A C‘ If you want the best goods for the least money read the advertisements , n the Gazette. A VOL. VIII. NO. 1914 it: NORWALK, CONN, THURSDAY. EVENING, JULY 21, 1898. e ‘ 6. PRICE ONE CENT. ‘16 .' A g Recognized as This family paperthe Gazette'i ’ advertising colIIr‘rIns wilt Prove its value to you. ' : WAR NEWS.- Gen. Miles Chafes Over the Delay of His Porto Rico . Exdepitionv. Garcia Reported Dead, and Other Interesting News. Gen. WASHINGTONJ 111 y Zl—GeneralM iles had not left Guantanamo yesterday fer Porto Rico when the Department offices closed, and the authorites are puz-zled to account for the delay. In his dispatches, the General says that the Navy has not yet furnished a con- voy, and he expresses considerable exasperation that he should be kept waiting when the ships have nothing else to do, now that Santiago is in com- plete control. He announced that the transports Lampasas and N ueces, from Tampa, had joined him with the artillery and siege train and about six hundred regulars and engineers. This, he said, gives him ten vessels under his immediate command. He did not mention which ones they were, but it is known that the Yale,Columbia and St. Paul, carrying General Garret- ' son’s entire brigade, are with him, and it is presumed that he has reem- barked the Rough Riders and Grimes’s and Capron’s batteries. General Miles says the men are extremely restless under their close and unnecessary con. finement to the transports, and his horses are dying. GENERAL GARCIA REPORTED DEAD. “KINGSTON, JAMAICA, July 21.——Cu- bans arriving from Siboney bring a re- port of the death of General Garcia. . “They make a mystery of it, saying that it should not be knoWn in Cuba yet for reasons of state, and give no particulars except that he was shot. “Spanish refugees here who are offi- cially connected with General Blanco believe the story.” TO TAKE PRISONERS HOME. WASHINGTON, July 21.——Arrange- ments practically were concluded by the Government last night for the transportation of the Spanish prisoners at Santiago to Spain. The contract was awarded to the Spanish Transat- . la‘ntic Company, represented by J. M. Ceballos & Co., of New York. The _ company agrees to carry the prisoners from Cuban ports to Spain at the rate of $30 for each enlisted man and $60 for each commissioned officer, subsistence to be furnished by the company on the Army ration basis, as provided for in the Government’s advertisement for bids. PEACE RUMORS. LONDON, July Zl—The Madrid cor- respondent of “The Times” says: “Nothing Is known regarding the decision Of the Cabinet on the peace question. Apparently the Government does not recognize the necessity of making peace quickly, and the public seems to be indifferent. “Probably the Ministers disagree re- garding peace, but they are unanimous in disclaiming responsibility for Gen- . peral Toral’s surrender of Santiago.” BRIEF WAR NEWS. While General Miles had not started for-Porto Rico up to a late hour last . night, the expedition for the island I Four the command was in good ' moving order. thousand troops, under .. of Major-General Wilson, Charleston last evening, and earlier in .5, the day General Miles reported the sailed from NEWSGHUOL HOUSE. E. T. Bedford Makes the Town of Westport an Offer. ls Anxious to Have Old Building opposite His Residence Removed. Greens Farms is to have a new school house. It is to be built by E. T. Bed: ford and will be situated on. Mr. Bed- ford’s property near the railroad track and is to be one of the finest in the town of Westport. It will be fitted up with all the modern improvements. The present schOol house is situated opposite Mr. Bedford’s elegant resi- dence in Greens Farms and he has for a long time tried to buy it from the school board, who refused to sell. Mr. Bedford met With the school board a few weeks ago and said if the town would give him the present school house lot he would build there a new school house, larger and better than the present one, to be built on his property near the railroad. The school board told Mr. Bedford that if he would give them a new school house as large and as goOd as the present one they would exchange. Mr. Bedford agreed to do this so the new school house is to be