fl'- If youwant the best a. , goods forthe least-money , read the advertisements n the Gazette“. VOL. VIII. NO.1887 A FIERCE BATTLE! AMERICANS ATTACKED BY THE SRANIARDS FIGHT ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY EOR THIR— TEEN HOURS. EOUR AMERICANS KILLED. THE ST. LOUIS CARTURES A SPANISH COLLIER LOADED WITH COAL, .EOR CUBA. ' TROOPS OFF 1 FOR SANTIAGO. MOLE ST. NICHOLAS, June 13.—The battalion Of marines under command of Col. R. W. Huntington, which'landed from the transport Panther on Friday and encamped on the hill guarding tne abandoned cable station at the entrance to the outer harbor of Guantanamo, has been engaged in beating off a bush attack by Spanish guerillas and regu- _ lars since 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The fightingwas almost continuous for thirteen hours, until 6 o’clock yes- terday morning, when reinforcements were landed from the Marblehead. The engagement began desultory fir- , ing at the pickets, a thousand yards in- land from the camp. Captain Spicer’s company was doing guard duty and. was driven in, finally rallying on the camp and repulsing the enemy at 5 o’clock. Below, in the bay, were the warships at anchor. Inland from the hill camp is a deep ravine, and beyond this are high hills. The adjacent, country is heavy with a thicket growth. The sky was blanketed with clouds, and when the sun set a gale was blow- ing seaward. Night fell, thick and im- penetrable. The Spanish squads con- cealed in the chapparel cover had the advantage, the Americans on the ridge furnishing~ fine targets against the sky and the white tents. ' I The Spaniards fought from cover till ' midnight, discoverable only by flashes, . at which the marines fired ~volleys. T The repeaters sounded like firecrack- ers in a barrel. ' - The Marblehead launch. a Colt machine gun. in her bow, pushed up the bay, enfilading the Spaniards, and it is thought that some were killed. . The marines trailed much blood to the water’s edge, and there lost it. Sharks are humerous in the vicinity. , The ships threw their searchlights ashore,the powerful electric rays sweep- ing the deep tropic foliage and disclos- ing occasionally skulking parties of , Spaniards. Four of our men were killed and one was wounded. The killed are: Assist- ant suigeon John B. Gibbs, Seigh. Charles H. Smith and privates William Dunphy and James McColgan. The bodies “of Privates McColgan and Dunphy were found, both shot in the head. The large cavities caused by the bullets, Awhich inside of a range of 500 yards have a rotary motion, in- dicate thatithe victims were killed at Close range. The'bodies A were stripped of shoes, hats and cartridge belts and horribly mutilated with machetes. When they were brought in the whole battalion formed three sides of a hollow square about the camp on'the hilltop. THE ST. LOUIS CAPTURES A COLLIER. MOLE ST. NICHOLAS, HAYTI, June 13. ——The merchantman captured by the auxilary cruiser St. Louis just off Morant Point, Jamaica, last Friday night, was the British steamer Twick- enham. ' ' d On board the Twickenham are 3,200 tons of coal for the Spanish fleet. She has been sent as a prize to ’Key West. \The captured collier is a London steamer, which went first to Martin- ique, expecting to effect a junction with Admiral Cervera’s squadron at that island. The fleet had departed. before her arrival, and she was de- tained there as a suspicious vessel by the French authorities. Word was brought to Admiral Samp- son, that the Twickenham had left Martinique on ‘Wednesday. The St. Louis was immediately despatched to intercept her. Twenty miles out of Kingston, on Friday night, the St. Lou-is fell in with the Twickenham. The armed liner showed only the green and red lights of a merchan'tman, and the col- lier kept right ahead on her northward [course toward Guantanamop where she 1" x.-. -‘ . ~— hoped to be able to find some means of getting her coal to Admiral Cervera’s ships in the harbor of Santiago. Coming into close range, the .St' Louis surprised the collier by sen a shot across her how. The Tw1cken- ham, instead of stopping, put on full steam and t1 ied to get away. Quickly ovei hauling the Englishman, the St. Louis fiIed again. The captain of the collier. seeing flight was inpos- sible, hove to, and was boarded by .a boat’s crew from the St. Louis. The British_captain at first made a carrying was for the Spanish‘fieet. His vessel was searched, however, by 'the men from the St. Louis. In the fire room a man in overalls was found who spoke only Spanish. After vigOI ous cr0ss-examination by Captain Goodrich, of the St. Louis, this man admitted that he was a Spanish officer, in charge of the cargofi On the approach of the St. Louis he had thrown his papers and commission over board. He appeared to be badly scared at the way things had turned out. He was sent as a prisoner of war to Key West on board the captured steamer. ARMY OFF FOR SANTIAGO. WASHINGTON, June 13.