‘x ia‘ If you want as best If gobds forthe least money read ‘ theEladvertisements -n the Gazette. VOL. VIII. NO. 1898 ~ Eveni g a. NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28,1898. (3. PRICE ONE CENT ' ._ ' ‘6? Recognised as ho family pa pperfflnie .Ga'izgetteij‘ advertising coluvmrisiwiliég'v Prove’lts val'ue‘to you, I I ‘ . A A H NEAR T0 SANTIAGO! A SIMULTANEOUS ATTACK TO BE MADE ON THE ARMY THE .CITY BY AND NAVY. » MORE VESUVIUS SHELLS. THE EARTHQUAKE UP SANTIAGO WITH THREE MORE --GUNCOTTON PROJECTILES. .. TO ATTACK [SPAIN’S PORTS. * SIBONEY, June 28—All the army, with the exception of the First Brigade, ' is camped in the hills between Baiquiri and Siboney. All the men are anxious fOr the fighting to begin. Their spirit is excellent, despite the hardships and drudgery of campaigning in such a country as this, and this argues well - for the success of the attack when it is ’ made. It cannot be definitely learned wheth- er Gen. Shafter intends to take Santi- ago by assault or compel the capitula- tion of the place by besieging it. It is likely, however, that a simultaneous attack will be made by the army and Admiral Sampson’s fleet. The enemy are busily engaged in ' strengthening the defences of the toWn, though it is evident that some of their work has been commenced too late, they _ apparently having waited until they knew from which side the attack would come. There is no doubt that j‘ the enemy sadly miscalculated the time the Americans would require to reach the city. They have found that their _'manana policy is not followed by the . Yankees, with the result that the Americans are now almost at their city before all the defences are completed. In addition to the great scarcity of food in Santiago, the Spaniards are badly scared by the rapid approach of the Americans. Almost a reign of ter- ror prevails in the town, where it is believed that 40,000 American troops have landed and are marching on the city. ' All sorts of tales are told of how the Americans are acting. One story has it that they are picking up Cubans as they go and are forcing them to car- ry guns and to'fight in the front. The women of the city are absolutely terror stricken because of the tales that are told regarding the cruelties and out- rages. perpetrated by the hated Yan- Skeet ' ‘V At'1O’Vclock Sunday morning the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, which the Spaniards, since they have learned her awful destructive. power, call the “earthquake thrower,” was ordered to creep up close to the entrance to Santi- ago harbor and throw three more of her shells. The moon was shining brightly, but the high hills along the coast threw a long shadow seaward, and into. this the Vesuvius crept un seen by the enemy. She steamed along until she was within 600 hundred yards of Morro Castle. Then she stood bold- ly out into the open sea and swung around so that her guns bore on the shore. In a little while was heard the “cough” of one .of her pneumatic guns, and the first shell went sailing over the crest of the hill on the east or city side of the entrance. . A moment after the shell had left the gun there was a mighty crash, as of thunder, and a flash of light lit the heavens for miles. It seemed to those who watched the shot as if the whole south side of Cuba had been blown up. The shot caused great excitement ashore. Lights were seen immediately flashing in and around Morro Castle, and in the moon- light men were viSible running about It was thought that the enemy would open fire on the Vesuvius, but there was no in a most excited manner. answering gun. The Vesuvius moved swiftly along 'and two other shells were thrown quickly, one at the western battery and the other over the battery. ‘The noise and flash of the explosions were terrOr-inducing. Then the Vesuvius, moving at a high rate of speed, ran out of range of the enemy’s guns. At daylight it was I seen that the second shell had blasted another chunk out of the western battery, part of which was in ruins. Plenty of guns remain there, however. The effect of the third shell could not be seen from the sea. ‘ the Golden Gate to the broad Pacific. Yesterday afternoon the third fleet of THROWER WAKES down the bay toward the ocean. sand men, under command of General Arthur McArthui’, who has madelthe steamer Indiana his flagship. The City Of Para, the Ohio and the Morgan City . were the other vessels to sail Withfithe Indiana: "The steamer Valencia lwas .’ not ready for sea and probably will sail ' day. .3,000 Cubans under Garcia are encamp- i ed in sight of Santiago. .Rough Riders are in the advance guard. at Santiago, has mined with dynamite all the approaches to the city. 'abled and possibly sunk a Spanish gun- boat schooners. protested against Camara’s there. - ~ Major General Miles leaves this week for Santiago with 11,000 troops to re- TO ATTACK SPAIN’S PORTS“: WASHINGTON, J une 28.——'A new and startling turn was given yesterday to this country’s scheme cf operations against Spain, when it was officially announced that‘a squadron of warships would be dispatched across theAtlantic within the next few days to harrass Spanish commerce and to blockade and attack Spain’s poorly protected sea- board cities. Commodore Watson, who has been in command of the blockading division off Havana, is to hoist his flag on the Newark for duty in Spanish waters. Two battle-ships—the Iowa and the Oregon, the most formidable in the Navy—are to be assigned to the new squadron, together with the auxiliary cruisers Yosemite, the Dixie and the Yankee, and the colliers Scandia, the Abarenda and the Alexander. The Eastern Squadron, as Commodore Wat- son’s command is to be styled, will have a rendezvous off Santiago, and according to the directions issued by the Secretary ‘of the Navy, will “sail for the coast of Spain immediately.” MORE MEN FOR MANILA. SAN FRANCISCO, June 27—Another fleet of transports has sailed out through vessels, loaded with soldiers and sup- plies for the Philippines, hoisted an- chor and, amid the screeching of a hundred whistles, the clanging of bells and the booming of cannon, proceeded The ships carried about fourthou- with the 'steamer‘ Newport on \Vednes‘ 'RRIEF WAR NEWS. Seven thousand American troops and Roosevelt’s General Linares, Spanish commander Off Cienfuegos the Yankee has dis- and destroyed five fishing The American Consul at Port Said coaling inforce General Shafter. It is reported that Spain has bought the Chilian cruiser O’Higgins. Police of Havana are said to be threatening a revolt unless they get full rations. Four merchant steamers now under construction may be purchased by the government and transformed into Dro tected cruisers. President McKinley sent messages to Congress recommending suitable re- wards for Hobson, N ewcomb, Hod gsdon and Powell for bravery in action. The Red Cross ship State of Texas, with Miss Clara Barton on board, has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Four thousand troops, the third expedition to the Philippines, sailed from San Francisco yesterday. The Administration decided to send a squadron, . composed of the battle- ships Iowa and Oregon, the cruisers Newark, Yosemite, Yankee and Dixie, with'three colliers, under command of Commodore John C. Watson, to attack the ports of Spain and destroy Spanish comprising commerce. Admiral Ba-rrosa has been ordered to assemble a third fleet at Cadiz. Admiral Camara,s fleet will be de~ tained at Port Said for three days, while repairsare being made to the Audaz. One hundred and fifty stokers he engaged-at Port Said were prohibit- ed by the Egyptian Government from embarking. ‘ $.77 THNEXT GUV BNUH! ‘ - '? *HON; JOHN ADDISON PORTER. THE HHHHHHH HEPUBLIEANS HHHHH THAT HHH JUHN HHHHHH HHHRH WILL wm. The following interesting despatch from Hartford to the New York Sun will prove interesting reading to the many friends of Hon. John Addison Porter in this vicinity: “A majority of the Republicans of this city believe that thesnext Gover- nor of Connecticut will be John Addi- son Porter, editor of the Hartford Pest and Secretary to. the President. For many years his paper has been actively in touch with the Republican politics of the'State. It was once ,edited by Joseph R. Hawley, the first volunteer soldier of the civil war from Connecticut and now Chairman of the Military Committee of the United States Senate. The late Marshall Jewell, GovernOr, Minister to Russia and Postmaster-General under Presi- dent Grant, owned a controlling in- terest in the Post at the time of his death. Mr. Porter, on assuming con- trol some ten years ago, introduced improved methods into, its manage- ment. Mr. Porter comes naturally by his Republicanism. As a young man, a few years out of college, he resided for some time in Washington, where his association with his uncle, the late William Walter Phelps, put him on most prominent men of the day. Sena-- tor Platt of Connecticut made him clerk of one of the select committees of the Senate, and in other ways he was quite closelyidentified with the trend of national affairs. The late Mr. Phelps was perhaps James G. Blaine’s most intimate personal friend. Mr.