g. .1, G;- If you want the best goods for the least money ' read ,theiiadvertisements n the Gazette. VOL. VIII. No.1922 NORWALK, OONN., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1898. _ tte. I}. n‘ny - . a" Recognized as 1"? family paperthe Gazette’s ' , advertising dolumns will Prove its value to you , r s— A. A- ~- PRICE ONE OENT. I ADVAN THF AMERICAN FLAG RAISED OVER ANOTHER TOWN IN PORTO RICO. THE COLUMBIA ASHORE. MADRID ASKS WASHINGTON FOR AN EXPLANATION OF PEACE TERMS. MODIFICATION/S " MADE. ' ' " ST. THOMAS, Aug. 2.——Colonel Hull- ings, with ten campanies of the 16th Pennsylvania, has occupied Juana Diaz, about eight miles northeast of Ponce, on the road to San Juan. The Ameri- can flag was raised and greeted with great enthusiasm by the populace. The people paraded the streets with an American flag made for the occasion. Colonel Hullings issued a proclama- tion saying that personal rights and property would be respected. The protected cruiser Columbia went ashore while attempting to enter the harbor of Ponce. The Columbia ran on an uncharted . reef. She is being lightered of twelve hundred tons of coal, and there is every reason to believe that she will be got off uninjured. The lighthouses in the harbor and on the outlying islands have been reoc- cupied and lighted by the crew of the Gloucester. General Brocke arrived Sunday evening. During the afternoon seven companies ’of the 19th Regular Infantry arrived on the Cherokee. Colonel Allen returned with the cable operator on Sunday, and the opening of the West India and Panama route places Washington in direct communication with General Miles. Deserters from the Spanish volun- teers are coming 1n constantly. I It is reported that'General Otega is on the way with a force of Spanish regulars to concentrate upon Aibonito, northeast of Juana‘ Diaz, on the road to San Juan. There may be some sharp fighting. MADRID ASKS EXPLANATION. MADRID. Aug. 2—The ' Cabinet Council sat Monday afternoon and again for four hours in the evening dis- cussing the peace terms. A dispatch was then sent to Washington for “further explanation of some difficult points.” When the replies are received the Cabinet will reassemble. Senor Sagasta, the Premier, confirms register their bullocks, the report that “some modifications of the original terms have been obtain- ed.” OUTLOOK LESS HOPEFUL. LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Madrid cor- respondent of “The Standard” saysi “The impressions are less favorable to-night. . The terms laid down by the United States are harder in tone and substance than was supposed, especial- ‘ ly regarding the Philippines, where scope is left for Aguinaldo and the natives to interfere in the final settle- 'ment before the mixed commission, which would create conditions in the archipelago rendering the working of Spanish rule almost impossible. “It is rumored also that America in- sists On Spain paying the municipal debts of the Spanish West Indies and old standing claims of American citi- zens. ” COMPLICATIONS AT CAVITE. LONDON, Aug. , 2.——A dispatch to “The Times” from Cavite, dated July 26, says: “It is becoming more apparent daily that there are serious complications .- ahead. The Americans never made a greater mistake than in bringing Aguinaldo and the insurgent leaders here and giving them arms and am- munition, for free use, from the Cavite arsenal. Aguinaldo, fearing annexa- tiOn by the Americans, openly opposes them. “Either he has been corrupted by some foreign Power or he has a false notion of the strength of the Filipino revolutibnaries, failing to recognize that their recent successes are due to the concentration of Spanish strength at Manila consequent upon the presence of the Americans. Although he admits no foreign recognition, he talks of his and dictates to the government, .1. authorities in absurdly American inflated terms. “He has compelled the natives at the southern approaches to Manila to ponies and are at Cavite. BURGLARSIOILED. Robbers Visit Charles Mead’s; House in Greens Farms. The Barking of His Dog Awake the OWMT‘ and Scared Away the Intruders. Charles Meeker, of Greens Farms, did not retire until midnight Saturday ' night on account of the warm weather and while he was taking the screens. ' South Norwalk shortly before 6 o’clock out of the windows he saw two men talking on the corner,“ but did not pay any attention to them. He thought they might be men traveling along the‘ road and had stopped to rest. About 2:30 Sunday morning Mr. Meeker was awakened from his peace- ful slumbers by the barking of his dog, who was making a great racket. 