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read the advertisements
in the Gazette.
VOL. VIII. No.1867
A BIG BATTLE.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON LOOKING
FOR SPAIN’S
FLE
CAPE VERDE
ET.
MAY BE FIGHTING NOW.
SCHLEY’S SQUADRON SAILED FROM
LAST NIGHT TO
ASSIST SAMPSON.
NEWPORT NEWS
PLOT TO KILL GENERAL LEE.
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Big Naval Battle Coming.
Washington, May I4'v'Nt‘3w5
of a big naval battle between
Sampson’s and
Spain’s Cape Uerde fleet is
momentarily expected. _
The Spanish fleet has been
reported to be sailing toward
Havana, and orders have been
issued to Sampson to find the
enemy and annihilate his fleet.
Spaniards Celebrate.
Madrid, May 14——Everybody
received here that Sampson’s
and subsequently defeated by
the Spanish Cape Uerde fleet.
The President Advised. .
Washington, May 1 4--Presi-
dent McKinley received this
morning advises from Madrid
of the meeting of the Spanish
and c/lmerican fleets at Porto
Result at Manila.
Madrid, May 14--Manila
advises admit that in the recent
.Louis were reported at St. Thomas on
naval battle .fldmiral Dewey’s
fleet killed 300 Span/aids and]
wounded 600.
BRIEF \NAR NEWS.
A great naval battle is likely to be
fought in West Indian waters soon bc-
tween the Spanish fleet, reported near
Martinique, and the squadrons of
Admiral Sampson and Commodore
Schley, singly or combined.
It is stated in Madrid that the' Span-
ish fleet will immediately leave Mar-
tinique, and that several days may pass
before it is heard of again.
The sighting of the Spanish fleet
caused the Administration to postpone
the invasion of Cuba until after a de-
cisive naval action has taken place.
The volunteers ordered to points on
the Gulf coast will be sent to Chick-
amauga. ~
There was avague rumor in Madrid
last night that the American and Span-
ish fleets in the West Indies had met
and the former had been considerably
damaged. ‘
The Flying Squadron at Hampton
Roads went to sea under orders to rein
force the hicckading fleet off Havana.
Fuller reports of the bombardment cf
San Juan de Porto Rico show that the
American warships kept up their fire~
for three hours and then withdrew,
Admiral Sampson not caring to take
the town.
The auxiliary cruisers Yale and St.
Thursday, and the Harvard is tied 11p
indefinitely at St. Pierre, Martinique,
for repairs.
Premier Sagasta is having great
difficulty In forming a new Ministry
for Spain. .
Captain J. H. Dorst and forty, men of
the lst Regular Infantry, landed at
Cabanas, Cuba, and repulsed an at-
tack made by a troop of Spanish caval-
ry. .The Spaniardslost an officer and
v
three men killed, one man wounded
and a prisoner. .
Most of the troops destined for the
expedition to Manila are on the way to
San Francisco. '
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THE COMING NAVAL FIGHT.“
According to despatches received in
Washington yesterday, the cruiser Yale .
sighted the Spanish squadron, presum- .
ably on Thursday, west of Martinique,
in the Caribbean Sea. Whether or
not they were heading to the westward,
which is about the direction of Cuba,
the despatches did not say. If they
are bound for Havana they had 1,500
nautical miles to cover from Fort de
France, Martinique, provided they de-
cided to go by way of the Windward
Passage, between Hayti and the east
end of Cuba. If they steered to the
northwest after leaving Martinique,
and t00k the Mona Passage, between
Porto Rico and Santo Domingo, into
the Atlantic, they would have only
1,350 sea miles to log before reaching
Havana. On the way they would run
the risk of meeting Sampson’s fleet.
To intercept them, if they are going
by way of the Windward Passage,
Sampson would have to steer a course
from Porto Rico to the southwest. He
might fall in with them, unless they
have more than half 'a day’s start of
him. If the Spanish Admiral is bound
for Santiago de Cuba, on the south
coast, he will have only 960 knots to
cover, and could get there before
Schley’s squadron reached Havana.
Schley sailed, from Newport News at
4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. It is
probable that his squadron, will not
make more than 13 knots an hour, or -
312 sea miles a day. The distance from
Newport News is, roughly, about 1,000
knots, so Schley probably will not be
off Havana or at a point where he may
intercept the Spanish vessels, presum-
ably bound there, until-3VMonday night:
The Spanish fleet, meanwhile, even
with a day’s start, cannot, steaming at-
the same rate as Schley’s squadron, get
to Havana or its neighborhood before
Schley. At what speed they will
travel is a matter for conjecture. They
don’t want to waste coal and they may
be pretty foul. With the assistance
of the fast despatch boats the Ameri-
can naval forces ought no be able to
keep track of the movements of the
Spanish, now that they have sight-ed
th em.
and they are desirous of avoiding battle
If their destination is Havana,
with Sampson‘s fleet, they may be
forced to fight both a pursuing and an
intercepting squadron.
