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EVOL. VIII. NO. 1866
NORWALK, CONN., rnnrsonv EVENING, MAY 12,1898.
@ Recognized as be
family paperthe Gazette’s
advertising columns will
Prove its value to you.
PRICE ONE CENT.
T HE NEWSPHAL
Many Leading Citizens Con-
tribute to the Build-
ing ,Fund.
Building Committee Authorized to Con-
tract for the Foundation.
A meeting of the board of directors
of the. N orwalk Hospital : association
was held last eVening. ,
The building committee was au-
thorized to contract for the grading,
excavauon of the cellar, and for the
foundation masonry of the proposed
new hospital.
The contract for the erection of the
building will be let at an early Ldate,
and it is thought that the Hospital will
be erected this season.
Checks from the following persons,
for 200 each were received: Coll F. St.
. John Lockwood, Henry I. Hoyt, Robert
Dix, E. J. Van Ness, William B. Hub-
bell, Otto Barthol, Mrs. John H. Ferris,
Mayor Charles G. Bohannan and Ira
Cole, and_they were elected life direc-
tors.
The proceeds of the recent enter-
tainment given for the benefit of the
hospital fund were reported as $262.35.
. The indications are that large gains
will be reported for the building- fund
at the next board meeting.
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An Incident of the Blockade.
Mr. Carlton T. Chapman, special
correspondent of Harper’s Weekly with
Admiral Sampson’s fleet, thus describes
an incident of the Cuban blockade, of
which we publish an illustration to-
day:
“On Friday afternoon the New York,
accompanied by the torpedo-boats Por-
r"ter and Ericsson, left the Havana
station and went off Mariel, twenty-
four miles west of Havana, where the
Castine is keeping guard over two
,small Spanish gunboats. There was
an intention of bombarding the place,
but we were disappointed, as nothing
ocCurred, and the New York and the
torpedo-boats went on as far as Caba-
nas, off which place we arrived about
six o’clock. The New York, a little in
advance, with the two torpedo boats
lying near, was fired on by a coast-
guard of cavalry. The shots did no
harm, however, and were answered in
a minute by a puff of pink smoke from
the New York’s port battery, followed
in quick succession by twelve shots
from her 4—inch guns, when the cavalry
disappeared, but came back again as
the New York moved off, when she
again opened fire with an 8-inch gun,
the last two shots being aimed by
Captain Chadwick himself, and all
,struck fairly in the midst of the
troopers, the last shot sending a group
of them flying in seventeen directions.
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Twelfth Night.
Mr. Marshall Darrah appeared at the
Central club house last evening. Mr.
Darrah recited “Twelfth Night” in a
most delightful manner to a very select
and fashionable audience. There was
one thing particularly noticeable in the
delivery of this difficult piece and that
was that he seemed to appreciate the
intricate passages of it and charmingly
explained them, and thus avoided bor-
ing his audience with superfluous
words. His, voice is clear and musical
nd the characters impersonated were
leverly portrayed. It is indeed won-
rerful to hear the sudden transition
mm the grave and harsh voice of the
old man to the sweet,gentle velce of the
uaiden. The club and its many friends
. ave pronounced the evening a decided
.uccess and await the next one with
)leasurable anticipation. ' Miss Jean
:regory, Miss Alyse Gregory and Miss
. lice Cole, in evening gowns of pink
ilk, acted as ushers on this occasion.
, Death of George Davenport.
One of the old landmarks passed
way yesterday in the person of George
Iavenport of Davenport Ridge, near
orth Stamford. He was 85 years of
go, and had only, been ailing for
bout two Weeks. His wife and one
aughter, Mrs. Henry Lockwood of
tamford, survive him.
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char-lee E. Hoyt, superintendent of
e town farm, was married last even-
g to Miss Liberta-Beers. The core
boy was preformed at the home of;
ebrid'e’s father, Charles Beers, by
ev. F. E. Robbins pastor of the Bap-
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THE U. S. ARMORED CRUISER “NEW YORK” FIRING ON A COAST—GUARD OF SPANISH CAVALRY OFF CABANAS, APRIL 2‘ .
FROM A DRAWING BY CARLTON T. CHAPMAN IN HARPER’S WEEKLY. Reproduced from Harper’s Weekly. By Permission. Copyright, 1898, by Harper & Brothers.
Spanish Warship Sunk. ,
~Hong Kong, Wdy 12-~News
received here this morning says
lhol the u‘lmericnn gnnbool
Concord snnk a Spanish war—
ship 017‘ Polillo leaving bill lwo
Spanish vessels in cflsiolic
waters.
Reporl also says lhol c/ll‘lQ
iniml rDewey is preparing 2‘0
capture pori of Polillo.
Ensign Badger Reported
Killed.
Key Wesl, Way 12—-li is
reported lhcll Eiliszgn rBridger
and six other cflniericnns were
killed in the reported bdllle .dl
Cardenas.