'He called to his son Walter and asked him what made the dog bark. Walter re- plied that some one was trying to pry Open the window right under his room. Mr. Meeker put on a scant attire, and went to investigate. In the bright moonlight he saw two men running Out of the front gate. Mr. Meeker let his dog out and when, be. last saw the men they were making tracks toward Southport. Mr. Meeker says the men were strangers as he could see them plainly. .One was tall and about 40 years old while the other was short ‘éuassengers on a passing trolley car and perhaps only about 16 years old. ‘ This is the second time within a year that this dog has saved Mr. Meeker’s house from being entered by burglars. conveyances, instructing the owners not to supply them to the Americans for transportation w1thout his sanction: Brigadier-General Anderson promptly adopted firm measures, warnin’g Aguinaldo thatgforce would be used to impress the means or transportr which were ultimately forthcoming. Aguinal- do’ s attitude makes future operations against Manila problematical.. “In my opinion, with the aid of the fleet, the city might already have been American. Nothing but the complica- tions with the natives prevented an advance. Now the violent rains have set in, making camp and field opera- tions arduous and threatening the health of the men, which until now has been excellent. “A guinaldo’s forces encircle the city, making daily and nightly attacks. The Spaniards still hold the whole of the suburbs. Occasional sorties are made, in which the loss of life is slight. Two mlles behind Aguinaldo’s lines, south of Manila, five thousand American troops are encamped. The remainder Aguinaldo is under- stood to have objected to the ad- vance of the Americans to ground cap- tured by the insurgents, forgetting that hislanding was effected by the grace of the Americans. “I am convinced that the Filipinos will never capture Manila unaided, and that, if the Americans withdraw, the fate of the natives under Spanish rule would be worse than before. There would be constant fighting, and trade extension would be I impossible. The best solution of the political situation would be that America should adminis- ‘ter the islands, dealing firmly and just- ly with the natives, and insisting on their immediate disarmament.” BRIEF—.WT—AR—NEWS. The American troops in Porto Rico are advancing toward San Juan. Gen- erals Brooke and Schwan have joined General Miles, and the town of Juana Diaz has been occupied. The cruiser Columbia went ashore. but it is believed she will be floated. The Spanish Cabinet discussed the terms of peace for several bows, and sent a message to Washington asking further explanations. Senor Sagasta said some modifications of the original demands of the United States .had been obtained. The insurgents under Aguinaldo are becoming more defiant everyday, and General Merritt reports that be 'ex pects to have trouble'in protecting the citizens of Manila. ' A BAD MAWAY. iThe Driver and a Woman With Her Babe Thrown from the Wagon. Little Mabel Hoyt Escaped With a Wrecked Bicycle. . As Vincenzo Clngue, the Ely avenue grocer and fruit dealer, was driving to last night, he overtook an Italian wom- an carrying a babe in her arms. Vin- cenzo stopped his horse, which was " hitched to a two-seat wagon, 'and in- ;Iyited the woman to ride. the invitation and climbed to the rear seat of the vehicle. Sh'e accepted with her babe When opposite the residence of Dr. George R. McGo’negal Vincenzo struck the horseasharp blow with a strap. The an1mal plunged ahead and the clip holding the shaft to the axle broke allowing the shaft to drop onto the horse’ 5 heels. _ In a second the. animal was beyond control and dashing down West avenue with the wagon swaying from, side to side. ' ' “ Directly opposite the residence of Mrs. Charles Mallory were three little girls riding on their wheels, Mabel ' oyt among them. Ashout from the aused them to look around, when they discovered the flying horse almost upon fhein. All three jumped from their wheels , and reached the sidewalk in safety, but the Wagon struck Mabel Hoyt’s wheel wrecking it. At almost the same moment the wheels of the wagon struck the trolley. tracks and the Occupants were