It has been suggested that one of
the objects of the Spanish squadron’s
cxuising near Martinique may be to at-
tack the battleship Oregon, which, ac-
companied by the gun boat Marietta
and the dynamite cruiser Nictheroy, is
supposed to be on her way to join the
American fleet 013' Cuba. The Oregon
sailed from Bahia, Brazil, on W'ednes-
day. It is about 2,400 nautical miles
from Bahia to Martinique, and as the
Oregon has been making less than ten
knots an hour she probably will not be
near Martinique until about May 22.
It will be seen that Sampson’s fleet has
plentv of time to find the S anish if
they linger in the Caribbean to meet
the Oregon and do not hurry southwest
to meet her.
PLOT TO KILL GEN. LEE.
A story of an alleged Spanish plot to
assassinate Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has been
the cause of some correspondence be-
tween the war department and the
regular army recruiting station in
Philadelphia.
On Saturday last a reputable Phila-
delphia merchant, whose name is with-
held at his request, called at the re-
cruiting agency and told the oliicer in
charge that a Spanish workman in his
employ had confessed to him that a
plot had been formed to kill Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee. '
' According to the man‘s, story the
conspiracy originated in New York
among Spaniards who contend that
Gen. Lee was largely responsible for
the war with Spain because he had,
while consul general at Havana, per-
- ,{fiCaptain'Craigic,‘in command of the
'most, and here’s your opportunity.
N ORWALK, CONN ., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1898.
sistently misrepresented the condition ’
of affairs in Cuba, and had thus aroused
the animosity of the American people
guainst Spain. I S '
ie'gular army recruiting station, to
Iiyhom this storywas told, after 'Satisfy-
ing himself of the good standing of the
merchant and listening to the story of
the Spaniard, promptly reported the
matter to the wag- department and was
directed by S‘eoretalfiiy Alger to make
an investigat: The investigation
is now going oh E‘i'ni'.Ph-iladelphia and
New York, and. Gen. Lee, is is said,
has been warned.
TO FIGHT DEWEY.
The second Spanish fleet now
Cadiz, consists of the battle ship Carlos
V., the cruiser Alfonso XIII , the
Rapido and the Patria, auxiliary cruis-
ers, formeI ly the Hamburg-American
line'steamers Columbia and Norman-
nia‘, and three torpedo boats.
Iteis reported that a strong military
expedition is being organized at Cadiz
andiithat it will shortly proceed to the
Philippine Islands, escorted by the
Cadiz fleet.
It is said that submarine mines have
been placed so as to protect the entrance
of the harbor of Cadiz.
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MANILA BLOCKADE.
Lloyds’ agent at. Manila cables from
Hong Kong that the blockade of the
capital of the Philippine Islands is
strictly maintained and that the cable
is on board an American vessel.
. everal local steamers, Lloyds’ agent
continues, are reported to have been
captured, but, he says, there is no con-
firmation of the reports.
A cablegram from Manila states that
7—7 v
the cargo of the Honolulu has been
seized by Americans. The Honolulu
is a British shi p which arrived at
Manila April 31,
N. S. W.
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The “Fake" News.
If the public is at last getting mi“;
of the iiiimbug “WM extras” of the
New York fake journals, it is certainly
time for such a result. These “extras“
issued every hour, from breakfast till
late at night, are nothing less than an
intolerable nuisance. The “news” is,
of course, a manufactured article; but
there appear to be many people who
are quick to buy these “fake” extras
no matter how many times they have
lbeen fooled with them already—Hart-
ford Times.
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New Treasurer.
A regular drill and meeting of Co. D.
C. N. G. was held last night at the
Armory. Captain Hill resigned as
treasurer of the company and William
Hyland was elected as his successor.
Captain Hill, will, for the present, re-
tain command of the company, but will
secure a leave of absence, leaving the
company under the command, during
such absence, of the first lieutenant.
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Matinee Euchre.
At the Central club house yesterday
afternoon, Mrs. G. R. Byington enter-
tained the Matinee Euchre club. The
club prize was won by Mrs. E. H.
Mathewson and Miss Collins won the
guest prize.
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Want lhe Parsonage.
A special meeting of the Norllcld
Congregational Church Society, has
been called by the trustees, for the
17th day of May, at two o’clock. to take
action in the matter of obtaining p')5-
session of the parsondge, now’ occupied
by the Rev. Charles M Arthur, and
transact any other business proper to
be done at said meeting.
frOm Newcastle,‘
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family paperthe Gazette?!“
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Prove its value to yea. '
PRICE ONECENT.
SUEDE?! DEATH.
w.“ Known Citizen Sui
An Aged and
Ilenly Expires.
James Mulvihill died at his hemelon
Franklin avenue, last evening, His
death was sudden and. unexpean’a
While he had not been In the best
of health for some days it was not
thought that his illness if such it might
be called was of a serious nature.
