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Blanca Has 125,000 Men and
Strong Defenses.
AN ENGLISHMAN’S STORY ,
Refugees from Havana. Arrive in New
York—An Interesting Narrative of Al'-
fairs in the Blockaded City—Plenty of
Provisions but Famine Prices—The
Fortifications Have A Been Greatly
Strengthened.
New York, June 22.——The Atlas line
steamer Aital arrived at Pier 6, North
river, yesterlay from Kingston, J amal-
ca, and other West Indian ports. Am-
ong her passengers were British refu-
gees from Havana and several Cubans
who, after the declaration of war, had
made their way to Kingston.
The refugees were conveyed from
Havana to Kingston two weeks ago
by the English warship Talbot. '
They say that after leaving the Cu-
ban capital, the Talbot was fired upon
first by a blank and next with a. solid ,
shot by one of the American tugboats
doing blockade duty. The latter, upon
discovering its mistake, gave up the
chase and returned to its post. The
incident caused a. little surprise on the
British warship, but the ofiicers after-
wards considered the warlike attitude
of the tugboat a good joke. They ad-
mitted that the Americans aboard the
tiny craft were plucky fellows to pit
their small pounders against rifled
cannon of large calibre. If the British
wars-hip had been a. Spaniard the tug
would doubtless have joined baxt'tle.
One of the Aitai‘s passengers, a.
young Englishman, who declines to
give his name for publication, speak« .
ing about the situation in Havana at
the time of his leaving, a fortnight ago,
said:
“There :15 plenty of provisions, but on
account of the blockade merchants are
demanding such high pnices that the
poor classes are unable to purchase
them. These people, of course, are
living on short: rations, and, as'the
blockade continues they will suffer and
many of them will be starved to death.
All the Cubans opposed ILO Spanish'
rule on the island who could sneak out
'of Havana. have gone to live in the
fields and take their chances with the
insurgents, who are crowding in to-
of the city.‘
“Havana is to—day much better pro-
tected than at the time of the declara-
tion of war. Had the latter been fol-
lowed up by a dash and a fierce bom-
bardment of the forts at the entrance -
of the harbor. the City would have sur- .
rendered quickly; ' '
“Bu-t not a moment’in the delav of
the attack by the Americans has been
lost by Blanca. Night and day the sol-
diers are at work mounting new guns,
placing mines or constructing earth-
works along the shore and away back
in 't-he country, Blancp has a_'large.
force at his command; regiments and
volunteers, which can roughly be esti- .
mated at 125,000 men.
. “Until the declaration came the .
Spaniards never thought that the Uni-
ted States would go to war for the Cu-
bans. Even the destruction of the
Maine was not considered to be suffi-
cient cause for the Americans to join
in the fight. Butt, atlast, when Mc-
Kinley and Cbngress decided to make .’
war, Blanca began his preparations for
defence. They are going on, still and
unless the Spaniards prove to be ab-~
ject cowards, the taking of Havana
will not be accomplished without a ter-
ble-encounlter and a great sacrifice of .
lives on both sides. The Spaniards in
the city, who now consider themselves.
secure, laugh at the delay on the part
of the America-no for their failune to
fall upon Havana immediately after
they decided to fight for the freedom
of Cuba.
“There are hundreds of Americans in
the city anxious to get out before the
bombardment commences, bu-t unfort-
unately they. will Ihave to remain, for
the British consul, who is supposed to
be looking afterthe interests of citi-
zens of the United States in Havana
will do nothing for them. This is not
hearsay, for I pleaded with him to al-
low an American friend of mine named
Carpenter to accompany .me on the
Talbot to Kingston.
“The consul refused to let Carpen-
ter leave. saying that no Americans
Would. be permitted on the ‘Talbot.
Strange to say, hOWever, he put sev-
eral Spanish officers aboard the Brit-
ish warship and they were taken to
Kingston. One of these was Comman-
iarnte Ramon Mendez, who had been the
military censor in Havana. If Amerir
cans were not to be allowed on the
neutral warship I consider it a shame -,
to have permitted Spanish military offl-
c'i'als on the Talbot.
