-
dent has issued a proclamation an-
nouncing the ratification of the new ex-
tradition treaty between the‘ United
States and Mexico. and the convention
is now in force.
Henderson n Candidate.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April 28.—
Representative D. B. Henderson of Iowa
has announced his candidacy for the
speakership of the national house of.
representatives.
Weather Probabilities.
the 16-year-old daughter of .1 State.
late chief engineer on "
Increasing cloudiness and warmer;
showers Friday -night 11.1.1 Saturday:
cooler Saturday; increases: cast to,
southeast winds. __ ' I
11.3%.... Mfirliets. ..
FLOUR—State and western inactive,
.but steadily held; winter patents $3 75@
4:10; winter straights. 33. 55@3. 65; Min-
nesota patents, 3390@4. 15; winter ex-
tras, $2. 60@3.
W’HEAT—No. 2 red stronger on bull-
ish home and foreign crop heirs and
better cables; May, 77%@78c.; July, 77%,
@77 11-16c.
RYE—Firm; state, 63@64c.;
westerm167%c., f. o. b., afloat.
CORN—No. 2 dull, but firmly held on
cash demand and the rise in wheat;
May, 39%@39 13- 160.
OATS—No. 2 dull; track, white, state,
35@38%c.1 track, white, western, 35@
381,410.
PORK—Quiet; mess, $8. 75@9. 50; fam-
ily. 310. 50@11.
LARD—Quiet; prime western steam,
35:50, nominal.
‘BU'I‘TER—Steady; state dairy, 14@
161/2c.; state. creamery, 14%@l’1‘c.
,, CHEESE—Easy; large, white,
Small, white, 121/.@12%c.
‘3 EGGS—Firm; state and Pennsylva-
.j‘nia, 13%@l3%c.; western, 13@13%c.
._SUGAR-Raw_, firm; fair refining,
No. 2
12c. ;
1.. -.;16c centrifugal. 96 test, 4%c.; re-
fined firm; crushed, 5%c.; powdered,
595:1. '
.TURPENTINE—Firm at 441/§@45c.
- MOLASSES—Firm; New Orleans, 32
@37c.
RICE—Firm; domestic, 4%@70.; Ja-
pan; 5@5%c.
TALLOW—Weak; city, 4%c.; coun-
try. 4%@4%c
HAY—-—Firm: shippmg, 4505M.; good
to choice, 66@75c.
I'I'CI'IING HUMORS
Rashes, and irritations instantly relieved and
speedily cured by hot baths with Cowman
SOAP, to cleanse the skin, gentle applications
of Cancun; Ointment, to heal the skin, and
mild doses of CUTICUBA Rmnvnm', to cool
mdcleanse the blood.
Bold throughout the world. Poms Dana Ann Cunt.
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nounced on May 3lst.
East Warwalk Fire Depan’ments .'
The year ’98 was a great year 101' bicycles
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 .WheeI; to spread
its name and fame intoevery nook- and corner of our town. 1'
'To obtain your help I propose to give away Absolutely
Free, "to the most popular member of either the N orwalk:
South Norwalk or East Norwalk Fire Departments a celebra— 1
led High Grade ’99 RambIer Whee], the fleetest, the
handsomest, the most graceful, the most durable and most
reliable wheel built, up to date. »
The popularity will be decided by ballot, and in order to-
vole for candidates the name of the member to be voted for
together with the name of the fire companyiof which he'isa
member must be written'on the coupon below and deposited
in the ballot'box at my store ’No. 45 Main street, Norwalk.
Ballots for members of the South Norwalk'deparlment can
be deposited 1n the ballot box at the store of Wheipley 8c
J, T. Prowitt;
~ Agent RAMBLER WHEELS,
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Ballots for members of the East Norwalk department can
be deposited in the ballot box in Haffuer’ s Cigar and News .
store at the east end of the Washington street bridge,
The contest is open to every member of the several fire d
partments including members of the Fire Police.
All ballots must be depOsited by 7 o‘clock sharp on the
evening of May 29111111111 the name of the Winner will be an
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