‘Repon‘s sent from Havana
l0 Wodrid confirm the i'eporl of
the defeol of the JImen’cons,
bill the lufdnzinish’dhon oi
W oshinglon discredits lhe re-
port of the bottle or the killing
of any of Uncle Sam’s sailors,
no word of any such engage-
mentor killing having been re—
ceived oi the {New} ‘Deparl—
Report Confirmed.
Wis/n'nglon, Way
Secretory Long this dflernoon
issued ‘Reiney’s oflicinl reporl
of the W inslow’s fighl (ll Cor-
dencis showing four killed and
three wounded. " ‘
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Spain’s Fleet at Cadiz.
London, Way 12---Il hos
been definitely confirmed that
THE LATEST
‘lhe Cope ‘Uerde fleel is all
Cadiz.
San Juan and Porto Rico
Bombarded.
{New York, May) 12——-/1
journal special says that nine
u‘lmericon warships bombarded
Son jznzn and Porto ‘Rico ibis
morning.
BRIEF ‘WAR NEWS.
Preparations for the expedition to
The
force will consist of about 15,000 men,
the Philippines are completed.
under command of Major-General Mer-
ritt, who has been selected for Military
Governor of the islands. The cruiser
Charleston will sail from San Francisco
as soon as possible with ammunition
for Admiral Dewey’s fleet.
Admiral Sampson was ordered not
to attack Porto Rico, but to hold his
island further
will be recalled to
ships near, that for
He
Cuba if the Spanish armored squadron
instructions.
does not appear in American waters.
General Miles will start for Tampa
to-night to assume. command of the
Cuban army of invasion... The Govern-
ors have been requested to hurry for-
ward the State quotas of volunteers.
It is reported that Spain is organizing
a powerful expedition, to wrest the
Philippines from the United States.
Admiral Bermcjo, the Spanish Min-
ister of Marine, denied that the Cape
Verde squadron was atCadiz,and said it
was “where'it ought to be, according to
the instructions given it.” A dispatch
from Cadiz to London, however, de-
clared that the united Spanish fleet]
was there last Saturday, and was to
sail on XVednesday (yesterday).
The conflicting reports of the last
three days make it doubtful. where the
Oregon and the Marietta are.
Whmen took a leading part in a
bread riot at Logrono, Spain, and
routed the troops sent to quell the dis-
with the United States vigorously.
The Senate Finance Committee struck
out the bond section of the War Reven-
ue bill and made many other ch angcs
in the measure.‘ .
The President nominated and the
Senate confirmed Acting
Dewey to be a Rear—Admiral.
Governor Black decided not to rc-
consider his order disbanding the 13th
'Regimcnt, of Brooklyn.
r The troops in Camps Black and
Townsend were reviewed by Governor
Black and his staff.
Admiral
Occurrences pointed to the almost
certain prospect of the 7th Regiment
accompanying the army of invasion to
Cuba. General Miles and other promi-
nent men are exerting their influence
to have the regiment called out by the
President.
THE YALE FIRED ON.
Refugees who arrived at St. Thomas
from Porto Rico on board the steamer
Sud America report that a famine pre—
vails the island. Internal disorders are
increasing constantly. Many fires have
occurcd in the towns and also in the
country. Cattle stealing has become
prevalent, and arrests for this offence
have been made in Yanco and else-
where. The government still delays
issuing firearms to the volunteers who
are doing police duty
Mr. Preston, the American Consul at
Ponce, has sailed for New York on the
British steamer Tyrian.
Local newspapers describe a vessel,
l probably the Yale,
coast 0 f Porto Rico.
examining the
She has been
seen from Arecibo, on the north coast,
and from Mayaguez and Aguadilla, on
the west coast. She was thrice fired
on by the forts at San Juan, but escaped
uninjured.
WAR TO THE DEATH.
In the Chamber last night Senor
Sagasta replied to Senor Salmeron’s
attacks on the present regime, retort-
ing that the state of anarchy which ex-
,ésted in Spain duringthe‘ short lived
turbance.
Premier ,Sagasta, replying in the !
Cortes to attacks on the Government, ,
said Spain WOuld prosecute the. WM",
republican regime under Salmeron,
made Spain the laughing stock of the'
world.
TAR NE .; S.
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the government in “doing its utmost to
avoid war while the Yankees were
playing a foul game.” He repeated
his appeal for union, adding that who-
ever sowed discord was not a patriot.
He concluded his speech by declaring
that the government would prosecute
’ the war to the death.
SPAIN’S laminar.
The Madrid correspondent of the
Daily Mail says:
“Admiral Bermejo, Minister of Mar-
ine, denies that the Cape Verde squad-
ron has returned to Cadiz. - He affirms
that ‘this lieet at the present moment
is where it ought to be, according to
the instructions given it.’ ”
LOST HIS FOOT.
“Sam” Hyatt Falls Under a Tramway
Car.
Samuel P. Hyatt, the carpenter,
accident on South Main street, South
N orWalk, this noon, which will deprive
him of the use of his right foot.
