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° VOL. VIII. NO.1865
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SPAIN’S CAPE VERDE FLEET
SAILS TO SPAIN INSTEAD
OF COMING THIS WAY.
AFRAID TO MEET SAMPSON.
TWO COMPANIES OF REGULARS LAND-
ED IN CUBA TO-DAY.
‘ NAVY TOASSIST THE a ARMY.
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Spain’s Fleet at Cadiz.
' London, May 11---. The Globe
, this afternoon. published a
special despatchqstating that the
Spanish fleet is at Cadiz;
Landed in Cuba. ’
Key West, May '11-»on
companies of regulars were
landed in Cuba this morning.
.flaVana Bombarded.
”j _ Washington, May 11---lt is
éreported here that Commodore
Schley is bombarding Havana
while the troops are attacking
the Spanish forces in the rear.
Sampson’s Return
Ordered.
Washington, May 11—--lt is
reported at the {Navy ‘Depart-
ment, that a despatch has been
sent to cfldmiral Sampson or—
dering the return of his fleet to
Key West to co-operate with the
army in capturing Havana.
- Want War Stopped.
Washington, May 11—-- The
ambassadors are considering
the question of compelling
Spain to sue for peace, relin—
quish Cuba and pay the United
States an indemnity.
Attempt to Poison Troops.
cfltlanta, ‘May 1 [“24 second
attempt to poison the infantry
stationed at C hichamauga Park
was made thislmorning by put-
ting arsenic in the drinking
water.
Italian Riots.
‘Rome,’ May 11---‘Bloody
riots are reported in Como near
Switzerland.
Germany Wants
Philippines.
London, May Lin/1 story is
published here to-day that Ger—
many will attempt to possess the
Philippine Islands, guarantee—
' ing U4merica indemnizy.
Chased. by Spaniards.
{New York, May 11—— The
steamship Schleswig arrived
to-day and reports having been
fired upon and chased by
a Spanish gunboat o/f Hayti.
More spanish Riots.
c‘Madrid, May I 1—- The popu-
lace has become furious over
the return of the Cape Uerde
fleet to Cadir, and rioting has
been renewed.
This morning a mob destroy-
ed a huge grain warehouse. _
BRIEF WAR NEWS.
Admiral Sampson has been ordered
to return with his fleet to Key West
and cosoperate with the Army in. the
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invasion of Cuba.
This order was‘ the result of the news
received by the State and N avy depart-
ments' in Washington that the Spanish
\ armored squadron which recently left
the Cape Verde Islands had arrived at
Cadiz. It was regarded as removing
the last danger in the way of an imme-
diate invasion of Cuba, and as assuring
the safety of the battleship OregOn.
The Gussie sailed from Tampa, Fla,
for Cuba with arms, ammunition and
supplies for the Cuban troops.
All the troops which are to take part
' in the expedition to Cuba were order-
ed to points on the Gulf coasn, the order
for the concentration of a corps at
Chickamauga being cancelled to secure
greater dispatch. '
The diplomats in Washington are .
considering the advisability of urging;
Spain to sue for peace, her cause being
considered hopeless since her dis—
astrousdefeat at Manila.
Another disorderly scene was pro-
voked in the Cortes at Madrid by Senor
Salmeron, the Republicnn leader.
When Premier Sagasta appealed for
united support of the Government
there was a general promise to vote the
war credits without further debate.
Rioters at Alicante, Spain, burned
the bonded warehouses after taking all
the wheat they contained.
The Prize Court at Key West will
recommend the release of the steamers
Bratsberg and Miguel J over.
The insurgents around Manila are
said to be massacring Spaniards, in-
cluding women and children,
Two Spanish transports and three
torpedo-boats, originally part of the
Cape Verde fleet, were at the Canaries
last Saturday.
SPAIN ’S SHIPS RAN HOME.
Suprise and gratification, with some
disappointment and amusement, were
caused in Washington yesterday after-
noon by the receipt of official informa-t.
:ti0n by the State-and Navy departments
:that the Spanish fleet which , left St.