hurled ably Weighed in the neighborhood of 250 pounds, and the babe, escaped without injury excepting that a piece of skin about the size of a. silver half dollar was scraped from the woman’s forehead. Vincenzo, however, did not fare as well. His head struck the curb and he received a terrible gash on the right side of his forehead over the temporal artery, causing the blood to flow in a stream down his face and over his clothing. Luckily Dr. J. G. Gregory was driv- ing up the avenue, and being quickly joined by Dr. McGonegal they soon had the wound dressed and the in- jured man sent home. The horse continued down the ave- nue to Cedar street where he was stopped. ‘ MRS. ALLEN’S RIDE. She Makes a New Record on a'Wheel From New York to Boston. Mrs. Allen, who left New York at midnight Sunday in an attempt to low- er the record from New York to Bos- ton, and arrived at South Norwalk an hour late Monday morning, arrived in Boston at 11:59} o’clock at night, or 4%, minutes ahead of the previous record of 24 hours 4 minutes, which, by the way, was never accepted. She made up over an hour on the way from Springfield to Boston. At Springfield she was met by the Worces- tcr Cycle club and escorted, as well as paced, to Worcester. An immense crowd blocked the. street in front of the City Hall, Boston, but eagerly cleared a path as Mrs. Allen approached. She was escorted to the Crawford House by a large crowd. To a reporter she said: “I am naturally very tired, but furiously hungry more than any- thing else.” ‘4. ‘ luly License Money. The county commissioners divided the; license money on Monday taken in during July, as, follows: Bridgeport, $5,717.10; Stamford, $679.25; Norwalk, $206.15; Huntington, Danbury, Green- wich and Bethel, each, $149. 50; St1at- ford, $80. 75, County treasury, $381. 75. Miss Beula Wilcox of Brooklyn is a guest of Miss Bessie Corbett of Roway- ton. . . not called for. should let the work out‘by contract or otherwise. , to the ground. The woman, wbb prdb- . work be done by the day and then 'call for an appropriation of $1,000 for TWIN GITY COUNCILS. The Norwalk Board Asked to Appropriate $|,000nfor the Library. Suits Threatened the Oily of South Nor- walk. Regular meetings of the city councils of N orwalk and South Norwalk were] held last eveninO. N ORWALK COUNCIL. Mayor Glover presided at a regular meeting of the Council last evening, the full board with the exception of Councilman Cotter being present. Bills to the amount of something over $1,000 were ordered paid. The report of the committee in refer- ence to reCommendations presented by Chief Engineer Prowitt was read and accepted. The committee reported adversely on the purchase of a new supply wagon, as well as on the rebuilding of the present fire alarm system. claiming that the latter wash a fair condition, and afurther expenditure at present The report was favorable as to, the purchase af rubber boots and coats for the fire department the same to be equally divided between the Engine and Bose companies, and it was so voted. Chief Bradley reported twenty-two arrests for the month of July. The plans and specifications for the proposed new sewer on Springwood avenue were presented and accepted. Councilman -Gregory, chairman of the sewer committee, asked for advice from the council as z,to whether be He said'that probably the cheaper way to have the work done would be by contract, but that “the Dagoes would bid Iowand get the job.” He was in favor of giving the work to resi- dent taxpayers. ‘ Councilman Bates suggested that the those who desired work would be given a chance. ' Mayor Glover remarked that he thought that if Mr. Gregory went ahead on that line it would meet with the approbation of the taxpayers. And he was so instructed. A matter that provoked considerable discussion was a proposed appropria- tion of $1,000 for the benefit of the li- brary. Councilman Gregory started the ball rolling by remarking that, the appro- priation for the library was about ex- hausted, and added the pertinent ques- tion as to how the money raised from the tax last year for they-library, had been applied. ' Clerk Gregory explained that the original tax had broughti'pin about $5,000. But ' that when the present board came in there was but a small proportion of the amount left. That owing to a vote of the board there was not at present a special library fund, it being a fund in common with other city departments. He