—Major Gen- eral Shatter, with his army, twenty thousand strong, is at last en route to Santiago de Cuba. This is now of.- ficially admitted by the authorities. With the strong fleet of naval vessels convoying the transport no fear is en- tertained for the safety of the ex- pedition. - flIts arrival at Santiago is’ expected by Thursday. Thus it seems reason- able to predict that the present week will see the American flag flying over Santiago de Cuba. the South. It is equipped and armed better than any body of troops the United States has ever sent into the field. Our infantry is furnished near- ly exclusively with the modern Krag- J orgensen rifle, ‘iwhich is considered-by ordnance experts the most destructive rifle now in use. The transports will be kept as closely together as safe navigation will per mit, and the war ships will be disposed ahead, astern and on either flank of the fleet. , far out in advance ,of the transports, and In order to insure against an at- tack from the rear some of these ves- sels will linger far astern, ready to signal the heavily armored cruisers at Scouting vessels will be thrown the first sign of. anapproaching foe. ELAN'CO CABLES FOR SUP- PLIES. LONDON, June \13.—The Madrid cor- respondent of “The Standard,” tele- graphing Sunday, says: “General Blanco havingagain tele- graphed that in case the blockade be- comes stricter it will be urgent to send war stores, as his supply is riinning short, the Government has taken steps to dispatch abundant supplies by fast vessels from Spanish and foreign ports. The more important Supplies from Spain will be strongly convoye‘d, and will be sent immediately.” ' QUEEN REGENT AND THE POPE’S ' OFFER. . LONDON, June 13.—The Rome cor- respondent of “The Stindard” says: “Owing to the serious news from the Philippines, the pope telegraphed the Queen Regent of Spain placing his services at her disposal if she consider- ed that the time had arrived for inter- vention of the Powers in favor of Spain. The Queen Regent, in reply,tolegraph- ed her thanks, saying that at an op- portune moment She would feel the Pope’ s offer to be vei y precious. ” BRIEF WAR NEWS. Manila has surrendered. Twenty-nine transports, twenty thousand troops, are now on the way from Tampa to Santiago de Cuba. Guantanamo Harbor is being used as a cOaling base by Admiral Sampson’s fleet. vigorous denial that the coal he was :i The army now on its Way to Santiago , ‘ comprises the best troops mobilized in" carrying NORWALK, CONN., MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 13,1898. Orders have been sent to the Astor Battery to proceed to the Philippines. Spain’s‘Minister of Marine inspected the Spanish host at Cadiz. Washing- , ton has information that it will sail the latter part of this week. President McKinley will nominate this week two hundred young men for second lieutenants in the regular ah'my. " Officers of regiments of the second iexpedition to the Philippines have been instructed to be ready for embarkation on Wednesday. Paraguayan authorities ordered the Spanish gunboat Temerar‘io to leave Paraguayan waters within twenty-four hours. The British steamer Twickenham, with 3,200 tons of coal for Cervera. is a prize of the St. Louis. ' Porto Rico now faces a famine. The American marines holding a position off Guantanamo Bay were en- gaged for- thirteen hours by Spanish guerillas‘ and regulars. American re- inforcements were landed. The Span- ish losses are believed to be heavy. Four Americans were killed and the advance. pickets unaccounted for. It was announced in Washington that General Shafter’s force would sail from Key West last night for Santiago; the transports will be convoyed by a strong fleet of warships. :1 The expedition to Porto Rico to cap ture San Juan is. expected to start in ten days ' In Controlling the lower Guantanamo Bay Admiral Sampson has possession of the Cuban end of the cable to Hayti. Spain’s torpedo-boat destroyer Terror which is at San Juan do Porto Rico, is considered useless owing to the break- down of _ her boilers and the lack of means to repair them. The project of forming a new Flying Squadron, under Commander Schley, to sail across the Atlantic and seek the Spanish reserve fleet, is said at New- poi- t News to be seriously considered by the Navy Department , $2,000 Fire in Danliury. A fire which started in J. L. White‘ head’s saloon, located in the lower put of O. H. Meek er’s grain elevator, \Vhite stIeet Danbury, at an early hour Sunday morning, caused a dam age by smoke and water of about $2,000; insured. The chief damage was caused to Mr. Meeker 5 stock. The i the stai ted from some unknown cause‘ in damp saw dust in a closet. = Yacht Races. The Second in the trial races at the Norwalk Yacht club were sailed over the club’s course on Saturday after- noOn, In the cabin-cat class the Wanda defeated the Ayli 25 minutes. The canoe class did not fill and the Grace sailed in the open-cat race coming in ahead of the Daphne some five minutes. - ——-——-—<o.o>———-— Juggling the Law. Several of the storekeepers in South Norwalk have been officially advised water on Sunday, but that if they sell. cigars they will be p1 osecuted undei the Sunday law. —-—-—<0.0D—-——— . John A. Camp has taken Robei t Van Bui en ’s place in the National Bank of Norwalk » that they can sell ice cream and soda . 