Scan/tor Mason" . *
Makes a Vigorous Speech,
, Declaring that he is tor immed-
iate Declaration of War.
CONFERENCE BETWEEN
, . - WOODFORI) AND SAGASTA
I It is to Take Place this Afternoon, and Great Stress is Laid Upon the
Belief that it will Bring Forth important. Pacific Results-—
Proposition for an Armistice Said to Have Come from the Spain.
ish Government—Captain Sigsbeeia Washington.
Washington. March 29.-Seuator
Rawllns. of Utah. today introduced a
joint molution recognising the inde-
pendence of Cuba and declaring war
upon Spain. '
1 Senator Foraker offered 0 resolution
for Cuban Independence.
Senator Forster offered a resolution
reciting the conditions in Cuba and
directing the president in his diacre
tion to take steps to drive the naval
and military forces of Spain from the
island of Cuba and to secure the com.
plete independence of the island.
The Foralter. l-‘rye and Rawllns res~
oiutions went to the committee on for—
eign relations.
lason lakes War lpaach
Washington. March 29—Mr. Manon
tillowed the introduction of the reso-
lutions in the Senate by a vigorous
war speech. He described vividly the
disaster to the llaine. He said it
ninety of the victims had been sens-
tors or sons of senators we would not
have been toetwdsys tn declaring war
yet the “M'U’illfhmeriean citizens
are sacred silks under our law and
equally entitled to consideration. Mr.
Masons-id hedonldootspeak foroth-
ers. but for him" he was for war.
This declaration brought vigorous ap-
plause from the gallery.
lpain's Widen for an Armistice.
Washington. march 29.~—Benators
and album who talked with the presi-
dent last evening agreed in saying that
the pfiipoaltion for an armistice came
from Spain. and while it is being con-
sidered by the president. in connection
with other Wilma. he has insist-
ed that any Cant proposed armistice
must be coupled with other conditions
which Spain haa not shown a dismi-
tion to accept and probably will not
It ls'ststed by one senator that mat-
ters will be brought to a head in a
very short time.
Another Durban lie-elation.
Washington. March 29.—-The Popu-
lirta and Slim Republicans of both
houses held a continence last evening.
which resulted in resolutions being
lag introduced today by senator Miran
in the donate and Representative Boll
in the Hotter. declaring for Cuban in-
dependence.
mmmmmm.
Ilerlin. March for—illeuicnani John
J. Knapp. if. 8. ill" detached from the
United States critiaer Ban Francine-o.
today hoisted the stars and atripes over
the torpedo boat purchased by the
United States at the fichlehau yards on
uneasy. She was rechrlstencd the
m» .
bathtub Iain.
Key West. I'll" March 29.“an
lighthouse tender )Iangrove arrived
here thia morning from Havana.
bringing guns and wreckage from the
Islam. The sarvsy mutter Barbe al-
to arrived this morning from Havana.
Man-awesomeness.
Vanni-stow. larch room At-
thisatvanforamtohaniatarvem
tin-aim
mum-nu.
, rum stares as.-'t-asm
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Madrid. March 29.~Complete tran-
quility prevails bore and in the prov~
incea. Public opinion is quieted by the
belief that the dillicuitica between
Spain and the United States will be
arranged in a friendly manner. and the
newspapers place great store upon the
conference between General Woodford.
the United’ States minister. and Senor
Sagasta. the premier, which is to take
place at 4 o’clock this afternoon. ex»
preeaing the belief that it will have
important pacific results.
I'i'bc Spanish newspapers also say
‘bnt the government of Spain "has do»
billed to do everything poaiblc to
avoid war. if the honor and dignity of
Spain are not alfccted."
”confluent. Havana.
liavaua. larch 29. via Key West.
