1 _ I MEAN WAR INIIIST PRESIDENT MCKINLEY RE- I “\~_~. .0” I -A. n.“ .._ ._ .1,.‘__. \— Ifi‘ If you want the best. goods fortheleaetmoney . read the advertisement; I , Vinthe Gazette. I , yon. VIII. No.1844 NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 12,1898. PRICE ONE CENT. . .. ....,..........._,.,,...,.,,. m“, _ _. ' - *i- ‘nw .»~u~~.u.-...~...~ w... I é‘ MeEoIgn'iIziedI as The}: family pape’Ir‘tIlII'eI Gazettefa , v: wvunmwpidr advertising I-‘imumnsI/wmf f :_ prove its v ue‘to“y . CEASE! ANTS THE TO CONGRESS FOR SET' ‘ TLEMENT. QUESTION ‘ REQUESTS AUTHORITY FOR INTERVENTION WITH. FORGE. THE MAINE DISASTER snows THIIT SPAIN CANNOT GUARANTEE SAFETY T0 FOREIGN VESSELS. HAVING EXHAUSTED THE RESOURCES OF DIPLOMACY THE PRESIDENT PLACES THE RESPONSIBILITY UPON CONGRESS. \ 1 ‘. I‘ ' ‘1 President - McKinley’s anxiously awaited message on the Cuban ques- tion and the relations between the United States and Spain was sent to Congress yesterday, and was referred to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs. The President, after a thorough review of the con- troversy and a recital of the nnavailing efforts to secure a settlement by diplo- matic measures, asks for authority I to intervene for the purpose of stopping the war and securing the establishment of a stable government in the island by the use of the military and naval forces ofthe United States. “ In discussing the Maine disaster, he says that the destruction ef the battle- Iship in Havana Harbor shows that Spain is not able to guarantee security to foreign vessels. The Spanish Gov- .‘ernment has disavowed any connection , I with the disaster, and has offered to i I I. a z I. I at our doors. I submit the matter to arbitration. In conclusion, the President says: ’ “The issue is new with Congress. It is a solemn responsibility. I have ex- hausted every effort to relieve the in- tolerable condition of‘afiairs which is Prepared to execute every obligation imposed upon me by LI , the Constitution and the law, I await your action.” The President’s message was accom. panied by many extracts from the re- ports of Consul-General Lee and other consuls in Cuba, covering the period from November, 1897, to April, 1898. They show how starvation, disease and death were caused by General Weyler’s reconcentration order; and all agree that autonomy for Cuba, as proposed by Spain, is an impossibility. The first ground named by the Pres- ident on which’he would intervene in Cuba is that of humanity. .He speaks ' of the “barbarities, bloodshed, starva- tion and horrible miseries” prevailing 'in the island. To deny or to doubt that they exhist is idle. The reports of com- petent and credible observers like Sen- ator Proctor, and the detailed official _ statements of United States consuls in 7 Cuba, now made public, prove beyond I _ f; all contradiction the existence of a came of affairs of which the horror can- , met be exaggerated. It does not matter , expense, caused it unspeakable irrita- who are the more responsible for it, the Spaniards or the Cubans. 'What is essential is that neither Spaniards nor Cubans are able or willing to end it. If it is to be ended, this country must undertake the job. To decline to un- dertake it, and to regard the state of Cuba as something with which we have no concern, would be to place' this Na- tion outside thepale of civilized human- ity. So long as we are men nothing ' former Leschetizki. that concerns the welfare of our fellow- , men can be indifferent to us. ' The second and third grounds are ‘ the necessity of protecting American ; citizens in Cuba, in life and property , and commerce. The lives of some Americans have been lost, and of, many others menaced, while millionsi of dollars in American property and: trade have been destroyed. It is no;I answer to say Americans should stay, ‘out of Cuba. Americans have a right f to go to Cuba and to invest moneyI there. That right is guaranteed to ' them by solemn treaty. It has for three years been flagrantly violated. . It must now be vindicated. If not, if Americans are to be barred out of Cuba, then Cuba is no longer part of the civilized world, but a savage State, to be “opened” to civilized intercourse, even as Japan was once opened. That is a process for which there are several precedents, and with which the United States is quite familiar. The fourth ground in well described by the President as of the utmost im- pOrtance, for it involves the self-pres- ervation of the United States itself. The periodical wars in Cuba have en- tailed upon the Government enormous tion and anxiety, and menaced its peace and integrity in the gravest manner. It is intolerable that this country should be compelled to keep its Navy on a ascmi-war footing year after year, and to be made a. party to incessant bicker- ings and threatenings. This Nation wants peace, not only within its own borders, but in all lands so near that the shock of their quarrels is felt-here. It has the same objection ‘to war in Cuba that a householder would have to incendiarism in the house next door. _ PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEON Biometrics. 