“The British consul in Havana is
mpposed to be looking after the inter-
nests of American citizens, but although
am Englishman myself, I consider it my
duty to let the world know how unfair
the representative of her m-ajesty's
government and the delegated repreo
sentat-ive of the United States has act-
ed in the case of Carpenter and other
citizens of the United States in the be-
leagured city.”
The other refugees from Havana,
were a. Mr. Goudy, a commission mer-
chant, and his family, and Samuel Gi—
berga, Costa Rican consul to Havana.
The latter, owing to his position, de-.
Buguaeouoo saaurem uo yes-(its m pouno
other nations. Besides these there
came as passengers on the Atlas liner
Samuel P. Smeeton, registrar general
of Jamaica, and the Hon. W'illiam
Kerr. Mr. Smeeto-n said that at pres-
ent trere are about 300 Cuban refugees
in the colony at Kingston.
So'diers Polsoned ‘ 3
Jacksonville, Fla, June 22.-——From 20
to 30 members of Company E, First
ously in Monday night and there is
fering from poison. Major Evans, sur-
ferlng from poi-son. Major Evans, sur-
geon of the regiment. prescribed for"
the sick men and partly relieved their
suffering. .
.The food is the only cause to which
the illness can be attributed. The men
ate canned. beans, bread “and potatoes.
. An analysis will be modem determine
if the'tood was affected.
'1 u a . a va Nib] G GAZE
PHILIPPINE iii-Ems. APUZZLE'.
What Shall, Be Done -Withp.ihe.Phllip-
pines \Vhen They Are Conquered,
*VV-ash-ington, June 22.——The recent
turn in” affairs which puts Aguinaldo
in the position, of a cat watching a
mouse in a narrow hole is embarrass:
ing to Our government, on the theory
that we intend, to follow up. our vic-
tory at'Maniil-a by the reduction of the
Wilcm r'.....,.3.t.ne group. Already, be-
fore We have actually taken possession
of the principal city on the prinmpal
island, our statesmen at the capital are
announcing t-l’lell‘ policies and plans for
disposing of the entire Boilippine'sys-
tem. On one hand is heard the dis-
cussion of whether we can hold the is-
lands as security for the payment of
a. heavy war indemnity from Spain.
Bi1t what would this mean? That if
Spain were to tender the money we
demanded we should have to surren-
der the islands. Meanwhile, if the in-
surgents had overcome the Spaniards,
should we [be compelled to suppress
the insurrection before turning the is-
lands over to their former owner?
The prompt arrival of reinforcements
for Rear Admiral Dewey may solve a
part of the difficulty, for. if Augusti is
able to hold the insurgents at bay till
a sufficient force of United States
troops is at hand to enable him to sur-
render to us instead of to the rebels, the
general belief here is that the will do
so, and his. recent hopeless and for-
lorn reports of the situation indicate
this intent.
We should then take possession of
Manila, and constructively of the whole
Philippine group, establish a military
government and await further events,
the insurgents being given their choice
between submitting to our authority
peacefully or by compulsion.
All this explains the anxiety of the
VVa'shtington authorities to hasten the
Merritt expedition in every possible
m-amner, even at the expenSe of dvraw- ~
ing away some of the men and mate-
rial really needed for operations
against Cuba anl Porto Rico.
The fact that we are :taking such pre-
cautions to prevent the embarrass-.
ments incident to a complete mastery
of the situation at Manila before our
policy for the future is definitely form-
ed does not absolutely indicate what
that policy will be. As things look
now, we may leave the other islands in
the group to their fate and hold Luzon
as our own‘te-rrito'ry, thus satisfying
the cravings of the annexation element
in the Senate W‘llL-h the least possible
concession from the life long policy of
our republic. This is evidently the
purpose which is now taking shape in,
the mind-of the-president. ,
It has been suggested that the Phil-
ippine islanls, if‘ taken as a whole by
us, might be handedo-ver {tothe insur-
gents for the establishment, of a re-
public, under an agneemen-t that they
should pay for their possession by. give
ing us their surplus taxes and' customs
receipts after. paying .the expensles'of
local government. Whatever. may be
thought of this plan later, the admin-
istration is notin the mood for ,con-
sidering it seriously, now. , '. .
RUMORED SHOOTING OF'BLANco.