March 29.-—It is impossible to explain
or understand the serene confidence of
the civil. military and naval ofleiale
here. who believing war with the
“hind Windhdcdare Ha-
vana impregnahle. They are pleased
to attribute this impregnabillty to
what they term the ”concentration of
0 heavy croas fire." referring to the
number of heavy guns to few Iz-lnch
guns and the maturity 8 and lovinch
dune) mounted along the horseaboe
curve of thee bore above and below
the narrow entrance to the harbor. M
to the food supply. for which no ap-
parent provision has been made. the
Spanish oiliccra have nothing to any.
But the Spanish merchants. bankers
and othcr prominent people here are
not so confident, nor are they so retl~
cent. They aver that if Havana is at—
iackcd or blockadcd and no stores are
provided to feed the besieged. the sol-
diers and rewldenis will be the liret to
rebel. oven to the extent of blowing up
the palace itself. Everybody recog-
nizes that there is no food in the coun-
try districts. and it is generally ad-
mitted that the insurgents will keep
the troopa outside busy in case of hoa~
iillties between ilpatn and the l'nited
States.
Capt Iigsbaain 'ashington.
Washington. March 2d.w(?hpitiiii
Bigsbec arrived here at 7:“ from liu-
vnun and went immediately to hit
home. ills nelghtbora had dcmrnted
their houses with tings. At infill) he
went to the navy department to report
his arrival. He has received no as—
signment. but bald he was ready for
do: y no soon as he could rcplcnlah his
wardrobe.
Gina Opal- a tread 'ay to heaps.
lxmdon. March 20.-’l'hn Pall Mall
Gazette this Moon voices the gen-
eral tone of the afternoon paper: of
thin city. in aaying that President "(A
Klnley's,measwge to Ctuigress "gives
ilpniu a broad way to matte." adding
"it does not contain a word which need
ruffle a feather of (lastlllian punctllio.
livanta are evidently moving toward a
Mortal settlement."
[Wit-rustle. flips
floats, Karen ”rennin-now Wil-
lard ll. brown-ea. ll. 3. it" has eon-
ferred with the minister of marine. Att-
mlral Brianatathewthamhmof
shins ballet-gm ltaly. ’I'lis muss-
derhaslaasanthorlsrdtormt the
prints yards and are what vessels are
available.
”We“
mileage. larch nurse audition of
Fannie tiamportmsikhrtylmvs
at last sight. AMI raliyuasaa-
colonial-r
'mwsuameam
Ilislasatiaetdoadlowtham
‘ "News,”
Washington. lurch za—rho teati-
!' of Captain Bigabee. embodied in
,9 report of the llaine court of in-
lry. gives his ventilation and exile-
of the explosion. It is as fol-
Iowa:
1 was just closing a letter to my fan).
ily when I felt the crash of the .eaplov
stun. It was a bursting, reading and
crashing sound or roar of immense vol—
ume, largely metallic in character. It
was succeeded by a metallic sound.
probably of falling debris. a trembling
and Inrehing motion of the vessel. then
an impression oi subsidence. attended
byflau eclipse of‘the electric lights and
intense darkneaa within the cabin. i
knew immediately that the Maine had
been blown up and that she was sink~
log. I hurried to starboard cabin
ports. thinking it might be necessary
for me to make my exit in that way.
Upon looking out I decided that I could
go by the passage leading to the super-
structure. I therefore took the latter
route. feeling my way along. and stead—
ying myself by the bulkheads. The so.
perstructure was tilled with smoke and
it was dark. Nearing the outer en-
trance I met Private Anthony. the or-
derly at the cabin door at the time. He
ran into me. and. as I remember. apol—
ogized in some fashion and reported to
me’ that the ship had been blown up
and was sinking. I reached the quar-
ter deck. asked a few questions of thoae
standing about bromideutenant Com-
mander Wainwright. I think. for one——
then I asked the orderly for the time.
He said that the exact time of the ex-
plosion was twenty minutes after 9
p. m.
