Ii!" 1‘ _If you want the best )1 goods for the least money read theiiadvertisements n the GazetteJ- ’ V VOL. VIII. NO. 1912 11in N ORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1898. PRICE ONE CENT- ne- neeegmzea aste- family paperthe Gazette’s advertising columns will Prove its value to you. ; POBTO mco NEXT! GEN. MILES STARTS WITH HIS ADVANCE EXPEDITION. ARMY. AND NAVY ATTACK. SIX-THOUSAND MEN HAVE SAILED FROM TAMPADN TRANSPORTS. * FIRST CONNECTICUT- STARTS. . WASHINGTON, July 19.—_The advance I} expedition to Porto Rico,under General Miles, has already started, and is to he landed on that island before the, end of this week, according to final orders . which were issued from I. the War De partment yesterday, and as rapidly as possible Major-General Brooke’s troops a will hasten after it, to co-operate in the energetic campaign which has been ' mapped out. The troops under General Miles’ ‘ immediate command aggregate nearly ten thousand, and those assigned to GeneralBrooke exceed fifteen thousand men. General Miles reports having already left the vicinity of Santiago on the auxiliary cruiser Yale, with Gen- eral, Randolph and four batteries of light artillery, stopping at Guantanamo to await the strong naval convoy, which will prepare a safe landing place by shelling the selected locality near San Juan. Simultaneously General Ernst’s brigade at Charleston, which was all ready to depart for Santiago last Friday, when that city surrendered, has embarked on the transports La . Grande Duchesse, Obdam and Mobile, to join the Yale, and from Tampa it is announced that six thousand men, up- on eight transports, have started to meet the other vessels on the Porto Rican coast. It is possible that General Miles will learn that his ten thousand men, with the assistance of Admiral Sampson’s fleet, will be able to seize the entire island of Porto Rico, but whether or not the defence is of a desperate char‘ acter, reinforcements will be promptly hastened forward. The movement of the ships fromSan- tiago to their new fields of action will begin soon, and it is probable that some of Admiral Sampson’s, ships will be detached at once. They will be . needed to cover the‘debarkatiOn of the .3" troops, on the Porto Rican transports. The others will follow as soon as the full Army expedition is ready to make a landing, . when the attack will begin simultaneously on land and sea. FIRST CONNECTICUT OFF. The lst Connecticut Volunteer In- fantr y, Colonel Charles L. Burdett, with twelve full companies, armed, uniformed and well drilled, left N iantic yesterday, for Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va. It was the intention to start shortly after noon. Early in the morning the tents were struck and the men spent the forenoon packmg up and loading supplies and equipments. About noon it was announced that there was delay in the arrival of the special train, and the men ate their dinner and took a rest. ‘ The order to fall into line came at 4:30, and thirteen hundred men, in heavy marching order, passed out of the dismantled company streets, swung into line and marched to the railroad station, escorted by the 3d Regiment and Artillery Batteries A and C. The regiment passed through South ,Norwalk at 7 o’clock‘and were cheered by the crowds standing upori the streets as the cars rolled over the Washington street railroad bridge. The boys arrived at the (ilentral Rail- road’s depot at Communi aw, Jersey City, at 10.15. of 1,326 men, and has its and with it. The regi ent consists It went out from Jersey City on three trains of filteen coaches and one draw- ing-room car each. There were also ten freight cars. The rzgiment moved southwar d shortly after :1 o’clock. ‘A big mastiif accompanied the regiment as a mascot. MANZANILLO B I vIBARDED. _LONDON, July 19,—. dispatch from Havana, dated Monda . says: “Seven American arships heavily bombarded Manzanila ‘this morning. Three steamers of th Menedez Line were set on fire. Several gunboats that were in the harbor issued for the de- fence of the town, but were stranded. The result of the bombardment is not yet known here.” DEWEY FIRES AT GERMAN WAR SHIP. LONDON, July 19.