Said: tn'Have Been “bonded by aJHMan
Whose Brother He HadAPut to Dea'th'
Washington, D. C., June has—There
is an unconfirmed story here of anat-
tempted assassination of Captain Gevn- ‘
eral Blanco by Mariano Solve, a young
Cuban member of the volunteer army, ,
and of a condition of affairs in Havana
bordering on revoluuon as a. conse-
quence.
The story has it that Blanca was se-
verely wounded in the thigh. ‘
According .to the rumor, which was .'
started by a Cuban, Salve. was a guard
in General Blane-0"” palace. Salva’s
brother had been strict by order of Gen-
eral Blanco for alleged treason. Salve
planned revenge. and as Blanco was
emerging from the palace with his staff
shot him. Officers who tried to cut
down Salve, lit is said, were prevented ,
from doing so by Salva’s comrades
among the volunteers.
assassin is said to be. in Morro.
The story goes that the news of the
attempted assassinations-pread rapidly
over the city and long before nightfall
its inhabitants were in a state of. up-
roar. 'The volunteers,
with their dead c-innrade and his im-
prisoned brother, fomented the confu-
sion and paraded the streets, shouting
Long live Weyw
“Down with Blanca:
ler‘.” and shouting loudly for the recall
of W'eyler to Havana. . _ ,
Places of business were closed and
the peaceful residents vacated them
and their houses and took refuge in the
country.
The position in which General Blan-
co now finds himself is a. doubly seri-
ous one. The volunteers are wildly ex-
cited over his action and are bitter in
their condemnation of him, and espec-
ially loud in their demands for the re-
turn of General Weyler.
HAWAII IN THE SENATE.
Debate on the Annexation Resolution
Continued Yesterday.
'W’ashinglt'on, June 22.—Almost imme-
diately after the” Senate convened yes-
terday the resolution for the annexa-
tion of Hawaii was laid before it.
Pending its consideration Mr. Roach
of North Dakota who had been quoted
in a ‘Washvin-glton paper as favorable to
the annexation of Hawaii, rose to a
question of personal privilege. He said
he had not made the statement attrib-
uted to him, and as a matter of fact
was opposed and always had been to
the annexation of Hawaii. _
Mr. Mitchell of Wisconsin delivered
a speech in opposition to annexation-
He declared that the nation just now
was shorn of its judgment. The effort
to establish our government in the far
East and.the adoption of a policy of
imperialism was evidence of that. He
thought the seizure of Hawaii would
remove all doubt as 'to our land grab-
bing intentions.
He declared that the annexation pro- ’
ject was a clumsy cover for the sugar
m-agnates, from around theedges‘ of
which the saccharine juice dripped to
the advantage of all who cared to avail
themselves of it.
The Cadiz Fleet Returns.
Washington, June ilk—Advices re-
ceived here by -way_ of Marseilles,
France, confirm the first. reports that
the Spanish fleet has returned to Ca-
diz.
L'llhe dispatches state that. {the Vitto- " '
'rle- was, injured and was- towed ' into
port.
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To the Pole with; Steam Rams? ,
Boats described as steam rains are‘
IOW in use in ice-locked Russianhar-
‘vors and rivers, and have proved that
hey can force their way through thick
ce, even with 72 degrees of frost. The
Iarborof Vladivostok, till of late her-
netically sealed for four or five
nonths, has since 1893 been kept acces-
iible through the winter; the Finnish
port of Hango is now open to commerce
hroughout the year. And last winter '
. similar steam ram kept up connection
vith the Ural railway through the ice
f the Volga at Saratoff. ' It is proposed
10w to keep open,~ by stronger boats
if this kind, communication of St. ’Pet—
ersburg with the sea, and to force a.
winter connection through the ice from
-'chhange1 to the mouth of the Yenisei.
ldmiral Makarof, addressing the Rus-
ian Geographical Society, insisted that 7
'till more powerful boats Of this kind
night safely be counted on to cope with
IOIHI‘ ice, such as Nansen had to‘deal
rith, and to cut a passage to the North
Pole—Chambers Journal.
Experiments in Inverted Vision.