"I proceeded to the poop deck. stood
on the side rail and held on to the
main rigging. in order to see over the
poop awning. which was better and
covered with debris; also in order that
i might oba-erve details in the black
muss ahead. 1 directed the executive
officer to post aontrics around the ship.
but soon saw that there were no ma-
rine» available and no place forward to
[met them. Not being quite clear as
to the condition of things forward. I
out directed the forward magazine to
be flooded if practicable. and at the
name time shouted out myself for per»
foot allence everywhere. This was. I
think. retreated by the executive oth-
ccr. The surviving carvers were animal
the at the time on the poop. i was in-
formcd that the forward magazine was
already under water. and after inquir-
ing alarm the after magazine. wan told
that it was alao under water. as
shown by the condition below
reported by those coming up
from the ward room and steer-
age. About this time fire broke out in
the int-as room. over the central super-
Eiructurc. and I inquired as to the
upare ammunition in the captain’s pan-
try. That region was found to be aub-
slding very fast.
"At tliia time l observed among the
ahouta or noisee apparently from the
iiiiul'i.‘ that faint cries were coming
from the water. and i could ace dimly
white floating bodies. which gave me a
better knowledge of the rcai situation
than anything else. i at once ordered
all boats to be lowered. when it was
reported that there were only two
lmata avallahle~~~uameiy the gig and
whale boot. iloth were lowered and
manned by oliicrra and men. and by
my direction. they left the ahip and aa-
siateti in saving the wounded jointly
with other limits that had arrived on
the scene from the Spanish man-ol-
wnr. from the ('lty of Washington and
from other sources. I
later. I cannot state preclaciy how
long. theac two bottle of the Maine rc—
turttcd to the starboard quarter along~
ride and reported that they had goth-
cred in from the wreck all the wound-
ed that could he found. and bull traua‘
ferrctl them to the other twin. to tho
Alfonso XII. or to the city of Wald:~
ington. 'l'lte poop deck of the Maine.
the highest point. min by this time
level with the gig's aunwnlc. while she
was alimt in the water alongside. The
tire smidsbipa waa burning more
fiercely and the spare ammunition in
the pilot honor was "planting in detail.
We had done everything that could be
done as far no I mid see
“Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
whispered to me that be thought the
“Pinch magsalne fmard had been
thrown into the burning malls anti
slight explom,» in time. i directed him
to get everybody into the boata over
the store. and thin was done. although
them was some little delay in curbing
the extras politeness of the ofieers.
who wanted to help the into the trust.
l directed thin to go lint. as a mo
terofeuarssmsdlfollowodandgtu
into the gig. We Honoured to the
steam (lily of Washington. and on
thewsyiaaostsntothehmtstolsave
the vicinity of the wreck. and that
there night be an enabled
"1 got fiyivester Score! to translate
my “Lin one or two boats which
were,“ it Must nearer the
In than 9'
emu. TU soar. Manon
W
fur a few .m,
. to have a .
the City of W
, , v ‘5‘ Int ”I h:
the eaptains.flin and dictated a tats-
sraut to the . Wi-
vsrlous Spanish ofl-
"At this it
ciaia, military. dim and naval. appear-
adou boardintbelrown hehalfa‘nd in
representative 5; capacity, expressing
symplthy and hrs-ow for the accident.
The representatives of General Blanca
and the admiral of the station cams
on board. and the civil governor of the
province was on board in person. i
asyed to be eschew for a few minutes
until i complaint! my telegram to the
telegram and patting it in the hands
of a messengsr‘to be taken on shore.
i convened for a few minutes with
the various spanlsb gentlemen around
me. thanking them for their visit and
hympathy. I was asked by many of
them the cause. of the explosion. and
I invariably wweretl that I must
await further indentation.
”For a long time the rapid dre’ am-
munition continued to explode in de-
tail. The aunt of the wounded was
reported to me tar—d have some dif-
ficulty in rem . lug figures—I think,
we found 84 or men that night who
survived. it it also reported to me
that the wounded on board the Spanish
vessels had beenltaken to the hospitals
on shore. as w also the survivora
who had reached the Machina in the
neighborhood the Shears on shore.
To keep a clear end for the emergen-
cy. I turned in dbout 2 o’clock. getting
little sleep that; night. owing to the
distreeslng groams of the wounded."
saunas unseen six soars
an...