Vincent, Cape Verde islands, on April
29, had arrived at Cadiz. ‘
‘ If the return of the Cape Verde
, squadron to Cadiz be verified beyond
question it will serve greatly to simpli-
fy and lighten the task of reducing Ha-
vana and expelling the Spanish land
forces from Cuban soil. With no hos-
tile squadron to give battle to off Porto
Rico, San Juan can easily be blockaded
by a few of the warships. now with
Acting Admiral Sampson, and the rest
of the fleet can be employed in cover-
ing a landing movement to be under-_
taken within the next four or five days,
and in completing the investment of
the Cuban capital. Probably three
weeks will be required to land in Cuba
an American army large and well-
equipped enough to begin offensive
operations against Havana, and the
practical certainty, if the State Depart-
ment’s information about the return of
the Cape Verde squadron to Cadiz is
fully confirmed, that no adequate Span-
ish naval force can in that interval be
brought accross the Atlantic either to
threaten the Northern coast cities or
to imperil American communications
with the invading army, will give the
,proposed expedition to Cuba that free
rein and overwhelming support by sea
which alone are necessary to insure
success. ,
SAFETY OF THE OREGON
ASSURED.
The failare of the Cape Verde squad-
ron to venture to this side of the At-
lantic relieves the apprehensions for
the: safety of the battleship Oregon,
which can now make her way up the
South American coast from Bahia to
the West Indies without fear of am-
bush. It is believed that the Oregon
will be‘next heard from at Pernam-
buco, as she is understood to have sailed
from Bahia before wordcould reach
her of the newly discovered location of
the armored cruisers supposed to be
But from Per-
nambuco she will have a clear course
to Barbadoes, and she is now expected
to join the Key West fleet either off
Porto Rico or oil Cuba Some time two
weeks hence. V
lying in wait for her.
CUBA; NEXT WEEK.“
The postponement by General Miles
for two days longer of his trip to Tampa
to superintend the departure for Cuba
of the first division of Regulars now
assembled there indicates that the.
movement «it troops will not actually be
begun until early next week. But with
the invasion once started, from 18,000
to 20,000 seasoned soldiers can be land-
ed in Cuba from the various Gulf poms
within three or four days, and the
First Corps of Volunteers can be as-
sembled on the coast line ready to rein-
force the Regulars as soon as a lodge-
ment is effected and plans for an
offensive campaign against Havana are
deveIOped. . .Q,
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: .Nancy Has Skipped.
-' Dr. Nancy A. Guilford of New Haven,
who has an office in Bridgeport, failed
to appear for trial on a charge alleging
malpractice yesterday in the superior
court at New Haven, and forfeited her
bond of $1,500. She was jointly indict-
ed with her husband, Dr. Gill, but in-
siSted on having a separate trial. Dr.
Gill was found guilty and sentenced to
three years and a half in state prison.
This probably ends the Gill and
Guilford cases, as Dr. Gill’s lawyers
will not be likely to take an appeal.
The New Haven Leader says: “It is
understood that Mrs. Guilford will
leave the state and not practice here
any more. This is purely surmise,
however, but where the bond is for-
feited it is customary for the accused
to remain out of the jurisdiction of" the
court in which the prosecution existed.”
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‘ Largely Attended Funeral.
The funeral of the late Theodore
Frdnzilli was held from St. Joseph’s
church this morning. The funeral
cortege was headed by the City of Nor-
walk band, followed by thirty or more
members of an Italian society of which
the deceased was a member. There
was alarge number of coaches, filled
with friends of the deceased. The so-
ciety displayed a large silk American
flag and an Italian flag, upon which
,.was...emblazoned in .gold :letters the
.‘name: of the sdciety. ‘The interment
was in St. Mary’s R. C. cemetery.
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Old Republican Gone.
Ex-Senator Aaron H. Cragin of New
Ham pshire, died in Washington yester-
day of congestionof the lungs. The
deceased was one, of the organizers of
the Republican party. He voted for N.
5P. Banks as speaker of the house and
was a cloSe friend of Presidents Lin-
coln and Grant. He was born at Wes-
ton, Vt., in 1821.
Mr. Cragin represented a number of
N orwalk parties who were claimants
for the French spoliation claims.
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Mike Again Jailed.
Mike Sullivan was placed under arrest
last night. It is not Mike’s ' first,
second or third experience in that line.