4 9f Recognized .‘.::as 'p the family paperthe cn‘zettq'n * ~ advertising. columns ml Proveits‘yalue to you; PRICE ONE CENT BEER GOES UP $100. An Agreement to That Effect Was Sign! on April 23 by All the Brewers ’of New England With One Exception. In consequence of the passage of the war tax bill by congress increasing the tax on fermented liquOr, an agreement, not before made public, signed by all New England brewers with one excep- tion on April 23. has gone into effect increasing the price of beer $1 per bar- 1 el. .1 All About Pane}. The case of the Elwood Paper Co. Va Alphonso Dibble occupied the attention of the Town Court, Judge Frost presid- ing, nearly all day on Saturday. Attorney J. J. Walsh appeared for the plaintiffs and Hurlbutt & Gregory for the defense. The plaintiffs sought to recover on' a bill for'lpaper,etc.,furnish. ed the defendant. Judge Frost took the papers in the case and reserved his (180181011. ————-—‘o-o>————-’ Look at Your Ticket. The following ticket drew the b5,“ cycle given away at the Bostcn Store, , Norwalk, Saturday night: , June 6; saleslady 5; corsets 50 cents; amount re- ceived 50 cents; red number 35. .. ,,:--.. -— 7... LAMA-w...“ V";- The Ludlow monument will be un- veiled on Wednesday, June 22. in DEATHS. ELLS—On Saturday morning, June 11th, 1898, at heI home in Broad River, Norwalk, Conn., Fanny M. Sherman, wife of James E. Ells, aged 67 years, 11 months, and 26 days Funeral seivices at hei late resi- dence in Bioad River at 2 p. m. on Tuesday, June 14th. Please omit flowers. ‘t 29c Importedé gzoc. Organdies. , ‘ Printed Dolled 19c. ‘ _ 2 SWISS, 19c. 11%” FAIRFIELD COUNTY’S GREATEST SI‘URE. agile—— STOCKS. ANOTHER GREAT EFFORT to cleafi Up SPRING A SLAUGHTER of Tailor Made Suits . ‘ V anASpring‘V Jacket Spring Jackets. $12.00 all silk lined Kersey’s and coverts $7.00. $15.00 'silk lined fly-front jackets, $8 50. " $2.00 and $3. 00 children’s reefeis, » $1. 50. School jackets, 980. Bicycle Suits. $12.00 all wool bicycle suits, reduced to $6.00. 20 crash bicycle suits, $1.75. Separate crash bicycle skirts, $1.50. Dress Goods. _ 15 ps. 490 dress goods, 250. 4 ps. black brilliantine, the 500 kind, 35c. 15c ladies’ and men’s pure linen handkerchiefs, three for 290. 12 yds. Valencienues lace, worth 48c, this sale, 29c. Three cakes tar soap, 29c._ 3 decorated cups and saucers, 29c. ' . . 13c corset covers, 3 for 290. 7 bars white floating soap, 29c. 39c lace caps, 290. Ladies’ black hose. 3 pairs for 290. " ‘. 170 Oriental lace, three yds, 290. ' Three rolls De‘nnisons’ crepe paper for 29c. l Remember the Wheel that we give away Dry Goods Never were so Cheap. THE BOSTON STORE N ORWALK Tailor Made Suits. 1 0m many tailor made suits now worn in Norwalk and vicinity testify to our claim that they are perfect fitting. All $13.50, $16.50 and $18.50 suits will go at one price, $10.00 10 misses’ suits, 12 to 18 years, that were $12.00 will go at $6.00 Shirt Waists. $1.50 shirt waist reduced to 98c. 50 dozen fine waists for 500. 30 dozen goOd waists, 390. Ice Cream Freezers. 3 qts. ones, $1.98. Porch Screens. All sizes, from 420 to $1.98. 6 yds. of Se white domet for 290. 19c suspenders, two pairs, 290. 17c dress shields, two pairs, 29c. 25c organdies, 1,90. 690 vases, 290 each. Men’s fine Middlesex sox, the 150 kind, three pairs, 290. 3 cakes Pears soap, 29c. 6de. full bleached muslin, the Sc kind, for 290. _ 150 box writing paper, four boxes, 29c. Saturday night. 5 ps. 75c illuminated serge, 500. 500 fine wool checks, 250. $1. 00 black brilliantine, 50 in. wide, “50c. 500 beyadere stI ipes, 25c. Linen, Pique and Crash 30 crash skirts, were 980, this'week, 500. ' 25 white pique skirts, 980. _ _ 30 crash skirts, trimmed, $1. 98. , 25 duck skirts, black, trimmed with . white, white, trimmed. with black, $1.98. 60 all linen tucked skirts, $2.25. Hammocks. 980 to $3.50. 'TO «have. a lively Saturday and 1 MOndiay We will give A 29 CENT" SALE. 0 7 yds. 5c lining cambric, 290. 7 papeIs of pins, 290. Two yds. 19c Hamburgh, for 290. Ladies’ fine summer vests, 19c kind, grade a hummer, three for 29c. _—.... 39c, 59c and'75c Fancy ribbons, 29c per yd. 11 bars laundry Soap, 29c. '5 pillow slips. for 29o. 6 after dinner cups and saucers, 29¢ Men’s Egyptian ribbed shirts and pants 500 kind, 2.9c ' Come. 'to this Lively'Sale.
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