’lwolpaaishnaatroyarlaadtoar'tor-
padoloahoa we Way Here.
New York. larch 29—h cable re-
ceived here today via France says that
Spain has aecretly stencil six boats for
‘America as follows: Two destroyers
and four torpedo boats under the pro’
tection of the armored cruised Cristo-
bal Colon.
«samurai-arenas.
rhmrmgatsraflame so the Home
of liehasl unnamed Daabnry
Mrs. Michael Melony. of Daubury.
gave birth to three children Friday
night.
hire. Maiouey want out to call on a
ntighbor. and anon after she returned
home the firm child was born. Her
hueband hurried out to call a neighbor.
all there was no time to go after a doc-
tor. fly the time tiul neighbor arrived
a mend child had been born.
Mr. Maloucy run up to a doctor's
house, but the doctor was not at home.
When the lathe-r of twins reached
home again he fiuind that he was the
parent of a third youngster. All three
children came into the world within
has than half an hour.
two of the children are girlo and one
is a boy. They weigh between live and
sit pounds each. A few yearn ago
Mm Malouey gave birth to twins.
There are six- children living now.
Three have died.
Mr. Malouey la a batter. lie said
he did not know what to do with so
large a family in these hard times. but
he was glad to two- the little new coin—
vrn lust the same. and bin fondant wish
was that they would live to grow up
strong and healthy children. They
give every prospcrt of that now and
hire. Maloncy in also doing nicely.
Want-tomato Outho'hola'aflon.
hit (frown. Win. March ”um-Dr. (loo.
i-L Powell. who accepted the challenge
immi lu tlcuatnr Manon by Baron iii
l'ardo. a tlpauish editor. baa received
the following letter from senator his-
son:
ilr. “crime [1. Powell. La Crease.
Wis: liear lltw'ior-mrl thank you for
your magnificent letter and the spirit
of patriotbuu it shows. i must decline
to let you light for me. info clean
out the whole nation and move them
off the continent. I mime you a ict~
tor from a young man of Dayton. 0..
Who wants to take your place.
Very truly yours.
WILLIMI Id. MAHUN.
gamut-alumnae
Philadelphia. listen m‘l'hs German
bark alsrie lleidcnlmrg. from Dublin.
January this ballast. for this port.
in mining and learn are entertained
that its list mm and that her
erewofzi Iaen herewith-walnut
in sight of lpad.
“With“.
new Britain“. Havel- lid-Janis
burr. 55, Polish inborn. was struck by
aworltiralaeatlteltewlagiawaread
mmmmamaaum
tag.asllwas W! killed. the was
oahiawaytowortiatthetiaae. lie
h‘aaawiiaaadalaehaldraa.
navy department. After lint-hing my .
29.1898. "
South and East Norwnlk'a contribu-
tion to the relief fund for the starving
Cubans has now been completed and
starts on its errand of mercy. it
amounts in all. goods and money. to
$454.34. Two hundred and seventy
dollars of this in in cash. received at
the mass meeting and from subscrip-
tions since made; and $184.34 in cloth
lng. both new and second— hand. and
food. eetlmatcd at a low valuation.
inch» thrown the committee of ladies
appointed to represent the several
churches in the work. Mru. it. ii.
Plaiaied. chairman of this committee.
vent the clothing and food~cight (noes
full—by freight to New York yester-
day. and Senator Ferris has uent today
it draft for 8270. an above. to the bank-
ing house of Kidder. Peabody & (‘13..
who are acting as treasurer of the New
England relief committee.
The detailed report of the committee
of ladies in charge shown that 75 gar—
ments were made up by them. which.
combined with a share of the imtter
m of stood-hand clothing given.
enabled them to complete 100 units for
men. women and children. consisting
largely of full suit. with change of un-
dercloihing. each suit being securely
Annual W of an Iorwllh Ioth-
Wlnndaylchool—lcm
The annual meeting of the Nnrwnlk
Mcthmliat Sunday school wall held.
last night. The old offlrern were re.
elected.