—The Hong Kong correspondent of a London paper says : “United States Consul VVildman in- forms me that as the German Cruiser Irene was passing Mariveles, off Man- ila, the other day, the United States gunboatrMcCulloch was sent after her to ask her to stop. As the Irenere- fused to obey a shell was sent across her bows and a small boat went to dis- cover what she was doing. The German admiral protested, and insisted that German ships had a right to enter the harbor without being'searched, a claim which Admiral Dewey declined to rec- ognize. “It is reported that Admiral von Diedrichs, who is in command of the German squadron at Manila, interview- ed Captain Chichester, of the British cruiser Immortalite, as to what he would do if the Germans interfered with the bombardment of Manila. Captain Chichester replied that onl y Admiral Dewey and himself that.” knew WATSON SAILS THIS WEEK. WASHINGTON, July 19.—Commod0re VVatson’s formidable battle ships and protected and auxiliary cruisers will leave on Friday or Satur- day for Spain. As finally made up the fleet will con- sist of these vessels:—Battle ships squadron of Oregon, Massachusetts, Indiana, Iowa and Texas; the protected cruisers Newark and New Orleans, and the aux- iliarly cruisers Dixie, Yankee and Yosemite. BRIEF WAR NEWS. President McKinley -issued a. proc- lamation last evening, which was trans- mitted to General Shafter, in which he outlines the proposed plan of govern- ment of the portion of the Province of Santiago now occupied by American tr00ps. It is the first document of its kind ever issued by a President of the United States. The advance guard of the Porto Rico expedition left Santiago yesterday, with General Miles in command, and within a few days he will have an army of thirty thousand men. General Ernst’ 5 brigade is already under way at Charleston, and six thousand troops have been ordered to leave Tampa to- day. It is reported that the Carlists in Spain are ready to rise, having arms The Government is massing troops to stop and stores on the French frontier. such a movement. Lieutenant Hobson exploded the mines in Santiago .Harbor, and Com- modore Schley entered the bay and made a tour of inspection. The Philippine insurgents have pro- posed a reconciliation with Captain- General Augusti under a republican flag. Adispatch from Havana said that seven American. warships bombarded Manzanillo heavily on Monday. Span- ish gunboats that issued from the har- bor for defence were stranded. — ‘ V'r The Wheel Recovered. The lady’s Geneva bicycle which was stolen from Roton Point Friday and which was owned by Miss Flora Fairty of New Canaan, has been recovered. It was found by Barney Lee of Crown avenue, South N orwalk, at the rear of his home in some bushes. The find was reported to the police who took it to .the police station, where the owner claimed it this morning. The guilty party has not been captured. ‘1 Av 7‘ The Storm. "’ There was a heavy thunderstorm in this city at an early hour this morning. The lightning flashes were vivid and the downpour of rain heavy. The storm continued during the day. The only damage done hereabouts was the Iazing of a 60-foot pole by lightning at the home of Caleb Wood' 1n East N01- walk. NOIWOMAN TO LOVE. Gottlieb Stierlin, Who Couldn't, Find a Wife, Threw Bank Books and. Himself Into ' the River. A Guilford Farmer Creates a Sensation. in New York. - Gottlie'o Stierlin, thirty-nine years old, a North Guilford farmer, threw his bank books, calling for $6,595 into the Harlem River at the foot .of East 128th street, New York, yesterday morning. He then, jumped into the water, but was rescued. - Stierlin was seen wandering about the piers thereabouts and acting strangely. Albert Sowle, a driver, who was nearby, and Policeman Schultz, of the Bronx Park station, who was On an elevated train, saw Stierlin throw two books into the water from the end of, the pier and then jump in himself. Shultz got off the train at the next sta- tion, and Sowle got a rope from a der- rick, and fastening the end, jumped in after the drowning man. The rope was short and he had to go back. John Cook, a deckhand of the tug Belle, which was going by, jumped in after Stierlin and got under him, rais- ing him above the water. Sowle went into the water again, and he and Cook got Stierlin to the pie1,where Schultz drew them Out. Stierlin did not suffer much from his immersion. He said he had bought a farm in North Guilford, but creditors became pressing. He was pursued, he says, by the‘creditors, who threatened him' 1n the street, and he wrote let-teis, . . 