. 9' If you want the best goods for the least money . read the Iadvertisements ' in the Gazette. 6‘ Recognized as the ’ . .famlly paperthe Gazette’s ' ; advertising columns will Prove its value to you. A VOL. VIII; NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAYE‘VENING, MAY 3,1898. PRICE ONE CENT. PortoRicoN 6X ADMIRAL SAMPSON’S FLEETIS EXPECTED TO MAKE AN ATTACK To-DAY. SPANIARDS LE AVE BAYANO. SAGASTA SAYS SPAIN WILL FIGHT TO“"“’THE BITTER END. MANILA“ CABLE STILL CLOSED. Porto Rico Next. . A Key West, May 3—-- There is . intense activity here and rumors are afloat that Sampson’s fleet has received orders to attach . Porto Rico to day. Bayano Evacuated. Kingston, May 3---- TheI Spaniards have evacuated the city of “Bayano in Santiago de Cuba. Will Fight to the End. Madrid, May 3—--c/lfter a , long conference with the Queen j Regent to-day, Sagasta says. that, Spain will continue the I fight with .flmerica until the bitter end despite the crushing defeat at Manila. Dewey Promoted. Washington, May 3---Secre- I tary Long is authority for the statement that ‘Dewey has been promoted to acting admiral. I Cable Cut. II New York, May 3—«Com-‘I merciat cable advices received I ‘ this morning state that the cable I to Manila has been cut and all! .. communication with that port is still closed. ting appeared before Cavite. The Talbot Arrives. Key West, May 3--- The (British cruiser Talbot arrived at .IHavana last night and was permitted to pass the blockade. NEW STORY OF THE FIGHT. London, May 3.—-The Madrid corres- ‘ pendent of “The Times,” describing the engagement at Manila, says: f‘The Olympia, the Boston, the Raleigh, the Concord, the Petrel and the McCulloch entered the bay under cover of darkness by the smaller and safer. Bocachica Channel. “The forts on Corregidor Island gave the alarm by firing on the intruders, but they seem to have inflicted no seri- ous damage. _ “The American squadron moved up - the bay, and at 3 o’clock in the morn- Here, lying under the shelter of the: forts, ' was the Spanish squadron. “Admiral Montojo a few days before _went to Subig Bay to look for the enemy, but, learning that they were vastly superior in force, had prudently returned and placed his ships under lthe protection of the forts. his only chance of meeting the enemy on something like equal tel ms, and it did not suffice. , “ Soon the Americans opened fire. The Spaniards replied vigorously and I the combat continued without inter- ruption for four hours, during which the Don Antonio de Ulloa was sunk, the Castille and Mindanao were set on fire and the Reina Maria Christina and the Don Juan de Austria were seriously damaged. "‘One or two of the smaller craft h were scuttled by their crews to escape This was capture. Others took refuge in a small neighboring creek, emptying into Baker Bay, where presumably the ' American ships were unable to fol- low them. But not one surrendered.” MARTIAL LAW IN MADRID. Bondon, May 3.——The Madrid cor- respondent of “The Standard.” tele~ graphing at midnight, says: ' “SenOr Aguilera, the Civil Governor of Madrid, has just posted on the walls of the Home Oflice the customary proc- lamation intimating that the civil au- thorities consider the circumstances justify their handing over to the mili- tary authorities the mission of keeping order “Lleutenant-Genel a1 Daban ,Captain- General of Madrid, has assumed charge, and the first military patrols have just appeared in the Puerta del Sol. The measure has been taken in consequence of the attitude of certain political par- ties since yesterday. The whole gar- rison is ready in barracks.” Madrid, May 3.—The Cabinet Coun- cil last night after a late session decid- ed to proclaim a. state of siege imme- diately. Ministers deny the existence of a Cabinet crisis. . CUBA INVASION POSTPONED. General Miles said last night that the expedition to Cuba had been post- poned, but not abandoned. It is not thought advisable to make a landing while the location of the Spanish flying squadron is in doubt, as the support of Admiral Sampson’s fleet, in part at least, is essentidlto support the land- force, and the temporary withdrawal of several of his vessels may be coin- pelled should the Spaniards approach this side of the Atlantic with a great show of strength. This decismn was definitely reached after several conferences at the White House, in which'the President had the I ' advice of General Miles, General Mer - ritt, Admiral Sicard and Secxetaries ‘ Long and Algel . MAJOR-GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE. General Fitzhugh Lee received a telegram from Adjutant~General Cor- bin late last night congratulating him on the fact that the President had officially announced the fact that he had decided to commission him a major- general. The nomination will be sent to the Senate to-day. SPANISH OFFICERS CAPTURED. The cruiser Marblehead last night 'brought in the Spanish steamer Argo- nauta, captured by the gunboat Nash . ville off the southern coast of Cuba, last Friday. The Argonauts was bound for Havana, and had on board a colonel of the Spanish Army, a surgeon, six officers and three non-commissioned officers. The auxiliary cruiser Eagle, a trans- formed yacht, was scouring along the southern coast of Cuba, near Cienfue- gos, when she sighted the Argonauta, and started in pursuit. She was fired upon from the shore, but continued the chase, and drove the big steamer along the coast toward the Marblehead and the Nashville, into which