Mike became viciously cantankerous
and the services of the police were ask-
ed for with the above result. The
charges against him on the police blot-
ter were drunkenness, breach of the
peace and resistance to officers. In the
Town Court this morning, he was
recognized as an old offender by Judge
Gregory and was sentenced to 180 days
in jail.
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Patriotism and Music.
A patriotic South Norwalk Miss
went into Fred Coleman’s news office
yesterday and purchased a sheet of
music butrefused to accept the same
because it was tied up with a yellow
string. Mr. Coleman removed the
string, substituted a red white and blue
ribbon, and made the purchaser a
present of one of the handsomest badg-
es he had in the store.
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AMUSEMENTS.
Rice and Hall’s Minstrels.
If you want an evening of fun, get
seats for Rice -& Hall’s Minstrels at
Hoyt’s Theatre next Monday night.
Billy Rice, one of the leading minstrel
comedians of the day, and a 'select
company, will present a splendid pro-
gram at 25, 35 and 50 cents. This is by
special arrangement and a dollar per-
formance is promised.
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Spotters Not Spies.
Considerable curiosity has been
aroused by the actions of two men who
stand near the corner of Main and
Wall streets every Sunday morning.
Many have an idea that they are. spies
but those better informed say that
they are nothing but spotters.
THE WOMEN. BY ONE
OF THEM. '
One reason why the very word war
should stir our souls has its roots in
something deeper than love of country
or sense of right, justice, humanityf
sympathy or any other of the many
affect-ions and virtues for which the
present war does unquestionably stand.
It is because the call to arms, the war
spirit, as it were, is a thing elemental,
primeval, dating so far back that it an- ‘
tedates all history. It and the re
sponse of our emotions to it are an
ingrained impulse of our natures, a
legacy from ancestors so remote that
that part of the family tree which they
occupy is more than probably~it is
literally—arboreal.
Instinct pure and simple bids the
disinterested pulse leap and the phleg-
matic blood to kindle as the thought of
mortal combat is one of the first things
which, as a race, we knew anything
about.
It may have been in behalf of food,
shelter or possession, and it was some-
times general and sometimes partic-
ular, but combat there was, ages of it,
and all the subsequent ages of civiliza-
tion haVe not been able to blot it out
nor even to quench its memoz'y.
Way back in the unconscious con-
sciousness of every one of us, both man
and woman, it lives, and at the first
touch of recognition it leaps to quicker
life. It is a question whether any-
thing so integral can ever be eradi-
cated.
You might almost as well expect to
to vanquish that other primeval im-
pulse, love. The two have played well
nigh equal parts in the formative.
civilizing process. '
But, however convinced we are of
the one-time might of the war spirit. it
is amazing to find it so responsive to
la tter-day opportunity.
If, by somew'euxiious trick of fate,
some magic turning back of the clock
time by which we should find ourselves
suddenly divested of all these acquired
Lconditions and modern improvements,
it is pretty certain that we should find
our natures just about where they
started, so that, with every odd against
him, mankind would still, be able to
rely upon his fighting quality to pull
him through and to insure his coming
out a winner. '
M fimyfl/ef %Z;)ue.
coun‘H annv.
ASIick Fakir Finds a Number of Victims
in South Norwalk.
A genteel and voluble young man
applied to the city clerk of South Nor-
walk, yesterday, for ‘a license to sell
cough candy on Railroad place. He
demurred to the fee of $5 charged him
for the privilege, but finally paid that,
amount and received his license.
Last evening he started business and
glibly told the crowd that gathered
about his wagon on Railroad place that
there Was nothing like it on earth, and
that every purchaser had an opportuni-
ty of securing as a prize the sum of one
dollar. .
The'usual bait was thrown out. and
he secured quite a number of purchas-
ers at fifty cents a stick. Finally Chief
Vollmer, who detected the swindle,
ordered the man to stop his sales.
It is thought that be secured from
$25 to $50 for perhaps thirty cents
worth of candy.
Knowing a File.’
A regular meeting of the Barbers
Union was held last night. It seemed
to be the sentiment of those present
that the Union Would take steps to
authorities to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Farther Lights.
The Farther Lights society of the
Norwalk Baptist church met at the
home of Miss Alice Lyon last evening.