built. Red Cross Work. Mrs. I. S. Jennings, president of the auxiliary committee, is in receipt of the following appreciative letter: AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS RELIEF COMMITTEE. Supply Depot, 552 Broadway, New York. MY DEAR MRS. JENNINGS, The SupplyCommittee begs to ac- knowledge with thanks the receipt of a case of clothing from Auxiliary No. 11, containing 200 nightshirts, 24 handker- chiefs and bandages. The ladies who unpacked this case desire me to say that every thing it contained was so Well selected and made that it was a pleasure to repack them to send to the soldiers. Very truly yours, HELEN FIDELIA HOFFMAN, For the Supply Committeel W Want Washcloths. The Supply committee of the Red Cross has sent an urgent request for 406 washcloths. These'should be made of One yard of white cheese-cloth hemmed by hand and washed and ironed. These precautions are neces- sary as there must be nothing which can possibly irritate the skin. Any contributions of the washcloths or money to make their purchase may be given to either’ of the officers, or left at the Norwalk Library. Closed. Mr. J. T. Prowitt has closed his branch store on Washington street, South Norwalk, and the contents of the same are being removed to the main store on Main street this city. The South Norwalk store has been in charge of John W. Beatty for'some years. It is reported that Mr. Beatty will open a similar establishment in South Norwalk at an early date. ' ———-—-——-——<o.0>—————— Reunion of the 5th Conn. The annual reunion of the Fifth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, will be held at Compounce Lake, ‘ Bristol, on Tuesday, August 9, the anniversary of the battle of Cedar Mountain. arrival of transports from Tampa with six hundred men on board. troops will be sent from Charleston More to-day. Great business activity has followed the surrender of Santiago. Supplies are being distributed from American ships, stores have been opened and there is every sign of coming pros- perity. Although every precaution is being taken, 'it is now believed that there is little danger Of yellow fever. The commander Of the Spanish forces at Guantanamo has refused to surrender with the Santiago capitulation agreement. ‘ The contract for sending home the Spanish prisoners taken at Santiago was awarded to J. M. Ceballos, the New York agent for the~Spanish trans- atlantic company. in compliance BREEDIlEilOUBLE. South Norwalk Electric Light Commissioners, Announce Their Readiness to Re— ceive Applications for Light. .m.-w.«..,.... _ . A Suit for Damages May Follow an ln-,- Junction. The South Norwalk Electric Light CommiSsioners have gone ahead with the construction of the city’s commer cial lighting plant notwithstandingé that the law has not been complied; with and that several unsettled suits; of the Norwalk and South Norwalk? Electric Light company against the-,3~ city, still remain on the court docket. Yesterday the Commissioners issued, bulletin No. 2, which is as follows: ,1 It has been arranged to start South‘ N orwalk’s commercial electric lighting plant on the first of August, at which time electric lighting will be supplied. to such parties as have made provision. to use the new service, or who in the, meantime make arrangements to do 50.4} The Electrical Commissioners are now; ready to receive applications for light-i~ ing and will furnish estimates of cost‘ for both incandescent and are lamps-’ The new type Of incandescent lamp; that has been adopted is the most re- cent invention as well as the most bril' liant for the rated candle power so far, made, and will be the first of the kind as far as known to be used in this state. The are lamps are of the soft and steady long burning type, and of very beauti- ful finish. It Is the intention to make the rates for the new lighting service unusually; low so as to bring them within the reachgi of all as far as possible, and it is believ-F“, . ed that the number of consumers will rapidly increase after the plant 15 start- ed. _ Although the plant is Open to visitors at'all reasonable times during the prog- ress of the construction, yet the com- missioners intend to invite all to call and make it a visit as soon as