'wliich he left 1n his valise, stating he ' intended commiting suicide. He then left his lodging house in the Bowery and walked till he foundhim- self at the pier. He threw the bank books intothe river and jumped in to end his life. . The man talked ramblingly, and it is thought he is demented. The bank books were recovered, and showed he had $6,500 on deposit in the Germania Savings Bank of New York and $95 in the North Guilford Savings Bank. He had $17 in cash and a gold watch and chain. , Jacob Slifer told Magistrate Went- -worth in the Harlem Police Court that he is a cousin of Stierlin. He said that the man had inherited 12,000 marks in Germany while he was a cow-boy in the West. He had paid $900 for the farm in North Guilford, but knew nothing about farming and lost money on it. He asked the Magistrate to dis- charge the man so he could care for him.‘ Slifer said the only reason for Stier- lin’s act Was that he could find no woman to love. He said Stierlin want- ed a wife and had been looking for one in vain. This had made him despon- dent, Slifer says, and he- tried to kill himself. ”Magistrate Wentworth dis- charged Stierlin, who went away with his cousin. Wanted at Detroit. The Mayor and members of the City Council, are in receipt of handsomely illustrated invitatlons to attend a. League of Municipalities convention at Detroit founded by (Che valier Cadellac in 1699, to be held from the 1st. to the 4th. of August. The present mayor -of the city is W. C. Maybury, and if his picture counts for anything the city is to be congratulated on having him at . the head of its government. ———-————-—«OD-—————-— Ellardella Sold. . J. E. Adams has sold his fast trotter “Ellardella" to B. F. Terry of Bridgeport. Yesteiday morning the horse trotted a mile in 2.213,- ‘ ‘-‘ Miss Lottie Riley of Bridgeport, is visitingMissKatieFlaherty on Prospect avenue, this city. 4E. F. Jennison, of Hartford, was in .town yesterday. ct E. C. Waite of Leiniste, Mass, is. visiting friendsin towu. vouwhuo. South Norwalk’s City Meeting Promptly RespOnds To lie- quest for' Good Roads. South Main Street to be Paved ,to Wood- ward Avenue. N early two hundred citizens attend- ed the South N orwalk special city meet- ' ing at Arion Hall last evening, called to take such action as may be deemed advisable upOn a vote of the Council of said city recommending and asking an appropriation of ten thousand dollars to defray the expense of extending the brick pav1ng of South Main street from Munroe street to the southerly side of Woodward avenue. It was 8.15 o’clock when Mayor B0- hannan called the meeting to order, .and ‘Clerk Joseph R. Taylor read the call for the meeting. Councilman S. S. Hatch moved that $10,000 be appropriated for the work,. which motion was promptly seconded. ’ Street commissioners Reed and Mc- Mahon advocated the appropriation on the score of economy and their re- marks were applauded. Engineer C. N. Wood gave the esti- ‘ mated cost of the work at $10. 935, of which amount the Tramway company’s share would be $2.323, leaving the net amount for the city'to pay at $8,603. No one appearing in opposition- Messl's. Hatch, Scofield and Smith were appointed tellers and announced the following vote: Whole No. of votes 166. Yes 113. i No ‘ 53. The announcement was received with loud applause, and the meeting ad- journed. A. A A Mrs. Eugene Bulkeley, of Danbury, is visiting at Bell Island. Messrs. Ginder, Eggleston, Potter and Pierce, the Metropolitan quar~ tette of Stamford, rendered» several ' selections at the Y. P. S. C. E. meeting at the Island Friday afternoOn. Mrs. George Brush ”and daughter, Isabelle. of Danbury, are spending a 'few weeks at Bell Island. ' Matthew W. Scott, J r., of Danbury, spent Sunday at Bell Island. _, Dr. E. A. Stratton spent Sunday at Bell Island. . Edward Chichester, of Danbury, is staying at Roton Point. --_ <vv 7 Miss Lettie