- Porter began his practical experience as a political worker and stump speak- er in the Presidential campaign of 1884, when Mr. Blaine came so near to election. Since that contest Mr. Porter has been a delegate. to conventions, worked in-connection with the State Central Committee, has organized clubs, gotten out special editions of his newspaper and been an untiring advo- cate of Republican doctrine from year’s end to year’s end. Inside of party lines, however, he has always reserved the right offree speech. So far Mr. Porter has given to the party much more than he has received from it; In fact with the exception of being sent as a delegate to conventions, he has had no official recognition of his party prominence; and yet for nearly two years," in the famous deadlock ses- sion of the Connecticut Legislature of 1891, Mr. Porter devoted practically all of his time to the management of Republican interests. His course at that time was later sustained unani— ~Adyertise. a Tuneazmm ~ ' ' . ~\ 1,: 1 > ’ ‘ «State. , ‘ . termsof intimacy with many of the‘ mously by the Supreme Court of the, Though Mr. Porter had been and al- ways remained a ’warm admirer both of the personality and the statemanshi p of Mr. Blaine, he supported Gen. Har- rison at the Minneapolis convention of 1892, to which he was sent as a dele- gate, notwithstanding the fact that a majority of the Connecticut delegation voted otherwise. Mr. Porter’s prefer- ence for Gen. Harrison was based upon the belief that Mr. Blaine’s health would not stand the strain of a second Presidential contest~a view of the case which was soon amply demonstrated. In 1894 Mr. Porter’s name was prom- inently brought forward in connection with the nomination for the Govenor- ship. The younger element' of the party, which for many years had been kept in the back ground, was particu- larly enthusiastic. Without any es- pecial effort on his part, Mr. Porter received nearly 100v0tesin the conven- tion—~a rather unusual result for the first appearance of a candidate for such an important ofiice. His friends in- sisted upon his coming forward again as a candidate for the Governorship in 1896, on which occasion he received nearly 200 votes, or about two-fifths of the c0nvention. An analysis of the vote showed that he carried a ma. jority of the cities and larger towns of the State. In other words, he was the first choice of the bulk of the Republi- can voters of Connecticut. and his strength was very well distributed throughout the State, in five of the eight counties. It was in the campaign of 1896 that Mr. Porter reached his greatest prominence politically. He had met Major McKinley during his reSIdence in Washington, and had become an ar- dent admirer of his character and ability. The country’s experience with Clevelandism and theWilson bill proved to Mr. Porter’s mind the necessity of Republicans putting forward as their standard bearer the Ohio exponent of protection. In this belief Mr. Porter accepted the Presidency of the Mc- Kinley Club of Hartford, literally the first organization of its kind in the United States. It was formed in 1893, the year that McKinley was elected Governor of Ohio. McKinley during his second term as Governor, was in- vited to visit Hartford as a guest of the club, was entertained by Mr. Porter, and made aspeach which was after- ward circulated through the country. The visit was regarded as a successful political stroke, for the demonstration proved to the country that McKinley had a great many friends supposed to, be pre-empted in the interest of the New England candidate, Mr. ._:Reed. "Fromthat timev’on: Mr. Porter :w‘asxgg i . . close touch with Senator Hanna and the group of faithful friends who ‘30 successfully managed the preliminary canvass in behalf of McKinley, Cert: necticut, though a small state, became an early and important battleground ‘ for the friends of the oppOsing .can'dh dates. The-party was divided in its allegiance between'Reed anndM'gsy, each side hotly claiming thera’dva’nsage. Mr. Porter and the McKinley ‘Ciuh were, of