the work' is entirely finished, which will be with- in a couple of weeks. The city of South Norwalk not hav- ing complied with its charter by pur- chasing that portion of the Norwalk and South Norwalk company situated within the limits of said city, including all damages arising from the division of the latter’s plant, it would look as though South N orwalk’s commissioners were breeding trouble and are liable to be met with an injunction and the .523. diner city a suit for damages if commercial lighting is started on August first. Darien and Noroton. Miss Elsie Street, who was operated upon some weeks ago for appendimtis, continues to improve. George H. Tilley expects to leave in a few days for Europe. Mrs. Geo1ge P. Brett contemplatesa sojourn in the Adirondacks during the next few weeks. The lightning was very severe here Tuesday. At 4 o’clock in the morn- ing the residence of Carl Wuerz was struck by a bolt, which enteied one of the cupolas, caiomed around in a fan- tastic course, and then darted out again without doing very much dam- age. The family were sleeping at the time, and although awakened by the shock, they did not know that the house had been struck until later in the day. ' —~«—<0.0D Struck in Darien. During the severe storm on Tuesday morning, the house of Mrs. Stevens at Darien was struck by light- ning. The bolt entered a high point of the roof Of the hOuse and ploughed its way through to the cellar, in its course passing through a sleeping room occupied by Mrs. Stevens and setting fire to the building in several places. She received a severe shock but has since recovered from the same. The fire was extinguished before much damage had been “done. J. H. Stevens of South Norwalk, is a son of Mrs. Stevens the owner of the place. -——————~—<o.o>-——-———— Sprained His Leg. Captain George W. Gladstone in ar- resting an intoxicated man Wednesday night slipped and falling sustained an injury to his leg that has incapacitated Jane ' Naval Victory at Santiago. On the morning of July 3, about 9:30, the Spanish fleet tried to escape from the harbor of Santiago, where it had been bottled up by the American war- Shlps. In a remarkably short space of time after the Spanish ships weregsighted, every gun on the American battle- ships was manned and loaded and the gunners ready, for the word “Fire,” which would mark the beginning of the battle. They had not long to wait, ' :2 for it took but afew minutes for the Spanish cruisers to pass in single file the wreck of the Merrimac, clear the harbor, and dash for the open sea to the westward. Pouring a hail of shot and shell the American ships closed in upon them. The well- t1 ained American gunne1s sent shot after shot surely and un- sparingly into the fleeing fee. In half an hour half the Spanish fleet had been destroyed, and in a little over an hour the battle was finished, and Cer- vera’s fleet a thing of the past. We reproduce, with permission, a picture from the issue of Harper’s Weekly for July 23, showing the for- ward turret of the battle—ship Iowa in action during the destruction of Cer- vera’s fleet. AlZ-inch projectile, sent with un- erring aim from the Iowa’s forward turret struck and set fire to the flag- .ship Maria Theresa, the first of the Spanish ships destroyed. Another 12-incher from the Iowa crashed into the bow of the leading much-talked-of torpedo-boat destroyers, and caused her to turn towards the shore a wreck. The Iowa then steamed to assist the Oregon, Texas and Brooklyn in their chase after the remaining Spanish ships, but by the time she caught up with them the battle was over. ' With the same energy displayed in destroy- ing Spain’s vessels, the Americans manned their small boats and ‘ rescued ' the Spanish sailors from their burning vessels. 