He ate his' supper as usual and made
no special complaf‘it 9f feeling badly,
but laid down on his 13960 and in 9151101"?
time after he expired.
The deceased was a former emplb'y‘ee
at the Union Mill, but for some months
past has acted as a watch man at a South.
Norwalk manufactory.
He was well and favorably known. ,
His wife survives him. The funeral-“s.
will be attended from St. Mary’s church,
Monday morning.
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His Bicycle Wrecked.
A colored man employed at the Hoyt
nurseries in New Canaan, met with an
accident last evening that he will not
soon forget. He was secrching down
from New Canaan, at a killing pace,
when suddenly a lumber-box wagon
came into view and before he culd
avoid it- there was a collision. The
wagon was act damaged, neither was
the rider, but his wheel looked as
though it had been struch by a shot 0 r
shell from a United States gun-boat.
The collision took place not far from
what is known as the "live corners.”
«OOH—‘—
Play Ball.
The Harstrom base ball nine went to
Bridgeport this morning where they
“crossed bats” with the Pequonnock
nine, at Seaside Park.
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The Weather.
Fair to—night. Sunday partly cloud y.
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BOSTON STORE!
FAIRFIELD COUNTY’S GREATEST STORE.
Our Dry Goods are well {known all lb rough lhe County. They are known on account of
the correctness of style, Finish and Quality.
12' you see a
new color of Ribbon, a new
weave in Dress Goods, a new cut in Jackets on our counle “s, you can safely say that is to
be the style, for we never put anything on ourcounters unless we know that. pills the
vogue in Paris, London and
Warm Weather
is coming as surely as summer. Fore-
warncd is forearmed. Prepare to run
the summer gauntlet in light attire.
Our stock of dress goods in every
variety of fabric and pattern throws
the door of choice wide open. There’s
a difference even in first choices, and
now as always early buyers will skim
thccream. Look where you see the
25 ps. imported lace organdies that
the city people ask 17c per yd. for and
sing a great song about them, our price
this week, 10c.
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Light Weight Crepon.
44-in. wide Black Crepons that we
and everybody ,else asked $1.50 per yd.,
this week $1.00 per yd.
6 pieces of iii-in. wide Serge that
would be cheap at 690 per yd. We
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have blue, green, red and black. "We -
shall run them this week at 500.
30 odd pieces of all wool dress goods
that we sold all season for 50c per yd.
Some have only one dress, others have
two or more. You can have your
choice this week at 25c per yd.
Our Tailor Made Suits.
Col. Codleu'll'alo Bill) speaking of
American women says they are the
best looking women on earth, and he
has been in every couhtry on earth, he
says they have a smarter look than the
French or English women, and he
thinks that is owing to the style of
their dresses. The French woman is
all fluffy with trimmings, the English
woman is over dress and baggy, while
the American girl wears her tailor
made suit and looks bright and smart.
6 beautiful broadcloth suits, jackets -
lined with silk, skirts tucked to the
waist. $22.00 has been the price, now
$16.00. ,
12 suits'blouse waists, $13.50.
20 suits square front jackets, $10.00.
Bosl‘on.
Corsets.
50 doz. Summer Corsets.
The fifty
Lent kind. 380.
Spring Jackets.
\Ve have still a great variety, all
sizes, for fat or loan persons: $4.50 to
$10.00.
Babies’
Long and short coats, 08c to $5.00.
Our Lamp Display
Is a practicil handbook on light, full
enough to be unbeatable. We will
not, we cannot be outshone. A clear,
bright and soft light from a handsome
and convenient- lamp that, by its solid
value and durability, will repay many
times its cost, is what wise housekeep-
ers look for and should secure. Search
and youill find lamps from 980 to
$18.00 that will'please.
For Men.-
Two great bargains.
100 doz. men’s unlaundried shirts-
, bodies made of Dwight anchor muslin,
190i) linen bOsom continuous facinos,
patented collar band——-cut full sizes bl-i
to 16, a good fifty cents worth,
the lot lasts, three for $1.00.
50 doz. fancy percale dress shirts, one
pair separate link cuffs made to sell at
75c, exceptional value, each 500.
while
Ladies Summer Vests.
100 doz. Egyptian ribbed vests out
high neck and short sleeves, all sizes,
the regular 25c grade, each lZfic.
N_fi
Hosiery.
(50 doz. ladies fine black and fancy K
stockings, our entire stocks of the
nineteen cent kind, all at one price '12s.
Wrappers.
10 doz. \Vrappers at 750 each.
25 doz. Wrappers at 980 each.
Remember the wheel that we
N _ give
away Saturday night, sgwe Vour
duplicate checks. It is the hand.
somest wheel in Norwalk. See it at
the door as you enter.
THE BOSTON STORE, N ORWALK.
Norwalk Chronicler