further said that if a balance in the matter was to be struck the city would be indebted to the library fund about $2,900. Councilman Gregory said that the city had no right to have used the money collected by the tax, and that such money ought to have been kept separate. “I don’t see how they” (re- ferring to the previous council) “should have done as they did. But then they did a good many things they ought not to have done.” Councilman Meeker asked, we any right to vote the extra amount. If we have $500 in the treasury belong- ing to the library fund, we ought to have a right to 'expend it.” After some further discussion the clerk was instructed to promulgate a “Have the benefit of the library. . James Burns of WiltOn avenue was recognized by the Mayor. Hehad a grievance in regard to the. recent ordinance passed rhlati've to peddlers Mr. Burns was very caustic in his remarks, and stated that he owned a cow and sOld a few quarts of milk and asked if it was a states; prison offense to do so. He ventured ‘the'remark, “you are all bad, bOth‘Democrats and Republicans,” and then his remarks assuming the nature of a threat, Mayor Gloverfelt prompted to call him to would not probe. 'hly b? mo 1e5tedin his sale of milk. I After some business of minor 1m; A ugust 18th. South Norwalk Council. Under the light of the new incandes- cent lamps recently introduced by the city of South N orwalk, a regular meet— ing of the council of thaticity was held last night and it was after eleven o’clock when the board adjourned and went to the Electric Light station to inspect the plant. Bills to the amount of $843. 07 were ordered paid. to the Electric Light commissioners, and a sum of $5,000 was appropriated for the imprOvements‘ on South Main street. A I I Mrs. Clara J. Swift who owns prop— erty on South Main street, gave notice to the city through her attorney, that she would suefor $25 damages caused to a maple tree on her premises by the cutting down of an elm tree in front 0 said premises. The matter was re- ferred to the highway committee. A communication was read from Attorney Frost, who represented property owners on Chestnut street, stating that suit would be brought against the city for damages unless the backing up of water in the sewer system on that street was remedied. The semi-annual report of » Chief Vollmer showed 83 arrests in the city during the past six months. . ' Contractor Johnson who is laying the brick paving on South Main street, and whose contract included the relay- ing of sidewalks has relinquished the latter part of the contract and it will be done by the city, the". property owners to pay one-half the cost. _ Health officer Tracey was, voted a salary of $250 dating from, January lst, 1898 to January lst, 1899. It was voted to lay a curb and gutter on Hoyt street, Ely avenue and Bouton street. ' The city clerk was instructed to ad- damages on the South Main street im— provements and turn the books on same over to the city collector. The Water Commissioners reported $1,736 in the treasury. Mayor of Detroit for an invitation to attend a convention of “c1ty fathers” in that city. * the cornice on the Mahackemo hotel building was ordered abated. It was voted to have the front of the Library building on Washington street repainted. Julius V. Becker gave notice that he intended b11ng1ng suit for $2,000. dam- ages against the city, on account of an accident on Spring street whereby his son suffered a fractured leg. The papei s were ieferied to the city at« torney. It was voted to call a city meeting for next Monday night, to take action in the matter of benefits and damages on the Monroe street improvements, and also the matter of laying an over- flow sewer or Chestnut street.) The Council then adjourned and visited the Electric Light station. Mrs. John L. HubbeIl and her little daughter leftfor South Norwalk, Fri- with relatives for several days. The days past and it is hoped~ that the change will prove ,benefimal to her health.—Ansonia Sentinel. order, and he subsided. However, the ‘ :4 v; ' mayor‘ kindly explained to him that he . * portance the council adjourned until , An appropriation of $2,350 was made . vertise the assessment of benefits and A vote of thanks wasigiven to the - A nuisance caused by a dripping from. day afternoon, where they Will remain ' little one has been unwell for some, . ‘1. ,Y
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