4 ‘-> V_v . K. of M. C. The ofiicers of Pioneer Castle, K. of M. C. will be installed attheir hall on Main street, to-morrow evening. As You Know Every one is treated alike. This Store is for the People’s ben- efit as well as our own. Make this your depot. If you come to‘town and want to Yacht Club Races. A new series of yacht races will be opened on Saturday next, by the Nor- walk Yacht club. There will be three classes jib and mainsail, cabin cat and open cat. ‘vr ' Large shipments of lound clams to New York are made daily. The steamer Belle Horton had a large crowd of passengers on her down trip this morning. A new roof is being placed on the Silk mills on Water street, South Nor- walk. __ Lieut. Bloom. Emil Durbeck and FrankWebber of Co. L,Third regiment, are home from camp at Niantic. Capt. E. E. Howes, of Philadelphia, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. C. N. Wood, last night. The useless flooding of the streets by the watering cart goes merrily on, not- withstanding the mauy protests. The Congregational Sunday schools will picnic at Glen Island on August 3d. Martin Creagh, of Union place, is visiting relatives in Danbury. Percy Ferris and a party Of friends are taking a day’s outing on the launch Eva L. to-day. The annex of the new school building 0n Franklin st1eet is being painted a brick c0101. “Dick” Fitzgerald and “Will” Gil- more, of Battery B, stationed at Fort Griswold, are home on a short vaca- tion. Miss Edith Olmstead, who has been visiting her grandfather, Judge Perry, in this city, returned to her home in Dover, N. J ., to-day. Misses Ella May Hickok and Dixie Burke, of Bethel, are at the Haviland cottage, Bell Island, chaperoned by Bos Mrs E. M. Bulkley. “MILL END’? SAL WILL OPEN AT OUR STORE ON _ “ hurSday, July 218a AND WILL CONTINUE THREE DAYS. on Store! NDRWALK’S BUSIEST. STORE. l ' R. Goldschmidt and daughter Cai‘rie “ are visiting friends in New York city. HowaId Godfrey, of Batter B, has been promoted to the office of sergeant. .The Methodist excursion to Glen Island yesterday ‘was replete with. persons who took part in the same. Quite a crowd «assembled at Retail Point last evening, the leading attpaoe tion being the Wargrap'h, . ,. , Miss Mabel Curry, of Laselle sem‘int ary, Auburndale, Mass. ., is a guest, of Miss Eva L. Ferris. The household goods of Rev. “E. sW‘. Shelton, of Derby, are being moved“’to South Norwalk, to-day, where Mr. and Mrs. Shelton are to reside hereafter- -—Ansonia Sentinel. Frank Brady, of Kinner’s pharmacy, Danbury is spending a week’s vacation at Bell Island. l Miss Florence McMahon, of N orwalk, ' is visiting Miss Julia McClean of Stam- ford. The Endeavor society of the South Norwalk Congregational church will give a trolley ride in the near future for the benefit of the carpet fund. George L. Woodward, of the Nation- al Bank of Norwalk, is having his an- nual vacation. The annual meeting of the Connec- ticut Past Grand Commanders’ associa- tiOn will be held In New Eondon to- -day. The membership is composed of the, Masons who have served a term in- the chair of the grand commander of the Knights Templar of the state. The organization. ‘v VA v‘r The Weather and Friday. DEATHS. KERSHAW—In Bridgeport, July 19, Ellen, infant daughter of William and Mary Kei shaw, aged" 1 months. W Remember The Great Sale of Mill Remnants, Ends on Thursday and con tinue for the rest Of the week. go to the shore leave . your parcels and trap Come early and get pings here I e plums 1‘ ‘7. port from Bell forget it. Our buyers have been in touch with the mills throng - their representatives for the last three weeks and they suc- C . n getting a great aggregation Of Mill Ends Short Lengths, Odd Dozens of Shirt Waists, Broken lots of Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Underwear, short pieces from the Dress. Goods Looms and Manufacturer’s Odds and Ends of Glass. ware, Lamps, Chimneys, Brushes, Portieres, one of a size of Suits, Spring Jackets, Ribbons, Lace Caps, etc. PULLINGDDWN 0F PRICES such as Fairfield County’s retailing has never approached. A Salethat will sweep the county from Stamford to Bridge. There will be a Island to Danbury, with An Avalanche of Great Bargains that will impress patrons so forcibly that they will never, Come early in the day, Thursday and Friclay,: don’t wait until Saturday, and avoid the rush on that day. ‘5, Screens, Lace Curtains Wrappers him for duty- Miliiinei and 111101131 the You Tleir Profits pleasure to the six hundredand fifty . Connecticut association is the pioneer ' Fair and decidedly coolei to-night . and Lengths of Dry. Goods will commence -
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