Professor George Stratton, of the
University of California, has made a
novel experiment in inverted vision by
wearing for eight days a. mask fitted
with lenses which invert the ,visual
image, thus projecting it upon the re-
tina in an erect instead of the nor-
mal inverted position. He soon
learned to refer all objects to their
correct positions, in other words to see
them right side up; but, on removing
the apparatus at the expiration of eight
days, everything appeared to be upside
down at first. He therefore concludes
that the seeing of objects right sit‘.
up is due to a mental rectification o;
the visual image actually projected up-
on the retina.
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We Give another-high-gradc Wheel away Saturday Night.
Capes and Spring Jackets‘
.AJI' HALF -PRIOE, ,
Hammocks, a. Great variety.
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Shirt Waists,
Duck Skirts,
I Crash Skirts,
Pique Skirts.
Never have we carried such a line of
the above as we now have on our
counters. .
Shirt waists; we have condcrsed all
the prices above one dollar, and
are selling the $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75
ones for 980. We have 50 doz. at .3ch
25 doz. at 39c.
All sizes. A hundred difierent pat-
terns to select from.
Crash skirts,
Linen skirts,
Duck skirts,
Pique skirts,
500 to $1.75.
, ' $1.75 to $3.50.
$1.25 and $1.50.
$1.50 to $3.00.
Of Interest to Men.
50 doz. men’s neck scarfs in band,
bows. tecks, four-in-hands and puffs
values from25c to 450, each 190.
Men’s grey and Egyptian warm
weather, ribbed shirts and pants very
desirable value 38c, this week, 250.
100 doz. men’s fancy shirts in soft
finish and laundried very choice de-
signs cutv extra large sizes, 14 to 19,
value 75c. this week 50c.
25 doz. men’s muslin night shirts,
made of pepperell twills and Williams-
ville muslin, plain. white and fancy
fronts, all sizes, value 750, each 500.
Ribbons and Laces.
500 ps. of plain and fancy ribbons, all
_A¥
new, just right for neck wear and lawn,
dress trimmings, '25c and 390 per yd.
One-third less than regular.
6-in. cord edge, double-faced sash
ribbons, very heavy quality satin, all
the choice colors and black; regular
75c—per yd., 59c;
300 pieces Valenciennes lace at 15c,
19c, 25c,290 to 500 a piece—12 yds. to
the piece. These l of regular prices.
Kitchen Dept. .
Oil stoves with iron tank and tops, 390
Two burner with iron tank and tops, 890
Extra extension top for oil stoves, 390
2 qt. tea kettles, 10c
Frying pans, 10c
Extra wicks any size, 3 for 5c
I 98c
Croquet sets,
AgTHE‘BOSTON STORE, NORWALK,
1 Our Honor
and Uncle Sam’s is secure, and so is
our position in the dry goods trade.
War is a matter of money, and silk and
dress goods a matter of patterns. It is
not the number, large though it be,
but the beauty, variety, and novelty of
our silks and dress goods patterns which
are remarkable. The manufacturers,
both here and abroad, have produced
marvels in color schemes and effects.
6 ps. new twilled China silk for sum-
mer dresses that are gems would sell
easily for fifty cents, we shall run them
at 390 per yd. '
7 ps. French Foulard silk, 24 in. wide,
look at them and compare with what
they ask 98c for in New York, 750 per
yard. .
3 ps. black Grenadine, 45 in. wide,
the $1.25 kind, this week 980 per yd.
24 in. blackiand colored Tafietta silk,
750 per yd. .
'10 ps. light colored dress goods that
we asked all the season fifty cents for,
this week, 250 to close.
Lawn mowers, Victors, $2.98
Mohawk mowers, $8.98
Call and see our blue flame oil stoves
always burning in our basement;
Hosiery and Underwear.
32 doz. Ladies blk. and fancy stock-
ings regular prices 150 and 190, two
pairs for 250. Boys and girls ribbed
stockings double knee and soles, special
price 1245c. I
60 doz. Ladies fine white ribbed-vests
sizes from 3 to 9, value 190, each 12ic.
10 doz. Ladies lisle pants, balance of
our fifty cent quality, each 250.
10 tailor made suits last fall style, we
sold them at $16.00 you can have them
for $7.50 each, , the skirts are worth
that, look at them.
Norwalk Chronicler