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FOODIS
SOAEOE
SANTIAGO BLOCKADE MAKES
THE CONDITION OF THE POE.
UL‘ATION DESPERATE.
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: BATTLE TO' BE RENEWED.
COMMODORE SC'HLEY WILL BLOCKADE
, THE SANTIAGO CHANNEL.
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PORT ALT-PRINCE, HAYTI, June 2-'
The following additional details have
been received here from a Spanish
‘source at Havana of the engagement
reported Off Santiago de Cuba Tuesday.
The Spanish batteries at first answer-
ed the fire of the American squadron
in a lively manner.
minutes of firing, directed in a superior
manner, upon the part of the Amer-
ican fleet, the Spanish batteries began
to weaken their fire and the American
ships concentrated a violent fire upon
El Morro, destroying it completely.
The forts at Socapa and Punta Carda
fired the last shots.
The Spaniards pretend to have struck
the American vessels several times,
ut this information is accepted here
inder reserve. .
At 4 o’clock in the ' afternoon the
merican squadron ceased firing. At
hat hour there was, no Spanish vessel
n sight.
No news has been received here from
u e dispatch-boats.
;" ENEWAL OF BATTLE EXPECT-
ED.
CAPE HAYTIEN, HAYTI, June 2-A
o ispatch from Santiago says:
"The American squadron which bom-
arded Santiago‘Tuesday was composed
if fourteen vessels, among which were
ecognized the Iowa, the Brooklyn, the
assachuSetts, the Texas and the Arm-
zonas (New-Orleans), besides a gun-
oat and an auxiliary cruiser, believed
o be the Columbia. The five vessels
hich were recognized opened fire on,
he batteries at Punta Carda, El'Morro
'nd Sacopa, and also on the cruiser
ristobal Colon, which had advanced
award the entrance of the harbor and
as visible from the high sea. '
“The Americans fired projectiles of
2 centimetres; and the batteries, as
ell as the Cristobal Colon,'kept up an
ncessant responsive fire. Two shOts
After tvc enty ‘
.Santiago.
/
“0n the Spanish side the damage
was The
squadron withdrew at 6 o’clock in the
insignificant. American
evening.
Yesterday morning the ' American
squadron re-appeared before Santiago,
but contented itself with firing two
shots, which are believed to have been
signals agreed upon with the insur:
gents, who, numbering 2,000 or 3,000,
are said to have concentrated three or
four miles from Santiago.
“Great events are expected hourly at
The Spanish authorities
have taken extraordinary precautions
and have placed in the narrow pass at
the entrance of the harbor special con-
trivances which permit the closing and
opening of the port at will. ”
SCHLEY’S OBJECT GAINED.
WASHINGTON, June 2.
Schley’s reconnoissance before Santi-
~Commodore
ago Bay, as far as its result is known
to the authorities here, fully confirms
the impression of General Miles and
the other military and naval officials
last week that from the moment. Cer-.
vera’s squadron entered the harbor the
cooperation of American land and sea
forces would become imperatively
necessary in the conduct of an effective
campaign against him, unless he under-
took to force his way out of the trap
before he was surrounded and over-
It is true that Commodore
Schley’s exchange of shots 'with the
shore batteries has demonstrated that
they were weak affairs at best, but it is
not believed that he would attempt to
whelmed.
send his ships in single file up the nar-
row, tortuous channel, perhaps
thoroughly mined, in order tO destroy
the Spanish cruisers, when that result
may be readily accomplished with —in-
finitely less hazard.
LIKELY TO BLOCK CHANNEL.
‘ Having satisfied himself of the im-
potency of the land fortifications, it is
anded’ on the after part of theulowa, , considered probable that he will now
'ausing damage.
block they'channel by sinking one or.
more worthless hulks at the entrance.
That he did not follow up the tremen-
dous advantage he gained Tuesday in
the utter demoralization of the Spanish
land forces is taken as an indication
that he had this object ultimately in
view, for the naval authorities had
informed him that'vessels to be used as
obstructions were already on the way
to him, and should arrive in a day or
two at the latest.
HONOLULU WILL WELCOME
TROOPS
SAn FRANCISCO, June 2.——The steam-
ship Moana arrived here yesterday
from AuSLralian ports by way of Hono-
lulu. At the latter place everything
was iu readiness for the reception of
the troops on their way to Manila. The
cruiser Charleston had not arrived at
Honolulu when the Moana left, and
none of the transports were sighted on
the trip to this city.