Hyatt was riding on the front of a
Tramway car, Bernard Tully motor-
man, and had a long board which he
was carrying. As the car reached the
corner of Henry street the wind blew
the board around, and in attempting to
retain his hold, Hyatt fell from the car
and the wheels passed over his f0 ll].
He was picked up and placed on the
car and carried to Dr. Clark’s, where
an examinationshowed that all of his
toes had been severed from the foot.
The ambulance was called and the
injured man removed to the hospital,
where an operation will be performed
this afternoon. ~
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Killed by Express Train.
Frank Nichols, thirty-four years old,
and Michael English, twenty-eight
years _old were killed at Rye yesterday
morning while walking on the tracks
of the New Ybrk, New Haven and
Hare ford Railroad. The men, accom-
panied by James R. Gallagher, left
Boston on Sunday to go to New York
and enlist in the Regular Army.
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Directors to Meet.
The directors of the Roton Point Im-
provement company will meet to-mor-
row afternoon. Important business
will no doubt, be brought before the
meeting. The opening will'take ' place
The Premier defended the policy of
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:w'u r.
on Memorial day. . .. ‘
living at 26 Center avenue, met with an‘
SEVE’S RAMBLINGS.
' COMMENT. AND GOSSIP AMONG
l THE WOMEN. BY ONE
OF THEM-
Once upon a time a woman who was
not one bit superstitious, you know, but
who, nevertheless, made a point of
never seeing a pin without picking it
l up, was going along the street in the
l mud, the wind and the rain, when'she
icaught sight of a slender gleaming
I
something on the sidewalk that-she
knew to be a pin.
The woman accordingly went over to
where the pin was lying, stopped
stooped and tried to extract‘the pin
from between the two bricks where it
lay.
To do this she had to drop the rainy
day train she wore, while her umbrella
was left pretty much to its own devices,
for the pin was obdurate, and it took
all ten fingers to try and dislodge it.
The woman worked away with a will,
however—what did such small matters
as getting drenched and muddy amount
to when the sec-a-pin-and-pick-it-up-all-
the-day-you’ll-have-good-luck principle
was at stake ‘9 '
Besides, she wasn’t one bit super-
stitious, you know, so it didn’t really
signify; the only thing was she
meant to have that pin. At last, with"
the combined aid of a hatpin and a
hairpin—the lingers of her gloves be-
ing inch deep with mud by this time——
the woman succeeded in dislodging the
pin.
With a sigh of relief, not unmingled
With pride in her pertinacity and satis-
faction in the good luck that must fol-
low, the woman picked up the pin and
sought to stick it in her coat lapel. It
was “no go;” the pin was pointless, it
wasn’t worth “that,” and she had to
pitch it away.
This fable teaches two things, of
which two you may choose either to
suit yourself: Firsa it doesn’t always
follow that the thing we work hardest
for is of most account; second, perhaps
it would have been better had the
woman been superstitious, as then, ac-
cording to the never-failing perversity
of the sex, she would in all likelihood
not have stopped to pick up the pin.
:20? fllrylleé diligence.
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Edison’s Wargraph.
Manager Hoyt has made arrange-
ments with Superintendent Guthrie, of
the Electric Light company, for elec-
tric current Saturday afternoon at
Hoyt’s Theatre. and will give an enter-
tainment for the benefit of ladies and
children at 22.30 o’clock. showing all-
the warships and commanders of our
navy, together with many other moving
and stercopticon views. Edison’s pho-
nograph will also amuse you with
various selections. Matinee and even-
ing prices: Children 10; adults, 20
cents.
‘
Horse Feet.
Speeler Smith is authority for the
statement that “horse-feet” will be in
a fit condition to pick up on the shore,
cook and eat, on the first of next month
He has already gathered a few spec-
imens of the spike appendaged crustac-
eous and adds that his investigations
confirms a belief that no better “horsew
feet” will be caught on these shores
before or after the war ends. But
what wots it, they are of but little use
other than for chicken food.
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~—Live Merchants Keep their names
before the Public. An Advertisement
in TH)“ GAZETTE will be road.
The Weather. ,
Partly cloudy weather and showers
to-night and Friday.
DEATHS.
BROCIOL'S—-In Bridgeport. May ’11,
Luther S. Brocious, aged 59 years.
DAILY—In Stamford, May 9, Emma
Hone. daughter of Martha J. and the
Ifite Thomas J. Dai-y, aged 14 years.
DAVENPORT—«In Stamford, May 10,
George Davenport, aged 85 years.
ELLIOTT—In Bridgeport, May 11,
Viola May, daughter of James P. and
Ellen S. Elliott, aged 17 years.
FARRELL—In Bridgeport, Ma y 10
Joseph. son of Bridget and the late
James Farrell, aged 14 years. ‘
GRINDLE—In- Stamford, May 10, at
the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
Edward Buttery, 19 Oak street.
GRISWOLD——In Bridgeport, May 11,
Walter Garfield Griswold, youngest
son of Walter A. and Louise A. Gris-
wold, age 16 years. . ~ .
* M’EWtN—In Stratford, May 911, Abi~
. l
jah McEwin, aged 83 years.
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