Superintendent ww. N. Simone.
Aulstaut Superintendent"—Hnri'cy
M. Kent.
Lady Aulwllifll ilupcriutoudoui-w
Mm. ll. ('. (‘hasmer
Superintendent liotue ileparimtw-
bliss mimic ld. Clary.
Secretarywmetchcr Van "mar.
Assistant Secretary «Charla titan»
son.
'I‘rmuurcr Victor ti. llcilcrit.
Asuiatani 'l‘resuurcv ~ ('btvstcr Sullcclt
Librarian lidwnrtl l‘ltusmcr.
Autumn-widow T. lilo-cue. l-'. 8.
Ambler.
The annual repiirts allow the tw‘htull
to be in a flourishing nmditicm. The
total receipts for the your were 3712.-
50. and at the close of tin- year there
is rub on hand of nearly ”do. flora
but the year the vendor mutilation-t
amounted to “72.59: f'hriatmas misc-
iection for the parlor. Sham; india auf~
fevers. ”In; hlrihdart. ”I33; house
department. um. There has lama cs-
pendrd for missions. $111M; now
familiar. um. The tot-d receipts of
the reboot during the past yatv have
increased come that ml. per mm. or-
er bait year. while the average clans
envektpe "election has Hat-n Mun
mt pvt-r WI] to ”.09. The arbmi
at ore-eat has a membership or 57!. 0f
the amt mummrshlp of the «limit
and are members of the church either
on ovulation on in full natahevsblp.
and tattoo wlth the eaters and teacher
resin» a grand total of «fill out of the
total of ill.
which has been contributed by our citfl
RELIEF FUND FOR
VSTARVING CUBANS
The People of South and East Norwalk Con-
tribute (ioods and Money Amount-
ing in All to Over $450.
STARTED 0N ITS
ERRAND 0F MERCY
a
Two Hundred and Seventy Dollars Received at the Mass leetiug‘and
from Subscriptions Since Made, and Forwarded Through Senator
Ferris-4 Detailed Report of the Committee of Ladies in Charge
Shows that Seventy-five Garments were Made Up by Them.
wrapped by itself. Thcnc suite, with
separate second-baud garments. are
represemed by 8119.65 of the total. The
sum of $23.33 has been apent for new
material for men's clothing. and
340.84 worth of canned goods. cereals.
etc. were bought or given. 0f $36.78
received by the ladies in voluntary
caah offerings. $10.60 has been turned
over to Mr. Ferris. and is included in
the cash total; the rent has been spent
for materials for the barrels. The to-
tal expense of the whole work has been
ill cents for freight at a discount.
The readiness on the part of men.
women and children of South Norwallt
.and Eant Norwaik to aid in this work
let charity is worthy of the highest
commendation. Besides the gifts of
money and goods. the large amount of
work involved on the part of
the committee of Christian wo-
men. whom task has been perform-
ed quietly but with Iplfldid ellelen-
cy. and of the many who have W
critical in solicit“. clothi'. providing
warehouse room. aewiu. packing. eart-
ing without charge. doing errands. etc.
etc.. may well be a satisfaction to us
an we think of the awful suffering
among our oppressed neighbors. It has
been the willing service of many hands
and has been well done.
mm "It!!! nova
Ammu Iorwalh who was
Highly lotasmad
llcnry Glover. an old resident of
Norwuik. a retired business man.
honored and respected in the commun-
ity, died at his home in West Main
utrcct. last evening. aged 78 years.
Mr. tllovor was born in nodding. De-
cember ll. lliitl. lie was a son of
lrmuri (liover. in me he moved to
Norwuilt and had resided here since.
For many years he was in the grocery
business with his sons in the store now
conduttiutl by Mayor C. l. Glover. Of
late years hia health had failed. and for
several WWI” he had been absolutely
brittle“. a» tin- rcoilli of paralytic
atrnltvu.
He leaves three children. Mayor 0.
i. "lover. Him ll. Glover and Mrs.
Frederick llurklcy.