1 I If its neighbors will not refrain from , eloq uence as a speaker. Ihundreds of years to come. menacing its peace and safety it will be amply justified by “Nature’s first law” in expelling them from the premises they so ill-use. These are the grounds. conceivable that there is a... single American of intelligence to whom they do not convincingly appeal, nor that there is a foreign Power that would not instantly appreciate and act upon them were they to exist in its own case. Upon them the President may con- fidently appeal to the support of the Nation, and the Nation with serenity It is not T‘aWait the judgment of the world. WOMAN’S chs Receive the Members of the Friday After- noon and Paragraph Clubs at Mrs. Hitchcock’s Last Evening. The Woman’s clubof Norwalk en- tertained the Friday Afternoon club, the Paragraph club and the board of directors of the Central club at the home of Mrs. Dexter Hitchcock on West avenue, last evening. The programme included the follow- ing members: Piano selection by Miss Stella Seymour. Miss Seymour is» an accomplished musician, and is a pupil of the well known composer and per: Miss Annie Sher- wood sang in her usual delightful manner. A paper written by Miss J o- sephine Jennings was read by Mrs. T. K. Noble. read by Miss Sarah L. Stevens. The evening was one of great pleas- ure and the Woman’s club proved themselves successful entertainers. 4 V A DOUBLE SERENADE. Two Newly Married Couples Victims 'of Calthumpians. William Hatfield and Charles Trow- I bridge were last night the victims of . . a calthumpian serenade at their flicmes on Washington street. They prempt4 1y came to the front and passed around cigars and matches to the end that” their dreams of bliss be not further disturbed. AMUSEMENTS. lnnersoll’s Lecture. At Hoyt’s Theatre last night Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, orator and hu- morist, lectured on “The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child.” The i Colonel has lost none of his power and His persuasive voice is captivating at all times and the beautiful pictures he draws for the imagination are-indeed unequaled. His lecture last night was inoffensive to the unprejudiced and delightfully en- tertaining to the broad and liberal minded. The theory, of which he is a master student, is indeed a grand though an impossible one perhaps for He en» deavored to show how insignificant were some of the articles of belief upon which we staked our salvation in com- parison with the great virtues of love, charity and forbearance with each other, which we at times, and almost always, apparently, deemed of the least significance. A; A Series of Talks. The Men’s Sunday Evening club of the South Norwalk Congregational church has decided to depart from the regular order of things and in place of the sermon to substitute a series of talks on “Christ in Fiction,” and next Sun- day night Dr. Beard will give a resume of James Lane Allen’s popular novel, “The Fire Invisible.” , Probably no novel of recent years has been more widely read than time. ‘ To all those who are acquainted with John Gray and Mrs Falconer and to those who are yet to be introduced to them a cordial invitation is extended to be present. ‘ Unclaimed Letters. The followmg letters remain un- claimed at tho Norwalk post office, April 12, 1898. Mrs. Mary Evans, Master William Griffin, Mrs. A. Hallett, Miss Hizi Kocsiz, Mrs. W. J. IO’Neich, Miss Mary H. Thompson, Andrew Van Sickle. W. H. MALONE, P. M. One of the front wheels of a milk wagon'belonging to Havixhnrst, be- came unruly this morning and pirted company with the axle, dropping the wagon to the ground. II _¥ .1 ‘ v-7 Ii There was also a paper _ Our Silk Waists and Spring Jackets Have a Right Look fie, TE How Neat our, TailorsIMade Suits Axis I OurSPRINGr ' COSTUMES FOR LADIES AND MISSES . IIIIIT'FEIIS, SHIIIT WANTS, JlBKIITS. We would call our attention again to our Ready-to- wear De- partment; You will find there elegant Tailor-Made Suits to fit you and to_,.fit ouryoung ladies. The fit and hang of our suits give- givIe chic:afid‘isiyld‘foilhe ’wearer.’ Our Beefers for the little ones could not be improved upon. and all the Latest'Sprmg Colors, for Children from two years to fourteen years. Prices for the Reefers, 98c. To $4.50. Separate Skirts. Shirt Walsts. Spring Jackets and Capes. 