the Spaniard . almost ran; , They put a couple of shots across her bows, and she quickly hove to and surrendered. The Nash- ville took the Spanish Army officers on board as prisoners of war, and brought them into Key West. The Argonauta lies out in the stream, and no further particulars of the capture can be learned from her. THE YALE SAILS. The United States auxiliary cruiser Yale, formerly the Paris. of the Ameri- can Line,sailed at 7 :35 o’clock last night. The new cruiser was under the com- mand-of Captain William C. Wise, U. S. N.,_ formerly captain of the Navy Yard at Norfolk. Captain Wise took command of the Yale at noon yester- day, and closely following his arrival at the vessel came a detachment of marines from the Navy Yard. , The vessel took on board provisions enough to last her for a three month’s cruise. and had at least five thousand ' lis. tons of coal placed In her hold. When she left her pier she was saluted by every ‘Craft afloat, and was kept busy responding to the salutes, which she did by dipping her flag and sounding her hiren whistle. , speculatiOn was rife as to her prob- able destinatiOn, but Captain Wise re- fused to discuss his 01 ders, and simply slid that he was put to sea under in- structions resolved from the Navy De- ptrtment. <v> EVE S RAMBLINGS. COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG THE WOMEN. BY ONE ' OF THEM. Although there is ample room for further improvement, it is still evi- dent‘in many ways that women as a class are beginning to find it possible to assume an impersonal Ittitude to- wards any subject under discussion. I In the matter of a blackball at a woman’s club, for example, there are no longer the same horrors and sensi- tiveness of it, and it is used much more frequently. It 18 interesting, in this connection, to note the different point of view from which a blackball in a woman’ 5 club is regarded from that of the same action taken by a man’s club. In the latter the casting of the blackball is a far more significant action. Inawomant’s club it mean’s, as a rule, merely that that particular candi- : date will noo contribute to the welfare of that particular club. The policy of. women’s clubs is a rad- ically different one from the other. An entirely charming and irreproachable woman may find. herself rejected in one club. while in another she will be elect- ed by' acclamation, perh I; s, and re- ceived with Open‘arms. It is, indeed, an evidence of a grow- ing breadth of the character among women that the blackball 15 need- with the judicious care that it 15. A. loyalsclub tone... will blackball a friend sometimes in the interest of her organization, fearing that some petty hobby or tendency of the candidate may obtrude itself upon the club, to the club’s detriment. This is as it should be. It is this growing sense of personal responsibility and of organization loy- alty, rather than individual preference which is adding to the power of Club development. M galyéée 0/ glee. A“ V r —-V|CTORY, VICTORY. "Hang out the banners on the outward Walls." Shakespeare. “The man who owns a flag and hasn’t it out to-day, hasn’t blood'in his veins, but water.”—N. Y. Sun. The Boston Store will give away a large U. S. flag made of U. S. standard bunting, Wednesday evening, at 6 o’clock. vRead their Adv. and the fol- lowing prices. Save your duplicate checks and win the flag. 40 (102. pillow slips. 6c each. 8c full bleached muslin, 60. . 24x36 silk flags, 98c. 1213c Ladies embroidered handker- chiefs, Sc. 690 heavy working shirts, 500. 15c Tar and Glycerine soaps, 10.3. 150 box Wild Violet soap 100. 4ps. 50c dress goo is 250. 100 50 ft. clothes line 6c. 19c zinc wash boards 10c. 10 bars laundry Soap 25c. 39c Ladies umbrella drawers 25c. 25c children’s lace caps 15c. 25c Ladies and Children’s supporters 100. ‘AA> ‘v WILL DEFEND WILLIS. Toomey &. Lynch Will Look After the Alleged WiltOn Murderer. Attorneys James J. Lynch and J ere- miah D.- Toomey, Jr., who defended Charles'A. Boinay in his trial for the murder of George Marcus Nichols, will , probably defend Benjamin Willis, who is in jail awaiting trial for the mm der of David S. R. Lamhelt. i ""3 It' 1s not yet known who will defend Max Breckhaus, the companion of Wil- His parents have been to see him frequently but it is understood that they are poor and cannot afford to, en- gage counsel. In this event, the court will assign a lawyer or perhaps two, 'to defend him. _ prove an alibi. ,_ reference to mattels Both will endeavor to' I (murals Mal. Not a Word of War Mentioned at Either Meeting; ‘- Gatherings. The usual montnly meeting of the ‘Norwalk city council was held last evening, and in some respects it was dissimilar to other meetings held by the ham d' In effect that there was not altogether a harmonious feeling in presented for action. Mayor Glover skillfully managed the board to the end that what was thought to be for the best interests of the city was in the ascendency. The only member of the board absent was Councilman Cotter. Bills to the amount of nearly $2,500 were ordered paid. Some of the bills were discuss :11 among the rest bl ing |that of A. A.. Betts for $69 for extra services, for which services an item- ized bill was presented. I A petition for an electric light on Fairfield avenue was referred to the light committee. I A new ordinance relative to the li- censing of venders of meats, fruits, vegetables, fish, etc., was presented and was provocative of considerable discussion. It was the sense