Atkinson of Brooklyn, is a guest of Mrs. E. J. Thomas of Be1 ke- ley street. There was a bicycle collision on West avenue near the Van Buren residence last evening, in which the participants were quite severely injured. Mrs. William Vollmer and children. have returned home from a visit with relatives in Newark, N. J. The, first trip by trolley from Stam- ford to New Canaan was made on Sun- day. Councilman Cotteris trying to regain renewed health at' his summer cottage on Bell Island. The city has sold eight lam p posts at $2 each. , . A window in the, Sturdevant store was broken out yesterday. Eben Hill, EJr., has gone to New London to- day. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin White of Danbury, who have been visiting Mrs. Mary Force, of West avenue have re- turned home. The Misses Alice and Emma Bradley of New York, are visitmg Miss Jennie Dixon of this city. Miss Alice Lyon, of Knight street, will visit friends in Branford next week. Miss Car1ie Platt, of Wilton avenue, is visiting friends in New London. Rev. E. E. Robbins and Maurice" Raymond are sojourning at Niagara Falls. ~Advortise “I THE _—GA-ZETTE. MAD_E__A__ RAID. The Police links a Descent On a Wood SlIeel loose. The Charge on the Police Blotter is Keen- ing a Disorderly House ..—. “ Last» night Edward Connolly ‘co'm~ plained to the South Norwalk police deddd“ street“ Officers were detailed to make ar'rhid with the result that Mrs. Con-neIlyta‘nd her sister Lena Hanke 1:- and _.a man named Frank'Moore wereplaced under arrest and lodged in the police station cages on Haviland street. . 1 The accused have resided upon Wood street but a few weeks. ' This morning they were taken before Judge Frost and their cases continued till this afternoon. A silo else. Mother Taken to the Hospital, to the Town Home. Children Some time since for what was con; sidered by the Superior Court to. be good and sufficient cause, a divorce was granted' to Mrs. Fannie Uzelle. from her husband, John Uzelle. . _, Since that time the poOr woman has been eking cut an existence re'r' herSclf and four little children. , _ The woman was suffering from a pul- monary complaint, but she bravely worked for her little ones until yester- day, When the strand that linked her ambition and physical strength broke. By advice of the physician in charge she was taken to the Norwalk hospital ' where she will receive the best of care. Her children were also provided, for and on the order of Sele'ctmah‘ Thomes- taken to the Town Children’s Home. The woman’s case is said to be. of '«a serious nature and doubts are express- ed of her recovery. .. . .4.. - ., . d... RAPID WORK The City Council Cainpletes a Thirty Minutes. A Health Ordinance Adopted Without ra DIssenting Vote. One of the shortest sessions of the. present city council was that held last. evening, at which the Mayor and‘full board with the exception of Council man Cotter were present. A small grist of bills were ordere’d paid. One for 250 for the estate of J. A. Pinneo was referred to the finance committee with power. A health ordinance was presented and after having been fully explained by city attorney Walsh, who stated that he had conferred with leading state talent as to the legality of the same, it was adopted and ordered print- ed». ' ' The ordinance was substantially the same as considered-at a previous meet-' ing of the board other than that'it does not become operative until August 1st. The N orwalk City band was granted the use of the “pagoda’? on the Green... The matter of placing an electric light on the Isaacs street extension was referred to the light committee with poweI. ‘ , .. And a motion to adjourn prevailed. ‘ ‘-= ‘ The Grace church Sunday school wilfi hold its annual picnic at Roton Point next Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George DeForest of Stamfm d spent Sunday with his b1 oth- er in South Norwalk. -————-—-—<o.o>——————— The Weather. and Wednesday; high'temperature. DEATHS. . M’ ELROY. —In Danbury, July 17, Ha1 ry C. McElIOy, aged 12 years. MCNIERNEY. --In Danbury, July 17, Catherine McNierney, aged 18 years. Session in Less Than Showers and thunderstorms to-night’ ‘
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