100 Black Figured Skirts, well lined, 50’ doz Pescale ones 50c - 7 03011 31:25 70 doz Lawn and Percale ones 980 15 Velvet Capes, ”'98 313°: SP?;1°‘S 83 50 £0 3-33 150 Silk Shirt Waists, in Black, Salin 10 Silk Capes. $5.98 ac 1c1 Tan, . . . . - . , _ _ - , Black Corded Sicilians $550 Black, Taffetta, Black India, Plaid Black Diagonals, $4.25 to $3.70 Black Bayadere Sateens 814. 98 Tafietta. 33- .5 w 39-00 30 Ladies’ Coverts, $3.50 to $10.09 Tailor Suits. Silks. Underwear. , IMMENSE VARIETY. This is “other department “13" “e 1 case of Men’s Ribbed Shirts and excel in assortment. Drawers, the 450 quality, this week 25c. Serge Suits, ”5'75 5 pieces Black India, for Skirts and Ladies” Cloth, ”0'00 Dresses, this week, ' 50c 1 case Men’s Mervin Underwear, Coverts, $13-50 Black Bayadere Satins, this quality , , , 'I ' _ Cheviots, $13.50 and $19.00 sell in New York for $1.00, our price 750. PPP‘Dg “lg“, "me 690: Wk 000- Whip Cord, $13.50 and $20.00 45 Waist Patterns at 75c Domestic Goods. 36 inch wide Percale, fast colors, worth 10c per yard, this week, 70 1 case Heavy Unbleached Muslimthe (Sc kind, this week, 4c 1 case Full Bleached Muslin, the 7c kind, for this week, . 5c 15 pairs Lace Curtains, 980 20 pairs large sizeNottnighams, $1.98 10 pairs Brussells Net, $3.25 5 pieces Furniture Cover, 45c 12 pieces Denim imitations, 15c 10 pieces Real Denim in plain, red and fancy figures, 25c Fine heavy Tapestries for sofa and chair covers, 75c Silk Tapestries, ’ f" I $1.00 to $2.50 ~ THE BOSTON STORE. NORWALK. Wilton. ” The annual meeting of St. Matthew s parish was held at the rectory last night. The officers elected were as follows: Parish clerk, R. H. Fitch; Wardens, Eil S. Betts, Daniel G. Betts; Vestrymen, Henry Barrett, David B. Ogden, Frank B. Rockwell, Samuel D. Folsom, R. H. Fitch; Treasurer Sam- uel J. Miller. Among other interest- ing things reported by the- treasurer was one that the church was free from debt. Mrs. S. W. Banning and family, of Morristown, are guests other sister, Mrs. J. M. Bette. _ w K. .T. Hubbell is assisting 'r. r. Gilbert this week in the Post Office. , _ A ggntle horse saved; what might have. rest! ted in thg l I I spilling Of IIIilk 9ndarunafia"iaoeident.“.‘_' #Advemsr, in THE": GAZETTE. I Miss Florence Gilbert has been visit- ing in Norwalk. . ~ AA-h“ ' ‘77 , Dress Goods. It is doubtful if you can find in any New York store a better assortment of Dress Goods than we have on our counters. I 10 pieces all wool Checks that we 31c 5 pieces all wool Granite Cloth, sold everywhere for 759, this week, 59c sold for 50c, this week, 40 pieces of as pretty a line of Fancy Dress Goods that you ever saw, this week, I 500 15 PatternIDres‘s, all different, this week, per yard, $1.25 and $1.50 - Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of St. Paulie church society was held last evening. Reports were read and provoked con- siderable discussion but the sense of the meeting was that they be accepted and it was so voted. The election of officers resulted as follows: Senior Warden—Allen Betts. Junior Warden—E. K. Lockwood. Clerk—St. John Merrill: Vestrymen—C. 7 T. Leonard, D. C. ,Nash, LeGrand Jackson, Homer Mer- rill, Robert Hanford, Oscar W. Ray- mond, James Stevens, H. E. Dann and L. C. Green. A basketball game will take place at Music hall' Thursday evening, be- tween the St. Joseph’s team and the Stamford High school» team. It prom- I $91 i: .- A“? to be 9,4373}! afi’airofvitsek‘ind. _ sheeting at I_.‘in€°,. Our China Department. IT’S HANDSOME. It’s a peculiarity of our china to be that. Our display of breakfast, dinner and tea sets and single pieces is a jolly parade of surprises. Give your bill of fare an added gest by serving it in fine dishes. There’s wear as wellIas beauty in our goods. The display here pre- sented touches the top point in variety and artistic designs. Every set, every piece we Show, every price we quote, is a winner. Dinner Sets from $7.98 to S ‘- lo :00. Charles R. Helmer was in, town to day; He does not particularly like his position at Rockville and proposes branching out in the newspaper busi-' ness again should‘the opportunity offer. There was a good attendance at the masquerade ball given in the Armory last night for the benefit of Luther Whitney the armorcr. Our Brothers Lodge, I.0.0.F. work- ed the first degree on two candidates last night among the trip being Jeweler I Joseph Goluschmidt of Greenwich a former resident of this city. A large gun carriage and what look- ' ed like accessories to the same attracts ed attention on a Consolidated train ‘ going west this morning. , l The Current Events club held a the Central club this morn- -~-'I. ~.
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