BRIEF WAR NEWS.
All the accounts of Tuesday’s battle
at Santiago de Cuba are still from
Spanish sources. One indicates that
Morro Castle was destroyed and the
enemy’s batteries silenced.
It is believed in Washington that
Commodore Schley’s object in attack-
ing Santiago de Cuba was to ascertain
the strength of the forts, and that,
having demonstrated their weakness,
he will block the channel and await the
arrival of troops.
Great anxiety is felt in Madrid over
collapse of which would make it im-
possible for the Spaniards to continue
the wwj,
The thondition of the population of
Santiago since the beginning of the
blockade has grown rapidly worse, and
it is now said to be desperate. Food is
scarce, and the poor people are finding
it almost impossible to. obtain any,
because of the enormous prices. The
expectation is general that Santiago
must soon fall into the hands of the
Americans. '
The Navy Department ordered the
monitor Monadnock to Manila, as a re-
' inforcement for Admiral Dewey’s fleet.
Secretary Alger sent to Congress a
letter from General Ludlow, Chief of
Engineers, in which campaign plans
are briefly outlined. It is said that the
first force to be sent to Cuba will con-
sist of fifteen thousand or twenty
thousand men, and that fifty thousand
more will follow as rapidly as possible.
General Miles and his staff arrived
at Tampa. '
Admiral Sampson reached Santiago
and took command of the fleet.
It is believed the army under Gen-
eral Shafter, which is to attack Cer-‘
vera’s fleet from land, is well on its
way to Santiago.
Madrid and Havana are rejoicing
over the American fleet’s repulse.
The American ships have been signal-
ling insurgent forces concentrated n ear
Santiago.
It is hoped by the administration
that after her fleet at Santiago de Cuba
has been destroyed, Spain will sue for
peace.
Spain is about to raise a loan of $200,-
000,000.
There are persistent rumors in Lon-
don that there is a secret understand-
ing between France and Spain.
Wood's ROugh Riders passed through
.New Orleans en route for Tampa.
Senor Capote, Vice President of the
Cuban Republic, shipwrecked on the
island, was rescued and brought to
Philadelphia, with his fellow voyagers.
It is believed he comes to this country
to negotiate a loan.
Secretary Alger asked Congress to
provide $3,107,000 for the army’s cam-
paign in Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines. '
Senators adopted an amendment to
the “far Revenue bill confining the
corporation tax to refiners of oil and.
sugar.
Austria’s course in excluding Ameri-
can fruits has caused more friction be-
tween the governmentsvin Vienna and
Washington. '
the condition of the Bank of Spain, the'
Fifty-two thousand men will be res
quired to fill the regiments of volun-‘
teers algeady enlisted to the maximum
allottcdgby the law.
Two dourts of inquiry will investi-
gate charges regarding mismanagement
of two [prize ships by government
officers at Key West.
The SecOnd New York regiment left
Camp Thomas for Tampa. '
'PENNEY-GREGORY.
A June Wedding at the First Congregational
Church Yesterday Afternoon.
One of the first of Norwalk’s June
brides is Miss Ella'J. Gregory, daughter
of Mrs. Isabelle F. Gregory of Summer
street, who was united in matrimony
to William Burr-Penney of Southport,
Wednesday afternoon, at 4:15 o‘clock.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
T. K. Noble at the First Congregational
church. ‘ ‘
The chancel of the edifice was pretti-
ly decorated with smilax and flowers
and presented a lovely scene. .
The bride wore a handsome gown of
white silk with trimmings of lace, wore
a veil of white tulle and carried a ho-
quet of bride roses. She was attended
by her cousins the Misses Frances and
Mary Seymour of Northampton, Mass,
Miss Hetty Penney, sister of the groom
and Miss Ella Lockwood of Lewisboro,
as bridesmaids. The maid of honor
was Miss Mary Maguin of VVashing-
ton. The gowns of the bridesmaids
were white organdie over green silk.
J. S. Rowan, of Jersey City, acted
as best man and the ushers were
W. M. Bulkley,. Lawrence Jorgenson
and W. Herbert Jennings, of South-
port, and William Farnham, of New
Haven. The groom is the son of At-
torney A. D. Penney, of New Haven,
and is editor of the Fairfield Record.
The young couple were recipients of
many handsome presents.
After a wedding tour Mr. and Mrs.
Penney will reside in Southport.
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Wilton.