course, in the thick \fii‘CGhs fight, and, notwithstanding the claims; of their antagonists, when, the votes were counted it‘ was found t~huteight9f the. twelve delegates Ito‘t‘he Stfllloifis Convention recorded their \p'r‘eference ' in favor of McKinley. ‘Naturallimxfder such circumstances the tie betweeltzitfhe President elect and Mr. Porter became strong. It was universally conceded in Connecticut that Mr. Porter would’b'e asked to take some prominent place in the . gift of the administration. His friends suggested his namefor-an an» bassadorship, and for this he was unans- imously indorsed by the Connecticut delegation in- Congress and by' a num- , ber of the leaders of the party else. where. President McKinley, howeveis, preferred Mr. Porter for 1115 Secratar , and urged his acceptance of the office, even at a personal sacrifice in leaving? his business. The title of the office had been changed and the salary raised by Congress, thus making the post one of almost commensurate dignity and power with that of a Cabinet officer. Mr. Porter went to Washington in March, 1897, and since then has, of course, been so oc0upied with his rem sponsible and arduous duties as to leave him little time for returningto Harts ford except for an occasional brief visit to his mother, who for several years past has resided here. ‘ During the last year Mr. Porter has probably made a larger number of acquaintances than any other man in the country with the exception of President McKinley himself. Not- withstanding the laborious character of his work the Secretary to the Presi‘» dent has managed to get along with very little friction. This speaks well for his judgment, tact and discretion, for certainly no office in Washington ismore trying to the nerves or calls for greater executive ability than that of the “buffer” between the President and the public. N 0 man can, of course, fill such-an oflice conscientiously with- out occasionally coming into collision with those who are apt to vent their ill will if they do not get what they want. It has long been accepted as a fact that Secretary Porter has commanded the respect of those with whom' he has- come into contact at Washington both personally and in the discharge of his very important work. No. training could be more thorough or liberalizing than that Which has been conducted at the Executive Mansion during the past. year, which in many respects has been the most eventful since the Civil war. _ Personally Mr. Porter’s characteris- tics are striking. As a writer and speaker his individuality asserts itself in terse, direct expression. Physically he is in the prime of strength, as is amply testified by his record of more than a year’s hard work without the 10:55 of a day from illness. Though he has the dignity, self-poise and courteous manner appropriate to the high office which he holds, yet he , is invariably approachable and no less accessible to the ordinary visitor than to people of high station. Socially, Secretary and Mrs. Porten, whose identification with the Red Cross work is regarded with so much - interest here, have been much missed from Hartford society during their absence in Washington, and , their return would be welcomed by a large circle of friends. They have an at- tractive house on b’ushnell Park, near the Capitol, where they do a good deal Of entertaining in a quiet way. Mrs. Porter, who, like the Secretary, traces her descent from old Connecticut stock, is very popular wherever she is known. During the latter part of her residence in Hartford she has taken much prac- tical interest in matters of civil im* provement. Secretary and Mrs. Porter own and use a pretty little estate in the historic town of Pomfret, Windham county, where the famous Putnam’s Wolf Den is located. But though a legal resident of and thoroughly identified with this part of the State, Secretary Porter has an ancestral claim upon New Haven as well.’ His grandfather, Joseph E. Sheffield, was the founder of the scientific school which bears his name and is a part of Yale University, and his father was its first President. He is himself an al- umnus of Yale and a member Ofinany clubs, societies and fraternal organiza~ tions, including the Freemasons, the Odd Fellows and the Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution.” V ’ 2 ' 4hdvertise ln‘the‘EAZE'l‘Ti V w”,: .. ,
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