Miss Hopkins, who, is engaged in
missionary service, gave a very in-
teresting talk on her work in Burmah.
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_ A Card. I
The undersigned wishes through the
columns of the GAZETTE to express his
sincere thanks for the many kindly
acts of his friends during the illness of
his wife, Mrs. H. E. Bailwitz, and for
sympathy expressed after her demise,
as well as for the many and beautiful
floral olferin gs.
—A-Jvertise it: THE? GAZETIE.
, HARRY E. BAILWITZ.
EVE’S RAMBLINGS.’
COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG
‘close barber shops on Sunday, the .
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PROPOSED IMPROVfiMENIS-
A Decided Change to he Made on Water
Street.
If the present talked of plans are
carried out theentrance to the steam-
boat wharf on Water street, South
NOL’Walk will be blocked by the erec-
tion of a large‘brick building.
It is proposed to make a new entrance
to the wharves at a point opposite the
foot of Haviland street, which will
necessitate the demolition of some of
the old and unsightly buildings that
are an eysore, and stand in the way of '
the proposed improvements.
In case the proposed improvements
are made, some changes will probably
be brought about as to the steamboat
line of piers, and it is not improbable
that the landing place will be south of
its present site.
Anyway, the changes, if made, will
be of a decided nature, and. altogether
for the better accommodation of the
public.
The property in question belongs to
the Nelson Taylor estate.‘ ~
Bird Month.
May is “Bird Menth” at the Central
Club, and yesterday the club spent an
hour listening to some of the interest-
ing things as to the "little brothers of
the air,” read by different persons.
The President, Mrs. I. S. Jennings call-
ed the club to order at half past three.
Appointment of delegates to the annual
meeting of the State Federation, at
VVaterbuI-y, June lst were made as fol-
lows: Mrs. I. S.‘Jennings, Mrs, Charles
Dennis, Mrs. G. W. 591'de ;.§'PQ 'Mrs.
J. G. Jennings. Mrs. Jennings then
read a call from the National Red
Cross society, New York branch, call-
ing for organized help from the dif-
ferent organizations. She ofiered the
use of the Central Club for a meeting
to be held in the interests of this cause,
Friday, May 20th at 3 p. m.'
Miss Pinneo, ch til-man of the Liter»
ary committee, t Ien announced the
numbers on the programme,‘with some
prefatory remarks. The plan of the
programme was to begin‘ with some-
thing of" the scientific structure of
birds, followed by illustrations, each
selection not to exceed fifteen minutes.
The books chosen were decently written
books, and the selections were happy
and amusing.
The programme was as follows: The
Story of the Birds, by J. N. Baskett,
read by Mrs. W. H. Baldwin; Familiar
Features of the Roadside -by F. S. ‘
Mathews, read by Mrs. F. J. Curtis;
Curious Homes and Their Tenants, by
J. C. Beard, read by Mrs. A. B Hill;
A Birding on a Broncho by Florence
A. Merriam, read by Miss Pinneo; In
My'Garden, read by Miss Helen Ferris.
After the readings the company ad:
journed to the Members room where
the Hospitality committee, Mrs. Den—
nis, chairman, served delicious ices
and cake. 0
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The Westport Road. _
The stockholders of the Westport «St
Saugatuck electric railway held another
meeting yesterday and again adjourn-
ed for the customary period two weeks.
Vice-President Nash presided and in-
formed the stockholders that the nego-
tiations for the sale of the road which
have been underway for some time are
still pending, with a likelihood of their“,
being closed at any time.
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Guests on Field Day.
Miss Grace Adams and Miss Vera
Wood will gp to Poughkeepsie Friday
to spend Field Day which will be
Saturday at Vassar college. Miss
Adams will be the guest of Miss Edythe
Hunter and Miss Wood a guest of Miss
Clara Betts. They will remain over
Sunday.
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Young Peoples’ Whist.
At the Whist party held in the Cen-
tral club house last evening, the prizes
were won by Miss Ethel Wilcox and
W. P. Beers. Miss Alice Cole and
Miss Elhel Wilcox were the hostesses.
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The Weather.
Partly cloudy. light local'shbwers to-
night and Thursday. ' ‘ ' '
Norwalk Chronicler