The annual meeting of the Nor-walk
Union Y.-P. S. C. E. will be held at
the Wilton Congregational church, on
Wednesday evening, June 8th. Repre-
sentatives from all the societies of the
union together with representatives of
the State society. Rev. Asher Ander-
son president of the State society “will
make an address, and Frank Comstock
will sing several solos. The public is
cordially invited. The Wilton Y. P.
S. C. E. will serve a collation to their
guests in the chapel at the conclusion
of the exercises in the church.
Mrs. William Steiger of Newark, N.
J., is the guest of P. S.-Ackerman.
Commissioner McDonald was in town
on Tuesday and formally approved of
the layout for the new gravel road
from Sharp .Hill to the Iron bridge.
The Selectmen are now preparing the
contracts, and bids will be called for
within a few days. It is understood
that the Commissioner desires that the
entire work shall be done under one
contract, and that the bids will only be
received in that way. ,
The Whitlock school nine played a
return game with their Georgetown
rivals on the home grounds Monday
afternoon, and scored their second vic-
tory to the tune of 26 to 9.
Mrs. S. P. Fitch has returned from a
trip to New York city.
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fivr
Hurlbutt Street.
Miss Redmond entertained a large
house party of New York friends on
Decoration Day.-
This Street is again to have a ball
nine that bids fair to be a strong aggre
gation. Many of the old members have
joined and a game will be arranged
with the Lyons Plains team during the
coming week. '
A
Sons of St. George.
The following. are the Officers elect of
the Sons of St. George : President, John
Ashworth; vice-president, J. J. Kelley;
secretary, C. B. Holt; treasurer, David
Chittim; messenger, Arthur MacDon-
ald; assistant secretary, Frank Little-
fair; trustee, F. E. Readman; grand
lodge representative, F. E. Readman;
alternate, James Wood. The installa-
tion ceremonies, conducted by district'
deputy Thomas Jackson, of Albion
Lodge, Stamford, will be ‘held next
Tuesday night-
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Song Recital.
The song recital given in Lockwood’s
hall last evening by the pupils of Mrs.
Lillian Newkirk was a symphony of all
that is fine in music, and ~afl’ordeda
richmusical treat for all who were
present.
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CITY MEETING.
Library, Street and Water~
Matters Discussed.
The Report of the Special Committee on
Water Supply Ordered Printed.
Something like 150 persons assem-
bled at the Town House last evening
in response to a call for a special city
meeting, promulgated by Mayor
Glover. ,
The meeting was called for the fol-
lowing purposes :
1. To consider the matter of repair
and. improvement of the highway
known as East avenue, and to make
such appropriation therefor as said
meeting may determine.
2. To appropriate, if deemed advis-
able, from the treasury of the said
city, the further sum of $1,000.00 for the
use Of the Library Department of said
city.
3. To hear the report Of the Joint
Committee appointed at the last Annu-
a1 Adjourned City Meeting, to investi‘
gate the necessity of an increased water
supply, and the best and most economi_
cal plan for providing for the same,
and to take such action thereon as may
be deemed advisable, and to make such
appropriation as may be necessary to
carry into effect any vote in relation to
said matter.
4. To authorize and direct the
‘Nater Commissioners to place flash
boards on the dam at Grupe’s reservoir .
whenever they shall deem the same
necessary to increase the wateusupp‘l y.
The library matter provoked consid-
erable discussion but by a vote of 63 to
34, the council was instructed to appro-
priate the sum asked for.
The matter of the proposed improve-
ments on East avenue was referred
back to the council with power to act
as the board thought for the best in'
terest of the city.
The report of‘the joint committee in
reference to an increased water supply
was read.
General Olmstead, Engineer Wood,
erselectman Selleck, B. W. Maples,
Frederick Mead, John J. Walsh,
William McMullen and others spoke
on the subject, but beyond . the ac-
ceptance of the report not anything
was done in the matter.
On motion of A. B. Woodward the
report was ordered printed.
The Water commissioners were in-
structed to place a flash-board on the
Grupe dam, whenever in their judg-
ment, they cOnsidered such a move de-
sirable.
The leakage at the dam was fully
discussed, and the estimates varied as
to the quantity of water that is wasted
by such leakage. One party claiming
that it was not in excess of! a few
gallonswhile another claimed that it
was fully a million gallops every twenty-
four hours.
“And we marched up the hill and
reached down again without having
done much,” remarked a tax-payer
after the meeting had adjourned.