Mineral services will be held from
the house Thursday afternoon at 2:~
o'clock.
DIED.
JENNINGS-mitt iionth Norwailt. (it.
Monday. Kart-h Tl. 1M! 0. Jon-
nings. Funeral will he held flarcb
fill. at 3:". wt his late “More. 2
Fairneid arenas. it is kindly rt»
hut-stud that no flowers be neat.
‘ wart-ran.
Waft’l'lltk-‘An intelligent lady. mid-
dlemen preferred. for lucrative lilti-
oloyatenl. Milne» i. 8.. Evening
ileutlnol aloe. iiowia smalls.
am it
e
Watt‘rhbomyeteat girl to do gea-
eral Mora. Apply at it hauls
street. Norwalit. mutt
trauma isaaa A grain mill.
IMO to 1.”! spindles in goal ran»
slag water. Water newer. agar rall~
road. Address X. this aloe.
“aw
“ammo in” ....
wast. Isath
l' w ”
new thtwgbout. taut.w
alanhaase for storage,
”street. inquire Willlult
Elisabeth street.
aventte; six rooms. Hilde ,
suitable for offices: are ‘
rooms, No. to Union
12 rot-us. with impro‘v‘,"
9 Arch street. rent '32» I.
ward. . ‘ .
T0 LET—Apartments N
Main street (5 rem l.
provetnents, rent $15. ,
rents ranging from W
'from three to live rental.
or address. Mrs. Youngl,‘
avenue, East Norwflk.
T0 LET—From April 1st. _
5 Courtlandt place. A!
meats; four or live round,
avenue. corner of C - .
Inquire of Taylor and t ..
West avenue. ,
1'0 LET—House corner if
and Ann streets. 7 rooms.
inquire at Hayss’ market.
'i‘O LET—Jamar floor. No. 3»
street. Desirable rooms.
W. J. Leland. odice NM
company.
r0 LET—Lower part of m
Hanford place. Five rooms 7
two in attic. Inquire No. 12!.
Main street. A. 'l'. Merriam.
1'0 LET—Cottage 38 Harriet
city water. excellent well. largo
and garden. Rant maonablw.
ply 22 Merwin street.
TO LET—One four room a ‘
first floor; four rooms on f
door; rents moderate to small
[lea Water and sewer m
(l. Hattie-beck. 23 Orchard M
1'0 LET—Three furnished
central locality. suitable for a
tor or dentist. Will also I“.
furnished. together or
For particulars lituull‘e~ _ .
walk office of The Scull ’
l l
r0 RENT—In parted...
month. Apply to A. 8.
'i'O LET—House No. i 7W
seven rooms. All modern
meats. Inquire of 'l‘ayloe'b
don.
1'0 LET-410w" apartments II
shall street. Water and sewer. ,,
motions. Puma! at once. V .
ucl T. Hatch. - III ,
'ro LET—«Seven rooms. 01 Woodward
avenue; six rooms. finale Ball
suitable for adieu; first “I
rooms, No. to Union street. IA.
Woodward.
'ro LET—A pleasant seven-roa- the
taga. one minute from trolley. W
er and sewer connection, and m
in. Rent. 012 per month.
of I". E. Quintard. I“ III! _
Norwalk. I”
To 1431'me in Orchard ' -
suitable for either one or two
families. has all modern » .
meats. bath room. Muses. Q.
mlnntas’ walk from Va‘ ‘ 0
trolley. mutant In. O In w
r W ‘
Ni second and third
of Willard building”.
and Knight streets. Norwalh. ,
allowances. lemme-nor, '
Iannfaetnflns. neat ’
Inquire of If. I. Qatatard. flit .
street, Norwais. or I‘. ll. '4 f
5 Washington strut. m
walk.
' N
on
ro Itlilii'l'wll'our room spam .
story ml. rent It; also ' '
apartments. 2nd story front.
tr; over I). w. Raymond’s. fl
legion attest. windows is
room llails light”. I!“ .
rose onus: on ‘r ,
ion!" m “on“ no
No. as tramp straat. All
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