of the board that the same was too restrictive as regarded parties engaged in business in the city and was referred back to the corpora- tion council for modification or change. Councilman Gregory asked as to why some men were kept at work on high- ways, and others denied, and complain- ed that lots of complaint had been made to him' In the matter ' Councilman M eeker of the finance committee stated that he'ha-d not had occasion to use the $1,000 order grant- ed him at the last meeting of the board, and asked that the same be destroyed, but supplemented thesame with a re- quest that the sum of $2,500 be voted him, in view of the fact that nearly that sum had" been voted for the pay- ment of bills at the present meeting. It was so voted. ‘ The matter of the bill for the sup- port of the library moved Councilman GregOI y to lemark, “It stlikes me we will get in a box on this library ‘ busi- ness. They are running too big bills. Bqtter shut it up now, or anyway when 'the appropriation has run out. or else run it on less time. We are nOt doing our duty to grant them all they ask for.” Councilman Meeker remarked, “the library has .been handed down to us and we will have to support it.” Collector A. A. Betts reported that he had bills amounting to something over $100 for collection On the library tax which those against whom they were assessed refused to pay on the ground that the tax was not legal, and askedfor instruction as to whether he should levy or not. N 0 action was taken. , He also asked for salary on the ground that 'the assess- ment list had been nearly if not quite doubled since the salary of the collector Was fixed. The matter was tabled. Ex-councilman McMullen who was “I paid my library If I had a an increase of present remarked, tax; my neighbor didn’t. i right to pay it all right. I think I will find out to-morrow whether I did or not. I don’t think there is any im- provement in this board from the old one; if anything they are a little be- hind.” \ In the matter of repaving the south end of Wall street at the bridge and the laying of a walk, it was voted that a" concrete walk he laid, and that the work be done under the superinten- dence of Councilman Gregory of the sewer committee. The chairman of the sewer committee was also instructed to investigate the matter of a now walk in front ofc Capt. Lamb preperty. Important Business Transacted at Both I Ibo Royal‘ Is the highest grade bolting powder known. Actual tests show it goes one- . third further than any other brood. ‘u- POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDER 60.. NEW YORK. Councilman Bates called attention. to needed repairs on East avenue. It '“ was voted that the same be a part of the call for a future city meeting. The city attorney was instructed to notify the owner to repair a walk in front of his premises on N ewtown ave- nue within ten days. ‘ Street Commissio Ier Wzlrdwell asked for an increase of wag :s of fifty cents Der day, which w s voted lut not be- fore Gr 5;; or y had . a chance to say, “He ought to be satisfied with $2 a day. I don’t think he tends to his business better than he ought to. get. thing.” On motion of Councilman Meeker it Councilman There are plenty of men we could I never yet saw him doing any- /. was voted that the matter of an appro- priation of $1,000 for the public library be incorporated in the call for the city meeting, the only negative vote being that of Councilman Gregory. The council then adjourned until the 16th. sou I'll NOR «ALK COUNCIL. A regular meeting of the city coun- cil of South Norwalk evening. A report of the freeholders appointed to assess damages and benefits on the widening of Monroe street -was read. The damages were assessed at about $1,100. A public hearing in the mat- ter will be held on the 16th. The Street Commissioner was in- structed to have South Main street was held last paved with vitrified brick from a point near Washington street to Monroe street, at a cost not in excess of $5,000. ‘A member of the board asked that the bid be awarded to contractors of that city only. After some argument a vote was taken which resulted in a Me, which was broken by the Mayor who voted in the negative, explaining his action as being as he thought, for the city’s best interests. It was understood that the Tramway company would pay its share of ex- pense of the repaving. Property owners on hivers avenue asked for an extension of the water main. Referred. Bills to the amount of $500 were or- dered paid. Property owners on West aVenue asked that a new curb line he establish- ed between Seymour Place and Cedar street, in order to straighten the same. The sum of $4,500 wasgvoted. for the commercial lighting, plant, and the further sum of $400 for n the present street system of lights. The sum of $1,000 was voted the street commissioners. . Yale Student Killed. Winston Townsend, twenty years. old, a Yale student, the eldest son of Judge Willlam K. Townsend, of the United. States District Court, was al- most instantly killed in Orange street, New Haven, yesterday afternoon While bicycling by coming in collision with another bicycle. ’ A A-> Church Dedication. The dedication of the First M. E. church society’s new edifice on West avenue will take place the first and second Sundays in June. Rev. Dr. Mams will preach the first Sunday and Bishop Goodsell the second. The‘WeathVer. Threatening weather and rain to night and Wednesday I ' a /
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