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THE MODERN BEAUTY
Thrives on good food and sunshine,
with plenty Of exercise in the open air.
Her form glows with health and her
face blooms with its beauty. If her
system needs the cleansing action of a
laxative remedy, she uses the gentle
and pleasant Syrup of Figs, made by
the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
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Bliss-Harris.
' Mr. David A. Bliss and Miss Fanchon
Cecelia Harris were married by Rev.
A. S. Kavanagh last evening. George
W. Harris acted as best man and Miss
May M. Harris was the bridesmaid.
The newly wedded couple are now
domiciled at their newly furnished
apartments on Woodward avenue.
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Miss Stockwell of Bridgeport, - is
visiting her parents. '
Miss Edith White entertained a
number of friends at a whist party ’on
Saturday evening.
A number of young people from this
place drove to Putnam Park Decor-
ation Day.
The usual quota. .of visitors were in
town Decoration Day.
EVE’S RAMBLINGS.
COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG
THE WOMEN. BY ONE
OF THEM.
Just now the abSorbing topic with
city people is the momentous question,
"Where shall we spend the summer '1’”
and the rival attractions of different
resorts are being weighed in the bal-
ance before making a decision.
'So far as grown people are con—
cerned, it is only a matter of taste and
’ convenience but when there swvehih
dren in the family the question llIlse-
comes one of far greater importance
than merely finding a place that is
moderately cool and free from malaria.
The idea of a summer outing enter-
tained by the average family consists
of spending a length of time at some
hotel in the mountains, or at the sea-
side, where the women sit abOut on
the galleries all day, doing fancy work
and talking gossip, 'and where, the
nights are filled with hops and pro‘
gressive euchre.
It is an experience for which few
age the better, but it is positively de-
moralizing for children. Every one
who has ever gone through such a
summer holiday must recall with a'
shudder the flirtatious little girls,
horribly sophisticated in their very
l babyhood, who were making eyes at
the. men, and the equally unlovely
,1 little boys who had already found out
{Ithatthe pool room was the chief centre
of interest in life. and who hung like
flies about the bar room door.
To even the mostbasual observer it
must seem that even one such summer
is enough to sear childhood with in-
delible scars.
To every city child the summer
ought to mean, nothing but one long
holiday in the country—away from
nerve-rasping noises, away from the
trammels of conventions and dress,
'some place where the most exciting
event of the day is finding a bluebird’s
nest and the cOming home of the cows
is an episode. I
What rest and peace, and quiet and
strength wise Mother Nature pours in
on the restless little souls, what lessons
of wisdom she teaches ! Not to have
been born in the country, and to have
passed one’s childhood there, is to be
defrauded of half of the poetry of life.
City children are worldly wise from
the cradle up. They are born agnostics.
The country child who has seen the
purple splendor of the dawn on the up-
land fields, and throbbed to the glory
of the lark’s song in the first still won-
der of the spring has walked hand in
hand with the fairies, and all beautifdl
tales to him are true. ‘
'In the high pressure education we
are bestowing on the children of this
day it becomes more and more a neces-
sity that they should have this quiet
country breathing spacé' during every
year, and it is probable that many of
the physical and mental breakdowns
could be avoided if the children went
back to school fresh from the country
holiday, instead of from the late hours,
the artificial life‘, the dressing and
unwholesome food of the summer hotel.
Every child who knows nothing of
the country, who has never known the
luxury of simple living and primeval
diet and freedom has been cheated out
of his birthright. - ‘ -
g flirylfeé t%r(§)u6.
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Sherman .Morehouse Dead.
Sherman Morehouse, one of Wilton’s
oldest and most respectedresidents,
died at his home in that place this
morning, at 8 o’clock.
The deceased had been ill for about
two weeks and toward the end he be-
ganto weaken and peacefully passed
away. , -
Mr. Morehouse had been always
prominent in Wilton affairs having
held many town Offices during his long
life. He was elected from the Wilton
district several times to the state
legislature, and his intrinsic worth in
that capacity was evidenced by the
many improvements about his beauti-
ful township.
Mr. Morehouse was a democrat in
politics and was highly respected and
esteemed by the community.
He was 80 years of age and was
shortly to have celebrated his Diamond
wedding. At the time of his death he
was a selectman of the town. A wid-
ow an’d two children, Sherman More-
house, jr., and Mrs. O. L Bassett, sur-
vive him.
Tdeeatlher.
Showers to-night, ngday unsettled
weather, withshOwers near coast?
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